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  • SIX EASY PIECES: Easy Rawlins Stories. by Mosley, Walter.
    Mosley, Walter.
    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: 88749
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  • WALKING THE DOG by Mosley, Walter
    Mosley, Walter
    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: 66983
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  • DEBBIE DOESN'T DO IT ANYMORE. by Mosley, Walter.
    Mosley, Walter.
    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: 67871
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  • ALL I DID WAS SHOOT MY MAN. by Mosley, Walter.
    Mosley, Walter.
    ALL I DID WAS SHOOT MY MAN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Riverhead Books, 2012. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth Leonid McGill mystery, set in Manhattan. SIGNED on the title page. 326 pp. ISBN: 978-1594488245.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 70119
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  • LITTLE GREEN. by Mosley, Walter.
    Mosley, Walter.
    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: 87121
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  • ALL I DID WAS SHOOT MY MAN. by Mosley, Walter.
    Mosley, Walter.
    ALL I DID WAS SHOOT MY MAN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Riverhead Books, 2012. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth Leonid McGill mystery, set in Manhattan. SIGNED on the title page. 326 pp. ISBN: 978-1594488245.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 74973
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  • BLANCHE AMONG THE TALENTED TENTH. by Neely, Barbara.
    Neely, Barbara.
    BLANCHE AMONG THE TALENTED TENTH.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring Blanche White - Ntosake Shange called her "a tribute to the wit and guile of an extraordinary/ordinary African American woman detective-by-default." 232 pp. ISBN: 0-312-112483.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket (a new, unread copy.)

    Book ID: 15920
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  • BLANCHE CLEANS UP. by Neely, Barbara.
    Neely, Barbara.
    BLANCHE CLEANS UP.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third in the series of mysteries featuring this 'domestic-worker-by-choice', as she leaves her home in Boston to visit her old hometown of Farleigh, North Carolina for the summer. SIGNED on a blank preliminary page. 258 pp. ISBN: 0-670-876267.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 36646
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  • Neely, Barbara.
    BLANCHE AMONG THE TALENTED TENTH.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring Blanche White - Ntosake Shange called her "a tribute to the wit and guile of an extraordinary/ordinary African American woman detective-by-default." 232 pp. ISBN: 0-312-112483.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 38595
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  • Neely, Barbara.
    BLANCHE PASSES GO.

    Edition: Book club edition (full-size.)

    New York: Viking, (2000.) dj. Hardcover - Fourth in the series of mysteries featuring this 'domestic-worker-by-choice', as she leaves her home in Boston to visit her old hometown of Farleigh, North Carolina for the summer. 275 pp plus recipe. ISBN: 0-670-891657.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 38922
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  • BLANCHE AMONG THE TALENTED TENTH. by Neely, Barbara.
    Neely, Barbara.
    BLANCHE AMONG THE TALENTED TENTH.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring Blanche White - Ntosake Shange called her "a tribute to the wit and guile of an extraordinary/ordinary African American woman detective-by-default." INSCRIBED on the title page "---- I'm glad you and Blanche are friends" and dated in 2001. 232 pp. ISBN: 0-312-112483.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 65509
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  • BLANCHE CLEANS UP. by Neely, Barbara.
    Neely, Barbara.
    BLANCHE CLEANS UP.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third in the series of mysteries featuring this 'domestic-worker-by-choice', as she leaves her home in Boston to visit her old hometown of Farleigh, North Carolina for the summer. INSCRIBED on the title page "---- Read well and prosper" and dated in 2001. 258 pp. ISBN: 0-670-876267.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 65515
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  • MONKOLOGY: The Ivan Monk Stories. by Phillips, Gary.
    Phillips, Gary.
    MONKOLOGY: The Ivan Monk Stories.

    Edition: First printing.

