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  • VIRGIN HEAT. by Shames, Laurence.
    Shames, Laurence.
    VIRGIN HEAT.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Hyperion, (1997). SIGNED first edition - Mystery novel set in Key West, Florida -" a touching and hilarious tale of love, the mob, revenge, redemption, and some minor cross-dressing." SIGNED on the title page. 274 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (publisher's material laid in)

    Book ID: 61409
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  • MANGROVE SQUEEZE. by Shames, Laurence.
    Shames, Laurence.
    MANGROVE SQUEEZE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Hyperion, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His sixth humorous suspense novel set in Key West, Florida. SIGNED on the title page. 309 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-63013.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 61410
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  • THE NAKED DETECTIVE. by Shames, Laurence.
    Shames, Laurence.
    THE NAKED DETECTIVE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Villard, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Amusing and rather appealing suspense novel set in Key West, Florida, featuring a detective who never really meant to be one - the private investigator license was a tax dodge devised by his accountant. SIGNED on the title page. 225 pp. ISBN: 0-375-50253x.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 61429
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  • MANGROVE SQUEEZE. by Shames, Laurence.
    Shames, Laurence.
    MANGROVE SQUEEZE.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Hyperion, (1998) dj. Hardcover - His sixth humorous suspense novel set in Key West, Florida. 309 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-63013.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 68027
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  • MANGROVE SQUEEZE. by Shames, Laurence.
    Shames, Laurence.
    MANGROVE SQUEEZE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Hyperion, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - His sixth humorous suspense novel, set in Key West, Florida. 309 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-63013.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 73839
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  • THE NAKED DETECTIVE. by Shames, Laurence.
    Shames, Laurence.
    THE NAKED DETECTIVE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Villard, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Amusing and rather appealing suspense novel set in Key West, Florida, featuring a detective who never really meant to be one - the private investigator license was a tax dodge devised by his accountant. SIGNED on a blank preliminary page. 225 pp. ISBN: 0-375-50253x.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 73841
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  • THE LAW OF SECOND CHANCES. by Sheehan, James.
    Sheehan, James.
    THE LAW OF SECOND CHANCES.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: St Martin's, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - The author's second novel, a legal thriller set in Florida. SIGNED on the title page. 341 pp.

    Condition: Fine (a new copy) in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 44491
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  • EPILOGUE FOR MURDER. by Shriner, Lewis.
    Shriner, Lewis.
    EPILOGUE FOR MURDER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Walker, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, introducing Atlanta professor turned private investigator Bennett Cole, who is hired to investigate the apparent suicide of a noir novelist in a small town in the Florida panhandle. Review copy with publicity material laid in. 249 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-31821.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 61181
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  • Suarez, Virgil.
    HAVANA THURSDAYS.

    Edition: First printing.

    Houston, TX:' Arte Publico Press, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Cuban-American author's third novel (fourth book), an exploration of the changes which come to a multi-generational family of Cuban exiles, living a comfortable middle-class life in Miami, which is shattered when one member is stricken by a heart attack while on an expedition in the Brazilian jungle. SIGNED on the title page. 250 pp. ISBN: 1-55885-1437.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 37980
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  • LOADED DICE. by Swain, James.
    Swain, James.
    LOADED DICE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth thriller featuring Florida ex-cop Tony Valentine, set in the gambling world of Las Vegas casinos. SIGNED on the title page. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-345-463269.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 61130
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  • SUCKER BET. by Swain, James.
    Swain, James.
    SUCKER BET.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third thriller featuring Florida ex-cop Tony Valentine, who is still nabbing crooks, but a very special breed of them - hustlers trying to rob casinos, I SIGNED on the title page. 304 pp. ISBN: 0-345-461754.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 61131
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  • SUCKER BET. by Swain, James.
    Swain, James.
    SUCKER BET.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Ballantine, (2003). First edition - The third thriller featuring Florida ex-cop Tony Valentine, who is still nabbing crooks, but a very special breed of them - hustlers trying to rob casinos. 304 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 73823
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  • NEON FLAMINGO. by Taylor, Matt and Bonnie.
    Taylor, Matt and Bonnie.
    NEON FLAMINGO.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dodd, Mead, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery set in a "slick Floridacity with a wicked past" and featuring journalists A. J. Egan, a newcomer, and Palmer Kingston, a shrewd and legendary reporter. 215 pp. ISBN: 0-396-091709.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 74280
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  • THE SEA AND THE JUNGLE. by Tomlinson, H. M.
    Tomlinson, H. M.
    THE SEA AND THE JUNGLE.

