Tuesday, March 13, 2012

For sale: A large collection of Isaac Asimov.

Eureka Books in California is offering for sale a large collection of works by Isaac Asimov. Mystery fans may be interested in the following:

• 1968 hardcover edition of A Whiff of Death, Asimov's first mystery (no. 43, $500)

• Asimov's Mysteries (1968, no 44, $40), a collection of mystery/sci-fi stories

• Copies of More Tales of the Black Widowers (1976, nos. 73–75, signed, $200–$750), Casebook of the Black Widowers (1980, nos. 95–96, $250), and Banquets of the Black Widowers (1984, no. 121, $250). Some of Asimov's wonderful short mysteries in which the quiet waiter Henry always solves the case.

• Murder at the ABA (1976, no. 76, signed, $250)

• The Key Word and Other Mysteries (1977, no. 82, $125)

• Two copies of Asimov's Sherlockian Limericks (1978, nos 85–86, $150–250)

The Union Club Mysteries (1983, no. 112, $250), signed to the late Ellis Peters aficionado Sue Feder

(Hat tip to Fine Books & Collections)

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