John Steven Strange (5 results)

Condition: GOOD. Reprint. Vintage crime novel. the author's second mystery, featuring detective Van Dusen Ormsberry. "Not till the murderer struck again - at the witness on the stand - did the truth about Stoner' death come out." 297 pp. Good overall in orange cloth with black lettering (some sunning to the spine, mottling to the edge of the front cover, and remnants of a label on the front pastedown, but hard to find in hardcover, in any edition.…

Condition: VERY GOOD. First printing. Vintage crime novel - "Barney Gantt, news photographer, solves the mystery surrounding the murder of old Dan Kinsey." 268 pp. Very good in orange cloth with black lettering, no dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Red boards, the rear one discolured; faded spine lettered in black. internally name and address on front pastedown. Clean contents except for small smudge om page 111. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Handsomely bound in finely woven orange cloth stamped brightly in black on the front boards and on the spine. A near-fine copy, crisp and clean throughout. With light wear at the top and bottom of the spine ends at at the corners; light soiling to the rear panel. And two little scuff marks near the top of the spine, not affecting any lettering. Uncommonly scarce in dust jacket. John Stephen Strange was the pen name of Dorothy Stockbridge Tillett, who wrote 22 mystery novels for the Crime Club published from 1928 to 1976. Mrs. Tillett began her mystery writing career in 1928 when her first novel, The Man Who Killed Fortescue was published for the newly formed Crime Club. She maintained the secret of her true identity through the 48 years she published under the name John Stephen Strange, finally retiring from writing with the publication of her last novel,The House on 9th Streetin 1976. Dorothy died in Connecticut in 1983. With "First Edition" stated on the copyright page.…

A first edition, first printing of A Handful of Silver by John Stephen Strange, published by Collins Crime Club in 1955. A near fine book in the publisher's original red cloth bound boards with black titling to the spine, free from internal inscriptions, with slight fading to the head of the spine, bumping to the upper corner of front panel, the browning text block with some minor spotting, ghosting to the front and rear free end papers. In a near fine unclipped wrapper, with chipping to the foot of the spine, open tear to the lower edge of rear panel, fading to the spine, some minor handling wear and spotting internally. …