    Edition: 5th printing.

    New York: Dutton, (1927, 1920). SIGNED hardcover - The author's first book, originally published in England in 1912. A classic story of traveling on a freighter from London to the upper reaches of the Amazon. The dedication page that this is "the narrative of the voyage of the tramp steamer Capella from Swansea to Santa Maria de Belem do Grao Para in the Brazils, and thence 2,000 miles along the forest of the Amazon and Madeira Rivers to the San Antonio Falls; afterwards returning to Barbados for orders, and going by way of Jamaica to Tampa in Florida, where she loaded for home. Done in the years 1909 and 1910." SIGNED by Tomlinson on the half title page, and very uncommon thus. 371 pp.

    Condition: Very good in textured blue cloth with gilt lettering, light green tinting to top edge - some rubbing to the covers, spine somewhat sunned)

    Book ID: 87565
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  • Trocheck, Kathy Hogan
    LICKETY-SPLIT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - A Truman Kicklighter mystery, set in Florida. ISBN: 0-06-0176415.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line.)

    Book ID: 21949
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  • Trocheck, Kathy Hogan
    CRASH COURSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring retiree extraodinarie, Truman Kicklighter, set in Florida. ISBN: 0-06-0176423.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line.)

    Book ID: 27547
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  • A BORDER OF BLUE: ALONG THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM THE KEYS TO THE YUCATAN. by Turner, Frederick
    Turner, Frederick
    A BORDER OF BLUE: ALONG THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM THE KEYS TO THE YUCATAN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Henry Holt, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An exploration of the three and a half thousand miles of coastland that borders the Gulf of Mexico in the southern US and Mexico and a picture of the peope who inhabit these borderlands -from the Florida Keys in the spring to cities like New Orleans and Brownsville to Merida in Mexico. Bibliography. Index. 302 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-20721.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 53637
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  • SACRED HUNGER. by Unsworth, Barry.
    Unsworth, Barry.
    SACRED HUNGER.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Epic novel, co-winner of the Booker Award (with Ondaatje's English Patient.), a book which explores one of history's greatest tragedy - the inhumanity of the slave trade. Beginning in 1752 Liverpool, this is the story of a slaving ship, of mutineers and African captives who establish a secret community in Florida, of hope and greed and a desire to start over again. An incredible achievement. 629 pp. ISBN: 0-385-265301.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 64273
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  • Vaca, Nicolas C.
    THE PRESUMED ALLIANCE: The Unspoken Conflict Between Latinos and Blacks and What It Means for America.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Rayo (Harper Collins), (2004.). SIGNED first edition - An examination of the historical context as well as the contemporary conflicts between Latinos and African Americans, using case studies from New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Washington, D.C., Compton, and Houston. January 2003 marked a significant change in American demographics: Hispanics surpassed African Americans as the nation's largest minority. In this book, Vaca explores the presumption of a black and Hispanic political alliance, while he argues that an alliance is not feasible, since the two ethnic groups are competing for jobs, political power, and educational opportunities. The book begins with the "Hispanic tsunami," the surging growth in the American Hispanic population, and among other issues, includes an informative chapter…

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    New York: Rayo (Harper Collins), (2004.). SIGNED first edition - An examination of the historical context as well as the contemporary conflicts between Latinos and African Americans, using case studies from New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Washington, D.C., Compton, and Houston. January 2003 marked a significant change in American demographics: Hispanics surpassed African Americans as the nation's largest minority. In this book, Vaca explores the presumption of a black and Hispanic political alliance, while he argues that an alliance is not feasible, since the two ethnic groups are competing for jobs, political power, and educational opportunities. The book begins with the "Hispanic tsunami," the surging growth in the American Hispanic population, and among other issues, includes an informative chapter on a 1946 California court case involving Hispanic's access to education. Extensive notes. 227 pp.

