Detective fiction (96 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Aunt Eater Loves a Mystery This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Wraps slightly darkened.

cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 182 pages. Book Club edition. Loren Mensing investigates the death of a bestselling novelist. Near fine in very good jacket. Detective Fiction (illustratore).

paper-covered boards. small 8vo. paper-covered boards. (viii), 181 pages. First edition. Very minor chipping to the dust jacket, else a near fine copy. Nick Polo rather enjoys being a bodyguard to journalist Jack Slate, who has come to Pebble Beach to play golf. But Slate's journalism has annoyed someone. A Nick Polo Mystery. Detective Fiction (illustratore).…

cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 253 pages. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. Poets make poems, but what makes poets? In an age of manufactured celebrity, why not the KGB? Dissident poet Evgeny Shar is not what he seems--a new kind of agent. Detective Fiction (illustratore).

boards, dust jacket. small 8vo. boards, dust jacket. 189 pages. First edition. Bookplate of Philip Allen Metzger on front pastedown. Large stain on front free endpaper, date stamp on half-title page. Mark Exeter, publisher of the news weekly "Tomorrow" hires private eye Nick Nicoletti to look into matters relating to the magazine staff and to Exeter's own upcoming divorce. Soon, Nicoletti is also looking into Exeter's murder. Detective Fiction (illustratore).…

cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 186 pages. Book club edition. Jacket slightly worn and spine is faded. Spot along edge of free endpaper. The whole interview set-up is strange, with remarkably attentive guards hanging about, journalist Jack Seavering decides, and then the interviewee, " America's most famous novelist," writes HELP in the dirt and quickly rubs it out with his shoe before anyone besides Seavering can read it. Detective Fiction (illustratore).…

8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (vi), 181+(1) pages. First edition. 11th David Brandstetter myster by Hansen, a prolific author of novels and short stories. Ink inscription on free endpaper. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, dust jacket. Detective Fiction (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

small 8vo. quarter cloth, boards, dust jacket. (vi), 253 pages. First edition. A Jack Journey novel. J. Journey, who writes on "historical crime and ancient felons," also collects crime books. A few months ago, he paid for a library amassed by a French police inspector, but it hasn't been delivered yet, and now the antiquarian dealer calls to say that it is no longer available, the refund is in the mail. Journey, who wants the books already paid for, decides to visit the dealer for a little confrontation, but when he arrives he finds that someone else has already confronted the dealer.with a sharp implement. So, what was in that collection, anyway? Fine in near fine jacket. quarter cloth, boards, dust jacket. Detective Fiction (illustratore).…

boards. 8vo. boards. (vi), 150, (2) pages. Bookclub edition. The case revolves around Sarah Chayse, M.D., and her discovery in a paperback thriller. Near fine in near fine jacket. Detective Fiction (illustratore).

hardcover, dust jacket. 8vo. hardcover, dust jacket. 181 pages. First edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some tape marks. Detective Fiction (illustratore).

8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (vi), 281+(1) pages. First Edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. With this atmospheric and suspenseful tale, the author introduces us to Joseph Wilder, a struggling novelist whose approach to crime is strictly literary--until his best friend's father is murdered in the West Indies. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. Detective Fiction (illustratore).…

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Clean text. Tight binding. No marks or writing. Some minor creasing to the spine. The spine edges are showing some wear. Small, transparent soil marks on the spine.

hardcover, dust jacket. 8vo. hardcover, dust jacket. 631 pages. Reprint. Very good in lighly chipped dust jacket. Detective Fiction (illustratore).

cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 308 pages. First edition. Signed on the title page by the author. Former journalist is plunged into a maze of political cover-ups and violent death which begins innocently enough on a sailing trip with some reforming juvenile delinquents. Detective Fiction (illustratore).…

small 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (viii), 216 pages. First edition. A "Nameless Detective" mystery. Old man Arlo Haas is rightfully concerned by the near-catatonic behavior of his daughter, Grady. But is that any reason to call a private detective? quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. Detective Fiction (illustratore).…

cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 183 pages. First edition. The entire mystery centers on Sampson Trehune who "was by profession a book appraiser." Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Detective Fiction (illustratore).

