Robert L Ed Fish (19 results)

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

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of thirteen short stories. Featured are The Weapon Out of the Past by Edward D. Hoch, Punishment to Fit the Crime by Robert L. Fish, The Angel's Hair by John F. Suter, Darkening Shadows by Patricia L. Schulze, Jury Duty by Henry T. Parry, Spiderzan's Revenge by Anne Perkins Dewey, Sudden Death by Hal Charles, She Will Live Forever by D. O. Bell, In Old Edinburgh by Edward Wellen, Web of Circumstance by Donald Olson, Jericho and the Cardboard Box by Hugh Pentecost, Bears Watching by John C. Boland, The M Route by Michael Gilbert. Remains of an address label on the front cover. Light reading creases to the cover and spine. Slight edge wear. In fair condition. …

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of articles, reviews and book collecting tips for the mystery genre. Faint sticker shadow to front cover. Slight rubbing to black cover. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 14 Short Stories. Featured are Just Desserts by Stanley Ellin, The Price of His Life by Clark Howard, Deduction, 1996 by RL Stevens, The First Colonial Murder by Theodore Mathieson, A Masterpiece of Crime by Robert Twohy, I'll Never Leave You, Dear by Evelyn A Olyarnik, A Quarter for Crazy Eddie by Will Murray, The Perfect Alibi by John Briggs, Middle-of-the-Night Call by Stephen Wasylyk, Paid in Advance by William Bankier, The Western Film Scam by Francis M Nevins, The Booby Trap by Robert L Fish, The Wise Men's Gold by John F Suter and The Theft of the Four of Spades by Edward D Hoch. In Near Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 13 Short Stories. Featured are The Gourmet Kidnaper by Jack Ritchie, A Place of Her Own by Joyce Harrington, Invitation to Murder by Rex Stout, Black Wind by Bill Pronzini, The Fastidious Bank Teller by Richard Roesberg, The Abominable Ad Man by Amy Crossley, The Mysterious Attorney by Vyvyan McAmis Bretz, Cattle Call by William Bankier, The Adventure of the Common Code by Robert L Fish, The Marked Man by David Ely, Queentessential Poepourri by Gerald Tomlinson, The Man Who Stirred Champagne and The Spy Who Was Alone by Edward D Hoch. In Very Good Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 11 Short Stories. Featured are Flowers that Bloom in the Spring by Julian Symons, The Art of Deduction by Robert L Fish, The Woman in the Control Room by William Bankier, Inspector Wexford and the Winchurch Affair by Ruth Rendell, In the Presence of Death by James Holding, Million-to-One Shot by Bill Pronzini and Barry N Malzberg, A Fitting Epitaph by Herschel Cozine, Passport for Charlie by Brian Garfield, The Kindest Man in the World by Henry Slesar, Some Days are Like That by Jack Ritchie and Captain Leopold and the Vanishing Men by Edward D Hoch. In Very Good Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 15 Short Stories. Featured are EQMM Number 400 by RL Stevens, One of the Oldest Con Games by Robert L Fish, Rough Justice by Michael Gilbert, Statement of the Accused by JN Williamson, Doc Wharton's Legacy by Ernest Savage, A Matter of Practice by Patrick Scaffetti, The Tenuous Thread by Edward Mananitas, The Man Who Embezzled from Himself by Jean Darling, The Man from Out There by Georges Simenon, Malice in Blunderland by Kevin Goldstein-Jackson, T as in Terror by Lawrence Treat, The Empty Chair by Anne Brashler, A Case of Maximum Need by Celia Frelin, Grass by Joyce Harrington and The Problem of Cell 16 by Edward Hoch. Price sticker on front cover and slight edgewear. In Very Good Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 12 short stories. Featured are What Happened to Annie Barnes? by Evan Hunter, The Love Detectives by Agatha Christie, Problems Solved by Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg, $106,000 Mud Bunny by Jon L. Breen, The Patsy by Robert L. Fish, Mr. Strang Battles a Deadline by William Brittain, Waiting for Eddie by Mary Diamond, A Tale Tod at Dusk by Jack Kelly, The Aerostatick Globe by Lillian de la Torre, Buzz'em, Chick! by S.S. Rafferty, Raffles and the Dangerous Game by Barry Perowne, Captain Leopold Tries Again by Edward D. Hoch. The Christie story was originally published in 1926. Light edge wear. In very good condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 12 short stories. Featured are The Gourmet Kidnaper by Jack Ritchie, A Place of Her Own by Joyce Harrington, Invitation to Murder by Rex Stout, Black Wind by Bill Pronzini, The Fastidious Bank Teller by Rochard Roesberg, The Abominable Ad Man by Amy Crossley, The Mysterious Attorney by Vyvyan McAmis Bretz, Cattle Call by William Bankier, The Adventure of the Common Code by Robert L. Fish, The Marked Man by David Ely, Queentessential Poepourri by Gerald Tomlinson, The Man Who Stirred Champagne by Hugh Pentecost, The Spy Who Was Alone by Edward D. Hoch. The Rex Stout stories was originally published in 1953. Light edge wear. Light creasing to the front cover. In very good condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 14 short stories. Featured are A Case of Coincidence by Ruth Rendell, One Hour to Doom by Stephen Wasylyk, How I Became a Criminal by T.M. Adams, The Man Who Pretended to Like Baseball by Isaac Asimov, Events at Headland Cottage by William Bankier, A Time of Summing Up by Ernest Savage, I Can't Go Home by Sylvia Tacker, Graveyard Shift by E.P. Moses, Like Father Like Son by Charles R. McConnell, The Edinburgh Landlady by Aubrey Davidison, The Adventure of the Belles Letters by Robert L. Fish, The Turning Point by Henry T. Parry, A Debt to Be Paid by Dick Stodghill, The Third Floor Closet by Jack Ritchie, The Problem of the Courthouse Gargoyle by Edward D. Hoch. In near fine condition. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 13 short stories. Featured are The Memorial Service by Michael Innes, Locks Won't Keep You Out by Nedra Tyre, The Adventure of the Briary School by Robert L. Fish, A Huddle of Armchairs by Edward Wellen, More Than a Mere Storybook by James Holding, In The Cool Clearing by R.L. White, The Best of Accidents by Ruth Enos, Trip Up on a Ripple by Jeffry Scott, Give the Devil His Due by Lawrence Treat, The Most Dangerous Man by R.L. Stevens, Mr. Strang Examines a Legend by William Brittian, Waiting for the Police by Celia Fremlin, Carrot for a Chestnut by Dick Francis, Breakneck by Jon L. Breen. Also included are the results from the 12 Most Famous Detectives" Polls by Ellery Queen. Light edge wear. Light age toning to the pages and rear cover. In very good condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of one novelet and thirteen short stories. Featured are (novelet) The Importance of Trifles by Avram Davidson, (short stories) The Light Next Door by Charlotte Armstrong, The Empty Birdhouse by Patricia Highsmith, Whodunit: Murder Offstage by Edward D. Hoch, Howdunit: Every Fifth Man by Edward D. Hoch, Whydunit: The Nile Cat by Edward D. Hoch, More of a Notability by Dion Henderson, The Second Sign in the Melon Patch by William Brittain, Odds Bodkins and the Locked Room Caper by Richard Curtis, Father Crumlish Defies the Impossible by Alice Scanlan Reach, The N-Plus-1th Degree by Stephen Barr, Hard Cheese; or, For Queen and Country by John F. Campbell, Desperate Remedy by Edward Y. Breese, Doubled Entry by Robert L. Fish. Light age toning to the spine. Slight edge wear. In good condition.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The August 1970 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Vol 56 # 2 whole # 321. Contains stories by Ed McBain (Nightshade - 87th Precinct), Nicholas Freeling (Nicolas Davidson - Van Der Valk and the Wolfpack), J J Marric (John Creasey - Gideon: The Young Toughs), and others. Also includes an article by John Dickson Carr (The Jury Box). Light wear at the edges. Light browning to the spine. The internals are clean and tight. A very good or better copy.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The August 1970 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Vol 56 # 2 whole # 321. Contains stories by Ed McBain (Nightshade - 87th Precinct), Christianna Brand (Mary Christianna Nicholas - The Scapegoat), Freeling (Nicolas Davidson - Van Der Valk and the Wolfpack), J J Marric (John Creasey - Gideon: The Young Toughs), Celia Fremlin (The Ballad of Corpscandal Manor), Robert L. Fish (In a Country Churchyard), and others. Also includes an article by John Dickson Carr (The Jury Box). Light wear at the edges. Small loss at the bottom of the spine. Light to moderate browning to the spine and the page edges. A very good copy. …

