Bestselling author Jeff Lindsay dropped by the store this week to sign copies of his new novel DEXTER BY DESIGN and Sally got a chance to ask the creator of Dexter a few choice questions.
Jeff Lindsay talks about the differences between the book's Dexter vs. the TV Dexter.
Here Mr. Lindsay talks about next year's Dexter novel!
Finally, Jeff Lindsay humorously responds to the question "Would Dexter be better off now if he'd been hugged as a child?"
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Sally's Weekly Update for 08/28/09
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Weekly Update 8/28/09
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Bad Things Happen is a first novel by Harry Dolan featuring David Loogan who writes and then edits for the mystery magazine Gray Streets. David becomes friendly with the magazine’s publisher, Tom Kristoll, and then finds himself embroiled in an affair with Tom’s wife. When people begin to die, detective Elizabeth Waishkey (a wonderfully drawn character) investigates. But David seems to be prime suspect and he needs to find the killer before he becomes the next victim. Nelson DeMille called this book moody and atmospheric, and that’s exactly right. $24.95
The Best American Crime Reporting 2009 is now here. Series editors Otto Penzler and Thomas H. Cook have once again put together the very best in true crime writing. Jeffrey Toobin edits this paperback original. $14.99
Kathy Reichs signed 206 Bones, her new mystery featuring Temperance Brennan. Many of you have already ordered this and we are putting together your orders now. If you haven’t contacted us but would like a copy, let us know soon. $26.99
The Amateurs by Marcus Sakey tells the story of four friends who, over a few drinks, plan to rob the bar in which they meet every week. It all seems like harmless fun and nobody is supposed to die, so when the killing starts the friends are faced with a moral dilemma. Each one of them is going to have to do the right thing for themselves and for the three others - or not, and each one of them knows that three best friends are going to be making that same choice. A Hard-Boiled Selection. $25.95
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
The Buried Circle is Jenni Mills’ second mystery and is set in the past and the present. In 1938, the archaeologist Alexander Keiller plans to reconstruct the 5000-year-old stone circle at
Avebury. Frannie and David become involved in the project, with fatal results. Nearly seventy years later, Frannie’s granddaughter returns to Avebury to unearth the truth about her grandparents. This literary thriller, set in a landscape of standing stones and World War II, weaves fact with fiction as ancient mysteries collide with modern obsessions. $33.00
Lennox is the first in a new crime series by Craig Russell. Lennox, a shady investigator who stands somewhere between legal and illegal, inhabits the Glasgow of 1953 where the battle for the streets is just beginning. When Lennox is framed for murder, he must solve the crime to prove his innocence. $50.00
FOR COLLECTORS
The Enchanted Isle by James M. Cain, Mysterious Press, NY. 1985. First Edition. $35.00
Very fine in dust jacket.
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, London. 1927. First Edition. $3750.00
Apart from a bit of sunning to the spine (much less than the orange cloth bindings of this era usually have), a very good-near fine copy in the scarce dust jacket, which is unpriced, being for export. There is minor chipping to the top of the spine, and there is chipping along the upper edge of the rear panel extending to the rear flap, otherwise a very nice, bright copy.
Inspector Morse by Colin Dexter, Mysterious Bookshop, NY. 2007. First and Only Edition. SIGNED. $50.00
An original profile of Dexter’s character. One of a few "Out of Series" copies of the hardcover, of which there were only 100 for sale. As new without dust jacket, as issued.
Old Bones by Aaron Elkins, Mysterious Press, NY. 1987. $75.00
Winner of the Edgar for Best Novel. Very fine in dust jacket.
The Billion Dollar Sure Thing by Paul Erdman, Scribners, NY. 1973. First Edition. $75.00
Winner of the Edgar for Best First Mystery. Fine in dust jacket.
The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett, Otto Penzler Books, NY. 1996. Facsimile. $150.00
An exact facsimile of the first edition. Very fine, as new copy in dust jacket.
Lew Archer, Private Investigator by Ross Macdonald, Mysterious Press, NY 1977. First Edition. $100.00
The introductory essay written especially for this book and handsomely produced as an eight-page promotional pamphlet. An important scarce Macdonald item. Fine in gray wrappers with deckled edges.
The Watcher by Kay Nolte Smith, Coward, McCann, Geoghegan, NY. 1980. First Edition. $75.00
Winner of the Edgar for Best First Mystery. Fine in dust jacket.
Carolina Skeletons by David Stout, Mysterious Bookshop, NY. 1988. $45.00
A novel based on the true story of the youngest person in America ever executed for murder – a 14-year-old black boy accused of killing two white girls. Winner of the Edgar for Best First Mystery. Fine in dust jacket.
The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey, Macmillan, NY. 1949. First U.S. Edition. $30.00
Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Annotations on front endpaper, else very good in dust jacket.
A Hair’s Breadth by Lee Thayer, Dodd, Mead, NY. 1940. First Edition. $40.00
A Peter Clancy novel. Bookplate, else fine in dust jacket.
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 8/28/09
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Bad Things Happen is a first novel by Harry Dolan featuring David Loogan who writes and then edits for the mystery magazine Gray Streets. David becomes friendly with the magazine’s publisher, Tom Kristoll, and then finds himself embroiled in an affair with Tom’s wife. When people begin to die, detective Elizabeth Waishkey (a wonderfully drawn character) investigates. But David seems to be prime suspect and he needs to find the killer before he becomes the next victim. Nelson DeMille called this book moody and atmospheric, and that’s exactly right. $24.95
The Best American Crime Reporting 2009 is now here. Series editors Otto Penzler and Thomas H. Cook have once again put together the very best in true crime writing. Jeffrey Toobin edits this paperback original. $14.99
Kathy Reichs signed 206 Bones, her new mystery featuring Temperance Brennan. Many of you have already ordered this and we are putting together your orders now. If you haven’t contacted us but would like a copy, let us know soon. $26.99
The Amateurs by Marcus Sakey tells the story of four friends who, over a few drinks, plan to rob the bar in which they meet every week. It all seems like harmless fun and nobody is supposed to die, so when the killing starts the friends are faced with a moral dilemma. Each one of them is going to have to do the right thing for themselves and for the three others - or not, and each one of them knows that three best friends are going to be making that same choice. A Hard-Boiled Selection. $25.95
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
The Buried Circle is Jenni Mills’ second mystery and is set in the past and the present. In 1938, the archaeologist Alexander Keiller plans to reconstruct the 5000-year-old stone circle at
Avebury. Frannie and David become involved in the project, with fatal results. Nearly seventy years later, Frannie’s granddaughter returns to Avebury to unearth the truth about her grandparents. This literary thriller, set in a landscape of standing stones and World War II, weaves fact with fiction as ancient mysteries collide with modern obsessions. $33.00
Lennox is the first in a new crime series by Craig Russell. Lennox, a shady investigator who stands somewhere between legal and illegal, inhabits the Glasgow of 1953 where the battle for the streets is just beginning. When Lennox is framed for murder, he must solve the crime to prove his innocence. $50.00
FOR COLLECTORS
The Enchanted Isle by James M. Cain, Mysterious Press, NY. 1985. First Edition. $35.00
Very fine in dust jacket.
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, London. 1927. First Edition. $3750.00
Apart from a bit of sunning to the spine (much less than the orange cloth bindings of this era usually have), a very good-near fine copy in the scarce dust jacket, which is unpriced, being for export. There is minor chipping to the top of the spine, and there is chipping along the upper edge of the rear panel extending to the rear flap, otherwise a very nice, bright copy.
Inspector Morse by Colin Dexter, Mysterious Bookshop, NY. 2007. First and Only Edition. SIGNED. $50.00
An original profile of Dexter’s character. One of a few "Out of Series" copies of the hardcover, of which there were only 100 for sale. As new without dust jacket, as issued.
Old Bones by Aaron Elkins, Mysterious Press, NY. 1987. $75.00
Winner of the Edgar for Best Novel. Very fine in dust jacket.
The Billion Dollar Sure Thing by Paul Erdman, Scribners, NY. 1973. First Edition. $75.00
Winner of the Edgar for Best First Mystery. Fine in dust jacket.
