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GIDEON.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Ballantine, (1999). SIGNED first edition - The first thriller written by these two authors under this pseudonym - the story of an innocent man on the run, "embroiled in a conspiracy greater than he can imagine." SIGNED on the title page as Russell Andrews aka Peter Gethers. 435 pp.
Condition: Fine in black and white wrappers. A rather uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 68361More details Price: $35.00 -
MOTHER NATURE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Geologist Em Hansen investigates a murder in Sonoma County, California. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 342 pp. ISBN: 0-312-155913.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 20203More details Price: $30.00 -
MOTHER NATURE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Geologist Em Hansen investigates a murder in Sonoma County, California. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Author's note. 342 pp. ISBN: 0-312-155913.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 65626More details Price: $35.00 -
MOTHER NATURE
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - Geologist Em Hansen investigates a murder in Sonoma County, California. ISBN: 0-312-155913.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. (corners slightly bumped.)
Book ID: 11273More details Price: $16.50 -
TENSLEEP.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Macmillan, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An unusual debut novel - introduces Em Hansen, a mudlogger - set in the oil fields of Wyoming - the author is a geologist herself. Author's note. 280 pp. ISBN: 1-883402-336.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 65627More details Price: $50.00 -
MOTHER NATURE
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - Geologist Em Hansen investigates a murder in Sonoma County, California. ISBN: 0-312-155913.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 20202More details Price: $18.50 -
FAULT LINE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Seventh mystery featuring forensic geologist Em Hansen, set in Salt Lake City on the eve of the Olympics. Author's note. 307 pp,. ISBN: 0-312-253508.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 84175More details Price: $17.50 -
A FALL IN DENVER: An Em Hansen Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner's, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring geologist Em Hansen (by an author who is herself a geologist.) Wonderful background setting in the oilfields of the West. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 286 pp. ISBN: 0-684-815230.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 82269More details Price: $35.00 -
DEAD DRY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Tenth mystery featuring forensic geologist Em Hansen. 306 pp,. ISBN: 0-312-342527.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 46308More details Price: $16.00 -
BONE HUNTER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery featuring forensic geologist Em Hansen, set at a paleontology conference in Utah. 340 pp. ISBN: 0-312-203810.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 61072More details Price: $18.00 -
KILLER DUST.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring geologist Em Hansen (by an author who is herself a geologist) set in Florida against the backdrop of a planned satellite launch and in a world now affected by 9/11 and the anthrax mailings. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Author's note. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-312-301960.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 78151More details Price: $35.00 -
ROCK BOTTOM.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2012). First edition - The 12th book in this series featuring forensic geologist Em Hansen - in this, Em and her new husband are rafting on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, with a killer not far behind. 291 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 63667More details Price: $20.00 -
A FALL IN DENVER.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Scribner's, (1995). First edition - The second mystery featuring geologist Em Hansen (by an author who is herself a geologist.) Wonderful background setting in the oilfields of the West.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 8569More details Price: $25.00 -
FAULT LINE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Seventh mystery featuring forensic geologist Em Hansen, set in Salt Lake City on the eve of the Olympics. INSCRIBED on the title page "To - - with thanks." Author's note. 307 pp,. ISBN: 0-312-253508.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket. (name on front endpaper.)
Book ID: 56185More details Price: $30.00 -
IN COLD PURSUIT.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2007) dj. Hardcover - Mystery introducing geology grad student Valena Walker, who goes to Antarctica to study glaciology with her professor, only to arrive and discover that he has been arrested for murder. 336 pp.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 64172More details Price: $12.50 -
KILLER DUST.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2003) dj. Hardcover - Mystery featuring geologist Em Hansen (by an author who is herself a geologist) set in Florida against the backdrop of a planned satellite launch and in a world now affected by 9/11 and the anthrax mailings. Author's note. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-312-301960.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 71776More details Price: $15.00 -
ONLY FLESH AND BONES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fourth mystery featuring geologist Emily - Em - Hansen. SIGNED on the title page and dated 30 June 1998 (that is, before the official publication date of July 1998) 320 pp. ISBN: 0-312-186428.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77638More details Price: $35.00 -
FAULT LINE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Seventh mystery featuring forensic geologist Em Hansen, set in Salt Lake City on the eve of the Olympics. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 307 pp,. ISBN: 0-312-253508.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77806More details Price: $35.00 -
MY SWEET AUDRINA.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Poseidon Press, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - Fourth suspense novel by the author of 'Flowers in the Attic.'. ISBN: 0-671-443275.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (prev owner's name, sunning to spine of dj.)
Book ID: 22655More details Price: $12.50 -
TRACER, INC.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner's, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Unusual first mystery, introducing the Tracer family of Carmel-by-the-Sea. Laid-off Dad decides to open a private investigation firm, and gets lot of help from his family. ISBN: 0-684-197057.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (rem mark.)
Book ID: 18475More details Price: $18.00 -
SHANK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's second novel, a story of murder, a prison escape with the prison nurse (who only seems like she is being held hostage), a million dollars hidden by a drug king pin, but most of all, a desperate need to believe in love.SIGNED on the title page. 325 pp. ISBN: 0-786862394.
Condition: Fine in a fine dj. (as new.)
Book ID: 82298More details Price: $30.00 -
SHANK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second novel, a story of murder, a prison escape with the prison nurse (who only seems like she is being held hostage), a million dollars hidden by a drug king pin, but most of all, a desperate need to believe in love. 325 pp. ISBN: 0-786862394.
Condition: Fine in a fine dj. (as new.)
