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  • A SMALL INDISCRETION. by Ellison, Jan.
    Ellison, Jan.
    A SMALL INDISCRETION.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Random House, (2015). SIGNED first edition - The author's highly praised first novel - "The impact of narrator Annie Black's 'small' indiscretion is anything but; and in a brilliantly paced unraveling, Ellison makes vivid the sometimes tragic interplay of choice and fate, lust and love, youth and adulthood--which can bring its own mistakes. Absorbing, chilling, and moving, A Small Indiscretion is the debut of an elegant writer who will be known and admired from the start." (Robin Black). SIGNED on the title page 318 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 64132
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  • THE APPLE: New Crimson Petal Stories. by Faber, Michel.
    Faber, Michel.
    THE APPLE: New Crimson Petal Stories.

    Edition: First printing.

    Edinburgh: Canongate Books Ltd, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of seven short stories set in the same world - that is, 1870s London - and featuring some of the characters from "The Crimson Petal and the White," his epic (and bestselling) masterpiece. SIGNED on the title page. Includes a foreword in which he explains how these stories came to be published. Ribbon marker bound in. xix, 190 pp. ISBN: 1-841958387.

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

    Book ID: 85387
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  • BLACKSTONE. by Falkirk, Richard (pseudonym of Derek Lambert)
    Falkirk, Richard (pseudonym of Derek Lambert)
    BLACKSTONE.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Eyre Methuen, (1972) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in London in the 1820s, this introduces Edmund Blackstone, Bow Street Runner, of doubtful parentage and background. The first in a series. Historical note. 205 pp. ISBN: 0-413449408.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (an unread copy but toning to part of the textblock, small tear to back cover of dj at fold.)

    Book ID: 63199
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  • THE FLEET STREET MURDERS. by Finch, Charles.
    Finch, Charles.
    THE FLEET STREET MURDERS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2009) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third in the series, set in London at Christmas 1868 and featuring amateur sleuth Charles Lennox, who has recently become engaged to Lady Jane Grey. SIGNED on the title page. 306 pp. ISBN: 978-0312565510.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 78573
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  • THE COLDEST WINTER: A Stringer in Liberated Europe. by Fox, Paula.
    Fox, Paula.
    THE COLDEST WINTER: A Stringer in Liberated Europe.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Henry Holt, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second memoir by this award-winning author, focused on the very beginning of her career - "In 1946, Paula Fox walked up the gangplank of a partly reconverted Liberty with the classic American hope of finding experience in Europe. She was twenty-two years old, and would spend the next year moving among the ruins of London, Warsaw, Paris, Prague, Madrid, and other cities as a stringer for a small British news service - including a stint in bombed-out Warsaw in the midst of the Communist election takeovers, and nights spent in apartments here and there with distant relatives, friends of friends, and in shabby pensions with little heat." Illustrated with photographs. 133 pp. ISBN: 0-805078061.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 85741
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  • Freeman, Dianne.
    A LADY'S GUIDE TO ETIQUETTE AND MURDER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Kensington, (2018) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in 1899 in late Victorian England, and introducing Frances Wynn, the American-born Countess of Harleigh, now a wealthy young widow living in Belgravia "where she prepares to welcome her sister, Lily, arriving from New York, for her first London season. But no sooner has Frances begun her new life than the Metropolitan police receive an anonymous letter implicating Frances in her husbands death." A lighthearted and enjoyable book. 264 pp. ISBN: 978-1496716880.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (light toning to textblock).

