I'm slipping in a Weekly Update between holidays....
Sally Owen
The Mysterious Bookshop
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
The Mysterious Bookshop
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New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
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Weekly Update 12/26/09
No authors came in to see us this week! But there are a couple of things we’d like you to know about:
We’re getting very close to resuming our individual Mysterious Profiles series. Now that the first twenty-one have been collected in The Lineup, we’ll be off and running with Thomas Perry’s signed profile of Jane Whitefield (at last!). Many of you have pre-ordered this profile, but if you haven’t and would like a copy, let us know. Limited to 100 copies. $60.00
Collectors take note: Bleak House Books only printed 1,000 hardcover copies of The Big Wake-Up by Mark Coggins and they have very few left. We still have signed copies of this August Riordan mystery. $24,95
We have two copies of the limited edition of Rain Gods by James Lee Burke. This is limited to 80 numbered and signed copies. With an appreciation by Robert Crais. In marbled boards as issued. $150.00
PAPERBACKS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED
First published in 1967, The Prisoner by Thomas M. Disch is enjoying a resurgence because of the new version of this cult classic recently shown on TV. $15.00
Book number sixty–three in the Hard Case Crime library is The Valley of Fear by A.C. Doyle. It seems only fitting in this, the Sherlock Holmes season. $6.99
Had enough of the Twilight series yet? Whether you’re a fan or a foe you’ll get a kick out of Nightlight from The Harvard Lampoon. Of one thing Belle Goose is absolutely certain, the very sparkly Edwart Mullen is her soul mate! Maybe. $13.95
FOR COLLECTORS
The Root of His Evil by William Ard, Rinehart, NY. 1957. First Edition. $65.00
Very fine in dust jacket.
The House without a Key by Earl Derr Biggers, Otto Penzler Books, NY. 1996. Facsimile. $75.00
An exact facsimile of the first edition of the first Charlie Chan novel and its beautiful, as well as rare, dust jacket.
The Black Camel by Earl Derr Biggers, Bobbs-Merrill, IN. 1929. First Edition. $2,750.00
In the earliest dust jacket with four Bobbs-Merrill titles on rear panel, rather than the letter from Charlie Chan on later states. A fine, fresh copy in a gorgeous, bright dust jacket with trivial wear at spine ends and corners. Finding Charlie Chan first editions in fine collectors’ condition has become a real challenge in recent years, and this one is a stunner.
The Topless Tulip Caper by Lawrence Block, Allison & Busby, London. 1984. SIGNED. $75.00
First hardcover edition of this 1975 paperback original. Very fine in dust jacket.
Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie, John Lane, London. 1924. First Edition. $2,000.00
The very rare Queen’s Quorum title, one of the most elusive of all of Christie’s first editions. Original orange/yellow cloth. The spine is uniformly faded but not badly; there is some soiling and a few light spots on rear cover; page ends are foxed. Overall, a very good copy, with no wear to the cover and with hinges intact.
The Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie, Dodd, Mead, NY. 1930. First U.S. Edition. $5,000.00
Apart from the ubiquitous bit of fading to the pink spine (much less than usual), this is a fine, fresh copy in a dazzling dust jacket - possibly the best copy on earth (or elsewhere). Twice as expensive as most copies in the scarce dust jacket, but 20 times better.
Murder Gone Minoan by Clyde B. Clason, Doubleday Crime Club, NY. 1939. First Edition. $50.00
Excellent "impossible" crime novel. Very good, firm copy.
Bats Fly at Dusk by A.A. Fair, Grosset & Dunlap, NY. 1942. Reprint. $35.00
A fine copy in a fine, bright dust jacket.
Give ‘em the Ax by A.A. Fair, Grosset & Dunlap, NY. 1944. Reprint. $35.00
Fine in a bright, fresh dust jacket with light chipping at edges.
Murder in Canton by Robert Van Gulik, Scribners, NY. 1967. First U.S. Edition. $75.00
A Judge Dee mystery. Fine in dust jacket.
Children of the Ritz by Cornell Woolrich, Boni & Liveright, NY. 1927. First Edition. $1,850.00
Author’s rare second book. Non-mystery. A fine copy in dust jacket, which has a bit of fraying at the spine ends, a faint crease along the lower edge of the front panel, and a sunned spine panel which has evenly turned the purple background into blue. Still an exceptional copy.
Times Square by Cornell Woolrich, Liveright, NY. 1929. First Edition. $30.00
Spine ends and corners rubbed, else very good copy of a scarce title.
The Black Path of Fear by Cornell Woolrich, Doubleday Crime Club, NY. 1944. First edition. $30.00
Name, else about very good.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Author of the Week: CHRISTOPHER BUSH
Just when I thought I was not going to be able to wish you Happy Holidays ONE MORE TIME, along comes our author of the week!
Sally Owen
The Mysterious Bookshop
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
BUSH, CHRISTOPHER
Once a popular writer of classic English detective fiction whose career spanned 42 years, he inspired Anthony Shaffer’s aphorism: "A Bush in the hand is worth two of any other bird." His series character, Ludovic Travers, appeared in all books. Unless otherwise noted, all titles listed are first American editions and were published in New York by Macmillan. (Note: TCOT=The Case of the and dj=dust jacket).
The Perfect Murder Case, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1929. First U.S. edition. Ex-library. $10.00
The Perfect Murder Case, N.Y., Collier, 1929. Reprint. Very good. $15.00
The Perfect Murder Case, N.Y., Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Reprint. Very fine in bright dj with light edge wear and closed tears. $40.00
The Perfect Murder Case, N.Y., Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Fine, fresh copy. $20.00
The Perfect Murder Case, London, Heinemann, 1930. Reprint. Fine, fresh copy. $25.00
Dead Man Twice, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1930. First U.S. edition. Name, else fine. $25.00
Dead Man Twice, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1930. First U.S. edition. Spine wear, else very good. $15.00
Dead Man’s Music, London, Heinemann, 1937 (originally 1931). First cheap edition. A fine copy. $35.00
Cut Throat, London, Baler, 1970 (originally 1932). Fine in rubbed dust jacket. $15.00
The Crank in the Corner, N.Y., Morrow, 1933. First U.S. edition. Spine sunned, endpapers foxed, else a near very good copy of a very scarce title. $50.00
The Kitchen Cake Murder, N.Y., Morrow, 1934. Third printing. Uncommon. $25.00
TCOT Chinese Gong, London, Cassell, 1936. First cheap edition. Very good. $25.00
The Wedding Night Murder, N.Y., Holt, 1937. First U.S. edition. A very good copy of a scarce title. $65.00
TCOT Chinese Gong, N.Y., Triangle, 1938. Reprint. Bookplate; very good. $17.50
Eight O’Clock Alibi, N.Y., Triangle, 1938. Pages tanned as usual, else fine in dj with small chips at spine ends and corners. $22.50
The Body in the Bonfire, 1939. N.Y. Triangle, 1939. Pages tanned as always, else fine in bright dust jacket with tiny chips. $27.50
Another copy. Very good in heavily chipped dj. $15.00
TCOT Platinum Blonde, 1944. Ex-library. $12.50
TCOT Second Chance, 1946. Fine. $15.00
TCOT Second Chance, 1946. Ex-library. $10.00
TCOT Platinum Blonde, 1949. Ex-library. $12.50
TCOT Platinum Blonde, 1949. Good. $12.50
TCOT Seven Bells, 1950. Spine sunned, else near fine. $10.00
TCOT Purloined Picture, 1952. Tape stains to endpapers and dj flaps, else very good. $15.00
TCOT Burnt Bohemian, 1954. Cover spotted, else about fine in dj chipped along top edge. $20.00
TCOT Burnet Bohemia, 1954. Name stamp, else very good in badly chipped dj. $15.00
TCOT Three Lost Letters, 1955. About fine in price-clipped dj with light wear at spine ends. $25.00
TCOT Three Lost Letters, 1955. About fine in lightly chipped dj. $20.00
TCOT Red Brunette, 1955. Near fine in chipped dj. $17.50
TCOT Benevolent Bookie, 1956. Fine in very good dj. $20.00
TCT Benevolent Bookie, 1956. Near fine. $10.00
TCOT Extra Man, 1957. MWA rubber stamp on endpapers and bottom page edges, else near fine in price-clipped dj. $20.00
TCOT Russian Cross, 1957. Fine in dj with scrape on spine. $20.00
TCOT Russian Cross, 1957. Rubber stamp, else good in badly chipped, glued down dj. $12.50
TCOT Running Man, 1958. Light foxing, else near fine in dj. $25.00
TCOT Running Man, 1958. Name, else near fine in dj. $25.00
TCOT Running Man, 1958. Bookplate, else near fine in dj. $25.00
TCOT Treble Twist, 1958. London, MacDonald, 1958. First edition. Very good in chipped dj.
TCOT Triple Twist, 1958. Fine in dj. $30.00
TCOT Triple Twist, 1958. MWA rubber stamp, else fine in lightly rubbed dj. $25.00
TCOT Triple Twist, 1958. Fine in lightly rubbed dj. $25.00
TCOT Triple Twist, 1958. Ink dates on front endpaper, else fine in chipped dj. $15.00
TCOT Careless Thief, 1960. Fine in dj. $25.00
TCOT Sapphire Brooch, 1961. Fine in dj. $30.00
TCOT Sapphire Brooch, 1961. MWA rubber stamp, else fine in dj with trifle rubbing at spine ends and one corner. $25.00
TCOT Sapphire Brooch, 1961. Writing on front endpaper, else about fine in chipped and rubbed dj. $15.00
TCOT Three-Ring Puzzle, 1963. Good reading copy in worn dj. $10.00
TCOT Heavenly Twin, London, MacDonald, 1963. First edition. Ex-library in dust jacket. $7.00
TCOT Heavenly Twin, 1963. Ex-library copy dj. $10.00
TCOT Heavenly Twin, 1963. Tape-stained reading copy. $7.50
TCOT Grand Alliance, 1965. Small bookseller’s label, corner bumped, else fine in dj. $25.00
TCOT Good Employer, 1966. London, MacDonald, 1966. First edition. Rubber stamps, else about fine. $12.50
TCOT Good Employer, London, White Lion, 1968. Reprint. Ex-library in good dj. $8.50
TCOT Good Employer, 1966. Very fine in dj. $25.00
TCOT Prodigal Daughter, London, MacDonald,1968. Reading copy only very good dj. $6.00
TCOT Prodigal Daughter, 1968. Name, else very fine in dj. $25.00
TCOT Deadly Diamonds, 1969. Very fine in dj. $25.00
Sally Owen
The Mysterious Bookshop
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
BUSH, CHRISTOPHER
Once a popular writer of classic English detective fiction whose career spanned 42 years, he inspired Anthony Shaffer’s aphorism: "A Bush in the hand is worth two of any other bird." His series character, Ludovic Travers, appeared in all books. Unless otherwise noted, all titles listed are first American editions and were published in New York by Macmillan. (Note: TCOT=The Case of the and dj=dust jacket).
The Perfect Murder Case, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1929. First U.S. edition. Ex-library. $10.00
The Perfect Murder Case, N.Y., Collier, 1929. Reprint. Very good. $15.00
The Perfect Murder Case, N.Y., Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Reprint. Very fine in bright dj with light edge wear and closed tears. $40.00
The Perfect Murder Case, N.Y., Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Fine, fresh copy. $20.00
The Perfect Murder Case, London, Heinemann, 1930. Reprint. Fine, fresh copy. $25.00
Dead Man Twice, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1930. First U.S. edition. Name, else fine. $25.00
Dead Man Twice, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1930. First U.S. edition. Spine wear, else very good. $15.00
Dead Man’s Music, London, Heinemann, 1937 (originally 1931). First cheap edition. A fine copy. $35.00
Cut Throat, London, Baler, 1970 (originally 1932). Fine in rubbed dust jacket. $15.00
The Crank in the Corner, N.Y., Morrow, 1933. First U.S. edition. Spine sunned, endpapers foxed, else a near very good copy of a very scarce title. $50.00
The Kitchen Cake Murder, N.Y., Morrow, 1934. Third printing. Uncommon. $25.00
TCOT Chinese Gong, London, Cassell, 1936. First cheap edition. Very good. $25.00
The Wedding Night Murder, N.Y., Holt, 1937. First U.S. edition. A very good copy of a scarce title. $65.00
TCOT Chinese Gong, N.Y., Triangle, 1938. Reprint. Bookplate; very good. $17.50
Eight O’Clock Alibi, N.Y., Triangle, 1938. Pages tanned as usual, else fine in dj with small chips at spine ends and corners. $22.50
The Body in the Bonfire, 1939. N.Y. Triangle, 1939. Pages tanned as always, else fine in bright dust jacket with tiny chips. $27.50
Another copy. Very good in heavily chipped dj. $15.00
TCOT Platinum Blonde, 1944. Ex-library. $12.50
TCOT Second Chance, 1946. Fine. $15.00
TCOT Second Chance, 1946. Ex-library. $10.00
TCOT Platinum Blonde, 1949. Ex-library. $12.50
TCOT Platinum Blonde, 1949. Good. $12.50
TCOT Seven Bells, 1950. Spine sunned, else near fine. $10.00
TCOT Purloined Picture, 1952. Tape stains to endpapers and dj flaps, else very good. $15.00
TCOT Burnt Bohemian, 1954. Cover spotted, else about fine in dj chipped along top edge. $20.00
TCOT Burnet Bohemia, 1954. Name stamp, else very good in badly chipped dj. $15.00
TCOT Three Lost Letters, 1955. About fine in price-clipped dj with light wear at spine ends. $25.00
TCOT Three Lost Letters, 1955. About fine in lightly chipped dj. $20.00
TCOT Red Brunette, 1955. Near fine in chipped dj. $17.50
TCOT Benevolent Bookie, 1956. Fine in very good dj. $20.00
TCT Benevolent Bookie, 1956. Near fine. $10.00
TCOT Extra Man, 1957. MWA rubber stamp on endpapers and bottom page edges, else near fine in price-clipped dj. $20.00
TCOT Russian Cross, 1957. Fine in dj with scrape on spine. $20.00
TCOT Russian Cross, 1957. Rubber stamp, else good in badly chipped, glued down dj. $12.50
TCOT Running Man, 1958. Light foxing, else near fine in dj. $25.00
TCOT Running Man, 1958. Name, else near fine in dj. $25.00
TCOT Running Man, 1958. Bookplate, else near fine in dj. $25.00
TCOT Treble Twist, 1958. London, MacDonald, 1958. First edition. Very good in chipped dj.
TCOT Triple Twist, 1958. Fine in dj. $30.00
TCOT Triple Twist, 1958. MWA rubber stamp, else fine in lightly rubbed dj. $25.00
TCOT Triple Twist, 1958. Fine in lightly rubbed dj. $25.00
TCOT Triple Twist, 1958. Ink dates on front endpaper, else fine in chipped dj. $15.00
TCOT Careless Thief, 1960. Fine in dj. $25.00
TCOT Sapphire Brooch, 1961. Fine in dj. $30.00
TCOT Sapphire Brooch, 1961. MWA rubber stamp, else fine in dj with trifle rubbing at spine ends and one corner. $25.00
TCOT Sapphire Brooch, 1961. Writing on front endpaper, else about fine in chipped and rubbed dj. $15.00
TCOT Three-Ring Puzzle, 1963. Good reading copy in worn dj. $10.00
TCOT Heavenly Twin, London, MacDonald, 1963. First edition. Ex-library in dust jacket. $7.00
TCOT Heavenly Twin, 1963. Ex-library copy dj. $10.00
TCOT Heavenly Twin, 1963. Tape-stained reading copy. $7.50
TCOT Grand Alliance, 1965. Small bookseller’s label, corner bumped, else fine in dj. $25.00
TCOT Good Employer, 1966. London, MacDonald, 1966. First edition. Rubber stamps, else about fine. $12.50
TCOT Good Employer, London, White Lion, 1968. Reprint. Ex-library in good dj. $8.50
TCOT Good Employer, 1966. Very fine in dj. $25.00
TCOT Prodigal Daughter, London, MacDonald,1968. Reading copy only very good dj. $6.00
TCOT Prodigal Daughter, 1968. Name, else very fine in dj. $25.00
TCOT Deadly Diamonds, 1969. Very fine in dj. $25.00
Friday, December 18, 2009
Sally's Weekly Update for 12/18/09
The Mysterious Bookshop will be closing early on Christmas Eve and closed on Christmas Day.
The staff of The Mysterious Bookshop wish you and your families a very happy holiday weekend.
Otto Penzler, Rob Stroud, Ian Kern, Daniel Seitler, Chris Pierce, and
Sally Owen
The Mysterious Bookshop
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m.- 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 12/18/09
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
We now have in the signed limited copies of The First Rule by Robert Crais, and very handsome it is. We do have a few numbered copies left (we’ve sold out of the lettered copies) , so if you did not pre-order and would like a copy, please let us know as soon as possible, we think we’ll sell out by the end of the year. This edition is the true first edition. $150.00
It has been a while since we’ve had signed books by Loren D. Estleman, so we’re happy to be able to offer two of his books:
The Branch and the Scaffold is a novel which tells the story of hanging judge Isaac Parker who was the sole law throughout the Western District of Arkansas and the Indian Nations. $24.95
Alone is Estleman’s second mystery featuring Valentino. Included is a great bibliography and filmography of Greta Garbo (yes, her legend plays a prominent part in the story). $24.99
Faces of the Gone is the first in a series by Brad Parks who was a reporter with The Washington Post and The Star Ledger (Newark, NJ). Carter Ross is an investigative reporter called out when four bodies, each with a single bullet wound to the head, are discovered in a vacant lot. $25.99
NOT SIGNED, BUT
The Talented Miss Highsmith by Joan Schenkar is a detailed biography of the life and work of the very important Patricia Highsmith. A must for mystery buffs I’m thinking. $40.00
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
Only one book arrived from the UK this week but it is The Monster in the Box by Ruth Rendell. This is her twenty-second mystery, by my count, featuring Inspector Wexford. $48.00
FOR COLLECTORS
Me Tanner, You Jane by Lawrence Block, Macmillan, NY. 1970. First Edition. SIGNED. $100.00
First Tanner to be published in hardcover. Fine, without the ubiquitous remainder dot, in dust jacket.
Ariel by Lawrence Block, Arbor House, NY. 1980. First Edition. SIGNED. $45.00
Very fine in dust jacket.
The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza by Lawrence Block, Random House, NY. 1980. First Edition. SIGNED. $125.00
Very fine in dust jacket. Review slip laid in.
Like a Lamb to Slaughter by Lawrence Block, Arbor House, NY. 1984. First Edition. SIGNED. $40.00
Short story collection. Very fine in dust jacket. Inscribed and signed.
A Ticket to the Boneyard by Lawrence Block, Morrow, NY. 1990. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Very fine in dust jacket. With the rare wraparound band. Inscribed and signed.
The Butterfly by James M. Cain, Knopf, NY. 1947. First Edition. $125.00
Fine in dust jacket, which has a trace of rubbing at corners.
The Problem of the Wire Cage by John Dickson Carr, Harper, NY. 1939. First Edition. $300.00
A fine copy of this Dr. Fell mystery in the scarce tennis-related dust jacket, which is lightly worn along edges and spine ends, with a small chip at the bottom of the front panel.
When the Cat’s Away by Kinky Friedman, Morrow, NY. 1988. First Edition. $35.00
The Kinkster’s third book. Fine in dust jacket.
The Devil to Pay by Ellery Queen, Stokes, NY. 1938. First Edition. $650.00
A bit of foxing, and the pale gray linen cloth has darkened, as usual- this is not soiling, but oxidation causing discoloration as on all copies examined - else about fine. The scarce dust jacket is dazzling, without a hint of wear, except that the rear flap inexplicably has been excised and replaced with a photocopy. It looks like the best copy in the world - but it’s not. Still, a difficult book in this condition.
Homicide by Leslie T. White, Harcourt, NY. 1937. First Edition. $150.00
A detective novel by the important Black Mask writer. Fine in a bright, lightly rubbed dust jacket with wear at spine ends.
To Find a Killer by Lionel White, Dutton, NY. 1954. First Edition. $100.00
Tiny stain on interior gutter, else very fine in fresh, bright dust jacket.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
The staff of The Mysterious Bookshop wish you and your families a very happy holiday weekend.
