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  • Thursday Next In THE WELL OF LOST PLOTS by Fforde, Jasper.
    Fforde, Jasper.
    Thursday Next In THE WELL OF LOST PLOTS

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third novel in the Thursday Night series - Britain's Prose Resource Operative who is "literally and literaturally at her wit's end - not to mention pregnant" - each of these books are an incredible blend of crime fiction, fantasy, word play and literary entertainment. Color plate by Maggie Roberts; dustjacket art by Viktor Koen. SIGNED on the title page. 375 pp plus 3 pages of "ads" for Jurisfiction. ISBN: 0-670032891.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 52470
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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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  • 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: Very near fine in a fine dust jacket (usual toning to the pages).

    Book ID: 77411
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  • THE EYRE AFFAIR. by Fforde, Jasper.
    Fforde, Jasper.
    THE EYRE AFFAIR.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - 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." SIGNED and dated in the year of publication on the title page. 376 pp. ISBN: 0-670030643.

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

    Book ID: 77110
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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. Hardcover first edition - The first book in a new series featuring Jack Spratt, investigator, family man, and head of the nursery crime division. 383 pp. ISBN: 0-670-034231.

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

    Book ID: 57292
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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: 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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  • 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 US printing.

    New York: Viking, (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 and dated in the year of publication. 378 pp. plus 3 "ads." Promotional postcard laid in. ISBN: 0-340835710.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82065
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  • THE EYRE AFFAIR. by Fforde, Jasper.
    Fforde, Jasper.
    THE EYRE AFFAIR.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - 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." SIGNED on the title page. 376 pp. ISBN: 0-670030643.

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

    Book ID: 60921
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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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  • Fish, Robert L.
    THE MURDER LEAGUE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1968. dj. Hardcover first edition - Humorous mystery novel: 3 old duffers, ex-mystery writers who have fallen on sad days, decide to put their talents to use by hiring themselves out to murder people.

    Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall good condition in a good dj (spine label on dj.)

    Book ID: 28355
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  • WIT'S END. by Fowler, Karen Joy.
    Fowler, Karen Joy.
    WIT'S END.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A "sly and clever novel of mystery, intrigue and virtual reality. . . a highly original take on the way dedicated readers appropriate their favorite books." INSCRIBED on the title page. 321 pp. ISBN: 9780399154751.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 57748
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  • WIT'S END. by Fowler, Karen Joy.
    Fowler, Karen Joy.
    WIT'S END.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A "sly and clever novel of mystery, intrigue and virtual reality. . . a highly original take on the way dedicated readers appropriate their favorite books." SIGNED on the title page. 321 pp. ISBN: 9780399154751.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 58445
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  • WIT'S END. by Fowler, Karen Joy.
    Fowler, Karen Joy.
    WIT'S END.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A "sly and clever novel of mystery, intrigue and virtual reality. . . a highly original take on the way dedicated readers appropriate their favorite books." SIGNED on the title page. 321 pp. ISBN: 9780399154751.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (a bit of toning to the edges of the textblock)

    Book ID: 59039
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  • BLIND SUBMISSION. by Ginsberg, Debra.
    Ginsberg, Debra.
    BLIND SUBMISSION.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Shaye Areheart Books / Crown, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel (3rd book) "Angel Robinson loves books, loves reading, but the Bay Area bookstore where she works is squeezed out of business, she has to find a new job. She lucks into a position as the assistant to the world-renowned literary agent Lucy Fiamma, but soon learns that working for Lucy is no picnic. But Angel soon becomes indispensible to the agency and develops a keen understanding of big projects and the writers who create them. What she doesnt realize is just how far one of them will go to get published." SIGNED on the title page. 328 pp. ISBN: 978-0307346049.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 88022
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  • A MATTER OF RECORD. by Gray, Malcolm (pseudonym of Ian Stuart,1927-1993)
    Gray, Malcolm (pseudonym of Ian Stuart,1927-1993)
    A MATTER OF RECORD.

    Edition: First US printing.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - Third mystery featuring Alan Craig, an ex-Scotland Yard detective, now a private investigator, who is the "expert crime solver" on a mystery junket from Venice aboard the Orient Express - but what starts out as fun turns out to all too real a case of murder. 182 pp. ISBN: 0-38524309X.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (minor edgewear to the dj).

    Book ID: 78017
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  • BOOK CASE by Greenleaf, Stephen.
    Greenleaf, Stephen.
    BOOK CASE

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - A John Marshall Tanner mystery - and one of his best. Winner of Japan's Falcon Prize for best hard-boiled mystery novel. 332 pp. ISBN: 0-688-076696.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 64647
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  • ELLIPSIS. by Greenleaf, Stephen.
    Greenleaf, Stephen.
    ELLIPSIS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribner, (2000 dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring San Francisco private investigator John Marshall Tanner novel - a bestselling novelist is receiving death threats. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 318 pp. ISBN: 0-684-815834.