    Book ID: 86893
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  • WAITING FOR WEDNESDAY: A Frieda Klein Mystery. by French, Nicci (pseudonym of Nicci Gerrard and Sean French)
    French, Nicci (pseudonym of Nicci Gerrard and Sean French)
    WAITING FOR WEDNESDAY: A Frieda Klein Mystery.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Viking, (2014). Hardcover first edition - Third suspense novel featuring London psychotherapist Frieda Klein and Detective Chief Inspector Karlsson. 372 pp. ISBN: 978-0670015771.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 73334
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  • STRANGE DEVICES OF THE SUN AND MOON. by Goldstein, Lisa.
    Goldstein, Lisa.
    STRANGE DEVICES OF THE SUN AND MOON.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1993) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A fantasy novel which recreates the world of Elizabethan London, a city of spies and booksellers, alchemists and playwrights, witches and plague. SIGNED on the title page. 301 pp. ISBN: 0-312854609.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 76911
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  • DEAD END: An Inspector Bill Slider Mystery. by Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia.
    Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia.
    DEAD END: An Inspector Bill Slider Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Little Brown, (1994). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fourth mystery featuring Dectective Inspector Bill Slider, a police procedural set in London, where a famous conductor has been killed at a rehearsal in a church. SIGNED on the title page. 234 pp. ISBN: 0-316-909815.

    Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket (usual toning to the pages).

    Book ID: 74281
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  • GRAVE MUSIC: An Inspector Bill Slider Mystery. by Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia.
    Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia.
    GRAVE MUSIC: An Inspector Bill Slider Mystery.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Scribner's, (1994). SIGNED first edition - Fourth mystery featuring Dectective Inspector Bill Slider, a police procedural set in London. SIGNED on the title page. 234 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 59947
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  • BLOOD LINES: An Inspector Bill Slider Mystery. by Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia.
    Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia.
    BLOOD LINES: An Inspector Bill Slider Mystery.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Scribner's, (1996). SIGNED first edition - Fifth mystery featuring Dectective Inspector Bill Slider, a police procedural set in London. SIGNED on the title page. 281 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 59948
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  • MAN'S STORM: A Story of London's Parish Watch, 1703. by Heller, Keith.
    Heller, Keith.
    MAN'S STORM: A Story of London's Parish Watch, 1703.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: The Crime Club / Collins, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second mystery, and the second book in his highly praised trilogy featuring George Man, a parish watchman in early 18th-century London, one of the seamiest, most dangerous cities in the world. This precedes the first book in the series by 20 years, and Man has just begun his career, when a great gale ravages England. 196 pp. ISBN: 0-002316978.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (previous owner's name, usual toning to the pages) .

    Book ID: 79406
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  • SLAVE OF MY THIRST. by Holland, Tom.
    Holland, Tom.
    SLAVE OF MY THIRST.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pocket Books, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel which opens with "a small group of British soldiers attack a temple of Kali high up in the Himalayas, only to find themselves facing zombie/vampires enthralled by the goddess of destruction-and-bloodlust,who takes the form of a ravishingly beautiful vision of sexual horror named Lilah. . . Dr. John Eliot, also in India, investigates a horrible infection that melts brains and wastes the body, as well as a princely fortune that suddenly vanishes. . . Back in London, he's joined by theater manager Bram Stoker, who has not yet written Dracula" (Kirkus)- and where Lilah reappears. 421 pp. ISBN: 0-671540521.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (crease to dj at base of spine).

    Book ID: 86020
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  • A CURE FOR GRAVITY. by Jackson, Joe.
    Jackson, Joe.
    A CURE FOR GRAVITY.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Public Affairs, (1999). First edition - Jackson's memoir of growing up musical, from his impoverished childhood in a rough English port town to the Royal Academy of Music, London's punk and new wave scenes, and the brink of stardom. "An intelligent and passionate book about music, the creative process and coming of age as an artist." xiv, 277 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 62042
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  • IN THE KINGDOM OF MISTS. by Jakeman, Jane.
    Jakeman, Jane.
    IN THE KINGDOM OF MISTS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Berkley, (2004) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in London in 1900, a time when Monet was staying at the Savoy and painting the fog and mists of the Thames River, and a serial killer was once again stalking the streets near the river. Includes a chronology of Claude Monet's life. 355 pp. ISBN: 0-425-195120.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 66604
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  • IN THE KINGDOM OF MISTS. by Jakeman, Jane.
    Jakeman, Jane.
    IN THE KINGDOM OF MISTS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Berkley, (2004). First edition - Novel set in London in 1900, a time when Monet was staying at the Savoy and painting the fog and mists of the Thames River, and a serial killer was once again stalking the streets near the river. Includes an historical note and a chronology of Claude Monet. 355 pp

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 27810
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  • THE SCENIC ART: Notes on Acting & the Drama: 1872-1901. by James, Henry. (Edited by Allan Wade.
    James, Henry. (Edited by Allan Wade.
    THE SCENIC ART: Notes on Acting & the Drama: 1872-1901.

