Sally's Weekly Update for 10/30/09

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Weekly Update 10/30/09



UPCOMING EVENTS

Please join Otto Penzler, Lee Child, Carol O’Connell and John Connolly for a special event at The Center for Fiction (previously known as The Mercantile Library)

17 East 47th Street (between Fifth and Madison Avenues)

Wednesday, November 11th at 6.30pm.

Otto will moderate a discussion by these three contributors to The Lineup (Little Brown, $25.99) as they discuss their characters, what inspired the authors to create them, etc.

First edition copies of the book will be for sale and will happily be signed by all.

Admission is free.



SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE

Emily Arsenault’s debut, The Broken Teaglass, will delight fans of Biblio mysteries. The Samuelson company is preparing for the next edition of their prestigious Samuelson Dictionary. Editorial assistant Billy Webb, just out of college, begins to sense that there is something suspicious going on beneath this company’s academic facade. A First Mystery Selection. $25.00

Another Biblio mystery, Hound, by Vincent McCaffrey, takes place in the world of rare books, estate auctions, and library sales. Henry Sullivan who buys and sells books, is asked by Morgan Johnson to look at her late husband’s books. He finds himself drawn into a family whose mixed loyalties and secret history will have fatal results. McCaffrey is the owner of Boston’s Avenue Victor Hugo Bookshop. A First Mystery Selection. $24.00

Paying Back Jack by Christopher G. Moore is definitely not a biblio mystery. Set in Bangkok and featuring Vincent Calvino, a disbarred American lawyer now working as a PI, it tells the story of two of Calvino’s cases which, together, will threaten his freedom and even his life. $19.95



Derek Nikitas, Edgar-nominated author of Pyres, delivers another unusual and hard-hitting story in The Long Division, which weaves together the lives of several characters as they come together in series of shocking events. A Hard Boiled Club Selection. $24.99

The trade edition of The Lineup, edited by Otto Penzler is here (didya see that rave review in The New York Times? Wow!). Before you ask: Otto Penzler will sign copies but we cannot guarantee that we will have copies signed by any other author, not even those appearing at the event next week. We’ll certainly try, but we can’t be sure, and we will not hold books for signature. $25.99

We’re excited to have some signed copies of Angel Time by Anne Rice. Toby O’Dare is a contract killer, on assignment to kill once again. A mysterious stranger offers O’Dare an opportunity to save rather than take lives and O’Dare, who once dreamt of being a priest, accepts. What happens to O’Dare is extraordinary. The signature is tipped in. $25.95



NOT SIGNED, BUT...

The Hunter by Richard Stark is now a graphic novel, and a very good one! Adapted and illustrated by Darwyn Cooke, every Stark/Westlake fan should be intrigued by this. $24.99



SIGNED FROM THE U.K.

The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse is a departure for her: In the winter of 1928, Freddie Watson is traveling through southern France when his car spins off the road during a storm. Freddie stumbles into the woods and takes refuge in an isolated village where he and a young woman, Fabrissa, share stories about the Great War. By the end of the night, Freddie finds himself holding the key to a heartbreaking mystery. $38.00

The Geneva Deception is James Twining’s latest thriller. A Mafia enforcer is murdered and then a senior official at a Vatican-backed bank is killed under similar circumstances. For Lieutenant Allegra Damico is becomes clear the killings are the opening shots in a war. $50.00



FOR COLLECTORS

Here Lies by Eric Ambler, Farrar Straus Giroux, NY. 1985. First U.S. Edition. $150.00

Limited to only 100 copies, numbered and signed by the great espionage writer. Very fine in slipcase.

Miss Hurd: An Enigma by Anna Katharine Green, Putnam. NY. 1894. First Edition. $500.00

Bookplate, sliver chipped from bottom of front cover, else very good in the original wrappers. A rare book in this fragile binding.

