Friday, February 25, 2011

Sally's Weekly Update for 02/25/11

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Sally Owen
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Weekly Update 2/25/11



EVENT



As some of you know, we have rescheduled our event with Joyce Carol Oates. This was originally postponed because of a snowstorm. So fingers crossed for clement weather.

Wednesday, March 9th 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.

Give Me Your Heart: A Collection of Short Stories $25.00

In addition we have first editions of the memoir, A Widow’s Story. $27.99

Not a mystery, but an extremely well received memoir from one of our most important writers.

If you cannot attend and would like a copy of either of these books, please let us know.



SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE



We have our signed copies of When The Killing’s Done by T.C. Boyle. We had asked you to pre-order this book, and all of you who did so have a copy put aside for you. That leaves only five unclaimed copies. First come, first served. $26.95

Sam Eastland’s second thriller, Shadow Pass, is here. Inspector Pekkala is called in by Josef Stalin when Colonel Rolan Nagorski, inventor of a new weapon being secretly developed in the Russian countryside, is killed. Answerable to no one, Pekkala has the dictator’s permission to go anywhere and ask anything. But in Soviet Russia that can be a death sentence. A Thriller/Espionage Main Selection. $25.00



The Oracle of Stamboul by Michael David Lukas is a terrific debut novel set in Stamboul in the late 1800s, where the sultan luxuriates while the empires of Europe and Russia plot at his borders. A young, gifted girl is being taught by an American minister who may be a spy and her father’s business partner, Moncef Bey, has a past history of secret societies and political maneuvering. But this young girl, Eleonora, will charm the Sultan and change the course of an empire’s history. $24.99

Learning to Swim is Sara J. Henry’s disturbing first novel. When Troy Chance witnesses a young boy falling from a ferry on Lake Champlain, she dives from her ferry and swims, with the boy on her back, nearly a mile to shore. There she expects the boy’s parents or the police to be waiting. But nothing. Only a deafening silence. Troy’s search for the boy’s family will take her into a world of wealth and privilege; a world where the murder of a small boy is not unthinkable. $24.00



Gideon’s Sword by Preston & Child is the first in a new series featuring Gideon Crew, a trickster and master thief who, when he learns from his dying mother that his father was framed and deliberately slaughtered, embarks on a mission of vengeance. But someone very powerful is watching, someone who has need of Gideon’s special skills. This operation is clearly going to be the first of many for Gideon. A Thriller/Espionage Main Selection. $26.99

The Second Son by Jonathan Rabb features, once again, Chief Inspector Nikolai Hoffner who has been forced out of the Kriminalpolizei as the Nazis rise to power. But this does not stop him from searching for his son, Georg, who has been swept up in the Spanish Civil War. This is the final installment of Rabb’s Berlin trilogy. $26.00



Kate Shugak is back in Dana Stabenow’s Though Not Dead. The residents of Alaska’s largest national park are shocked when old Sam Dementieff is found dead. He leaves Kate instructions that will take her through Alaska’s colorful history as she tries to fulfill Sam’s wishes without losing her own life. A Soft Boiled Club Main Selection. $25.99



SIGNED FROM THE U.K.

We have only a few copies of Silent Voices by Ann Cleeves. When DI Vera Stanhope finds the body of a woman in the sauna room of her local gym, she wonders if, for once in her life, she’s uncovered a simple death from natural causes. But noooo. Cleeves is tremendously popular in the U.K. - more so than here - but she is beginning to gather fans this side of the pond. $48.00

The Payback by Simon Kernick is thrilling roller-coaster of a ride involving two cops with pasts that haunt them. Dennis Milne is a former cop who now earns his living killing the bad guys - people who in his opinion deserve to die. He is in Manila awaiting his next target. DI Tina Boyd is also in Manila. She’s looking for the man she holds responsible for the death of her lover. She knows he is in Manila and she’s determined to find him before he finds her. $35.00



FOR COLLECTORS

The Crooked Lip by Herbert Adams, Methuen, London. 1925. First Edition. $65.00

Fore-edges foxed, else a fine, clean copy.

Death Walks in Eastrepps by Francis Beeding, Mystery League, NY. 1931. First U.S. Edition. $100.00

Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. About fine in dust jacket, which shows wear at spine, edges and corners.

Priest by Ken Bruen, Bantam, London. 2006. First Edition. SIGNED. $45.00

A Jack Taylor crime novel. Very fine in dust jacket.

Sanctuary by Ken Bruen, TransWorld, Ireland. 2008. First Edition. SIGNED. $45.00

A Jack Taylor crime novel. Very fine in dust jacket.

The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain, Knopf, NY. 1934. First Edition. $300.00

Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. The front flap of the dust jacket has been pasted inside the front cover, else a near very good copy in a supplied later issue dust jacket which is price-clipped and has a small tape ghost on the front panel.

The Brasher Doubloon, World, Cleveland. 1946. First Edition. Second Printing. $35.00

The movie edition of The High Window with scenes from the movie on the front and back covers of the dust jacket. Endpapers are stained (apparently from the binding glue, else very good in a nice bright jacket with tiny chips at fore-edge and top corner.

Buried for Pleasure by Edmund Crispin, Lippincott, Philadelphia. 1949. First U.S. Edition. $45.00

Small stain to front cover, else very good in rubbed dust jacket, which has wear to spine tips and a closed tear and crease on front panel.

Glimpses of the Moon by Edmund Crispin, Gollancz, London. 1977. First Edition. $45.00

Very fine in dust jacket.

The Black House in Harley Street by J.S. Fletcher, Doubleday Crime Club, NY. 1928. First U.S. Edition. $30.00

Fine in chipped dust jacket.

Dead Skip by Joe Gores, Random House, NY. 1972. First Edition. $25.00

First DKA novel. Fore-edges of pages stained, else fine and clean in a lovely dust jacket.

Doctored Evidence by Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly Press, NY. 2004. First U.S. Edition. SIGNED. $22.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

Dead I Well May Be by Adrian McKinty, Scribner, NY. 2003. First Edition. SIGNED. $65.00

Introduces Michael Forsythe. Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Hand of Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer, McBride, NY. 1917. First U.S. Edition. $20.00

Rear hinge crack, staining on covers and endpapers; a good copy.

