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


This checklist consists of two pages:

    with ISBN Prefix  0-903330-    Go back.

    with ISBN Prefix  1-55882-     [below]

NOTE:  ISBN’s in the range from 025-6 to 049-3 were not used by IPL in their first series of books, which ended in April 1992.  Some of these numbers were used later, however, when IPL again began publishing books.  These ISBN’s will be indicated in brackets, thusly: [026-4]. 


001-9
Ellery Queen
The Ellery Queen Omnibus          
Story collection consisting of those contained in both The Adventures of Ellery Queen and The New Adventures of Ellery Queen.  First edition as such.
1988
002-7
Jacqueline Babbin
Bloody Soaps: A Tale of Love
   and Death in the Afternoon
Hardcover; first edition.  Later published by IPL in paperback (064-7).
1989
003-5
Reginald Hill
A Killing Kindness

1989
004-3
Peter Dickinson
Perfect Gallows

1989
005-1
George Baxt
The Neon Graveyard

1989
006-X
   NOT USED



007-8
Craig Rice
8 Faces at 3

Artist: Nicky Zann   
Introduction by William Ruehlmann.

Artist: Nicky Zann   
1989
008-6
Patrick Quentin
Puzzle for Players
Introduction by Douglas G. Greene.
1989
009-4
   NOT USED



010-8
Leslie Charteris
Knight Templar

1989
011-6
Charlotte Armstrong
Lemon in the Basket

1989
012-4
P. G. Wodehouse
Full Moon
  [humor; non-mystery]
1989
013-2
Paul Gallico
Love of Seven Dolls
  [non-mystery]
1989
014-0
John Dickson Carr
The Murder of Sir Edmund
    Godfrey
  [non-fiction] Foreword and afterword by Douglas G. Greene.  This book was also published by IPL in hardcover (016-7).
1989
015-9
Carter Dickson
The Unicorn Murders
 
Artist: Nicky Zann   

July 1989
016-7
John Dickson Carr
The Murder of Sir Edmund
    Godfrey
  [non-fiction]  Foreword and afterword by Douglas G. Greene.  Hardcover; also published in paperback by IPL (014-0).
1989
017-5
John Dickson Carr
Till Death Do Us Part
  Reissue of (21-8) with a new cover design.
1989
018-3
George Baxt
Who’s Next   Reissue of (99-4) in paperback.
1989
019-1
Carter Dickson                    
The Reader Is Warned
  
Artist: Nicky Zann   

Nov 1989
020-5
Patrick Quentin
Puzzle for Puppets

1989
021-3
Paul Gallico
Mrs. ’arris Goes to Paris   Non-mystery.
1989
022-1
Craig Rice
The Corpse Steps Out

1989
023-X
Jonathan Latimer
Murder in the Madhouse

1989
024-8
E. Richard Johnson
Cage Five Is Going to Break
  
Artist: John P. Tierney   

Nov 1989
[025-6]
  NO RECORD OF USE



[026-4]
P. G. Wodehouse
Wodehouse Is the Best Medicine
Humor; non-mystery.  Story collection edited by D. R. Bensen.  [1995]
[027-2]
Carter Dickson
Merrivale Holds the Key: Two Classic Locked-Room Mysteries
Contains the two novels The Plague Court Murders (062-0) and The Red Widow Murders. (87-0) previously published separately by IPL.
 [1995]
[028-0]
Ngaio Marsh
Alleyn and Others: The Collected Short Fiction of Ngaio Marsh.
   
Softcover.  Story collection edited by Douglas G. Greene.  Previously earlier in hardcover (050-7) and as (086-8), the latter with one additional story.
 [Oct
    1995]
[029- ]
  NO RECORD OF USE



[030-2]
William L. DeAndrea
The HOG Murders

 [Nov
   1999]
[031- ]
  NO RECORD OF USE



[032-9]
P. G. Wodehouse
The Uncollected Wodehouse

   
Softcover.  Humor; non-mystery. Story collection edited by David A. Jasen.  Re-issue.  See 119-8.
 [1999]
[033-3]
Jane Haddam
Sweet, Savage Death

[034-5]
Orania Papazaglou & Jane Haddam Wicked Loving Murder


[035-3]
Donald E. Westlake
A Good Story and Other Stories
Story collection.