The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett, Otto Penzler Books, NY. 1996. Facsimile. $150.00
An exact facsimile of the first edition. Very fine, as new copy in dust jacket.
Lew Archer, Private Investigator by Ross Macdonald, Mysterious Press, NY 1977. First Edition. $100.00
The introductory essay written especially for this book and handsomely produced as an eight-page promotional pamphlet. An important scarce Macdonald item. Fine in gray wrappers with deckled edges.
The Watcher by Kay Nolte Smith, Coward, McCann, Geoghegan, NY. 1980. First Edition. $75.00
Winner of the Edgar for Best First Mystery. Fine in dust jacket.
Carolina Skeletons by David Stout, Mysterious Bookshop, NY. 1988. $45.00
A novel based on the true story of the youngest person in America ever executed for murder – a 14-year-old black boy accused of killing two white girls. Winner of the Edgar for Best First Mystery. Fine in dust jacket.
The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey, Macmillan, NY. 1949. First U.S. Edition. $30.00
Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Annotations on front endpaper, else very good in dust jacket.
A Hair’s Breadth by Lee Thayer, Dodd, Mead, NY. 1940. First Edition. $40.00
A Peter Clancy novel. Bookplate, else fine in dust jacket.
Sally
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Michael Atkinson on Ernest Hemingway
During a recent appearance at The Mysterious Bookshop celebrating the release of HEMINGWAY DEADLIGHTS, author Michael Stanley discussed popular misconceptions about Ernest Hemingway.
Lawrence Block on the Writing Career of Donald Westlake
The great Lawrence Block discussed the career of his friend the late Donald Westlake and the life of a working writer at a recent event at The Mysterious Bookshop celebrating Westlake's life and works.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Author of the Week: Ellery Queen
ELLERY QUEEN
Among the most popular, famous and influential authors of detective fiction, few could challenge the position of Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee, the Brooklyn cousins who collaborated on scores of books and stories, mainly as Ellery Queen but also on four excellent novels under the Barnaby Ross by-line. Their first novel as Ellery Queen appeared in 1929 and the series about their brilliant, erudite New York amateur detective, also named Ellery Queen, became hugely successful and was reprinted countless times. The early titles, especially, are noted for their bizarre circumstances, including a murder during a Broadway show, in a department store window, in a hospital operating room and on a trolley car. One victim is found nude except for an opera cape on a beach, another is crucified, and another is found with all his clothes on backwards and the entire room in reverse–the rug upside down, pictures facing the wall, etc. In spite of their popularity, or more likely because of it, as their books were read to death, the early Queen books, especially, are very hard to find in nice condition with clean, attractive dust jackets. First editions of the early titles in sharp dust jackets sell for thousands of dollars, if they can be found. All the books listed below are hardcover and were published in New York, unless otherwise noted.
The Roman Hat Mystery, International Readers League, n.d. (originally 1929). Bookplate, name, hinge cracked, else very good. $15.00
The Roman Hat Mystery, Otto Penzler Books, 1993. An exact facsimile of the rare first edition, with a perfect replica of the dust jacket, binding, endpapers, etc. Very fine in dust jacket. $39.95
The French Powder Mystery, Stokes, 1930. 4th printing. Identical format to 1st printing. Spine faded, name, else about fine. $25.00
The Dutch Shoe Mystery, Triangle, 1940 (originally 1931). A bit of sunning to the blue cloth, else fine in a bright, fresh dust jacket with minor rubbing to top of spine and fore edge. $40.00
The Greek Coffin Mystery, Stokes, 1932. First edition. Spine rubbed and a bit faded, else very good. $50.00
The Greek Coffin Mystery, Triangle, 1940. Cover lightly faded, else very good in near fine dust jacket. $30.00
The Siamese Twin Mystery, Stokes, 1933. First edition. Front hinge cracked, spine a bit sunned, else very good. $35.00
The Siamese Twin Mystery, Grosset & Dunlap, 1933. Name on front endpaper, else fine in a beautiful, bright, fresh dust jacket. $60.00
The Siamese Twin Mystery, Grosset & Dunlap, 1933. Name, tiny faded spots at tip of spine, else fine in dust jacket with a badly faded spine. $25.00
The Siamese Twin Mystery, Triangle, 1940. Fine copy in a bright, fresh dust jacket with minor rubbing to spine base and one corner. $40.00
The American Gun Mystery, Triangle, 1940 (originally 1933). Fine in dust jacket with trivial rubbing to base of spine and one corner. $40.00
The American Gun Mystery, Cleveland, World, 1946. Fine in dust jacket, which is chipped at top of spine. $30.00
The Chinese Orange Mystery, Stokes, 1934. First edition. Spine sunned, else near fine. $60.00
The Chinese Orange Mystery, Grosset & Dunlap, 1934. Fine, fresh copy. $25.00
The Chinese Orange Mystery, Triangle, 1945. A star has been rubber-stamped on front endpaper and front flap, else fine in dust jacket, which has light fraying at spine ends and a 1½" closed tear on front panel. $25.00
The Adventures of Ellery Queen, Stokes, 1934. First edition. A Queen’s Quorum title. Name stamp inside front cover, else a fine, fresh copy. $75.00
The Adventures of Ellery Queen, Grosset & Dunlap, 1934. Name inside front cover, else fine in dust jacket, which is rubbed at spine ends and edges. $35.00
The Adventures of Ellery Queen, Triangle, 1941. Fine in near fine dust jacket. $35.00
The Spanish Cape Mystery, Triangle, 1939 (originally 1935). Modest staining to spine ends, else fine in a nice, bright, lightly rubbed dust jacket. $35.00
The Spanish Cape Mystery, Triangle, 1941. Near fine in rubbed and chipped dust jacket. $20.00
Halfway House, Grosset & Dunlap, 1936 (same year is the first printing) Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
Halfway House, Triangle, 1941. Stamps glued to front endpaper, else fine in near fine dust jacket. $25.00
The Door Between, Stokes, 1937. First edition. Very good. $27.50
The Door Between, Triangle, 1941. About fine in bright dust jacket. $30.00
The Devil to Pay, Stokes, 1938. First edition. A bit of foxing to tan cloth and endpapers, as usual for this title, else fine in a dazzling, as new dust jacket with the rear flap inexplicably replaced with a photocopy. $175.00
The Devil to Pay, Triangle, 1941. Fine in bright, fresh dust jacket with with one small closed tear and crease at rear hinge. $30.00
The Devil to Pay, Cleveland, World, 1946. Fine in lightly chipped dust jacket. $20.00
The Four of Hearts, Triangle, 1941 (originally 1938). Sticker on front endpaper, else fine in a beautiful pictorial dust jacket. $35.00
The Four of Hearts, Cleveland, 1946. Fine in lightly nicked dust jacket. $25.00
The Dragon’s Teeth, Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. Fine in dust jacket. $40.00
Another copy. Fine in very good dust jacket. $30.00
The Dragon’s Teeth, International Readers League, n.d. Very good. $15.00
The New Adventures of Ellery Queen, Triangle, 1941 (originally 1940). Price sticker on front endpaper, else fine in fine, sharp dust jacket. $30.00
Another copy. Rear cover lightly marked, else fine in very good dust jacket. $20.00
Ellery Queen, Master Detective, Grosset & Dunlap, 1941. First edition. A novelization of the movie, Ellery Queen, Master Detective. An "Ellery Queen Junior Mystery." Erasure on front endpaper, else fine in a fresh dust jacket with light wear to spine ends. $25.00
Another copy. First edition. A fine copy, signed and inscribed by Queen: "To John/An obscure "Queen"/Ellery Queen." With a worn dust jacket added. $100.00
The Penthouse Mystery, Grosset & Dunlap, 1941. First edition. A novelization of the movie, Ellery Queen’s The Penthouse Mystery. An "Ellery Queen Junior Mystery." Name, else fine in a dust jacket with chipped and lightly sunned spine. $25.00