That Affair Next Door by Anna Katharine Green, Putnam, NY. 1897. First Edition. $250.00

Endpapers toned, page tops dusty, else a fine copy in blue cloth with the gold still bright and fresh. An early Ebenezer Gryce mystery by this historically important author.

Happy New Year, Herbie & Other Stories by Evan Hunter, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1963. $65.00

Page tops faded, else fine in dust jacket, which has a trace of wear to spine ends and a corner.

‘Til Death by Ed McBain, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1959. First Edition. $200.00

Early and very scarce 87th Precinct novel. A trace of rubbing to spine ends, else about fine in slightly dusty dust jacket with a sunned spine, as usually found on this title.

The End of Night by John D. MacDonald, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1960. First Edition. $65.00

A bit of sunning to very top of spine, else fine in a dust jacket with light wear at spine ends.

The Old Man in the Corner by Baroness Orczy, Greening, London. 1909. First Edition. $1,000.00

Armorial bookplate, trivial rubbing to spine ends and corners, else about a fine copy of this Haycraft-Queen cornerstone and Queen’s Quorum title. Celebrating it’s 100th birthday, this is an unusually nice copy, with the gold and front cover illustration bright and fresh.

The Red Box by Rex Stout, Farrar & Rinehart, NY. 1937. First Edition. $3500.00

A very good to fine copy in a dust jacket that has undergone substantial restoration. Exterior tape mending necessitated expert removal and subsequent restoration of affected areas, mostly across the center of the front panel and the spine. Tears have been mended and some chips replaced; folds have been strengthened. Overall, a very attractive example of a very scarce book in dust jacket.


As bizarre as it seems, this showed up on Google Alert on Wednesday, Oct. 28 - a review of a book Otto edited 33 years ago!! Equally bizarre, we have a few copies of the hardcover first edition still available at the original published price of $10.95. Let us know if you’d like one. Autographed (of course) on request.

Whodunit? Houdini? By Otto Penzler, Editor. Harper & Row, NY. 1976. Review by Mike Tooney

This is an anthology of thirteen mystery stories dealing with the common theme of magic; yet this is not a book of fantasy. While magic is central to each story, the solutions (with one exception) are as down-to-earth as one could hope for (the exception, by John Collier, of course being sui generis).

The authors of Whodunit? Houdini? Include Clayton Rawson, Carter Dickson, Frederick Irving Anderson, William Irish, Walter B. Gibson, Stanley Ellin, and Erle Stanley Gardner: an impressive representation of some of pulp fiction’s greatest practitioners. For that reason alone the book is worth seeking out.

Sally

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Anniversary Halloween Party for THE VAMPIRE ARCHIVES.

We recently celebrated the fourth anniversary of our store in Tribeca with a special Halloween party for THE VAMPIRE ARCHIVES!

Joseph Kanon Talks About Stardust.

Sally's Weekly Update for 10/23/09

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Weekly Update 10/23/09



UPCOMING EVENTS

‘Tis the season - for Vampires!

Wednesday, October 28th at 7.00 p.m.

Symphonyspace

2537 Broadway at 95th Street

(212) 864-5400

Vampire Tales. A Halloween party with Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos) and Aasif Mandvi (The Daily Show) reading stories from The Vampire Archives, edited by our own Otto Penzler.

Tickets: $27.00 Members: $25.00

If you go in costume, tickets are $10 and you are eligible for the contest.

Thursday, October 29th 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.

The Mysterious Bookshop

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Wednesday, October 28th 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.

The Mysterious Bookshop

Derek Nikitas

The Long Division

Author of The Pyres will be here to discuss his new book.]

Light refreshments will be served



SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE

Derek Haas was here this week reading from his second Silver Bear Thriller. Columbus is the name of the book and the assassin/hero of this series. We still have a couple of signed first editions of the first in the series, The Silver Bear. Columbus 24.00. The Silver Bear 24.00.