Emperor Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer, Jenkins, London. 1959. First Edition. $45.00

Light tape stains on cover, else very good in a near fine dust jacket.

She Who Sleeps by Sax Rohmer, Doubleday, NY. 1928. First U.S. Edition. $25.00

Very good.

Master of Villainy (Sax Rohmer), Popular Press, Ohio. First Edition. 1976. First Edition. $45.00

A biography of Rohmer by Cay Van Ash and Elizabeth Sax Rohmer. A fine copy in dust jacket.

PLEASE NOTE: We have just acquired a virtually complete run of Sax Rohmer titles in hardcover reading copies, most priced $12.50 - $20.00. If you are looking for specific titles, let us know.

The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva, Random House, NY. 2000. First Edition. $100.00

Introduces Gabriel Allon, art restorer and Mossad operative. Fine in fine dust jacket.



Sally

sally@mysteriousbookshop.com

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Bibliomysteries

Bibliomysteries is always one of our most popular sub-genres, so we hope you find something intriguing on the following list.

Sally
The Mysterious Bookshop
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com



BIBLIOMYSTERIES

Since it has proven to be the most popular list we send out, we’re again offering some books in one of the most interesting sub-genres of the mystery world, "Bibliomysteries," which are books about books. They may be set in bookstores or libraries, they may involve collectors, librarians or authors, or they may involve rare books or manuscripts, but, for all of us who love the world of books, these are among the most satisfying books in the field, both for readers and for the many collectors who have specialized in these titles. If you would like to put together your own collection of bibliomysteries, whether reading copies or fine first editions, please make contact with Otto, who would enjoy working with you.


Anderson, Frederick Irving, "The Jorgenson Plates" contained in The Female of the Species edited by Ellery Queen, Boston, Little, Brown, 1943. Second printing Contains this story with much about the technical aspects of publishing in England and America. The Sophie Lang character served as the basis for three Paramount films, all starring Gertrude Michael: The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934), The Return of Sophie Lang (1936) and Sophie Lang Goes West (1937). Near fine copy. $15.00

Block, Lawrence, The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza, N.Y., Random House, 1980. First edition. Thief and bookstore owner Rhodenbarr becomes involved with a very rare coin and a fence who collects books on Spinoza. Very fine in dust jacket. Review slip laid in. $100.00

Block, Lawrence, The Burglar in the Library, London, No Exit, 1997. First trade edition, preceding the U.S. edition. The first issue with misprint of "settle" for "settled" on first page. This is one a very small number of copies (reputedly 47) misbound with the Scorpion Press title page. Very fine in dust jacket. Signed on the title page. $100.00

Dane, Clemence, and Helen Simpson, Enter Sir John, N.Y., Cosmopolitan, 1928. First edition. A murder in a London theater is solved by means of a neatly rewritten play. Frontispiece. A very good or better copy in the uncommon dust jacket, which has a couple of tiny chips and a bit of sunning to the purple color, as usual. $125.00

Another copy of the first U.S. edition. Very good copy. $35.00

Derleth, August, The Chronicles of Solar Pons, Sauk City, WI, 1965. First edition, limited to 4,000 copies. Contains "The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians," a parody of Vincent Starrett’s great bibliomystery, "The Unique Hamlet. Very fine in dust jacket. $40.00

Dolson, Hildegarde, Please Omit Funeral, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1976. Book club edition. After a right-wing extremist demonstrates against "dirty" books in the library and burns them, a local author is murdered and she is the prime suspect. Near fine in dust jacket. $8.50

Dunning, John, The Bookman’s Wake, N.Y., Scribner, 1995. Book club edition. Denver rare book bookseller Cliff Janeway is happily buying and selling books when he is asked to pick up a young woman fugitive who may have stolen a priceless copy of Poe’s The Raven. He doesn’t like the job, but can’t resist because of the book. Fine in lightly worn dust jacket. $10.00

Engleman, Paul, Catch a Fallen Angel, N.Y., Mysterious Press, 1986. First edition. When the centerfold model for a magazine disappears before her photos run, suspicion falls on a rival magazine publisher planning his first issue—with the same model. Edges of boards sunned, else very good in dust jacket. $10.00

Fearing, Kenneth, The Big Clock, N.Y., Harcourt, 1946. First edition. A young woman involved with a large publishing company is murdered by a member of the prestigious publishing house. The basis for the outstanding 1948 Paramount film noir directed by John Farrow, with a screenplay by Jonathan Latimer; it starred Ray Millan and Charles Laughton. It was remade by Orion in 1987 as No Way Out. Fine in dust jacket, which has a sunned spine and small chips. Uncommon. $125.00

Fenster, Bob, The Last Page, N.Y., Perseverance Press, 1989. Second printing Trade paperback original. A New York mystery editor is found slumped across her desk with a rejection slip stapled to her sleeve and a bullet hole in her heart. Could a writer have accepted rejection badly? Very fine. $10.00

Fish, Robert L., Kek Huuygens, Smuggler, N.Y., Mysterious Press, 1976. First edition. A collection of clever short stories including one in which the gentleman smuggler manages to help steal the original manuscript of a Bach cantata. One of 1,000 copies. Fine in dust jacket. $10.00

Fuller, Timothy, Harvard Has a Homicide, Boston, Little, Brown, 1936. First edition. The murder of a professor sets off an investigation throughout Harvard, the Hasty Pudding Club and its famous library. Very good or better in price-clipped dust jacket that has a chipped and faded spine. $85.00

Fuller, Timothy, Harvard Has a Homicide, 1936. Reprint. Very good reading copy. $15.00

Fuller, Timothy, Three Thirds of a Ghost, Boston, Little, Brown, 1941. First edition. As Boston’s Bromfield Bookstore celebrates its 150th anniversary, the principal speaker is a mystery writer-turned satirist who somebody doesn’t find funny and a shot rings out at the crowded autograph party. Previous owner’s name inside front cover, bit of wear at base of spine, else near fine in a terrific pictorial dust jacket that shows light wear at the spine ends and corners. Signed by Fuller. $125.00

Furutani, Dale, Death in Little Tokyo, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1996. First edition. A mystery fan masquerades as a private eye at his local mystery club’s weekend event when a femme fatale turns up. The author’s first book. Very fine in dust jacket. $35.00

