- Keyword = Mystery, suspense and detective fiction, mysteries:historical, bibliomystery
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NO SIGN OF LIFE.
Edition: First printing.
London: Collins Crime Club , (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Dave Cannon, an American rare book and antiques dealer, who finds himself turning detective again when a Cotscombe dealer in antiquities with a slightly tarnished reputation is found dead at his desk. 170 pp. Dust jacket art by Colln Thomas. ISBN: 0-002315882.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (slight spine slant).
Book ID: 85257More details Price: $19.50 -
BORED TO DEATH.
Edition: First printing.
London: Collins Crime Club , (1975.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Dave Cannon, an American rare book and antiques dealer, who after a fruitless buying trip in Wales finds himself stranded in a border town where he is offered a bowl the owner claimed was the Holy Grail. The seller is found dead - hanged - the next day and Cannon finds himself in danger. 192 pp. Dust jacket art by B. H. Payne. ISBN: 0-002311763.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 74654More details Price: $20.00 -
THE DEVIL FINDS WORK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1969.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second mystery featuring Dave Cannon, a young American rare book dealer. Set in a small English village, the story begins with the theft of a silver chalice and involves a 'notorious Satanist', Tristram Vail. 210 pp.
Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (crease to corner of dj flap - overall, a tight and clean book.)
Book ID: 87739More details Price: $35.00 -
A CLOD OF WAYWARD MARL.
Edition: First printing.
Tucson: Dennis McMillan, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - One of the books which came out of his ten years living in El Paso, Texas, where he began writing crime fiction. It was still too literary to garner a wide readership, but he loved it, and he always said that's the reason he wrote: to satisfy himself. This features a teacher in a university on the border between Mexico and Texas, who is also the author of paperback crime novels known as "slasher" novels. SIGNED on the title page. 333 pp. ISBN: 0-939767376.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 87840More details Price: $35.00 -
SPENCERVILLE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Warner, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Returning to his hometown of Spencerville in the American heartland, Landry finds that he must use all the skills learned during his years in intelligence to rescue his high school sweetheart from her sadistic husband. 481 pp. ISBN: 0-446-515051.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (small chip to top edge of front cover of dj.)
Book ID: 70532More details Price: $16.50 -
UP COUNTRY.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Warner, (2002.). First edition - EXCERPT only: "A sneak reading preview of the first nine chapters." Paul Brenner is called out of early retirement to investigate the death of a young Army lieutenant in Vietnam 30 years, a death which now appears to be a murder. 140 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. A rather uncommon promotional piece.
Book ID: 56984More details Price: $15.00 -
UP COUNTRY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Warner, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Paul Brenner is called out of early retirement to investigate the death of a young Army lieutenant in Vietnam 30 years, a death which now appears to be a murder. 706 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-446-516570.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 56053More details Price: $15.00 -
THE PAPERBOY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel surrounding the murder of a sheriff in Florida by this National Book Award winning writer. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-679-421750.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 53833More details Price: $17.50 -
DONALD AND DOROTHY.
Edition: Early reprint (originally published in 1883.).
New York: The Century Co., 1901. Hardcover - A story surrounding the mystery of the true identity of a brother and sister, twins, orphaned as infants in Europe, and brought up by their uncle, by the writer best as the author of 'Hans Brinker' who was for many years the editor of the St. Nicholas Frontispiece, full page and smaller en texte Illustrations by Frank Merrill, A. Temple and others. 335 pp.
Condition: Very good+ in an attractive very dark green binding with gilt lettering and gilt and silver decorations, top edge gilt. (lower corner of frontispiece clipped, not affecting the illustration.)
Book ID: 36594More details Price: $25.00 -
THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF TUTANKHAMUN.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Carroll & Graf, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - This author who is best known for his historical mysteries, looks at the mystery surrounding the life and death of Tutankhamun . . perhaps the bloody intrigue in the Egyptian court may have led to his early death. Illustrated with full color photographs. Annotated bibliography,map, list of historical characters, index. xii, 260 pp. ISBN: 0-7867-10756.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 51695More details Price: $20.00 -
THE HOLLYWOOD CAFE.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
Stillwater, MN: Rivers Bend Press, (2009.). SIGNED first edition - Novel set in Stockton, California by this noted chronicler of life in the Central Valley. "One dark night, when movies were black and white, old Pete Morrell was brutally murdered in the back room of the Hollywood Cafe by two men looking for hidden treasure. The treasure was not found. The killers were not caught. , , , A half century later the past finally catches up with the present." SIGNED on the first page. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-9729445-83.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (a new copy.)
