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.
OUR NEXT EVENTS
Tuesday, June 2nd
Lisa Unger - Die For You
6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.
Thursday, June 4th
Seth Harwood - Jack Wakes Up
6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Refreshments will be served
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Murder in the Latin Quarter is Cara Black’s latest Aimee Leduc investigation. This one is set on the Left Bank of the Seine, the medieval university district of Paris. $24.00
Lawrence Block signed copies of Step By Step: A Pedestrian Memoir. Block chronicles his love for walking. As always, Block is erudite and always amusing. He’s also inspiring. $24.99
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is Alan Bradley’s first novel and it is making quite a reputation for itself on both sides of the Atlantic. It introduces Flavia de Luce who is an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison. It is the summer of 1950 and Flavia, who is only eleven-years-old, must solve her first case when a man is found dead on the grounds of her home. The U.K. version precedes this U.S. Edition. $23.00
The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly brings back Jack McEvoy (of The Poet). This time out, Jack is onto a killer who has worked completely below police and FBI radar. A must of course. This is not going to be a club selection because the Limited Edition and, inexplicably, the U.K. edition precedes it, so if you haven’t ordered this already... $27.99
Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery is edited by Sarah Cortez and Liz Martinez. These original stories are signed by the editors and several of the contributors who were here last week for an event. Paperback Original. $19.95.
Blood Moon is Gary Disher’s fifth book in the series featuring Inspector Hal Challis and Sergeant Ellen Destry. A police procedural set in Australia. $24.00
We have signed copies of the U.S. Edition of Smoke & Mirrors by Mick Herron. Set in the shipyards of Newcastle, Sarah Tucker must investigate the death of private detective Zoe Boehm. $25.00
Local author Bonnie Kozek was here to sign her hard-boiled thriller Threshold. A paperback original. $11.95
China Mieville signed the U.S. edition of his remarkable novel, The City and The City. The body of a murdered woman is found in the decaying city of Beszel, somewhere in Europe. $26.00
The Way Home by George Pelecanos is now signed!! A Hard Boiled Club Selection. $24.99
FOR COLLECTORS
The Case of the Crumpled Knave by Anthony Boucher, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1939. First Edition. $65.00
Library stamps on front endpaper, else fine and bright with no other marks; dust jacket is rubbed along all edges, with tears and creases. A very scarce book in jacket.
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie, Dodd Mead, NY. 1929. First U.S. Edition. $2,500.00
The first Miss Marple mystery. Apart from a bit of darkening of the spine, a very fine, fresh, tight copy in an unbelievable dust jacket - as crisp and bright as the day it was issued. Early Christies in this condition are rare.
The White Priory Murders by Carter Dickson, Grosset & Dunlap, NY. 1934. $45.00
Near fine in excellent dust jacket with minor wear at spine ends.
She Died a Lady by Carter Dickson, Morrow, NY. 1943. First Edition. $185.00
A Sir Henry Merrivale mystery. Bookplate, spine lightly sunned, else near fine in dust jacket with tape remains near lower spine area, causing partial lifting of the logo on spine, light wear at top of spine. In Adey.
A Time to Die by Hilda Lawrence, Simon & Schuster. 1945. First Edition. $25.00
A neglected author. Small stain on spine, else fine in very good dust jacket.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Friday, May 29, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Seth Harwood at The Mysterious Bookshop 06/04/09
The Mysterious Bookshop
is proud to present:
Seth Harwood
discussing his new novel
Jack Wakes Up
Thursday, June 4th
from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
Admission is free.
is proud to present:
Seth Harwood
discussing his new novel
Jack Wakes Up
Thursday, June 4th
from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
Admission is free.
Lisa Unger at the Mysterious Bookshop 06/02/09
The Mysterious Bookshop
is proud to present:
Lisa Unger
discussing her new novel
Die for You
Tuesday, June 2nd
from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm.
Admission is free.
is proud to present:
Lisa Unger
discussing her new novel
Die for You
Tuesday, June 2nd
from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm.
Admission is free.
Neglected Author: Margaret Scherf
MARGARET SCHERF
Margaret Scherf’s detective stories gently combine murder with humor, notably in the series about the slow-moving clergyman Martin Buell, set in Montana; Henry and Emily Bryce, the husband and wife team of Manhattan furniture painters; and the retired pathologist Dr. Grace Severance, whose cases are mainly set in the American Southwest. For fans of Charlotte MacLeod, Mr. & Mrs. North, and Elizabeth Peters. All books listed below are first editions published in New York by the Doubleday Crime Club, unless otherwise noted.
The Case of the Kippered Corpse, N.Y., Putnam, 1941. First edition. Tape inside front cover, else a very good, fresh copy. $35.00
Another copy. N.Y., Books, Inc., 1946. Very good in dust jacket. $15.00
They Came to Kill, N.Y., Putnam, 1942. First edition. Dust jacket glued down, else good-very good. Uncommon title. $25.00
The Owl in the Cellar, 1945. One small faded spot at top of spine, else about fine in dust jacket. $45.00
Another copy. Pencilling on front endpaper, else fine in a very good dust jacket. $35.00
Murder Makes Me Nervous, 1948. Very good without dust jacket. $10.00
The Gun In Daniel Webster’s Bust, 1949. (Bryce) Fine in slightly chipped dust jacket. $45.00
The Curious Custard Pie, 1950. (Buell) Very good in glued down dust jacket. $20.00
The Elk and the Evidence, 1952. (Buell) Fine in dust jacket. $45.00
Another copy. Black residue of old-fashioned protector on edges, else fine in dust jacket. $35.00
Another copy. Ex-library in cut-down dust jacket. $15.00
Glass on the Stairs, 1954. (Bryce) Good only ex-library copy. $15.00
The Cautious Overshoes, 1956. (Buell) Very good in dust jacket. $20.00
Judicial Body, 1957. Fine in near fine dust jacket. $20.00
Another copy. Neat stamp, else fine in near fine dust jacket. $17.50
Another copy. Ex-library. $10.00
Never Turn Your Back, 1959. (Buell) Very good in dust jacket. $20.00
The Diplomat and the Gold Piano, 1963. (Bryce) Fine in dust jacket. $20.00
Another copy. Endpapers replaced, else fine in dust jacket. $12.50
The Corpse in the Flannel Nightgown, 1965. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00
Another copy. Cover stained, ink marks on front endpaper, else very good in price-clipped dust jacket. $10.00
The Baker’s Bones, 1968. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00
Another copy. Ex-library. $10.00
The Beautiful Birthday Cake, 1971. (Severance) Fine in about fine dust jacket. $20.00
Another copy. Ex-library. $10.00
To Cache a Millionaire, 1972. (Severance) Glue spot on front endpaper, else fine in price-clipped dust jacket. $20.00
If You Want a Murder Well Done, 1974. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00
Another copy. Ex-library. $10.00
Don’t Wake Me Up While I’m Driving, 1977. Fine in a fine dust jacket. $25.00
Another copy. Remainder spray, else fine in very good dust jacket. $15.00
Another copy. London, Hale, 1977. First U.K. edition. Very good in dust jacket. $12.50
The Beaded Banana, 1978. (Severance) Very fine in dust jacket with a tiny nick. $20.00
Another copy. Remainder spray on bottom edge, else fine in near fine dust jacket. $15.00
Margaret Scherf’s detective stories gently combine murder with humor, notably in the series about the slow-moving clergyman Martin Buell, set in Montana; Henry and Emily Bryce, the husband and wife team of Manhattan furniture painters; and the retired pathologist Dr. Grace Severance, whose cases are mainly set in the American Southwest. For fans of Charlotte MacLeod, Mr. & Mrs. North, and Elizabeth Peters. All books listed below are first editions published in New York by the Doubleday Crime Club, unless otherwise noted.