Gifford, Thomas, The Glendower Legacy, N.Y., Putnam, 1978. First edition. A Harvard student discovers shocking historical documents about George Washington and is murdered, ultimately leading to a confrontation between the Soviet Union and America. The basis for the 1980 film Dirty Tricks. Fine in dust jacket. $27.50

Harrison, Michael, The Exploits of the Chevalier Dupin, Sauk City, WI, Mycroft & Moran, 1968. First edition. A collection of short stories featuring Poe’s C. Auguste Dupin, including "The Mystery of the Fulton Documents." Very fine in dust jacket. $75.00

Harrison, Michael, Murder in the Rue Royale, London, Stacey, 1972. First U.K. edition of The Exploits of the Chevalier Dupin with four additional stories. Fine in dust jacket, which has two small tears at top of front and rear panels. $60.00

Hart, Carolyn G., Death on Demand, N.Y., Bantam, 1987. First edition. Paperback original. The first mystery in the series about Annie Laurence, the proprietress of the "Death on Demand" mystery bookstore on Broward’s Rock Island, S.C., holds a weekly meeting of mystery writers called "The Sunday Night Regulars" which doesn’t turn out as planned when one of the authors is murdered. Very fine, unread copy. $100.00

Hart, Carolyn G., Something Wicked, N.Y., Bantam, 1988. First edition. Paperback original. An Annie Laurence mystery in which the bookshop owner must deal with the surprising fact that her fiancé Max is accused of murdering the leading man in a summer stock production of Arsenic and Old Lace. Very fine, unread copy. Inscribed and signed. $45.00

Another copy. First edition. Very fine, unread copy. Not signed. $20.00

Hart, Carolyn G., Design for Murder, N.Y., Bantam, 1988. First edition. Paperback original. Annie Laurence, owner of the "Death on Demand" mystery bookstore, is invited to stage a mystery night that ends in murder. Very fine, unread copy. $20.00

Hart, Carolyn G., The Christie Caper, N.Y., Bantam, 1991. First edition. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Agatha Christie’s birth, Annie Laurence hosts a spectacular mystery convention at her Death on Demand bookshop, only to have it crashed by a literary critic who prefers hard-boiled crime and is writing a biography that will trash the memory of Dame Agatha. How many attenders want to kill him for that? Very fine in dust jacket. A signed bookplate is affixed inside the front cover. $20.00

Another copy. Unsigned. Very fine in dust jacket. $18.00

Hart, Carolyn G., Mint Julep Murder, N.Y., Bantam, 1995. First edition. Annie Darling, owner of the Death on Demand Bookstore, attends the Dixie Book Festival and finds a publisher poisoned. Advance reading copy. Very fine in original wrappers. $7.50

Hess, Joan, Strangled Prose, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1986. First edition. The first novel about Claire Malloy, who operates the Book Depot, a classy college bookshop located in an old train station. She reluctantly agrees to host a book signing party at her shop for the author of a steamy romance, a roman a clef about escapades of faculty members. Very fine in dust jacket. $100.00

Hess, Joan, Murder at the Murder at the Mimosa Inn, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1986. A Claire Malloy mystery set at a murder mystery weekend. Very fine in dust jacket. $75.00

Hess, Joan, Dear Miss Demeanor, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1987. First edition. A Claire Malloy mystery in which her daughter’s principal falls dead from a mouthful of poisoned peach compote. Very fine in dust jacket. $25.00

Hess, Joan, Busy Bodies, N.Y., Dutton, 1995. First edition. Claire Malloy becomes involved with an artist whose front yard showcases a coffin and a nude model, causing so large a crowd and commensurate noise that the local mystery writer can’t finish her book. Advance proof copy. Very fine in original wrappers. $10.00

Hoyt, Richard, The Siskiyou Two-Step, N.Y., Morrow, 1983. First edition. The body of a nude woman floating down an Oregon river is connected to an international plot to steal a manuscript reputedly written by Shakespeare. Very fine in dust jacket. $25.00

Kaminsky, Stuart M., He Done Her Wrong, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1983. First edition. Hollywood private detective Toby Peters is hired to find Mae West’s stolen diary. Very fine in dust jacket. $35.00

Kenney, Susan, Garden of Menace, N.Y., Scribner, 1983. First edition. A Vassar professor is hired to edit the papers of famed author Lady Viola Montfort-Snow and learns that some people will do anything to prevent her—including murder. A fine fresh copy in dust jacket; advance copy with review slip and publicity letter laid in. $20.00

Kurnitz, Harry, Invasion of Privacy, N.Y., Random House, 1955. First edition. A hot young Hollywood producer acquires the rights to a book by a beautiful woman and, after the film is shot, learns it was based on a true story. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. $17.50

Lewis, Roy Harley, Where Agents Fear to Tread, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1984. First U.S. edition. A librarian is needed to identify priceless Arabic manuscripts that had been stolen from British museums and libraries, then smuggled back to Pakistan. Very fine in dust jacket. $25.00

Lewis, Roy Harley, Miracles Take a Little Longer, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1986. First edition. Rare bookseller Matthew Coll answers a late night knock on his door and confronts a figure seemingly out of a Gothic novel. Light glue stains on endpapers, else about fine in dust jacket rubbed at edges. $20.00

Ludlum, Robert, The Chancellor Manuscript, N.Y., Dial, 1977. 4th printing. Peter Chancellor learns of a secret group of men who were involved in killing J. Edgar Hoover and reveals many secrets in the form of a novel. Much information about publishing. Fine in dust jacket. $12.50

MacDonald, Marianne, Road Kill, London, Hodder, 2000. First edition. Antiquarian bookseller Dido Hoare becomes involved in a mystery when her nanny is locked up and her house is burgled. Very fine in dust jacket. Signed. $40.00

MacDonald, Marianne, Blood Lies, London, Hodder, 2001. First edition. Antiquarian bookseller Dido Hoare becomes involved in a mystery in an idyllic Georgian mansion in a picture postcard village. Signed. Very fine in dust jacket. $40.00

McGaughey, Neil, Otherwise Known as Murder, N.Y., Scribner, 1994. First edition. America’s leading authority on mystery fiction takes a pseudonym to attempt his own novel but before he can begin he is asked to find one of the mystery world’s most influential writers and finds murder. Very fine in dust jacket. Signed. $25.00

