Mystery Fiction from Town Books of San Anselmo

Morrow's, The Forger, is "A must-read for anyone enthralled by the value and integrity of books'...This is the true story of unlikely friends coming together to expose the literary crime of the century, and of a maverick bibliophile who forged not only books but an entire life, erasing his past along the way." ---Goodreads Book and dust jacket are in pristine… Saber más sobre este artículo

Four near fine titles in Collier's Front Page Mysteries series. No internal markings. Mild rubbing to boards and minor bumps to corners, otherwise fine condition. A handsome set of mid-20th century murder and crime novels. Zenith Jones Brown was a prolific mystery author writing under a number of psudonyms including Leslie Ford. Her title, Murder in the P.M. is one of… Saber más sobre este artículo

A 'Red Badge' thriller, Christie takes the reader on a thrilling ride to Baghdad where spies, counterspies, adventurers and villians clash. Young Victoria Jones, in Baghdad to join her lover is thrown into the middle of the chaos and is determined to solve the mysteries and intrigues that threaten world peace. Binding has only a few small bumps to edges… Saber más sobre este artículo

This first edition of Christie's novel was published for The Crime Club. Was Jacko Argyle wrongly executed for the murder of his mother? A stranger shows up at the Argyle household with information which sheds doubt on Jacko's sentence and puts members of the family in fearful anticipation that one of them may be the real culprit. One or two miniscule… Saber más sobre este artículo

A very nice first edition of this Perry Mason classic mystery. Boards are slightly soiled and corners bumped, but no fraying or tears at spine ends. Two pencil names on FFEP, otherwise no internal markings. Hinge is tight. A small food (?) stain on page 24 has bled through to a few pages on either side (see image), however all… Saber más sobre este artículo

This is a Red Badge Detective Book. A large, wealthy family begins to lose it members, one by one, and Inspector Neill and Miss Marple are on the case to unmask the murderer. Binding is nearly pristine with a couple of minor bumps to edges. Dust jacket has chips and small tears to edges and spine ends, soiling and fading… Saber más sobre este artículo

This title is a very early "detective" novel that is written from the point of view of a detective who upon reading about the abduction of a six year old heiress takes up the case in hopes of returning the girl to her family and collecting the large reward. Binding is bumped along edges and slightly scuffed, faded and soiled.… Saber más sobre este artículo