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Hardback Novels

1. The House of Cain by Arthur Upfield (1983)

1,000 copies, reprint of the author's rare first novel (Hutchinson, 1928). Dust jacket by George Barr.

2. Love Song by Philip Jose Farmer (1983)

500 copies, signed and numbered by the author. Reprint (first hardcover) of the author’s scarce eroto-Gothic novel (pb original from Brandon House, 1970). Dustjacket by William McMillan.

3. The Given Day by Robert van Gulik (1984)

300 copies, signed and numbered by Janwillem Van de Wetering, author of the Postscript. Reprint of very scarce privately printed (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1964) "philosophical mystery" set in modem-day Holland by the author of the Judge Dee series (all vols. of which are currently in print from the U. of Chicago Press, Scribners and Dover in paperback editions). Dustjacket by Daniel Withers.

4. Homicide Sanitarium by Fredric Brown (1984)

300 copies, introduction by Bill Pronzini, who signed and numbered the edition. The first volume in an (almost successful) attempt to put all of Fredric Brown's previously unreprinted short stories, unfinished novels, trade magazine fiction, poetry and miscellaneous other work in book form for collectors. This and all following volumes in the Brown series are true first editions. Dustjacket design by William McMillan.

5. The Ghostway by Tony Hillerman (1984)

300 copies, signed and numbered by the author. First edition, subtitled "The Door Into Darkness." Dustjacket by Chista Cantu.

6. Before She Kills by Fredric Brown (1984)

350 copies, signed and numbered by the author of the introduction, Wm. F. Nolan. Vol. 2 in the "Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps" series. Dustjacket design by William McMillan.

7. A Royal Abduction by Arthur Upfield (1984)

400 copies, introduction by Tony Hillerman. Reprint of scarce early (1932) non-Bony-series novel (Upfield was most well known for his creation of the half-aboriginal detective Napoleon Bonaparte--"Bony" for short to his friends). Dustjacket by William McMillan.

8. Madman's Holiday by Fredric Brown (1985)

350 copies, signed and numbered by Brown scholar Newton Baird, author of the introduction. Vol. 3 in the series. Dustjacket by William McMillan.

9. The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches by Fredric Brown (1985)

400 copies, signed and numbered by Lawrence Block, author of the introduction. The unfinished novel version plus the complete novella (famous among old paperback collectors as a Dell pb original). Vol. 4 in the series. Dustjacket featuring Brint's Diner in Wichita, Kansas, by William McMillan.

10. The Freak Show Murders by Fredric Brown (1985)

400 copies, signed and numbered by Richard A. Lupoff, author of the introduction. Vol. 5. Dustjacket by William McMillan.

11. The Paper Gun by Howard Browne (1985)

First edition, 350 copies, signed and numbered by the author and his son Allen, dustjacket artist. The final Paul Pine PI novel. Also contains the only Paul Pine short story, "So Dark for April" (unfinished).

12. Thirty Corpses Every Thursday by Fredric Brown (1986)

375 copies, signed and numbered by Wm. Campbell Gault, author of the introduction. Vol. 6. Dj by Wm. McMillan.

13. Now And On Earth by Jim Thompson (1986)

400 numbered copies. Introduction by Stephen King. Reprint of the author's rare first novel, originally published by Modern Age Books in 1942, the last book published before the demise of the firm (everyone who worked there was drafted!). Dustjacket by William McMillan.

14. Pardon My Ghoulish Laughter by Fredric Brown (1986)

400 copies, signed and numbered by Donald Westlake, author of the introduction. Vol. 7 in the series. Dustjacket by William McMillan.

15. Red is the Hue of Hell by Fredric Brown (1986)

400 copies, signed and numbered by Walt Sheldon, Brown's old friend and fellow pulpster; his introduction, "Requiem for a Craftsman," along with Brown's son's introduction to Vol. 11, are the best in the series. Vol. 8. Dustjacket by William McMillan.

16. Sex Life on the Planet Mars by Fredric Brown (1986)

400 copies, signed and numbered by Charles Willeford, author of the introduction. Vol. 10 in the series (don't ask me why Vol. 10 appeared before Vol. 9 -- l can't remember!). Dustjacket by Phil Foglio.

