Short Stories/Essays from MLC Books

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

Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru, 1988. Fifteen short stories, including two featuring Peter Diamond and two with Bertie. Includes a complete checklist of Lovesey's crime writing. First paperback printing. Gently rubbed, lower corner lightly bumped with a short crease to the lower front corner.. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1989. An examination of Harry Whittington, Ed Lacy, Jim Thompson, Vin Packer, Marvin H. Albert, Charles Williams, Donald Hamilton, Peter Rabe, The Executioner, and Warren Murphy. Each essay concludes with a checklist of titles discussed. Spine ends bumped with 1" of light rubbing to the upper fore edge of the front board.. First Edition.… Read more about this item

New York: Dell, 1948. Dell 633, mapback. Nine mysteries, with appearances by Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Harley Quin. Gently bumped and rubbed, pages a bit tanned, with pencil marks next to titles on the contents page.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket.

Madison, IN: Brownstone Books, 1987. Chapbook in honor of Nieminski, 61 pages, with 13 examples of his writings. Introduction by Scott, with tributes from fellow mystery enthusiasts, including Bob Briney, Marv Lachman, and Ellen Nehr. Tanning to the edges of the wraps, upper rear corner creased.. First Edition. Staplebound Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Macmillan, 1962. Fifteen essays, 292 pages. Gently bumped and rubbed, spine sunned. Pages lightly tanned, binding square and solid. Signed by Ong on the title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Holy Cow! Press, 1996. Essays, articles, stories, poetry and artwork from the North Country Anvil, a cornerstone of the Midwestern alternative press from 1972 to 1989. Contributors include Robert Bly, Emilio De Grazia, Linda M. Hasselstrom, Barton Sutter, Marjorie Dorner, Gerald Vizenor, Philip Dacey, Freya Manfred and founding editor Jack Miller, among others. Inscribed to the previous… Read more about this item

Chicago, IL: Albert Whitman & Co., 1933. Ten Dutch children's tales, 109 pages, with nine full-page illustrations with blue and red, and numerous black-and-white illusrations throughout. Blue boards with pictorial pastedown covering the front and spine. Lightly bumped and rubbed, hinges slightly loose.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Wilson, Eleanore Hubbard.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1930. Ten short mysteries featuring Sir Jasper Slane, 282 pages. First U.S. edition. Bumped and rubbed with wear and fraying at the edges. Spine darkened, hinges cracked, damp stains to the corners. Previous owners' names on the front end paper. Reading copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket.

Wilton, CT: Self Published, 2012. Essays, 95 pages. Very gently bumped. Signed by Soviero on the title page.. Signed by Author. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Greenville, OH: Coachwhip Publications, 2016. 28 Short stories and novellas from the 1820s to the 1920s, 458 pages. Authors include Henry James, H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, Sax Rohmer and H.P. Lovecraft. Very gently handled.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Cincinnati, OH: Crippen & Landru, 2021. Two complete series of short stories: all twelve featuring Land & Lovell, art forgers, and all five exploits of Major Henry T. McDonlevy and Thomas James, who target card players and gamblers, 190 pages with bibliography. First paperback printing. Spine heel bumped.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket.

New York: International Polygonics Ltd., 1991. Includes fives stories of crime and detection, three horror stories written in the mid-1930's, two parodies of Sherlock Holmes, six radio scripts from the series Suspense, and published for the first time, the complete essay on the art of detective fiction, "The Grandest Game in the World." Fore edge of the text block… Read more about this item

Eureka, CA: Stark House Press, 2004. Nineteen tales of mystery and political intrigue, duplicity and romance, with a comprehensive bibliography of Oppenheim's works, 251 pages. Spine ends gently bumped.. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Bowling Green, Ohio, U.S.A.: Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1970. Twenty-one essays on the mystery, 338 pages. Rubbed with wear to the spine, binding solid. Pencil check marks next to titles on the contents page. Inscribed on the title page "For Marv Lachman with best wishes. Mike Nevins.". Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very… Read more about this item

Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru, 2003. Sixteen cases for major league baseball umpire and amateur sleuth Ed Gorgon, with a checklist of Breen's mysteyr novels and stories, 181 pages. First paperback printing. Fine, as new condition. The dedication page states "For Marvin Lachman, with thanks for the title." Under is written "and many other kindnesses over… Read more about this item

University of California, San Diego, 1976. A fascinating overview of the mystery story - its origins, history, categories, authors, characters, and noteworthy titles, 390 pages. Lower corners and spine heel rubbed. Jacket rubbed with light wear at the edges, in Brodart. Inscribed to Marvin Lachman and signed at their contributions by Ball, Gilbert, Hubin, Nevins, Penzler, Waugh,… Read more about this item

Boston: Altus Press, 2011. An index of all 274 issues of Dime Detective Magazine, with essays on the series and its writers, and a reprint of the fifth anniversary story from 1936, 226 pages. Very gently bumped.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Bouchercon, 1973. Limited edition, number 56 of 500, produced for Bouchercon in 1973. Gently bumped and rubbed with the bookplate of Marvin Lachman on the front end paper. Signed on the title page by Briney, Nevins, and Anthony Boucher's widow, Phyllis White.. Signed by the Editor. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1990. Includes essays on Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, Jewish mysteries, and religious cults, 161 pages. Fine, as new condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket.