Friday, July 31, 2009

Author of the Week: Ngaio Marsh

NGAIO MARSH

When scholars and critics refer to the greatest British women detective story writers, the first three names that leap to the top of the list are Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and Ngaio Marsh (1899-1982), the New Zealand author whose tall, lean, handsome, aristocratic detective, Roderick Alleyn appeared in all of her novels. Among the most human of the idealized characters of Golden Age mysteries, Inspector (later Superintendent) Alleyn of New Scotland Yard performs brilliantly without ever condescending to his colleagues or the people with whom he interacts. He is one of the giants of the genre, as is his creator. A word to collectors: Putting together a collection of English first editions in fine condition and in fine dust jackets is virtually impossible. For the pre-WWII titles, you will generally need to content yourself with nice unjacketed copies or first U.S. editions, which aren’t thick on the ground, either.

Enter a Murderer, N.Y., Sheridan House, 1942. First U.S. edition of the author’s second book. Name and white-out on front endpapers, jacket flap pasted inside rear cover, else very good. $35.00

The Nursing Home Murder, Boston, Little, Brown, 1972. First LB edition (originally published in 1934; co-authored with Dr. H. Jellett). Fine in chipped dust jacket. $12.50

Vintage Murder, N.Y., Sheridan House, 1940. First U.S. edition. A tiny mark on front cover, initials on front endpaper, else a fine copy in the very scarce dust jacket, which has a chip on front panel and is worn at spine ends and hinges. $275.00

Another copy, Boston, Little, Brown, 1972. First thus. Tiny tape mark on front endpapers, else very fine in chipped dust jacket. $12.50

Artists in Crime, N.Y., Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. Reprint. Very good. $15.00

Overture to Death, N.Y., Lee Furman, 1940. First U.S. edition. Small tape ghost on endpapers, rubber stamp on front endpaper, remains of label on rear endpaper, else a fine clean copy. $45.00

Another copy. Ex-library. Tight, clean reading copy. $20.00

Death of a Peer, Boston, Little, Brown, 1940. First U.S. edition of A Surfeit of Lampreys. A hint of sunning to the spine, but overall a fine, fresh copy. $45.00

Colour Scheme, Boston, Little, Brown, 1943. 6th printing. Same format and binding as the 1st. Very good in chipped dust jacket. $20.00

Another copy. Second printing. Very good. $17.50

Another copy. Book club edition. Very good. $10.00

Final Curtain, London, Collins Crime Club, 1947. First edition. Near fine in dust jacket, which is chipped at spine ends and has a one-inch tear on front panel. $60.00

Final Curtain, Boston, Little, Brown, 1947. First U.S. edition. Fine in dust jacket with faded spine. $35.00

Another copy. Fine. $20.00

Swing, Brother, Swing, London, Collins Crime Club, 1949. First edition. Apart from a bit of foxing to fore-edges, an immaculate, virtually as new, copy in a sharp, bright dust jacket with the merest trace of wear at spinal extremities. $250.00

Another copy. First edition. Name, bit of sunning to top of front panel, else about fine in a very good dust jacket. $75.00

A Wreath for Rivera, Boston, Little Brown, 1949. Second U.S. edition of Swing, Brother, Swing. Fine in worn dust jacket. $20.00

Night at the Vulcan, Boston, Little, Brown, 1951. First U.S. edition of Opening Night. Name on front endpaper, else fine in dust jacket which has light wear at top of spine and along front hinge. $20.00

Another copy. Spine darkend, else very good in rubbed dust jacket. $15.00

Spinsters in Jeopardy, Boston, Little, Brown, 1953. First U.S. edition. Initial on front endpaper, spot on fore-edge, else fine in rubbed dust jacket. $20.00

Death of a Fool, Boston, Little, Brown, 1956. First edition (precedes British edition). Very fine sharp copy in dust jacket with a sunned spine. $45.00

Another copy. Rear cover stained, else very good in faded dust jacket. $25.00

Another copy. Library stamp on front endpaper, no other marks. Covers soiled, else very good in dust jacket. $20.00

Another copy. Book club edition. Very good in dust jacket. $10.00

Off with His Head, London, Collins Crime Club, 1957. First U.K. edition of Death of a Fool. Very fine in dust jacket with a small, nearly invisible tear on front panel. $100.00

Another copy. Label removed from front endpaper, else very good in near fine, bright dust jacket. $35.00

Singing in the Shrouds, Boston, Little, Brown, 1958. First edition (precedes British edition). Fine in chipped dust jacket. $20.00

False Scent, London, Collins Crime Club, 1960. First edition. Fine in dust jacket, which is chipped at top of spine. $42.50

Hand in Glove, London, Collins Crime Club, 1962. First edition. Fine in brilliant dust jacket. $100.00

Another copy. Name on front endpaper, else very fine in dust jacket with a tiny chip on the front cover. $60.00

Another copy. Small crease on front endpaper, else very fine in dust jacket with a bit of wear at base of spine. $60.00

Dead Water, Boston, Little, Brown, 1963. First edition (precedes British edition). Fine in dust jacket. $30.00

Another copy. Names on front endpaper, else near fine in dust jacket. $20.00

Another copy. Second printing. Very good in dust jacket. $12.50

Dead Water, London, Collins Crime Club, 1964. First U.K. edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $75.00

Death at the Dolphin, London, Collins Crime Club, 1967. First edition. Very fine, crisp copy in dust jacket. $100.00

Killer Dolphin, Boston, Little, Brown, 1967. First U.S. edition of Death at the Dolphin. Fine in dust jacket. $30.00

Another copy. Book club edition. Fine in dust jacket. $10.00

Clutch of Constables, London, Collins Crime Club, 1968. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $75.00

Another copy. Very fine in dust jacket with slightly sunned spine. $65.00

Another copy. Name on front endpaper, else very fine in price-clipped dust jacket. $45.00

Another copy. Light stain to lower corner of some pages, else fine in dust jacket with a faded spine. $20.00

Clutch of Constables, Boston, Little, Brown, 1969. First U.S. edition. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00

Another copy. Ex-library in dust jacket. $10.00

When in Rome, London, Collins Crime Club, 1971. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $50.00

Another copy. Fine in slightly soiled dust jacket. $40.00

When in Rome, Boston, Little, Brown, 1972. Book club edition. Fine in dust jacket. $10.00

Tied Up in Tinsel, Boston, Little, Brown, 1972. First U.S. edition. Fine in dust jacket with minute rubbing at spine ends. $20.00

Another copy. Name on front endpaper, else about fine in torn dust jacket. $15.00

Another copy. Book club edition. Fine in dust jacket. $10.00

Black as He’s Painted, London, Collins, 1974. First edition. Small spot on fore-edge, else very fine in dust jacket. $45.00

Black as He’s Painted, Boston, Little, Brown, 1974. First U.S. edition. Very good in dust jacket. $15.00

Last Ditch, Boston, Little, Brown, 1977. First U.S. edition. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00

Grave Mistake, London, Collins Crime Club, 1978. First edition. Name on front endpaper, else fine in dust jacket, which is unpriced, indicating the book was for export. $25.00

Grave Mistake, Boston, Little, Brown, 1978. First U.S. edition. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00

Another copy. One corner bumped, else fine in dust jacket. $15.00

Photo Finish, Boston, Little, Brown, 1980. First U.S. edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $20.00

Another copy. Second printing. Very fine in price-clipped dust jacket. $12.50

Light Thickens, Boston, Little, Brown, 1982. First U.S. edition. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00

Another copy. About fine in price-clipped dust jacket. $15.00

The Collected Short Fiction of Ngaio Marsh, N.Y., IPL, 1989. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00

Death on the Air and Other Stories, London, HarperCollins, 1995. First U.K. edition of The Collected Short Fiction of Ngaio Marsh. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00

Another Three-Act Special, Boston, Little, Brown. Book Club edition. Omnibus volume containing False Scent, Scales of Justice and Singing in the Shrouds. Fine in dust jacket. $10.00

Sally's Weekly Update for 07/31/09!