McGaughey, Neil, A Corpse by Any Other Name, N.Y., Scribner, 1998. First edition. The author known as Stokes Moran decides to divest himself of his more famous identity. Then his wife and literary agent is asked to identify the body of Stokes Moran. Very fine in dust jacket. Signed. $25.00

Monteilhet, Hubert, Murder at the Frankfurt Book Fair, N.Y., Doubleday, 1976. First edition. A novel about the publishing industry involving "a young librarian," "a plump publisher" and "a distinguished professor¼and plagiarist." Non-authorial gift inscription on front endpaper, else fine in dust jacket. $22.50

Moyes, Patricia, A Six-Letter Word for Death, N.Y., Holt, 1983. First U.S. edition. A group of mystery writers decides to ascertain if a real-life detective would be as successful at solving crimes as their protagonists when the game turns deadly. Very fine in dust jacket. $20.00

Neri, Kris, Revenge of the Gypsy Queen, Highland City, FL, Rainbow, 1999. First edition. First edition. Mystery writer Tracy Eaton uses her sleuthing skills to find a kidnapped bride. Praised by Carolyn Hart. Fine in dust jacket. Signed. $20.00

Offord, Lenore Glen, Walking Shadow, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1959. First edition. At the Ashland, Oregon, Shakespeare Festival, someone adds a line to one of Shakespeare’s plays, leading to murder. First edition. Very good in dust jacket. $15.00

O’Scollain, Shuggie, The Printer’s Proof, London, Cadds, 2006. First edition (The book states "First Paperback Edition" but there is no record of a hardcover edition ever having been produced). Many over tones of Sherlock Holmes in a case involving England’s printer’s union, notably the NUPBW, which represented the men who did the folding, guillotining (cutting the page edges) and binding of books. Fine trade paperback edition. $19.95

Page, Marco (pseudonym of Harry Kurnitz), Fast Company, N.Y., Dodd, Mead, 1938. First edition. A rare book dealer (said to have been based on Ben Abramson, the first publisher of The Baker Street Journal), is murdered, and the investigation leads through the arcane and fascinating world of rare books. Page co-wrote the screenplay for Fast One, the 1938 MGM film based on the novel; it starred Melvyn Douglas, Florence Rice, Claire Dodd and Louis Calhern. It was filmed again by MGM in 1939 as Fast and Loose, this time with the screenplay credited to Harry Kurnitz; it starred Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell. Some wear to the spine, but a very good copy in the scarce dust jacket, which has a chip at the front hinge and light wear to spine ends. $250.00

Peterson, Linda Lee, Edited to Death, Henderson, NV, 21st Century Publishing, 2005. First edition. A writer for San Francisco’s Small Town magazine investigates a murder at the chi-chi publication, taking her from Pacific Heights to a legendary North Beach bookstore. Very fine in dust jacket. $23.00

Bill Pronzini Collection

The Nameless detective series, all feature mention of and musings about his extensive collection of rare pulp magazines. The author is a collector of mystery fiction and pulp magazines, as well as an expert who has written extensively on both subjects and compiled numerous anthologies. Collecting is important to his detective and there are numerous references to the subject. Some titles inevitably place a greater emphasis on rare books, magazines and book stores than others. No attempt has been made to quantify the extent of bibliophilic content in all of the following books.

Pronzini, Bill, Quicksilver, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1984. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket, which has minuscule wear at base of spine. $20.00

Pronzini, Bill, Nightshades, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1984. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $25.00

Pronzini, Bill, Bones, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1985. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket, which is lightly rubbed at spine ends. Signed and inscribed: "6-14-85/For Ed & Pat/Hoch/With all/best regards/Bill Pronzini." Nice association from one Grand Master to another. $60.00

Pronzini, Bill, Graveyard Plots, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1985. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $25.00

Pronzini, Bill, Deadfall, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1986. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket, which has a tiny chip at top of front panel. $25.00

Pronzini, Bill, Small Felonies, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1988. First edition. A collection containing some Nameless stories and "The Man Who Collected The Shadow." Very fine in dust jacket. Signed and inscribed: "Nov. 1988/For Pat & Ed Hoch/Very Best,/as always/Bill Pronzini." Nice association from one Grand Master to another. $65.00

Pronzini, Bill, Jackpot, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1990. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. Signed and inscribed: "March 1990/For Pat & Ed Hoch/Best/Regards,/Always/Bill Pronzini. Nice association from one Grand Master to another. $50.00

Pronzini, Bill, Breakdown, N.Y., Delacorte, 1991. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $25.00

Pronzini, Bill, Quarry, N.Y., Delacorte, 1992. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $20.00

Pronzini, Bill, Demons, N.Y., Delacorte, 1993. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket with a bit of creasing at top of front panel. Signed and inscribed: "For Ed and Pat/Hoch/With warmest regards, as/ever/Bill Pronzini/’93." $50.00

Pronzini, Bill, Sentinels, N.Y., Carroll & Graf, 1996. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. Signed and inscribed: "June ‘96/For Ed and Pat Hoch/Warm regards/as always/Bill Pronzini." Nice association from one Grand Master to another. $45.00

Pronzini, Bill, Illusions, N.Y., Carroll & Graf, 1997. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. Signed and inscribed: "For Ed and Pat Hoch/With Warm regards/as ever/Bill Pronzini/July ’97." Nice association from one Grand Master to another. $45.00

Pronzini, Bill, Boobytrap, N.Y., Carroll & Graf, 1998. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $23.00

Pronzini, Bill, Sleuths, Unity, ME, Five Star, 1999. First edition. A collection containing several Nameless stories. Very fine without dust jacket, as issued. $25.00

Reno, Marie, Final Proof, N.Y., Harper, 1976. Book club edition. The editorial director of a major book club is found slumped over a set of galley proofs. Written by a long-time publishing insider. Near fine in dust jacket. $7.50

Schorr, Mark, Red Diamond, Private Eye, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1983. First edition. Simon Jaffe is a New York cab driver by day, an avid pulp fiction reader and collector by night. Fine in dust jacket. Inscribed and signed. $45.00

Sims, George R., The Despain Papers, Philadelphia, PA, Holmes, 1992. First U.S. and first hardcover edition; trade edition limited to 650 copies. Very fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket. $25.00