The Case of the Kippered Corpse, N.Y., Putnam, 1941. First edition. Tape inside front cover, else a very good, fresh copy. $35.00
Another copy. N.Y., Books, Inc., 1946. Very good in dust jacket. $15.00
They Came to Kill, N.Y., Putnam, 1942. First edition. Dust jacket glued down, else good-very good. Uncommon title. $25.00
The Owl in the Cellar, 1945. One small faded spot at top of spine, else about fine in dust jacket. $45.00
Another copy. Pencilling on front endpaper, else fine in a very good dust jacket. $35.00
Murder Makes Me Nervous, 1948. Very good without dust jacket. $10.00
The Gun In Daniel Webster’s Bust, 1949. (Bryce) Fine in slightly chipped dust jacket. $45.00
The Curious Custard Pie, 1950. (Buell) Very good in glued down dust jacket. $20.00
The Elk and the Evidence, 1952. (Buell) Fine in dust jacket. $45.00
Another copy. Black residue of old-fashioned protector on edges, else fine in dust jacket. $35.00
Another copy. Ex-library in cut-down dust jacket. $15.00
Glass on the Stairs, 1954. (Bryce) Good only ex-library copy. $15.00
The Cautious Overshoes, 1956. (Buell) Very good in dust jacket. $20.00
Judicial Body, 1957. Fine in near fine dust jacket. $20.00
Another copy. Neat stamp, else fine in near fine dust jacket. $17.50
Another copy. Ex-library. $10.00
Never Turn Your Back, 1959. (Buell) Very good in dust jacket. $20.00
The Diplomat and the Gold Piano, 1963. (Bryce) Fine in dust jacket. $20.00
Another copy. Endpapers replaced, else fine in dust jacket. $12.50
The Corpse in the Flannel Nightgown, 1965. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00
Another copy. Cover stained, ink marks on front endpaper, else very good in price-clipped dust jacket. $10.00
The Baker’s Bones, 1968. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00
Another copy. Ex-library. $10.00
The Beautiful Birthday Cake, 1971. (Severance) Fine in about fine dust jacket. $20.00
Another copy. Ex-library. $10.00
To Cache a Millionaire, 1972. (Severance) Glue spot on front endpaper, else fine in price-clipped dust jacket. $20.00
If You Want a Murder Well Done, 1974. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00
Another copy. Ex-library. $10.00
Don’t Wake Me Up While I’m Driving, 1977. Fine in a fine dust jacket. $25.00
Another copy. Remainder spray, else fine in very good dust jacket. $15.00
Another copy. London, Hale, 1977. First U.K. edition. Very good in dust jacket. $12.50
The Beaded Banana, 1978. (Severance) Very fine in dust jacket with a tiny nick. $20.00
Another copy. Remainder spray on bottom edge, else fine in near fine dust jacket. $15.00
Friday, May 22, 2009
Sally's Weekly Update for 05/22/09
We will now include Sally's weekly update here as well as on our MySpace page!
Weekly Update 5/22/09
OUR NEXT EVENT
Thursday, May 28th 6.30 p..m. - 8.00 p.m.
Bonnie Kozek, discussing her new novel
Threshold
Refeshments will be served.
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Despite the fact that we were unable to get Nevada Barr to sign her latest, Borderline, we have been able to get some signed copies. If you ordered a copy, we have put it aside for you, but there are a few copies left of this Anna Pigeon mystery. $25.95
Lee Child stopped by to sign the US edition of Gone Tomorrow, Child’s latest Jack Reacher novel. They are going really fast, so let us know if you need one. $27.00
The Lovers by John Connolly is a US true first. Featuring Connolly’s troubled PI, Charlie Parker. Great stuff. $26.00
We had an event earlier this week for first-time novelist, K.J. Egan. Where it Lies is a golf mystery set at the Harbor Terrace Country Club. $24.95
Father’s Day is a first novel by Keith Gilman which won the Best First Private Eye Novel Competition. It introduces Louis Kline, PI, who is asked to track down the daughter of an old friend. A First Mystery Club Selection. $24.95
True Detectives by Jonathan Kellerman. Hardly any left of this novel featuring Moses Reed and Aaron Fox (from Bones). I know we never seem to have enough of our signed books, but that’s not a bad thing! $27.00
Michael Marshall stopped by to sign the US edition of his latest, Bad Things. $24.99
The Cemetery Dance has been signed by both Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. This thriller features Special Agent Pendergast who was the subject of our Mysterious Profile some months ago. A man is murdered on the Upper West Side of New York. Eye witnesses insist that a neighbor in the building was the assailant. Only trouble is, that man was dead, and buried, at the time of the attack. $26.99
NOT SIGNED BUT...
Otto Penzler reviewed Banquo’s Ghosts by Rich Lowry and Keith Korman for the National Review recently. He loved it. As did Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. This, like The Increment, is set around the threat from Iran. Chris Matthews of MSNBC liked The Increment. Are you reading between the lines here? $25.95
As I mentioned last week, Adrian McKinty, who used to sign for us, has moved to Australia. However, we have first editions of his new book, Fifty Grand. $25.00
SIGNED FROM THE UK
Awakening is S.J. Bolton’s second thriller (after Sacrifice). It features Clara Benning, a disfigured veterinary surgeon in charge of a wildlife hospital. When a man dies following a supposed snake bit, Clara learns that the victim’s post mortem shows a higher concentration of venom than could ever be found in a single snake. $33.00
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile is the third in the series by Gyles Brandreth featurng Oscar Wilde and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. $38.00
Sian Busby has written an historical, McNaughten, set in England in the winter of 1843. The nation is on the brink of chaos and a young Scotsman, Daniel McNaughten takes a shot at the Prime Minister’s Private Secretary, Edward Drummond. The incident rocks the nation, McNaughten goes to trial and the verdict against him will change English law forever. $45.00
The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds is based on real events in Epping Forest, on the edge of London, around 1840. Poet John Clare finds himself in High Beach Private Asylum suffering from depression. At the same time, another poet, the young Alfred Tennyson, becomes entangled with the asylum’s owner, the peculiar, charismatic Dr. Matthew Allen. $33.00
The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall is going to be compared to Alexander McCall Smith’s Precious Ramotswe series. The first in this series introduces Vish Puri, India’s "Most Private Investigator." $33.00
Far Cry is the latest stand alone from John Harvey which features DI Will Grayson and his partner, DS Helen Walker. A British Crime Club Selection. $38.00
Blind Eye is Stuart MacBride’s latest police procedural, set in Aberdeen. $43.00
The City and The City by China Mieville is billed as an existential thriller. The body of a murdered woman is found in the decaying city of Beszel, somewhere in Europe. It looks like a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlu of the Extreme Crime Squad, but its anything but. $45.00
FOR COLLECTORS
Perish by the Sword by Poul Anderson, Macmillan, NY. 1959. First Edition. $40.00
Winner of the Cock Robin Mystery Award. Tapes stains to cover and endpapers, else very good in a fine, clean dust jacket.
