1.
THE WORLD GOES SMASH.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1] 2-286, original orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. (#103523)
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FANTASTIC CRIME
Introduction by Boyd White
Could smuggling Faerie fruit into Dorimare possibly be connected to the decades-old poisoning of Jeremiah Gibberty with the berries of merciful death? What is the Society of Sparta’s motivation for engineering a suicide epidemic all across Europe in 1875? Why do the Three Imposters sew discord and death throughout London as they search for an ancient Roman coin commemorating an orgy held by the Emperor Tiberius? How can Ben Reichs possibly kill his chief business rival and avoid being demolished when the entire police force has telepathic powers that allow murderers to be detected before they even commit a crime?
The answers to these questions and many more are found in Lloyd Currey’s Fantastic Crime, a genre-bending selection of science fiction, fantasy, and horror that chronicles the exploits of robot detectives, telepathic masterminds, murderous ghosts, and fiendish secret societies. The books Lloyd has gathered illustrate how classic elements from crime and mystery fiction have long been used to ingenious ends by writers from the fantastic tradition.
Since science fiction’s golden age, numerous authors have expanded the scope of crime and criminals by invoking a wide range of highly imaginative contexts. E. E. Doc Smith’s The History of Civilization (1934 to 1948) pits the Lensmen, an interstellar peacekeeping force, against the Boskone, a ruthless galactic criminal organization bent on ruling the universe. The defining space opera, Smith’s Lensman novels provided the blue print not only for DC Comics’ Green Lantern Corps but also George Lucas’ Star Wars saga, as well as numerous intergalactic police forces, such as Poul Anderson’s Time Patrol and Harry Harrison’s Special Corps. Some of science fiction’s most thoughtful, enduring scenarios, however, involve crimes on a much smaller scale. In Hal Clement’s Needle (1950), a symbiotic alien policeman and his quarry crash on Earth, respectively taking over the bodies of a young boy and his father as cop and criminal try to outwit one another. Isaac Asimov’s The Caves of Steel (1954) introduces us to detective Elijah Bailey and his robot partner R. Daneel Olivaw who solve murders in the far future when tensions between humans and robots have reached the breaking point. Ken Malone, an FBI agent who specializes in “impossibilities,” pursues a telepathic spy in Randall Garrett and Laurence Janifer’s Brain Twister (1962), and DeWitt Dawson, police chief of a small Texas town cut off from the rest of the world by an invisible alien barrier, investigates the death of a Mary Kay sales representative in Patricia Anthony’s Happy Policeman (1994).
Supernatural fiction, of course, has always had its share of investigators of the bizarre and unusual. Most readers and collectors are familiar with K. and Hesketh Pritchard’s Ghosts: Being the Experiences of Mr. Flaxman Low (1898), Algernon Blackwood’s John Silence (1908), and William Hope Hodgson’s Carnacki the Ghost-Finder (1913), but what about Josephine Bacon’s The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon (1913), Uel Key’s The Broken Fang and Other Experiences of a Specialist in Spooks (1920), or John Nicholson’s Costello, Psychic Investigator (1954)? Drawn into a number of strange disappearances and particularly gruesome murders, Arthur Machen’s Mr. Dyson participates in a memorable series of investigations that bring him into direct contact with the treacherous little people in The Three Imposters (1895), “The Red Hand” (1895) and “The Shining Pyramid” (1895). Pulp great A. Merritt combines elements of hardboiled crime fiction with supernatural horror in two of his most memorable novels, Burn Witch Burn! (1933) and Creep Shadow! (1934) in which wisecracking New York mobsters team up with a skeptical neurologist to battle a range of dark forces, including an evil dollmaker and a two-thousand-year-old sorceress. In his World-Fantasy-Award winning The Skin Trade (1988), George R. R. Martin extends the blending of crime fiction and supernatural fiction to its logical conclusion—having monstrous crimes investigated by actual monsters—as P.I. Randi Wade tackles a series of brutal killings with the help of Willie Flambeaux, a collection agent who is an actual werewolf.
