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THE BREAKER.
Edition: First printing.
London: Macmillan, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sixth novel of suspense by this Edgar-winning author, set on the south coast of England where a woman's body is found washed up on the beach and her 3 year old daughter is found abandoned 20 miles away. 356 pp. ISBN: 0-333-747127.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 52498More details Price: $18.00 -
THE SCOLD'S BRIDLE
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's third novel - a gripping mystery that begins with a suicide - or was it murder? -in a small English village. Winner of Britain's Gold Dagger Award for best crime novel, and one of my favorites of her books. ISBN: 0-312-113773.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 10045More details Price: $25.00 -
THE DARK ROOM
Edition: First US edition.
New York: Putnam, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - Award winning author's 4th novel. ISBN: 0-399-140786.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (light edgewear)
Book ID: 3449More details Price: $20.00 -
THE SCOLD'S BRIDLE
Edition: First US edition.
New York: St Martin's, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's third novel - a gripping mystery that begins with a suicide - or was it murder? -in a small English village. Winner of Britain's Gold Dagger Award for best crime novel. ISBN: 0-312-113773.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket (rem line)
Book ID: 3524More details Price: $18.00 -
THE ECHO
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Putnam, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly-praised author's fifth novel of psychological suspense and mystery, centered around the death of a homeless man. Walters many awards include the Creasey, Edgar and the Golden Dagger. ISBN: 0-399-142517.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 6534More details Price: $20.00 -
ACID ROW.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Putnam, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 8th novel by this Edgar award winning writer. SIGNED by the author on a blank prelim page. 339 pp. ISBN: 0-399-148620.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 46274More details Price: $25.00 -
THE BREAKER.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Putnam, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Sixth novel of suspense by this Edgar-winning author, set on the south coast of England where a woman's body is found washed up on the beach and her 3 year old daughter is found abandoned 20 miles away. SIGNED by the author on the first blank prelim. ISBN: 0-399-144927.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 21110More details Price: $30.00 -
THE BREAKER.
Edition: First Canadian edition.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - Sixth novel of suspense by this Edgar-winning author, set on the south coast of England where a woman's body is found washed up on the beach and her 3 year old daughter is found abandoned 20 miles away. Precedes the US edition. ISBN: 0-7710-87551.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 25139More details Price: $18.00 -
THE SCOLD'S BRIDLE
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St. Martin's, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her third novel, winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year. A complex and satisfying mystery. SIGNED by author on title page. ISBN: 0-312-113773.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 27193More details Price: $55.00 -
THE ECHO
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Putnam, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly-praised author's fifth novel of psychological suspense and mystery, centered around the death of a homeless man. Walters many awards include the Creasey, Edgar and the Golden Dagger. ISBN: 0-399-142517.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 27853More details Price: $18.00 -
THE SHAPE OF SNAKES.
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 28551More details Price: $30.00 -
THE SHAPE OF SNAKES.
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (light creasing to the first several pages.)
Book ID: 28552More details Price: $24.00 -
THE DEVIL'S FEATHER.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77498More details Price: $35.00 -
FOX EVIL.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Putnam, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Edgar-award winning author's ninth novel, a psychological thriller about a man who becomes the victim of a campaign accusing him of murdering his wife - and worse. Winner of the 2003 Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger. 369 pp. ISBN: 0-312-099096.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 69272More details Price: $18.00 -
LOSS OF INNOCENCE: A Novel of the French Revolution.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
San Francisco: Tapestries Publishing, (2007.). First edition - Romantic novel of an attempt to save the life of Marie Antoinette during the French Revolution. Appendix. 363 pp.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (some curling to the edges of the covers.).
Book ID: 54142More details Price: $15.00 -
FEAR OF LANDING.
Edition: First printing.
Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this noted epidemiologist, veterinarian and ecologist - "On the islands of Java and Bali in the early 1980s, Western governments are pouring millions of dollars into development schemes even as Indonesian strongman President Suharto violently stifles dissent. For Canadian veterinarian Abner Dueck, the spice islands are an exotic locale for the seemingly mundane work of examining dead cows and working with old friends" - until two of his friends are murdered. 223 pp. ISBN: 1590583493.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 45833More details Price: $18.00 -
MISSISSIPPI: An American Journey.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - African American writer's first book - a combination of travel writing, memoir and history. ISBN: 0-679-446001.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (remainder dot.)
Book ID: 29074More details Price: $18.00 -
SONS OF THE OCEAN DEEPS: A Science Fiction Novel.
Edition: First printing.
