Search Results: Detective / Noir / Hard-boiled / Cloak-and-dagger / Crime from Khalkedon Rare Books, IOBA, ESA

Istanbul: Karayel Yayinlari, 2014. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 384 p. A new Turkish detective novel. Ana karargah Istanbul.

Izmir: Ege University Publication of the Faculty of Letters , 2008. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. [4], 119 p. Detective fiction as a gendered genre. Detective fiction: History and evolution. The classical detective fiction. / The Hard-boiled detective fiction. / The formulatic structure of detective fiction. / Intersection of gender and genre: The female detective. / Detective script vs. female script. Agatha Christie's 'Murder at the vicorage': From stereotype to archetype. P. D. James' an 'Unsuitable job for a woman': Dismissing the law of the father. / Leslie Forbes' 'Bombay ice: Chaos as order. / Conclusion. / Works cited.

Istanbul: Çaglayan Yayinevi, 1954. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Paperback. Pbo. 12mo. (16 x 11,5 cm). In Turkish. Vintage cover ills. 170, [6] p. Kemal Tahir (March 13, 1910 - April 21, 1973) was a prominent Turkish novelist and intellectual. Tahir spent 13 years of his life imprisoned due to political reasons and wrote some of his most important novels during this time. Because of financial difficulties, Kemal Tahir wrote pulp fiction novels under pseudonyms (especially novels of Mike Hammer). He also translated Mike Hammer novels and even wrote original new novels for that series. Rare.

Istanbul: Baglam Yayincilik, 2013. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Turkish. 240 p., b/w ills. Collected articles on 'detective novels and literature'. Edebiyatin izinde: Polisiye edebiyat.

Istanbul: Everest Yayinlari Polisiye Dizisi, 2012. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 11 cm). In Turkish. 312 p. Turkish Edition of Chandler's 'Farewell, My Lovely' printed in 1940. Elveda güzelim. Translator: Sinan Fisek. Edited by Ahmet Ümit. [Turkish Edition of Chandler's 'Farewell, My lovely'].

Istanbul: Ak Kitabevi, 1962. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 220, [4] p. An interesting one on detective novels from Karamagarali. A Turkish detective novel. Esrarengiz çorap.

Istanbul: Everest Yayinlari Polisiye Dizisi, 2012. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 11 cm). In Turkish. 290 p. Turkish Edition of Chandler's 'The Lady in the Lake' printed in 1943. Göldeki kadin. Translator: Gül Bostanci. Edited by Ahmet Ümit. [Turkish Edition of Chandler's 'The Lady in the Back'].

Istanbul: Labirent Yayinlari, 2014. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 64 p. Rasyonalite ve inancin çatismasi: Sherlock Holmes & Peder Brown. Arthur Conan Doyle'un 'Sherlock Holmes'ün maceralari' ve Gilbert Keith Chesterton'in 'Peder Brown öyküleri' eserlerinin bir analizi. A comparative study on methods of two detectives: Sherlock Holmes and Father Brown and analysis on Doyle and Chesterton's stories.

Bonn: Orient-Institut / DGIA, 2011. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In German. 56 p. Sherlock Holmes und Mike Hammer in der Türkei. Genre und Subgenre in der türkischen Kriminalliteratur. Pera-Blatter 21. [i.e. Sherlock Holmes and Mike Hammer in Turkey. Genre and Subgenre in Turkish Crime Fiction].

Istanbul: Adali Yayinlari, 2008. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In English. 232 p. In his fourth Istanbul mystery, Lawrence Goodman moves into the murky world of antiquities theft. Two corpses found in an island cave-one unidentified and the other a seemingly motiveless murder-baffle local authorities. Meanwhile, a Greco-Roman statue of Aphrodite, discovered in the same cave, repeatedly disappears and reappears, frustrating its many pursuers, from a spunky young island girl to self-important government officials, as well as many of the colorful characters familiar to Goodman's readers. As the story unfolds, Aphrodite's lure unleashes unexpected results, and we find that not everyone is what he or she seems to be. All this is wrapped in a rollicking comedy peppered with literary allusions and unexpected twists and turns.

Istanbul: Ak Kitabevi, 1963. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Pbo. Fine+. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 224 p. A Turkish detective novel written by Vâ-Nû. Ahmed Vâlâ Nureddin (Vâ-Nû) born in Istanbul 1901, died in Istanbul 1967; journalist and writer; pseudonyms: Hatice Süreyya, Ali Marmara and Vâ-Nû; educated at the French-speaking Galatasaray Lyceum in Istanbul and in 1917 at the Vienna School of Economics; after his return to Turkey he became a teacher in Bolu; left for Moscow, together with Nazim Hikmet, in 1921; graduated at the Kommunisticeskij Universitet Trudjascichsja Vostoka (KUTV, Communist University of the Workers of the East) in 1925; returned to Turkey in 1928; contributed to the newspapers Aksam (Evening) and Cumhuriyet (Republic) with columns, reviews, polemics and reports; in later years, together with Rasim Us, editor of the newspaper Haber (News); author of novels and short stories… Read More

Istanbul: Everest Yayinlari Polisiye Dizisi, 2011. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 11 cm). In Turkish. 288 p. Turkish Edition of Chandler's 'The High Window' printed in 1942. Yüksek pencere. Translator: Pinar Güncan. Edited by Ahmet Ümit. [Turkish Edition of Chandler's The High Window'].

Istanbul: Everest Yayinevi, 2011. Hardcover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 14 cm). In English. 416 p. The dervish gate. Translated by Elke Dixon. The Dervish Gate is more than just a thriller, it is a book of secrets. The secret of a passion spanning over seven centuries: a flame first lit between Jelalledin Rumi and Shams of Tabriz. The secret behind a seven hundred year old crime: the murder of Shams of Tabriz. Ahmet Umit's use of rich, layered language combined with liberal elements of fantasy strikes a unique chord as he asks intriguing questions on religion and the beliefs of Mevlevi Sufism. With a fresh new perspective, he lays bare the relationship between people and religion, passion and faith, which holds true as much today as it did seven hundred years ago. "There was blood on the stone, a full moon in the sky, the scent of earth in the garden. They were swimming, the trees, in an unsettling chill. It was the time of burgeoning… Read More

Istanbul: Adali Yayinlari, 2009. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In English. 234 p. A grain of salt on the Princes Islands. An Istanbul mystery.