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Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A.: Council Oak Distribution, 1990. 1st. Ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1943. 1st pbk printing, September 1943. Dell Mapback #17. Vintage paperback. Great skull cover illustration by Gerald Gregg. Back cover map of "Scene of the Murder", area on East River Drive, NYC, including apt. bldg at 66 Franklin Place. A few cover creases, spine edge rubbed, paper age-toned, good-very good copy of this early Dell Mapback. All Vintage Paperbacks come sealed in 2.5 mil plastic bag and taped closed with removable tape which will not tear the covers if it sticks to them when the book is removed. Sara Hazard died when her car slid across the drive into the murky depths of East River. The police crossed it off as an accident until Ins.McKee of the Homicide Squad received an anonymous letter calling it murder. There was ample motive for any one of several people to put her out of the way. McKee uncovered the fact that Steven, her husband, was in love with Cristie Lansing and had asked his wife for a divorce; also, that Mrs. Hazard… Leer más

N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1949. First pbk printing, July 1949. Dell Mapback #314. Vintage paperback. Gerald Gregg cover illustration. Back cover map of section of Manhattan with 2 insets: Park Royal Hotel (Fifth Ave. & 59th St.) and Magnolia Stud, country estateand stud farm, Warrenton, VA. Reading crease, a couple of cover creases, very lightly soiled else near fine, tight copy. Gil Vine, security officer of New York's swank Park Royal hotel, is very human and likeable. He is in favor of keeping both his job and his life, but that doesen't prevent him from endangering both to find the murderer of a beautiful guest. All Vintage Paperbacks come sealed in 2.5 mil plastic bag and taped closed with removable tape which will not tear the covers if it sticks to them when the book is removed.. First Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. Very Good-Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Gregg, Gerald. Vintage Paperback.

NY,NY: Tor, 1987. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. A serial killer prowls New York's grimy streets, and every time he strikes an anonymous correspondent sends ballet teacher Hannah Wade the beheaded stem of a rose accompanied by a cryptic message. Then an old schoolmate, Kyle Howard, turns up. He's been nursing a secret crush on Hannah for 18 years and is very persistent. Is there a connection, and can the cops catch up with the action before it's too late for Hannah? Hauser's Upper West Side New Yorkers are persuasively drawn, and his sharply observed version of life in the city is a rare treat. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Soho Crime, 2014. 1st ed. A fine copy of the Advance Uncopyedited Edition, due out April, 2014. 224 pages. When the body of an unidentified Asian man is found in the Harlem River, NYPD Detective Jack Yu is pulled in to investigate. The murder takes Jack from the benevolent associations of Chinatown to the take-out restaurants, strip clubs, and underground gambling establishments of the Bronx, to a wealthy, exclusive New Jersey borough. It's a world of secrets and unclear allegiances, of Chinatown street gangs and major Triad players. With the help of an elderly fortune teller and an old friend, the unpredictable Billy Bow, Jack races to solve his most difficult case yet.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. As New. Advance Uncorrected Proof.

N.Y.: Avon Books, 1999. 1st ed., December, 1999 with complete number line beginning with 1. A fine, unread copy of this Paperback Original. In 1897, New York City teems with hustlers and freshly made millionaires, fine artists and con artists, criminals and immigrants. Among them is a rabbi's son who calls himself Houdini. He is struggling to make it in the brutal entertainment business when detectives call on him to attempt the most amazing feat of his fledgling career: solve the mystery of a toy tycoon murdered in his posh Fifth Avenue mansion. It's a challenge which Harry--never at a loss for self-confidence--is more than willing to accept. But soon two more murders are linked to the first, and the investigation leads into the strange world of rare curios and the collectors who pay fortunes to own them. Now, the master magician, with the reluctant help of his brother, Dash Hardeen, must uncover a motive for murder adn track a killer to his hidden lair--an appointment with danger from… Leer más