The Perfect Crime, Grosset & Dunlap, 1942. First edition. A novelization of the movie, Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime. Near fine in chipped dust jacket, especially at top of spine with ½" loss. $25.00
Calamity Town, Boston, Little, Brown, 1942. 2nd printing. Name, else fine. $15.00
The Golden Eagle Mystery, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1942. 7th printing. Very good. With an excellent inscription: "To…I hope you become a book collector too—like your daddy and Ellery Queen Jr." (Inscribed by Frederic Dannay). $35.00
The Detective Short Story, Boston, Little Brown, 1942. First edition, limited to 1,000 copies. A bibliography of all short story collections identified by Queen (Frederic Dannay) and an important early reference book. About fine. $45.00
The Golden Eagle Mystery, Grosset & Dunlap, 1942. Reprint. Fine in dust jacket with light wear at top of spine and top corner. $20.00
There Was an Old Woman, Boston, Little, Brown, 1943. First edition. Spine darkened, else very good-near fine in dust jacket with a spine crease, fraying to top of spine and rubbing to front hinge. $85.00
Another copy. First edition. Spine sunned, gift inscription, else very good in a fair dust jacket (trimmed, rubbed along edges, backed with brown paper). $35.00
The Green Turtle Mystery, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1944. First edition. An Ellery Queen Jr. book. Bookplate, else fine in a price-clipped dust jacket with wear to spine ends and corners. $60.00
The Green Turtle Mystery. Comet, 1949. Paperback. Very good. Autographed on the title page. $25.00
The Murderer Is a Fox, Little, Brown, 1945. First edition. About fine in dust jacket with light wear at spine ends and a small nick on front panel. Unaccountably scarce. $75.00
Another copy. First edition. Name, else fine in dust jacket, which has a large chip at top of spine and fraying to base. $50.00
The Red Chipmunk Mystery, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1946. Second printing. Very good. With an excellent inscription: "To…My real first name is Daniel—see ‘The Golden Summer’—Ellery Queen Jr." (inscribed by Frederic Dannay). $35.00
Ten Days’ Wonder, Boston, Little, Brown, 1949. Book club edition. Basis for the Orson Welles film. Fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket. $12.50
Double, Double, Little, Brown, 1950. First edition. Fine in dust jacket, which is frayed at spine ends. $35.00
Another copy. First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket, chipped at spine ends and creased along top of front panel. $25.00
Queen’s Quorum, Boston, Little, brown, 1951. First edition. The history of the detective short story with a listing of the 106 most important books published. A very important pioneering reference books for scholars and collectors. Fine in dust jacket, which has shallow chips at spine ends. $185.00
Calendar of Crime, Boston, Little, Brown, 1952. First edition. Fine in dust jacket, which has some fading to spine and light wear along top edge. $45.00
The King Is Dead, Boston, Little, Brown, 1952. First edition. Small mark on page edges, lese fine in price-clipped dust jacket which is chipped at top of spine and lower corner of front panel. $25.00
Another copy. First edition. Very good. $12.50
Another copy. Book Club edition. Fine in price-clipped near fine dust jacket. $10.00
The Scarlet Letters, Boston, Little, Brown, 1953. First edition. Name, else very good-near fine. $17.50
Another copy. Book club edition. Fine in dust jacket. $12.50
The Glass Village, Boston, Little, Brown, 1954. First edition. About fine in dust jacket with lightly sunned spine and foxing along top edge. $65.00
Another copy. Book club edition. Fine in dust jacket with closed tears and creases on rear panel. $12.50
Queen’s Bureau of Investigation, Boston, Little, Brown, 1954. Book club edition. Fine in clipped dust jacket. $12.50
Another copy. Book club edition. Fine in chipped and soiled dust jacket. $8.50
Inspector Queen’s Own Case, Simon & Schuster, 1956. First edition. Bookworm hole at top of about 50 pages, else very good in dust jacket. $20.00
Another copy. First edition. Name, some pages lightly affected by damp, else very good. $12.50
The Finishing Stroke, Simon & Schuster, 1958. First edition. An exceptionally fine copy in a bright dust jacket with the merest trace of wear at the spinal extremities. $50.00
Another copy. Fine in dust jacket with fraying at spine ends. $35.00
And On the Eighth Day, Random House, 1964. First edition. Bit of sunning along top edge, else fine in chipped dust jacket. Ghost-written by Avram Davidson from a long outline by Dannay. $20.00
Queen’s Full, Random House, 1965. First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with a closed tear on rear panel. $35.00
Another copy. Fine in dust jacket with nicks and closed tears along edges. $30.00
The Fourth Side of the Triangle, Random House, 1965. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $35.00
Another copy. First edition. Corner bumped, else near fine in dust jacket. $20.00
Another copy. About fine in dust jacket with nicks and closed tears. $20.00
Face to Face, NAL, 1967. Book club edition. Fine in dust jacket. $10.00
Queen’s Experiments in Detection, NAL, 1968. First edition. Corner bumped, else fine in price-clipped dust jacket. $25.00
The House of Brass, NAL, 1968. First edition. A fine copy in a clean bright dust jacket with a tiny tear on rear panel. $45.00
Another copy. First edition. Fine in dust jacket which has a tear and crease on rear panel and a tiny chip on front panel. $25.00
The Bizarre Murders, Philadelphia, Lippincott, n.d. Book club edition. An omnibus containing The Siamese Twin Mystery, The Chinese Orange Mystery and The Spanish Cape Mystery. Very fine in a brilliant price-clipped dust jacket. $12.50
Wrightsville Murders, Boston, Little, Brown, n.d. Book club edition. Am omnibus containing Calamity Town, The Murderer Is a Fox and Ten Days’ Wonder. Very good. $8.50
BARNABY ROSS
The Tragedy of X, Viking, 1932. First edition. Very good. $45.00
The Tragedy of X, Grosset & Dunlap, 1940. Fine in dust jacket with one tiny chip and a closed tear and crease on front panel. Still a bright, fresh copy. $45.00
The Tragedy of Y, Viking, 1932. First edition. Very good, tight copy. $50.00
The Tragedy of Y, Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that replicates the first edition. $60.00
The Tragedy of Z, Viking, 1933. First edition. Wear at top of spine, else very good. $45.00
Drury Lane’s Last Case, Grosset & Dunlap, 1933. Very fine, crisp copy in a lightly worn dust jacket. $45.00
Drury Lane’s Last Case, Boston, Little, Brown, 1946. Near fine in chipped dust jacket. $25.00
Among the most popular, famous and influential authors of detective fiction, few could challenge the position of Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee, the Brooklyn cousins who collaborated on scores of books and stories, mainly as Ellery Queen but also on four excellent novels under the Barnaby Ross by-line. Their first novel as Ellery Queen appeared in 1929 and the series about their brilliant, erudite New York amateur detective, also named Ellery Queen, became hugely successful and was reprinted countless times. The early titles, especially, are noted for their bizarre circumstances, including a murder during a Broadway show, in a department store window, in a hospital operating room and on a trolley car. One victim is found nude except for an opera cape on a beach, another is crucified, and another is found with all his clothes on backwards and the entire room in reverse–the rug upside down, pictures facing the wall, etc. In spite of their popularity, or more likely because of it, as their books were read to death, the early Queen books, especially, are very hard to find in nice condition with clean, attractive dust jackets. First editions of the early titles in sharp dust jackets sell for thousands of dollars, if they can be found. All the books listed below are hardcover and were published in New York, unless otherwise noted.