No authors in to sign over the last few days. The dog days of summer are here!

But there's still plenty of news and books in this week's Update.

Sally Owen
The Mysterious Bookshop
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Weekly Update 7/31/09



News About Some Upcoming Books.....

Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly is the latest Harry Bosch mystery and it will be our Crime Collectors Club selection for October.

It is, like The Scarecrow, a UK first we have discovered.

We hate that!

We are still making Connelly the Crime Club selection but I am going to order signed UK editions if that is possible.

If you would like a UK signed edition (no price yet but we’re guessing around $48.00) please let us know so we can order the appropriate quantities from the UK.

Everybody wants a signed edition of Dan Brown’s latest, The Lost Symbol. We have heard from Brown’s publicist and we are told no, no way, nyet. fuggedaboutit! No signings.

We have ordered our copies. If you want to support your favorite independent bookstore, please put in your orders with us so we can make sure that we have ordered enough.

We have first US editions of The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson. This is the second book in the three-book series. $25.95





OUR NEXT EVENT

Jason Starr will be here to talk about and sign his latest

Panic Attack

Thursday, August 6th

6.30p.m. - 8.00 p.m.

Refreshments will be served.









FOR COLLECTORS

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, Otto Penzler Books, NY. 1994. Facsimile. $125.00

An exact facsimile of the first edition. Very fine, as new copy in pristine dust jacket.

The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler, Otto Penzler Books, NY. 1996. Facsimile. $50.00

An exact facsimile of the first edition. Very fine, as new copy in pristine dust jacket.

Endless Night by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, London. 1967. First Edition. $75.00

Very fine, fresh copy in dust jacket.

By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, London. 1968. First Edition. $60.00

Very fine, fresh copy in dust jacket.

Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, London. 1970. First Edition. $70.00

Very fine, fresh copy in dust jacket.

Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, London. 1972. First Edition. $50.00

Very fine, fresh copy in dust jacket.

Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, London. 1976. First Edition. $45.00

The last Miss Marple mystery. Very fine, fresh copy in dust jacket.

"D" is For Deadbeat by Sue Grafton, Henry Holt, NY. 1987. First Edition. SIGNED. $400.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, Otto Penzler Books, NY. 1993. Facsimile. $100.00

An exact facsimile of the iconic first edition. There is a razor-thin slit at the top of the front panel of the dust jacket, else a very fine, as new copy.

The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett, Otto Penzler Books, NY. 1996. Facsimile. $150.00

An exact facsimile of the first edition. Very fine, as new copy in dust jacket.

Curtains for Three by Rex Stout, Viking, NY. 1951. First Edition. $50.00

Tape stains and ownership stamp on endpapers, tape stains on edges of dust jacket flaps, else very good in a fresh dust jacket with no wear but with the orange lettering on the spine, faded, as usual.



Plot it Yourself by Rex Stout, Viking, NY. 1959. First Edition. $100.00

Spine a bit sunned, else fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket with minor rubbing to spine ends.

Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout, Otto Penzler Books, NY. 1996. Facsimile. $200.00

An exact facsimile of the first edition. Very fine, as new in dust jacket.



Sally Owen

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Sally's Weekly Update for 07/24/09!

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Weekly Update 7/24/09



SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE

Jericho’s Fall is Stephen L. Carter’s first thriller. Jericho Ainsley, former head of the CIA and a Wall Street titan is dying. He summons to his bedside Beck DeForde, the woman for whom he threw away his career. She thinks he wants to say goodbye, but nooooo! Beck finds herself drawn into a battle over an explosive secret that foreign governments and powerful corporations alike want to get from the dying man. $25.95

The Crimes of Paris is a true crime thriller from Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler. In August of 1911, an audacious crime took place in the City of Light. Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre. Alphonse Bertillon, the world’s greatest detective (he was the first to use the mug shot and the crime scene photo) was put on the case and it was assumed that he would quickly solve the mystery and retrieve the painting. It was not that simple. $24.99

The Defector is Daniel Silva’s soon-to-be-a-bestseller featuring Gabriel Allon. A Crime Collectors Club selection. $26.95



NOT SIGNED, BUT....

Donald Westlake’s final Dortmunder novel, Get Real, is here. $23.99



SIGNED FROM THE UK

Tom Cain’s third thriller, is called Assassin. When ‘accidents’ begin to happen it looks as though Sam Carver, who supposedly has left that world behind, is back in action. Someone is setting Carver up, framing him for crimes he didn’t commit. And the copycat killer has a target in mind - the new President of the United States. $33.00

We have a few copies of The Lovers by John Connolly. The true first of this title was, strangely, the US edition which we carried. However, for those of you who prefer symmetry, John has signed and dated the UK edition. $45.00



Target is Simon Kernick’s new thriller. When writer Rob Fallon gets drunk and ends up with his best friend’s girlfriend, Jenny, he’s feeling guilty before anything even happens. But when two men break into her apartment and abduct Jenny and try to kill Rob, he’s going to feel a lot more than guilty. $33.00

The Incendiary’s Trail by James McCreet is a first novel set in Victorian London. Murder is rampant and Detective Inspector Newsome of the new Detective Force recruits a recently apprehended master criminal to help bring the culprit to justice. This first novel is seething with grotesque characters according to the publisher. $43.00

The Silver Locomotive is the sixth mystery by Edward Marston to feature The Railway Detectives. This time out, Inspector Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming of Scotland Yard investigate a murder and try find a stolen silver coffee-pot in the shape of a locomotive. $50.00

We were unable to get our US copies of Stone’s Fall by Iain Pears signed. However, we have been able to get just a few signed copies of the UK edition which was published two days after the US edition. Doesn’t this all drive you crazy? $48.00



FOR COLLECTORS

A Stab in the Dark by Lawrence Block, Arbor House, NY. 1981. First Edition. SIGNED. $650.00

The first Matt Scudder in hardcover and very uncommon. This is a spectacular copy, as new in dust jacket.

The Arabian Nights Murder by John Dickson Carr, Harper, NY. 1936. First Edition. $500.00

About fine in price-clipped dust jacket that is chipped at top of spine (not affecting lettering) and is a bit darkened. All Carrs from the 1930s are scarce in jacket.

The Judas Window by Carter Dickson, Morrow, NY. 1938. First Edition. $750.00

Sir Henry Merrivale mystery. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. A fine copy in the very scarce dust jacket, which is rubbed and has closed tears on the read hinge and bottom of front cover.

