INTERNATIONAL POLYGONICS, LIMITED (IPL): A Checklist of Publications
compiled by Victor A. Berch                                     




PLEASE NOTE.  This checklist consists of two pages:

    with ISBN Prefix  0-930330-     [below]

    with ISBN Prefix 1-55882-    Next page.

    Note:  Not all of the softcover books IPL published were of the same standard
mass market paperback size.  Dan Roberts has pointed out that of the first seven 930330 titles, there are at least four different sizes, or five if you count the two variants of (01-3) pointed out by Gary Lovisi.   Several titles later are yet another size, and these are not exactly the same.  As more specific information on sizes becomes available, it will be included in the information below.

    DGG = Comments made by Douglas G. Greene, in a letter to VAB dated 26th July 1993.     
        

                                                                                                                                                                                  
00-5
Baroness Orczy
The Man in the Corner
   
Artist: Henry Cioch   

1977
01-3
Carroll John Daly
Murder in the East
Note [per Gary Lovisi]: Murder From the East had a larger (tall) pb size version and a (smaller) regular pb size version, with otherwise the same cover and identical. 1978
02-1
Richard Hull
The Murder of My Aunt

1979
[03-X]
Baroness Orczy
Lady Molly of Scotland Yard    
FOOTNOTE 1. 1981
04-8 Margaret Millar
How Like an Angel
   
Artist: Henry Cioch    
A second printing was done; date unknown.
Oct 1982
05-6
Dashiell Hammett
 & Alex Raymond
Dashiell Hammett’s Secret Agent X-9
   
Artist: Alex Raymond; cover design
by Peter Schaefer              

Comic strip story.  Also contains a short comic “The Fixer,” by Leslie Charteris; art by Alex Raymond.  Introduction by William F. Nolan.   On a front flyleaf is the following information about the folks at IPL:

Editor-in-Chief: Burke N. Hare
Editors: Maddie Sparafucile
         Tony Sparafucile
Publisher: Hugh Abramson


NOTE: “Burke N. Hare” is a pseudonym of Douglas G. Greene, now publisher of the Crippen & Landru books.
(Jan)
1983
06-4
Margaret Millar
 
A Stranger in My Grave
   

1983
07-2
Margaret Millar
Beast in View

1983
08-0
Lillian de la Torre
Dr. Sam Johnson, Detector
Story collection.
1983
09-9
Lillian de la Torre
The Detections of Dr. Sam: Johnson
   
Artist: Stephen Sweny   
Story collection.
1984
10-2
Margaret Millar
The Fiend

1984
11-0
S. S. Rafferty
Cork of the Colonies
   
Artist: Roger Roth   
[aka Fatal Flourishes]   Story collection.  IPL intended to publish this book in hardcover (13-7).   Note: The cover states that Captain Jeremy Cork was “The First American Detective.”  At the time of publication, he probably was, but in present times, I believe Maan Meyers’ Pieter Tonneman (The Dutchman) predates Cork. 1984
12-9
Carol Brahms
 & S. J. Simon
A Bullet in the Ballet
   
Artist: Tim Raglin   
Preface by Ned Sherrin.
   
1984
13-7
S. S. Rafferty
Cork of the Colonies
Hardcover.  Story collection.   IPL printed this book earlier in paperback (11-0).  According to DGG, this hardcover edition was never published.
1984
14-5
Margaret Millar
Banshee
   

1985
15-3
Margaret Millar
Ask for Me Tomorrow
1985
16-1
S. S. Rafferty
Die Laughing and Other Murderous Shtick
Paperback original.  Story collection.  IPL intended to publish this book in hardcover (17-X)
1985
17-X
  NOT USED

DGG: This was the ISBN for a hardcover edition of Die Laughing (16-1), which was never published.