Book ID: 45869More details Price: $25.00 -
BAD THINGS HAPPEN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2009) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First David Loogan novel. An engrossing bibliomystery, SIGNED on the title page and dated 8-1-09, in the year of publication. 338 pp.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 62609More details Price: $45.00 -
BAD THINGS HAPPEN.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Berkley, (2010). First David Loogan novel. An engrossing bibliomystery, set in Ann Arbor, Michigan . 338 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 89250More details Price: $14.50 -
CATNAP: A Midnight Louie Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery introducing Ms Temple Barr, a 29 year old public relations freelancer in Las Vegas and the 18 lb jet black tomcat called Midnight Louie, who gets to tell his side of the story. This opens with a murder at the ABA. INSCRIBED on the title page with the words "The first Louie! Very best fishes! with Louie's paw print drawn under the signature. 241 pp. ISBN: 0-312852177.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77123More details Price: $35.00 -
ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN AND WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU: Stories.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2004) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of stories rooted in her eight years as a uniformed police office, and told in the voices of five female police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as they learn to deal with the violence that surrounds them. 250 pp. ISBN: 0-060561629.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 80382More details Price: $16.50 -
THE GRAVEYARD GANG.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel for older children by this award winning writer. "A newcomer to Wingate, New Hampshire, Amy Abbott lands a summer job at the exclusive Spruce Tree Lodge, forms the Graveyard Gang with new friends Sandy, Wilma, and Cathy, and solves a mystery" 180 pp. ISBN: 0-68419449X.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 67471More details Price: $15.00 -
TALKING TO THE DEAD.
Edition: First US printing.
Boston: Little Brown, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first winner of England's Orange Prize for fiction for the best novel by a woman and the first book of this author to be published in the United States. The story of two sisters, bound together since childhood by the sudden devasting death of their baby brother. An attractively produced small volume. 300 pp. ISBN: 0-316-197416.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 34098More details Price: $23.50 -
THE WINTER GARDEN MYSTERY: A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second book, a mystery set in England in 1923, a country still recovering from the Great War, and featuring Daisy Dalrymple, the daughter of a viscount, who is determined to earn her own living as a writer. SIGNED on the title page. 226 pp. ISBN: 0-312-110308.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 66203More details Price: $50.00 -
GONE WEST: A Daisy Dalyrmple Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Bibliomystery set in 1926 - Daisy is asked by an old friend, widowed by the war, who is acting as the confidential secretary to an author to untangle events in that household - but murder soon follows. SIGNED on the title page. 289 pp. ISBN: 9780312675486.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 62273More details Price: $28.50 -
THE BOOKMAN'S WAKE.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Scribner's, (1995.) dj. Hardcover - Cliff Janeway's back in the sequel to everybody's favorite rare-book mystery, 'Booked to Die.' 350 pp,. ISBN: 0-684-800039.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 63601More details Price: $15.00 -
THE BOOKMAN'S WAKE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Scribner, 1995. First edition - Second in the series featuring former Denver cop turned rare book dealear Cliff Janeway. One of only 600 copies sent out by Scribner, according to Dunning. 351 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in the first state wraparound illustrated wrappers (light toning to the pages)
Book ID: 66971More details Price: $30.00 -
BOOKED TO DIE.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Scribner's, (1992) dj. Hardcover - A mystery introducing Cliff Janeway - perhaps the most popular bibliomystery of all time. From the opening description of Bobby the Bookscout, this story presents an entertaining look at modern book collecting and selling - wrapped up in a good murder mystery. 321 pp. ISBN: 0-684-193833.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 61085More details Price: $17.50 -
THE BOOKWOMAN'S LAST FLING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner, (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Fifth bibliomystery featuring former Denver cop and current bookman, Cliff Janeway, and the world of horse racing. 337 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-89455.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 69700More details Price: $18.50 -
BOOKED TO DIE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner's, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A mystery introducing Cliff Janeway - perhaps the most popular bibliomystery of all time. From the opening description of Bobby the Bookscout, this story presents an entertaining look at modern book collecting and selling - wrapped up in a good murder mystery. SIGNED by Dunning on a bookplate on the front endpaper. 321 pp. ISBN: 0-684-193833.
Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (discoloration from glue under dj flaps, but otherwise a tight and clean copy) .
Book ID: 65196More details Price: $200.00 -
THE SIGN OF THE BOOK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Fourth bibliomystery featuring former Denver cop and current bookman, Cliff Janeway. 353 pp. ISBN: 0-743255054.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 37282More details Price: $21.50 -
THE BOOKMAN'S PROMISE.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Scribner, (2004.) dj. Hardcover - Third bibliomystery featuring former Denver cop and current bookman, Cliff Janeway. 369 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-49925.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 40407More details Price: $12.50 -
THE BOOKMAN'S WAKE.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Scribner's, 1995. dj. Hardcover - Cliff Janeway's back in the sequel to everybody's favorite rare-book mystery, 'Booked to Die.' 350 pp,. ISBN: 0-684-800039.
Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 42993More details Price: $12.50 -
THE BOOKMAN'S WAKE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner's, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Cliff Janeway's back in the sequel to everybody's favorite rare-book mystery, 'Booked to Die.' 350 pp,. ISBN: 0-684-800039.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (remainder line.)
Book ID: 44239More details Price: $18.50 -
THE BOOKMAN'S PROMISE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third bibliomystery featuring former Denver cop and current bookman, Cliff Janeway. 353 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-49925.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 53449More details Price: $21.50 -
THE BOOKMAN'S WAKE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner's, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Cliff Janeway's back in the sequel to everybody's favorite rare-book mystery, 'Booked to Die.' 350 pp,. ISBN: 0-684-800039.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 49218More details Price: $21.50
