Crippen & Landru books are first editions of mystery, detection, crookery, roguery, and espionage.

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"The specialty publisher with the most star-studded list is Crippen & Landru, which has produced short story collections by some of the biggest names in contemporary crime fiction." 
- Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

"God Bless Crippen & Landru."  
- The Strand Magazine

"A monument in the making is appearing year by year from Crippen & Landru, a small press devoted exclusively to publishing the criminous short story."  
- Don Herron,
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine

"This is the best edited, most attractively packaged line of mystery books introduced in this decade. The books are equally valuable to collectors and readers."
- Mystery Scene Magazine

Crippen & Landru Out of Print Books

Very occasionally a distributor or bookstore returns books long after the book became officially out of print. The returned books sometimes have a small amount of rubbing on the jackets, but are otherwise new. To order an out of print book, please email us or call:

Phone (Toll Free) 877-622-6656
Email: info@crippenlandru.com

We currently have the following out-of-print books available:

  • Doug Allyn. All Creatures Dark and Dangerous, softcover. 1885941-32-3. First printing. $25.00. [Two copies available]
  • Michael Gilbert, The Curious Conspiracy, softcover. 1-885941-73-0. First printing. $25.00. [Two copies available]
  • Peter Godfrey, The Newtonian Egg, clothbound.. 1-885941-68-4. $25.00. First printing. [Three copies available]
  • Jeremiah Healy, Cuddy – Plus One, signed, numbered clothbound, with addl pamphlet, $48.00
  • Wendy Hornsby, Nine Sons, signed clothbound overrun with add'l pamphlet. 1-885941-65-X. First printing. $35.00. [One copy available]
  • H.R.F. Keating, In Kensington Gardens Once . . . , unsigned clothbound overrun. 1-885941-12-9. First printing. $25.00. [One copy available]
  • Patricia Moyes, Who Killed Father Christmas?, signed clothbound overrun. 1-885941-08-0. First printing. $35.00 . [Two copies available]
  • Patricia Moyes, Who Killed Father Christmas?, softcover. 1-885941-09-9. First printing. $25.00. [Two copies available]
  • Craig Rice. Murder, Mystery and Malone, clothbound. 1-885941-70-6. First printing. $29.00. [One copy available]
  • Peter Robinson, Not Safe After Dark, softcover, first printing, $25.00
  • James Yaffe. My Mother, The Detective, softcover. 1-885941-11-0, First printing. [Two copies available]

If you do not see the book you are looking for, it may be in our "current books" section.