Edward Ritchie (308 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Overall light wear as pictured. Cover photo of Erle Stanley Gardner. Includes "The Boiler" by Julian Symons; "A Nice Easy Job" by Bill Pronzini; "Sherman's Horse" by Rex Burns; "Looking Out for Number One" by Thomas Walsh; "Devil Over Your Shoulder" by Etta Revesz; "Is Anyone There?" by Timothy Childs; "The Sliver of Evidence" by Jack Ritchie; "Best Laid Scheme" by Dorothy A. Collins; "The Late Swimmer" by M. K. Houghtaling; "First Lesson in Murder" by Maurizio Perli; "The Circus Mystery" by Lisa Mueser; "Dover and the Smallest Room" by Joyce Porter; "The Big Ivory" by Victor Milan; "The Problem of the Vanishing Town" by Jon L. Breen; "The Problem of the General Store" by Edward D. Hoch; "Mystery Newsletter" by Otto Penzler & Chris Steinbrunner; "The Jury Box" by Jon L. Breen.

paperback. Condition: Good.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.

Digest-size Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Clean and tight. Shelfwear and mild tanning. Small chipping to spine. Crease on rear cover. 164 pages. Contents: The Diver by Clark Howard (novelette); Martin for the Defense by Jaime Sandaval; Downright Murderous by George Grover Kipp; Monologue in a Meat Market by Frank Sisk; The Very Best People by Lee Chisholm; Delay in Flight by Donald Olson; Home-Town Boy by Jack Ritchie; Sweet, Sweet Revenge by Benjamin Swift; Games for Adults by John Lutz; The Second Thief by David A. Heller; Rubber Bullets by Edward D. Hoch; The Luck of the Kid by Pauline C. Smith; Triple Cross by Miriam Allen deFord; The Killing by Bill Pronzini; North to Grandview by Nancy Schachterle.

Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Digest-size Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Clean and tight. Shelfwear and mild tanning. Chipping to spine. 164 pages. Contents: Let Your Fingers Do the Walking by Jack Ritchie (novelette); A Melee of Diamonds by Edward D. Hoch; The Missing Tattoo by Clayton Matthews; Among Thieves by Alberto N. Martin; No Way Out by Robert Colby; A Mutual Understanding by James McKimmey; The Star Salesman by Edward Y. Breese; The Artifial Liar by William Brittain; Second Thoughts by Carroll Mayers; True Friends by Patrick O'Keeffe; Satisfaction by Virginia Long; Within the Law by John Lutz; The Escapee by Clark Howard; Survival Tactics by Leo P. Kelley; Night of the Twisters by James Michael Ullman.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Light wear. Paul Lehr; Jack Gaughan; Brad Hamann; John Sanchez, Richard Anderson; John H. Butterfield; Jeffrey Terreson (illustrator). September 1979. Edited by Stanley Schmidt. Cover art by Paul Lehr for "Songhouse" (Winner of the 1979 Analog Award for Best Novelette, Hugo and Locus runner-up) by Orson Scott Card. Includes "The Malodorous Plutocrats" (short story) by Ian Stewart; "Damn Shame" (short story) by Dean R. Lambe; "Sturmkrieg" (short story) by Ronald R. Lambert; "A Bit of High Finance" (short story) by William Croft; "A Far and Foreign Shore" (short story) by Edward A. Byers; "Ernie" (short story) first work published by Timothy Zahn; "Future Food" (science fact) by David Ritchie; "Neglected Technology" (The Alternate View) by G. Harry Stine; "Irreproducible" (editorial); "Biolog: G. Harry Stine." Illustrated by Paul Lehr, Jack Gaughan, Brad Hamann, John Sanchez, Richard Anderson, John H. Butterfield, Jeffrey Terreson.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Light wear. Paul Lehr; Jack Gaughan; Brad Hamann; John Sanchez, Richard Anderson; John H. Butterfield; Jeffrey Terreson (illustrator). September 1979. Edited by Stanley Schmidt. Cover art by Paul Lehr for "Songhouse" (Winner of the 1979 Analog Award for Best Novelette, Hugo and Locus runner-up) by Orson Scott Card. Includes "The Malodorous Plutocrats" (short story) by Ian Stewart; "Damn Shame" (short story) by Dean R. Lambe; "Sturmkrieg" (short story) by Ronald R. Lambert; "A Bit of High Finance" (short story) by William Croft; "A Far and Foreign Shore" (short story) by Edward A. Byers; "Ernie" (short story) first work published by Timothy Zahn; "Future Food" (science fact) by David Ritchie; "Neglected Technology" (The Alternate View) by G. Harry Stine; "Irreproducible" (editorial); "Biolog: G. Harry Stine." Illustrated by Paul Lehr, Jack Gaughan, Brad Hamann, John Sanchez, Richard Anderson, John H. Butterfield, Jeffrey Terreson.