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LINCOLN IN THE BARDO: A Novel.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (very short tear near top of spine of dj)
Book ID: 86790More details Price: $35.00 -
LINCOLN IN THE BARDO: A Novel.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (hint of sunning to edges of boards, top of spine covering slightly pushed)
Book ID: 86888More details Price: $85.00 -
GOLDEN FLEECE in Amazing Stories magazine. September 1988, Volume 63, Number 3.
Edition: First printing.
Lake Geneva, WI. TSR Inc. 1988. SIGNED first edition - The first appearance of Sawyer's original14,000 word novelette 'Golden Fleece' which was later expanded into author's Homer and Aurora winning first novel. SIGNED by Sawyer at the first page of the story. Art by Bob Eggleton. This issue also includes contributions from Kevin J. Anderson, Robert Silverberg, Bruce Boston, Lawrence Watt-Evans and more. 162 pp,
Condition: Good overall with some rubbing to spine and front cover edges, slight spine slant, usual toning to the pages.
Book ID: 67182More details Price: $20.00 -
GOLDEN FLEECE.
Edition: Paperback original. First printing.
New York: Questar Warner, (1990.). SIGNED first edition - Author's rather scarce first novel - 1990 Homer and 1992 Aurora award winner. 1991 Locus nominee. "How good is this book? A friend of mine -- an English professor -- used to ask, whenever he saw me, `Why are you still writing that spaceship stuff?' Now I can answer. Because this is possible." -- Orson Scott Card in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. 197 pp. ISBN: 0-445-210788.
Condition: Near very good in wrappers (spine cocked, reading crease)
Book ID: 45999More details Price: $20.00 -
UNBECOMING.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 85977More details Price: $20.00 -
THE BRIDE OF CATASTROPHE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York Picador, (2003.). First edition - First novel by this acclaimed short story writer, set in the 1970's.
Condition: Fine (as new.)
Book ID: 28146More details Price: $17.50 -
SEE WHAT I HAVE DONE.
Edition: 2nd printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 71540More details Price: $30.00 -
THE ARGONAUTS.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Prentice-Hall, (1972.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel (preceded by many plays written in collaboration with her husband Edwin Schoell), set in 1849 as gold fever sweeps the nation - follows the stories of 5 young people as they come to California as part of the great gold rush. 436 pp. Map endpapers with the ithmus route in the front and the overland route in the back. ISBN: 0-13-0458724.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 53512More details Price: $18.00 -
LAMENTATION.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2009). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, an epic fantasy, the first novel in the Psalms of Isaak series. SIGNED on the title page and dated 5/31/08 - that is, before the book was published. 361 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 58092More details Price: $30.00 -
THE BIG SILENCE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Mysterious Press, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's excellent first mystery: it begins 'In Nevada, anything is possible.' Dust jacket praise from Robert Campbell and Arthur Lyons, who described this as 'an intricate and moody debut novel, filled with powerful detail and stark desert atmosphere.'. ISBN: 0-89296-3530.
Condition: Good in a near fine dust jacket (spine slant, light foxing to edges of textblock).
Book ID: 29124More details Price: $15.00 -
THE BIG SILENCE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Mysterious Press, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's excellent first mystery: it begins 'In Nevada, anything is possible.' Dust jacket praise from Robert Campbell and Arthur Lyons, who described this as 'an intricate and moody debut novel, filled with powerful detail and stark desert atmosphere.'. ISBN: 0-89296-3530.
Condition: Good in a near fine dust jacket (spine slant, light foxing to edges of textblock).
Book ID: 72149More details Price: $16.50 -
THE KILL RIFF.
Edition: First printing.
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1988.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first novel by this World Fantasy Award winning writer, a tale of horror and revenge, set in the world of rock music in Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page. 406 pp. ISBN: 0-312930658.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 69467More details Price: $30.00 -
THE KILL RIFF.
Edition: First printing.
