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GARMENT OF SHADOWS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bantam, (2012.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The twelfth suspense novel featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, set in Morocco. SIGNED on the title page. Editor's note. 266 pp plus glossary. ISBN: 978-0553807998.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 87762More details Price: $30.00 -
THE RAW SHARK TEXTS.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 86445More details Price: $16.50 -
THE RAW SHARK TEXTS.
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust bright bluejacket.
Book ID: 85192More details Price: $35.00 -
MANTISSA.
Edition: First printing.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1982) dj. Hardcover first edition - An unusual short novel by this innovative writer - in his review for 'The Observer' Martin Amis commented that it "seeks to explore the nature of reality and creativity, the alienations of art, the evolution of literature to its present self-conscious phase, the relationship between the sexes, and much more." 192 pp. ISBN: 0-22402938X.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 85126More details Price: $16.50 -
PAST REGRET.
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 85099More details Price: $17.00 -
MR. NOBODY.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Ballantine, (2020). First edition - A psychological thriller in which a psychiatrist is treating a man with no memory - and discovers the patient knows far more about her past than his own." 342 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 85000More details Price: $21.50 -
MYSTERY OF THE SEVEN MURALS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1940). Hardcover first edition - An uncommon young adult novel, set at a junior college for women where three students - 2 on scholarships, and one from a ranch in the West - are selected to work with an artist in creating a set of seven murals for the new art building on campus. Includes interesting details on the creation of frescoes and also a good coming-of-age story as these young women learn how to stand up for what is right. 269 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: B003VCCF2U.
Condition: Very good in grey cloth, no dust jacket - a bit of wear to the corners and ends of the spine, a few spots of foxing to the margins of the pages, front hinge starting, but overall sturdy and attractive,
Book ID: 83639More details Price: $100.00 -
GARMENT OF SHADOWS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bantam, (2012.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The twelfth suspense novel featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, set in Morocco. SIGNED on the title page. Editor's note. 266 pp plus glossary. ISBN: 978-0553807998.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81767More details Price: $35.00 -
LABYRINTH.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Other Press, (2019). First edition - A novel by this prize-winning Turkish writer, a story of "one man's search for identity and meaning in Istanbul after the loss of his memory. . . [he] can't recall why he wished to end his life. He remembers only things that are unrelated to himself, but confuses their timing. . . His mind falters when remembering civilizations, while life, like a labyrinth, leads him down different paths." Translated from the Turkish by Umit Hussein. Brief glossary. 177 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 81505More details Price: $15.00 -
PAST REGRET.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 79164More details Price: $19.50 -
BUDDWING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1964) dj. Hardcover first edition - A man awakes alone, in Central Park in New York, with no memory of who he is. A story of discovery by an author best known for the books he wrote under the pseudonym of Ed McBain. Basis for the Delbert Mann film "Mister Buddwing" featuring James Garner. 349 pp.
Condition: Near fine in cream cloth with olive green spine with gilt lettering in a very good dust jacket (short to upper edge at side of spine, original price of 4.95 still present.)
Book ID: 78987More details Price: $24.50 -
QUOTH THE RAVEN / GREAT BLACK KANBA.
Edition: First thus.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1945. dj. Hardcover first edition - A title in the Doubleday Crime Library. Two vintage mysteries, originally published in 1944 here in a one volume combined edition. Each novel has its own title page, synopsis and is paginated separately. The Fischer novel is set in New York City, while that of the Little sisters involves a trip by a young woman with amnesia on the Trans-Australian Express. 207, 188 pp.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket. (gift inscription dated Christmas 1945, some chipping and edgewear to the dj)
Book ID: 78187More details Price: $20.00 -
THE LOVE LETTERS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Random House, (1944) dj. Hardcover first edition - Although written during World War II, this novel is set in the years immediately after the first World War - a man finds himself falling in love with a woman who has amnesia, but who is probably responsible for killing his soldier friend. Basis for the 1945 film of the same title, with a screenplay adapted by Ayn Rand and starring Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, and Ann Richards, and nominated for four Academy Awards, including a Best Actress in a Leading Role for Jones. 289 pp.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (bookplate under dj flap, some edgewear to dj, loss of 1/8 inch at top of spine, original price of 2.50 still present.)
Book ID: 77564More details Price: $125.00 -
LOVE WATER MEMORY.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Gallery / Simon & Schuster, (2013). SIGNED first edition - A novel which explores the complexities of identity and relationships. "Waking up knee-deep in the San Francisco Bay with no memory of her past, Lucie learns that she has a rare form of amnesia and reunites with a loving fiance she does not recognize only to discover unsettling truths about her own personality." SIGNED on the title page. 328 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 72449More details Price: $25.00 -
GARMENT OF SHADOWS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bantam, (2012.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The twelfth suspense novel featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, set in Morocco. SIGNED on the title page. Editor's note. 266 pp plus glossary. ISBN: 978-0553807998.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (a new copy but with a remainder dot)
Book ID: 62331More details Price: $28.50