| June 12, 2024: Happy Summer Reading! (and new arrivals) ![](https://www.jwkbooks.com/images/custom/Robot_beach_picture.jpeg)
Hopefully you will find time this summer for some "beach reading," even if you can't get to a beach (it's the spirit of reading something fun, not the location, right?)! Today's new arrivals are a selection of cool mysteries. Included are nice groups by Ed McBain (with a number of Boardman editions) and John D. MacDonald (with a number of Robert Hale titles). Also titles by Erle Stanley Gardner, Rex Stout, Mignon Eberhart and many others. See the website for all the recently listed.
![31931](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31931.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718224640) | BANQUETS OF THE BLACK WIDOWERS. Asimov, Isaac. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1984. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Asimov on the title page. The fourth collection of Black Widower stories... (#31931) Price: $450.00 | | ![](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/x.gif?auto=webp) | ![32393](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32393.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718224957) | THIS IS MR. FORTUNE. Bailey, H[enry] C[hristopher]. London: Gollancz, 1938. Octavo, pp. [1-9] 10-285 [286-288: blank], original black cloth, spine stamped in orange. First edition. Collects seven stories. Hubin, p. 42. (#32393) Price: $250.00 | | ![](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/x.gif?auto=webp) | ![32390](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32390.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718224957) | THE TRIUMPHS OF EUGÈNE VALMONT. Barr, Robert. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1906. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] vii [viii] 1-330 [331-336: Ads], original black cloth, front stamped in tan and white, spine stamped in white... (#32390) Price: $250.00 | | ![](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/x.gif?auto=webp) | ![32389](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32389.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718224902) | THE CASE OF THE SEVEN OF CALVARY. Boucher, Anthony (pseudonym of William Anthony Parker White). New York: Simon and Schuster, 1937. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii [1-2] 3-311 [312], original black cloth, front stamped in blind, spine stamped in gold, top edge stained red. First edition... (#32389) Price: $1,500.00 | | ![](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/x.gif?auto=webp) | ![32397](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32397.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718224958) | TOLD IN THE MARKET PLACE. Austin, F[rederick] Britten. London: Thornton Butterworth, Ltd., [1935]. Octavo, pp. [1-12] 13-509 [510] [511-512: ads], original purple cloth, front and spine stamped in blind and yellow, rear stamped in blind. First edition. Presentation... (#32397) Price: $350.00 | | ![](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/x.gif?auto=webp) | ![32402](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32402.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718224957) | HALO FOR SATAN. Browne, Howard writing as "John Evans." Indianapolis, New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1948]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The third Paul Pine novel. "...feature[s] Chicago private detective Paul Pine, one of the best of the plethora of... (#32402) Price: $450.00 | | ![](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/x.gif?auto=webp) | ![32395](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32395.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718224958) | THE SEARCH FOR MY GREAT UNCLE'S HEAD. Latimer, Jonathan writing as "Peter Coffin." Garden City, NY: Published for The Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1937. Octavo, pp. [1-10] [1] 2-297 [298-302: blank], original light green cloth, spine stamped in... (#32395) Price: $1,000.00 | | ![](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/x.gif?auto=webp) | ![32360](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32360.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718224902) | ICEBERG. Cussler, Clive. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1975]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first hardcover novel. A Dirk Pitt adventure. (#32360) Price: $750.00 | | ![](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/x.gif?auto=webp) | ![32400](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32400.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718224957) | THE HIDDEN HAND. Daly, Carroll John. New York: Edward J. Clode, Inc., [1929]. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-vii 9-319 [320: blank], jacket by Edward Caswell, original blue cloth, front and spine stamped in gold, top edge stained... (#32400) Price: $650.00 | | ![](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/x.gif?auto=webp) | ![32411](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32411.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718224996) | THE CASES OF SUSAN DARE. Eberhart, Mignon G. Garden City, NY: Published for The Crime Club, Inc., by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1934. Octavo, pp. [1-10] [1] 2-303, [304-306: blank], original black cloth, spine stamped in red... (#32411) Price: $375.00 | | ![](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/x.gif?auto=webp) | ![32408](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32408.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718224957) | WHILE THE PATIENT SLEPT. Eberhart, M[ignon] G. Garden City, NY: Published for The Crime Club, Inc., by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1930. Octavo, pp. [1-12] 1-313 [314: blank] [315: Crime Club promo] [316: blank], original black... (#32408) Price: $500.00 | | ![](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/x.gif?auto=webp) | ![31856](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31856.