Six Days of the Condor by James Grady, Norton, NY. 1974. First Edition. $175.00

The basis for the Robert Redford CIA thriller Three Days of the Condor. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, and very scarce in collector’s condition. $175.00

Johnny Havoc, Havoc for Sale, Holiday for Havoc, and Johnny Havoc and the Siren in Red, by John Jakes, Armchair Detective Library, First Editions. 1990-91. $45.00

First hardcover editions; originally paperback originals published in the 1960s. These semi-hard-boiled private eye novels were written before Jakes became a huge best-seller. The complete series of four volumes, each with an original introduction by the author, all very fine in dust jacket. The price is for the set.

The Crozier Pharaohs by Gladys Mitchell, Joseph, London. 1984. First Edition. $45.00

Author’s last book. Very fine in dust jacket.

The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker, Houghton Mifflin, Boston. 1974. First Edition. $350.00

First Spenser novel. Very fine in dust jacket, which a one-inch closed tear but is otherwise fine.

Mortal Stakes by Robert B. Parker, Houghton Mifflin, Boston. 1975. First Edition. $250.00

A fine copy in dust jacket with minor rubbing at spine ends.

Promised Land by Robert B. Parker, Houghton Mifflin, Boston. 1976. First Edition. $100.00

Edgar-winning novel. A fine copy in dust jacket with a bit of wear at top of spine.



Sally

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Jason Starr Event 08/06/09!

The Mysterious Bookshop
is proud to present:

Jason Starr
discussing his new novel
Panic Attack

Thursday, August 6th.
from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.

Admission is free.

Friday, July 17, 2009

Bibliomysteries

BIBLIOMYSTERIES

Instead of a specific author this week, we’re again offering some books in one of the most interesting sub-genres of the mystery world, "Bibliomysteries," which are books about books. They may be set in bookstores or libraries, they may involve collectors, librarians or authors, or they may involve rare books or manuscripts, but, for all of us who love the world of books, these are among the most satisfying books in the field, both for readers and for the many collectors who have specialized in these titles. If you would like to put together your own collection of bibliomysteries, whether reading copies or fine first editions, please make contact with Otto, who would enjoy working with you.

Avantiere, Sylvester (pseudonym of Michael Avallone), The Man from Avon, N.Y., Avon, 1967. First edition. A parody of spy fiction and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. involving the U.S. government’s top UFO expert and the top salesman at Avon. Published as a promotional item and not for sale. Very fine, unread copy. $15.00

Birkegaard, Mikkel, Library of Shadows, London, Bantam Press, 2009. First edition. When Lucas Campbelli dies, his son Jon inherits his antiquarian bookshop. Unbeknownst to Jon, the bookshop has been hiding a remarkable secret for years. $65.00

Bloch, Robert, Out of the Mouths of Graves, N.Y., Mysterious Press, 1979. First edition, limited to 250 copies, numbered and signed by Bloch. Contains "Night School," a short story about a used book store. Very fine in slipcase. $75.00

Block, Lawrence, The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza, N.Y., Random House, 1980. First edition. Thief and bookstore owner Rhodenbarr becomes involved with a very rare coin and a fence who collects books on Spinoza. Very fine in price-clipped dust jacket. Signed. $35.00

Block, Lawrence, The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza, N.Y., Dutton, 1997. First of this edition. Very fine in dust jacket. Signed. $19.95Block, Lawrence, The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams, N.Y., Dutton, 1994. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. Bookstore owner and burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr is involved with murder and a million-dollar baseball card collection. Signed. $21.95

Block, Lawrence, The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart, N.Y., Dutton, 1995. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. Burglary is more lucrative than Bernie’s Greenwich Village bookshop. Signed. $21.95

Block, Lawrence, The Burglar in the Library, London, No Exit, 1997. First trade edition, preceding the U.S. edition. The first issue with misprint of "settle" for "settled" on first page. Very fine in dust jacket. Signed. $100.00

Block, Lawrence, The Burglar in the Rye, London, No Exit Press, 1999. First U.K. edition. A literary agent is auctioning off her personal correspondence with a reclusive author who is outraged by the invasion of privacy but can’t outbid the collectors. Bookseller Bernie Rhodenbarr hones his burgling skills. Very fine in dust jacket. Signed. $35.00

Bristow, Gwen, and Bruce Manning, The Gutenberg Murders, N.Y., Mystery League, 1931. First edition. Nine precious leaves of a Gutenberg Bible are stolen from the New Orleans Shelton Memorial Library, leading to murder. Worn reading copy. $10.00

Caldwell, Ian, and Dustin Thomason, The Rule of Four, London, Century, 2004. First edition. In 1999, two Princeton students have been studying one of the world’s rarest books, hoping to unlock its secrets, as scholars have attempted to do for 500 years. When they locate a rare diary, they are almost there, only to have the campus in an uproar when another studier of the book is murdered. Very fine in dust jacket. $125.00

Another copy. First U.S. edition. Very fine in dust jacket. Signed by both authors. $100.00

Another copy. First U.S. edition. Not signed. Very fine in dust jacket. $65.00

Caudwell, Sarah (pseudonym of Sarah Caudwell Cockburn), The Shortest Way to Hades, London, Collins, 1984. First edition. A barrister investigates a murder on Race Day, tracing obscure references to classical literature and finding a critical clue in Book XI of The Odyssey. Fine in dust jacket. $45.00

Clason, Clyde B., Murder Gone Minoan, N.Y., Doubleday, 1932. First edition. Research of archaeological subjects are at the center of solving the mystery. The author provides a two-page bibliography of Cretan culture. Very good. $50.00

Cline, Ed, First Prize, N.Y., Mysterious Press, 1988. First edition. The winner of an important literary prize disappears. Top of pages dusty, else fine in dust jacket, which has a sunned spine. $15.00

Cook, Judith, Keeper’s Gold, London, Severn House, 2004. First edition. Former policeman John Latymer is now co-owner of a bookshop and is offered use of a cottage by one of his customers. While on the vacation, a body is found at an archaeological dig and the local museum curator is missing. Very fine in dust jacket. $27.95

Cross, Amanda, The James Joyce Murders, N.Y., Macmillan, 1967. First edition. A great American publisher dies, leaving a large cache of letters by Joyce, D.H. Lawrence and other major literary figures. Kate Fansler is asked to edit them and becomes involved with murder. Fine in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket. $65.00

Cross, Amanda, Poetic Justice, N.Y., Knopf, 1970. First edition. Kate Fansler is drawn into a murder case during a student demonstration. Helping to solve the crime in poet W.H. Auden. Fine in dust jacket. Inscribed and signed as Amanda Cross and with the author’s real name, Carolyn Heilbrun. $45.00

Cross, Amanda, The Theban Mysteries, N.Y., Knopf, 1971. First edition. Kate Fansler is teaching a course on Antigone when a scandal involving some of her students threatens to ruin the exclusive girls’ school. Fine in dust jacket. $45.00

Curran, Terrie, All Booked Up, N.Y., Dodd, Mead, 1987. First edition. A scholar consults a very rare book on the shelves of the Smedley Library. When he returns the next day, the book is missing, and so is mention of it in the card catalogue and memory of its very existence by everyone on the staff. As he hunts for the book, other rare books disappear, librarians are murdered, and rare books appear on the shelves. A very fine copy in dust jacket. $20.00