Ready to Burn by Carroll John Daly, Museum Press. London. 1951. First Edition. $2,000.00
Near fine in dust jacket. Very light water marks to back cover/boards, back panel and spine, crease at bottom edge, small chips at top edge of front panel. Front panel still attractive, bright and colorful. Rare in dust jacket.
The Moonshine War by Elmore Leonard, Doubleday, NY. 1969. First Edition. $450.00
Author’s first hardcover mystery. A faint trace of staining at lower spine, else a fine, fresh copy in dust jacket, which also shows a water stain at base of spine. Scarce book.
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, NY. 2005. First Hard Cover Editon. SIGNED. $85.00
First in the series. Originally published in trade paperback. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Another Copy. Fine in fine dust jacket. $50.00
Trojan Gold by Elizabeth Peters, Atheneum, NY. 1987. First Edition. $35.00
A Vicky Bliss mystery. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Weekly Update 5/22/09
OUR NEXT EVENT
Thursday, May 28th 6.30 p..m. - 8.00 p.m.
Bonnie Kozek, discussing her new novel
Threshold
Refeshments will be served.
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Despite the fact that we were unable to get Nevada Barr to sign her latest, Borderline, we have been able to get some signed copies. If you ordered a copy, we have put it aside for you, but there are a few copies left of this Anna Pigeon mystery. $25.95
Lee Child stopped by to sign the US edition of Gone Tomorrow, Child’s latest Jack Reacher novel. They are going really fast, so let us know if you need one. $27.00
The Lovers by John Connolly is a US true first. Featuring Connolly’s troubled PI, Charlie Parker. Great stuff. $26.00
We had an event earlier this week for first-time novelist, K.J. Egan. Where it Lies is a golf mystery set at the Harbor Terrace Country Club. $24.95
Father’s Day is a first novel by Keith Gilman which won the Best First Private Eye Novel Competition. It introduces Louis Kline, PI, who is asked to track down the daughter of an old friend. A First Mystery Club Selection. $24.95
True Detectives by Jonathan Kellerman. Hardly any left of this novel featuring Moses Reed and Aaron Fox (from Bones). I know we never seem to have enough of our signed books, but that’s not a bad thing! $27.00
Michael Marshall stopped by to sign the US edition of his latest, Bad Things. $24.99
The Cemetery Dance has been signed by both Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. This thriller features Special Agent Pendergast who was the subject of our Mysterious Profile some months ago. A man is murdered on the Upper West Side of New York. Eye witnesses insist that a neighbor in the building was the assailant. Only trouble is, that man was dead, and buried, at the time of the attack. $26.99
NOT SIGNED BUT...
Otto Penzler reviewed Banquo’s Ghosts by Rich Lowry and Keith Korman for the National Review recently. He loved it. As did Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. This, like The Increment, is set around the threat from Iran. Chris Matthews of MSNBC liked The Increment. Are you reading between the lines here? $25.95
As I mentioned last week, Adrian McKinty, who used to sign for us, has moved to Australia. However, we have first editions of his new book, Fifty Grand. $25.00
SIGNED FROM THE UK
Awakening is S.J. Bolton’s second thriller (after Sacrifice). It features Clara Benning, a disfigured veterinary surgeon in charge of a wildlife hospital. When a man dies following a supposed snake bit, Clara learns that the victim’s post mortem shows a higher concentration of venom than could ever be found in a single snake. $33.00
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile is the third in the series by Gyles Brandreth featurng Oscar Wilde and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. $38.00
Sian Busby has written an historical, McNaughten, set in England in the winter of 1843. The nation is on the brink of chaos and a young Scotsman, Daniel McNaughten takes a shot at the Prime Minister’s Private Secretary, Edward Drummond. The incident rocks the nation, McNaughten goes to trial and the verdict against him will change English law forever. $45.00
The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds is based on real events in Epping Forest, on the edge of London, around 1840. Poet John Clare finds himself in High Beach Private Asylum suffering from depression. At the same time, another poet, the young Alfred Tennyson, becomes entangled with the asylum’s owner, the peculiar, charismatic Dr. Matthew Allen. $33.00
The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall is going to be compared to Alexander McCall Smith’s Precious Ramotswe series. The first in this series introduces Vish Puri, India’s "Most Private Investigator." $33.00
Far Cry is the latest stand alone from John Harvey which features DI Will Grayson and his partner, DS Helen Walker. A British Crime Club Selection. $38.00
Blind Eye is Stuart MacBride’s latest police procedural, set in Aberdeen. $43.00
The City and The City by China Mieville is billed as an existential thriller. The body of a murdered woman is found in the decaying city of Beszel, somewhere in Europe. It looks like a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlu of the Extreme Crime Squad, but its anything but. $45.00
FOR COLLECTORS
Perish by the Sword by Poul Anderson, Macmillan, NY. 1959. First Edition. $40.00
Winner of the Cock Robin Mystery Award. Tapes stains to cover and endpapers, else very good in a fine, clean dust jacket.
Ready to Burn by Carroll John Daly, Museum Press. London. 1951. First Edition. $2,000.00
Near fine in dust jacket. Very light water marks to back cover/boards, back panel and spine, crease at bottom edge, small chips at top edge of front panel. Front panel still attractive, bright and colorful. Rare in dust jacket.
The Moonshine War by Elmore Leonard, Doubleday, NY. 1969. First Edition. $450.00
Author’s first hardcover mystery. A faint trace of staining at lower spine, else a fine, fresh copy in dust jacket, which also shows a water stain at base of spine. Scarce book.
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, NY. 2005. First Hard Cover Editon. SIGNED. $85.00
First in the series. Originally published in trade paperback. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Another Copy. Fine in fine dust jacket. $50.00
Trojan Gold by Elizabeth Peters, Atheneum, NY. 1987. First Edition. $35.00
A Vicky Bliss mystery. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Lyndsay Faye on Acting and Writing
Lyndsay Faye author of DUST AND SHADOW discusses acting vs. writing during her recent appearance at the store.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Jilliane Hoffman Discusses Her Early Years as a Writer
At a recent appearance at The Mysterious Bookshop celebrating the publication of her newest novel PLEA OF INSANITY, Jilliane Hoffman described her early years as a writer.
Jilliane Hoffman Party
We had a lovely party for Jilliane Hoffman last week celebrating the release of her new novel PLEA OF INSANITY!
IMPOSSIBLE CRIMES
Of all sub-genres of detective fiction, the purest and most elevated is the "locked room" or "impossible" mystery. In this type of story, the author presents a murder that apparently could not possibly occur, baffling everyone, including the reader, until the brilliant detective figures out what happened. John Dickson Carr was the unrivalled master, but numerous other authors have concocted mind-bending plots that seem like pure magic. More than 2,000 of these impossible crimes were listed and examined by Robert Adey (see the first book listed below) in this most challenging of all detective story forms.
