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SELF-RELIANCE.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1994. First edition - Novel set in New York City in the 1970s - cover praise from Philip Lopate and Paul Auster (who calls Brownstein a 'singular and haunting writer.' 338 pp.
Condition: Fine in printed white wrappers.
Book ID: 65022More details Price: $20.00 -
ALL DAY AND A NIGHT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A psychological thriller, the fifth crime novel featuring NYPD detective Ellie Hatcher. SIGNED on the title page. 350 pp. ISBN: 978-0062208385.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82711More details Price: $35.00 -
DEAD CONNECTION.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 47148More details Price: $30.00 -
DEAD CONNECTION.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Henry Holt, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel featuring Ellie Hatcher, 'a r o o k i e d e t e c t i v e who g o e s u n d e r c o v e r in t h e i n t e r n e t d a t i n g s c e n e t o d r a w o u t a s e r i a l k i l l e r t a r g e t i n g s i n g l e w o m e n i n M a n h a t t a n ! ' 319 pp. ISBN: 0-8 0 5 0 7 7 8 5 5.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 65155More details Price: $16.50 -
LUST AND WONDER.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: St Martin's, (2016). SIGNED first edition - A memoir from the author of 'Running with Scissors' - this focuses on his relationships in New York City, often humorous, always frank, and sometimes quite wise. SIGNED on the title page, and uncommon thus. 295 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy).
Book ID: 67067More details Price: $30.00 -
THE NIGHT INSPECTOR.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 57905More details Price: $17.50 -
SEX AND THE CITY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her first book, a collection of her columns for the NY Observer, where "they read as a twisted nineties society novel in serial format." The basis for the popular TV series starring Sarah Jessica Parker, which has also been adapted into two movies. In the first issue jacket with the "Advance Praise" comments on the rear panel. Surprisingly uncommon in the first edition. 228 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-6422.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (appears unread, but with a remainder line on bottom edge)
Book ID: 60808More details Price: $50.00 -
THE GIRLS IN THE GANG.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York & Oxford: Basil Blackwell, (1984) dj. Hardcover - A study of three groups of warring gangs in New York's Harlem, Brooklyn and East New York, focusing on the experiences of one girl in each group. Photographs, notes, index. vii, 277 pp. ISBN: 0-631-133747.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 58413More details Price: $15.00 -
INCENDIARY: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber, and the Invention of Criminal Profiling.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (highlighting to a few of the sources at the back of the book)
Book ID: 87485More details Price: $19.50 -
AMONG THE WONDERFUL: A Novel.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
Hanover, NH: Steerforth Press, (2012.). SIGNED - The author's first novel, one which beautifully evokes 1840s Manhattan: "With uncanny confidence and impeccable timing, a young Phineas T. Barnum arrived in New York in 1842 and transformed a dusty natural history museum into a great ark for public imagination." INSCRIBED on the title page. 458 pp. ISBN: 9781586422013.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy.)
Book ID: 55272More details Price: $27.50 -
AMONG THE WONDERFUL: A Novel.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
Hanover, NH: Steerforth Press, (2012.). SIGNED - The author's first novel, one which beautifully evokes 1840s Manhattan: "With uncanny confidence and impeccable timing, a young Phineas T. Barnum arrived in New York in 1842 and transformed a dusty natural history museum into a great ark for public imagination." SIGNED on the title page. 458 pp. ISBN: 9781586422013.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy.)
Book ID: 55271More details Price: $24.50 -
CARNEGIE HILL: An Architectural Guide.
Edition: First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition.
New York: Carnegie Hill Neighbors, Inc, (1989). SIGNED first edition - A guide to the important buildings of this Upper East Side neighborhood in New York City, illustrated with photographs and drawings. Map. Includes a history of the neighborhood, information on the architects, definitions of architectural styles and glossary. INSCRIBED inside the front cover by one of the contributors and dated in the year of publication. vi, 87 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in beige wrappers with burgundy lettering and illustration on front cover.
Book ID: 87018More details Price: $27.50 -
YEAR OF THE DOG.
Edition: First printing.
New York: SOHO Press, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Detective Jack Yu Investigation. The author's second novel, set in New York City and featuring American born Jack Yu, one of the few ethnically Chinese officers in the NYPD. 231 pp. ISBN: 978-1569475157.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 78867More details Price: $15.00 -
THE BRONZE KING.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A young adult novel by this Hugo and Nebula award winning author - the first book in the Valentine Marsh series, set in New York City, "When Valentine starts noticing odd things are vanishing from New York City, she unknowingly summons a wizard from Sorcery Hall who enlists her help in his fight against a dreaded monster of darkness." SIGNED on the title page. 196 pp. ISBN: 0-395383943.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (small chip to bottom edge of rear cover of dj)
Book ID: 69488More details Price: $28.50 -
PANNA MARIA.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Arbor House, (1982). Novel of immigrant life set in New York's Hell's Kitchen at the end of the nineteenth century. 447 pg. ISBN: 0-87795-4089.
Condition: Good overall - crease to front cover, other minor wear.
