Saturday, January 29, 2011
Wallace Stroby on COLD SHOT TO THE HEART
Wallace Stroby talks about his new novel COLD SHOT TO THE HEART at The Mysterious Bookshop.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Sally's Weekly Update for 01/28/11
Here's the latest update from the store that wishes Spring was here!
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 1/28/11
As some of you may know, Jeffery Deaver is the author of the next James Bond novel which will be published in the Spring. The true first edition of this thriller will be the UK edition and we’d like to make sure we order enough signed copies of that edition. Please let us know if you’d like to reserve a copy of the UK edition. We will, of course, have signed U.S. editions a few weeks later, but we do need to know numbers for the UK edition. This will NOT be a Crime Club selection.
The latest Henning Mankell will also NOT be a Crime Club selection. Mankell has said that this will be his last Kurt Wallander mystery. In any case, we’d like to see if we have ordered enough of the US edition (the true first edition) of The Troubled Man.
We have managed to get first editions of the Edgar Award nominated Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin. The author will be here soon to sign them. Reserve your copy today.
SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE
Ian had to twist my arm to read The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell! This is a post-apocalyptic trade paperback original and I’m not keen on the living dead, much as I was lukewarm about vampires until Suzy McKee Charnas, Kim Newman and Anne Rice wrote extraordinary books featuring those bloodsuckers. But I digress! I read The Reapers Are the Angels in one sitting. It is an extraordinary story, superbly written. Alden Bell’s writing is being compared to Flannery O’Connor, William Faulkner, Cormac McCarthy by reviewers. This is Southern gothic style at its best. Don’t miss it. $15.00
Wallace Stroby will be here later today to sign Cold Shot to the Heart. Crissa Stone, a career criminal, has her sights on an illegal card game . The take could be in the seven figures range and Crissa wants it. She puts a crew together for the robbery but when one of her crew loses his cool, Crissa comes to the attention of Eddie the Saint, a hit man who could use the work, and the money. A Hard Boiled Crime Club Main Selection. $24.99
FOR COLLECTORS
As Bad As I Am by William Ard, Rinehart, NY. 1959. First Edition. $50.00
Fine in dust jacket.
The Prisoner by Boileau & Narcejac, Hutchinson, London. 1957. First English Translation. $350.00
Translated from the French by Geoffrey Sainsbury. By the authors of the books on which such films as Vertigo and Diabolique were based. A very fine, tight copy in a bright, fresh dust jacket with a bit of wear at spinal extremities and corners. Very scarce.
Deceiver’s Door by Christopher B. Booth, Chelsea, NY. 1929. First Edition. $100.00
The adventures of a gentleman who has proclaimed himself "the greatest criminal in the world." Front hinge cracked, else about fine in fine pictorial dust jacket with minor chipping at spinal extremities.
5 Murderers by Raymond Chandler, Avon, NY. 1944. First Edition. $25.00
Mass market edition of this paperback original. A very good copy with no major flaws.
The White Priory Murders by Carter Dickson, Morrow, NY. 1934. First Edition. $150.00
Light wear at top of spine, else about fine.
The Chronicles of Michael Danevitch of the Russian Secret Service by Dick Donovan, Chatto & Windus, London. 1897. First Edition. $150.00
Original decorated dark blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in silver. Cases of the celebrated Russian detective related to fellow detective Dick Donovan. Listed in Glover and Greene, Victorian Detective Fiction, and Queen, The Detective Short Story. Apart from very minor rubbing at spine ends and corners, a fine, fresh copy.
Deadline by John Dunning, Cahill, Huntington Beach. 1995. First U.S. Hardcover Edition. SIGNED. $75.00
Very fine in dust jacket.
Black Sunday by Thomas Harrison, Putnam, NY. 1975. First Edition. $125.00
Author’s first, preceding his Hannibal Lecter thrillers. A fine copy with two dust jackets, neither of which is price-clipped. One jacket is clean but has a triangular chip out of the front panel; the other has general wear with small chips and nicks and a closed tear.
Go By Go by Jon A. Jackson, Dennis McMillan, AZ. 1998. First Edition. SIGNED. $30.00
Fine in dust jacket.
All God’s Children by Arthur Lyons, Mason/Charter, NY. 1976. First Edition. INSCRIBED. $250.00
Fine in dust jacket. Inscribed by the author.
A Gentle Axe by R.N. Morris, Faber & Faber, London. 2007. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Fine in series featuring police detective Porfiry Petrovich (from Crime and Punishment). Fine in dust jacket.
Double Play by Robert B. Parker, Putnam, NY. 2004. First Edition. SIGNED. $25.00
Fine in dust jacket.
Jack & Jill by James Patterson, Little Brown, Boston. 1996. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
The third Alex Cross mystery. Fine in dust jacket, which has an "Autographed Copy" sticker on front panel. Signed on title page.
Soul Circus by George P. Pelecanos, Orion, London. 2003. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Precedes US trade Edition. Fine in dust jacket.
The Fencing Master by Arturo Perez-Reverte, Harcourt, NY. 1998. First English Translation. SIGNED. $50.00
Fine in dust jacket.
Vanishing Act by Thomas Perry, Random House, NY. 1995. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Introduces Jane Whitefield. Fine in dust jacket.
Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin, Otto Penzler Books/Macmillan, NY. 1993. First U.S. Edition. $40.00
Second John Rebus novel. Tiny remainder mark on bottom edge, else very fine in dust jacket. Scarce.
Let It Bleed by Ian Rankin, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1996. First U.S. Edition. $100.00
Very fine in dust jacket. Scarce in collector’s condition.
A Question of Blood by Ian Rankin, Orion, London. 2003. First Edition. SIGNED. $45.00
A John Rebus mystery. Fine in dust jacket.
December 6 by Martin Cruz Smith, Simon & Schuster, NY. 2002. First Edition. SIGNED. $26.00
Fine in dust jacket.
(Rex Stout) A One-page typed letter dated May 5, 1943. SIGNED. $275.00
Typed on the letterhead of the Writers’ War Board, of which Stout was president. It is a long, earnest plea for the recipient (Jo Laurie, Jr.) to write a speech in favor of the creation of the United Nations. The letter is signed by Stout and six other members of the board of directors, including Clifton Fadiman.
69 Babylon Park by Harry Whittington, Avon, NY. 1962. First Edition. $45.00
Paperback Original. About fine in wrappers with some light rubbing to extremities.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
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 1/28/11
As some of you may know, Jeffery Deaver is the author of the next James Bond novel which will be published in the Spring. The true first edition of this thriller will be the UK edition and we’d like to make sure we order enough signed copies of that edition. Please let us know if you’d like to reserve a copy of the UK edition. We will, of course, have signed U.S. editions a few weeks later, but we do need to know numbers for the UK edition. This will NOT be a Crime Club selection.
The latest Henning Mankell will also NOT be a Crime Club selection. Mankell has said that this will be his last Kurt Wallander mystery. In any case, we’d like to see if we have ordered enough of the US edition (the true first edition) of The Troubled Man.
We have managed to get first editions of the Edgar Award nominated Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin. The author will be here soon to sign them. Reserve your copy today.
SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE
Ian had to twist my arm to read The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell! This is a post-apocalyptic trade paperback original and I’m not keen on the living dead, much as I was lukewarm about vampires until Suzy McKee Charnas, Kim Newman and Anne Rice wrote extraordinary books featuring those bloodsuckers. But I digress! I read The Reapers Are the Angels in one sitting. It is an extraordinary story, superbly written. Alden Bell’s writing is being compared to Flannery O’Connor, William Faulkner, Cormac McCarthy by reviewers. This is Southern gothic style at its best. Don’t miss it. $15.00
Wallace Stroby will be here later today to sign Cold Shot to the Heart. Crissa Stone, a career criminal, has her sights on an illegal card game . The take could be in the seven figures range and Crissa wants it. She puts a crew together for the robbery but when one of her crew loses his cool, Crissa comes to the attention of Eddie the Saint, a hit man who could use the work, and the money. A Hard Boiled Crime Club Main Selection. $24.99
FOR COLLECTORS
As Bad As I Am by William Ard, Rinehart, NY. 1959. First Edition. $50.00
Fine in dust jacket.
