From The Teeth of Angels
London: Harpercollins, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. 1994. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in dust jacket. 223pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Mystery
Playing a Bold Game: The Story of a Million-Dollar Check (New Magnet Library No. 987)
New York: Street & Smith Corporation, 1899. Paperback. Paperback, 1899, octavo, 176pp., not illustrated. Book VG with creasing to spine, edgewear to corners and spine ends, binding tight, text unmarked but toned throughout. No DJ.
The Riddle of Dr. Mudd
Putnam, 1974. Hardcover. 1974, edition not stated. Hardcover, with Dust Jacket. In Very Good condition, with light edge wear. The Very Good Dust Jacket has been price clipped, and shows light shelf wear.
Much in Evidence
London: Michael Joseph, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. 1957. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo., 192 pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Light soiling to covers; light foxing to edges of text-block. Offsetting to endpapers. Light edgewear to DJ; sunning to spine; significant wear and loss to bottom spine-end; soiling to.....
No Bail for the Judge
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952. First printing. Hardcover. Stated First Printing. c.1952. Hardcover. 8vo. 181pp. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Light general shelfwear, some rubbing at spine-ends, light tanning to endpapers. Rubbing to dustjacket, edgewear with occasional short tears, mild soil.
True Detective
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author to fellow mystery writer Lawrence Block on the fly leaf. Additionally signed by the author on the title page. 1983, First Edition. Hardcover. Light foxing to the text-blocks, otherwise a Near Fine, clean copy, in a Very.....
The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes
New York: Random House, 1954. First printing. Hardcover. 1954. First printing. Hardcover, 8vo. in yellow cloth backed paper boards, without dust jacket. 338pp, with chapter illustrations. Very good. Lacks dust jacket. Soil and wrinkling to cloth spine. Internally unmarked. Sherlockian stories co-written by A.C. Doyle's youngest son and literary executor.....
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Easton Press 100 Greatest Books Ever Written
Norwalk: Easton Press, C. 1981. Hardcover. 8vo, full black leather gilt, watered silk endpapers, fine copy. Corrected and edited by Edgar W. Smith introduction by Vincent Starrett, illustrated by Steele, Paget and others. In one volume this collects A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, and the complete.....
Blood Mud
New York: Mysterious Press, 1999. First printing. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the front flyleaf. First edition, 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket, 375 pp., clean unmarked text, Fine copy in Fine dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.
Bottom Liner Blues
New York: Mysterious Press, 1993. First printing. Hardcover. Boards in dust jacket, signed on the front flyleaf, clean unmarked text, near fine copy in near fine dust jacket.
Good Sons, Signed by K. C. Constantine
New York: Mysterious Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by K. C. Constantine on the flyleaf. 1996. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in dust jacket. 297pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Light edge wear to dj, now housed in mylar. Internally unmarked.
The Rocksburg Railroad Murders
New York: Saturday Review Press, 1972. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, in second issue dust jacket with $5.95 price but reviews of book on back cover. Quarter cloth, book near fine with light tanning to contents, inscribed to Pat (Lewis) from Sam Hazo, another Pittsburgh author-icon, in 1975. Jacket a......
Upon Some Midnights Clear (SIGNED)
Boston: David R Godine, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED BY K. C. CONSTANTINE. Stated First Edition. c.1985. Hardcover. Cloth spine. 8vo. 232pp. Near Fine in Near Fine price-clipped dustjacket. Mild shelfwear.
Post-Mortem (Signed and inscribed)
New York: Avon Books, 1991. Paperback. Pocket book, paperback. Book is warmly inscribed by author to title page, with remaining pages clean.
New Nick Carter Weekly, No. 528, February 9, 1907, Clarice The Woman Detective or Nick Carter's Titled Assistant
New York: Street and Smith, February 9, 1907. Paperback. Single issue of the New Nick Carter Weekly periodical, No. 528, February 9, 1907. Color pictorial wraps, 8vo. 28pp. Good. Soil, shallow chipping to wrap extremities, which are delicate and flaking, perforation to front wrap. Contents remain complete and unmarked.
Flight Dreams; A Mark Manning Mystery
New York: Kensington Publishing Corp. 1997. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1997. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket, 230 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket, marker swipe to the bottom edge. Dust jacket enclosed in archival dust jacket protector.
The Beauty Queen Killer
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1956. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 179 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy in Very Good dust jacket, some soiling or discoloration to the outer pages and the page-edges, some rubbing to the tips of the book's covers.....
The Last Good Kiss (Signed and inscribed)
New York: Vintage Crime / Black Lizard, 1988. Paperback. 8vo, paperback. Book is inscribed by author to title page, with remaining pages clean. Mild edgewear to wraps.
Funeral in Berlin
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1965. First American edition. Hardcover. octavo, white and black boards in dust jacket, book is in very good condition, jacket shows mild edgewear and rubbing, book shows mild wear to boards, 312pp.
The Vig & Wild Card (Gryphon Double Novel Series, No 1)
Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon, 1991. First edition. Paperback. 1991, Softcover, in Very Good condition, with light shelf wear.
Cat on a Blue Monday: A Midnight Louie Mystery
New York: Tom Doherty / Forge, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page. 1994, First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
Free Agent
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008. First printing. Blue cloth boards in dust jacket, signed by Duns , #85/100, 342pp.
The Hoosier School-Master, a Novel
New York: Orange Judd and Co., 1871. Later printing. Hardcover. 1871, First Edition, Sixth printing (with ad for "The Mystery of Metropolisville"). Hardcover, green cloth, 8vo. Illustrated. Good copy in a custom slipcase. Covers rubbed. Corners and spine ends mostly worn through. Shallow loss to cloth at spine ends. Small.....
Mirror Mirror on the Wall
New York: Random House, 1972. Second printing. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author on title page. 1972, Second printing, 179 pp. Hardcover, 8vo., cloth-backed boards. Very Good copy, no dust jacket. Offsetting to the top of the rear board. Stray ink mark on front pastedown. Clean text.
Detour through Devon
London: Victor Gollancz, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. 1959 presumed first edition. Possible review copy with note to editors on dust jacket. Red cloth hardcover 8vo, 185pp. VG+ with light foxing to endpapers and edges of the textblock. In a VG dust jacket with light shelfwear soil and edgewear. Contents are.....