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3 At Wolfe's Door: A Nero Wolfe Threesome
by Rex Stout
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1960
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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€25.64
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First edtion; presumed first printing as no other printings or editions are shown on the copyright page. The book is in excellent conditon, except for ligt wear at covers and two small but very noticeable gouges. Otherwise, the book would be in fine condition. Tight binding, clean pages, without tears, f marks, toning or foxing. No dj. Item Price
€25.64
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Kill The Shogun: A Samurai Mystery - Signed
by Dale Furutani
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 2000
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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€32.40
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Stated first edition with the author's signature, without an inscription, on the title page. There is an inscription at the top of the first fly leaf page, not by the author. Otherwise, book is in 'Like New' condition. Unclipped dj ($23) has very light wear at edges and light soil/stain on the past-down "Authogrphed Copy" sticker on the front of… Read more about this item Item Price
€32.40
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The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
- Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1946
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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€87.95
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Rare first edition, first printing. The book is in excellent condition; "As New" except for age toning on pages and miniscule wear at the front cover edges. The unclipped dj has much wear at edges and a large tear pm the back dj cover. Full page photos of scenes from the Mover (starring Humphry Bogart and Lauren Bacall) throughout the… Read more about this item Item Price
€87.95
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Madame, Will You Talk?
by Mary Stewart
- Condition
- Used - Very Good - Near Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1956
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Item Price
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€39.35
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Rare first edition, first printing in excellent condition. Presume first edition as no other printings are indicated on the copyright page. Very light soiling on the covers. Shadowing on the insided covers and adjacent flyleaf pages. Otherwise in Fine condition. Item Price
€39.35
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Madame Storey
by Hulbert Footner
- Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1926
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Item Price
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€87.95
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Very rare copy of author's first book featuring the lady detectivge Madame Storey. First edition by the Doran Co. There may have been an earlier edition by another publisher.
The book (no dust jacket) is in excellent condition for its age. Light wear at bottom of spine, more pronounced at the top spine edges, otherwise miniscule wear on covers; and light… Read more about this item Item Price
€87.95
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Charlie Chan Carries On
by Earl Derr Biggers
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine -
- Jacket Condition
- Fair +
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 190
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Item Price
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€42.12
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First edition. Probably first printing as no other printing dates are shown. In excellent condition. Visible wear to top edge of back cover and miniscule wear at top of spine. Pages show age toning. However, all pages are clear, clean, without marks, folds or foxing. Unclipped dj has wear (small cuts, and chips) at edges and marks on front and… Read more about this item Item Price
€42.12
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The Ferguson Affair
by Ross Macdonald
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine -
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 196 1
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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€134.24
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Rare first U. K. edition inexcellent, almost like new condition. The only faults we found were shadowing on the first title page and last page, and miniscle bumping at the top and bottom of the spine. No dj.
Will be priority mailed to domestic address, Item Price
€134.24
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Three for Murder
by Pat Nicolette
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2022
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Item Price
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€23.14
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First edition, probably first printing (no other printings are shown on the copyright page). The book would be in virtually new condition except for a section of the title page that has been torn out. (see photos). Contains three novelettees by Pat Nicolette. Item Price
€23.14
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The Lodger
by George Simenon
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1983
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Item Price
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€31.01
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This stated first U. S. edition is an English translation of the 1962 mystery nover. Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert. The book is in 'As New" condition. The unclipped dj ($12.95) has some fairly light wrinkling on the insider front flap and miniscule wrikling on the front cover. Also very light wear at sections of the edges.
. Item Price
€31.01
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Maigret in Exile
by Georges Simenon
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine +
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine +
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1979
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Item Price
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€32.40
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Stated first US edition. Number line on copyright page "BCDE". Translated by Eileen Ellenbogen.