Adey, Robert, Locked Room Murders, Minneapolis & San Francisco, Crossover Press, 1991. The definitive bibliography of "impossible" crimes, listing all known examples to the publication date (2019 titles), with publication date, as well as describing the problem. In the back is the solution. Very fine without dust jacket, as issued. $100.00
Archer, Robert, Death on the Waterfront, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1941. First edition. A man is gassed in a locked room. Fine copy in dust jacket, which is a bit frayed at top of spine. Adey #89. $65.00
Baird, Edwin, "The Mystery of the Locked Door" in Vol. 2 of The World’s Best 100 Detective Stories, N.Y., Funk, 1929. First edition. Death by cocaine poisoning in a locked room. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Adey #117. $10.00
Beck, Henry, Death by Clue, N.Y., Dutton, 1933. First edition. All passengers on a ship are accounted for but a murder by stabbing is committed. Purple covers have a hint of fading, else a fine copy of a very scarce book in a very good dust jacket with light wear at spine ends and separation at front flap. Adey #142. $75.00
Blassingame, Wyatt, "The Murder Master" in John Smith Hears Death Walking, N.Y. Bart House, 1944. First edition and only edition of this scarce paperback original. Fine. Adey #175. $50.00
Browne, Howard, Thin Air, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1954. First edition. A man’s wife disappears from their house right after she has returned from a holiday at 3:00 a.m. An unusually fine copy in dust jacket. Adey #263. $275.00
Carr, John Dickson, It Walks By Night, N.Y., Collier, 1930. The author’s first book. Henri Bencolin investigates a beheading in a guarded room. Very good. Adey #320. $15.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Eight of Swords, N.Y., Harper, 1934. First edition. Dr. Fell. NOT impossible but included because it is by Carr. Stamps on top and bottom edge, some cover stains, front flap of dust jacket pasted to inside front cover; about very good. Adey #309. $45.00
Carr, John Dickson, To Wake the Dead, N.Y., Harper, 1938. First edition. Death by strangulation in a locked and guarded suite of rooms. Very good. Adey #334. $35.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Problem of the Wire Cage, N.Y., Collier, n.d. (First published 1939). Dr. Fell solves a case of strangulation on a clay-based tennis court with no footprints left by the killer. Adey #330. $20.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Problem of the Wire Cage, N.Y., Harper, 1939. First edition. Very good. $35.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Problem of the Green Capsule, N.Y., Harper, 1939. First edition. Good-very good. Adey #294. $30.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Black Spectacles, London, Remploy, 1981 (first published in the U.S. as The Problem of the Green Capsule). Dr. Fell in one of his best cases, but NOT impossible. Fine in dust jacket. Adey #294. $25.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Man Who Could Not Shudder, N.Y., Books, Inc. 1944.Very good in dust jacket. Adey #323$20.00
Carr, John Dickson, Death Turns the Tables, N.Y., Harper,.1941. First edition. Dr. Fell on a case that is NOT impossible. Very good. Adey #305. $45.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Seat of the Scornful, London, Reploy, 1980. Late reprint; U.K. title of Death Turns the Tables. Fine in dust jacket. $25.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Emperor’s Snuff-Box, N.Y., Harper, 1942. First edition. Not impossible murder of a collector. Near fine. Adey #310. $65.00
Another copy. First edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with wear and crease on spine. $250.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Emperor’s Snuff-Box, London, Ian Henry, 1982. Fine in dust lightly rubbed dust jacket. $20.00
Carr, John Dickson, Till Death Do Us Part, N.Y., Harper, 1944. First edition. Dr. Fell in the odd case of a poisoning in a room with a freshly made bullet hole in the window. Very good. Adey #333. $25.00
Carr, John Dickson, He Who Whispers, N.Y., Harper, 1946. First edition. Dr. Fell and a stabbing in a guarded tower. Very good in lightly chipped dust jacket. Adey #315. $35.00
Another copy. First edition. Very good in heavily chipped, price-clipped dust jacket. $25.00
Another copy. Fine in lightly chipped dust jacket. $75.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Sleeping Sphinx, N.Y., Harper, 1947. First edition. Dr. Fell checks on a coffin moving in a locked vault. Stain on back cover, else very good. Adey #332. $25.00
Carr, John Dickson, Below Suspicion, N.Y., Harper, 1949. First edition. Dr. Fell examines a case of poisoning in a locked house occupied by only two people, one of whom is the victim. Name on front endpaper, else about fine. Adey #293. $15.00
Another copy. Book club edition. Fine in rubbed dust jacket. $10.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Bride of Newgate, N.Y., Harper, 1950. First edition. A stabbing murder occurs in a room that is later proved to have not been entered for two years.Very good in dust jacket. Adey #296. $20.00
Another copy. First edition. Library stamps, else very good in worn dust jacket. $15.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Devil in Velvet, N.Y., Harper, 1951. Very good in dust jacket. A 17th-century murder; NOT impossible. Adey #308. $15.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Nine Wrong Answers, N.Y., Harper, 1952. First edition. A man is poisoned in a bar but no one had come near enough to doctor his drink. Fine in dust jacket, which is lightly chipped at spine ends and corners. Adey #325. $75.00
Carr, John Dickson, and Adrian Conan Doyle, The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes, N.Y., Random House, 1954. Second printing. Contains "The Adventure of the Highgate Miracle," an impossible crime story in which a man disappears from a house under police observation. About fine. Stories in Adey #337. $15.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Third Bullet and Other Stories of Detection, N.Y., Harper, 1954. First edition. Very fine in bright, fresh dust jacket with trivial wear at spinal extremities. Numerous impossible crime stories in Adey #344. $125.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Third Bullet and Other Stories of Detection, N.Y., Harper, 1954. First edition. Name, else fine in dust jacket with tape stains at edges of flaps. $50.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Third Bullet and Other Stories, N.Y., Black, n.d. (First published 1954). Near fine in dust jacket. Stories in Adey. $15.00
Carr, John Dickson, Fire, Burn!, N.Y., Harper, 1957. First edition. Name, tape stains, else very good in dust jacket. Adey #311. $20.00
Another copy. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. $40.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Dead Man’s Knock, N.Y., Harper, 1958. First edition. Dr. Fell checks into a stabbing in a locked room. Near fine in soiled and lightly chipped dust jacket. Adey #304. $20.00
Carr, John Dickson, In Spite of Thunder, N.Y., Harper, 1960. First edition. Dr. Fell looks into a murder by falling from a balcony with no one near enough to have caused it. Fine in dust jacket with minor wear at spine ends and with a closed tear on front panel. Adey #319. $45.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Witch of the Low-Tide, N.Y., Harper, 1961. First edition. Murder by strangulation in a beach hut surrounded by unmarked sand. Label apparently moved from front endpaper, else fine in a crisp dust jacket. Adey #336. $35.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Demoniacs, N.Y., Harper, 1962. First edition. Death by fright on London Bridge. NOT impossible. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. Adey #307. $40.00