Book ID: 78927More details Price: $11.50 -
MARILYN THE WILD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Arbor House, (1976) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Isaac Sidel (know to his detractors as "Isaac the Pure" ) was a cop - the toughest, hardest and most incorruptible in the business, and he ruled the meanest kingdom of the city, the Lower East Side." The only one he couldn't handle was his daughter, Marilyn. INSCRIBED on the half title page to the late noted Oklahoma collector Larry Owens. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-87795-1292.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dustjacket (price-clipped, a small nick at the top of the spine)
Book ID: 64701More details Price: $30.00 -
PARADISE MAN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The Paradise Man is a hit man, and content with his life, until he meets up with the daugher of the district attorney and falls hopelessly in love. INSCRIBED on the title page to the late noted Oklahoma collector Larry Owens. 240 pp. ISBN: 0-917657-934.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 69093More details Price: $30.00 -
THE GOOD POLICEMAN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Mysterious Press, (1990) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Isaac returns - "Isaac Sidel (know to his detractors as "Isaac the Pure" ) was a cop - the toughest, hardest and most incorruptible in the business, and he ruled the meanest kingdom of the city, the Lower East Side." INSCRIBED on the half title page to the late noted Oklahoma collector Larry Owens. 282 pp. ISBN: 0-8929636039.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (corners slightly bumped, some toning to the cream background of the dj)
Book ID: 81697More details Price: $30.00 -
PANNA MARIA.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Arbor House, (1982) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel of immigrant life set in New York's Hell's Kitchen at the end of the nineteenth century. INSCRIBED on the half title page to Oklahoma collector Larry Owens. 447 pg. ISBN: 0-87795-3287.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 61274More details Price: $30.00 -
THE FOURTH ANGEL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in a new series - "A fire of unprecedented violence. . . A madman burning with revenge. . .A woman challenged by fear and determined to find justice." Set in New York City and featuring fire marshall Georgia Skeehan. SIGNED on the title page. 331 pp. ISBN: 0-399-147055.
Condition: Good only in a good dust jacket (corners slightly bumped, some wear from handling, etc)
Book ID: 62001More details Price: $20.00 -
THE FOURTH ANGEL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in a new series - "A fire of unprecedented violence. . . A madman burning with revenge. . .A woman challenged by fear and determined to find justice." Set in New York City and featuring fire marshall Georgia Skeehan. SIGNED on the title page. 331 pp. ISBN: 0-399-147055.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line)
Book ID: 62189More details Price: $25.00 -
THE FOURTH ANGEL.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Putnam, (2001). SIGNED first edition - The first book in a new series - "A fire of unprecedented violence. . . A madman burning with revenge. . .A woman challenged by fear and determined to find justice." Set in New York City and featuring fire marshall Georgia Skeehan. SIGNED on the title page. 331 pp
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (glue on spine of book beginning to fail)
Book ID: 61180More details Price: $25.00 -
JUNGLE OF STEEL AND STONE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Mysterious Press, (1988.) dj. Hardcover - Mystery featuring the clairvoyant artist, Veil Kendry, set in New York City where a K'ung warrior-priest has stolen back an idol stolen from his tribe. SIGNED on the front endpaper. 200 pp. ISBN: 0-892962046.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 54051More details Price: $30.00 -
MANHATTAN MAYHEM: New Crime Stories from Mystery Writers of America New Crime Stories from Mystery Writers of America.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
Philadelphia: Quirk Books, (2016). SIGNED - A collection of 17 new stories, all set in different parts of Manhattan From Wall Street (Angela Zeman) to Harlem (Persia Walker), edited and with an introduction by Mary Higgins Clark. Features a new Jack Reacher story by Lee Child, The Picture of the Lonely Diner, set in the shadow of the Flatiron Building. SIGNED by T. Jefferson Parker at his story "Me and Mikey" (set in Little Italy.) Also includes stories by S. J. Rozan, Nancy Pickard, Ben H. Winters, Brendan DuBois, Jon L. Breen, Thomas H. Cook and more. Illustrated with photographs. 320 pp. ISBN: 978-1594748943.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 84544More details Price: $21.50 -
COMMENTARY ON THE AMERICAN SCENE: Portraits Of Jewish Life In America.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. dj. Hardcover first edition - " Warm and deeply human, this book offers a picture of Jewish life in America as entertaining as it is richly informative." Includes contributions from Irving Howe, Morris Freedman, Ruth Glazer, Herbert J. Gans, Harry Gersh, Earl Raab, Milton Kaplan and more. Introduction by David Riesman, preface by Elliot Cohen. xxvi, 337 pp.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket. (bookplate, dj is price-clipped with a new publisher's price printed, several short tears.)
Book ID: 54183More details Price: $25.00 -
THE HEART OF THE WORLD.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - Described by the author as the 'partial record of a walk I made up Broadway, starting at the Battery and aiming for the Bronx...it is the world within itself.'. ISBN: 0-7011-37673.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 26926More details Price: $16.00 -
SLEEPLESS CITY: A Nick Ryan Novel.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 88157More details Price: $40.00 -
REDEMPTION STREET.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring Moe Praeger, ex-NYPD cop who is running a successful wine shop but also has his license as a private investigator. SIGNED on the title page. 244 pp. ISBN: 0-670032913.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (crease on front flap of dj)
Book ID: 67576More details Price: $30.00 -
DOUBLE EXPOSURE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: William H. Morrow, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel by this actor - a psychological thriller set in the world of cable television. 262 pp. ISBN: 0-688158935.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (appears unread, remainder line)
Book ID: 87354More details Price: $16.50 -
THE HOUSE GIRL.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2013). First edition - The author's first novel, one which intertwines the lives of a young slave in Virginia in 1852 and a young lawyer in NYC in 2004. 368 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 59295More details Price: $20.00