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THE BLIND ASSASSIN.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Doubleday, 2000. dj. Hardcover - A complex and multi-layered story, set in the 30s and 40s - but also including a science fiction novel (the title 'The Blind Assassin' refers to this novel) within the novel. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award and the Booker Prize. ISBN: 0-385-475721.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 25722More details Price: $14.50 -
THE BLIND ASSASSIN.
Edition: First printing.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - A complex and multi-layered story, set in the 30s and 40s - but also including a science fiction novel (the title 'The Blind Assassin' refers to this novel) within the novel. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award and the Booker Prize. 521 pp. ISBN: 0-771008635.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82978More details Price: $30.00 -
DIXIE CITY JAM.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The seventh Dave Robicheaux mystery. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award. 367 pp. Promotional bookmark laid in. ISBN: 0-7868-60197.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77023More details Price: $30.00 -
THE MEXICAN TREE DUCK
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Mysterious Press, 1993. SIGNED first edition - Novel featuring ex-Vietnam veteran, hard-core private investigator C. W. Sughrue - hired to find a missing kidnapped woman, he is lured into a violent odyssey across the American West. SIGNED by Crumley on title page. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 3317More details Price: $45.00 -
THE MEXICAN TREE DUCK
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Mysterious Press, 1993. SIGNED first edition - Novel featuring ex-Vietnam veteran, hard-core private investigator C. W. Sughrue - hired to find a missing kidnapped woman, he is lured into a violent odyssey across the American West. SIGNED by Crumley on title page. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 3316More details Price: $35.00 -
THE PRISONER OF GUANTANAMO.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's fourth novel, a stand-alone thriller. "Revere Falk - FBI veteran, Arabic speaker - is an interrogator at 'Gitmo,' assigned to a 'hold-out,' a Yemeni prisoner who may have valuable information about al-Qaeda. But these duties are temporarily suspended when the body of an American soldier is found washed ashore in Cuban territory." Winner of the Dashiell Hammett Award. 323 pp. ISBN: 1-400044669.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 84397More details Price: $18.50 -
KINGDOM OF SHADOWS.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Random House, (2000.) dj. Hardcover - Espionage novel set in Paris in 1938, as Europe edges its way to war, by this master of the historical spy novel. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award. Double page map. 239 pp. ISBN: 0-375-503374.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 61975More details Price: $15.00 -
KINGDOM OF SHADOWS.
Edition: First printing.
London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd., (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - True first (preceding the US edition) of this espionage novel set in Paris in 1938, as Europe edges its way to war, by this master of the historical spy novel. INSCRIBED on the title page. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award. 274 pp. ISBN: 0-57506837X.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77400More details Price: $50.00 -
THE SEDUCTION OF WATER.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Ballantine, (2003.). SIGNED first edition - The author's second novel, one that 'skilfully weaves dark fairy tale themes into a modern web of intrigue,' as a daughter searches both for the truth about her mother's life and a missing manuscript. Publisher's letter bound in. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award. SIGNED on the title page. 379 pp.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (light crease to front cover)
Book ID: 49187More details Price: $28.50 -
THE SEDUCTION OF WATER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ballantine, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, one that 'skilfully weaves dark fairy tale themes into a modern web of intrigue,' as a daughter searches both for the truth about her mother's life and a missing manuscript. SIGNED on the title page, Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award. 356 pp. ISBN: 0-345-450906.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (few pages bumped.)
Book ID: 51054More details Price: $25.00 -
THE SEDUCTION OF WATER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ballantine, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, one that 'skilfully weaves dark fairy tale themes into a modern web of intrigue,' as a daughter searches both for the truth about her mother's life and a missing manuscript. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award. 356 pp. ISBN: 0-345-450906.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 77130More details Price: $35.00 -
TURTLE MOON.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putanm. 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Most of Alice Hoffman's books are quirky love stories - this is one of her more delightful ones. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-399-137203.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 41553More details Price: $35.00 -
TURTLE MOON.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Most of Alice Hoffman's books are quirky love stories - this is one of her more delightful ones. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award. Glossy promotional postcard laid in. ISBN: 0-399-137203.
Condition: Very good in a very good dustjacket.
Book ID: 12780More details Price: $30.00 -
THIRD AND INDIANA.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, described as 'phenomenally accomplished, compelling and moving.' Set in Philadelphia's Badlands where drug gangs rule the street, this is the story of a mother's search for her runaway son, who at 14 is already an accomplished drug dealer himself, holding down one of the toughest corners in the area. Boldly SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award. 305 pp. ISBN: 0-670-856762.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 44952More details Price: $35.00 -
THIRD AND INDIANA.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, described as 'phenomenally accomplished, compelling and moving.' Set in Philadelphia's Badlands where drug gangs rule the street, this is the story of a mother's search for her runaway son, who at 14 is already an accomplished drug dealer himself, holding down one of the toughest corners in the area. Boldly SIGNED on the title page.Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award. 305 pp. ISBN: 0-670-856762.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 50838More details Price: $30.00 -
THIRD AND INDIANA.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Viking, (1994.). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, described as 'phenomenally accomplished, compelling and moving.' Set in Philadelphia's Badlands where drug gangs rule the street, this is the story of a mother's search for her runaway son, who at 14 is already an accomplished drug dealer himself, holding down one of the toughest corners in the area. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (corner slightly bumped).
Book ID: 30657More details Price: $30.00 -
HONOR'S KINGDOM.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2002.) dj. Hardcover - Fourth mystery featuring Welshman Abel Jones, set during the Civil War, where casualties are mounting. Author's historical note. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award. 328 pp. ISBN: 0-060186348.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 39909More details Price: $12.50 -
HAVANA BAY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An Arkady Renko mystery, set in modern Cuba where Russians are no longer welcomed and seen as friends. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award.329 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-679-42662-0.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 48501More details Price: $32.00 -
HAVANA BAY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An Arkady Renko mystery, set in modern Cuba where Russians are no longer welcomed and seen as friends. INSCRIBED on the title page "to --- who taken a vow to read each and every Arkady book, Best wishes." Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award.329 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-679-42662-0.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 62203More details Price: $35.00