The Prisoner by Boileau & Narcejac, Hutchinson, London. 1957. First English Translation. $350.00
Translated from the French by Geoffrey Sainsbury. By the authors of the books on which such films as Vertigo and Diabolique were based. A very fine, tight copy in a bright, fresh dust jacket with a bit of wear at spinal extremities and corners. Very scarce.
Deceiver’s Door by Christopher B. Booth, Chelsea, NY. 1929. First Edition. $100.00
The adventures of a gentleman who has proclaimed himself "the greatest criminal in the world." Front hinge cracked, else about fine in fine pictorial dust jacket with minor chipping at spinal extremities.
5 Murderers by Raymond Chandler, Avon, NY. 1944. First Edition. $25.00
Mass market edition of this paperback original. A very good copy with no major flaws.
The White Priory Murders by Carter Dickson, Morrow, NY. 1934. First Edition. $150.00
Light wear at top of spine, else about fine.
The Chronicles of Michael Danevitch of the Russian Secret Service by Dick Donovan, Chatto & Windus, London. 1897. First Edition. $150.00
Original decorated dark blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in silver. Cases of the celebrated Russian detective related to fellow detective Dick Donovan. Listed in Glover and Greene, Victorian Detective Fiction, and Queen, The Detective Short Story. Apart from very minor rubbing at spine ends and corners, a fine, fresh copy.
Deadline by John Dunning, Cahill, Huntington Beach. 1995. First U.S. Hardcover Edition. SIGNED. $75.00
Very fine in dust jacket.
Black Sunday by Thomas Harrison, Putnam, NY. 1975. First Edition. $125.00
Author’s first, preceding his Hannibal Lecter thrillers. A fine copy with two dust jackets, neither of which is price-clipped. One jacket is clean but has a triangular chip out of the front panel; the other has general wear with small chips and nicks and a closed tear.
Go By Go by Jon A. Jackson, Dennis McMillan, AZ. 1998. First Edition. SIGNED. $30.00
Fine in dust jacket.
All God’s Children by Arthur Lyons, Mason/Charter, NY. 1976. First Edition. INSCRIBED. $250.00
Fine in dust jacket. Inscribed by the author.
A Gentle Axe by R.N. Morris, Faber & Faber, London. 2007. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Fine in series featuring police detective Porfiry Petrovich (from Crime and Punishment). Fine in dust jacket.
Double Play by Robert B. Parker, Putnam, NY. 2004. First Edition. SIGNED. $25.00
Fine in dust jacket.
Jack & Jill by James Patterson, Little Brown, Boston. 1996. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
The third Alex Cross mystery. Fine in dust jacket, which has an "Autographed Copy" sticker on front panel. Signed on title page.
Soul Circus by George P. Pelecanos, Orion, London. 2003. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Precedes US trade Edition. Fine in dust jacket.
The Fencing Master by Arturo Perez-Reverte, Harcourt, NY. 1998. First English Translation. SIGNED. $50.00
Fine in dust jacket.
Vanishing Act by Thomas Perry, Random House, NY. 1995. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Introduces Jane Whitefield. Fine in dust jacket.
Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin, Otto Penzler Books/Macmillan, NY. 1993. First U.S. Edition. $40.00
Second John Rebus novel. Tiny remainder mark on bottom edge, else very fine in dust jacket. Scarce.
Let It Bleed by Ian Rankin, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1996. First U.S. Edition. $100.00
Very fine in dust jacket. Scarce in collector’s condition.
A Question of Blood by Ian Rankin, Orion, London. 2003. First Edition. SIGNED. $45.00
A John Rebus mystery. Fine in dust jacket.
December 6 by Martin Cruz Smith, Simon & Schuster, NY. 2002. First Edition. SIGNED. $26.00
Fine in dust jacket.
(Rex Stout) A One-page typed letter dated May 5, 1943. SIGNED. $275.00
Typed on the letterhead of the Writers’ War Board, of which Stout was president. It is a long, earnest plea for the recipient (Jo Laurie, Jr.) to write a speech in favor of the creation of the United Nations. The letter is signed by Stout and six other members of the board of directors, including Clifton Fadiman.
69 Babylon Park by Harry Whittington, Avon, NY. 1962. First Edition. $45.00
Paperback Original. About fine in wrappers with some light rubbing to extremities.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Exclusive Bradford Morrow Party Photos
Here are some exclusive photos from our wonderful party last week for THE DIVINER'S TALE by Bradford Morrow!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Party for THE SECRET SOLDIER by Alex Berenson 02/10/11
The Mysterious Bookshop
is proud to present:
Alex Berenson
discussing his new novel
The Secret Soldier
Thursday, February 10th
from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
Admission is free.
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street (Between Church and West Broadway)
New York, NY 10007
(212) 587-1011
info@mysteriousbookshop.com
Friday, January 21, 2011
Sally's Weekly Update for 01/21/11
The Edgar Award Nominees have been announced!
Did any of your favorites make the cut?
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 1/21/11
EVENT
Friday, January 28th 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Wallace Stroby will be here to discuss and sign copies of his latest thriller
Cold Shot to the Heart $24.99
EDGAR AWARD NOMINEES
BEST NOVEL
Caught by Harlan Coben
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Faithful Place by Tana French
The Queen of Patpong by Timothy Hallinan
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
I’d Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva
The Poacher’s Son by Paul Doiron
The Serialist: A Novel by David Gordon
Galveston by Nic Pizzolatto
Snow Angels by James Thompson
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard
The News Where You Are by Catherine O’Flynn
Expiration Date by Duane Swierczynski
Vienna Secrets by Frank Tallis
Ten Little Herrings by L.C. Tyler
To see the complete list, log on to The Mystery Writers of America’s website:
www.mysterywriters.org
Please note that we no longer have signed copies of any of the above titles. We would be happy to search for copies for you (although it is doubtful that they are still available at cover price). We can also obtain unsigned and/or later editions of these titles.
SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE
The Poison Tree by Erin Kelly is a first mystery set in London and has been called "brilliant" by Jeffery Deaver, "compelling" by Sara Paretsky, and "ingeniously plotted" by Stefanie Pintoff. A First Mystery Club Main Selection. $26.95
Our event for The Diviner’s Tale by Bradford Morrow was a success. As it should have been. This beautifully written novel featuring a gifted young woman named Cassandra Brooks is garnering nothing but superlatives from reviewers both here and in the UK. An Unclassifiable Club Main Selection $26.00
The Border Lands by T. Jefferson Parker is the latest Charlie Hood novel and we’re delighted to be able to offer signed copies. $26.95.
The U.S. edition of The Death Instinct by Jeb Rubenfeld is now signed. The story features Stratham Younger and Sigmund Freud (who also appeared in The Interpretation of Murder). This thriller is set against the backdrop of the devastating Wall Street bombing of September 1920 - a crime that remains unsolved to this day. $26.95
We have signed copies of Big Wheat: A Tale of Bindlestiffs and Blood by Richard A. Thompson. It is the Summer of 1919 and men, women and machines are moving across the land bringing in the wheat harvest. But with progress comes a serial killer who believes that he should water the earth with blood, and there is no shortage of victims. He’s been killing for years now and nobody can stop him. Nobody even knows he exists. $24.95
The Lonely Death is the latest mystery to feature Inspector Ian Rutledge. We have copies signed by both authors who write under the name Charles Todd. This is a Soft Boiled Club Main Selection. $24.99
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
We have a few copies left of The Dark Side by Belinda Bauer. Her second thriller looks to be as dark and disturbing as Blacklands, her debut which won the CWA Crime Novel of the Year in the U.K. This is a British Crime Club Main Selection. $35.00
FOR COLLECTORS
Troubled Star by John August, Little Brown, Boston. 1939. First Edition. $100.00
Fine in dust jacket with small chips to top and bottom of spine.
London Bloody London by Michael Avallone, 8vo, paper. Curtis Books, NY. 1972. First Edition. $35.00
Fine in wrappers
The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont, by Robert Barr, Appleton, NY. 1906. First U.S. Edition. $85.00
Uncommon Queen’s Quorum title. Rear hinge split, owner’s name, wear to spine ends. Good-very good.
The Office by Fredric Brown, Dennis McMillan, FL. 1987. First Edition. $100.00
Limited to 450 copies SIGNED by Philip Jose Farmer who wrote the introduction.
The Asphalt Jungle by W.R. Burnett, Knopf, NY. 1949. First Edition. $1,000.00
Basis for the legendary noir film directed by John Huston and starring Sterling Hayden. Very fine in dust jacket.
The Blood-Red Dream by Michael Collins, Dodd, Mead, NY. 1976. First Edition. $35.00
Fine in near fine dust jacket with some rubbing.
The Plague Court Murders by Carter Dickson, Morrow, NY. 1934. First Edition. $75.00
Lending library stamps, some pages wrinkled due to a binding error, else very good.
Seeing is Believing by Carter Dickson, Morrow, NY. 1941. First Edition. $450.00
A fine copy in a dust jacket that is creased down the spine and lightly frayed at both ends.
William Gillette. A spectacular poster of Gillette, painted by Frederic Dorr Steele. "Farewell to the Stage: William Gillette in His Famous Creation: Sherlock Holmes. Baltimore, Ford Theatre. 1930. $3,500.00
The poster is approximately 131/2" x 21" matted, framed and glazed, overall approximately 18" by 26" in excellent condition. Holmes is pictured in his rooms at 221B Baker Street in dressing gown, smoking a pipe, with his violin case close at hand. The same poster was used for all the theatres on Gillette’s tour, only the name of the theatre being changed.
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris, Putnam, NY. 1981. First Edition. $75.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
The Dead Are Discreet by Arthur Lyons, Mason & Lipscomb, NY. 1974. First Edition. $450.00
Fine in dust jacket.
The Last Supper by Charles McCarry, Dutton, NY. 1983. First Edition. $65.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
Giovanni’s Gift by Bradford Morrow, Viking, NY. 1997. First Edition. SIGNED. $22.95
Fine in fine dust jacket.
Hide and Seek by James Patterson, Little Brown, Boston. 1996. First Edition. $20.00
Bottom of spine a trifle bumped, else very fine in dust jacket.
The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte, Harcourt, NY 1993. First U.S Edition. $65.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
Uncle Abner by Melville Davisson Post, Appleton, NY. 1918. First Edition. $200.00
Queen’s Quorum title and Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Spine ends worn, name, else very good.
The Ransomed Madonna by Lionel White, Dutton, NY. 1964. First Edition. $45.00
Fine in about fine dust jacket. Rubbing to top of dj spine, ink mark on front panel.
Triangle by Teri White, Charter, NY. 1982. First Edition. $45.00
Author’s first book, and Edgar-winning paperback original. A minor bump at the top of the spine, else very fine, unread copy and scarce thus. Laid in is a signed letter from the editor.
High Priest of California/Wild Wives by Charles Willeford, Re/Search, CA. 1987. First Edition. SIGNED. $250.00
Limited to 250 copies. Signed and numbered. Fine in fine dust jacket. Contains the two titular novels and a play based on the first respectively. Produced in a dos-a-dos format.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Did any of your favorites make the cut?
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 1/21/11
EVENT
Friday, January 28th 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Wallace Stroby will be here to discuss and sign copies of his latest thriller
Cold Shot to the Heart $24.99
EDGAR AWARD NOMINEES
BEST NOVEL
Caught by Harlan Coben
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Faithful Place by Tana French
The Queen of Patpong by Timothy Hallinan
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
I’d Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva
The Poacher’s Son by Paul Doiron
The Serialist: A Novel by David Gordon
Galveston by Nic Pizzolatto
Snow Angels by James Thompson
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard
The News Where You Are by Catherine O’Flynn
Expiration Date by Duane Swierczynski
Vienna Secrets by Frank Tallis
Ten Little Herrings by L.C. Tyler
To see the complete list, log on to The Mystery Writers of America’s website:
www.mysterywriters.org
Please note that we no longer have signed copies of any of the above titles. We would be happy to search for copies for you (although it is doubtful that they are still available at cover price). We can also obtain unsigned and/or later editions of these titles.
SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE
The Poison Tree by Erin Kelly is a first mystery set in London and has been called "brilliant" by Jeffery Deaver, "compelling" by Sara Paretsky, and "ingeniously plotted" by Stefanie Pintoff. A First Mystery Club Main Selection. $26.95
Our event for The Diviner’s Tale by Bradford Morrow was a success. As it should have been. This beautifully written novel featuring a gifted young woman named Cassandra Brooks is garnering nothing but superlatives from reviewers both here and in the UK. An Unclassifiable Club Main Selection $26.00
The Border Lands by T. Jefferson Parker is the latest Charlie Hood novel and we’re delighted to be able to offer signed copies. $26.95.
The U.S. edition of The Death Instinct by Jeb Rubenfeld is now signed. The story features Stratham Younger and Sigmund Freud (who also appeared in The Interpretation of Murder). This thriller is set against the backdrop of the devastating Wall Street bombing of September 1920 - a crime that remains unsolved to this day. $26.95
We have signed copies of Big Wheat: A Tale of Bindlestiffs and Blood by Richard A. Thompson. It is the Summer of 1919 and men, women and machines are moving across the land bringing in the wheat harvest. But with progress comes a serial killer who believes that he should water the earth with blood, and there is no shortage of victims. He’s been killing for years now and nobody can stop him. Nobody even knows he exists. $24.95
The Lonely Death is the latest mystery to feature Inspector Ian Rutledge. We have copies signed by both authors who write under the name Charles Todd. This is a Soft Boiled Club Main Selection. $24.99
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
We have a few copies left of The Dark Side by Belinda Bauer. Her second thriller looks to be as dark and disturbing as Blacklands, her debut which won the CWA Crime Novel of the Year in the U.K. This is a British Crime Club Main Selection. $35.00
FOR COLLECTORS
Troubled Star by John August, Little Brown, Boston. 1939. First Edition. $100.00
Fine in dust jacket with small chips to top and bottom of spine.
London Bloody London by Michael Avallone, 8vo, paper. Curtis Books, NY. 1972. First Edition. $35.00
Fine in wrappers
The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont, by Robert Barr, Appleton, NY. 1906. First U.S. Edition. $85.00
Uncommon Queen’s Quorum title. Rear hinge split, owner’s name, wear to spine ends. Good-very good.
The Office by Fredric Brown, Dennis McMillan, FL. 1987. First Edition. $100.00
Limited to 450 copies SIGNED by Philip Jose Farmer who wrote the introduction.
The Asphalt Jungle by W.R. Burnett, Knopf, NY. 1949. First Edition. $1,000.00
Basis for the legendary noir film directed by John Huston and starring Sterling Hayden. Very fine in dust jacket.
The Blood-Red Dream by Michael Collins, Dodd, Mead, NY. 1976. First Edition. $35.00
Fine in near fine dust jacket with some rubbing.
The Plague Court Murders by Carter Dickson, Morrow, NY. 1934. First Edition. $75.00
Lending library stamps, some pages wrinkled due to a binding error, else very good.
Seeing is Believing by Carter Dickson, Morrow, NY. 1941. First Edition. $450.00
A fine copy in a dust jacket that is creased down the spine and lightly frayed at both ends.
William Gillette. A spectacular poster of Gillette, painted by Frederic Dorr Steele. "Farewell to the Stage: William Gillette in His Famous Creation: Sherlock Holmes. Baltimore, Ford Theatre. 1930. $3,500.00
The poster is approximately 131/2" x 21" matted, framed and glazed, overall approximately 18" by 26" in excellent condition. Holmes is pictured in his rooms at 221B Baker Street in dressing gown, smoking a pipe, with his violin case close at hand. The same poster was used for all the theatres on Gillette’s tour, only the name of the theatre being changed.
