Blood Money.
Cleveland & New York: World Publishing Company, 1944. 8vo. 188 pp. Green Cloth, Very Good with toning throughout. Second Printing. More
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The Creeping Siamese. Series: Jonathan Press mystery, no. J48. Original printing.
New York: Lawrence E. Spivak 1950. 8vo. 14 x 19.4cm. Original wraps. Creases on cover extremities.... Detective and mystery stories, American Physical Description: 127 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 20 cm. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 334780: ...Short stories "First edition"--Layman Published August 28, 1950; see Layman Cover design by..... More
The return of the Continental Op : Jonathan Press mystery, no. J17. Original printing.
New York: Lawrence E. Spivak 1945. 8vo. 13.8 x 19.2cm. Original wraps.. in very good condition OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 3448554.: Physical Description: 127 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 20 cm...Stories originally published in Black mask magazine Introduction by Ellery Queen "First edition"--Layman Published July 6, 1945; see Layman..... More
The adventures of Sam Spade : and other stories : Bestseller Mystery, no. B50. Original printing.
New York: Lawrence E. Spivak [1944]. 8vo. 13.8 x 19.4cm. Original wraps. very good., wear on spine. ...OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 1005114 Physical Description: 125 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm....."First edition, first printing"--Layman Published April 14, 1944; see Layman Cover design by George Salter Publisher's advertisements on pages [126]-[128]. More
The Big Knock-over : originally published under the title $106,000 blood money : Jonathan Press mystery, no. J36. Original printing.
New York: Lawrence E. Spivak [1948]. 8vo. 13.7 x 18.8cm. Original wraps.. i; cover and first page detached. ..OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 3175422: Physical Description: 127 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 20 cm.''' "The best 35[cent] mysteries"--Cover "Fourth edition"--Layman Date of publication from Layman Cover design by George Salter..... More
The Continental Op : Bestseller Mystery, no. B62. Original printing.
New York: Lawrence E. Spivak [1945]. 8vo. 13.7 x 19.1cm. Original wraps. very good....OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 27818321 (variant) Physical Description: 128 pages ; 19 cm....Stories originally published in Black mask magazine "The best 35[cent] mysteries"--Cover "Third edition"--Layman Published January 4, 1949; see Layman Cover design by George Salter..... More
Dead yellow Women : Jonathan Press mystery, no. J29. Original printing.
New York: Lawrence E. Spivak [1948]. 8vo. 13.7 x 19.1cm. Original wraps. very good. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 3193996 Physical Description: 127 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 20 cm... Short stories At head of title: Ellery Queen selects "First edition"--Layman Published July 22, 1947; see Layman Cover design by..... More
Hammett Homicides. Bestseller Mystery, no. B81. Original printing.
New York: Lawrence E. Spivak , 1946. 8vo. 13.8 x 19.3cm. Original wraps. very good.. ,,,,OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 1979380: Physical Description: 128 pages ; 20 cm....Stories originally published in Black mask magazine and Sunset magazine "First edition"--Layman Published December 20, 1946; see Layman Cover design by George Salter. More
A man named Thin : and other stories by Dashiel Hammett. Mercury mysteriy, no. 233. Original printing.
[New York, New York],: Joseph W. Ferman, Publisher, 1962. 8vo. 13.7 x 19.3cm. Original wraps. very OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 987431..Physical Description: 128 pages ; 20 cm... "Complete and unabridged." "This is the ninth, and last, collection of Dashiell Hammett's short stories"--Introduction, page 6 "Only edition"--Layman Published January 19..... More
Nightmare Town by Dashiel Hammett. Mercury Book no. 120. Original printing.
New York: The American Mercury : Lawrence E. Spivak, Publisher, 1948. 8vo. 14 x 19.5cm. Original wraps; defects on spine without loss. ...OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 32144709 .Physical Description: 128 pages ; 20 cm. ..."First edition"--Layman Published February 10, 1948; see Layman Cover design by George Salter. More
They can only hang you once : and other stories : originally published under the title The adventures of Sam Spade. Mercury Book no. 131. Original printing.
New York: The American Mercury : Lawrence E. Spivak, Publisher, 1949. 8vo. 13.4 x 18.8cm. Original wraps; defects on spine without loss, small loss in upper right corner. ..... OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 1564901: Physical Description: 125 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm..... "The best 35[cent] mysteries"--Cover Introduction..... More
Woman in the dark . More Adventures of the Continental Op. Jonathan Press mystery, no. 59. Original printing.
New York: Lawrence E. Spivak , 1951. 8vo. 14 x 19.3cm. Original wraps. front cover partially detached....OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 3155801: Physical Description: 128 pages ; 20 cm .....Short stories "A Mercury publication. First book collection of these stories"--Cover Introduction by Ellery Queen "Only edition"--Layman Published June 25, 1951;..... More
A Man Named Thin and Other Stories . Edited and with Introduction by Ellery Queen. Original printing.
New York: Joseph W. Ferman. 1962. Original wraps. 8vo, 5.5 x 9.5625 inches. 128, [2]pp,... Mercury Mystery #233...... Condition: General light wear, toning to interiors; very good........"OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 987431: Complete and unabridged." "This is the ninth, and last, collection of Dashiell Hammett's short stories"--Introduction, page 6 "Only..... More
Blood Money.
Cleveland & New York: World Publishing Company, 1944. 8vo. 188 pp. Very Good, Green Cloth, with small tears, scotch tape repair, minimal sun-fading, minor stains, rubbing, & edge wear on boards; yellowing throughout; stains on edges of text block; spine somewhat slanted; some shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle, his signature..... More
Red Harvest.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. Small 8vo or large 12mo. 272 pages cloth in very good condtion, a little fraying at top of spine and rubbing on top of back cover. Stains on a few pages. 2 blank leaves after flyleaf with impressed lines. from doodling. Bookplate of the..... More
The Continental Op.
New York: Lawrence E. Spivak, 1945. 12mo. 126 pp. Very Good, Soft Cover with sun-fading, creasing, small tears, edge wear, & rubbing; shelf wear; yellowing throughout; stains on edges of text block. Provenance: John Ruyle, his bookplate inside cover; previous owner's (library) stamp on title page & cover. First Edition..... More
The Creeping Siamese.
New York: Lawrence E. Spivak, 1950. 12mo. 127 pp. Very Good, Soft Cover with sun-fading, creasing, edge wear, & rubbing; front cover well-creased to gutters; shelf wear; yellowing throughout; stains on edges of text block. Provenance: John Ruyle. First Edition. More
Dead Yellow Women.
New York: Lawrence E. Spivak, 1947. 12mo. 127 pp. Very Good, Soft Cover with sun-fading, creasing, edge wear, & rubbing; shelf wear; yellowing throughout; stains on edges of text block. Provenance: John Ruyle, his bookplate inside cover; previous owner's (library) stamp on title page & cover. First Edition. More
A Man Named Thin.
New York: Mercury Press, 1962. 12mo. 128 pp. Very Good, Soft Cover with sun-fading, wrinkling likely aqueous in origin, edge wear, & rubbing; shelf wear; yellowing throughout; stains on edges of text block. Provenance: John Ruyle, his bookplate inside cover. More
The Maltese Falcon. First edition in a deluxe binding.
London: Alfred A. Knopf Limited, 1930. 12mo. 10.5 x 17cm (4¼ x 6¾"),; 280 pp. First U.K. edition with New York and London imprinted on title page. Full goatskin binding with a raised goatskin onlay of the falcon on the front cover and with marbled endpapers by the artisan binder..... More
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