Daly, Elizabeth, Death and Letters, N.Y., Mercury, 1950. Digest-size paperback reprint. Gamadge’s bibliographic expertise is vital in a case involving a cache of stolen letters and a woman who has been locked up against her will. Very good. $5.00

Dane, Clemence, and Helen Simpson, Enter Sir John, N.Y., Cosmopolitan, 1928. First edition. A murder in a London theater is solved by means of a neatly rewritten play. Frontispiece. Very good copy. $35.00

Derleth, August, "The Adventure of the Spurious Tamerlane" and "The Adventure of the Haunted Library," two stories in The Casebook of Solar Pons, Sauk City, WI, Mycroft & Moran, 1965. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. Signed. $150.00

Derleth, August, The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians, Sauk City, WI, Mycroft & Moran, 1968. First separate edition. A parody of Vincent Starrett’s famous Sherlockian pastiche, "The Unique Hamlet." Fine in wrappers. $35.00

Derleth, August, The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians, Sauk City, WI, Mycroft & Moran, 1968. First separate edition. One of only 35 hardcover copies. With a label affixed to the free front endpaper, inscribed and signed by Frank Utpatel, the artist. Very fine and very scarce. $200.00

Derleth, August, The Praed Street Dossier, Sauk City, WI, Mycroft & Moran, 1968. First edition. A short story collection including "The Adventure of the Bookseller’s Clerk." Very fine in dust jacket. $125.00

Dolson, Hildegarde, Please Omit Funeral, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1976. Book club edition. After a right-wing extremist demonstrates against "dirty" books in the library and burns them, a local author is murdered and she is the prime suspect. Near fine in dust jacket. $8.50

Dunning, John, The Bookman’s Wake, N.Y., Scribner, 1995. Book club edition. Denver rare book bookseller Cliff Janeway is happily buying and selling books when he is asked to pick up a young woman fugitive who may have stolen a priceless copy of Poe’s The Raven. He doesn’t like the job, but can’t resist because of the book. Fine in lightly worn dust jacket. $10.00

Fearing, Kenneth, The Big Clock, N.Y., Harcourt, 1946. First edition. A young woman involved with a large publishing company is murdered by a member of the prestigious publishing house. The basis for the outstanding 1948 Paramount film noir directed by John Farrow, with a screenplay by Jonathan Latimer; it starred Ray Millan and Charles Laughton. It was remade by Orion in 1987 as No Way Out. Fine in dust jacket, which has a sunned spine and small chips. Uncommon. $125.00

Ferrars, Elizabeth, Hunt the Tortoise, London, Collins, 1950. First edition. A woman finds herself in a complex situation involving buried treasure, a disappearing tortoise and a man who has stolen 12 volumes of Marcel Proust. Bookplate, else very good. $12.50

Ferrars, E.X., The March Hare Murders, N.Y., Doubleday, 1949. First U.S. edition. The smuggling of rare books is the motive for murder. Fair reading copy. $10.00

Fish, Robert L., Kek Huuygens, Smuggler, N.Y., Mysterious Press, 1976. First edition. A collection of clever short stories including one in which the gentleman smuggler manages to help steal the original manuscript of a Bach cantata. One of 1,000 copies. Fine in dust jacket. $10.00

Fuller, Timothy, Harvard Has a Homicide, Boston, Little, Brown, 1936. First edition. The murder of a professor sets off an investigation throughout Harvard, the Hasty Pudding Club and its famous library. Very good in a badly chipped dust jacket. $20.00

Another copy. Reprint. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. $25.00

Another copy. Reprint. $15.00

Fuller, Timothy, Three Thirds of a Ghost, Boston, Little, Brown, 1941. First edition. As Boston’s Bromfield Bookstore celebrates its 150th anniversary, the principal speaker is a mystery writer-turned satirist who somebody doesn’t find funny and a shot rings out at the crowded autograph party. Near fine in dust jacket, which has a bit of wear at spine ends. Signed by the author. $100.00

Goldman, James, The Man from Greek and Roman, N.Y., Random House, 1974. First edition. The curator of Greek and Roman art at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art steals a $3,600,000 chalice and changes from a bookish scholar to an adventurer. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. $15.00

Goodrum, Charles, The Best Cellar, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1987. First edition. The three bibliographic sleuths in Goodrum’s series return to investigate another scholarly murder, this one involving Thomas Jefferson, rare books, and the Library of Congress. Fine in dust jacket with the merest trace of rubbing at spine ends. $20.00

Gottlieb, Samuel Hirsh, Overbooked in Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, Camelback Gallery, 1994. First edition. Paperback original, limited to 501 copies. A bookman goes to a yard sale and finds row-upon-row of first editions in dust jacket of Fitzgerald, Hammett, Chandler, Christie, Steinbeck, etc. While the seller has no idea of the value of the books, he will only let them go for cash, which the bookseller doesn’t have. His quest for money leads to murder. Very fine copy, signed by the author. $25.00

Grimes, Martha, The Five Bells and Bladebone, Boston, Little, Brown, 1987. First edition. A dismembered corpse is found in an antique secretary, and one of the prime suspects is the owner of Long Pidd’s bookshop. Very fine in dust jacket. $20.00

Grimes, Martha, The Old Contemptibles, Boston, Little Brown, 1991. First edition. Superintendent Richard Jury sends a friend to the Lake District to pose as an eccentric librarian to work in the Tarn House library, where Jury believes murder has been done. Very fine in dust jacket. $20.

Harrison, Michael, Murder in the Rue Royale, London, Tom Stacey, 1972. First U.K. edition of The Exploits of Chevalier Dupin, with five additional stories, including "The Mystery of the Fulton Documents." Fine in dust jacket, which has minor wear at the spine ends. $85.00

Innes, Michael, Appleby Talks Again, N.Y., Dodd, Mead, 1972. First U.S. edition. A short story collection including "The Lombard Books" and other bookish tales. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket with spine lettering faded. $30.00

Kenney, Susan, Garden of Menace, N.Y., Scribner, 1983. First edition. A Vassar professor is hired to edit the papers of famed author Lady Viola Montfort-Snow and learns that some people will do anything to prevent her—including murder. A fine fresh copy in dust jacket; advance copy with review slip and publicity letter laid in. $20.00

Kurnitz, Harry, Invasion of Privacy, N.Y., Random House, 1955. First edition. A hot young Hollywood producer acquires the rights to a book by a beautiful woman and, after the film is shot, learns it was based on a true story. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. $17.50

Lewis, Arthur H., Copper Beeches, N.Y., Trident, 1971. First edition. A member of the Sherlockian scion society wages his entire Holmes collection, worth more than $100,000, that club members could not find him and his wife if they disappear. Fine in dust jacket. Inscribed and signed to a Sherlockian at the time of publication. $35.00

Ludlum, Robert, The Chancellor Manuscript, N.Y., Dial, 1977. 4th printing. Peter Chancellor learns of a secret group of men who were involved in killing J. Edgar Hoover and reveals many secrets in the form of a novel. Much information about publishing. Fine in dust jacket. $12.50

McCloy, Helen, Two-Thirds of a Ghost, London, Gollancz, 1957. First English edition. A publisher throws a book party and one of his most successful authors is killed. Good reading copy of a scarce title. $17.50

