Bev's Bookish Fall Break

 

It's that time again...for Bev's own Fall Break Bookish Extravaganza. And it's all made possible by the Hoosier Hills Food Bank Community Book Fair. Each year I take two days off work so I can go to the opening day of the book fair for the best chance at getting the most vintage mysteries. And then spend the next day blissfully logging and scanning my finds. This year, per usual, I stood in line Thursday morning with $10 in hand so I could have a first glance at the bookish goodies. Then I went back on Saturday (ostensibly to see if there were any comic books my husband might possibly want...) and came home with another round. 

This year was supposed to be a big deal (kindof like last year was supposed to be a big deal--"bigger & better than ever"). Bob Hammel--long-time sports writer for the Herald Times--donated 2,000 IU and sports-related items towards the sale. I didn't notice anyone flocking towards that area.... The only area that seemed to be "bigger than ever" this year was the DVD section. Way more tables than I ever remember.  Also more record albums. The better books mystery section and regular mystery sections were about the same size as last year--but the regular mystery sections were loaded down with newer stuff (it appeared that several Janet Evanovich and David Baldacci fans had unloaded every book they owned....). 

I picked up six from the better books sections and then moved on to the regular mysteries. I was beginning to think I wouldn't find anything vintage that I didn't already own (one of the difficulties with having been a collector for so long...). So...not wanting to leave without at least putting a few things in my bag, I grabbed up some more modern authors. Then I got to the last table of hardback/large paperback mysteries....bonanza! All of the books marked with an asterisk were on that last table. And the trip to the Book Fair would have been worth it for Fatal Descent--a book I never thought I'd see in the wild. And with a dust jacket, no less!

My two-day haul: 44 books [lowest # ever since I started keeping track--six found on Saturday]; 3 books on CD; 9 mystery magazines; one Charles Dickens mini-puzzle; and 2 Hoosier Hills sweatshirts. I thought about going back on Sunday (half-price day), but I just couldn't imagine that I'd missed much. I hope some vintage mystery lovers donate a ton of books for next year...

Vintage Mysteries

Below Suspicion by John Dickson Carr (Bantam #1119) [better books]  

Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie (Fontana Books #31) [Saturday find]

Murder in the Maze by J. J. Connington (hard back w/dustjacket) [better books]

Some Women Won't Wait/The Mysterious Suspect/A Big Hand for the Corpse by A. A. Fair/John Rhode/George Bagby (Detective Book Club 3-in-1 volume) [inexplicably in clearance section]

The Tall House Mystery by A. E. Fielding [better books]

Cork & the Serpent by MacDonald Hastings [Saturday find]

Masterpieces of Mystery: The Fifties selected by Ellery Queen [better books]

Fatal Descent by John Rhode & Carter Dickson (hard back w/dustjacket)*

Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (book on CD) [Saturday find]

The Chinese Chop by Juanita Sheridan (modern reprint)*

The Kahuna Killer by Juanita Sheridan (modern reprint)*

The Waikiki Widow by Juanita Sherica (modern reprint)*

Dead Man Inside by Vincent Starrett (modern reprint)*

Measure for Murder by Clifford Witting (modern reprint)*

Murder in Blue by Clifford Witting (modern reprint)*

Silver Age Mysteries (1960-1989)

The Scottish Decision by Alan Hunter [Saturday find]

Rough Cider by Peter Lovesey [Saturday find]

Death in the Past by Richard A. Moore [Saturday find]

Thursday's Folly/The Visitor/The Trouble with Tycoons by Judson Philips/Anthony Gilbert/H. Baldwin Taylor (Detective Book Club 3-in-1 volume) [inexplicably in clearance section]

Masterpieces of Mystery: Detective Directory I selected by Ellery Queen [better books]

Masterpieces of Mystery: Detective Directory II selected by Ellery Queen [better books]

Requiem for a Schoolgirl by Ivan T. Ross*

More Modern Mysteries

The Rainaldi Quartet (Sleeper) by Paul Adam 

One Book in the Grave by Kate Carlisle (book on CD)

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine May/June 2019 by Janet Hutchings, ed

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Sept/Oct 2019 by Janet Hutchings, ed

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Nov/Dec 2019 by Janet Hutchings, ed

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Jan/Feb 2020 by Janet Hutchings, ed

Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine July/Aug 2019 by Linda Landrigan, ed

Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine Sept/Oct 2019 by Linda Landrigan, ed

Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine Nov/Dec 2019 by Linda Landrigan, ed

Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine Jan/Feb 2020 by Linda Landrigan, ed

Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine May/June 2020 by Linda Landrigan, ed

The Birdcage Murders by Karen Baugh Menuhin (historical--Golden Age era)

The Mystery of Montague Morgan by Menuhin (historical--Golden Age era)

A Wreath of Red Roses by Menuhin (historical--Golden Age era)

Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

Fever Dream by Preston & Child

Verses for the Dead by Preston & Child

Murder at Ardith Hall by Irina Shapiro (historical--Victorian)

Murder at the Abbey by Shapiro (historical--Victorian)

Murder at the Mill by Shapiro (historical--Victorian)

Murder in the Caravan by Shapiro (historical--Victorian)

Murder in the Crypt by Shapiro (historical--Victorian)

Murder in the Grave by Shapiro (historical--Victorian)

Murder at Union Station by Margaret Truman (book on CD)

Everything Else

Ellison Wonderland by Harlan Ellison

Beauvallet by Georgette Heyer

False Colours by Georgette Heyer

The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer

An Infamous Army by Georgette Heyer

The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer

The Quiet Gentleman by Georgette Heyer

The Reluctant Widow by Georgette Heyer

The Toll Gate by Georgette Heyer

The Obsession of Victoria Gracen by Grace Livingston Hill

And...

Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol mini-puzzle

two Hoosier Hills Book Fair hoodies (one for me & one for Brad--Kyle doesn't like hoodies)

Hoosier Hills Book Fair

 

Faithful readers of the blog will not be surprised to learn that once again I went to the Hoosier Hills Book Fair and handed over a sizable donation to the food bank in exchange for a rolling bag full of books. I spent a very happy morning with a huge spreadsheet of books-to-be-found and filled that bag up like there would never be another book fair ever. I have logged my treasures from the first day (I'll probably go back with the hubby at some point). Today's tally (including upgrade duplicates that I picked up) is 45 books, one audio book on CD, and one Hoosier Hills t-shirt. We'll see if I pick up any more before the weekend is over. I'm not entirely sure I will...despite this year's sale being advertised as "bigger and better than ever, from my point of view it wasn't. The mystery section the better, vintage book area was only about 1/3 to 1/2 the size of the previous years. The children's section (where vintage mysteries have, in the past, been mysteriously shelved as well) wasn't well-stocked either. There were way more CDs and DVDs than before, but that's not really what i look for. I usually go back on half price day and find another good (though smaller) bunch. Not sure that will happen this year... 

Here's what I found on opening day (Thursday):

Vintage Mysteries (pre-1960)

The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley (Dell Scene of the Crime Mystery)

Beverly Gray's Romance by Clair Blank (upgraded copy with dustjacket)

Double Indemnity by James M. Cain (Avon #137)

Murder With Mirrors by Agatha Christie (Pocket Books #50450)

The Dark River by Philip Clark

A Murder by Marriage by Robert George Dean (Bantam Books #6; upgraded copy)

Sent to His Account by Eilis Dillon (upgraded reprint)

Rehearsals for Murder by E. X. Ferrars (Hardback)

The Case of the Curious Bride by Erle Stanley Gardner (Pocket Books #177)

The 3rd Man by Graham Greene (Bantam #797)

Net of Cobwebs by Elizabeth Sanxay Holding (Bantam #26)

The Man Who Didn't Exist by Geoffrey Homes (Hardback)

Obelists Fly High by C. Daly King (upgraded reprint copy)

A Shot in the Dark by Richard Powell (Graphic Mystery #55)

The Pub Crawler by Maurice Procter (Green Door Mystery)

Death from a Top Hat by Clayton Rawson (upgraded reprint copy)

The Headless Lady by Clayton Rawson 

No Coffin for the Corpse by Clayton Rawson

The Claverton Affair by John Rhode (upgraded reprint copy)

Trial by Fury by Craig Rice (Dell Great Mystery Library Vol. 2)

Shadow of a Lady by Holly Roth (Inner Sanctum Mystery; upgraded edition)

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers (a unique edition for me)

The Dead Tree Gives No Shelter by Virgil Scott (Popular Library #296)

The Evil Day by Thomas Sterling

The Torn Branch by Arthur W. Upfield

Silver Age Mysteries (1960-1989; my definition)

A House Possessed by Charity Blackstock

A Sad Song Singing by Thomas Dewey (Pocket Books #65044)

Service of All the Dead by Colin Dexter (Dell Murder Ink Mystery)

The Judas Pair by Jonathan Gash (Dell Scene of the Crime Mystery)

A Death for a Dilettante by E. X. Giroux 

A Death for a Doctor by E. X. Giroux (upgraded edition)

The Man With a Load of Mischief by Martha Grimes (Dell Murder Ink Mystery)

The Old Fox Deceiv'd by Martha Grimes (Dell Murder Ink Mystery)

Midnight Ferry to Venice by Ben Healey

Death of a Shipowner by Thomas Henege

The Cradle of Crime by John Buxton Hilton

Twice Retired by Richard Lockridge (upgraded dustjacket hardback)

The Right Jack by Margaret Maron

The Red Pavilion by Robert Van Gulik

Fiction

Bath Tangle by Georgette Heyer

Call Her Savage by Tiffany Thayer (Avon Books #14)

Science Fiction

After Worlds Collide by Philip Wylie & Edwin Balmer

Nonfiction

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca (Hardback)

Book on CD

Fer-De-Lance by Rex Stout (read by Michael Prichard)

Hoosier Hills Book Fair: Return Trip

 

It should come as no surprise that I made a return trip to the Hoosier Hills Book Fair. After all--it was half price day. I couldn't pass up an opportunity to get even bigger bargains. And I didn't. I came home with 33 more books (w/two duplicates--that past Bev forgot to cross off the To Be Found List)...that makes a two-day grand total of 94 books, 5 holiday CDs, and one Sherlock Holmes jigsaw puzzle. I'm glad I scooped that puzzle up on Thursday--because the puzzle table was pretty much wiped clean when I went back. I thought most people got tired of puzzles after doing them like crazy during the pandemic. I guess not...

Here's the run-down of second trip treasures:

Vintage Mysteries/Spy-Espionage/Thrillers (pre-1960)

Beverly Gray Sophomore by Claire Blank

The Dissemblers (Puzzle for Inspector West) by John Creasey

Doorway to Death (Find Inspector West) by Creasey 

Murder for Christmas by Francis Duncan

Murder Off Broadway by Leonard Falkner

The Case of the Angry Mourner by Erle Stanley Gardner

Decision Before Dawn (Call It Treason) by George Howe (Pocket Book #748)

Ashenden by W. Somerset Maugham 

Q.E.D. by Ellery Queen

To the Queen's Taste by Ellery Queen (ed)

The Murderer's Companion by William Roughead (true crime)

The Omnibus of Crime by Dorothy L. Sayers (ed)

New Mammoth Golden Book of Best Detective Stories by Various (A. L. Burt Company)

Silver Age Mysteries (1960-1989)

The Mystery Lady by Anna Clarke

The Whitelands Affair by Anna Clarke

A Connoisseur's Case (The Crabtree Affair) by Michael Innes

Green Grow the Dollars by Emma Lathen

Something in the Air by Lathen

Change for the Worse by Elizabeth Lemarchand

Remember to Kill Me by Hugh Pentecost

Dearest Enemy by Sara Woods

The Law's Delay by Sara Woods

More Recent Mysteries

Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God by Guy Adams

Dirge for a Dorset Druid by Margot Arnold

Mrs. Jeffries Holds the Trump by Emily Brightwell

The Case of the Paranoid Patient by Anna Clarke

Other

Sherlock Holmes: Fact or Fiction by T. S. Blakeney (fictional biography)

The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper

Greenwitch by Susan Cooper

Indiana Jones & the Lost Treasure of Sheba by Rose Estes (Find Your Fate Adventure)

Bob Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant

Book Fair Extravaganza

 

Well, dear reader, I did it again. I went to the Hoosier Hills Book Fair and handed over a sizable donation to the food bank in exchange for a rolling bag full of books. I spent a very happy morning with a huge spreadsheet of books-to-be-found and filled that bag up like there would never be another book fair ever. Now I get to sit down and log my treasures from the first day (I'll probably go back with the hubby at some point). Today's tally (including duplicates that I managed to pick up despite carrying around that spreadsheet...) is 61 books, one Sherlock Holmes jigsaw puzzle, and 6 Christmas CDs--because I can't resist new-to-me Christmas music. Duplicates that were not intentional upgrades of previously owned books are not listed below. We'll see if I pick up any more before the weekend is over.

Vintage Mysteries (pre-1960)

The Best of Mr. Fortune Stories by H. C. Bailey (Pocket Books #190)

All Men Are Murderers by Lee Blackstock (Doubleday Crime Club)

The May Week Murder by Douglas G. Browne (reprint)

The Sussex Downs Murder by John Bude (reprint)

The Dull Dead by Gwendoline Butler

The Blind Barber by John Dickson Carr (vintage Penguin #528)

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie (Pan Books X736)

Murder Gone Minoan by Clyde B. Clason (Doubleday Crime Club)

Murder at the New York World's Fair by Freeman Dana [Phoebe Atwood Taylor] (reprint)

The White Priory Murders by Carter Dickson (upgraded copy of Pocket Books #156)

Murder-Go-Round by G. P. Donnel, Jr. (1st edition)

The Fletcher Omnibus (The Middle Temple Murder; The Yellow-Orange Diamond; The Amaranth Club) by J. S. Fletcher (vintage edition)

The Punt Murder by Aceituna Griffin (reprint)

Murder in Piccadilly by Charles Kingston (reprint)

Terror by Twilight by Kathleen Moore Knight (Collier Crime Club edition)

The Black Coat by Constance & Gwenyth Little (reprint)

Black Corridors by Little (reprint)

The Black Gloves by Little (reprint)

The Black Paw by Little (reprint)

The Black Shrouds by Little (reprint)

The Dishonest Murderer by Frances & Richard Lockridge (upgraded copy w/dustjacket)

Murder! Murder! Murder! (a Mr. & Mrs. North 3-in-1 Volume) by Lockridge

The Norths Meet Murder by Lockridge (more pristine Pocket Books #166)

Murder Without Clues by Eleanor Pierson (Mystery Novel Classic #55)

The Penthouse Mystery (an Ellery Queen Junior Mystery) by Ellery Queen 

The Claverton Affair by John Rhode (reprint)

Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers (hardback)

The Cape Cod Mystery by Phoebe Atwood Taylor (Pocket Books #171)

The Clever One by Edgar Wallace (Scotland Yard edition)

In the Tiger's Cage by Carolyn Wells (1st edition)

The Master Murderer by Wells

The Tapestry Room Murder by Wells (1st edition)

Mystery of the Green Cat by Phyllis A Whitney (1st edition)

The Curiosity of Mr. Treadgold by Valentine Williams (1st edition; dustjacket)

Collection (mostly vintage)

The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories by Patricia Craig (ed)

Silver Age (1960-1989)

The Twelve Deaths of Christmas by Marian Babson

Coffin in Malta by Gwendoline Butler

Nameless Coffin by Butler

Nobody's Perfect by Douglas Clark (more vintage copy)

Premedicated Murder by Douglas Clark (better copy)

A Child's Garden of Death by Richard Forrest

Landed Gently by Alan Hunter (better copy)

Alibi for a Corpse by Elizabeth Lemarchand

No Vacation from Murder by Lemarchand

Cold Light of Day by Emma Page

Nightmare Time by Hugh Pentecost

A Medium for Murder by Mignon Warner

Six Nuns & a Shotgun by Colin Watson

Newer Mysteries

Mrs. Jeffries Appeals the Verdict by Emily Brightwell

They Brother Death by E. X. Ferrars (academic mystery)

Murder Aboard the Flying Scotsman by Lee Strauss

Murder at the Boat Club by Strauss

Murder on Eaton Square by Strauss

Star Trek/Science Fiction

Captain's Table: Once Burned by Peter David

Captain's Table: Dujonian's Hoard by Michael Jan Friendman

Hoosier Hills Book Fair 2021

 

Just as I do every year (when it is open), I headed out to the Hoosier Hills Book Sale early in the morning on October 14th and then again today (the 16th), armed with a humongous spreadsheet and a rolling shopping bag, to see what treasures I could find to bring home. Since the fair was cancelled last year and this year's fair was advertised as bigger than ever, I was hoping to get closer to my record-breaking 103 books of a few years ago. But, even with two trips, I've managed just over half that number with 63. Plus 13 CDs for Brad (who joined me on today's outing).

