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Mrs. McGinty's Dead

by Christie, Agatha

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Dust Jacket Included
Edition
First Edition
Published
1952
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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New York, New York, USA
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€365.56

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London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1952 First edition, first printing. Publisher's red cloth, with spine lettered in black; in its original red, blue, black, and white dust jacket, with New Statesman review to rear panel. Near fine book, with light toning to spine ends, light spotting to text block edges, and a word written in pen to rear pastedown;… Read more about this item
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€365.56
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A Caribbean Mystery

by Christie, Agatha

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Dust Jacket Included
Edition
First Edition
Published
1964
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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New York, New York, USA
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€182.78

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London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1964 First edition, first printing. Original publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in gilt; original white dust jacket lettered in black and orange, with blue, yellow and green palm leaf illustrations. About fine book, with light toning to head of spine, and some very faint staining to bottom edge of text block; very good unclipped… Read more about this item
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€182.78
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The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

by Christie, Agatha

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Dust Jacket Included
Edition
First Edition
Published
1962
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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New York, New York, USA
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€182.78

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London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1962 First edition, first printing. Publisher's red cloth, with spine lettered in black; in its original light green dust jacket, lettered in white and red, with a jagged black design to front panel. Fine book, with just some light offsetting to front free endpaper; very good clipped dust jacket, with light toning to spine,… Read more about this item
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€182.78
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The Adventures of the Christmas Pudding, and a Selection of Entrées

by Christie, Agatha

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Dust Jacket Included
Edition
First Edition
Published
1960
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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New York, New York, USA
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€319.86

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London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1960 First edition, first printing. Publisher's red cloth, with spine lettered in black; in its original orange dust jacket, lettered in yellow, black, and white. About fine book, with a touch of toning to head of spine, and lightly bumped corners; very good unclipped dust jacket, with light toning and soiling to spine… Read more about this item
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€319.86
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The Pale Horse

by Christie, Agatha

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Dust Jacket Included
Edition
First Edition
Published
1961
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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New York, New York, USA
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€182.78

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London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1961 First edition, first printing. Publisher's red cloth, spine stamped in black; in its original black dust jacket, with red horizontal lines design, lettered in white and blue. About fine, with a touch of wrinkling to foot of spine, and light spotting to text block edges; good or better unclipped dust jacket, with light… Read more about this item
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€182.78
The Æneids of Virgil. Done into English Verse by William Morris

The Æneids of Virgil. Done into English Verse by William Morris

by [Sayers, Dorothy L.]

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1876
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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New York, New York, USA
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€594.04

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London: Ellis and Whit, 1876 First edition. From the library of Dorothy L. Sayers, signed by Sayers on the front free endpaper, with her marginalia to pages. Bound in 20th century brick-red cloth, with spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Near fine, with light toning to spine, a touch of dimming to gilt, light rubbing to spine ends and corners,… Read more about this item
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€594.04
Ordeal by Innocence

Ordeal by Innocence

by Christie, Agatha

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Dust Jacket Included
Edition
First Edition
Published
1958
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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New York, New York, USA
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€137.08

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London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1958 First edition, first printing. Publisher's red cloth, titles in black to spine; in its original orange, white, blue and black dust jacket. Very good or better book, with light spotting to text block edges and endpapers; good price-clipped dust jacket, with some spotting, a light circular cup stain to front panel, light wear… Read more about this item
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€137.08
The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

by Hammett, Dashiell

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Dust Jacket Included
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1930
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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New York, New York, USA
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€41,125.50

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930 First edition, first printing. Bound in the publisher's gray cloth, with falcon illustration stamped in steel blue to front board, spine decorations and lettering stamped in steel blue and black, black top stain. Original illustrated dust jacket with the iconic image of the falcon to the front panel and spine. Very good or better… Read more about this item
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€41,125.50
The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice

by Cain, James M.

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Dust Jacket Included
Edition
First Edition
Published
1934
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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New York, New York, USA
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€2,741.70

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934 First edition, first printing. Original publisher's orange cloth, titles and decorations printed in blue to front board and spine, blue top stain; original black, red and white dust jacket with wavy design. Near fine book with a touch of soiling to top edge of text block, light wear to bottom edges of boards, and… Read more about this item
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€2,741.70
The Long Goodbye

The Long Goodbye

by Chandler, Raymond

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Dust Jacket Included
Edition
First Edition
Published
1954
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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New York, New York, USA
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€685.43

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company,, 1954 First edition, first printing. Publisher's dark grayish red cloth, stamped in silver to spine; in the original green pictorial dust jacket designed by Fritz Wegner. A near fine copy with light rubbing and wear to the edges; in a very good, moderately worn unclipped dust jacket with a few tiny chips to the spine ends… Read more about this item
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€685.43
The Little Sister

The Little Sister

by Chandler, Raymond

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Dust Jacket Included
Edition
First Edition
Published
1949
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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New York, New York, USA
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€411.26

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1949 First American edition, first printing. One of 12,500 copies. Publisher's reddish orange cloth, stamped in dark blue to front board and lettered in dark blue to spine; in the original pictorial dust jacket designed by Boris Artzybasheff. A near fine copy with a slight lean to the spine, spine ends with some fading; unclipped dust… Read more about this item
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€411.26
The Glass Key

The Glass Key

by Hammett, Dashiell

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1931
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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New York, New York, USA
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€411.26

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931 First edition, first printing of the author's fourth novel. Bound in the publisher's orange cloth, with a key image stamped in black to the front board, with steel blue and black stamped decorations to the spine. A very good copy with a slight lean to spine, spine ends lightly worn with a touch of… Read more about this item
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€411.26
I, the Jury

I, the Jury

by Spillane, Mickey

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Dust Jacket Included
Edition
First Edition
Published
1947
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
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New York, New York, USA
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€1,142.38

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New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1947 First edition, first printing. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in red, dust jacket. Near fine; in an unclipped dust jacket with small chips and slight loss to the spine ends, some moderate wear and small creases to the extremities, and a few small closed tears, else very good. A bright and attractive… Read more about this item
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€1,142.38
Playback

Playback

by Chandler, Raymond

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1958
Binding
Paperback
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1
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New York, New York, USA
Item Price
€731.12

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London: Hamish Hamilton, 1958 Uncorrected Proof copy. Publisher's light greenish yellow paper wrappers, with the publisher's printed brown label to the front wrapper, extending over spine onto rear board. About very good with significant foxing to wrappers, text block edges, and publisher's wraparound band, wear to spine ends with rear hinge slightly starting, interior very clean. Overall, a nice copy… Read more about this item
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€731.12