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THE MOVING TOYSHOP: A Detective Story.
Edition: First printing.
London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd., 1946. dj. Hardcover first edition - A classic mystery, the third featuring Oxford don Gervase. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone title, this is generally considered one of the best mysteries of all time, In 2006 it was named by P. D. James as one of the 5 "most riveting" British mysteries - she commented that "Edmund Crispin is one of the few mystery writers able to combine situation comedy and high spirits with detection." 150 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-54341.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (some rubbing to the lettering on the spine of the book, tape reinforcement to bottom of dj spine on the interior of the dj, slight chipping to top of spine) Uncommon in the first edition, and especially so in this condition.
Book ID: 70734More details Price: $600.00 -
THE RED THUMB MARK.
Edition: First thus.
Condition: Very good in dark red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, black on the front cover.
Book ID: 59167More details Price: $65.00 -
THE RED THUMB MARK.
Edition: Reprint.
Bath: Lythway Press, 1970. Hardcover - The first Dr. Thorndyke mystery originally written in 1907. A Haycroft Queen Cornerstone title. Freeman, himself a medical doctor, actually performed in his own laboratory all of the tests which Thorndyke uses in the mysteries. 248 pp. plus 4 pp list of other books by this publisher. ISBN: 0-85046-1030.
Condition: Near fine in red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, in a rather attractive home-made paper jacket (prev owner's name)
Book ID: 60810More details Price: $25.00 -
THE EBONY BED MURDER.
Edition: First edition.
New York: The Mystery League, 1932. Hardcover first edition - A locked-room mystery, introducing criminologist Griffin Scott, owner of a New York advertising agency and connoisseur of antique furniture. 284 pp.
Condition: Good only in black cloth with blue lettering (dampstaining in the gutters of several pages, some rubbing and wear to the covers, especially the spine.) Lacking the dust jacket.
Book ID: 48098More details Price: $12.50 -
THE RISING OF THE MOON.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: St Martin's, (1984, c. 1945) dj. Hardcover - Classic mystery originally published in 1945 and featuring Mitchell's formindable sleuth, Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley. Edmund Crispin called this "One of the dozen best crime novels that I know."--. ISBN: 0-312684428.
Condition: Good in very good dust jacket (edgewear to dj)
Book ID: 40546More details Price: $12.50 -
THE RISING OF THE MOON.
Edition: Trade paperback.
Seattle: Thomas & Mercer, (2013). Classic mystery originally published in 1945 and featuring Mitchell's formindable sleuth, Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley. Edmund Crispin called this "One of the dozen best crime novels that I know."--. 267 pp. ISBN: 978-1477818886.
Condition: Good condition (spine slant)
Book ID: 72129More details Price: $10.00 -
DEATH AND THE MAIDEN: A Mrs Bradley Mystery.
Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.
Lyons, Colorado: Rue Morgue Press, (2009). First edition - The first US edition of a book originally published in 1947, featuring Mitchell's formidable sleuth, Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley. 192 pp. Cover art by Sarah Elizabeth Taz Schantz. ISBN: 978-1601870414.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 75179More details Price: $13.50 -
THE SALTMARSH MURDERS.
Edition: Book club edition.
London: Hogarth Press, (1984.) dj. Hardcover - Contains a new introduction by Patricia Craig and Mary Cadogan. The fourth in the series of 66 books which Mitchell wrote featuring Mrs (later Dame) Bradley, this was originally published in 1932. From the dj: 'Mrs. Bradley, a unique heroine and one of the most memorable personalities in crime fiction, excels herself in this classic and hilarious whodunit, proving that cosy English villages can be murderously peaceful.' 183 pp. ISBN: 0-701205717.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 84788More details Price: $27.50
