Results for: Crime Club


Matches 1-20 of 31
1 2 Next Last
Lightly toned textblock, several corners dogearred, light stains on 2-3 pages, light wear to base of spine (no fraying); else clean, tight, square and unmarked. Jacket is rubbed on front and rear panels, wear at spine ends and corners; else intact. Nice period art. Inspector Schmidt
Corpse with the Purple Thighs
Bagby, George
New York: Doubleday, Doran Crime Club, 1939.
Price: $95.00
more info
add to cart
Owner bookplate on pastedown, small bookstore stamp on RFE, offset endpapers, trace of wear at base of spine, else clean, tight, square and unmarked. Jacket has fraying and slight loss on spine ends and corners, edgewear, scuff on spine; else clean and intact. Published in the UK as Clunk's Claimant, features unscrupulous, peppermint sucking, Bible quoting lawyer Joshua Clunk and his nemesis Sergeant Bell of Scotland Yard. Solid early Crime Club by important Golden Age writer.
The Twittering Bird Mystery (Clunk's Claimant)
Bailey, H C
New York: Doubleday Doran Crime Club, 1937.
Price: $95.00
more info
add to cart
Bookplate neatly remove from pastedown, light wear to boards; else clean, square and unmarked. Jacket. Flawless dustjacket with classic Crime Club period art, with rare wrap around band. Features Roger Sheringham. Guests at house party play "Murder" party game and one of the players turns up with a real bullet hole in his back.
The Second Shot
Berkeley, Anthony
New York: Doubleday Doran Crime Club, 1931.
Price: $350.00
more info
add to cart
Lightly toned textblock and a touch of foxing on the edges. Jacket has light soiling on rear panel; else a very nice copy indeed. Inspector Arnold and Desmond Marrion
A Smell of Smoke
Burton, Miles
London: Collins Crime Club, 1959.
Price: $150.00
more info
add to cart
Light foxing to endpapers and edges, small spot on front board; else clean, square and unmarked. Brilliant, clean, intact jacket with art by William Randall. The final installment in the Arnold and Merrion series, wherein the investigate the murder of an artist. Cited in A CATALOGUE OF CRIME by Barzun and Taylor. Sharp copy of scarce title
Death Paints a Picture
Burton, Miles
London: Collins Crime Club, 1960.
Price: $95.00
more info
add to cart
Bookplate, offset endpapers, light toning; else clean, tight, square and unmarked. Jacket has light chipping (up to 1/4") at spine ends and corners, several closed tears, light edgewear; else intact. A cozy set on a Texas ranch. Solid early Crime Club
Dead Man's Shoes
Cameron, Evelyn
New York: Doubleday Doran Crime Club, 1939.
Price: $35.00
more info
add to cart
Lightly worn and crimped spine ends, moderate textblock toning; else clean, square and unmarked. Jacket has light chipping at spine ends (up to 1/4") and corners, edgewear else intact. Jacket by Walter Frame. A Simon Templar story. Nice early Crime Club
Thieves' Picnic
Charteris. Leslie
New York: Doubleday, Doran Crime Club, 1937.
Price: $135.00
more info
add to cart
Non personalized inscription "In friendship, Todd Downing, Philadelphia, August 29, 1945." on FFE. Book has light wear on boards; else clean square and unmarked, textblock bright. Jacket has dampstaining visible from verso and rear panel, slight loss on spine ends several small closed tears on rear panel, light rubbing; else intact. Appears to be uncredited Artzybasheff jacket art. A Hugh Rennart mystery set in Mexico, concerns a string of eerie suicides in small American Colony. "Todd Downing lived in Mexico for many years and his work reflects not only intimate knowledge of the country but a deep love and respect for it and its people," according to Bill Pronzini in 1001 MIDNIGHTS.
The Cat Screams (Inscribed By Downing)
Downing, Todd
New York: Doubleday, Doran Crime Club, 1934.
Price: $325.00
more info
add to cart
Toning and light foxing around textblook edges; else clean, square and unmarked. Jacket has mild fraying and slight loss on corners and spine ends, light toning on rear panel, else intact. Solid copy of an early Lovejoy.
The Gondola Scam
Gash, Jonathan
London: Collins Crime Club, 1984.
Price: $85.00
more info
add to cart
Signed by Gash on the title page. Spine creased, several stray marks on textblock, a couple of dog eared pages; else clean, square and unmarked. Jacket has light wear on spine ends and front flap fold; else clean bright and intact. The third Lovejoy. Clergyman who claims knowledge of the legendary Holy Grail turns up dead, Lovejoy attempts to unravel mystery.
