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Liza Cody: “Dupe” UK: Collins 1980. London. First Edition, True First. SIGNED. CREASEY AWARD WINNER. Author’s first book. Introduces Anna Lee. Wonderful debut mystery. Nice copy. Slightest closed tear. virtually F/F $750.00
Michael Connelly: “The Black Echo” Little, Brown 1992. First Edition. SIGNED, with blue rebate band. EDGAR AWARD WINNER. Author's first book. First Harry Bosch mystery. F/F $475.00
K.C. Constantine: “The Rocksburg Railroad Murders” Saturday Review Press 1972. First Edition, True First with First State Dustjacket. Author’s first mystery. Introduces Police Chief Mario Balzic. Excellent mystery and quite scarce in first state. virtually F/F $750.00
Patricia Cornwell: “Postmortem” Scribners 1990. First Edition. SIGNED at publication with author’s early, elegant signature. Author’s first mystery. Introduces Kay Scarpetta. EDGAR AWARD WINNER. ANTHONY AWARD WINNER. MACAVITY AWARD WINNER. CREASEY AWARD WINNER. WINNER of PRIX DU ROMAN d’ADVENTURE. Medical examiner hunts a killer. Lovely copy. F/F $1650.00
Patricia Cornwell: “All That Remains” Scribners, 1992. First Edition. The third Kay Scarpetta mystery. SIGNED. F/F $175.00
James Gould Cozzens: “The Just and the Unjust” Harcourt Brace 1942. First Edition. HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE. Lovely copy. aF/aF $225.00
Robert Crais: “The Monkey’s Raincoat” UK: Piatkus 1989. London. First Edition, True First Hardcover of 1987 US paperback original. SIGNED. Author’s first book. Introduces Elvis Cole. Lovely copy. F/F $750.00
Robert Crais: “Lullaby Town” Bantam 1992. First Edition. SIGNED: “All best”. Elvis Cole mystery. Lovely copy. F/F $650.00
John Creasey writing as J. J. Marric: “Gideon's Fire” UK: Hodder and Stoughton 1961. London. First Edition, True First. EDGAR AWARD WINNER. Nice copy. aF/aF $225.00
Edmund Crispin: “The Moving Toyshop” UK: Gollancz 1946. London. First Edition. HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE. Gervase Fen mystery set in Oxford. Slight chips. Unusually nice copy. VG+/VG+ $375.00
Freeman Wills Crofts: “Antidote to Venom” UK: Hodder & Stoughton 1938. London. First Edition. True First Issue. Inspector French mystery. Slight closed tears, nicks. Very nice copy. VG+/VG+ $675.00
James Crumley: “The Last Good Kiss” Random House 1978. First Edition. SIGNED. Author’s second, and highly regarded, mystery. A classic of ribald humor and hardboiled action. Lovely copy. F/F $175.00
Carroll John Daly: “Murder from the East” Stokes 1935. First Edition. Important early hardboiled mystery by a founder of the genre and Mickey Spillane’s most admired author. International intrigue, flying bullets and break-neck action. Slight chips, closed tears. Nice copy. Lovely provocative jacket art. VG+/VG+ $2250.00
Carroll John Daly: “Mr. Strang” Stokes 1936. First Edition. Important early hardboiled mystery by a founder of the genre. Murder and torture of a young girl mix with political corruption. Slight chips, closed tears. Nice copy. VG+/VG+ $975.00
Dianne Day: “The Strange Files of Fremont Jones” Doubleday 1995. First Edition. SIGNED. Author’s first book. F/F $150.00
Len Deighton: “The Ipcress File” UK: Hodder & Stoughton 1962. London. First Edition, True First Issue. Author’s first spy novel. Brilliant espionage thriller. Filmed by Sidney Furie starring Michael Caine. Nice copy. F/F $1250.00
Colin Dexter: “The Wench is Dead” UK: Macmillan 1989. London. GOLD DAGGER AWARD WINNER. In hospital recovering Chief Inspector Morse reads an account of an 1859 canal murder and becomes convinced the men hanged were innocent. Research and investigation gives him the solution. SIGNED. Lovely copy. F/F $225.00
Michael Dibdin: “The Last Sherlock Holmes Story” UK: Cape 1978. London. First Edition, True First. Author’s first book. Sherlock Holmes stalks Jack the Ripper. F/F $475.00
P.C. Doherty: “The Prince Drakulya” UK: Hale 1986. London. First Edition. Author’s important second book. An account of the life of Vlad, prince of Wallachia. Known as Dracula, later a vampire. Lovely copy. F/F $975.00
