Robert Shayne (76 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good Condition- May show some limited signs of wear and may have a black line or red dot on edge of pages. Pages and dust cover are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 11 pieces of writing including novelettes, short stories and poetry. Featured are Sepoy by Tom Purdom (novelette), The Man in the Red Suit by Diane Maples (novelette), Second Chance by Mary Rosenblum (novelette), The Nutcracker Coup by Janet Kagan (novelette), Alfred by Lisa Goldstein (short story), The Walk by Greg Egan (short story), Thanatrope by Mark W Tiedemann (short story), The Sound of the River by M Shayne Bell (short story), Looking Glass by Robert Frazier and James Patrick Kelly (poetry), Terraforming Byzantium by Bonita Kale (poetry) and Christmas Day, Give or Take a Week by Lawrence Schimel (poetry). In Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 18 pieces of writing including an In Memoriam to Isaac Asimov, novellas, novelettes, short stories and poetry. Featured are Gypsy Trade by R Garcia Y Robertson (novella), Outnumbering the Dead by Frederik Pohl (novella), Sepulcher by Ben Bova (novelette), The Satanic Illusion by L Sprague de Camp (novelette), Trail of Crumbs by Melanie Tem (novelette), Above Ancient Seas by Alexander Jablokov (novelette), The Critic of the Hearth by Isaac Asimov (short story), Persephone by Kathe Koja (short story), All Vows by Esther M Friesner (short story), Burger Love by Robert Reed (short story) Ink from the New Moon by AA Attanasio (short story), The Lord of the Land Beyond (Book One) by Larry Tritten (short story), Private Gravity by Kathleen Ann Goonan (poetry), Elizabeth I: One Seeing Persephone Walk Through the Gates of Hell by M Shayne Bell (poetry), Planet: For Sale by Amy Cubellis (poetry), The Physicist, Falling by James Patrick Kelly (poetry) and A Robot's Farewell to the Master by Ace G Pilkington (poetry). In Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 8 pieces of writing including a novella length essay, novelettes and short stories. Featured are Xenogenesis by Harlan Ellison (novella length essay), The Death Artist by Alexander Jablokov (novelette), Mrs. Byres and the Dragon by Keith Roberts (novelette), The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured his Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk by Dafyddab Hugh, Toward Kilimanjaro by Ian McDonald (novelette), Stealing for the Record by Robert Frazier (short story), Dry Niger by M Shayne Bell (short story) and Bears Discover Fire by Terry Bisson (short story). In Fine Condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Jacket design by Shayne Washburn / RBMM (illustrator). 1st Edition. Inscribed and signed (well, actually initialed with a cryptic "RBP" in ink to the title page) by the author. Number line complete 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 -- the first printing. OK, the teens shot up their prep school. But gadfly Spenser insists on knowing why -- and where they got the handguns. Not price clipped; $24.95 / Canada $35.00 original price still showing. 295 pp. Reduced from $21. Inscribed by Author(s).

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. Vol. 37, no. 2. Edited by Cylvia Kleinman. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "Death Wears a Velvet Glove" (short Mike Shayne novel) by Brett Halliday; "A Woman Seven Feet Tall" (novelet) by Robert W. Alexander; "A Rope Through His Ear" (novelet) by James Holding; "Twine" by Edward D. Hoch; "Death of a Bookie" by Herbert Harris; "The Old Home Place" by Robert Chesmore; "The Bubble" by Robert Alan Blair; "Hang for a Sheep" by Edward Wellen. Illustrations are uncredited. Edgewear with nicks and dings; minor soiling/stains; creasing; sticker ghost on front; tanning. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 38, no. 6. Edited by Cylvia Kleinman. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "Murder After Midnight" (short novel) by Brett Halliday; "Summer of Vengance" (novelet) by Jerry Jacobson & Sonny Alvarez; "Death Is My Passenger" (novelet) by Charles W. Runyon; "Look Before You Shoot" by Robert Hoskins; "Change of Luck" by Charles M. Andrews; "The Confession" by Sam Wilson; "Murder Comes to School" by M. G. Ogan; "The Handy Man" by Marion M. Markham .Creasing; tanning edge and corner wear; red ink smudges on rear; initials on first page in pencil. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 38, no. 6. Edited by Cylvia Kleinman. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "Murder After Midnight" (short novel) by Brett Halliday; "Summer of Vengance" (novelet) by Jerry Jacobson & Sonny Alvarez; "Death Is My Passenger" (novelet) by Charles W. Runyon; "Look Before You Shoot" by Robert Hoskins; "Change of Luck" by Charles M. Andrews; "The Confession" by Sam Wilson; "Murder Comes to School" by M. G. Ogan; "The Handy Man" by Marion M. Markham .Creasing; tanning. Tipped in cigarette ad. Book.