Sauk City, WI: Mycroft & Moran, 1973. Jacket illustrated by Frank Utpatel. First edition. Hardcover in unclipped jacket ($6.00). Black cloth with gold lettering to the spine, edition of 4000 copies, Octavo. The final collection of Solar Pons stories, a pastiche of Sherlock Holmes and thinly disguised versions of Ashenden, Hercule Poirot.....
London: Doubleday (UK), 2016. Cover illustration by Max Schindler. First Edition. Hardcover in unclipped jacket, (£16.99). Clean, black boards, gilt titles to spine. A bright and glossy jacket with beautiful cover illustration by Max Schindler.Signed by the author on the title page. Number 15 in the series, Bryant and May, two Golden.....
New York: Delacorte Press, 1984. Jacket illustration by Bob Giusti. Stated first printing. Hardcover in an unclipped jacket ($14.95). Octavo. Buff colored boards with a black spine and silver gilt titles. The author's first novel and the book that pioneered the surf noir genre. A gritty coming of age mystery set.....