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this World Fantasy Award winning writer, a tale of horror and revenge, set in the world of rock music in Los Angeles. 406 pp. ISBN: 0-312930658.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 72113More details Price: $19.50 -
UNDERTOW.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Corvallis, OR: Calyx Books, (2000). First edition - The author's first book, SIGNED on the title page. Promotional bookmark and a reading group guide laid in. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-934971773.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (as new)
Book ID: 66836More details Price: $20.00 -
BLACK NO MORE: Being an Account of the Strange and Wonderful Working of Science in the Land of the Free, A.D. 1933-1940.
Edition: Trade paperback.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 78136More details Price: $11.50 -
BOULEVARD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: FORGE / Tom Doherty Associates, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a gritty story of a LAPD Homicide detective who suspects that a series of murders are the work of a vicious and sadistic sexual predator. SIGNED on the title page. Cover praise from T. Jefferson Parker who calls it "A terrific police thriller. ItÕs fast-paced and convincingly told. The streets of L.A. have never been meaner or seamier. Schwartz is gifted with clear vision and a knowing heart and a way with words." Nominated for the 2010 Thriller Award for best first novel. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-7653-22943.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some toning to the pages)
Book ID: 77181More details Price: $27.50 -
BOULEVARD.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: FORGE / Tom Doherty Associates, (2010.). SIGNED - The author's first novel, a gritty story of a LAPD Homicide detective who suspects that a series of murders are the work of a vicious and sadistic sexual predator. INSCRIBED on the title page. Cover praise from T. Jefferson Parker who calls it "A terrific police thriller. ItÕs fast-paced and convincingly told. The streets of L.A. have never been meaner or seamier. Schwartz is gifted with clear vision and a knowing heart and a way with words." Nominated for the 2010 Thriller Award for best first novel. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-7653-22943.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 87250More details Price: $21.50 -
BOULEVARD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: FORGE / Tom Doherty Associates, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a gritty story of a LAPD Homicide detective who suspects that a series of murders are the work of a vicious and sadistic sexual predator. SIGNED on the title page. Cover praise from T. Jefferson Parker who calls it "A terrific police thriller. ItÕs fast-paced and convincingly told. The streets of L.A. have never been meaner or seamier. Schwartz is gifted with clear vision and a knowing heart and a way with words." Nominated for the 2010 Thriller Award for best first novel. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-7653-22943.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 45363More details Price: $30.00 -
BOULEVARD.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: FORGE / Tom Doherty Associates, (2010.). SIGNED - The author's first novel, a gritty story of a LAPD Homicide detective who suspects that a series of murders are the work of a vicious and sadistic sexual predator. SIGNED on the title page. Cover praise from T. Jefferson Parker who calls it "A terrific police thriller. ItÕs fast-paced and convincingly told. The streets of L.A. have never been meaner or seamier. Schwartz is gifted with clear vision and a knowing heart and a way with words." Nominated for the 2010 Thriller Award for best first novel. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-7653-22943.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 59046More details Price: $20.00 -
BOULEVARD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: FORGE / Tom Doherty Associates, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a gritty story of a LAPD Homicide detective who suspects that a series of murders are the work of a vicious and sadistic sexual predator. SIGNED on the title page. Cover praise from T. Jefferson Parker who calls it "A terrific police thriller. ItÕs fast-paced and convincingly told. The streets of L.A. have never been meaner or seamier. Schwartz is gifted with clear vision and a knowing heart and a way with words." Nominated for the 2010 Thriller Award for best first novel. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-7653-22943.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder dot)
Book ID: 62049More details Price: $25.00 -
BOULEVARD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: FORGE / Tom Doherty Associates, (2009.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a gritty story of a LAPD Homicide detective who suspects that a series of murders are the work of a vicious and sadistic sexual predator. Cover praise from T. Jefferson Parker who calls it "A terrific police thriller. ItÕs fast-paced and convincingly told. The streets of L.A. have never been meaner or seamier. Schwartz is gifted with clear vision and a knowing heart and a way with words." Nominated for the 2010 Thriller Award for best first novel. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-7653-22943.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 62993More details Price: $18.50 -
THE FAR EMPTY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2016) dj. Hardcover first edition - The highly praised first novel by this author, a longtime federal agent, who knows the area well. Set in the Texas borderlands of Big Bend and in the town of Murfee, this is the story of "seventeen-year-old Caleb Ross who is adrift in the wake of the sudden disappearance of his mother more than a year ago. . . Chris Cherry is a newly minted sheriffs deputy, a high school football hero who has reluctantly returned to his hometown. When skeletal remains are discovered in the surrounding badlands, the two are inexorably drawn together as their efforts to uncover Murfees darkest secrets lead them to the same terrifying suspect." 430 pp. ISBN: 978-0399176340.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder dot)
Book ID: 78853More details Price: $18.50 -
DIRT CREEK.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Flatiron Books, (2022). First edition - Australian author's first novel, introducing Detective Sergeant Sarah Michaels, still reeling from a break-up with her girlfriend, who is sent to a small town where a twelve year old girl disappeared on her way home from school. Told in numerous voices, which bring this dying town to life. 328 pp.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (some curling to the covers)
Book ID: 87052More details Price: $19.50 -
SOMEBODY UP THERE HATES YOU.
