Friday, July 3, 2009

Sally's Weekly Update for 07/04/09

The Mysterious Bookshop

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Weekly Update 7/3/09



OUR NEXT EVENT

Tuesday, July 7th 6.30p.m. - 8.00 p.m.

The Mysterious Bookshop will host a party celebrating the release of

Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott

and

Last Known Address by Theresa Schwegel

Refreshments will be served.



THRILLERFEST!

New York City will once again be hosting Thrillerfest! And the Mysterious Bookshop will be hosting a party.

Friday, July 10th

5.30p.m. - 7.30p.m.

We are expecting a host of thriller writers to descend on us: Steve Martini, James Rollins, Alafair Burke, William Dietrich, Peter DeJonge, Andrew Gross, etc. etc. etc. We also think, but can’t confirm, that Stephen Hunter, Tom Rob Smith, and David Morrell will attend.

Be here!



SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE

Where the Dead Lay by David Levien once again features Frank Behr who was introduced in City of the Sun. This series is terrific, obviously a writer to watch! A Hard Boiled Club Selection. $25.00

The Devil’s Company by David Liss brings back Benjamin Weaver. It is 1722 and Weaver, ruffian and ex-boxer, is blackmailed into stealing documents from the most powerful corporation of the time: the British East India Company. But this is only the first move in a daring conspiracy which finds Weaver infiltrating the Company to uncover a secret plot of corporate rivals, foreign spies, and government operatives. $25.00

Colum McCann just stopped by to sign his latest, Let The Great World Spin. This literary novel, set against the backdrop of New York City in the 1970s, tells the stories of a group of New Yorkers in that gritty time. At the center of these stories is the "artistic crime of the century" - a tightrope walker balances between the Twin Towers. An Unclassifiable Club Selection. $25.00



SIGNED FROM THE UK

A limited edition of 250 numbered and signed copies of The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon was produced in the UK. We were only able to get four of these, so its going to be first come, first served. Wish we had more. $50.00



FOR THE COLLECTOR

CRIPPEN & LANDRU (PART THREE)

This small publishing house has specialized in bringing out beautifully produced short story collections by the greatest mystery writers of the 20th century, as well as some who have been under-appreciated or neglected by all except the most sophisticated aficionados. We have recently had the good fortune to purchase a complete collection of these important books, all in hardcover and in perfect, as new condition. If you have been collecting these, here’s a good opportunity to fill in whatever gaps you may have. You might also want to consider collecting them if you haven’t already done so, or you may find new titles here that are certain to reward you with excellent reading, as the publisher has excellent taste in choosing which authors to publish. Every book listed is a first edition. Most of the limited editions are signed and include a separate pamphlet laid in with a story not included in the paperback edition. The publisher also issued pamphlets for various reasons, most of which have become quite scarce.

Allingham, Margery, Room to Let, 1999. $65.00

Pamphlet of a radio play. Limited to 249 copies.

Brand, Max, Masquerade: Ten Crime Stories. $29.00

Carr, John Dickson, The Detective in Fiction and Harem-Scarem, 1999. $20.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 1,000 copies. Top edge is sunned.

Child, Charles B., The Sleuth of Baghdad, 2002. $27.00

Doyle, Arthur Conan, The Surgeon of Gaster Fell, 2000. $50.00

First separate edition of this short story issued to honor Doyle as "Ghost of Honor" at Malice Domestic. Limited to 1,000 copies. A very scarce pamphlet. As new.

DuBois, Brendan, The Dark Snow & Other Mysteries, 2002. SIGNED. $42.00

Limited to 225 copies.

Dunlap, Susan, The Celestial Buffet & Other Morsels of Murder, 2001. SIGNED. $40.00

Limited to 250 copies.

Emerson, Kathy Lynn, Murders and Other Confusions, 2004. SIGNED. $42.00

Limited to 225 copies.

Faherty, Terence, The Confessions of Owen Keane, 2004. SIGNED. $42.00

Limited to 200 copies.

Gardner, Erle Stanley, Early Birds, 2004. $15.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 1,000 copies.

Gardner, Erle Stanley, The Casebook of Sidney Zoom, 2006. $29.00

Godfrey, Peter, The Newtonian Egg, 2002. $25.00.

Some impossible crimes.

Gores, Joe, No Crib for His Head, 2004. $15.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 355 copies.

Gorman, Ed, Famous Blue Raincoat, 1999. SIGNED. $42.00

Limited to 200 copies.

Heyer, Georgette, Night at the Inn, 2007. $10.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 750 copies.

Hillerman, Tony, Chee’s Witch, 2002. $45.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 1,000 copies.

Hoch, Edward D., Diagnosis: Impossible, SIGNED. $65.00

Contains a tipped in page about Dr. Sam Hawthorne written for this book, and initialed by Hoch. Limited to 300 copies.

Hoch, Edward D., The Ripper of Storyville, 1997. SIGNED. $65.00

Ben Snow stories. Limited to 200 copies.

Hoch, Edward D., The Velvet Touch, 2000. SIGNED. $65.00

Nick Velvet stories. Limited to 250 copies.

Hoch, Edward D., The Old Spies Club, 20001. SIGNED. $50.00

Rand stories. Limited to 275 copies.

