Pentecost Michael (70 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of thirteen short stories. Featured are The Weapon Out of the Past by Edward D. Hoch, Punishment to Fit the Crime by Robert L. Fish, The Angel's Hair by John F. Suter, Darkening Shadows by Patricia L. Schulze, Jury Duty by Henry T. Parry, Spiderzan's Revenge by Anne Perkins Dewey, Sudden Death by Hal Charles, She Will Live Forever by D. O. Bell, In Old Edinburgh by Edward Wellen, Web of Circumstance by Donald Olson, Jericho and the Cardboard Box by Hugh Pentecost, Bears Watching by John C. Boland, The M Route by Michael Gilbert. Remains of an address label on the front cover. Light reading creases to the cover and spine. Slight edge wear. In fair condition.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The issue April 1975 of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Vol 65 # 4, #377. Contains Kill Now - Pay Later, a Nero Wolfe story by Rex Stout, published earlier in the novella collection Trio for Blunt Instruments , The Spy Who Took a Vacation, Edward D. Hoch, Mrs Ferguson vs JM, Michael Gilbert, Death Watch, Gerald Tomlinson, Chambrun and the Melting Swan Hugh Pentecost (Judson Pentecost Philips), and others. Very light wear at the edges with creases to the lower fore edge and bottom edge of the front cover. Foxing to the verso of the front cover. Rippling to the covers that suggest moisture exposure but no stains. Light browning to the pages. A good copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 13 short stories. Featured are The Man Who Shot The Werewolf by Edward D. Hoch, Kidnapping-British Style by Anthony Bloomfield, Happy Birthday, Darling by Joyce Harrington, Revival in Eastport by Jon L. Breen, Jericho and the Million-to-One Club by Hugh Pentecost, Mr. Fixit by Ernest Savage, On the Path by Ruth Rendell, The Stillness at 3:25 by Thomas Walsh, Old Man's Bargin by Carol Weiss Rosenberg, Devil's Advocate by William Bankier, Mrs. Craggs in the House of Lords by H.R.F. Keating, The Private Eye Who Collected Pulps by Bill Pronzini, Verdict of Three by Michael Gilbert. Earlier owner's name on the first page. Light edgewear. In very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 11 short stories. Featured are The Man At The Top by Michael Gilbert, Match Race by Jon L. Breen, The Clue of the Click by John Storm Roberts, The Perfect Jewel by Nedra Tyre, Chamburn and the Obvious Clue by Hugh Pentecost, The Calendar Chest by Marilyn Pribus, Money Talks, Chick! by S.S. Rafferty, What's That Word? by Dorothy A. Collins, The Woman Who Took The Local Paper by Seicho Matsumoto, None So Blind by Isaac Asimov, The Theft of the Firefighter's Hat by Edward D. Hoch. Light edge wear. Slight creasing to the front cover. In good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 12 short stories. Featured are The Way to Do It by Jack Ritchie, The Secret Fate of Fitchew by Alan K. Young, Five Clerihews by Jacques Barzun, Old Killeen's Promise by Thomas Walsh, The Last Full Measure by Hugh Pentecost, Last request by Audree Distad, Welcome to Westfield by William F. Laus, The Cartiere Cross by Diana Schrader, Do It Yourself by Michael J. Oelrich, A Place to Grow by Timothy Childs, Down This Mean Street by Robert Twohy, A Suitable Revenge by Patricia Moyes. The Hug Pentecost story was published earlier under Judson Philips originally titled "The Dagger" in 1953. Light edge wear. In very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 1 short novel and 12 short stories. Featured are short novel - Mom Remembers by James Yaffe. The short stories: File #2: Stakeout on Page Street by Joe Gores, The Murder in the Rue Royal by Michael Harrison, With The Compliments of Comus by Ellery Queen, No Witness on the Waterfront by Hugh Pentecost, Father Crumlish Celebrates Christmas by