MYSTERY NOVELS (22 Books) (Includes Keating, Biggers-2, Skvorecky, Chesterton, Dick, Chandler-4, Brown, Lupoff, Hammett-2, Lacroix, Marquand-2, Lyons, MacGrgor, Hoyt, Himes, Collins)

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HEMY1234 1-Inspector Ghote Plays a Joker, H.R.F. Keating, 1969 Penguin Books, 1971, sc, 184 pages, 7.125"x4.375" 0 1400 3073 5; 2-Charlie Chan, The House Without a Key, Earl Derr Biggers, 1925, 1952, 1st Mysterious Press Edition September 1986, 2nd Printing, sc, 6.75"x4.125" 0 445 40219 9; 3-Charlie Chan, The Black Camel, 1929 Earl Derr Biggers, Mysterious Press, 1st Printing October 1987, sc, 6.75"x4.125", 218 pages 0 445 40215 6; 4-The Mournful Demeanor of Lieutenant Boruvka, Detective Tales, Josef Skvorecky, 1966, W.W. Norton & Co., 1st American Edition, 1987, hc wi dj, 288 pages, 8.5"x5.75" 0 393 02470 9; 5-The Penguin Complete Father Brown, G.K. Chesterton, 1910, 1911, 1923, 1914, 1927, 1935, Penguin Books, 1981, 1984 5th Printing, sc-stiff paper, 717 pages, 8.25"x6" 0 140 05977 6; 6-A Scanner Darkly, 1977 Philip K. Dick, 1st Ballantine Books Edition December 1977, sc, 7"x4.125", 291 pages 0345 26064 3; 7-Farewell My Lovely, 1940 Raymond Chandler, Vintage Books, 1st Printing September 1976, sc, 7"x4.25", 249 pages 0 394 72138 1; 8-Playback, 1958 Raymond Chandler, Ballantine Books, 2nd Printing November 1977, sc, 7"x4.25", 168 pages 0 345 27511 X; 9-The Simple Art of Murder, 1934 Raymond Chandler, Ballantine Books, 2nd Printing February 1977, sc, 7"x4.25", 218 pages 0 345 25735 9 175; 10-Trouble is My Business, 1934 Raymond Chandler, Ballantine Books, 3rd Printing March 1977, sc, 7"x4.25", 244 pages 0 345 25513 5 175; 11-Homicide Sanitarium, 1984 Elizabeth C. Brown, Dennis McMillan Publications, 2nd Paperback Printing May 1987, sc, 9"x5", 194 pages 0 9600086 2 4; 12-The Comic Book Killer, 1989 Richard A. Lupoff, Bantam Books, 1st Printing February 1989, sc, 7"x4.25", 262 pages 0 553 27781 2; 13-The Dain Curse, Dashiell Hammett, 1928 Alfred A. Knopf, Vintage Books, 1st Printing October 1972, sc, 7"x4.25", 213 pages 0 394 71827 5; 14-The Glass Key, Dashiell Hammett, 1931 Alfred A. Knopf, Vintage Books, 1st Printing May 1972, sc, 7.25"x4.25", 204 pages 0 394 71773 2; 15-The Innocent Gunman, Jean Paul Lacroix, 1967 Elek Books Ltd., 1st Tandem Books Edition 1964 sc, 7"x4.25", 127 pages 0 4260 0182 6; 16-Think Fast, Mr. Moto, 1936 John P. Marquand, Little, Brown & Co., Republished July 1985, sc, 7.25"x4.5", 278 pages 0 316 54703 4; 17-Mr. Moto Is So Sorry, 1936 John P. Marquand, Little, Brown & Co., Republished July 1985, sc, 7.25"x4.5", 288 pages 0 316 54702 6; 18-Three With A Bullet, 1984 Arthur Lyons, Owl Books, Henry Holt & Co., 1st soft cover Printing 1988, sc, 7"x4.25", 232 pages 0 03 008539 X; 19-Dark Fields, 1986 T.J. MacGregor, Ballantine Books, 1st Printing January 1987, sc, 7"x4.25", 328 pages 0 345 33756 5; 20-Decoys, 1980 Richard Hoyt, Penguin Books, 1st Printing 1984, sc, 7.125"x4.5", 203 pages 0 1400 7217 9; 21-Cotton Comes To Harlem, 1965 Chester Himes, Allison & Busby 1988, 2nd Printing 1990, sc, 7.75"x5.125", 159 pages 0 85031 594 8; 22-The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins, 1965 Perennial Books, sc, 7.125"x4.25", 462 pages fc=front cover; bc=back cover; All almost new; Pages or page edges yellowed - #3-#6, #8-#14, #19-#21: 1-Cover lightly soiled, small neat name top 1st page; 2-; 3-Fc has vertical dogear bottom right corner; 4-;5-Slight cover & edge wear, bumping at open corners; 6-Slight crease along open edge fc, .5" dogear top & bottom fc, tiny spots abrasion along edges, slight 1.5" fold at top bc; 7-Slight 1.5" dogear top right corner fc; 8-Slight abrasion fc & bc; 9-Coverwear, edgewear, abrasion fc & bc, slight crease top edge fc, slight crease binding side bc; 10-Slight coverwear, edgewear, abrasion fc & bc, slight fold along open edge fc, slight 2.5" crease & abrasion top right bc; 11-; 12-; 13-1" dogear top right corner fc, 2"x.125" spot abrasion at open edge bc & 1"x.125" dogear top left corner bc; 14-Slight 4" dogear bottom left corner bc, small dent top right bc; 15-1st 2 pages with .25" dogear top right corner, bc has 2" damp stain/roll & price sticker.

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Title: MYSTERY NOVELS (22 Books) (Includes Keating, Biggers-2, Skvorecky, Chesterton, Dick, Chandler-4, Brown, Lupoff, Hammett-2, Lacroix, Marquand-2, Lyons, MacGrgor, Hoyt, Himes, Collins)
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition.
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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