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    Condition: SIGNED on the half title page. Fine (a new copy) in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 33289
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  • Vilmure, Daniel.
    LIFE IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the story of two boys - brothers - who "take off on a rampage through a seedy Florida port town on a hot, roiling August night, courting disaster with all the reckless abandon of boys until disaster turns and runs them down." 225 pp. ISBN: 0-394-561422.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 35785
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  • LIFE IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING. by Vilmure, Daniel.
    Vilmure, Daniel.
    LIFE IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the story of two boys - brothers - who "take off on a rampage through a seedy Florida port town on a hot, roiling August night, courting disaster with all the reckless abandon of boys until disaster turns and runs them down." 225 pp. ISBN: 0-394-561422.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder mark)

    Book ID: 62071
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  • THE LUCKIE STAR. by Waldron, Ann.
    Waldron, Ann.
    THE LUCKIE STAR.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her third book for older children - unlike the rest of her family, Quincy didn't draw or act or write. She wanted to be a scientist, and set up her telescope while everyone else swam and played on vacation in Florida - but when a hurricane hit, and gold pieces washed up from a sunken Spanish galleon, everything changed. 166 pp. Wraparound cover art by Richard Cuffari.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 85940
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  • BULOW HAMMOCK: Mind in a Forest. by Wallace, David Rains.
    Wallace, David Rains.
    BULOW HAMMOCK: Mind in a Forest.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - Described as a "beautifully proportioned mix of personal reminiscence and natural history" this is an intensive study of a single ecosystem. "Hammock" refers to a hardwood grove in Florida's open marshes and pine woods, and Bulow Hammock, north of Daytona, is one of the last stands of these groves on the East Coast, a woodland-marsh where sub-tropical and north-temperate vegetation meet. Conservationists saved it from developers, and it is now a State Park. Bibliography. 170 pp. ISBN: 0-871566761.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84358
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  • WEEP NO MORE MY BROTHER. by Watson, Sterling.
    Watson, Sterling.
    WEEP NO MORE MY BROTHER.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Delta, (1989). The author's first novel, the story of a young man who waits for ten years to exact revenge on the man who killed his older brother. Nominated for the Rosenthal Award. 300 pp. ISBN: 0-440550254.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (toning to pages, but otherwise a tight and apparently unread copy).

    Book ID: 83130
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  • DEADLY SWEET. by Watson, Sterling.
    Watson, Sterling.
    DEADLY SWEET.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Mysterious Press, 1994. First edition - Florida noir. Eddy Priest, a non-practicing lawyerm is aiming for the simple life as a sailboat salesman on Florida's west coast, until a woman contacts him asking for help - and after he turns her down, she is found dead in her car in a canal beside the road. 350 pp.

    Condition: Fine in printed red wrappers.

    Book ID: 85611
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  • CRIME. by Welsh, Irvine.
    Welsh, Irvine.
    CRIME.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Norton, (2008.). First edition - After a child-murder case, Edinburgh Detective Inspector suffers a mental breakdown and is given time off to recuperate. He heads to Miami with his fiance only to find himself in the middle of an even nastier case, and the only protector of a 10 year old girl. 344 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 55928
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  • THE WAY WE DIE NOW. by Willeford, Charles.
    Willeford, Charles.
    THE WAY WE DIE NOW.

    Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.

    London: Arrow Books, (1992.). The last novel featuring Miami homicide detective Hoke Moseley, 245 pp. ISBN: 0-09-9600307.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 49257
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  • SIDESWIPE. by Willeford, Charles.
    Willeford, Charles.
    SIDESWIPE.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: St Martin's, (1987). Hardcover - Crime novel featuring Hoke Moseley, a burnt-out Miami homicide detective. 215 pp. ISBN: 0-312001886.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 71466
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  • THE TRUTH ABOUT THEM. by Yglesias, Jose.
    Yglesias, Jose.
    THE TRUTH ABOUT THEM.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: World Publishing Co., (1971.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel about a Spanish Cuban family in Tampa adjusting to the larger American scene of society - it "weaves back and forth in time and place: Cuba, Key West, Tampa, New York, from the middle of the 19th century to the present day." 215 pp.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (price-clipped.)

    Book ID: 79809
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