New York: Harper & Row, 1968. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. First US edition of his first book, a Dagger Winner in the UK. Only very good due to evidence of tape marks to jacket, although no other evidence of this being ex libris. Unclipped jacket is very good to very..... More
London: Macmillan, 1970. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Very scarce first book under this pseudonym of Emma Lathen. This is the first UK edition. Book is only very good minus with heavy foxing and browning of pages. Unclipped jacket is about very good with small chips and wear along top edges..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1970. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. First US edition of this crime novel written by Emma Lathen. One of the scarcest of the modern mysteries. This copy only very good with some light staining to front board in very good unclipped jacket with substantial rubbing and light wrinkling..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. First book, a mystery set in New Orleans. Very collectible series. Near fine or better in near fine St. Martin's jacket, unclipped, but minor chipping to top of jacket spine. Very nice copy. More
New York: Walker and Company, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Collector's copy of his third book, a Professor Gideon Oliver mystery. F/F. Nice. More
New York: The New American Library, 1965. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 183 pp. Stated first printing. The last major installment in the saga of James Bond written during the author's lifetime. This book was completed shortly before the author's death in 1964. A handsome near fine copy in decorated..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1989. First edition. Cloth. First UK edition of one of the great espionage novels of the last 30 years. Source for the film of the same name starring Sean Connery. Paper tanned, a bit as often seen, else a fine clothbound copy in dustwrapper. SIGNED by..... More
New York: Saturday Review Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's first espionage novel. A lovely near fine copy in bright, unclipped dustwrapper. Wrapper is only lightly faded at spine. Book comes with the scarce wrap-around band with quote from Eric Ambler. SIGNED by McCarry on the..... More
Canada: Popular Library, 1940. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. First paperback edition. A near fine, tight copy. Great cover artwork. More
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this classic gambling crime novel set in Las Vegas. A bright near fine copy, slight page tanning in a clean very good unclipped dustwrapper with small chips to extremeties. Uncommon. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1977. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. First US edition of his first mystery. About near fine with some light wear to boards in about near fine unclipped jacket with minor rubbing to spine and a couple of tiny chips. Better than usual for this cheaply made..... More
New York: Gold Medal Books, 1952. First edition. Paperback. Pocket paperbound original novel by suspense writer David Goodis. Published as Gold Medal Book 226. 181 pp. Light crease to rear cover and general light wear. A sound very good copy. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Lovely copy of her first mystery set in Oklahoma. NF/NF with tiny crimping to upper spine. More
New York: Davis Publications, 1961. First Edition. Paperback. Volume 37 Number 3 March 1961 issue of this long running magazine of crime stories. The 20th Anniversary issue. Notable for the inclusion of the first appearance of A Man Named Thin by Dashiell Hammett. Also stories by Robert L. Fish, Erle..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of her first book. Book is missing the ffep, otherwise in near fine condition. Unclipped jacket has fairly heavy chipping to extremeties. Archival tape to verso of jacket. More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1938. First edition. Hardcover. First edition stated of the author's first novel. Bookplate and prior owner name to front endpaper. Otherwise a sharp, tightly bound and clean very good copy. lacking the uncommon dustwrapper. More
New York: Sheridan House, 1950. First edition. Cloth. Foreword by Erle Stanley Gardner. 8vo. 319 pp. A very good copy in red cloth binding, lacking the dustwrapper. This, an interesting copy, having been INSCRIBED twice by Schindler. Schindler also has tipped in two separate photographs; one of Ma Spelke (the..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this thriller writer's third book. A fine copy in fine bright and unfaded dustwrapper. Price intact. 387 pp. More
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed first edition of this uncommon suspense novel. Fine in fine unclipped dustwrapper. Nicely inscribed as "John Ives aka Brian Garfield (Note: John Ives is a character in both Kolchak's Gold and Hopscotch - a literary agent - hence the genesis..... More
New York: Charter Books, 1984. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. First edition, a pbo starring Inspector Rostnikov. Book is very good with slight lean. Creasing to spine is light, but visible. A better than usual copy. Cover is bright. More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1972. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Scarce first UK edition of this eerie novel written by Lawrence Block under this pseudonym. Inscribed "For Bruce - Lawrence Block a/k/a Paul Kavanagh" Near fine minus with evidence of sticker removal to ffep, else clean and bright. Little edge wear..... More
New York: World Publishing, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Unusual political thriller written by Lawrence Block under this pseudonym. A fine copy in blue cloth in near fine unclipped jacket with one short closed tear to lower front panel. A very nice copy of an uncommon book. More
New York: Charles Scribner, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's first book, a crime novel. Near fine in near fine price intact dustwrapper with minor rubbing to front panel. Uncommon. More