Otto Penzler, Rob Stroud, Ian Kern, Daniel Seitler, Chris Pierce, and
Sally Owen
The Mysterious Bookshop
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m.- 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 12/18/09
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
We now have in the signed limited copies of The First Rule by Robert Crais, and very handsome it is. We do have a few numbered copies left (we’ve sold out of the lettered copies) , so if you did not pre-order and would like a copy, please let us know as soon as possible, we think we’ll sell out by the end of the year. This edition is the true first edition. $150.00
It has been a while since we’ve had signed books by Loren D. Estleman, so we’re happy to be able to offer two of his books:
The Branch and the Scaffold is a novel which tells the story of hanging judge Isaac Parker who was the sole law throughout the Western District of Arkansas and the Indian Nations. $24.95
Alone is Estleman’s second mystery featuring Valentino. Included is a great bibliography and filmography of Greta Garbo (yes, her legend plays a prominent part in the story). $24.99
Faces of the Gone is the first in a series by Brad Parks who was a reporter with The Washington Post and The Star Ledger (Newark, NJ). Carter Ross is an investigative reporter called out when four bodies, each with a single bullet wound to the head, are discovered in a vacant lot. $25.99
NOT SIGNED, BUT
The Talented Miss Highsmith by Joan Schenkar is a detailed biography of the life and work of the very important Patricia Highsmith. A must for mystery buffs I’m thinking. $40.00
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
Only one book arrived from the UK this week but it is The Monster in the Box by Ruth Rendell. This is her twenty-second mystery, by my count, featuring Inspector Wexford. $48.00
FOR COLLECTORS
Me Tanner, You Jane by Lawrence Block, Macmillan, NY. 1970. First Edition. SIGNED. $100.00
First Tanner to be published in hardcover. Fine, without the ubiquitous remainder dot, in dust jacket.
Ariel by Lawrence Block, Arbor House, NY. 1980. First Edition. SIGNED. $45.00
Very fine in dust jacket.
The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza by Lawrence Block, Random House, NY. 1980. First Edition. SIGNED. $125.00
Very fine in dust jacket. Review slip laid in.
Like a Lamb to Slaughter by Lawrence Block, Arbor House, NY. 1984. First Edition. SIGNED. $40.00
Short story collection. Very fine in dust jacket. Inscribed and signed.
A Ticket to the Boneyard by Lawrence Block, Morrow, NY. 1990. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Very fine in dust jacket. With the rare wraparound band. Inscribed and signed.
The Butterfly by James M. Cain, Knopf, NY. 1947. First Edition. $125.00
Fine in dust jacket, which has a trace of rubbing at corners.
The Problem of the Wire Cage by John Dickson Carr, Harper, NY. 1939. First Edition. $300.00
A fine copy of this Dr. Fell mystery in the scarce tennis-related dust jacket, which is lightly worn along edges and spine ends, with a small chip at the bottom of the front panel.
When the Cat’s Away by Kinky Friedman, Morrow, NY. 1988. First Edition. $35.00
The Kinkster’s third book. Fine in dust jacket.
The Devil to Pay by Ellery Queen, Stokes, NY. 1938. First Edition. $650.00
A bit of foxing, and the pale gray linen cloth has darkened, as usual- this is not soiling, but oxidation causing discoloration as on all copies examined - else about fine. The scarce dust jacket is dazzling, without a hint of wear, except that the rear flap inexplicably has been excised and replaced with a photocopy. It looks like the best copy in the world - but it’s not. Still, a difficult book in this condition.
Homicide by Leslie T. White, Harcourt, NY. 1937. First Edition. $150.00
A detective novel by the important Black Mask writer. Fine in a bright, lightly rubbed dust jacket with wear at spine ends.
To Find a Killer by Lionel White, Dutton, NY. 1954. First Edition. $100.00
Tiny stain on interior gutter, else very fine in fresh, bright dust jacket.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
Sally's Weekly Update for 12/11/09
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 12/11/09
UPCOMING EVENT
Tuesday, December 15th 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Brad Parks reads from and discusses his hard-boiled debut
Faces of the Gone
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
The Big Wake-Up by Mark Coggins is the 5th in the August Riordan series. When San Francisco P.I. Riordan witnesses the death of a beautiful university student from Buenos Aires, he finds himself drawn into the hunt for the remains of Eva Peron which were supposedly returned to Buenos Aires from Italy and buried in an underground tomb. $24.95.
Signed copies also available in paperback. $14.95
The U.S. edition of The Price of Love by Peter Robinson is here. These short stories include a new novella featuring Robinson’s character, Detective Inspector Alan Banks. $25.99
NOT SIGNED, BUT...
Talking About Detective Fiction by P.D. James. James discusses the genre: the authors and their work; compares British and American Golden Age mystery writing; and sees a renewal of the detective hero in recent years. $22.00
La’s Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall-Smith is set in England in 1939. La, escaping the bombing in London, settles in a small village and organizes an amateur orchestra made up of local musicians and those stationed on the nearby RAF base. $23.95
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
The Disappeared by M.R. Hall features Jenny Cooper, the Severn Vale District coroner (introduced in The Coroner). This is limited to 250 numbered and signed copies. $$38.00
FOR COLLECTORS
Liquor, Guns & Ammo by Kent Anderson, McMillan, Tucson. 1998. First Trade Edition. SIGNED. $30.00
As new in dust jacket.
The Thief Who Couldn’t Sleep by Lawrence Block, Armchair Detective Library, NY. 1994. First Hardcover Edition. SIGNED. $75.00
This was first published in paperback in 1966. Evan Tanner. Limited to only 100 numbered and signed copies. Very fine in slipcase.
The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian by Lawrence Block, Arbor House, NY. 1983. First Edition. SIGNED. $75.00
Very fine in dust jacket. Inscribed and signed.
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes by Lawrence Block, Arbor House, NY. 1986. First Edition. SIGNED. $50.00
Perhaps the best Matt Scudder novel. Fine in dust jacket.
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, Doubleday, NY. First Edition. SIGNED. $75.00
We sold out of our own signed copies within an hour (as you know) but we just had an opportunity to buy a few signed copies of the first edition. Alas, no longer at list price, but we have the lowest price of anyone else offering these scarce signed copies. Fine in dust jacket.
Mostly Murder by Fredric Brown, Dutton, NY. 1953. First Edition. $600.00
A very scarce short story collection. A fine copy in dust jacket.
A Case of Lone Star by Kinky Friedman, Morrow, NY. 1987. First Edition. $35.00
Author’s second book. Fine in dust jacket.
Charlie Resnick by John Harvey, Mysterious Bookshop, NY. 2008. First Edition. SIGNED. $60.00
Limited to only 100 hardcover copies, numbered and signed by Harvey. A profile of the great author’s most famous character. Very fine in boards, as issued.
The Given Day by Dennis Lehane, Scorpion Press, Gladestry. 2008. First Edition. SIGNED. $150.00
Limited to only 80 copies numbered and signed. Precedes the U.S. trade edition. Handsome production with leather spine and marbled boards.
The Last Supper by Charles McCarry, Dutton, NY. 1983. First Edition. $100.00
Fine in dust jacket.
A Death in China by William D. Montalbano & Carl Hiaasen, Atheneum, NY. 1984. First Edition. $35.00
A fine copy in a lightly chipped dust jacket that has a sunned spine.
The Scarab Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine, Scribners, NY. 1930. First Edition. $275.00
Former owner’s name and neat bookplate, else an exceptionally fine bright copy in a near fine dust jacket which has only the slightest rubbing at the top of the spine.
The Ten Faces of Cornell Woolrich by Cornell Woolrich, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1965. First Edition. $350.00
Very fine in very fine dust jacket with the logo on the spine slightly sunned.
Sally
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58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 12/11/09
UPCOMING EVENT
Tuesday, December 15th 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Brad Parks reads from and discusses his hard-boiled debut
Faces of the Gone
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
The Big Wake-Up by Mark Coggins is the 5th in the August Riordan series. When San Francisco P.I. Riordan witnesses the death of a beautiful university student from Buenos Aires, he finds himself drawn into the hunt for the remains of Eva Peron which were supposedly returned to Buenos Aires from Italy and buried in an underground tomb. $24.95.
Signed copies also available in paperback. $14.95
The U.S. edition of The Price of Love by Peter Robinson is here. These short stories include a new novella featuring Robinson’s character, Detective Inspector Alan Banks. $25.99
NOT SIGNED, BUT...
Talking About Detective Fiction by P.D. James. James discusses the genre: the authors and their work; compares British and American Golden Age mystery writing; and sees a renewal of the detective hero in recent years. $22.00
La’s Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall-Smith is set in England in 1939. La, escaping the bombing in London, settles in a small village and organizes an amateur orchestra made up of local musicians and those stationed on the nearby RAF base. $23.95
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
The Disappeared by M.R. Hall features Jenny Cooper, the Severn Vale District coroner (introduced in The Coroner). This is limited to 250 numbered and signed copies. $$38.00
FOR COLLECTORS
Liquor, Guns & Ammo by Kent Anderson, McMillan, Tucson. 1998. First Trade Edition. SIGNED. $30.00
As new in dust jacket.
The Thief Who Couldn’t Sleep by Lawrence Block, Armchair Detective Library, NY. 1994. First Hardcover Edition. SIGNED. $75.00
This was first published in paperback in 1966. Evan Tanner. Limited to only 100 numbered and signed copies. Very fine in slipcase.
The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian by Lawrence Block, Arbor House, NY. 1983. First Edition. SIGNED. $75.00
Very fine in dust jacket. Inscribed and signed.
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes by Lawrence Block, Arbor House, NY. 1986. First Edition. SIGNED. $50.00
Perhaps the best Matt Scudder novel. Fine in dust jacket.
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, Doubleday, NY. First Edition. SIGNED. $75.00
We sold out of our own signed copies within an hour (as you know) but we just had an opportunity to buy a few signed copies of the first edition. Alas, no longer at list price, but we have the lowest price of anyone else offering these scarce signed copies. Fine in dust jacket.
Mostly Murder by Fredric Brown, Dutton, NY. 1953. First Edition. $600.00
A very scarce short story collection. A fine copy in dust jacket.
A Case of Lone Star by Kinky Friedman, Morrow, NY. 1987. First Edition. $35.00
Author’s second book. Fine in dust jacket.
Charlie Resnick by John Harvey, Mysterious Bookshop, NY. 2008. First Edition. SIGNED. $60.00
Limited to only 100 hardcover copies, numbered and signed by Harvey. A profile of the great author’s most famous character. Very fine in boards, as issued.
The Given Day by Dennis Lehane, Scorpion Press, Gladestry. 2008. First Edition. SIGNED. $150.00
Limited to only 80 copies numbered and signed. Precedes the U.S. trade edition. Handsome production with leather spine and marbled boards.
The Last Supper by Charles McCarry, Dutton, NY. 1983. First Edition. $100.00
Fine in dust jacket.
A Death in China by William D. Montalbano & Carl Hiaasen, Atheneum, NY. 1984. First Edition. $35.00
A fine copy in a lightly chipped dust jacket that has a sunned spine.
The Scarab Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine, Scribners, NY. 1930. First Edition. $275.00
Former owner’s name and neat bookplate, else an exceptionally fine bright copy in a near fine dust jacket which has only the slightest rubbing at the top of the spine.
The Ten Faces of Cornell Woolrich by Cornell Woolrich, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1965. First Edition. $350.00
Very fine in very fine dust jacket with the logo on the spine slightly sunned.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Author of the Week: Stuart Palmer
STUART PALMER
The popular American writer Stuart Palmer (1905-1968) wrote humorous traditional mysteries, achieving great success with his series about spinster-sleuth Hildegarde Withers, introduced in the 1931 novel The Penguin Pool Murder, which was filmed the year after publication and brought the author to Hollywood as a screenwriter; his 37 filmscripts were mainly about such series characters as Bulldog Drummond, The Falcon and The Lone Wolf. Miss Withers was wonderfully played in the films by Edna May Oliver, abetting the crusty Inspector Piper, played by James Gleason. Unless noted, all the following titles feature Withers.
Murder on Wheels, N.Y., Tudor, 1932. Reprint. The second Withers book. Some wear and staining. Uncommon title. $25.00
The Puzzle of the Pepper Tree, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1933. First edition. Adapted for the movies as Murder on a Honeymoon. Library stamps, remains of dust jacket flaps on endpapers where they had been glued down. Good-very good. $20.00
The Puzzle of the Silver Persian, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1934. Very good. $20.00
The Puzzle of the Red Stallion, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1936. First edition. Adapted for the movies as Murder on the Bridle Path. Endpapers stained, else very good. $25.00
The Puzzle of the Red Stallion, N.Y., Sun Dial, 1936. Reprint. Very good in chipped dust jacket. $22.50
The Puzzle of the Blue Banderilla, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1937. First edition. Very good in the scarce dust jacket, which is chipped on spine; the red on the spine is sunned. $150.00
The Puzzle of the Blue Banderilla, N.Y., Sun Dial, 1937. Reprint. A fine, fresh copy in a lightly rubbed dust jacket. $30.00
Omit Flowers, N.Y., Sun Dial, 1937. Reprint. (Non-Withers) Very good in chipped dust jacket. $20.00
The Puzzle of the Happy Hooligan, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1941. First edition. A fine copy in a bright dust jacket which has been slightly trimmed and with light wear at spine ends. $85.00
Miss Withers Regrets, London, Collins, 1948. First U.K. edition. Stamped "Publicity File Copy" on front endpaper, else very good in pictorial dust jacket with a large chip out of the front panel. $20.00
Another copy. Very good. $15.00
Four Lost Ladies, N.Y., Mill, 1949. Reprint. Fine in a chipped dust jacket. With a nice long inscription signed by Palmer with a drawing of a penguin. $35.00
Another copy. Very good in a chipped dust jacket. $15.00
The Green Ace, N.Y., Mill, 1950. First edition. A fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket with minor wear at spine ends. $60.00
The Green Ace, N.Y., Mill, 1950. First edition. Ex-library copy with stamps and tape stains on the interior, with the exterior of the jacket unmarked. $20.00
Cold Poison, N.Y., Mill, 1954. Reprint. Near fine in dust jacket with light wear at top of spine. $15.00
Exit Laughing, London, Collins, 1954. First U.K. edition of Cold Poison. Very good in cut down dust jacket. $15.00
Unhappy Hooligan, N.Y., Harper, 1956. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with light wear at extremities and corners. $20.00
Death in Grease Paint, London, Collins, 1956. First U.K. edition of Unhappy Hooligan. Fair only in a bright pictorial dust jacket. $10.00
People vs. Withers & Malone, N.Y., Random House, 1963. First edition. A Queen’s Quorum title written in collaboration with Craig Rice. Ex-library in dust jacket; with all faults. $15.00
Rook Takes Knight, N.Y., Random House, 1968. First edition. (Non-Withers) Fine in dust jacket. $30.00
Another copy. Fine in near fine dust jacket with one small tear and a hint of fading to the spine. $20.00
Hildegarde Withers Makes the Scene, N.Y., Random House, 1969. First edition. Completed by Fletcher Flora after Palmer’s death. Fine in a clean, fresh dust jacket. $50.00
Hildegarde Withers Makes the Scene, N.Y., Random House, 1969. First edition. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. $40.00
The popular American writer Stuart Palmer (1905-1968) wrote humorous traditional mysteries, achieving great success with his series about spinster-sleuth Hildegarde Withers, introduced in the 1931 novel The Penguin Pool Murder, which was filmed the year after publication and brought the author to Hollywood as a screenwriter; his 37 filmscripts were mainly about such series characters as Bulldog Drummond, The Falcon and The Lone Wolf. Miss Withers was wonderfully played in the films by Edna May Oliver, abetting the crusty Inspector Piper, played by James Gleason. Unless noted, all the following titles feature Withers.
Murder on Wheels, N.Y., Tudor, 1932. Reprint. The second Withers book. Some wear and staining. Uncommon title. $25.00
The Puzzle of the Pepper Tree, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1933. First edition. Adapted for the movies as Murder on a Honeymoon. Library stamps, remains of dust jacket flaps on endpapers where they had been glued down. Good-very good. $20.00
The Puzzle of the Silver Persian, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1934. Very good. $20.00
The Puzzle of the Red Stallion, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1936. First edition. Adapted for the movies as Murder on the Bridle Path. Endpapers stained, else very good. $25.00
The Puzzle of the Red Stallion, N.Y., Sun Dial, 1936. Reprint. Very good in chipped dust jacket. $22.50
The Puzzle of the Blue Banderilla, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1937. First edition. Very good in the scarce dust jacket, which is chipped on spine; the red on the spine is sunned. $150.00
The Puzzle of the Blue Banderilla, N.Y., Sun Dial, 1937. Reprint. A fine, fresh copy in a lightly rubbed dust jacket. $30.00
Omit Flowers, N.Y., Sun Dial, 1937. Reprint. (Non-Withers) Very good in chipped dust jacket. $20.00
The Puzzle of the Happy Hooligan, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1941. First edition. A fine copy in a bright dust jacket which has been slightly trimmed and with light wear at spine ends. $85.00
Miss Withers Regrets, London, Collins, 1948. First U.K. edition. Stamped "Publicity File Copy" on front endpaper, else very good in pictorial dust jacket with a large chip out of the front panel. $20.00
Another copy. Very good. $15.00
Four Lost Ladies, N.Y., Mill, 1949. Reprint. Fine in a chipped dust jacket. With a nice long inscription signed by Palmer with a drawing of a penguin. $35.00
Another copy. Very good in a chipped dust jacket. $15.00
The Green Ace, N.Y., Mill, 1950. First edition. A fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket with minor wear at spine ends. $60.00
The Green Ace, N.Y., Mill, 1950. First edition. Ex-library copy with stamps and tape stains on the interior, with the exterior of the jacket unmarked. $20.00
Cold Poison, N.Y., Mill, 1954. Reprint. Near fine in dust jacket with light wear at top of spine. $15.00
Exit Laughing, London, Collins, 1954. First U.K. edition of Cold Poison. Very good in cut down dust jacket. $15.00
Unhappy Hooligan, N.Y., Harper, 1956. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with light wear at extremities and corners. $20.00
Death in Grease Paint, London, Collins, 1956. First U.K. edition of Unhappy Hooligan. Fair only in a bright pictorial dust jacket. $10.00
People vs. Withers & Malone, N.Y., Random House, 1963. First edition. A Queen’s Quorum title written in collaboration with Craig Rice. Ex-library in dust jacket; with all faults. $15.00
Rook Takes Knight, N.Y., Random House, 1968. First edition. (Non-Withers) Fine in dust jacket. $30.00
Another copy. Fine in near fine dust jacket with one small tear and a hint of fading to the spine. $20.00
Hildegarde Withers Makes the Scene, N.Y., Random House, 1969. First edition. Completed by Fletcher Flora after Palmer’s death. Fine in a clean, fresh dust jacket. $50.00
Hildegarde Withers Makes the Scene, N.Y., Random House, 1969. First edition. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. $40.00
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Brad Parks Event 12/15/09
The Mysterious Bookshop
is proud to present:
Brad Parks
discussing his debut
hard-boiled novel
Faces of the Gone
Tuesday, December 15th
from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
Admission is free.
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street (Between Church and West Broadway)
New York, NY 10007
(212) 587-1011
info@mysteriousbookshop.com
is proud to present:
Brad Parks
discussing his debut
hard-boiled novel
Faces of the Gone
Tuesday, December 15th
from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
Admission is free.
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street (Between Church and West Broadway)
New York, NY 10007
(212) 587-1011
info@mysteriousbookshop.com
December Newsletter
The December Newsletter is now posted on our website. Below are the links.
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http://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/home/printnewsletter/print_newsletter.pdf
Happy holidays from all of us
The Staff
Mysterious Bookshop
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
http://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/home/newsletter/newsletter.pdf
http://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/home/printnewsletter/print_newsletter.pdf
Happy holidays from all of us
The Staff
Mysterious Bookshop
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Holiday Hours Update
The Mysterious Bookshop Holiday Hours
Christmas Eve, Thurs. Dec. 24th.
11:00 am to 5:00 pm.
We will be closed
Christmas Day, Fri. Dec. 25th.
New Year’s Eve, Thurs. Dec. 31st.
11:00 am to 5:00 pm.
We will be closed
New Year’s Day, Fri. Jan. 1st.
Thanks and Happy Holidays!
Christmas Eve, Thurs. Dec. 24th.
11:00 am to 5:00 pm.
We will be closed
Christmas Day, Fri. Dec. 25th.
New Year’s Eve, Thurs. Dec. 31st.
11:00 am to 5:00 pm.
We will be closed
New Year’s Day, Fri. Jan. 1st.
Thanks and Happy Holidays!
Friday, December 4, 2009
Sally's Weekly Update for 12/04/09!
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 12/4/09
UPCOMING EVENT
Tuesday, December 15th 6.30 p.m - 8.00 p.m.
Brad Parks reads from and discusses his hard-boiled debut
Faces of the Gone
We have a few copies of The First Rule by Robert Crais not yet spoken for. This is the true first edition and it comes in two formats:
Signed numbered editions limited to 100 copies $150.00
Signed lettered editions limited to 26 copies $275.00
We are expecting delivery of this book within the next couple of weeks.
GIFTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Since December is usually a pretty slow month for signings, we thought we would list some books, both signed and unsigned, to help you with your holiday shopping. In some cases, we only have one copy of a title, so this will be on a first-come-first-served basis:
London Boulevard by Ken Bruen is the first hardcover edition of this title. Ken wrote this in 2001 and it was published, in the UK as a paperback original. It remains my favorite Bruen book. This is not signed, nor is it likely to be. Ken got married this week ! Congratulations Ken. $24.99
Tony Hillerman’s Landscape written by Anne Hillerman and photographed by Don Strel is a wonderful tour through the countryside in which the late author set his marvelous mysteries. A beautiful colorful tribute. $28.99
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson is the second book in the trilogy. If you aren’t hooked on this series yet, you soon will be! This is the U.S. Edition. $25.95
Oh, have we mentioned The Lineup by Otto Penzler lately? We are almost out of first editions of this Best Book of the Year (according to Janet Maslin of the New York Times), and we have no problem getting a signature! $25.99
New York by Edward Rutherfurd is a novel (Rutherfurd is known more for his non-fiction) that moves through four centuries of this great city’s history. Rutherford is known for his in-depth research, and this sounds like a terrific historical novel. U.K. Edition. SIGNED. $48.00
The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith is the second in the series set in the Soviet Union. This is a U.K. edition and it is SIGNED. $33.00
A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd introduces Bess Crawford, a nurse in World War I. SIGNED by both authors: Todd and his mother. $24.99
The bibliophile in your life might appreciate The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. It tells the story of David Martin who makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym. A novel of secrets, passions, and the magic of books. SIGNED. $26.95
JUST IN
A couple of SIGNED copies of Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving have arrived from the U.K. This is the true first edition and, as you probably know, Irving is a difficult signature. $75.00
And now for something completely different....
We are Winter Cleaning right now and we have found a vast accumulation of Magazines. Even though the books featured and reviewed are older, these magazines make wonderful reading as you sit in front of your blazing log fire...
$2.00 each or 4 for $5.00
MAGAZINE SALE
Crime Spree
#1 June/July 2004Mark Billingham
#2 Aug./Sept. 2004 S. J. Rozan
#3 Oct./Nov. 2004 Vicki Hendricks
#4 Jan. 2005 Jason Starr
#5 Mar. 2005 Ian Rankin
#6 May 2005 Julia Spencer-Fleming and Bill Fitzhugh
#7 July 2005 Barry Eisler
#8 Sept. 2005 Michael Connelly
#11 Mar. 2006 T. Jefferson Parker
#12 May 2006 Val McDermid
#13 July/Aug. 2006 Karin Slaughter
#14 Sept./Oct. 2006 Greg Rucka
#15 Nov./Dec. 2006 James Crumley
#16 Jan./Feb. 2007 Sean Chercover and Marcus Sakey
#17 Mar./Apr. 2007 Robert Randisi
#18 May/June 2007 Laura Lippman and Stephen King
#19 July/Aug. 2007 Gregg Hurwitz/ Lee Child
#20 Sept./Oct. 2007 Charlaine Harris
#21 Nov./Dec. 2007 Max Allan Collins
#22 Jan./Feb/ 2008 Megan Abbott
#23 Mar./Apr. 2008 Crime Dogs
#24 May/June 2008 Tom Schreck and Michael A. Black
#26 Sept./Oct. 2008 Mo Hayder
#27 Nov./Dec. 2008 Hard Case Crime
#28 Jan./Feb. 2009 Jenny Siler
#29 Mar./Apr. 2009 CJ Box
#30 May/June 2009 John Connolly
#31 July/Aug. 2009 Brian Azzarello
Deadly Pleasures
#28 Fall 2000 Elmore Leonard
#33 Winter 2002 British Crime Novels
#35 Summer 2002 Legal Mystery Thrillers
#36 Fall 2002 George Pelecanos
#37 Winter 2003 Yanks Do Brit Mysteries
#38 Spring/Summer 2003 The Music of Mystery
#41 Spring 2004 Mo Hayder
#42 Summer/Fall 2004 Barry Eisler
#43 Winter 2005 Arturo Perez-Reverte
#44 Spring 2005 Jeffery Deaver
#45 Summer/Fall 2005 Peter Spiegelman
#46 Winter 2005 Tasha Alexander
#47 Spring 2006 Val McDermid
#48 Summer 2006 Jim Swain
#49 Fall/Winter 2006 John Hart
#50 Spring 2007 Peter Lovesey
#51 Summer 2007 Daniel Silva
#52 Fall- Winter 2007 Ariana Franklin
#54 Summer 2008 Arnaldur Indridason
#55 Fall 2008 Michael Robotham
#56 Winter 2008-2009 Kaye Atkinson
#57 Spring 2009 Peter Robinson
Crime Factory
#2 2001 James Crumley
#3 2001 Ian Rankin
#4 2001 Jon Cleary
#7 2002 Michael Dibdin
#8 2002 Walter Mosley
#9 2003 Ken Bruen
Mystery Review
Vol. 8 #4 Summer 2000 Masko Togawa
Vol 11 #1 Fall 2002 Georgette Hyer
Vol. 11 #2 Winter 2003 Val McDermid
Vol. 11 #3 Spring 2003 Ian Rankin
Vol. 11 #4 Summer 2003 Edward D. Hoch
Vol. 12 #1 Fall 2003 Michael Connelly
Mystery Scene
#91 Fall 2005 Jacqueline Winspear
#92 Holiday 2005 Sue Grafton
#94 Spring 2006 Denise Hamilton
#95 Summer 2006 Jeffrey Deaver
#96 Fall 2006 Margaret Coel
#97 Holiday 2006 Carl Hiaasen
#98 Winter 2007 Dana Stabenow
#99 Spring 2007 Ian Rankin
#103 Winter 2008 Minette Walters
Firsts: The Book Collector’s Magazine
Vol. 2 #9 Sept. 1992 Richard Condon
Vol. 2 #12 Dec. 1992 Jack London
Vol. 5 #1 Jan. 1995 Charles Bukowski
Vol. 6 #5 May 1996 A. B. Guthrie Jr.
Vol. 7 #4 April 1997 Theodore Dreiser
Vol. 7 #5 May 1997 Max Brand
Vol. 8 #2 Feb. 1998 Howard Norman
Vol. 8 #5 May 1998 Custer Novels
Vol. 9 #5 May 1999 Jim Harrison
Vol. 10 #5 May 2000 Upton Sinclair
Vol. 11 #1 Jan. 2001 Robertson Davies
Vol. 11 #2 Feb. 2001 Jim Tully
Vol. 11 #5 May 2001 Rick Bass
Vol. 11 #7 Sept. 2001 Jesse Stuart
Vol. 11 #9 Nov. 2001 George R. R. Martin
Vol. 12 #2 Feb. 2002 W. R. Burnett
Vol. 12 #3 Mar. 2002 Stephen Leacock
Vol. 12 #5 May 2002 Alan W. Eckert
Vol. 12 #6 June 2002 Raymond Carver
Vol. 12 #8 Oct. 2002 Arkham House
Vol. 12 #10 Dec. 2002 G. A. Henty
Vol. 13 #2 Feb. 2003 Thornton Wilder
Vol. 13 #3 Mar. 2003 Winston S. Churchill
Vol. 13 #5 May 2003 Dorothy M. Johnson
Vol. 13 #6 June 2003 A. I. Bezzerides
Vol. 13 #7 Sept. 2003 Richard Addington
Vol. 13 #8 Oct. 2003 Chad Oliver
Vol. 13 #10 Dec. 2003 Thomas McGuare
Vol. 14 #1 Jan. 2004 John Fowles
Vol. 14 #10 Dec. 2004 Louis May Alcott/Brian Jacques
Vol. 15 #7 Sept. 2005 Morley Callaghan
Vol. 15 #8 Oct. 2005 Frederick Pohl
Vol. 15 #9 Nov. 2005 The Medieval Murderers
Vol. 15 #10 Dec. 2005 James Herriot
Vol. 16 #5 May 2006 Charles Bowden
Vol. 16 #12 Dec. 2006 Nancy Drew/Madeleien L’Engle
Vol. 17 #2 Feb. 2007 Nelson DeMille
Vol. 17 #5 May 2007 Willa Cather/Conrad Richter
Vol. 17 #6 June 2007 Paul Theroux
Vol. 17 #8 Oct. 2007 Robert M. Coates
Vol. 17 #10 Dec. 2007 Betty MacDonald
Vol. 18 #4 April 2008 Marilynne Robinson
Vol. 18 #5 May 2008 Margaret Coel
Vol. 18 #7 Sept. 2008 Joel Chandler Harris
Vol. 18 #8 Oct. 2008 Lois McMaster/Ira Levin
Vol. 18 #10 Dec. 2008 Pirates
Vol. 19 #1 Jan. 2009 J. D. Salinger
Vol. 19 #2 Feb. 2009 Abraham Lincoln
Vol. 19 #3 Mar. 2009 Robert Morgan
Vol. 19 #4 Apr. 2009 Colleen McCollough
Vol. 19 #5 May 2009 Annie Proulx
Vol. 19 #6 June 2009 Richard Russo
Vol. 19 #7 Sept. 2009 Bernard Cornwell
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 12/4/09
UPCOMING EVENT
Tuesday, December 15th 6.30 p.m - 8.00 p.m.
Brad Parks reads from and discusses his hard-boiled debut
Faces of the Gone
We have a few copies of The First Rule by Robert Crais not yet spoken for. This is the true first edition and it comes in two formats:
Signed numbered editions limited to 100 copies $150.00
Signed lettered editions limited to 26 copies $275.00
We are expecting delivery of this book within the next couple of weeks.
GIFTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Since December is usually a pretty slow month for signings, we thought we would list some books, both signed and unsigned, to help you with your holiday shopping. In some cases, we only have one copy of a title, so this will be on a first-come-first-served basis:
London Boulevard by Ken Bruen is the first hardcover edition of this title. Ken wrote this in 2001 and it was published, in the UK as a paperback original. It remains my favorite Bruen book. This is not signed, nor is it likely to be. Ken got married this week ! Congratulations Ken. $24.99
Tony Hillerman’s Landscape written by Anne Hillerman and photographed by Don Strel is a wonderful tour through the countryside in which the late author set his marvelous mysteries. A beautiful colorful tribute. $28.99
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson is the second book in the trilogy. If you aren’t hooked on this series yet, you soon will be! This is the U.S. Edition. $25.95
Oh, have we mentioned The Lineup by Otto Penzler lately? We are almost out of first editions of this Best Book of the Year (according to Janet Maslin of the New York Times), and we have no problem getting a signature! $25.99
New York by Edward Rutherfurd is a novel (Rutherfurd is known more for his non-fiction) that moves through four centuries of this great city’s history. Rutherford is known for his in-depth research, and this sounds like a terrific historical novel. U.K. Edition. SIGNED. $48.00
The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith is the second in the series set in the Soviet Union. This is a U.K. edition and it is SIGNED. $33.00
A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd introduces Bess Crawford, a nurse in World War I. SIGNED by both authors: Todd and his mother. $24.99
The bibliophile in your life might appreciate The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. It tells the story of David Martin who makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym. A novel of secrets, passions, and the magic of books. SIGNED. $26.95
JUST IN
A couple of SIGNED copies of Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving have arrived from the U.K. This is the true first edition and, as you probably know, Irving is a difficult signature. $75.00
And now for something completely different....
We are Winter Cleaning right now and we have found a vast accumulation of Magazines. Even though the books featured and reviewed are older, these magazines make wonderful reading as you sit in front of your blazing log fire...
$2.00 each or 4 for $5.00
MAGAZINE SALE
Crime Spree
#1 June/July 2004Mark Billingham
#2 Aug./Sept. 2004 S. J. Rozan
#3 Oct./Nov. 2004 Vicki Hendricks
#4 Jan. 2005 Jason Starr
#5 Mar. 2005 Ian Rankin
#6 May 2005 Julia Spencer-Fleming and Bill Fitzhugh
#7 July 2005 Barry Eisler
#8 Sept. 2005 Michael Connelly
#11 Mar. 2006 T. Jefferson Parker
#12 May 2006 Val McDermid
#13 July/Aug. 2006 Karin Slaughter
#14 Sept./Oct. 2006 Greg Rucka
#15 Nov./Dec. 2006 James Crumley
#16 Jan./Feb. 2007 Sean Chercover and Marcus Sakey
#17 Mar./Apr. 2007 Robert Randisi
#18 May/June 2007 Laura Lippman and Stephen King
#19 July/Aug. 2007 Gregg Hurwitz/ Lee Child
#20 Sept./Oct. 2007 Charlaine Harris
#21 Nov./Dec. 2007 Max Allan Collins
#22 Jan./Feb/ 2008 Megan Abbott
#23 Mar./Apr. 2008 Crime Dogs
#24 May/June 2008 Tom Schreck and Michael A. Black
#26 Sept./Oct. 2008 Mo Hayder
#27 Nov./Dec. 2008 Hard Case Crime
#28 Jan./Feb. 2009 Jenny Siler
#29 Mar./Apr. 2009 CJ Box
#30 May/June 2009 John Connolly
#31 July/Aug. 2009 Brian Azzarello
Deadly Pleasures
#28 Fall 2000 Elmore Leonard
#33 Winter 2002 British Crime Novels
#35 Summer 2002 Legal Mystery Thrillers
#36 Fall 2002 George Pelecanos
#37 Winter 2003 Yanks Do Brit Mysteries
#38 Spring/Summer 2003 The Music of Mystery
#41 Spring 2004 Mo Hayder
#42 Summer/Fall 2004 Barry Eisler
#43 Winter 2005 Arturo Perez-Reverte
#44 Spring 2005 Jeffery Deaver
#45 Summer/Fall 2005 Peter Spiegelman
#46 Winter 2005 Tasha Alexander
#47 Spring 2006 Val McDermid
#48 Summer 2006 Jim Swain
#49 Fall/Winter 2006 John Hart
#50 Spring 2007 Peter Lovesey
#51 Summer 2007 Daniel Silva
#52 Fall- Winter 2007 Ariana Franklin
#54 Summer 2008 Arnaldur Indridason
#55 Fall 2008 Michael Robotham
#56 Winter 2008-2009 Kaye Atkinson
#57 Spring 2009 Peter Robinson
Crime Factory
#2 2001 James Crumley
#3 2001 Ian Rankin
#4 2001 Jon Cleary
#7 2002 Michael Dibdin
#8 2002 Walter Mosley
#9 2003 Ken Bruen
Mystery Review
Vol. 8 #4 Summer 2000 Masko Togawa
Vol 11 #1 Fall 2002 Georgette Hyer
Vol. 11 #2 Winter 2003 Val McDermid
Vol. 11 #3 Spring 2003 Ian Rankin
Vol. 11 #4 Summer 2003 Edward D. Hoch
Vol. 12 #1 Fall 2003 Michael Connelly
Mystery Scene
#91 Fall 2005 Jacqueline Winspear
#92 Holiday 2005 Sue Grafton
#94 Spring 2006 Denise Hamilton
#95 Summer 2006 Jeffrey Deaver
#96 Fall 2006 Margaret Coel
#97 Holiday 2006 Carl Hiaasen
#98 Winter 2007 Dana Stabenow
#99 Spring 2007 Ian Rankin
#103 Winter 2008 Minette Walters
Firsts: The Book Collector’s Magazine
Vol. 2 #9 Sept. 1992 Richard Condon
Vol. 2 #12 Dec. 1992 Jack London
Vol. 5 #1 Jan. 1995 Charles Bukowski
Vol. 6 #5 May 1996 A. B. Guthrie Jr.
Vol. 7 #4 April 1997 Theodore Dreiser
Vol. 7 #5 May 1997 Max Brand
Vol. 8 #2 Feb. 1998 Howard Norman
Vol. 8 #5 May 1998 Custer Novels
Vol. 9 #5 May 1999 Jim Harrison
Vol. 10 #5 May 2000 Upton Sinclair
Vol. 11 #1 Jan. 2001 Robertson Davies
Vol. 11 #2 Feb. 2001 Jim Tully
Vol. 11 #5 May 2001 Rick Bass
Vol. 11 #7 Sept. 2001 Jesse Stuart
Vol. 11 #9 Nov. 2001 George R. R. Martin
Vol. 12 #2 Feb. 2002 W. R. Burnett
Vol. 12 #3 Mar. 2002 Stephen Leacock
Vol. 12 #5 May 2002 Alan W. Eckert
Vol. 12 #6 June 2002 Raymond Carver
Vol. 12 #8 Oct. 2002 Arkham House
Vol. 12 #10 Dec. 2002 G. A. Henty
Vol. 13 #2 Feb. 2003 Thornton Wilder
Vol. 13 #3 Mar. 2003 Winston S. Churchill
Vol. 13 #5 May 2003 Dorothy M. Johnson
Vol. 13 #6 June 2003 A. I. Bezzerides
Vol. 13 #7 Sept. 2003 Richard Addington
Vol. 13 #8 Oct. 2003 Chad Oliver
Vol. 13 #10 Dec. 2003 Thomas McGuare
Vol. 14 #1 Jan. 2004 John Fowles
Vol. 14 #10 Dec. 2004 Louis May Alcott/Brian Jacques
Vol. 15 #7 Sept. 2005 Morley Callaghan
Vol. 15 #8 Oct. 2005 Frederick Pohl
Vol. 15 #9 Nov. 2005 The Medieval Murderers
Vol. 15 #10 Dec. 2005 James Herriot
Vol. 16 #5 May 2006 Charles Bowden
Vol. 16 #12 Dec. 2006 Nancy Drew/Madeleien L’Engle
Vol. 17 #2 Feb. 2007 Nelson DeMille
Vol. 17 #5 May 2007 Willa Cather/Conrad Richter
Vol. 17 #6 June 2007 Paul Theroux
Vol. 17 #8 Oct. 2007 Robert M. Coates
Vol. 17 #10 Dec. 2007 Betty MacDonald
Vol. 18 #4 April 2008 Marilynne Robinson
Vol. 18 #5 May 2008 Margaret Coel
Vol. 18 #7 Sept. 2008 Joel Chandler Harris
Vol. 18 #8 Oct. 2008 Lois McMaster/Ira Levin
Vol. 18 #10 Dec. 2008 Pirates
Vol. 19 #1 Jan. 2009 J. D. Salinger
Vol. 19 #2 Feb. 2009 Abraham Lincoln
Vol. 19 #3 Mar. 2009 Robert Morgan
Vol. 19 #4 Apr. 2009 Colleen McCollough
Vol. 19 #5 May 2009 Annie Proulx
Vol. 19 #6 June 2009 Richard Russo
Vol. 19 #7 Sept. 2009 Bernard Cornwell
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Sally's Weekly Update for 11/28/09
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 11/28/09
Hope your Thanksgiving was a good one!
The BIG NEWS around here is that Janet Maslin, book criticof The New York Times, just named her top 10 books of the year and one of them is Otto Penzler’s The Lineup!!
This title has gone back to press for a second printing but we still have some autographed first editions of the perfect gift book, with entertaining and informative biographies of the most popular detectives written by today’s most distinguished authors. $25.99.
If you haven’t yet reserved your Signed Limited Edition of The First Rule by Robert Crais, do it soon. 100 numbered copies at $150.00. 26 lettered copies at $275.00.
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
We have signed copies of U is For Undertow!! Sue Grafton signed at her publisher and we’re really happy to have them here. According to a pal of mine, this is the best Kinsey Milhone in years! A Crime Collector’s Club Selection. $27.95
Washington Shadow is the second book by Aly Monroe and takes place in September 1945 when post-war Britain sends John Maynard Keynes to D.C. to beg for a loan. Agent Peter Cotton is part of the back-up team but his assignment involves the break-up of America’s wartime intelligence agency. He will discover an Anglo-American conspiracy that will change the world of post-war intelligence forever. A British Crime Club Selection. $43.00
Katherine Hall Page signed copies of her latest Faith Fairchild mystery, The Body in the Sleigh. Just in time for the holiday season. $15.99
FOR COLLECTORS
The Black Camel by Earl Derr Biggers, Grosset & Dunlap. Reprint. $65.00
A handsome copy of this Charlie Chan mystery, near fine in very bright dust jacket with just a hint of wear at the extremities.
The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler, Houghton Mifflin, Boston. 1954. First U.S. Edition. $450.00
A near fine copy in dust jacket with large chip bottom of spine and small chip at top. There is some smudging on back of dj
Cut Me In by Hunt Collins, Abelard-Schuman, NY. 1954. First Edition. $200.00
A very scarce mystery novel by Evan Hunter under this early pseudonym, written two years before the first Ed McBain title was released. There is an inked letter on the front endpaper, else very good in dust jacket, which has a crease down the spine and has light wear along the top edge.
Lullaby Town by Robert Crais, Bantam, NY. 1992. First Edition. SIGNED. $750.00
Very fine in dust jacket.