Of course, a catalog of Fantastic Crime, by necessity, highlights not only criminals and their adversaries but also the plethora of incredible, over-the-top schemes and devices employed by both sides. In Richard Marsh’s The Goddess: A Demon (1900), a Hindu idol clockwork automaton commits a series of grisly murders, and in Allan McIvor’s The Mechanic (1908), a brilliant engineer seeks revenge on corrupt industrial trusts by using fluids that deodorize oil and decompose metal. Robert M. Coates’ The Eater of Darkness (1929) features a weapon that “sees through solids and applies remote-control heat to kill people invisibly.” Sydeny Horler’s The Screaming Skull and Other Stories (1930) includes a “death beam transmitted over the wireless.” C. S. Forester’s The Peacemaker is a bumbling schoolmaster who creates a machine that demagnetizes iron at a distance while Belli Luigi’s The Metal Monster (1951) is “a radio-controlled flying killer automaton. . . used for jewel smuggling.” Even the most jaded reader or collector must pause when considering David V. Reed’s The Thing That Made Love (1951), a bit of pulp-fiction insanity whose tag line “No Woman Could Survive Such Harrowing Ecstasy!” apparently refers to women being murdered by a metal swamp monster.
Match wits with Madame Koluchy—doctor, scientist, extortionist, bank robber, murderer—the criminal mastermind behind L. T. Meade’s The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings (1899), a super genius who precedes Siegel and Schuster’s Lex Luthor by three decades. Try not to get lost while following Gabriel Syme of Scotland Yard’s Philosophical Policemen in G. K. Chesterton’s The Man Who Was Thursday (1908) as he infiltrates the Supreme Council of Seven, a clandestine terrorist group who may not be quite what it seems. Wander with orphan Kirth Gersen in Jack Vance’s The Demon Princes (1964 to 1981) as he tracks down the five intergalactic criminals responsible for the death not only of his family but also of an entire planet.
Peruse Fantastic Crime, and discover worlds beyond Holmes and Moriarty. Be quick. The game is afoot!
(To view alternate copies of these books and additional fantastic crime titles, click here.)
2.
DIARY OF A JUDGE BEING TRIALS OF LIFE COMPILED FROM THE NOTEBOOK OF A RECENTLY DECEASED JUDGE.
London: Ward and Lock, 1860. Small octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [vii-viii] [1] 2-312, nineteenth-century half-leather and pebbled cloth, light brown endpapers. Second edition. (#153254)
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3.
GUARDIANS OF TIME.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1961. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. (#146088)
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4.
HAPPY POLICEMAN.
New York, San Diego, London: Harcourt Brace & Company, [1994]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. (#93960)
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5.
CHTHON.
[London]: Macdonald Science Fiction, [1970]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. (#225)
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6.
WINGS ACROSS TIME.
London: Pendulum Publications Limited, n.d. [1946]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. (#150215)
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7.
ASIMOV'S MYSTERIES.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968. Octavo, cloth. First edition. (#118315)
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8.
THE CAVES OF STEEL.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#142665)
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9.
THE NAKED SUN.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957. Octavo, cloth. First edition. (#138683)
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10.
THE REST OF THE ROBOTS.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964. Octavo, cloth. First edition. (#142711)
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11.
THE STRANGE CASES OF DR. STANCHON.
New York and London: D. Appleton and Company, 1913. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-362 [363-364: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], inserted frontispiece by W. J. [Aylworth?], original decorated salmon cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind. First edition. First printing with code "(1)" at base of text on page 362. (#147363)
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12.
CRASHCOURSE.
New York: Ace Books, [1996]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. (#140344)
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13.
THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF LUTHER TRANT.
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company Publishers, [1910]. Octavo, pp. [1-12] 1-365 [366-368: blank] [note: final leaf is a blank], nine inserted plates with illustrations by William Oberhardt, original decorated red cloth, front panel stamped in white and blind, spine panel stamped in white. First edition. (#147355)
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14.
HYDROGEN STEEL.
Calgary, [Alberta, Canada];: Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing A Division of Hades Publications Inc.], [2006]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. (#146655)
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15.
ORBITAL BURN.
[Calgary, Alberta, Canada];: Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing A Division of Hades Publications Inc.], [2004]. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#146431)
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16.
THE DEMOLISHED MAN.
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, [1953]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. (#114527)
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17.
THE STARS MY DESTINATION.
Boston: Gregg Press, 1975. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition of this text, first printing (350 copies printed). (#155226)
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18.
TIGER! TIGER!
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, [1956]. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#148453)
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19.
ALL THE COLORS OF DARKNESS.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963. Octavo, cloth. First edition. (#148455)
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20.
THE FATED FIVE (THE TALE OF A TONTINE).
London: Greening & Co Limited, 1910. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-320, original terra cotta cloth, all panels stamped in black. First edition. (#147738)
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21.
