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NY,NY: VILLARD BOOKS, 2001. 1st. Ed. FINE/FINE. Humorous crime and mystery.. "Vincent Rubio is your typical PI: He's single, drives a Lincoln, has trouble saying no to a good-looking woman and occasionally takes photos of unfaithful husbands with their mistresses for extra cash. The only things separating him from other hard-boiled private eyes are his tail, claws and reptilian hide. In this prequel to the popular Anonymous Rex, Garcia spins another comical scenario involving Vincent and a host of other dinosaurs who never became extinct and have integrated themselves into modern society by covering up with human-looking latex costumes. Once readers get over the initial oddness of the idea, a somewhat normal detective story materializes: Vincent and his partner, Ernie, are hired by Ernie's ex-wife (herself a T. Rex) to rescue her brother Rupert from a cult group he's become involved in. As they immerse themselves in Rupert's recovery, Vincent and Ernie learn more about the cult,… Leer más

NY: International Polygonics, LTD, 1991. 1st prtg. A fine, unread copy of this trade paperback. Introduction by Jon L. Breen. " Cecil is one of the leading exemplars of a tradition of British legal humor, most recently represented by John Mortimer and his Rumpole of the Bailey, that has no true American equivalent.... all of Cecil's works are imbued with a distinctively British humor comparable to P.G. Wodehouse.". First Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Trade Paperback.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Co, 1987. 1st eition, so stated. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover.. Her 2nd Nick Magaracz title. Still working for the state of New Jersey Nick is back investigating a murder tied to tax fraud and a falsified "death tape.".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Lyons, Colorado, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2006. 1st prtg. Trade paperback. When a UN ambassador's apartment gets an unexpected makeover, decorators Emily and Henry Bryce find themselves mixed up in murder faster than you can shake a martini. Pierre Marie Cloche, the United Nations ambassador from Gaad, is at a loss as to why somebody presented his wife with a lavish decoratingjob on their apartment, including a piano done in gold leaf and a secretary adorned with portraits of Marx and Engels. The media are quick to assume that he's living in luxury while his people are starving and that he's in the pocket oftheSoviets as well. So when the decorator responsible, Camille Lorenz, is found strangled to death, Cloche is naturally a suspect. But Henry and Emily Bryce, who helped Camille on the job, aren't so sure Cloche is to blame, and neither is their friend Detective Burgreen, who agrees with them that the ambassador is a gentle soul who is probably the victim of a plot to discredit him… Leer más

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Mysterious Press, 1993. 1st ed. A fine unread copy of this Dortmunder title. "Westlake fans (who should comprise the entire American reading public) will cheer the hilarious return of Manhattan con man John Dortmunder and his friends from their comic misadventures upstate in Drowned Hopes . The caper here turns on the femur of St. Ferghana, a 15th-century relic claimed by rival Eastern European governments in the newly created nations of Tsergovia and Votskojek. Whichever country is awarded ownership of the bone (by a dim archbishop) will gain the one available seat in the U.N. A Tsergovian cousin of Dortmunder's pal Tiny Butcher convinces the nefarious crew, including Stan Murch, Andy Kelp and others, to steal the bone from the Votskojek embassy, currently a boat berthed in the East River. Dortmunder's plan fails at the last minute, leaving the bone under Coast Guard custody on Governor's Island, half the gang in the DEA's hands and Dortmunder in a dungeon… Leer más

Scribner, 1967. 1st US edition. The 4th misadventure of the world's worst detective, as well as one of the funniest and best. Light soiling at top page edges and along cloth edges else very good-- near fine in dj, light wear along edges, couple of closed tears. Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and avaricious hero in all of crime fiction. Why should he even be bothered to solve the case? When Mrs Dover witnesses a young policeman's suicide and has the bad taste to report it, Dover's vacation ends abruptly at the seaside wasteland of Wallerton. As he sluggishly investigates the matter, an earlier case of murder and mutilation turns up as well. Suspecting that the town's Ladies' Club may be oddly involved, Dover devises an elaborate and utterly wicked trap. His bait: his overworked, unsuspecting assistant MacGregor.. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

Vantage NY 1990, 1990. 1st ed. Fine in dj. 2nd Amber family tile. Mountain-climbing expedition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Garden City, New York,: Crime Club Doubleday, 1952. First Edition, so stated. Publishers orange weave cloth with green lettering. Pages are age toned else about fine in dust jacket, $2.50 price intact, small closed tear at rear, soiled at rear panel and lightly sunned at spine. Very scarce title. Dust jacket illustration by Vera Bock. Although accustomed to many unusual presents from his parishioners, the Reverend Martin Buell, an Episcopal rector in Farrington, Montana, was slightly nonplussed when he unwrapped a gift elk roast and discovered in the package a neatly severed human toe. Then a visiting hunter was reported missing in the neighborhood, and the Reverend had a hunch that the two incidents might be connected. Mystery multiplied with the sudden appearance of a strange but attractive young woman who had seen a dead man in a Pullman berth. And oddly enough her description of the corpse coincided with that of the missing hunter. As Martin pursued his private investigations of variant clues, he… Leer más

Garden City, New York,: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1972. 1st edition, so stated. Light wear along edges, top of pages dusty else near fine in price clipped dust jacket, some sunning along top edge and spine, a couple of nicks. Hunter is best known for the 87th Precinct novels he wrote under the name of Ed McBain. Illustrated with photographs taken by the author. Nanny Poole was the English governess for the ten-year-old son of the retired soft-drinks magnate, Carmine Ganucci ("Ganooch" to his friends), who was vacationing on Capri. When his son is kidnapped it sets off the funniest and most unlikely chain of events since the mob went respectable. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book.