Another copy. Fine in fine dust jacket with a tiny chip at base of spine. $40.00
Carr, John Dickson, Most Secret, N.Y., Harper, 1964. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Not a mystery; originally published in 1934 under the pseudonym Roger Fairbairn as Devil Kinsmere. Included on this list only because it is by Carr. Adey #324. $15.00
Carr, John Dickson, The House at Satan’s Elbow, London, Hamish Hamilton, 1965. First U.K. edition. Dr. Fell looks into a shooting in a locked room. Fine in dust jacket. Adey #317. $25.00
Carr, John Dickson, Dark of the Moon, N.Y., Harper, 1962. First edition. Dr. Fell investigates a blunt instrument murder on a terrace covered with unmarked sand. Fine in very good dust jacket. Adey #302. $35.00
Another copy. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. $75.00
Carr, John Dickson, The House at Satan’s Elbow, N.Y., Harper, 1965. First edition. A victim is shot in a sealed room. Very fine in dust jacket. Adey #317. $50.00
Carr, John Dickson, Papa-la Bas, N.Y., Harper, 1968. First edition. A woman disappears from a moving carriage that is under constant observation. Fine in fine dust jacket that has two creases in the laminate, made during production. Adey #327. $25.00
Carr, John Dickson, Deadly Hall, N.Y., Harper, 1971. First edition. Defenestration from a locked bedroom. A fine copy in dust jacket. Adey #303. $65.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Door to Doom, N.Y., EQ Book Club, 1980. Fine in first edition dust jacket. Several impossible short stories. Adey #355. $20.00
Carr, John Dickson, Fell and Foul Play, N.Y., International Polygonics, 1991. First edition. Several impossible short stories (a woman is stabbed in a locked tower, a man is bludgeoned in a room with locked windows and doors, etc.). Very good-near fine in dust jacket. Adey #2014-2016. $65.00
Carr, John Dickson, Merrivale, March & Murder, N.Y., International Polygonics, 1991. First edition. Uncommon. Several impossible short stories. Fine in dust jacket. $100.00
Chipperfield, Robert Orr, The Second Bullet, N.Y., Burt, 1919. Reprint. A newly discharged gun lies next to a dead woman in her locked room. Scarce title. Not in Adey, who lists a different book by Chipperfield. Fine in a nice early dust jacket. $37.50
Clason, Clyde B., The Man from Tibet, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1938 First edition. A heart attack is induced in a locked room. Theocritus Lucius Westborough bibliomystery about an 8th century Tibetan manuscript. Very good. Adey #461. $50.00
Another copy. N.Y., Sun Dial, 1939. Very fine in chipped dust jacket. $45.00
Another copy. N.Y., Sun Dial, 1939. Front cover spotted, else fine in chipped dust jacket. $35.00
Clason, Clyde B., Dragon’s Cave, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1939. First edition. A Theocritus Lucius Westborough "impossible" crime novel, in which a man disappears from a locked, guarded room surrounded by unmarked snow. All the books in this series are notoriously rare in collector’s condition. Dust jacket by Artzybashoff. Adey #458. Fine in dust jacket. $500.00
Another copy. Remains of bookplate on front endpaper, else fine in dust jacket, which is chipped at spine ends and has a crease down the length of the spine; front panel clean and bright. $100.00
Clason, Clyde B., Green Shiver, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1941. First edition. Death by shooting in a well-guarded room.Bookshop stamp, covers spotted, spine faded; good only in a cut-down Boris Artzybashoff dust jacket. Adey #460. $65.00
Another copy. First edition. Fair-good only. $25.00
Forrest, Richard, A Child’s Garden of Death, Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1975. First edition. A victim is shot to death in a locked room. Rubber stamp on front endpaper, edges foxed, else fine in a sharp dust jacket. Adey #744. $20.00
Another copy. 2nd printing. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00
Forrest, Richard, Death Through the Looking Glass, Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1978. First edition. Witnesses see a plane fall into the ocean and then vanishes. Ex-library copy in unmarked dust jacket. Adey #747. $20.00
Another copy. 2nd printing in ex-library dust jacket. $15.00
Forest, Richard, The Death at Yew Corner, N.Y., Holt, 1981. First edition. Murder by suffocation in a locked room. Initials stamped on endpaper, else fine in dust jacket. Adey #745. $20.00
Forrest, Richard, Death on the Mississippi, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1989. First edition. A large houseboat disappears from a stretch of river that is guarded at both ends by a manned bridge. Fine in dust jacket. Adey #746. $25.00
Latimer, Jonathan, The Mink-Lined Coffin, London, Methuen, 1960. First U.K. edition of Black Is the Fashion for Dying. Someone is shot to death during a closely observed film sequence. Fine in dust jacket. Adey #1170. $45.00
Rawson, Clayton, No Coffin for the Corpse, London, Stacey, 1972. First U.K. edition; first published in 1942. A shooting a guarded room has a witness, but there is no weapon. The Great Merlini solves the case. Adey #1571. Fine in dust jacket.
Rawson, Clayton, The Great Merlini, Boston, Gregg, 1979. First edition of the complete Merlini stories, all of which are impossible crimes. Very fine in dust jacket. Adey #1572-1578. $100.00
Selwyn, Francis, Cracksman on Velvet, London, Deutsch, 1974. First edition of the first Sgt. Verity book. Gold bullion is stolen from a locked luggage van on a moving railway. Fine in dust jacket. Adey #1698. $65.00
Severy, Melvin L., The Darrow Enigma, N.Y., Dodd, Mead, 1904. First U.S. edition. Death by poisoning in front of witnesses, apparently by an invisible agency. A scarce book. Very good copy. Adey #1703. $65.00
Van Dine, S.S., The "Canary" Murder Case, N.Y., Scribner, 1928. Philo Vance investigates when Broadway blonde is strangled to death in a locked apartment. Bookplate, else near fine. Adey #1844. $17.50
Another copy. N.Y., Grossett & Dunlap. Illustrated with scenes from the William Powell movie. Good only. $15.00
Another copy. N.Y., Collier. Fine. $17.50
Another copy. Boston, Gregg, 1980. New introduction by Chris Steinbrunner; illustrated with scenes from the William Powell movie. Near fine in dust jacket. $20.00
Van Dine, S.S., The Kennel Murder Case, N.Y., Scribner, 1933. First edition. Vance investigates a murder by shooting in a locked room. Near fine, bright copy. Adey #1846. $35.00
Van Dine, S.S., The Dragon Murder Case, N.Y., Grossett & Dunlap, (ca. 1934). A man dives into a pool that is under constant observation but he never surfaces and, when it is drained, there is no body. Tear in map endpaper, else near fine in a gorgeous dust jacket lightly chipped at top of spine. Adey #1845. $35.00
Another copy. N.Y., Otto Penzler Books. An exact facsimile of the first edition. As new in original shrink wrap. $40.00
Wells, Carolyn, The Wooden Indian, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1935. First edition. A Fleming Stone novel in which a man is shot with an arrow in an impenetrable room. Tiny marks endpapers, else fine, fresh copy in dust jacket, which is rubbed at edges and worn at spine tips. Adey #1931 $85.00
Wells, Carolyn, Crime Tears On, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1939. First edition. A man is stabbed to death in a locked room. Label on front endpaper, else fine in a very good dust jacket. Adey #1911 $75.00
Winslow, Horatio, and Leslie Quirk, Into Thin Air, N.Y., Doubleday, 1929. First U.S. edition.
