Powell James Editor (73 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of the Collection of 11 Short Stories. Featured are Midsummer's Night Scheme by Edward D Hoch, Good Neighbor Farber by Gordon Cotler, Damaged Goods by Scott Mackay, The Blunderbuss Trick by James Powell, Protect Vision by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, General Order No. 28 by O'Neil De Noux, Long-Lost Love by Doug Allyn, With A Little Help from you Friends by Jutta Motz, Badfellas by John M Floyd, The Haven? by Cornelia Snider Yarrington and Joy by Daniel Gould Levine. Slight Smudging on the Spine. In Near Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of the Collection of 11 Short Stories. Featured are What Child Is This? by Doug Allyn, The Myna Birds by Ellery Queen, MacNaughton or MacNeice by James Powell, The Window by Kevin Wignall, A Ticket to the Moon by Donald Olson, Crime in Store by Tim Heald, A Rope to Hang the World by Edward D Hoch, I Saw Mummy Killing Santa Claus by Robert Barnard, Secret Santa by Steven Hockensmith, An Urban Legend Puzzle by Norizuki Rintaro and Frozen Assets by Katherine H Brooks. In Fine Condition. …

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of the Collection of 12 Short Stories. Featured are A Little Sitdown by Ed McBain, Body Falling Through Space by Laura Wilson, The Blind Pig by Doug Allyn, Murdering Mrs. Limegate by Donald Olson, The Orchard of Caged Birds by Edward D Hoch, Poet Relocation Program by Victor Gischler, The Amontillado Club by James Powell, The Copper Threw A Rock by Jeffry Scott, Draw Play By Hal Charles, Murder by Ghost by Amy Myers, The Mystery Crossword by Ruth Minary and A Model Murder by Jeffery Ewener. In Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of the Collection of 15 Short Stories. Featured are The Mask of Peter by Clark Howard, Best Eaten Cold by Laura Wilson, Rogue's Run by Donald Olson, The St. Valentine's Day Massacre by Edward Marston, Cuba Libro by Edward D Hoch, Pearl McGuire's Plaything by Peter Turnbull, The Firebird's Feather by James Powell, "Does the Butterfly. by Jeffrey Scott, American Curls by Nancy Springer. The Hell Book by Percy Spurlark Parker, Adios, Amigo! by Terry Lerdall Fitterer, The Man-ifold Miss-teries of Crime by Marie E Truitt, Caught Red-Handed by Terry Hammond, The Mystery Crossword by Ruth Minary and Bird of Paradise by Ruth Dwyer. In Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of the Collection of 19 Short Stories. Featured are Remembering Fred Dannay by Donald A Yates, The Misadventures of Ellery Queen by Jon L Breen, The Wrightsville Carnival by Edward D Hoch, The German Cologne Mystery by Josh Pachter and Jon L Breen, There is No Crime on Easter Island by Nancy Pickard, Dead at the Scene by John H Dirckx, The Breaks by Timothy Williams, Death Conquers All by Robert S Levinson, And Maybe More by Michael Z Lewin, Bullets by Peter Lovesey, Stolen by David Dean, Farber and the Vanishing Blonde by Gordon Cotler, The Aura of an Alpha Wolf by Jeremiah Healy, Waiting for Nemesis by Robert Barnard, The Headless Horseman and the Horseless Carriage by James Powell, Stage Struck by Marilyn Todd, The Philosopher by Helen Tucker, Naked Flame by Cheryl Rogers and L. by Georgi Gospondinov. In Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 24 Short Stories. Featured are Ellery Queen, Editor, The Too-Short Saga of Mystery League by Jon L Breen, And So the Bedlam by Neil Schofield, Sneeze for Danger by Val McDermid, Road Hazard by David Dean, The Resurrection of Daniel Mason by Patricia McFall, Puncture Pointe by Peter Turnbull, Seduction by Maureen Tan, Cold Waters by Brendan DuBois, My Aunt Gloria's Legacy by David Williams, The Mystery Crossword by Ruth Minary, Waiting by Derek Nikitas, Once Aboard the Eagle by Edward D Hoch, The Caravan of Wonders Lady by James Powell, Soup Noir by Robin Hathaway, Not for Love Nor Money by Robin Wilson, Seated Woman by Jeffry Scott, Society Blues by Ruth Francisco, The World by the Tail by Bill Pronzini, Reunion by Eric Wright, The Tunnel of Death by Paul Halter, Visit to a Chat Room by Timothy F Dempsey, Colorful Characters by J Masterson and Anonymous Clyde by Will Ryan. In Fine Condition. …

