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  • THE DEAD OF WINTER. by Allegretto, Michael.
    Allegretto, Michael.
    THE DEAD OF WINTER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third novel in the prize winning series featuring ex-cop now Denver private investigator Jacob Lomax. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-684-191385.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 61272
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  • GRAVE DOUBT. by Allegretto, Michael.
    Allegretto, Michael.
    GRAVE DOUBT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Carroll & Graf, (1985) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel in the prize winning series featuring ex-cop now Denver private investigator Jacob Lomax. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 211 pp. ISBN: 0-7867-01862.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 61438
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  • Burns, Rex.
    STRIP SEARCH.

    Edition: Paperback.

    New York & London: Penguin, (1985.). A Detective Gabe Wager mystery, in which he goes undercover as a drug dealer to investigate the murders of two strippers in Denver. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-14-0077472.

    Condition: Good only (some creasing and toning to the covers.)

    Book ID: 44468
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  • STRIP SEARCH. by Burns, Rex.
    Burns, Rex.
    STRIP SEARCH.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: The Viking Press, (1984). First edition - The sixth Detective Gabe Wager mystery, in which he goes undercover as a drug dealer to investigate the murders of two strippers in Denver. 255 pp.

    Condition: Good overall in printed red wrappers (some dampstaining to lower corner of several pages, light crease on front cover)

    Book ID: 71559
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  • STRIP SEARCH: A Gabe Wager Mystery. by Burns, Rex.
    Burns, Rex.
    STRIP SEARCH: A Gabe Wager Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1984) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The sixth in the Edgar award series featuring Detective Gabe Wager mystery, in which he goes undercover as a drug dealer to investigate the murders of two strippers in Denver. SIGNED on the half title page. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-670679054.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 81184
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  • GROUND MONEY: A Gabe Wager Mystery. by Burns, Rex.
    Burns, Rex.
    GROUND MONEY: A Gabe Wager Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1986) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The eighth Detective Gabe Wager mystery, set in Denver, Colorado. INSCRIBED on the half title page "To ---- Who seems as determined to keep collecting these as I am to write them" and dated in 1989. Laid in is a SIGNED brief holographic note to the collector commenting on his upcoming books. 243 pp. ISBN: 0-670809047.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 81225
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  • ENDANGERED SPECIES: A Gabe Wager Mystery. by Burns, Rex.
    Burns, Rex.
    ENDANGERED SPECIES: A Gabe Wager Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1993) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The ninth novel in the award-winning mystery series featuring Detective Gabe Wager, set in Denver, Colorado - a "gripping police procedural with an environmentally concious plot". SIGNED on the half title page.. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-670846015.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 82907
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  • BLOOD LINE: A Gabe Wager Mystery. by Burns, Rex.
    Burns, Rex.
    BLOOD LINE: A Gabe Wager Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Walker, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The tenth novel in the Edgar award-winning series featuring Detective Gabe Wager mystery, set in Denver, Colorado. Burns is noted for his realistic portrayal of police work, eschewing sensationalism and focusing instead on the complexities and challenges faced by law enforcement, and his detective 'Gabe' Wager embodies a strong sense of duty and decency. SIGNED on the title page.. 197 pp. ISBN: 0-802732569.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82928
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  • Burns, Rex.
    THE ALVAREZ JOURNAL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1975) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His first mystery novel and the first in a series of police procedurals featuring half-Chicano, half-Anglo Detective Gabe Wager, set in Denver, Colorado. Winner of the Edgar Award for best first novel. INSCRIBED on the half title page. Laid in is what appears to be a photocopy of a single page note by Burns to book collector Dale Carter. 200 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0105763.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. (bit of fading to upper edge of boards)

    Book ID: 92684
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  • Downing, Sybil.
    THE BINDING OATH.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, 2000. Interesting historical mystery featuring newspaper reporter Liz O'Brien, and set in Denver in 1922. Based on a little known part of Colorado history, when the Ku Klux Klan attempted to gain political control of the state.

    Condition: Fine inglossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 19905
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  • THE BOOKMAN'S WAKE. by Dunning, John.
    Dunning, John.
    THE BOOKMAN'S WAKE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Scribner, 1995. First edition - Second in the series featuring former Denver cop turned rare book dealear Cliff Janeway. One of only 600 copies sent out by Scribner, according to Dunning. 351 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in the first state wraparound illustrated wrappers (light toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 66971
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  • RESURRECTING LANGSTON BLUE. by Greer, Robert.
    Greer, Robert.
    RESURRECTING LANGSTON BLUE.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Frog Ltd / North American Books, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery rooted in the Vietnam war, featuring black Denver bail bondsman C. J. Floyd and his partner, former intelligence sergeant, Flora Jean Benson. 421 pp. ISBN: 1583941363.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 56444
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  • WHEN REASON SLEEPS. by Sehler, Tom (pseudonym of Rex Burns)
    Sehler, Tom (pseudonym of Rex Burns)
    WHEN REASON SLEEPS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first (and only) novel published under this pseudonym by Edgar award winning writer Rex Burns. Introduces Jack Steele, a former U.S. Marine Corps official in Washington, D.C. who is forced into retirement after reporting on a treasonous congressman. When he returns to San Diego, he is asked by an old family friend to investigate his missing granddaughter - search which leads him from Coronado, to Denver, Colorado, as he uncovers evidence that she might be involved with a satanic cult. 289 pp. ISBN: 0-670839388.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (appears unread, but with a remainder line)

    Book ID: 88580
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  • TOTALLY DEAD: A Streeter Mystery. by Stone, Michael.
    Stone, Michael.
    TOTALLY DEAD: A Streeter Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth book in this gritty series, set in Denver and featuring ex-lineback and private eye Streeter. Stone is himself a licensed private investigator. SIGNED by the author on a tipped in sheet after the front endpaper. 232 pp. ISBN: 0-670882089.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (a new,unread copy but with slight sunning to the spine of the dj.)

    Book ID: 39547
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  • TOTALLY DEAD: A Streeter Mystery. by Stone, Michael.
    Stone, Michael.
    TOTALLY DEAD: A Streeter Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth book in this gritty series, set in Denver and featuring ex-lineback and private eye Streeter. Stone is himself a licensed private investigator. 232 pp. Dust jacket illustration by Owen Smith. ISBN: 0-670882089.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (a new,unread copy but with slight sunning to the spine of the dj.)

    Book ID: 39548
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  • TOKEN OF REMORSE: A Streeter Mystery. by Stone, Michael.
    Stone, Michael.
    TOKEN OF REMORSE: A Streeter Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third book in this gritty series, set in Denver and featuring ex-lineback and private eye Streeter. Stone is himself a licensed private investigator. SIGNED onthe title page and dated in the year of publication 241 pp. Dust jacket illustration by Owen Smith. ISBN: 0-670882089.

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

    Book ID: 60968
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