P.C. Doherty: “The Lord Count Drakulya” UK: Hale 1986. London. First Edition. Author’s important third book, published as a sequel to “The Prince Drakulya” but both were written by the author as a single novel. An account of the life of Vlad, prince of Wallachia. Known as Dracula, later a vampire. Lovely copy. Minor rub. aF/aF $750.00
P.C. Doherty: “Spy in Chancery” UK: Hale 1988. London. First Edition, True First Issue. Relates the first great spy scandal in English history. Philip IV of France takes Aquitaine from Edward I of England. Hugh Corbett is assigned to discover the spy in the English court. Pursuit takes him from hostile Wales to Paris in this brilliant 13th Century espionage thriller. Lovely copy. F/F $975.00
John Dunning: “Booked to Die” Scribners 1992. First Edition. Author's first mystery, introduces policeman, and bookseller, Cliff Janeway. WOLFE AWARD WINNER, DILYS WYNN AWARD WINNER. SIGNED with special EPIGRAPH. Review copy with materials laid in. Lovely copy. F/F $1350.00
John Dunning: “The Bookman’s Wake” Scribners 1995. First Edition. Author’s second Cliff Janeway mystery novel. SIGNED with EPIGRAPH from the book. Review copy with materials laid in. Lovely copy. F/F $375.00
Lord Dunsany: “Little Tales of Smethers” UK: Jarrolds 1952. London. First Edition, True First Issue. HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE. QUEEN’S QUORUM. Wonderful tales of Fantasy, mystery and murder by the renowned master of Fantasy literature. Nice copy. aF/aF $675.00
James Ellroy: “Brown’s Requiem” UK: Allison & Busby 1984. London. First Edition, True First Hardcover Issue of 1981 US Paperback Original. SIGNED. Author’s first book. Hardboiled mystery of disillusioned but tough private detective Fritz Brown, hired for surveillance but plunged into violent action. Filmed starring Michael Rooker. Lovely copy. F/F $675.00
Janet Evanovich: “One for the Money” Scribner 1994. First Edition. CREASEY AWARD WINNER. Author’s first book. Introduces Stephanie Plum, New Jersey bounty hunter. SIGNED, with EPIGRAPH: “There are some men who enter a woman's life & screw it up forever...present company excepted”. Lovely copy. F/F $475.00
Jasper Fforde: “The Eyre Affair” UK: Hodder & Stoughton 2001. London. First Edition, True First Issue. SIGNED. Author’s first book. Whimsical literary mystery. Lovely copy. F/F $250.
Jack Finney: “Five Against the House” UK: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1954. London. First Edition. SIGNED. Author’s first book. Casino heist mystery. Filmed starring Guy Madison and Kim Novak. Nice copy. aF/aF $675.00
Robert L. Fish writing as Robert L. Pike: “Mute Witness” UK: Andre Deutsch 1965. London. First Edition. Brilliant mystery. Filmed by Peter Yates as ‘Bullitt’ starring Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, and Robert Vaughan. Nice copy. Near F/ Near F $475.00
Ian Fleming: “Dr. No” UK: Cape 1958. London. First Edition. James Bond espionage novel, investigating murder in Jamaica, dragons on Crab Key, and the lovely Honey Ryder. Filmed starring Sean Connery, first in the venerable movie series. (pc) Slight nicks, minor closed tear. Nice copy. aF/aF $975.00
C.S. Forester: “Payment Deferred” Little Brown 1942. First Edition. HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE. (pos) Slight chips, small tear. VG+/VG+ $275.00
Dick Francis: “For Kicks” UK: Michael Joseph 1965. London. First Edition. SIGNED. Author’s third mystery. Daniel Roke goes undercover to investigate steeplechase corruption. Horse racing mystery. Very slightest chip, closed tear. Nice copy. VG+/VG+ $1250.00
Dick Francis: “Odds Against” UK: Michael Joseph 1965. London. First Edition. SIGNED. Author’s fourth mystery. Introduces ex-jockey Sid Halley. Horse racing mystery. Slightest closed tear. Lovely copy. virtually F/F $975.00
Dick Francis: “Slay-Ride” UK: Michael Joseph 1973. London. First Edition. SIGNED. Jockey Club investigator David Cleveland goes to Norwegian race course to look for a missing British jockey. F/F $295.00
Dick Francis: “Knock Down” UK: Michael Joseph 1974. London. First Edition. SIGNED. Retired jockey finds corruption and mystery in bloodstock auctions. Nice copy. F/F $225.00
Dick Francis: “In the Frame” UK: Michael Joseph 1976. London. First Edition. SIGNED. A man who paints horses visits Australia and finds murder. Nice copy. virtually F/F $195.00
