- Keyword = Mystery - Suspense & Detective Fiction, mysteries:historical, bibliomystery, African American Mystery
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BLOODROOT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Berkley, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A China Bayles mystery, in which China returns to her family plantation in Mississippi on the Bloodroot River. Resources, references, recipes. 305 pp. ISBN: 0-425-181901.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 51437More details Price: $16.00 -
INDIGO DYING.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Berkley, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A China Bayles mystery, set in a small town in Texas which is undergoing a revival as artists flock there. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Includes a note to the reader, list of resources. x. 304 pp. ISBN: 0-425188280.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81370More details Price: $35.00 -
LOVE LIES BLEEDING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Berkley, (1997.). dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 6th mystery set in the small town of Pecan Springs, Texas, featuring former attorney and now herbalist, China Bayles. INSCRIBED on the title page. References and resources. 338 pp. ISBN: 0-425-159698.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 77916More details Price: $30.00 -
CHILE DEATH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Berkley, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A China Bayles mystery, set in the small Texas town of Pecan Springs. Includes several recipes for chili. INSCRIBED on the title page. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-425-165396.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 83002More details Price: $30.00 -
AN UNTHYMELY DEATH and Other Garden Mysteries.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
New York: Berkley, (2003). First edition - "A Treasury of Stories, Herbal Lore, Recipes and Crafts." Ten stories, including four written especially for this book, set in the small Texas town of Pecan Springs, featuring lawyer turned herbalist, China Bayles. SIGNED on the title page. Includes introductory notes, and boxed recipes, gardening tips and herbal lore scattered throughout. xiii, 254 pp. ISBN: 0-425190021.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 87306More details Price: $21.50 -
DEAD MAN'S BONES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Berkley, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A China Bayles herbal mystery, set in the small Texas town of Pecan Springs. Recipes. 329 pp. ISBN: 0-425-200175.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 51005More details Price: $16.00 -
INDIGO DYING.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Boston: Berkley, 2003. First edition - The newest China Bayles mystery, this one set in a small town in Texas which is undergoing a revival as artists flock there.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (an unread copy, but some creasing to back cover)
Book ID: 31947More details Price: $15.00 -
NIGHTSHADE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Berkley, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A China Bayles herbal mystery, set in the small Texas town of Pecan Springs. Recipes. 289 pp. ISBN: 0-425-219560.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 48282More details Price: $16.00 -
BLEEDING HEARTS.
Edition: Limited, signed first edition.
New York: Berkley, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A China Bayles herbal mystery, set in the small Texas town of Pecan Springs. Recipes.One of 500 copies, SIGNED and numbered on a special preliminary page. 298 pp. ISBN: 0-425-207994.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 78148More details Price: $30.00 -
SPANISH DAGGER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Berkley, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - A China Bayles mystery set in the small Texas town of Pecan Springs - where China stumbles across a body while gathering yucca leaves for papermaking. Note on herbs of the Southwest, recipes and crafts. 307 pp. ISBN: 9780-425-213940.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 77380More details Price: $17.50 -
DEAD MAN'S BONES.
Edition: Limited, signed first edition.
