Crime Collectibles. In 1841 Edgar Allan Poe wrote The Murders in Rue Morgue” creating the detective novel and a sleuth extraordinaire. Could he have imagined the barrage of mysteries would follow? Here’s a sampling of our mystery collectibles. The Stalin EpigramHardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 290 pages. A novel based in Stalinist Russia around an historical episode involving the poet, Osip Mandelstam. $1500.00 A Thief in the NightHardcover, black cloth with 3-color decoration of horseman’s carriage on front cover, red lettering on spine, 372 pages plus publisher’s ads in rear. (MORE) $80.00 Death in a Strange Country268 pages, a bright, clean copy in an unclipped dust jacket. The second Guido Brunetti mystery. (MORE) $100.00 The GetawayPaperback, tight and square, clean and bright. Unread mass market copy of the 1959 Thompson classic. A nice copy of the stated first printing, January 1959. $50.00 Julius Caesar Murder Case.306 pages. Tan cloth covers with maroon titles and illustrations on cover and spine. (MORE) $200.00 Be Cool (SIGNED COPY)292 pages. SIGNED BY LEONARD ON TITLE PAGE. Black covers with silver titles to spine, color illustrated dust jacket with acetate protective covering.(MORE) $40.00 Hide & Seek: A John Rebus NovelHardcover, 210 pages, bright, clean copy in an unclipped dust jacket. The second Inspector Rebus novel. $170.00 Death at La Fenice263 pages, bright, clean copy in an unclipped dust jacket. The author’s first mystery. Guido Brunetti investigates the death of a world famous conductor in Venice. $300.00
