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Miss Dimple And The Slightly Bewildered Angel

By: Ballard, Mignon F.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Minotaur Books: 2016

Seller ID: A40643

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "MIGNON F. BALLARD is the author of the Miss Dimple mysteries, along with mysteries featuring angelic sleuth Augusta Goodnight and The War in Sallie's Station, a novel about growing up in rural Georgia during World War II. She lives in her hometown of Calhoun, Georgia." (from MacMillan)
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A House-boat On The Styx Being Stome Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades

By: Bangs, John Kendrick

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers: 1897

Seller ID: A38547

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

B&W Illustrations; Early printing. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The spine of the book has a light slant. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. Illustrated by Peter Newell. "In 1894, Bangs ran for the office of mayor of Yonkers, New York, but was defeated. He also was a member of the Board of Education in Yonkers. He left Harper & Brothers in 1901 and became editor of the New Metropolitan magazine in 1903....
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Drawback To Murder A Christopher Storm Mystery

By: Barber, Willetta Ann and R. F. Schabelitz

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1947

Seller ID: A35737

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Poor dust jacket

B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Poor dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. Both front and rear endpapers have a large strip of toning towards the foredges. The dust jacket is missing it's spine , but has both front and rear panels laid-in. "Willetta Ann Barber and RF Schabelitz wrote a series of novels featuring an artist, Christopher Storm, whose drawings were included in the book as part of the clues. Christopher "Kit" ...
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Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor Being the First Jane Austen Mystery

By: Barron, Stephanie

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Bantam Books: 1996

Seller ID: A34348

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Cover Art; This book is in Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition, as are the text pages. The dust jacket is crisp and clean with the exception of one tiny nick to the bottom front edge of the dust jacket. This is the first book in the Jane Austen Mystery series. "I would rather spend an hour among the notorious than two minutes with the dull. - To Jane Austen's surprise, her visit to the snowy Hertfordshire estate of young and beautiful Isobel Payne, Countess of Scargrave, will be far from dull. She has scarcely arr...
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This Week's Stories Of Mystery And Suspense

By: Beach, Stewart (edited by) with An Introduction by Alfred Hitchcock

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1957

Seller ID: A32674

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. There is a splotch of discoloration / toning to the bottom spine end and bottom rear edge of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has edge wear, nicks and small chips missing. The dust jacket has some general wear and a couple creases and handling to the covers. The bottom rear edge of the dust jacket have some toning and tidemarking....
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The Catalyst (A Cock Robin Mystery

By: Bell, Josephine (Doris Bell Collier)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, MacMillan Company: 1966

Seller ID: A37448

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

This book is in Near Fine condition and a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The spine ends of the book covers have some light bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has one small edge tear on the top rear panel. "Josephine Bell, pseudonym of Doris Bell Collier, (8 December 1897 24 April 1987) , was an English physician and writer. Bell wrote nineteen novels and forty-five mystery novels in her lifetime, as well as radio plays, short stories, and series for women's magazines."
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The Loot of Cities Being the Adventures of a Millionaire in Search of Joy. A Fantasia.

By: Bennett, Arnold

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, Oswald Train: Publisher: 1972

Seller ID: A34391

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Cover Art; This book is in Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has two tiny edge nick / tears to the top edge. There is a hint of beginning toning to the edges of the dust jacket as well. "The Loot of Cities is the only volume of detective short stories by the great English author, Arnold Bennett. He did write several other stories of this type, but they were scattered through several other short story collections. First published in Windsor Magazine in 1903, these sto...
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Behind That Curtain

By: Biggers, Earl Derr

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1928

Seller ID: A32512

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light rubbing, edge wear and beginning fraying. There is some ground-in dirt to the spine of the book. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and address on the front endpaper. The top edge of the text block has some ground-in dirt. This is the third Charlie Chan novel. "It is set almost exclusively in California (as opposed to Chan's native Hawaii) , and tells the story of the former head of Scotland Yard, a detective who ...
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Keeper Of The Keys A Charlie Chan Story

By: Biggers, Earl Derr

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Bobbs-Merrill Company: 1932

Seller ID: A32517

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking the dust jacket. This copy is dated 1932, but lacks the First Edition statement on the copyright page. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and edge wear, along with fraying. The text pages have some light, but generalized toning. There is a previous owner's property bookplate (Harold H. Gibson) on the front pastedown page. "Keeper of the Keys (1932) is the sixth and last mystery in the Charlie Chan series of Earl Derr Biggers; Biggers w...
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Charlie Chan Caravan Includes: the Chinese Parrot, the Black Camel, And, Charlie Chan Carries On

