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193344786New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1933. Book Club Edition. With "H-H" code on copyright page. Octavo 21.5cm; dark blue cloth with titling and decorations stamped in lime green across spine and covers; gray topstain; patterned endpapers; viii2951pp. Previous owners name to upper front endpaper light wear to extremities else a bright Near Fine copy. BOMC booklet laid in. Attractive copy of Burnett's seventh book a novel set in California and centered around a down-and-out gambler his interaction with gangsters and his love affair with dog racing - particularly with a greyhound named Dark Hazard. Burnett became involved in dog racing for a time while writing the novel and even owned a greyhound named War Cry. Basis for Alfred E. Green's 1934 film of the same name starring Edward G. Robinson and Genevieve Tobin and a 1937 B-picture titled Wine Women and Horses. Hubin p.58; Baird 359. Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown books
19541559New York: Random House Inc. 1954. First Edition First Printing. 8vo 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 208 x 140 mm 248 pages in quarter cloth over paper boards titles to upper board and to spine. Very Good or better in a Very Good dust jacket. Some light toning to spine edges internally clean and bright. The unclipped dust jacket has some nicks and soiling.American journalists learn a secret about the head of the dreaded security police in a European people's democracy. They head for the border town of Skaro with the bad guys on their heels. A Cold War thriller. <br /><br /> Random House, Inc. hardcover books
19731558New York: The Viking Press Inc. 1973. First American Edition 1st Printing. 8vo 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 140 mm 244 pages in light gray boards titles in black to spine silhouette of a spy to upper board pink topstain. Tiny ink mark near top of fore edge some fading and spotting to topstain. Internally clean and bright. A Very Good or better copy in a a Very Good dust jacket. The jacket is bright and unclipped with light edge wear and a tiny chip to the bottom of the rear panel where it meets the spine. A young British agent is assigned to trail a cold-blooded Russian "diplomat." Then things start to go wrong for both sides. "You're sorry when it's over" The New York Times wrote in a laudatory review published October 28 1973. Striking cover illustration by Michael Codd. <br /><br /> The Viking Press, Inc. hardcover books
196350884Washington D.C.: President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime 1963. First Edition. Quarto. Side-stapled sheets; printed cover-wrappers; 83pp. Slight external wear; ownership signature "Return to Wyckoff" to front cover; Very Good. Summary progress report on Kennedy-era anti-delinquency initiatives in New York Cleveland New Haven Boston and seven other American cities. President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime unknown books
198925216New York: Henry Holt 1989. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Stated First American Edition. The first Charlie Resnick crime novel by this celebrated author. A clean near fine copy in dustwrapper. SIGNED by Harvey and dated in 1992. Terrific series. Henry Holt hardcover books
199321878London: HarperCollins 1993. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Gorgeous signed copy of the first U.K. edition of her first book an Edgar Award winning mystery. VF/VF signed. Jacket design much more attractive than the American. Signed by Author. <br/><br/> HarperCollins hardcover books
199622098New York: Simon & Schuster 1996. Second printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Second US printing of this early John Rebus murder mystery. A handsome near fine copy in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
198930034New York: St. Martin's Press 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Satterthwait's somewhat scarce second book a Lizzie Borden pastiche. This is a near fine copy in near fine or better unclipped jacket. Stated first edition with complete number run. St. Martin's Press hardcover books
194114614New York: War Resisters League 1941. First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet 23cm x 10cm. Printed wrappers 11pp. Mild toning & soil to cover extremities else Near Fine. Brief description of life in a federal penitentiary prepared by a convicted C.O. to give others a notion of what to expect. Rather literal - the author discusses routines policies and regulations but supplies no personal impressions - but an interesting and uncommon document. War Resisters League unknown books
196211761JLondon: Pimlico Films Limited 1962. First Edition. Original 6 page mimeographed shooting script belonging to actress Hira Talfrey consisting of the portion of the teleplay which has her part. This Britsh produced television crime series starred William Franklyn and Alan Rothwell. Hira Talfrey appeared in such films as The Curse of the Demon The Conqueror Worm The Oblong Box and The Year of the Sex Olympics. Pimlico Films Limited unknown books
198221487New York: Charles Scribner 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine first edition in dustwrapper. The author's second crime novel featuring Anna Lee. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Charles Scribner hardcover books
198121489New York: Charles Scribner 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. First edition first printing of the author's first crime novel. A near fine copy in dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the title page. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner hardcover books
199421385Boston: Little Brown 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition of this Harry Bosch crime novel. Connelly is one of the best writing today. Tiny blemish to leading edge of text block else a sharp and clean fine copy in fine price-intact dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author and dated in year of publication. Great read. <br/><br/> Little Brown hardcover books
197722793New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1977. First American edition. Hardcover. Good/good. First American edition of the author's first book a humorous crime novel. Taken by the publisher directly from the original British sheets. This sadly is an ex-libris copy with a "withdrawn" stamps on the endpapers evidence of pocket removal from rear endpaper etc. A fair to good copy in dustwrapper of an uncommon literary debut. Sold in as-is condition. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