We have very few copies of Boston Noir edited by Dennis Lehane. This is the hard cover edition and is limited to 100 copies and is signed by Dennis Lehane. $100.00

Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem is set in two different Manhattans. Lethem’s forte is parallel realities and he does not disappoint here. This novel is being described by many as his best to date. An Unclassifiable Club Selection. $27.95

Mathilda Savitch is a first novel by Victor Lodato. Mathilda is an adolescent who is dealing with the death of her older sister. She decides to figure out how this tragedy happened and begins to sort through her sister’s possessions. The journey we take with Mathilda is both heartbreaking and hilarious. $25.00

We did manage to get copies of Hardball signed by Sara Paretsky. This is her latest V.I. Warshawski mystery and, we hear, one of her best. $26.95



FOR COLLECTORS

The Lion’s Game by Nelson Demille, Warner Books, NY. 2000. First Edition. SIGNED. $30.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Darkening Glass by Paul Doherty, Headline. London. 2009. First Edition. SIGNED. 50.00

Mathilde of Westminster series set in the England of Edward II. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Mystery for Mary by Virginia Hanson, Doubleday Crime Club, NY. 1942. $125.00

Endpapers foxed, else a fine, fresh copy in dust jacket with a sliver chipped from top of spine.

Mr. Sandeman Loses His Life by Eugene Healy, Holt, NY. 1940. First Edition. $75.00

Fine, crisp copy in price-clipped dust jacket with minor edge wear.

Murder By Reflection by H.F. Heard, Vanguard, NY. 1942. First Edition. $75.00

Fine in dust jacket, which is lightly rubbed and with minor chipping on the spine.

The Man Who Didn’t Exist by Geoffrey Homes, Morrow, NY. 1937. First Edition. $85.00

A fine copy in a rubbed dust jacket that has been backed with brown tape. Scarce in dust jacket.

Obelists Fly High by C. Daly King, Knopf, NY. 1935. First U.S. Edition. $85.00

Pale green cover. Spine sunned, else near fine.

The Affair of the Dead Stranger by Clifford Knight, Dodd, Mead, NY. First Edition 1944. $60.00

Fine in dust jacket with chips at spine ends.



Dancing with Demons by Peter Tremayne, Headline, London. First Edition. 2007. SIGNED. $50.00

A Sister Fidelma mystery. Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Council of the Cursed by Peter Tremayne, Headline, London. First Edition. 2008. SIGNED. $56.00

A Sister Fidelma mystery. Fine in fine dust jacket.



Sally

sally@mysteriousbookshop.com

Author of the Week: REX STOUT

REX STOUT

Probably the most beloved detective in the history of American literature, Nero Wolfe remains the most popular and most collected mystery fiction character after Sherlock Holmes. We have just purchased a couple of very nice collections and have the most Rex Stout titles that we have been able to offer in more than a decade.

STOUT, REX, Fer-de-lance, New York, Otto Penzler Books, 1996. An exact facsimile reprint of the 1934 first edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $200.00

STOUT, REX. The Rubber Band. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. First Edition. Very good. $275.00

The Rubber Band, 1936. Farrar & Rinehart. Later printing. Fair copy only of a scarce title. $35.00
STOUT, REX. Some Buried Caesar. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1939. First Edition. Binding glue stains on the endpapers, else very good. $250.00

STOUT, REX, Over My Dead Body, New York, Farrar & Rinehart, 1940. First edition. Rebound to mirror the original binding; about very good in the scarce price-clipped dust jacket that has been trimmed along edges to fit into the old-fashioned plastic jackets leaving dark residue along edges. $250.00
STOUT, REX. Where There’s a Will. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1940. First Edition. Endpapers stained; very good. $225.00

STOUT, REX, The Broken Vase, New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1941. Reprint. A Tecumseh Fox mystery. Very good in dust jacket. $45.00

STOUT, REX, Alphabet Hicks, New York, Farrar & Rinehart, 1941. First edition. Very good or better in dust jacket. $750.00

STOUT, REX. Black Orchids. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. First Edition. Back hinge slightly started; inked "First Edition" inside the front cover; a little cloth fraying; very good in a very good dust jacket with a small archival mend inside the spine, some small chips and minor wear. $1500.00

