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Francis, Dick; Welcome, John (editors) (Edgar Wallace; Damon Runyon; Gordon Grand; John Taintor Foote; J. C. Squire; C. C. L. Browne; Donn Byrne; Molly Keane; Somerville & Ross; Colin Davy; Maurice Gee; A. B. Banjo Paterson) Listings

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	1	Francis, Dick; Welcome, John (editors) (Edgar Wallace; Damon Runyon; Gordon Grand; John Taintor Foote; J. C. Squire; C. C. L. Browne; Donn Byrne; Molly Keane; Somerville & Ross; Colin Davy; Maurice Gee; A. B. Banjo Paterson) MORE GREAT RACING STORIES: Man who Shot the Favourite; Pick the Winner; A Night at the Old Bergen County Race-Track; Blister; Dead Cert; Inside View; Tale of the Gypsy Horse; Pullinstown; Occasional Licences; Good Thing; The Losers; The Oracle; et al London Pan Books 1992 0330322656 / 9780330322652 First Paperback Printing Soft Cover Very Good Paul Slater; (xvi) 285 pp. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; no interior markings. This anthology contains: The Man Who Shot the Favourite by Edgar Wallace; Pick the Winner by Damon Runyon; A Night at the Old Bergen County Race Track by Gordon Grand; Blister by John Taintor Foote; The Dead Cert by J. C. Squire; The Inside View by C. C. L. Browne; The Tale of the Gypsy Horse by Donn Byrne; Pullinstown by Molly Keane; Occasional Licences by Somerville and Ross; The Good Thing by Colin Davy; The Losers by Maurice Gee; The Oracle by A. B. Banjo Paterson; My First Winner by John Welcome; and Spring Fever by Dick Francis. Price: 7.00 USD
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	2	Godfrey, Thomas (editor) (John Collier; Woody Allen; Arthur Conan Doyle; Agatha Christie; Damon Runyon; Marjorie Bowen; Stanley Ellin; Baroness Orczy; Baynard Kendrick; Lillian de la Torre; O. Henry; Ngaio Marsh; H. R. F. Keating; Georges Simenon) MURDER FOR CHRISTMAS: Back for Christmas; Mr Big; The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle; The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding; Dancing Dan's Christmas; Cambric Tea; Death on Christmas Eve; A Christmas Tragedy; Silent Night; The Stolen Christmas Box New York Avenel Books 1989 0785823077 / 9780785823070 Third Printing Hard Cover Very Good Very Good Gahan Wilson; (xi) 465 pp. Red boards lettered in silver on the spine; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Dj art by Gahan Wilson. This anthology contains: Back for Christmas by John Collier; Mr Big by Woody Allen; The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie; Dancing Dan's Christmas by Damon Runyon; Cambric Tea by Marjorie Bowen; Death on Christmas Eve by Stanley Ellin; A Christmas Tragedy by Baroness Orczy; Silent Night by Baynard Kendrick; The Stolen Christmas Box by Lillian de la Torre; A Chaparral Christmas Gift by O. Henry; Death on the Air by Ngaio Marsh; Inspector Ghote and the Miracle Baby by H. R. F. Keating; Maigret's Christmas by Georges Simenon; To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt by Charles Dickens; The Adventure of the Dauphin's Doll by Ellery Queen; Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson; The Necklace of Pearls by Dorothy L. Sayers; Blind Man's Hood by Carter Dickson (John Dickson Carr;) Christmas Is for Cops by Edward D. Hoch; The Thieves Who Couldn't Help Sneezing by Thomas Hardy; The Case Is Altered by Margery Allingham; Christmas Party by Rex Stout; The Flying Stars by G. K. Chesterton; and Mother's Milk by James Mines; followed by a Boxing Day bonus: Ring Out Wild Bells by D. B. Wyndham Lewis. Price: 26.36 USD
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	3	Haining, Peter (editor) (Stanley Ellin; Ruth Rendell; Paul Gallico; Oliver La Farge; L. P. Hartley; Gaston Leroux; Damon Runyon; Patricia Highsmith; P. D. James; August Derleth; Robert Bloch; Alphonse Saudet; Alexander Pushkin; Washinton Irving) MURDER ON THE MENU: The Specialty of the House; Bribery and Corruption; Chef d'Oeuvre; La Specialite de M Duclos; Three or Four for Dinner; A Terrible Tale; So You Won't Talk; Sauce for the Goose; A Very Commonplace Murder; A Dinner at Imola New York Carroll and Graf 1991 088184859X / 9780881848595 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good Wilma Ervin; 415 