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Signed limited first edition of this collection of five fantasy stories, with Collings's bibliographical checklist of Card's works, in the original slipcase.
Signed limited first edition of this collection of five fantasy stories, with Collings's bibliographical checklist of Card's works, in the original slipcase.
Association copy of the first printing of Barbara Cartland's exclamation-laden fever-dream of health tonics and daily affirmations, worshipfully inscribed to the "lovely" Margaret Thatcher, who is also profiled in the book.
Association first edition of Cartland's fourth novel — and one of only a handful of her 728 published books without a happy ending — inscribed by the Cartland to her uncle.
Association first edition of Cartland's third novel — and one of only a handful of her 728 published books without a happy ending — inscribed by the Cartland to her uncle.
First US edition of this historical romance set in 1802 London and Paris, featuring "a young orphaned Comtesse" and a conflict of love vs. honor, from Cartland's one-woman category line: the Camfield Novel of Love series.
First US edition of this Victorian historical romance, featuring a cross-dressing heroine working to keep a Marquis safe as he tries to visit Mecca, from Cartland's one-woman category line: the Camfield Novel of Love series.
First paperback edition of this historical anthology of Doyle's precursors, selected from Herodotus, Voltaire, Poe, Dumas, and others.
First printing of Chandler's first novel, the inimitable book that marks the apex of noir.
First printing of the second novel by the master of the hard-boiled, a worthy follow-up to THE BIG SLEEP (1939).
Uncorrected publisher's proof of this mystery of an amnesiac man on the streets of New York, accused of a series of grisly murders – with interesting pencil notes keeping track of characters and plot points.
First edition of Christopher's collected early SF stories, in the vivid and uncommonly well preserved dust jacket by Eric Mudge-Marriott.
First printing of the first Hawkenlye mystery, featuring an unlikely team of a royal emissary and and Abbess on the trail of a murderer in medieval Kent.
Signed second printing of the story of a college student accused of murdering her college professor, complicated by her traumatic past and multiple personalities.
Inscribed first printing of this suspenseful account of a young investigative reporter rehashing the events of her sister's murder when she was a little girl, uncovering new details of a case long thought closed.
Signed first printing of this suspenseful mystery that is uncovered little by little as a TV reported with baggage of her own encounters an anonymous murder victim in the hospital.
First printing of this collection of short interrelated mysteries solved by lucky lottery winner Alvirah Meehan and her plumber husband Willy, with inscribed bookplate laid in.
Inscribed first printing of this gripping story of a high-flying New York real estate agent who must trade the big city for the witness protection program when she stumbles upon a crime scene and a mysterious journal.
Signed first printing of this collection of ten short stories by some of the most prominent mystery writers of the 1990s, with signatures from all contributors and an inscription by Joyce Harrington.
Signed first edition of Clemons's debut mystery novel, set in the dangerous worlds of dairy farming and motorcycle enthusiasm.
First edition of Coblentz's first novel, an illustrated prehistoric science fiction adventure.
Signed first printing of this mystery of a stolen Arapaho petroglyph with similarities to an old case that ended with a manslaughter conviction, an outcome that priest and sleuth Father John is determined to get to the bottom of.
Signed first edition of Coel's second Wind River Reservation mystery novel, starring a Jesuit priest and an Arapaho lawyer.
Signed first edition of Coel's murder mystery, the fifth in her Wind River series starring Arapaho lawyer Vicky Holden.
Inscribed first printing of this erotic mystery, in which a botanist must get to the bottom of her estranged husband's murder while navigating the romantic attentions of her best friends Ralph and Rita.
Scarce first US edition of this ghost adventure by the pseudonymous writing team of Adelaide Manning, formerly of the War Office, and her neighbor, British intelligence officer Cyril Coles.