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris, Putnam, NY. 1981. First Edition. $75.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
The Dead Are Discreet by Arthur Lyons, Mason & Lipscomb, NY. 1974. First Edition. $450.00
Fine in dust jacket.
The Last Supper by Charles McCarry, Dutton, NY. 1983. First Edition. $65.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
Giovanni’s Gift by Bradford Morrow, Viking, NY. 1997. First Edition. SIGNED. $22.95
Fine in fine dust jacket.
Hide and Seek by James Patterson, Little Brown, Boston. 1996. First Edition. $20.00
Bottom of spine a trifle bumped, else very fine in dust jacket.
The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte, Harcourt, NY 1993. First U.S Edition. $65.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
Uncle Abner by Melville Davisson Post, Appleton, NY. 1918. First Edition. $200.00
Queen’s Quorum title and Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Spine ends worn, name, else very good.
The Ransomed Madonna by Lionel White, Dutton, NY. 1964. First Edition. $45.00
Fine in about fine dust jacket. Rubbing to top of dj spine, ink mark on front panel.
Triangle by Teri White, Charter, NY. 1982. First Edition. $45.00
Author’s first book, and Edgar-winning paperback original. A minor bump at the top of the spine, else very fine, unread copy and scarce thus. Laid in is a signed letter from the editor.
High Priest of California/Wild Wives by Charles Willeford, Re/Search, CA. 1987. First Edition. SIGNED. $250.00
Limited to 250 copies. Signed and numbered. Fine in fine dust jacket. Contains the two titular novels and a play based on the first respectively. Produced in a dos-a-dos format.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Party for EYES OF THE INNOCENT by Brad Parks 02/11/11
The Mysterious Bookshop
is proud to present:
Brad Parks
discussing his new novel
Eyes of the Innocent
Friday, February 11th
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
Bradford Morrow on THE DIVINER'S TALE
Bradford Morrow discussed his new novel THE DIVINER'S TALE with Otto Penzler last evening at The Mysterious Bookshop!
Friday, January 14, 2011
Sally's Weekly Update for 01/14/11
The weather continues to thwart us!!!!
Joyce Carol Oates cancelled her appearance here and is heading off to California for a month (very smart!).
The MSBS Staff (not me) has been shovelling the sidewalks constantly it seems and the cold is biting.
I know some of you live in areas where this kind of weather is the norm, but we aren't used to it!! Yet.
Thinking of becoming a snowbird.
Here are some books to keep you warm.
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 1/14/11
EVENT
We’re sorry that the weather prohibited our event with Joyce Carol Oates from happening.
Hope everybody who had planned to attend received the cancellation notice in time.
We have rescheduled this event for March 9th. Hopefully the weather will be kinder then.
I will remind you closer to that date.
We will hold on to your books sent in for signature until that date. If you would like them returned, just let us know.
Wednesday, January 19th, 6.30p.m. - 8.00p.m.
Bradford Morrow will be here to discuss his novel
The Diviner’s Tale $26.00
This novel is receiving excellent reviews and is an Unclassifiable Club Main Selection.
Akashic books recently published a great addition to their Noir series. Haiti Noir, edited by Edwidge Danticat, contains noir stories from before and after the earthquake. Akashic produced a small amount of hardcover editions signed by Danticat, as well as the usual unsigned trade paperback. We have one signed copy remaining ($24.95) and plenty of the paperbacks ($15.95). The NYT recently gave a terrific review for this book. In addition, Symphony Space here in New York is holding an event with Danticat and others. They are giving away two pairs of tickets to the first two people who ask. To request them, please email Mary Shimkin at
mary.shimkin@symphonyspace.org
. The details can be found here:
http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/6366-selected-shorts-haiti-noir-with-edwidge-danticat
SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE
Matthew Gallaway’s first novel, The Metropolis Case, tells the story of four people bound across the centuries and continents by the history of Richard Wagner’s opera Tristan and Isolde. Garnering terrific reviews, all of which stress that you don’t have to be an Opera buff to love this tale. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/books/28book.html $25.00
Howard Gordon, the executive producer of the hit series 24, makes his fiction debut with Gideon’s War, a tale of political intrigue and international terrorism. He’s still obsessed with time though: Gideon Davis has just 48 hours to bring his rogue agent brother in - before a twisted global conspiracy turns deadly. $24.99
The Inner Circle is Brad Meltzer’s latest and is a must for conspiracy buffs. When a young archivist comes across a two-hundred-year-old dictionary that once belonged to George Washington, he finds himself entangled in a web of deception, conspiracy, and murder. I was intrigued by an interview Meltzer gave on the radio in which he revealed that George Bush Sr confirmed with him that each president sends a letter to his successor.. Those letters are not available and Meltzer got to thinking... A Thriller/Espionage Main Selection. $26.99
Not signed but...
Crime is the debut collection of stories by Ferdinand Von Schirach, a prominent German defense attorney. These stories not only explore the motivations stirring within the criminal mind but also guilt, which is never as clear-cut as the crime, and justice which is even more nebulous. First English Translation. $25.00
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
The Facility is award-winner Simon Lelic’s second novel. The husband of Julia Priestley has been arrested under severe and new anti-terrorist legislation and, together with journalist Tom Clarke, she discovers a trail that implicates those at the very top of government. This thriller portrays a society obsessed with security at whatever cost. A British Crime Club Main Selection. $33.00
In Shatter the Bones, Stuart MacBride tells the story of Alison and Jenny McGregor, Aberdeens’ own mother-daughter singing sensation who have just reached the semi-finals of Britain’s Next Big Star. But their reality-TV dream turns into a nightmare when they are kidnapped and a ransom demand appears all over the media. Dig deep into your pockets, it says, or your singing darlings will be killed. DS Logan McRae and his colleagues investigate but they have nothing to go on. $48.00
FOR COLLECTORS
Mr. Trouble by William Ard, Rinehart, NY. 1955. First Edition. $75.00
Fine in dust jacket.
Sacrifice by S.J. Bolton, Bantam Press, London. 2008, First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Author’s first novel. Fine in fine dust jacket.
The Animal Factory by Edward Bunker, Viking, NY. 1977. First Edition. SIGNED. $750.00
The basis for the Steve Buscemi-directed cult favorite of the same title. Very fine in dust jacket.
Bangkok 8 by John Burdett, Knopf, NY. 2003. First Edition. $24.00
First in the series set in Bangkok and introducing local cop Sonchai Jitpleecheep. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child, Bantam Press, London. 2009. First Edition. SIGNED. $48.00
True first edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Flesh and Blood by Thomas H. Cook, Putnam, NY. 1989. SIGNED. $35.00
Fine in dust jacket showing some wear at edges. Review copy with publisher’s material laid in.
The Punch and Judy Murders by Carter Dickson, Morrow, NY. 1937. First Edition. $150.00
Very good.
North River by Pete Hamill, Little Brown, NY. 2007. First Edition. SIGNED. $25.99
Set in New York in 1934. Fine in fine dust jacket.
The Amazing Adventures of Lester Leith by Erle Stanley Gardner, David, NY. 1980. First Edition. $50.00
Collection of pulp stories. Very fine, digest-sized paperback original. Very scarce in this unread condition.
E.W. Hornung, "Kenyon’s Innings" in Longman’s Magazine, vol. 19 (1891-1892) and "The Unbidden Guest" in Longman’s Magazine, vol. 23 (1894). $20.00
Two stories in bound volumes. Interiors fine, bindings worn. Price is for the two volumes.
Number Seven Queer Street by Margery Lawrence, Mycroft & Moran, WI. 1969. First Edition. $75.00
One of 2,000 copies. Five stories featuring psychic detective Miles Pennoyer. Very fine in dust jacket, which is slightly tanned at the spine.
Fear Itself by Walter Mosley, Little Brown, NY. 2003. First Edition. SIGNED. $24.95
A Fearless Jones novel. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Problems Solved by Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg, Crippen & Landru, VA. Limited Edition. 2003. SIGNED. $42.00
Limited to 250 copies signed by both authors. A separate pamphlet, "Do I Dare to Eat a Peach?" is included. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Beggars Banquet by Ian Rankin, Orion, London. 2002. First Edition. SIGNED. $43.00
Twenty-one stories by Rankin gathered together for the first time. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Empire of Sand by Robert Ryan, Headline, London. 2008 First Edition. SIGNED. $56.00
Blending fact with fiction, Ryan has written a novel about one of the most fascinating figures in British history revealing how the expertise and cultural understanding of T.E. Lawrence led him to become one of the most respected figures in the Arab revolt of World War One. Fine in fine dust jacket.
The Listening House by Mabel Seeley, Doubleday Crime Club, NY. 1938. First Edition. $100.00
Inexplicably, one of the most elusive of all Crime Club titles. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Corners bumped; very good.
The Glass Devil by Helene Tursten, Soho Crime, NY. 2007. First English Translation. SIGNED. $24.00
The third mystery featuring Detective Inspector Irene Huss of the Goteborg crime force. Fine in fine dust jacket.
An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson, Faber & Faber, London. 2008. First Edition. SIGNED. $37.00
Author’s first novel. Introduces Josphine Tey as the lead character and amateur sleuth. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Kahawa by Donald E. Westlake, Viking Press, NY. 1982. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Fine in price-clipped dust jacket.
Cockfighter by Charles Willeford, Chicago Paperback, Chicago. 1962. First Edition. $125.00
Paperback Original. Tiny bit of rubbing to one corner, initials on first page, else an exceptional copy of the true first of this uncommon book.
Tucker’s People by Ira Wolfert, Fischer, NY. 1943. First Edition. $1,250.00
Basis for the famous noir film, Force of Evil, directed by Abraham Polonsky and starring John Garfield. A fine copy in the scarce second issue dust jacket, which is price-clipped, shipped at the head of the spine, and has tan stains on rear panel.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Joyce Carol Oates cancelled her appearance here and is heading off to California for a month (very smart!).
The MSBS Staff (not me) has been shovelling the sidewalks constantly it seems and the cold is biting.
I know some of you live in areas where this kind of weather is the norm, but we aren't used to it!! Yet.
Thinking of becoming a snowbird.
Here are some books to keep you warm.
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 1/14/11
EVENT
We’re sorry that the weather prohibited our event with Joyce Carol Oates from happening.
Hope everybody who had planned to attend received the cancellation notice in time.
We have rescheduled this event for March 9th. Hopefully the weather will be kinder then.
I will remind you closer to that date.
We will hold on to your books sent in for signature until that date. If you would like them returned, just let us know.
Wednesday, January 19th, 6.30p.m. - 8.00p.m.
Bradford Morrow will be here to discuss his novel
The Diviner’s Tale $26.00
This novel is receiving excellent reviews and is an Unclassifiable Club Main Selection.
Akashic books recently published a great addition to their Noir series. Haiti Noir, edited by Edwidge Danticat, contains noir stories from before and after the earthquake. Akashic produced a small amount of hardcover editions signed by Danticat, as well as the usual unsigned trade paperback. We have one signed copy remaining ($24.95) and plenty of the paperbacks ($15.95). The NYT recently gave a terrific review for this book. In addition, Symphony Space here in New York is holding an event with Danticat and others. They are giving away two pairs of tickets to the first two people who ask. To request them, please email Mary Shimkin at
mary.shimkin@symphonyspace.org
. The details can be found here:
http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/6366-selected-shorts-haiti-noir-with-edwidge-danticat
SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE
Matthew Gallaway’s first novel, The Metropolis Case, tells the story of four people bound across the centuries and continents by the history of Richard Wagner’s opera Tristan and Isolde. Garnering terrific reviews, all of which stress that you don’t have to be an Opera buff to love this tale. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/books/28book.html $25.00
Howard Gordon, the executive producer of the hit series 24, makes his fiction debut with Gideon’s War, a tale of political intrigue and international terrorism. He’s still obsessed with time though: Gideon Davis has just 48 hours to bring his rogue agent brother in - before a twisted global conspiracy turns deadly. $24.99
The Inner Circle is Brad Meltzer’s latest and is a must for conspiracy buffs. When a young archivist comes across a two-hundred-year-old dictionary that once belonged to George Washington, he finds himself entangled in a web of deception, conspiracy, and murder. I was intrigued by an interview Meltzer gave on the radio in which he revealed that George Bush Sr confirmed with him that each president sends a letter to his successor.. Those letters are not available and Meltzer got to thinking... A Thriller/Espionage Main Selection. $26.99
Not signed but...
Crime is the debut collection of stories by Ferdinand Von Schirach, a prominent German defense attorney. These stories not only explore the motivations stirring within the criminal mind but also guilt, which is never as clear-cut as the crime, and justice which is even more nebulous. First English Translation. $25.00
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
The Facility is award-winner Simon Lelic’s second novel. The husband of Julia Priestley has been arrested under severe and new anti-terrorist legislation and, together with journalist Tom Clarke, she discovers a trail that implicates those at the very top of government. This thriller portrays a society obsessed with security at whatever cost. A British Crime Club Main Selection. $33.00
In Shatter the Bones, Stuart MacBride tells the story of Alison and Jenny McGregor, Aberdeens’ own mother-daughter singing sensation who have just reached the semi-finals of Britain’s Next Big Star. But their reality-TV dream turns into a nightmare when they are kidnapped and a ransom demand appears all over the media. Dig deep into your pockets, it says, or your singing darlings will be killed. DS Logan McRae and his colleagues investigate but they have nothing to go on. $48.00
FOR COLLECTORS
Mr. Trouble by William Ard, Rinehart, NY. 1955. First Edition. $75.00
Fine in dust jacket.
Sacrifice by S.J. Bolton, Bantam Press, London. 2008, First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Author’s first novel. Fine in fine dust jacket.
The Animal Factory by Edward Bunker, Viking, NY. 1977. First Edition. SIGNED. $750.00
The basis for the Steve Buscemi-directed cult favorite of the same title. Very fine in dust jacket.
Bangkok 8 by John Burdett, Knopf, NY. 2003. First Edition. $24.00
First in the series set in Bangkok and introducing local cop Sonchai Jitpleecheep. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child, Bantam Press, London. 2009. First Edition. SIGNED. $48.00
True first edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Flesh and Blood by Thomas H. Cook, Putnam, NY. 1989. SIGNED. $35.00
Fine in dust jacket showing some wear at edges. Review copy with publisher’s material laid in.
The Punch and Judy Murders by Carter Dickson, Morrow, NY. 1937. First Edition. $150.00
Very good.
North River by Pete Hamill, Little Brown, NY. 2007. First Edition. SIGNED. $25.99
Set in New York in 1934. Fine in fine dust jacket.
The Amazing Adventures of Lester Leith by Erle Stanley Gardner, David, NY. 1980. First Edition. $50.00
Collection of pulp stories. Very fine, digest-sized paperback original. Very scarce in this unread condition.
E.W. Hornung, "Kenyon’s Innings" in Longman’s Magazine, vol. 19 (1891-1892) and "The Unbidden Guest" in Longman’s Magazine, vol. 23 (1894). $20.00
Two stories in bound volumes. Interiors fine, bindings worn. Price is for the two volumes.
Number Seven Queer Street by Margery Lawrence, Mycroft & Moran, WI. 1969. First Edition. $75.00
One of 2,000 copies. Five stories featuring psychic detective Miles Pennoyer. Very fine in dust jacket, which is slightly tanned at the spine.
Fear Itself by Walter Mosley, Little Brown, NY. 2003. First Edition. SIGNED. $24.95
A Fearless Jones novel. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Problems Solved by Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg, Crippen & Landru, VA. Limited Edition. 2003. SIGNED. $42.00
Limited to 250 copies signed by both authors. A separate pamphlet, "Do I Dare to Eat a Peach?" is included. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Beggars Banquet by Ian Rankin, Orion, London. 2002. First Edition. SIGNED. $43.00
Twenty-one stories by Rankin gathered together for the first time. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Empire of Sand by Robert Ryan, Headline, London. 2008 First Edition. SIGNED. $56.00
Blending fact with fiction, Ryan has written a novel about one of the most fascinating figures in British history revealing how the expertise and cultural understanding of T.E. Lawrence led him to become one of the most respected figures in the Arab revolt of World War One. Fine in fine dust jacket.