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; previous owner's name inked out on the front free endpaper. This anthology contains: The Specialty of the House by Stanley Ellin; Bribery and Corruption by Ruth Rendell; Chef d'Oeuvre by Paul Gallico; La Specialite de M Duclos by Oliver La Farge; Three or Four for Dinner by L. P. Hartley; A Terrible Tale by Gaston Leroux; So You Won't Talk by Damon Runyon; Sauce for the Goose by Patricia Highsmith; A Very Commonplace Murder by P. D. James; A Dinner at Imola by August Derleth; The Feast in the Abbey by Robert Bloch; The Three Low Masses by Alphonse Daudet; The Coffin-Maker by Alexander Pushkin; Guests from Gibbet Island by Washington Irving; The Compleat Housewife by Richard Dehan; The Case of Mr Lucraft by Walter Besant and James Rice; The Man who Couldn't Taste Pepper by G. B. Stern; Final Dining by Roger Zelazny; Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds by Agatha Christie; The Long Dinner by H. C. Bailey; The Assassins' Club by Nicholas Blake; Dinner for Two by Roy Vickers; A Case for Gourmets by Michael Gilbert; Rum for Dinner by Lawrence G. Blochman; Under the Hammer by Georges Simenon; Poison a la Carte by Rex Stout; and Lambs tot he Slughter by Roald Dahl. Price: 22.00 USD
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	4	Wodehouse, P. G. (editor) (Robert Benchley; Leo Rosten; Groucho Marx; S. J. Perelman; Clarence Day; Ogden Nash; Alexander Woollcott; John McNulty; Damon Runyon; John O'Reilly; Frank Sullivan; H. Allen Smith; Bennett Cerf; Arthur Kober; Dorothy Parker) P. G. WODEHOUSE SELECTS THE BEST OF (Humour) HUMOR New York Grosset and Dunlap 1965 First Printing Hard Cover Very Good Very Good (viii) 267 pp. Orange cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; red upper edge. Some wear at the corners of the dustjacket with some fading on the spine; price intact; small red star on the lower edge of the text block; no interior markings. Illustrated with cartoons by: Charles Addams; Irwin Caplan; Robert Day; Richard Decker; Roy L. Fox; Syd Hoff; Tom Hudson; Clyde Lamb; Ernest Marqez; Virgil Partch - VIP; George Price; Mischa Richter; Al Ross; Salo Roth; Henry Silverson; R. Taylor; Don Tobin; and Mort Walker. With introductions by Scott Meredith, this anthology contains: Take the Witness by Robert Benchley; Groucho: The Man from Marx by Leo Rosten; Helpful Comments by Groucho Marx; Somewhere a Roscoe by S. J. Perelman; Father Wakes Up a Village by Clarence Day; Song to be Sung by the Father of Infant Female Children by Ogden Nash; Capsule Criticism by Alexander Woollcott; Two Bums Here Would Spend Freely Except for Poverty by John McNulty; The Snatching of Bookie Bob by Damon Runyon; Thoughts by John O'Reilly; Yvonne by Frank Sullivan; Adventures with the Angels by H. Allen Smith; Twenty-Five by Bennett Cerf; Chocolate for the Woodwork by Arthur Kober; Resume by Dorothy Parker; Love Is a Fallacy by Max Shulman; The Lady on the Bookcase by James Thurber; New Joe Miller Joke Book by Earl Wilson; On the Vanity of Earthly Greatness by Arthur Guiterman; The Etiquette of Courtship by Donald Ogden Stewart; Confetti on the Brain by Billy Rose; Madame du Barry by Will Cuppy; Money by Richard Armour; Herr Otto Brauhaus by Ludwig Bemelmans; Guinea Pig by Ruth McKenney; The Man Who Came to Dinner by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart; The Dilemma of Lance O'Neill by Scott Meredith; and Trouble Down at Tudsleigh by P. G. Wodehouse. Price: 22.00 USD
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	5	Jones, Richard Glynn (editor) (Robert Graves; Harlan Ellison; Ellery Queen; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; John D. MacDonald; William Le Queux; Julian Symons; Damon Runyon; F. Tennyson Jesse; Edgar Wallace; Freeman Wills Crofts; Erle Stanley Gardner) SOLVED! - Famous Mystery Writers on Classic True-Crime Cases: New Light on an Old Murder; Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World; Death in Silk Stockings; Case of Mr George Edalji; Coppolino Revisisted; Mysterious Treasure of Mme Humbert New York Peter Bedrick Books 1987 0872261670 / 9780872261679 First U.S. Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 317 pp. Red boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; no interior markings. This collection contains: New Light on an Old Murder by Robert Graves; The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World by Harlan Ellison; Death in Silk Stockings by Ellery Queen; The Case of Mr George Edalji by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Coppolino Revisited by John D. MacDonald; The Mysterious Treasure of Mme Humbert by William Le Queux; The Invisible Man by Julian Symons; The Perfect Crime That Was Unspeakably Dumb by Damon Runyon; The Trial of Madeleine Smith by F. Tennyson Jesse; The trial of the Seddons by Edgar Wallace; The Gorse Hall Mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts; and The Court of Last Resort by Erle Stanley Gardner. Price: 17.56 USD
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	6	Wilkes, Roger (editor) (Eric Ambler; Julian Symons; Alexander Woollcott; Elliott O'Donnell; Sydney Horler; Colin Wilson; Dorothy Dunbar; Damon Runyon; Christianna Brand; Rebecca West; Brian Masters; Kenneth Allsop; Irving Wallace; Louis Stark; Paul Foot) THE GIANT BOOK OF UNSOLVED CRIMES London Magpie Books 2006 1845292065 / 9781845292065 Second Printing Trade Paperback Very Good (xviii) 570 pp. Light wear on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This collection contains: Evidence by Entrapment - Rachel Nickell 1992 by Brian Masters; The Short Sweet Martyrdom of Jake Lingle - Jake Lingle 1930 by Kenneth Allsop; Mistress and Maid - Eliza Fenning 1815 by George A. Birmingham; The Real Marie Roget - Mary Rogers 1841 by Irving Wallace; Checkmate - Julia Wallace 1931 by F. Tennyson Jesse; A Case That Rocked the World - Sacco and Vanzetti 1920 by Louis Stark; The A6 Murder - James Hanratty 1961 by Paul Foot; Florence Maybrick - James Maybrick 1889 by Edgar Lustgarten; The Mystery of the Poisoned Partridges - Hubert Chevis 1931 by C. J. S. Thompson; The Obsession with the Black Dahlia - Elizabeth Short 1947 by Russell Miller; True Lies - Hilda Murrell 1984 by Judith Cook; Who Killed Joe Elwell - Joseph Bowne Elwell 1920 by Morris Markey; Dor John Bodkin Adams - Mrs Morrell and Mrs Hullett 1957 by Eric Ambler; A Sort of Genius - Rev Hall and Mrs Mills 1922 by James Thurber; What Became of Martin Guerre - Martin Guerre 1560 by Elliott O'Donnell; The Case of the Salmon Sandwiches - Annie Hearn 1930 by Daniel Farson; Death of a Millionaire - Sir Harry Oakes 1943 by Julian Symons; The Mystery of the Hansom Cab - Nan Patterson 1904 by Alexander Woollcott; A Coincidence of Corpses - Brighton Trunk Murder 1934 by Jonathan Goodman; The Secret of Ireland's Eye - William Burke Kirwan 1852 by William Roughead; The Mystery of Merstham Tunnell - Robert Money 1905 by Sir Edward Parry; The Dumb Blond Who Knew Too Much - Marilyn Monroe 1962 by Kirk Wilson; Temptation and the Elder - William Gardiner 1902 by Jack Smith-Hughes; The Hoop-La Murder Trial - Jessie Costello 1933 by Sydney Horler; Jack the Ripper - The Whitechapel Murders 1888 by Philip Sugden; The Murder of Margery Wren - Margery Wren 1930 by Douglas G. Browne and E. V. Tullett; The Zodiac Killer - Zodiac Killings 1968 by Colin Wilson; And To Hell with Burgundy - Florence Bravo 1876 by Dorothy Dunbar; Fools and Horses - Shergar 1983 by John Edwards; California's Worst Crime - Mabel Mayer 1927 by Guy B. H. Logan; The Camden Town Murder - Robert Wood 1907 by Nina Warner Hooke and Gil Thomas; Arnold Rothstein's Final Payoff - Arnold Rothstein 1929 by Damon Runyon; The Death of Bella Wright - Bella Wright 1919 by Edmund Pearson; Murder Hath Charms - Edwin Bartlett 1875 by Christianna Brand; The Man Who Contracted Out of Humanity - Stanley Setty 1949 by Rebecca West; and A Kent Murder Mystery - Caroline Luard 1908 by T. C. H. Jacobs. Price: 21.96 USD
