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Lyons, Colorado, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2005. 1st prtg. A fine unread copy of the trade paperback. Why does everyone suddenly want to get their hands on Bonnie Prince Charlie's trousers? Emily Bryce was complaining that life had been a bit dull since she and Henry got married. That was before she went to England on a decorating job and brought back to New York not only an entire eccentric (is there any other kind?) English family but a pair of Bonnie Prince Charlie's green plaid trousers. The pants weren't much to look at, but it seemed like just about everyone wanted to snatch them away from Emily. As an historical rarity the pants weren't particularly valuable and probably not even genuine. Emily was quite puzzled by all the fuss and decided the pants no doubt concealed a fortune. All her probing, however, yielded little more than some dubious royal lint. The cops didn't seemed too concerned about the pants. They were far more interested in how one of the Brits met an… Leer más

New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 2002. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket, lightly rubbed at rear panel. A LEFTY AWARD NOMINEE. A. Stephanie Plum title.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book.

Lyons, Colorado, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2006. 1st American Edition. (originally published in England in 1951). Other than her Uncle George, Sukie was the only member of the notorious Heap family who was still at large. Her great-grandfather was one of two family members immortalized in wax at Madame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors. He had invented a particularly nasty machine gun. The other was Sukie's grandmother who one day had taken an axe and promptly disposed of five of her neighbors. Sukie's mother later tried her hand at arson and was sent to a mental institution. Sukie defiantly explained, as had her mother before her, that insanity did not run in the family. After all, her grandmother had been hanged-and the British do not execute the insane. The Heaps were definitely being maligned. Why, her Uncle George couldn't even bear the sight of blood, which is no doubt why he preferred to strangle his victims. So, naturally, when Mr. Bentley turned up dead with a bloody axe… Leer más

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow, 1998. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. The 4th Robin Hudson title Manhattan newswoman Hudson's latest unlikely adventure involves a women's conference, a series on the "man of the future," the approach of her 40th birthday, and, of course, murder. Off-the-wall humor. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Lyons, Colorado, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2005. 1st prtg. A fine, unread copy of this trade paperback. Haila Rogers has landed a nice supporting role in the Broadway production of the fluffy English drawing room comedy, "Green Apples", when her boyfriend Jeff Troy finally pops the question. He also tells her he's been invited to take a "vacation" from his advertising job. Still, things might be worse. Then Carol Blanton, Raila's roommate and a fellow actress, is nearly killed on opening night. She narrowly escapes but the during the next performance, the killer strikes again, this time successfully murdering another actress who was dressed in Carol's robe. The play's producer turns to Jeff for help, promising him a nice paycheck should he nab the killer. This bright, sparkling comedy of manners was first published in 1940 and introduced to the world Jeff and Raila Troy, one of the most engaging husband-and-wife sleuthing teams in the history of the genre. As a… Leer más

N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1999. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Another in the fine titles by Huatman. Review copy with slips laid in and authors photograph .. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Review Copy.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Washington Square Press, 1993. 1st prtg. A wonderful black comedy, with a surreal mixture of violence and comedy. Oversize, trade paperback, a fine, unread copy. An EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE.. First Trade Paperback. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Trade Paperback.

Mysterious Press, 1999. 1st ed., fine in dj. Super-bankable, way-hot movie star Nadia Wentworth has found her dream role: the all-powerful, eternally beautiful Kali-Ra, Queen of Doom-- one of pulp fiction's most famous characters. That is until a cast of mysterious characters descends on Nadia's exotic Beverly Hills mansion.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Review Copy.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, 1997. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. the 3rd Robin Hudson title.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Greenwich: CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1962. First Edition, Paperback Original. Gold Medal #s1225 [.35 cover price]. Jerry Lewis Introduction. Covers soiled, spine edges rubbed, small nicks at spine else a good-very good copy.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Good-Very Good/No Jacket. Vintage Paperback.

Lyons, Colorado, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2008. 1st prtg. A fine, unread copy of this trade paperback. Originally published in 1948, it's the first in a delightful series of comedic mysteries featuring this most engaging detecting duo. For years people have been telling Jane Hamish that her work as a clerk in a law firm must be so interesting that she should write a book about it. So she decides to write a thriller, with help, of course, from her boyfriend Dagobert Brown, who is fortunately unemployed and so has ample time to investigate when one ofthe firm's clients, old Mrs. Robjohn, dies from gas inhalation in her lonely room. Meanwhile, Jane keeps tabs on her coworkers and eventually becomes convinced that the old lady, who was certain she was being stalked, was actually murdered. Among the clues Jane and Dagobert pore over are a gold cigarette lighter that keeps turning up in odd places and a William the Fourth shilling that was retrieved from Mrs. Robjohn' s gas meter. And when… Leer más

SIMON & SHUSTER, 1995. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Another crazy trip by Hautman with his cast of zany characters and featuring Joe Crow. Review copy with slips laid in and photo of author. SIGNED COPY. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Review Copy.