The Roman Hat Mystery, International Readers League, n.d. (originally 1929). Bookplate, name, hinge cracked, else very good. $15.00
The Roman Hat Mystery, Otto Penzler Books, 1993. An exact facsimile of the rare first edition, with a perfect replica of the dust jacket, binding, endpapers, etc. Very fine in dust jacket. $39.95
The French Powder Mystery, Stokes, 1930. 4th printing. Identical format to 1st printing. Spine faded, name, else about fine. $25.00
The Dutch Shoe Mystery, Triangle, 1940 (originally 1931). A bit of sunning to the blue cloth, else fine in a bright, fresh dust jacket with minor rubbing to top of spine and fore edge. $40.00
The Greek Coffin Mystery, Stokes, 1932. First edition. Spine rubbed and a bit faded, else very good. $50.00
The Greek Coffin Mystery, Triangle, 1940. Cover lightly faded, else very good in near fine dust jacket. $30.00
The Siamese Twin Mystery, Stokes, 1933. First edition. Front hinge cracked, spine a bit sunned, else very good. $35.00
The Siamese Twin Mystery, Grosset & Dunlap, 1933. Name on front endpaper, else fine in a beautiful, bright, fresh dust jacket. $60.00
The Siamese Twin Mystery, Grosset & Dunlap, 1933. Name, tiny faded spots at tip of spine, else fine in dust jacket with a badly faded spine. $25.00
The Siamese Twin Mystery, Triangle, 1940. Fine copy in a bright, fresh dust jacket with minor rubbing to spine base and one corner. $40.00
The American Gun Mystery, Triangle, 1940 (originally 1933). Fine in dust jacket with trivial rubbing to base of spine and one corner. $40.00
The American Gun Mystery, Cleveland, World, 1946. Fine in dust jacket, which is chipped at top of spine. $30.00
The Chinese Orange Mystery, Stokes, 1934. First edition. Spine sunned, else near fine. $60.00
The Chinese Orange Mystery, Grosset & Dunlap, 1934. Fine, fresh copy. $25.00
The Chinese Orange Mystery, Triangle, 1945. A star has been rubber-stamped on front endpaper and front flap, else fine in dust jacket, which has light fraying at spine ends and a 1½" closed tear on front panel. $25.00
The Adventures of Ellery Queen, Stokes, 1934. First edition. A Queen’s Quorum title. Name stamp inside front cover, else a fine, fresh copy. $75.00
The Adventures of Ellery Queen, Grosset & Dunlap, 1934. Name inside front cover, else fine in dust jacket, which is rubbed at spine ends and edges. $35.00
The Adventures of Ellery Queen, Triangle, 1941. Fine in near fine dust jacket. $35.00
The Spanish Cape Mystery, Triangle, 1939 (originally 1935). Modest staining to spine ends, else fine in a nice, bright, lightly rubbed dust jacket. $35.00
The Spanish Cape Mystery, Triangle, 1941. Near fine in rubbed and chipped dust jacket. $20.00
Halfway House, Grosset & Dunlap, 1936 (same year is the first printing) Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
Halfway House, Triangle, 1941. Stamps glued to front endpaper, else fine in near fine dust jacket. $25.00
The Door Between, Stokes, 1937. First edition. Very good. $27.50
The Door Between, Triangle, 1941. About fine in bright dust jacket. $30.00
The Devil to Pay, Stokes, 1938. First edition. A bit of foxing to tan cloth and endpapers, as usual for this title, else fine in a dazzling, as new dust jacket with the rear flap inexplicably replaced with a photocopy. $175.00
The Devil to Pay, Triangle, 1941. Fine in bright, fresh dust jacket with with one small closed tear and crease at rear hinge. $30.00
The Devil to Pay, Cleveland, World, 1946. Fine in lightly chipped dust jacket. $20.00
The Four of Hearts, Triangle, 1941 (originally 1938). Sticker on front endpaper, else fine in a beautiful pictorial dust jacket. $35.00
The Four of Hearts, Cleveland, 1946. Fine in lightly nicked dust jacket. $25.00
The Dragon’s Teeth, Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. Fine in dust jacket. $40.00
Another copy. Fine in very good dust jacket. $30.00
The Dragon’s Teeth, International Readers League, n.d. Very good. $15.00
The New Adventures of Ellery Queen, Triangle, 1941 (originally 1940). Price sticker on front endpaper, else fine in fine, sharp dust jacket. $30.00
Another copy. Rear cover lightly marked, else fine in very good dust jacket. $20.00
Ellery Queen, Master Detective, Grosset & Dunlap, 1941. First edition. A novelization of the movie, Ellery Queen, Master Detective. An "Ellery Queen Junior Mystery." Erasure on front endpaper, else fine in a fresh dust jacket with light wear to spine ends. $25.00
Another copy. First edition. A fine copy, signed and inscribed by Queen: "To John/An obscure "Queen"/Ellery Queen." With a worn dust jacket added. $100.00
The Penthouse Mystery, Grosset & Dunlap, 1941. First edition. A novelization of the movie, Ellery Queen’s The Penthouse Mystery. An "Ellery Queen Junior Mystery." Name, else fine in a dust jacket with chipped and lightly sunned spine. $25.00
The Perfect Crime, Grosset & Dunlap, 1942. First edition. A novelization of the movie, Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime. Near fine in chipped dust jacket, especially at top of spine with ½" loss. $25.00
Calamity Town, Boston, Little, Brown, 1942. 2nd printing. Name, else fine. $15.00
The Golden Eagle Mystery, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1942. 7th printing. Very good. With an excellent inscription: "To…I hope you become a book collector too—like your daddy and Ellery Queen Jr." (Inscribed by Frederic Dannay). $35.00
The Detective Short Story, Boston, Little Brown, 1942. First edition, limited to 1,000 copies. A bibliography of all short story collections identified by Queen (Frederic Dannay) and an important early reference book. About fine. $45.00
The Golden Eagle Mystery, Grosset & Dunlap, 1942. Reprint. Fine in dust jacket with light wear at top of spine and top corner. $20.00
There Was an Old Woman, Boston, Little, Brown, 1943. First edition. Spine darkened, else very good-near fine in dust jacket with a spine crease, fraying to top of spine and rubbing to front hinge. $85.00
Another copy. First edition. Spine sunned, gift inscription, else very good in a fair dust jacket (trimmed, rubbed along edges, backed with brown paper). $35.00
The Green Turtle Mystery, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1944. First edition. An Ellery Queen Jr. book. Bookplate, else fine in a price-clipped dust jacket with wear to spine ends and corners. $60.00
The Green Turtle Mystery. Comet, 1949. Paperback. Very good. Autographed on the title page. $25.00
The Murderer Is a Fox, Little, Brown, 1945. First edition. About fine in dust jacket with light wear at spine ends and a small nick on front panel. Unaccountably scarce. $75.00
Another copy. First edition. Name, else fine in dust jacket, which has a large chip at top of spine and fraying to base. $50.00
The Red Chipmunk Mystery, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1946. Second printing. Very good. With an excellent inscription: "To…My real first name is Daniel—see ‘The Golden Summer’—Ellery Queen Jr." (inscribed by Frederic Dannay). $35.00
Ten Days’ Wonder, Boston, Little, Brown, 1949. Book club edition. Basis for the Orson Welles film. Fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket. $12.50
Double, Double, Little, Brown, 1950. First edition. Fine in dust jacket, which is frayed at spine ends. $35.00
Another copy. First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket, chipped at spine ends and creased along top of front panel. $25.00
Queen’s Quorum, Boston, Little, brown, 1951. First edition. The history of the detective short story with a listing of the 106 most important books published. A very important pioneering reference books for scholars and collectors. Fine in dust jacket, which has shallow chips at spine ends. $185.00
Calendar of Crime, Boston, Little, Brown, 1952. First edition. Fine in dust jacket, which has some fading to spine and light wear along top edge. $45.00
The King Is Dead, Boston, Little, Brown, 1952. First edition. Small mark on page edges, lese fine in price-clipped dust jacket which is chipped at top of spine and lower corner of front panel. $25.00
Another copy. First edition. Very good. $12.50
Another copy. Book Club edition. Fine in price-clipped near fine dust jacket. $10.00
The Scarlet Letters, Boston, Little, Brown, 1953. First edition. Name, else very good-near fine. $17.50
Another copy. Book club edition. Fine in dust jacket. $12.50
The Glass Village, Boston, Little, Brown, 1954. First edition. About fine in dust jacket with lightly sunned spine and foxing along top edge. $65.00
Another copy. Book club edition. Fine in dust jacket with closed tears and creases on rear panel. $12.50
Queen’s Bureau of Investigation, Boston, Little, Brown, 1954. Book club edition. Fine in clipped dust jacket. $12.50