Lets see what new members we have in the Hankins book family.

Vintage Mysteries (pre-1960)

The Bungalow on the Roof by Achmed Abdullah (The Mystery League)

Murder in the News Room by Henry Charlton Beck (Dutton Clue Mystery)

Ginny Gordon & the Lending Library by Julia Campbell

The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie (1st New Dell)

The Case Against Paul Raeburn (aka Triumph for Inspector West) by John Creasey (reprint)

Inspector West Kicks Off by John Creasey (Houghton & Stodder)

The Snarl of the Beast by Carroll John Daly (reprint)

The Book of the Lion by Elizabeth Daly (Bantam reprint)

Murder a Mile High by Elizabeth Dean (1st edition hardback)

Miscast for Murder by Ruth Fenisong (1st edition hardback)

The Red Thumb Mark by R. Austin Freeman (Dover reprint)

Death Knocks Three Times/The Dark Corner/Something About Midnight by Anthony Gilbert/Marie Blizard/D. B. Olsen (3-in-1 Detective Book Club volume)

Victorian Villainies selected Graham Greene & Hugh Greene

The Man with a Lumpy Nose/The Case of the Crooked Candle/Beyond the Dark by Lawrence Lariar/Erle Stanley Gardner/Kieran Abbey (3-in-1 Detective Book Club volume)

The Mystery of Villa Sineste by Walter Livingston (The Mystery League)

Red Eye for the Baron by Anthony Morton (Pan Books)

The Neat Little Corpse/Murder's Web/Sudden Vengeance by Max Murray/Dorothy Dunn/Edmund Crispin (3-in-1 Detective Book Club volume)

Shadow of Madness by Hugh Pentecost (1st edition hardback)

The Plot by Evelyn Piper (Inner Sanctum Mystery)

Queens Full by Ellery Queen (reprint)

The Siamese Twin Mystery by Ellery Queen (Pocket Books #109)

The Golden Eagle Mystery by Ellery Queen, Jr. (1st hard back reprint)

No Coffin for the Corpse by Clayton Rawson (Dell Mapback #258)

The Business of Crime by Robert Rice (classic nonfiction)

The Red Lamp by Mary Roberts Rinehart (New Dell #R103)

The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers (Victor Gollancz Ltd.)

Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers (Victor Gollancz Ltd.)

Winds of Evil by Arthur W. Upfield (reprint)

Silver Age/Modern Mysteries (post-1960)

The Army of Dr. Moreau by Guy Adams

DeKok & the Brothers of the Easy Death by A. C. Baantjer

DeKok & the Somber Nude by A. C. Baantjer

Montenegrin Gold by Brian Ball

Death in the Stars by Frances Brody

Dying in the Wool by Frances Brody

Burden of Proof by Mary Challis (Sara Woods)

Crimes Past by Mary Challis (Sara Woods)

Last Seen in London by Anna Clarke

Fatal Finish by Martina D'Alton

The House of Soldiers by Andrew Garve

A Death for Adonis by E. X. Giroux

Death Set to Music by Mark Hebden

Rogues' Gallery as edited by Alfred Hitchcock

The Lady in a Car with Glasses & a Gun by Sebastien Japrisot

One Deadly Summer by Sebastien Japrisot

Dead Corse by Mary Kelly

The Cross Bearer by Roy Lewis

Sherlock Holmes Solo Mysteries #3: Death at Appledore Towers by Gerald Lientz

Mad Hatter's Holiday by Peter Lovesey

Random Killer by Hugh Pentecost

Murder Clear, Track Fast by Judson Philips

Murder in a Black Tie by Sara Rosett

Murder on the S. S. Rosa by Lee Strauss

Murder at Hartigan House by Lee Strauss

The Uninvited Corpse by Michael Underwood

My Life Is Done by Sara Woods

A Thief or Two by Sara Woods

Other Books

The Captain's Table #4: Fire Ship by Diane Carey (ST: Voyager)

The Captain's Table #3: The Mist by Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch (ST: Deep Space Nine)

Psycho by Robert Bloch (paperback movie edition)

Audio novels:

And Be a Villain by Rex Stout

The Second Confession by Rex Stout

Where There Is a Will by Rex Stout

Hoosier Hills Book Sale 2018

Just as I do every year, I headed out to the Hoosier Hills Book Sale early in the morning on October 4th, armed with a humongous spreadsheet and a rolling shopping bag, to see what treasures I could find to bring home. I was hoping to get closer to my recording-breaking 103 books of two years ago, but I wound up just over last year's total of 55 with a two-day haul of 59 books. With more modern mysteries and modern reprints of classics than usual. And it's not just the community book fair that's been low on supply lately. For the second year in a row, I've come home from the Friends of Library clearance sales (both spring and fall) with nothing. Nada. Zilch. Somebody needs to start donating masses of vintage mysteries again....