For Kicks by Dick Francis, Joseph, London. 1965. Second Printing. SIGNED. $75.00
Fine in chipped dust jacket. Same format and jacket image at the first printing.
Fire in the Flesh by David Goodis, Gold Medal, NY. 1957. First Edition. $45.00
Paperback original. Reading crease, some spine rubbing, near very good.
Doctor Izard by Anna Katharine Green, Putnam, NY. 1895. First Edition. $450.00
Very good copy in the original wrappers. Very scarce in collector’s condition in this fragile binding.
The Jungle Kids by Evan Hunter, Pocket, NY. 1956. First Edition. $65.00
A Queen’s Quorum title. Near fine copy of this paperback original and uncommon in this collectible condition.
Strangers When We Meet by Evan Hunter, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1958. First Edition. $35.00
Non-mystery. Basis for the film with Kim Novak. Very good in chipped dust jacket.
Every Little Crook and Nanny by Evan Hunter, Doubleday, NY. 1972. First Edition. $20.00
Fine in dust jacket, which has light wear at the top of the spine.
The Pusher by Ed McBain, Pocket, NY. 1956. First Edition. $45.00
Third 87th Precinct novel. A bit of rubbing at the spine edge, else about fine copy of this paperback original.
The Crossroads by John D. MacDonald, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1959. First Edition. $35.00
Pages tanned as usual, else fine in a chipped dust jacket.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 11/28/09
Hope your Thanksgiving was a good one!
The BIG NEWS around here is that Janet Maslin, book criticof The New York Times, just named her top 10 books of the year and one of them is Otto Penzler’s The Lineup!!
This title has gone back to press for a second printing but we still have some autographed first editions of the perfect gift book, with entertaining and informative biographies of the most popular detectives written by today’s most distinguished authors. $25.99.
If you haven’t yet reserved your Signed Limited Edition of The First Rule by Robert Crais, do it soon. 100 numbered copies at $150.00. 26 lettered copies at $275.00.
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
We have signed copies of U is For Undertow!! Sue Grafton signed at her publisher and we’re really happy to have them here. According to a pal of mine, this is the best Kinsey Milhone in years! A Crime Collector’s Club Selection. $27.95
Washington Shadow is the second book by Aly Monroe and takes place in September 1945 when post-war Britain sends John Maynard Keynes to D.C. to beg for a loan. Agent Peter Cotton is part of the back-up team but his assignment involves the break-up of America’s wartime intelligence agency. He will discover an Anglo-American conspiracy that will change the world of post-war intelligence forever. A British Crime Club Selection. $43.00
Katherine Hall Page signed copies of her latest Faith Fairchild mystery, The Body in the Sleigh. Just in time for the holiday season. $15.99
FOR COLLECTORS
The Black Camel by Earl Derr Biggers, Grosset & Dunlap. Reprint. $65.00
A handsome copy of this Charlie Chan mystery, near fine in very bright dust jacket with just a hint of wear at the extremities.
The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler, Houghton Mifflin, Boston. 1954. First U.S. Edition. $450.00
A near fine copy in dust jacket with large chip bottom of spine and small chip at top. There is some smudging on back of dj
Cut Me In by Hunt Collins, Abelard-Schuman, NY. 1954. First Edition. $200.00
A very scarce mystery novel by Evan Hunter under this early pseudonym, written two years before the first Ed McBain title was released. There is an inked letter on the front endpaper, else very good in dust jacket, which has a crease down the spine and has light wear along the top edge.
Lullaby Town by Robert Crais, Bantam, NY. 1992. First Edition. SIGNED. $750.00
Very fine in dust jacket.
For Kicks by Dick Francis, Joseph, London. 1965. Second Printing. SIGNED. $75.00
Fine in chipped dust jacket. Same format and jacket image at the first printing.
Fire in the Flesh by David Goodis, Gold Medal, NY. 1957. First Edition. $45.00
Paperback original. Reading crease, some spine rubbing, near very good.
Doctor Izard by Anna Katharine Green, Putnam, NY. 1895. First Edition. $450.00
Very good copy in the original wrappers. Very scarce in collector’s condition in this fragile binding.
The Jungle Kids by Evan Hunter, Pocket, NY. 1956. First Edition. $65.00
A Queen’s Quorum title. Near fine copy of this paperback original and uncommon in this collectible condition.
Strangers When We Meet by Evan Hunter, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1958. First Edition. $35.00
Non-mystery. Basis for the film with Kim Novak. Very good in chipped dust jacket.
Every Little Crook and Nanny by Evan Hunter, Doubleday, NY. 1972. First Edition. $20.00
Fine in dust jacket, which has light wear at the top of the spine.
The Pusher by Ed McBain, Pocket, NY. 1956. First Edition. $45.00
Third 87th Precinct novel. A bit of rubbing at the spine edge, else about fine copy of this paperback original.
The Crossroads by John D. MacDonald, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1959. First Edition. $35.00
Pages tanned as usual, else fine in a chipped dust jacket.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Friday, November 20, 2009
Sally's Weekly Update for 11/20/09
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 11/20/09
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
THE FIRST RULE
By Robert Crais
LIMITED SIGNED EDITION
We are happy to tell you that we will be publishing a limited edition of Robert Crais’ new book, The First Rule.
This will be the ‘true first edition’ since it will be published in December (the trade edition of The First Rule is coming out in January and will still be the main selection of The Crime Collector’s Club).
The Limited Edition will be published two ways: There will be 100 signed and numbered editions and 26 lettered editions.
Numbered Editions will be published in blue boards and will cost $150.00
Lettered Editions will be published in red boards and will cost $275.00
We’re excited about this limited edition because it comes on the heels of The Lineup which was published in the same handsome format and which sold out very quickly. We are also hoping that this will be the first (or is the second? ) of several limited editions we would like to offer in this format.
Crime Club Members: This limited edition is being offered in addition to the trade edition which members of The Crime Collectors’ Club will receive automatically. If that presents any problem, please contact me (Sally).
Reserve your copy today! Supplies are limited :) :)
Colum McCann has won the prestigious National Book Award for Let The Great World Spin. Congratulations to members of The Unclassifiable Club and all of you who scored a signed first edition. No, we have no more left, and the book is no longer available in first printing.
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Tears of Pearl by Tasha Alexander is set in Turkey as the sun is setting on the British Empire. But not quite yet! Lady Emily and Colin Hargreaves, diplomats, are honeymooning in Constantinople when a harem girl is found strangled in the courtyard of the Sultan’s Topkapi Palace. Sir Richard St. Clare, an Englishman who works at the Embassy, recognizes her as his daughter who was kidnapped twenty years earlier. Intrigue! Romance! Skullduggery! We’re extremely pleased to have signed books from this author. A Soft Boiled Club Selection. $24.99
Broken Jewel by David L. Robbins is based on a true story. After the fall of Manila in WWII two thousand allied civilians were imprisoned in an internment camp which was notorious for its horrendous conditions. Remy and Talbot Tuck, father and son, hatch a plan to save themselves and their fellow prisoners. A Thriller/Espionage Club Selection. $25.00
Sano Ichiro, samurai detective, returns in The Cloud Pavilion by Laura Joh Rowland. Set in 1701 Japan, Sano investigates the abduction of several women. $24.99
NOT SIGNED...
Blood’s a Rover by James Ellroy has just been published in the U.K. This is not the true first edition, but for completists, we are offering first printings for $20.00
FOR COLLECTORS
Jack Taylor by Ken Bruen, Mysterious Bookshop, NY. 2007. First Edition. SIGNED. $60.00
A biography of his series character. Limited to only 100 hardcover numbered copies. Very fine without dust jacket as issued.
Lullaby Town by Robert Crais, Bantam. NY. 1992. First Edition. SIGNED. $275.00
Inscribed and signed by author. Very fine in dust jacket.
Dead Cert by Dick Francis, Joseph, London. 1962. First Edition. SIGNED. $9,000.00
A stunning copy of the author’s rare first novel. The dust jacket is clean, unfaded, not price-clipped, and truly as new – one of the few copies on this planet to have survived in this condition. Inscribed and signed on the title page. The copy!
Nerve by Dick Francis, Joseph, London. 1964. First Edition. $2,250.00
Author’s scarce second novel. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Odds Against by Dick Francis, Joseph, London. 1965. First Edition. SIGNED. $500.00
Author’s fourth book. Name on front endpaper, else in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Inscribed and signed on the title page.
The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene, Viking, NY. 1943. Second Impression. $650.00
Second printing before publication. Previous owner’s name on front endpaper, else fine in dust jacket showing rubbing top and bottom of slightly sunned spine.
"Leo Harting: A Biography" by John Le Carre, Doubleday, NY. 1970. $10.00
Contained in Works in Progress. Uncommon little paperback book. One corner creased, else very good.
Girl in a Big Brass Bed by Peter Rabe, Gold Medal, CT. 1965. First Edition. $35.00
Paperback original. Very fine, unread copy.
Violence by Cornell Woolrich, Dodd Mead, NY. 1958. First Edition. $35.00
About fine in a price-clipped dust jacket with a sunned spine.
Hotel by Cornell Woolrich, Random House, NY. 1958. First Edition. $25.00
About fine in dust jacket with light wear at edges and a faded spine.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 11/20/09
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
THE FIRST RULE
By Robert Crais
LIMITED SIGNED EDITION
We are happy to tell you that we will be publishing a limited edition of Robert Crais’ new book, The First Rule.
This will be the ‘true first edition’ since it will be published in December (the trade edition of The First Rule is coming out in January and will still be the main selection of The Crime Collector’s Club).
The Limited Edition will be published two ways: There will be 100 signed and numbered editions and 26 lettered editions.
Numbered Editions will be published in blue boards and will cost $150.00
Lettered Editions will be published in red boards and will cost $275.00
We’re excited about this limited edition because it comes on the heels of The Lineup which was published in the same handsome format and which sold out very quickly. We are also hoping that this will be the first (or is the second? ) of several limited editions we would like to offer in this format.
Crime Club Members: This limited edition is being offered in addition to the trade edition which members of The Crime Collectors’ Club will receive automatically. If that presents any problem, please contact me (Sally).
Reserve your copy today! Supplies are limited :) :)
Colum McCann has won the prestigious National Book Award for Let The Great World Spin. Congratulations to members of The Unclassifiable Club and all of you who scored a signed first edition. No, we have no more left, and the book is no longer available in first printing.
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Tears of Pearl by Tasha Alexander is set in Turkey as the sun is setting on the British Empire. But not quite yet! Lady Emily and Colin Hargreaves, diplomats, are honeymooning in Constantinople when a harem girl is found strangled in the courtyard of the Sultan’s Topkapi Palace. Sir Richard St. Clare, an Englishman who works at the Embassy, recognizes her as his daughter who was kidnapped twenty years earlier. Intrigue! Romance! Skullduggery! We’re extremely pleased to have signed books from this author. A Soft Boiled Club Selection. $24.99
Broken Jewel by David L. Robbins is based on a true story. After the fall of Manila in WWII two thousand allied civilians were imprisoned in an internment camp which was notorious for its horrendous conditions. Remy and Talbot Tuck, father and son, hatch a plan to save themselves and their fellow prisoners. A Thriller/Espionage Club Selection. $25.00
Sano Ichiro, samurai detective, returns in The Cloud Pavilion by Laura Joh Rowland. Set in 1701 Japan, Sano investigates the abduction of several women. $24.99
NOT SIGNED...
Blood’s a Rover by James Ellroy has just been published in the U.K. This is not the true first edition, but for completists, we are offering first printings for $20.00
FOR COLLECTORS
Jack Taylor by Ken Bruen, Mysterious Bookshop, NY. 2007. First Edition. SIGNED. $60.00
A biography of his series character. Limited to only 100 hardcover numbered copies. Very fine without dust jacket as issued.
Lullaby Town by Robert Crais, Bantam. NY. 1992. First Edition. SIGNED. $275.00
Inscribed and signed by author. Very fine in dust jacket.
Dead Cert by Dick Francis, Joseph, London. 1962. First Edition. SIGNED. $9,000.00
A stunning copy of the author’s rare first novel. The dust jacket is clean, unfaded, not price-clipped, and truly as new – one of the few copies on this planet to have survived in this condition. Inscribed and signed on the title page. The copy!
Nerve by Dick Francis, Joseph, London. 1964. First Edition. $2,250.00
Author’s scarce second novel. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Odds Against by Dick Francis, Joseph, London. 1965. First Edition. SIGNED. $500.00
Author’s fourth book. Name on front endpaper, else in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Inscribed and signed on the title page.
The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene, Viking, NY. 1943. Second Impression. $650.00
Second printing before publication. Previous owner’s name on front endpaper, else fine in dust jacket showing rubbing top and bottom of slightly sunned spine.
"Leo Harting: A Biography" by John Le Carre, Doubleday, NY. 1970. $10.00
Contained in Works in Progress. Uncommon little paperback book. One corner creased, else very good.
Girl in a Big Brass Bed by Peter Rabe, Gold Medal, CT. 1965. First Edition. $35.00
Paperback original. Very fine, unread copy.
Violence by Cornell Woolrich, Dodd Mead, NY. 1958. First Edition. $35.00
About fine in a price-clipped dust jacket with a sunned spine.
Hotel by Cornell Woolrich, Random House, NY. 1958. First Edition. $25.00
About fine in dust jacket with light wear at edges and a faded spine.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Friday, November 13, 2009
Sally's Weekly Update for 11/13/09
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 11/13/09
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Sorry to say that, after putting copies aside for the Unclassifiable Crime Club, we have only a very few copies of Invisible by Paul Auster. Such a pity. We cannot get more copies. So it is first come, first served here. An Unclassifiable Crime Club Selection. $25.00
John Connolly stopped by and signed the U.S. edition of The Gates. This is definitely a not-for-young-adults-only story. $24.00
We are happy to be able to offer signed copies of The Museum of Innocence by Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk. This novel, set in Istanbul, is getting terrific reviews. $28.95
And we have exactly two copies of A Tale About a Tiger by S.J. Rozan. Rozan’s short stories have been collected here by the publisher Crippen & Landru. A separate pamphlet, The Private Eye: An American Hero, a column written by Rozan as President of the Private Eye Writers of America, is included. $43.00
UNSIGNED BOOKS AVAILABLE
Because the holiday season is just about upon us, we wanted to let you know about a couple of books which will not be signed but which we highly recommend:
Typhoon is the third novel by Charles Cumming, a former British Secret Service recruit who is fast becoming the U.K’s top thriller writer. This stand-alone is set in Hong King in 1997 as the British prepare to hand over that colony to China. It features Joe Lennox of MI6 who, ten years later, finds himself back in China as Beijing prepares to host the Olympics. I read this and was much impressed. $25.99
Andrew Vachss has a new thriller. Haiku tells the story of Ho, a revered sensei who, after causing the death of a student, roams the streets looking for ways to atone. No signed copies!! $24.99
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
The Anniversary Man by R.J. Ellory is the latest from one of the U.K.’s most exciting writers. His work is slowly being published here. You’ll be hearing his name a lot, especially around The Mysterious Bookshop. A British Crime Club Selection. $48.00
Acts of Violence, a first novel from Ryan David Jahn, is causing a lot of excitement on the other side of the pond. It is the dark story of Katrina Marino’s murder, from the point of view of her neighbors and it is drawing some great reviews. $38.00
Sweet Sorrow by David Roberts is the latest mystery featuring Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne and is set in England in August of 1939. $38.00
FOR COLLECTORS
Whores by James Crumley, McMillan, MT. 1988. First Edition. SIGNED. $200.00
Limited to 475 numbered copies. Very fine, as new, in dust jacket.
The Dark Wind by Tony Hillerman, Harper, NY. 1982. First Edition. SIGNED. $450.00
Very fine in dust jacket.
The Ghostway by Tony Hillerman, McMillan, San Diego. 1984. First Edition. SIGNED. $600.00
This precedes the Harper edition. Limited to 300 numbered copies. Very fine, as new copy in a perfect dust jacket.
See Them Die by Ed McBain, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1960. First Edition. $250.00
Very fine in dust jacket.
The Better Angels by Charles McCarry, Dutton, NY. 1979. First Edition. $35.00
Faint glue stain on front endpaper, else fine in dust jacket. $35.00
Surrogate by Robert B. Parker, Lord John Press, CA. 1982. First Edition. SIGNED. $225.00
Limited to 300 numbered copies. This is copy #100. Glue residue on front endpaper where a bookplate was removed, else very fine in dust jacket, which has a sunned spine.
Too Many Cooks by Rex Stout, Farrar & Rinehart, NY. 1938. First Edition. $1,250.00
A fine, bright copy with the top edge stain as fresh as when it was published. In the original dust jacket, which is sunned on the spine, price-clipped, a dime-sized chip at bottom corner of front panel, some closed tears and lightly frayed at spine ends. Overall, a very nice copy of a very scarce book in collectors’ condition.
Not Quite Dead Enough by Rex Stout, Farrar & Rinehart, NY. 1944. First Edition. $450.00
Near fine in a dust jacket, which is chipped at spine ends, with half-inch chips extending to front panel; nicks and tears along top edge.
Too Many Women by Rex Stout, Viking, NY. 1947. First Edition. $250.00
A fine copy in dust jacket, which has light wear at the top of the spine and along folds.
Kiss Your Ass Goodbye by Charles Willeford, McMillan, FL. 1987. First Edition. SIGNED. $275.00
Limited to 400 numbered copies. Very fine, as new copy in dust jacket.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 11/13/09
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Sorry to say that, after putting copies aside for the Unclassifiable Crime Club, we have only a very few copies of Invisible by Paul Auster. Such a pity. We cannot get more copies. So it is first come, first served here. An Unclassifiable Crime Club Selection. $25.00
John Connolly stopped by and signed the U.S. edition of The Gates. This is definitely a not-for-young-adults-only story. $24.00
We are happy to be able to offer signed copies of The Museum of Innocence by Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk. This novel, set in Istanbul, is getting terrific reviews. $28.95
And we have exactly two copies of A Tale About a Tiger by S.J. Rozan. Rozan’s short stories have been collected here by the publisher Crippen & Landru. A separate pamphlet, The Private Eye: An American Hero, a column written by Rozan as President of the Private Eye Writers of America, is included. $43.00
UNSIGNED BOOKS AVAILABLE
Because the holiday season is just about upon us, we wanted to let you know about a couple of books which will not be signed but which we highly recommend:
Typhoon is the third novel by Charles Cumming, a former British Secret Service recruit who is fast becoming the U.K’s top thriller writer. This stand-alone is set in Hong King in 1997 as the British prepare to hand over that colony to China. It features Joe Lennox of MI6 who, ten years later, finds himself back in China as Beijing prepares to host the Olympics. I read this and was much impressed. $25.99
Andrew Vachss has a new thriller. Haiku tells the story of Ho, a revered sensei who, after causing the death of a student, roams the streets looking for ways to atone. No signed copies!! $24.99
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
The Anniversary Man by R.J. Ellory is the latest from one of the U.K.’s most exciting writers. His work is slowly being published here. You’ll be hearing his name a lot, especially around The Mysterious Bookshop. A British Crime Club Selection. $48.00
Acts of Violence, a first novel from Ryan David Jahn, is causing a lot of excitement on the other side of the pond. It is the dark story of Katrina Marino’s murder, from the point of view of her neighbors and it is drawing some great reviews. $38.00
Sweet Sorrow by David Roberts is the latest mystery featuring Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne and is set in England in August of 1939. $38.00
FOR COLLECTORS
Whores by James Crumley, McMillan, MT. 1988. First Edition. SIGNED. $200.00
Limited to 475 numbered copies. Very fine, as new, in dust jacket.
The Dark Wind by Tony Hillerman, Harper, NY. 1982. First Edition. SIGNED. $450.00
Very fine in dust jacket.
The Ghostway by Tony Hillerman, McMillan, San Diego. 1984. First Edition. SIGNED. $600.00
This precedes the Harper edition. Limited to 300 numbered copies. Very fine, as new copy in a perfect dust jacket.
See Them Die by Ed McBain, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1960. First Edition. $250.00
Very fine in dust jacket.
The Better Angels by Charles McCarry, Dutton, NY. 1979. First Edition. $35.00
Faint glue stain on front endpaper, else fine in dust jacket. $35.00
Surrogate by Robert B. Parker, Lord John Press, CA. 1982. First Edition. SIGNED. $225.00
Limited to 300 numbered copies. This is copy #100. Glue residue on front endpaper where a bookplate was removed, else very fine in dust jacket, which has a sunned spine.
Too Many Cooks by Rex Stout, Farrar & Rinehart, NY. 1938. First Edition. $1,250.00
A fine, bright copy with the top edge stain as fresh as when it was published. In the original dust jacket, which is sunned on the spine, price-clipped, a dime-sized chip at bottom corner of front panel, some closed tears and lightly frayed at spine ends. Overall, a very nice copy of a very scarce book in collectors’ condition.
