VINTAGE MYSTERY HARDCOVERS

STEVE LEWIS, 62 CHESTNUT ROAD, NEWINGTON CT 06111

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 PAUL AYRES  [EDWARD S. AARONS] -
    Dead Heat. [VG-Fine] BELL Hardcover, 1950. No jacket. Novelization of the “Casey Crime Photographer” radio show. Very light overall handling wear. ... $14.95  /mh5z
ELIZABETH BACKHOUSE -
    Death Came Uninvited. [Fair] ROBERT HALE Hardcover in Dust Jacket.. First Edition, 1957.  Former library copy with usual markings. Jacket and first page somewhat wrinkled from dampness. Slanted spine; pages still solid. ... $12.95  /mh1z 
MARGOT BENNETT -
    Time to Change Hats. [Good] DOUBLEDAY CRIME CLUB Hardcover. First Edition, 1946. No dust jacket. Small cover stain; inner hinge worn through. Otherwise still in solid shape. ... $14.95  /mh5z
MIRIAM BORGENICHT -
    To Borrow Trouble. . [Fine/Near Fine] DOUBLEDAY CRIME CLUB Hardcover in Dust Jacket. First Edition, 1965. Light handling wear to jacket; book itself very clean and solid. ... $14,95  /mh5z
H. C. BRANSON -
    The Fearful Passage. [Very Good] SIMON & SCHUSTER Hardcover; no dust jacket. Very minimal handling wear; pages starting to tan. Otherwise very clean and solid. ... $12.95  /mh1z
HILARY BURLEIGH -
    Murder at Maison Manche. [Fine / VG-Good] HURST & BLACKETT Hardcover in Dust Jacket.. British edition. Book itself very clean and solid. Jacket has a short ragged tear at base of spine into lower left front cover. ... $19.95  /mh1z
W. R. BURNETT -
    Underdog. [VG Plus] ALFRED A. KNOPF Hardcover in Dust Jacket; First Edition, 1957. Slightly worn jacket; book itself is very clean and solid. ... $18.95  /mh5z
ALFRED BETTS CALDWELL -
    No Tears Shed. [VG-Fine in Good jacket] DOUBLEDAY CRIME CLUB Hardcover in Dust Jacket.. First Edition, 1937. Jacket in only GOOD condition, with wear along edges and folds. Book itself has a short whitish smudge on the front cover; otherwise very clean and solid. ... $45.00  /mh5z
BERNICE CAREY -
    Their Nearest and Dearest. [Very Good in Good Minus jacket] CRIME CLUB Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Stated First Edition, 1953. Three inch tear in front cover repaired with clear tape on inside. One inch tear separating front cover from upper spine. Lower spine waterstained extending slightly into both covers. Book itself is Very Good or better. Pages tanned but otherwise very clean and solid. ... $39.95  /mh5z
PETER CHAMBERS -
    Downbeat Kill. [Very Good] ABELARD SCHUMAN Hardcover in Dust Jacket, 1964. PI Mark Preston. The only sign this is a former library book is a strip of  remains of a checkout slip previously glued inside the back cover. Otherwise very clean and solid. ... $19.95  /mh5z 
JAMES HADLEY CHASE -
    Do Me a Favour – Drop Dead. [Fine in Near Fine Jacket] Robert Hale, 1976. Very light overall handling wear. Nice. ... $45.00 ./mh5z
JOHN JAY CHICHESTER -
    The Bigamist. [VG Plus] Vintage CHELSEA HOUSE Hardcover. No Jacket. First Edition, 1925. Very mild overall handling wear; still clean and solid. ... $19.95  /mh1z   
FRANK & MARIAN COCKRELL -
    Dark Waters. [Near Fine in Good-VG jacket] TOWER Hardcover in Dust Jacket.. 1st printing thus, 1944. Photoplay edition. Chips missing from top and bottom of jacket spine. Previous owner’s name inside. Pages browning but otherwise very clean and solid. ... $19.95  /mh1z
G. D. H. & M. COLE -
    Knife in the Dark. [Good] COLLINS CRIME CLUB. Hardcover; 3rd printing, 1945. Mrs Warrender. No jacket. Slanted spine; moderate overall handling wear. ... $80.00  /mh1z
LUCY CORES -
    Corpse de Ballet. [Good] DUELL SLOAN & PEARCE Hardcover. No dust jacket. A former library copy with penciled dates inside front cover. Faded lettering on spine; otherwise still in solid shape. ... $14.95  /mh1z
FREDERICK C. DAVIS -
    Deep Lay the Dead. [Good / Poor] DOUBLEDAY CRIME CLUB Hardcover in Dust Jacket.; First Edition, 1942. Former library copy. Very worn jacket with lower portion of spine missing. Library stamps inside. Book itself is otherwise basically clean and solid. ... $6.95  /mh5z
BRUNO FISCHER -
    The Spider Lily. [VG-Fine / No DJ] DAVID McKAY. First Edition, 1946. Slight spine slant; previous owner’s name in ink on first page. Otherwise very clean and solid, ... $14.95  /mh1z 
G. FRASER-SIMSON -
