William Torre (61 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fair-Good. No Jacket. C S Eisenberg (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. Vol 31 # 1, whole # 170 of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 1958. Contains a novelette by Whit Masterson - Robert Allison Wade & H. Bill Miller (Suddenly It's Midnight), and stories by Mignon G Eberhart (Murder at the Dog Show), Lilian de la Torre (Saint-Germain the Deathless), Michael Gilbert (Operation Cryptic), Anthony Boucher - William Anthony Parker White (Best New Mysteries of the Month), and others. Wear at the edges and spine hinges. Spine roll. 1" loss at the bottom of the spine. Browning to the pages. A fair to good copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 12 short stories. Featured are Loopy by Ruth Rendell, Mr. Strong and the Pulioned Memo by William Brittain, It Weren't Right by Jane Bosworth, The Masks of Noh by Nan Hamilton, The Final Truth by Jack Ritichie, A Nasty Little Trick by Geoffrey Bush, Small Change by Gary Alexander, Abduction into the Seraglio by Theodore de la Torre-Bueno, Kindred Spirits by Clements Jordan, The Lipkin-Wester Affair by Louis Weinstein, False Arrest by Anthony Bloomsfield, The Second Captain Leopold by Edward D. Hoch. Light reading creases to the cover. Moderate tanning to the pages. In good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 10 short stories. Featured are The Merry Band by Michael Gilbert, It Never Happened by Joyce Harrington, The Rhode Island Lights by S.S. Rafferty, Old Friends by Dorothy Salisbury Davis, A Point of View by Rich Rainey, Mr. Strang Picks Up the Pieces by William Brittain, Paying Joe Back by Richard Laymon, The Bedlam Bam by Lillian de la Torre, Almost Human by Ruth Rendell, The Problem of the Lobster Shack by Edward D. Hoch, Detectiverse by Mark Grenier. Light spine slant. Slight spine fading. In 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: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 14 short stories. Featured are Jode's Last Hunt by Brian Garfield, The Final Twist by William Bankier, The Spirit of the '76 by Lillian de la Torre, To Be Continued by Barbara Callahan, C As in Crooked by Lawrence Treat, 'Twas the Plight before Christmas by Herschel Cozine, After the Storm by L.G. Kerrigan, A Pair of Gloves by Richard E. Hutton, With More Homage to Saki by Isak Romun, The Thumbtack Puzzle by Robert C. Schweik, Raffles and the Shere Khan Pouch by Barry Perowne, Please Don't Help the Bear by Ron Goulart, Etiquette for Dying by Celia Fremlin, The Problem with the Christmas Steeple by Edward D. Hoch. Light edge wear. Slight reading creases to the spine and front cover. In good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 11 short stories. Featured are The Theft of the Overdue Library Book by Edward D. Hoch, Fly, Said the Spy by Elizabeth Ferrars, The Barking Dogs of Roca Torre by Madelyn DeLorier, Forged Laughter by William Bankier, The House on Marigold Hill by Randeye Lordon, The Kidnapp'd Earl by Lillian de la Torre, Time Bomb by Gwendoline Butler, Adam and Eve on a Raft by Ron Goulart, The Photographer and the Sailor by James Holding, Teeth Like Little radios by Robert Twohy, Murder Must Not At All Advertise, Isn't It? H.R.F. Keating. Light edge wear. In near fine condition.

Condition: New.