Weird appearances (and disappearances) of people and objects in graveyards, seances, etc. A very scarce title. Good copy only. Adey #1967 $35.00
Wynne, Anthony, Sinners Go Secretly, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1928. First U.S. edition of this very scarce Queen’s Quorum title featuring Dr. Eustace Hailey, who is featured in All of Wynne’s impossible crime stories. The Name "Wilson" is in ink on the spine, some white staining to rear cover, and a name clipped from the front endpaper, else very good, tight copy. Adey #2003 and #2004. $85.0
Wynne, Anthony, The Horseman of Death, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1928. First U.S. edition. A man alone in a locked tower room is bludgeoned to death and the whip that he was carrying disappears. Fine in a chipped dust jacket. Adey #1993. $100.00
Another copy. First U.S. edition. Bookplate, else fine, sharp copy. $65.00
Another copy. First U.S. edition. Very good plus. $35.00
Wynne, Anthony, The Red Scar, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1928. First U.S. edition. A body disappears, then reappears the next day in a car where there was no hiding place and insufficient time to make the transfer. Some staining at lower edge, else very good. Adey #2000. $35.00
Wynne, Anthony, The Mystery of the Ashes, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1929. First U.S. edition. A murder–and his victim–disappear from a locked room. Very good. Adey #1999. $35.00
Wynne, Anthony, The Silver Scale Mystery, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1931. First U.S. edition. There is a death by stabbing in a locked room, followed by another murder when someone is shot in a locked room. Spine wear, else very good. Adey #1998. $35.00
Wynne, Anthony, The Blue Vesuvius, N.Y., Burt, 1931. Reprint. A man dying from a hunting accident is stabbed to death in a locked and guarded room. Uncommon title. Very good in a chipped dust jacket. Adey #1982. $45.00
Wynne, Anthony, The Cotswold Case, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1933. First U.S. edition. Dr. Hailey investigates murder by shooting in a locked room. About fine. Adey #1985. $35.00
Wynne, Anthony, Death of a Golfer, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1934. First edition (precedes U.K. edition by three years). A golfer who has just teed off is stabbed to death but no one was close enough to commit the act. Very good-near fine. Adey #1987. $75.00
Wynne, Anthony, Death of a Banker, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1934. First U.S. edition. A lone horse rider in plain view of spectators is shot to death. About very good. Adey #1986. $45.00
Wynne, Anthony, The Red Lady, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1935. First U.S. edition. A man standing alone in front a painting is stabbed to death. Fine in a chipped and stained dust jacket. Adey #1992. $85.00
Another copy. First U.S. edition. Small partially removed label on front endpaper, else fine. $60.00
Another copy. Burt. Reprint. Good-very good. $25.00
Wynne, Anthony, Murder in Thin Air, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1936. First U.S. edition. The solo pilot of an airplane is shot and stabbed to death. Dust jacket flaps were glued down and then partially removed, as was a label on the front endpaper. Scarce title. Adey #1997. $40.00
Wynne, Anthony, Door Nails Never Die, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1939. First U.S. edition. A man with a serious wound apparently opens a heavy gate that he could not possibly have opened, then is alone when he is stabbed to death. Spine ends worn, else very good. Scarce title. Adey #1990. $45.00
Wynne, Anthony, The Green Knife, N.Y., Caxton House, 1939. Reprint. Three people are stabbed to death in a locked room. Near fine in dust jacket with chips at top of spine and on rear panel. Adey #1984. $45.00
Wynne, Anthony, Emergency Exit, N.Y., Messner, 1944. First U.S. edition. A man is stabbed to death in his private air raid shelter, surrounded by unmarked snow. Edges rubbed, else fine in a chipped dust jacket. A very scarce title. Adey #1991. $85.00
Adey, Robert, Locked Room Murders, Minneapolis & San Francisco, Crossover Press, 1991. The definitive bibliography of "impossible" crimes, listing all known examples to the publication date (2019 titles), with publication date, as well as describing the problem. In the back is the solution. Very fine without dust jacket, as issued. $100.00
Archer, Robert, Death on the Waterfront, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1941. First edition. A man is gassed in a locked room. Fine copy in dust jacket, which is a bit frayed at top of spine. Adey #89. $65.00
Baird, Edwin, "The Mystery of the Locked Door" in Vol. 2 of The World’s Best 100 Detective Stories, N.Y., Funk, 1929. First edition. Death by cocaine poisoning in a locked room. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Adey #117. $10.00
Beck, Henry, Death by Clue, N.Y., Dutton, 1933. First edition. All passengers on a ship are accounted for but a murder by stabbing is committed. Purple covers have a hint of fading, else a fine copy of a very scarce book in a very good dust jacket with light wear at spine ends and separation at front flap. Adey #142. $75.00
Blassingame, Wyatt, "The Murder Master" in John Smith Hears Death Walking, N.Y. Bart House, 1944. First edition and only edition of this scarce paperback original. Fine. Adey #175. $50.00
Browne, Howard, Thin Air, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1954. First edition. A man’s wife disappears from their house right after she has returned from a holiday at 3:00 a.m. An unusually fine copy in dust jacket. Adey #263. $275.00
Carr, John Dickson, It Walks By Night, N.Y., Collier, 1930. The author’s first book. Henri Bencolin investigates a beheading in a guarded room. Very good. Adey #320. $15.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Eight of Swords, N.Y., Harper, 1934. First edition. Dr. Fell. NOT impossible but included because it is by Carr. Stamps on top and bottom edge, some cover stains, front flap of dust jacket pasted to inside front cover; about very good. Adey #309. $45.00
Carr, John Dickson, To Wake the Dead, N.Y., Harper, 1938. First edition. Death by strangulation in a locked and guarded suite of rooms. Very good. Adey #334. $35.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Problem of the Wire Cage, N.Y., Collier, n.d. (First published 1939). Dr. Fell solves a case of strangulation on a clay-based tennis court with no footprints left by the killer. Adey #330. $20.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Problem of the Wire Cage, N.Y., Harper, 1939. First edition. Very good. $35.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Problem of the Green Capsule, N.Y., Harper, 1939. First edition. Good-very good. Adey #294. $30.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Black Spectacles, London, Remploy, 1981 (first published in the U.S. as The Problem of the Green Capsule). Dr. Fell in one of his best cases, but NOT impossible. Fine in dust jacket. Adey #294. $25.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Man Who Could Not Shudder, N.Y., Books, Inc. 1944.Very good in dust jacket. Adey #323$20.00
Carr, John Dickson, Death Turns the Tables, N.Y., Harper,.1941. First edition. Dr. Fell on a case that is NOT impossible. Very good. Adey #305. $45.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Seat of the Scornful, London, Reploy, 1980. Late reprint; U.K. title of Death Turns the Tables. Fine in dust jacket. $25.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Emperor’s Snuff-Box, N.Y., Harper, 1942. First edition. Not impossible murder of a collector. Near fine. Adey #310. $65.00
Another copy. First edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with wear and crease on spine. $250.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Emperor’s Snuff-Box, London, Ian Henry, 1982. Fine in dust lightly rubbed dust jacket. $20.00
Carr, John Dickson, Till Death Do Us Part, N.Y., Harper, 1944. First edition. Dr. Fell in the odd case of a poisoning in a room with a freshly made bullet hole in the window. Very good. Adey #333. $25.00
Carr, John Dickson, He Who Whispers, N.Y., Harper, 1946. First edition. Dr. Fell and a stabbing in a guarded tower. Very good in lightly chipped dust jacket. Adey #315. $35.00
Another copy. First edition. Very good in heavily chipped, price-clipped dust jacket. $25.00