Pearl, Matthew, The Last Dickens, N.Y., Random House, 2009. First edition. When news of Charles Dickens’ death reaches his American publisher, James Osgood send his trusted clerk, Daniel Sand, to get the the manuscript of his unfinished novel. But Daniel is murdered and the manuscript is nowhere to be found. New in dust jacket, with a signed bookplate laid in. $25.00

Pearson, Edmund L., The Secret Book, N.Y., Macmillan, 1914. First edition. A scarce collection of adventures involving a "secret book"—a 16th century book that was banned by the church which burned the entire edition as well as the printer. A single copy escaped the fire, however, and is at the center of this volume. Very good. $150.00

Pearson, Edmund L., Sherlock Holmes and the Drood Mystery, Freeville, N.Y., Aspen, 1973. First separate edition, limited to only 400 copies. Holmes the puzzle of Dickens’ unfinished novel. Fine in wrappers. $45.00

Purtill, Richard, Murdercon, N.Y., Doubleday, 1982. First edition. Murder at a science fiction convention, with many super-star authors thinly disguised. Fine in dust jacket. $25.00

Reno, Marie, Final Proof, N.Y., Harper, 1976. First edition. The editorial director of a major book club is found slumped over a set of galley proofs. Written by a long-time publishing insider. Near fine in dust jacket. $15.00

Schorr, Mark, Red Diamond, Private Eye, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1983. First edition. Simon Jaffe is a New York cab driver by day, an avid pulp fiction reader and collector by night. Fine in dust jacket. Inscribed and signed. $45.00

Skom, Edith, The Mark Twain Murders, Tulsa, OK, Council Oak Books, 1989. First edition. Murder in the stacks of the university library may be even more serious than the stolen books. No front endpaper; good reading copy in dust jacket. $10.00

Smith, Charles Merrill, Reverend Randolph and the Unholy Bible, N.Y., Putnam, 1983. First edition. A previously unknown copy of the Gutenberg Bible, printed by Gutenberg just before his creditors drove him out of business, is at the heart of this mystery. Very fine in price-clipped dust jacket. $20.00

Starrett, Vincent, "The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet," contained in 221B: Studies in Sherlock Holmes, N.Y., Macmillan, 1940. The first publication after the very rare privately printed edition of 1920 of what many believe to be the finest Sherlock Holmes pastiche ever written. A very fine, fresh copy in a bright dust jacket with a small chip at head of spine and a piece torn from the front flap, which is price-clipped. $150.00

Starrett, Vincent, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, N.Y., Pinnacle, 1975. First of this edition. Contains "The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet." Fine in wrappers. $7.50

Swaim, Don, The H.L. Mencken Murder Case, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1988. First edition. An 18th-century manuscript about the French Revolution surfaces in 1948 New York and there is much excitement along the famous booksellers row on Fourth Avenue. Very fine in dust jacket. $22.50

Thayer, Lee, Murder Stalks the Circle, London, Hurst. 1947. First U.K. edition. The first detective novel that uses the famous forgeries of Thomas Wise as background, with Peter Clancy investigating a possible case of arson. Very good. $15.00

Tilton, Alice (pseudonym of Phoebe Atwood Taylor), Beginning with a Bash, N.Y., Norton, 1972. First U.S. edition. To escape the cold of a Boston winter, a man stops in an antiquarian bookstore and finds a local professor murdered among his piles of books. The bookshop owner asks Leonidas Witherall, who closely resembles Shakespeare, to investigate. The first book under the Tilton name. Fine in dust jacket with some wear at top of spine. $35.00

Upfield, Arthur W., An Author Bites the Dust, Sydney, Australia, Angus & Robertson, 1967. Later edition. Napoleon Bonaparte becomes involved with the world of belles-lettres and publishing to solve a murder mystery.

Very good in chipped dust jacket. $15.00

Valin, Jonathan, Final Notice, N.Y., Dodd, Mead, 1980. Private detective Harry Stoner is hired to stop a psychopath who has been mutilating books in a Cincinnati library by cutting out parts of the female anatomy from art books before he escalates to the real thing. Very fine in dust jacket. $125.00

Wallace, Edgar, The Door with Seven Locks, N.Y., Doubleday, 1928. A man of evil repute steals a book of biology from a library–not the least of his crimes. Filmed in London by Rialto in 1940 with a screenplay by Norman Lee, Gilbert Gunn and John Argyle; it was directed by Lee and starred Leslie Banks and Lilli Palmer. It was released in the United States by Monogram as Chamber of Horrors. Very good. $15.00

Warga, Wayne, Hardcover, N.Y., Arbor House, 1985. First edition. An antiquarian bookseller discovers that a signed first edition of John Steinbeck’s Sweet Thursday is a forgery, leading to murder. Very fine in dust jacket. Signed. $30.00

Williams, David, Murder in Advent, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1986. First U.S. edition. Mark Treasure investigates a fire in the Cathedral Library which caused the death of the librarian and apparently destroyed many fine books, including a priceless copy of the Magna Carta. Very good in dust jacket with wear at bottom of spine and front panel. $15.00

Wings, Mary, She Came by the Book, N.Y., Berkley, 1992. First edition. Lesbian San Francisco private eye Emma Victor is entrusted with some important manuscripts relating to a gay politician who had been murdered decades earlier. At the opening of the archives dedicated to his memory, poison takes another victim. Very fine in dust jacket. $21.95

Woolrich, Cornell, Angels of Darkness, N.Y., Mysterious Press, 1978. First edition, limited to 250 copies. Short story collection containing "The Book That Squealed." Very fine, as new copy in a price-clipped dust jacket and slipcase. Signed by Harlan Ellison, who wrote the introduction. $75.00

Wren, Lassiter, and Randle McKay, The Baffle Book, N.Y., Doubleday, 1928. Later printing. A collection of solve-them-yourself mysteries, including "The Problem of Napoleon’s Signatures." Fine in dust jacket, which has minor spine wear. $45.00

Wren, Lassiter, and Randle McKay, The Third Baffle Book, N.Y., Doubleday, 1930. First edition. Another collection of solve-them-yourself mysteries, including "The Stolen Endymion." Very good. $15.00

Sally's Weekly Update for 07/17/09

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Weekly Update 7/17/09



SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE

Who would have thought that when Janet Evanovich wrote One For the Money she would still be going strong at Finger Lickin’ Fifteen! And be more popular than ever! Can Stephanie Plum hunt down two killers, a traitor, and five skips, keep her grandmother out of the sauce, and solve Ranger’s problems? Put money on it. A Crime Club Selection. $27.95

Its been fourteen years since George Dawes Green’s last book, The Juror. Now comes The Ravens, a page-turner about an ordinary family, the Boatwrights, who win $318 million in the Georgia State Lottery. Its going to be the worst day of their lives! A Thriller Club Selection. $24.99

Guardian of Lies is the latest from Steve Martini. Defense Attorney Paul Madriani gets caught in a web of deceit and murder involving Cold War Secrets, a rare coin dealer who once worked for the CIA, and an assassin. $26.99



THIS AND THAT

We already carry large format Doc Savage and The Shadow magazines. Now we’ve added The Whisperer by Clifford Goodrich. The first issue contains The Dead Who Talked and The Red Hatchets. There’s a bonus story by Maxwell Grant, Norgil-Magician. $12.95

Just in: Sherlock Holmes: The Complete and Unabridged Novels in one large, very attractive volume with illustrated wraps. The typeface is very readable - a plus for me. $24.95



A NOTE ABOUT UPCOMING SIGNED BOOKS

We’re very excited about some of our upcoming signings. We’d like your input so that we can more accurately order quantities. Most of the authors will be either Crime Club or Unclassifiable Club selections. But even if you are in those clubs, please let us know of your interest:

James Ellroy - Blood’s A Rover; Pete Dexter - Spooner; E.L. Doctorow - Homer & Langley; Nick Cave - The Death of Bunny Munro; Michael Connelly - Nine Dragons; Robert B. Parker - The Professional; Jonathan Lethem - Chronic City; Paul Auster - Invisible.


