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THE FAR SIDE OF THE DOLLAR.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. dj. Hardcover first edition - A Lew Archer novel, by this master of the hard-boiled noir detective story. Anthony Boucher commented "I should like to venture the heretical suggestion that Ross Macdonald is a better novelist than either... Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler." In this book, Archer "is hired by the principal of a private reform school to trace a missing boy. What appears to be an ordinary matter of juvenile delinquency is suddenly magnified into a web of murder and extortion." Winner of the Gold Dagger Award, nominated for the Edgar. 247 pp.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (some rubbing to the bottom edge of the front cover of the dj and the sides of the spine)
Book ID: 70625More details Price: $200.00 -
A LIKENESS IN STONE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a psychological thriller, nominated for the Edgar award. "An entire house, long submerged in the dark waters of a reservoir, unearths a starting find: the corpse of Helena Warner, an Oxford college student who disappeared twenty years earlier. For former homicide detective Bill Driver, it means the reopening of a case that, in his mind, was never really closed."SIGNED on the title page. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-312186266.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82848More details Price: $35.00 -
A LIKENESS IN STONE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a psychological thriller, nominated for the Edgar award. "An entire house, long submerged in the dark waters of a reservoir, unearths a starting find: the corpse of Helena Warner, an Oxford college student who disappeared twenty years earlier. For former homicide detective Bill Driver, it means the reopening of a case that, in his mind, was never really closed." 280 pp. ISBN: 0-312186266.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 76320More details Price: $18.50 -
PRIOR CONVICTIONS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring San Francisco attorney Willa Jansson. Nominated for the 1992 Edgar. ISBN: 0-671-685600.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 23434More details Price: $18.00 -
PRIOR CONVICTIONS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring San Francisco attorney Willa Jansson. Nominated for the 1992 Edgar. Presentation copy boldly INSCRIBED by the author on a preliminary page: "To.... I love you guys. Thanks for everything. Good luck, Love..." 204 pp. ISBN: 0-671-685600.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 38869More details Price: $30.00 -
PRIOR CONVICTIONS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring San Francisco attorney Willa Jansson. Nominated for the 1992 Edgar. ISBN: 0-671-685600.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 27335More details Price: $16.00 -
POMONA QUEEN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pocket Books, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Nunn's third book - the wild story of the dark night of a vacuum cleaner salesman. Nominated for Edgar award. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-671-735284.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (top of spine slightly pushed)
Book ID: 84314More details Price: $20.00 -
POMONA QUEEN.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Four Walls Eight Windows No Exit Press, (2000.). SIGNED - Nunn's third book - the wild story of the dark night of a vacuum cleaner salesman. Nominated for Edgar award. SIGNED on the title page. 224 pp. ISBN: 1568581769.
Condition: Good condition (slight spine slant, creases on front cover.)
Book ID: 47100More details Price: $16.50 -
THE BALLAD OF ROCKY RUIZ.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery introducing Denver attorney Luis Montez, whose practice is on the skids. Edgar award nominee for best first mystery. Part of SMP's 'Dead Letter' mysteries series. Winner of the UC Irvine Chicano/Latino literary contest. 201 pp. ISBN: 0-312-092717.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77135More details Price: $21.50 -
THE BALLAD OF ROCKY RUIZ.
Edition: First paperback printing.
New York: St Martin's, 1995. Mystery introducing Luis Montez. Edgar award nominee for best first mystery. Part of SMP's 'Dead Letter' mysteries series. ISBN: 0-312-955693.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 38013More details Price: $8.50 -
THE BALLAD OF ROCKY RUIZ.
Edition: First paperback printing.
New York: St Martin's, 1995. Mystery introducing Luis Montez. Edgar award nominee for best first mystery. Part of SMP's 'Dead Letter' mysteries series. ISBN: 0-312-955693.
Condition: Fine (as new.)
Book ID: 22795More details Price: $10.00 -
PLAYING WITH FIRE.