Dick Francis: “Whip Hand” UK: Michael Joseph 1979. London. First Edition. EDGAR AWARD WINNER. Ex jockey Sid Halley investigates mystery in horse racing. Nice copy. F/F $125.00
R. Austin Freeman: “The Uttermost Farthing” Winston 1914. First Edition, True First Issue. John Thorndyke mystery. Scarce title, illustrated by Edwin Prittie and H Weston Taylor. Some chips, closed tears. Nice copy. VG+/VG+ $875.00
R. Austin Freeman: “The Blue Scarab” Dodd, Mead 1924. First Edition. Seven mysteries investigated by renowned medical/legal expert, Dr. Thorndyke. Minor chips, closed tears. Nice copy. VG+/VG+ $475.00
R. Austin Freeman: “As A Thief in the Night” Dodd, Mead 1928. First Edition. Murder investigated by renowned medical/legal expert, Dr. Thorndyke. Lovely copy. F/F $875.00
R. Austin Freeman: “Dr. Thorndyke’s Cases” Dodd, Mead 1931. First Edition. HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE. Murder investigated by renowned medical/legal expert, Dr. Thorndyke. Nice copy. VG+/VG+ $675.00
Kinky Friedman: “Greenwich Killing Time” Morrow 1986. First Edition. Author’s first book. Murder in Greenwich Village, with sly and sharp humor. SIGNED. F/F $125.00
Leslie Ford writing as David Frome: “The Hammersmith Murders” Doubleday Doran 1930. First Edition. True First Issue. HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE. First Evan Pinkerton mystery. Publisher’s copy with Office File Copy stamped on spine. Summary to board. (pc) Nice copy. VG+/VG+ $750.00
The Goldstone example of this book, lot 1190 1981, sold for $275 on estimate of $25.
Alan Furst: “The Paris Drop” Doubleday 1980. First Edition, True First Issue. SIGNED. Author’s second book. Espionage and intrigue. Nice copy. virtually F/F $675.00
Alan Furst: “The Caribbean Account” Delacorte 1981. First Edition, True First Issue. SIGNED. Author’s third book. Shady private detective finds mystery and intrigue in the Miami environs. Nice copy. F/F $675.00
Erle Stanley Gardner: “The Case of the Stuttering Bishop” Morrow 1936. First Edition. Perry Mason in one of his most unique mysteries. Some chips, closed tears. Nice bright copy. VG+/VG+ $750.00
Erle Stanley Gardner: “The Case of the Rolling Bones” Morrow 1939. First Edition. Perry Mason murder mystery with an ingenious trick. (Ex Beam collection with his bookplate) Very slightest chips, closed tears. Lovely copy. aF/aF $975.00
Erle Stanley Gardner: “The D.A. Goes to Trial” Morrow 1940. First Edition. The fourth Doug Selby mystery. Very slightest chips. Lovely copy. aF/aF $375.00
John Gardner: “The Liquidator” UK: Muller 1964. London. First Edition, True First. Author’s first book. Introduces Boisie Oakes. F/F $125.00
Jonathan Gash: “Gold From Gemini” UK: Collins 1978. London. First Edition. SIGNED. The second Lovejoy mystery, about a hoard of ancient Roman gold coins. Nice copy. virtually F/F $450.00
George Gibbs: “Out of the Dark” Appleton 1934. First Edition. Classic mystery tale featuring a Pennsylvania-Dutch detective. Very slightest chips. Lovely copy. aF/aF $150.00
Paula Gosling: “A Running Duck” UK: Macmillan 1978. London. First Edition, True First Issue. CREASEY AWARD WINNER. Author’s first book. Lt. Malchek protects the witness to a professional murder. Filmed as “Cobra” starring Sylvester Stallone, and filmed again as “Fair Game” starring Cindy Crawford. Nice copy. virtually F/F $875.00
Sue Grafton: “C is for Corpse” Holt 1986. First Edition. SIGNED. Third Kinsey Milhone mystery. Nice copy. F/F $1250.00
Sue Grafton: “G is for Gumshoe” Holt 1990. First Edition. SIGNED. Kinsey Milhone mystery. Lovely copy. F/F $125.00
Jack Higgins writing as James Graham: “A Game for Heroes” UK: Macmillan 1970. London. First Edition. Introduces Owen Morgan. World War II thriller in the Channel Islands. Literary agent’s neat sticker. Nice copy. aF/aF $275.00
Graham Greene: “Stamboul Train” UK: Heinemann 1932. London. First Edition. Superb thriller by railway, Ostend to Constaninople. Filmed as “Orient Express” starring Heather Angel. Minor restoration by expert conservator. Nice copy. F/F $2250.00
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