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SLOW MOTION RIOT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, an Edgar winning mystery - the story of an 18 year old determined to be the head of his own crack cocaine kingdom in Harlem. The only thing standing between him and his dream is his probation officer. Cover praise from such diverse writers as Katherine Dunn, Andrew Vachss and Oliver Stone, among others. 431 pp. ISBN: 0-688-100686.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 4215More details Price: $25.00 -
SLOW MOTION RIOT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, an Edgar winning mystery - the story of an 18 year old determined to be the head of his own crack cocaine kingdom in Harlem with the only thing standing between him and his dream is his probation officer. Cover praise from such diverse writers as Katherine Dunn, Andrew Vachss and Oliver Stone, among others. 431 pp. ISBN: 0-688-100686.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 37795More details Price: $20.00 -
SLOW MOTION RIOT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first book, winner of the Edgar award for best first novel. The story of an 18 year old determined to be the head of his own crack cocaine kingdom in Harlem - the only thing standing between him and his dream is his probation officer. SIGNED on the title page. Cover praise from such diverse writers as Katherine Dunn, Andrew Vachss and Oliver Stone, among others. 431 pp. ISBN: 0-688-100686.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 64622More details Price: $35.00 -
ENOUGH ROPE
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Morrow, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A massive collection of Block short stories, arranged by character - Rodenbarr, Keller, Scudder, etc - includes all the stories from his previous collections plus two dozen new stories. Three of the stories won the Edgar award. SIGNED on the title page. 883 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0188901.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket. (a bit of wear at the bottom of dj spine.)
Book ID: 43648More details Price: $30.00 -
BLUE HEAVEN.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: St Martin's, (2007, c 2008.). SIGNED first edition - A well-written and engrossing thriller set in the North Idaho panhandle - an area called 'blue heaven' by the LAPD police officers who retire there. Cover praise from Robert Crais, George Pelecanos, and others. SIGNED on the title page. Special CD sampler included. Winner of the Edgar Award. 344 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 39041More details Price: $31.50 -
BILLINGSGATE SHOAL
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. First edition - Edgar award winning first mystery - introduces Doc Adams, an oral surgeon and a "regular guy" whose curiosity about an apparently stranded fishing boat off Cape Cod leads him into danger and death. 272 pp.
Condition: Good overall in printed orange wrappers - spine slant, wear at bottom of spine. An uncommon advance state.
Book ID: 6078More details Price: $60.00 -
BILLINGSGATE SHOAL
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - Edgar award winning first mystery - introduces Doc Adams, an oral surgeon and a "regular guy" whose curiosity about an apparently stranded fishing boat off Cape Cod leads him into danger and death. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-395-320410.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 73922More details Price: $40.00 -
CIMARRON ROSE
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book in a new series featuring attorney and former Texas ranger Billy Bob Holland. Winner of the Edgar Award. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-62580.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 27051More details Price: $17.50 -
CIMARRON ROSE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in a new series featuring attorney and former Texas ranger Billy Bob Holland. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Edgar Award. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-62580.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 52237More details Price: $30.00 -
BLACK CHERRY BLUES
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring ex-New Orleans cop Dave Robichaux and one of the best in the series. Winner of the Edgar award for best novel. 290 pp. Dust jacket art by Wendell Minor. ISBN: 0-316-116998.
Condition: Near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line.)
Book ID: 80057More details Price: $35.00 -
CIMARRON ROSE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in a new series featuring attorney and former Texas ranger Billy Bob Holland. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Edgar Award. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-62580.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (vertical crease on front endpaper)
Book ID: 80886More details Price: $25.00 -
CIMARRON ROSE.
Edition: First printing.
London: Orion, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in a new series featuring attorney and former Texas ranger Billy Bob Holland. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Edgar Award. The UK edition preceded the US edition. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-752804863.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 80887More details Price: $35.00 -
CIMARRON ROSE.
Edition: First printing.
London: Orion, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book in a new series featuring attorney and former Texas ranger Billy Bob Holland. Winner of the Edgar Award. The UK edition preceded the US edition. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-752804863.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82359More details Price: $25.00 -
CIMARRON ROSE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Hyperion, (1997.). First edition - The first book in a new series featuring attorney and former Texas ranger Billy Bob Holland. Winner of the Edgar Award. 288 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 82360More details Price: $21.50 -
IN COLD BLOOD: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences.
Edition: 7th printing.
New York: Random House, (1965.) dj. Hardcover - A fascinating account of the killers responsible for the apparently senseless murder of the four members of the Clutter family in rural Kansas. This book essentially created a new form - the non-fiction novel - and is Capote's most important and enduring work. Harper Lee, his lifelong friend and the author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' collaborated with Capote on his research for this book. Winner of the Edgar award, basis for several movies. 343 pp.
Condition: Very good in a good minus dustjacket (dust jacket has numerous short tears and creasing to the ends of the spine, some soiling )
Book ID: 57136More details Price: $18.00 -
IN COLD BLOOD: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences.