18-8
Christianna Brand
Cat and Mouse

1985
19-6
William F. Nolan Space for Hire
1985
20-X
William F. Nolan Look Out for Space 
Paperback original.
1985
21-8
John Dickson Carr
Till Death Do Us Part
   
Artist: Akio Matsuyoshi   
Reissued later by IPL (017-5) with a new cover design.
Apr 1985
22-6
John Dickson Carr
Death Turns the Tables

1985
23-4
Margaret Millar
 
An Air That Kills
   

1985
24-2
John Dickson Carr
The Sleeping Sphinx
   
Artist: Ken Joudrey   

Apr 1985
25-0
John Sherwood
A Shot in the Arm 
[aka Death at the BBC]  First US printing.
1985
26-9
Margaret Millar
Rose’s Last Summer
   

1985
27-7
John Dickson Carr
The Burning Court
   
Artist: Roger Roth    

Nov 1985
28-5
John Dickson Carr
Hag’s Nook
Introduction by Douglas G. Greene.
1985
29-3
Darwin L. Teilhet
The Talking Sparrow Murders
   
Artist: Nicky Zann   
Introduction by Douglas G. Greene.
Nov  1985
30-7
Hake Talbot
Rim of the Pit
Introduction by Douglas G. Greene.
1985
31-5
Margaret Millar
Beyond This Point Are Monsters

1985
32-3
Margaret Millar
The Cannibal Heart

1985
33-1
Carol Brahms
 & S. J. Simon
Murder a la Stroganoff
   
Artist: Tim Raglin   

Nov 1985
34-X
Lillian de la Torre
The Return of Dr. Sam: Johnson, Detector
Hardcover, first edition.  Story collection.
1985
35-8
Victoria Lincoln
A Private Disgrace: Lizzie Borden by Daylight
Non-fiction.
1986
36-6
George Baxt
The Dorothy Parker Murder Case
   
Artist: Nicky Zann   
Reissued later by IPL (056-6).
Apr 1986

37-4
Anthony Boucher
Nine Times Nine
   
Artist: Nicky Zann   

June 1986
38-2
John Dickson Carr
He Who Whispers
   
Artist: Roger Roth   

May 1986
39-0
John Dickson Carr
The Three Coffins
   
Artist: Roger Roth   

Apr 1986
40-4
James Gollin
The Philomel Foundation
   
Artist: Nicky Zann   

May 1986
41-2
Barry Malzberg
Underlay
  [Marginally crime fiction.]
1986
42-0
Margaret Millar
Wall of Eyes
   

1986
43-9
Ellery Queen
The Tradedy of X

1986
44-7
Clayton Rawson
Death from a Top Hat
   
Artist: Nicky Zann   

June 1986
45-5
Clayton Rawson
Footprints on the Ceiling
   
Artist: Nicky Zann   

Dec 1986
46-3
George Baxt
A Queer Kind of Death

1986
47-1
George Baxt
A Parade of Cockeyed Creatures

1986
48-X
Max Brand
Night Flower
   
Artist: Nicky Zann   
Previously published in 1936 as by Walter C. Butler.
June 1987
49-8
Carol Brahms &
  S. J. Simon
Six Curtains for Stroganova
Paperback; 1st US printing.
1986
50-1
John Dickson Carr
Below Suspicion
   
Artist: Stephen Sweny   

Dec 1986
51-X
John Dickson Carr
The Problem of the Green Capsule
   
Artist: Roger Roth   

Dec 1986
52-8
Margaret Millar
The Listening Walls

1986
53-6
Ellery Queen
The Tragedy of Y

1987
54-4
James Gollin
Eliza’s Galliardo
   
Artist: Nicky Zann   

1987
55-2
George Baxt
The Alfred Hitchcock Murder Case
   
Artist: Nicky Zann   

   
Caricature: Nicky Zann   
Apr 1987
56-0
George Baxt
Swing Low, Sweet Harriet
   
Artist: Nicky Zann   

Apr 1987
57-9
George Baxt
“I!” Said the Demon
   
Artist: Nicky Zann   

June 1987
58-7
Ellery Queen
The Tragedy of Y

1987
59-5
Margaret Millar
Fire Will Freeze
   

1987
60-9
Clayton Rawson
The Headless Lady
   
Artist: Nicky Zann   

   
Artist: Jennifer Place   
June 1987
61-7
John Dickson Carr
The House at Satan’s Elbow
   