Not Quite Dead Enough by Rex Stout, Farrar & Rinehart, NY. 1944. First Edition. $450.00
Near fine in a dust jacket, which is chipped at spine ends, with half-inch chips extending to front panel; nicks and tears along top edge.
Too Many Women by Rex Stout, Viking, NY. 1947. First Edition. $250.00
A fine copy in dust jacket, which has light wear at the top of the spine and along folds.
Kiss Your Ass Goodbye by Charles Willeford, McMillan, FL. 1987. First Edition. SIGNED. $275.00
Limited to 400 numbered copies. Very fine, as new copy in dust jacket.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Author of the Week: CRAIG RICE
CRAIG RICE
One of the most popular and beloved authors in America during the 1940s and ‘50s, Craig Rice (1908-1957) was so successful that she became the first mystery writer to be portrayed on the cover of Time magazine. Her hilarious books about the boozy Chicago lawyer John J. Malone had countless reprints in hardcover and in paperback. She ghosted books for Gypsy Rose Lee and the debonair actor George Sanders and wrote several mysteries under the pseudonyms Daphne Sanders and Michael Venning, all of which are hard to find.
Eight Faces at Three, Cleveland, World, 1943 (originally 1939). Reprint. Name, else very good in chipped dust jacket. $15.00
Another copy. Reprint. Very good. $15.00
The Wrong Murder, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1940. First edition. Near very good. $20.00
Trial by Fury, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1941. First edition of this Haycraft-Queen cornerstone title. Spine a bit sunned, light wear at extremities, else near very good. $30.00
Telefair, Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1942. First edition. Cover faded, library stamp and names on front endpaper, else very good copy of a scarce title. $25.00
The Sunday Pigeon Murders, Cleveland, World, 1943 (originally 1942). Reprint. Very good in lightly chipped dust jacket. $20.00
The Thursday Turkey Murders, Cleveland, World, 1946 (originally 1943). Reprint. Name, else very good in lightly chipped dust jacket. $20.00
Having Wonderful Crime, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1943. First edition. Fine in a dust jacket which has been strengthened at spine ends with cellophane tape which has bled through and is visible. The basis for the 1945 movie starring Pat O’Brien as Malone and Carole Landis. $150.00
Another copy. Cleveland, World. Reprint. Very good in chipped dust jacket. Motion picture edition with photos on the front panel. $20.00
Home Sweet Homicide, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1944. First edition of this Haycraft-Queen cornerstone title. The Basis for the 1946 movie of the same title, which starred Randolph Scott and Lynn Bari. Name, else very good plus in dust jacket, which is lightly chipped at spine ends. $125.00
The Lucky Stiff, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1945. First edition. Fine in dust jacket, with moderate wear at spine ends. $75.00
My Kingdom for a Hearse, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1957. First edition. Very good in soiled dust jacket. $50.00
Another copy. First edition. Foxed, else very good in soiled dust jacket. $35.00
Another copy. First edition. Fine in dust jacket, which has tape stains. $35.00
Another copy. First edition. Very good in dust jacket with faded spine. $25.00
Another copy. London, Hammond, 1959. First U.K. edition. Ex-library copy. $10.00
Knocked for a Loop, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1957. First edition. An exceptionally fine copy without the usual tanning of the pages. In a fine dust jacket with minuscule rubbing and one tiny crease. $100.00
Another copy. First edition. Fine in dust jacket, which is lightly rubbed at edges and at top of spine. $65.00
Another copy, Very good in dust jacket. $35.00
Another copy. Book club edition. Fine in lightly chipped dust jacket. $10.00
The Double Frame, London, Black Dagger, 1992. Reprint. British title of Knocked for a Loop. Very fine in dust jacket. $17.50
The April Robin Murders, N.Y., Random House, 1958. First edition. Completed by Ed McBain after Rice died. Tiny stain on fore edge, else fine in dust jacket which has a tiny stain on rear flap. $65.00
One of the most popular and beloved authors in America during the 1940s and ‘50s, Craig Rice (1908-1957) was so successful that she became the first mystery writer to be portrayed on the cover of Time magazine. Her hilarious books about the boozy Chicago lawyer John J. Malone had countless reprints in hardcover and in paperback. She ghosted books for Gypsy Rose Lee and the debonair actor George Sanders and wrote several mysteries under the pseudonyms Daphne Sanders and Michael Venning, all of which are hard to find.
Eight Faces at Three, Cleveland, World, 1943 (originally 1939). Reprint. Name, else very good in chipped dust jacket. $15.00
Another copy. Reprint. Very good. $15.00
The Wrong Murder, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1940. First edition. Near very good. $20.00
Trial by Fury, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1941. First edition of this Haycraft-Queen cornerstone title. Spine a bit sunned, light wear at extremities, else near very good. $30.00
Telefair, Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1942. First edition. Cover faded, library stamp and names on front endpaper, else very good copy of a scarce title. $25.00
The Sunday Pigeon Murders, Cleveland, World, 1943 (originally 1942). Reprint. Very good in lightly chipped dust jacket. $20.00
The Thursday Turkey Murders, Cleveland, World, 1946 (originally 1943). Reprint. Name, else very good in lightly chipped dust jacket. $20.00
Having Wonderful Crime, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1943. First edition. Fine in a dust jacket which has been strengthened at spine ends with cellophane tape which has bled through and is visible. The basis for the 1945 movie starring Pat O’Brien as Malone and Carole Landis. $150.00
Another copy. Cleveland, World. Reprint. Very good in chipped dust jacket. Motion picture edition with photos on the front panel. $20.00
Home Sweet Homicide, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1944. First edition of this Haycraft-Queen cornerstone title. The Basis for the 1946 movie of the same title, which starred Randolph Scott and Lynn Bari. Name, else very good plus in dust jacket, which is lightly chipped at spine ends. $125.00
The Lucky Stiff, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1945. First edition. Fine in dust jacket, with moderate wear at spine ends. $75.00
My Kingdom for a Hearse, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1957. First edition. Very good in soiled dust jacket. $50.00
Another copy. First edition. Foxed, else very good in soiled dust jacket. $35.00
Another copy. First edition. Fine in dust jacket, which has tape stains. $35.00
Another copy. First edition. Very good in dust jacket with faded spine. $25.00
Another copy. London, Hammond, 1959. First U.K. edition. Ex-library copy. $10.00
Knocked for a Loop, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1957. First edition. An exceptionally fine copy without the usual tanning of the pages. In a fine dust jacket with minuscule rubbing and one tiny crease. $100.00
Another copy. First edition. Fine in dust jacket, which is lightly rubbed at edges and at top of spine. $65.00
Another copy, Very good in dust jacket. $35.00
Another copy. Book club edition. Fine in lightly chipped dust jacket. $10.00
The Double Frame, London, Black Dagger, 1992. Reprint. British title of Knocked for a Loop. Very fine in dust jacket. $17.50
The April Robin Murders, N.Y., Random House, 1958. First edition. Completed by Ed McBain after Rice died. Tiny stain on fore edge, else fine in dust jacket which has a tiny stain on rear flap. $65.00
Friday, November 6, 2009
Sally's Weekly Update for 11/06/09
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 11/6/09
UPCOMING EVENTS
A reminder that Otto Penzler, Lee Child, Carol O’Connell and John Connolly will be at
The Center for Fiction (previously known as The Mercantile Library)
17 East 47th Street (between Fifth and Madison Avenues)
Wednesday, November 11th at 6.30p.m.
Otto will moderate a discussion by these three contributors to The Lineup (Little Brown, $25.99) as they discuss their characters, what inspired the authors to create them, etc.
First edition copies of the book will be for sale and will happily be signed by all.
Admission is free.
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly is now signed. Harry Bosch’s investigation into the murder of John Li, a liquor store owner, leads him to Hong Kong where he comes up against a lethal crime ring that follows many immigrants to their new lives in the U.S. A Crime Collectors Club Selection. $27.99
Death Will Help You Leave Him by Elizabeth Zelvin features, once again, recovering alcoholic Bruce Kohler. When the abusive boyfriend of Bruce’s friend is found murdered, Bruce finds himself juggling sleuthing, sobriety, and his feelings for the dead man’s girlfriend. $25.99
We have a few extra copies of two titles, which were Crime Club selections, but which we did not promote vigorously because we thought we might only have enough for Club members. So if you do not have copies, let us know:
The Arms Maker of Berlin by Dan Fesperman. This thriller, set in the present and in wartime Switzerland and Germany, traces the intrigues of the White Rose student movement, which dared to speak out against Hitler. $25.95
If the Dead Rise Not by Philip Kerr is a Bernie Gunther mystery set in Berlin in 1934 as the city prepares to host the 1936 Olympics and Jews are being expelled from all German sporting organizations. $45.00
Publisher’s Weekly picks the Best Books of 2009
Despite the fact the Publisher’s Weekly did not include one woman author in their Top Ten books of the year, they did include some women in their top 100.
Anyway, she huffed, there are worthy books on this list, books we have chosen for Crime Club Selections and books we have had signed. We only have one or two copies of these titles, so consider it a Rare List of sorts - first come, first served:
Spooner by Pete Dexter. $26.99
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn $24.00
Bryant & May on the Loose by Christopher Fowler $43.00
Ravens by George Dawes Green $24.99
Big Machine by Victor LaValle $25.00
The Vagrants by Yiyun Li $30.00
New World Monkeys by Nancy Mauro $23.00
Drood by Dan Simmons $26.99
FOR COLLECTORS
(Jonathan Gash) Streetwalker, London, Bodley Head. 1959. $175.00
The ghost-written autobiography of a London prostitute. The first book by Dr. John Grant, who went on to write the Lovejoy series and other books under the pseudonym Jonathan Gash. Very scarce title; no U.S. Edition. Fine in dust jacket.
The Moon in the Gutter by David Goodis, Gold Medal, NY. 1953. First Edition. $85.00
Acclaimed paperback original. Very good with a light reading crease and minor spine rubbing.
Marked "Personal" by Anna Katharine Green, Putnam. N.T., 1893. First Edition. $250.00
Name on front cover, else a very good copy in the original wrappers. As is true of most 19th century books by important authors, scarce in collectable condition in this fragile binding.
The So Blue Marble by Dorothy B. Hughes, Duell, Sloane & Pierce. 1940. Advance Copy. $750.00
A scarce first edition of this Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone, but rare in an advance copy, bound in the dust jacket used for the hardcover book. Signed in full on the title page. Additionally inscribed: "For Otto/My first book/and one of my favorites/Best, Dorothy. Review copy stamped with the publication date, Mar. 22, 1940. Spine creased, chipped at top. This is only the second copy I’ve ever seen (the other being in my personal collection).
The Eight Strokes of the Clock by Maurice Leblanc, Macaulay, NY. 1922. First U.S. Edition. $65.00
Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone and Queen’s Quorum title. Spine ends worn, else very good.
See Them Die by Ed McBain, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1960. First Edition. $65.00
Front endpaper shows separation, though the book remains firm and tight. Very good in dust jacket, which is chipped at top and bottom of spine.
Please Write for Details by John D. MacDonald, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1959. First Edition. $25.00
Early novel, published five years before the first Travis McGee adventure. Date at top of front endpaper, else very good in dust jacket with sunned spine and a tear at top of hinge.
The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne, Methuen, London. 1922. First Edition. $45.00
Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Top of spine frayed, covers faded, else very good, tight copy.
The Case of the Foster Father by Virginia Perdue, Doubleday Crime Club, NY. 1942. First Edition. $125.00
A tape strip reinforces (unnecessarily) the interior of the top of the spine, else a fine copy in dust jacket.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 11/6/09
UPCOMING EVENTS
A reminder that Otto Penzler, Lee Child, Carol O’Connell and John Connolly will be at
The Center for Fiction (previously known as The Mercantile Library)
17 East 47th Street (between Fifth and Madison Avenues)
Wednesday, November 11th at 6.30p.m.
Otto will moderate a discussion by these three contributors to The Lineup (Little Brown, $25.99) as they discuss their characters, what inspired the authors to create them, etc.
First edition copies of the book will be for sale and will happily be signed by all.
Admission is free.
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly is now signed. Harry Bosch’s investigation into the murder of John Li, a liquor store owner, leads him to Hong Kong where he comes up against a lethal crime ring that follows many immigrants to their new lives in the U.S. A Crime Collectors Club Selection. $27.99
Death Will Help You Leave Him by Elizabeth Zelvin features, once again, recovering alcoholic Bruce Kohler. When the abusive boyfriend of Bruce’s friend is found murdered, Bruce finds himself juggling sleuthing, sobriety, and his feelings for the dead man’s girlfriend. $25.99
We have a few extra copies of two titles, which were Crime Club selections, but which we did not promote vigorously because we thought we might only have enough for Club members. So if you do not have copies, let us know:
The Arms Maker of Berlin by Dan Fesperman. This thriller, set in the present and in wartime Switzerland and Germany, traces the intrigues of the White Rose student movement, which dared to speak out against Hitler. $25.95
If the Dead Rise Not by Philip Kerr is a Bernie Gunther mystery set in Berlin in 1934 as the city prepares to host the 1936 Olympics and Jews are being expelled from all German sporting organizations. $45.00
Publisher’s Weekly picks the Best Books of 2009
Despite the fact the Publisher’s Weekly did not include one woman author in their Top Ten books of the year, they did include some women in their top 100.
Anyway, she huffed, there are worthy books on this list, books we have chosen for Crime Club Selections and books we have had signed. We only have one or two copies of these titles, so consider it a Rare List of sorts - first come, first served:
Spooner by Pete Dexter. $26.99
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn $24.00
Bryant & May on the Loose by Christopher Fowler $43.00
Ravens by George Dawes Green $24.99
Big Machine by Victor LaValle $25.00
The Vagrants by Yiyun Li $30.00
New World Monkeys by Nancy Mauro $23.00
Drood by Dan Simmons $26.99
FOR COLLECTORS
(Jonathan Gash) Streetwalker, London, Bodley Head. 1959. $175.00
The ghost-written autobiography of a London prostitute. The first book by Dr. John Grant, who went on to write the Lovejoy series and other books under the pseudonym Jonathan Gash. Very scarce title; no U.S. Edition. Fine in dust jacket.
The Moon in the Gutter by David Goodis, Gold Medal, NY. 1953. First Edition. $85.00
Acclaimed paperback original. Very good with a light reading crease and minor spine rubbing.
Marked "Personal" by Anna Katharine Green, Putnam. N.T., 1893. First Edition. $250.00
Name on front cover, else a very good copy in the original wrappers. As is true of most 19th century books by important authors, scarce in collectable condition in this fragile binding.
The So Blue Marble by Dorothy B. Hughes, Duell, Sloane & Pierce. 1940. Advance Copy. $750.00
A scarce first edition of this Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone, but rare in an advance copy, bound in the dust jacket used for the hardcover book. Signed in full on the title page. Additionally inscribed: "For Otto/My first book/and one of my favorites/Best, Dorothy. Review copy stamped with the publication date, Mar. 22, 1940. Spine creased, chipped at top. This is only the second copy I’ve ever seen (the other being in my personal collection).
The Eight Strokes of the Clock by Maurice Leblanc, Macaulay, NY. 1922. First U.S. Edition. $65.00
Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone and Queen’s Quorum title. Spine ends worn, else very good.
See Them Die by Ed McBain, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1960. First Edition. $65.00
Front endpaper shows separation, though the book remains firm and tight. Very good in dust jacket, which is chipped at top and bottom of spine.
Please Write for Details by John D. MacDonald, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1959. First Edition. $25.00
Early novel, published five years before the first Travis McGee adventure. Date at top of front endpaper, else very good in dust jacket with sunned spine and a tear at top of hinge.
The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne, Methuen, London. 1922. First Edition. $45.00
Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Top of spine frayed, covers faded, else very good, tight copy.
The Case of the Foster Father by Virginia Perdue, Doubleday Crime Club, NY. 1942. First Edition. $125.00
A tape strip reinforces (unnecessarily) the interior of the top of the spine, else a fine copy in dust jacket.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Friday, October 30, 2009
Sally's Weekly Update for 10/30/09
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 10/30/09
UPCOMING EVENTS
Please join Otto Penzler, Lee Child, Carol O’Connell and John Connolly for a special event at The Center for Fiction (previously known as The Mercantile Library)
17 East 47th Street (between Fifth and Madison Avenues)
Wednesday, November 11th at 6.30pm.
Otto will moderate a discussion by these three contributors to The Lineup (Little Brown, $25.99) as they discuss their characters, what inspired the authors to create them, etc.
First edition copies of the book will be for sale and will happily be signed by all.
Admission is free.
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Emily Arsenault’s debut, The Broken Teaglass, will delight fans of Biblio mysteries. The Samuelson company is preparing for the next edition of their prestigious Samuelson Dictionary. Editorial assistant Billy Webb, just out of college, begins to sense that there is something suspicious going on beneath this company’s academic facade. A First Mystery Selection. $25.00
Another Biblio mystery, Hound, by Vincent McCaffrey, takes place in the world of rare books, estate auctions, and library sales. Henry Sullivan who buys and sells books, is asked by Morgan Johnson to look at her late husband’s books. He finds himself drawn into a family whose mixed loyalties and secret history will have fatal results. McCaffrey is the owner of Boston’s Avenue Victor Hugo Bookshop. A First Mystery Selection. $24.00
Paying Back Jack by Christopher G. Moore is definitely not a biblio mystery. Set in Bangkok and featuring Vincent Calvino, a disbarred American lawyer now working as a PI, it tells the story of two of Calvino’s cases which, together, will threaten his freedom and even his life. $19.95
Derek Nikitas, Edgar-nominated author of Pyres, delivers another unusual and hard-hitting story in The Long Division, which weaves together the lives of several characters as they come together in series of shocking events. A Hard Boiled Club Selection. $24.99
The trade edition of The Lineup, edited by Otto Penzler is here (didya see that rave review in The New York Times? Wow!). Before you ask: Otto Penzler will sign copies but we cannot guarantee that we will have copies signed by any other author, not even those appearing at the event next week. We’ll certainly try, but we can’t be sure, and we will not hold books for signature. $25.99
We’re excited to have some signed copies of Angel Time by Anne Rice. Toby O’Dare is a contract killer, on assignment to kill once again. A mysterious stranger offers O’Dare an opportunity to save rather than take lives and O’Dare, who once dreamt of being a priest, accepts. What happens to O’Dare is extraordinary. The signature is tipped in. $25.95
NOT SIGNED, BUT...
The Hunter by Richard Stark is now a graphic novel, and a very good one! Adapted and illustrated by Darwyn Cooke, every Stark/Westlake fan should be intrigued by this. $24.99
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse is a departure for her: In the winter of 1928, Freddie Watson is traveling through southern France when his car spins off the road during a storm. Freddie stumbles into the woods and takes refuge in an isolated village where he and a young woman, Fabrissa, share stories about the Great War. By the end of the night, Freddie finds himself holding the key to a heartbreaking mystery. $38.00
The Geneva Deception is James Twining’s latest thriller. A Mafia enforcer is murdered and then a senior official at a Vatican-backed bank is killed under similar circumstances. For Lieutenant Allegra Damico is becomes clear the killings are the opening shots in a war. $50.00
FOR COLLECTORS
Here Lies by Eric Ambler, Farrar Straus Giroux, NY. 1985. First U.S. Edition. $150.00
Limited to only 100 copies, numbered and signed by the great espionage writer. Very fine in slipcase.
Miss Hurd: An Enigma by Anna Katharine Green, Putnam. NY. 1894. First Edition. $500.00
Bookplate, sliver chipped from bottom of front cover, else very good in the original wrappers. A rare book in this fragile binding.
That Affair Next Door by Anna Katharine Green, Putnam, NY. 1897. First Edition. $250.00
Endpapers toned, page tops dusty, else a fine copy in blue cloth with the gold still bright and fresh. An early Ebenezer Gryce mystery by this historically important author.
Happy New Year, Herbie & Other Stories by Evan Hunter, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1963. $65.00
Page tops faded, else fine in dust jacket, which has a trace of wear to spine ends and a corner.
‘Til Death by Ed McBain, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1959. First Edition. $200.00
Early and very scarce 87th Precinct novel. A trace of rubbing to spine ends, else about fine in slightly dusty dust jacket with a sunned spine, as usually found on this title.
The End of Night by John D. MacDonald, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1960. First Edition. $65.00
A bit of sunning to very top of spine, else fine in a dust jacket with light wear at spine ends.
The Old Man in the Corner by Baroness Orczy, Greening, London. 1909. First Edition. $1,000.00
Armorial bookplate, trivial rubbing to spine ends and corners, else about a fine copy of this Haycraft-Queen cornerstone and Queen’s Quorum title. Celebrating it’s 100th birthday, this is an unusually nice copy, with the gold and front cover illustration bright and fresh.