New York: Berkley, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A China Bayles herbal mystery, set in the small Texas town of Pecan Springs. One of 500 copies individually SIGNED and numbered by the author on a special preliminary title page. Recipes. 329 pp. ISBN: 0-425-200175.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77345More details Price: $35.00 -
A DILLY OF A DEATH.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Berkley, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A China Bayles mystery, set in a small town in Texas which is hosting the annual pickle festival. SIGNED on the title page. Includes a note to the reader, resources and recipes. 323 pp. ISBN: 0-425193993.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 78524More details Price: $30.00 -
NIGHTSHADE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Berkley, (2007.). dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery set in the small town of Pecan Springs, Texas, featuring former attorney and now herbalist, China Bayles, and her new husband, former Houston homicide detective and now private investigator Mike McQuaid. Notes on herbs, reading list and recipes. 289 pp. ISBN: 9780425219560.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 55849More details Price: $16.00 -
INDIGO DYING.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Boston: Berkley, (2003.). First edition - A China Bayles mystery, one set in a small town in Texas which is undergoing a revival as artists flock there.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy)
Book ID: 22718More details Price: $21.50 -
THYME OF DEATH
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner's, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first mystery novel, introducing former attorney and now herbalist, China Bayles. INSCRIBED on the half title page. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-684195224.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 83003More details Price: $40.00 -
CHILE DEATH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Berkley, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A China Bayles mystery, set in the small Texas town of Pecan Springs. Includes several recipes for chili. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-425-165396.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 33141More details Price: $17.50 -
BLOODROOT.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Berkley, (2001.) dj. Hardcover - A China Bayles mystery, in which China returns to her family plantation in Mississippi on the Bloodroot River. Resources, references, recipes. 305 pp. ISBN: 0-425-181901.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 36514More details Price: $12.50 -
INDIGO DYING.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Berkley, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A China Bayles mystery, set in a small town in Texas which is undergoing a revival as artists flock there. INSCRIBED on the title page. Includes a note to the reader, list of resources. x. 304 pp. ISBN: 0-425188280.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 78149More details Price: $30.00 -
MISTLETOE MAN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Berkley, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A China Bayles herbal mystery, set in the small Texas town of Pecan Springs. SIGNED on the title page. 296 pp. ISBN: 0-425-176738.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77238More details Price: $30.00 -
BLOODROOT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Berkley, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A China Bayles mystery, in which China returns to her family plantation in Mississippi on the Bloodroot River. SIGNED on the title page. Resources, references, recipes. 305 pp. ISBN: 0-425-181901.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77239More details Price: $30.00 -
MISTLETOE MAN.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Berkley, (2000.) dj. Hardcover - A China Bayles herbal mystery, set in the small Texas town of Pecan Springs. 296 pp. ISBN: 0-425-176738.
Condition: Near fine in a good dust jacket.(edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 33486More details Price: $12.50 -
DELIRIUM.
Edition: First American edition.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1980. Hardcover first edition - Translated from the Italian. Author's second novel.
Condition: NF/NF.
Book ID: 10530More details Price: $14.00 -
GUILT WITHOUT PROOF.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: McCall Publishing Co. (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth novel published under this pseudonym by this prolific author, featuring Inspector Fusil and Constable Kerr, who find a body in a burned out wine cellar, as they are investigating the hijacking of a truckload of whiskey. 184 pp. Jacket design by Abner Graboff. ISBN: 0-841501009.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 85034More details Price: $16.50 -
MY REAL NAME IS LISA.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Carroll & Graf, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - A poignant relationship between a Good Samaritan and an abducted child forms the backdrop for this novel of suspense .
Condition: Very good+ in like dust jacket. ( corners slightly bumped)
Book ID: 13976More details Price: $12.50 -
DEAD DINOSAURS
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring Luis Balam, full-blooded Mayan, ex-policeman, turned tour guide and part-time detective. SIGNED on the title page. 326 pp. ISBN: 0-385-46896-2.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket .(prev owner's sticker)
Book ID: 17280More details Price: $20.00 -
KIET GOES WEST
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Superintendent Bamsan Kiet mystery - one which finds him freezing in Seattle in July. SIGNED on the title page. 240 pp. ISBN: 0-312-07851X.
Condition: Fine in a very good dustjacket with one small chip to the upper edge of the front cover (book appears unread.).
Book ID: 12480More details Price: $20.00 -
DEAD DINOSAURS
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring Luis Balam, full-blooded Mayan, ex-policeman, turned tour guide and part-time detective. 326 pp. ISBN: 0-385-46896-2.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 58980More details Price: $16.50 -
BLOOD SACRIFICE: A Mystery of the Yucatan.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Doubleday, (1993.). First edition - First mystery featuring Luis Balam, full-blooded Mayan, ex-policeman, turned tour guide and part-time detective. 306 pp.
Condition: Fine in printed wrappers.
Book ID: 49196More details Price: $16.00 -
DEAD DINOSAURS
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring Luis Balam, full-blooded Mayan, ex-policeman, turned tour guide and part-time detective. SIGNED on the title page. 326 pp. ISBN: 0-385-46896-2.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket .(remainder dot bottom edge)
Book ID: 3588More details Price: $24.00 -
KIET GOES WEST
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Superintendent Bamsan Kiet mystery - one which finds him freezing in Seattle in July. SIGNED on the title page. 240 pp. ISBN: 0-312-07851X.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 12479More details Price: $24.00