Another copy. Book club edition. Fine in chipped and soiled dust jacket. $8.50
Inspector Queen’s Own Case, Simon & Schuster, 1956. First edition. Bookworm hole at top of about 50 pages, else very good in dust jacket. $20.00
Another copy. First edition. Name, some pages lightly affected by damp, else very good. $12.50
The Finishing Stroke, Simon & Schuster, 1958. First edition. An exceptionally fine copy in a bright dust jacket with the merest trace of wear at the spinal extremities. $50.00
Another copy. Fine in dust jacket with fraying at spine ends. $35.00
And On the Eighth Day, Random House, 1964. First edition. Bit of sunning along top edge, else fine in chipped dust jacket. Ghost-written by Avram Davidson from a long outline by Dannay. $20.00
Queen’s Full, Random House, 1965. First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with a closed tear on rear panel. $35.00
Another copy. Fine in dust jacket with nicks and closed tears along edges. $30.00
The Fourth Side of the Triangle, Random House, 1965. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $35.00
Another copy. First edition. Corner bumped, else near fine in dust jacket. $20.00
Another copy. About fine in dust jacket with nicks and closed tears. $20.00
Face to Face, NAL, 1967. Book club edition. Fine in dust jacket. $10.00
Queen’s Experiments in Detection, NAL, 1968. First edition. Corner bumped, else fine in price-clipped dust jacket. $25.00
The House of Brass, NAL, 1968. First edition. A fine copy in a clean bright dust jacket with a tiny tear on rear panel. $45.00
Another copy. First edition. Fine in dust jacket which has a tear and crease on rear panel and a tiny chip on front panel. $25.00
The Bizarre Murders, Philadelphia, Lippincott, n.d. Book club edition. An omnibus containing The Siamese Twin Mystery, The Chinese Orange Mystery and The Spanish Cape Mystery. Very fine in a brilliant price-clipped dust jacket. $12.50
Wrightsville Murders, Boston, Little, Brown, n.d. Book club edition. Am omnibus containing Calamity Town, The Murderer Is a Fox and Ten Days’ Wonder. Very good. $8.50
BARNABY ROSS
The Tragedy of X, Viking, 1932. First edition. Very good. $45.00
The Tragedy of X, Grosset & Dunlap, 1940. Fine in dust jacket with one tiny chip and a closed tear and crease on front panel. Still a bright, fresh copy. $45.00
The Tragedy of Y, Viking, 1932. First edition. Very good, tight copy. $50.00
The Tragedy of Y, Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that replicates the first edition. $60.00
The Tragedy of Z, Viking, 1933. First edition. Wear at top of spine, else very good. $45.00
Drury Lane’s Last Case, Grosset & Dunlap, 1933. Very fine, crisp copy in a lightly worn dust jacket. $45.00
Drury Lane’s Last Case, Boston, Little, Brown, 1946. Near fine in chipped dust jacket. $25.00
Friday, August 21, 2009
Sally's Weekly Update for 08/21/09
Here's the Update. I've put in the Agatha Christie titles again because they are such beautiful volumes.
Did you not see them the first time around?
Happy weekend.
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 8/21/09
First, a message from Otto...
Our spectacular publication (with all modesty) of the limited edition of The Lineup, signed by all 22 contributors, will be ready in the middle of September and copies will be shipped to you immediately when we get them. No one will be charged until then. If you haven’t reserved your copy, you’ll be sor-r-r-r-y!
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Jeff Lindsay will be here a week from today to sign copies of Dexter By Design. Some of you have UK editions (the true first) and we’d like to offer you the opportunity to get these signed. Please remove dust jackets to preserve condition, insert a card with your name and address and send, priority mail, to the attention of Ian Kern or Sally Owen.
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Hemingway Deadlights by Michael Atkinson introduces Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway as sleuth. It is 1956 and Hemingway is dealing with writer’s block on Key West. When one of his many drinking companions is impaled on an antique harpoon, Hemingway investigates. A First Mystery Club Selection. $24.99
Joseph Finder stopped by (as promised) and signed Vanished. This thriller introduces Nick Heller who was trained in the Special Forces. Nick is asked by his sister-in-law to find his brother who disappeared after the couple was attacked. $25.99
Big Machine by Victor LaValle features Ricky Rice, a middle-aged hustler with a lingering junk habit, a bum knee, and a haunted mind. He gets by as a porter at a bus depot in Utica, New York, until a letter arrives reminding him of a vow he once made and summoning him to Vermont. An Unclassifiable Club Selection. $25.00
NOT SIGNED
A reminder that Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon is a mystery and one of the author’s most accessible books. Set in L.A. in the late 1960s, Pynchon is remarkably at ease in this genre. He’s a recluse and won’t sign. Not ever. $27.95
We had a wonderful event this past week commemorating the life and work of Donald E. Westlake. The store was full of love and admiration for one of our favorite writers. Get Real is his last Dortmunder novel. $23.99
FOR COLLECTORS
No Good From a Corpse by Leigh Brackett, McMillan, AZ. 1999. First Limited Edition. SIGNED. $125.00
Limited to only 200 copies, this collection of stories and the title novel has an introduction by Ray Bradbury and an afterword by Michael Connelly. Signed by Bradbury and Connelly. Very fine in slipcase.
Love’s Lovely Counterfeit by James M. Cain, Knopf, NY. 1942. First Edition. $750.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
Galatea by James M. Cain, Knopf, NY. 1953. First Edition. $65.00
Fine in price-clipped dust jacket.
The Eight of Swords by John Dickson Carr, Harper, NY. 1934. First Edition. $45.00
Good-very good copy of a scarce book.
Endless Night by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, London. First Edition. $75.00
Very fine, fresh copy in dust jacket.
By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, London. $1968. First Edition. $60.00
Very fine, fresh copy in dust jacket.
Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, London, 1970. First Edition. $60.00
Very fine, fresh copy in dust jacket.
Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, London. 1972. First Edition. $50.00
Very fine, fresh copy in dust jacket.
Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, London. 1976. First Edition. $45.00
Very fine, fresh copy in dust jacket.
Lew Archer, Private Investigator by Ross Macdonald, Mysterious Press, NY. 1977. First Edition. $75.00
The complete Lew Archer short stories. Slight dust soiling to top edges, else a fine, as new copy in acetate dust jacket.
The Case of Jenny Brice by Mary Roberts Rinehart, Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis. 1913. First Edition. $375.00
A very early title by the best-selling mystery writer of her time. A bit of rubbing at the edges, a loss of about one inch of endpaper along rear hinge, else a fine fresh copy in a remarkably clean, bright dust jacket with a few nearly invisible closed tears. An exceptional copy for such an early book.
The Twisted Thing by Mickey Spillane, Viking, NY. 1946. First Edition. $50.00
Previous owner’s name, else fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket.
The Dutch Blue Error by William G. Tapply, Scribners, NY. 1985. First Edition. $125.00
Page edges slightly soiled, else a fine copy in dust jacket with a review slip laid in. The author’s second mystery features stamp collecting.
Cast a Yellow Shadow by Ross Thomas, Morrow, NY. 1967. First Edition. $150.00
The author’s third book. Fine in dust jacket with light wear at spine ends.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Did you not see them the first time around?
Happy weekend.
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 8/21/09
First, a message from Otto...
Our spectacular publication (with all modesty) of the limited edition of The Lineup, signed by all 22 contributors, will be ready in the middle of September and copies will be shipped to you immediately when we get them. No one will be charged until then. If you haven’t reserved your copy, you’ll be sor-r-r-r-y!
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Jeff Lindsay will be here a week from today to sign copies of Dexter By Design. Some of you have UK editions (the true first) and we’d like to offer you the opportunity to get these signed. Please remove dust jackets to preserve condition, insert a card with your name and address and send, priority mail, to the attention of Ian Kern or Sally Owen.