The Listening House by Mabel Seeley, Doubleday Crime Club, NY. 1938. First Edition. $100.00
Inexplicably, one of the most elusive of all Crime Club titles. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Corners bumped; very good.
The Glass Devil by Helene Tursten, Soho Crime, NY. 2007. First English Translation. SIGNED. $24.00
The third mystery featuring Detective Inspector Irene Huss of the Goteborg crime force. Fine in fine dust jacket.
An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson, Faber & Faber, London. 2008. First Edition. SIGNED. $37.00
Author’s first novel. Introduces Josphine Tey as the lead character and amateur sleuth. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Kahawa by Donald E. Westlake, Viking Press, NY. 1982. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Fine in price-clipped dust jacket.
Cockfighter by Charles Willeford, Chicago Paperback, Chicago. 1962. First Edition. $125.00
Paperback Original. Tiny bit of rubbing to one corner, initials on first page, else an exceptional copy of the true first of this uncommon book.
Tucker’s People by Ira Wolfert, Fischer, NY. 1943. First Edition. $1,250.00
Basis for the famous noir film, Force of Evil, directed by Abraham Polonsky and starring John Garfield. A fine copy in the scarce second issue dust jacket, which is price-clipped, shipped at the head of the spine, and has tan stains on rear panel.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Saturday, January 8, 2011
The January 2011 Newsletter is Now Available!
The January newsletter is now posted on our website. The links below will take you straight to it. The second link is to the more printer-friendly version.
http://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/home/newsletter/newsletter.pdf
http://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/home/printnewsletter/print_newsletter.pdf
Happy New Year
Sally Owen
The Mysterious Bookshop
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
http://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/home/newsletter/newsletter.pdf
http://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/home/printnewsletter/print_newsletter.pdf
Happy New Year
Sally Owen
The Mysterious Bookshop
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Friday, January 7, 2011
Party for COLD SHOT TO THE HEART by Wallace Stroby 01/28/11
The Mysterious Bookshop
will host a party
celebrating the release of
Cold Shot
to the Heart
by Wallace Stroby
Join us in celebrating the new novel
Cold Shot to the Heart (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Mr. Stroby will discuss and read from his book and answer questions. Copies will be available for autographs.
Light refreshments will be served.
Friday, January 28th
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm.
Admission is Free
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street (Between Church and West Broadway)
New York, NY 10007
(201) 587-1011
info@mysteriousbookshop.com
Party for THE DIVINER'S TALE by Bradford Morrow 01/19/11
The Mysterious Bookshop
is proud to present:
Bradford Morrow
discussing his new novel
The Diviner's Tale
Wednesday, January 19th
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
Sally's Weekly Update for 01/07/11
We've been celebrating the birthday of Sherlock Holmes this week. The Baker Street Irregulars are stopping by, and it sure doesn't feel like the 21st Century around here.
Here's the latest update.
Happy reading
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 1/7/11
EVENT
Wednesday, January 12th, 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m
Joyce Carol Oates will be here to discuss
Give Me Your Heart, $25.00
her collection of stories about vengeance, cruelty and obsession!
SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE
Robert Crais stopped by to sign the trade edition of his latest, The Sentry. A Crime Collector’s Club Main Selection. $26.95
Graham Moore signed more copies of The Sherlockian, the surprise best-seller featuring the Baker Street Irregulars. $24.99
Bohemian Souls by Otto Penzler, Editor, The Baker Street Irregulars, 2010. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
This facsimile of the original manuscript of A Scandal in Bohemia by Arthur Conan Doyle is part of the Baker Street Irregular Manuscript Series. Annotations and commentary by Sherlockian scholars including Michael H. Kean who also signed.
FOR COLLECTORS
Death of a Ghost by Margery Allingham, Doubleday Crime Club, NY. 1934. First U.S. Edition. $25.00
Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Very good.
.38 by William Ard, Rinehart, NY. 1952. First Edition. $65.00
Fine in dust jacket.
The Case of the Bouncing Betty; The Case of the Violent Virgin by Michael Avallone, Ace Books, NY. 1957. First Edition. $65.00
Paperback. Near fine with creased spine and wear to spine extremities, front hinge split.
The Stoat by Lynn Brock, Collins Crime Club, London. 1940. First Edition. $85.00
A very scarce book in first edition. Very good-near fine in orange cloth binding.
The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton, John Lane, NY. 1989. First U.S. Edition. $100.00
Important Queen’s Quorum title. About fine with no wear.
The Orchids by Thomas H. Cook, Houghton Mifflin, Boston. 1983. First Edition. SIGNED. $85.00
Author’s scarce second book. Very fine in dust jacket.
Fatal Descent by Carter Dickson (with John Rhode), Dodd Mead, NY. 1939. First U.S. Edition. $450.00
A sliver of darkening at top of spine, else an exceptionally fine and bright copy in a price-clipped dust jacket that is quite chipped at top and bottom of spine. Very scarce in jacket.
Flying Finish by Dick Francis, Armchair Detective Library, NY. 1991 (originally published in 1965). SIGNED. $125.00
Limited to 26 lettered copies in a slipcase. Very fine.
"C" is for Corpse by Sue Grafton, Holt, NY. 1986. Advance Proof Copy. $450.00
Author’s third Kinsey Milhone novel, preceding the hardcover first edition by several months. A very fine, clean, fresh copy in the original wrappers.
A Taste for Death by P.D. James, Knopf, NY. 1987. Typescript. $50.00
One of a very few copies of the typescript of the novel, duplicated and bound for use by the Book-of-the-Month Club for its consideration. This rare edition was produced before it was typeset. Spiral bound in yellow wrappers. Fine copy of a rare item (with) a second volume, identical format, titled Devices and Desires.
Banking on Death by Emma Lathen, Macmillan, NY. 1961. First Edition. $250.00
Author’s first book. An exceptional copy in the scarce dust jacket, which is sunned at the spine as usual. An extremely uncommon book in collectable condition.
Dead Ringer by Arthur Lyons, Mason/Charter, NY. 1977. First Edition. SIGNED. $85.00
Near fine in dust jacket.
The Killing Floor by Arthur Lyons, Mason/Charter, NY. 1976. First Edition. $500.00
Fine in dust jacket.
Odds Against Tomorrow by William McGivern, Dodd, Mead, NY. 1957. First Edition. INSCRIBED. $300.00
The basis for the 1959 film starring Harry Belafonte, the first film noir of the classic era to feature a black actor. Very good in a lightly chipped and soiled dust jacket. Scarce. With a long inscription on the front end-paper.
Death in Ecstasy by Ngaio Marsh, Sheridan, NY. 1941. First U.S. Edition. $250.00
A fine, fresh copy in dust jacket, which is lightly worn at corners and spine ends. Scarce in dust jacket.
The Nautical Chart by Arturo Perez-Reverte, Harcourt, NY. 2001. First Edition in English. $26.00
Very fine in dust jacket.
A one-page typed letter dated April 11, 1944, by Rex Stout. SIGNED. $200.00
Letter on the letterhead of the Writers’ War Board, of which he was president, in which he informs a correspondent that he is having a copy of Know Your Enemy sent to him. Fine condition.
Cockfighter by Charles Willeford, Chicago Paperback. 1962. First Edition. $125.00
Paperback original. Tiny bit of rubbing to one corner, initials on first page, else an exceptional copy of the true first of this uncommon book.
A Guide for the Underhemorrhoided by Charles Willeford, Star Publishing, FL. 1977. First Edition. SIGNED. $350.00
Limited to 1,000 copies, privately printed by the author. An unusual memoir from this popular noir author. Signed on front end-paper. Fine in dust jacket.