Alice Scanlan Reach, A Pearl Among Women by Julian Symons, The Father Christmas Job by Edgar Wallace, The Second Nail by Stuart Cloete, First Offense by Stephen Dentinger, A Feline Felony by Lael J. Littke. The EQMM First Stories are: The Burning of a Watch by Eve Christmas, The Promise of His Coming by Mel D. Ames. The Ellery Queen story was originally published in 1948 under the title The Dauphin's Doll. The Edgar Wallace story give no date but was originally published under the title The Buoy that Did Not Light. Light edge wear. Light tanning to the cover and the pages. In very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 9 short stories and one novelette. Featured are Detective Stories: A World of Envelopes by Hugh Pentecost, Pick Up the King by Michael Gilbert, Fountain of Youth by William W. Stuart, Message in a Bottle by Phyllis Bentley. Detective Novelette: Gift for the Bride by Rufus King. Crime Stories: The Letter of the Law by Dan Knowlton, The Devil Inside by R.F. Darrington, The Shy Man and the Lemon Tarts by Michael Zuroy, Born for Trouble by Pierre Audemars. Black Mask Magazine: Ace in the Hole by Alfred Martinez. Light rubbing to the surface of the cover. Light edge wear. In very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First appearance first printing of this collection of 2 New Detective Novelets, 1 Detective Short Novel - Complete and 10 short stories. Collected here are the following: 2 New Detective Novelete: In the Middle of Nowhere by Hugh Pentecost, The One and Only Bernie by Charles Green. The Detective Short Novel - The "Laughing Man" Murders by Patrick Quentin. Crime Short Stories and Secret Service: Flint's Diamonds by Victor Canning, A Warm Day in November by John Bell Clayton, A Question of Neighborliness by David Ely, What Would You Do? by Mavin Rossman, The Caper of the Century by Margaret Austin, Melodrama in Three Acts by Michael Gilbert, A Break in the Weather by Talmage Powell. Black Mask Magazine story: Town Hero by Edwin P. Hicks. Department of Famous Literary Figures: The Luminous Face by Mark Van Doren. EQMM "First Story": One Morning in the Park by Barbara Fried. There is a inch of separation between the bottom corner and the spine on the rear cover. In good condition.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 58, no. 6 (Whole No. 337). Edited by Eleanor Sullivan. Includes "Jericho and the Dead Clue" by Hugh Pentecost; "Miss Phipps Is Too Modest" by Phyllis Bentley; "Report on a Broken Bridge" by Dennis O'Neil; "Ponsonby and the Classic Cipher" by Alan K. Young; "Captain Leopold Does His Job" by Edward D. Hoch; "The Case of the Untraceable Guns" by Raymond D. Stenzel; "K As in Kidnapping" by Lawrence Treat; "Accessories After the Fact" by Michael Gilbert; "To Find a Millionaire" by Florence V. Mayberry; "Thirteen" by R. L. Stevens; "The Dark Place" by Richard A. Selzer; "Agony Column" by Barry N. Malzberg; "The Hot Tamales Murder Case" by J. F. Peirce; "The Jury Box" by John Dickson Carr; "Index to Volume Fifty-Eight" Loose pages; tears; tape- and ghosts; minor soiling. Reading copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Vol. 58, no. 3 (Whole No. 334). Edited by Eleanor Sullivan. Includes "A Matter of Equine Ballistics" (novelet) by R. Bretnor; "Comedy of Discomfiture" (novelet) by Michael Innes; "To Catch a Spy" by Robert Edward Eckels; "The Will-o'-the-Wisp Mystery" by Mr. X; "Hot Roof in Sydney" by John P. Gilders; "How I Murdered My Wife" by Len Gray; "Pierre Chambrun and the Last Run" by Hugh Pentecost; "Lost Generation" by Dorothy Salisbury Davis; "Will Somebody Kindly Tell Me?" by McGarry Morley; "Three Men in a Tomb" by James Powell; "The Bitter Years" by Dana Lyon; "Excercise Number One" by John Pierce; "Yellow Fever" (First Story) by Steve Sherman; "The Jury Box" by John Dickson Carr. Rear foredge has been wet and is wavy; tape at spine head; old price sticker on front; lean; minor soiling; tanning.