    Tucson: Dennis McMillan Publications, 2004. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collects thirteen stories, including three appearing in this volume for the first time, from the world of Los Angeles private detective Ivan Monk. One of a small number of copies SIGNED by all those involved in the production at the Los Angeles book launch party: 12 signatures in all from Gary Phillips, publisher Dennis McMillan, artist and dj designer Michael Kellner, author Robert Ward who provided the introduction on the jazz cd, photographers Chistopher Voelker and Slobodan Dimitrov, producer Jeffery Weber plus five more. Illustrated with 18 pages of black and white photographs. This special edition also includes a 73 minute jazz music CD in a pocket on the rear pastedown. xi, 319 pp. ISBN: 0-93976749X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84599
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  • VIOLENT SPRING. by Phillips, Gary.
    Phillips, Gary.
    VIOLENT SPRING.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Portland, OR: West Coast Crime, 1994. SIGNED first edition - African American writer's first novel - introduces P.I. Ivan Monk, who must investigate the murder of a Korean shopkeeper in riot-torn, racially-charged Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page. 275 pp. ISBN: 1-883303-133.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 18840
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  • Phillips, Gary.
    HIGH HAND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Kensington, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First mystery featuring Martha Chainey, a 'beautiful six-foot former showgirl' who is working as a courier transporting large sums of under the table money for Las Vegas casino owners. SIGNED on the title page. 242 pp. ISBN: 1-57566-6162.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (a new unread copy, but remainder line.)

    Book ID: 26396
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  • Phillips, Gary.
    HIGH HAND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Kensington, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First mystery featuring Martha Chainey, a 'beautiful six-foot former showgirl' who is working as a courier transporting large sums of under the table money for Las Vegas casino owners. SIGNED on the title page. 242 pp. ISBN: 1-57566-6162.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 28568
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  • HIGH HAND. by Phillips, Gary.
    Phillips, Gary.
    HIGH HAND.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Kensington, (2000.). SIGNED first edition - First mystery featuring Martha Chainey, a 'beautiful six-foot former showgirl' who is working as a courier transporting large sums of under the table money for Las Vegas casino owners. SIGNED on the title page. 242 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in light green printed wrappers.

    Book ID: 81266
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  • BANGERS. by Phillips, Gary.
    Phillips, Gary.
    BANGERS.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Dafina Books / Kensington, (2003). SIGNED first edition - "On the streets of LA, the most dangerous person can be a cop." California noir, set on the gang infested streets of Venice Beach and Los Angeles. SIGNED on title page. 291 pp. ISBN: 0-758203829.

    Condition: Good overall in illustrated wrappers (lower corner bumped, some spotting to edges of textblock)

    Book ID: 66268
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  • Phillips, Mike.
    POINT OF DARKNESS.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: St Martin's, 1995. The third mystery featuring Anglo-Caribbean reporter Sam Dean, this one set in the world of immigrant New York City.

    Condition: Fine in plain printed wappers.

    Book ID: 20221
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  • THE LATE CANDIDATE. by Phillips, Mike.
    Phillips, Mike.
    THE LATE CANDIDATE.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second hard-boiled crime novel by this author who was born in Guyana, but grew up in London. Features journalist Sam Dean - when his fiend Aston Edwards is murdered and dumped on the side of the roadside, Dean agrees to write an article about Aston's life and career as a controversial black councillor in London, but he also plans on digging until he finds out who killed Edwards. Winner of the Silver Dagger Award. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-312048661.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (short tear to top of dj spine, some rubbing to dj)

