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Welcome to the home of Dave Shoots, Bookseller. We specialize in old hardcovers and good old-fashioned service! We add new book listings on a weekly basis, so please check back frequently. If you are looking for a particular book which is not in our online stock, please fill in the offline search form and we will attempt to locate a copy for you.

Exciting News! 

On Friday, August 13th and Saturday, August 14th, Dave Shoots, Bookseller hosted an Open House celebrating its 10th Anniversary. The theme was The Art of the Book. Thanks to all who came and shared the festivities with us.  To read a story in here magazine, click here: http://bit.ly/aZc2SH 

We were also featured in here magazine on March 12/10.  Read the article here: http://bit.ly/ayIxV4

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We accept American Express, Mastercard and Visa payments, in addition to checks, money orders, and PayPal.  North American customers can use our toll-free phone line: 1-877-693-7758.

Note to International Customers

We recommend Airmail when ordering for non-North American customers, as surface shipping can take up to THREE months to arrive overseas.

Just Arrived - Hattie A. Perry Collection

Having just purchased some of the estate of a local book distributor, we now have new copies of five of Hattie A. Perry's books. Ms. Perry was a well-respected writer from the Barrington, Nova Scotia area.  Her books are sought after by genealogical researchers with Nova Scotian roots.  Clicking on this link will take you to the collection:

http://bit.ly/bpgf99

Attention United Empire Loyalist Descendants

We have just acquired a large collection of Loyalist history.  Here is the link to the listings (some of the material is not listed on the site, so please ask if there is a specific title you are seeking):

http://bit.ly/9ezekW

Attention Agatha Christie Fans - 75 Books for 75 Bucks (plus shipping)

We have just acquired a collection of vintage Agatha Christie paperbacks: 72 fiction and 3 non-fiction.  Since we normally deal just with hardcovers, we will be selling these as a collection only.  Condition ranges from G to VG.  There are various publishers including: Dell, Fontana, and Pen.  Dated from the early 40's to mid-70's.  Here is a list of titles in order according to original publication date (alternate titles provided if known):

FICTION:

The Secret Adversary

The Murder On The Links

The Man In The Brown Suit

Poirot Investigates

The Secret Of Chimneys

The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd

The Big Four

The Mystery Of The Blue Train

The Seven Dials Mystery

Partners in Crime

The Murder At The Vicarage

The Mysterious Mr. Quin

The Murder At Hazelmoor (pub. in Britain as The Sittaford Mystery)

Peril At End House

The Tuesday Club Murders (pub. in Britain as The Thirteen Problems)

Thirteen At Dinner (pub. in Britain as Lord Edgware Dies)

Mr Parker Pyne, Detective (pub. in Britain as Parker Pyne Investigates)

The Boomerang Clue (pub. in Britain as Why Didn't They Ask Evans?)

Murder In The Calais Coach (pub. in Britain as Murder On The Orient Express)

Murder In Three Acts (pub. in Britain as Three Act Tragedy)

Death In The Air (pub. in Britain as Death In The Clouds)

Murder In Mesopotamia

Cards On The Table

The ABC Murders (aka: The Alphabet Murders)

Dead Man's Mirror (pub. in Britain as Murder In The Mews)

Poirot Loses A Client (Alternate US title: Murder At Littlegreen House, pub. in Britain as Dumb Witness)

Death On The Nile

Appointment With Death

And Then There Were None (pub. in Britain as Ten Little Niggers, aka: Ten Little Indians)

Easy To Kill (pub. in Britain as Murder Is Easy)

Sad Cypress

An Overdose Of Death (Alternate US title: The Patriotic Murders, pub. in Britain as One, Two, Buckle My Shoe)

N Or M

Murder In Retrospect (pub. in Britain as Five Little Pigs)

The Moving Finger (aka: The Case Of The Moving Finger)

Remembered Death (pub. in Britain as Sparkling Cyanide)

Death Comes As The End

The Hollow (pub. in US as Murder After Hours)

The Labours Of Hercules

Taken At The Flood (pub. in US as There Is A Tide)

Crooked House

A Murder Is Announced

They Came To Baghdad

They Do It With Mirrors (pub. in US as Murder With Mirrors)

After The Funeral (pub. in US as Funerals Are Fatal)

A Pocket Full Of Rye

Witness For The Prosecution

Destination Unknown (pub. in US as So Many Steps To Death)

Hickory, Dickory, Dock (pub. in US as Hickory, Dickory, Death)

Towards Zero

4:50 From Paddington (pub. in US as What Mrs McGillicuddy Saw!, aka: Murder, She Said)

Ordeal By Innocence

Cat Among The Pigeons

The Adventure Of The Christmas Pudding And A Selection Of Entrees

The Pale Horse

The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side (pub. in US as The Mirror Crack'd)

The Clocks

A Caribbean Mystery

At Bertram's Hotel

Endless Night

By the Pricking of My Thumbs

Hallowe'en Party

Passenger to Frankfurt

Nemesis

Elephants Can Remember

The Golden Ball and Other Stories

The Regatta Mystery

Postern of Fate

Poirot's Early Cases

Curtain: Poirot's Last Case

Sleeping Murder: Miss Marple's Last Case

Miss Marple's Final Cases

 

NON-FICTION:

Agatha Christie - An Autobiography

An Agatha Christie Chronology by Nancy Blue Wynne

The Agatha Christie Quiz-book by Andy East

 

If you would like to purchase this collection, please send us an e-mail including your name and mailing address (specify AGATHA CHRISTIE COLLECTION in subject line), and we will send you a shipping quote.  Payment for these books can be made by any of our accepted methods: Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, Paypal, cheque, money order or cash. 

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‎"Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense." Amos Bronson Alcott

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