Hoch, Edward D., The Iron Angel, 2003. SIGNED. $42.00

The Gypsy sleuth stories. Limited to 260 copies.





Hoch, Edward D., The Christmas Egg, 2006. $20.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 355 copies.

Hornsby, Wendy, Nine Sons: Collected Mysteries, 2001. SIGNED. $42.00

Limited to 225 copies.

Howard, Clark, Challenge the Widow-Maker & Other Stories of People in Peril, 2000. SIGNED. $40.00

Limited to 225 copies.

Keating, H.R.F., In Kensington Gardens Once..., 1997. SIGNED. $35.00

Limited to 175 copies.

(Keating, H.R.F.), The Verdict of Us All, 2007. $43.00

Stories by members of the Detection Club to honor Keating. Includes original stories by Len Deighton (a Sherlock Holmes adventure), P.D. James, Reginald Hill, Colin Dexter, etc. Edited by Peter Lovesey, with a preface by Dick Francis. Limited to 300 copies.

King, C. Daly, The Complete Curious Mr. Tarrant, 2003. $29.00

Several locked room mysteries.

Lovesey, Peter, Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose, 1998. SIGNED. $40.00

Limited to 250 copies.

Lovesey, Peter, Death on the Short List, 2008. SIGNED. $43.00

Limited to 225 copies.

McCloy, Helen, The Pleasant Assassin & Other Cases of Dr. Basil Willing, 2003. $27.00

Macdonald, Ross, Strangers in Town, 2001. $125.00

Limited to 400 copies and SIGNED by Tom Nolan, the editor. Three newly discovered mysteries.

Maron, Margaret, Shoveling Smoke, 1997. SIGNED. $40.00

Limited to 268 copies.

Maron, Margaret, Lo Saturnalia!, 2007. $10.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 355 copies.

Marston, Edward, Murder Ancient and Modern, 2005. SIGNED. $43.00

Limited to 225 copies.

Mitchell, Gladys, Sleuth’s Alchemy, 2005. $35.00





Moyes, Patricia, Who Killed Father Christmas & Other Unreasonable Demises, SIGNED. $40.00

Limited to 350 copies.

Muller, Marcia, McCone and Friends, 2000. SIGNED. $40.00

Limited to 350 copies.

Palmer, Stuart, Hildegarde Withers: Uncollected Riddles, 2002. $29.00


Peters, Elizabeth, Liz Peters, PI, 2003. $10.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 1,000 copies. Sunned along spine.

Peters, Ellis, The Trinity Cat & Other Mysteries, 2006. $29.00

Peters, Ellis, Let Nothing You Dismay, 2005. $10.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 1,000 copies.

Pronzini, Bill, Spadework, 1996. SIGNED. $65.00

Bound in is page of typescript of a file for a story in the book. Limited to 350 copies.

Pronzini, Bill, Carpenter and Quincannon, 1998. SIGNED. $40.00

Limited to 250 copies.

Pronzini, Bill and Barry Malzberg, Problem Solved, 2003. SIGNED. $42.00

Stories written in collaboration. Limited to 250 copies and signed by both authors.

Queen, Ellery, The Adventure of the Scarecrow and the Snowman, 1998. $100.00

First edition of a radio play to honor Queen as "Ghost of Honor" at Malice Domestic. Limited to 1,000 copies. A scarce pamphlet. As new.

Queen, Ellery, The Tragedy of Errors, 1999. $150.00

Contains a separate pamphlet reproducing in reduced size the original manuscript and typescript pages of the title story. The complete outline of an unpublished novel and six previously uncollected stories, plus essays, tributes, etc. Limited to 250 copies.

Peters, Elizabeth, Liz Peters, PI, 2003. $10.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 1,000 copies. Sunned along spine.

Peters, Ellis, The Trinity Cat & Other Mysteries, 2006. $29.00

Rice, Craig, Murder, Mystery and Malone, 2002. $27.00

Rice, Craig, I’ll See You in My Dreams, 2004. $20.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 1,000 copies.

Robinson, Peter, Not Safe after Dark, 1998. SIGNED. $40.00

With a bound-in page of typescript for one of the stories in the book. Limited to 250 copies.

Simenon, Georges, The 13 Culprits, 2002. $35.00

Stories before Maigret, translated for the first time. Limited to 350 copies, signed by the translator.

Stout, Rex, By His Own Hand, 2001. $35.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 1,000 copies.

Stribling, T.S., Dr. Poggioli: Criminologist, 2004. $29.00

Symons, Julian, The Detections of Francis Quarles, 2006. $29.00

Wheat, Carolyn, Tales Out of School, 2003. SIGNED. $40.00

Contains "The Case of the Angel’s Trumpet," a Sherlock Holmes story. Limited to 225 copies.

Whitfield, Raoul, Jo Gar’s Casebook, 2002, $45.00

First publication of the stories from Black Mask magazines. Signed by the editor, Keith Alan Deutsch, and the designed, Tom Roberts. Limited to 225 copies.

Yaffe, James, My Mother, the Detective, 1997. SIGNED. $40.00

Limited to 175 copies.

Yaffe, James, Mom Lights a Candle, 2002. $15.00

Pamphlet. Limited to 355 copies.





Sally Owen

sally@mysteriousbookshop.com

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