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A LITTLE YELLOW DOG.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's fifth mystery featuring African American veteran, janitor, landlord and sometimes private investigator Easy Rawlins . The San Francisco Chronicle review of this book described Mosley's novels as suffused 'with an incisive, brilliant analysis of life from the point of view of a long-overlooked segment of the American people. Once again, Walter Mosley succeeds in both brilliantly, leaping past the mystery genre to create novels of historic significance.' SIGNED by author on the title page. ISBN: 0-393-039242.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 12452More details Price: $35.00 -
ALWAYS OUTNUMBERED, ALWAYS OUTGUNNED.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book featuring ex-con Socrates Fortlow in a series of interconnected stories. Basis on an HBO movie starring Laurence Fishburne. SIGNED. ISBN: 0-393-045390.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 20644More details Price: $30.00 -
A LITTLE YELLOW DOG.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's fifth mystery featuring African American veteran, janitor, landlord and sometimes private investigator Easy Rawlins . The San Francisco Chronicle review of this book described Mosley's novels as suffused 'with an incisive, brilliant analysis of life from the point of view of a long-overlooked segment of the American people. Once again, Walter Mosley succeeds in both brilliantly, leaping past the mystery genre to create novels of historic significance.' SIGNED on title page. ISBN: 0-393-039242.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 21442More details Price: $26.50 -
A LITTLE YELLOW DOG.
Edition: First paperback printing.
New York: Pocket Books, 1997. SIGNED - SIGNED on title page. Author's fifth mystery featuring African American veteran, janitor, landlord and sometimes private investigator Easy Rawlins . ISBN: 0-671-884298.
Condition: Fine.
Book ID: 24294More details Price: $13.50 -
ALWAYS OUTNUMBERED, ALWAYS OUTGUNNED.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book featuring ex-con Socrates Fortlow in a series of interconnected stories. Basis on an HBO movie starring Laurence Fishburne. ISBN: 0-393-045390.
Condition: SIGNED on the title page and dated 11/97, in the month of publication. Fine in a fine dustjacket (as new).
Book ID: 27944More details Price: $38.00 -
FEARLESS JONES.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set in 1954 Los Angeles: when Paris Minton's finds himself beaten up, shot at and robbed, and his used bookstore burned to the ground, he has no choice but to turn to his friend and fellow World War II veteran, Fearless Jones. Mosley at his best.SIGNED on the title page. 312 pp. ISBN: 0-316-592382.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 27984More details Price: $35.00 -
BLACK BETTY.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Norton, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover - Author's fourth novel , set in Los Angeles in 1961 at the 'dawn of a hopeful era for America's black citizens.' SIGNED by the author. ISBN: 0-393-036448.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 28231More details Price: $20.00 -
A LITTLE YELLOW DOG.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's fifth mystery featuring African American veteran, janitor, landlord and sometimes private investigator Easy Rawlins . The San Francisco Chronicle review of this book described Mosley's novels as suffused 'with an incisive, brilliant analysis of life from the point of view of a long-overlooked segment of the American people. Once again, Walter Mosley succeeds in both brilliantly, leaping past the mystery genre to create novels of historic significance.' SIGNED by the author. ISBN: 0-393-039242.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 28718More details Price: $27.50 -
FEARLESS JONES.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page. Mystery set in 1954 Los Angeles: when Paris Minton's finds himself beaten up, shot at and robbed, and his used bookstore burned to the ground, he has no choice but to turn to his friend and fellow World War II veteran, Fearless Jones. Mosley at his best. 312 pp. ISBN: 0-316-592382.
Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread).
Book ID: 34060More details Price: $32.50 -
DEBBIE DOESN'T DO IT ANYMORE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A stand-alone novel by the author of the Easy Rawlins series (and much more) - "a black porn queen, has to come to terms with her sordid life in the adult entertainment industry after her husband dies in a hot tub. Electrocuted. With another woman in there with him. Debbie decides she just isn't going to "do it anymore." But executing her exit strategy from the porn world is a wrenching and far from simple process." SIGNED on the title page. 265 pp. ISBN: 978-0385526180.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 67871More details Price: $35.00 -
LITTLE GREEN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An Easy Rawlins crime novel, set in Los Angeles in 1967, where he and Mouse are cruising the streets searching for a young black man known as "Little Green" who disappeared during an acid trip. 291 pp. ISBN: 978-0385535984.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 87121More details Price: $35.00 -
BLACK BETTY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's fourth novel, an Easy Rawlins mystery, set in Los Angeles in 1961 at the 'dawn of a hopeful era for America's black citizens.' SIGNED on title page. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-393-036448.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 37794More details Price: $30.00 -
LITTLE SCARLET.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An Easy Rawlins mystery, set in Los Angeles in 1965 at the height of the Watts riots. SIGNED on the title page. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-316-073032.
Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. (light crease to flap of dj)
Book ID: 38228More details Price: $30.00 -
WALKING THE DOG
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Boston: Little Brown, 1999. SIGNED first edition - The second novel featuring Socrates Fortlow, set in modern-day Los Angeles. In 2016, Mosley was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, the first African American novelist to receive that honor, SIGNED on title page. 245 pp.
