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Article #76Sale: Mysteries/Spy/Detective, most $2
From: David M. Bartlett
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 00:00
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 00:00
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I have the following mystery, detective, espionage, and police
procedural books for sale; all are paperback unless otherwise noted
(HB/C means hardback with original dustcover; HB means hardback without
original dust cover; OPB means oversized paperback; ppr means
paperback). All books are priced, with postage additional when
applicable.
A slightly more photogenic listing of these and other books I have for
sale is on the World-Wide Web at:
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~db0s/PPM.html
The "grade" after the price is the overall condition of the book:
A Essentially new
A- Essentially new except for yellowing pages
or very minor cover dings
B Cosmetic flaws to spine and/or cover (creasing,
dinging, etc). Both spine and cover are
otherwise strong and intact.
C Though spine and cover are still strong &
intact, creasing, dinging, etc. make this
a "reading" copy
Raymond Chandler Farewell, My Lovely $2.00 (B+)
(with Robert Parker) Poodle Springs (HB/C) $4.00 (A-)
Tom Clancey The Hunt For Red October $2.00 (A-)
Without Remorse $2.00 (B+)
Agatha Christie Cat Among the Pigeons (Hercule Poirot) $2.00 (A-)
Death on the Nile (Poirot) $2.00 (A-)
Murder on the Orient Express (Poirot) $2.00 (A-)
A Holiday for Murder (Poirot) $2.00 (B-)
Cards on the Table (Poirot) $2.00 (B)
The Under Dog (Poirot) $2.00 (B)
Mystery on the Blue Train (Poirot) $2.00 (B+)
Mrs. McGinty's Dead (Poirot) $2.00 (B)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Poirot) $2.00 (A-)
The Mirror Cracked (Miss Jane Marple) $2.00 (B)
The Regatta Mystery (short stories $2.00 (B)
featuring Poirot, Marple, and
Parker Pyne)
Michael Crichton Jurrassic Park $2.00 (A-)
The Andromeda Strain $2.00 (B+)
Rising Sun $2.00 (B+)
Ken Follett The Pillars of the Earth $2.00 (A)
Frederick Forsyth The Day of the Jackal $2.00 (A-)
Sue Grafton "H" is for Homicide $2.00 (B+)
"F" is for Fugitive $2.00 (B+)
"D" is for Deadbeat $2.00 (B)
(All of the above are Kinsey
Milhone mysteries)
Martha Grimes Help the Poor Struggler $2.00 (B-)
The Anodyne Necklace $2.00 (B+)
The Man With A Load of Mischief $2.00 (B+)
The Old Fox Deceiv'd $2.00 (A)
The Old Contemptibles $2.00 (B+)
The Old Silent $2.00 (A-)
John Grisham A Time To Kill $2.00 (B)
The Pelican Brief $2.00 (A)
The Firm $2.00 (A)
The Client $2.00 (A)
Jack Higgins Night of the Fox (1st ppr ed. 12/87) $2.00 (A)
John LeCarre Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy $2.00 (B+)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (HB w/dc) $2.00 (B+)
Smiley's People $2.00 (A-)
The Secret Pilgrim $2.00 (A)
(all of the above are George Smiley espionage
thrillers; the first 3 are his classic
"Quest For Karla" trilogy)
The Russia House $2.00 (A-)
A Perfect Spy $2.00 (B-)
The Night Manager $2.00 (B+)
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold $2.00 (B+)
Robert Ludlum The Rhinemann Exchange $2.00 (B+)
Eric V. Lustbader White Ninja $1.00 (C+)
The Miko $2.00 (B)
Gregory McDonald Fletch's Fortune $2.00 (B)
John D. MacDonald The Empty Copper Sea $2.00 (B+)
(The above is a Travis McGee
detective story)
Charlotte MacLeod Wrack and Rune (Prof. Shandy mystery) $2.00 (A)
Nagio Marsh Artists in Crime $2.00
Tied Up In Tinsel $2.00
Last Ditch $2.00
Enter A Murderer $2.00
Photo Finish $2.00
The Nursing Home Murder $2.00
Final Curtain $2.00
When in Rome $2.00
Clutch of Constables $2.00
Dead Water $2.00
(all the above are Inspector Alleyn
mysteries)
Walter Mosley A Red Death (1st ppr ed, 8/92) $2.00 (A)
(An Easy Rawlins mystery)
Lawrence Sanders The Timothy Files $2.00 (B+)
Timothy's Game $2.00 (B+)
Dorothy Sayers Unnatural Death $2.00 (B-)
Whose Body $2.00 (B+)
Have His Carcase $2.00 (B+)
Clouds of Witness $2.00 (B)
Gaudy Night $2.00 (A-)
(all the above are Lord Peter Wimsey
mystery novels)
Lord Peter (483 pages, complete $5.00 (B+)
collection of all Lord Peter Wimsey
mystery short stories)
Martin Cruz Smith Gorky Park $2.00 (A)
Red Square (sequal to Gorky Park) $2.00 (B+)
Rex Stout Fer-De-Lance $2.00 (B)
The Final Deduction $2.00 (B-)
The Second Confession $2.00 (B)
Murder in Triplicate $2.00 (B)
(All of the above are Nero Wolfe mysteries)
Margaret Truman Murder on the Potomac $2.00 (A-)
Scott Turow Presumed Innocent $2.00 (A-)
Pleading Guilty $2.00 (A-)
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