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. The issue September 1979 of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Vol 74 # 3, #430. Contains The Gourmet Kidnapper, Jack Ritchie (John George Reitci), A Place of Her Own, Joyce Harrington, Invitation to Murder (Will to Murder), a Nero Wolfe story by Rex Stout, published earlier in the novella collection Three Men Out, Black Wind, Bill Pronzini,The Adventure of the Common Code, Robert L Fish, Queentessential Poepouri, Gerald Tomlinson, The Man Who Stirred Champagne, Hugh Pentecost (Judson Pentecost Philips), The Spy Who Was Alone, Edward D. Hoch, and others. Edge wear with rubbing and creases to the covers. #'" closed tear angling down from the top right spine hinge slightly into the front cover. Light damp stain to the bottom corner of the pages. Library stmap (Cruz Bay Public Library, Cruz Bay, St John US Virgin Islands) at the top of the tittle page. at the edges with creases to the lower fore edge and bottom edge of the front cover. A few stain spots to page 119/120. Light browning to the pages. A fair copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE Standard-sized.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. By Edward Ritchie. No jacket, with light marking and wear to boards, tanned and with a cracked hinge at the opening. Textblock is firm and contents are clean and clear.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Double Issue of 18 Short Stories. Featured are What's Afoot? By Geoffrey Hitchcock, Denbow's Code by Stephen Wasylyk, An Attractive Family by Robert Arthur, Finger Man by Jack Ritchie, Barbarossa and Company by Kathryn Gottlieb, A Burning Issue by Susan Dunlap, The Gold of Mayani by Walter Satterthwait, The Hamburger Mind by Evelyn Payne, Fingering a Killer by Malcolm McClintick, The Alias by Lawton O'Connor, The Nine Eels of Madame Wu by Edward D Hoch, Fire Burning Bright by Brendan DuBois, A Meaningful Relationship by CJ Hursch, Of the Five Who Came by Fletcher Flora, Paquette's Birthday by Herb Henson, Call to Witness by Nancy Schachterle, A Day at the Lake by Ed Poole and Tall Tommy and the Millionaire by SS Rafferty. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of the Collection of 9 Short Stories. Featured are Girls and Boys Together by Julia DeHahn, Assignment: Labyrinth by Edward D Hoch, A Matter of Skating by Lawrence Treat, Good Riddance by Stephen Wasylyk, The Choirboy by William Bankier, That Last Journey by Jack Ritchie, The Split by Percy Spurlark Parker, When Opportunity Knocks by John Lutz, Another Life by Jeffry Scott. Age toning to the spine and pages. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 14 Short Stories. Featured are The Robbery by Gregory Mcdonald, Two of a Kind by Jean Darling, Instant Replay by Jon L Breen, In Love with Death by Isak Romun, The Decisive Moment by Jeffry Scott, Labor Relations by DL Sproule, Outside the Law by Anna Clarke, The Stranger at the Crossroads by James Powell, The Ghost of Claudia McKenny by Jack Ritchie, A Piece of Cake by Donald Olson, The Wrath of Zeus by Margaret Yorke, The Ehrengraf Nostrum by Lawrence Block, A Secret Place by Don Gilbert and the Vanished Steamboat by Edward D Hoch. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 10 short stories. Featured are The Problem of Santa's Lighthouse by Edward D Hoch, Wild Things by Clark Howard, The Speck by Isaac Asimov, Natural Causes by Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Christmas Eve at Lulu's Ed Conrow, The Dark Elf Master of Crack of Doom by James Powell, Flash Attachment by Dell Shannon, The Journey by Jack Ritchie, Beast at the Door by Donald Olson and the Price of Light by Ellis Peters. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 10 Short Stories. Featured are Top Con by Clark Howard, Win Some, Lose Some by Jack Ritchie, A Woman Waits for Me by William Bankier, Wonder Cure by Reg Bretor, A Matter of Conscience by Gary Alexander, A Harmless Vanity by Theda O Henle, The Shanghai Gold Bars by Ta Huang Chi, The Affair of the Reluctant Witness by Erle Stanley Gardner, The Hand of God by Christianna Brand and The Spy and the Walrus Cipher by Edward D Hoch. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 13 Short Stories. Featured are The Scream by Dorothy Salisbury Davis, A Well-Traveled Woman by Donald Olson, The Wrong Hands by Peter Robinson, By Dint of Freak Weather by Peter Turnbull, Song Without Sound by Batya Swift Yasgur, By Letter and Affection by Terry Mullins, Playing Away by Phil Lovesey, A Few Miles South of Nowhere by James A Ritchie, A Serpent's Back by Ian Rankin, Spartan Galley by John F Dobbyn, The Man Who Drowned in Champagne by Edward D Hoch, How Far It Could Go by Lawrence Block and The Weaver by Donet Meynell Clayton. In near fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Double Issue of 20 Short Stories. Featured are The Passing of Mr. Toad by Jeffry Scott, Black Water by Doug Allyn, Sunset on the Padang by Neil Jillett, The Theft of Twenty-Nine Minutes by Edward D Hoch, The Jury Box by Jon L Breen, Come Night, Come Silence by Suzanne Jones, Murder Mystery by Alex Auswaks, Wild Strawberries by James A Ritchie, The Mystery Crossword by Norma Schier, The Eye of the Beholder by Robert Barnard, The Corpse in the Attic by Gunnar Staalesen, Two Feet of Steel by Terry Mullins, The Telephone by Augusto Mario Delfino, Satan and the Printer by Tom Tolnay, Window Shopper by Patrick Ireland, The Final Paragraph by Henry Slesar, The Hit by Michael Z Lewin, Perfect in Every Way by Seymour Shubin, I'll Never Leave You by Donald Olson and Fox in the Briars by Kate Wilhelm. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Double Issue of 19 Short Stories. Featured are Castle Dangerous by Ian Rankin, Never Knew He Had it in Him by Simon Winchester, Haunts by George C Chesbro, Spy at Sea by Edward D Hoch, The Jury Box by Jon L Breen, Groundhog by Bennie Lee Sinclair, A Script for the President by William Bankier, The Haunted Dolls' House by MR James, Masks by Charles Ardai, Trial by Fire Donald Olson, Muzza by Paul Horgan, Anomalies by Stephen Wasylyk, Soul Sculpture by Mauricio-Jose Schwarz, All in the Eyes by Barbara Owens, No Connection by Suzanne Jones, Looking on the Bright Side by Betty Rowlands, The Real West by James A Ritchie, Layover by Ed Gorman and One Small Step by Reginald Hill. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 15 Short Stories. Featured are The Family Circle by Stanley Ellin, Hung Jury by Jack Ritchie, The Old Gray Cat by Joyce Harrington, The Looting of the Tomb by David Ely, No Visible Means by SS Rafferty, The Accident Epidemic by R Brenor, Professional Suicide by TM Adams, The Squirrel Cage by Joy Hunter, The Thing Waiting Outside by Barbara Williamson, The Headache by Wayne J Gardiner, The Man with the Yellow Hair by Barbara Callahan, Persons or Thing Unknown by John Dickson Carr, Classified by Talmage Powell, The Men in Black Raincoats by Pete Hamill and The Problem of the Voting Booth. In Very Good Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 12 Short Stories. Featured are The Treasure of Jack the Ripper by Edward D Hoch, Challenge for Charlie by Brian Garfield, May the Worst Man Win by Carol Cail, The Lady of the Dark Glasses by Jeffry Scott, Found on the Cookbook Shelf by Dorothy A Collins, All Thumbs by Patricia Moore, Death Between Dances by Cornell Woolrich, Back for a Funeral by Nedra Tyre, No Wider Than a Nickel by Jack Ritchie, When in Rome by Patricia Highsmith, The Other Runner by John Lutz and Chambrun Corrects and Imperfection by Hugh Pentecost. Earlier owner's address label on the front cover. In Very Good Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 13 Short Stories. Featured are The Gourmet Kidnaper by Jack Ritchie, A Place of Her Own by Joyce Harrington, Invitation to Murder by Rex Stout, Black Wind by Bill Pronzini, The Fastidious Bank Teller by Richard Roesberg, The Abominable Ad Man by Amy Crossley, The Mysterious Attorney by Vyvyan McAmis Bretz, Cattle Call by William Bankier, The Adventure of the Common Code by Robert L Fish, The Marked Man by David Ely, Queentessential Poepourri by Gerald Tomlinson, The Man Who Stirred Champagne and The Spy Who Was Alone by Edward D Hoch. In Very Good Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 11 Short Stories. Featured are Flowers that Bloom in the Spring by Julian Symons, The Art of Deduction by Robert L Fish, The Woman in the Control Room by William Bankier, Inspector Wexford and the Winchurch Affair by Ruth Rendell, In the Presence of Death by James Holding, Million-to-One Shot by Bill Pronzini and Barry N Malzberg, A Fitting Epitaph by Herschel Cozine, Passport for Charlie by Brian Garfield, The Kindest Man in the World by Henry Slesar, Some Days are Like That by Jack Ritchie and Captain Leopold and the Vanishing Men by Edward D Hoch. In Very Good Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 12 short stories. Featured are Loopy by Ruth Rendell, Mr. Strong and the Pulioned Memo by William Brittain, It Weren't Right by Jane Bosworth, The Masks of Noh by Nan Hamilton, The Final Truth