N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. 1st ed. Light wear along edges, else near fine gold cloth hardback in dust jacket worn at edges, darkened at spine and with a few chips, small piece out at rear. ...Sultan,. Sultan & Sultan, Counselors at Law was the mustiest and most dignified of New York law firms. Its only earthly representative was Wm Sultan, an old young man of extreme decorum who busied himself with the preparation of his uncle's Life & Letters. Only in one respect did the offices of Sultan, Sultan & Sultan differ from the other aged and decorous offices which were its neighbors, and that was Sultan's Harem (though the phrase would have horrified Wm). The Harem was Sultan's office staff which Wm had chosen with unconscious, yet certainly unerring, taste. There was Roberts, the. blonde receptionist, an athletic girl with a strong will and a demure way with callers which was a business asset and a complete fraud; Kelly, the brunette secretary, who had a… Leer más

NY, NY: Warner Books Inc, 2003. 1st. Ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Near Fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover. Two strangers on a train, a step towards temptation and thier lifes are blown off the tracks.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Walker Books, 2005. 1st ed., June 2005. A fine, unread copy of Advanced Reading Copy with publishers letter to book store owner laid in. An Artie Cohen mystery, NYC. 1st Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

NY, NY,: St. Martin, 1987. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. A New York City Police Academy Cadet, plunges into the graffiti strewn underground rail system, looking for the killer of his brother and against the wishes of the police force.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1951. 1st printing, September 1951. Dell Mapback #535. Vintage Paperback. Back cover map of Manhattan, with 2 insets. Reading crease, a few creases along front else very good copy. "A few drinks with a blonde, and then smashing violence and a blacked-out memory." All Vintage Paperbacks come sealed in 2.5 mil plastic bag and taped closed with removable tape which will not tear the covers if it sticks to them when the book is removed.. First Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. Very Good. Illus. by Kalin, Victor. Book.

London: UK: Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc., 1992. 1st printing with complete number line beginning with 1. Paper beginning to age tone else about fine copy paperback. When his best friend is killed, Isaac Sidel looks for revenge in the BronxThough incorruptible—at least by New York Police Department standards—Detective Isaac Sidel knows that sometimes it's useful to look a little dirty. To gain access to the Bronx-based Guzmann crime syndicate, rumored to be building a human trafficking operation in Spanish Harlem, Sidel had himself kicked off the force on a corruption charge. With the help of Manfred Coen, a young cop whom Sidel once mentored, he posed as a desperate, dirty cop in hopes of infiltrating the Guzmann family. The gamble got Coen killed, and left Sidel with nothing but guilt, bruises, and a tapeworm. Now the detective craves revenge. To break down the syndicate, he targets Patrick Silver, the Guinness-addicted handler of forty-four-year-old man-child Jerónimo Guzmann. When a crush on… Leer más

Garden City, New York,: Crime Club Doubleday, 1950. 1st edition, so stated. Light wear along edges, paper age toned else about fine in dust jacket, lightly soiled, spine slightly darkened, one small nick at rear, not price clipped, $2.50 price intact, else about fine. Cover illustration by Bill English. Desmond Shannon', a private investigator in New York City.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by English, Bill. Book.

NY,NY: Lippincott, 1958. 1st ed. Light wear to cover edges, else near fine in lightly used, lightly rubbed dust jacket,with one closed tear at front and two small tears at rear, lightly creased. Dust jacket is not price clipped ($2.95 price intact) Marshal Pedley/ NYC.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Saint Martin's Press, 1990. 2nd edition with complete number line beginning with 2. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "Set in the small, inbred Manhattan ballet community, this absorbing mystery is filled with esoterica that only occasionally slow the pace. On the morning after a party in her studio loft, dance teacher Maggie Tremayne wakes up to find the body of Nina Langlander, her best friend and rival, on the studio floor. Nina has been skewered to death, and Maggie, who is the prime suspect--the murder weapon and the premises are hers, and her longstanding quarrel with Nina is well-known--realizes that the murderous act was aimed at her also. Although Det. Tagliaferro seems to have an open mind about her possible guilt, Maggie must find the link in Nina's and her shared past in order to identify the killer. Not always sympathetic or likable, Maggie is a memorable character whose integrity remains intact despite personal battles and… Leer más

N.Y.: Carnival Books Hanro Corporation, 1953. 2nd printing. Carnival Books #928, Vintage digest. Reading crease, light cover wear, rear cover lightly soiled and front cover has writing indentations from where someone had used the book underneath a piece of paper as they wrote. . 2nd Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. Good-Very Good/No Jacket. Vintage Paperback.

