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THE HELICOPTER HEIST: A Novel Based on True Events.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Other Press, (2019). First edition - A novel which tells the story of "the biggest, and perhaps most audacious, heist ever to occur in Europe. Meticulously researched, this thriller unfolds with incredible humanity, capturing the wit and intelligence of the men and women who executed a true crime so wildly far-fetched it seems the stuff of fiction. (Jake Gyllenhaal) Translated from the Swedish by Alice Menzies. Issued as a trade paperback original in the US. 401 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 84914More details Price: $21.50 -
THE LAND OF THE LONG NIGHT.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Good condition overall in decorative drab green cloth with gilt lettering and an illustration of a reindeer pulling a sleigh (both hinges cracked, some fraying to the cloth at the ends of the spine. (Although the binding is unsigned, it has been attributed to the Decorative Designers.)
Book ID: 36726More details Price: $250.00 -
NEVER END.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Viking, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second novel by this award-winning Swedish author to appear in English. Chief Inspector Eric Winter, now a father at 41, and his team search for a serial killer of young women as the coastal city of Gothenburg bakes in an unprecedented heat wave. Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-670037664.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (year '2000' on front endpaper)
Book ID: 88251More details Price: $20.00 -
CAPTAIN NEMO'S LIBRARY.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Quartet, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Considered one of the greatest novels by one of Sweden's most prominent writers this tells the story of an old man, who "looks back on his childhood in rural northern Sweden, attempting to unravel the meaning of a traumatic event in his past. Enquist's obsessive and haunted tale combines philosophical interludes with deeply heart-wrenching passages, creating one of the most moving fictions of the latter twentieth century." Translated from the Swedish by Anna Paterson. 250 pp. ISBN: 0-704370190.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket. (tear to dj at top of spine)
Book ID: 88188More details Price: $24.50 -
THE HAND THAT TREMBLES.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2011) dj. Hardcover first edition - Fourth crime novel by this award-winning writer to be published in the US, featuring Inspector Ann Lindell. Translated from the Swedish by Ebba Segerberg. 312 pp. ISBN: 978-0312605056.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (toning to edges of textblock)
Book ID: 76848More details Price: $17.50 -
THE CRUEL STARS OF THE NIGHT.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second crime novel by this award-winning writer featuring Inspector Ann Lindell. Translated from the Swedish by Ebba Segerberg. 312 pp. ISBN: 978-0312366674.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder dot)
Book ID: 69303More details Price: $17.50 -
OPEN GRAVE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - Crime novel by this award-winning writer featuring Inspector Ann Lindell. When an elderly former Professor wins the Nobel Prize in medicine, long buried secrets are uncovered and what should have been a triumph results in murder. Translated from the Swedish by Paul Norlen. 280 pp. ISBN: 978-1250025494.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 75326More details Price: $17.50 -
THE CRUEL STARS OF THE NIGHT.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second crime novel by this award-winning writer featuring Inspector Ann Lindell. Translated from the Swedish by Ebba Segerberg. 312 pp. ISBN: 978-0312366674.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 75431More details Price: $19.50 -
ICEHOTEL.
Edition: First edition.
Lulea, Sweden: JukkasAkademin, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Book issued in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of the Icehotel project in the small village of Jukkasjrvi in far northern Sweden - in Swedish Lapland. Each November the hotel is rebuilt with the clear water of the Torne River, never exactly the same, and furnished with original ice art. Illustrated throughout with color photographs by Eivan Carlsson, Peter Grant, Tomas Utsi, Torbjrn Lvgren, and Kenneth Paulsson - pictures which capture just a bit of the beauty and wonder of this structure and its contents. Translated by Mark Wilcox. Oversized square format. 112 pp. ISBN: 9163080672.
Condition: Fine in black boards with a gray cloth spine, no dustjacket as issued.
Book ID: 54993More details Price: $29.50 -
SUMMER DEATH,
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Simon & Schuster / Atria, 2013. First edition - The second thriller by this award-winning author, set in Sweden and featuring Detective Inspector Malin Fors, a single mother who has a daughter almost the same age as the victims. Translated by Neil Smith. 455 pp.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (some wear to the covers).
Book ID: 69404More details Price: $18.50 -
THE PREACHER.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Pegasus Crime, 2011. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second novel by this Swedish author to appear in English - a story of religious fanactism, family feuds and murder set in the small fishing community of Fjallbacka, featuring Patrick Hedstrom. . Translated by Steven T. Murray. 419 pp. ISBN: 978-1605981734.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 76362More details Price: $18.50 -
THE STONECUTTER.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Pegasus Books, (2012). Hardcover first edition - Complex murder mystery beginning with the discover of the body of a 7 year old girl. Set in the small resort town of Fjallbacka, this goes back and forth between the early 19th century and the present, and features police detective Patrik Hedstrom. Translated by Steven T, Murray. 489 pp. ISBN: 978-1605983301.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 82003More details Price: $21.50 -
THE STONECUTTER.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Pegasus Books, (2012). Hardcover first edition - Complex murder mystery beginning with the discover of the body of a 7 year old girl. Set in the small resort town of Fjallbacka, this goes back and forth between the early 19th century and the present, and features police detective Patrik Hedstrom. Translated by Steven T, Murray. 489 pp. ISBN: 978-1605983301.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 72459More details Price: $17.50 -
THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER'S WEB.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. dj. Hardcover first edition - A Lisbeth Salander novel, continuing Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series which began with 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.' Translated from the Swedish by George Goulding. 400 pp. ISBN: 978-0385354288.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (one lower corner slightly bumped)
Book ID: 88275More details Price: $18.50 -
THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF NILS.
