Mystery/Suspense/Thriller from MLC Books

London: Methuen, 1935. Published in the U.S. as The Ace of Danger. Sixth edition. Blue boards bumped and rubbed with a damp stain to the rear board. Spine cocked, binding still pretty solid, previous owner's name on the ttile page dated 6-6-39. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, and a long closed tear across the… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co./Crime Club, 1928. Roger Sheringham investigates the apparent suicide of a woman found hanging by her stockings. Bumped and rubbed, hinges a bit loose with the binding just beginning to crack.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1918. A world traveller returns home to find his agent has sold his house and stolen his fortune, and a beautiful young lady living in his former home. Hubin listed. First printing, April 1918 (D-S). Basis for the 1918 movie starring Earle Williams and Grace Darmond. Brown boards with gilt bumped… Read more about this item

New York: A. Wessels Co., 1908. Tale of the south seas, first U.S. edition. Color frontispiece and three black and white plates. Bumped and rubbed, hinges cracking but still pretty solid. Previous owner's name on the front end paper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Williamson, H.C..

New York: D. Appleton, 1929. First U.S. edition of this Hubin listed mystery. Bumped and rubbed with wear at the corners and fraying at the spine ends. Spine tanned and nearly illegible. Binding square, front hinge cracking at the half title page which is partially detached. Foxing to the edges of the text block with a… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd Mead, 1948. O'Hara, private detective, returns to his office after a long day in court and finds a beautiful woman who wants him to do a nasty job for her. First U.S. edition. Lightly bumped and rubbed with the previous owner's gift inscription on the front end paper. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears,… Read more about this item

Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Norwegian Explorers of Minnesota, 2009. One of 400 copies produced by the scion society of the Baker Street Irregulars. Fine, as new condition, 50 pages.. First Edition. Staplebound Wraps. Fine/No Jacket.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: E P Dutton, 1983. The fourth Paul Christopher spy novel reveals his early life and follows his search for justice half a century later. First printing. Gently bumped, pages tanned. Jacket shows light edge wear, spine slightly tanned, in Brodart.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1977. First printing of the third Paul Christopher spy novel. Spine ends gently bumped. Jacket shows corresponding crimps, price clipped, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Viking, 1993. French's first novel, in which a black ten-year-old boy is wrongly convicted of murdering a white girl and executed in 1937 Mississippi. First printing. Gently bumped with corresponding crimps to the Brodart covered jacket. Signed by French on the half-title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: International Polygonics Ltd., 1988. Published in England in 1941 but considered too racy for the United States, this is the first printing of the first complete, unexpurgated trade edition in the U.S. Gently bumped and rubbed with light tanning at the edges.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket.

Eugene, OR: Mystery Scene Press/Pulphouse Publishing, 1991. Al Nudger is asked to save a condemned man. Mystery Scene Short Story Paperback #5, 47 pages. Gently rubbed. Inscribed to Marv and signed by Lutz on the title page.. Inscribed By the Author. Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Boulder, CO: Rue Morgue Press, 2008. In the mid-1930s, Joseph Goebbels is being bribed by Jews to let them escape Germany, the Chief of the German Police doesn't want him to get away with it, and the British are receiving messages in an outdated code. The second Tommy Hambledon spy thriller, first published as 'Pray Silence" in 1940, and… Read more about this item

New York: Coward-McCann, 1972. Gothic novel of Mary and Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, Dr. Polidori, and their summer together. Gently bumped with the previous owner's name on the front end paper. Jacket rubbed with light wear at the corners and spine ends, internal tape repair to the spine head, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.… Read more about this item

Naperville, IL: Poisoned Pen Press, 2019. A history of organized mystery fandom, beginning with the 1967 introduction of the fan magazine The Armchair Detective. Includes a comprehensive view of other mystery fan magazines, Bouchercon and other mystery conventions, scholarship, and appendices of fan awards, 396 pages. Fine, as new condition.. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket.

New York: Bantam, 1987. A bomb explodes at a sedate cribbage tournament, killing two. Who was the intended target? First printing of the fourth Lt. Sigrid Harald mystery. Gently rubbed, pages slightly tanned. Inscribed on the title page "For Marv Lachman with most criminal intent! Margaret Maron.". Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/No… Read more about this item

New York: Bantam Books, 1988. In the fifth Sigrid Harald mystery, she has a difficult job when the witnesses to murder are children. Gently rubbed with a touch of wear at the spine ends, pages slightly tanned. Inscribed to Marvin Lachman on the title page "Dear Marvin - Thanks for all the kind words! Margaret Maron 10/9/92.". Inscribed… Read more about this item

Eugene, OR: Mystery Scene Press/Pulphouse Publishing, 1991. Mystery Scene Press Short Story Paperbacks #3, 47 pages. Both first appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. Fine, as new condition. On the title page Maron has crossed out her name and signed. Below she has inscribed "For Marvin - Thanks for everything! Margaret." From the library of… Read more about this item

New York: HarperCollins, 1997. Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof of Massey's first mystery, introducing Rei Shimura. Lightly rubbed, spine creased with wear at the ends. Inscribed on the title page "For Gordon, with thanks for your help. Sujata Massey.". Inscribed By the Author. Galley/Proof. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

Toronto: Raven House, 1981. First printing of Maron's first mystery novel, introducing New York police detective Sigrid Harald. Raven House 54. Bumped with creases at the corners. Spine slightly cocked with creases, lightly sunned. Bookstore stamp inside with the previous owner's address label inside the front cover. On the title page Maron has crossed off… Read more about this item