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NANCY PEMBROKE'S VACATION IN CANADA: Nancy Pembroke Series #2.
Edition: Reprint.
Chicago: The World Syndicate Publishing Co, (c 1930). Hardcover - Nancy and her friend Jeannette have several adventures during the summer vacation after their first year of college. 255 pp.
Condition: Very good in blue cloth with a small gilt panel on the front cover, gilt lettering on the spine (usual toning to the pages)
Book ID: 74553More details Price: $12.50 -
LIFE AND AFTERLIFE IN BENIN.
Edition: First printing.
New York & London: Phaidon Press, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - Edited and with a Preface by Alex Van Gelder. Introduction by Thomas Seelig. Essay on "Life and afterlife in Benin" by Okwui Enwezor. Black and white photographs by nine Benin photographers - Benoit Adjovi, Jean Agbetagbo, Joseph Moise Agbodjelou, Bouraima Akodji, LŽon Ayekoni, Christophe Mahoukpe, SŽbastien Mehinto and others - most from the 1960s and 1970s. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland. Large format. 132 pp plus final photograph and biographies. . ISBN: 0-7148-45132.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 61509More details Price: $35.00 -
THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION, APRIL 1998.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Mercury Press, 1998. SIGNED first edition - Features Richard Bowes, "So Many Miles to the Heart of a Child. Also includes fiction by Jacquelyn Hooper; Rick Wilber; R. D. Wentworth; Michael Blumlein; and Michael Swanwick; SIGNED by Gregory Benford at "A Scientist's Notebook." 162 pp.
Condition: Near fine (mailing label on rear cover)
Book ID: 68930More details Price: $12.50 -
THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION, September - October 2012, Volume 132, Number 3 and 4.
Edition: First printing.
Hoboken, NJ: Spilogale, 2012. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by Ken Liu at his novelet, "Arc." Other contributors include Andy Duncan, Grania Davis, Richard Lupoff, Lynda Rucker and more. 258 pp.
Condition: Near fine (light crease to spine)
Book ID: 82148More details Price: $21.50 -
THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION, October - November 2007, Volume 113, Number 4 and 5.
Edition: First printing, a digest magazine..
Hoboken, NJ: Spilogale, 2007. SIGNED first edition - An "All-star anniversary issue." SIGNED by Michael Swanwick at his novelet "Urdumheim." Other contributors include Robert Silverberg, Paul Park, Darryl Gregory and more. 242 pp.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 83818More details Price: $21.50 -
LAND OF BURNING HEAT.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Signet, (2003.) dj. Hardcover - A bibliomystery set in New Mexico featuring librarian and rare books expert Claire Reynier. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-7394-32346.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 61977More details Price: $13.50 -
NORTH OF THE BORDER.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
London: Virago Press, (1990.). The first Neil Hamel mystery, set in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 170 pp. ISBN: 1853812471.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (usual light toning to the pages, minor wear to covers.
Book ID: 57400More details Price: $10.00 -
THE LIES THAT BIND.
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifth Neil Hamel mystery, set in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0177055.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 65880More details Price: $17.50 -
PARROT BLUES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - A Neil Hamel mystery, set in New Mexico. 241 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0177063.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 65883More details Price: $16.50 -
THE OTHER SIDE OF DEATH
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third Neil Hamel mystery - and spring is returning to Albuquerque, New Mexico. SIGNED on title page. ISBN: 0-06-0165812.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (remainder line.)
Book ID: 50478More details Price: $35.00 -
HOTSHOTS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Neil Hamel mystery, set in Albuquerque, New Mexico and southern Colorado where several young firefighters had perished in a fire. SIGNED on the title page. 242 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0175125.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 51904More details Price: $30.00 -
HOTSHOTS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Neil Hamel mystery, set in Albuquerque, New Mexico and southern Colorado where several young firefighters had perished in a fire. SIGNED on the title page. 242 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0175125.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (some toning to the dj)
Book ID: 38308More details Price: $25.00 -
DITCH RIDER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Neil Hamel mystery, set in Albuquerque, New Mexico. SIGNED on title page. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0175133.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 45750More details Price: $25.00 -
DITCH RIDER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Neil Hamel mystery, set in Albuquerque, New Mexico. SIGNED on title page. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0175133.
Condition: Very good- in near fine dust jacket (binding cracked before title page, rem line.)
Book ID: 17366More details Price: $19.00 -
PARROT BLUES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Neil Hamel mystery, set in New Mexico. SIGNED on the title page. 241 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0177063.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 17611More details Price: $25.00 -
THE OTHER SIDE OF DEATH.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: HarperCollins, 1991. SIGNED first edition - The third Neil Hamel mystery, set as spring is returning to Albuquerque, New Mexico. A relatively uncommon early advance issue. SIGNED on the title page.
Condition: Near fine in printed blue wrappers.
Book ID: 9877More details Price: $75.00 -
THE LIES THAT BIND.
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fifth Neil Hamel mystery, set in Albuquerque, New Mexico. SIGNED on the title page. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0177055.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (remainder line.)
Book ID: 24179More details Price: $25.00 -
THE WOLF PATH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth Neil Hamel mystery, set in Albuquerque and southern New Mexico. SIGNED on the title page. 232 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0168048.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (remainder line bottom edge.)
