A Run Of First Editions And Uncorrected Proofs Of The Author's Children's Books CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG Fifteen books of which thirteen were written and illustrated by the author, and two were written by Mark Helprin and … $42,000.00
Fer-De-Lance. A Nero Wolfe Mystery REX STOUT First edition. *Introduces Nero Wolfe.* Fine in a fine, professionally restored dust jacket, lightly faded on the spine. Introduces Nero … $22,500.00
Painting Of Philo Vance By E. M. Jackson JACKSON, E. M. [ARTIST] 22" x 34 1/2" framed oil painting by E. M. Jackson (1896-1962) of Philo Vance, which appears between pages 498 … $20,000.00
The Mask Of Dimitrios ERIC AMBLER First edition. Signed and inscribed on the title page in ink by the author to fellow mystery writer and journalist … $19,500.00
I, Robot ISAAC ASIMOV First edition. 8vo. Signed by the author on the front free fly leaf. Fine, bright copy in dust jacket lightly … $18,750.00
Original Dust Jacket Artwork For "The League Of Frightened Men" LEFFERTS, WINIFRED EARL [ARTIST] *[Stout, Rex]*. Original dust jacket artwork by Winfred Earl Lefferts, for the first edition of Rex Stout's *Haycraft-Queen cornerstone title.* … $17,500.00
The League Of Frightened Men REX STOUT First edition. Author's second Nero Wolfe title. Gold gilt on spine a bit faded, gilt on front cover sharp and … $15,000.00
Strangers On A Train. PATRICIA HIGHSMITH First edition of her first and best known novel. The author is (rightly) regarded as one of the greatest of … $12,500.00
The Documents In The Case. DOROTHY L. AND ROBERT EUSTACE SAYERS First edition. An exceptionally fine, bright, tight copy in a fine example of this usually fragile dust jacket, Housed in … $10,000.00
Original Color Painting For Charles Willeford's 1955 Paperback Original Title "Pick-Up" WILLEFORD, CHARLES [AUTHOR]. FRANK UPPWALL [ARTWORK] Original artwork by Frank Uppwall (1900 - ), rendered in oil on art board. A single sheet measuring 24" x … $10,000.00
The Dark Tunnel. KENNETH MILLAR First edition. 8vo. Author's first book. Fine in fine dust jacket with some minor internal restoration by a professional conservator. … $10,000.00
The Rubber Band REX STOUT First edition. Yellow top edges are darkened, else a near fine, bright copy in a spectacular, professionally restored, dust jacket. … $9,500.00
The Red Box. A Nero Wolfe Mystery REX STOUT First edition. Fourth book in the Nero Wolfe series. Very good, bright copy with red top edges bright, in dust … $9,500.00
My Mother's Killer - Limited Edition, Signed ELLROY, JAMES [TEXT], DAVID LEVINTHAL [PHOTOGRAPHS] First edition. Square folio (32.5cm); two bifolium leaves (title leaf and colophon), together with six tri-fold leaves, each containing an … $9,500.00
The Mystery Of A Hansom Cab FERGUS HUME Fergus Hume. Two Copies of The Mystery of a Hansom Cab. Melbourne and London: [1886-1887]. First and first English (second) … $8,750.00
Little Caesar. W. R. BURNETT First edition. Fine, bright, square copy in a neatly price-clipped dust jacket with some light professional restoration at the edges. … $7,500.00
The Thin Man. DASHIELL HAMMETT First edition. 8vo. Cloth is lightly mottled as is usually the case with this title, else near fine in dust … $7,500.00
It Walks By Night JOHN DICKSON CARR First edition. Publisher's "A-E" code on copyright page. *Author's first novel*. Former owner's neat inked name on the front pastedown … $7,500.00
Ashenden Or The British Agent. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM First edition. 8vo. A clean, fine, bright copy in a fine bright dust jacket with light professional restoration to the … $7,500.00
Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON First edition, first printing. Original green cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, [8], 138 pp., … $7,500.00
Dee Goong An: Three Murder Cases Solved By Judge Dee. ROBERT VAN GULIK First edition of the Dutch dipliomat's first work of detective fiction, a translation of a Seventeenth Century detective story. Illustrated. … $6,675.00
The Hound Of The Baskervilles; Another Adventure Of Sherlock Holmes. A. CONAN DOYLE First edition. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth with gilt decorations and lettering on the front cover and spine. … $6,500.00
Farewell, My Lovely. RAYMOND CHANDLER First edition. Fine, clean, square copy in dust jacket with light professional restoration to the spine ends, corners, and extremities. … $6,500.00
Drink To Yesterday. MANNING COLES First edition. *Adelaide Manning and C. H. Coles, together form the pseudonym of Manning Coles.* Book plate of Adrian Homer … $6,000.00
Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Preceded by the U.S. edition published four days earlier in the same year. A fine, bright, square copy of a … $6,000.00
Zadig; Or The Book Of Fate, An Oriental History M DE VOLTAIRE First U. S. edition. Translated from the French, with notes, historical and critical by T. Smollett M. D. and T. … $6,000.00
The Bride Wore Black CORNELL WOOLRICH First edition. Light wear to cloth at spine ends and extremities, light to minor soiling to a few pages, else … $5,950.00
The Perfume Of The Lady In Black GASTON LEROUX First U. S. edition. First published in French in 1907 as *Le Parfum de la Dame en Noir.* A sequel … $5,750.00
The Price Of Salt. CLAIRE MORGAN First paperback edition of Highsmith's first and only lesbian novel. Bantam Books 1148. Somewhat cryptically inscribed by the author on … $5,500.00
The So Blue Marble. DOROTHY B. HUGHES First edition. Author's first mystery. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Former owner's inked name and address on … $5,500.00