The book is in 'As new' conditon except for some light wear/spotting along the inside cover edges . The dj has The unclipped dj ($7.95) has miniscule wear at the bottom of the dj spine. t. Item Price
€32.40
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Maigret in Court
by Georges Simenon
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1983
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Item Price
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€27.31
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Stated first American Edition. Number line on copyright page reads, "BCDE." Reprint of the 1959 Maigret classic. Translated from the French by Robert Btain.
Both the book and unclipped dj ($11.95) are in 'As New' condition. Item Price
€27.31
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Maigret's War of Nerves
by George Simenon
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Published
- 1986
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Item Price
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€36.11
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!986 reprint of a Maigret classic. Translated by Geoffrey Sainsberry. Both the book and the unclipped dj ($13,95) are in 'Like New' condition excep for a small fold at the bottom of the front dj flap (see photos). Item Price
€36.11
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The Man Who Covered Mirrors
by Marten Cumberland
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1949
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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€23.61
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First edition and the earliest date of publication by any publisher. A Saturnin Dax mystery. The book is in excellent readable conditon. Printing is clear, without tears, folds, marks or foxing. However, all pages have age toning at the edges, there are impressions of paper clips at the top of seveal flyleaf pages and marks from scotch tape on the… Read more about this item Item Price
€23.61
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Five Little Pigs
by Agatha Christie
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2008
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Item Price
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€23.61
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This is the first edition by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers of the book first published in 1942 and titled Murder in Retrospect. It is in 'as new' conditon - no faults. The unclipped dj ($12.00) is in the same conditon, EXCEPT for a minisculer tear at the front cover right side edge which has been repaired. Item Price
€23.61
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Hearsed In Death. A Saturnin Dax Crime Novel
by Marten Cumberland
- Condition
- Used - Good +
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1947
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Item Price
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€34.72
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An early and rare Saturnin Dax novel. First edition; probably first printing. Moderate fraying at cover edges. Light age shadowing on inside front cover and adjacent flyleaf page. Heavy shadowing on the title page. Otherwise, the book is in excellent condition. Pages are clear, clean and without marks, tears, folds or foxing. No dj. Item Price
€34.72
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Lady-Killer
by Anthony Gilbert
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 1996
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Item Price
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€36.57
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British reprint of the 1951 rare classic Arthur Crook mystery in the Collins Black Dagger Crime Crime series with an introduction (Forward) my Marjorie Eccles.
This is a hardly noticeable ex-library book in almost Fine condition. Library stamps on the title page and on the top edges (only visible when book is closed). Unclipped dj (BPS 13.99) is… Read more about this item Item Price
€36.57
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The Name on the Bracelet (A Judy Bolton Mystery,
by Margaret Sutton
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1940
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Item Price
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€30.55
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Presumed first edition and first printing as there are no other dates shown. Light shelf wear on cover except for washed out wear on spine and along edges of spine. Otherwise book is in Fine condition. Tight binding. Pages are clean and clear, without tears, marks, folds or foxing. Item Price
€30.55
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The Zeppelin's Passenger
by E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1918
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Item Price
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€16.20
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314 pages, black titles on gray cloth. A very good minus over all, cover cloth moderately shelf worn with minor exterior soiling; hinges and binding sturdy, paper clean and light to moderately yellowed, and a previous owner's name on front endpaper. Lacking dust jacket. Item Price
€16.20
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Down Under
by Patricia Wentworth
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1937
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Item Price
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€87.95
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First Edition, presumed first American printing of this scarce book. .Book is in excellent condition. Cover is like new except for shading oon inside of the back covers (from the dj flaps). High quality deckled edge pages are without tears, folds, marks or foxing. Binding is tight. Dj has wear around edges and corners, dhipping and small tears and two… Read more about this item Item Price
€87.95
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The Black Mountain
by Rex Stout
- Condition
- Used - Very Good - Near Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1954
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Item Price
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€82.40
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First American Edition. The only faults we could find is the wear at the top and bottom of the spine and wear at the bottom front corner and miniscule wear at the top front corner. Otherwise, it like new. tight binding, no tears, marks, foxing, etc. No dj. Item Price
€82.40