Book ID: 27097More details Price: $25.00 -
THE WOLF PATH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth Neil Hamel mystery, set in Albuquerque and southern New Mexico. SIGNED on the title page. 232 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0168048.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 27098More details Price: $30.00 -
THE LIES THAT BIND.
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fifth Neil Hamel mystery, set in Albuquerque, New Mexico. SIGNED on the title page. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0177055.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 27099More details Price: $30.00 -
PARROT BLUES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Neil Hamel mystery, set in New Mexico. SIGNED in full on the title page and also very personally INSCRIBED on the half title page and signed 'Judy' and dated in the year of publication. ISBN: 0-06-0177063.
Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket.( crease to front endpaper.)
Book ID: 27196More details Price: $35.00 -
MERCURY RETROGRADE
Edition: Limited, signed first edition.
Huntington Beach, CA: James Cahill Publishing,
1994. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First collection of short stories by Van Gieson, with an introduction by Walter Satterthwait and a cover illustration by Phil Parks. One of 124 specially bound, numbered copies, SIGNED by Van Gieson, Satterthwait, and Parks. This copy is "PC" (printer's copy.). ISBN: 0-9640454-19.Condition: Fine in fine slipcase.
Book ID: 11125More details Price: $100.00 -
POETS AND MURDER. A Chinese Detective Story.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1972) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Judge Dee (630-700 AD), set during the Tang dynasty, illustrated with 8 drawings by Van Gulik. Illustrated endpapers. Postscript. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-684125609.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (light toning to pages)
Book ID: 78090More details Price: $35.00 -
THE CHINESE LAKE MURDERS: Three Cases Solved by Judge Dee.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1960) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third Judge Dee book which includes three mysteries suggested by original Chinese plots and set in China during the Tang Dynasty. Judge Dee was a real magistrate who lived from 630 to 700 A.D. and whose accomplishments became the basis for legendary feats of detection, as told by storytellers in the following centuries. Illustrated with twelve drawings by van Gulik in Chinese style. Includes a historical postscript by the author, a Dutch diplomat, linguist and authority on Chinese history and culture. x, 211 pp. Illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket by Olivia Kahn
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (corners bumped, wear to the dj at the ends of the spine and the corner folds with some paper loss) Original price of 3.95 still present.
Book ID: 78094More details Price: $35.00 -
MURDER IN CANTON: A Chinese Detective Story.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1967 c.1966.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Judge Dee mystery set in China during the Tang Dynasty (Judge Dee was a real magistrate who lived from 630 to 700 A.D. and whose accomplishments became the basis for legendary feats of detection, as told by storytellers in the following centuries.) Illustrated with twelve drawings by van Gulik in Chinese style. Includes a historical postscript by the author, a Dutch diplomat, linguist and authority on Chinese history and culture. 208 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-684-106205.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (slight spine slant, sunning to spine of dj, price-clipped, and other minor wear, but still an attractive copy of an uncommon first edition.)
Book ID: 88384More details Price: $35.00 -
NECKLACE AND CALABASH: A Chinese Detective Story.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Judge Dee mystery set in China during the Tang Dynasty (Judge Dee was a real person who lived from 630 to 700 A.D.) Illustrated with eight drawings by van Gulik in Chinese style. Includes a historical postscript by the author. 144 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-684-106205.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 66081More details Price: $30.00 -
THE CHINESE GOLD MURDERS.
Edition: First thus.
New York: Harper & Row, (1983.) dj. Hardcover - Reissue of a Judge Dee mystery originally published in the US in 1959. Illustrated with 10 plates 'drawn by the author in the Chinese style.' Author's postscript. 202 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0152060.
Condition: Good only in a near fine dust jacket (although there are no signs that it has been removed- a binding flaw? -this is missing the title page - otherwise it is just about fine)
Book ID: 59541More details Price: $12.50 -
THE CHINESE NAIL MURDERS.
Edition: Small trade paperback.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1976.). A Judge Dee mystery, originally published in 1961, set in China during the Tang Dynasty (Judge Dee was a real magistrate who lived from 630 to 700 A.D. and whose accomplishments became the basis for legendary feats of detection, as told by storytellers in the following centuries) Illustrated with drawings by van Gulik in Chinese style. Includes an introduction by Donald F. Lach and a historical postscript by the author, a Dutch diplomat, linguist and authority on Chinese history and culture. 209 pp. ISBN: 0-226-848639.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 39062More details Price: $10.00 -
THE LONG SILENCE OF MARIO SALVIATI.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: HarperCollins, 2003. First edition - Novel of greed, goldfever, black magic and feuding families set in a remote mountain town of South Africa. Winner of the WA Hofmeyer Prize for best Afrikaans literature. Translated by Catherine Knox.
Condition: Fine (a new copy)
Book ID: 22931More details Price: $20.00 -
JUDITH.
Edition: First US printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - Canadian author's first novel, the story of a woman, on the brink of a precarious future, who has returned to the farmland she knew as a child. Winner of the Seal Books $50,000 First Novel Award. 190 pp. ISBN: 0-316896969.
Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket. (date stamped on top of textblock, short tear to back cover of dj)
Book ID: 74631More details Price: $17.50