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Hemingway Deadlights by Michael Atkinson introduces Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway as sleuth. It is 1956 and Hemingway is dealing with writer’s block on Key West. When one of his many drinking companions is impaled on an antique harpoon, Hemingway investigates. A First Mystery Club Selection. $24.99
Joseph Finder stopped by (as promised) and signed Vanished. This thriller introduces Nick Heller who was trained in the Special Forces. Nick is asked by his sister-in-law to find his brother who disappeared after the couple was attacked. $25.99
Big Machine by Victor LaValle features Ricky Rice, a middle-aged hustler with a lingering junk habit, a bum knee, and a haunted mind. He gets by as a porter at a bus depot in Utica, New York, until a letter arrives reminding him of a vow he once made and summoning him to Vermont. An Unclassifiable Club Selection. $25.00
NOT SIGNED
A reminder that Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon is a mystery and one of the author’s most accessible books. Set in L.A. in the late 1960s, Pynchon is remarkably at ease in this genre. He’s a recluse and won’t sign. Not ever. $27.95
We had a wonderful event this past week commemorating the life and work of Donald E. Westlake. The store was full of love and admiration for one of our favorite writers. Get Real is his last Dortmunder novel. $23.99
FOR COLLECTORS
No Good From a Corpse by Leigh Brackett, McMillan, AZ. 1999. First Limited Edition. SIGNED. $125.00
Limited to only 200 copies, this collection of stories and the title novel has an introduction by Ray Bradbury and an afterword by Michael Connelly. Signed by Bradbury and Connelly. Very fine in slipcase.
Love’s Lovely Counterfeit by James M. Cain, Knopf, NY. 1942. First Edition. $750.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
Galatea by James M. Cain, Knopf, NY. 1953. First Edition. $65.00
Fine in price-clipped dust jacket.
The Eight of Swords by John Dickson Carr, Harper, NY. 1934. First Edition. $45.00
Good-very good copy of a scarce book.
Endless Night by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, London. First Edition. $75.00
Very fine, fresh copy in dust jacket.
By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, London. $1968. First Edition. $60.00
Very fine, fresh copy in dust jacket.
Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, London, 1970. First Edition. $60.00
Very fine, fresh copy in dust jacket.
Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, London. 1972. First Edition. $50.00
Very fine, fresh copy in dust jacket.
Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club, London. 1976. First Edition. $45.00
Very fine, fresh copy in dust jacket.
Lew Archer, Private Investigator by Ross Macdonald, Mysterious Press, NY. 1977. First Edition. $75.00
The complete Lew Archer short stories. Slight dust soiling to top edges, else a fine, as new copy in acetate dust jacket.
The Case of Jenny Brice by Mary Roberts Rinehart, Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis. 1913. First Edition. $375.00
A very early title by the best-selling mystery writer of her time. A bit of rubbing at the edges, a loss of about one inch of endpaper along rear hinge, else a fine fresh copy in a remarkably clean, bright dust jacket with a few nearly invisible closed tears. An exceptional copy for such an early book.
The Twisted Thing by Mickey Spillane, Viking, NY. 1946. First Edition. $50.00
Previous owner’s name, else fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket.
The Dutch Blue Error by William G. Tapply, Scribners, NY. 1985. First Edition. $125.00
Page edges slightly soiled, else a fine copy in dust jacket with a review slip laid in. The author’s second mystery features stamp collecting.
Cast a Yellow Shadow by Ross Thomas, Morrow, NY. 1967. First Edition. $150.00
The author’s third book. Fine in dust jacket with light wear at spine ends.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Neglected Author: Helen Reilly
HELEN REILLY
At a time when many women mystery writers were still writing in the “Had-I-but-Known” school, Helen Reilly (1891-1962) began to write realistic police procedurals before Ed McBain ever saw the inside of a precinct house. Her series character Christopher McKee, is a member of the New York Police Department who has, by the mid-1940s, worked his way up to be the Chief of the Homicide Squad. He absolutely hates murderers and blackmailers and is relentless in his pursuit of them. All the following books feature McKee, were published in New York and are first editions, unless noted. Note: DCC=Doubleday Crime Club.
The Thirty-First Bullfinch, DCC, 1930. (pre-McKee). Neat library stamps on endpapers, no other marks. Front flap excised and pasted inside front cover. Very good. $20.00
Another copy. DCC. Later printing. Very good plus. $15.00
Murder in the Mews, DCC, 1931. About fine. The second McKee. $25.00
McKee of Centre Street, DCC, 1933. Very good. $15.00
The Lineup, Sun Dial, 1942 (first published in 1934). Reprint. Fine in near fine dust jacket. $20.00
Mr. Smith’s Hat, DCC,1936. Good reading copy. $10.00
Murder in Shinbone Alley, DCC, 1940. Name, some rubbing to spine, else very good in near fine dust jacket. $75.00
Another copy. DCC, 1940. Corner cut off front endpaper, else very good in chipped dust jacket. $45.00
Death Demands an Audience, DCC, 1940. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with minor wear at spine ends. Scarce in such collector’s condition. $200.00
Another copy. Library stamps, else very good in glued down dust jacket. $10.00
Another copy. About fine. $17.50
Murder on Angler’s Island, Random House, 1945. Bookplate, else near fine in dust jacket. $25.00
The Silver Leopard, Random House, 1946. Very good in chipped dust jacket. $15.00
The Farmhouse, Random House, 1947. Front endpaper scuffed, else fine in very good, nicked and lightly chipped dust jacket. $20.00
Tell Her It’s Murder, Random House, 1954. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00
The Canvas Dagger, Random House, 1956. Near fine in dust jacket. $25.00
Ding Dong Bell, Random House, 1958. Gift inscription, else very good in dust jacket. $20.00
Another copy. Fine in near fine dust jacket. $25.00
Not Me, Inspector, Random House, 1959. Book store stamp, else about fine in soiled dust jacket. $20.00
Follow Me, Random House, 1960. Features Inspector Todhunter in Santa Fe. Fine in slightly rubbed dust jacket with one closed tear. $20.00
Certain Sleep, Random House, 1961. Name, else about fine in near fine dust jacket.
The Day She Died, Random House, 1962. Near fine in chipped dust jacket. $17.50
At a time when many women mystery writers were still writing in the “Had-I-but-Known” school, Helen Reilly (1891-1962) began to write realistic police procedurals before Ed McBain ever saw the inside of a precinct house. Her series character Christopher McKee, is a member of the New York Police Department who has, by the mid-1940s, worked his way up to be the Chief of the Homicide Squad. He absolutely hates murderers and blackmailers and is relentless in his pursuit of them. All the following books feature McKee, were published in New York and are first editions, unless noted. Note: DCC=Doubleday Crime Club.
The Thirty-First Bullfinch, DCC, 1930. (pre-McKee). Neat library stamps on endpapers, no other marks. Front flap excised and pasted inside front cover. Very good. $20.00
Another copy. DCC. Later printing. Very good plus. $15.00
Murder in the Mews, DCC, 1931. About fine. The second McKee. $25.00
McKee of Centre Street, DCC, 1933. Very good. $15.00
The Lineup, Sun Dial, 1942 (first published in 1934). Reprint. Fine in near fine dust jacket. $20.00
Mr. Smith’s Hat, DCC,1936. Good reading copy. $10.00
Murder in Shinbone Alley, DCC, 1940. Name, some rubbing to spine, else very good in near fine dust jacket. $75.00
Another copy. DCC, 1940. Corner cut off front endpaper, else very good in chipped dust jacket. $45.00
Death Demands an Audience, DCC, 1940. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with minor wear at spine ends. Scarce in such collector’s condition. $200.00
Another copy. Library stamps, else very good in glued down dust jacket. $10.00
Another copy. About fine. $17.50
Murder on Angler’s Island, Random House, 1945. Bookplate, else near fine in dust jacket. $25.00
The Silver Leopard, Random House, 1946. Very good in chipped dust jacket. $15.00
The Farmhouse, Random House, 1947. Front endpaper scuffed, else fine in very good, nicked and lightly chipped dust jacket. $20.00
Tell Her It’s Murder, Random House, 1954. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00
The Canvas Dagger, Random House, 1956. Near fine in dust jacket. $25.00
Ding Dong Bell, Random House, 1958. Gift inscription, else very good in dust jacket. $20.00
Another copy. Fine in near fine dust jacket. $25.00
Not Me, Inspector, Random House, 1959. Book store stamp, else about fine in soiled dust jacket. $20.00
Follow Me, Random House, 1960. Features Inspector Todhunter in Santa Fe. Fine in slightly rubbed dust jacket with one closed tear. $20.00
Certain Sleep, Random House, 1961. Name, else about fine in near fine dust jacket.
