Halliday Brett Editor (23 results)

paperback. Condition: New.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: n/a. First Dell printing. Covers show edge wear, light creasing, and rubbing to the surfaces. The spine is square with minor rubbing at the head and foot. The text block is toned throughout, consistent with the age of the paper stock. A faint dampstain is present on the outer edge of the title page and the preceding blank leaf, not affecting the text. The binding is firm and the pages are free of markings or inscriptions.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dell #0542, 1965. Stated first Dell printing. A Fine copy. Includes stories by Robert Bloch, Theodore Sturgeon, Ross Macdonald, and others. Cover art by Bob McGinnis.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Wraps rubbed and tanning. Pages are clean with no markings in text. Glued binding on vintage paperbacks may be brittle Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 128 pp. Digest format. Light edge and corner wear with a crease at the front hinge and a flat uncreased spine; a small black ink mark at the upper right corner of the front cover. This issue contains: Darts of Death - Mike Shayne by Brett Halliday; Deadly Little Green Eyes by Gil Brewer; Accuse Me Please by Lawrence Treat; Death of a Butterfly by Herbert Harris; Rest Assured by John Lutz; The Queer Money by Paul Yawitz; Deadly Perceptions by John F. Dobbyn; and The Corner Room by Clarence Alva Powell. Size: 12mo. Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 128 pp. Digest format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with an uncreased spine. This issue contains: Night of the White Hunter - Mike Shayne by Brett Halliday; Novelettes: The Nameless Crime by Edward D. Hoch; Within the Family by Jack Leavitt; and Short Stories: The Greedy Landlord by Marilyn Whiteside; File No. 348 by Nan Hamilton; Goldfish Bowl by Nick O'Donohoe; The Pro by Robert H. Curtis; Backseat Blues by R. G. Hallawell; and Annie by R. Tuttle. Size: 12mo. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 128 pp. Digest format. Light rubbing on the corners; chipped at the bottom edge of the front cover; a flat uncreased spine. This actually used the same cover art as the February 1975 issue. This issue contains: Seven To Die - Mike Shayne by Brett Halliday; The Hole in the Window by Gary M. Levine; Get Rich Quick by Ernest Savage; He's Not Listening by Bob Lawrence; Brief Case by Charles Hinman; Easy Money by Mike Taylor; and Those Were the Days by Ronald Pomeroy. Size: 12mo. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 130 pp. Digest format. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine. This issue contains: Bury You Later - Mike Shayne by Brett Halliday; Novelets: The Boy in the Casket by Jim Dawson; By the Chimney with Care by Nick O'Donohue; and Short Stories: Man in the Morgue by James M. Reasoner; Double Cross by William Miller; After Class by Edward D. Hoch; Little Birds by Kenneth Moore; A Matter of Pride by R. A. Moore; Graveyard Shift by M. R. James; and The Old College Try by R. Mason. Size: 12mo. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 130 pp. Digest format. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine. This issue contains: Mayhem in the Magic City - a Mike Shayne adventure by Brett Halliday; The Daltonic Fireman by Edward D. Hoch; The Singer at Dawn by James M. Reasoner and L. J. Washburn; Death of a Pulpster by Mike Taylor; Sweet Violets by Michael Avalonne; Time Out for Murder by Larry Sterling; Sweet Alice by Clayton Matthews; and Don't Touch That Dial by Paul Gleeson. Size: 12mo. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 130 pp. Digest format. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine. This issue contains: The Santa Claus Killer - a novelet by Mel D. Ames; Death in the Dailies by Brett Halliday. Short Stories: The Next One's for Real by Michael Scott Cain; The Bun Man by Lee Duigon; A Real Phony by Dov Ben Galil; Deadly Dancer by William Stetson; A Mother's Heart by Talmage Powell; 'Twas the Night Past the Murder - verse by Vicki Shaull Carleton; Fu Manchu Revisited - an article by Michael Avallone, illustrated by Frank Hamilton; and Mike Shamus by Fred Fredericks; along with all the usual features. Size: 12mo. Book. …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dell 1964 1st ed. PBO 174pp. Very good with very light wear, toning to inside cover and page margins. See photos sr 3/6.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Acceptable dust jacket. Dampstained. Short gifter's inscription on front endpage. Dust jacket price clipped. In protective mylar cover. (mystery fiction).

