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Shackled.

Price: $75.00

Seller ID: 52752

NY: Brentano's, (1924). First American edition. Black cloth lettered in red. Top edge stained red. A fine copy in a slightly chipped and rubbed dust jacket, the spine somewhat faded and dust soiling to the rear panel; still, an attractive copy of a book not often found in the dust jacket. A tale of Algiers, of an impoverished Arab aristocrat's daughter and her marriage to a dervish. According to the jacket description, there is 'no tawdry "sheik" and "dancing girl" hokum..." Abdullah was the author of THE THIEF OF BAGDAD.
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The January Corpse.

By: Albert (Neil)

Price: $45.00

Seller ID: 54550

NY: Walker, (1991). First edition. Brown boards, spine lettered in purple. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. His first book, and the first Dave Garrett mystery.
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The Baron of The Barrens.

By: Bloomfield (Will J.)

Price: $50.00

Seller ID: 52396

Philadelphia: Dorrance, (1923). First edition. Black cloth ruled and lettered in red. Some wear to the tips, but a clean very good copy. A novel of the Alleghenies. Of a local legend, The Hillside-Mooney, which turns out to be a hoax. Also fortune-telling. Smith, AMERICAN FICTION 1901-1925: B-684.
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The Devil's Jig. By Robert Paye (Marjorie Bowen).

By: Bowen (Marjorie) [writing as: Robert Paye].

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London: John Lane, (1931). Second edition; first published in 1930.:

Seller ID: 55433

Blue cloth, spine and front cover ruled and lettered in black. Spine very faded, some spotting of cloth, remains of a private library label on rear end paper; in general a clean and sound very good copy. A scarce novel by Marjorie Bowen, written under the name Robert Paye, but in this edition with the author's real name in brackets on the title page. Historical fiction set in London of the mid-18th century, much to do with inheritance and various forms of skulduggery. Bowen wrote upwards of 150 novels, this being one of the scarcer titles.
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Rehearsal For Murder. A Crime Novel.

By: Bunce (Frank)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: NY: Abelard-Schuman, (1956). First edition.:

Seller ID: 50994

Brown cloth, spine lettered in black. Small ink stamp and price on front end paper, otherwise a nice clean copy in a somewhat rubbed dust jacket. The jacket has had the price corner clipped, and has light wear to edges. Listed in Hubin.
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Driven to the Wall or A Forced Confession.

By: Campbell (Scott) [pseudonym of Frederick William Davis].

Price: $35.00

Seller ID: 50739

Rebound in modern plain wrappers, with a lettered spine label. Original front cover lacking, original back cover bound in. Issued as No. 154 in The Magnet Library, Aug. 8, 1900. Paper browned, some wear, very good. Listed in Hubin, citing it as Magnet #154, but with a date of 1897.
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The Honor of a Black Sheep.

By: Campbell (Scott) [pseudonym of Frederick William Davis].

Price: $35.00

Publisher: NY: Street & Smith, (1901).:

Seller ID: 51073

198pp. + 10pp. ads at rear +16pp. ads at front. Original pictorial wrappers. Quite badly chipped at edges, spine worn and chipped, paper browned, a rough copy. Issued as No. 173 in The Magnet Detective Library. Listed in Hubin, citing this edition.
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The Murray Hill Mystery.

By: Carter (Nicholas) [Ernest A. Young].

Price: $25.00

Publisher: NY: Street & Smith, (copyright 1886 and 1901).:

Seller ID: 50710

Rebound in modern plain wrappers, with a lettered spine label. Original front cover lacking, back cover bound in. [214]pp. Paper browned, old stain to lower corner throughout, very good otherwise. Identified on the back cover as No. 191 in The Magnet Library, April 24, 1901. Listed by Hubin with the longer title: "The Murray Hill Mystery; or, A Man or Wiles." Hubin identifies it as Magnet 191, 1901, and says: "Not NC". According to Hubin, this one is by Ernest A. Young.
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The Man at the Window.

By: Carter (Nicholas) [Frederick William Davis]

Price: $25.00

Seller ID: 50708

Rebound in modern plain wrappers, with a lettered spine label. Original front cover lacking, rear cover bound in. Paper browned, a bit worn at edges about very good. The back cover indicates that this was published as No. 199 in The Magnet Library. Listed by Hubin, giving the fuller title: "The Man at the Window; or, The Girl from Cleveland". He lists it as Magnet 199, 1901. This copy does not bear the second part of the title. According to Hubin, this one is by Frederick William Davis.
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The Crime of A Countess; or, The American Detective and the Russian Nihilist.

