Saratoga Books specializes in mid 20th Century Crime Fiction (1920-1970) for the discerning Collector. Our emphasis is high quality, hard-to-find titles with unique associations.

We also offer an extensive selection of Film related items, specializing in Crime Movies and Film Noir. See our "Books into Film" category.

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Ownership stamp on FFE, a trace of wear at base of spine; else a clean, fresh, flawless copy. Jacket has fraying and slight loss at base of spine and corners, closed tear on front panel; else intact and extremely clean. A Miss Silver mystery. Sharp copy. Lonesome Road
Wentworth, Patricia
New York: Lippincott, 1939. Ownership stamp on FFE, a trace of wear at base of spine; else a clean, fresh, flawless copy. Jacket has.. more
Price: $375.00
Ownership signature, corner of one page torn, scotch tape repair on another, mild wear to boards; else clean and unmarked. Small chip at base of jacket spine, light edgwear, small hole on flap fold; elsa a very clean and intact Artzybasheff jacket. Hildegarde Withers mystery with Hollywood themes. Whiters is called to Hollywood as technical advisor on a film and ends up investigating the death of the studio's star writer. The Puzzle of the Happy Hooligan
Palmer, Stuart
New York: Doubleday, Doran Crime Club, 1941. Ownership signature, corner of one page torn, scotch tape repair on another, mild wear to boards; else clean and unmarked... more
Price: $265.00
Moderately toned textblock; else clean, tight, square and unmarked. Jacket also moderately toned, mild edgewear, several unobtrustive tape reinforcements on the verso; else clean and intact. Jacket art by Bobri. From the creator of Fu Manchu, the third Gaston Max novel. A sinister force that threatens to destroy the world is at work in a small German town. Very nice early Crime Club. The Day the World Ended
Rohmer, Sax
New York: Doubleday, Doran Crime Club, 1929. Moderately toned textblock; else clean, tight, square and unmarked. Jacket also moderately toned, mild edgewear, several unobtrustive tape reinforcements on.. more
Price: $150.00
Portions of the gilded lettering on spine and front board have rubbed away, mild textblock toning; else clean and unmarked. Jacket is clean, bright and completely intact. Introduces Oxford Don Gervase Fen, Crispin's uncommon first book, published in the UK as The Case of the Gilded Fly. Cited in Barzun and Taylor, "one of the best early ones." Fen investigates murders within the Oxford Repertory Theatre Company. Extremely nice copy, scarce thus Obsequies at Oxford (The Case of the Gilded Fly)
Crispin, Edmund
New York: Lippincott, 1945. Portions of the gilded lettering on spine and front board have rubbed away, mild textblock toning; else clean and unmarked... more
Price: $375.00

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