New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1924. Hardcover. Hardcover red octavo. 4 p. l., 246 p. 20 cm. Contents: The Ascot tragedy. -- The president of San Jacinto. -- The young doctor. -- The snowball burglary. -- The leading lady. -- The unknown murderer. || Detective and mystery stories, English..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1935, 1933. Third printing. Hardcover. Hardcover octavo in brown and black gradient DJ. vi, 290 pages ; 18 cm. Detective and mystery fiction. || Also published under the title: Why didn't they ask Evans? More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1929. Presumed first edition. Copyright page states "Published January 1929", with no indication of subsequent printings. Hardcover. Hardcover light green octavo; four preliminary leaves, [3]-280 pages 20 cm. Detective and mystery stories, English. Fiction. More
San Francisco: City Lights, 2011. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Brown octavo, 232 pages ; 21 cm. Inscribed and signed by author. || Noir fiction, American, Mystery & Detective -- Hard-Boiled. || "Los Angeles Stories is a collection of loosely linked, noir-ish tales that evoke a bygone..... More
New York: Arno Press, 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo in black DJ, 316 pages; 22 cm. Detective and mystery fiction. || DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. More
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1930. Hardcover. Hardcover light green octavo. 255 pages ; 19 cm. Series: Crown Mystery Novels; || Crime. Detective stories. Mystery. More
New York: Triangle Books, 1944. Hardcover. Octavo 283 pages ; 19 cm. Detective and mystery stories. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1934. Hardcover. Hardcover octavo in light blue boards with faded spine. viii, 243 pages : b/w illustrations ; 20 cm. Series: Her Melody lane mystery stories. || No jacket. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover octavo in blue cloth boards. iv, 206 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : b/w frontispiece, illustrations ; 20 cm. Series: Nancy Drew mystery stories ;; 2; || Abstract: Teenage detective Nancy Drew uses her courage and powers of deduction..... More
Garden City, N.Y. Doubleday, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover large octavo in yellow DJ. 183 pages ; 22 cm. Abstract: Sarah and Max attend a concert at a palatial museum, but before the night is over they will be investigating the murder of a guard. || Kelling, Sarah (Fictitious character)..... More
London: W. Heinemann, 1930. 1st ed. Hardcover. Mustard cloth octavo; 269 pages ; 20 cm. Translated from German by June Head || English Contents: The stolen photographs -- Smoke on the west wind -- Stalls for two -- The diamond necklace -- The Amati -- The mysterious visiting cards --..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover octavo in blue cloth boards. 74 pages ; 20 cm. No dust jacket. || Contents: When thieves follow -- Three collar buttons -- Underground -- Red Mike -- A drop in temperature -- His royal word -- The twelve..... More
New York: W.J. Black, 1932. Prseumed first edition. Hardcover. Hardcover red octavo. 282 pages, 20 cm. No dust jacket. Detective and mystery stories. More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1915. Photoplay edition. Hardcover. Hardcover orange yellow octavo. 328, [8] leaves of plates, frontispiece : b/w illustrations ; 20 cm. "Novelized by D. Torbett"-title page.|| No jacket. || Detective and mystery stories. More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1950. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Blue octavo in black DJ, 242 pages ; 19 cm. Women private investigators -- England -- Fiction. || "Martin Brand's relatives are furious that he's left his large estate to his niece, Marion, whom he had only met once. And Marion is..... More