17. Robert van Gulik: His Life, His Work by Janwillem Van de Wetering (1987)

350 copies, signed and numbered by the author. Long biographical essay on the creator of the Judge Dee series by fellow Dutch mystery writer. Dustjacket by Joe Servello after van Gulik's own effort for Dee Goong An. Reprint in trade pb by Soho(1998)

18. Brother Monster by Fredric Brown (1987)

400 copies, signed and numbered by Harry Altshuler, author of the introduction, Brown's first agent and lifelong friend. Unfinished "Fortean" novel left by Brown at the time of his death. Vol. 9. Dustjacket by Joe Servello.

19. The Murchison Murders by Arthur Upfield (1987)

600 copies. Reprint of very scarce paperback original (Midget Masterpiece Publishing Co., Sydney, 1934). Upfield's version of the "Snowy Rowles Affair," in which a casual acquaintance murdered three swagmen in the Western Australian outback in 1929-30. Upfield testified at his trial, and wrote a short account in 1933. My edition contains that text plus three of his articles from Walkabout (the Australian version of National Geographic) from the 1930's and '40's. Dustjacket by Joe Servello and William McMillan.

20. New Forms of Ugly by Charles Willeford (1987)

350 copies, signed and numbered by the author. First edition. Subtitled "The Immobilized Hero in Modern Fiction," the book is an expanded version of Willeford's Master's thesis; an eminently readable survey of the literature of Angst, starting with Dostoyevsky, moving through Kafka & Beckett, right down to modern writers (Chester Himes, Saul Bellow, et. al.) not often covered in such an "academic" work. The dustjacket is Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream."

21. The Office by Fredric Brown (1987)

425 copies, signed and numbered by Philip Jose Farmer, author of the introduction. First edition of Brown's original draft of the novel (a different version, with toned-down language acceptable to New York publishers of that era, was published by Dutton in 1958). The only "mainstream" novel Brown ever wrote--a fascinating and only slightly fictionalized account of his time as an office boy in Cincinnati during 1922-23. Dustjacket by Joe Servello.

22. Kiss Your Ass Good-bye by Charles Willeford (1987)

400 copies signed and numbered by the author. First edition. Part 2 of the 4-part The Shark-Infested Custard (finally published in its entirety by Underwood/Miller in 1993), with a different ending. Dustjacket by Joe Servello.

23. Nightmare in Darkness by Fredric Brown (1987)

425 copies, signed and numbered by Linn Brown (one of Fred’s two sons), author of the introduction. Vol. 11. Dj by Joe Servello.

24. The Ups & Downs of Life by Capt. Edward Sellon (1987)

374 cloth and 26 goatskin morocco copies, numbered and lettered, respectively. I co-published this rare erotic Victorian autobiography with C.J. Scheiner, an erotica dealer in Brooklyn, N.Y. There is only one copy of the original book known to exist. Dustjacket by Joe Servello. The eight original color lithographs by Sellon himself are reproduced.

25. Who Was That Blonde I Saw You Kill Last Night? by Fredric Brown (1988)

450 copies, signed and numbered by Alan E. Nourse, author of the introduction. Vol. 12. Dj by Servello.

26. Whores by James Crumley (1988)
475 cloth and 26 goat-skin morocco copies, signed and numbered/lettered by the author, well known for his hard-boiled mysteries set in the modern intermountain west. Short story collection and essay, with an interview. First edition, later reprinted by Clark City Press of Livingston, Montana as The Muddy Fork (with two additional pieces). Dustjacket by Joe Servello.

27. Everybody's Metamorphosis by Charles Willeford (1988)

374 cloth and 26 goatskin morocco copies, signed and numbered by the author (published posthumously). First edition, short stories and essays, plus an excellent annotated bibliography of Willeford by Don Herron. Dustjacket by Joe Servello.

28. Three-Corpse Parlay by Fredric Brown (1988)

450 copies, signed and numbered by Max Allan Collins, author of the introduction. Vol. 13. Dustjacket by Joe Servello.

29. Selling Death Short by Fredric Brown (1988)

450 copies, signed and numbered by Francis M. Nevins, author of the introduction. Vol. 14. Dustjacket by Joe Servello.

30. Whispering Death by Fredric Brown (1989)

450 numbered copies. Vol. 15. Dj by Servello.

