CRAIG RICE
One of the most popular and beloved authors in America during the 1940s and ‘50s, Craig Rice (1908-1957) was so successful that she became the first mystery writer to be portrayed on the cover of Time magazine. Her hilarious books about the boozy Chicago lawyer John J. Malone had countless reprints in hardcover and in paperback. She ghosted books for Gypsy Rose Lee and the debonair actor George Sanders and wrote several mysteries under the pseudonyms Daphne Sanders and Michael Venning, all of which are hard to find.
Eight Faces at Three, Cleveland, World, 1943 (originally 1939). Reprint. Name, else very good in chipped dust jacket. $15.00
Another copy. Reprint. Very good. $15.00
The Wrong Murder, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1940. First edition. Near very good. $20.00
Trial by Fury, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1941. First edition of this Haycraft-Queen cornerstone title. Spine a bit sunned, light wear at extremities, else near very good. $30.00
Telefair, Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1942. First edition. Cover faded, library stamp and names on front endpaper, else very good copy of a scarce title. $25.00
The Sunday Pigeon Murders, Cleveland, World, 1943 (originally 1942). Reprint. Very good in lightly chipped dust jacket. $20.00
The Thursday Turkey Murders, Cleveland, World, 1946 (originally 1943). Reprint. Name, else very good in lightly chipped dust jacket. $20.00
Having Wonderful Crime, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1943. First edition. Fine in a dust jacket which has been strengthened at spine ends with cellophane tape which has bled through and is visible. The basis for the 1945 movie starring Pat O’Brien as Malone and Carole Landis. $150.00
Another copy. Cleveland, World. Reprint. Very good in chipped dust jacket. Motion picture edition with photos on the front panel. $20.00
Home Sweet Homicide, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1944. First edition of this Haycraft-Queen cornerstone title. The Basis for the 1946 movie of the same title, which starred Randolph Scott and Lynn Bari. Name, else very good plus in dust jacket, which is lightly chipped at spine ends. $125.00
The Lucky Stiff, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1945. First edition. Fine in dust jacket, with moderate wear at spine ends. $75.00
My Kingdom for a Hearse, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1957. First edition. Very good in soiled dust jacket. $50.00
Another copy. First edition. Foxed, else very good in soiled dust jacket. $35.00
Another copy. First edition. Fine in dust jacket, which has tape stains. $35.00
Another copy. First edition. Very good in dust jacket with faded spine. $25.00
Another copy. London, Hammond, 1959. First U.K. edition. Ex-library copy. $10.00
Knocked for a Loop, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1957. First edition. An exceptionally fine copy without the usual tanning of the pages. In a fine dust jacket with minuscule rubbing and one tiny crease. $100.00
Another copy. First edition. Fine in dust jacket, which is lightly rubbed at edges and at top of spine. $65.00
Another copy, Very good in dust jacket. $35.00
Another copy. Book club edition. Fine in lightly chipped dust jacket. $10.00
The Double Frame, London, Black Dagger, 1992. Reprint. British title of Knocked for a Loop. Very fine in dust jacket. $17.50
The April Robin Murders, N.Y., Random House, 1958. First edition. Completed by Ed McBain after Rice died. Tiny stain on fore edge, else fine in dust jacket which has a tiny stain on rear flap. $65.00
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