    Book ID: 67304
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  • WIFE OF THE GODS. by Quartey, Kwei
    Quartey, Kwei
    WIFE OF THE GODS.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Random House, (2010). SIGNED - An exceptionally good debut set in Ghana (where the author was raised), and introducing Detective Inspector Darko Dawson. This novel makes very real the conflicts between traditional beliefs, including witchcraft and "modern" ways. Dawson is a likeable and very real protagonist, struggling not just with his job, but living with the knowledge that his young son has a defective heart. SIGNED on the title page. Author's notes, glossary. x, 319 pp. ISBN: 978-0812979367.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 87875
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  • WIFE OF THE GODS. by Quartey, Kwei
    Quartey, Kwei
    WIFE OF THE GODS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An exceptionally good debut set in Ghana (where the author was raised), and introducing Detective Inspector Darko Dawson. This novel makes very real the conflicts between traditional beliefs, including witchcraft and "modern" ways. Dawson is a likeable and very real protagonist, struggling not just with his job, but living with the knowledge that his young son has a defective heart. SIGNED on the title page. Author's notes, glossary. x, 317 pp. ISBN: 9781400067596.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (some light toning)

    Book ID: 58449
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  • STRAY DOGS. by Ridley, John.
    Ridley, John.
    STRAY DOGS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - African American writer and film director's highly praised first novel: John Stewart has to get to Vegas to settle a gambling debt - or else - but his car breaks down in a small town in the middle of the Nevada desert. Violence, dirty double crosses, murder, plot twists and pure noir, basis for the Oliver Stone movie 'U-Turn.'. ISBN: 0-345-41345-8.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 16133
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  • EVERYBODY SMOKES IN HELL. by Ridley, John.
    Ridley, John.
    EVERYBODY SMOKES IN HELL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's third novel, a wild romp set in Los Angeles, peopled by dope dealers, two-bit criminals, Hollywood agents, and working joes. 236 pp. ISBN: 0-375-401431.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 31106
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  • STRAY DOGS. by Ridley, John.
    Ridley, John.
    STRAY DOGS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - African American writer and film director's highly praised first novel: John Stewart has to get to Vegas to settle a gambling debt - or else - but his car breaks down in a small town in the middle of the Nevada desert. Violence, dirty double crosses, murder, plot twists and pure noir, basis for the Oliver Stone movie 'U-Turn.'. ISBN: 0-345-41345-8.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 41389
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  • STRAY DOGS. by Ridley, John.
    Ridley, John.
    STRAY DOGS.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - African American writer and film director's highly praised first novel: John Stewart has to get to Vegas to settle a gambling debt - or else - but his car breaks down in a small town in the middle of the Nevada desert. Violence, dirty double crosses, murder, plot twists and pure noir, basis for the Oliver Stone movie 'U-Turn.'. ISBN: 0-345-41345-8.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 41431
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  • LOVE IS A RACKET. by Ridley, John.
    Ridley, John.
    LOVE IS A RACKET.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. SIGNED first edition - African American writer and film director's second novel, a noir farce featuring a wannabe scriptwriter on the skids in Hollywood. INSCRIBED on the title page. 296 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in gray printed wrappers (a bit of wear to the edges of the covers)

    Book ID: 59131
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  • Ridley, John.
    LOVE IS A RACKET.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - African American writer and film director's second novel, a noir farce featuring a wannabe scriptwriter on the skids in Hollywood. SIGNED on the title page. 296 pp. ISBN: 0-375-401423.

    Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 59355
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  • EVERYBODY SMOKES IN HELL. by Ridley, John.
    Ridley, John.
    EVERYBODY SMOKES IN HELL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's third novel, a wild romp set in Los Angeles, peopled by dope dealers, two-bit criminals, Hollywood agents, and working joes. Ridley is best known for his work in televsion and the movies, both as a writer and director - he wrote the screenplay for the Oscar award winning film "Twelve Years a Slave." SIGNED on the title page. 236 pp. ISBN: 0-375-401431.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 72761
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  • FIRECRACKER. by Shannon, Ray (pseudonym of Gar Anthony Haywood)
    Shannon, Ray (pseudonym of Gar Anthony Haywood)
    FIRECRACKER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A humorous thriller by this award winning writer - a story of "sports, sex, and outrageous schemes" set in Las Vegas. SIGNED on the title page as Ray Shannon aka Gar Anthony Haywood and dated in the year of publication. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-39915146x.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 82972
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