New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First American edition. Hardcover. 355 pp. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering on the front board and the spine, dark brown topstain. Price of $7.95 on front flap of dust jacket. First printing of the first American edition. Ahearn APG 009b. A nice... More about Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
New York: Harper & Row [1961], 1961. First printing. Hardcover. 231 pp. Red paper covered boards with black and gold pattern quarter-bound in red cloth with black lettering on the spine. Frontispiece illustration, map, and eight additional illustrations by the author in Chinese style. Price of $3.95 on front flap... More about The Chinese Nail Murders; Judge Dee's Last Three Cases
New York: Random House [1994], 1994. First edition. Hardcover. 496 pp. Brown paper-covered boards quarter-bound in black cloth with bronze metallic lettering on the front board and the spine. Price of $22.00 on front jacket flap. First printing of the first edition. A sharp copy of Carr's popular historical mystery... More about The Alienist
New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence (1977), 1977. First printing. Hardcover. 220 pp. Bound in black cloth with gold lettering on the spine, lavender topstain, lavender endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $7.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Very near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with a crease to... More about Dreaming of Babylon; A Private Eye Novel 1942
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. First printing. Hardcover. 758 pp. Blue paper-covered boards quarter-bound in white cloth with metallic blue lettering on the spine, author's initials stamped in silver on the front board, blue topstain. Price of $14.95 on front jacket flap. First edition of this omnibus with a.... More about Archer in Jeopardy
New York: Warner Books (1996), 1996. First edition. Hardcover. 384 pp. Light yellow paper-covered boards quarter-bound in light blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $22.95 on front flap of jacket. First printing of the first edition. Inscribed by the author on the title page. An attractive... More about The Hippopotamus Pool
New York: Warner Books (1991), 1991. First edition. Hardcover. 352 pp. Light blue paper-covered boards quarter-bound in blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine, dark orange endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $18.95 on front flap of jacket. First printing of the first edition. An attractive copy of the sixth... More about The Last Camel Died at Noon
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948. First edition. Hardcover. 190 pp. Bound in red cloth with white lettering on the spine. Price of $2.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A collection of two Saint novellas, the first hardcover trade edition (preceding the UK edition). Ahearn... More about Call for the Saint
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957. First edition. Hardcover. 190 pp. Bound in black cloth with red lettering on the spine. Price of $2.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A collection of six Saint short stories, the first hardcover trade edition (preceding the UK edition)... More about Thanks to the Saint
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1969. First American edition (1969). Hardcover. 180 pp. Bound in yellow cloth with figure on horseback stamped in gold on the front board, red lettering on the spine, illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $3.95 on front flap of dust jacket. First printing of the... More about The Red Pavillion
New York: Soho Press [1989], 1989. First American edition. Hardcover. 313 pp. Blue paper-covered boards quarter bound in navy cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $18.95 on front flap of jacket. Translated by Beth Cary. The first printing of the first American edition and the first edition... More about Inspector Imanishi Investigates
Indianapolis, IN: The Curtis Publishing Company [1977], 1977. First printing. Hardcover. 314 pp. Yellow orange coated paper-covered boards with black lettering on the spine. Price of $5.95 on front flap of dust jacket. A nice copy of this collection of two novellas originally appearing in the Saturday Evening Post. A... More about Thank You, Mr. Moto & Mr. Moto is So Sorry
New York: St. Martin's Press [1987], 1987. First printing. Hardcover. 293 pp. Bound in gold cloth with black lettering on the spine. Price of $15.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. A nice copy of the third Hoke Moseley novel... More about Sideswipe
New York: St. Martin's Press (1993), 1993. First printing. Hardcover. 294 pp. Blue paper-covered boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $20.95 on front flap of dust jacket. An attractive copy of the third Doc Ford novel. Very near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket with... More about The Man Who Invented Florida
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company [1994], 1994. First edition. Hardcover. 267 pp. Green paper-covered boards bound in black cloth with metallic green lettering on the spine. Price of $22.95 on front jacket flap. A very attractive copy of Lehane's first novel. More about A Drink Before the War
New York: G.W. Carleton & Co., Publishers, 1881. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xii, 364, [8] pp. Bound in green blindstamped cloth with gilt decorations on the front board and spine. Includes a steel-engraved frontispiece and fourteen plates illustrating the text. Hubin 647. Allan Pinkerton was America's first private eye, founding... More about The Rail-Road Forger and Detectives