Death by Towne Stuart (12 results)
Language: English
Published by Cassell & Company, 1947
- Hardcover
Seller: PONCE A TIME BOOKS, SANTA BARBARA, CA, U.S.A.PONCE A TIME BOOKS
Contact seller4-star seller1 Very good. light shelf wear, mild spine lean.
Language: English
Published by Yogi Mysteries, 1943
- Softcover
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.Lazy S Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
US$ 175.00
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. None Stated. A mystery novel by Clayton Rawson writing as Stuart Towne from the early 1940s. Yogi Mysteries. Light edge wear. The tittle page & FFEP are missing. 1.75" x 2" chip from the top right corner of the front cover affecting part of the title. Small chip from the top right corner o…f the rear cover at the spine. Light soiling to the rear cover. Still a good or better copy of a rare title.
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Language: English
Published by Coward-McCann, Inc., 1941
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Avol's Books LLC, Madison, WI, U.S.A.Avol's Books LLC
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
US$ 700.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Black cloth with red lettering on spine, figure of magician on front. Pronounced spine slant. Name stamped on bottom edge and inside front cover. Some light water spotting and dust soiling to last blank page and inside of back cover. edges of text lightly yell…owed. Dust jacket shelf rubbed on edges, with wear to spine head, heel, and tips. Stress crease on front near upper edge, short tear at spine heel, top of rear fold, and top edge on back panel. Jacket in mylar. Clayton Rawson was an American mystery writer, editor, and amateur magician. He was one of the four founding members of the Mystery Writers of America.
Published by Coward-McCann: NY, 1941
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.John K King Used & Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
US$ 115.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 7.5 x 5", pict black cloth, 280pp, covers heavily rubbed and stained, extremities bumped and fraying, spine cocked, old bookstore inkstamp on front fly, pp toned and used. SWAF, but FIRST EDITION (NAP). Expensive in nice condition.
Published by Wiegers Publishing Company (Yogi Mysteries), New York, NY, 1940
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.Lazy S Books
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US$ 150.00
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Fair-Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A collection of short stories by one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America published under the pseudonym Stuart Towne. The main flaw is a large piece (2" x 2") is missing from the top right corner of the front cover affecting the TH and ERE of the title. Lig…ht wear to the spine but the text is readable. The cover illustrations is bright and unaffected. Overall a good or somewhat better copy. Rare book.
Published by Wiegers: NY, 1948
- Softcover
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.John K King Used & Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 172.50
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. 7 x 5", pict stapled wraps, 128pp. Covers have creasing, soiling and edge tears, toned, last two pages have edge tears else good. Colorful front cover shows a leopard attacking a man. Yogi Mysteries. SCARCE.
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Published by Coward-McCann, New York, 1941
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. First Edition. Octavo. 3-280 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine blue with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$2.00." Mild chipping and tearing to dust jacket at head and tail of spine, general age toning elsewhere. Mild general shelf wear to… boards. Mild age toning throughout textblock. The two novelettes featuring Don Diavolo that were previously printed in the pulp magazine Red Star Mystery in 1940. MA Consignment. Shelved in Alcove. 1388033. Special Collections.
Published by First edition, published by Coward-McCann, New York, 1941., 1941
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jerry Merkel, XENIA, OH, U.S.A.Jerry Merkel
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Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 350.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Binding is mildly cocked. Spine tips and cover corners are lightly bumped and rubbed. Some light discoloration at top front edge. 280 pages.
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Published by Coward-McCann, [1941]., New York, 1941
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
Contact seller4-star seller[RAWSON, CLAYTON]. First edition. 0riginally published serially in Red Star Mystery magazine under the titles GHOST OF THE UNDEAD and DEATH OUT OF THIN AIR. A pseudonym of Clayton Rawson and the first appearance using this pseudonym. These two pulp novelettes feature a magician-sleuth called Don Diavolo and the titles are DEATH…FROM THE PAST and DEATH FROM THE UNSEEN. In the story DEATH FROM THE PAST, Diavolo must solve a murder of a frightened female medium, committed in his own backstage dressing room, apparently by a vampire conjured up during a seance. In DEATH FROM THE UNSEEN, an inventor claims to have invented an invisibility machine. A few weeks later an invisible man murders a detective at police headquarters and then challenges Diavolo to find him. If you are unfamiliar with Don Diavolo, he is an illusionist who gets involved in crimes only a magician could commit. The stories are thoroughly entertaining and readable. Fine, tight copy in a bright, un-faded dust jacket with light professional restoration to the spine ends, corners and extremities.
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Published by Coward-McCann, New York, 1941
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.Heartwood Books and Art
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
US$ 2,000.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Death Out of Thin Air by Stuart Towne First Edition Signed Firm, square copy. Bright cloth. Clean text block. Bright jacket. Mild rubbing to front corners and spine ends. Writing to back cover. Not price-clipped. Clear protective cover. First Edit…ion. Signed and inscribed by the Author to the back of jacket, "Stuart Towne is C-- R-- Can your detective ability fill in the blanks?" Classic Don Diavolo mystery, originally serialized as two stories in Red Star Mystery, which ran for only four issues: June, August, October, and December 1940. Separated into two acts, the first, Act 1: Death From the Past, appeared as "Ghost of the Undead" and the second, Act 2: Death from the Unseen, appeared as "Death Out of Thin Air". Stuart Towne was the pseudonym of Clayton Rawson who also created another famous pulp-era magician, The Great Merlini. Rawson was himself an accomplished magician, illustrator, writer, and editor. Orange cloth with black debossed magician image to front cover and black lettering to spine. SCARCE. BOOK.
Published by Coward-McCann [1941], New York, 1941
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition. Octavo, cloth. Two novelettes featuring Don Diavolo, The Scarlet Wizard-magician detective. These were first published in separate issues of the pulp Red Star Mystery in 1940. This is the first of two books published with the Towne pseudonym (and the only one in hardcover). A very good plus copy, some mild soiling… to cloth, tear to cloth (mendable) at upper rear cover in a very good dust jacket with some edge wear, wrinkling to upper front panel stain marks to upper rear panel. Uncommon in jacket. (9869).
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Published by New York, 1940
- First Edition
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United KingdomJames M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used
US$ 331.92
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Add to basketFirst Edition. (New York: Wiegers Publishing Company - Yogi Mysteries - 12940). First US Edition. A softback. 7 x 5", pictorial stapled wrappers, 128pp. A collection of short stories written by by one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America published under the pseudonym Stuart Towne. Contents complete and tight. No pre…vious owner's inscriptions. No loss. Covers clean and bright with some creasing and light wear. No rusting to the staples. No sticker pulls. A solid VG copy. A nicer copy than normally seen of this uncommon fragile production which has lasted the test of time pretty well. Yogi Mysteries # 1. Don Diavalo - The Secret Wizard, Magician and Escapologist. Photographs/scans available upon request.