Sladek, John (Thomas), Invisible Green, London, Gollancz, 1977. First edition. A locked room mystery in which the victims of various bizarre murder methods are a group of detective story aficionados who call themselves The Seven Unravellers. Very fine in dust jacket. $100.00

Starrett, Vincent, "The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet," contained in 221B: Studies in Sherlock Holmes, N.Y., Macmillan, 1940. The first publication after the very rare privately printed edition of 1920 of what many believe to be the finest Sherlock Holmes pastiche ever written. A very fine, fresh copy in a bright dust jacket with a small chip at head of spine and a piece torn from the front flap, which is price-clipped. $150.00

Starrett, Vincent, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, N.Y., Otto Penzler. First of this edition. Contains "The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet." Fine in wrappers. $7.95

Straus, Ralph, Pengard Awake, N.Y., Appleton, 1920. First U.S. edition. An English book collector travels to Chicago and meets an antiquarian bookseller in his shop in Chicago and tries to help him cope with a dark mystery. Gift inscription on front endpaper, else a very nice, about fine copy in the scarce dust jacket, which has a few nicks and tears. A classic bibliomystery. $150.00

Strong, Tony, The Poison Tree, London, Doubleday, 1997. First edition. A young woman moves to Oxford to study for her doctorate in detective fiction and learns that her home was once the site of a brutal murder. Soon, strange and frightening events begin. Very fine in dust jacket. $35.00

Symons, Julian, The Colour of Murder, London, Collins, 1957. First edition. A happily married visits the library, where he begins an affair with a pretty young woman, leading to murder. Covers marked, else very good in dust jacket, which is sunned at the spine and has a closed tear. $25.00

Taylor, Phoebe Atwood, Proof of the Pudding, N.Y., Norton, 1945. First edition. This tangential bibliomystery involves primary source material being used to write an unwanted biography. Very fine in price-clipped dust jacket, which has light wear at the top of the spine. $75.00

Trocheck, Kathy Hogan, To Live and Die in Dixie, N.Y., Harper, 1993. First edition. An authentic Civil War diary is fervently pursued by numerous characters, from various university librarians to a lunatic Civil War buff. Very fine in dust jacket. $20.00

Valin, Jonathan, Final Notice, N.Y., Dodd, Mead, 1980. Private detective Harry Stoner is hired to stop a psychopath who has been mutilating books in a Cincinnati library by cutting out parts of the female anatomy from art books before he escalates to the real thing. Very fine in dust jacket. $125.00

Vance, G. Warlock, The Missing Narrative of Neptune, Morristown, N.Y., Scrybe Press, 2008. First edition. Trade paperback original. A private eye novel in which three people die over a stolen 16th-century manuscript. "I mean, really, how hard can it be to find a one-of-a-kind book in Greensboro, N.C.?" Very fine. $15.00

Van Gieson, Judith, The Stolen Blue, Albuquerque, N.M., University of New Mexico, 2000. First edition. Claire Reynier’s job is to buy books for the University of New Mexico’s library, a job she loves. But when a collector invites her to a remote wilderness ranch, her dream job becomes a nightmare. Very fine in dust jacket. Signed. $22.95

Wallace, Edgar, The Door with Seven Locks, N.Y., Doubleday, 1928. A man of evil repute steals a book of biology from a library–not the least of his crimes. Filmed in London by Rialto in 1940 with a screenplay by Norman Lee, Gilbert Gunn and John Argyle; it was directed by Lee and starred Leslie Banks and Lilli Palmer. It was released in the United States by Monogram as Chamber of Horrors. Very good. $15.00

Wren, Lassiter, and Randle McKay, The Baffle Book, N.Y., Doubleday, 1928. Later printing. A collection of solve-them-yourself mysteries, including "The Problem of Napoleon’s Signatures." Fine in dust jacket, which has minor spine wear. $45.00

Wren, Lassiter, and Randle McKay, The Third Baffle Book, N.Y., Doubleday, 1930. First edition. Another collection of solve-them-yourself mysteries, including "The Stolen Endymion." Very good. $15.00

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Friday, February 18, 2011

Sally's Weekly Update for 02/18/11

Here's the latest Update.

Sally Owen
The Mysterious Bookshop
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com

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Ph: 212-587-1011

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Weekly Update 2/18/11



SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE



Yesterday evening we had a very successful event at the store. Mark Alpert was here for a party celebrating the publication of The Omega Theory. The premise of this edge-of-the seat thriller is that, despite warnings from the U.S., Iran has tested a nuclear bomb. Meanwhile, science historian David Swift and quantum physicist Monique Reynolds learn that their autistic son, Michael, has been kidnapped by a militant cult called The True Believers. This one is, as they say, torn from the headlines. We have some signed copies left. $24.99

Signed first editions of The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell are back in stock. This post-apocalyptic tale featuring a world inhabited by zombies as well as humans is a particular favorite of Ian and Sally. If you didn’t manage to get your copy first time around, or didn’t reserve a copy, we have a few left. Nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award. A paperback original. $15.00



Sarah Braunstein signed The Sweet Relief of Missing Children. In New York City, a girl called Leonora vanishes. Years earlier, a wild negligent mother searches for a man to help raise her precocious son, who runs away. The connection between these two stories is revealed as this dazzling tale unfolds. Braunstein was selected by The National Book Foundation as one of the 5 Under 35. $24.95

Original Sins, edited by Martin Edwards, is an anthology of original stories commissioned by the Crime Writers Association in the U.K. The anthology is limited to 85 numbered copies and is signed by the contributors who include Sophie Hannah, Reginald Hill, Charles Todd (both signatures), Peter Lovesey, Andrew Taylor, and Ann Cleeves. $185.00

Brad Parks, who won both the Nero and the Shamus awards for his first novel, Faces of the Gone, signed copies of his second Carter Ross mystery, Eyes of the Innocent. Ross, investigative reporter for the Newark Eagle-Examiner, reports on the latest tragedy to befall Newark, New Jersey; a fast-moving house fire that kills two boys. He soon discovers that the fire is not what it seems. $24.99



Not signed but...