Edition: First printing in a first issue dust jacket.
New York: Random House, (1965.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A fascinating account of the killers responsible for the apparently senseless murder of the four members of the Clutter family in rural Kansas. This book essentially created a new form - the non-fiction novel - and is Capote's most important and enduring work. Harper Lee, his lifelong friend and the author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' collaborated with Capote on his research for this book. Winner of the Edgar award, basis for several movies. 343 pp.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (prev owner's name dated 3/66, a couple of small spots to topstain, a bit of chipping to the dj at the ends of the spine. Original price of $5.95 on dj flap.)
Book ID: 57658More details Price: $150.00 -
MR. WHITE'S CONFESSION.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Picador, 1998. dj. Hardcover - The author's second novel, a complex story of murder set in Minnesota in1939, winner of the Edgar award for best novel of 1998. ISBN: 0-312-192177.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 23594More details Price: $15.00 -
MR. WHITE'S CONFESSION.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Picador, 1998. First edition - The author's second novel, a complex story of murder set in Minnesota in 1939, winner of the Edgar award for best novel of 1998.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (upper corner slightly bumped.)
Book ID: 24603More details Price: $50.00 -
MR. WHITE'S CONFESSION.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Picador, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, a complex story of murder set in Minnesota in 1939, winner of the Edgar award for best novel of 1998. 341 pp. ISBN: 0-312-192177.
Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (slight spine slant)
Book ID: 37158More details Price: $20.00 -
MR. WHITE'S CONFESSION.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Picador, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, a complex story of murder set in Minnesota in 1939, winner of the Edgar award for best novel of 1998. 341 pp. ISBN: 0-312-192177.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 39713More details Price: $25.00 -
MR. WHITE'S CONFESSION.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Picador, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, a complex story of murder set in Minnesota in 1939, winner of the Edgar award for best novel of 1998. SIGNED on the title page. 341 pp. ISBN: 0-312-192177.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 75110More details Price: $35.00 -
ROGUE ISLAND.
Edition: 3rd printing.
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover - First suspense novel by this author, introducing Liam Mulligan, an old-school investigative reporter for a dying newspaper in Providence, Rhode Island, Winner of Edgar Award for best first novel. SIGNED on the title page. Includes a brief introduction in which he describes how he came to write this. 302 pp. ISBN: 9780765374295.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 72697More details Price: $24.50 -
THE TELLING OF LIES: A Mystery.
Edition: Book club edition: the first hardcover printing in the US.
New York: Delta Fiction, (1988.) dj. Hardcover - A story of murder and lying among the summer clientele of an old hotel on the coast of Maine. Published as a trade paperback in the US, and winner of the 1989 Edgar award for best paperback original mystery, even though it had originally been published in hardcover in Canada in 1986.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 23684More details Price: $16.50 -
FORFEIT.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1969.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An early horse-racing mystery by Francis, winner of the Edgar award. 247 pp.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (just a hint of sunning to the dj spine and a bit of wear to the ends of the dj, overall a very attractive and tight copy.)
Book ID: 49470More details Price: $100.00 -
WHIP HAND.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1979.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring jockey Sid Halley, probably Francis's most popular protagonist. Winner of both the Edgar Award and the Gold Dagger Award. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-06-011384-7.
Condition: Near fine in a very near fine dust jacket (some foxing to the top edge of the textblock, hint of sunning to the spine of the dj, but otherwise a tight, straight and clean copy.)
Book ID: 49545More details Price: $27.50 -
WHIP HAND.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1979.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring jockey Sid Halley, probably Francis's most popular protagonist. Winner of both the Edgar Award and the Gold Dagger Award. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-06-011384-7.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket. (some staining to lower corner of textblock)
Book ID: 70949More details Price: $21.50 -
POACHERS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a very highly praised collection of short fiction about the Deep South - mostly south Alabama. The title novella won an Edgar Award. SIGNED on the title page. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-688-167403.
Condition: Very good in fine dust jacket (remainder line, lower edge of textblock bumped.).
Book ID: 43949More details Price: $30.00 -
POACHERS.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Harper Collins / Perennial, (2000.). The author's first book, a very highly praised collection of short fiction about the Deep South - mostly south Alabama. The title novella won an Edgar Award. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-688-177719.
Condition: Near fine (usual toning to the pages)
Book ID: 59052More details Price: $11.50 -
IN THE WOODS.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Viking, (2007). First edition - The author's first novel, featuring Rob Ryan a detective on the Dublin Murder Squad, winner of the 2008 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. 429 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 65128More details Price: $45.00 -
THE CAVEMAN'S VALENTINE
Edition: First printing.
New York: Time Warner, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Winner of the Edgar for best first mystery of the year. One of the most complex and unusual protagonists in recent years: an African American Julliard trained concert pianist, who is now homeless and living in a cave in New York's Central Park. Highly recommended. ISBN: 0-446-517224.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 3303More details Price: $45.00
