New York: Roy Publishers, (1961) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Mike Strang was a private investigator. Investigating mysteries was his job. And the mysteries he like best were young, attractive and female." 192 pp.

New York: Warner, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Science fiction noir - a hard-boiled thriller set in the near future on ".the Montezuma Strip. A Mexamerican megalopolis sprawling from Baja to the Gulf. the home of one tough cop who specialises in solving the most devious, diabolical crimes that future felons can devise. " Glossary of Spang. 280 pp. ISBN: 9780446527743.

New York: Warner, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Science fiction noir - a hard-boiled thriller set in the near future on ".the Montezuma Strip. A Mexamerican megalopolis sprawling from Baja to the Gulf. the home of one tough cop who specialises in solving the most devious, diabolical crimes that future felons can devise. " Glossary of Spang. 280 pp. ISBN: 9780446527743.

New York: Congdon & Weed, (1983.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Definitive biography of this master of modern hard boiled detective fiction, author of 'The Maltese Falcon' and other classics. SIGNED on the title page by Nolan. Illustrated with photographs. Includes notes, bibliography of sources, a basic checklist of Dashiell Hammett books and an index. 276 pages. ISBN: 0-312-922817.

New York: Congdon & Weed, (1983.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Definitive biography of this master of modern hard boiled detective fiction, author of 'The Maltese Falcon' and other classics. SIGNED on the front endpaper by Nolan. Illustrated with photographs. Includes notes, bibliography of sources, a basic checklist of Dashiell Hammett books and an index. 276 pages. ISBN: 0-312-922817.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1956) dj. Hardcover - The sixth crime novel featuring lawyer Scott Jordan by an author who was himself a lawyer and who often used real cases (his own and others) in books. In this the district attorney of New York County has begun to crack down on fraudulent divorce cases, and he suspects Jordan of being involved. When someone who could incriminate Jordan is found dead, Jordan becames suspected of murder. Gary Lovisi called Jordan "one of the best of the hard-boiled detectives, and one of the most neglected." 218 pp. Dust jacket by Dick Dodge.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1952). Hardcover first edition - The fourth crime novel featuring lawyer Scott Jordan by an author who was himself a lawyer and who often used real cases (his own and others) in books. In this "a rich and beautiful countess, tagged by the newspapers as the fabulous Screwball, who seems to prove it to Jordan when she offers him $5,000 if hell marry her. Jordan never gets a chance to accept her proposition or to find out why it was offered, because in less than 24 hours, she's murdered. Jordan finds himself in the soup again, and he has to find the real killer" Gary Lovisi called Jordan "one of the best of the hard-boiled detectives, and one of the most neglected." 238 pp.

London: Simon & Schuster, (1988). A title in the Blue Murder series. A hard-boiled noir mystery by one of the masters of the genre - two Chicago hoodlums and a beautiful nightclub singer hide out in the bayous of the deep South, but then she disappears wearing nothing but a G-string encrusted with diamonds. Originally published as a paperback original in 1956. 155 pp. ISBN: 0-671652753.