Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, 2019. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 212pp. Beautiful First Edition of this anthology of True Art Crime tales told by the former head of security at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Bound in red cloth with lettering in black on spine. Square, tight..... More
New York: Signet, 1966. 1st Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Vintage Paperback Signet P2972. Beautiful First Paperback Printing, July, 1966. $.60 cover price. Square, tight, and clean throughout with little or no wear. Small date stamp on inside front cover. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A gorgeous..... More
Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 163pp. Beautiful First Edition. Bound in brown cloth with lettering in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket, is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning..... More
New York: Pocket, 1950. 1st Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Vintage Paperback Pocket Books #684. Beautiful Unread First Paperback Printing, August, 1960. No cover price. Square, tight, and clean throughout with a hint of edge-wear. Small date stamp on inside front cover. Spine crinkle due to printing/bonding process. Barely noticeable rear..... More
New York: Carroll & Graf, 1992. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Wraps. 8vo., 207pp. Beautiful Stated First Carroll & Graf Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. Publisher's promotional flyer laid in. A sharp collectable copy at..... More
New York: Gotham, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 439pp. Beautiful First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($26.00), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A sharp collectable copy at a...... More
New York: Perma Books, 1960. 1st Paperback Edition. Soft cover. Small 8vo. Vintage Paperback Perma Books M-4164. Beautiful Unread First Paperback Printing, March, 1960. $.35 Cover Price. Square, tight and clean throughout with a hint of wear. Stain on outer page edges looks like a printer or newsstand mark. A...... More
New York: Citadel Press / Kensington, 2017. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 266pp. Beautiful Stated First Citadel Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($25.00), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. Inscribed and signed..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 261pp. Sharp Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Bound in red paper-covered boards with titles in red on spine. The much loved mystery writer's first book; a non-fiction work detailing the live and crimes of Robert..... More
New York: Crime Ink, 2024. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, 417pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a gentle bump to the heel. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($30.00), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases..... More
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1923. First U.S. Edition. Cloth. Large 8vo., 258pp. Beautiful First US Edition of this anthology of the exploits of a half-dozen of English history's most notorious highwaymen. Bound in publisher's original brown textured cloth with titles stamped in red on spine and front..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 251pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($8.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. Publisher's review..... More
New York: Roy, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo.,192pp. Illustrated. Sharp First American Edition, REVIEW COPY with publisher's slip laid in. FROM THE LIBRARY OF CASPER W. WEINBERGER, former Secretary of Defense under Ronald Reagan, with his bookplate on the front free endpaper. Square tight and clean throughout with perhaps a...... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 346pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little ro no wear save a quite gentle bump to the crown. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($7.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping..... More
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo.,189pp. Sharp Stated First Edition of this memoir of a prisoner serving her term in two different English prisons. Originally published earlier in 1954 in the UK by Gollancz under the title Who Lie in Gaol. Bound in gray cloth with..... More
New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 333pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence of this true story of murder, madness and literature. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($24.95), is fresh and..... More
New York: Ballantine, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Beautiful unread 1st Printing, tight, solid and clean throughout. Small remainder dot on bottom edges. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper protected with an archival-quality mylar cover. A sharp collectable copy at a great price... More
Nee York City: The Mysterious Press, 1986. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 234pp. Sharp First Printing of the First US Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Very attractive unclipped wrapper, ($17.95), has some very mild surface rubbing but fresh and bright with no creases, chipping..... More
Lawrence, KS: The University Press of Kansas, 1970. 1st Edition. Cloth. 8vo., 226pp. Sharp First Edition of this memoir of an 30-year inmate of the Kansas State Penitentiary. Bound in cream cloth with titles in red on spine. Square, tight and clean interior with little or no wear. Spotting to..... More
Durham: Duke University Press Books, 1998. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo., Wraps 277pp.. Beautiful Unread Uncorrected Proof. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Faint sticker ghost. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, tears or toning. A sharp collectable copy at a great price... More
New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 258pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($16.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. Publisher's..... More
New York: Mcgraw-Hill, 1987. Hardcover. 8vo., 254pp. Sharp Fine First Edition, Third Printing of this biography of Countess Elizabeth Bathorym, the supposed murderer of up to 700 young women as she thought their blood would keep her young. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1958. 1st Edition. Cloth. 8vo., 192pp. Beautiful First Edition of this prison-time memoir of a British former petty criminal who went on to write plays and mysteries. Introduction by Raymond Chandler. Bound in publisher's original red cloth. Titles and border in silver on front board and..... More
New York: Retail Distributors, 1959. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Vintage Paperback Retail Distributors K #102. Sharp First Printing of this Paperback Original anthology of True Crime stories featuring notorious New York organized crime gang members. and written by two police reporters. No month, 1959, $.50. Square, tight, and clean throughout..... More
New York: Atria, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Sharp First Edition, First Printing. Tight, square, solid and clean throughout with a tiny bit of wear to the spine ends but truly minor. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper has a hint of edge-wear and a short..... More