- Author = Michael Dibdin
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THE TRYST.
Edition: First printing.
London: Faber & Faber, (1989) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's fourth novel - a pyschological thriller called by the London Times an "extraordinary portrait of squalid, half-real existence...with a gripping buildup to a stunning, eerie climax."SIGNED on the title page. 168 pp. ISBN: 0-571-154506.
Condition: Near fine in a very near fine dust jacket (usual toning to the pages).
Book ID: 70810More details Price: $75.00 -
A LONG FINISH: An Aurelio Zen Mystery.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Pantheon, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) 261 pp. ISBN: 0-375-404295.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86152More details Price: $18.50 -
DARK SPECTER.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Pantheon, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this UK writer to be set in the US - a thriller set on a remote island off the coast of Washington state where a cult leader called the Eternal Prophet has his compound. 339 pp. ISBN: 0-679-442219.
Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket (remainder line)
Book ID: 86151More details Price: $16.50 -
CABAL.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 241 pp. ISBN: 0-385-468067.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 86150More details Price: $24.50 -
CABAL.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) 241 pp. ISBN: 0-385-468067.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 86149More details Price: $18.50 -
MEDUSA: An Aurelio Zen Mystery.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Pantheon, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) 259 pp. ISBN: 0-375422692.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86148More details Price: $18.00 -
BLOOD RAIN: An Aurelio Zen Mystery.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Pantheon, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 7th mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) Set in Sicily against the backdrop of the ancient city of Catania. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-375-409157.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86147More details Price: $20.00 -
BACK TO BOLOGNA.
Edition: First printing.
London: Faber & Faber, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - The tenth mystery novel in the award winning series featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen - although in this one he is sent to Bologna to oversee what seems at first to be a routine murder investigation (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award). 223 pp. ISBN: 0-571-227759.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86146More details Price: $25.00 -
CABAL.
Edition: First printing.
London: Faber & Faber, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) . 277 pp. ISBN: 0-571166164.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (usual toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 86145More details Price: $21.50 -
DARK SPECTER.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Pantheon, (1995.) dj. First edition - First novel by this UK writer to be set in the US - a thriller set on a remote island off the coast of Washington state where a cult leader called the Eternal Prophet has his compound. 339 pp. ISBN: 0-679-442219.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 74955More details Price: $18.00 -
MEDUSA.
Edition: First printing.
London: Faber & Faber, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) 280 pp. ISBN: 0-571-216587.
Condition: Very good in near fine dust jacket (slight spine slant).
Book ID: 71573More details Price: $15.00 -
DARK SPECTRE.
Edition: First printing.
London: Faber & Faber, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A change of pace for Dibdin, a thriller set in America, involving serial killers who are members of an obscure cult in the Pacific Northwest, dedicated to the study of the poetry of William Blake. SIGNED by Dibdin on the title page. 341 pp. ISBN: 0-571175236.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (some toning to the pages, as is common with UK editions.)
Book ID: 71323More details Price: $40.00 -
THE DYING OF THE LIGHT.
Edition: First printing.
London: Faber & Faber, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - On the surface, this is a typical English country-house-murder novel, complete with a Miss Marple-like character, but in reality this is a very different type of book. 151 pp. ISBN: 0-571-168716.
Condition: Very good- in very good dust jacket (some spine slant.)
Book ID: 36740More details Price: $15.00 -
THE DYING OF THE LIGHT.
Edition: First printing.
London: Faber & Faber, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - On the surface, this is a typical English country-house-murder novel, complete with a Miss Marple-like character, but in reality this is a very different type of book. Set in a hell-hole of a nursing home, this is a testimony to human resilience.. SIGNED by the author on the title page. 151 pp. ISBN: 0-571-168716.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 70800More details Price: $30.00 -
A LONG FINISH: An Aurelio Zen Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
London: Faber & Faber, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) SIGNED by the author on the title page. 249 pp. ISBN: 0-571-193412.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 70781More details Price: $35.00 -
THE LAST SHERLOCK HOLMES STORY.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Pantheon, 1978. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised first mystery - Holmes meets Jack the Ripper in 1888 London.
Condition: Good in a good dust jacket (discoloration from glue remnants on dj flaps and on pastedowns under the flaps).
Book ID: 69216More details Price: $15.00 -
RATKING.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Bantam, (1989.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A mystery and novel of psychological suspense introducing Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen - Ruth Rendall described this first book as transcending its genre - "tremendously exciting ... both subtle and horrific." SIGNED on the title page, and uncommon thus. Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award. 266 pp. ISBN: 0-553-05337x.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 65656More details Price: $200.00 -
THE TRYST.
Edition: First paperback printing.
New York: Pocket Books, (1990). Author's fourth novel - called by the London Times an "extraordinary portrait of squalid, half-real existence...with a gripping buildup to a stunning, eerie climax." 212 pp. ISBN: 0-671-72889x.
Condition: Good condition overall - some creasing to front cover, usual toning to the pages, straight and uncreased spine.
Book ID: 61401More details Price: $8.50 -
MEDUSA.
Edition: First printing.
London: Faber & Faber, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) 280 pp. ISBN: 0-571-216587.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 52543More details Price: $18.00 -
A LONG FINISH: An Aurelio Zen Mystery.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Pantheon, (1998.). First edition - A mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) 259 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 52508More details Price: $18.00 -
COSI FAN TUTTI: An Aurelio Zen Mystery.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Pantheon, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery and novel of humor and suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen - although this one is set in Naples. The first book in this award winning series. (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award). 247 pp. plus author's note. ISBN: 0-879-442723.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 52224More details Price: $20.00 -
RATKING.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Bantam, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery and novel of psychological suspense introducing Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen - Ruth Rendall described this first book as transcending its genre - "tremendously exciting ... both subtle and horrific." Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award. 266 pp. ISBN: 0-553-05337x.
Condition: Fine in a very good dustjacket (short closed tear to back cover, other minor wear, now protected by an archival cover.)
Book ID: 52204More details Price: $85.00 -
DARK SPECTER.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Pantheon, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel by this UK writer to be set in the US - a thriller set on a remote island off the coast of Washington state where a cult leader called the Eternal Prophet has his compound. SIGNED on a bookplate on the front endpaper. 339 pp. ISBN: 0-679-442219.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 52140More details Price: $25.00