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SET ME FREE: A Novel in Five Acts.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Warner, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second novel, inspired by the story of King Lear, this is a gradual revealing of the secrets behind a man who built with his own hands a school in the Oregon high desert for the children of the Neige Courante tribe. Winner of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize. 354 pp. ISBN: 0-446-533319.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (remainder line.)
Book ID: 48917More details Price: $16.50 -
THE JUDGMENT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Warner, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth novel in the critically acclaimed series of legal thrillers featuring Portland Oregon defense attorney Joseph Antonelli. The fact that Buffa was himself a defense attorney for 10 years gives this series an authentic feel. SIGNED on the title page. 418 pp. ISBN: 0-446-527378.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (some toning to the pages)
Book ID: 82829More details Price: $27.50 -
BREACH OF TRUST.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The sixth novel in the critically acclaimed series of legal thrillers featuring Portland Oregon defense attorney Joseph Antonelli. The fact that Buffa was himself a defense attorney for 10 years gives this series an authentic feel. SIGNED on a blank preliminary page. 371 pp. ISBN: 0-399-151907.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 59580More details Price: $25.00 -
THE JUDGMENT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Warner, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth novel in the critically acclaimed series of legal thrillers featuring Portland Oregon defense attorney Joseph Antonelli. The fact that Buffa was himself a defense attorney for 10 years gives this series an authentic feel. SIGNED on the title page and dated in May, 2001 in the month of publication. 418 pp. ISBN: 0-446-527378.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 60224More details Price: $30.00 -
ELECTRIC BLUE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Kensington, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page. Second mystery featuring Jane Kelly "thirtysomething ex-bartender & current process server, [who] is dutifully putting in slave-labor hours working for Dwayne Durbin, a private investigator, & on the road to becoming a PI herself." Set in Oregon, where the author lives. 331 pp. Round promotional blotter laid in. ISBN: 0-75820907X.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 36008More details Price: $25.00 -
THE BLUE DEATH.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, (2006.). SIGNED first edition - The fourth in the Diana series, a mystery involving an ancient legend, set at Crater Lake in Oregon. SIGNED twice - on the title page and also on the first page with the notation "Written especially for a friend from up the street. Enjoy the series." 466 pp. ISBN: 1425944663.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 54550More details Price: $15.00 -
LIZARD WINE.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (usual toning to the pages - but very uncommon in the first edition and especially so signed)
Book ID: 82608More details Price: $75.00 -
THE VENGEFUL MEN.
Edition: Paperback original - first printing.
New York: Perma Books, (1957.). First edition - "Twelve men were doomed to death by The Vengeful Men" - an escaped killer swears vengeance on the 12 jury members who found him of guilty of murder. #M-3110, cover price 25c. Cover art by Jerry Allison. 151 pp.
Condition: Very good- minor wear, but in usual fragile condition.
Book ID: 45212More details Price: $10.00 -
LUCKY AT LOVE.
Edition: First printing.
Santa Barbara: Woodstock Press, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Journalist Allison Tyler-Wilcox sees a good story in that of Jake Sorenson, a man who had been unsuccessfully married seven times, but who still thinks that he has been 'lucky in love' - and who has changed occupations as many times - he is now working as a mule-breeder on his ranch in Eastern Oregon. SIGNED on the title page. 339 pp. ISBN: 0-977627802.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Promotional postcard laid in.
Book ID: 73323More details Price: $28.50 -
LUCKY AT LOVE.
Edition: First printing.
Santa Barbara: Woodstock Press, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Journalist Allison Tyler-Wilcox sees a good story in that of Jake Sorenson, a man who had been unsuccessfully married seven times, but who still thinks that he has been 'lucky in love' - and who has changed occupations as many times - he is now working as a mule-breeder on his ranch in Eastern Oregon. SIGNED in full on the title page and also INSCRIBED on the dedication page. 339 pp. ISBN: 0-977627802.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Promotional postcard laid in.
Book ID: 39411More details Price: $25.00 -
THE PERFECT FAMILY.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 84001More details Price: $15.00 -
SACRIFICE PLAY.
Edition: First printing.
New York & UK: Severn House, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third and final book in this series featuring Oregon professor (and former CIA agent) Harry Bishop and his university colleagues. 217 pp. ISBN: 0-72784119X.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 88295More details Price: $18.50 -
BISHOP'S GAMBIT DECLINED.
Edition: Paperback original - first printing.
New York: Bantam, (1987). First edition - The author's first mystery novel and the first book in this series introducing Oregon professor (and former CIA agent) Harry Bishop and his university colleagues. 202 pp. ISBN: 0-72784119X.
Condition: Very good (minor wear to covers, usual toning to pages)
Book ID: 88326More details Price: $10.00 -
WHERE RIVER TURNS TO SKY.
Edition: First printing.
New York Avon, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in Oregon, the story of two 80 year old men - best friends - who vow to be together until death. ISBN: 0-380-973742.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 28512More details Price: $15.00 -
MURDER AT MUSKET BEACH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery, set in a small town on the Oregon coast. ISBN: 1-55611-1711.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 24555More details Price: $15.00 -
THE SKY FISHERMAN.
