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  • A CLOD OF WAYWARD MARL. by DeMarinis, Rick.
    DeMarinis, Rick.
    A CLOD OF WAYWARD MARL.

    Edition: First printing.

    Tucson: Dennis McMillan, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - One of the books which came out of his ten years living in El Paso, Texas, where he began writing crime fiction. It was still too literary to garner a wide readership, but he loved it, and he always said that's the reason he wrote: to satisfy himself. This features a teacher in a university on the border between Mexico and Texas, who is also the author of paperback crime novels known as "slasher" novels. SIGNED on the title page. 333 pp. ISBN: 0-939767376.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 87840
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  • Dolan, Harry.
    BAD THINGS HAPPEN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (2009) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First David Loogan novel. An engrossing bibliomystery, SIGNED on the title page and dated 8-1-09, in the year of publication. 338 pp.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 62609
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  • THE WINTER GARDEN MYSTERY: A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery. by Dunn, Carola.
    Dunn, Carola.
    THE WINTER GARDEN MYSTERY: A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second book, a mystery set in England in 1923, a country still recovering from the Great War, and featuring Daisy Dalrymple, the daughter of a viscount, who is determined to earn her own living as a writer. SIGNED on the title page. 226 pp. ISBN: 0-312-110308.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 66203
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  • GONE WEST: A Daisy Dalyrmple Mystery. by Dunn, Carola.
    Dunn, Carola.
    GONE WEST: A Daisy Dalyrmple Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Bibliomystery set in 1926 - Daisy is asked by an old friend, widowed by the war, who is acting as the confidential secretary to an author to untangle events in that household - but murder soon follows. SIGNED on the title page. 289 pp. ISBN: 9780312675486.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 62273
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  • THE SIGN OF THE BOOK. by Dunning, John.
    Dunning, John.
    THE SIGN OF THE BOOK.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribner, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Fourth bibliomystery featuring former Denver cop and current bookman, Cliff Janeway. 353 pp. ISBN: 0-743255054.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 37282
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  • THE BOOKWOMAN'S LAST FLING. by Dunning, John,
    Dunning, John,
    THE BOOKWOMAN'S LAST FLING.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribner, (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Fifth bibliomystery featuring former Denver cop and current bookman, Cliff Janeway, and the world of horse racing. 337 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-89455.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 69700
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  • THE BOOKMAN'S PROMISE. by Dunning, John.
    Dunning, John.
    THE BOOKMAN'S PROMISE.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Scribner, (2004.) dj. Hardcover - Third bibliomystery featuring former Denver cop and current bookman, Cliff Janeway. 369 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-49925.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 40407
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  • BOOKED TO DIE. by Dunning, John.
    Dunning, John.
    BOOKED TO DIE.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Scribner's, (1992) dj. Hardcover - A mystery introducing Cliff Janeway - perhaps the most popular bibliomystery of all time. From the opening description of Bobby the Bookscout, this story presents an entertaining look at modern book collecting and selling - wrapped up in a good murder mystery. 321 pp. ISBN: 0-684-193833.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 61085
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  • THE BOOKMAN'S WAKE. by Dunning, John.
    Dunning, John.
    THE BOOKMAN'S WAKE.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Scribner's, 1995. dj. Hardcover - Cliff Janeway's back in the sequel to everybody's favorite rare-book mystery, 'Booked to Die.' 350 pp,. ISBN: 0-684-800039.

    Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 42993
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  • BOOKED TO DIE. by Dunning, John.
    Dunning, John.
    BOOKED TO DIE.

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    New York: Scribner's, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A mystery introducing Cliff Janeway - perhaps the most popular bibliomystery of all time. From the opening description of Bobby the Bookscout, this story presents an entertaining look at modern book collecting and selling - wrapped up in a good murder mystery. SIGNED by Dunning on the title page. 321 pp. ISBN: 0-684-193833.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 74342
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  • THE BOOKMAN'S WAKE. by Dunning, John.
    Dunning, John.
    THE BOOKMAN'S WAKE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribner's, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Cliff Janeway's back in the sequel to everybody's favorite rare-book mystery, 'Booked to Die.' 350 pp,. ISBN: 0-684-800039.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (remainder line.)