But let's see what I did bring home...

Day One
Only Yesterday [nonfiction] by Frederick Lews Allen [1946 Bantam #27]
Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham [1963 MacFadden Books]
Judgment on Delchev by Eric Ambler [1952 Pocket Books #887]
Fair Maids Missing by Pierre Audemars [1964 Curtis Books]
The Avenging Chance by Anthony Berkeley [2015 Crippen & Landru reprint]
Top Storey by Anthony Berkeley [1990 Chivers Press reprint]
Trixie Belden & the Mystery Off Glen Road by Julie Campbell [1956 cameo edition]
It Walks by Night by John Dickson Carr [1986 Zebra Books]
The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie [1960 New Dell pock size]
Corpse de Ballet by Lucy Cores [2009 Rue Morgue Press reprint]
The Creepers by John Creasey [1962 Lancer Books]
Murder, London-South Africa by John Creasey [1967 Berkley Medallion]
Murder Makes Haste by John Creasey [1971 Lancer Books]
Parcels for Inspector West by John Creasey [1973 Pan Books]
So Young, So Cold, So Fair by John Creasey [1958 Dell pocket size]
The Hog's Back Mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts [2015 British Library Crime Classics reprint]
Death & the Mad Heroine by S. F. X. Dean [1985 first edition]
The Sleeping Tiger by D. M. Devine [2013 reprint]
She Died a Lady by Carter Dickson [1987 Zebra Books]
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate by Doris Miles Disney [1972 Berkley Medallion]
Tales of Terror & Mystery by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [1979 Penguin]
The Markenmore Mystery by J. S. Fletcher [1923 Herbert Jenkins Ltd]
Murder in Baker Street: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes by Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg, & Daniel Stashower (eds) [2001]
The Confidential Agent by Graham Greene [1952 Bantam #971]
Marked for Murder by Brett Halliday [1959 Dell pocket size]
Murder in the Stacks by Marion Boyd Havinghurst [1989 reprint]
Stop Press by Michael Innes [2001 reprint]
Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years by Michael Kurland (ed) [2006]
The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang [1924 David McKay Company]
Murder at the 42nd Street Library by Con Lehane [2016 first edition]

Encounters of Sherlock Holmes by George Mann (ed) [2013 first edition]
Gideon's Week by J. J. Marric [1964 Hodder & Stoughton]
The Puzzle of the Pepper Tree by Stuart Palmer [1933 Crime Club edition]
Murder in the Museum by John Rowland [2016 British Library Crime Classics reprint]
Black Orchids by Rex Stout [1966 Pyramid Books]
The Mountain Cat Murders by Rex Stout [1964 New Dell pocket size]
The President Vanishes by Rex Stout [1967 Pyramid Books]
Three for the Chair by Rex Stout [1957 Viking Press Book Club Edition]
Best Dr. Poggioli Detective Stories by T. S. Stribling [1975 Dover reprint]
Murder at Vassar by Elizabeth Atwood Taylor [1988]
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey [1967 Dell pocket size]
The Secret Files of Sherlock Holmes by June Thomson [1990 first edition]
The Barrakee Mystery by Arthur W. Upfield [1969 Pan Books]
Boney & the Black Virgin by Arthur W. Upfield [1973 Pan Books]
Death of a Lake by Arthur W. Upfield [1971 Pan Books]
The Lake Frome Monster by Arthur W. Upfield [1970 Pan Books]
The Will of the Tribe by Arthur W. Upfield [1964 Berkley Medallion]