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 14 Short Stories. Featured are On the Centenary of Ellery Queen by Jon L Breen, Getting to Know Manny Lee by Steven E Steinbock, Edward at the Edge by John Morgan Wilson, Naughty by Steve Hockensmith, Paris Masque by Edward D Hoch, Sprinkle on a Memory by Dean Wesley Smith, I Bigfoot Christmas by James Powell, Love and Death in Africa by Joan Richter, The Ice Storm by Helen Tucker, The Grotto by Donald Olson, The Voyeur by Jeffery Deaver, Snowball in July by Ellery Queen, Ramon Acuria's Time by Isaac Aisemberg and The Tale of the Purloined Tail by Marie E Truitt. In Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of the Collection of 10 short stories. Featured are Without Jonathan by Jeffery Deaver, Checking Out by Robert Barnard, Moody's Blues by Hal Charles, Courier and Ives by Edward D Hoch, The Jewels of Atlantis by James Powell, Kill the Umpire by Jon L Breen, The Rightful King of England by Amy Myers, Billy Cutter and the Cadillac by Antony Mann, The Second Coming by Terence Faherty and Next Time Will Be Different by Pam Barnsley. In Fine Condition. …

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 10 Short Stories. Featured are Mine Hostage by Neil Schofield, The Soul of Deception by Brynn Bonner, Disney Word by Michael Collins, The House of Usher Revisited by Stanley Cohen, A Taste for Burning by Marilyn Todd, Bottom Walker by James Powell, One More Circus by Edward D Hoch, Going Through A Phase by Robert Barnard, Greed by Loren D Estleman and The Mystery Crossword by Ruth Minary. In near fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 10 Short Stories. Featured are The Girl Who Killed Santa Claus by Val McDermid, Thirty-Two Squares by Conrad Lawrence, Wheel in the Sky by Edward D Hoch, The Christmas-Tree Farm by Scott MacKay, Sits, Vac. by Neil Schofield, Death of a Penobscot Princess by Stefanie Matteson, A Real Crime by Carmen Larrera, The Zoroaster Grin by James Powell, Special Delivery by Steve Hockensmith and Peace on Coolidge Drive by Cathryn Grant. In Fine Condition. …

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 13 Short Stories. Featured are Caspian's Game by Edward D Hoch, Computer Seance by Ruth Rendell, A Killing Mood by Clark Howard, Motormouth by SJ Rozan, The Final Trick by Raymond Steiber, Catamount by Ruth Rendell, Lucrezia and the Thief by Henry Slesar, The Return of Eddie Leaper by Peter Turnbull, Honeydew Wine by James Powell, The Project Death of Tickety-Boo by John Mortimer, The Helpful Stranger by Janice Law, The Missing Afro-Germanic Lawn Gnomes of Sweetbreads, PA by RW Kerrigan and Dream On, Martlowe by Jason Hardy. In Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 10 short stories. Featured are Ward 6 by Sheila Kohler, It's A Wonderful Rat Race by James Powell, Deep Shaft by Suzanne Arruda, The Mushroom Picker by Peter Turnbull, The Odds Are Against Us by Art Taylor, The Golden Peacock by Joan Richter, The Ocean by Michael Weinreb, The Lure of the Green Door by Norizuki Rintaro, Howling at the Moon by Paul D Marks, and Getaway Girl by Zoe Z Dean. Slight smudging to front cover. In Near Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 10 Short Stories. Featured are The Snow Angel by Doug Allyn, GM Malliet, The Purloined Pigs by Dennis McFadden, Heaven Knows by Marilyn Todd, Noodling by Lisa