Edition: First printing.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - True first edition of this novel in the critically acclaimed and award-winning Chief Inspector Alan Banks series, set in Yorkshire. Two bodies are found, one on each of two barges moored in a dead end canal. SIGNED and dated on the title page by Robinson, underneath a four-line quote from the book. 354 pp. ISBN: 0-7710-76061.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 72563More details Price: $40.00 -
WEDNESDAY'S CHILD: An Inspector Banks Mystery.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Toronto: Viking, (1992). SIGNED first edition - The true first edition of the sixth novel in the critically acclaimed and award-winning Chief Inspector Alan Banks series, set in Yorkshire, where the author grew up. Nominated for the Edgar Award, SIGNED on the title page. 333 pp. ISBN: 0-670-847666.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers with self-flaps (reading crease on front cover near spine, usual toning to the pages).
Book ID: 74316More details Price: $25.00 -
PLAYING WITH FIRE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel in the critically acclaimed and award-winning Chief Inspector Alan Banks series, set in Yorkshire. Two bodies are found, one on each of two barges moored in a dead end canal. 354 pp. ISBN: 0-06-019877x.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 63822More details Price: $17.50 -
UNBECOMING.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 85977More details Price: $20.00 -
FLOWER NET
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's second book and first novel, a thriller, nominated for the Edgar for best first mystery. SIGNED by the author on the title page. 333 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0994363.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket ( toning to the pages)
Book ID: 80061More details Price: $27.50 -
FLOWER NET
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's second book and first novel, a thriller, nominated for the Edgar for best first mystery. SIGNED by the author on the title page. 333 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0994363.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (light toning to the pages)
Book ID: 59569More details Price: $30.00 -
THE WOMAN WHO MARRIED A BEAR. An Alaskan Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Soho Press, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - A highly praised (and deservedly so) unusual first book, set against the modern Alaskan frontier, and the surviving pantheism of its indigenous population, nominated for an Edgar, winner of the Shamus award for best first book. 225 pp.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 60614More details Price: $25.00 -
CAROLINE MINUSCULE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Dodd, Mead, (1983) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first mystery introducing William Dougall, an "engaging and unprincipled graduate student" and his girlfriend Amanda as they hunt for a cache of diamonds. Awarded the CWA New Blood Dagger. nominated for the Edgar for best first novel, 234 pp. ISBN: 0-396081495.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (slight spine slant, some wear to dj at top of spine)
Book ID: 71448More details Price: $30.00 -
FIXED IN HIS FOLLY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first mystery, introducing Chicago private investigator Malachy Foley. Edgar Award nominee for Best First Novel. SIGNED on the title page. 262 pp. ISBN: 0-312130740.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 77097More details Price: $31.50 -
23 SHADES OF BLACK.
Edition: First paperback printing.
New York: Signet, (1998). SIGNED - An unusual first mystery, featuring a New York street smart cop who is originally from Ecuador - Filomena Buscarsela. Nominated for the Edgar. SIGNED on the title page. 295 pp. ISBN: 0-451-197488.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 66573More details Price: $14.50 -
23 SHADES OF BLACK.
Edition: Book club edition: the first hardcover printing.
New York: Signet, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover - An unusual first mystery, featuring a New York street smart cop who is originally from Ecuador - Filomena Buscarsela. Nominee for the Edgar. Originally published as a paperback original by a small press, so this book club edition is the first hardcover edition of this title. SIGNED on the title page. 295 pp.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (short closed tear to upper edge of front cover of dj)
Book ID: 62075More details Price: $23.50 -
INNER CITY BLUES: A Charlotte Justice Novel.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First in this series featuring a black female homicide detective in the Los Angeles Police Department Set during the LA riots - nominated for the Edgar award and winner of the Macavity award. SIGNED on the title page. 314 pp. ISBN: 0-393-04680x.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 44270More details Price: $28.50