[036-1]
Jane Haddam
Death’s Savage Passion


[037-X]
Donald E. Westlake
Kinds of Love, Kinds of Death


[038-8]
Richard Hill The Murder of My Aunt

[039-5]
A. P. Herbert
Uncommon Law
  non-fiction??

[040-1]
Nancy Pickard
Storm Warnings


[041-8]
Donald E. Westlake & Tucker Coe
Murder Among Children


[042-6]
Jonathan Latimer
Solomon’s Vineyard


[043-
    to
 049-3]
 
  NO RECORD OF USE





050-7
Ngaio Marsh
The Collected Short Fiction of Ngaio Marsh
Hardcover, first edition.  Expanded by one story in a later printing (086-8).
1989
051-5
Margaret Millar
Vanish in an Instant
   
Artist: Roger Roth   

Nov 1989
052-3
Jonathan Latimer
The Search for My Great
    Uncle’s Head
Previously published in hardcover as by Peter Coffin; first appearance under the author’s own name.
1989
053-1
E. Richard Johnson
The God Keepers

1989
054-X
Daniel Garrison, editor
Who’s Who in Wodehouse
[non-fiction; reference]  Hardcover; first edition thus.   Revised from a Swiss-published first edition. A softcover edition was later published by IPL (087-6).
1989
055-8
Leslie Charteris
Angels of Doom

1989
056-6
George Baxt
The Dorothy Parker Murder
    Case
Re-issue; previously published by IPL (36-6).
Nov 1989
057-4
Charlotte Armstrong
A Little Less Than Kind

1989
058-2
P. G. Wodehouse
If I Were You
  non-mystery?  humor
1989
059-0
E. Richard Johnson
Dead Flowers
   
Artist: John P. Tierney   
Hardcover, first edition.
Jun 1990
060-4
Leslie Charteris
The First Saint Omnibus

1990
061-2
E. Richard Johnson
The Judas
   
Artist: John P. Tierney   

Jun 1990
062-0
Carter Dickson
The Plague Court Murders
Introduction by Douglas G. Greene.  This novel was reprinted later in the omnibus edition Merrivale Holds the Key (027-2). 1990
063-9
Patrick Quentin
Puzzle for Wantons

1990
064-7
Jacqueline Babbin
Bloody Soaps
Previously published by IPL in a hardcover edition (002-7).
1990
065-5
Paul Gallico
Farewell to Spirit
  non-mystery?
1990
066-3
Margaret Millar
A Stranger in My Grave
  Reissue
1990
067-1
Craig Rice
The Wrong Murder

1990
068-X
Charlotte Armstrong
The Balloon Man

1990
069-8
Jonathan Latimer
Headed for a Hearse

1990
070-1
George Sanders
Crime on My Hands
Ghost-written by Craig Rice.
1990
071-X
John Dickson Carr
Fell and Foul Play  [Foulplay on front cover.]
   
Artist: Nicky Zann   
Hardcover, first edition.  Story collection.   Edited with an introduction by Douglas G. Greene.  IPL was to have reprinted this book in paperback (117-1) but it was never published.
   
Jan 1991
072-8
Carter Dickson
The White Priory Murders

1991
073-6 Robert Taylor
Fred Allen: His Life and Wit
Non-fiction: Biography.
1991
074-4
Walter Satterthwaite
Miss Lizzie

1991
075-2
Kyril Bonfiglioli
Don’t Point That Thing at Me
This is the original UK title.  Previously published in the US as Mortdecai’s Endgame. 1991
076-0
Stuart Palmer
The Penguin Pool Murder
   
Artist: Nicky Zann   

Jan 1991
077-9
Stuart Palmer &
    Craig Rice
People vs. Withers & Malone

1991
078-7
Craig Rice
The Right Murder

1991
079-5
P. G. Wodehouse
Wodehouse on Crime Hardcover; story collection.
1991
080-9
P. G. Wodehouse
Wodehouse on Crime
Paperback; story collection.
1991
081-7
Charlotte Armstrong
The Witch’s House

1991
082-5
Jonathan Latimer
The Dead Don’t Care
   
Cover: Jennifer Place   

Jan 1991
083-3
E. Richard Johnson
Case Load Maximum

1991
084-1
Leslie Charteris
Getaway

1991
085-X
P. G. Wodehouse
Service with a Smile
  non-mystery? humor
1991
086-8
Ngaio Marsh
The Collected Short Fiction of
   Ngaio Marsh
Hardcover.  Expanded from the prior first edition (050-7) by including a previously unknown short story.
1991
087-6
Daniel H. Garrison, Editor
Who’s Who in Wodehouse, 
   Revised Edition.
[non-fiction; reference] Paperback; published earlier by IPL in hardcover (054-X).  [The two editions are identical.]
1991
088-4
P. G. Wodehouse
Tales from the Drones Club
  non-mystery? humor
1991
089-2
Peter Dickinson
The Glass-Sided Ants’ Nest