FOR COLLECTORS

The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming, NAL, NY. 1965. First U.S. Edition. $20.00

Fine in dust jacket, with a bit of soiling and two small closed tears.

Game Without Rules by Michael Gilbert, Harper, NY., 1967. First Edition. $75.00

Precedes the U.K. edition. A Queen’s Quorum title. Very fine in dust jacket.

Lyrics for the Blues by Gar Anthony Haywood, A.S.A.P., CA, 2009. SIGNED. $28.00

Short stories by Haywood, illustrated by Phil Parks. With an introduction by Lawrence Block and an afterword by Jeffery Deaver. Signed by Haywood and Parks. Fine in fine dust jacket.

A Grave Talent by Laurie R. King, St. Martin’s, NY. 1993. First Edition. $150.00

The earliest state, with the Hebrew dedication printed upside down; this was corrected in later states of the first edition. About fine in dust jacket with a couple of tiny closed tears. A clean, fresh copy.

The Switch by Elmore Leonard, Bantam, NY., 1978. First Edition. $20.00

Paperback original. Bookseller’s stamps, name crossed out in ink, else fine.

Summer of the Dragon by Elizabeth Peters, Dodd, Mead, NY., 1979. First Edition. $45.00

A fine, fresh copy in dust jacket. $45.00

A Pocketful of Noses: Stories of One Ganelon or Another by James Powell, Crippen & Landru, VA., 2009. SIGNED. $42.00

The Caravans of Wonder Lady is a separate pamphlet laid in. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Murder at Ebbets Field by Troy Soos, Kensington, NY. 1995. First Edition. $50.00

Baseball mystery. Very fine in dust jacket.

Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout, Farrar & Rinehart, NY. 1934. Second Printing. $125.00

The book is very much like the rare first edition but lacks the publisher’s logo on the copyright page. The lettering is somewhat faded on the spine, the top is rubbed and there is a ding on the spine. The scarce dust jacket has large chips at spine ends and along all edges.

Hard Frost by R.D. Wingfield, Constable, London. 1995. First Edition. $45.00

The fourth in the Inspector Jack Frost series. Very fine in dust jacket.

Sally

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Thursday, July 9, 2009

George Dawes Green at The Mysterious Bookshop 07/16/09

The Mysterious Bookshop
is proud to present:

George Dawes Green
discussing his new novel
Ravens

Thursday, July 16th
from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.

Admission is free.

The Mysterious Bookshop
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New York, NY 10007
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Author of the Week: Phoebe Atwood Taylor

PHOEBE ATWOOD TAYLOR

Phoebe Atwood Taylor (1909-1976) wrote her last mystery in 1951 but remained so popular that her regular publisher, W.W. Norton, reissued them all in hardcover. Her series about Asey Mayo, known as "the Cape Cod Sherlock," is noted for its fair play detection and humor, as is the series she wrote about Leonidas Witherall (who looks like William Shakespeare) under the Alice Tilton pseudonym. The following books, except where noted, all feature Mayo and are the handsomely produced matching Norton reprints of the 1960s and ‘70s and are in fine condition in fine or near fine dust jackets (with possibly a bit of wear at spine ends). Norton did not date the series, but original publication dates are listed.

The Cape Cod Mystery, 1931. The first in the series. $25.00

The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players, 1933. $20.00

The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern, 1934. Dust jacket spine a trifle sunned. $20.00

Another copy. Dust jacket spine faded and torn. $15.00

Sandbar Sinister, 1934. $20.00

Tinkling Symbol, 1935. $20.00

The Crimson Patch, 1936. First edition. Ex-library copy. $12.50

The Crimson Patch, 1936. Spine a trifle sunned. $20.00

Out of Order, 1936. $20.00

Octagon House, 1937. $20.00

Another copy. Dust jacket spine lightly sunned. $17.50

Banbury Bog, 1938. $20.00

The Annulet of Guilt, 1938. $20.00

Another copy. Spine slightly sunned. $17.50

Spring Harrowing, 1939. $20.00

Deadly Sunshade, 1940. $20.00

Another copy. Glue spots on endpapers, spine of dust jacket faded. $15.00

The Criminal C.O.D., N.Y., Norton, 1940. First edition. Very good. $25.00

The Criminal C.O.D., 1940. $20.00

Proof of the Pudding, 1945. $20.00

Punch with Care. First edition. Good. $15.00

Punch with Care, 1948. $20.00

Another copy. Dust jacket spine faded. $15.00

Diplomatic Corpse, 1951. $20.00

ALICE TILTON

Beginning with a Bash, N.Y., Norton, 1972. First U.S. edition. Under the title The Riddle of Volume Four, it was first published in Mystery magazine in 1933 under the Taylor by-line. It was then published in 1937 in England. It is a classic bibliomystery. Fine in dust jacket, which has a a bit of wear at the top of the spine. $35.00

File for Record, Norton reprint; originally 1943. Note ("Fast and Fun) on endpaper, stain on spine, else very good in dust jacket with wear on spine. $15.00

Dead Ernest, Norton reprint; originally 1944. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00

The Mysterious Bookshop July Newsletter

The Mysterious Bookshop July newsletter is now posted on our website.
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We're hoping that all of you can get to the newsletter easily. I'm sure you'll let us know if any problems occur.

Hope you are having a wonderful Summer.

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Thrillerfest 2009 Party

The Mysterious Bookshop
in association with
HarperCollins
will host a party celebrating

Thrillerfest 2009
with William Dietrich, Alafair Burke,
Andrew Gross, Glenn Cooper,
Timothy Hallinan, James Rollins,
Kathryn Fox, Jonathan Hayes,
Hallie Ephron, Lisa Black,
Jamie Freveletti, Steve Martini,
Matt Hilton, Peter de Jonge,
Stanley Trollip (aka Michael Stanley),
Jennifer MacMahon,
and Sean Chercover

Join us in celebrating Thrillerfest 2009
with a greeting and reception. Light refreshments will be served.

Friday, July 10th
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm.

Admission is Free.

The Mysterious Bookshop
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New York, NY 10007
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info@mysteriousbookshop.com

Party for Megan Abbott and Theresa Schwegel Tuesday!