The Day She Died, Random House, 1962. Near fine in chipped dust jacket. $17.50
Publisher of the Week: Stark House
STARK HOUSE
An excellent program by this interesting publisher has reprinted many terrific, otherwise unavailable books, two titles per volume. We love these books and went a little crazy, so we have too many copies. Instead of our "Author of the Week," we’ll make this our "Publisher of the Week." SPECIAL DEAL--Buy one, get a second book (of equal or lesser value) free. Some titles are in limited supply, so please provide an alternate.
Benjamin Appel - Brain Guy / Plunder, $19.95
Algernon Blackwood - Jimbo / The Education of Uncle Paul, $19.95
Algernon Blackwood - Pan's Garden / Incredible Adventures, $21.95
Malcolm Braly - Shake Him Till He Rattles / It's Cold Out There, $19.95
Gil Brewer - Wild to Possess / A Taste for Sin, $19.95
A.S. Fleischman - Look Behind You, Lady / The Venetian Blonde, $19.95
Elisabeth Sanxay Holding - The Old Battle Ax / Dark Power, $19.95
Elisabeth Sanxay Holding - Lady Killer / Miasma, $19.95
Elisabeth Sanxay Holding - The Death Wish / Net of Cobwebs, $19.95
Elisabeth Sanxay Holding - The Strange Crime in Bermuda / Too Many Bottles, $19.95
Russell James - Underground & Collected Stories, $14.95
Day Keene - Framed in Guilt / My Flesh is Sweet, $14.95
Mercedes Lambert - Dogtown / Soultown, $14.95
Stephen Marlowe - Violence is My Business / Turn Left for Murder, $19.95
Wade Miller - The Killer / Devil on Two Sticks, $17.95
E. Phillips Oppenheim - Secrets & Sovereigns, $19.95
Vin Packer - Something in the Shadows / Intimate Victims, $19.95
Vin Packer - Whisper His Sin / The Evil Friendship, $19.95
Richard Powers - A Shot in the Dark / Shell Game, $19.95
Peter Rabe - Anatomy of a Killer / A Shroud for Jesso, $14.95
Peter Rabe - The Box / Journey Into Terror, $19.95
Peter Rabe - My Lovely Executioner / Agreement to Kill, $19.95
Robert J. Randisi - The Ham Reporter / The Disappearance of Penny, $19.95
Douglas Sanderson - Pure Sweet Hell / Catch a Fallen Starlet, $19.95
Douglas Sanderson - The Deadly Dames / A Dum-Dum for President, $19.95
Harry Whittington - A Night for Screamng / Any Woman He Wanted, $19.95
Harry Whittington - To Find Cora / Like Mink Like Murder / Body and Passion, $19.95
A Trio of Gold Medals - Dan Marlowe's Vengeance Man / Fletcher Flora's The Park Avenue Tramp / Charles Runyon's The Prettiest Girl I Ever Killed, $15.95
An excellent program by this interesting publisher has reprinted many terrific, otherwise unavailable books, two titles per volume. We love these books and went a little crazy, so we have too many copies. Instead of our "Author of the Week," we’ll make this our "Publisher of the Week." SPECIAL DEAL--Buy one, get a second book (of equal or lesser value) free. Some titles are in limited supply, so please provide an alternate.
Benjamin Appel - Brain Guy / Plunder, $19.95
Algernon Blackwood - Jimbo / The Education of Uncle Paul, $19.95
Algernon Blackwood - Pan's Garden / Incredible Adventures, $21.95
Malcolm Braly - Shake Him Till He Rattles / It's Cold Out There, $19.95
Gil Brewer - Wild to Possess / A Taste for Sin, $19.95
A.S. Fleischman - Look Behind You, Lady / The Venetian Blonde, $19.95
Elisabeth Sanxay Holding - The Old Battle Ax / Dark Power, $19.95
Elisabeth Sanxay Holding - Lady Killer / Miasma, $19.95
Elisabeth Sanxay Holding - The Death Wish / Net of Cobwebs, $19.95
Elisabeth Sanxay Holding - The Strange Crime in Bermuda / Too Many Bottles, $19.95
Russell James - Underground & Collected Stories, $14.95
Day Keene - Framed in Guilt / My Flesh is Sweet, $14.95
Mercedes Lambert - Dogtown / Soultown, $14.95
Stephen Marlowe - Violence is My Business / Turn Left for Murder, $19.95
Wade Miller - The Killer / Devil on Two Sticks, $17.95
E. Phillips Oppenheim - Secrets & Sovereigns, $19.95
Vin Packer - Something in the Shadows / Intimate Victims, $19.95
Vin Packer - Whisper His Sin / The Evil Friendship, $19.95
Richard Powers - A Shot in the Dark / Shell Game, $19.95
Peter Rabe - Anatomy of a Killer / A Shroud for Jesso, $14.95
Peter Rabe - The Box / Journey Into Terror, $19.95
Peter Rabe - My Lovely Executioner / Agreement to Kill, $19.95
Robert J. Randisi - The Ham Reporter / The Disappearance of Penny, $19.95
Douglas Sanderson - Pure Sweet Hell / Catch a Fallen Starlet, $19.95
Douglas Sanderson - The Deadly Dames / A Dum-Dum for President, $19.95
Harry Whittington - A Night for Screamng / Any Woman He Wanted, $19.95
Harry Whittington - To Find Cora / Like Mink Like Murder / Body and Passion, $19.95
A Trio of Gold Medals - Dan Marlowe's Vengeance Man / Fletcher Flora's The Park Avenue Tramp / Charles Runyon's The Prettiest Girl I Ever Killed, $15.95
Sally's Weekly Update for 08/14/09
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 8/14/09
Just arrived in the store to your emails! We’re very gratified that you continue to order and pre-order books from our newsletters and Weekly Updates and we thank you for continuing to support us in the way that you do.
However, it is going to take a little time to wade through them all. I will get to them in the order they were received and I’ll be putting your pre-orders on your respective files. So if it takes a couple of days to confirm with you, please bear with me.
OUR NEXT EVENTS
Tuesday, August 18th
6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Celebrating the Life and Works of Donald E. Westlake.
Readings and Reminiscences by
Lawrence Block, Justin Scott, Megan Abbott, Jason Starr, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Alafair Burke, Parnell Hall, and Abigail Westlake.
Donald Westlake’s final Dortmunder novel, Get Real, was published in July and will available for sale.
Thursday, August 20th
6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Michael Atkinson
discusses his first novl
Hemingway Deadlights
A note about THE LINEUP, edited by Otto Penzler.
This is going much faster than we dared hope, and we do urge you to reserve your copy if you have not done so. We have only two lettered copies remaining (limited to 26 copies), but we still have a healthy number of numbered editions (limited to 250 copies).
Don’t put off ordering your copy....
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Rain Gods by James Lee Burke introduces a new character, Hackberry Holland, sheriff of a small town in Texas near the Mexican border. His first case involves the grisly discovery of nine illegal aliens shot to death and buried in a shallow grave behind a church. $25.99
Gabriel Cohen signed his new Jack Leightner novel, Neptune Avenue. Set in the Russian emigre community of Brighton Beach and the racially charged neighborhood of Crown Heights, Leightner investigates the killings of young women which are being posed as suicides – and the murder of an old friend. $24.95
Edgar Award winner, Jonathon King has written a novel close to his heart. The Styx tells the story of Florida in the 19th century when the destruction of the black community on the new island of Palm Beach made way for the uncommon wealth and privilege that came to the wilderness of Florida. $24.95
UPCOMING SIGNINGS
Joseph Finder will be stopping by at the beginning of next week to sign his latest thriller, Vanished. This introduces Nick Heller who specializes in digging up secrets that people would rather keep hidden. When his brother, Roger, and his wife are attacked, and Roger disappears, Nick must figure out what happened. $25.99
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
Free Agent, a first espionage novel by Jeremy Duns, is getting all kinds of positive buzz. Maybe that’s because of the jaw-dropping first chapter! We tried to get signed copies, but were only able to get four copies of the limited edition which is signed across a red "Top Secret" stamp. This edition is also dated. Sorry we can only offer four. $75.00
Bryant & May on the Loose by Christopher Fowler is the seventh in this quirky series featuring the curmudgeonly duo from the Peculiar Crimes Unit. This time out they are investigating a series of murders involving corpses with missing heads. $43.00
FOR COLLECTORS
Dead Liberty by Catherine Aird, Collins Crime Club, London. 1986. First Edition. $35.00
A very fine copy in dust jacket of a curiously uncommon title.
Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr, Putnam, NY. 1993. First Edition. $150.00
Author’s first mystery. Very fine, as new copy in like dust jacket.
Eight Million Ways to Die by Lawrence Block, Arbor House, NY. 1982. First Edition. $350.00
Second Matt Scudder in hard cover. Very fine in a fine, fresh dust jacket.
The Last Gallows by John Dickson Carr, Harper, NY. 1931. First Edition. SIGNED. $425.00
Author’s very scarce second book. Cover soiled, label removed from rear endpaper, else very good. Inscribed with a wonderful poem (in French) about blondes, signed in full.
The Finger Man by Raymond Chandler, Avon, NY. 1946. $600.00
Paperback original in the Avon Murder Mystery Monthly series. A very fine copy and very scarce title thus. There are lots of cheaper copies out there, but this is the one if you really care about condition - twice the price but 10 times rarer than ordinary copies.
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, Otto Penzler Books, 1994. Facsimile of First Edition. $125.00
An exact facsimile of the first edition. Very fine, as new copy in pristine dust jacket.
The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler, Otto Penzler Books, 1996. Facsimile of First Edition. $50.00
An exact facsimile of the first edition. Very fine, as new copy in pristine dust jacket.
The Cavalier’s Cup by Carter Dickson, Morrow, NY. 1953. First Edition. $75.00
A Sir Henry Merrivale mystery. A fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket, which is lightly chipped at spine ends.
Numbered Account by Christopher Reich, Delacorte Press, NY. 1998. First Edition. SIGNED. $30.00
Author’s first book. Near fine in fine dust jacket.
Slayground by Richard Stark, Allison & Busby, London. 1984. First U.K. Hardcover Edition. SIGNED. $75.00
Trifle dust-soiled on page tops, else very fine in dust jacket. Signed as both Stark and Donald E. Westlake.
The Man with the Getaway Face by Richard Stark, Allison & Busby, London. 1984. First U.K. Hardcover Edition. SIGNED. $75.00
Top corner a bit bumped, light dust soiling to top of page edges, else fine and fresh in dust jacket. Signed as both Stark and Donald E. Westlake.
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 8/14/09
Just arrived in the store to your emails! We’re very gratified that you continue to order and pre-order books from our newsletters and Weekly Updates and we thank you for continuing to support us in the way that you do.
However, it is going to take a little time to wade through them all. I will get to them in the order they were received and I’ll be putting your pre-orders on your respective files. So if it takes a couple of days to confirm with you, please bear with me.
OUR NEXT EVENTS
Tuesday, August 18th
6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Celebrating the Life and Works of Donald E. Westlake.
Readings and Reminiscences by
Lawrence Block, Justin Scott, Megan Abbott, Jason Starr, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Alafair Burke, Parnell Hall, and Abigail Westlake.
Donald Westlake’s final Dortmunder novel, Get Real, was published in July and will available for sale.
Thursday, August 20th
6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Michael Atkinson
discusses his first novl
Hemingway Deadlights
A note about THE LINEUP, edited by Otto Penzler.
This is going much faster than we dared hope, and we do urge you to reserve your copy if you have not done so. We have only two lettered copies remaining (limited to 26 copies), but we still have a healthy number of numbered editions (limited to 250 copies).
Don’t put off ordering your copy....
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Rain Gods by James Lee Burke introduces a new character, Hackberry Holland, sheriff of a small town in Texas near the Mexican border. His first case involves the grisly discovery of nine illegal aliens shot to death and buried in a shallow grave behind a church. $25.99
Gabriel Cohen signed his new Jack Leightner novel, Neptune Avenue. Set in the Russian emigre community of Brighton Beach and the racially charged neighborhood of Crown Heights, Leightner investigates the killings of young women which are being posed as suicides – and the murder of an old friend. $24.95
Edgar Award winner, Jonathon King has written a novel close to his heart. The Styx tells the story of Florida in the 19th century when the destruction of the black community on the new island of Palm Beach made way for the uncommon wealth and privilege that came to the wilderness of Florida. $24.95
UPCOMING SIGNINGS
Joseph Finder will be stopping by at the beginning of next week to sign his latest thriller, Vanished. This introduces Nick Heller who specializes in digging up secrets that people would rather keep hidden. When his brother, Roger, and his wife are attacked, and Roger disappears, Nick must figure out what happened. $25.99
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
Free Agent, a first espionage novel by Jeremy Duns, is getting all kinds of positive buzz. Maybe that’s because of the jaw-dropping first chapter! We tried to get signed copies, but were only able to get four copies of the limited edition which is signed across a red "Top Secret" stamp. This edition is also dated. Sorry we can only offer four. $75.00
Bryant & May on the Loose by Christopher Fowler is the seventh in this quirky series featuring the curmudgeonly duo from the Peculiar Crimes Unit. This time out they are investigating a series of murders involving corpses with missing heads. $43.00
FOR COLLECTORS
Dead Liberty by Catherine Aird, Collins Crime Club, London. 1986. First Edition. $35.00
A very fine copy in dust jacket of a curiously uncommon title.
Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr, Putnam, NY. 1993. First Edition. $150.00
Author’s first mystery. Very fine, as new copy in like dust jacket.
Eight Million Ways to Die by Lawrence Block, Arbor House, NY. 1982. First Edition. $350.00
Second Matt Scudder in hard cover. Very fine in a fine, fresh dust jacket.
The Last Gallows by John Dickson Carr, Harper, NY. 1931. First Edition. SIGNED. $425.00
Author’s very scarce second book. Cover soiled, label removed from rear endpaper, else very good. Inscribed with a wonderful poem (in French) about blondes, signed in full.
The Finger Man by Raymond Chandler, Avon, NY. 1946. $600.00
Paperback original in the Avon Murder Mystery Monthly series. A very fine copy and very scarce title thus. There are lots of cheaper copies out there, but this is the one if you really care about condition - twice the price but 10 times rarer than ordinary copies.
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, Otto Penzler Books, 1994. Facsimile of First Edition. $125.00
An exact facsimile of the first edition. Very fine, as new copy in pristine dust jacket.
The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler, Otto Penzler Books, 1996. Facsimile of First Edition. $50.00
An exact facsimile of the first edition. Very fine, as new copy in pristine dust jacket.
The Cavalier’s Cup by Carter Dickson, Morrow, NY. 1953. First Edition. $75.00
A Sir Henry Merrivale mystery. A fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket, which is lightly chipped at spine ends.
Numbered Account by Christopher Reich, Delacorte Press, NY. 1998. First Edition. SIGNED. $30.00
Author’s first book. Near fine in fine dust jacket.
Slayground by Richard Stark, Allison & Busby, London. 1984. First U.K. Hardcover Edition. SIGNED. $75.00
Trifle dust-soiled on page tops, else very fine in dust jacket. Signed as both Stark and Donald E. Westlake.
The Man with the Getaway Face by Richard Stark, Allison & Busby, London. 1984. First U.K. Hardcover Edition. SIGNED. $75.00
Top corner a bit bumped, light dust soiling to top of page edges, else fine and fresh in dust jacket. Signed as both Stark and Donald E. Westlake.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Michael Atkinson at The Mysterious Bookshop 08/20/09!
The Mysterious Bookshop
is proud to present:
Michael Atkinson
discussing his new novel
Hemingway Deadlights
Thursday, August 20th
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:
Michael Atkinson
discussing his new novel
Hemingway Deadlights
Thursday, August 20th
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
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