Hardcover. Condition: Reading Copy. Dust Jacket Condition: Reading Copy. First Edition. 1st printing (1978). Includes "Murder Is No Joke" (short novel) by Rex Stout; "Dover and the Dark Lady" (novelet) by Joyce Porter; "Lawyer's Holiday" (novelet) by Harold Q. Masur; "The Phony Ph.D." by Isaac Asimov; "The Plastic Jungle" by Joyce Harrington; "Jericho and the Deadly Errand" by Hugh Pentecost; "Venus's-Flytrap" by Ruth Rendell; "Locks Won't Keep You Out" by Nedra Tyre; "Waiting for the Police" by Celia Fremlin; "Nothing But the Truth" by Patricia McGerr; "M As in Missing" by Lawrence Treat; "Captain Leopold Plays a Hunch" by Edward D. Hoch; "Stoltzfuss' Revenge" by Jacob Hay; "Homage to John Keats" by Henry T. Parry; "Raffles and the Point of Morality" by Barry Perowne; "Give Me Lib, or Give Me Death" by Rod Reed; "The Man on the Telephone" by Norah Lofts; "Policeman's Lot" by William Bankier; "The Pencil" by Edmund Crispin; "Vengeance" by Robert Twohy; "Dead Ringer" by Ellery Queen; "Woman Trouble" by Forence V. Mayberry. EStandard ex-library flaw, sticker, stamps, etc.; discard stamped; ffep removed; spine cocked; tears to library myler protector. Reading copy. Ex-Library.
Published by Davis Publications, New York, 1970
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Soft Cover. Condition: Fair. softcover mystery magazine November 1970 issue- "All-American Issue". Also includes works by Stanley Ellin; Gary Brandner; Edward D. Hoch etc. Also includes novella by Rex Stout "Murder Is No Joke".
Published by Avon, N.Y.
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
PAPERBACK. Condition: VG. Not Stated. Published in the 1950s.
Seller: Needham Book Finders, Santa Clarita, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. NY: Avon, 1945. First Edition. Issue number one. Contain's Stout's Black Orchids plus stories by Dashiell Hammett, John Steinbeck, Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie and others. Softcover. Pages are darkened from age, covers are worn on edges with small tears and the book has a slight lean. Book condition: fair. Books are shipped quickly and securely packed in a box.
Published by Signet Books, New York, 1990
ISBN 10: 0451169093 ISBN 13: 9780451169099
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
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.
Published by Davis Publications, Inc., New York, 1977
ISBN 10: 0803722281 ISBN 13: 9780803722286
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Ellery Queen(Editor) (illustrator). First Printing. Ellery Queen's Anthology Fall-Winter 1977 Minor edge wear. Moderate edge wear. Stated first printing. BOOK.
Published by Curtis Publishing Co., NY, 1960
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Magazine. Condition: NF. 1st Printing. Vol. 232, #32, Feb. 6, 1960 issue with color front cover art by John C lymer. Complete staple bound issue, 10 1/2" x 13 1/2", 104 pages. A N ear Fine copy. The magazine has a very light rub along the seams. Mild dust soiling to the rear cover. The interior is fine. This issue con tains part two of "Method Three For Murder" by Rex Stout, a Nero Wolfe three part serial, part three of a Clarence Budington Kelland serial and others stories.
Published by Avon Detective Mysteries Inc, New York, 1945
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Singleissuemagazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. New York: Avon Detective Mysteries Inc 1945. First Edition. Softcover. . Trade sized paperback format, 131 pages plus ads at the rear. Reading/filler copy damp staining to the spine and to the adjacent portions of the front and rear covers, damp staining to the lower fore-edge and bottom edge of the front portion of the issue, spine faded and cocked and creased, cover creasing, John M. Cain's middle name and birth year added by hand to the contents page, price and date added to the upper right corner of the inside of the rear cover text paper fully tanned as usual bx291E.
Published by Carroll and Graf Publishers, New York, 1991
ISBN 10: 088184859X ISBN 13: 9780881848595
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Wilma Ervin; (illustrator). 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. Book.
Published by The Dial Press - Davis Publications, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0803723008 ISBN 13: 9780803723009
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
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.
Published by Carroll and Graf Publishers, New York, 1991
ISBN 10: 088184859X ISBN 13: 9780881848595
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Wilma Ervin; (illustrator). 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. Book.
Published by The Dial Press - Davis Publications, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0803723008 ISBN 13: 9780803723009
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
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.
Published by Criterion, 1961
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Jacques Barzun (editor); Ernest Bramah, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy Sayers, John D. MacDonald, Rex Stout, others The Delights of Detection Criterion, 1961. First Edition. Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket.
Published by Open Road Media, 2015
ISBN 10: 1504011341 ISBN 13: 9781504011341
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 294 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.
Published by Macdonald, London, 1958
Seller: Mountain Books, Kent, CT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Black cloth hardcover, has some light wear and signs of age. Scarce book. We ship fast.
Published by Robson, 1987
ISBN 10: 0860515079 ISBN 13: 9780860515074
Seller: Hadwebutknown, Birnam, PERTH, United Kingdom
First Edition
First Edition. Anthology of canine murder mysteries. Fine in Fine dustjacket, protected by a removable mylar sleeve.
Published by Avon Book Co. Digest Paperback Original, New York, 1946
Seller: Nightingale Books, Stoughton, MA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Ed. Good+ in red & pale yellow wraps with black & white lettering. Contains stories by Carter Dickson, Margery Allingham, R. Austin Freeman, Damon Runyon & Baroness Orczy as well as the haunting story 'The Willows' by Algernon Blackwood. Mystery Magazine, Digest Paperback.
Published by Avon Books, 1946
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Vol. 1, No. 4, March, 1946. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" digest magazine. Very Good condition. Rubs to the corners, spine tips, and outer edges. 2" diagonal crease to the front cover's lower right corner. Dusting to the covers. Tanning to the pages, which are still supple. This issue features stories by Carter Dickson, R. Austin Freeman, Algernon Blackwood, Baroness Orczy, and five others.
Published by Seafarer Books, N. Y, 1994
Seller: William L. Horsnell, Aylesford, NS, Canada
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. Wyeth, N.C. (illustrator). 1st Thus. A solid spine(tan boards with red lettering) with no edge rubbings. The dustjacket has edge rubbing. Stories by :John Mortimer, Peter lovesey, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Georges Simenon, George Baxt, John D.Macdonald, Herbert Resnicow, Anthony Boucher, Margery Allingham, Rex Stout, Patricia Moyes, Julian Symons,Paul Auster, C.M.Chan, Alice Scanlan Reach, James Powell, Thomas Larry Adcock, Joyce Porter, Martin Werner, Malcolm McClintock, Edward D.Hoch, Josephine Bell.
Published by Macdonald, London, 1958
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. First U.K. An anthology of crime stories by members of The Mystery Writers of America. 256 pages in very good, clean condition; slightly yellowed. Previous owner's name on the ffep. Black cloth with yellow titles on the spine. Corners very lightly bumped. Black/white DJ with illustration and red titles. Spine and edges darkened. Small tears and chips on the corners and edges. Jacket slightly soiled. VG+/VG-. Book.
Published by Alfed A. Knopf, New York, 1942
Seller: The Red Onion Bookshoppe, Hanover, IN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. William Gropper (illustrator). Ex-Library.