31. Gripped by Drought by Arthur Upfield (1990)

450 copies. Reprint of scarce early (Hutchinson, 1932) non-mystery novel, cataloging the ravages of a three-year drought in the Australian outback. Dustjacket by Joe Servello.

32. Happy Ending by Fredric Brown (1990)

450 numbered copies. Vol. 16. Dj by Servello.

33. The Water-Walker by Fredric Brown(1990)

425 numbered copies. Vol. 17. Dustjacket by Joe Servello.

34. The Gibbering Night by Fredric Brown (1991)

425 copies, signed and numbered by Joe Lansdale, author of the introduction. Vol. 18. Dj by Joe Servello.

35. The Pickled Punks by Fredric Brown (1991)

425 numbered copies. Vol. 19 (& final volume in the series). Dustjacket by Joe Servello.

36. Dead Folk by Jon A. Jackson (1995)

300 cloth and 26 pigskin morocco copies (all copies slipcased), signed and numbered/lettered by the author. Dustjacket by Joe Servello.

37. Mangrove Mama and Other Tropical Tales of Terror by Janwillem Van de Wetering (1995)

2,000 cloth copies. Dustjacket by the author.

38. Silent by A. A. Attanasio (1996)

2,000 cloth copies. Dustjacket by Joe Servello

39. Bordersnakes by James Crumley (1996)

300 cloth and 26 quarter morocco copies, signed and numbered/lettered by the author. Dustjacket by S. Clay Wilson.

40. Night Dogs by Kent Anderson (1996)

1,900 cloth and 100 quarter morocco copies, signed and numbered/lettered by the author. Dustjacket by Michael Kellner.

41. Incredible Ink by Howard Browne (1997)

350 cloth copies, signed and numbered/lettered by the author. Collected pulp detective fiction plus a short memoir published in honor of his 90th birthday. Dustjacket by Joe Servello.

42. Willeford by Don Herron (1997)

3,000 cloth copies. The first critical study done on this important late 20th century author.

43. Dia de los Muertos by Kent Harrington (1997)

3,000 cloth and 200 quarter morocco copies, signed and numbered/lettered by the author. Dustjacket by Scott Musgrove.

44. Blood Work by Michael Connelly (1997)

300 cloth and 26 quarter morocco copies, signed and numbered/lettered by the author. Dustjacket by Wayne Kral.

45. The Sweet Forever by George P. Pelecanos (1998)

400 cloth and 52 quarter morocco copies, signed and numbered/lettered by the author. Dustjacket by Wayne Kral. The third book in his D.C.Quartet ([1] The Big Blowdown, [2] King Suckerman, [4] Shame the Devil (forthcoming)).

46. Go By Go by Jon A. Jackson (1998)

2,000 cloth and 26 quarter morocco copies, signed and numbered by the author.

47. Liquor, Guns and Ammo by Kent Anderson (1998)
2,000 trade cloth copies plus 150 quarter morocco copies, signed and numbered by the author. Dustjacket by Michael Kellner. Collected non-fiction, outtakes from Sympathy for the Devil and Night Dogs, and a screenplay.

48. No Good from a Corpse by Leigh Brackett (1999)

1,000 trade cloth copies plus 200 quarter morocco copies, signed by Ray Bradbury (author of the introduction) and Michael Connelly (author of the afterword). Dustjacket and interior drawings by Joe Servello. Her excellent Chandleresque hardboiled detective novel from 1944 and all of her pulp crime short stories and novellas.

49. The Difference by Charles Willeford (1999)

1,000 trade cloth copies. Dustjacket and book design by Michael Kellner. Originally published pseudonymously as The Hombre From Sonora under the nom de plume "Will Charles" by the Lenox Hill imprint of Crown Books in 1971.

50. Void Moon by Michael Connelly (1999)

400 cloth and 100 quarter morocco copies. Dustjacket by Scott Musgrove.

51. Shame The Devil by George P. Pelecanos (1999)

400 cloth and 100 quarter morocco copies. Dustjacket by Joe Servello.

52. Writing and Other Blood Sports by Charles Willeford (2000)

1000 cloth copies.

53. The American Boys by Kent Harrington (2000)

2000 cloth copies. Dustjacket by Scott Musgrove.

54. The Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips (2000)

225 quarter morocco copies. Dustjacket by Michael Kellner.