Lepovetsky, Some Flames Never Die by Percy Spurlark Parker, Blunt Instruments by James Powell, Murder and the Spiderbrusher by Amy Myers, Limelight by Howard Halstead and Death of a Sunflower by Ragnar Jonasson. In Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 9 Short Stories. Featured are Calculated Risk by Ed Gorman, A Question of Fathers by Michael Z Lewin, My Mom, The Movies and Me by Robert S Levinson, And Little Lambs Eat Ivy by Neil Schofield, The Theft of the Clown Jules by James Powell, Teddy by Brian Tobin, Bare As Bones by Molly Bond, Six Hours by Lu Greer and Ground Meat by Regina Schleheck. In Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection 10 Short Stories. Featured are Whole Life by Liza Cody, The City of Radiant Brides by Janice Law, Mirror Images by Mick Herron, The Gift by Phil Lovesey, Parson Pennywick In Arcadia by Amy Meyers, Last Dance in Shanghai by Clark Howard, The Piper's Door by James Powell, Jungle Music by James Lincoln Warren, The Gong of Doom by Paul Halter and The Hidden Ball Trick by Patrick GLendon McCullough. In Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of the Collection of 11 Short Stories. Featured are The Death of Ramona by Stephanie Kay Bendel, Io, Saturnalia! by Margaret Maron, A Fish Story by Ronald Levitsky, The Digital Date by Doug Allyn, The Body in the Dunes by Caroline Benton, Ravensara by Melanie Lawrence, Heartbeat by Katia Lief, The Black Whatever by James Powell, Happy Holidays by Val McDermid, Who Knows Where It Goes by Lawrence Block and The Fifth Guest by Richard Macker. In Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 10 Short Stories. Featured are What Goes Around by Carolyn Hart, Like Jack by Peter Turnbull, The Orchid Grower by Katia Lee, A Killing at the Beausoleil by Terrie Farley Morgan, Dentonville by John M Floyd, The Lake Tenant by Brendan DuBois, The Female of the Species by Chris Muessig and Steve Seder, Ninth Caller by Philip Lowery and Black Widow by Raphael Montes. In Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Double Issue of 18 Short Stories. Featured are The Comeback by Doug Allyn, Wedding Day by Bill Pronzini, Sugar Vat by Elaine Menge, Shooting Stars by Richard Helms, Why Alice Jumped by Dandi Dailey, Jaguar. 385hp, Blood Red by Tom Tolnay, You Owe Me by Loren D Estleman, The Last Run by Michael Berg, The Greenhouse Effect by Tim L Williams, Happy Valley by David Dean, Where the Buffalo Roam by Gerald Elias, The Chair By Nancy Pickard, Here's What Happened by Robert S Levinson, The Poet's Stew Pot by James Powell. Petrified by Marilyn Todd, Courvoisier and Coca Tea by Harley Mazuk, Playing Dead by Elle Wild and Lady of the Night by Jane Smith. In Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of the Collection of 10 Short Stories. Featured are The Adventure of the Seven Black Cats by Ellery Queen, Secondhand Heart by Christine Poulson, The Old Man and the Seashore by Marilyn Todd, Wolfe and Warp by Loren D Estleman, The Kill a Rocking Horse by James Powell, Cruel Memory by Ed Wyrick, Two Birds by Cath Staincliffe, The Salvation of Seamus Tyrrell by David Dean, Just Desserts by Catherine Robson and Game of Errors by Alberto Mussa. In Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Double Issue of 17 Short Stories. Featured are Murder in a Time of Siege By Marjorie Eccles, Let's Get Lost by Lawrence Block, Season of the Camel by Edward D Hoch, Customer's Choice by Brendan DuBois, The Gooseberry Fool by James Powell, The Collusionists by Scott Mackay, Whatever It Takes by Benjamin M Schutz, Round Trip by Rail by Gwen Davenport, The Authentic Rose by Terence Faherty, The Hunters by J F Freedman, The Big Shuffle by Clark Howard, The Extortionately Dear Departed by David Williams, The Bones by Peter Turnbull, Hank's Tale by Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Blood in the Water by Janice Law, A Misunderstanding by Naomi and Summer Parole by Katherine H Brooks. In Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 10 Short Stories. Featured are The Death Row Pet Show by Doug Allyn, An Old School Friend by Robin Hathaway, Hunter in the Snow by Raymond Steiber, The Rationalist By William E Chambers, The Last is Adoration by Wendy Hornsby, Symptoms of Loss by Jerry Sykes, The Flower Diet by James Powell, The Fading Woman by Edward D Hoch, The Road's End by Brendan Dubois and The Champlain's Kachina by John Riha. In fine condition.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Later Printing. (viii) 244 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing at the spine; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Santa Claus Beat by Rex Stout; Dead on Christmas Street by John D. MacDonald; Mystery for Christmas by Anthony Boucher; On Christmas Day in the Morning by Margery Allingham; The Christmas Bear by Herbert Resnicow; Christmas Cop by Thomas Adcock; I Saw Mommy Killing Santa Claus by George Baxt; Kelso's Christmas by Malcolm McClintick; The Marley Case by Linda Haldeman; The Plot Against Santa Claus by James Powell; Whatever Became of Ebenezer Scrooge? by Tom Tolnay; and Who Killed Father Christmas? by Patricia Moyes. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good-. Softcover journal in very good minus condition. Article topics include: dedication to Herbert Eugene Bolton; Anglo observers of the southwest borderlands 1825-1890: the rise of a concept; European expansion and the enclavement of southwestern Indians; the tragedy at Camp Grant in 1871; James Addison Reavis: the 'Baron of Arizona' self-revealed: a letter to his lawyer in 1894; the tunnel: a fragment of railroad history in Arizona Territory. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Journal.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Trade paperback format. Signed by Elaine Matlow on the front endpaper. Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the spine; previous owner's name inside. This anthology contains: To Court Disaster by Elaine Matlow; McGowney's Miracle by Margaret Millar; My Vacation in the Numbers Racket by Howard Engel; The Cure by Eric Wright; A Natural Death by Sandra Woodruff; The Mandalasian Garotte by James Powell; St. Anthony's Man by Tim Wynne-Jones; The Capitalist by Marion Crook; Strange Archaeology by Josef Skvorecky; Common or Garden Murder by Ellen Godfrey; Dame Millicent's Revenge by Tim Heald; Wish You Were Here by Frank Jones; Hard Luck Joey by Elaine Slater; An Evening at the Opera by Anna Sandor and Bill Gough; Death on Horseback by John Ballem; and The Girl in the White Dress by Tony Aspler. Size: 8vo. Signed by Author(s). Book.…

Greenwood Press first edition (per Greenwood's "First published" statement upon copyright page). xx, 348 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.25cm. No dust jacket. Dark mustard cloth. Text block edges foxed; foxing to several initial and rear leaves but with interior text leaves mostly clean. Binding retains some crispness. With Preface, Editor's Introduction, and Index. Five sections feature eighteen essays which were first published in the academic journal "Civil War History." ***** [PART I. HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE CIVIL WAR.] "Civil War Synthesis in American Political History" by Joel H. Silbey. "Causes of the American Civil War: Recent Interpretations and New Directions" by Eric Foner. "Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877: A Critical Overview of Recent Trends and Interpretations" by Richard O. Curry. "John Brown and His Judges: A Critique of the Historical Literature" by Stephen B. Oates. [PART