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

    Book ID: 61795
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  • SKELETON KEY. by Haddam, Jane (pseudonym of Orania Papazoglou).
    Haddam, Jane (pseudonym of Orania Papazoglou).
    SKELETON KEY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Gregor Demarkian, retired chief of the FBI's Behavorial Sciences Unit, and author Bennis Hannaford. 276 pp. ISBN: 0-312-209096.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 60333
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  • A STILLNESS IN BETHLEHEM. by Haddam, Jane (pseudonym of Orania Papazoglou).
    Haddam, Jane (pseudonym of Orania Papazoglou).
    A STILLNESS IN BETHLEHEM.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Bantam, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Gregor Demarkian Holiday Mystery, set in the small Vermont town of Bethlehem. Also features best-selling author Bennis Hannaford. 289 pp. ISBN: 0-553-090240.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 60334
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  • AND ONE TO DIE ON. by Haddam, Jane (pseudonym of Orania Papazoglou).
    Haddam, Jane (pseudonym of Orania Papazoglou).
    AND ONE TO DIE ON.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Bantam, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Gregor Demarkian Holiday Mystery, set on a remote island off the Maine coast. Also features best-selling author Bennis Hannaford. 289 pp. ISBN: 0-553-099752.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 60335
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  • EMMA CHIZZIT AND THE NAPA NEMESIS by Hall, Mary Bowen.
    Hall, Mary Bowen.
    EMMA CHIZZIT AND THE NAPA NEMESIS

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Walker, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - Third mystery featuring senior citizen Emma Chizzit, owner of a salvage company. Bibliomystery involving lost Robert Louis Stevenson manuscript. ISBN: 0-8027-32119.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 18830
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  • THREE BEDROOMS, ONE CORPSE. by Harris, Charlaine.
    Harris, Charlaine.
    THREE BEDROOMS, ONE CORPSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribner's, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third mystery featuring former librarian, Aurora Teagarden, set in a small town in Georgia. INSCRIBED on the title page "To -- Mystery readers are the best!" . 217 pp. ISBN: 0-684-196433.

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

    Book ID: 73881
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  • REAL MURDERS. by Harris, Charlaine.
    Harris, Charlaine.
    REAL MURDERS.

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    New York: Walker, (1990) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Her third novel, and the first in her series featuring Aurora "Roe" Teagarden, librarian in the small town of Lawrenceton, Georgia, and a member of the 'Real Murders' club. SIGNED on the title page. 175 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-57693.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Even though this original Walker edition went into multiple printings, it is difficult to find in any printing, and especially so signed and in this condition.

    Book ID: 59730
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  • THE JULIUS HOUSE. by Harris, Charlaine.
    Harris, Charlaine.
    THE JULIUS HOUSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribner's, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Before there was Sookie, there was Roe - Fourth mystery featuring former librarian, Aurora Teagarden, set in a small Georgia town. SIGNED on the title page. 221 pp. ISBN: 0-684-196409.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 59732
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  • A BONE TO PICK. by Harris, Charlaine.
    Harris, Charlaine.
    A BONE TO PICK.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Walker, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The true first edition of her fourth novel, and the second in her series featuring Aurora "Roe" Teagarden, librarian in the small town of Lawrenceton, Georgia, and a member of the 'Real Murders' club. SIGNED on the title page. 168 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-57693.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 59734
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  • DEAD OVER HEELS. by Harris, Charlaine.
    Harris, Charlaine.
    DEAD OVER HEELS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribner, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring part-time librarian, Aurora Teagarden, set in a small Georgia town. SIGNED on the title page. 205 pp. ISBN: 0-7862-09852.

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

    Book ID: 60278
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  • A FOOL AND HIS HONEY. by Harris, Charlaine.
    Harris, Charlaine.
    A FOOL AND HIS HONEY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring part-time librarian, Aurora Teagarden, set in a small Georgia town. SIGNED on the title page. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-312-203063.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 61864
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  • A LITTLE CLASS ON MURDER. by Hart, Carolyn G.
    Hart, Carolyn G.
    A LITTLE CLASS ON MURDER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Annie and Max Darling. Annie is the proprietor of the Death on Demand bookstore. In this book she agrees to teach a class at a nearby college on the three grande dames of the mystery - Christie, Sayers and Rinehart, 215 pp,. ISBN: 0-385-264526.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 63504
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  • SOUTHERN GHOST by Hart, Carolyn G.
    Hart, Carolyn G.
    SOUTHERN GHOST

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Putnam, (1992.) dj. Hardcover - Mystery set in South Carolina and featuring Annie Darling , the owner of the Death on Demand Bookstore. ISBN: 0-553-073923.

    Condition: Very good+ in a very good- dustjacket (some edgewear to the dj.)

    Book ID: 48476
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