The Mysterious Bookshop

Hard-Boiled Dames - A Catalogue of Books from the Otto Penzler Collection


A catalogue of Otto Penzler's personal collection of private eye, noir, and hard-boiled mysteries by women authors, on sale in a historic bookselling event. Listings for over 600 titles, heavily illustrated with both black-and-white and full-color photographs. 

$10 cost refundable with purchase from the collection. Free shipping within the US -- if ordering from abroad, we will be in touch with a quote for shipping charges. 

The World's Oldest Mystery Fiction Specialty Store

Specializing in Mystery Fiction and all its subgenres, including Detective, Crime, Hardboiled, Thrillers, Espionage, and Suspense.

Located at 58 Warren St. in New York City, we are open Monday-Saturday from 11am-7pm.

If your order is a combination of in-stock and pre-order items, please note all items will ship together once everything is on-hand.

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