Condition: Good overall in glossy illustrated wrappers (some crinkling to lower corner of textblock, rather severe toning to the inside of the covers, first few pages, no creasing to the spine).
Book ID: 66983More details Price: $20.00 -
LITTLE SCARLET.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An Easy Rawlins mystery, set in Los Angeles in 1965 at the height of the Watts riots. SIGNED on the title page. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-316-073032.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Magazine review laid in.
Book ID: 88747More details Price: $35.00 -
THE RED DEATH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second Easy Rawlins mystery, set in Los Angeles in years after World War II. SIGNED on title page. ISBN: 0-393-029980.
Condition: Near fine in fine (first state) dust jacket (hint of spine slant, one corner slightly bumped).
Book ID: 66057More details Price: $50.00 -
A LITTLE YELLOW DOG.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's fifth mystery featuring African American veteran, janitor, landlord and sometimes private investigator Easy Rawlins. SIGNED on title page. The San Francisco Chronicle review of this book described Mosley's novels as suffused 'with an incisive, brilliant analysis of life from the point of view of a long-overlooked segment of the American people. Once again, Walter Mosley succeeds in both brilliantly, leaping past the mystery genre to create novels of historic significance.'. ISBN: 0-393-039242.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dust jacket.
Book ID: 43418More details Price: $31.50 -
BLONDE FAITH.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Boston: Little Brown, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - The tenth Easy Rawlins novel, set in Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page. 310 pp.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (some edgewear to the covers.).
Book ID: 45688More details Price: $28.00 -
WHITE BUTTERFLY
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's third novel featuring Easy Rawlins, set in Los Angeles in 1956. Edgar award nominee. SIGNED on title page. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-393-03366x.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (short closed tear and some creasing to upper edge of back cover.).
Book ID: 46019More details Price: $40.00 -
WALKING THE DOG
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel featuring Socrates Fortlow, set in modern-day Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-316-966207.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 88799More details Price: $30.00 -
THE RIGHT MISTAKE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Basic Books (Perseus), (2008.). SIGNED first edition - The Further Philosophical Investigations of Socrates Fortlow. Set in South central Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page. 269 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy.)
Book ID: 48753More details Price: $30.00 -
WHITE BUTTERFLY
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's third novel featuring Easy Rawlins, set in Los Angeles in 1956. Edgar award nominee. SIGNED on the title page. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-393-03366x.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 49428More details Price: $75.00 -
WHITE BUTTERFLY
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's third novel featuring Easy Rawlins, set in Los Angeles in 1956. Edgar award nominee. SIGNED on title page. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-393-03366x.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 88760More details Price: $45.00 -
GONE FISHIN (plus 'Smoke' from 'Six Easy Pieces.')
Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.
New York: Washington Square Press Books, (2002.). Prequel to the Easy Rawlins mysteries - Easy and Mouse are two young men, on the road in the bayou country. This edition includes an original story 'Smoke' preceding it. 199 pp. ISBN: 0-7434-51759.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 52780More details Price: $12.50 -
THE RED DEATH.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Norton, (1991.). SIGNED - The second Easy Rawlins mystery, set in Los Angeles in years after World War II. SIGNED on title page. 284 pp.
Condition: Near fine (nick to the edge of the back cover, otherwise clean and tight.)
Book ID: 53070More details Price: $15.00 -
SIX EASY PIECES: Easy Rawlins Stories.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Atria Books (Simon & Schuster), 2003. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of 7 stories: six were published in reissued Washington Square Press editions of the Easy Rawlins mysteries, but this is the first appearance of the 7th story, 'Amber Gate.' SIGNED on the title page. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-7434-42520.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. A hard to find title by Mosley, especially signed.
Book ID: 88749More details Price: $145.00 -
FEARLESS JONES.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery set in 1954 Los Angeles: when Paris Minton's finds himself beaten up, shot at and robbed, and his used bookstore burned to the ground, he has no choice but to turn to his friend and fellow World War II veteran, Fearless Jones. Mosley at his best. 312 pp. ISBN: 0-316-592382.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (toning to the pages)
Book ID: 59372More details Price: $28.50 -
CINNAMON KISS.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An Easy Rawlins crime novel, set in San Francisco during the 'Summer of Love'. SIGNED on the title page. 312 pp. ISBN: 0-316-07302.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 59469More details Price: $30.00 -
DIABLERIE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bloomsbury, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A stand-alone noir thriller - a story of paranoia and suspicion by the author of the Easy Rawlins series. SIGNED on the title page. 180 pp. ISBN: 1596913975.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 60258More details Price: $30.00 -
A LITTLE YELLOW DOG (2 copies)
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format) and a first printing.
New York: Norton, 1996. SIGNED first edition - TWO copies of this title - a SIGNED hardcover first edition and an uncommon uncorrected proof. Author's fifth mystery featuring African American veteran, janitor, landlord and sometimes private investigator Easy Rawlins. The San Francisco Chronicle review of this book described Mosley's novels as suffused 'with an incisive, brilliant analysis of life from the point of view of a long-overlooked segment of the American people. Once again, Walter Mosley succeeds in both brilliantly, leaping past the mystery genre to create novels of historic significance.' 304 pp.
Condition: Fine in printed yellow and black wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 64786More details Price: $100.00