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

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fair-Good. No Jacket. Fred Kirberger (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. Vol 22 # 119 of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1953. Contains stories by Thomas Kyd (Alfred B. Harbage - High Court), Michael Gilbert (Back in Five Years), Lillian de la Torre (Lillian de la Torre Bueno McCue - The Stroke of Thirteen), Thomas Walsh (Before the Act), Charlotte Armstrong (Laugh it Off), Steve Fisher (Day Never Came), Fredric Brown (Cry Silence), Will Scott (William Matthew Scott - A Wish for a Cigar), Frank Swinnerton (Ms. In a Safe), Faith Baldwin (Night of the Execution), Rex Stout (The World Series Murder), and others. GGA cover. Minimal wear at the edges. The cover is complete but loose from the binding glue. 1.75" closed tear at the bottom right spine hinge. Light browning to the page edges. A fair to good copy that presents well.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Vincent Torre (Design) (illustrator). Copyright © 1973. 293 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Creased spine. Previous owner's name inscribed on first front-end page. Occassional pen markings on text.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Vincent Torre (Cover Design) (illustrator). 5th Revised Edition/13th Printing. 297 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Creased covers and spine. Pencil markings on last free end page.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. William Davis (Cover Design); Vincent Torre (Design) (illustrator). 301 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear. Clean text on bright pages. Small crease on back cover page top corner. Cover page edges slightly worn.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. William Davis (Cover Design & Photo); Vincent Torre (Design) (illustrator). Copyirght 1977. 348 pp. The book is in excellent condition. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text save for some foxing on page edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Leo Monso (DJ design) (illustrator). Book Club (BCE/BOMC). A BCE from the early 1950s of a collection of first murder stories by noted mystery writers originally published from the early 1910s through the early 1950s. Contents include Room Number Twenty-three (Hugh Pentecost), The Fifty-Carat Jinx (Lawrence G Blochman), Bezique of Death (Veronica Parker Johns), The Little House at Croix-Rousse (Georges Simenon), The Riddle of the Dangling Pearl (Stuart Palmer), Shoes for Breakfast (Lawrence Treat), Find the Woman (Kenneth Millar (Ross Macdonald)), Marksman (William Campbell Gault), Victim No. 5 (Harry Stephen Keeler), The Man in the Velvet Hat (Jerome and Harold Prince), The Adventure of the Black Narcissus (August Derleth), And on the Third Day (David Alexander), Too Many Brides (Ruth Wilson), The Fourth Degree (Jerrome Barry), The Second Sight of Dr Sam: Johnson (Lillian de la Torre), Old Calamity Tries a Bluff (Joseph Fulling Fishman), A Great Whirring of Wings (Day Keene), Thenody (Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White)), The Adventure of One-Penny Black (Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee)), and The Specialty of the House (Stanley Ellin). Light edge wear with a 1" triangular piece missing from the bottom of the spine. Light fading to the spine. The internals are clean and tight. A very good copy.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. Fred Kirberger (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. Vol 22 # 119 of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1953. Contains stories by Thomas Kyd (Alfred B. Harbage - High Court), Michael Gilbert (Back in Five Years), Lillian de la Torre (Lillian de la Torre Bueno McCue - The Stroke of Thirteen), Thomas Walsh (Before the Act), Charlotte Armstrong (Laugh it Off), Steve Fisher (Day Never Came), Fredric Brown (Cry Silence), Will Scott (William Matthew Scott - A Wish for a Cigar), Frank Swinnerton (Ms. In a Safe), Faith Baldwin (Night of the Execution), Rex Stout (The World Series Murder), and others. GGA cover. Light wear at the edges. The front cover has some small dents along the top, some rubbing at the top right corner, and lightly written initials (DL?) just above the center. there is a .75" closed tear at the bottom left spine hinge. Light browning to the page edges. A good to very good copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. Cover and spine are good with only mild shelf/rub wear. No dog-eared corners. Solid Binding. All pages intact and legible. Clean. No store stamps. --- Feb, 1983 issue. --- Crime stories including authors: ---- --- Ruth Rendell / William Brittain / Jane Bosworth / Nan Hamilton / Jack Ritchie / Geoffrey Bush / Gary Alexander / Theodore de la Torre-Bueno / Clements Jordan / Louis Weinstein / Anthony Bloomfield / Edward D. Hoch. . .See photos for additional content. . .

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. No store stamps. --- Oct, 1973 issue. --- Crime stories including authors: ---- Philip MacDonald / Edward D. Hoch / Robert Twohy / William Bankier / Lillian de la Torre / Josh Pachter /Kelly H. Blau / Junius T. Podrug / Henry T. Parry / Jon L. Breen / Robert Rdward Eckels / Michael Gilbert / Florence V. Mayberry / Gerald Kersh / Hugh Pentecost. . .See photos for additional content. . .

