Resultados de búsqueda: Mystery from Dave Shoots, Bookseller

New York: Dodd, Mead, and Co., 1952 Book. Illus. by Sketch of Library. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. One of more than 60 novels by Rmma Redington Lee Thayer. Published in 1952, it features red-haired detective Peter Clancy and Wiggar, his valet. No information on the story. First free endpaper is missing. Half-title has small ink scribble. 240 pp..

Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co, Inc., 1957 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Stated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A judge attends a party, unconsciously avoids a poisoned tidbit, and is shocked when another judge apparently doesn't. And what about the missing girl ? Better than average. 190 pp..

London: R.E. King & Co. Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Red cloth on boards. Cocked and hinges cracked. No date. No other copies found by this publisher. 316 pp. Might be in Clearance Library Series, 1901, as identified in internet listing..

Cleveland , OH: World Publishing Co., 1942 Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. First Tower Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth on boards. DJ missing bottom of spine. Two doctor's office stamps. The janitor shows a fast-talking couple around the courthouse, when all they came for is a fishing license. Ex-Senator Peveney nodded and puffed up the stairs, unaware that he would soon be the center of attention. 305 pp..

London: Crime Club, Ltd./Collins, Ltd., 1934 Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. Seventh Impression. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Colonel Gethryn nearly meets his Waterloo in this one ! Three friends are smoking and drinking together when one of them discovers his wife's been murdered. Four other people in the house become suspects until two of them also end up dead ! Originally published as "The Choice" and recently as "The Polferry Riddle". Black cloth on boards. 249 pp..

London: Ward, Lock, and Co., Limited Book. Illus. by Frontispiece By F. H. Townsend. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green cloth bordered in white on boards. Previous owner's name and date (1904). Foxing freckles to top edges. Lawrence Ensor witnesses a woman with a wound to her chest, riding in a carriage. There is another woman, who tries to tend the wound. Suddenly Ensor is thrown aside by the driver, who drives off. A friend leads Ensor to a police station but the man on the desk thinks Ensor is drunk. 251 pp..

London: John Murray, 1944 Book. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. Conan Doyle Uniform Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Red cloth on boards. DJ missing 1 1/2 inch strip across lower bottom of reverse, extending across base of spine and for a length of 1 1/2 inches into obverse. Twelve stories: A Scandal in Bohemia; The Red-Headed League; A Case of Identity; The Boscombe Valley Mystery; The Five Orange Pips; The Man with the Twisted Lip; The Blue Carbuncle; The Speckled Band; The Engineer's Thumb; The Noble Bachelor; The Beryl Coronet; and The Copper Beeches. 344 pp..

New York: Peter Fenelon Collier Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green cloth on boards. previous owner's name. Missing first free endpaper. Short split to front joint. Another offering from the works of a close associate of Charles Dickens. Her new husband has been using a false name, which gives her doubts about his past. She learns he has been on trial for the murder of his first wife. Can the bride succeed in proving him innocent ? 559 pp..

New York: Hillman-Curl, Inc., 1937 Book. Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.. Orange cloth on boards. Heavily faded with normal hand soil. 19 date stamps from local lending library-bookstore. Sergeant Bobby Owen pierces the fog ! 320 pp..

New York: Greenberg: Publisher, 1934 Book. Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Tan cloth on boards. 11 date stamps from local lending library-bookstore. This story won third place from 7000 entries in a contest sponsored by a national magazine. - Publisher's Preface. A doctor goes duck hunting, where circumstances convince him that he has shot a fellow hunter. 242 pp..

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1941 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.. Green cloth on boards. 14 date stamps from local lending library and bookstore. Cover shows normal wear and soil. Claudia Bethune brought it on herself. After inviting relatives and friends to her place she spikes their drinks with "truth serum." At four o'clock the next morning she is still at the table, alone and quite dead. 278 pp..

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931 Book. Illus. by Paramount Photoplay. Good. Hardcover. Second Printing Before Publication. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Red cloth lettered in black on boards. It's a big game between University and State College. The score is tied at the start of the third quarter. When Demuth, the ball carrier for State, collapses as he is hauled down in the end zone, bedlam ensues. Demuth doesn't get up. So ends the first chapter, which the reader must fathom by the broadcaster's arcane commentary. The book itself has seen some rough treatment, too, for there are 21 date stamps from a local lending library. The cover looks as though it had been at the bottom of a pileup, for it has a small ding at thebottom edge and is permanently cocked. The last leaf is victim of a cracked joint, but is still attached. The Paramount photos are not affected. 265 pp..

Toronto: The Musson Book Company Ltd., 1910 Book. Illus. by Arthur E. Becher. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Dark blue cloth on boards. No writing or damage. No information found on book or author. Antagonist seems to be a male reporter, Mr. Bliss, who receives a personal request to re-open a murder case he had covered two years earlier. A promise of twenty thousand dollars if he brings the criminal to justice succeeds in gaining his attention, and his involvement. 367 pp..

New York: Edward J. Clode, Inc., 1924 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Red cloth lettered in gilt on boards. Circulating library bookplate. Edges grubby and spine spotted. A detective story first serialized in Argosy Magazine. 320 pp. An author with a large following, due in part to the variety of genres affected..

New York: The Mershon Company Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Red cloth on boards. Lovely art deco cover marred only by two shalllow 1 inch scrapes - one to the lower front joint and the other to the top rear edge. No writing and no date. Text block browning. 335 pp. Billed as a romance novel, this story is centred largely on the ancient practice of execution by weight..

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1933 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First - First Published 1933. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original light blue cloth on boards. DJ age-darkened. Exceedingly scarce murder mystery by the popular Australian, Charles Rodda. What weird motivation entices Dick Lannister to attend a party at Droove Hall, where he knows his host will be dead before morning ? And what possesses him to stay on after a rare dagger reputedly designed by Cellini is exhibited to the guests ? Too late ! A burglar alarm seals the doors ! 318 riveting pp..

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original black cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ. Hermes takes an Athens holiday from teaching,, but when his uncle is murdered and the ancient Greek "computer" disappears, Hermes finds himself in deep trouble. 284 pp. with biographical postscript..

USA: Phoenix Press, 1950 Book. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition (No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original dark green cloth on boards. Minor foxing. A comic-book writer wakes in the middle of a New York heat wave to discover a corpse beside him. Portion of DJ flap glued inside back cover. 233 pp..

Cleveland, OH: Goldsmith Publishing Co. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original green cloth showing steam yacht on boards. A novelist who is also a spy meets another spy. Title in Britain is Hidden Hands. No writing. Front hinge lightly cracked, so glued. 314 pp..

N.Y.: The Macaulay Company, 1921 Book. Illus. by Frontispiece Portrait of Madame Quero. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original dark green cloth with red titles on boards. Copyright 1921. Apparently, this author is noted for his mysteries, numbering over 150 and dealing with international intrigue. Unfortunately, I could find no reviews of this one. Previous owner's name in light pencil. Page edges tanning. 319 pp..