The Grail Tree (signed by Gash)
Gash, Jonathan
London: Collins Crime Club, 1979.
Price: $175.00
more info
add to cart
Stray mark on FFE; else clean, square tight and unmarked. Price clipped jacket has 1/8" loss at base of spine, light fraying at head of spineand corners, lightly dust soiled rear panel; else clean and intact. Highly praised by Bill Pronzini in 1001 MIDNIGHTS, "the best hard-boiled private eye novel written bay a woman--and one of the best ever written by anybody."
Sleep with Slander
Hitchens, Dolores
New York: Doubleday Crime Club, 1960.
Price: $95.00
more info
add to cart
Small ownership label on FFE, very slight loss at jacket spine ends; else an extremely nice copy. A follow on to the acclaimed SLEEP WITH SLANDER, once again features PI Jim Sader
Sleep with Strangers
Hitchens, Dolores
New York: Doubleday Doran Crime Club, 1955.
Price: $35.00
more info
add to cart
Evidence of bookplate removel on FFE, puncture tear to several pages, some stray spots and toning on textblock, else a solid copy. Jacket is clean, bright and completely intact. Terrific period Crime Club jacket art.
The Penthouse Murders
Holden, Raymond
New York: Doubleday, Doran Crime Club, 1931.
Price: $95.00
more info
add to cart
Binding loose, but sound, bookplate removed, ownership signature, offset endpapers; else clean and unmarked. Jacket has 1/4" chips at base of spine edgewear, notched corners, else intact. One of four mysteries to feature Margot Blair, public relations expert. Long Island setting.
Terror By Twilight
Knight, Kathleen Moore
New York: Doubleday Doran Crime Club, 1942.
Price: $35.00
more info
add to cart
Uniform light wear to boards; else clean, tight and unmarked, textblock very fresh. Supplied with high quality FACSIMILE jacket. The second novel featuring Bill Crane, hard drinking, wise cracking PI. Crane has only six days to save framed stockbroker from the electric chair. Latimer was a contemporary of Hammett at Black Mask. Filmed in 1937 as the WESTLAND CASE. Hard-boiled.
Headed for a Hearse
Latimer, Jonathan
New York: Doubleday Doran Crime Club, 1935.
Price: $50.00
more info
add to cart
Crime Club "Members Edition" (no precedence established with trade edition). Ownership signature, heave offsettng of endpapers, moderate textblock toning, light stains on board; else clean, square and unmarked. Jacket has chipping on spine ends, spine darkened some, soiling and closed tears on rear panel. The second novel featuring Bill Crane, hard drinking, wise cracking PI. Crane has only six days to save framed stockbroker from the electric chair. Filmed in 1937 as the WESTLAND CASE.
Headed for a Hearse
Latimer, Jonathan
New York: Doubleday Doran Crime Club, 1935.
Price: $135.00
more info
add to cart
Offset endpapers, lightly toned, light wear on bottom edge; else clean, square and unmarked with solid binding. Jacket has rubbing at front flap fold, slight loss spine ends and corners; else clean and intact. Features hard drinking PI, Bill Crane. A tough, ribald and funny novel from the Black Mask School of hard-boiled writing. Overall a pleasing copy
Red Gardenias
Latimer, Jonathan
NY: Crime Club Doubleday, 1939.
Price: $265.00
more info
add to cart
Stated First Edition in Second Printing jacket. Book has light wear on boards, mild toning on textblock else clean, square and unmarked. Price clipped jacket has very light wear at extremities; light soilin of rear panel; else and extremely nice example with classic Crime Club jacket art. Filmed in 1938 as THE LAST WARNING. Scarce, particularly in jacket.
The Dead Don't Care
Latimer, Jonathan
New York: Doubleday Doran Crime Club, 1938.
Price: $325.00
more info
add to cart
The Crime Conductor
MacDonald, Philip
New York: Doubleday Doran Crime Club, 1931.
Price: $25.00
more info
add to cart
Edges and endpapers foxed, intruding to interior in some places, else clean square and unmarked. Jacket has foxinig on edges visible mostly from the verso, closed tear on front panel, front flap wrinkled, else intact. While preceded by US, this edition is sought after for George Coral DJ showing woman brandishing a rifle and wearing an button that states "LSD."
The Instant Enemy
MacDonald, Ross
London: Collins Crime Club, 1968.
Price: $40.00
more info
add to cart

Topic Notification



© Saratoga Books 2010
powered by Bibliopolis