The Red Box by Rex Stout, Farrar & Rinehart, NY. 1937. First Edition. $3500.00
A very good to fine copy in a dust jacket that has undergone substantial restoration. Exterior tape mending necessitated expert removal and subsequent restoration of affected areas, mostly across the center of the front panel and the spine. Tears have been mended and some chips replaced; folds have been strengthened. Overall, a very attractive example of a very scarce book in dust jacket.
As bizarre as it seems, this showed up on Google Alert on Wednesday, Oct. 28 - a review of a book Otto edited 33 years ago!! Equally bizarre, we have a few copies of the hardcover first edition still available at the original published price of $10.95. Let us know if you’d like one. Autographed (of course) on request.
Whodunit? Houdini? By Otto Penzler, Editor. Harper & Row, NY. 1976. Review by Mike Tooney
This is an anthology of thirteen mystery stories dealing with the common theme of magic; yet this is not a book of fantasy. While magic is central to each story, the solutions (with one exception) are as down-to-earth as one could hope for (the exception, by John Collier, of course being sui generis).
The authors of Whodunit? Houdini? Include Clayton Rawson, Carter Dickson, Frederick Irving Anderson, William Irish, Walter B. Gibson, Stanley Ellin, and Erle Stanley Gardner: an impressive representation of some of pulp fiction’s greatest practitioners. For that reason alone the book is worth seeking out.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 10/30/09
UPCOMING EVENTS
Please join Otto Penzler, Lee Child, Carol O’Connell and John Connolly for a special event at The Center for Fiction (previously known as The Mercantile Library)
17 East 47th Street (between Fifth and Madison Avenues)
Wednesday, November 11th at 6.30pm.
Otto will moderate a discussion by these three contributors to The Lineup (Little Brown, $25.99) as they discuss their characters, what inspired the authors to create them, etc.
First edition copies of the book will be for sale and will happily be signed by all.
Admission is free.
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Emily Arsenault’s debut, The Broken Teaglass, will delight fans of Biblio mysteries. The Samuelson company is preparing for the next edition of their prestigious Samuelson Dictionary. Editorial assistant Billy Webb, just out of college, begins to sense that there is something suspicious going on beneath this company’s academic facade. A First Mystery Selection. $25.00
Another Biblio mystery, Hound, by Vincent McCaffrey, takes place in the world of rare books, estate auctions, and library sales. Henry Sullivan who buys and sells books, is asked by Morgan Johnson to look at her late husband’s books. He finds himself drawn into a family whose mixed loyalties and secret history will have fatal results. McCaffrey is the owner of Boston’s Avenue Victor Hugo Bookshop. A First Mystery Selection. $24.00
Paying Back Jack by Christopher G. Moore is definitely not a biblio mystery. Set in Bangkok and featuring Vincent Calvino, a disbarred American lawyer now working as a PI, it tells the story of two of Calvino’s cases which, together, will threaten his freedom and even his life. $19.95
Derek Nikitas, Edgar-nominated author of Pyres, delivers another unusual and hard-hitting story in The Long Division, which weaves together the lives of several characters as they come together in series of shocking events. A Hard Boiled Club Selection. $24.99
The trade edition of The Lineup, edited by Otto Penzler is here (didya see that rave review in The New York Times? Wow!). Before you ask: Otto Penzler will sign copies but we cannot guarantee that we will have copies signed by any other author, not even those appearing at the event next week. We’ll certainly try, but we can’t be sure, and we will not hold books for signature. $25.99
We’re excited to have some signed copies of Angel Time by Anne Rice. Toby O’Dare is a contract killer, on assignment to kill once again. A mysterious stranger offers O’Dare an opportunity to save rather than take lives and O’Dare, who once dreamt of being a priest, accepts. What happens to O’Dare is extraordinary. The signature is tipped in. $25.95
NOT SIGNED, BUT...
The Hunter by Richard Stark is now a graphic novel, and a very good one! Adapted and illustrated by Darwyn Cooke, every Stark/Westlake fan should be intrigued by this. $24.99
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse is a departure for her: In the winter of 1928, Freddie Watson is traveling through southern France when his car spins off the road during a storm. Freddie stumbles into the woods and takes refuge in an isolated village where he and a young woman, Fabrissa, share stories about the Great War. By the end of the night, Freddie finds himself holding the key to a heartbreaking mystery. $38.00
The Geneva Deception is James Twining’s latest thriller. A Mafia enforcer is murdered and then a senior official at a Vatican-backed bank is killed under similar circumstances. For Lieutenant Allegra Damico is becomes clear the killings are the opening shots in a war. $50.00
FOR COLLECTORS
Here Lies by Eric Ambler, Farrar Straus Giroux, NY. 1985. First U.S. Edition. $150.00
Limited to only 100 copies, numbered and signed by the great espionage writer. Very fine in slipcase.
Miss Hurd: An Enigma by Anna Katharine Green, Putnam. NY. 1894. First Edition. $500.00
Bookplate, sliver chipped from bottom of front cover, else very good in the original wrappers. A rare book in this fragile binding.
That Affair Next Door by Anna Katharine Green, Putnam, NY. 1897. First Edition. $250.00
Endpapers toned, page tops dusty, else a fine copy in blue cloth with the gold still bright and fresh. An early Ebenezer Gryce mystery by this historically important author.
Happy New Year, Herbie & Other Stories by Evan Hunter, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1963. $65.00
Page tops faded, else fine in dust jacket, which has a trace of wear to spine ends and a corner.
‘Til Death by Ed McBain, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1959. First Edition. $200.00
Early and very scarce 87th Precinct novel. A trace of rubbing to spine ends, else about fine in slightly dusty dust jacket with a sunned spine, as usually found on this title.
The End of Night by John D. MacDonald, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1960. First Edition. $65.00
A bit of sunning to very top of spine, else fine in a dust jacket with light wear at spine ends.
The Old Man in the Corner by Baroness Orczy, Greening, London. 1909. First Edition. $1,000.00
Armorial bookplate, trivial rubbing to spine ends and corners, else about a fine copy of this Haycraft-Queen cornerstone and Queen’s Quorum title. Celebrating it’s 100th birthday, this is an unusually nice copy, with the gold and front cover illustration bright and fresh.
The Red Box by Rex Stout, Farrar & Rinehart, NY. 1937. First Edition. $3500.00
A very good to fine copy in a dust jacket that has undergone substantial restoration. Exterior tape mending necessitated expert removal and subsequent restoration of affected areas, mostly across the center of the front panel and the spine. Tears have been mended and some chips replaced; folds have been strengthened. Overall, a very attractive example of a very scarce book in dust jacket.
As bizarre as it seems, this showed up on Google Alert on Wednesday, Oct. 28 - a review of a book Otto edited 33 years ago!! Equally bizarre, we have a few copies of the hardcover first edition still available at the original published price of $10.95. Let us know if you’d like one. Autographed (of course) on request.
Whodunit? Houdini? By Otto Penzler, Editor. Harper & Row, NY. 1976. Review by Mike Tooney
This is an anthology of thirteen mystery stories dealing with the common theme of magic; yet this is not a book of fantasy. While magic is central to each story, the solutions (with one exception) are as down-to-earth as one could hope for (the exception, by John Collier, of course being sui generis).
The authors of Whodunit? Houdini? Include Clayton Rawson, Carter Dickson, Frederick Irving Anderson, William Irish, Walter B. Gibson, Stanley Ellin, and Erle Stanley Gardner: an impressive representation of some of pulp fiction’s greatest practitioners. For that reason alone the book is worth seeking out.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Anniversary Halloween Party for THE VAMPIRE ARCHIVES.
We recently celebrated the fourth anniversary of our store in Tribeca with a special Halloween party for THE VAMPIRE ARCHIVES!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Sally's Weekly Update for 10/23/09
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 10/23/09
UPCOMING EVENTS
‘Tis the season - for Vampires!
Wednesday, October 28th at 7.00 p.m.
Symphonyspace
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
(212) 864-5400
Vampire Tales. A Halloween party with Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos) and Aasif Mandvi (The Daily Show) reading stories from The Vampire Archives, edited by our own Otto Penzler.
Tickets: $27.00 Members: $25.00
If you go in costume, tickets are $10 and you are eligible for the contest.
Thursday, October 29th 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
The Mysterious Bookshop
Halloween-Fourth-Anniversary-Celebrating-the-publication-of-The Vampire-Archives-edited- by-Otto-Penzler-Party
Wednesday, October 28th 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
The Mysterious Bookshop
Derek Nikitas
The Long Division
Author of The Pyres will be here to discuss his new book.]
Light refreshments will be served
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Derek Haas was here this week reading from his second Silver Bear Thriller. Columbus is the name of the book and the assassin/hero of this series. We still have a couple of signed first editions of the first in the series, The Silver Bear. Columbus 24.00. The Silver Bear 24.00.
We have very few copies of Boston Noir edited by Dennis Lehane. This is the hard cover edition and is limited to 100 copies and is signed by Dennis Lehane. $100.00
Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem is set in two different Manhattans. Lethem’s forte is parallel realities and he does not disappoint here. This novel is being described by many as his best to date. An Unclassifiable Club Selection. $27.95
Mathilda Savitch is a first novel by Victor Lodato. Mathilda is an adolescent who is dealing with the death of her older sister. She decides to figure out how this tragedy happened and begins to sort through her sister’s possessions. The journey we take with Mathilda is both heartbreaking and hilarious. $25.00
We did manage to get copies of Hardball signed by Sara Paretsky. This is her latest V.I. Warshawski mystery and, we hear, one of her best. $26.95
FOR COLLECTORS
The Lion’s Game by Nelson Demille, Warner Books, NY. 2000. First Edition. SIGNED. $30.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
The Darkening Glass by Paul Doherty, Headline. London. 2009. First Edition. SIGNED. 50.00
Mathilde of Westminster series set in the England of Edward II. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Mystery for Mary by Virginia Hanson, Doubleday Crime Club, NY. 1942. $125.00
Endpapers foxed, else a fine, fresh copy in dust jacket with a sliver chipped from top of spine.
Mr. Sandeman Loses His Life by Eugene Healy, Holt, NY. 1940. First Edition. $75.00
Fine, crisp copy in price-clipped dust jacket with minor edge wear.
Murder By Reflection by H.F. Heard, Vanguard, NY. 1942. First Edition. $75.00
Fine in dust jacket, which is lightly rubbed and with minor chipping on the spine.
The Man Who Didn’t Exist by Geoffrey Homes, Morrow, NY. 1937. First Edition. $85.00
A fine copy in a rubbed dust jacket that has been backed with brown tape. Scarce in dust jacket.
Obelists Fly High by C. Daly King, Knopf, NY. 1935. First U.S. Edition. $85.00
Pale green cover. Spine sunned, else near fine.
The Affair of the Dead Stranger by Clifford Knight, Dodd, Mead, NY. First Edition 1944. $60.00
Fine in dust jacket with chips at spine ends.
Dancing with Demons by Peter Tremayne, Headline, London. First Edition. 2007. SIGNED. $50.00
A Sister Fidelma mystery. Fine in fine dust jacket.
The Council of the Cursed by Peter Tremayne, Headline, London. First Edition. 2008. SIGNED. $56.00
A Sister Fidelma mystery. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 10/23/09
UPCOMING EVENTS
‘Tis the season - for Vampires!
Wednesday, October 28th at 7.00 p.m.
Symphonyspace
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
(212) 864-5400
Vampire Tales. A Halloween party with Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos) and Aasif Mandvi (The Daily Show) reading stories from The Vampire Archives, edited by our own Otto Penzler.
Tickets: $27.00 Members: $25.00
If you go in costume, tickets are $10 and you are eligible for the contest.
Thursday, October 29th 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
The Mysterious Bookshop
Halloween-Fourth-Anniversary-Celebrating-the-publication-of-The Vampire-Archives-edited- by-Otto-Penzler-Party
Wednesday, October 28th 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
The Mysterious Bookshop
Derek Nikitas
The Long Division
Author of The Pyres will be here to discuss his new book.]
Light refreshments will be served
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Derek Haas was here this week reading from his second Silver Bear Thriller. Columbus is the name of the book and the assassin/hero of this series. We still have a couple of signed first editions of the first in the series, The Silver Bear. Columbus 24.00. The Silver Bear 24.00.
We have very few copies of Boston Noir edited by Dennis Lehane. This is the hard cover edition and is limited to 100 copies and is signed by Dennis Lehane. $100.00
Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem is set in two different Manhattans. Lethem’s forte is parallel realities and he does not disappoint here. This novel is being described by many as his best to date. An Unclassifiable Club Selection. $27.95
Mathilda Savitch is a first novel by Victor Lodato. Mathilda is an adolescent who is dealing with the death of her older sister. She decides to figure out how this tragedy happened and begins to sort through her sister’s possessions. The journey we take with Mathilda is both heartbreaking and hilarious. $25.00
We did manage to get copies of Hardball signed by Sara Paretsky. This is her latest V.I. Warshawski mystery and, we hear, one of her best. $26.95
FOR COLLECTORS
The Lion’s Game by Nelson Demille, Warner Books, NY. 2000. First Edition. SIGNED. $30.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
The Darkening Glass by Paul Doherty, Headline. London. 2009. First Edition. SIGNED. 50.00
Mathilde of Westminster series set in the England of Edward II. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Mystery for Mary by Virginia Hanson, Doubleday Crime Club, NY. 1942. $125.00
Endpapers foxed, else a fine, fresh copy in dust jacket with a sliver chipped from top of spine.
Mr. Sandeman Loses His Life by Eugene Healy, Holt, NY. 1940. First Edition. $75.00
Fine, crisp copy in price-clipped dust jacket with minor edge wear.
Murder By Reflection by H.F. Heard, Vanguard, NY. 1942. First Edition. $75.00
Fine in dust jacket, which is lightly rubbed and with minor chipping on the spine.
The Man Who Didn’t Exist by Geoffrey Homes, Morrow, NY. 1937. First Edition. $85.00
A fine copy in a rubbed dust jacket that has been backed with brown tape. Scarce in dust jacket.
Obelists Fly High by C. Daly King, Knopf, NY. 1935. First U.S. Edition. $85.00
Pale green cover. Spine sunned, else near fine.
The Affair of the Dead Stranger by Clifford Knight, Dodd, Mead, NY. First Edition 1944. $60.00
Fine in dust jacket with chips at spine ends.
Dancing with Demons by Peter Tremayne, Headline, London. First Edition. 2007. SIGNED. $50.00
A Sister Fidelma mystery. Fine in fine dust jacket.
The Council of the Cursed by Peter Tremayne, Headline, London. First Edition. 2008. SIGNED. $56.00
A Sister Fidelma mystery. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Author of the Week: REX STOUT
REX STOUT
Probably the most beloved detective in the history of American literature, Nero Wolfe remains the most popular and most collected mystery fiction character after Sherlock Holmes. We have just purchased a couple of very nice collections and have the most Rex Stout titles that we have been able to offer in more than a decade.