By: Carter (Nick) -pseudonym.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: NY: Street & Smith, (copyrighted 1892).:

Seller ID: 50717

Rebound in modern plain wrappers, with a lettered spine label. Original front cover lacking, back cover bound in. Some chipping to margins, old stains to page edges, about very good. The back cover indicates that this is #5 in the Magnet Library, Sept. 30, 1897 (but actually later). Listed by Hubin, who points out that it was published in 1892 in The Secret Service Series.
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The Bait and The Trap.

By: Challis (George) [Frederick Faust, aka Max Brand]

Price: $75.00

Publisher: NY: Harper & Brothers, [1951]. First edition.:

Seller ID: 50191

Grey boards, spine lettered in red. Slight dust soiling, but a nice copy in a slightly worn pictorial dust jacket, rubbed along the spine. The sequel to THE FIREBRAND, featuring the swashbuckling character Tizzo. This is the proper first edition, with the original price on the dust jacket; there exists a very common book club edition, which has no price on the jacket. Not a common book in the first edition.
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The Adventures of M. D'Haricot. Illustrated by Albert Levering.

By: Clouston (J. Storer)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: NY and London: Harper and Brothers, 1902. First American edition.:

Seller ID: 55386

Red pictorial cloth, lettered in white, front cover designed in gray & black. Frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text. Some rubbing and small stains to spine, white spine lettering partly perished as usual, small ink stamp on front end paper; in general, quite an attractive very good copy. Light-hearted Victorian adventure by the author of The Lunatic At Large.
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Faith, Hope and Charity.

By: Cobb (Irvin S.)

Price: $100.00

Seller ID: 52822

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1934). First edition. Red cloth, designed and lettered in gilt. A little soiling to upper page edges, light shelf wear, but a very nice, bright copy in a chipped dust jacket. The jacket has been heavily taped internally at edges and folds, causing some discoloration, and has chips from the spine ends and edges, affecting the first word of the title at the top of the spine; still, a pretty decent looking copy. Queen's Quorum 89.
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The Crimson Alibi.

By: Cohen (Octavius Roy)

Price: $45.00

Seller ID: 53905

NY: Dodd, Mead, 1919. First edition. Red cloth, spine and front cover lettered in black. Inner rear hinge very cracked, some spots to cloth and moderate shelf wear; very good otherwise. A mystery featuring David Carroll. Listed in Hubin. This copy contains the bookplates of both Vincent Starrett and Adrian Homer Goldstone, the Goldstone plate tipped onto the edge of the Starrett one. So, an exalted copy.
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A Toast To To-morrow.

By: Coles (Manning)

Price: $45.00

Seller ID: 55121

Toronto: Musson, 1943. First Canadian edition. Brown cloth lettered in green. Some slight bubbling of cloth, light edge wear, a clean very good copy in a slightly worn dust jacket, some small chips from corners and top of spine, a few creases, but decent looking. The American edition appeared from Crime Club in 1941.
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Golden Ashes.

By: Crofts (Freeman Wills)

Price: $90.00

Publisher: London: Hodder and Stoughton, (1940). First edition.:

Seller ID: 51462

Blue cloth, spine lettered in black. Some shelf wear, a few marks and stains to front board and spine, tiny snag to spine; in general, a clean very good copy, internally fresh.
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The Mexican Tree Duck.

By: Crumley (James)

Price: $50.00

Seller ID: 54496

NY: Mysterious Press, (1993). First edition. Black boards, spine lettered in red. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Crumley on the title page. Sughrue kicks butt, as always.
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Bordersnakes.

By: Crumley (James)

Price: $45.00

Seller ID: 54594

NY: Mysterious Press, (1996). First edition. Black boards, spine lettered in gilt. A fine copy in a very slightly rubbed dust jacket. Signed by Crumley on the title page.
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The Gold Maker's Secret; or, The Crazy Inventor. By E.C. Derby.

By: Derby (Eugene Channing)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: NY: Street & Smith, (Copyright 1884 by Norman L. Munro).:

Seller ID: 50706

Rebound in modern plain wrappers, with a lettered spine label. Original covers lacking, white tape on inside between new cover & spine. Staples rusty, some soiling of preliminary ad leaf, about very good otherwise. Ads at the front are for "The New Secret Service Series". Listed by Hubin, citing: "Street, 1904". Derby also wrote under the name of Nicholas Carter.
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The Chronicles of Solar Pons. with an Introduction by Allen J. Hubin.

By: Derleth (August)

Price: $45.00

Seller ID: 54580

Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran, 1973. First edition. Black cloth, spine lettered in gold. Very light shelf wear, about fine in a slightly worn, very good dust jacket, some small chips from tips and folds. One of 4000 copies.
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