STOUT, REX, Black Orchids, New York, Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. First edition. Light tape stains on cover and endpapers, else very good in dust jacket which is lightly chipped at top of spine and has dark residue from old-fashioned plastic cover along lower edge. $375.00

[STOUT, REX] KINGDON, FRANK, That Man in the White House, New York, Arco, 1944. First edition. With a message by Rex Stout. Rear cover lightly stained, else near fine in dust jacket with chipping at spine ends and corners. Scarce. $65.00
STOUT, REX. The Silent Speaker. New York: Viking Press, 1946. First Edition. Very good in a good dust jacket with stains and chips. $100.00

STOUT, REX, The Silent Speaker, New York, Viking, 1946. First edition. Endpapers heavily scuffed, else very good in price-clipped dust jacket, which is chipped at top of spine. $45.00

STOUT, REX, Too Many Women, New York, Viking, 1947. First edition. "Return to Library/Not to Be Sold" stamp on title page and lower page edges, probably from the publisher’s files, else near fine in dust jacket, which is chipped at top of spine and backed with brown tape. $150.00STOUT, REX. And Be a Villain. New York: Viking Press, 1948. First Edition. Very good in a dust jacket with minor soiling and a faded spine. $150.00

STOUT, REX, The Second Confession, New York, Viking, 1949. First edition. Very good in chipped, price-clipped dust jacket. $85.00
STOUT, REX. Door to Death. New York: Dell, 1949. First Separate Edition. Dell 10¢ book. Publisher’s wrappers; owner’s blind-stamp ex- libris on the titlepage (which is the first leaf), else near fine. $35.00
STOUT, REX. In the Best Families. New York: Viking Press, 1950. First Edition. Small inked number at the foot of the spine; very good in a very good dust jacket with some fading. $150.00

STOUT, REX, Murder by the Book, New York, Viking,1951. First edition. Name and embossed blind stamp on front endpaper, else about fine in dust jacket with two-inch chip at base of spine. $65.00

STOUT, REX. Curtains for Three. New York: Viking Press, 1951. First Edition. Owner’s blind-stamp ex-libris on the front free endpaper; very good plus in a dust jacket with a faded spine. $175.00

STOUT, REX, Curtains for Three, New York, Viking, 1951. First edition. A hint of discoloration on covers, else fine, tight copy in dust jacket with interior staining and rubbed rear panel. $125.00
STOUT, REX. Prisoner’s Base. New York: Viking Press, 1952. First Edition. Very good in a dust jacket with chips and tears. $125.00

STOUT, REX, Prisoner’s Base, New Uork, Viking, 1952. First edition. Blind stamp, else about fine in dust jacket with minor wear at spine ends, a closed tear on front panel and two interior tape mends. $100.00

STOUT, REX, The Golden Spiders, New York, Viking, 1953. First edition. Bookplate of the noted collector Adrian Homer Goldstone, a bit of black residue from old-fashioned dust jacket protector, else very good in chipped and creased dust jacket. $65.00

STOUT, REX, The Black Mountain, New York, Viking, 1954. First edition. Blind stamp on front endpaper, else fine in dust jacket chipped along edges. $85.00

STOUT, REX, Three Men Out, 1954. First edition. Tape stains on cover and endpapers, blind stamp, else very good in dust jacket with a sunned spine. $75.00
STOUT, REX. Three Men Out. New York: Viking Press, 1954. First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips and a faded spine. $150.00
STOUT, REX. Before Midnight. New York: Viking Press, 1955. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. $100.00

STOUT, REX, Full House, New York, Viking, 1955. First edition thus. An Omnibus containing The League of Frightened Men, And Be a Villain and Curtains for Three. Bottom of spine rubbed, else near fine in chipped and rubbed dust jacket. $50.00
STOUT, REX. Might as Well Be Dead. New York: Viking Press, 1956. First Edition. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with interior tape mending. $100.00