N.Y.: Gold Medal, 1955. 1st edition, January 1955, so stated. Gold Medal #458. Spine lightly darkened, price on cover is crossed out, paper is brownig. Somewhere in the elegance of Beekman Place, the stone refuge of the very rich, she lay naked and sprawled across an heirloom of a bed in the grotesque position of sudden and violent death. She was beautiful Patsy Burton Lonergan, 22-year-old wife, mother—and sole heiress to seven million dollars. She had been bludgeoned to death with a heavy brass candlestick handsomely inlaid with green glass. The room was a shambles. The following dawn Toronto police took into custody Patsy Lonergan's husband, Wayne, a Royal Canadian Air Force cadet. He had two gashes on his chin. Thus burst over the nation one of the most sensational and sordid cases in the annals of modern crime. The trial of Wayne Lonergran for the murder of his wife revealed a bizarre design for living that shocked even the most jaded -- a trial that erupted into a Roman circus… Leer más

N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1977. 1st. Edition, with complete number line beginning with 1. Page edges dusty, lightly soiled, else near fine in dust jacket, with minor shelf wear, spine edges rubbed, as well as edges rubbed, unclipped $6.95 intact. When Mary Ann Rutherford eloped with an unknown antique dealer, all the world wondered. An when the beautiful heiress killed herself three months later, all the world mourned--and blamed Jimmy, the shy, bewildered husband. Soon the Rutherford empired unleashed its forces to discredit and destroy him. Only Jimmy's sister, Jennifer could hope to save him. Only she could slip inside the Rutherford fortress and discover why Mary Ann had been so terrifed of her father--and what dreadful secret he thought Jimmy knew. What she found was a powder keg of blackmail, corruption, and terror ready to explode...and take Jennifer's life with it.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good-Near Fine. Book.

Parsippany: New Jersey: Deadly Ink, 2009. 1st ed. A fine copy of the Uncorrected Proof with one small crease and nick. A tale of murder, deceit, infidelity and greed unfolds set in 1870 New York. It's a time of great growth as well as widespread corruption in the city. In the first of a new series, Roberta Rogow introduces the law firm of Pettigrew and Roth, comprised of the esteemed Ephraim Pettigrew, his niece, Margaret ("Peggy") Pettigrew; and the junior member of the firm, Joshua Roth, whose best friend, Michael Riley, is an assistant district attorney and Uncle Ephraim's prize protege. The firm has been hired by one Henry Ward Long, whose family is definitely a member of the city's High Society, to defend his nephew, one Bertram "Broadway Bertie" Delacorte, against a charge of murder. Delacorte has been accused, on scant evidence, of murdering Mrs. Suzanna Kendall. Roth succeeds in having the charges dismissed and the case against him thrown out at arraignment… Leer más

N.Y.: Saint Martin's Press, 1988. First edition, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "Radio audiences know Swaim as the reporter on Book Beat , with views of the literary scene. Making his debut as an author himself, he tells a funny and unusual story featuring the many second-hand bookstores long vanished from Fourth Avenue in downtown Manhattan. In 1948, Howard (no one knows his last name) inherits his father's store, where "Pop's old pal, Harry" continues to visit from Baltimore, although he misses his friend, who enjoyed intellectual arguments with the scourge of the "booboisie." Along with the other store owners, Howard mostly ignores the aging but still vitriolic H. L., but Mencken becomes important when Howard's life is threatened. The cause is an 18th century manuscript that Howard's part-time helper, Lenny, persuades him to buy, declaring that they can sell… Leer más