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The August 1970 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Vol 56 # 2 whole # 321. Contains stories by Ed McBain (Nightshade - 87th Precinct), Christianna Brand (Mary Christianna Nicholas - The Scapegoat), Freeling (Nicolas Davidson - Van Der Valk and the Wolfpack), J J Marric (John Creasey - Gideon: The Young Toughs), Celia Fremlin (The Ballad of Corpscandal Manor), Robert L. Fish (In a Country Churchyard), and others. Also includes an article by John Dickson Carr (The Jury Box). Light wear at the edges. Crease at the top right of the back cover. Light browning to the spine and the page edges. A very good or better copy. …

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 56, no. 2 (Whole No. 321). Edited by Clayton Rawson. Includes "Nightshade" (short novel) by Ed McBain; "The Scapegoat" (award winner) by Christianna Brand; "Van der Valk and the Wolfpack" by Nicholas Freeling; "Gideon: the Young Toughs" by J. J. Marric (John Creasey); "Your Days Are Few" by Richard O. Lewis; "Milk Run" by Robert Edward Eckels; "Ponsonby and the Dying Words" by Alan K. Young; "The Ballad of Corpscandal Manor" by Celia Fremlin; "In a Country Churchyard" by Robert L. Fish; "The Liquidation File" by Simon Troy; "Post-Obit" (First) by Elizabeth Palmer; "Hardcovers and Paperbacks of the Month"; "The Jury Box" (department) by John Dickson Carr. Tanning; a little soiling; minor creasing. Book.…

Condition: Good. 1969. First Edition. 256 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper and rear pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing. Sticker to front flap. Wear marks and foxing overall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine unread condition faux navy blue leather boards with a color illustrated front cover paste-down, with gold front cover and spine lettering. Includes Preliminary Page Note by The Editors; Acknowledgments; and About the Authors. The volume also features gilt page edges on all three sides, a traditional 3-hubbed spine, and acid-free paper for permanence and durability. Illustrated with a double-page color frontispiece painting and color illustrated front and rear endpapers. "Great American Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century presents an impressive array of writers. These literary sleuths - American writers who hail from all over the United States and even abroad - offer stories that reflect the varied experiences of a vast and culturally diverse country. The authors in this collection have garnered innumerable honors, from myriad awards conferred by their own mystery-writing colleagues to the Nobel Prize in Literature; they all share the writer's greatest reward, however, the broad readership and popular acclaim that can only come from creating superb, entertaining tales. Some of these mystery masters have left an indelible mark on the reading public by creating characters that have entered the national consciousness. The Saint, Lew Archer, Travis McGee, Uncle Abner - these names are real to mystery aficionados who know them well and have learned much about life from them. Other writers have given birth to characters who live only in one brief tale, making readers regret that they won't meet them again. Although the modern American mystery story has only recently gained respectability as the subject of academic study, the genre is an integral part of this country's literature. In fact, it stands at the very center of a markedly American literary offering, the short story. Edgar Allan Poe, the creator of the short story form, based the world's first mystery tale on the crime story, a style of fiction that originally appeared in the beginning of the nineteenth century. He enhanced the elements in these negligible stories with such genius that he lifted his own tales to the level of art. Poe's "The Murder in the Rue Morgue," first published in 1841, has been called by one critic "the single most important story in the history of the genre." Subsequent literary detectives may have occasionally felt daunted by following the mystery story's inimitable forefather; still, they have made their own distinctive contributions to this uniquely American literary form. Among them, the twenty-three writers in this anthology of American mystery masterpieces have written hundreds of memorable stories. Choosing the writers - not to mention the stories - from a national treasure of literary excellence was indeed difficult. The sheer number of outstanding American mystery stories offers endless hours of reading pleasure. To this day, superlative writers apply their varied skills to the genre first explored by Edgar Allan Poe. Readers new to this literary terrain will enjoy finding their way to some of mystery's hidden corners - as well as its landmarks. - The Editors" - from the Preliminary Page. Ward, John (panel art and color frontispiece) (illustrator).…