Harper Publishing is reissuing ALL of Agatha Christie’s works in a handsome uniform format. These trade paperbacks run from $12.99 to $16.99. The titles available thus far are:

Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making by John Curran

The A.B.C. Murders

And Then There Were None

Crooked House

Death on the Nile

Five Little Pigs



The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Murder on The Orient Express

Ordeal By Innocence

Towards Zero.



SIGNED FROM THE U.K.

The latest Nic Costa mystery by David Hewson is limited to only 250 numbered and signed editions. The Fallen Angel is set in Rome. $35.00



FOR COLLECTORS

The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches by Fredric Brown, Dell, NY. 1950. $100.00

First separate printing of this story. About very good, with a little creasing at the spine and one corner. Scarce.

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, Knopf, NY. 1939. First Edition. $375.00

Author’s first book. Light wear at spine tips, roughly erased name on free front endpaper, else very good, lacking the dust jacket.

The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler, Houghton Mifflin, Boston. 1949. First U.S. Edition. $150.00

The dust jacket flaps had been pasted down, so the endpapers show the result. The bright dust jacket has been trimmed about 1/4" to ½"

Miracle Cure by Harlan Coben, British American Publishing, NY. 1991. First Edition. SIGNED. $350.00

Author’s scarce second book. A very fine copy in dust jacket, which has the merest trace of wear at edges.



Holy Disorders by Edmund Crispin, Lippincott, Philadelphia. 1946. First U.S. Edition. $75.00

Author’s second book. Fine in dust jacket, which is chipped at spine ends.

The Long Divorce by Edmund Crispin, Dodd, Mead, NY. 1951. First U.S. Edition. $75.00

Fine in dust jacket, which is lightly frayed at spine ends and the logo has faded.

The Box Office Murders by Freeman Wills Crofts, Collins, London. 1929. First Edition. $150.00

An Inspector French mystery. A remarkably fine, fresh copy with not a trace of wear or soiling and very scarce thus.

The Riddle of the Third Mile by Colin Dexter, Macmillan, London. 1983. First Edition. $300.00

Inspector Morse novel. An exceptionally fine, fresh copy, without any of the usual tanning to the pages, in a pristine dust jacket.

The Mill House Murder by J.S. Fletcher, Knopf, NY. 1937. First U.S. Edition. $125.00

Green cloth has sunning, as usual, otherwise a very sharp copy of the author’s last book. In a bright dust jacket.

Blood Sport by Dick Francis, Armchair Detective Library, NY. 1992. SIGNED. $125.00

First printing of this edition; originally published in 1967. Very fine in slipcase. One of only 26 lettered copies.

Bonecrack by Dick Francis, Joseph, London. 1971. First Edition. SIGNED. $175.00

The publisher’s file copy neatly stamped inside front copy. Fine in dust jacket.

A Time of Predators by Joe Gores, Random House, NY. 1969. First Edition. $250.00

Author’s first book, an outstanding suspense novel that won the Edgar for Best First Mystery. A fine copy in dust jacket, which has a small closed tear on the front panel but is otherwise exceptionally fine.

Hammett by Joe Gores, Putnam, NY. 1975. First Edition. $65.00

Author’s most famous novel and the basis for the film produced by Francis Ford Copolla. Fine in dust jacket which has only a trace of rubbing at the spine tips.

Eyes of the Shadow by Maxwell Grant, Street & Smith, NY. 1931. First Edition. $45.00

Scarce early hardcover in fair condition. The binding is soiled on rear cover, else very nice, but preliminary pages are loose and brittle because of the cheap pulp paper.

A Murder of Quality by John Le Carre, Walker, NY. 1962. First U.S. Edition. $1500.00

Author’s second book. Fine, with the yellow cloth absolutely unfaded and unsoiled, in a near fine dust jacket. The pink color is only slightly faded at the spine, with very light wear at the spine tips. Very scarce in such exceptional collector’s condition.

The Girl of His Dreams by Donna Leon, Heinemann, London. 2008. First Edition. SIGNED. $48.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Love Talker by Elizabeth Peters, Dodd, Mead, NY. 1980. First Edition. $50.00

Uncommon book. Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Wanderers by Richard Price, Houghton Mifflin, Boston. 1974. First Edition. $65.00

The basis for the 1979 film starring Ken Wahle and Karen Allen. Very fine in dust jacket.

Beyond the Night by Cornell Woolrich, Avon, NY. 1959. $100.00

An about fine copy of this paperback original.



Sally

sally@mysteriousbookshop.com

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Friday, February 11, 2011

Sally's Weekly Update for 02/11/11!

The latest list of books you can't live without appears below.

Sally Owen
The Mysterious Bookshop
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com


The Mysterious Bookshop

58 Warren Street

New York, NY 10007

Ph: 212-587-1011

Fax: 212-587-1126

Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.



Weekly Update 2/11/11



EVENT



Thursday, February 17th, 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.

Mark Alpert discusses his latest thriller

Omega Theory $24.99

When Iran tests a nuclear weapon, the whole world is put on notice. And when the son of science historian David Swift is kidnapped, things begin to get a whole lot worse.

Admission is Free



SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE

Alex Berenson was here signing copies of The Secret Soldier. John Wells, ex-CIA operative, goes undercover in Saudi Arabia when Kind Abdullah asks for his help after a series of terrorist attacks puts his kingdom on edge. A Thriller/Espionage Main Selection. $25.95



Agent X by Noah Boyd once again features Steve Vail who helped the FBI solve an extortion plot. Now Vail is needed again. A man known as Calculus, an officer at the Russian Embassy, claims that he has a list of Americans who are selling confidential information to the Russian SVR. Calculus is suddenly recalled to Moscow and the FBI suspects that the Russians will be hunting down the traitors and killing them before the FBI can find them. Vail is the perfect man for the job. $24.99



Open City is a first novel by Teju Cole which features a young Nigerian doctor doing his residency in Manhattan. When he is not working Julius walks, navigating the city which does nothing to alleviate his feelings of isolation. Julius crisscrosses social territory as well as the physical landscape trying provide insight into his journey. This is a novel about national identity and we’re carrying signed copies because we can’t let a book with this many rave reviews get away from us. $25.00



UPCOMING SIGNINGS

We are getting signed copies of two titles which we think will sell out rapidly. By taking pre-orders, we may be able to get more signed copies if necessary, so please let us know if you would like a copy of the following:

When the Killing’s Done by T.C. Boyle. $26.95

Alma Boyd Takesue is a National Park Service biologist and the public face of a project to eradicate invasive species, such as rats and pigs, from the Channel Islands off Santa Barbara. Opposing her is Dave LaJoy, founder of an organization called For the Protection of Animals. What begins as the disruption of public meetings and protests soon escalates. We’re very excited to be getting signed copies of this tense tale.

