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BROWN SHOE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a thriller set in a "South American country not unlike Peru. The corpse: Roberto Gavilan, guerrilla leader of the feared Zapato Moreno. But is Roberto Gavilan really dead? In Brown Shoe, an exceptional thriller of love, deceit, and foreign intrigue, numerous lives and the fate of an entire nation turn on the mystery surrounding Roberto Gavilan's alleged demise." 334 pp plus 1 pp bibliography. ISBN: 0-679400931.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket. (date stamped on top of textblock, tape ghosts on boards)
Book ID: 88658More details Price: $16.50 -
BARN BLIND.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Harper & Row, (1980). SIGNED first edition - The first novel by this Pulitzer prize winning author, described as a psychological thriller. The story of a woman whose obsession with the horses she raises and the son whom she expects to be an Olympic champion - after all, they are the Karlsons, the most envied family in the county - leads her to be blind to the dangers foreshadowed in this book. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-449-908747.
Condition: Very good in printed red wrappers (upper corner slightly bumped) A very uncommon advance issue, especially so signed.
Book ID: 80803More details Price: $400.00 -
BARN BLIND.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Ballantine, (1993.). SIGNED - Her first novel, originally published in 1980. SIGNED on the title page. 218 pp. ISBN: 0-449-908747.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 42717More details Price: $15.00 -
NORTH OF MONTANA.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Highly acclaimed debut novel, a mystery featuring Ana Grey, a young, ambitious, tough minded FBI agent based in Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-679-431977.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (short tear to bottom of spine of dj.)
Book ID: 50493More details Price: $31.50 -
NORTH OF MONTANA.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Highly acclaimed debut novel, a mystery featuring Ana Grey, a young, ambitious, tough minded FBI agent based in Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-679-431977.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 59018More details Price: $35.00 -
NORTH OF MONTANA.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. SIGNED first edition - Highly acclaimed debut novel, a mystery featuring Ana Grey, a young, ambitious, tough minded FBI agent based in Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 291 pp. Publisher's letter laid in.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 67173More details Price: $30.00 -
NOTHIN ' LEFT TO LOSE.
Edition: First printing.
Columbia, SC: Summerhouse, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, one which "seamlessly moves from the recording studios of Nashville to the underworlds of New York and Philadelphia." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 278 pp. ISBN: 1887714472.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 67551More details Price: $28.50 -
A WALK IN THE CITY.
Edition: First printing.
New York & Cleveland: World Publishing Co., (1971.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A Novel of Black Survival in Today's America" - Powerful first novel by this African American writer, a teacher in the Boston school system - a coming of age story, set in the ghetto of an "unnamed" northeastern city. 337 pp.
Condition: Good only in a good dustjacket (dampstaining to lower edge, affecting both the covers and the textblock, and causing bleeding from the cloth to the interior of the dj.)
Book ID: 35958More details Price: $12.50 -
SKYLARK OF SPACE.
Edition: Paperback.
New York: Pyramid, (1968.). The first of the Skylark series by the author of the Lensman series. Originally published as a magazine serial in 1928 and in book form in 1946, and revised by the author. F-764. 159 pp. ISBN: 0-515-029696.
Condition: Very good (light toning to the pages.) Note: vintage paperbacks are very fragile and need to be handled with care.
Book ID: 50369More details Price: $8.50 -
QUEEN BEE OF MIMOSA BRANCH.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in very near fine dust jacket (an as new, unread copy, but a tiny tear to the dj at the rear fold).
Book ID: 64551More details Price: $15.00 -
QUEEN BEE OF MIMOSA BRANCH.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 72178More details Price: $18.00 -
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (foxing to top edge of textblock, but otherwise clean and tight,, short tear to back cover of dj, bit of wear to top of dj spine)
Book ID: 86768More details Price: $25.00 -
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 87864More details Price: $35.00 -
DEATH TURNS A TRICK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1982.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel introducting San Francisco lawyer Rebecca Schwartz who thought it would be a lark to play the piano at a party in a feminist co-op bordello - until the cops raid the place and a body turns up in her apartment. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 1986. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-54821.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (some wear to ends of spine of dj).
Book ID: 77107More details Price: $75.00 -
DEATH TURNS A TRICK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1982.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel features San Francisco lawyer Rebecca Schwartz who thought it would be a lark to play the piano at a party in a feminist co-op bordello - until the cops raid the place and a body turns up in her apartment. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-54821.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket. (some light edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 54204More details Price: $30.00 -
THE INQUISITOR.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Henry Holt, (2012.). First edition - The author's first novel: "A spectacularly original thriller about a professional torturer who has a strict code, a mysterious past, and a dangerous conviction that he can save the life of an innocent child." A surprisingly uncommon advance issue. 324 pp.