STOUT, REX, Fer-de-lance, New York, Otto Penzler Books, 1996. An exact facsimile reprint of the 1934 first edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $200.00
STOUT, REX. The Rubber Band. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. First Edition. Very good. $275.00
The Rubber Band, 1936. Farrar & Rinehart. Later printing. Fair copy only of a scarce title. $35.00
STOUT, REX. Some Buried Caesar. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1939. First Edition. Binding glue stains on the endpapers, else very good. $250.00
STOUT, REX, Over My Dead Body, New York, Farrar & Rinehart, 1940. First edition. Rebound to mirror the original binding; about very good in the scarce price-clipped dust jacket that has been trimmed along edges to fit into the old-fashioned plastic jackets leaving dark residue along edges. $250.00
STOUT, REX. Where There’s a Will. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1940. First Edition. Endpapers stained; very good. $225.00
STOUT, REX, The Broken Vase, New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1941. Reprint. A Tecumseh Fox mystery. Very good in dust jacket. $45.00
STOUT, REX, Alphabet Hicks, New York, Farrar & Rinehart, 1941. First edition. Very good or better in dust jacket. $750.00
STOUT, REX. Black Orchids. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. First Edition. Back hinge slightly started; inked "First Edition" inside the front cover; a little cloth fraying; very good in a very good dust jacket with a small archival mend inside the spine, some small chips and minor wear. $1500.00
STOUT, REX, Black Orchids, New York, Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. First edition. Light tape stains on cover and endpapers, else very good in dust jacket which is lightly chipped at top of spine and has dark residue from old-fashioned plastic cover along lower edge. $375.00
[STOUT, REX] KINGDON, FRANK, That Man in the White House, New York, Arco, 1944. First edition. With a message by Rex Stout. Rear cover lightly stained, else near fine in dust jacket with chipping at spine ends and corners. Scarce. $65.00
STOUT, REX. The Silent Speaker. New York: Viking Press, 1946. First Edition. Very good in a good dust jacket with stains and chips. $100.00
STOUT, REX, The Silent Speaker, New York, Viking, 1946. First edition. Endpapers heavily scuffed, else very good in price-clipped dust jacket, which is chipped at top of spine. $45.00
STOUT, REX, Too Many Women, New York, Viking, 1947. First edition. "Return to Library/Not to Be Sold" stamp on title page and lower page edges, probably from the publisher’s files, else near fine in dust jacket, which is chipped at top of spine and backed with brown tape. $150.00STOUT, REX. And Be a Villain. New York: Viking Press, 1948. First Edition. Very good in a dust jacket with minor soiling and a faded spine. $150.00
STOUT, REX, The Second Confession, New York, Viking, 1949. First edition. Very good in chipped, price-clipped dust jacket. $85.00
STOUT, REX. Door to Death. New York: Dell, 1949. First Separate Edition. Dell 10¢ book. Publisher’s wrappers; owner’s blind-stamp ex- libris on the titlepage (which is the first leaf), else near fine. $35.00
STOUT, REX. In the Best Families. New York: Viking Press, 1950. First Edition. Small inked number at the foot of the spine; very good in a very good dust jacket with some fading. $150.00
STOUT, REX, Murder by the Book, New York, Viking,1951. First edition. Name and embossed blind stamp on front endpaper, else about fine in dust jacket with two-inch chip at base of spine. $65.00
STOUT, REX. Curtains for Three. New York: Viking Press, 1951. First Edition. Owner’s blind-stamp ex-libris on the front free endpaper; very good plus in a dust jacket with a faded spine. $175.00
STOUT, REX, Curtains for Three, New York, Viking, 1951. First edition. A hint of discoloration on covers, else fine, tight copy in dust jacket with interior staining and rubbed rear panel. $125.00
STOUT, REX. Prisoner’s Base. New York: Viking Press, 1952. First Edition. Very good in a dust jacket with chips and tears. $125.00
STOUT, REX, Prisoner’s Base, New Uork, Viking, 1952. First edition. Blind stamp, else about fine in dust jacket with minor wear at spine ends, a closed tear on front panel and two interior tape mends. $100.00
STOUT, REX, The Golden Spiders, New York, Viking, 1953. First edition. Bookplate of the noted collector Adrian Homer Goldstone, a bit of black residue from old-fashioned dust jacket protector, else very good in chipped and creased dust jacket. $65.00
STOUT, REX, The Black Mountain, New York, Viking, 1954. First edition. Blind stamp on front endpaper, else fine in dust jacket chipped along edges. $85.00
STOUT, REX, Three Men Out, 1954. First edition. Tape stains on cover and endpapers, blind stamp, else very good in dust jacket with a sunned spine. $75.00
STOUT, REX. Three Men Out. New York: Viking Press, 1954. First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips and a faded spine. $150.00
STOUT, REX. Before Midnight. New York: Viking Press, 1955. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. $100.00
STOUT, REX, Full House, New York, Viking, 1955. First edition thus. An Omnibus containing The League of Frightened Men, And Be a Villain and Curtains for Three. Bottom of spine rubbed, else near fine in chipped and rubbed dust jacket. $50.00
STOUT, REX. Might as Well Be Dead. New York: Viking Press, 1956. First Edition. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with interior tape mending. $100.00
STOUT, REX, Might as Well Be Dead, New York, Viking, 1956. First edition. Light tape stains on cover and endpapers, else fine in slightly trimmed dust jacket. $60.00
STOUT, REX. Three Witnesses. New York: Viking Press, 1956. First Edition. Very good plus in a dust jacket with a faded spine and some chips and tears. $150.00
STOUT, REX, If Death Ever Slept, New York, Viking, 1957. First edition. Blind stamp, a bit of fading to the spine, else about fine in rubbed and lightly chipped dust jacket. $75.00
STOUT, REX. Three for the Chair. New York: Viking Press, 1957. First Edition. Very good in a dust jacket with a faded spine. $100.00
STOUT, REX. And Four to Go. New York: Viking Press, 1958. First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a faded spine. $165.00
STOUT, REX, And Four to Go, New York, Viking, 1958. First edition. Nearly invisible blind stamp, else fine in a fresh dust jacket that is lightly sunned on the spine. $100.00
STOUT, REX, Champagne for One, New York, Viking, 1958. First edition. Stain and blind stamp on front endpapers, else fine in dust jacket that is worn along edges. $75.00
STOUT, REX, All Aces, New York, Viking, 1958. First edition thus. An Omnibus containing Some Buried Caesar, Too Many Women and Trouble in Triplicate. Near fine in dust jacket, which is chipped at top and bottom of spine. $65.00
STOUT, REX, Plot It Yourself, New York, Viking, 1959. First edition. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. $175.00
STOUT, REX. Plot It Yourself. New York: Viking Press, 1959. First Edition. Very good, or a little better, in a very good dust jacket. $165.00
STOUT, REX, Too Many Clients, New York, Viking, 1960. Small bookseller’s label, else fine in dust jacket with sunned spine. $75.00
STOUT, REX, Too Many Clients, New York, Viking, 1960. First edition. Library labels partially removed, else good in worn dust jacket. $20.00
STOUT, REX. Three at Wolfe’s Door. New York: Viking Press, 1960. First Edition. Fine in a good to very good dust jacket. $150.00
STOUT, REX, Three at Wolfe’s Door, New York, Viking, 1960. First edition. Light blind stamp, else fine in dust jacket with some creasing along top edges. $100.00
STOUT, REX. The Final Deduction. New York: Viking Press, 1961. First Edition. A fine copy in a dust jacket with a faded spine and some minor rubbing that has been touched up. $100.00
STOUT, REX, The Final Deduction, New York, Viking, 1961. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with light wear at tips of spine. $100.00
STOUT, REX. Gambit. New York: Viking Press, 1962. First Edition. Fine in a very good dust jacket. $125.00
STOUT, REX, Gambit, New York, Viking, 1962. First edition. Blind stamp, else fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. $125.00
STOUT, REX, Homicide Trinity, New York, Viking, 1962. First edition. Tape stains on cover and endpapers, else fine in a bright dust jacket. $75.00
STOUT, REX. The Mother Hunt. New York: Viking Press, 1963. First Edition. A near fine copy in dust jacket. $100.00
STOUT, REX, The Mother Hunt, New York, Viking, 1963. First edition. Small address label partially removed from inside front copy, two tiny tape stains on dust jacket flaps, else fine. $85.00
STOUT, REX, The Mother Hunt, New York, Viking, 1963. First edition. Tape stains on cover and endpapers, else very good in a chipped and foxed dust jacket. $60.00
STOUT, REX. Trio for Blunt Instruments. New York: Viking Press, 1964. First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with interior tape mending. $125.00
STOUT, REX, Trio for Blunt Instruments, New York, Viking, 1964. First edition. Blind stamp, else fine in dust jacket with sunned spine. $100.00
STOUT, REX, The Doorbell Rang, New York, Viking, 1965. First edition. Blind stamp, else fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. $100.00
STOUT, REX, Death of a Doxy, New York, Viking, 1966. First edition. Blind stamp, else fine in dust jacket with a light crease at top of front panel. $75.00
STOUT, REX. Death of a Dude. New York: Viking Press, 1969. First Edition. Fine in a lightly rubbed dust jacket. $100.00
STOUT, REX, Death of a Dude, New York, Viking, 1969. First edition. Light blind stamp, else very good in a rubbed dust jacket. $50.00
STOUT, REX. The Father Hunt. New York: Viking Press, 1969. First Edition. Fine in a lightly worn dust jacket. $75.00
STOUT, REX, The Father Hunt, New York, Viking, 1969. First edition. Near fine in a chipped dust jacket with a sunned spine. $35.00
STOUT, REX, Please Pass the Guilt, New York, Viking, 1973. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $75.00
STOUT, REX. Please Pass the Guilt. New York: Viking Press, 1973. First Edition. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket with minute wear. $65.00
STOUT, REX, A Family Affair, New York, Viking, 1975. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $65.00
STOUT, REX, Justice Ends at Home, New York, Viking, 1977. First edition. Short stories edited by John McAleer. Fine in dust jacket. $45.00
STOUT, REX, Justice Ends at Home, New York, Viking, 1977. First edition. Short stories edited by John McAleer. Very good in dust jacket. $35.00
[STOUT, REX]. The Nero Wolfe Cookbook. New York: Viking Press, 1973. First Edition. Review copy; publication date penciled on the title page; near fine in dust jacket. $125.00
[STOUT, REX]. BARING-GOULD, W.S. Nero Wolfe of West Thirty-Fifth Street. New York: Viking Press, 1969. First Edition. Fine in a dust jacket with very minor wear and tear. $85.00
[STOUT, REX] DARBY, KEN, The Brownstone House of Nero Wolfe, Boston, Little, Brown, 1983. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $85.00
[STOUT, REX] DARBY, KEN, The Brownstone House of Nero Wolfe, Boston, Little, Brown, 1983. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket which in darkened on spine and edges of rear panel. $65.00
[STOUT, REX] GOLDSBOROUGH, ROBERT, Murder in E Minor, New York, Bantan, 1986. First edition. A Nero Wolfe novel. Very fine in dust jacket. $15.00
[STOUT, REX] GOLDSBOROUGH, ROBERT, Death on Deadline, New York, Bantam, 1987. First edition. A Nero Wolfe novel. Fine in slightly rubbed dust jacket. $15.00
[STOUT, REX] GOLDSBOROUGH, ROBERT, The Bloodied Ivy, New York, Bantam, 1988. First edition. A Nero Wolfe novel. Very fine in dust jacket. $15.00
[STOUT, REX] GOLDSBOROUGH, ROBERT, The Last Coincidence, New York, Bantam, 1989. First edition. A Nero Wolfe novel. Very fine in dust jacket. $15.00
[STOUT, REX] GOLDSBOROUGH, ROBERT, Fade to Black, New York, Bantam, 1990. First edition. A Nero Wolfe novel. Very fine in dust jacket. $15.00
[STOUT, REX] GOLDSBOROUGH, ROBERT, The Silver Spire, New York, Bantam, 1992. First edition. A Nero Wolfe novel. Very fine in dust jacket. $15.00
[STOUT, REX] GOLDSBOROUGH, ROBERT, The Missing Chapter, New York, Bantam, 1994. First edition. A Nero Wolfe novel. Very fine in dust jacket. $20.00
Probably the most beloved detective in the history of American literature, Nero Wolfe remains the most popular and most collected mystery fiction character after Sherlock Holmes. We have just purchased a couple of very nice collections and have the most Rex Stout titles that we have been able to offer in more than a decade.
STOUT, REX, Fer-de-lance, New York, Otto Penzler Books, 1996. An exact facsimile reprint of the 1934 first edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $200.00
STOUT, REX. The Rubber Band. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. First Edition. Very good. $275.00
The Rubber Band, 1936. Farrar & Rinehart. Later printing. Fair copy only of a scarce title. $35.00
STOUT, REX. Some Buried Caesar. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1939. First Edition. Binding glue stains on the endpapers, else very good. $250.00
STOUT, REX, Over My Dead Body, New York, Farrar & Rinehart, 1940. First edition. Rebound to mirror the original binding; about very good in the scarce price-clipped dust jacket that has been trimmed along edges to fit into the old-fashioned plastic jackets leaving dark residue along edges. $250.00
STOUT, REX. Where There’s a Will. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1940. First Edition. Endpapers stained; very good. $225.00
STOUT, REX, The Broken Vase, New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1941. Reprint. A Tecumseh Fox mystery. Very good in dust jacket. $45.00
STOUT, REX, Alphabet Hicks, New York, Farrar & Rinehart, 1941. First edition. Very good or better in dust jacket. $750.00
STOUT, REX. Black Orchids. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. First Edition. Back hinge slightly started; inked "First Edition" inside the front cover; a little cloth fraying; very good in a very good dust jacket with a small archival mend inside the spine, some small chips and minor wear. $1500.00
STOUT, REX, Black Orchids, New York, Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. First edition. Light tape stains on cover and endpapers, else very good in dust jacket which is lightly chipped at top of spine and has dark residue from old-fashioned plastic cover along lower edge. $375.00
[STOUT, REX] KINGDON, FRANK, That Man in the White House, New York, Arco, 1944. First edition. With a message by Rex Stout. Rear cover lightly stained, else near fine in dust jacket with chipping at spine ends and corners. Scarce. $65.00
STOUT, REX. The Silent Speaker. New York: Viking Press, 1946. First Edition. Very good in a good dust jacket with stains and chips. $100.00
STOUT, REX, The Silent Speaker, New York, Viking, 1946. First edition. Endpapers heavily scuffed, else very good in price-clipped dust jacket, which is chipped at top of spine. $45.00
STOUT, REX, Too Many Women, New York, Viking, 1947. First edition. "Return to Library/Not to Be Sold" stamp on title page and lower page edges, probably from the publisher’s files, else near fine in dust jacket, which is chipped at top of spine and backed with brown tape. $150.00STOUT, REX. And Be a Villain. New York: Viking Press, 1948. First Edition. Very good in a dust jacket with minor soiling and a faded spine. $150.00
STOUT, REX, The Second Confession, New York, Viking, 1949. First edition. Very good in chipped, price-clipped dust jacket. $85.00
STOUT, REX. Door to Death. New York: Dell, 1949. First Separate Edition. Dell 10¢ book. Publisher’s wrappers; owner’s blind-stamp ex- libris on the titlepage (which is the first leaf), else near fine. $35.00
STOUT, REX. In the Best Families. New York: Viking Press, 1950. First Edition. Small inked number at the foot of the spine; very good in a very good dust jacket with some fading. $150.00
STOUT, REX, Murder by the Book, New York, Viking,1951. First edition. Name and embossed blind stamp on front endpaper, else about fine in dust jacket with two-inch chip at base of spine. $65.00
STOUT, REX. Curtains for Three. New York: Viking Press, 1951. First Edition. Owner’s blind-stamp ex-libris on the front free endpaper; very good plus in a dust jacket with a faded spine. $175.00
STOUT, REX, Curtains for Three, New York, Viking, 1951. First edition. A hint of discoloration on covers, else fine, tight copy in dust jacket with interior staining and rubbed rear panel. $125.00
STOUT, REX. Prisoner’s Base. New York: Viking Press, 1952. First Edition. Very good in a dust jacket with chips and tears. $125.00
STOUT, REX, Prisoner’s Base, New Uork, Viking, 1952. First edition. Blind stamp, else about fine in dust jacket with minor wear at spine ends, a closed tear on front panel and two interior tape mends. $100.00
STOUT, REX, The Golden Spiders, New York, Viking, 1953. First edition. Bookplate of the noted collector Adrian Homer Goldstone, a bit of black residue from old-fashioned dust jacket protector, else very good in chipped and creased dust jacket. $65.00
STOUT, REX, The Black Mountain, New York, Viking, 1954. First edition. Blind stamp on front endpaper, else fine in dust jacket chipped along edges. $85.00
STOUT, REX, Three Men Out, 1954. First edition. Tape stains on cover and endpapers, blind stamp, else very good in dust jacket with a sunned spine. $75.00
STOUT, REX. Three Men Out. New York: Viking Press, 1954. First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips and a faded spine. $150.00
STOUT, REX. Before Midnight. New York: Viking Press, 1955. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. $100.00
STOUT, REX, Full House, New York, Viking, 1955. First edition thus. An Omnibus containing The League of Frightened Men, And Be a Villain and Curtains for Three. Bottom of spine rubbed, else near fine in chipped and rubbed dust jacket. $50.00
STOUT, REX. Might as Well Be Dead. New York: Viking Press, 1956. First Edition. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with interior tape mending. $100.00
STOUT, REX, Might as Well Be Dead, New York, Viking, 1956. First edition. Light tape stains on cover and endpapers, else fine in slightly trimmed dust jacket. $60.00
STOUT, REX. Three Witnesses. New York: Viking Press, 1956. First Edition. Very good plus in a dust jacket with a faded spine and some chips and tears. $150.00
STOUT, REX, If Death Ever Slept, New York, Viking, 1957. First edition. Blind stamp, a bit of fading to the spine, else about fine in rubbed and lightly chipped dust jacket. $75.00
STOUT, REX. Three for the Chair. New York: Viking Press, 1957. First Edition. Very good in a dust jacket with a faded spine. $100.00
STOUT, REX. And Four to Go. New York: Viking Press, 1958. First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a faded spine. $165.00
STOUT, REX, And Four to Go, New York, Viking, 1958. First edition. Nearly invisible blind stamp, else fine in a fresh dust jacket that is lightly sunned on the spine. $100.00
STOUT, REX, Champagne for One, New York, Viking, 1958. First edition. Stain and blind stamp on front endpapers, else fine in dust jacket that is worn along edges. $75.00
STOUT, REX, All Aces, New York, Viking, 1958. First edition thus. An Omnibus containing Some Buried Caesar, Too Many Women and Trouble in Triplicate. Near fine in dust jacket, which is chipped at top and bottom of spine. $65.00
STOUT, REX, Plot It Yourself, New York, Viking, 1959. First edition. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. $175.00
STOUT, REX. Plot It Yourself. New York: Viking Press, 1959. First Edition. Very good, or a little better, in a very good dust jacket. $165.00
STOUT, REX, Too Many Clients, New York, Viking, 1960. Small bookseller’s label, else fine in dust jacket with sunned spine. $75.00
STOUT, REX, Too Many Clients, New York, Viking, 1960. First edition. Library labels partially removed, else good in worn dust jacket. $20.00
STOUT, REX. Three at Wolfe’s Door. New York: Viking Press, 1960. First Edition. Fine in a good to very good dust jacket. $150.00
STOUT, REX, Three at Wolfe’s Door, New York, Viking, 1960. First edition. Light blind stamp, else fine in dust jacket with some creasing along top edges. $100.00
STOUT, REX. The Final Deduction. New York: Viking Press, 1961. First Edition. A fine copy in a dust jacket with a faded spine and some minor rubbing that has been touched up. $100.00
STOUT, REX, The Final Deduction, New York, Viking, 1961. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with light wear at tips of spine. $100.00
STOUT, REX. Gambit. New York: Viking Press, 1962. First Edition. Fine in a very good dust jacket. $125.00
STOUT, REX, Gambit, New York, Viking, 1962. First edition. Blind stamp, else fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. $125.00
STOUT, REX, Homicide Trinity, New York, Viking, 1962. First edition. Tape stains on cover and endpapers, else fine in a bright dust jacket. $75.00
STOUT, REX. The Mother Hunt. New York: Viking Press, 1963. First Edition. A near fine copy in dust jacket. $100.00
STOUT, REX, The Mother Hunt, New York, Viking, 1963. First edition. Small address label partially removed from inside front copy, two tiny tape stains on dust jacket flaps, else fine. $85.00
STOUT, REX, The Mother Hunt, New York, Viking, 1963. First edition. Tape stains on cover and endpapers, else very good in a chipped and foxed dust jacket. $60.00
STOUT, REX. Trio for Blunt Instruments. New York: Viking Press, 1964. First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with interior tape mending. $125.00
STOUT, REX, Trio for Blunt Instruments, New York, Viking, 1964. First edition. Blind stamp, else fine in dust jacket with sunned spine. $100.00
STOUT, REX, The Doorbell Rang, New York, Viking, 1965. First edition. Blind stamp, else fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. $100.00
STOUT, REX, Death of a Doxy, New York, Viking, 1966. First edition. Blind stamp, else fine in dust jacket with a light crease at top of front panel. $75.00
STOUT, REX. Death of a Dude. New York: Viking Press, 1969. First Edition. Fine in a lightly rubbed dust jacket. $100.00
STOUT, REX, Death of a Dude, New York, Viking, 1969. First edition. Light blind stamp, else very good in a rubbed dust jacket. $50.00
STOUT, REX. The Father Hunt. New York: Viking Press, 1969. First Edition. Fine in a lightly worn dust jacket. $75.00
STOUT, REX, The Father Hunt, New York, Viking, 1969. First edition. Near fine in a chipped dust jacket with a sunned spine. $35.00
STOUT, REX, Please Pass the Guilt, New York, Viking, 1973. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $75.00
STOUT, REX. Please Pass the Guilt. New York: Viking Press, 1973. First Edition. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket with minute wear. $65.00
STOUT, REX, A Family Affair, New York, Viking, 1975. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $65.00
STOUT, REX, Justice Ends at Home, New York, Viking, 1977. First edition. Short stories edited by John McAleer. Fine in dust jacket. $45.00
STOUT, REX, Justice Ends at Home, New York, Viking, 1977. First edition. Short stories edited by John McAleer. Very good in dust jacket. $35.00
[STOUT, REX]. The Nero Wolfe Cookbook. New York: Viking Press, 1973. First Edition. Review copy; publication date penciled on the title page; near fine in dust jacket. $125.00
[STOUT, REX]. BARING-GOULD, W.S. Nero Wolfe of West Thirty-Fifth Street. New York: Viking Press, 1969. First Edition. Fine in a dust jacket with very minor wear and tear. $85.00
[STOUT, REX] DARBY, KEN, The Brownstone House of Nero Wolfe, Boston, Little, Brown, 1983. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $85.00
[STOUT, REX] DARBY, KEN, The Brownstone House of Nero Wolfe, Boston, Little, Brown, 1983. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket which in darkened on spine and edges of rear panel. $65.00
[STOUT, REX] GOLDSBOROUGH, ROBERT, Murder in E Minor, New York, Bantan, 1986. First edition. A Nero Wolfe novel. Very fine in dust jacket. $15.00
[STOUT, REX] GOLDSBOROUGH, ROBERT, Death on Deadline, New York, Bantam, 1987. First edition. A Nero Wolfe novel. Fine in slightly rubbed dust jacket. $15.00
[STOUT, REX] GOLDSBOROUGH, ROBERT, The Bloodied Ivy, New York, Bantam, 1988. First edition. A Nero Wolfe novel. Very fine in dust jacket. $15.00
[STOUT, REX] GOLDSBOROUGH, ROBERT, The Last Coincidence, New York, Bantam, 1989. First edition. A Nero Wolfe novel. Very fine in dust jacket. $15.00
[STOUT, REX] GOLDSBOROUGH, ROBERT, Fade to Black, New York, Bantam, 1990. First edition. A Nero Wolfe novel. Very fine in dust jacket. $15.00
[STOUT, REX] GOLDSBOROUGH, ROBERT, The Silver Spire, New York, Bantam, 1992. First edition. A Nero Wolfe novel. Very fine in dust jacket. $15.00
[STOUT, REX] GOLDSBOROUGH, ROBERT, The Missing Chapter, New York, Bantam, 1994. First edition. A Nero Wolfe novel. Very fine in dust jacket. $20.00
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Derek Haas on COLUMBUS
During a recent appearance at The Mysterious Bookshop, screenwriter and novelist Derek Haas talked about his new crime novel COLUMBUS!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Derek Nikitas Discusses THE LONG DIVISION 10/28/09!
The Mysterious Bookshop
is proud to present:
Derek Nikitas
discussing his new novel
The Long Division
Wednesday, October 28th
from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
Admission is free.
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street (Between Church and West Broadway)
New York, NY 10007
(212) 587-1011
info@mysteriousbookshop.com
is proud to present:
Derek Nikitas
discussing his new novel
The Long Division
Wednesday, October 28th
from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
Admission is free.
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street (Between Church and West Broadway)
New York, NY 10007
(212) 587-1011
info@mysteriousbookshop.com
Friday, October 16, 2009
Sally's Weekly Update for 10/16/09
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 10/16/09
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday, October 20th 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Sarah Langan
Audrey’s Door
Wednesday, October 21st 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Derek Haas
Columbus: A Silver Bear Thriller
and, don’t forget....
Thursday, October 29th 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
HALLOWEEN!
PUBLICATION OF THE VAMPIRE ARCHIVES, Edited by Otto Penzler!
OUR FOURTH ANNIVERSARY - at this location!
Time to party!!
Please join us.
Please Note
Our newsletter lists the November selection for the British Crime Club as A Quiet Belief in Angels by R.J. Ellory. This is incorrect. That title was published as a paperback original two years ago in England and is just being published here in hardcover. We do have signed copies.
Our November selection for the British Crime Club is R.J. Ellory’s latest book, The Anniversary Man.
Last week I told you about The Dark Page II: Books That Inspired Film Noir which covers the years 1950-1965.
We also have more copies of The Dark Page I.. This covers the years 1940-1949.
Both volumes are $95.00 and would make wonderful presents this holiday season - especially for you.