N.Y.: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 2004. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. A CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD NOMINEE. Another delirious romp through the swamps of South Florida from the irrepressible Carl Hiaasen. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Co., 1945. 2nd printing of Tower Books # T-322. Publishers maroon boards with yellow lettering, soiled endpapers, very light wear to covers, pages uniformly age toned. Dust jacket is rubbed at folds, shallow loss at spine ends and flap corners, spine lightly soilesd as well as back cover. Remarkably good copy as Tower Books were notorious for their poor quality and cheap paper. The first Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kusak Mystery . Resourceful Bingo Riggs and his partner, Handsome Kusak, are in the sucker-bait business, snapping candid pics of tourists off Central Park. Their fly-by-night enterprise can be irresistible to souvenir lovers, but with one camera in a pawnshop and their developing room in the bathtub of a two-room dump near Hell's Kitchen, their venture is wretchedly underexposed - until they stumble upon an insurance fraud scheme between the allegedly dead eccentric Mr. S. S. Pigeon and his business partner and beneficiary. There's only one way for… Leer más

N.Y.: McKay-Washburn, 1975. 1st ed. Near fine in dust jacket with just a slight trace of soiling. A wonderful Irish comedy of murder, mayhem and misadventure. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

NY,NY: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 2000. 1st. Ed. FINE/FINE. Hiaasen's sixth non-series title set in Florida , with all the madcap adventures of his previous books.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Bristol: England: Scorpion Press, 1993. 1st ed. LIMITED to just 20 DELUXE COPIES (Letter K) produced for private distribution. SIGNED by both Deighton and H.R. F. Keating who wrote the the Appreciation . Very fine in transparent dust jacket. Very scarce. Bound in quarter leather with marbled boards. Gold gilting to top edge and tan end papers. A comic crime novel featuring down-on-his-luck lawyer Micky Murphy. Scorpion Press describing their De Luxe Specifications : "The de luxe presentation copies are produced in small numbers as they are intended primarily for the use of the author, contributor, editor, publisher and others associated with the authors work. These books are given a letter rather than a number and are especially handsome, bound in goatskin rather than bonded leather with five raised bands. The spine blocking is horizontal because of the raised bands. In addition these books contain the signature of the contributor. Prices vary slightly due to the costs… Leer más

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 2002. 1st Edition, November 2002, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in near fine dust jacket,with a couple of very light scratches at rear panel, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. It's five days before Christmas and things are not looking merry for Fugitive Apprehension Agent Stephanie Plum. She hasn't got a tree. She hasn't bought any presents. The malls are jam-packed with staggering shoppers. There's not a twinkle light anywhere to be seen in her apartment. And there's a strange man in her kitchen. Sure, this has happened to Stephanie Plum before. Strangers, weirdos, felons, creeps, and lunatics are always finding their way to her front door. But this guy is different. This guy is mysterious, sexy-and he has his own agenda. His name is Diesel and he is a man on a mission. And Diesel is unlike anyone Stephanie has ever met before in her life. The question is, what does he want with her? Can he… Leer más

NY: Beech Tree Books, 1988. 1ST. ED. Fine in price clipped dust jacket. The third Kinky Friedman, a country-western singer turned amateur sleuth, in New York City.This entry has Kinky at the Madison Sqare Cat Show. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Binghampton: NY: The Cornell University Library Associates, 1976. 1st. edition thus. This is a facsimile edition published by The Cornell University Library Associates for its members and for friends of Cornell University, very low print run. Top of page edges spotted else near fine in dust jacket. A debonair English professor with a penchant for limericks turns sleuth when bodies show up in the stacks at an Ivy League library . Professor Parry was tall, blond and handsome. His only flaws were his thinning hair and an uncontrollable urge to inject original limericks into every conversation. When a black -haired, black-eyed professor of French (whose accent was said to take on the flavor of garlic when she got excited) is found dead in the college library, Parry has personal reasons to look into her death. Set at a thinly disguised version of Cornell University, The Widening Stain was written by a Cornell professor of romance literature (later its provost) who frequently contributed short humor… Leer más