Aka William Richards (18 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed. 220 pages. "The way Frankie the Beard, Joe Joe, Harry and Solly figured it, the blonde owed them something. She managed to get away from them on the beach, but that wouldn't happen again. Now they had the keys to her apartment . lots of ideas . and plenty of time. When the door finally swung open, they were surparised to see a brunette - a shapely, real swwet innocent. She was only the next-door neighbor, but it was hot-as-hell outside and they-d been waiting a long time. An awfully long time. And with her just standing there in a negligee. A city like Chicago doesn't sizzle inthe summer heat - it explodes!" >>> Felt marker on inside front cover. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. ABBETT Painted Cover Art. (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed. 220 pages. "The way Frankie the Beard, Joe Joe, Harry and Solly figured it, the blonde owed them something. She managed to get away from them on the beach, but that wouldn't happen again. Now they had the keys to her apartment . lots of ideas . and plenty of time. When the door finally swung open, they were surparised to see a brunette - a shapely, real swwet innocent. She was only the next-door neighbor, but it was hot-as-hell outside and they-d been waiting a long time. An awfully long time. And with her just standing there in a negligee. A city like Chicago doesn't sizzle inthe summer heat - it explodes!" >>> Name on first page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. ABBETT Painted Cover Art. (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair to Good. Dust Jacket Included. 189 pages. "They had a lot of time to kill and lots of money to do it with. They were bare-legged Lolitas, junior members of the internationalset in Acapulco. the games they played were casual intrigue, scandal and illicit love. An unconventional seaside colony caught up in sex, scandal and sudden violence." >>> G+ but writing on both covers & title page missing, thus FA/G, Reading copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. ABBETT Painted Cover Art. (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition By This Publisher.. 144 pages. Dated as 1954 but actually circa 1970 era; >>> The wife, the pickup, the rich widow - -all gorgeous and available, but one of them was a killer; >>> "The first was tried and convicted, still protesting his innocence. The second committed suicide after confessing the crime. The third might be weaving a devious plot to grab the loot andthe gorgeous widow. It made a pretty puzzle for the police - especially when one murder followed another . suspects somehow vanished in spite of security measures, stakeouts and roadblocks."; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. GGA Good Girl Art Painted Cover. (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition By This Publisher.. 128 pages. "Sylvia Ryan was a girl with a past - and fifty million dollars. Beautiful - wild - her romantic escapades had been front page news for years. When she hired Matt Kelly to join her all-male expedition to the South Seas, he was sure he could handle the job - and Sylvia as well. But that was before he learned that murder was also a member of the crew." Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. GGA - Good Girl Art Painted Cover! (illustrator). Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. First Edition By This Publisher.. 143 pages. "He had been a nobody till he married a rich and influential woman who opened the doors to success for him. Now his problem was toget rid of the first wife he had never bothered to divorce. The few people who knew about trhe first marriage would have to die, too. It wouldn't be easy - but a man who was willing to commit any crime might get away with it. Especially when he had a ready-made fall guy to take the blame." Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Painted Cover Art! (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition By This Publisher.. 144 pages. >>> The wife, the pickup, the rich widow - -all gorgeous and available, but one of them was a killer; >>> "The first was tried and convicted, still protesting his innocence. The second committed suicide after confessing the crime. The third might be weaving a devious plot to grab the loot andthe gorgeous widow. It made a pretty puzzle for the police - especially when one murder followed another . suspects somehow vanished in spite of security measures, stakeouts and roadblocks."; >>> Minor 1/4" writing on cover. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. GGA Good Girl Art Painted Cover. (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. First Edition By This Publisher. 128 pages. "She lived fast. and she loved fast. Everyone who knew Helene Camden had a good reason for wnating for dead: Hal Camden - her husband, who knew she was two-timing him all over Florida. Tom Ferris - Who knew all the angles - and the curves. Charles Ames - Who woke up in the dead woman's bed. Ben Sheldon - who had an eye for business . and for anything in skirts. A thrill-packed suspense tale with a stunning surprise ending!" >>>Writing & store stamp on front endpage. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Tall. Painted Cover Art! (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed. 142 pages. "He figured her for just another one-night stand. until he found her still there in the morning - murdered." Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. GGA {Good Girl Art} PHOTO Cover. (illustrator). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed. 220 pages. "The way Frankie the Beard, Joe Joe, Harry and Solly figured it, the blonde owed them something. She managed to get away from them on the beach, but that wouldn't happen again. Now they had the keys to her apartment . lots of ideas . and plenty of time. When the door finally swung open, they were surparised to see a brunette - a shapely, real swwet innocent. She was only the next-door neighbor, but it was hot-as-hell outside and they-d been waiting a long time. An awfully long time. And with her just standing there in a negligee. A city like Chicago doesn't sizzle inthe summer heat - it explodes!" Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. ABBETT Painted Cover Art. (illustrator). Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. First Canadian Paperback Edition. 191 pages. HARLEQUIN #185 (5/1953; Mystery; PBO) "He had been a nobody till he married a rich and influential woman who opened the doors to success for him. Now his problem was toget rid of the first wife he had never bothered to divorce. The few people who knew about trhe first marriage would have to die, too. It wouldn't be easy - but a man who was willing to commit any crime might get away with it. Especially when he had a ready-made fall guy to take the blame.". *** SCARCE book Number in the Highly Collectible Original Vintage HARLEQUIN Paperback Series; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Painted Cover Art (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. First Canadian Paperback Edition. 191 pages. HARLEQUIN #185 (5/1953; Mystery; PBO) "He had been a nobody till he married a rich and influential woman who opened the doors to success for him. Now his problem was toget rid of the first wife he had never bothered to divorce. The few people who knew about trhe first marriage would have to die, too. It wouldn't be easy - but a man who was willing to commit any crime might get away with it. Especially when he had a ready-made fall guy to take the blame.". *** SCARCE book Number in the Highly Collectible Original Vintage HARLEQUIN Paperback Series; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Painted Cover Art (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: VERY GOOD Minus. First Canadian Paperback Edition. 191 pages. HARLEQUIN #185 (5/1953; Mystery; PBO) "He had been a nobody till he married a rich and influential woman who opened the doors to success for him. Now his problem was toget rid of the first wife he had never bothered to divorce. The few people who knew about trhe first marriage would have to die, too. It wouldn't be easy - but a man who was willing to commit any crime might get away with it. Especially when he had a ready-made fall guy to take the blame.". *** SCARCE book Number in the Highly Collectible Original Vintage HARLEQUIN Paperback Series; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Painted Cover Art (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed. 177 pages. "Swede Nelson, ashore to stay, found that a storm at sea was a teapot tempest compared with thte girl he ran into at a bar. What she did to Swede made a hurricane look like a ripple on a mill pond." >>>> Red Pen mark at upper left cover corner. 1" Rubber stamp on front endpage; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. GGA Good Girl Art Painted Cover. (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: As New. First Collected Edition, PBO thus.. 240 pages. 2 stories in One Book. (1) WHO HAS WILMA LATHROP? by Day Keene "They showed me the bone fragments, and charred diamond, and the twisty little blob supposed to be a slipper heel - but I said to hell with their grisly theory. Wilma was alive, and I knew it the way you know the sun will rise. Some time between midnight and six, clad only in a nightdress and slippers, she had walkedout into the aching cold Chicago night - and gone up in smoke as if she'd never been. But Wilma had been and she still was, and somewhere out there in that huge, frozen monkey puzzle of a city I would find her. I had to find her, because the newspapers were shouting I had murdered her." (2) MURDER ON THE SIDE by Day Keene "She was still warm when her husband found her, wide-eyed and dead inthe big house. one of her own nylon stocking tied so tightly around her beautiful neck that her face was already turning atrange colors. Somewhere inthe city a killer laughed with pleasure; Just one more death to go and the state would burn her husband for him." Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. GGA {Good Girl Art} PHOTO Cover. (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: As New. PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed. 177 pages. "Swede Nelson, ashore to stay, found that a storm at sea was a teapot tempest compared with thte girl he ran into at a bar. What she did to Swede made a hurricane look like a ripple on a mill pond." >>>> Unread, AS NEW, with full Original Lamination, with full original cover Gloss; Slight lamination peel to upper & lower right cover corners. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. GGA Good Girl Art Painted Cover. (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. First American Paperback Edition. 144 pages. "This is the shocking and timely story of Big Dan Maloy, a man who rose from poor boy to political boss of Phelpsburg."; >>> "Brutal Men, Dangerous Women, Cold-Blooded Murder - stir a small town to a frenzy of savage revenge! >> One of the RAREST of all titles by this popular & collectible author. >>> 1" of Magic Tape repairs to bottom on spine. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. MILO {Good Girl Art} GGA Painted Cover! (illustrator). Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st printing, 1967. Light edge wear. Clean, tight copy.