The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht. $25.00

This is a brilliant debut by Obreht, the youngest of the New Yorker’s 20-Under-40. Natalia Sefanovi, a doctor living in an unnamed country, crosses the border in search of answers about the death of her beloved grandfather. Ian has read this and says it is "...one of the best books I’ve ever read." That sells me. This will be a Main Selection of the First Mystery Club.



FOR COLLECTORS

The Death Angel by Clyde B. Clason, Doubleday Crime Club, NY. 1936. First Edition. $40.00

Very good.

Poison Jasmine by Clyde B. Clason, Doubleday Crime Club, NY. 1940. First Edition. $65.00

Scarce locked room mystery. Very good.

Walking the Perfect Square by Reed Farrel Coleman, Permanent Press, NY. 2001. First Edition. SIGNED. $100.00

First Moe Prager mystery. Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Continental Op by Dashiell Hammett, Random House, NY. 1994. First Edition Thus. $50.00

Seven stories which first appeared in Black Mask, edited and with a new introduction by Steven Marcus. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Grootka by Jon A. Jackson, Foul Play, NY. 1990. First Edition. SIGNED. $65.00

A Detective Sergeant "Fang" Mulheisen novel. Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Two-Bear Mambo by Joe R. Lansdale, Mysterious Press, NY. 1995. First Edition. SIGNED. $30.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Ivory Grin by John Ross Macdonald, Knopf, NY. 1952. First Edition. SIGNED. $1,000.00

Fine in price clipped dust jacket with one inch tear at top of spine and slight scuffing at bottom extremity.

The Goodbye Look by Ross Macdonald, Knopf, NY. 1969. First Edition. $45.00

Lew Archer. Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Dame by Richard Stark, Macmillan, NY. 1969. First Edition. SIGNED. $150.00

Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by Donald E. Westlake (RS).

Deadly Edge by Richard Stark, Random House, NY. 1971. First Edition. SIGNED. $1,000.00

Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by Donald E. Westlake (RS).

Lemons Never Lie by Richard Stark, World Publishing, NY. 1971. First Edition. SIGNED. $250.00

Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by Donald E. Westlake (RS)

Fireworks: The Lost Writings by Jim Thompson, Donald I. Fine, NY. 1988. First Edition Thus. $40.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Bishop Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine, Gregg, Boston. 1980. Reprint. $25.00

With a new illustration by Chris Steinbrunner and illustrations from the 1930 film starring Basil Rathbone. Very fine in dust jacket.

The Scarab Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine, Grosset & Dunlap, NY. Reprint. $45.00

Originally published in 1930. Very fine in an as new dust jacket except for a small nearly invisible closed tear.

A Cool Breeze on the Underground by Don Winslow, St. Martin’s, NY. 1992. First Edition. $100.00

Author’s first novel. Fine in dust jacket scuffed at top and bottom of spine.

The Trail to Buddha’s Mirror by Don Winslow, St. Martin’s, NY. 1992. First Edition. $200.00

Ink marks on top edges (not a remainder mark) else fine in fine dust jacket.

Way Down on the High Lonely by Don Winslow, St. Martin’s, NY. 1993. First Edition. $45.00

Fine copy in dust jacket with ½" chip at bottom of spine.



Sally

sally@mysteriousbookshop.com

Party for THE SECRET SOLDIER by Alex Berenson Exclusive Photos



Here are exclusive photos from our party for THE SECRET SOLDIER by Alex Berenson this week!

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Party for GIVE ME YOUR HEART by Joyce Carol Oates 03/09/11!




The Mysterious Bookshop
is proud to present:

Joyce Carol Oates
discussing her new collection
of short stories
Give Me Your Heart
Tales of Mystery and Suspense

Wednesday, March 9th
from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.

Admission is free.

The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street
(Between Church and West Broadway)
(212) 587-1011
info@mysteriousbookshop.com

Friday, February 4, 2011

Sally's Weekly Update for 02/04/11

The latest update appears below.

Hope your weekend is a good one.

Sally Owen
The Mysterious Bookshop
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com


The Mysterious Bookshop

58 Warren Street

New York, NY 10007

Ph: 212-587-1011

Fax: 212-587-1126

Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.



Weekly Update 2/4/11



Thanks for all your responses to last week’s update pre-ordering the new James Bond novel by Jeffery Deaver (tentatively titled Carte Blanche) and The Troubled Man by Henning Mankell. Please note that the Henning Mankell will not be available until the end of April and the Deaver until the end of May. We have a note of all of your orders and these titles will be sent to you automatically when theyarrive. Both books will of course be signed.

We are unable to get any more first editions of Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Franklin.



EVENT

Thursday, February 10th. 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.

Alex Berenson will be here to discuss his new thriller

The Secret Soldier $25.95






Friday, February 11th. 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.

Brad Parks will discuss

Eyes of the Innocent $24.99

Brad’s first novel, Faces of the Gone, won both the Nero and the Shamus Awards.

Admission is Free.





SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE



The Cypress House by Michael Koryta is here. Koryta, who began by writing a series featuring PI Lincoln Perry, has begun a new career with a series of mysteries containing more than a touch of the paranormal. The weather and train travel feature prominently in both So Cold the River and The Cypress House but that is the only common thread. Arlen Wagner has a gift. He can see when somebody is going to die. It is also his curse. Waking up on a train to Florida he sees that his companions, all on their way to the Florida Keys to work, are marked for death. Unable to convince anybody else to leave the train at the next stop, Arlen and Paul Brickhill find themselves in a remote part of Florida and stranded at The Cypress House, an isolated boardinghouse on the Gulf Coast. Set between two world wars, this is an atmospheric read. $25.99



The Fates Will Find Their Way by Hannah Pittard is a stunning debut. When sixteen-year old Nora Lindell goes missing, her classmates, especially the neighborhood boys, are caught up in her absence and, as the years pass, the mystery of her disappearance grows for those left behind. The disembodied plural voice of the boys makes this a haunting tale of lust, friendship, reverence and regret that echoes down the years. A favorite of Ian and Sally. A First Mystery Club Main Selection. $22.99

