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The Sacred Feather by Frances K. Judd (December 1963) $5.00
"Kay Tracey Unravels a Secret of Ancient Egypt."
Berkley Highland Books #C938 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Some edge wear, spine dings, cover indentations.)

The Saint: The Saint Abroad by Leslie Charteris (1973) $3.00
Coronet Books UK #17319 [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

The Saint: The Saint at the Thieves' Picnic by Leslie Charteris (1952) $10.00
"Simon Templar Up to His Neck in Kidnapping, Theft and Murder!"
Avon Publishing #440 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine save for some peeling of plastic coating on cover.

The Saint: The Saint in New York by Leslie Charteris (1968) $3.00
Hodder Books UK #1718 [Second Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Edge wear, particularly along spine.)

The Saint: The Saint on the Spanish Main by Leslie Charteris (February 1981) $3.00
Charter Books #74889-9 [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

The Saint: The Saint Steps In by Leslie Charteris (1943) $8.00
Avon Publishing #610 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good.

The Saint Maker by Leonard Holton (November 1961) $4.00
"In the Tradition of G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown."
Dell Publishing #R104 [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint Minus.

A Scent of White Poppies by John Christopher (1959) $12.00
Avon Publishing #T-463 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine Plus.

The Schirmer Inheritance by Eric Ambler (October 1974) $3.00
Fontana Books UK [Fifth Printing]
Book is Fine Minus.

The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie (circa 1950s) $3.00
Avon Books #T-210 [Printing Unknown]
Book is Fine Minus.

The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie (April 1971) $3.00
Bantam Books #S-5842 [Second Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Shadow of a Man by Doris Miles Disney (1968) $5.00
"Was It Homicidal Mania or Perverted Lust That Hid Behind the Shadow of a Man?"
MacFadden Books #60-358 [First Printing]
Book is Fine. (Nice save for light cover creasing.)

Shakedown by Richard Ellington (December 1954) $8.00
"I Am a Private Eye, Broadway Is My Beat and Murder Is My Business!"
Originally published as Just Killing Time.
Bantam Books #1286 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus.

Shell Scott: Dead Man's Walk by Richard S. Prather (April 1972) $3.00
Pocket Books #75671 [Tenth Printing]
Book is Fine. (½" crease lower right corner cover, otherwise nice.)

Shell Scott: Kill Me Tomorrow by Richard S. Prather (October 1969) $5.00
Pocket Books #55030 [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

Shell Scott: The Kubla Khan Caper by Richard S. Prather (May 1967) $3.00
Pocket Books #50535 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus.

Shell Scott: Shell Scott's Seven Slaughters by Richard S. Prather (1961) $3.00
Fawcett Gold Medal Books #K1287 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good.

Shell Scott: The Wailing Frail by Richard S. Prather (1956) $6.00
"She Was a Siren, All Right, and I'm Shell Scott... Answering Her Call!"
Fawcett Gold Medal Books #D1811 [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Crack mid spine.)

Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (circa 1970s) $3.00
Berkley Medallion Books #X2330 [Tenth Printing]
Book is Near Mint.

Sherlock Holmes: The Valley of Fear
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (March 1950) $5.00
"Sherlock Holmes Stalks a Secret Murder Gang!"
Bantam Books #733 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Edge and corner wear, spine wear.)

The Singing Sands by Josephine Tey (January 1960) $5.00
"Sudden Death in the Scottish Highlands."
Berkley Medallion Books #G298 [First Printing]
Book is Fine Plus.

Sinister Errand by Peter Cheyney (1947) $5.00
Avon Publishing #114 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Creasing on front cover along spine.)

Slob by Rex Miller (1987) $12.00
An entry in the "Jack Eichord" series.
Signet Books [Advance Reading Copy]
Book is Very Fine.

Slob by Rex Miller (November 1987) $10.00
An entry in the "Jack Eichord" series.
Signet Books [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint Minus.

Snatch an Eye by Henry Kane (1964) $3.00
"Wherein the Irresistibly Sexy Peter Chambers Is
Waylaid and Courted to Produce a Corpse... His Own!"
Magnum Books #74-562 [Printing Unknown]
Book is Fine.

Some Avenger, Rise! by Lesley Egan (circa 1970s) $5.00
"Vengeance Drives a Shadowy Killer to His Ultimate Act..."
Popular Library #02570 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Something Blue by Charlotte Armstrong (1959) $5.00
Ace Books #77480 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Something Wrong by Elizabeth Linington (circa 1970s) $5.00
"A Cop Shot Down in Cold Blood... A Missing Infant... A Teenage Girl in Deadly Trouble..."
Popular Library #02547 [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint Minus.

The Sounds of Silence by Judith Richards (December 1978) $3.00
Pocket Books #43117 [Second Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Stairway to an Empty Room by Dolores Hitchens (April 1951) $6.00
"A Lovely Woman and a Terror-Haunted Child--Lost in a Savage Maze of Murder!"
Popular Library #SP394 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Stairway to Death by Bruno Fischer (1951) $8.00
Originally published as So Much Blood.
Cover art by Frederick.
Pyramid Books #29 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Minor creasing, cocked pages.)

Stopover for Murder by Floyd Mahannah (January 1956) $12.00
"Fall Guy... in a Million Dollar Murder!"
Signet Books #1268 [First Printing]
Book is Fine save for chipping at top and bottom of spine.

The Strangled Witness by Leslie Ford (1948) $12.00
Another entry in the "Colonel Primrose" series.
Popular Library #158 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine save for some peeling of plastic coating.

