Rendell Ruth Editor (39 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. 1ST AUGUST 1993. COVER HAS CREASING AND SHELF WEAR. INITIALS ON INSIDE OF COVER. 317 PAGE TEXT HAS A LITTLE WEAR WITH STORE STAMP ON PRE-TITLE PAGE. MYSTERY. 4.25" X 7". WE USE BUBBLE MAILERS.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket with price sticker.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First printing, with full number line including the 1. A tight clean copy. Comes with archival-quality dust jacket protector. New and unread. Mystery. Sale.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. ----------trade paperback. Small tear to front cover bottom edge, some edgewear, a VG+ to near fine copy. Holly Warburton (front cover photograph) (illustrator).

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: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 12 Short Stories. Featured are Murder, 'Orrible Murder by Amy Myers, Gilding Miss Lily by Brynn Bonner, Myth by Ruth Rendell, Shopping for the Dead by Donald Olson, The Winning Ticket by David Terrenoire, Old Dog, New Tricks by Robert Barnard, The Day Hollywood Stood Still by Loren D Estleman, Enter the Vulture by Michael Gilbert, The Problem of the Yellow Wallpaper by Edward D Hoch, War Rations by Martin Edwards, The Assassin's List by Andrew S Taylor and Green Eyes by Nolen Harsh. In Fine Condition. …

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 12 Short Stories. Featured are The Cure by David Handler, The Theft of the Bathroom Scale by Edward D Hoch, Comes the Revolution by Gregory Ellis, Fair Exchange by Ruth Rendell, Saturday Night Special by Ray Nayler, Hit-and-Mrs. by Neil Schofield, The Nakes Lady of Whispering Gulch by O'Neil De Noux, Stately Homes and the Invisible Slasher by Arthur Porges, We'll Always Have Barstow, Princess of the Red Silk by Martin Limon, The Wink by Ruth Rendell and The Beach Butler by Ruth Rendell. In Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 10 Short Stories. Featured are I Killed Santa Claus by Steve Hockensmith, The San Augustin Miracle by Edward D Hoch, Walter's Leg by Ruth Rendell, Rainey's Way by Clark Howard, A Stole Life by Martin Edwards, I Saw Mommy Killing Santa Claus by Ed McBain, Murder on the Polar Bear Express by Peter Sellers, The Cemetery Prints by Peter Turnbull, The Honored Guest by Marianne Strong and Beach-Head by Katherine H Brooks. In Fine Condition.…

Trade paperback. Condition: Fine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 276 p. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No remainder mark. SC 367.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDITION THUS 4p; 10987654pt line. VERY GOOD CONDITION, CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT.; BLACK & WHITE "GHOSTLY" titles on b&w cover showing white "child" ghost near stone wall. paper cover. ; 482pg pages; GHOSTLY fiction collection that displays the 20th centuries gift for storytelling.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. A fine, unread copy. Paperback Original. 380+ pages. "Love Kills" gathers together 31 first-rate stories of the variety of ways in which love can kill. As Charles Bukowski noted, no one is more dangerous than a jilted lover. Includes Ron Goulart, Dorothy Hughes, John Lutz, Nancy Pickard, Evan Hunter, Lawrence Block, Donald Westlake, Bill Pronzini, Marcia Muller, Joe Gores, Sandra Scoppettone, and Ruth Rendell. Original. Paperback Original. …

Pictorial Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Prtg. 1st printing. A near fine copy of the trade paperback. A unique collection of mystery stories featuring women detectives, all written by women. Includes some of the best fiction by such writers, including Amanda Cross, Ruth Rendell, Gladys Mitchell, Ruth Rendell, Sara Paretsky, Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie, Antonia Fraser. Seventeen stories. 274 pages. Trade Paperback. …

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. A fine, unread copy. Paperback Original. 380+ pages. "Love Kills" gathers together 31 first-rate stories of the variety of ways in which love can kill. As Charles Bukowski noted, no one is more dangerous than a jilted lover. Includes Ron Goulart, Dorothy Hughes, John Lutz, Nancy Pickard, Evan Hunter, Lawrence Block, Donald Westlake, Bill Pronzini, Marcia Muller, Joe Gores, Sandra Scoppettone, and Ruth Rendell. Original. Paperback Original. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. Edited, with an introduction by Rendell, one of the great writers of psychological suspense, this is a wide-ranging collection of work, both fiction and non-fiction, seeking to understand what drives people to murder. Included is writing by Freud, Shakespeare, P.D. James, Capote, Camus, Poe, Sophocles, Banville, and Tolstoy that reflects Rendell's serious interest in the darker side of humanity. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. The dustjacket shows only minimal edgewear, no tears, no creasing or chipping, not price-clipped. A collectable copy.…