JOHN SILENCE: PHYSICIAN EXTRAORDINARY.
London: Eveleigh Nash, 1908. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi-viii] 1-390 [391-392: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original maroon cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold, publisher's device stamped in blind on rear panel, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. (#149971)
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22.
JOHN SILENCE: PHYSICIAN EXTRAORDINARY.
New York: Vaughan & Gomme, 1914. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi-viii] 1-390 [391-392: blank] [393-395: ads] [396: blank], original dark blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. Later edition. (#159162)
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23.
ESCAPE!
New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1970]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. (#157476)
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24.
LONG AFTER MIDNIGHT.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. (#158265)
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25.
SPACE ON MY HANDS.
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, [1951]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. (#85955)
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26.
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE.
London, Melbourne, Toronto: Heinemann, [1962]. Octavo, boards. First edition. First binding of black boards with spine panel stamped in gold. (#111875)
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27.
STANLEY KUBRICK'S A CLOCKWORK ORANGE BASED ON THE NOVEL BY ANTHONY BURGESS.
New York: Abelard-Schuman Ltd., [1972]. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. (#159287)
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28.
NOVA EXPRESS.
New York: Grove Press, Inc., [1964]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. (#159211)
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29.
DERVISH IS DIGITAL.
New York: Tor, [2001]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. (#109639)
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30.
MINDPLAYERS.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1988. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. (#1210)
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31.
TEA FROM AN EMPTY CUP.
New York: Tor, [1998]. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#140640)
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32.
INVISIBLE DEATH.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#73185)
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33.
THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION: A NOVEL.
[New York]: HarperCollinsPublishers, [2007]. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#159060)
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34.
THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY: A NIGHTMARE.
Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith ... London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company Limited, [1908]. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii 9-329 [330] [331-332: ads], original red cloth, front panel stamped in black, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. (#151767)
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35.
THE INVISIBLES: A NOVEL.
Akron, Ohio, New York, Chicago: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1903. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-329 [330-332: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], four inserted plates with illustrations by Winfield S. Luken, original pictorial red cloth, front panel stamped in green, white and gold, spine panel stamped in green and gold. First edition. (#150699)
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36.
BY NIGHT.
Philadelphia & London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1927. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-352, original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in white. First U.S. edition. (#147142)
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37.
ICEWORLD.
[New York]: Gnome Press, Inc., [1953]. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#86905)
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38.
NEEDLE.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. Octavo, cloth. First edition. (#137290)
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39.
THE EATER OF DARKNESS.
[Paris: Contact Editions, 1926.]. Octavo, pp. [i-xv] xvi [1] 2-179 [180: blank] [181: printer's imprint] [182-184: blank] [note: paper wrapper folded over first and last leaves; leaf preceding half title leaf is a blank], original marbled paper wrappers, printed paper labels affixed to front and spine panels. First edition. (#9837)
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40.
THE EATER OF DARKNESS.
New York: The Macaulay Company, [1929.]. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-238 [239-240: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original yellow cloth, front panel stamped in black and silver, spine panel stamped in silver, top edge stained yellow. First U.S. (and first hardcover) edition. (#149447)
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41.
VAMPIRE OF THE SKIES.
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, [1932]. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii] [9-10] 11-282 [283-288: ads], original orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, publisher's monogram stamped in black on rear panel. First edition, first printing with "First Printing, 1932" on copyright page. (#156015)
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42.
AN EAST WIND COMING.
[New York]: A Berkley Book published by Berkley Publishing Corporation, [1979]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. (#132948)
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43.
THE CRACK OF DOOM.
London: Digby, Long & Co., 1895. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-214 [215-216: ads] + 8-page publisher's catalogue dated "May 1895" inserted at rear, original red cloth, front cover stamped in black and gold, spine panel stamped in gold, publisher's monogram stamped in blind on rear panel, white endpapers with floral pattern printed in olive green. First edition. (#79735)
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44.
THE REDWARD EDWARD PAPERS.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#157402)
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45.
INTRODUCING DOCTOR ZODIAC.
London: Andrew Dakers Limited, [1940]. Octavo, pp. [1-5] 6-195 [196-200] [note: last two leaves are blanks], original blue cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. (#130270)
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46.
SPACE, TIME & CRIME.
New York: Paperback Library, Inc., [1964]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. (#144150)
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47.
SS-GB: NAZI-OCCUPIED BRITAIN 1941.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1978]. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#102753)
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48.
A SCANNER DARKLY.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#153010)
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49.