STOUT, REX, Might as Well Be Dead, New York, Viking, 1956. First edition. Light tape stains on cover and endpapers, else fine in slightly trimmed dust jacket. $60.00
STOUT, REX. Three Witnesses. New York: Viking Press, 1956. First Edition. Very good plus in a dust jacket with a faded spine and some chips and tears. $150.00

STOUT, REX, If Death Ever Slept, New York, Viking, 1957. First edition. Blind stamp, a bit of fading to the spine, else about fine in rubbed and lightly chipped dust jacket. $75.00
STOUT, REX. Three for the Chair. New York: Viking Press, 1957. First Edition. Very good in a dust jacket with a faded spine. $100.00
STOUT, REX. And Four to Go. New York: Viking Press, 1958. First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a faded spine. $165.00

STOUT, REX, And Four to Go, New York, Viking, 1958. First edition. Nearly invisible blind stamp, else fine in a fresh dust jacket that is lightly sunned on the spine. $100.00

STOUT, REX, Champagne for One, New York, Viking, 1958. First edition. Stain and blind stamp on front endpapers, else fine in dust jacket that is worn along edges. $75.00

STOUT, REX, All Aces, New York, Viking, 1958. First edition thus. An Omnibus containing Some Buried Caesar, Too Many Women and Trouble in Triplicate. Near fine in dust jacket, which is chipped at top and bottom of spine. $65.00

STOUT, REX, Plot It Yourself, New York, Viking, 1959. First edition. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. $175.00
STOUT, REX. Plot It Yourself. New York: Viking Press, 1959. First Edition. Very good, or a little better, in a very good dust jacket. $165.00

STOUT, REX, Too Many Clients, New York, Viking, 1960. Small bookseller’s label, else fine in dust jacket with sunned spine. $75.00

STOUT, REX, Too Many Clients, New York, Viking, 1960. First edition. Library labels partially removed, else good in worn dust jacket. $20.00
STOUT, REX. Three at Wolfe’s Door. New York: Viking Press, 1960. First Edition. Fine in a good to very good dust jacket. $150.00

STOUT, REX, Three at Wolfe’s Door, New York, Viking, 1960. First edition. Light blind stamp, else fine in dust jacket with some creasing along top edges. $100.00
STOUT, REX. The Final Deduction. New York: Viking Press, 1961. First Edition. A fine copy in a dust jacket with a faded spine and some minor rubbing that has been touched up. $100.00

STOUT, REX, The Final Deduction, New York, Viking, 1961. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with light wear at tips of spine. $100.00
STOUT, REX. Gambit. New York: Viking Press, 1962. First Edition. Fine in a very good dust jacket. $125.00

STOUT, REX, Gambit, New York, Viking, 1962. First edition. Blind stamp, else fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. $125.00

STOUT, REX, Homicide Trinity, New York, Viking, 1962. First edition. Tape stains on cover and endpapers, else fine in a bright dust jacket. $75.00
STOUT, REX. The Mother Hunt. New York: Viking Press, 1963. First Edition. A near fine copy in dust jacket. $100.00

STOUT, REX, The Mother Hunt, New York, Viking, 1963. First edition. Small address label partially removed from inside front copy, two tiny tape stains on dust jacket flaps, else fine. $85.00

STOUT, REX, The Mother Hunt, New York, Viking, 1963. First edition. Tape stains on cover and endpapers, else very good in a chipped and foxed dust jacket. $60.00
STOUT, REX. Trio for Blunt Instruments. New York: Viking Press, 1964. First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with interior tape mending. $125.00

STOUT, REX, Trio for Blunt Instruments, New York, Viking, 1964. First edition. Blind stamp, else fine in dust jacket with sunned spine. $100.00

STOUT, REX, The Doorbell Rang, New York, Viking, 1965. First edition. Blind stamp, else fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. $100.00