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718224640) | MEFISTO IN ONYX. Ellison, Harlan. [Shingletown, CA]: Mark V. Ziesing Books, 1993. Oblong octavo, full black leather stamped in red. First edition. The "presentation" issue limited to 40 copies of which this is letter Q.... (#31856) Price: $2,500.00 | | ![](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/x.gif?auto=webp) | ![32373](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32373.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718224902) | THE CASE OF THE HAUNTED HUSBAND. Gardner, Erle Stanley. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1941. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1-2] 3-281 [282-284: blank], original black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red, top edge stained red, fore-edge untrimmed... (#32373) Price: $1,500.00 | | ![](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/x.gif?auto=webp) | ![32368](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32368.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718224902) | THE CASE OF THE SLEEPWALKER'S NIECE. Gardner, Erle Stanley. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1936. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-282, original black cloth front and spine stamped in red fore edge untrimmed, bottom edge trimmed, top edge stained... (#32368) Price: $1,000.00 | | ![](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/x.gif?auto=webp) | ![32379](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32379.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718224901) | THE D. A. HOLDS A CANDLE. Gardner, Erle Stanley. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1938. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-277 [278: blank] [279: ad] [280-282], original black cloth front and spine stamped in red, top edge stained red... (#32379) Price: $250.00 | | ![](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/x.gif?auto=webp) | ![32417](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32417.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718224996) | COP HATER. McBain, Ed (pseudonym of Evan Hunter). London, New York: T.V. Boardman & Company Limited, [1956]. Octavo, cloth. First British and first hardcover edition. The first 87th Precinct novel. First published as a paperback original in the... (#32417) Price: $500.00 | | ![](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/x.gif?auto=webp) | ![32425](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32425.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718224997) | DARKER THAN AMBER. MacDonald, John D. London: Robert Hale, [1968]. Octavo, boards. First British and first hardcover edition. A Travis McGee novel. First published in 1966 as a paperback original, this is the first hardcover publication... (#32425) Price: $1,500.00 | | ![](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/x.gif?auto=webp) | ![32496](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32496.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718225221) | THE QUICK RED FOX. MacDonald, John D. London: Robert Hale Limited, [1966]. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. A Travis McGee novel. Hubin, p. 526. (#32496) Price: $1,750.00 | | ![](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/x.gif?auto=webp) | ![31962](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31962.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718224640) | THE DAY HE DIED. Padgett, Lewis (pseudonym of Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore). New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1947]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Arthur Hawkins, Jr., boards. First edition. Mystery novel, one of two using the Padgett pseudonym. Hubin, p. 623... (#31962) Price: $75.00 | | ![](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/x.gif?auto=webp) | ![32430](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32430.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718225057) | THE GOLDEN SPIDERS. Stout, Rex. New York: The Viking Press, 1953. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. A Nero Wolfe mystery novel. "That open (but often shut) private eye, Nero Wolfe ignores police assumptions when... (#32430) Price: $250.00 | | ![](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/x.gif?auto=webp) | ![32449](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32449.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718225058) | IF DEATH EVER SLEPT. Stout, Rex. New York: The Viking Press, 1957. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A Nero Wolfe mystery novel. "Though Archie Goodwin is here in top form, not much else can be said for... (#32449) Price: $350.00 | | ![](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/x.gif?auto=webp) | ![32446](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32446.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718225057) | TOO MANY WOMEN. Stout, Rex. New York: The Viking Press, 1947. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The twelfth Nero Wolfe mystery. "Archie is the center of a seraglio of designing creatures, who want to bribe or... (#32446) Price: $500.00 | | ![](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/x.gif?auto=webp) | ![32440](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32440.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718225057) | THE MAN AT THE CARLTON. Wallace, Edgar. Garden City: Published For The Crime Club, Inc. By Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., [1931]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-301 [302: blank] [303: Crime Club advert] [304: blank], original gray... (#32440) Price: $250.00 | | ![](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/x.gif?auto=webp) | ![32438](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32438.jpg?width=300&height=300&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718225057) | DARKNESS AT DAWN: EARLY SUSPENSE CLASSICS. Woolrich, Cornell. Nevins, Jr., Francis M. and Martin H. Greenberg (eds.). Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern University Illinois Press, [1985]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects thirteen stories, including "Murder in Wax" which Woolrich used for part of the novel THE BLACK ANGEL... 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