Please Pass The Guilt
New York: Viking Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. 150 pp. Small spine lean. Otherwise a near fine copy in price-intact dustwrapper. More
Crime & Detection
Caroline Minuscule (John Creasey Award Winner)
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1983. First American edition. Hardcover. First American edition. A novel of suspense that won the John Creasey Award. Fine condition in near fine price intact dustwrapper. More
The Cold War Swap (Edgar Award Winner)
New York: William Morrow, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's first book, an espionage novel that won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel of the Year. Crimp at top of spine else an exceptional copy in very good price intact dustwrapper with some creases and closed..... More
All The Empty Places (Signed)
London: No Exit Press, 2000. First UK edition. Hardcover. First UK edition of the author's second gritty crime novel. 215 pp. Paper toned slightly else a near fine example in near fine price-intact dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the title page. More
The Missing Person (Signed Copy)
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition of the author's second crime novel. A sharp, clean near fine copy in dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the author on the title page and dated in year of publication. More
The Dark Room (Signed)
London: Macmillan, 1995. First UK edition. Hardcover. Fine first UK edition in dustwrapper. A crime novel by the Edgar Award winning novelist. SIGNED by the author on the title page. More
The Ice-House (Signed)
New York: St Martin's, 1992. Book Club. Hardcover. Fine copy in dustwrapper of the author's first book. Although it looks, tastes and smells like a first edition, it is actually a book club edition due to the "HB5X" present on the last page of text. SIGNED by the author on..... More
God Save The Mark (Signed, Edgar Award Winner)
New York: Random House, 1967. First edition. Cloth. First edition, first printing. A novel of humor and murder by the author of The Mercenaries. SIGNED by the author on the title page. A near fine clothbound copy in very good plus unclipped dustwrapper. More
Colloquium on Crime (Signed by Donald Hamilton); Eleven Renowned Mystery Writers Discuss Their Work
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 216 pp. Review Copy with review slip laid in. A collection of essays on the art of writing mysteries. Some stains to top edge of pages else a near fine condition in dustwrapper. This copy has been SIGNED by Donald..... More
Way Down On The High Lonely (Inscribed)
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of his uncommon third book featuring Neal Carey. NF in NF unclipped jacket. INSCRIBED by the author and dated in year of publication. More
Black Alibi
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1942. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound octavo. First edition of this uncommon Woolrich suspense novel which was the basis for the film The Leopard Man. Attractive prior owner bookplate to the front endpaper, else a sound, clean very good copy. Lacks the rare dustwrapper. 377 pp..... More
The Maltese Falcon
New York: Modern Library, 1934. Reprint. Hardcover. Early reprint edition of this noir classic starring Sam Spade, Detective. Includes a new introduction by the author that was not included in the original 1930 edition. Very good copy in red and black cloth binding ruled and lettered in gold. Handsome bookplate..... More
The Wrong Case
New York: Random House, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's second book and first crime novel (one of the best of the genre in the past 25 years). A clean near fine copy with minor wear to spine ends in bright near fine or better unclipped dustwrappers..... More
The Strange Files of Fremont Jones
New York: Doubleday, 1995. First Edition. Original Wraps. Bound galley of Day's first mystery, a historical set in San Francisco. Start of a wonderful series. Fine copy. More
The Strange Files of Fremont Jones
New York: Doubleday, 1995. First Edition. Paperback. Fine Bound Galley of her first book, a historical mystery set in San Francisco. More
The Girl in Black Velvet
New York: Macaulay, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. A solid very good plus copy of this scarce crime novel. Small faint owner's stamp to inside front board. Unclipped dustwrapper about very good with soiling to raer panel and largish chips to top of spine. More
Death of a Blue Movie Star
New York: Bantam Books, 1990. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. First edition, a paperback original of his second book. Very good or better with light crease to spine, otherwise very clean and bright. Uncommon book. More
Manhattan Is My Beat
New York: Bantam Books, 1989. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. First edition of Deaver's first book, a paperback original. Very good plus with crease to spine, light bumping to corners. A solid copy of an uncommon book by the author of The Bone Collector. More
Murder For Pleasure - The Life and Times of the Detective Story (Inscribed)
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1941. Second printing. Hardcover. Hardbound octavo. 409 pp. Second printing of this useful reference wotk on the history of the detective story starting with Edgar Allan Poe's Murder in the Rue Morgue. Spine lettering a bit dulled with age else a very good copy. Square..... More
The Glass-Sided Ant's Nest
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
Murder In High Place
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
Murder in High Place
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
Cajun Nights
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
Murder in the Queen's Armes
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