When we described The Death Instinct by Jed Rubenfeld a couple of weeks ago nobody here had read this extremely well written historical. Now, we are getting calls because of the rave review it received in The New York Times this week. Here’s a link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/books/03book.html

What also adds to the allure of this book, for no apparent reason, is that Rubenfeld is married to Amy Chua, bestselling author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. $26.95



Swamplandia! by Karen Russell is getting an enormous amount of attention from reviewers (there will be a review in this weekend’s New York Times Review of Books). The debut novel by this talented author has been called the first "must read" of the year. The Bigtree alligator-wrestling dynasty known as Swamplandia!, for years a popular theme park attraction in the Florida Everglades, is in decline. When her mother dies, thirteen-year-old Ava is left to manage ninety-eight gators and her own grief. "Brilliant, funny, original..." Stephen King. An Unclassifiable Club Main Selection. $24.95

The Anatomy of Ghosts is the latest from Andrew Taylor. Set in Jerusalem College in Cambridge in 1786, John Holdsworth, author of The Anatomy of Ghosts, is employed by Lady Anne Oldershaw to investigate when her son, Frank, who claims to have seen a dead woman prowling the grounds of the college, is locked up because of his violent reaction to these visions. Holdsworth, who believes that ghosts are mere delusion, will find himself haunted by more than ghosts. This is the U.S. edition and Taylor’s signature is on a laid in bookplate. $25.99



SIGNED FROM THE U.K.



We have only five copies of Snowdrops by A.D. Miller. This first novel is set in Moscow over the course of one winter when a young Englishman’s moral compass is spun by the seductive opportunities revealed to him by a new Russia. This tale about the slide from innocent to amorality is a big hit in the U.K. $33.00





FOR COLLECTORS

The Alarming Clock by Michael Avallone, Curtis Books, NY. 1961. First Edition. SIGNED. $75.00

Paperback original. Fine.

The Dramatist by Ken Bruen, Brandon, Dingle, Ireland. 2004. First Edition. $25.00

Fourth Jack Taylor mystery. Very fine in trade paperback format.

Neon Rain by James Lee Burke, Henry Holt, NY. 1987. First Edition. SIGNED. $375.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

Heaven’s Prisoners by James Lee Burke, Henry Holt, NY. 1988. First Edition. SIGNED. $200.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

A Morning for Flamingos by James Lee Burke, Little Brown, NY. 1990. First Edition. SIGNED. $100.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead by James Lee Burke, Hyperion, NY. 1993. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

Burning Angel by James Lee Burke, Hyperion, NY. 1995. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler, Houghton Mifflin, Boston. 1949. First U.S. Edition. $150.00

The dust jacket flaps had been pasted down, so the endpapers show the result. The bright dust jacket has been trimmed about 1/4" to ½" inch.

The Wrong Case by James Crumley, Random House, NY. 1975. First Edition. SIGNED. $650.00

Fine in dust jacket with slight crease at top.

The Last Good Kiss by James Crumley, Random Hose, NY. 1978. First Edition. SIGNED. $150.00

Fine in fine dust jacket with the publisher’s famous remainder mark showing faintly on the bottom edges.

The Mexican Pig Bandit by James Crumley, ASAP, CA. 1998. First Edition. SIGNED. $75.00

Story limited to 300 copies. Also signed by Lise McClendon who wrote the introduction and Phil Parks who designed the front cover and did interior illustrations. Fine in boards as issued.

This is Murder, Mr. Jones by Timothy Fuller, Little Brown, Boston. 1943. First Edition. $75.00

The third novel featuring Harvard professor Jupiter Jones. Fine in dust jacket, which has light wear at spine ends and the red lettering of the word "Murder" on the spine has faded. Scarce in nice condition.

By Hook or By Crook, Edited by Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, Tyrus Books, WI. 2011. Limited Edition. SIGNED. $250.00

These stories represent the finest short stories gathered together in one volume. Signed by all authors who include Dennis Lehane, Mary Higgins Clark, S.J. Rozan, and Laura Lippman. Fine in fine dust jacket. Limited to 100 signed and numbered copies.

Delta Blues by Carolyn Haines, Editor, Tyrus Books, WI. 2011. Limited Edition. SIGNED. $275.00

These original short stories are signed by all the authors who include Ace Atkins, Charlaine Harris, and John Grisham as well as the actor Morgan Freeman who wrote the introduction. Fine in boards with gold lettering and gold leaf edges. Unfortunately, there is a misspelling on the front board. This cannot be corrected by the publisher since the limitation is 100 signed and numbered copies. This error will, in no way, affect the value of the book, since there is no "correct" copy.

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith, Coward-McCann, NY. 1955. First Edition. $650.00

A trace of rubbing at tips of spine, else a near fine copy in dust jacket, which is rubbed along edges and back panel, which is also lightly chipped along lower edge. There are also two barely noticeable tape ghosts. Still, a very presentable copy of a notoriously rare (and commensurately expensive) book.

The Butcher’s Boy by Thomas Perry, Scribner, NY. 1982. First Edition. SIGNED. $275.00

Author’s Edgar-winning first book. Bookplate removed from front endpaper, else a fine copy in dust jacket, which is sharp and bright with two tiny chips on rear hinge.

Rebus: The Lost Years by Ian Rankin, Orion, London. 2003. First Edition Thus. SIGNED. $45.00

Rebus omnibus containing Let It Bleed, Black & Blue, and The Hanging Garden. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Fleshmarket Close by Ian Rankin, Orion, London. 2004. First Edition. SIGNED. $45.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Heartbreak Lounge by Wallace Stroby, Minotaur, 2005. First Edition. SIGNED. $22.95

Author’s first novel. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Sally

sally@mysteriousbookshop.com

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Party for OMEGA THEORY by Mark Alpert 02/17/11!




The Mysterious Bookshop
is proud to present:

Mark Alpert
discussing his new novel
Omega Theory

Thursday, February 17th
from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.

Admission is free.

The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street (Between Church and West Broadway)
New York, NY, 10007
(212) 587-1011
info@mysteriousbookshop.com