BONES OF EMPIRE.
New York: Ace Books, [2010]. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#145629)
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50.
THE PRISONER.
London: Dennis Dobson, [1979]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. (#152943)
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51.
THE PRISONER.
New York: Ace Publishing Corporation, [1969]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. (#156472)
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52.
THE SHADOW OF QUONG LUNG.
Philadelphia & London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1900. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-6] 7-8 [9-10] 11 [12] 13-267 [268: blank] [269-272; ads] [note: first leaf is a blank; title leaf is a cancel], title page printed in red and blank, original buff cloth, front panel stamped in red, blue and black, spine panel stamped in red and black, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition, first issue. (#148917)
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53.
WITHIN AN ACE: A MODERN SENSATION.
London: Digby and Long, Publishers, n.d. [1889?]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1] 2-322, nineteenth-century three-quarter black leather and gray cloth, brown leather title label affixed to spine panel. First edition. (#148229)
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54.
THE MICROBE MURDERS.
New York: The Macaulay Company, [1935]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-255 [256: blank], original light brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, top edge stained black. First edition. (#147381)
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55.
BUDAYEEN NIGHTS ... With a Foreword and Story Introductions by Barbara Hambly.
[Urbana, IL]: Golden Gryphon Press, 2003. Octavo, cloth. First edition. (#145881)
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56.
A FIRE IN THE SUN.
New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland: Doubleday, [1989]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. (#146392)
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57.
WHEN GRAVITY FAILS.
New York: Arbor House, [1987]. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#80901)
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58.
QUARANTINE.
London, Sydney, Auckland, Johannesburg: Legend An Imprint of Century, [1992]. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#156995)
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59.
BODY MORTGAGE.
New York: An Onyx Book New American Library, [1989]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. (#146199)
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60.
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GODS OF DARKNESS by Karl Zeigfreid [pseudonym].
London: John Spencer & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, n.d. [1962]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. (#144156)
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61.
HARTMANN THE ANARCHIST; OR, THE DOOM OF THE GREAT CITY.
London: Edward Arnold, 1893. Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii [1] 2-214 [215-216: ads] + 16-page publisher's catalogue dated "October, 1893" on page [1] inserted at rear, 25 illustrations by Fred T. Jane, original pictorial red cloth, front panel stamped in black, spine panel stamped in gold, yellow coated endpapers, all edges untrimmed. First edition. (#148102)
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62.
THE STURGIS WAGER: A DETECTIVE STORY.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers, [1899]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1] 2-260, original decorated brown boards printed in red and black. First edition. (#148817)
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63.
KOWA THE MYSTERIOUS ... Translated from the French by William Frederick Harvey.
London: Everett & Co., 1909. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [7-9] 10-320, original decorated olive green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, publisher's monogram stamped in blind on rear panel, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition in English. (#148912)
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64.
THE PEACEMAKER.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1934. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1-3] 4-310 [311-312: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original pictorial orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First U.S. edition. (#104362)
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65.
THE PEACEMAKER.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, [1934]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-341 [342-344: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original green cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, Heinemann windmill device stamped in blind in rear panel. First edition. (#111898)
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66.
![THE IMPOSSIBLES ... by Mark Phillips [pseudonym]. Randall Garrett, Larry M. Harris, "Mark Phillips."](/pictures/thumb/158307.jpg?v=1518306047)
THE IMPOSSIBLES ... by Mark Phillips [pseudonym].
New York: Pyramid Books, [1963]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. (#158307)
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SUPERMIND ... by Mark Phillips [pseudonym].
New York: Pyramid Books, [1963]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. (#88150)
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![BRAIN TWISTER ... by Mark Phillips [pseudonym]. Randall Garrett, Laurence M. Janifer, "Mark Phillips."](/pictures/thumb/88148.jpg?v=1529438747)
BRAIN TWISTER ... by Mark Phillips [pseudonym].
New York: Pyramid Books, [1962]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. (#88148)
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69.
TOO MANY MAGICIANS.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1967. Octavo, cloth. First edition. (#149180)
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70.
THE SCARLET FAN.
New York: The Macaulay Company, [1932]. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-249 [250-256: ads], original pictorial maroon cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, top edge stained maroon. First edition. (#152517)
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71.
THE HAUNTED MAN.
London: Eldon Press Ltd., n.d. [1951]. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi 7-247 [248: blank], original blue cloth, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. (#147150)
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72.
THE MIND OF JOHN MEREDITH.