Book ID: 13702More details Price: $17.50 -
SHADES OF BLACK: Crime and Mystery Stories by African American Authors.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Berkley, (2005). SIGNED - The first anthology consisting entirely of stories by African American mystery writers. Preface by Lerone Bennett, Jr. Introduction by Eleanor Taylor Bland. Contributors include Frankie Y. Bailey, Jacqueline Turner Banks, Chris Benson, Eleanor Taylor Bland and Anthony Bland, Patricia E. Canterbury, Christopher Chambers, Tracy P. Clark, Evelyn Coleman, Grace F. Edwards, Robert Greer, Terris McMahan Grimes, Gar Anthony Haywood, Hugh Holton, Geri Spencer Hunter, Dicey Scroggins Jackson, Glenville Lovelll, Lee E. Meadows, Penny Mickelbury, Walter Mosley, Percy Spurlark Parker, Gary Phillips, and Charles Shipps. SIGNED by TWO authors: Gary Phillips at his story ""Beginner's Luck" and Walter Mosley at "Bombardier." Notes on the authors. xii, 353 pp. ISBN: 0-425200140.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages).
Book ID: 67161More details Price: $27.50 -
SHADES OF BLACK: Crime and Mystery Stories by African American Authors.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Berkley, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first anthology consisting entirely of stories by African American mystery writers. Preface by Lerone Bennett, Jr. Introduction by Eleanor Taylor Bland. Contributors include Frankie Y. Bailey, Jacqueline Turner Banks, Chris Benson, Eleanor Taylor Bland and Anthony Bland, Patricia E. Canterbury, Christopher Chambers, Tracy P. Clark, Evelyn Coleman, Grace F. Edwards, Robert Greer, Terris McMahan Grimes, Gar Anthony Haywood, Hugh Holton, Geri Spencer Hunter, Dicey Scroggins Jackson, Glenville Lovelll, Lee E. Meadows, Penny Mickelbury, Walter Mosley, Percy Spurlark Parker, Gary Phillips, and Charles Shipps. SIGNED by THREE authors at their stories: Gary Phillips, Gar Anthony Haywood and Frankie Y Bailey. Notes on the authors. xii, 353 pp. ISBN: 0-425194027.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder mark)
Book ID: 67236More details Price: $50.00 -
BLACK NOIR: Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Stories by African-American Writers.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pegasus Books, (2009) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Anthology containing 15 stories ranging from 19th and early 20th century authors like Charles Chesnutt, Pauline Hopkins, Rudolph Fisher, Ann Petry and Chester Himes to modern authors including Gary Phillips, Robert Greer, Eleanor Taylor Bland, Walter Mosley, Paula Woods, Edward P. Jones and Gar Anthony Haywood. SIGNED by FOUR authors at their stories: Gar Anthony Haywood, Gary Phillips, Walter Mosley and Paula Woods . Edited and with an introduction by Otto Penzler. 349 pp. ISBN: 978-1605980393.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 62558More details Price: $55.00 -
BLACK NOIR: Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Stories by African-American Writers.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
New York: Pegasus Books, (2009). SIGNED first edition - Anthology containing 15 stories ranging from 19th and early 20th century authors like Charles Chesnutt, Pauline Hopkins, Rudolph Fisher, Ann Petry and Chester Himes to modern authors including Gary Phillips, Robert Greer, Eleanor Taylor Bland, Walter Mosley, Paula Woods, Edward P. Jones and Gar Anthony Haywood. SIGNED by TWO authors at their stories: Paula Woods and Gary Phillips . Edited and with an introduction by Otto Penzler. 349 pp. ISBN: 978-1605980577.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 63051More details Price: $20.00 -
THE DEADLY ARTS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Arbor House, (1985) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "A collection of artful suspense" Includes 23 stories revolving around the arts - fine arts, popular arts and unconventional arts - by many masters of the field, including Cornell Woolrich, Julian Symons, Robert Bloch, Frederic Brown, Stanley Ellin, John Dickinson Carr, John Jakes, Ellery Queen, Jacques Futrelle, Ben Hecht, Pronzini, and others. SIGNED by Michael Kurland at this story 'Vanishing Act' (co-written with Pronzini) Introduction by Pronzini and Muller, xiv, 313 pp. ISBN: 0-87795-688X.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (slight spine slant, toning to the flaps of the dj.)
Book ID: 65144More details Price: $30.00 -
THE ASSASSIN.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Coward McCann, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of international intrigue and romance involving a shadowy anti-Soviet group called "The Return." 255 pp. ISBN: 0-698109384.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (previous owner's name, spine slant)
Book ID: 83445More details Price: $16.50 -
THE BECKET FACTOR.
Edition: First printing.
London: Colllins Crime Club, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, and the first in a short series of novels centered around Canterbury Cathedral. A blend of murder, espionage and politics, this features "Colonel Richard Harrison, retired from government service, acts as secretary to the Diocesan Dilapidations Board at Canterbury Cathedral and lives on the grounds with his crippled wife. Shortly after the mysterious death of Canon Cratchley, an old cohort asks Harrison to nose around: Cratchley's book-in-progress seems to blacken the character of the favored candidate for the new Archbishop of Canterbury. Crypt renovations, meanwhile, have uncovered a medieval coffin possibly containing the remains of Thomas Becket." (Library Journal) 254 pp. ISBN: 0-002323206.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 77817More details Price: $21.50 -
MIDNIGHT COME.
Edition: First printing.
London: Colllins Crime Club, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third in a short series of novels centered around Canterbury Cathedral and featuring Colonel Richard Harrison, retired from government service, who acts as secretary to the Diocesan Dilapidations Board at Canterbury Cathedral. A poison pen letter alleging gross sexual misconduct leads him into an investigation where he stumbles on two bodies horrifically murdered. SIGNED on the title page. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-002326485.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (usual toning to the pages)
Book ID: 79415More details Price: $30.00