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	7	Wilkes, Roger (editor) (Eric Ambler; Julian Symons; Alexander Woollcott; Elliott O'Donnell; Sydney Horler; Colin Wilson; Dorothy Dunbar; Damon Runyon; Christianna Brand; Rebecca West; Brian Masters; Kenneth Allsop; Irving Wallace; Louis Stark; Paul Foot) THE GIANT BOOK OF UNSOLVED CRIMES London Magpie Books 2005 1845292057 / 9781845292058 Second Printing Hard Cover Very Good Very Good (xviii) 570 pp. Green boards lettered in silver on the spine. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. This collection contains: Evidence by Entrapment - Rachel Nickell 1992 by Brian Masters; The Short Sweet Martyrdom of Jake Lingle - Jake Lingle 1930 by Kenneth Allsop; Mistress and Maid - Eliza Fenning 1815 by George A. Birmingham; The Real Marie Roget - Mary Rogers 1841 by Irving Wallace; Checkmate - Julia Wallace 1931 by F. Tennyson Jesse; A Case That Rocked the World - Sacco and Vanzetti 1920 by Louis Stark; The A6 Murder - James Hanratty 1961 by Paul Foot; Florence Maybrick - James Maybrick 1889 by Edgar Lustgarten; The Mystery of the Poisoned Partridges - Hubert Chevis 1931 by C. J. S. Thompson; The Obsession with the Black Dahlia - Elizabeth Short 1947 by Russell Miller; True Lies - Hilda Murrell 1984 by Judith Cook; Who Killed Joe Elwell - Joseph Bowne Elwell 1920 by Morris Markey; Dor John Bodkin Adams - Mrs Morrell and Mrs Hullett 1957 by Eric Ambler; A Sort of Genius - Rev Hall and Mrs Mills 1922 by James Thurber; What Became of Martin Guerre - Martin Guerre 1560 by Elliott O'Donnell; The Case of the Salmon Sandwiches - Annie Hearn 1930 by Daniel Farson; Death of a Millionaire - Sir Harry Oakes 1943 by Julian Symons; The Mystery of the Hansom Cab - Nan Patterson 1904 by Alexander Woollcott; A Coincidence of Corpses - Brighton Trunk Murder 1934 by Jonathan Goodman; The Secret of Ireland's Eye - William Burke Kirwan 1852 by William Roughead; The Mystery of Merstham Tunnell - Robert Money 1905 by Sir Edward Parry; The Dumb Blond Who Knew Too Much - Marilyn Monroe 1962 by Kirk Wilson; Temptation and the Elder - William Gardiner 1902 by Jack Smith-Hughes; The Hoop-La Murder Trial - Jessie Costello 1933 by Sydney Horler; Jack the Ripper - The Whitechapel Murders 1888 by Philip Sugden; The Murder of Margery Wren - Margery Wren 1930 by Douglas G. Browne and E. V. Tullett; The Zodiac Killer - Zodiac Killings 1968 by Colin Wilson; And To Hell with Burgundy - Florence Bravo 1876 by Dorothy Dunbar; Fools and Horses - Shergar 1983 by John Edwards; California's Worst Crime - Mabel Mayer 1927 by Guy B. H. Logan; The Camden Town Murder - Robert Wood 1907 by Nina Warner Hooke and Gil Thomas; Arnold Rothstein's Final Payoff - Arnold Rothstein 1929 by Damon Runyon; The Death of Bella Wright - Bella Wright 1919 by Edmund Pearson; Murder Hath Charms - Edwin Bartlett 1875 by Christianna Brand; The Man Who Contracted Out of Humanity - Stanley Setty 1949 by Rebecca West; and A Kent Murder Mystery - Caroline Luard 1908 by T. C. H. Jacobs. Price: 26.36 USD
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	8	Goodman, Jonathan (editor) (Kenneth Allsop; Richard D. Altick; Jacques Barzun; Dorothy Dunbar; Arthur Flegenheimer; Rayner Heppenstall; J. Leslie Hotson; Damon Runyon; James Thurber; Henry David Thoreau; Edgar Lustgarten; Thomas M. McDade; Edmund Pearson THE PLEASURES OF MURDER - Classic Stories of True Crime: The Short Sweet Martyrdom of Jake Lingle; The Man Who Trained Nude Bicyclists; Far from the Old Folks at Home; Mrs Snyder and Mr Gray; More Authors Cover the Snyder Trial; Massacre in Massachusetts London Sphere Books 1986 0722138709 / 9780722138700 First Paperback Printing Soft Cover Very Good 247 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This collection of true crime stories contains: The Short Sweet Martyrdom of Jake Lingle by Kenneth Allsop; The Man Who Trained Nude Bicyclists by Richard D. Altick; Murder for Profit and Science by Jacques Barzun; Far from the Old Folks at Home by Dorothy Dunbar; Something that Shouldn't Be Spoken About by Arthur Flegenheimer; Murder by the Scenic Route by Jonathan Goodman; The Half-Hanging of Ambrose Gwinnett by Rayner Heppenstall; Tracking Down a Murderer by J. Leslie Hotson; Dr Hubert by Edgar Lustgarten; A Pennyworth of Murder by Thomas M. McDade; Sob Sisters Emerge by Edmund Pearson; The Arran Murder by William Roughead; Mrs Snyder and Mr Gray by Damon Runyon; More Authors Cover the Snyder Trial by James Thurber; The Importance of Spelling by F. Tennyson Jesse; A Massacre in Massachusetts by Henry David Thoreau; A Sort of Genius by James Thurber; The Bloomsbury Horror by Richard Whittington-Egan; By the Rude Bridge by Alexander Woollcott; and Bloody Murther in Fig Lane - Anonymous. Price: 8.76 USD
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