    Footsteps in the Night. [VG Minus] Vintage A. L. BURT Hardcover. No Jacket. Mild overall handling wear; still clean and solid. ... $14.95  /mh1z
VINCENT FULLER -
    The Long Green Gaze. [VG-Fine] B. W. HUEBSCH Hardcover, 1925. No jacket. Light paper residue on bottom edges of both covers; otherwise very clean and solid ... $25.00  /mh5z
MATTHEW HEAD -
    The Devil in the Bush. [VG-Fine] SIMON & SCHUSTER Hardcover in Dust Jacket. 1945. Pages noticeably tanning especially along edges. Very light overall handling wear to jacket; otherwise very clean and solid. ... $19.95  /mh5z
M. V. HEBERDEN -
    Murder of a Stuffed Shirt.[Good Minus] Doubleday Crime Club; Hardcover, No Jacket. First Edition, 1944. Former library copy. Pages lightly tanned and very slightly loosening in binding. ... $11.95  /mh1z
    Tragic Target. [Good-VG] Doubleday Crime Club; Hardcover, No Jacket. Later printing, 1952. Light edge wear; pages noticeably browning. ... $12.95  /mh1z
INEZ HAYES IRWIN -
    The Women Swore Revenge. [Very Good] RANDOM HOUSE Hardcover; no dust jacket. First  printing, 1946. Faint page yellowing; otherwise extremely clean and solid. ... $19.95  /mh1z
ROBERT PORTNER KOEHLER -
    Sing a Song of Murder. [Very Good] PHOENIX PRESS Hardcover; no jacket. Probably First Edition, but not so stated; 1941. Light vertical stress mark in front cover; tiny bit of fraying at top of spine. Otherwise clean and solid. ... $29.95  /mh5z 
GRET LANE -           
    Death Prowls the Cove. [Good-VG] HERBERT JENKINS. British Hardcover. First Edition, 1942. No jacket. Mild spine slant and overall handling wear. Still in solid shape. Scarce. No other copies found offered for sale online at time of listing. ... $150.00  /mh1z
FRANCES & RICHARD LOCKRIDGE -
    Dead As a Dinosaur. [Good] LIPPINCOTT Hardcover in Dust Jacket. First Edition, 1952. Mild signs of having been a library book; no stamps or pockets. Mild wear to jacket. Otherwise book is still in solid shape. ... $12.95  /mh5z
GARLAND LORD -
    Murder Plain and Fancy. [VG-Fine/No Jacket] DOUBLEDAY CRIME CLUB Hardcover. First Edition, 1943. No dust jacket. Slightly slanted spine; otherwise very clean and solid. ... $39.95  /mh5z
ROMAN McDOUGALD -
    Purgatory Street. [Near Fine/Good Minus] SIMON & SCHUSTER Hardcover in Dust Jacket, 1946. Jacket has some waterstains leaving the paper wrinkled in spots otherwise books seems to have survived well. ... $9.95  /mh1z
RICHARD NEELY -
    The Japanese Mistress. [Fine] SAT. REVIEW PRESS Hardcover in Dust Jacket.. 1972. Very light overall shelf wear; book does not appear to have been read. ... $24.95  /mh7z
SAX ROHMER -
    The Moon Is Red. [As New] BOOKFINGER Hardcover; published without a jacket. Purchased by me new and never read. ... $29.95  /mh5z
    White Velvet. [VG-Fine] DOUBLEDAY DORAN Hardcover. First Edition, 1936. No dust jacket. Very slightly slanted spine; otherwise clean and solid. ... $30.00  /mh5z
JULIAN SHORE -
    Rattle His Bones. [Good/Fair-Good] WILLIAM MORROW Hardcover in Dust Jacket, 1941. PI Mark Millner. Ex-library with stamping but no pocket. Jacket has been trimmed as if to fit a plastic cover with flaps pasted down inside covers. Still in solid shape. Author’s only mystery. ... $70.00  /mh5z  **
IONE SANDBERG SHRIBER -
    The Last Straw. [Good] RINEHART Hardcover in Dust Jacket.. First Edition, 1946. Former library copy with associated stamping inside front cover. Jacket enclosed in plastic cover glued in. Chunk missing from plastic at bottom of spine. Otherwise still clean and solid. ... $99.95  /mh5z
LAURENCE D. SMITH -
    Girl Hunt. [About Fine/Good] Lippincott, 1937. Probable first edition but not so stated.  Small piece missing upper edge of front cover. Upper spine wear. Book itself is very clean and solid. ... $29.95  mh5z
LEE THAYER -
    Evil Root. [Good] DODD MEAD Hardcover in Dust Jacket. 1949.   Ex-library with stamping but no pocket. Jacket has been slightly trimmed as if to fit a plastic cover. Otherwise still in solid shape. ... $25.00  /mh5z
E. LEE WADDELL -
    Murder at Drake’s Anchorage. [Good-VG]  DUTTON Hardcover in Dust Jacket. First Edition, 1949. Author’s only mystery. Ex-library with date stamps; jacket enclosed in plastic cover with flaps glued down. Otherwise still in solid shape. ... $19.95  /mh1z