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., (1952) dj. Hardcover first edition - A speculative look at exploring the last frontier on earth- the depths of the ocean - and the "terrors of life seven miles under the sea faced by men who fought to save the North American continent from disaster." A title in the classic Winston series of juvenile science fiction, written by some of those who would go on to be among the most respected writers in the genre, and by those with a knowledge of and background in science. Endpaper design by Alex Schomburg. Cecile Matschat and Carl Carmer, series editors. Dust jacket by Paul Orban. Manufacturing Division's file copy with a bookplate on front endpaper.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket - dj has some small chips, a diagonal tear at the bottom edge, overall edgewear and some rubbing, but the original $2.00 price on dj flap. First printing dust jacket with 10 titles listed on the back cover.
Book ID: 75702More details Price: $75.00 -
FORGOTTEN IMPULSES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second novel.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (prev owner's name, rem mark)
Book ID: 5922More details Price: $14.50 -
GETTING OUT: Historical Perspectives on Leaving Iraq.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (2009). First edition - A book which approaches the issue in two sections: The first "examines seven historical cases of how and how not to withdraw: Britain's departure from the American colonies and from India, the French withdrawal from Algeria, Israel's unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, and the U.S. decision to leave (or not leave) the Philippines, Korea, and Vietnam." The second section focuses on how the United States got into Iraq and it might leave. Many years later, this has still not been resolved. Includes contributions by Shlomo Avineri, Rajeev Bhargava, David Bromwich, Frances FitzGerald, Stanley Karnow, Brendan O'Leary, George Packer, Todd Shepard, Fred Smoler, and Stanley Weintraub. 148 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy black wrappers.
Book ID: 78761More details Price: $15.00 -
KINSHIP: A Family's Journey in Africa and America.
Edition: First printing
New York: Dutton (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book by this journalist, who with a bicultural heritage - he was born of an African American mother and Congolese father and reared in California, Boston, Tanzania, and the Congo - which offers an "evenhanded and encyclopedic examination of the facts and fictions that have grown on both sides of the Atlantic." Notes, bibliography, index. xiv, 384 pp. ISBN: 0-525-943870.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 85927More details Price: $19.50 -
FORWARD: A Memoir.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 89022More details Price: $35.00 -
HOLLYWOOD CROWS.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Boston: Little Brown, (2008.). First edition - Gritty crime novel set in Los Angeles by this former LAPD detective sergeant. 343 pp.
Condition: Nea fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. A surprisingly uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 60479More details Price: $20.00 -
THE BLOODING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The true story of the Narborough Village murders in England - and the first time that DNA fingerprinting was used to solve a crime. Illustrated endpapers. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-688-086179.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 59385More details Price: $18.50 -
FUGITIVE NIGHTS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Suspense novel set in Palm Springs, California and in the desert surrounding it, by this former Los Angeles police officer. SIGNED on the title page. 336 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-688-111289.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 28410More details Price: $30.00 -
HOLLYWOOD STATION.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Boston: Little Brown, 2006. SIGNED first edition - A novel of the LAPD - those who deal with the underbelly of a "glamour city" - from drug dens to dirty street corners. SIGNED by author. Laid in is a bookmark with the LAPD shield and a list of Wambaugh's books. 338 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 36021More details Price: $45.00 -
FLOATERS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bantam, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Humorous crime novel focusing on the adventures and misadventures of two "water cops" who man a Harbor Patrol boat in San Diego's Mission Bay. SIGNED on the title page. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-553-103512.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 43393More details Price: $28.00 -
FINNEGAN'S WEEK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Another humorous crime novel, set in San Diego, featuring an unlikely trio of investigators who set out to "make sense of twisted schemes and murderous intentions involving environmental crime and US Navy property." SIGNED on the title page. 348 pp. ISBN: 0-688-128017.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 43394More details Price: $30.00 -
THE SECRETS OF HARRY BRIGHT.
Edition: 3rd printing.
New York: Morrow, (1985.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Crime novel set in the California desert, in a town which is a 'sand-blown, down-scale outpost' of Palm Springs, featuring Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective Sydney Blackpool. SIGNED on the title page. 345 pp. ISBN: 0-688-05958-9.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder dot). Laid in is a bookmark with Wambaugh's police shield and a list of his books.
Book ID: 43395More details Price: $18.50 -
THE GOLDEN ORANGE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, (1990.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Suspense novel set in Newport Beach - a world of yachts, millionaires, plastic surgery and bikini-basking - on California's gold coast in Orange County, and featuring ex-cop Winnie Farlow. SIGNED on the title page. 317 pp. ISBN: 0-688-094082.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 37604More details Price: $35.00