Hardcover. 1st American Edition. Stated first American edition bound in black cloth and boards. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Some light rubs to the DJ's edges. Writing by Kafka, Steinbeck, Chandler, P.D. James, Capote and many oth ers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. (vi) 244 pp. Burgundy boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Dustjacket art by Delphin Enjolras. This anthology contains: An Outside Interest by Ruth Rendell; Colette's Column by Andy Harrison; The Undead by Robert Bloch; The Secret of Growing Gold by Bram Stoker; Elvara Should Be Easy by Joseph Delaney writing as J. K. Haderack; Angel by Philip Robinson; The Birds Poised to Fly by Patricia Highsmith; Old Times by Alick Newman; Plucked by Frank Finch; Catherine Would by Sidney Gray; What Might Have Been by Elizabeth Kay; Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe; and The Plain Brown Envelope by Lyn Wood. Size: 8vo. Delphin Enjolras; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 284 pp. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Wear on the corners of the dustjacket with a small chip and short crease on the upper right of the rear panel; price intact; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Fourth of July Picnic by Rex Stout; The Fall of a Coin by Ruth Rendell; B As in Bribe by Lawrence Treat; The Breaking Point Miriam Sharman; The Scrabble Clue by Francis M. Nevins Jr; The Big Bunco by William Bankier; Miss Phipps on the Telephone by Phyllis Bentley; Walking Hubert Down by John Pierce; Gideon and the Innocent Shoplifter by J. J. Marric; The Lost Heir by Lillian de la Torre; Undue Influence by E. X. Ferrars; Miss Ferguson Versus JM by Gerald Tomlinson; The Most Tattooed Man in the World by Janet Green; The Intricate Pattern by Donald Olson; The Scene of the Crime by Ellen Arthur; A Matter of Disturbing Incidents by Michael Innes; Kirinyaga by Joe Gores; Mr Strang and the Cat Lady by William Brittain; Return of the Hero by Michael Gilbert; Captain Leopold and the Ghost Killer by Edward D. Hoch; and The Adventure of Abraham Lincloln's Clue by Ellery Queen. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. 415 pp. Quarter-bound in black on black boards; lettered in gilt on the spine. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with some rubbing on the lower left of the front panel; no interior markings. Dj art by Wilma Ervin. This anthology contains: Under the Hammer by Georges Simenon; Poison a la Carte by Rex Stout; Lambs to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl; Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds by Agatha Christie; The Specialty of the House by Stanley Ellin; Bribery and Corruption by Ruth Rendell; Chef d'Oeuvre by Paul Gallico; La Specialite de M Duclos by Oliver La Farge; Three or Four for Dinner by L. P. Hartley; A Terrible Tale by Gaston Leroux; So You Won't Talk by Damon Runyon; Sauce for the Goose by Patricia Highsmith; A Very Commonplace Murder by P. D. James; A Dinner at Imola by August Derleth; The Feast in the Abbey by Robert Bloch; The Three Low Masses by Alphonse Daudet; The Coffin-Maker by Alexander Pushkin; Guests from Gibbet Island by Washington Irving; The Compleat Housewife by Richard Dehan; The Case of Mr Lucraft by Walter Besant and James Rice; The Man who Couldn't Taste Pepper by G. B. Stern; Final Dining by Roger Zelazny; The Long Dinner by H. C. Bailey; The Assassins' Club by Nicholas Blake; Dinner for Two by Roy Vickers; A Case for Gourmets by Michael Gilbert; and Rum for Dinner by Lawrence G. Blochman. Size: 8vo. Wilma Ervin; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 284 pp. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks around the edges; price intact; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Fourth of July Picnic by Rex Stout; The Fall of a Coin by Ruth Rendell; B as in Bribe by Lawrence Treat; The Breaking Point by Miriam Sharman; The Scrabble Clue by Francis M. Nevins Jr.; The Big Bunco by William Bankier; Miss Phipps on the Telephone by Phyllis Bentley; Walking Hubert Down by John Pierce; Gideon and the Innocent Shoplifter by J. J. Marric (John Creasey); The Lost Heir by Lillian de la Torre; Undue Influence by E. X. Ferrars; Miss Ferguson Versus JM by Gerald Tomlinson; The Most Tattooed Man in the World by Janet Green; The Intricate Pattern by Donald Olson; The Scene of the Crime by Ellen Arthur; A Matter of Disturbing Incidents by Michael Innes; Kirinyaga by Joe Gores; Mr Strang and the Cat Lady by William Brittain; Return of the Hero by Michael Gilbert; Captain Leopold and the Ghost Killer by Edward D. Hoch; and The Adventure of Abraham Lincoln's Clue by Ellery Queen. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. (ix) 230 pp. Black cloth lettered in silver on the spine. Very light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. This anthology contains: The Man Who Rowed for the Shore by Catherine Aird; The One Who Did for Blagden Cole by Eric Ambler; The Man Who Got the Dirt by Simon Brett; The Man Who Was a Coyote by Len Deighton; The Man Who Wiped the Smile Off Her Face by Antonia Fraser; The Man Who Was Reconstituted by Michael Gilbert; The Man Who Defenestrated His Sister by Reginald Hill; The Man Who Was Eighty by P. D. James; The Man Who Killed for Pleasure by H. R. F. Keating; The Man Who Ate People by Peter Lovesey; The Man Who Was the God of Love by Ruth Rendell; The Man Whose Holiday Was a Fiasco by George Sims; and The Man Who Scattered Crumbs by Michael Underwood. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. 415 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; previous owner's name inked out on the front free endpaper. This anthology contains: The Specialty of the House by Stanley Ellin; Bribery and Corruption by Ruth Rendell; Chef d'Oeuvre by Paul Gallico; La Specialite de M Duclos by Oliver La Farge; Three or Four for Dinner by L. P. Hartley; A Terrible Tale by Gaston Leroux; So You Won't Talk by Damon Runyon; Sauce for the Goose by Patricia Highsmith; A Very Commonplace Murder by P. D. James; A Dinner at Imola by August Derleth; The Feast in the Abbey by Robert Bloch; The Three Low Masses by Alphonse Daudet; The Coffin-Maker by Alexander Pushkin; Guests from Gibbet Island by Washington Irving; The Compleat Housewife by Richard Dehan; The Case of Mr Lucraft by Walter Besant and James Rice; The Man who Couldn't Taste Pepper by G. B. Stern; Final Dining by Roger Zelazny; Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds by Agatha Christie; The Long Dinner by H. C. Bailey; The Assassins' Club by Nicholas Blake; Dinner for Two by Roy Vickers; A Case for Gourmets by Michael Gilbert; Rum for Dinner by Lawrence G. Blochman; Under the Hammer by Georges Simenon; Poison a la Carte by Rex Stout; and Lambs to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl. Size: 8vo. Wilma Ervin; (illustrator). Book.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 288 pages. 7.80x5.08x0.67 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition (stated). FIRST PRINTING of the First American Edition (stated). A fascinating collection of writings about murder that delve into the human passions, terrors, and foibles that incite it and linger in its wake, edited and with an introduction by the immensely popular mystery writer Ruth Rendell. Hardcover with dust jacket, indexed, 244pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 162 pp. Digest format. Volume 75, number 3. Light but general wear. This issue contains: The Locust Cry by Norman Mailer; The Paintbox Houses by Ruth Rendell; Death Dance by Edward Wellen; Seek Him in Shadows by Whit Masterson; Please No Strawberries by Hayes Wilson; The Last Meeting of the Butler's Club by Geoffrey Bush; The Literary Bookmaker by Russell Martin; Things Had Gone Badly by Patricia Highsmith; Death Angel by E. P. Moses; The Farmer in the Well by Cecil Talley; The Most Hated Man in London by Patricia Moyes; Boxes Within Boxes by Dorothy Simpson; and The Case of the Chloroformed Clerics by Edward D. Hoch; along with the usual features. Size: 12mo. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Murder on Cue by Ruth Rendell et al., edited by Eleanor Sullivan (First Edition) A sharp, square copy. Seemingly unread. Light bumping to spine edges, and light foxing present on all text blocks. Otherwise, in fine condition. A red, black, and gray-colored jacket. Light dust rubbing present on front and back covers, and light bumping to top edge of front cover. A review copy, First Edition collection of mystery stories that appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and ended up becoming classics in theater, movie, or radio adaptations, including authors such as Ruth Rendell, Julian Symons, Patricia Highsmith, Cornell Woolrich, and many more. Edited by Eleanor Sullivan. Publisher's original review copy receipt laid in. Eleanor Sullivan(Editor) (illustrator). BOOK.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Australian Edition. x, 189pp, index of titles and authors. Remainder dot by the spine foot. Papered boards in dust-jacket. Ruth Rendell has 'selected the best of writings which enter into the minds of murderers -- into the talk, imagination, dreams, boastings and remorse of people who have killed, in fiction and in fact'. Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible; Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. This hardcover book is square and tight. The boards and spine have no wear with pristine gilt. The pages and endpages are clean, with no markings or folds. The dustjacket is As New. Original Price is intact. Not ex-lib. No remainder mark. Collection of Short Stories with Notes on the Authors.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 403pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with light sunning to the spine and general rubbing. A collection of horror stories published to help needy children. Contributors include Harlan Ellison, Roald Dahl, Ramsey Campbell, Ruth Rendell, Brian Lumley, and others. …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 191 pages. French language. 7.50x5.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.