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. Vol. 40, no. 1. Edited by Sam Merwin, Jr. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "Murder Maker" (short novel) by Brett Halliday; "Death in the Parlor" (novelet) by Philip Donald; "Live by the Sword" by Melanie Dulac; "The Cupcakes" by T. A. Keohane; "The Streak" by Michael Cassutt; "Thirteen Cents for the First Ounce" by Mary L. Testa; "To Stalk a Spectre" by Robert E. Tepperman; "The Hijackers" by Lorraine Marise. Bumped at upper foredge with creasing and bend; creasing; tanning. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 45, no. 3. Edited by Charles E. Fritch. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "Three Strikes - You're Dead!" (short novel) by Brett Halliday; "Run, Rabbit Run" (novelet) by Clayton Matthews & Leo Whitaker; "Operation Good Samaritan" (novelet) by Dan J. Marlowe; "The Hands That Feeds" by Steve Schlich; "Guilt Trip" by Paul Powlesland; "The Long ball" by Robert Chesmore; "Neatness Doesn't Count" by Michael Stephenson; "The Mummy Buyer" by Joe R. Lansdale. Features: "Mike Shayne Mystery Makers"; "Mike's Mail"; "The Shadow; A Golden Age Pulp hero as seen through teh eyes of. . ." Michael Avallone & Frank Hamilton; "Mike Shamus" (cartoon strip) by Fred Fredericks; "Stiff Competition" (book reviews) by John Ball. Stress; creasing; lean. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 45, no. 9. Edited by Charles E. Fritch. Cover art by Merle Keller. Includes "Killer's Cruise" by Brett Halliday; "Bucknell's Law" by Clayton Matthews; "Going to Pot" by Patty Mathews; "Uncle Max Was Bleeding" by Arthur Moore; "Dear Strangler" by Gary Brandner; "The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend" by Dan J. Marlowe; "Blarney" by Richard Laymon; "Counselor at Law" by Carl Panzran; "The Brass Ring" by Jack Matcha; "Night Run" by William L. Story; "Stumped" by Robert Lopestri; Special Features: "Mike Shayne's Mystery Makers"; "The Phantom Detective; Another Golden Age Pulp Hero Revisited" by Michael Avallone & Frank Hamilton; "Mike Shamus" (cartoon strip) by Fred Fredericks; "Stiff Competition" (book reviews) by John Ball; "Mike's Mail". Creasing; tanning; corner wear; pen tests on front. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 47, no. 5. Edited by Charles E. Fritch. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "The Hunting of Mike Shayne" (short novel) by Brett Halliday; "Ghost Writer" (novelet) by J. W. Sternquist; "Dead Easy" by Paul Bishop; "See Jack Run" by Robert Chesmore; "The Tinker's Legs" by Jean Darling; "A Fine Figure" by Richard B. Givan; "Death Affair" by Percy Spurlark Parker; "Such a Neighborhood" by Gerry Maddren; "Reef Diver" by William M. Stephens. Features: "Stiff Competition" (book reviews) by John Ball; "Mike Shayne Mystery Makers"; "From the Crime Fighter's Catalog". Creasing and a little edgewear; tanning; minor soiling. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 46, no. 10. Edited by Charles E. Fritch. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "Murder from Beyond the Grave" (novelet) by Brett Halliday; "Hallowe'en Madness" (novelet) by Mel D. Ames; "Cestus" (novelet) by W. L. Fieldhouse; "The Zurich Solution" by William F. Nolan; "A Day in the Death of Peter Swaggurt" by Robert Silverstein; "Footsteps of Death" by Dick Stodghill; "The Blind Quietus" by Thom Montgomery. Features: "Stiff Competition" (book reviews) by John Ball. Creasing; lean; #10 on top end. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 44, no. 7. Edited by Charles E. Fritch. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "Encore for Death" (short novel) by Brett Halliday; "The Turning Point" by Hal Charles; "Girl in the Dark" by Chester H. Carlfi; "In the Cards" by Alan J. Warren; "A Company Man" by Patrick Scaffetti; "Man With the Cigarette" by Robert Edmond Alter; "A Passing Stranger" by Edward D. Hoch; "The Enigma of Andrew Marler" by Mel D. Ames; "Bells" by Gary Arpin; "Obituary" by Thomas Dwyer. Special Features: "Mike Shayne Mystery Makers"; "Who's Who in the Pulps" (quiz); "Strange, But True"; "Mike Shamus" (cartoon strip) by Fred Fredericks; "Ed Noon's Minute Mysteries" by Mike Avallone; "Mike's Mail"; "Stiff Competition" (book reviews) by John Ball. Creasing; light roll. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 45, no. 9. Edited by Charles E. Fritch. Cover art by Merle Keller. Includes "Killer's Cruise" by Brett Halliday; "Bucknell's Law" by Clayton Matthews; "Going to Pot" by Patty Mathews; "Uncle Max Was Bleeding" by Arthur Moore; "Dear Strangler" by Gary Brandner; "The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend" by Dan J. Marlowe; "Blarney" by Richard Laymon; "Counselor at Law" by Carl Panzran; "The Brass Ring" by Jack Matcha; "Night Run" by William L. Story; "Stumped" by Robert Lopestri; Special Features: "Mike Shayne's Mystery Makers"; "The Phantom Detective; Another Golden Age Pulp Hero Revisited" by Michael Avallone & Frank Hamilton; "Mike Shamus" (cartoon strip) by Fred Fredericks; "Stiff Competition" (book reviews) by John Ball; "Mike's Mail". Creasing; tanning. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Robert McGinnis (cover) (illustrator). First Thus. A 1st print (stated) from the mid 1960s of the 2nd Dell edition of a collection of mystery stories from the late 1930s through the early 1950s selected by Mike Shayne. Dell 1651. Reprints Dell 77. GGA cover. Contents include Gloria in Hang That Husband High by Bruno Fischer, Stella - The Statement of Jerry Malloy by Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White), Mona in Women are Poison by Brett Halliday (Davis Dresser), Beverly in Witness for the Prosecution by Q Patrick (Hugh Callingham Wheeler), Lynn in Rhapsody in Blood by Harold Q Masur and others. Light edge wear. The lightly browned pages are clean and crisp. A very good copy.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Robert McGinnis (cover) (illustrator). 1st Edition. #1651, with 40 cents price. 12 short stories of lovely but deadly ladies by Anthony Boucher, Q. Patrick, Brett Halliday, Frank Gruber, etc. Book is missing the title page, but otherwise intact. Possibly meant to be that way. There is a reading crease along the spine and a small tear on the back cover and a few rear pages.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 37, no. 6. Edited by Cylvia Kleinman. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "The Case of the Reluctant Millionaire" (short novel) by Brett Halliday; "Vincent Teresa: Bum on the Run" (New True Mafia Feature) by David Mazroff; "Come to My Murder" (novelet) by Peter Germano; "The Embalming Room" by Edwin P. Hicks; "Under the Circumstances" by Robert H. Curtis; "The Plunge" by Talmage Powell; "Death in the Garden" by Dan Ross; "Retaliation" by Mary Linda Boggia. A little creasing; bumps and dings; light tanning. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 42, no. 5. Edited by Sam Merwin, Jr. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "Night of the White Hunter" (short Mike Shayne novel) by Brett Halliday; "The Nameless Crime" (novelet) by Edward D. Hoch; "Within the Family" (novelet) by Jack Leavitt; "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; "Annie" by R. Tuttle.Creasing; edge and corner nicks and wear with small loss at lower frotn cover foredge corner; tanning. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. 45, no. 6. Edited by Charles E. Fritch. Cover art by Keller. Includes "Byline for Murder" (short novel) by Brett Halliday; "Billionaires Die, Too" (novelet) by Jean Darling; "The Payoff" by Edward Wellen; "Harvey's Smile" by John Keefauver; "Authoress of Death" by Vicki Shaull Carleton; "Burton's Beat" by Robert Lopresti; "The Real Thing" by Elizabeth St. Clair; "Shepherd of the Valley" by Susanne Shaphren; "Edgar Allan's Trunk" by Jay Fox. Special Features: "Mike Shayne's Mystery Makers"; "The Spider" (Golden Age Pulp Heroes) by Michael Avallone & Frank Hamilton; "Mike's Mail"; "Stiff Competition" (book reviews) by John Ball; "Mike Shamus" (cartoon strip) by Fred Fredericks. Mild tanning; corner wear; slight rubbing. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 44, no. 7. Edited by Charles E. Fritch. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "Encore for Death" (short novel) by Brett Halliday; "The Turning Point" by Hal Charles; "Girl in the Dark" by Chester H. Carlfi; "In the Cards" by Alan J. Warren; "A Company Man" by Patrick Scaffetti; "Man With the Cigarette" by Robert Edmond Alter; "A Passing Stranger" by Edward D. Hoch; "The Enigma of Andrew Marler" by Mel D. Ames; "Bells" by Gary Arpin; "Obituary" by Thomas Dwyer. Special Features: "Mike Shayne Mystery Makers"; "Who's Who in the Pulps" (quiz); "Strange, But True"; "Mike Shamus" (cartoon strip) by Fred Fredericks; "Ed Noon's Minute Mysteries" by Mike Avallone; "Mike's Mail"; "Stiff Competition" (book reviews) by John Ball. Tanning; a little creasing; minor edge etars. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Book store notation on first page. Text unmarked, limited gentle wear.

No Binding. Condition: VG. NP 31-12. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. 37, no. 5. Edited by Cylvia Kleinman. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "Murder at Random" (short novel) by Brett Halliday; "A Needle in the Haystack" (short novel) by Hal Ellson; "Death in His Heart" by Herbert Harris; "Terminal List" by Robert W. Alexander; "Funeral Talent" by Albert Avellano; "An Act of Simple Kindness" by Charles W. Runyon; "The Big Fix" by Frank Bury. Mild tanning; minro creasing and corner wear. Book.