Day Two
The Gift Shop by Charlotte Armstrong [1968 Fawcett Crest first edition]
Hang the Little Man by John Creasey [1972 Lancer Books]
So Young to Burn by John Creasey [1969 Berkley Medallion]
Alive & Screaming (as by) Alfred Hitchcock [1980]
The Pride of the Peacock by Victoria Holt [1976]
A Murder of Quality by John le Carré [1964 Signet]
Malice Domestic by Anne Perry (ed) [1997]
A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey [1964 Dell pocket size]
The Busy Body by Donald Westlake [1971 Ballantine]
Seven Tears for Apollo by Phyllis A Whitney [1964 Fawcett Crest]
All Hallows' Evil by Valerie Wolzien [1980]

Hoosier Hills Book Fair

It's that time again...time to feed my book-buying habit in a big way with my yearly visit to the Hoosier Hills Food Bank Community Book Fair. Last year I attended the paid entry first day just to see if it made a difference in what I came home with. It sure seemed to--I brought home a record-breaking 103 books and a LOT of vintage mysteries. So, this year I decided to do the paid entry thing again just to see if results remained consistent. Not so much. I came home with just a little over half my haul of last year--55 books (one is destined to go to my mom) and among them is one duplicate because past Bev forgot to cross off a first edition (new Avon) Lord Peter Wimsey novel. Ah well, it doesn't seem to have been a very good year for vintage mysteries in general around here. For the first time ever, I came away from the Friends of the Library clearance sale without buying a single book. Not one (Brad thought I was sick). There just wasn't anything in my area.

Here's what this year's treasure hunt found:

The Stately Home Murder by Catherine Aird (as a stand-in for the copy that I can't find in my stash of books)
Tether's End by Margery Allingham (MacFadden Books)
Give the Little Corpse a Great Big Hand by George Bagby 
The Mouls House Mystery by Charles Barry
The Alfred Hitchcock Murder Case by George Baxt
The Cream of Crime: More Tales from Boucher's Choicest by Jeanne F. Bernkopf (ed)
Blue Octavo by John Blackburn
Earthman, Come Home by James Blish (Avon #T-225)
Red Snow at Darjeeling by Lawrence G. Blochman (Saint Mystery Library #125)
Cat and Mouse by Christianna Brand (Avon #385)
The Soundless Scream by Michael Butterworth
Take Only as Directed by James Byrom 
The Saint Closes the Case by Leslie Charteris (TV tie-in) 
No Orchids for Miss Blandish by James Hadley Chase
The Club of Queer Trades by G. K. Chesteron (Delta Books; UK)
The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie (Dell #5860)
The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (Pan Books) 
Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie (Dell #6848)
Table D'Hote by Douglas Clark
Help from the Baron by John Creasey 
The Crisscross Shadow by Franklin W. Dixon
Rebecca's Pride by Donald McNutt Douglass 
The Medical Center Murders by Lisa Drake with Otto Penzler 
Poppy Ott & the Stuttering Parrot by Leo Edwards
Murder on Wall Street by John B. Ethan
Murder at the Nook by A. Fielding  (Alfred Knopf hardback, 1930 edition)
The Safety Pin by J. S. Fletcher
A Murderous Journey by Kenneth Giles
Puzzle in Parchment by Elizabeth Greshem (academic mystery)
Cleek The Master Detective by T. P. Hanshew
2.L.O by Walther S. Masterman
An Ad for Murder by John Penn
The Chronicles of Quincy Adams Sawyer Detective by Charles Felton Pidgin & J. M. Taylor
The Great Mistake by Mary Roberts Rinehart (Dell #3127)
The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart (hardback w/illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy)
Ripley's Believe It or Not! by Robert Ripley (Pocket Books #96; 2nd printing)
Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers (New English Library; UK press)
Unnatural Death by Dorothy L.Sayers (Avon, 1st printing) 
The Mystery of Swordfish Reef by Arthur Upfield (Pan Books)
Judge Dee at Work by Robert van Gulik
The Willow Pattern by Robert van Gulik
The Feathered Serpent by Edgar Wallace
Dead Man Manor by Valentine Williams
The Fox Prowls by Valentine Williams
The Mystery of the Gold Box by Valentine Williams
The Portcullis Room by Valentine Williams
Behind the Green Door by Mildred A. Wirt 
The Clock Strikes Thirteen by Mildred A. Wirt
Danger at the Drawbridge by Mildred A. Wirt
Saboteurs on the River by Mildred A. Wirt
Tale of the Witch Doll by Mildred A. Wirt