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. 1st printing, 1979. Digest-sized. Edited by Eleanor Sullivan. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "The 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 Bakier; "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 Indidents" 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. Hocj; "The Adventure of Abraham Lincoln's Clue" by Ellery Queen. Creasing; corner bumps and wear; mild tanning. Magazine.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. William Davis (Cover Design); Vincent Torre (Design) (illustrator). 21st Printing. 561 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Stains on top and bottom edges. Light foxing on page edges.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Vincent Torre (Design) (illustrator). 2nd Edition. 293 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Occassional highlighter/pen markings on text/marginalia. Creased spine. Previous owner's name inscribed on first front-end page.

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. 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. Britt Taylor Collins; (illustrator). First Edition. 320 pp. Quarter-bound in black cloth on green boards; lettered in green on the spine; headband; green endpapers. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price clipped; no interior markings. Dj art by Britt Taylor Collins. This anthology contains: Sungrab by William F. Nolan; Pahua by Joe Gores; Tania's No Where by Amanda Cross; A Little Piece of Room by Barbara Owens; Deadhead Coming Down by Margaret Maron; The Woman in the Shadows by Stephanie Kay Bendel; Night Crawlers by Joyce Harrington; The Matchstick Hut by Jean Darling; The Treasure of Pachacamac by James Holding; Last Chance in Singapore by Clark Howard; The Vultures of Malibar by Edward D. Hoch; The Saintmaker's Wife by Helene Juarez Phipps; Greater Love Than This by Herbert Resnicow; The Second Sight of Dr Sam Johnson by Lillian de la Torre; The Smoke People by Walter Satterthwait; and The Jughead File by Janwillem van de Wetering. Size: 8vo. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. Cover and spine are like new. No dog-eared corners. Solid Binding. All pages intact and legible. Clean. No store stamps. --- ANTHOLOGY #51 (PRIME CRIMES 2) - WINTER 1984 issue. --- Crime stories including authors --- Frank Sisk / Tim Heald / Anthea Cohen / Edward Wellen / Melville Davisson Post and John F. Suter / Donald Olson / Ernest Savage / Dorothy Benjamin / Theodore de la Torre Bueno / Jillary Waugh / Fred Burgess / John Lutz / Jane Paynter / Isak Romun / LaVonne Sims / James Holding / Clark Howard / Edward D. Hoch / AntoniaFraser / William Bankier . . .See photos for additional content. . .

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. 81, No. 2, Whole No. 475. Edited by Eleanor Sullivan. Photo cover. Includes "Loopy" by Ruth Rendell; "Mr. Strang and the Purloined Memo" by William Brittain; "It Weren't Right" by Jane Bosworth; "The Masks of Noh" by Nan Hamilton; "The Final Truth" by Jack Ritchie; "A Nasty Little Trick" by Geoffrey Bush; "Small Change" by Gary Alexander; "Abduction into the Seraglio" by Theodore De La Torre-Bueno; "Kindred Spirits" by Clements Jordan; "The Lipkin-Wexler Affair" by Louis Weinstein; "False Arrests" by Anthony Bloomfield; "The Second Captain Leopold" by Edward D. Hoch; "Mystery Newsletter"; R. E. Porter & Chris Steinbrunner; "The Jury Box" by Jon L. Breen. Mild tanning; sminro stains to rear; light rubs to front. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Cover and edges shows heavy wear and tear. Pages are clean and intact. Has some heavy dirtiness on the outside as well as scuffing.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Fred Kirberger (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. Vol 22 # 119 of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1953. Contains stories by Thomas Kyd (Alfred B. Harbage - High Court), Michael Gilbert (Back in Five Years), Lillian de la Torre (Lillian de la Torre Bueno McCue - The Stroke of Thirteen), Thomas Walsh (Before the Act), Charlotte Armstrong (Laugh it Off), Steve Fisher (Day Never Came), Fredric Brown (Cry Silence), Will Scott (William Matthew Scott - A Wish for a Cigar), Frank Swinnerton (Ms. In a Safe), Faith Baldwin (Night of the Execution), Rex Stout (The World Series Murder), and others. GGA cover. Minimal wear at the edges. A nice, sharp copy. A very good or better copy.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: VG, Wear, Offset, Browning. De La Torre, William (illustrator). 1st UK Edition. Satire. Jacket by Stein. Expanded condition report/scan on request.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. William Davis (Cover Design); Vincent Torre (Design) (illustrator). 179 pp. Clean, fresh copy with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on page edges.