Edition: First one volume edition in US.
Condition: Near fine in beige cloth with silver lettering and small illustration on the front cover in a very good dust jacket. (price-clipped, some edgewear)
Book ID: 88254More details Price: $40.00 -
HILDING'S SUMMER.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Macmillan, (1967) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book for children, the story of summer adventures of three boys - Hilding, Bertil and Tubbo - who live in the same block in Stockholm. Translated from Swedish by Annabelle MacMillan. Illustrated with drawings by Stan Tusan. An early reading chapter book. 138 pp.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (small peeled spot from sticker removal, little wear at the top of the dj spine)
Book ID: 75944More details Price: $18.50 -
A BRIDGE TO THE STARS.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
London: Andersen Press, (2005). First edition - The first novel for young adults by the prize-winning author of the Inspector Wallander series. An imaginative boy, 11-year-old Joel lives with his father, a lumberjack, in the cold northern part of Sweden, but when he sees a dog outside his window one night, he is compelled to try and find out where it is going. An appealing - and suspenseful - coming of age story, as Joel learns what is important and what is not. Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson. 171 pp. ISBN: 978-1842704394.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (light toning to the pages)
Book ID: 86384More details Price: $15.00 -
THE PYRAMID: And Other Kurt Wallander Mysteries.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format)
New York: The New Press, (2008). First edition - An advance excerpt containing only TWO of five short mysteries - 'Wallander's First Case' introduces us to the 21 year-old patrolman on his first criminal investigation and in 'The Man on the Beach' he is on the brink of middle age trying to understand how a man was murdered while riding alone in the back of a taxi. Translated from the Swedish by Ebba Segerberg and Laurie Thompson. 138 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 76490More details Price: $17.50 -
DEPTHS.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format)
New York: The New Press, (2006). First edition - A story of obsession set on the coast of Sweden during World War I, as a naval officer is willing to do anything to maintain his two lives - one with a fascination for an illiterate young widow living on the rocky isle of Halsskar, unaware even that the world is at war - and also with his reserved and elegant wife. Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson. 404 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 84903More details Price: $20.00 -
THE FIFTH WOMAN.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Harvill Press, (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - The sixth book in the award winning series featuring Inspector Kurt Wallender. Four nuns and another woman - the fifth woman - are killed in a savage nighttime attack in Africa, Months later in Sweden the news of this killing inspires a cruel vengeance..Translated from the Swedish by Steven T. Murray. Issued in a very small printing in the UK -reportedly just 1000 copies. 438 pp. ISBN: 1860468535.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 68120More details Price: $125.00 -
THE RETURN OF THE DANCING MASTER.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: The Harvill Press, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel introducing Stefan Lindman, a young police officer who has just been diagnosed with cancer of the tongue. A thriller with its roots in World War II and a neo-Nazi network. Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson. 407 pp plus an afterword. ISBN: 1843430584.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new, but with some light toning to the pages)
Book ID: 68128More details Price: $30.00 -
SIDETRACKED.
Edition: First UK printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 87754More details Price: $250.00 -
THE MAN FROM BEIJING.
Edition: First North American printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. dj. Hardcover first edition - A stand-alone thriller which begins with a brutal massacre of 19 people in a Swedish hamlet by this award winning novelist who is best known for the Kurt Wallender mysteries. Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson. 367 pp. ISBN: 9780307217860.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 63365More details Price: $17.50 -
KENNEDY'S BRAIN.
Edition: First US printing.
New York & London: The New Press, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A stand-alone thriller set in Sweden, Spain and Mozambiqu (where the author has traveled and lived for more than 20 years) by this award winning novelist who is best known for the Kurt Wallender mysteries. Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson. 328 pp. ISBN: 9781595581846.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 50320More details Price: $20.00 -
THE RETURN OF THE DANCING MASTER.
Edition: 3rd printing.
New York & London: The New Press, (2004.) dj. Hardcover - Novel introducing Stefan Lindman, a young police officer who has just been diagnosed with cancer of the tongue. A thriller with its roots in World War II and a neo-Nazi network. Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson. 391 pp plus an afterword. ISBN: 1565848608.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 50319More details Price: $15.00 -
THE VIPER.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - Complex crime novel featuring police detective Fredrik Broman set on the island of Gotland, in Sweden. Translated by Per Carlsson. 358 pp. ISBN: 978-0312642327.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 69302More details Price: $16.50 -
ANY MEANS NECESSARY: A Leona Lindberg Thriller.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 75679More details Price: $28.00 -
CELL 8.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Silver Oak, (2011.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel featuring Stockholm's Detective Superintendent Ewart Grens - a story by this award winning team of Swedish writers which tackles the whole idea of having a death penalty and calling it justice. 370 pp. ISBN: 9781402787157.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 56258More details Price: $18.00 -
CELL 8.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Silver Oak, (2011.). First edition - Novel featuring Stockholm's Detective Superintendent Ewart Grens - a story by this award winning team of Swedish writers which tackles the whole idea of having a death penalty and calling it justice. 370 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (upper corner slightly bumped).
Book ID: 52580More details Price: $20.00 -
THE ANDALUCIAN FRIEND.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Crown, (2013). First edition - The author's first novel, a thriller about an international crime family. Translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith. 446 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 66472More details Price: $20.00