Poontang and Other Poems by Charles Willeford, New Athenaeum Press, FL. 1966. First Edition. SIGNED. $3,000.00
Stiff, gray wrappers. Fine with a small bump to bottom corner. By far the rarest of Willeford’s works.
(Women Detectives) Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (from the Dime Novels) by Garyn G. Roberts, Gary Hoppenstand & Ray B. Browne, editors, Popular Press, OH. 1990. $30.00
A collection of three novellas about very strange female detectives from 1885-1911, with a learned introduction and notes. Very fine oversized volume without dust jacket, as issued.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Here's the latest update.
Happy reading
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 1/7/11
EVENT
Wednesday, January 12th, 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m
Joyce Carol Oates will be here to discuss
Give Me Your Heart, $25.00
her collection of stories about vengeance, cruelty and obsession!
SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE
Robert Crais stopped by to sign the trade edition of his latest, The Sentry. A Crime Collector’s Club Main Selection. $26.95
Graham Moore signed more copies of The Sherlockian, the surprise best-seller featuring the Baker Street Irregulars. $24.99
Bohemian Souls by Otto Penzler, Editor, The Baker Street Irregulars, 2010. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
This facsimile of the original manuscript of A Scandal in Bohemia by Arthur Conan Doyle is part of the Baker Street Irregular Manuscript Series. Annotations and commentary by Sherlockian scholars including Michael H. Kean who also signed.
FOR COLLECTORS
Death of a Ghost by Margery Allingham, Doubleday Crime Club, NY. 1934. First U.S. Edition. $25.00
Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Very good.
.38 by William Ard, Rinehart, NY. 1952. First Edition. $65.00
Fine in dust jacket.
The Case of the Bouncing Betty; The Case of the Violent Virgin by Michael Avallone, Ace Books, NY. 1957. First Edition. $65.00
Paperback. Near fine with creased spine and wear to spine extremities, front hinge split.
The Stoat by Lynn Brock, Collins Crime Club, London. 1940. First Edition. $85.00
A very scarce book in first edition. Very good-near fine in orange cloth binding.
The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton, John Lane, NY. 1989. First U.S. Edition. $100.00
Important Queen’s Quorum title. About fine with no wear.
The Orchids by Thomas H. Cook, Houghton Mifflin, Boston. 1983. First Edition. SIGNED. $85.00
Author’s scarce second book. Very fine in dust jacket.
Fatal Descent by Carter Dickson (with John Rhode), Dodd Mead, NY. 1939. First U.S. Edition. $450.00
A sliver of darkening at top of spine, else an exceptionally fine and bright copy in a price-clipped dust jacket that is quite chipped at top and bottom of spine. Very scarce in jacket.
Flying Finish by Dick Francis, Armchair Detective Library, NY. 1991 (originally published in 1965). SIGNED. $125.00
Limited to 26 lettered copies in a slipcase. Very fine.
"C" is for Corpse by Sue Grafton, Holt, NY. 1986. Advance Proof Copy. $450.00
Author’s third Kinsey Milhone novel, preceding the hardcover first edition by several months. A very fine, clean, fresh copy in the original wrappers.
A Taste for Death by P.D. James, Knopf, NY. 1987. Typescript. $50.00
One of a very few copies of the typescript of the novel, duplicated and bound for use by the Book-of-the-Month Club for its consideration. This rare edition was produced before it was typeset. Spiral bound in yellow wrappers. Fine copy of a rare item (with) a second volume, identical format, titled Devices and Desires.
Banking on Death by Emma Lathen, Macmillan, NY. 1961. First Edition. $250.00
Author’s first book. An exceptional copy in the scarce dust jacket, which is sunned at the spine as usual. An extremely uncommon book in collectable condition.
Dead Ringer by Arthur Lyons, Mason/Charter, NY. 1977. First Edition. SIGNED. $85.00
Near fine in dust jacket.
The Killing Floor by Arthur Lyons, Mason/Charter, NY. 1976. First Edition. $500.00
Fine in dust jacket.
Odds Against Tomorrow by William McGivern, Dodd, Mead, NY. 1957. First Edition. INSCRIBED. $300.00
The basis for the 1959 film starring Harry Belafonte, the first film noir of the classic era to feature a black actor. Very good in a lightly chipped and soiled dust jacket. Scarce. With a long inscription on the front end-paper.
Death in Ecstasy by Ngaio Marsh, Sheridan, NY. 1941. First U.S. Edition. $250.00
A fine, fresh copy in dust jacket, which is lightly worn at corners and spine ends. Scarce in dust jacket.
The Nautical Chart by Arturo Perez-Reverte, Harcourt, NY. 2001. First Edition in English. $26.00
Very fine in dust jacket.
A one-page typed letter dated April 11, 1944, by Rex Stout. SIGNED. $200.00
Letter on the letterhead of the Writers’ War Board, of which he was president, in which he informs a correspondent that he is having a copy of Know Your Enemy sent to him. Fine condition.
Cockfighter by Charles Willeford, Chicago Paperback. 1962. First Edition. $125.00
Paperback original. Tiny bit of rubbing to one corner, initials on first page, else an exceptional copy of the true first of this uncommon book.
A Guide for the Underhemorrhoided by Charles Willeford, Star Publishing, FL. 1977. First Edition. SIGNED. $350.00
Limited to 1,000 copies, privately printed by the author. An unusual memoir from this popular noir author. Signed on front end-paper. Fine in dust jacket.
Poontang and Other Poems by Charles Willeford, New Athenaeum Press, FL. 1966. First Edition. SIGNED. $3,000.00
Stiff, gray wrappers. Fine with a small bump to bottom corner. By far the rarest of Willeford’s works.
(Women Detectives) Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (from the Dime Novels) by Garyn G. Roberts, Gary Hoppenstand & Ray B. Browne, editors, Popular Press, OH. 1990. $30.00
A collection of three novellas about very strange female detectives from 1885-1911, with a learned introduction and notes. Very fine oversized volume without dust jacket, as issued.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Sherlock Holmes Open House 2011
Our annual Sherlock Holmes Open House was a great success. Laurie King and Leslie Klinger dropped by to sign copies of THE GRAND GAME. Graham Moore signed copies of his bestseller THE SHERLOCKIAN and Otto Penzler signed copies of his new Sherlockian book BOHEMIAN SOULS.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Sally's Weekly Update for December 31 2010
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 12/31/10
EVENT
Friday, January 7th, 11.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m.
Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger
The Grand Game: A Celebration of Sherlockian Scholarship
Volume One, 1902 - 1959. $39.95
SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE
We have received the signed limited edition of THE SENTRY by Robert Crais.
This edition is limited to only 100 copies, numbered and signed by Robert Crais. Bound in marbled boards with a leather spine. The price is $150.00. There are also 26 lettered copies available at $275.00. If you have not already reserved a copy, please let us know just as soon as you can. They are going fast.
The trade edition of this book which comes out next year will be a Crime Collectors Club Main Selection. $26.95
Stephen Hunter stopped by to sign the latest Bob Lee Swagger thriller, Dead Zero. This is a Crime Collectors Club Main Selection. $26.00.
We have managed to get some signed copies of Three Seconds by Roslund & Hellstrom. This is the first U.S. Edition and both authors have signed with a message, Roslund in Swedish and Hellstrom in English. This thriller has taken Europe by storm and was winner of the Best Swedish Crime Novel when it was published there in 2009. $24.95
We have received our signed copies of The Four Stages of Cruelty by Keith Hollihan. This unusual first novel set in the world of Ditmarsh Penitentiary is receiving all kinds of kudos from critics and readers. An Unclassifiable Club Selection. $25.99
FOR COLLECTORS
The Root of His Evil by William Ard, Rinehart, NY. 1957. First Edition. $65.00
Very fine in dust jacket.
The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza by Lawrence Block, Random House, NY. 1980. First Edition. SIGNED. $125.00
Very fine in dust jacket. Review slip laid in.