198221283New York: St. Martin's Press 1982. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. First US edition of this Lovejoy novel of suspense. Tint corner bump else a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Review Copy with publisher's promotional sheet laid in. This copy has been both SIGNED by Gash on the title page and INSCRIBED on the inside front pastedown. St. Martin's Press hardcover books
197115049New York: Harper & Row 1971. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good /very good . 8vo. First US edition of the author's first book and winner of the coveted Gold Dagger Award in Great Britain. Very good indeed in very good unclipped and unfaded dustwrapper. <br/><br/> Harper & Row hardcover books
196821757New York: Signet Books 1968. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Pocket paperbound book. Stated first printing. Contains two works: Killer Mine and Man Alone. 157 pp. Published as Signet P3483. A very good copy with some cover wear and faint spine crease. This copy SIGNED by Spillane and quite uncommon thus. <br/><br/> Signet Books paperback books
196921759New York: Signet Books 1969. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Pocket paperbound book. Stated first printing. Includes Kick It or Kill The Seven Year Kill and The Bastard Bannerman. 190 pp. Published as Signet T4141. A clean very good example. Square and tight. This copy SIGNED by Spillane and quite uncommon thus. <br/><br/> Signet Books paperback books
195514541Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall 1955. First Edition. Octavo. Gray cloth boards stamped in red and black; dustjacket; 309pp. Tight fine copy in lightly rubbed dustwrapper Very Good or better. Second of four memoirs by Chessman a San Quentin inmate whose first book - Cell 2455 Death Row - is one of the classic Death Row narratives. After publishing three books and exhausting a number of appeals Chessman was finally executed in 1960. Quite nice copy. SUVAK 58. Prentice-Hall unknown books
1997683New Haven and London: Yale University Press 1997. First Edition First Printing. 8vo pp. xxv 530 pages. An insiders' account of the espionage battle in Berlin between the CIA and the KGB from the end of World War II to the building of the Wall in 1961. These authors certainly know their stuff. David Murphy was chief of the CIA's Berlin station; Sergei Kondrashev was a lieutenant general in the KGB; and George Bailey was a director of Radio Liberty. <br/><br/>CONDITION: Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Small creases to spine ends and slight edge wear. Yale University Press unknown books
2002810<p>New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc. 2002. First Edition First Printing. SIGNED by Lawrence Schiller on the title page under which the word "and" has been written and then marked through. Based on research and interviews by Lawrence Schiller and Norman Mailer the book presents a psychological portrait of FBI agent Robert P. Hanssen who sold classified information to the KGB and its successor organization over more than 20 years. Hanssen was captured in 2001 and is serving multiple life sentences in a Colorado prison. The book is written as a novel with imagined dialogue. Schiller and Mailer were unable to interview Hanssen who was already a guest of U.S. taxpayers. Nonetheless it's a fascinating attempt to get into the mind of an American traitor especially through the device of having Hanssen talk to himself while looking at a mirror. 8vo. xv 317 pages. Near Fine with a minuscule mark to the upper board's right edge and a bump to its lower right corner in a Fine dust jacket. SCARCE signed. <br /><br />The backstory to this book is unusual and a bit convoluted. In Schiller's Author's Note he says he asked Mailer to write a screenplay for a CBS Television miniseries that Schiller would produce and direct. As Mailer was finishing the first draft of the screenplay Schiller decided to write the present book using Mailer's draft as the foundation. Schiller says he supplemented Mailer's draft with his own research. The book appeared in 2002 as did the series on CBS. The series starred William Hurt as Hanssen Mary-Louise Parker as his wife Peter Boyle as his father and David Strathairn as his best friend.</p><p>In addition to this book Schiller and Mailer also collaborated on "The Executioner's Song" and "Oswald's Tale."</p> HarperCollins Publishers Inc. books
1967104New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1967. First American Edition 1st Printing.<br /><br />8vo 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches; 215 x 142 mm 252 pages in quarter cloth over boards gold titles to spine. With the dust jacket and the scarce "In Transit Docket."<br /><br />Strange things take place in a Paris brothel involving not only sex but also.nuclear weapons. The book includes the top secret "In Transit Docket" which lays out a U.S. plot against the Chinese. A typically fast-paced Deighton thriller. <br /><br />CONDITION: Small closed tear in pages 29-30 a couple of small stains on the fore edge some fading to the titles on the spine. Dust jacket unclipped with slight offsetting from the red end papers onto the front flap a bit of rubbing to the top of the front and rear panels. "Transit Docket" is Fine Overall a Very Good copy clean and unmarked. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1939WRCLIT73482Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1939. Pictorial window card 22 x 14" printed in black and white with lurid green titling on recto only of stiff card stock. Uniform tanning along edges otherwise very good or better unused. A promotional window card for this low budget crime thriller based on an original story and screenplay by Robert A. Andrews with contributions by Ben Markson. Barton MacLane Beverley Roberts and Clarence Kolb starred. Aubrey Scotto directed. Andrews was a prolific screenwriter who in addition to potboilers such as this adapted to the screen works by Eugene O'Neill and A. Conan Doyle. Republic Pictures unknown books
196819276New York: Doubleday & Co 1968. 1st edition. Black cloth binding. White dust jacket. NF/VG light age toning. 656 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Doubleday & Co hardcover books
193128239New York: Knopf 1931. 1st US edition Hubin I p. 781; NCBEL IV 744. Blue green cloth binding designed by WAD. Red topstain. Green dust jacket. VG slight lean/VG spine panel sunned/pc. viii 257 1 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Knopf hardcover books