The Mysterious Bookshop
will host a party celebrating the releases of

Bury Me Deep
by Megan Abbott
and
Last Known Address
by Theresa Schwegel

Join us in celebrating the new novels Bury Me Deep ($15.00, Simon & Schuster) and Last Known Address ($24.99, Minotaur)
Ms. Abbott and Ms. Schwegel will discuss their books and answer questions. Copies will be available for autographs.
Light refreshments will be served.

Tuesday, July 7th
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm.

Admission is Free

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Friday, July 3, 2009

Sally's Weekly Update for 07/04/09

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Weekly Update 7/3/09



OUR NEXT EVENT

Tuesday, July 7th 6.30p.m. - 8.00 p.m.

The Mysterious Bookshop will host a party celebrating the release of

Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott

and

Last Known Address by Theresa Schwegel

Refreshments will be served.



THRILLERFEST!

New York City will once again be hosting Thrillerfest! And the Mysterious Bookshop will be hosting a party.

Friday, July 10th

5.30p.m. - 7.30p.m.

We are expecting a host of thriller writers to descend on us: Steve Martini, James Rollins, Alafair Burke, William Dietrich, Peter DeJonge, Andrew Gross, etc. etc. etc. We also think, but can’t confirm, that Stephen Hunter, Tom Rob Smith, and David Morrell will attend.

Be here!



SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE

Where the Dead Lay by David Levien once again features Frank Behr who was introduced in City of the Sun. This series is terrific, obviously a writer to watch! A Hard Boiled Club Selection. $25.00

The Devil’s Company by David Liss brings back Benjamin Weaver. It is 1722 and Weaver, ruffian and ex-boxer, is blackmailed into stealing documents from the most powerful corporation of the time: the British East India Company. But this is only the first move in a daring conspiracy which finds Weaver infiltrating the Company to uncover a secret plot of corporate rivals, foreign spies, and government operatives. $25.00

Colum McCann just stopped by to sign his latest, Let The Great World Spin. This literary novel, set against the backdrop of New York City in the 1970s, tells the stories of a group of New Yorkers in that gritty time. At the center of these stories is the "artistic crime of the century" - a tightrope walker balances between the Twin Towers. An Unclassifiable Club Selection. $25.00



SIGNED FROM THE UK

A limited edition of 250 numbered and signed copies of The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon was produced in the UK. We were only able to get four of these, so its going to be first come, first served. Wish we had more. $50.00



FOR THE COLLECTOR

CRIPPEN & LANDRU (PART THREE)

This small publishing house has specialized in bringing out beautifully produced short story collections by the greatest mystery writers of the 20th century, as well as some who have been under-appreciated or neglected by all except the most sophisticated aficionados. We have recently had the good fortune to purchase a complete collection of these important books, all in hardcover and in perfect, as new condition. If you have been collecting these, here’s a good opportunity to fill in whatever gaps you may have. You might also want to consider collecting them if you haven’t already done so, or you may find new titles here that are certain to reward you with excellent reading, as the publisher has excellent taste in choosing which authors to publish. Every book listed is a first edition. Most of the limited editions are signed and include a separate pamphlet laid in with a story not included in the paperback edition. The publisher also issued pamphlets for various reasons, most of which have become quite scarce.

Allingham, Margery, Room to Let, 1999. $65.00

Pamphlet of a radio play. Limited to 249 copies.

Brand, Max, Masquerade: Ten Crime Stories. $29.00

Carr, John Dickson, The Detective in Fiction and Harem-Scarem, 1999. $20.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 1,000 copies. Top edge is sunned.

Child, Charles B., The Sleuth of Baghdad, 2002. $27.00

Doyle, Arthur Conan, The Surgeon of Gaster Fell, 2000. $50.00

First separate edition of this short story issued to honor Doyle as "Ghost of Honor" at Malice Domestic. Limited to 1,000 copies. A very scarce pamphlet. As new.

DuBois, Brendan, The Dark Snow & Other Mysteries, 2002. SIGNED. $42.00

Limited to 225 copies.

Dunlap, Susan, The Celestial Buffet & Other Morsels of Murder, 2001. SIGNED. $40.00

Limited to 250 copies.

Emerson, Kathy Lynn, Murders and Other Confusions, 2004. SIGNED. $42.00

Limited to 225 copies.

Faherty, Terence, The Confessions of Owen Keane, 2004. SIGNED. $42.00

Limited to 200 copies.

Gardner, Erle Stanley, Early Birds, 2004. $15.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 1,000 copies.

Gardner, Erle Stanley, The Casebook of Sidney Zoom, 2006. $29.00

Godfrey, Peter, The Newtonian Egg, 2002. $25.00.

Some impossible crimes.

Gores, Joe, No Crib for His Head, 2004. $15.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 355 copies.

Gorman, Ed, Famous Blue Raincoat, 1999. SIGNED. $42.00

Limited to 200 copies.

Heyer, Georgette, Night at the Inn, 2007. $10.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 750 copies.

Hillerman, Tony, Chee’s Witch, 2002. $45.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 1,000 copies.

Hoch, Edward D., Diagnosis: Impossible, SIGNED. $65.00

Contains a tipped in page about Dr. Sam Hawthorne written for this book, and initialed by Hoch. Limited to 300 copies.

Hoch, Edward D., The Ripper of Storyville, 1997. SIGNED. $65.00

Ben Snow stories. Limited to 200 copies.

Hoch, Edward D., The Velvet Touch, 2000. SIGNED. $65.00

Nick Velvet stories. Limited to 250 copies.

Hoch, Edward D., The Old Spies Club, 20001. SIGNED. $50.00

Rand stories. Limited to 275 copies.

Hoch, Edward D., The Iron Angel, 2003. SIGNED. $42.00

The Gypsy sleuth stories. Limited to 260 copies.





Hoch, Edward D., The Christmas Egg, 2006. $20.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 355 copies.

Hornsby, Wendy, Nine Sons: Collected Mysteries, 2001. SIGNED. $42.00

Limited to 225 copies.

Howard, Clark, Challenge the Widow-Maker & Other Stories of People in Peril, 2000. SIGNED. $40.00

Limited to 225 copies.

Keating, H.R.F., In Kensington Gardens Once..., 1997. SIGNED. $35.00

Limited to 175 copies.

(Keating, H.R.F.), The Verdict of Us All, 2007. $43.00

Stories by members of the Detection Club to honor Keating. Includes original stories by Len Deighton (a Sherlock Holmes adventure), P.D. James, Reginald Hill, Colin Dexter, etc. Edited by Peter Lovesey, with a preface by Dick Francis. Limited to 300 copies.

King, C. Daly, The Complete Curious Mr. Tarrant, 2003. $29.00

Several locked room mysteries.

Lovesey, Peter, Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose, 1998. SIGNED. $40.00

Limited to 250 copies.

Lovesey, Peter, Death on the Short List, 2008. SIGNED. $43.00

Limited to 225 copies.

McCloy, Helen, The Pleasant Assassin & Other Cases of Dr. Basil Willing, 2003. $27.00

Macdonald, Ross, Strangers in Town, 2001. $125.00

Limited to 400 copies and SIGNED by Tom Nolan, the editor. Three newly discovered mysteries.

Maron, Margaret, Shoveling Smoke, 1997. SIGNED. $40.00

Limited to 268 copies.

Maron, Margaret, Lo Saturnalia!, 2007. $10.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 355 copies.