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 73, no. 6 (Whole No. 427). Cover photo of Agatha Christie. Includes "The Man at the Top" by Michael Gilbert; "Match Race" by Jon L. Breen; "The Clue of the Click" by John Storm Roberts; "The Perfect Jewel" by Nedra Tyre; "Chambrun and the Obvious Cklue" by Hugh Pentecost; "The Calendar Chest" by Marilyn Pribus; "Money Talks, Chick!" by S. S. Rafferty; "What's That Word?" by Dorothy A. Collins; "The Woman Who Took the Local Paper" by Seicho Matsumoto; "None So Blind" by Isaac Asimov; "The Theft of the Firefighter's Hat" by Edward D. Hoch; "Mystery Newsletter" by Otto Penzler & Chris Steinbrunner; "The Jury Box" by Jon L. Breen; "Index to Volume Secenty-Three". Tanning; creasing; minor scuffs and tears; small scars to rear may be label pulls.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 73, no. 2 (Whole No. 423). Byline cover with Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. Includes "The Man Who Shot the Werewolf" by Edward D. Hoch; "Kidnaping - British Style" by Anthony Bloomfield; "Happy Birthday, Darling" by Joyce Harrington; "Revival in Eastport" by Jon L. Breen; "Jericho and the Million-to-One Clue" by Hugh Pentecost; "Mr. Fixit" by Ernest Savage; "On the Path" by Ruth Rendell; "The Stillness at 3:25" by Thomas Walsh; "Old Man's Bargain" by Carol Weiss Rosenberg; "Devil's Advocate" by William Bankier; "Mrs. Craggs in the House of Lords" by H. R. F. Keating; "The Private Eye Who Collected Pulps" by Bill Pronzini; "Verdict of Three" by Michael Gilbert; "Mystery Newsletter" by Otto Penzler & Chris Steinbrunner; "The Jury Box" by Jon L. Breen. Creasing; tanning; minor rear cover wet spots; corner wear; short tear at spine heel. No label, never was.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 58, no. 6 (Whole No. 337). Edited by Eleanor Sullivan. Includes "Jericho and the Dead Clue" by Hugh Pentecost; "Miss Phipps Is Too Modest" by Phyllis Bentley; "Report on a Broken Bridge" by Dennis O'Neil; "Ponsonby and the Classic Cipher" by Alan K. Young; "Captain Leopold Does His Job" by Edward D. Hoch; "The Case of the Untraceable Guns" by Raymond D. Stenzel; "K As in Kidnapping" by Lawrence Treat; "Accessories After the Fact" by Michael Gilbert; "To Find a Millionaire" by Florence V. Mayberry; "Thirteen" by R. L. Stevens; "The Dark Place" by Richard A. Selzer; "Agony Column" by Barry N. Malzberg; "The Hot Tamales Murder Case" by J. F. Peirce; "The Jury Box" by John Dickson Carr; "Index to Volume Fifty-Eight" Lean; stress; creasing; tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. Hardcover, no dust jacket issued. Printed cloth cover with a separate banner for each title, has minor crushing to top and bottom of the spine, hard, straight boards. The pages are clean, unmarked and firmly bound. This book is in very fine condition.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. First Edition. [1st printing](1970); #7. Includes "Stikkeren" by Hugh Pentecost; "Advokat pa afveje" by Louis Gregory Low; "Det store smykkekup!" by Anthony Gilbert; "Et spil om liv og dod" by Roy Lester-Pond; "Manddrab" by A. H. Z. Carr; "Pa vid g. ." by Elsin Ann Gardner; "Billetter til de fortabte" by Edward D. Hoch; "bag fjendens linjer" by Michael Gilbert. (Apologies for errors, we are not Danish speakers.) Small, creased bump/tear at front foredge, cover and following three pages; tanning; sticker on rear; minor scuffs and a little rubbing.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. 