No Good from a Corpse by Leigh Brackett, McMillan, Tucson. 1997. First Edition. SIGNED. $45.00
Giant collection of the complete crime fiction of this outstanding pulp writer of hard-boiled fiction. With an introduction by Ray Bradbury and an afterword by Michael Connelly. Very fine in dust jacket. Although not called for, this copy is signed by Bradbury and Connelly.
Incredible Ink by Howard Browne, McMillan, Tucson. 1997. First Edition. SIGNED. $100.00
Giant volume of stories from the pulps, a new autobiographical essay, a bibliography, etc. Limited to 350 copies in a slipcase, numbered and signed by Browne, one of the best of all pulp writers and the closest in style to Raymond Chandler.
The Devil by Ken Bruen, Mysterious Bookshop, NY. 2010. Limited Edition. SIGNED. $150.00
True first edition limited to 150 signed and numbered copies. Fine in marbled boards as issued.
The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly, Little Brown, Boston. 2008. First Edition. SIGNED. $26.99
As new in dust jacket.
The First Rule by Robert Crais, Mysterious Bookshop, NY. 2010. Limited Edition. SIGNED. $150.00
True first edition limited to 150 signed and numbered copies. Fine in marbled boards as issued.
The Daughters of Cain by Colin Dexter, Macmillan, London. 1994. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Inspector Morse novel. Very fine in dust jacket.
Room by Emma Donoghue, Picador, London. 2010. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, NY. 2006. First Edition. SIGNED. $25.95
Fine in fine dust jacket.
The Second Saladin by Stephen Hunter, Morrow, 1982. First Edition. SIGNED. $150.00
Author’s second book. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Devices and Desires by P.D. James, Knopf, NY. 1989. First Trade Edition. SIGNED. $19.95
Signed on tipped in page. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Los Alamos by Joseph Kanon, Broadway Books, NY. 1997. First Edition. SIGNED. $25.00
Author’s first novel. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Self Portrait: Ceaselessly into the Past by Ross Macdonald, Santa Barbara, CA. 1981. First Edition. $20.00
Collection of essays and miscellaneous writings, edited by Ralph B. Sipper; foreword by Eudora Welty. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Daniel by Henning Mankell, New Press, NY. 2010. First U.S. Edition. $26.95
Set in Africa and Sweden. As new.
The Tragedy of Errors by Ellery Queen, Crippen & Landru, VA. 1999. $45.00
A pamphlet reproducing in reduced size the original manuscript and typescript pages of the title story. Issued with the limited hardcover edition of the book. (Pamphlet only). Very fine in stiff wrappers.
The Death Artist by Jonathan Santlofer, Morrow, NY. 2002. First Edition. SIGNED. $24.95
Author’s first mystery. As new in dust jacket. Signed and dated October 5, 2002.
The Fortune Hunter by Louis Joseph Vance, Dodd, Mead, NY. 1910. First Edition. $150.00
Date inside front cover, else a remarkably fine, fresh copy in dust jacket, which is chipped at spine ends and along edges. Rare I n dust jacket.
Murder in Canton by Robert Van Gulik, Scribners, NY. 1967. First U.S. Edition. $75.00
A Judge Dee mystery. Fine in dust jacket.
The Black Path of Fear by Cornell Woolrich, Doubleday Crime Club, NY. 1944. First Edition. $30.00
Name, else about very good.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 12/31/10
EVENT
Friday, January 7th, 11.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m.
Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger
The Grand Game: A Celebration of Sherlockian Scholarship
Volume One, 1902 - 1959. $39.95
SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE
We have received the signed limited edition of THE SENTRY by Robert Crais.
This edition is limited to only 100 copies, numbered and signed by Robert Crais. Bound in marbled boards with a leather spine. The price is $150.00. There are also 26 lettered copies available at $275.00. If you have not already reserved a copy, please let us know just as soon as you can. They are going fast.
The trade edition of this book which comes out next year will be a Crime Collectors Club Main Selection. $26.95
Stephen Hunter stopped by to sign the latest Bob Lee Swagger thriller, Dead Zero. This is a Crime Collectors Club Main Selection. $26.00.
We have managed to get some signed copies of Three Seconds by Roslund & Hellstrom. This is the first U.S. Edition and both authors have signed with a message, Roslund in Swedish and Hellstrom in English. This thriller has taken Europe by storm and was winner of the Best Swedish Crime Novel when it was published there in 2009. $24.95
We have received our signed copies of The Four Stages of Cruelty by Keith Hollihan. This unusual first novel set in the world of Ditmarsh Penitentiary is receiving all kinds of kudos from critics and readers. An Unclassifiable Club Selection. $25.99
FOR COLLECTORS
The Root of His Evil by William Ard, Rinehart, NY. 1957. First Edition. $65.00
Very fine in dust jacket.
The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza by Lawrence Block, Random House, NY. 1980. First Edition. SIGNED. $125.00
Very fine in dust jacket. Review slip laid in.
No Good from a Corpse by Leigh Brackett, McMillan, Tucson. 1997. First Edition. SIGNED. $45.00
Giant collection of the complete crime fiction of this outstanding pulp writer of hard-boiled fiction. With an introduction by Ray Bradbury and an afterword by Michael Connelly. Very fine in dust jacket. Although not called for, this copy is signed by Bradbury and Connelly.
Incredible Ink by Howard Browne, McMillan, Tucson. 1997. First Edition. SIGNED. $100.00
Giant volume of stories from the pulps, a new autobiographical essay, a bibliography, etc. Limited to 350 copies in a slipcase, numbered and signed by Browne, one of the best of all pulp writers and the closest in style to Raymond Chandler.
The Devil by Ken Bruen, Mysterious Bookshop, NY. 2010. Limited Edition. SIGNED. $150.00
True first edition limited to 150 signed and numbered copies. Fine in marbled boards as issued.
The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly, Little Brown, Boston. 2008. First Edition. SIGNED. $26.99
As new in dust jacket.
The First Rule by Robert Crais, Mysterious Bookshop, NY. 2010. Limited Edition. SIGNED. $150.00
True first edition limited to 150 signed and numbered copies. Fine in marbled boards as issued.
The Daughters of Cain by Colin Dexter, Macmillan, London. 1994. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Inspector Morse novel. Very fine in dust jacket.
Room by Emma Donoghue, Picador, London. 2010. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, NY. 2006. First Edition. SIGNED. $25.95
Fine in fine dust jacket.
The Second Saladin by Stephen Hunter, Morrow, 1982. First Edition. SIGNED. $150.00
Author’s second book. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Devices and Desires by P.D. James, Knopf, NY. 1989. First Trade Edition. SIGNED. $19.95
Signed on tipped in page. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Los Alamos by Joseph Kanon, Broadway Books, NY. 1997. First Edition. SIGNED. $25.00
Author’s first novel. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Self Portrait: Ceaselessly into the Past by Ross Macdonald, Santa Barbara, CA. 1981. First Edition. $20.00
Collection of essays and miscellaneous writings, edited by Ralph B. Sipper; foreword by Eudora Welty. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Daniel by Henning Mankell, New Press, NY. 2010. First U.S. Edition. $26.95
Set in Africa and Sweden. As new.
The Tragedy of Errors by Ellery Queen, Crippen & Landru, VA. 1999. $45.00
A pamphlet reproducing in reduced size the original manuscript and typescript pages of the title story. Issued with the limited hardcover edition of the book. (Pamphlet only). Very fine in stiff wrappers.
The Death Artist by Jonathan Santlofer, Morrow, NY. 2002. First Edition. SIGNED. $24.95
Author’s first mystery. As new in dust jacket. Signed and dated October 5, 2002.
The Fortune Hunter by Louis Joseph Vance, Dodd, Mead, NY. 1910. First Edition. $150.00
Date inside front cover, else a remarkably fine, fresh copy in dust jacket, which is chipped at spine ends and along edges. Rare I n dust jacket.
Murder in Canton by Robert Van Gulik, Scribners, NY. 1967. First U.S. Edition. $75.00
A Judge Dee mystery. Fine in dust jacket.
The Black Path of Fear by Cornell Woolrich, Doubleday Crime Club, NY. 1944. First Edition. $30.00
Name, else about very good.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
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