    Edition: First printing.

    New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1948. Hardcover first edition - Edited and with an introduction and notes by Allan Wade. Includes some previously unpublished letters. Chapters on the theater in Paris and London, on Faust, Ibsen, the 'School for Scandal 'in Boston, and more. Appendix listing actors, playwrights, and plays, 1872-1901. Index. xxv, 384 pp.

    Condition: Very good in green cloth with red and gilt on the spine, lacking the dj.

    Book ID: 46571
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  • UNDERGROUND AND COLLECTED STORIES. by James, Russell.
    James, Russell.
    UNDERGROUND AND COLLECTED STORIES.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Eureka, CA: Stark House Press, (2007). First edition - A short novel and five diverse stories from the writer whom Ian Rankin dubbed the "Godfather of British noir." None of these stories have appeared in the US prior to the publication of this book. Includes an introduction by James. 266 pp plus 2 pp publisher's ads. ISBN: 978-1933586175.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 76841
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  • A PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATION. by Kerr, Philip.
    Kerr, Philip.
    A PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATION.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Plume, (1994.). SIGNED - Set in what was the near future - 2013 - in London, this is "part techno-thriller, part futuristic detective story and part the diary of a serial killer." SIGNED on the title page. 329 pp. ISBN: 0-452-271401.

    Condition: Very good (usual toning to the pages, minor wear to covers.)

    Book ID: 56860
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  • EXTRAVAGANCE. by Krist, Gary
    Krist, Gary
    EXTRAVAGANCE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Broadway Books, (2002). SIGNED first edition - The author's fifth book, a time-tripping novel which blends 17th century London with 21st century New York - "William Tobias Merrick, an energetic young man from the provinces, travels to the big city in a time of great optimism and ferment, hoping to make his mark on a frenzied, money-crazed society obsessed with the promise of new technologies. The city in question is London in the 1690s; but it is also New York in the 1990s. The new technologies are diving bells, pneumatic winches, and "sucking-worm" drainage engines; but they are also wireless telecommunication devices, patented biotechnology processes, and revolutionary electronic Internet routers. Only the sense of unlimited possibility remains…

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    New York: Broadway Books, (2002). SIGNED first edition - The author's fifth book, a time-tripping novel which blends 17th century London with 21st century New York - "William Tobias Merrick, an energetic young man from the provinces, travels to the big city in a time of great optimism and ferment, hoping to make his mark on a frenzied, money-crazed society obsessed with the promise of new technologies. The city in question is London in the 1690s; but it is also New York in the 1990s. The new technologies are diving bells, pneumatic winches, and "sucking-worm" drainage engines; but they are also wireless telecommunication devices, patented biotechnology processes, and revolutionary electronic Internet routers. Only the sense of unlimited possibility remains the same throughout." SIGNED on the title page..

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 67003
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  • THE DEVIL'S COMPANY. by Liss, David.
    Liss, David.
    THE DEVIL'S COMPANY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (2009.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Suspense novel set in early 18th century London, featuring Benjamin Weaver, ex-boxer, ruffian for hire. 369 pp. ISBN: 0-375-50855.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 54095
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  • CITY OF THE MIND. by Lively, Penelope.
    Lively, Penelope.
    CITY OF THE MIND.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel which is both "a poignant love story and a meditation on the city of London" by this Booker prize winning author. 231 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0166665.