55. A Clod of Wayward Marl by Rick DeMarinis (2001)
56. Chester Stubbs by Craig Miles Miller (2001)

1000 cloth copies. Dustjacket by Joe Servello.



Trade Paperbacks

1. The Brazilian Guitar, transcribed and edited by Brian Hodel (1983)

1,000 copies, 9 x 12, saddle-stitched, cover by William McMillan. Co-published with the author, the book consists of brief biographies of noted modern Brazilian popular composers, along with transcriptions for classical guitar of some of their most well known pieces, arranged by Hodel (winner of the Henry Mancini prize for composition in 1994). The composers include Luis Bonfa , Paulinho Nogueira, Laurindo Almeida, Sebastao Tapajos, Baden Powell, and others. First and only edition.

2. Homicide Sanitarium by Fredric Brown (1985,1987)

Reprint of the first volume in the Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps series. The November 1985 printing was 2,000 copies, the May 1987 printing 3,000 copies. Cover by Wm. McMillan.

3. Thirty Corpses Every Thursday by Fredric Brown (1986)

Reprint of Vol. 6 in the Brown series. 3,000 copies printed in August 1986. Cover by Wm. McMillan.

4. Before She Kills by Fredric Brown (1986)

Reprint of Vol. 2 in the Brown series. 5,000 copies printed in Dec. 1986.

5. The Freak Show Murders by Fredric Brown (1986)

Reprint of Vol. 5 in the Brown series. 5,000 copies printed Dec. 1986. Cover by Wm. McMillan.

6. Pardon My Ghoulish Laughter by Fredric Brown (1987)

Reprint of Vol. 7 in the Brown series. 5,000 copies printed in Sept. 1987. Cover by Joe Servello.

7. Blue Murder by Robert Leslie Bellem (1987)

Reprint of 1938 Phoenix Press hard-boiled tongue-in-cheek novel by pulpster Bellem. Introduction by Bill Pronzini. First volume of the Classic Hard-Boiled series. 5,000 copies; Oct. 1987. Cover by Joe Servello.

8. High Jinx by Donald and Abby Westlake (1987)

First edition of short "you-solve-it" mystery originally presented at the Mohonk Hotel in upstate New York by the Westlakes. Introduction by Martin Cruz Smith. Cover by Edward Gorey and Joe Servello. 5,000 copies; Dec. 1987.

9. Transylvania Station by Donald and Abby Westlake (1987)

First edition as #8 above. Introduction by Steven King. Cover by Gahan Wilson. 5,000 copies; Dec. 1987.

10. 42 Days for Murder by Roger Torrey (1988)

Reprint of 1938 Hillman-Curl Clue Club hard-boiled mystery by Black Mask regular Torrey. The author's only novel published in hardcover (most of his work was serialized in Black Mask and other detective pulps). Vol. 2 in the Classic Hard-Boiled series. Cover by Joe Servello. 5,000 copies; April 1988.

11. The Blind Pig by Jon A. Jackson (1988)

Reprint of 1978 Random House hardcover featuring "Fang" Mulheisen, Detroit police detective. Cover by S. Clay Wilson. 5,000 copies; June 1988.

12. Halo in Brass by Howard Browne (1988)

Reprint of 1949 Bobbs-Merrill hardcover (originally published under the pseudonym "John Evans"). Featuring Chicago PI Paul Pine. Cover by Joe Servello. 5,000 copies; Sept. 1988.

13. The Taste of Ashes by Howard Browne (1988)

Reprint of Simon & Schuster 1957 hardcover. A Paul Pine detective novel. Cover by Joe Servello. 5,000 copies; Sept. 1988.

14. Kiss Your Ass Good-bye by Charles Willeford (1988)

Reprint of 1987 hardcover published by yours truly. Cover by Joe Servello. 5,000 copies, Nov. 1988.

15. Whores by James Crumley (1989)

Reprint of 1988 hard-cover published by yours truly. Cover by Joe Servello. 5,000 copies; March 1989.

16. To the Bright and Shining Sun by James Lee Burke (1989)

Reprint of Burke's second novel (Scribners, 1970). Cover by Joe Servello. 5,000 copies; March 1989.

17. Rude Awakening by Purnell Christian and Joe Servello (1996)

2,000 trade copies, 9" x 12", plus 30 cloth-bound hardcover copies, signed by the author and illustrator. April 1996.

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