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Richard Belzer’s new book, I Am Not a Psychic, once again features Richard Belzer as himself. And once again he is caught up in a real life crime. A Soft Boiled Club Selection. $24.00
A Quiet Belief in Angels by R.J. Ellory is a superb mystery by a very talented author. This story blew me away when I read it last year. Luckily for us, his work is now being published in this country. $24.95
The limited edition of The Anniversary Man by R.J. Ellory has just arrived. Limited to 70 numbered copies and signed by the author. With an appreciation by Ken Bruen. Fine in marbled boards as issued. We have very few copies. $150.00
Stardust by Joseph Kanon is a thriller set in postwar Hollywood against a background of political intrigue. Ben Collier returns from wartime Europe to find that his brother, who has a successful career in the movies, has died under mysterious circumstances. A Thriller/Espionage Selection. $27.99
Detectives Don’t Wear Seat Belts by Cici McNair is a memoir about the author’s experience as a female detective. $22.99
The Ghosts of Belfast is a first novel by Stuart Neville, and its causing quite a stir. Fegan was an IRA killer in Northern Ireland who served time in the Maze prison. Now that peace has come, he is being haunted by the ghosts of his innocent victims. In order to appease them, he is going to have to kill those who gave him his orders. A Hard Boiled Club Selection. $25.00
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger is, like her first novel The Time Traveler’s Wife, a haunting book in every sense of the word. Twins Julia and Valentina Poole inherit a house in London. It borders Highgate Cemetery which contains, among others, Christina Rosetti, George Eliot, Radclyffe Hall, and Karl Marx. Niffenegger has produced another story about the tenacity of life - even after death. $26.99
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
Fever of the Bone by Val McDermid finally arrived. This is the latest in the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series (Wire in the Blood) and, as always with these protagonists, this is not for the faint hearted. $48.00
FOR COLLECTORS
The Office by Fredric Brown, McMillan, Miami Beach, 1987. First Edition. $100.00
Limited to 425 copies and signed by Philip Jose Farmer, who wrote the introduction. Very fine in dust jacket.
The Gibbering Night by Fredric Brown, McMillan, HI. 1991. First Edition. $60.00
Limited to 425 copies, numbered and signed by Joe R. Lansdale, who wrote the introduction. Although signed, this is not numbered.
Sex Life on the Planet Mars by Frederic Brown, McMillan, Miami Beach. 1986. First Edition. $45.00
Introduction by Charles Willeford. Very fine in dust jacket.
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon, HarperCollins, NY. 2007. First Edition. SIGNED. $60.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
Aces, Eights and Murder by M.V. Heberden, Doubleday Crime Club, NY. 1941. First Edition. $100.00
Very fine, sharp copy in dust jacket, which has a sunned spine.
The Glass Cell by Patricia Highsmith, Doubleday, NY. 1984. First Editiion. $500.00
An early title and one of the author’s rarest. A small, neat date (11/10/04) on front endpaper, probably the publication date, else a fine copy in a fresh dust jacket and rare in such collector’s condition.
Blind Man with a Pistol by Chester Himes, Morrow, NY. 1969. First Edition. $125.00
A Coffin Ed and Grave Digger Jones novel. A fine copy in a fine fresh dust jacket with one small scratch on front panel.
Death of a Big Shot by Clifford Knight, Dutton, NY. 1951. First Edition. $65.00
Fine in dust jacket with a trace of wear at top of spine.
The Doomsters by Ross Macdonald, Knopf, NY. 1958. First Edition. $750.00
A fine copy in a bright dust jacket which has a bit of dust soiling and a closed tear on rear panel and a tiny chip at lower rear hinge. As usual, colors on the spine have faded. Still, an unusually nice copy of a scarce book in collectors’ condition.
Blue City by Kenneth Millar, Knopf, NY. 1947. First Edition. $375.00
Author’s third book before taking the Ross Macdonald pseudonym. Neat date and rubber stamp on front endpaper, else fine in dust jacket, which has a single closed tear at top of front panel and shallow chipping at top of spine.
Anatomy of a Killer by Peter Rabe, Abelard-Shuman, NY. 1960. First Edition. $125.00
This is the hard-boiled author’s only American hardcover edition. Neat date at top of front endpaper, else fine in dust jacket with the merest trace of rubbing at spine ends.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 10/16/09
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday, October 20th 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Sarah Langan
Audrey’s Door
Wednesday, October 21st 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Derek Haas
Columbus: A Silver Bear Thriller
and, don’t forget....
Thursday, October 29th 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
HALLOWEEN!
PUBLICATION OF THE VAMPIRE ARCHIVES, Edited by Otto Penzler!
OUR FOURTH ANNIVERSARY - at this location!
Time to party!!
Please join us.
Please Note
Our newsletter lists the November selection for the British Crime Club as A Quiet Belief in Angels by R.J. Ellory. This is incorrect. That title was published as a paperback original two years ago in England and is just being published here in hardcover. We do have signed copies.
Our November selection for the British Crime Club is R.J. Ellory’s latest book, The Anniversary Man.
Last week I told you about The Dark Page II: Books That Inspired Film Noir which covers the years 1950-1965.
We also have more copies of The Dark Page I.. This covers the years 1940-1949.
Both volumes are $95.00 and would make wonderful presents this holiday season - especially for you.
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Richard Belzer’s new book, I Am Not a Psychic, once again features Richard Belzer as himself. And once again he is caught up in a real life crime. A Soft Boiled Club Selection. $24.00
A Quiet Belief in Angels by R.J. Ellory is a superb mystery by a very talented author. This story blew me away when I read it last year. Luckily for us, his work is now being published in this country. $24.95
The limited edition of The Anniversary Man by R.J. Ellory has just arrived. Limited to 70 numbered copies and signed by the author. With an appreciation by Ken Bruen. Fine in marbled boards as issued. We have very few copies. $150.00
Stardust by Joseph Kanon is a thriller set in postwar Hollywood against a background of political intrigue. Ben Collier returns from wartime Europe to find that his brother, who has a successful career in the movies, has died under mysterious circumstances. A Thriller/Espionage Selection. $27.99
Detectives Don’t Wear Seat Belts by Cici McNair is a memoir about the author’s experience as a female detective. $22.99
The Ghosts of Belfast is a first novel by Stuart Neville, and its causing quite a stir. Fegan was an IRA killer in Northern Ireland who served time in the Maze prison. Now that peace has come, he is being haunted by the ghosts of his innocent victims. In order to appease them, he is going to have to kill those who gave him his orders. A Hard Boiled Club Selection. $25.00
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger is, like her first novel The Time Traveler’s Wife, a haunting book in every sense of the word. Twins Julia and Valentina Poole inherit a house in London. It borders Highgate Cemetery which contains, among others, Christina Rosetti, George Eliot, Radclyffe Hall, and Karl Marx. Niffenegger has produced another story about the tenacity of life - even after death. $26.99
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
Fever of the Bone by Val McDermid finally arrived. This is the latest in the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series (Wire in the Blood) and, as always with these protagonists, this is not for the faint hearted. $48.00
FOR COLLECTORS
The Office by Fredric Brown, McMillan, Miami Beach, 1987. First Edition. $100.00
Limited to 425 copies and signed by Philip Jose Farmer, who wrote the introduction. Very fine in dust jacket.
The Gibbering Night by Fredric Brown, McMillan, HI. 1991. First Edition. $60.00
Limited to 425 copies, numbered and signed by Joe R. Lansdale, who wrote the introduction. Although signed, this is not numbered.
Sex Life on the Planet Mars by Frederic Brown, McMillan, Miami Beach. 1986. First Edition. $45.00
Introduction by Charles Willeford. Very fine in dust jacket.
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon, HarperCollins, NY. 2007. First Edition. SIGNED. $60.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
Aces, Eights and Murder by M.V. Heberden, Doubleday Crime Club, NY. 1941. First Edition. $100.00
Very fine, sharp copy in dust jacket, which has a sunned spine.
The Glass Cell by Patricia Highsmith, Doubleday, NY. 1984. First Editiion. $500.00
An early title and one of the author’s rarest. A small, neat date (11/10/04) on front endpaper, probably the publication date, else a fine copy in a fresh dust jacket and rare in such collector’s condition.
Blind Man with a Pistol by Chester Himes, Morrow, NY. 1969. First Edition. $125.00
A Coffin Ed and Grave Digger Jones novel. A fine copy in a fine fresh dust jacket with one small scratch on front panel.
Death of a Big Shot by Clifford Knight, Dutton, NY. 1951. First Edition. $65.00
Fine in dust jacket with a trace of wear at top of spine.
The Doomsters by Ross Macdonald, Knopf, NY. 1958. First Edition. $750.00
A fine copy in a bright dust jacket which has a bit of dust soiling and a closed tear on rear panel and a tiny chip at lower rear hinge. As usual, colors on the spine have faded. Still, an unusually nice copy of a scarce book in collectors’ condition.
Blue City by Kenneth Millar, Knopf, NY. 1947. First Edition. $375.00
Author’s third book before taking the Ross Macdonald pseudonym. Neat date and rubber stamp on front endpaper, else fine in dust jacket, which has a single closed tear at top of front panel and shallow chipping at top of spine.
Anatomy of a Killer by Peter Rabe, Abelard-Shuman, NY. 1960. First Edition. $125.00
This is the hard-boiled author’s only American hardcover edition. Neat date at top of front endpaper, else fine in dust jacket with the merest trace of rubbing at spine ends.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Halloween Anniversary Party for THE VAMPIRE ARCHIVES
The Mysterious Bookshop
will host a special
Halloween Party
celebrating the release of
The Vampire Archives
edited by Otto Penzler
and our fourth anniversary in Tribeca.
Join us in a special Halloween celebration of our fourth anniversary and the publication of the new defintitive anthology The Vampire Archives (Vintage)
Mr. Penzler will discuss his new book and answer questions. Copies will be available for autographs by Mr. Penzler and bibliographer Daniel Seitler.
Light refreshments will be served.
Thursday, October 29th
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm.
Admission is Free
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street (Between Church and West Broadway)
New York, NY 10007
(212) 587-1011
info@mysteriousbookshop.com
will host a special
Halloween Party
celebrating the release of
The Vampire Archives
edited by Otto Penzler
and our fourth anniversary in Tribeca.
Join us in a special Halloween celebration of our fourth anniversary and the publication of the new defintitive anthology The Vampire Archives (Vintage)
Mr. Penzler will discuss his new book and answer questions. Copies will be available for autographs by Mr. Penzler and bibliographer Daniel Seitler.
Light refreshments will be served.
Thursday, October 29th
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm.
Admission is Free
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street (Between Church and West Broadway)
New York, NY 10007
(212) 587-1011
info@mysteriousbookshop.com
Sarah Langan at The Mysterious Bookshop 10/20/09
Last Minute Event!
The Mysterious Bookshop
is proud to present:
Sarah Langan
discussing his new novel
Audrey's Door
Tuesday, October 20th
from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
Admission is free.
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
(212) 587-1011
info@mysteriousbookshop.com
The Mysterious Bookshop
is proud to present:
Sarah Langan
discussing his new novel
Audrey's Door
Tuesday, October 20th
from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
Admission is free.
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
(212) 587-1011
info@mysteriousbookshop.com
Friday, October 9, 2009
Sally's Weekly Update for 10/09/09
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street
New York, NY. 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 10/9/09
UPCOMING EVENTS
Thursday, October 15th 6.30p.m. - 8.00p.m.
Detectives Don’t Wear Seatbelts: True Adventures of a Female P.I.
Author Cici McNair will discuss her book and her career as a P.I.
Light refreshments will be served.
Thursday, October 29th 6.00p.m. - 8.00p.m.
THREE PARTIES IN ONE!
We will be celebrating threefold!!
Our fourth year at this location
A slightly early Halloween Party
Publication of The Vampire Archives, edited by Otto Penzler.
Please join us
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Pete Dexter signed copies of Spooner, his latest novel, which is receiving stellar reviews. An Unclassifiable Club Selection. $26.99
Gerald Elias was here this week discussing his book Devil’s Trill. He also played some of the music referred to in his story of a stolen violin. $25.99
Joshua Gaylord is a first time author (married to Megan Abbott). His book, Hummingbirds, is set in an all-girls prep school where tensions between students, students and teachers, and especially students and the male teachers, always bubble beneath the surface of higher education. Oh, there’s also a mystery involved. This is on my list! $25.99
The Dark Page II, edited and signed by Kevin Johnson, is now available. The sub title is Books That Inspired American Film Noir and the years covered are 1950-1965. Gorgeous color photographs show the dust jackets of some of the most important books in the genre with text accompanying each selection. $95.00
Dark Mirror by Barry Maitland is the latest mystery featuring DCI Brock and DI Kolla. Maitland lives in Australia so this is the first U.S. edition. $24.99
Robert B. Parker spent some time at the store and signed several of his books. If you previously ordered, we are in the process of getting your books to you.
The Professional is his latest Spenser is A Crime Collector’s Club Selection. $26.95
Brimstone is the third Western featuring Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole. $25.95
Night and Day features Jesse Stone, police chief of Paradise, Massachusetts. $25.95
Chasing the Bear is a book for young adults and features a young Spenser. $14.99
SIGNED AND NOT SIGNED FROM THE UK
The Gates is John Connolly’s latest featuring young Samuel Johnson who, with the help of a small dog and an unlucky demon, is trying to stop his neighbors, led by the villainous Mrs. Abernathy, from opening the gates of hell. Just in time for Halloween! $33.00
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest is the third and last book by Stieg Larsson. It is definitely first come, first served for this title. And of course it isn’t signed. $48.
FOR COLLECTORS
Hieronymus Bosch Profile by Michael Connelly, The Mysterious Bookshop, NY. 2007. SIGNED. $75.00
Commissioned by The Mysterious Bookshop and limited to 100 numbered copies. Fine.
Lullaby Town by Robert Crais, Bantam, NY. 1992. First Edition. SIGNED. $750.00
Author’s scarcest book. An immaculate, as new copy in like dust jacket.
The Monkey’s Raincoat by Robert Crais, Doubleday, NY. 1993. First American Hardcover Edition.SIGNED. $125.00
Author’s first novel. Introduces Elvis Cole. Very fine in dust jacket.
Elvis Cole & Joe Pike Profile by Robert Crais, The Mysterious Bookshop, NY. 2007. SIGNED. $75.00
Commissioned by The Mysterious Bookshop and limited to 100 numbered copies. Fine.
Inspector Morse Profile by Colin Dexter, The Mysterious Bookshop, NY. 2007. SIGNED. $75.00
Commissioned by The Mysterious Bookshop and limited to 100 numbered copies. Fine.
Crime Wave by James Ellroy, Arrow Books, London. 1999. First Edition. SIGNED. $45.00
The true first edition of Ellroy’s reportage and fiction about the dark side of L.A. Fine in wraps as issued.
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, Knopf, NY. 1929. First Editiion. $2,000.00
A fine copy of this iconic Haycraft-Queen cornerstone, regarded by many as the greatest detective novel written by an American. A fine copy (but no dust jacket).
The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett, Knopf, NY. 1934. First Edition. $2,000.00
Cloth, as always, is faded, else very good in the green dust jacket, which is sunned on the spine and has nicks and closed tears at edges, corners and spine ends.
Fifty-Two Pickup by Elmore Leonard, Delacorte, NY. 1974. First Edition. SIGNED. $350.00
A fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket which has very small nicks and tears along edges, corners and spine ends.
The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper by John D. MacDonald, Lippincott, PA. 1973. First American Hardcover. $400.00
Bookplate, else a fine copy in a beautiful, sharp dust jacket and scarce in this condition.
Spenser Profile by Robert B. Parker, The Mysterious Bookshop, NY. 2007. SIGNED. $75.00
Commissioned by The Mysterious Bookshop and limited to 100 numbered copies. Fine.
Cast a Yellow Shadow by Ross Thomas, Morrow, NY. 1967. First Edition. $200.00
Very fine in dust jacket.
The Backup Men by Ross Thomas, Morrow, NY. 1971. First Edition. $100.00
Fine in dust jacket, which has light fraying at spine ends.
(Ross Thomas) The Highbinders by Oliver Bleeck, Morrow, NY. 1974. First Edition. $100.00
Fine in dust jacket.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
58 Warren Street
New York, NY. 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 10/9/09
UPCOMING EVENTS
Thursday, October 15th 6.30p.m. - 8.00p.m.
Detectives Don’t Wear Seatbelts: True Adventures of a Female P.I.
Author Cici McNair will discuss her book and her career as a P.I.
Light refreshments will be served.
Thursday, October 29th 6.00p.m. - 8.00p.m.
THREE PARTIES IN ONE!
We will be celebrating threefold!!
Our fourth year at this location
A slightly early Halloween Party
Publication of The Vampire Archives, edited by Otto Penzler.
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SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Pete Dexter signed copies of Spooner, his latest novel, which is receiving stellar reviews. An Unclassifiable Club Selection. $26.99
Gerald Elias was here this week discussing his book Devil’s Trill. He also played some of the music referred to in his story of a stolen violin. $25.99
Joshua Gaylord is a first time author (married to Megan Abbott). His book, Hummingbirds, is set in an all-girls prep school where tensions between students, students and teachers, and especially students and the male teachers, always bubble beneath the surface of higher education. Oh, there’s also a mystery involved. This is on my list! $25.99
The Dark Page II, edited and signed by Kevin Johnson, is now available. The sub title is Books That Inspired American Film Noir and the years covered are 1950-1965. Gorgeous color photographs show the dust jackets of some of the most important books in the genre with text accompanying each selection. $95.00
Dark Mirror by Barry Maitland is the latest mystery featuring DCI Brock and DI Kolla. Maitland lives in Australia so this is the first U.S. edition. $24.99
Robert B. Parker spent some time at the store and signed several of his books. If you previously ordered, we are in the process of getting your books to you.
The Professional is his latest Spenser is A Crime Collector’s Club Selection. $26.95
Brimstone is the third Western featuring Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole. $25.95
Night and Day features Jesse Stone, police chief of Paradise, Massachusetts. $25.95
Chasing the Bear is a book for young adults and features a young Spenser. $14.99
SIGNED AND NOT SIGNED FROM THE UK
The Gates is John Connolly’s latest featuring young Samuel Johnson who, with the help of a small dog and an unlucky demon, is trying to stop his neighbors, led by the villainous Mrs. Abernathy, from opening the gates of hell. Just in time for Halloween! $33.00
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest is the third and last book by Stieg Larsson. It is definitely first come, first served for this title. And of course it isn’t signed. $48.
FOR COLLECTORS
Hieronymus Bosch Profile by Michael Connelly, The Mysterious Bookshop, NY. 2007. SIGNED. $75.00
Commissioned by The Mysterious Bookshop and limited to 100 numbered copies. Fine.
Lullaby Town by Robert Crais, Bantam, NY. 1992. First Edition. SIGNED. $750.00
Author’s scarcest book. An immaculate, as new copy in like dust jacket.
The Monkey’s Raincoat by Robert Crais, Doubleday, NY. 1993. First American Hardcover Edition.SIGNED. $125.00
Author’s first novel. Introduces Elvis Cole. Very fine in dust jacket.
Elvis Cole & Joe Pike Profile by Robert Crais, The Mysterious Bookshop, NY. 2007. SIGNED. $75.00
Commissioned by The Mysterious Bookshop and limited to 100 numbered copies. Fine.
Inspector Morse Profile by Colin Dexter, The Mysterious Bookshop, NY. 2007. SIGNED. $75.00
Commissioned by The Mysterious Bookshop and limited to 100 numbered copies. Fine.
Crime Wave by James Ellroy, Arrow Books, London. 1999. First Edition. SIGNED. $45.00
The true first edition of Ellroy’s reportage and fiction about the dark side of L.A. Fine in wraps as issued.
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, Knopf, NY. 1929. First Editiion. $2,000.00
A fine copy of this iconic Haycraft-Queen cornerstone, regarded by many as the greatest detective novel written by an American. A fine copy (but no dust jacket).
The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett, Knopf, NY. 1934. First Edition. $2,000.00
Cloth, as always, is faded, else very good in the green dust jacket, which is sunned on the spine and has nicks and closed tears at edges, corners and spine ends.
Fifty-Two Pickup by Elmore Leonard, Delacorte, NY. 1974. First Edition. SIGNED. $350.00
A fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket which has very small nicks and tears along edges, corners and spine ends.
The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper by John D. MacDonald, Lippincott, PA. 1973. First American Hardcover. $400.00
Bookplate, else a fine copy in a beautiful, sharp dust jacket and scarce in this condition.
Spenser Profile by Robert B. Parker, The Mysterious Bookshop, NY. 2007. SIGNED. $75.00
Commissioned by The Mysterious Bookshop and limited to 100 numbered copies. Fine.
Cast a Yellow Shadow by Ross Thomas, Morrow, NY. 1967. First Edition. $200.00
Very fine in dust jacket.
The Backup Men by Ross Thomas, Morrow, NY. 1971. First Edition. $100.00
Fine in dust jacket, which has light fraying at spine ends.
(Ross Thomas) The Highbinders by Oliver Bleeck, Morrow, NY. 1974. First Edition. $100.00
Fine in dust jacket.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
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