Straw Man by Doris Miles Disney (1951) $10.00
"A Savage Killer on the Loose, and the Wrong Man About to hang!"
Cover art by William George.
Dell Publishing #885 [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

Street of the Five Moons by Elizabeth Peters (1978) $3.00
Fawcett Crest Books #23897 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Strike from Space by Phyllis Schlafly & Chester Ward (January 1966) $5.00
Pere Marquette Press [Third Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

The Syndicate by Peter McCurtin (January 1972) $3.00
"The Italians Against the Irish in the Bloodiest Gang War of All."
Belmont/Tower Books #50211 [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

A Taste for Cognac by Davis Dresser aka Brett Halliday (1951) $5.00
"She Spotted Michael Shayne by His Red Hair Just Before
Everything Exploded Into Violence and Bloodshed."
This 64 page book is part of the "Dell 10¢ Book" series.
Dell Publishing #15 [First Printing]
Book is Good Plus. (Edge and corner wear, some sticker damage lower spine.)

A Taste for Murder by H.F. Heard (1941) $6.00
Originally published as A Taste for Honey.
Avon Publishing #808 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Minus. (Spine wear.)

Thin Air by Howard Browne (1958) $3.00
Cover art by William George.
Dell Publishing #894 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Minus. (Some corner wear, wear along spine.)

This Gun for Hire by Graham Greene (June 1968) $5.00
"An Unforgettable Portrait of a Professional Killer."
Bantam Books #S3741 [Fourth Printing]
Book is Fine.

To Keep or Kill by Wilson Tucker (March 1956) $3.00
"The Redhead Had a Yen--for Money, Men--and Murder!"
Cover art by Bob Maguire.
Lion Books #LL-84 [Second Printing]
Book is Good. (Water damage, corner wear.)

Too Dead to Run by Jason Manor (February 1955) $3.00
"The Brutal Story of a Crime-Ridden Campaign in Which One Candidate Was..."
Perma Books/Pocket Books #M-3002 [Second Printing]
Book is Good Plus.

The Touch Guys by Mickey Spillane (December 1969) $3.00
Signet Books #T4141 [Second Printing]
Book is Fine.

Trap by George E. Jones (1955) $5.00
Graphic Publishing Company #106 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Cover creasing.)

Travis McGee: Bright Orange for the Shroud by John D. MacDonald (circa 1970s) $3.00
Fawcett Gold Medal Books #P3262 [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Fine.

Travis McGee: Darker Than Amber by John D. MacDonald (1966) $2.00
Fawcett Gold Medal Books #D1674 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Tanning, price scratched out on front cover.)

Travis McGee: The Deep Blue Good-By by John D. MacDonald (1964) $3.00
Fawcett Gold Medal Books #T2428 [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

Travis McGee: The Neon Jungle by John D. MacDonald (circa 1960s) $3.00
Fawcett Gold Medal Books #T2331 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus.

Two Against Scotland Yard by David Frome (circa 1960s) $2.00
Popular Library #2239 [Printing Unknown]
Book is Fine Minus. (Spine roll.)

The Vegas Trap by Hal Kantor (1970) $5.00
"The Chips Are Down and So Are the Chippies When a Mafia Muscle-Man
Gambles His Life in the Biggest Scam Game Ever to Hit the Strip."
Pinnacle Books #P013-N [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Vein of Violence by William Campbell Gault (February 1965) $2.00
An Inner Sanctum Mystery.
Award Books #A125F [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Mild edge wear, some cover creasing.)

The Venetian Affair by Helen MacInnes (September 1969) $3.00
Fawcett Crest Books #M1181 [Tenth Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Vice-Cop by Richard Deming (1961) $8.00
"They Started with Thrill Parties and Ended with Murder!"
Belmont Books #221 [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus.
(Crease along spine on front cover, minor edge wear upper cover, otherwise sharp copy.)

The Wasp by Ursula Curtiss (1963) $3.00
Cover art by Schinella.
Ace Books #G-555 [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Corner wear.)

The Way to Dusty Death by Alistair MacLean (1975) $3.00
Fontana Books UK #3835 [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint.

When Dorinda Dances by Davis Dresser aka Brett Halliday (July 1963) $3.00
Dell Publishing #9462 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Nice except for ½" x 1" piece missing from first page.)

Where Helen Lies by Rae Foley (May 1978) $3.00
Jove Books #M4490 [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint Minus.

Where Is Janice Gantry? by John D. MacDonald (1961) $3.00
"A Young Widow Turns Up Missing, and a Whole Town Asks... Where Is Janice Gantry?"
Fawcett Gold Medal Books #K1469 [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus.

Where Is Janice Gantry? by John D. MacDonald (1961) $4.00
"A Young Widow Turns Up Missing, and a Whole Town Asks... Where Is Janice Gantry?"
Fawcett Gold Medal Books #K1469 [First Printing]
Book is Fine. (Light crease on front cover along spine, minor corner blunting to cover.)

A Whiff of Death by Isaac Asimov (1969) $6.00
Originally published as The Death Dealer.
Lancer Books #74-545 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine Plus.

The Widower by Van Siller (February 1958) $3.00
"A Lovely Woman in a Terror Trap--as Death Moves to Suburbia."
Popular Library #SP402 [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Creasing along spine on front cover.)

You Can't Do Business With Murder by Don von Elsner (December 1962) $5.00
"David Danning Comes Face to Face with His Strangest and Most Sinister Opponent--the World of the Occult!"
Signet Books #S2214 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.


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