II. POLITICS AT THE GRASS ROOTS: ELECTIONS AND VOTERS.] "Northern Democratic Party and the Congressional Elections of 1858" by David E. Meerse. "Ethnic Voter and the First Lincoln Election" by Robert P. Swierenga. "Rejected Republican Incumbents in the 1866 Congressional Nominating Conventions: A Study in Reconstruction Politics" by Lawrence N. Powell. "Rout of Radicalism: Republicans and the Elections of 1867" by Michael Les Benedict. "Republicans and Black Suffrage in New York State: The Grass Roots Response" by Phyllis Frances Field. [PART III. "SPIRIT OF PARTY": CONGRESS AND ROLL CALL VOTING.] "Party and Section: The Senate and the Kansas-Nebraska Bill" by Gerald W. Wolff. "Unconscious "Spirit of Party" in the Confederate Congress" by Richard E. Beringer. "Bloc and Party in the United States Senate: 1861-1863" by Alan G. Bogue. "Who Were the Senate Radicals?" by Edward L. Gambill. "'Radical' Political and Economic Policies: The Senate, 1873-1877" by Glenn M. Linden. [PART IV. PATRONAGE, RELIGION, AND RACE: THE ETHNORELIGIOUS DIMENSION OF POLITICS.] "Political Patronage and Ethnic Groups: Foreign-born in the United States Customhouse Service, 1821-1861" by Leonard Tabachnik. "Religious and Occupational Roots of Party Identification: Illinois and Indiana in the 1870's" by Richard Jensen. "Negroes in the First and Second Reconstructions of the South" by August Meier. [PART V. IDEOLOGY AND POLITICS.] "Slavery and the Slave Power: A Crucial Distinction" by Larry Gara. "William Lloyd Garrison and Antislavery Unity: A Reappraisal" by Bertram Wyatt-Brown. "Aims and Impact of Garrisonian Abolitionism, 1840-1860" by James B. Stewart. ISBN 0837179602.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 389 pages. Chapters: Latin Paleography/ Diplomatics/ Numismatics/ Prosography/ Computer-Assisted Analysis of Statistical Documents of Medieval Society/ Medieval Chronology/ Medieval English Literature/ Latin Philosophy of the Middle Ages/ Tradition and Innovation in Medieval Art/ Medieval Music in Perspective.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine condition! Special issue on the natural, historical, and cultural resources of the Little River basin in Durham and Orange counties in North Carolina. Includes the following: a poem by the acclaimed American poet James Applewhite; essays by the historians David Southern, Jean Bradley Anderson, and William S. Powell; and a brief photo of the community that arose around the Orange Factory cotton mill. Ships from NC. All journals are sealed in recycled plastic, packaged securely with recycled cardboard backing, and shipped promptly with tracking information. (B-8/2-C.).…

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine condition. First Printing of the First Edition. New York: Signet Books, 1992. Near Fine condition. Bright, clean, tight, square, and unmarked. No store stamp, ink name or bookplate. Not a remainder. Anthology of Christmas mysteries including: The Santa Claus Club by Julian Symons; Rumpole and the Spirit of Christmas by John Mortimer; Santa's Way by James Powell; Carmine and the Christmas Presecet by Charles Ardai; The Shape of the Nightmare by Francis M. Nevins, Jr.; Christmas Party by Martin Werner; Supper with Miss Shivers by Peter Lovesey; Noel Noel by Barry Perowne; The Embezzler's Christmas Present by Ennis Duling; The Christmas Spirit by Thomasina Weber; The Spy and the Christmas Cipher by Edward D. Hoch; But Once a Year. Thank God by Joyce Porter; The Carol Singers by Josephine Bell; Murder under the Mistletoe by Margery Allingham; The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; etc. . First Printing of the First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine condition. viii, 250pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.…