Condizione: Very Good. 8 pages, with UK and US list of books. This is an original article separated from an issue of The Book & Magazine Collector publication. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages). …

Condizione: Very Good. 8 pages, with UK list of books. This is an original article separated from an issue of The Book & Magazine Collector publication. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 9 pages. This is an original article separated from an issue of The Book & Magazine Collector publication. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Pulp Magazines; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages). …

Condizione: Very Good. 8 pages, illustrated. With list of books. This is an original article separated from an issue of The Book & Magazine Collector publication. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages). …

Condizione: Very Good. 11 pages, illustrated. This is an original article separated from an issue of The Book & Magazine Collector publication. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. This title Detective Fiction is the final incarnation of Detective Fiction Weekly for the final six issues. Includes a Gil Brewer story and reprints of stories by Raoul Whitfield, Cornell Woolrich and Frederick C. Davis. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 135-137]. Cover creases, mild rubbing, a very good copy. (25233). …

paper over boards, dust jacket. 8vo. paper over boards, dust jacket. 469 pages. First edition. William Robertson Davies (1913 - 1995) was an award-winning, internationally renowned Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best known and most popular authors and one of its most distinguished "men of letters." Davies was the founding Master of Massey College, a graduate residential college associated with the University of Toronto. "His novels will be recognized with the very best work of this century." --- John Kenneth Galbraith. Detective Fiction (illustratore).…

cloth, dust jacket. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 249 pages. First US edition, reprinted from 1953 edition. Exlibrary with markings. Else near fine in fine jacket. Before writer Fredericka Wing started finding corpses in a sleepy New England town, she had hoped to spend a quiet summer there managing a bookstore and working on her latest novel. How she finds the murderer, and romance in the bargain, makes an entertaining and suspenseful tale. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. Detective Fiction (illustratore).…

8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. viii, (ii), 204 pages. First edition. "A wicked, witty novel about the publishing of a best seller." Characters include a young librarian, a plump publisher and a distinguished professor . and plagiarist? Fine in near fine dust jacket. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. Detective Fiction (illustratore). …

8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xii, 290 pages. First edition, later printing. Twenty short stories with a literary theme, written by some old favorites such as James Thurber and Dorothy L. Sayers, as well as contemporaries such as Bill Pronzini, Margaret Maron and Ruth Rendell. Includes "The Private Eye Who Collected Pulps." Near fine in near fine jacket. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. Detective Fiction (illustratore).…

8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. (viii), 182, (2) pages. First edition. Light wear to book and dust jacket. Set on a Caribbean cruise, there is murder and mayhem all around Network vice-president and chief troubleshooter Matt Cobb. All of the Matt Cobb series have Killed in the title. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. Detective Fiction (illustratore). …

Wraps. Condizione: Very Good. Vol. LXXXIX, No. 3. Cover art by John A. Coughlin for "Entombed!" (short novel) by Allan Vaughan Elston. Includes "The Mogul's Heart" (novelette) by H. Bedord-Jones; "The Clay Pigeon" by David Redstone; "The Clue of the Animal Crackers" by Edward Parrish Ware; "The Thing in His Pocket" by Ray Cummings; "Lucky" by C. B. H. Vaill. True Stories: "The Iron Widow" by Howard McLellan; "Illustrated Crimes: The Varotta Kidnapping Tragedy" by Paul Berdanier; Serial: "False-Face" (pt. 4 of 5) by Fred MacIsaac. Features and Facts: "Flashes from Readers"; "Your Face Reveals Your Character" & "The Inventor's Face of Edison" by William E. Benton; "Solving Cipher Secrets" by M. E. Ohaver; "Jujutsu for Self-Defense" by John Yamado. Illustrated by Joe Farren. Standard wear and tear at edges; small spine loss; owner's name and other mark in pencil on cover; mild tanning; minor stains. Magazine.…