First Edition. First Printing. Very Good condition. Dell D 542.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (mystery, detective fiction, short stories, anthology) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: vg.

Condition: Good. Dell Publishing Co. 1959.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good. See scans and description. New York: Renown Publications, Inc., 1979. The July, 1979 issue of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, that being Volume 43, Number 7. 12mo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 130 pp. Very Good - and better than the typical VG of the series, with stiffer, brighter covers and somewhat less age toning to the pages. Small penciled "x" on front cover, and another on the contents page; touch edge wear. Zoom on scans. Sharp example of this inexpensively-produced series (see all scans). Superior spine. Firmly bound, and very readable, should you choose to do that; also collectible, in several categories. Lead story, "The Guadeloupe Caper", is by Brett Halliday, the creator of the great fictional detective after which this series is named. Other contributors include Dick Stodghill; Jerry Jacobson; Charles E. Fritch; Robert Turner; Morgan Powell; Mike Taylor; M.J. Shimmel; John Ball; and Larry T. Shaw. See scan of contents for story list. L202.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good. See scans and description. New York: Renown Publications, Inc., 1972. The March, 1972 issue of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, that being Volume 30, Number 4. 12mo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 128 pp. Very Good, with small "x" on front cover (scan); covers are moderately rubbed in places; white-background rear cover shows some soil; the inevitable age-toning to the newsprint-paper interior pages is of the standard degree, for this inexpensively-produced series (see all scans). Superior spine. Firmly bound, and very readable, should you choose to do that; also collectible, in several categories. Lead story, "A Man of Violence", is by Brett Halliday, the creator of the great fictional detective after which this series is named. Other contributors include Richard O'Brien; Edward D. Hoch; Thomas N. Scortia; A.F. Oreschnick; Edwin Schorb; Herbert Harris; and Jerry Jacobson. See scan of contents for story list. L202.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good. See scans and description. New York: Renown Publications, Inc., 1972. The April, 1972 issue of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, that being Volume 30, Number 5. 12mo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 128 pp. Very Good, with lightly penciled "x" on front cover and on contents page (see scans); both off-white covers are moderately soiled; the inevitable age-toning to the newsprint-paper interior pages is of the standard degree, for this series (see all scans). Superior spine. Firmly bound, and very readable, should you choose to do that; also collectible, in several categories. Lead story, "Danger: Michael Shayne at Work", is by Brett Halliday, the creator of the great fictional detective after which this series is named. Other contributors include Jerry Jacobson; Reuben F. Vigil; Jack Foxx; P.A. Brisco; Clayton Matthews; Gerald Franklyn; and Joann S. Scheb. See scan of contents for story list. L202. …

Hardcover. Condition: NF. nVG.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Contains 'The Undertaker Sleeps by Day' by Davis; 'Jinx' by Umsted; 'Masked Menace' by Sneddon; 'The Loquacious Lizard' by Sale; 'Something for Their Money' by McAnulty; 'Handwriting Secrets' by King; 'The Fatherland of Otto Bloch' by Paige; 'Death Rides a Winner' (Part 4 of 5) by Halliday; 'They're Swindling You!' by Wrentmore; and 'Solving Cipher Secrets' by Ohaver. Light chipping around the edges of the front and rear covers. Browning to the pages but they are generally otherwise unmarked. Illustrations at the beginning of each story. Cover illustration by Emmett Watson. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Watson, Emmett (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 283 pages. First edition, first printing. Stories from Robert Bloch, Stephen Marlowe, Ross MacDonald, Davis Dresser & Richard Deming. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with a small chip to the top of the back cover and very slight rubbing to the corners. A beautiful copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. B.C.E. A solid spine with light edge rubbings. The dustjacket has light edge rubbings. No store stamp. Stories by :Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur B.Reeves, John Dickson Carr, Ellery Queen, Dasheill Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner, Robert Hart Davis, Raymond Chandler, Brett Halliday, Orson Welles, Leslie Charteris, John Greasey, Francis Durbridge, H.R.F. Keating. …