Mystery, Crime, And Detective Fiction from Lorne Bair Rare Books

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1970. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); light green cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-190,[2]pp. A bookplate signed by the author is loosely laid in. Spine ends gently nudged, faint scuff to upper right edge of textblock, else a clean, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $4.50),… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1989. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); gray and red paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [x],[3],4-290,[4]pp. Faint wrinkle at base of spine and faint marks on terminal leaf, else Fine in a Fine dustjacket ($17.95). The third Dave Robicheaux novel, winner of the Edgar Award for best novel. [81957].… Read more about this item

London: Macmilland & Co. Ltd, 1970. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); brick red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-190,[2]pp. Signed by the author on the upper margin of the title page. Some of the usual tanning to the text edges, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £1.05 (21s) net), with light wear… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Brandywyne Books, 1984. First, Limited Edition. One of 600 deluxe copies, signed by the author on limitation page. Octavo; cloth hardcover in dustjacket and publisher's slipcase; 389pp. Fine book and jacket in a Near Fine slipcase with just a hint of soiling to bottom panel.

Boston: The Writer Inc, 1945. First Edition. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt to spine and front board. 237pp. Slight bumping and some minor wear to spine ends and extremities, mostly presenting as scuffing of the cloth. A very good, clean copy, strong and durable. Internally clean, with the ownership of writer Hugh Holman, author of the… Read more about this item

New York: P.F. Collier & Son Company, [1929]. First Edition. Octavo. 19.5cm. Publisher's black cloth titled and decorated in red to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 312pp. Light bumping and edgewear, mainly to spine ends, in a clean, bright dustjacket with some sunning to the spine panle, as is often seen. A better than average but still occasionally distatseful… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1933. First American Edition. Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's black cloth titled and decorated in silver gilt to spine and front board. 302pp. Some scuffing and bumping to spine ends and extremities, strong and solid, gilt a little dulled here and there, and lacking the dustjacket. A very good copy. Internally clean, some offsetting to prelims.… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1986. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 192pp. Clean and strong, very light wear to spine ends, in a bright, unfaded dustjacket that would be fine were it not for some slight rippling and soiling to the rear panel, either from heat or moisture, there is also a… Read more about this item

New York: Brentano's, 1908. First Brentano's Edition. 8vo. 20cm x 13cm. Publisher's bright yellow cloth, titled and decorated in black to spine and front board. Light bumping and edgewear, remarkably little fading or discolouration, a very good copy of a book that is normally pretty grubby. 307pp. Internally clean. Ink ownership to front flyleaf. A handsome copy of a… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow and Co, 1980. First American Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's black cloth spine over black paper covered boards, titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 192pp. Clean and sharp with very minimal wear in a bright pictorial dustjacket with some very light marginal wear and the usual slight toning of the laminate. A very good copy indeed.… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1926. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.25cm); variant bound in dark green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; [iv],316pp. Nicely inscribed by the author on the front endpaper. Light wear to spine ends and extremities, touch of rubbing along the front joint, with one faint, tiny spot to lower edge… Read more about this item

London: Gollancz, 1964. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's deep red cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 176pp. Clean and bright with only light wear and bumping to the extremities and spine ends, in a bright and striking yellow dustjacket with some totally unnecessary tape reinforcment to the verso. A very good copy indeed. One of Freeling's wildly… Read more about this item

New York: Scribner's, 1980. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's dark blue cloth titled in silver gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 240pp. Very light rubbing and wear to extremities in a clean, bright dustjacket with some very minor traces of wear to the extremities. A very good copy indeed. Internally clean. A complex novel ostensibly dealing with a mysterious… Read more about this item

London: Gollancz, 1983. First Edition. Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's bright red cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 184pp. A fine copy in dustjacket, bright, clean, and with minimal wear. Internally clean with a signed authorial bookplate laid in at the front. A strikingly British murder mystery involving an eccentric family in a sprawling house on the edge of Dartmoor,… Read more about this item

New York: Bantam Books, 1973. First Edition. First printing (paperback original). 12mo (18cm). Glossy pictorial card wrappers; yellow edge-staining; 150pp. A tight, clean copy, with deep, uniform edge-staining and no reading creases; Near Fine. Quite nice copy of the fourth book in Tidyman's Shaft series. There was no hardcover issue. Astoundingly, only ten physical locations for this… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.d., 2010. Limited edition broadside. One of 250 copies, signed by both King and Lukens. 20" x 14", printed in colors on cream stock. Tiny crease at upper left corner and right margin, else Fine. Prints the entire short story "Birth of a Green Man," with color illustration by Jean Lukens. Apparently, from King's website, a… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1943. First American Edition. Bound from sheets for the 1943 Allen & Unwin reissue. Octavo (19cm); light brown cloth, with titles stamped in burgundy on spine; dustjacket; [iv],[4],5-215,[1]pp. Upper right board corner gently tapped (though still sharp), else Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, gently spine-sunned, showing moderate shelfwear, a few small nicks and tears, chipping… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); gray cloth titled in maroon on the front cover and spine; dustjacket; 248,[2]pp. Inconspicuous forward lean; few spots of soil on the upper textblock; Very Good. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00 net) nicks and small chips to the extremities; lightly toned; Very Good. Coxe's 11th novel.… Read more about this item

London: John Long Ltd, 1958. First Edition. First impression. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "Admiral .. Arleigh Burke / I do hope it may amuse you to read this some time - if you can have any time for relaxation these days. With the very best wishes of the author, "Sea Lion," signed "alias Geoffrey R. Bennett," dated in… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. First Edition. First Impression, in first issue dustwrapper without the later reviews or author statement. Publisher's black cloth boards with red titles and 'Heart' design to upper, in pictorial jacket. Book has a slight lean but is essentially a clean copy in a very slightly scuffed and edgeworn dustwrapper. A quite splendid association copy. In… Read more about this item