1st printing, 1981. Digest-sized. Cover photo. Includes "Introduction"; "The Last Answer" by Hal Ellson; "The Gracious, Pleasant Life of Mrs. Afton" by Patricia Highsmith; "Credit To Shakespeare" by Julian Symons; "Blood Brothers" by Christianna Brand; "The Opposite Number" by Jacob Hay; "The Beddoes Scheme" by James Powell; "The Lithuanian Eraser Mystery" by Jon L. Breen; "Wit's End" by Michael Harrison; "A Matter of Equine Ballistics" by R. Bretnor; "The Man Who Never Told a Lie" by Isaac Asimov; "Over the Borderline" by Jeff Sweet; "Whatever Happened to Barty Wilson?" by Mary Braund; "Mr. Strang Picks Up the Pieces" by William Brittain; "Dover Does Some Spadework" by Joyce Porter; "C as in Crime" by Lawrence Treat; "The Long Cry for Help" by Hugh Pentecost; "The Adventure of the Three R's" by Ellery Queen; "The Tiger of the Mekong" by MacLean O'Spelin; "Night Fear" by Lika Van Ness; "The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage" by Ernest Bramah; "Blind Man's Bluff" by Roy Vickers. Tanning; foxing; rear cover a little soiled; minor bug damage and creasing; edge and corner wear; top end marked in green spray.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 45, no. 4 (Whole No. 257). Edited by Clayton Rawson. Includes "Operation Prometheus" by Michael Gilbert; "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" (short novel) by Hugh Pentecost; "The Botany Pattern" by Victor Canning; "Something Rare and Beautiful" by Olga Marx; "Death By Drowning?" by Lawrence G. Blochman; "The Prevalence of Monsters" by Thomas B. Dewey; "The Impossible Murder of Dr. Satanus" by William Krohn; "Souffle Surprise" by Vincent McConnor; "The Ides of Michael Magoon" by Ellery Queen; "The Way Home" by Richard M. Gordon; "A Sad and Bloody hour" by Joe Gores; "The Most Ethical Man in the Business" by Richard Deming; "Hardcover and Paperbacks of the Month"; "Best Mysteries of the Month" by Anthony Boucher. Creasing; a little soiling; tanning; edge and corner wear.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 41, no. 2 (Whole No. 231). Includes "Justice Has a High Price" by Pat McGerr; "the cape Triangular" (novelette) by Cornell Woolrich; "Gracious, Pleasant Life of Mrs. Afton" by Patricia Highsmith; "Fish Story" by Leslie Gordon Barnard; "Darl I Luv U" by Joe Gores; "Delinquent Account" by Hugh Pentecost; "The Happy Days Club" by James M. Ullman; "The Last Word" by William P. McGivern; "The Richard Cory Murder Case" by Manly Wade Wellman; "Mystery at the Library of Congress" by Ellery Queen; "Home Office: 221B Baker Street" (first story) by Robert & Michael Zimler; "Two Poems" by Edwin Arlington Robinson; "Mystery Hardbacks of the Month"; "Mystery Paperbacks of the Month"; "Best Mysteries of the Month". Lean; tape at spine heel; creasing; edge and corner wear; light rubbing; mild tanning.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. George Salter (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. Vol 27 # 4 of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1956. Contains stories by Hugh Pentecost (A Matter of Justice), H G Wells (Mr Brisher's Treasure), Mignon G Eberhart (Dangerous Widows), Michael Gilbert (After All These Years), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (The Notary of Perigueux), John Buchan (Sing a Song of Sixpence), Frederick Nebel (Chance is Sometimes an Enemy), and others. Light wear at the edges with mild browning. .5" loss at the top of the spine with some rubbing to the hinges. 1.25" x .125" chip at the lower middle of the right spine hinge. A good to very good copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. No store stamps. --- Oct, 1973 issue. --- Crime stories including authors: ---- Philip MacDonald / Edward D. Hoch / Robert Twohy / William Bankier / Lillian de la Torre / Josh Pachter /Kelly H. Blau / Junius T. Podrug / Henry T. Parry / Jon L. Breen / Robert Rdward Eckels / Michael Gilbert / Florence V. Mayberry / Gerald Kersh / Hugh Pentecost. . .See photos for additional content. . .