Edition: 3rd printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Third novel by the author of 'Winterkill' and 'River Song,' this is the story of a young boy coming of age in a small town in Oregon. Dust jacket praise from Ivan Doig, Terry Tempest Williams, and Barry Lopez. vii, 304 pp. ISBN: 0-395677246.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 85601More details Price: $16.50 -
RIVER SONG.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Laurel, (1990.). Author's second novel. Set in Oregon, this is the story of Danny Kachiah, a Nez Perce drifter and failed rodeo rider, and his son Jack. Among the themes is the struggle of the American Indians along the Columbia River to maintain their fishing rights and to preserve their traditions. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-440-503116.
Condition: Near fine (lower corner of rear cover creased, usual toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 56904More details Price: $12.00 -
RIVER SONG.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's second novel, SIGNED on the title page. Set in Oregon, this is the story of Danny Kachiah, a Nez Perce drifter and failed rodeo rider, and his son Jack. Among the themes is the struggle of the American Indians along the Columbia River to maintain their fishing rights and to preserve their traditions. Dust jacket praise from Raymond Carver, Reynolds Price and Ivan Doig. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-395-430836.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket. (crease to corner of front endpaper.)
Book ID: 38640More details Price: $30.00 -
THE SKY FISHERMAN.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third novel by the author of 'Winterkill' and 'River Song,' this is the story of a young boy coming of age in a small town in Oregon. SIGNED on the title page. Dust jacket praise from Ivan Doig, Terry Tempest Williams, and Barry Lopez. vii, 304 pp. ISBN: 0-395677246.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 36629More details Price: $28.50 -
THE SKY FISHERMAN.
Edition: 3rd printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Third novel by the author of 'Winterkill' and 'River Song,' this is the story of a young boy coming of age in a small town in Oregon. Very nicely INSCRIBED on the title page. "For -- I hope each page honors the hardworking men and women of the rural West" and dated in 2007. Dust jacket praise from Ivan Doig, Terry Tempest Williams, and Barry Lopez. vii, 304 pp. ISBN: 0-395677246.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 36443More details Price: $24.50 -
AFTER DARK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A legal thriller set in Oregon. SIGNED with the words "best wishes" on a book plate affixed to the half title page. 376 pp. ISBN: 0-385-474589.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 59941More details Price: $21.00 -
THE BURNING MAN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His fifth novel, a fast-paced legal thriller about a young attorney,working as a public defender in a small Oregon town, but determined to prove himself. SIGNED on the title page. 344 pp. ISBN: 0385-480539.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 62899More details Price: $27.50 -
WOMAN WITH A GUN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A young woman struggling to write her first novel sees the photograph of "Woman with a Gun" at a show, and is inspired to use the unsolved mystery behind that photograph and a 10 year old unsolved murder as the basis for her novel. Set mostly on the Oregon coast. SIGNED on the title page. 291 pp. ISBN: 978-0062266521.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 89016More details Price: $35.00 -
VIOLENT CRIMES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Thriller set in Oregon featuring veteran attorney Amanda Jaffe. SIGNED on the title page. 289 pp. ISBN: 978-0062266552.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 71727More details Price: $30.00 -
WOMAN WITH A GUN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A young woman struggling to write her first novel sees the photograph of "Woman with a Gun" at a show, and is inspired to use the unsolved mystery behind that photograph and a 10 year old unsolved murder as the basis for her novel. Set mostly on the Oregon coast. INSCRIBED on the title page. 291 pp. ISBN: 978-0062266521.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 74262More details Price: $30.00 -
FUGITIVE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2009) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fourth thriller set in Oregon featuring veteran attorney Amanda Jaffe. SIGNED on the title page. 344 pp. ISBN: 978-0061236235.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 74994More details Price: $30.00 -
THE BURNING MAN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - A fast-paced legal thriller about a young attorney, working as a public defender in a small Oregon town, but determined to prove himself. 344 pp. ISBN: 0385-480539.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77556More details Price: $16.50 -
THE BURNING MAN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His fifth novel, a fast-paced legal thriller about a young attorney,working as a public defender in a small Oregon town, but determined to prove himself. SIGNED on the title page. 344 pp. ISBN: 0385-480539.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77807More details Price: $31.50 -
THE BURNTON WIDOWS
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Tallahassee, FL: Naiad Press, 1984. First edition - The second Nyla Wade mystery, set on the Oregon coast. Illustrated by Janet Fons.
Condition: Very good.
Book ID: 7794More details Price: $12.00 -
THE SHANGHAI TUNNEL.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The first book in a planned new series of mysterie set in frontier Portland, Oregon. In 1868, as he was returning home from amassing a fortune in Shanghai, Horace Stratton dies unexpectedly, leaving his wife, the daughter of missionaries to China, and his teenage son. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 334 pp. ISBN: 978-0765313003.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (toning to the pages, some edgewear to the dj).
Book ID: 65989More details Price: $15.00