Condition: Near fine in rather plain printed black wrappers.
Book ID: 56370More details Price: $20.00 -
MIXED BLOOD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Henry Holt, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this South African writer, a thriller set against a Capetown of gang violence, crime and corruption. 304 pp. ISBN: 978-0805088755.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 69057More details Price: $19.50 -
MIXED BLOOD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Henry Holt, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this South African writer, a thriller set against a Capetown of gang violence, crime and corruption. 304 pp. ISBN: 978-0805088755.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 84080More details Price: $17.50 -
A SIMPLE PLAN.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First edition - The author's first book, basis for the movie of the same name starring Bill Paxton, and Billy Bob Thornton. A young man living an ordinary life, accountant, married with a starter house in suburbia, stumbles upon a crashed plane with 4 million dollars in cash, and he makes what seems like a harmless decision. 329 pp.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (some curling to the front cover).
Book ID: 64295More details Price: $20.00 -
HORIZON OF THE HEART.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Tallahassee, FL: The Naiad Press Inc, (1986.). First edition - Lesbian romance, the first novel published under this pseudonym. 170 pp. ISBN: 0-930044-754.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 46954More details Price: $10.00 -
FOLLOW ME DOWN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Forge / Tom Doherty Associates, (2017). Hardcover first edition - The author's first suspense novel, described as "a gutsy, visceral, and beautifully crafted psychological thriller. . . Mia Haas has built her life far from the North Dakota town where she grew up, but when she receives word that her twin brother is missing, she is forced to return home." 349 pp. ISBN: 978-0765386700.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 72466More details Price: $17.50 -
CHILD 44.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very powerful and highly acclaimed first novel, set in Stalinist Russia, in the years after World War II, this is the story a Russian secret police officer who is framed by a colleague, imprisoned, demoted and banished to a small town, but who risks all to solve a series of child murders. Winner of the Thriller Award for best first novel. 439 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-446-402389.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 47932More details Price: $17.50 -
CHILD 44.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very powerful and highly acclaimed first novel, set in Stalinist Russia, in the years after World War II, this is the story a Russian secret police officer who is framed by a colleague, imprisoned, demoted and banished to a small town, but who risks all to solve a series of child murders. Winner of the Thriller Award for best first novel. 439 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-446-402389.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy, but with a remainder line.)
Book ID: 48089More details Price: $17.50 -
A SAMBA FOR SHERLOCK
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Pantheon, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Brazilian author's first novel - a mystery featuring Sherlock Holmes which begins with a stolen Stradivarius violin. Translated from the Portuguese by Clifford E. Landers. Special Preview Edition, with a hidden fold-out promotional panel on the front cover of the dust jacket. SIGNED on a blank preliminary page. . Bibliography. 271 pp, Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-375400656.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 67545More details Price: $28.50 -
A SAMBA FOR SHERLOCK
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Pantheon, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - Brazilian author's first novel - a mystery featuring Sherlock Holmes which begins with a stolen Stradivarius violin. Translated from the Portuguese by Clifford E. Landers. Map endpapers, Bibliography. 271 pp. ISBN: 0-375400656.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 73850More details Price: $18.00 -
THE ANDALUCIAN FRIEND.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Crown, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a thriller about an international crime family. Translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith. 446 pp. ISBN: 978-0770436056.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new, but with a small remainder dot.)
Book ID: 66431More details Price: $15.00 -
THE ANDALUCIAN FRIEND.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Crown, (2013). First edition - The author's first novel, a thriller about an international crime family. Translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith. 446 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 66472More details Price: $20.00 -
THE FOX AND THE PUMA.
Edition: First printing.
Glendora, CA: Sodef Press, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, introducing Maggy and Fred Renard, set on an island off the coast of France. 202 pp. Publisher's material laid in with the handwritten notation "for the Edgar submissions.". ISBN: 0-965438201.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 65037More details Price: $15.00 -
BAIT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a crime novel featuring Meg Gillis, who, with another former cop, owns a security business on the fringes of Beverly Hills. SIGNED on the title page and dated 4/20/99. 319 pp. ISBN: 0-684-850427.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 61567More details Price: $25.00 -
BLOOD SCENARIO.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, (1980.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel written using this pseudonym - The "troubles" of Ireland have crossed the sea to New York on St. Patrick's Day as Irish terrorists explode bombs during the parade. 331 pp. ISBN: 0-698110293.
Condition: Very good in a good only dust jacket. (edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 36392More details Price: $12.50