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 42, no. 4 (Whole No. 239). Includes "Murder de Luxe" (short novel) by Hugh Pentecost; "The Bleeding Ceiling" by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.; "The Devil Will Surely Come" by Arthur Porges; "Fear and Trembling's" by Michael Gilbert; "The Queerodds" by Don Knowlton; "The Stock Market Mystery" by James M. Ullman; "A Sense of Dynasty" by Holly Roth; "I'd Know You Anywhere" by Edward D. Hoch; "Special feature: L.A., U.S.A. - as Raymond Chandler Saw It" by Philip Durham; "The Machine in Professor Hathaway's hand" & "Like Flipping a Coin" (First & Second) by Alice Sokoloff; "Hardcover and Paperbacks of the Month"; "Best Mysteries of the Month" by Anthony Boucher. Ceasing; edge and corner nicks and wear; slight cup ring to front; mild tanning.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 24, No. 3 (Whole No. 130). Cover art by Salter. Includes "Diamonds in Paradise" by Ellery Queen; "When Are People Going to Learn?" by John F. Suter; "The Customer Is Not Always Right" by Michael Gilbert; "The Man Out of the Rain" by Philip MacDonald; "Murder Plays Through" (novelette) by Hugh Pentecost; "The Unexpected" by Jack London; "Bad Check" by Hodding Carter; "You Know What, Teacher?" by Zenna Henderson; "A Posteriori" by Helen Simpson; "Do a Dame a Favor?" by Norbert Davis; "Best of Friends" by Babette Rosmond; "Detective Directory" by Robert P. Mills. Rubbing; tanning; minor creasing.

Condition: Good. 4th. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Davis Publications 1965 1st ed. 162pp Very good with light wear and rubbing to covers, crease to spine, pages lightly toned. bx812.

single_issue_magazine. Condition: Acceptable. Digest size magazine. Reading copy. Front cover has right edge cut.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. George Salter (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. Vol 24 # 129 of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1954. Contains stories by Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay & Manfred Bennington Lee - Diamonds in Paradise), John F Suter (When Are the People Going to Learn?), Michael Gilbert (The Customer is Not Always Right), Philip MacDonald (The Man Out of the Rain), Hugh Pentecost (Judson Pentecost Philips - Murder Plays Through), Jack London (The Unexpected), Hodding Carter (William Hodding Carter II - Bad Check), Zenna Henderson (You Know What, Teacher?), Helen Simpson (Helen de Guerry Simpson - A Posteriori), Norbert Davis (Do a Dame a Favor?), Babette Rosmond (Best of Friends), and others. Light wear at the edges. The color on the cover and spine is exceptionally bright. Very small horizontal closed tear to the fore edge of pages 137 through the end. The interior is clean and tight. Light browning to the pages. A very good or better copy.

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Book Club edition. (mystery, fiction, crime, detective) 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. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good Condition.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Detective Book Club edition. (detective stories) 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.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. UK1ST.EDITION.1ST.PRINTING.NEAR VG-A TIGHT COPY WITH SPINE RUBBED AND HAS A LITLE MISSING.A NICE LOOKING COPY THAT I THINK CONTAINS A PATRICIA HIGHSMITH SHORT STORY-MAN'S BEST FRIEND, AND MICHAEL GILBERT'S PETRELLA'S HOLIDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME.box 1.