    Book ID: 44239
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  • THE BOOKMAN'S WAKE. by Dunning, John.
    Dunning, John.
    THE BOOKMAN'S WAKE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribner's, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Cliff Janeway's back in the sequel to everybody's favorite rare-book mystery, 'Booked to Die.' 350 pp,. ISBN: 0-684-800039.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 49218
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  • THE BOOKMAN'S WAKE. by Dunning, John.
    Dunning, John.
    THE BOOKMAN'S WAKE.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Scribner's, (1995.) dj. Hardcover - Cliff Janeway's back in the sequel to everybody's favorite rare-book mystery, 'Booked to Die.' 350 pp,. ISBN: 0-684-800039.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 63601
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  • THE BOOKMAN'S PROMISE. by Dunning, John.
    Dunning, John.
    THE BOOKMAN'S PROMISE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribner, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third bibliomystery featuring former Denver cop and current bookman, Cliff Janeway. 353 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-49925.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 53449
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  • THE BOOKMAN'S WAKE. by Dunning, John.
    Dunning, John.
    THE BOOKMAN'S WAKE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Scribner, 1995. First edition - Second in the series featuring former Denver cop turned rare book dealear Cliff Janeway. One of only 600 copies sent out by Scribner, according to Dunning. 351 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in the first state wraparound illustrated wrappers (light toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 66971
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  • BOOKED TO DIE. by Dunning, John.
    Dunning, John.
    BOOKED TO DIE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribner's, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A mystery introducing Cliff Janeway - perhaps the most popular bibliomystery of all time. From the opening description of Bobby the Bookscout, this story presents an entertaining look at modern book collecting and selling - wrapped up in a good murder mystery. SIGNED by Dunning on a bookplate on the front endpaper. 321 pp. ISBN: 0-684-193833.

    Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (discoloration from glue under dj flaps, but otherwise a tight and clean copy) .

    Book ID: 65196
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  • A BOOK OF MOONS: A Bast Mystery. by Edghill, Rosemary.
    Edghill, Rosemary.
    A BOOK OF MOONS: A Bast Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates / Forge, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second in the series featuring Karen Hightower (aka Bast) a modern day witch, and amateur detective. When a bookseller is murdered by a thief who is after an ancient spell book that may have once belonged to Mary, Queen of Scots, she finds herself involved in a search for a killer that takes her through New York's occult underground. 220 pp. ISBN: 0-312856059.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 86160
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  • DEATH TO SPIES: A Novel of the Espionage Adventures of Ian Fleming. by Fawcett, Quinn (pseudonym of Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and Bill Fawcett)
    Fawcett, Quinn (pseudonym of Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and Bill Fawcett)
    DEATH TO SPIES: A Novel of the Espionage Adventures of Ian Fleming.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: TOR / Forge Books, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel that imagines Ian Fleming continued his real-life espionage career after his apparent retirement to Jamaica to become a journalist. When a highly placed member of British Intelligence shows up with a story of stolen nuclear secrets and then mysteriously disappears, Fleming gets involved in investigating. By the authors of the Mycroft Holmes books. 357 pp. ISBN: 0-312869304.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (remainder dot, creasing to edges of back cover of dj).

    Book ID: 87717
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  • THE DOUBLE GAME. by Fesperman, Dan.
    Fesperman, Dan.
    THE DOUBLE GAME.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. dj. SIGNED hardcover - A novel which draws upon the espionage classics of the Cold War. "A few years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, spook-turned-novelist Edwin Lemaster revealed to up-and-coming journalist Bill Cage that he'd once considered spying for the enemy. For Cage, the news story created a brief but embarrassing sensation and heralded the beginning of the end of his career in journalism. More than two decades later, Cage receives an anonymous note hinting that he should have dug deeper into Lemasters pronouncement. Spiked with cryptic references to some of Cage's favorite spy novels, the note is the first of many literary bread crumbs that lead him back to Vienna,…

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    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. dj. SIGNED hardcover - A novel which draws upon the espionage classics of the Cold War. "A few years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, spook-turned-novelist Edwin Lemaster revealed to up-and-coming journalist Bill Cage that he'd once considered spying for the enemy. For Cage, the news story created a brief but embarrassing sensation and heralded the beginning of the end of his career in journalism. More than two decades later, Cage receives an anonymous note hinting that he should have dug deeper into Lemasters pronouncement. Spiked with cryptic references to some of Cage's favorite spy novels, the note is the first of many literary bread crumbs that lead him back to Vienna, Prague, and Budapest, each instruction drawing him closer to the complex truth." SIGNED on the title page. Includes an appendix listing 222 espionage novels in Cage's library, both by title and by year of publication. 356 pp. ISBN: 978-0307700131.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 78313
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  • THE FOURTH BEAR: An Investigation with the Nursery Crime Division. by Fforde, Jasper.
    Fforde, Jasper.
    THE FOURTH BEAR: An Investigation with the Nursery Crime Division.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Hodder & Stoughton, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second book in this series featuring Jack Spratt, investigator, family man, and head of the nursery crime division. SIGNED on the title page. 383 pp. plus 3 "ads.". ISBN: 0-340835710.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81257
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  • Thursday Next in LOST IN A GOOD BOOK. by Fforde, Jasper.
    Fforde, Jasper.
    Thursday Next in LOST IN A GOOD BOOK.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Viking Penguin, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An eccentric and clever bibliomystery - the second featuring Special Operative Thursday Next, a literary detective, whose job is to keep characters in books from being stolen. Set in "1985 Great Britain where time travel is routine, cloning is reality and literature is taken very, very seriously." SIGNED on a blank preliminary page, Color plate. Winner of the Dilys Award. 399 pp. ISBN: 0-670-031909.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 75653
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  • THE BIG OVER EASY: A Nursery Crime. by Fforde, Jasper.
    Fforde, Jasper.
    THE BIG OVER EASY: A Nursery Crime.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Viking, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in a new series featuring Jack Spratt, investigator, family man, and head of the nursery crime division. SIGNED on the title page. 383 pp. ISBN: 0-670-034231.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 82063
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  • Fforde, Jasper.
    THE EYRE AFFAIR.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Penguin, (2003.). An eccentric and clever bibliomystery - the first featuring Special Operative Thursday Next, a literary detective, whose job is to keep characters in books from being stolen. Set in "1985 Great Britain where time travel is routine, cloning is reality and literature is taken very, very seriously." 374 pp. ISBN: 0-14-2001805.