Another copy. Fine in lightly chipped dust jacket. $75.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Sleeping Sphinx, N.Y., Harper, 1947. First edition. Dr. Fell checks on a coffin moving in a locked vault. Stain on back cover, else very good. Adey #332. $25.00
Carr, John Dickson, Below Suspicion, N.Y., Harper, 1949. First edition. Dr. Fell examines a case of poisoning in a locked house occupied by only two people, one of whom is the victim. Name on front endpaper, else about fine. Adey #293. $15.00
Another copy. Book club edition. Fine in rubbed dust jacket. $10.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Bride of Newgate, N.Y., Harper, 1950. First edition. A stabbing murder occurs in a room that is later proved to have not been entered for two years.Very good in dust jacket. Adey #296. $20.00
Another copy. First edition. Library stamps, else very good in worn dust jacket. $15.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Devil in Velvet, N.Y., Harper, 1951. Very good in dust jacket. A 17th-century murder; NOT impossible. Adey #308. $15.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Nine Wrong Answers, N.Y., Harper, 1952. First edition. A man is poisoned in a bar but no one had come near enough to doctor his drink. Fine in dust jacket, which is lightly chipped at spine ends and corners. Adey #325. $75.00
Carr, John Dickson, and Adrian Conan Doyle, The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes, N.Y., Random House, 1954. Second printing. Contains "The Adventure of the Highgate Miracle," an impossible crime story in which a man disappears from a house under police observation. About fine. Stories in Adey #337. $15.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Third Bullet and Other Stories of Detection, N.Y., Harper, 1954. First edition. Very fine in bright, fresh dust jacket with trivial wear at spinal extremities. Numerous impossible crime stories in Adey #344. $125.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Third Bullet and Other Stories of Detection, N.Y., Harper, 1954. First edition. Name, else fine in dust jacket with tape stains at edges of flaps. $50.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Third Bullet and Other Stories, N.Y., Black, n.d. (First published 1954). Near fine in dust jacket. Stories in Adey. $15.00
Carr, John Dickson, Fire, Burn!, N.Y., Harper, 1957. First edition. Name, tape stains, else very good in dust jacket. Adey #311. $20.00
Another copy. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. $40.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Dead Man’s Knock, N.Y., Harper, 1958. First edition. Dr. Fell checks into a stabbing in a locked room. Near fine in soiled and lightly chipped dust jacket. Adey #304. $20.00
Carr, John Dickson, In Spite of Thunder, N.Y., Harper, 1960. First edition. Dr. Fell looks into a murder by falling from a balcony with no one near enough to have caused it. Fine in dust jacket with minor wear at spine ends and with a closed tear on front panel. Adey #319. $45.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Witch of the Low-Tide, N.Y., Harper, 1961. First edition. Murder by strangulation in a beach hut surrounded by unmarked sand. Label apparently moved from front endpaper, else fine in a crisp dust jacket. Adey #336. $35.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Demoniacs, N.Y., Harper, 1962. First edition. Death by fright on London Bridge. NOT impossible. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. Adey #307. $40.00
Another copy. Fine in fine dust jacket with a tiny chip at base of spine. $40.00
Carr, John Dickson, Most Secret, N.Y., Harper, 1964. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Not a mystery; originally published in 1934 under the pseudonym Roger Fairbairn as Devil Kinsmere. Included on this list only because it is by Carr. Adey #324. $15.00
Carr, John Dickson, The House at Satan’s Elbow, London, Hamish Hamilton, 1965. First U.K. edition. Dr. Fell looks into a shooting in a locked room. Fine in dust jacket. Adey #317. $25.00
Carr, John Dickson, Dark of the Moon, N.Y., Harper, 1962. First edition. Dr. Fell investigates a blunt instrument murder on a terrace covered with unmarked sand. Fine in very good dust jacket. Adey #302. $35.00
Another copy. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. $75.00
Carr, John Dickson, The House at Satan’s Elbow, N.Y., Harper, 1965. First edition. A victim is shot in a sealed room. Very fine in dust jacket. Adey #317. $50.00
Carr, John Dickson, Papa-la Bas, N.Y., Harper, 1968. First edition. A woman disappears from a moving carriage that is under constant observation. Fine in fine dust jacket that has two creases in the laminate, made during production. Adey #327. $25.00
Carr, John Dickson, Deadly Hall, N.Y., Harper, 1971. First edition. Defenestration from a locked bedroom. A fine copy in dust jacket. Adey #303. $65.00
Carr, John Dickson, The Door to Doom, N.Y., EQ Book Club, 1980. Fine in first edition dust jacket. Several impossible short stories. Adey #355. $20.00
Carr, John Dickson, Fell and Foul Play, N.Y., International Polygonics, 1991. First edition. Several impossible short stories (a woman is stabbed in a locked tower, a man is bludgeoned in a room with locked windows and doors, etc.). Very good-near fine in dust jacket. Adey #2014-2016. $65.00
Carr, John Dickson, Merrivale, March & Murder, N.Y., International Polygonics, 1991. First edition. Uncommon. Several impossible short stories. Fine in dust jacket. $100.00
Chipperfield, Robert Orr, The Second Bullet, N.Y., Burt, 1919. Reprint. A newly discharged gun lies next to a dead woman in her locked room. Scarce title. Not in Adey, who lists a different book by Chipperfield. Fine in a nice early dust jacket. $37.50
Clason, Clyde B., The Man from Tibet, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1938 First edition. A heart attack is induced in a locked room. Theocritus Lucius Westborough bibliomystery about an 8th century Tibetan manuscript. Very good. Adey #461. $50.00
Another copy. N.Y., Sun Dial, 1939. Very fine in chipped dust jacket. $45.00
Another copy. N.Y., Sun Dial, 1939. Front cover spotted, else fine in chipped dust jacket. $35.00
Clason, Clyde B., Dragon’s Cave, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1939. First edition. A Theocritus Lucius Westborough "impossible" crime novel, in which a man disappears from a locked, guarded room surrounded by unmarked snow. All the books in this series are notoriously rare in collector’s condition. Dust jacket by Artzybashoff. Adey #458. Fine in dust jacket. $500.00
Another copy. Remains of bookplate on front endpaper, else fine in dust jacket, which is chipped at spine ends and has a crease down the length of the spine; front panel clean and bright. $100.00
Clason, Clyde B., Green Shiver, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1941. First edition. Death by shooting in a well-guarded room.Bookshop stamp, covers spotted, spine faded; good only in a cut-down Boris Artzybashoff dust jacket. Adey #460. $65.00
Another copy. First edition. Fair-good only. $25.00
Forrest, Richard, A Child’s Garden of Death, Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1975. First edition. A victim is shot to death in a locked room. Rubber stamp on front endpaper, edges foxed, else fine in a sharp dust jacket. Adey #744. $20.00
Another copy. 2nd printing. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00
Forrest, Richard, Death Through the Looking Glass, Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1978. First edition. Witnesses see a plane fall into the ocean and then vanishes. Ex-library copy in unmarked dust jacket. Adey #747. $20.00
Another copy. 2nd printing in ex-library dust jacket. $15.00
Forest, Richard, The Death at Yew Corner, N.Y., Holt, 1981. First edition. Murder by suffocation in a locked room. Initials stamped on endpaper, else fine in dust jacket. Adey #745. $20.00
Forrest, Richard, Death on the Mississippi, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1989. First edition. A large houseboat disappears from a stretch of river that is guarded at both ends by a manned bridge. Fine in dust jacket. Adey #746. $25.00
Latimer, Jonathan, The Mink-Lined Coffin, London, Methuen, 1960. First U.K. edition of Black Is the Fashion for Dying. Someone is shot to death during a closely observed film sequence. Fine in dust jacket. Adey #1170. $45.00
Rawson, Clayton, No Coffin for the Corpse, London, Stacey, 1972. First U.K. edition; first published in 1942. A shooting a guarded room has a witness, but there is no weapon. The Great Merlini solves the case. Adey #1571. Fine in dust jacket.