STOUT, REX, Death of a Doxy, New York, Viking, 1966. First edition. Blind stamp, else fine in dust jacket with a light crease at top of front panel. $75.00
STOUT, REX. Death of a Dude. New York: Viking Press, 1969. First Edition. Fine in a lightly rubbed dust jacket. $100.00

STOUT, REX, Death of a Dude, New York, Viking, 1969. First edition. Light blind stamp, else very good in a rubbed dust jacket. $50.00
STOUT, REX. The Father Hunt. New York: Viking Press, 1969. First Edition. Fine in a lightly worn dust jacket. $75.00

STOUT, REX, The Father Hunt, New York, Viking, 1969. First edition. Near fine in a chipped dust jacket with a sunned spine. $35.00

STOUT, REX, Please Pass the Guilt, New York, Viking, 1973. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $75.00
STOUT, REX. Please Pass the Guilt. New York: Viking Press, 1973. First Edition. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket with minute wear. $65.00

STOUT, REX, A Family Affair, New York, Viking, 1975. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $65.00

STOUT, REX, Justice Ends at Home, New York, Viking, 1977. First edition. Short stories edited by John McAleer. Fine in dust jacket. $45.00

STOUT, REX, Justice Ends at Home, New York, Viking, 1977. First edition. Short stories edited by John McAleer. Very good in dust jacket. $35.00
[STOUT, REX]. The Nero Wolfe Cookbook. New York: Viking Press, 1973. First Edition. Review copy; publication date penciled on the title page; near fine in dust jacket. $125.00
[STOUT, REX]. BARING-GOULD, W.S. Nero Wolfe of West Thirty-Fifth Street. New York: Viking Press, 1969. First Edition. Fine in a dust jacket with very minor wear and tear. $85.00

[STOUT, REX] DARBY, KEN, The Brownstone House of Nero Wolfe, Boston, Little, Brown, 1983. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $85.00

[STOUT, REX] DARBY, KEN, The Brownstone House of Nero Wolfe, Boston, Little, Brown, 1983. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket which in darkened on spine and edges of rear panel. $65.00

[STOUT, REX] GOLDSBOROUGH, ROBERT, Murder in E Minor, New York, Bantan, 1986. First edition. A Nero Wolfe novel. Very fine in dust jacket. $15.00

[STOUT, REX] GOLDSBOROUGH, ROBERT, Death on Deadline, New York, Bantam, 1987. First edition. A Nero Wolfe novel. Fine in slightly rubbed dust jacket. $15.00

[STOUT, REX] GOLDSBOROUGH, ROBERT, The Bloodied Ivy, New York, Bantam, 1988. First edition. A Nero Wolfe novel. Very fine in dust jacket. $15.00

[STOUT, REX] GOLDSBOROUGH, ROBERT, The Last Coincidence, New York, Bantam, 1989. First edition. A Nero Wolfe novel. Very fine in dust jacket. $15.00

[STOUT, REX] GOLDSBOROUGH, ROBERT, Fade to Black, New York, Bantam, 1990. First edition. A Nero Wolfe novel. Very fine in dust jacket. $15.00

[STOUT, REX] GOLDSBOROUGH, ROBERT, The Silver Spire, New York, Bantam, 1992. First edition. A Nero Wolfe novel. Very fine in dust jacket. $15.00

[STOUT, REX] GOLDSBOROUGH, ROBERT, The Missing Chapter, New York, Bantam, 1994. First edition. A Nero Wolfe novel. Very fine in dust jacket. $20.00

Derek Haas on COLUMBUS

During a recent appearance at The Mysterious Bookshop, screenwriter and novelist Derek Haas talked about his new crime novel COLUMBUS!

Derek Nikitas Discusses THE LONG DIVISION 10/28/09!

The Mysterious Bookshop
is proud to present:

Derek Nikitas
discussing his new novel
The Long Division

Wednesday, October 28th
from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.

Admission is free.

The Mysterious Bookshop
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New York, NY 10007
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