by Jack Ritichie, A Nasty Little Trick by Geoffrey Bush, Small Change by Gary Alexander, Abduction into the Seraglio by Theodore de la Torre-Bueno, Kindred Spirits by Clements Jordan, The Lipkin-Wester Affair by Louis Weinstein, False Arrest by Anthony Bloomsfield, The Second Captain Leopold by Edward D. Hoch. Light reading creases to the cover. Moderate tanning to the pages. In good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 12 short stories. Featured are One Eye Open by Jeremiah Healy, Divine Anger by Robert Barnard, The Coward He'd Always Been by William Bankier, The Theft of the Empty Birdcage by Edward D. Hoch, A Letter From the North by Donald Olson, The Sting of the Hoop Snake by James Powell, The Clean Place by Robert Twohy, This Gun For Hire by Jack Ritchie, Who Gives This Bride? by Thomas Adcock, The Love Motel by Shizuko Natsuki, A Bump in the Night by Carol Cail, The Evidence I Shall Give by H.R.F. Keating. The Jack Ritchie story is a reprint. Light edgewear. Light rubbing to the surface of the cover. In very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 12 short stories. Featured are One Eye Open by Jeremiah Healy, Divine Anger by Robert Barnard, The Coward He'd Always Been by William Bankier, The Theft of the Empty Birdcage by Edward D. Hoch, A Letter From the North by Donald Olson, The Sting of the Hoop Snake by James Powell, The Clean Place by Robert Twohy, This Gun For Hire by Jack Ritchie, Who Gives This Bride? by Thomas Adcock, The Love Motel by Shizuko Natsuki, A Bump in the Night by Carol Cail, The Evidence I Shall Give by H.R.F. Keating. Light edgewear. A 2-inch sticker scar to the front cover where an address label was removed. In good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 14 short stories. Featured are The Midnight Strangler by Jack Ritchie, Charlie in the Tundra by Brian Garfield, A Change in the Program by Robert Twohy, The Golden Dipper by Alvin S. Fick, The Day of the Bookmobile by Patricia McGerr, Writing Was Her Life by Helene Melyan, Night and Day by Helene Melyan, Silent Good Grace by Janet Rechtman, The Fifty-Second Card by Mignon Warner, Crooked Bone Gerald Kersh, The Mulligan Stew by Donald E. Westlake, The Deliverance of Clabo Pender by Stephen Wasylyk, Ninety-Nine Clop Clop by Ron Goulart, Captain Leopold on the Spot by Edward D. Hoch. The Gerlad Kersh story is reprinted from 1968. Earlier owner's name on the table of contents. Light edge wear. In very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 11 short stories. Featured are The Orange Murders by Jack Ritchie, A Deal in Rubies by James Holding, Miss Unwin Goes A-Hunting by H.R.F. Keating, The Landscape of Dreams by John Lutz, Dover Weighs the Evidence by Joyce Porter, Period Piece by Clements Jordan, Pocketful of Noses by James Powell, A Whispering in the Reeds by Patricia Moyes, How I Became a Jeweler by Louis Weinstein, The Contessa Collection by Henry Slesar, A Friend in Need by W. Somerset Maugham, Murder At Tomorrow City by Edward D. Hoch. In fine condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 12 short stories. Featured are The Treasure of Jack the Ripper by Edward D. Hoch, Challenge for Charlie by Brian Garfield, May the Worst Man Win by Carol Cail, The Lady of the Dark Glasses by Jeffry Scott, Found on the Cookbook Shelf by Dorothy A. Collins, All Thumbs by Patricia Moore, Death Between Dances by Cornell Woolrich, Back for a Funeral by Nedra Tyre, No Wider Than a Nickel by Jack Ritchie, When in Rome by Patricia Highsmith, The Other Runner by John Lutz, Chambrun Corrects and Imperfection by Hugh Pentecost. The Woolrich story is a reprint. Light edgewear. Address label on the front cover. A 1-inch closed-tear to the top edge of the rear cover. In good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 14 short stories. Featured are A Case of Innocent Eavesdropping by Helen McCloy, Six Words by Lew Gillis, Stakeout by Thomas Walsh, Perfect Pigeon by Carroll Mayers, Another Wandering Daughter Job by Gerald Tomlinson, The Last of Johnny by Charles R. McConnell, Death Threat by Susan Dunlap, The Photographer and the B.L.P. by James Holding, The Family of E's by Dorothy Benjamin, The Iceman Cooleth by T.M. Adams, The School Bus Caper by Jack Ritchie, Sufficient Unto the Day by Robert Edward Eckels, The Knowten Corners Crime Wave by Stephen Wasylyk, The Theft of the Family Portrait by Edward D. Hoch. Light rubbing to the surface of the cover. Slight edge wear. Light reading creases near spine. In good condition.