THE CLIFFORD AFFAIR
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. Hard Cover. First Edition. No pencil or ink markings in text. Brown cloth binding. Chips and closed tears at top of dj spine. Larger chips at bottom of dj spine. Chips at top and.....
Mysteries
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We expect that we will be down through March and hope to resume sending our weekly e-catalogues in April. At that time we will be open “by appointment only”. Until then our books will not be for sale. In the meantime, you can contact us by email at nick@blackswanbooks.com.
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THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE [COMPLETE RUN; VOLUMES 1-30; 59 ISSUES]
An uncommon opportunity to acquire the complete run of the mystery fanzine THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE [TAD], begun in 1967 by Allen J. Hubin, comprising 59 issues in all, plus the Index to Volumes 1-10, 1967-1977. TAD reprinted a piece of.....
THE MONSTER IN THE POOL
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929. Octavo. Hard Cover. First Edition. Bound in publishers green cloth with title stamped in black; gentle shelfwear; neat previous owner name on the front pastedown; dust jacket is worn at the extremities and rubbed but.....
THE HOUSE OF LIES.
Garden City, N. Y. The Crime Club, Inc. | Doubleday, Doran & Company, [1932]. Hard Cover. First Edition. Stated First Edition. The story of a murderous blackmailer, known simply as Red Mask, who is methodically hunted down by Detective Inspector.....
Death of a Glutton
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. Hard Cover. First Edition. A crisp copy; No Marks of Any Kind.
DEATH & THE DOWAGER.
New York; London: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1934. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Edition of this featuring “a mere Inspector who works with the unforgettable Constable Smoot, bewhiskered, chirping, innocuous, yet a very shrewd fellow.” The two investigate an eventful weekend.....
DEATH UNDER SAIL
Garden City, New York: The Crime Club, Inc. | Doubleday, Doran Company, Inc., 1932. Hard Cover. First Edition. “A dead man steered the little yacht.” Thus begins C. P. Snow’s first novel, issued the same year as the British Edition.....
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[SIGNED] [MYSTERY] HENRIETTA WHO?
Garden City: Crime Club | Doubleday & Company, 1968. Octavo. Hard Cover. First Edition. Signed. 8vo.; in the publisher’s black cloth binding, with dustjacket; [8], 9-188 pages; there are no ownership of other marks in the book; tipped in is.....
THE SIRENS SANG OF MURDER (Presentation Copy)
New York: Delacorte Press, 1989. Hard Cover. First Edition. Signed. From the library of the late novelist Alexandra Ripley; with a wonderful inscription from Caudwell: "FOR PANSY, BUT WITH WARNINGS NOT TO BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU HEAR FROM ELIZABETH PETERS -.....
BLACK ALIBI.
Lawrence E. Spivak | Jonathan Press | American Mercury Publications, [1945]. Soft Cover. Stated ‘Jonathan Press Mystery No. J23’ on the copyright page. Woolrich was a pulp novelist of the highest order, particularly for his prodigious output, as well as.....
THE DARK SIDE OF LOVE: TALES OF LOVE AND DEATH
New York: Walker and Company, [1965]. Hard Cover. First Edition. A most attractive copy of this collection of stories by Woolrich issued late in his life. There is some minor loss to the paper at the bottom edge of the.....
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[MYSTERY] [NOIR] BLACK ALIBI
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1942. Hard Cover. First Edition. 8vo. (8 1/4” x 5 1/4”); in the publisher’s black cloth binding, with dustjacket; [vi], [2], 3-377 pages; the binding is “dusty” with some fade to the titling at the.....
DRESSED FOR DEATH
New York: HarperCollins, 1994. Octavo. Hard Cover. First Edition. Remainder mark to top text block otherwise no markings of any kind; binding sound; dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Typical light toning to text.
CELEBRATED CASES OF CHARLIE CHAN. INCLUDING THE HOUSE WITHOUT A KEY | THE CHINESE PARROT | BEHIND THAT CURTAIN | THE BLACK CAMEL | CHARLIE CHAN CARRIES ON
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1933]. Hard Cover. First Edition. A clean First Edition copy of this Charlie Chan omnibus with no marks of any kind; lacking the dustjacket.
THE CAPTAIN’S CURIO.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Edition of a work by a major author of English mystery literature, Eden Phillpotts’ The Captain’s Curio. Following Detective-Inspector Midwinter of Scotland Yard, investigating the murder of Martin Knox.....
PEACOCK HOUSE AND OTHER MYSTERIES.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. Hard Cover. First American Edition. Scattered foxing. Publisher’s clay-colored cloth, with gilt lettering on the spine. Minor shelfwear and some toning to the spine. (Hubin Bibliography of Crime Fiction p. 326).
HUNTED
New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1937. Hard Cover. First Edition. A clean copy in a dustjacket which has not been price-clipped. The dustjacket has some light rubbing and a very small snag to the spine. Uncommon, as Gibb’s later mysteries.....
THE MAN WHO WATCHED THE TRAINS GO BY
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1946. Hard Cover. First Edition. A clean copy of the First American Edition, with no marks in the book, though there is some toning to the endpapers and a light stain to the front board.....
KENNEDY FOR THE DEFENSE
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. Hard Cover. First Edition. A signed first edition copy. Other than the signature on the front free end paper there are no marks. The dust jacket is not price clipped,and is now protected in.....
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[SIGNED] [MYSTERY] KENNEDY FOR THE DEFENSE
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. Hard Cover. First Edition. Signed. 8vo.; in gray paper-covered boards backed cream linen, with dustjacket; [3], 3-225; this copy is signed by Mr. Higgins on the half-title page, and dated in his hand “9/13/84”;.....
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[SIGNED] [MYSTERY] [CRIME] THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. Hard Cover. First Edition. Signed. 8vo.; in the publisher’s olive cloth, with dustjacket; [3], 4-183 pages; the binding has the faintest fade to the top edge of the binding; this copy is signed by.....
THE PRIVATEER
New York: Macmillan, 1952. Hard Cover. First Edition. Dustjacket clipped with the $3.50 price still present. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. There is a previous owner bookplate on the front pastedown. The First American edition.
HOW MANY CARDS?
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1920. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Edition of a mystery by Isabel Egenton Ostrander, featuring her popular character, Timothy McCarty. Minor toning to the endpapers only. Some silverfishing and spots of soiling to.....
THE SINISTER MADONNA
New York: John H. Hopkins & Son, Inc., 1937. Octavo. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Edition copy in a striking dustjacket in the deco style. Jacket has some shelfwear and chipping.
THE MYSTERY OF THE RABBIT'S PAW
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1932. Hard Cover. First Edition. No pencil or ink markings in text. Board slightly cocked. 1/2” chip at top of jacket spine along with several closed tears. Very small closed tears and chips at bottom.....