    Condition: Fine.

    Book ID: 42382
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  • Fforde, Jasper.
    LOST IN A GOOD BOOK.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Penguin, (2004.). An eccentric and clever bibliomystery - the second featuring Special Operative Thursday Next, a literary detective, whose job is to keep characters in books from being stolen. Set in "1985 Great Britain where time travel is routine, cloning is reality and literature is taken very, very seriously." 399 pp. plus a 13 pp installment from the next book in the series - "The Well of Lost Plots.". ISBN: 0-14-2004030.

    Condition: Very good+ (prev owner's name, bookstore stamp.)

    Book ID: 42383
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  • SOMETHING ROTTEN. by Fforde, Jasper.
    Fforde, Jasper.
    SOMETHING ROTTEN.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Hodder & Stoughton, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth novel in the Thursday Next series - Britain's Prose Resource Operative who is now the mother of a two-year old son. Each of these books are an incredible blend of crime fiction, fantasy, word play and literary entertainment. Frontispiece drawing. SIGNED on the title page. 393 pp plus 4 pages of tongue-in-cheek "ads.". ISBN: 0-340-825960.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 75661
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  • Thursday Next In FIRST AMONG SEQUELS. by Fforde, Jasper.
    Fforde, Jasper.
    Thursday Next In FIRST AMONG SEQUELS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifth novel in the Thursday Night series - - each of these books are an incredible blend of crime fiction, fantasy, word play and literary entertainment. Illustrations by Bill Mudron and Dylan Meconis; dustjacket art by Viktor Koen. 363 pp plus 2 pages of graphic "ads.". ISBN: 9780670038718.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 50657
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  • LOST IN A GOOD BOOK. by Fforde, Jasper.
    Fforde, Jasper.
    LOST IN A GOOD BOOK.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Hodder & Stoughton, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An eccentric and clever bibliomystery - the second featuring Special Operative Thursday Next, a literary detective, whose job is to keep characters in books from being stolen. Set in "1985 Great Britain where time travel is routine, cloning is reality and literature is taken very, very seriously." This begins with the disturbing news that Thursday's husband of only a month drowned 38 years ago. SIGNED on the title page. Frontispiece illustration. Winner of the Dilys Award. 372 pp. plus 3 pages with tongue-in-cheek ads,. ISBN: 0-340-82283x.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new) A promotional postcard laid in.

    Book ID: 74412
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  • Thursday Next In FIRST AMONG SEQUELS. by Fforde, Jasper.
    Fforde, Jasper.
    Thursday Next In FIRST AMONG SEQUELS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fifth novel in the Thursday Night series - - each of these books are an incredible blend of crime fiction, fantasy, word play and literary entertainment. Illustrations by Bill Mudron and Dylan Meconis; dustjacket art by Viktor Koen. SIGNED in red on the title page. 363 pp plus 2 pages of graphic "ads.". ISBN: 978-0670038718.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82062
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  • Thursday Next in LOST IN A GOOD BOOK. by Fforde, Jasper.
    Fforde, Jasper.
    Thursday Next in LOST IN A GOOD BOOK.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Viking Penguin, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An eccentric and clever bibliomystery - the second featuring Special Operative Thursday Next, a literary detective, whose job is to keep characters in books from being stolen. Set in "1985 Great Britain where time travel is routine, cloning is reality and literature is taken very, very seriously." SIGNED on the title page, Color plate. Winner of the Dilys Award. 399 pp. ISBN: 0-670-031909.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82061
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  • THE BIG OVER EASY: An Investigation with the Nursery Crime Division. by Fforde, Jasper.
    Fforde, Jasper.
    THE BIG OVER EASY: An Investigation with the Nursery Crime Division.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Hodder & Stoughton, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book in a new series featuring Jack Spratt, investigator, family man, and head of the nursery crime division. SIGNED on the title page. 398 pp. plus 3 "ads.". ISBN: 0-340835664.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 74575
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