Marston, Edward, Murder Ancient and Modern, 2005. SIGNED. $43.00

Limited to 225 copies.

Mitchell, Gladys, Sleuth’s Alchemy, 2005. $35.00





Moyes, Patricia, Who Killed Father Christmas & Other Unreasonable Demises, SIGNED. $40.00

Limited to 350 copies.

Muller, Marcia, McCone and Friends, 2000. SIGNED. $40.00

Limited to 350 copies.

Palmer, Stuart, Hildegarde Withers: Uncollected Riddles, 2002. $29.00


Peters, Elizabeth, Liz Peters, PI, 2003. $10.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 1,000 copies. Sunned along spine.

Peters, Ellis, The Trinity Cat & Other Mysteries, 2006. $29.00

Peters, Ellis, Let Nothing You Dismay, 2005. $10.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 1,000 copies.

Pronzini, Bill, Spadework, 1996. SIGNED. $65.00

Bound in is page of typescript of a file for a story in the book. Limited to 350 copies.

Pronzini, Bill, Carpenter and Quincannon, 1998. SIGNED. $40.00

Limited to 250 copies.

Pronzini, Bill and Barry Malzberg, Problem Solved, 2003. SIGNED. $42.00

Stories written in collaboration. Limited to 250 copies and signed by both authors.

Queen, Ellery, The Adventure of the Scarecrow and the Snowman, 1998. $100.00

First edition of a radio play to honor Queen as "Ghost of Honor" at Malice Domestic. Limited to 1,000 copies. A scarce pamphlet. As new.

Queen, Ellery, The Tragedy of Errors, 1999. $150.00

Contains a separate pamphlet reproducing in reduced size the original manuscript and typescript pages of the title story. The complete outline of an unpublished novel and six previously uncollected stories, plus essays, tributes, etc. Limited to 250 copies.

Peters, Elizabeth, Liz Peters, PI, 2003. $10.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 1,000 copies. Sunned along spine.

Peters, Ellis, The Trinity Cat & Other Mysteries, 2006. $29.00

Rice, Craig, Murder, Mystery and Malone, 2002. $27.00

Rice, Craig, I’ll See You in My Dreams, 2004. $20.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 1,000 copies.

Robinson, Peter, Not Safe after Dark, 1998. SIGNED. $40.00

With a bound-in page of typescript for one of the stories in the book. Limited to 250 copies.

Simenon, Georges, The 13 Culprits, 2002. $35.00

Stories before Maigret, translated for the first time. Limited to 350 copies, signed by the translator.

Stout, Rex, By His Own Hand, 2001. $35.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 1,000 copies.

Stribling, T.S., Dr. Poggioli: Criminologist, 2004. $29.00

Symons, Julian, The Detections of Francis Quarles, 2006. $29.00

Wheat, Carolyn, Tales Out of School, 2003. SIGNED. $40.00

Contains "The Case of the Angel’s Trumpet," a Sherlock Holmes story. Limited to 225 copies.

Whitfield, Raoul, Jo Gar’s Casebook, 2002, $45.00

First publication of the stories from Black Mask magazines. Signed by the editor, Keith Alan Deutsch, and the designed, Tom Roberts. Limited to 225 copies.

Yaffe, James, My Mother, the Detective, 1997. SIGNED. $40.00

Limited to 175 copies.

Yaffe, James, Mom Lights a Candle, 2002. $15.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 355 copies.





Sally Owen

sally@mysteriousbookshop.com

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Dr. Michael Baden and Linda Kenney Baden at The Mysterious Bookshop.

Dr. Michael Baden from HBO's AUTOPSY and his wife attorney Linda Kenney Baden along with their dog Mycroft, made an appearance at The Mysterious Bookshop and discussed their new novel SKELETON JUSTICE.

Linda Kenney Baden reads an amusing passage from SKELETON JUSTICE.



Dr. Michael Baden discusses what inspired him when writing his new novel SKELETON JUSTICE.

Author of the Week: Margaret Millar

MARGARET MILLAR

One of the most outstanding authors of suspense stories and novels, Margaret Millar, the wife for many years of Kenneth Millar (better known as Ross Macdonald) was given the well-deserved Grand Master award for lifetime achievement by the Mystery Writers of America.

The Invisible Worm, N.Y., Random House, 1941. First edition of the author’s very scarce first book. Number stamps on rear endpaper, else very good. $30.00

The Devil Loves Me, N.Y., Collier, 1942. Reprint. Very good. $12.50

Wall of Eyes, N.Y., Random House, 1943. First edition. Very good. Scarce hardcover. $22.50

Fire Will Freeze, N.Y., Random House, 1944. First edition. Glue residue on endpapers, else very good. $17.50

Fire Will Freeze, Cleveland, Tower, 1944. First if this reprint edition. Tape stains and water stains internally; very good in a fine, bright dust jacket. $15.00

The Iron Gates, N.Y., Random House, 1945. First edition. Fine in a rubbed and chipped dust jacket. $17.50

The Cannibal Heart, N.Y., Random House, 1949. First edition. Wear at spine ends, else very good. $12.50

Do Evil in Return, N.Y., Random House, 1950. First edition. Trifle rubbed at spine ends, else near fine in very good dust. $22.50

Rose's Last Summer, N.Y., Random House, 1952. First edition. Name and address on front endpaper, else fine in near fine dust jacket. $30.00

Rose’s Last Summer, N.Y., Random House, 1952. First edition. Very good in torn dust jacket. $22.50

Wives and Lovers, N.Y., Random House, 1965. First edition. Non-mystery. Very fine in dust jacket,; scarce in such sharp condition. $35.00

Wives and Lovers, N.Y., Random House, 1965. Book club edition. About fine in dust jacket. $10.00

The Beast in View, N.Y., Random House, 1955. First edition. Ex-library. $6.50

An Air That Kills, N.Y., Random House, 1957. First edition. A fine copy in a near-fine dust jacket. $45.00

The Listening Walls, N.Y., Random House, 1959. First edition. Very good. $15.00

A Stranger in My Grave, N.Y., Random House, 1960. First edition. Fine in dust jacket, which is worn at spien ends and corner. $25.00

How Like an Angel, N.Y., Random House, 1962. First edition. Fine in very good dust. Inscribed and signed by Millar to the well-known music critic Paul Nelson. A scarce autograph. $85.00

How Like an Angel, N.Y., Random House, 1962. First edition. Very good. $12.50

The Fiend, N.Y., Random House, 1962. First edition. Fine copy in a crisp dust jacket with a closed tear at base of spine. $20.00

The Birds and the Beasts Were There, N.Y., Random House, 1967. First edition. Non-mystery. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. $25.00

Beyond This Point Are Monsters, N.Y., Random House, 1970. First edition. Fine in dust jacket, which has a lightly sunned spine. $20.00

Ask for Me Tomorrow, N.Y., Random House, 1976. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $25.00

Ask for Me Tomorrow, N.Y., Random House, 1976. First edition. Fine in dust jacket, which has a sunned spine. $17.50

The Murder of Miranda, N.Y., Random House, 1979. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00

Mermaid, N.Y., Morrow, 1980. First edition. Ex-library. $7.50

Banshee, N.Y., Morrow, 1983. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00

Spider Webs, N.Y., Morrow, 1986. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $25.00
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