Edition: First printing.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 2013. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book for young adults. "Smart-mouthed and funny, sometimes raunchy, Richard Casey is in most ways a typical seventeen-year-old boy. Except Ritchie has cancer, and he s spending his final days in a hospice unit." 238 pp. ISBN: 1616202602.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 58548More details Price: $18.00 -
BLACK FRIDAYS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel featuring Jason Stafford, "a former Wall Street hotshot who made some bad moves, paid the price with two years in prison, and is now trying to put his life back together" and to learn how to care for his 5 year old autistic son. An investment firm hires him to look into possible problems left by a junior trader who died recently in an apparent accident, The author spent many years on Wall Street. Nominated for the Edgar. SIGNED on the title page. 241 pp. ISBN: 978-0399158667.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (usual light toning to edges of textblock)
Book ID: 64766More details Price: $30.00 -
BLACK FRIDAYS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel featuring Jason Stafford, "a former Wall Street hotshot who made some bad moves, paid the price with two years in prison, and is now trying to put his life back together" and to learn how to care for his 5 year old autistic son. An investment firm hires him to look into possible problems left by a junior trader who died recently in an apparent accident, The author spent many years on Wall Street. Nominated for the Edgar. SIGNED on the title page. 241 pp. ISBN: 978-0399158667.
Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (the usual light toning, remainder line)
Book ID: 65132More details Price: $25.00 -
FLIGHT TO HOLLOW MOUNTAIN: The Talamadh, Volume One.
Edition: First printing.
Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - Canadian author's first novel, an epic saga rooted in Norse and Celtic mythology, set in the Circadian Middle Earth where the harmonious world established by King Ardiel is slowly giving way to disorder, and his harp, the finely crafted Talamadh, has been stolen. Illustrated map endpapers. Glossary of names and places. 412 pp. ISBN: 0-802837948.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 64891More details Price: $16.50 -
MOMENT OF TRIUMPH.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1958) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this Hungarian/Austrian writer, a story of "love amid sudden death during Hungary's Battle for Freedom." Sebestyen actively participated in the Revolution, and fled to Austria afterwards. Translated from the Hungarian by Peter White. 246 pp. Dust jacket by Richard Powers.
Condition: Very good in red cloth with some toning to the pages in a good dust jacket with overall light edgewear, beginning to split along fold of front flap. Original price still present.
Book ID: 88404More details Price: $21.50 -
FLOWER NET
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's second book and first novel, a thriller, nominated for the Edgar for best first mystery. SIGNED by the author on the title page. 333 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0994363.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket ( toning to the pages)
Book ID: 80061More details Price: $27.50 -
FLOWER NET
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's second book and first novel, a thriller, nominated for the Edgar for best first mystery. SIGNED by the author on the title page. 333 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0994363.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (light toning to the pages)
Book ID: 59569More details Price: $30.00