London: Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., [1946]. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi 7-255 [256: blank], original blue cloth, spine panel stamped in silver. First edition. (#147984)
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73.
THE BAT WOMAN.
New York: Published by World Press, [1938]. Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-223 [224], with one full-page illustration in text, original green cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. (#156019)
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74.
JOHNNY MNEMONIC.
[London]: HarperCollinsPublishers, [1996]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. (#146419)
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75.
SURFING SAMURAI ROBOTS.
[New York]: A Roc Book, [1991]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. (#146605)
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76.
SPACE HAWK: THE GREATEST OF INTERPLANETARY ADVENTURERS.
New York: Greenberg: Publisher, [1952]. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#149199)
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77.
THE WHISTLING ANCESTORS.
[London]: Stanley Smith (Publishers) Ltd., 1936. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-256, original terra cotta cloth, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. (#156835)
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78.
FLESH AND GOLD.
New York: Tor, [1998]. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#145960)
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79.
MINDWORLDS.
New York: Tor, [2002]. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#145961)
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80.
VIOLENT STARS.
New York: Tor, [1999]. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#145962)
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81.
AFTER THINGS FELL APART.
New York: Ace Publishing Corporation, [1970]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. (#139766)
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82.
THE CHAMELEON CORPS & OTHER SHAPE CHANGERS.
New York: The Macmillan Company. Collier-Macmillan, London, [1972]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. (#149190)
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83.
ODD JOB # 101 AND OTHER FUTURE CRIMES AND INTRIGUES.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1975]. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#30384)
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84.
THE SWORD SWALLOWER.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968. Octavo, cloth. First edition. (#30386)
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85.
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MRS. GREET'S STORY OF THE [GOLDEN OWL].
London: Published by The Leadenhall Press, Ltd... Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons..., 1892-3. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [vii-viii] [1] 2-271 [272: publisher’s imprint], 24 inserted plates with illustrations by Ambrose Dudley, design of golden owl impressed in gold on recto of title leaf, printed throughout on brown paper stock, original green cloth, brown paper labels printed in black and gold affixed to front and spine panels, brown endpapers, tan ribbon marker. First edition. (#151906)
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86.
A MAYFAIR MAGICIAN: A ROMANCE OF CRIMINAL SCIENCE.
London: F. V. White & Co., Ltd., 1905. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi [vii-viii] 1-306 [307-308: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original blue cloth, front panel stamped in black, spine panel stamped in gold, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. (#77978)
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87.
SLOW RIVER.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1995]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. (#141792)
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88.
PASHAZADE: THE FIRST ARABESK.
London, New York, Sydney, Tokyo, Singapore, Toronto, Dublin: Earthlight Simon and Schuster, [2001]. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#146407)
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89.
THE MAGICIANS.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1976]. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#149209)
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90.
CYBER-KILLERS ... Introduced by Peter F. Hamilton.
[London]: Orion, [1997]. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#146420)
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91.
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THE SILVER PERIL by Maryse Rutledge [pseudonym].
New York: The Fiction League, 1931. Octavo, pp. [3-6] 7-320 [321-322: ads] [note: text complete despite gap in pagination], original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. (#130462)
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92.
MINDSTAR RISING.
New York: Tor, [1996]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. (and first hardcover) edition. (#125586)
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93.
THE HOUSE OF THE LIVING DEAD & OTHER TERROR TALES.
San Diego: Corinth Publications, [1966]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. (#155950)
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94.
THE WICKER MAN.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., [1978]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. (#152178)
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95.
MAKE ROOM! MAKE ROOM!
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1966. Octavo, cloth. First edition. (#159515)
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96.
THE STAINLESS STEEL RAT'S REVENGE.
New York: Walker and Company, [1970]. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#147002)
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97.
THE STAINLESS STEEL RAT.
New York: Walker and Company, [1970]. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. (#156920)
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98.
LIGHT.
London: Gollancz, [2002]. Octavo, boards. First edition. (#147055)
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99.
AN ARISTOCRATIC DETECTIVE.
London: Digby, Long & Co., 1900. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii] [1-2] 3-310 [311-312: ads] + 16-page publishers catalogue dated "October 1900" inserted at rear, inserted frontispiece with illustration by Harold Piffard, original pictorial red cloth, front panel stamped in green, black and white, spine panel stamped in black and gold, publisher's monogram stamped in blind on rear panel, white endpapers with floral pattern printed in light green, First edition. (#151756)
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100.
FALLING ANGEL.
New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1978]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. (#107954)
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