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: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. Third edition. Hardcover. Red octavo, 316, 337, 307 pages ; 21 cm. Detective and mystery fiction, Police -- Hawaii -- Honolulu -- Fiction. Contents: The house without a key -- Behind that curtain -- Keeper of the keys. Lacking DJ. More
New York: Dial Books, 1991. 1st (presumed). Hardcover. Glossy illustrated quarto; (unpaged) : pop-up art, color illustrations ; 26 cm. Fun mystery pop-up book with solution hidden in a sealed envelope at the end. Mystery pop-up book. Toy and movable books. Animals and Juvenile fiction. Detective and mystery stories. Juvenile..... More
Berkeley, Calif. Ata Books, 1981. First edition (stated). Paperback. B&W octavo, 178 pages ; 23 cm. Signed by author. || Mystery and detective fiction -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area. More
New York: New Directions Pub. 2009. First American edition. Paperback. Light yellow octavo, white spine, 191 pages ; 21 cm. Detective and mystery fiction. || Contents: Wake -- Burial -- Novena -- Balcony -- Thirty days -- Terrace -- Crash -- Stampede -- Clinic. || Paperback original. || "Laura Rivera..... 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. A sharp, attractive copy. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve.|| Detective and mystery fiction. 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
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1924. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Grey octavo, 258 pages, 21 cm. Contents: The classification of motives -- The murder for gain, William Palmer -- The murder from revenge, Constance Kent -- The murder for elimination, the De Quérangals -- The murder from..... 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
Garden City, N.Y. Blue ribbon Books, 1946. Reprint. Hardcover. Orange octavo, deckled edges, 3-360 pages, 21 cm. Detective and mystery stories, Short stories. Contents: Silver Blaze / by A. Conan Doyle (p. 3-27). Lacking DJ. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1954. first printing. Hardcover. Yellow cloth Octavo, 247 pages 20 cm. Purple illustrated dust jacket in archival mylar wrap. An Inner Sanctum Mystery. Jacket housed in archival mylar. 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: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1940. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Small octavo in brown-blue DJ, brown spine, 301 pages ; 20 cm. Husband and wife -- Social life and customs -- Family -- Fiction. || DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. 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
New York: William Morrow & Co., 1948. 1st ed. presumed; no subsequent printings indicated. Hardcover. Orange cloth 12mo; 248 pages ; 20 cm. Man-woman relationships. Mate selection. Murder. Investigation. Mystery fiction. 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