NY: Mysterious Press, 1988. 1st edition. Page edges very lightly spotted else fine in dust jacket. SIGNED COPY by Wilson. When the Professor (the fiendishly brilliant British Napoleon of Crime), the Mandarin (the cruelly diabolical chinese mastermind), and Spectrober (the blackheartedly crafty French rogue) are spotted lunching together at Manhattan's posh Le Round Point, the police department is baffled, the FBI is bewildered, the CIA is entirely up a tree. What deviltry are they plotting? Whose fate hangs in the balance? How can the forces of justice stymie their plans? Above all, what is their connection with famed cartoonist Art Waldo's universally adored creation, Quacky the Lucky Duck?. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Illus. by Wilson, Gahan. Book.

NY: Morrow, 1989. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. In his 4th title, Kinky flies to his old friend's funeral only to discover that the body in the coffin is not his friends and no one seems to notice.. 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 (originally published in 1942). The apartment in Greenwich Village was perfect. If you didn't count the body in the garden. Haila Troy just loved the garden level apartment in the old Greenwich Village brownstone. Husband Jeff thought the place was oddly familiar but he couldn't quite recall why. It turned out it was the old speakeasy where he'd spent many a happy hour of his wayward youth. Then Haila overheard a sinister figure in a neighboring bar arrange a rendezvous in their apartment for that very night. The next morning the cops pulled her out of bed and showed her the naked body of a dead man in her garden. What's more, it looked very much as if he'd been drowned-in Jeff and Haila's bathtub. Just about every tenant in the brownstone looked guilty. It also looked like the murderer was thinking of making either Jeff or Haila the next victim. The killer appeared to be… Leer más

N.Y.: Random House, 1965. 1st edition, so stated, March 1965. Light wear to edges, some fading else very good in dust jacket, shallow loss at spine ends and flap corners, lightly rubbed. Listen carefully to this story, originally published in 1965, to catch the occasional telltale clues to its age. In this comic crime caper, Charlie Poole works the bar in Canarsie (Brooklyn) for his Mafia-connected Uncle Al, occasionally holding packages for late-night pickup. Suddenly, life gets exciting when two hit men show up to silence Charlie. He manages to escape, but he's on the run, hiding from the organization and at the same time trying to contact the boss to find out what error brought all this upon him. Of course there's a beautiful girl.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book.

Lyons, Colorado, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2006. 1st prtg. A fine, unread copy of the trade paperback. Mrs. Otis Carver walked into Link Simpson's gun and antique shop one hot August morning and shot herself. At least that's what everybody thought. Those delightfully mad interior-decorator sleuths - the Bryces - were upstairs conferring with Link about the legality of selling guns to hysterical women without permits when they heard the shot. When they got downstairs, Mrs. Carver was dead. Link's lawyer suggested suicide because Mrs. Carver was so unattractive. The Bryces had their hearts set on murder. By the time they had uncovered a pink glove, poisoned toothpaste, glass on the stairs, and several motives-including a luscious TV actress who was an intimate friend of Mr. Carver-the plot had thickened considerably. And the Bryces were happily off on one of the zaniest cases in the history of homicide. "Glass on the Stairs" was fIrst published in 1954 and is the third of the… Leer más

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.

N.Y.: Mysterious Press, 1985. First edition, so stated. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. You are in the jungles of Belize. You pick your way carefully along the overgrown trail until you come to the clearing. There, above you, rest the ruins of a Mayan pyramid. Is that a stone whistle at your feet? An idol of a bat- god? Riches surround you and Kirby Galaway will be more than happy to smuggle your finds up to the United States in a bale of marijuana. Aren't you glad you met Kirby? Now it is your turn to meet Kirby Galaway and begin the most hilarious adventure of your life.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Tamura, David. Book.

Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2002. 1st prtg. A fine, unread copy. Introduction by Tom & Enid Schantz. This marvelously funny and utterly charming tale of three children who "help" their widowed mystery writer mother solve a real-life murder and nab a handsome cop husband along the way made just about every list of the best mysteries for the first half of the 20th century, including 'Haycraft-Queen' and James Sandoe's 'Readers Guide To Crime'.. First Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Trade Paperback.

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1971. 1st edition, 1st printing so stated. Full bound with purple cloth covered boards, very minor wear at edges else fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, $5.95 price intact, lightly chipped at extremeties, couple of small nicks. Jay Fisher is a TV announcer who is sent by the Network to cover the secret invasion of a small Caribbean Island, and ends up face to face with a Latin American dictator.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Doubleday Perfect Crime, 1992. 1st edition, January 1992 with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Beautiful copy. Author's 2nd title. WINNER LAST LAUGH DAGGER AWARD.."Mark Harvey, an assistant bank manager in the small English town of Fareham, has been voted "chauvinist hate figure" two years in a row by the Fareham Feminist Discussion Group, whose members include Maddie, his unfaithful wife, and her best friends. Harvey feels similarly maligned by his boss and neighbors and is happy only while building small models of soldiers and military equipment. When his wife intentionally destroys the grand prize crystal bowl he won for one of his models, Harvey, enraged, accidentally chokes her to death. In his efforts to cover up the crime, he must dress up as Maddie and finds that he makes a very attractive woman indeed, judging from the responses of many men and women. Ever more characters die in his… Leer más