1991
090-6
Kyril Bonfiglioli
Something Nasty in the
    Woodshed
First US edition.
1991
091-4
Craig Rice
Trial by Fury

1991
092-2
   NOT USED

DGG: This was intended to be Fred Allen’s Treadmill to Oblivion, but the book was never published.

093-0
J. H. H. Gaute &
    Robin Odell
The New Murderers’ Who’s Who   non-fiction? true crime?
1991
094-9
Jonathan Latimer
Red Gardenias

1991
095-7
Patrick Quentin
Run to Death
   
Artist: Nicky Zann   

Jun 1991
096-5
Charlotte Armstrong
The Chocolate Cobweb

1991
097-3
Paul Gallico
The Abandoned
 [non-mystery] Re-issue; previously published by IPL (64-1). 1991
098-1
Carter Dickson
Death in Five Boxes

Artist: Nicky Zann   


Artist: J. Place   
1991
099-X
   NOT USED



100-7
P. G. Wodehouse
Plum’s Peaches
Hardcover.  1st? non-mystery? humor
1991
101-5
John Dickson Carr
Merrivale, March and Murder Hardcover; first edition.  Story collection.  Edited by Douglas G. Greene.
1991
102-3
John Dickson Carr
The Door to Doom and Other Detections.
  
Artist: Nicky Zann   
Story collection, expanded from the 1980 First Edition.  Edited and with an introduction by Douglas G. Greene.
Oct 1991
103-1
Carter Dickson
The Skeleton in the Clock
 
Artist: Nicky Zann  

   
Artist: Jennifer Place   
Oct 1991
104-X
Henry Cecil
Settled Out of Court

1991
105-8
Henry Cecil
Daughters in Law

1991
106-6
Damon Runyon
Trials and Tribulations
Non-mystery?  Humor?  1st?
1991
107-4
A. P. Herbert
Uncommon Law: Being Sixty-
    Six Misleading Cases
Non-fiction: legal cases?  1st?
1991
108-2
Edmund Crispin
The Case of the Gilded Fly
Introduction by Douglas G. Greene.
1991
109-0
Peter Dickinson
The Sinful Stones

1991
110-0
Barbara Paul
Liars & Tyrants & People
    Who Turn Blue

1991
111-2
Patrick Quentin
Black Widow

1991
112-0
Craig Rice
The Big Midget Murders
 
Artist: Nicky Zann   

Oct 1991
113-9
Stuart Palmer
Murder on Wheels

1991
114-7
Margaret Millar
Mermaid

1991
115-5
Margaret Millar
Ask for Me Tomorrow

1991
116-3
Jonathan Goodman
The Passing of Starr Faithful
Hardcover; first edition?  Non-fiction; true crime?  DGG: This book was never published.
1992
117-1
John Dickson Carr
Fell and Foul Play
IPL earlier published this book in hardcover (071-X).  DGG: This softcover edition, while printed and bound, was never published.
1992
118-X
P. G. Wodehouse
Tales from the Drones Club
 Non-mystery?  Humor.  1st?  Reissue ... ?
1992
119-8
P. G. Wodehouse
The Uncollected Wodehouse
  hard/soft?  Reissue ... ?
1992
120-1
Edmund Crispin
Holy Disorders

1992
121-X
Peter Dickinson
Lizard in the Cup

1992
122-8
Henry Cecil
Without Fear or Favour
This is the original UK title.  Previously published in the US as The Blackmailers.
1992
123-6
Kyril Bonfiglioli
After You with the Pistol

1992
124-4
Stuart Palmer
Murder on the Blackboard

1992
125-2
Craig Rice
Having Wonderful Time

1992
126-0
Barbara Paul
Your Eyelids Are Growing Heavy

1992
127-9
Cynthia Manson and
    Charles Ardai, Editors
New England Crime Chowder
   
Artist: John P. Tierney    
First edition.
   
Small map of New England by Nicky Zann   
Apr 1992


 

   




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