Rawson, Clayton, The Great Merlini, Boston, Gregg, 1979. First edition of the complete Merlini stories, all of which are impossible crimes. Very fine in dust jacket. Adey #1572-1578. $100.00
Selwyn, Francis, Cracksman on Velvet, London, Deutsch, 1974. First edition of the first Sgt. Verity book. Gold bullion is stolen from a locked luggage van on a moving railway. Fine in dust jacket. Adey #1698. $65.00
Severy, Melvin L., The Darrow Enigma, N.Y., Dodd, Mead, 1904. First U.S. edition. Death by poisoning in front of witnesses, apparently by an invisible agency. A scarce book. Very good copy. Adey #1703. $65.00
Van Dine, S.S., The "Canary" Murder Case, N.Y., Scribner, 1928. Philo Vance investigates when Broadway blonde is strangled to death in a locked apartment. Bookplate, else near fine. Adey #1844. $17.50
Another copy. N.Y., Grossett & Dunlap. Illustrated with scenes from the William Powell movie. Good only. $15.00
Another copy. N.Y., Collier. Fine. $17.50
Another copy. Boston, Gregg, 1980. New introduction by Chris Steinbrunner; illustrated with scenes from the William Powell movie. Near fine in dust jacket. $20.00
Van Dine, S.S., The Kennel Murder Case, N.Y., Scribner, 1933. First edition. Vance investigates a murder by shooting in a locked room. Near fine, bright copy. Adey #1846. $35.00
Van Dine, S.S., The Dragon Murder Case, N.Y., Grossett & Dunlap, (ca. 1934). A man dives into a pool that is under constant observation but he never surfaces and, when it is drained, there is no body. Tear in map endpaper, else near fine in a gorgeous dust jacket lightly chipped at top of spine. Adey #1845. $35.00
Another copy. N.Y., Otto Penzler Books. An exact facsimile of the first edition. As new in original shrink wrap. $40.00
Wells, Carolyn, The Wooden Indian, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1935. First edition. A Fleming Stone novel in which a man is shot with an arrow in an impenetrable room. Tiny marks endpapers, else fine, fresh copy in dust jacket, which is rubbed at edges and worn at spine tips. Adey #1931 $85.00
Wells, Carolyn, Crime Tears On, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1939. First edition. A man is stabbed to death in a locked room. Label on front endpaper, else fine in a very good dust jacket. Adey #1911 $75.00
Winslow, Horatio, and Leslie Quirk, Into Thin Air, N.Y., Doubleday, 1929. First U.S. edition.
Weird appearances (and disappearances) of people and objects in graveyards, seances, etc. A very scarce title. Good copy only. Adey #1967 $35.00
Wynne, Anthony, Sinners Go Secretly, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1928. First U.S. edition of this very scarce Queen’s Quorum title featuring Dr. Eustace Hailey, who is featured in All of Wynne’s impossible crime stories. The Name "Wilson" is in ink on the spine, some white staining to rear cover, and a name clipped from the front endpaper, else very good, tight copy. Adey #2003 and #2004. $85.0
Wynne, Anthony, The Horseman of Death, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1928. First U.S. edition. A man alone in a locked tower room is bludgeoned to death and the whip that he was carrying disappears. Fine in a chipped dust jacket. Adey #1993. $100.00
Another copy. First U.S. edition. Bookplate, else fine, sharp copy. $65.00
Another copy. First U.S. edition. Very good plus. $35.00
Wynne, Anthony, The Red Scar, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1928. First U.S. edition. A body disappears, then reappears the next day in a car where there was no hiding place and insufficient time to make the transfer. Some staining at lower edge, else very good. Adey #2000. $35.00
Wynne, Anthony, The Mystery of the Ashes, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1929. First U.S. edition. A murder–and his victim–disappear from a locked room. Very good. Adey #1999. $35.00
Wynne, Anthony, The Silver Scale Mystery, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1931. First U.S. edition. There is a death by stabbing in a locked room, followed by another murder when someone is shot in a locked room. Spine wear, else very good. Adey #1998. $35.00
Wynne, Anthony, The Blue Vesuvius, N.Y., Burt, 1931. Reprint. A man dying from a hunting accident is stabbed to death in a locked and guarded room. Uncommon title. Very good in a chipped dust jacket. Adey #1982. $45.00
Wynne, Anthony, The Cotswold Case, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1933. First U.S. edition. Dr. Hailey investigates murder by shooting in a locked room. About fine. Adey #1985. $35.00
Wynne, Anthony, Death of a Golfer, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1934. First edition (precedes U.K. edition by three years). A golfer who has just teed off is stabbed to death but no one was close enough to commit the act. Very good-near fine. Adey #1987. $75.00
Wynne, Anthony, Death of a Banker, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1934. First U.S. edition. A lone horse rider in plain view of spectators is shot to death. About very good. Adey #1986. $45.00
Wynne, Anthony, The Red Lady, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1935. First U.S. edition. A man standing alone in front a painting is stabbed to death. Fine in a chipped and stained dust jacket. Adey #1992. $85.00
Another copy. First U.S. edition. Small partially removed label on front endpaper, else fine. $60.00
Another copy. Burt. Reprint. Good-very good. $25.00
Wynne, Anthony, Murder in Thin Air, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1936. First U.S. edition. The solo pilot of an airplane is shot and stabbed to death. Dust jacket flaps were glued down and then partially removed, as was a label on the front endpaper. Scarce title. Adey #1997. $40.00
Wynne, Anthony, Door Nails Never Die, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1939. First U.S. edition. A man with a serious wound apparently opens a heavy gate that he could not possibly have opened, then is alone when he is stabbed to death. Spine ends worn, else very good. Scarce title. Adey #1990. $45.00
Wynne, Anthony, The Green Knife, N.Y., Caxton House, 1939. Reprint. Three people are stabbed to death in a locked room. Near fine in dust jacket with chips at top of spine and on rear panel. Adey #1984. $45.00
Wynne, Anthony, Emergency Exit, N.Y., Messner, 1944. First U.S. edition. A man is stabbed to death in his private air raid shelter, surrounded by unmarked snow. Edges rubbed, else fine in a chipped dust jacket. A very scarce title. Adey #1991. $85.00
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