Artist: Barbara Sandler  

June 1987
62-5
Carter Dickson
The Judas Window
Introduction by Douglas G. Greene.
1987
63-3
Lillian de la Torre
The Exploits of Dr. Sam: Johnson,
    Detector
   
Artist: Stephen Sweny    
Paperback, first edition.  Story collection.
June 1987
64-1
Paul Gallico
The Abandoned
  [non-mystery]  Reissued later by IPL (097-3). 1987
65-X
George Baxt
Satan Is a Woman
Paperback, first edition.
1987
66-8
George Baxt
Topsy and Evil

1987
67-6
Margaret Millar
The Iron Gates

1987
68-4
Carter Dickson
The Peacock Feather Murders
   
Artist: Nicky Zann     

Oct 1987
69-2
Carter Dickson
Nine – and Death Makes Ten
   
Artist: Nicky Zann   

Oct 1987
70-6
Ellery Queen
Drury Lane’s Last Case
  
Artist: Quay   

Oct 1987
71-4
William O’Farrell Repeat Performance

1987
72-2
Charlotte
   Armstrong
Mischief

1987
73-0
Herbert Brean
Wilders Walk Away
   
Artist: Quay   

Oct 1987
74-9
Clayton Rawson
No Coffin for the Corpse
   
Artist: Nicky Zann   

Oct 1987
75-7
Douglas G. Greene
 & Robert Adey,
   Editors
Death Locked In: An Anthology of Locked Room Stories
Introduction and 23 prefaces by the editors.
1987
76-5
Margaret Millar
Spider Web

1988
77-3
George Baxt
The Affair at Royalties

1988
78-1
E. Richard
       Johnson
Silver Street
   
Artist: John P. Tierney   

May 1988
79-X
Jonathan Latimer
The Lady in the Morgue

1988
80-3
Paul Gallico
Too Many Ghosts

1988
81-1
Herbert Brean
The Traces of Brillhart

1988
82-X
Anthony Boucher
Rocket to the Moon
   
Artist: Nicky Zann   

May 1988
83-8
Jacqueline Babbin
Bloody Special
Previously published as Prime Time Corpse (Curtis, 1972) 1988
84-6
Charlotte
   Armstrong
The Unsuspected

1988
85-4
Carter Dickson
The Punch and Judy Murders
    
Artist: Nicky Zann   

May 1988
86-2
Carter Dickson
He Wouldn’t Kill Patience
   
Artist: Nicky Zann   

   
Artist: Jennifer Place   
May 1988
87-0
Carter Dickson
The Red Widow Murders
   
Artist: Nicky Zann   
This novel was reprinted later in the omnibus edition Merrivale Holds the Key (027-2). Nov 1988
88-9
Carter Dickson
The Gilded Man
   
Artist: Nicky Zann   

Nov 1988
89-7
George Baxt
The Tallulah Bankhead Murder
    Case

1988
90-0
E. Richard
   Johnson
Mongo’s Back in Town

1988
91-9
Jonathan Latimer
Solomon’s Vineyard

1988
92-7
P. G. Wodehouse
Service with a Smile
  [humor; non-mystery]
1988
93-5
Paul Gallico
Thomasina
  [non-mystery]
1988
94-3
Ellery Queen
Cat of Many Tails

1988
95-1
Margaret Millar
The Murder of Miranda
   

1988
96-X
Leslie Charteris
The Last Hero
   
Artist: Roger Roth   

Nov 1988
97-8
Leslie Charteris
The Saint in New York

1988
98-6
Charlotte
    Armstrong
A Dram of Poison

1988
99-4
George Baxt
Who’s Next
Hardcover, first edition.  Reissued by IPL in paperback (018-3).
1988


   For the IPL books having ISBN Prefix 1-55882-  , see the next page.

FOOTNOTE 1.
  According to the National Union Catalog of Imprints, it appears that Richard Hull’s The Murder of My Aunt and Baroness Orczy’s Lady Molly of Scotland Yard both carried the same ISBN, 0-930330-02-1.  Since Hull’s work is dated 1979 and Orczy’s is dated 1981, Lady Molly should have the ISBN 0-930339-03-X.   UPDATE:  This was confirmed by Douglas G. Greene in his letter dated 26 July 1993.




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