An IPL Checklist, by Victor A. Berch

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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