By: Biggers, Earl Derr

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1930

Seller ID: A37665

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

THis is a three-in-One volume including: The Chinese Parrot, the Black Camel, And, Charlie Chan Carries On. The book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have edge wear, rubbing and spots of fraying. The covers have several spots of discoloration. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper, a previous owner's ink stamped name and address on the front pastedown page, along with a pasted on label with the three titles on the front pastedown page, and an ink stamped date and le...
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Random Walk A Novel for a New Age

By: Block, Lawrence

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Tor Books: 1988

Seller ID: A35561

ISBN: 0312930925

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

This book is in Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is one nick to the top spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket is clean and bright. "It begins in the Pacific Northwest, in Oregon. Guthire looks around and decides to take a walk. He doesn't know how far he's going, he doesn't know where he's going. He doesn't take much with him, just a small backpack. A journey of any length begins with a single step and Guthrie takes it, facing east." "Lawr...
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Wolf Pack

By: Box, C. J. (Charles James)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 2019

Seller ID: A40171

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

The Bitterroots

By: Box, C. J. (Charles James)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Minotaur Books: 2019

Seller ID: A40170

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Charles James (C. J. ) Box Jr. Is an American author of over twenty novels. Box is the author of the Joe Pickett series, as well as several stand-alone novels, and a collection of short stories. The novels have been translated into 27 languages. Over ten million copies of his novels have been sold in the U. S. Alone. The fi...
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A Red Herring Without Mustard

By: Bradley, Alan

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Delacorte Press: 2011

Seller ID: A39862

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

This book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "Bradley wrote several short stories that were read on CBC Radio and published in literary magazines. Following his early retirement from the University of Saskatchewan in 1994, Bradley and his wife Shirley moved to Kelowna, British Columbia, for her work, while Bradley focused on writing. He wrote multiple screenplays over the course of nine years. Then, during the 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park Fire, many homes neighboring B...
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The Cat Who Went Into The Closet

By: Braun, Lilian Jackson

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1993

Seller ID: A38726

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket

This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine of the book has some beginning slanting to the spine. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is clean and bright, with the exception of one small spot of rolling to the top spine joint. "Little was known about Braun, who was protective of her private life. Publishers long gave an incorrect year for her birth date, which remained unknown until she finally gave her true age during a 2005 interview with the Detroit News. She was preceded in d...
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The Cat Who Talked Turkey

By: Braun, Lilian Jackson

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 2004

Seller ID: A40896

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "The Cat Who... Is a series of twenty-nine mystery novels and three related collections by Lilian Jackson Braun and published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, featuring a reporter named Jim Qwilleran and his Siamese cats, Kao K'o-Kung (Koko for short) and Yum Yum. The first was written in 1966, with two more following in 1967 and 1968. The fourth appeared eighteen years later, after which at least one ...
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Dreaming of Babylon A Private Eye Novel 1942

By: Brautigan, Richard

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Delacorte Press: 1977

Seller ID: A34212

ISBN: 0440021464

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

This book is in Fine condition and has a Very Good+ to Near Fine - dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There are two small semi-closed tears to the edges of the dust jacket along with some beginning rubbing and edge wear to the corners and spine ends. The reverse of the dust jacket has one thin strip of color bleeding which does not affect the dust jacket or the book. "It is early 1942. You are in San Francisco, and you need a private eye. Sam Space is rumored to be in Istambul. The Continental Op hasa been drafted and...
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Double Helix

By: Brouwer, Sigmund

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Dallas, TX, Word Publishing: 1995

Seller ID: A40891

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some very minor rubbing to the bottom spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Sigmund Brouwer is a Canadian author of children's and adult books. Brouwer was born and raised in Red Deer, Alberta, where he currently lives. According to his website, Brouwer splits his time between Red Deer, Alberta and Nashville, Tennessee. Brouwer has over 100 titles and four million books in print. Brouwer's no...
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Santa Clawed (Mrs. Murphy Mysteries)

By: Brown, Rita Mae (and Sneaky Pie Brown)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Bantam: 2008

Seller ID: A39760

ISBN: 0553807064

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Sour Puss

By: Brown, Rita Mae (and Sneaky Pie Brown)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Bantam Books: 2006

Seller ID: A39217

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

This is an Advanced Review Copy. This is a trade paperback book with illustrated covers and a glued spine. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. "Brown took an administrative position with the fledgling National Organization for Women, but resigned in January 1970 over Betty Friedan's anti-gay remarks and NOW's attempts to distance itself from lesbian organizations. NOW was so worried about the threat of lesbianism that Brown believed th...
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Category: Mystery