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

    Book ID: 46847
    Keywords: london, Women Authors
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  • Lively, Penelope.
    CITY OF THE MIND.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED by the author on the title page. ISBN: 0-06-0166665.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 8337
    Keywords: london, Women Authors
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  • THE WOMAN BETWEEN WORLDS. by MacIntyre, F. Gwynplaine.
    MacIntyre, F. Gwynplaine.
    THE WOMAN BETWEEN WORLDS.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Dell, (1994). First edition - The author's first novel, a saga of a war between dimensions. "On the foggy streets of Victorian London, an invisible woman emerges. . . desperate to escape her own world and embrace ours." 311 pp. ISBN: 0-440503272.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 67010
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  • OUR STREET. by Mackenzie, Compton [1888-1972.]
    Mackenzie, Compton [1888-1972.]
    OUR STREET.

    Edition: First US printing, with the colophon on the copyright page.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1934. Hardcover first edition - Reminiscences of a West End street in Victorian London, with a chapter devoted to each number on the street. 309 pp.

    Condition: Very good in green cloth with orange lettering on the spine and an orange illustration on the front cover.

    Book ID: 83985
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  • MacNeal, Susan Elia
    THE KING'S JUSTICE: A Maggie Hope Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Bantam, (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's 9th mystery, a thriller set during World War II. Taking a break from spying, Maggie is working to defuse bombs in London. Traumatized by her past, she is living dangerously, but when it appears that a serial killer is targeting the conscientious objectors who work alongside her on the bomb squad, she is drawn into the investigation. Sources. 337 pp. ISBN: 978-0399593840.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 89129
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  • THE SUGAR MILE. by Maxwell, Glyn.
    Maxwell, Glyn.
    THE SUGAR MILE.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's 8th book of poetry, a long narrative poem which "juxtaposes two cities on the brink of irrevocable change. It begins when the poet steps into an uptown Manhattan bar a few days before September 11, 2001. He is confronted by Joseph Stone, a barstool regular and a fellow expatriate.. . It has been almost exactly sixty-one years since London's 'Black Saturday,' the start of the worst of the Blitz during World War II." 140 pp. ISBN: 0-618562435.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80423
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  • MURDER AS A FINE ART. by Morrell, David.
    Morrell, David.
    MURDER AS A FINE ART.

    Edition: Limited, signed edition - first thus.

    Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2016. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Literary thriller set in 19th century Victorian London. "Thomas De Quincey, infamous for his memoir "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater,"" is the major suspect in a series of ferocious mass murders identical to ones that terrorized London forty-three years earlier. The blueprint for the killings seems to be De Quincey's essay "On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts." Desperate to clear his name but crippled by opium addiction, De Quincey is aided by his devoted daughter Emily and a pair of determined Scotland Yard detectives." Number 244 out of 500 copies, signed by Morrell on an illustrated limitation page. Includes an author's afterword and a conversation between Morrell and Robert Morrison, De Quincey's biographer. 406 pp. ISBN: 978-1587674181.

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

    Book ID: 82671
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  • THERMAL IMAGE. by O'Keefe, Pat.
    O'Keefe, Pat.
    THERMAL IMAGE.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Hodder & Stoughton, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first novel by a writer who is himself an Operational Station Officer in the London Fire Brigade. "Steve Jay is a fireman on the edge. Crippling debts and the recent return of his unfaithful partner, Jenny, are getting between him and the job he loves. A horrific fire in an East London fashion store tests him and his watch to the limit. And when an old friend offers him serious money to investigate a series of suspicious fires, it sounds like the answer to his prayers. His decision to accept the case plunges him into a nightmare of arson and murder." SIGNED on the title page. 358 pp. ISBN: 0-340820152.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (would be fine except for the inevitable toning to the pages) .

    Book ID: 84610
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  • BURN OUT. by O'Keefe, Pat.
    O'Keefe, Pat.
    BURN OUT.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Hodder & Stoughton, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel by a writer who is himself an Operational Station Officer in the London Fire Brigade, a thriller featuring fireman Steve Jay. Wales is supposed to be a rest cure, but instead he finds himself caught in a forest fire, and in a vicious eco-war between the Welsh and a multi-national mining conglomerate - when he returns to London, and a huge explosion rips through a building, he discovers the eco-war has followed him back. SIGNED on the title page. 375 pp. ISBN: 0-340820179.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (would be fine except for the inevitable toning to the pages) .

    Book ID: 84611
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