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TRACK OF THE CAT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Murder in the Guadalupe mountains of West Texas. The author's second book and her first mystery, introducing park ranger Anna Pigeon. (Barr was a National Parks ranger herself at the time she wrote this book.) SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Anthony and Agatha awards for best first mystery. 238 pp. ISBN: 0-380-721643.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 83027More details Price: $85.00 -
THE INNOCENTS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first novel in his award winning series featuring Southern California P.I. Wil Hardesty. In 1990 a flash flood unearths the skeletons of seven murdered children. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Winner of the Shamus award. 234 pp. ISBN: 0-425-169030.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 83028More details Price: $35.00 -
JANE AND THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF SCARGRAVE MANOR: Being the First Jane Austen Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bantam, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first in this delightful series with Jane Austen attempting to prove the innocence of a friend, and encountering the seemingly arrogant Lord Harold Trowbridge. SIGNED on the title page. Editor's foreword. xi, 289 pp. ISBN: 0-883-10196x.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77113More details Price: $30.00 -
JANE AND THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF SCARGRAVE MANOR: Being the First Jane Austen Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bantam, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first in this delightful series with Jane Austen attempting to prove the innocence of a friend, and encountering the seemingly arrogant Lord Harold Trowbridge. INSCRIBED on the title page. Editor's foreword. xi, 289 pp. ISBN: 0-883-10196x.
Condition: Good only in a near fine dust jacket (some dampstaining and crinkling to the outer margins of many pages.)
Book ID: 60328More details Price: $18.00 -
SILVERHAIR.
Edition: Limited, signed edition.
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1999.). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in a new trilogy, set in contemporary times, and chronicling the history of a family of highly evolved and intelligent Mammoths on an isolated Siberian Island, and threats that face them: global warming, dwindling gene pool, and most deadly of all - Man. Both an adventure story and a fable for our time. SIGNED by Baxter and numbered on a preliminary page. Full color frontispiece by Jill Bauman. 212pp
Condition: Fine in black leather with gilt decorations and lettering, all edges gilt, moire endpapers and ribbon book mark bound in. A new unread copy.
Book ID: 81049More details Price: $60.00 -
IN THE SPIRIT OF MURDER.
Edition: First printing.
Johnson City: TN: Silver Dagger, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "When a medium turns up dead in a backwoods Florida town, police detective Claudia Hershey is thrust into a nightmarish case." SIGNED by on the title page. 204 pp. ISBN: 1-570721084.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 72306More details Price: $25.00 -
DEATH AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
Edition: First printing.
London: Macmillan, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book in a new series by this Canadian author - introducing Jane Bee, a young Canadian from PEI spending a year in Europe who takes a position as a housemaid at Buckingham Palace, and who, at the request of the Queen, becomes involved in investigating the suspicious death of a footman. Notable for its warm portrait of Elizabeth II and its fun glimpse of life downstair. 329 pp. ISBN: 0-333656660.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 73971More details Price: $25.00 -
THE THIEF WHO COULDN'T SLEEP.
Edition: First hardcover edition.
New York: Armchair Detective Library - Otto Penzler Books, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An attractive edition of the first book in the Evan Tanner series, originally published in paperback in 1966. This edition includes a new introduction by Block. A title in the Armchair Detective Library series. SIGNED on the title page. ix, 198 pp. ISBN: 1-562870645.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 60318More details Price: $40.00 -
FORTY WORDS FOR SORROW.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Harper Collins, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A complex and atmospheric psychological thriller, the first in this series introducing homicide detectives John Cardinal and Lisa Delorme set in the decaying small city of Algonquin Bay, about 250 miles north of Toronto, where four teenagers have gone missing. A thoughtful and well-written series. SIGNED on the title page. Lee Child called Blunt a "tremendous crime novelist" while Val McDermid described his books as "humane, intelligent and gripping." Winner of the Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger in 2001, and was shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel. 326 pp. ISBN: 0-007115725.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (usual toning to pages). Wraparound band promising that this is "as chilling as James Patterson or your money back." In reality, it is far better than Patterson's books.
Book ID: 82666More details Price: $50.00 -
SNAPPED IN CORNWALL.
Edition: First printing.
London: Constable & Co., Ltd. (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's seventh book, but the first in a new series featuring Rose Trevalyn, a widow making her living in Cornwall as a photographer and artist. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. 167 pp. Dust jacket art by Terry Pastor and SIGNED on the front flap of the dj by Pastor ((an award-winning illustrator, Pastor is perhaps best known for his iconic album covers for David Bowie.). ISBN: 0-094768803.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 66249More details Price: $65.00 -
FIELD OF FIRE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth thriller by this special agent with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, introducing ATF agent Alex Duarte who finds himself tracking down a serial bomber after a bombing in a Florida migrant-labor camp kills a child, and he is assigned the case. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 340 pp. ISBN: 978-0399153983.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 87483More details Price: $30.00 -
MOONRISE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Avon, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel about establishing the first primitive base on the moon. 417 pp. ISBN: 0-380-973022.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line)
Book ID: 60415More details Price: $18.50 -
EVANS ABOVE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first Constable Evans mystery, set in Lanfair, a small town nestled in the mountains of North Wales.INSCRIBED on the title page in both Welsh and English. 236 pp. ISBN: 0-312-168284.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 65602More details Price: $45.00 -
THE GATHERING PLACE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1984) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's second mystery novel, and the firdt in the series featuring racetrack announcer and amateur sleuth Jerry Brogan, set in the world of horse racing in Southern California. An association copy INSCRIBED on the title page. 189 pp. ISBN: 0-802755755.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 83246More details Price: $50.00 -
A NICE CLASS OF CORPSE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Scribner, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery which ntroduces the wise widow Melitta Pargetter. Her late husband left her generously supplied with money and jewels - "he also left her his skeleton keys, a revolver and an irrepressible curiosity." 221 pp. ISBN: 0-684-186853.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dustjacket (slight dampstain to top of back cover of dj).
Book ID: 71146More details Price: $17.50 -
CAST, IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1975) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel to feature Charles Paris, professional actor and amateur sleuth. "It is a lighthearted frolic that is, at the same time, a beautifully ingenious puzzle" 192 pp. ISBN: 0-684-147076.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dustjacket (sunning to spine of dj).
Book ID: 74112More details Price: $30.00 -
CAST, IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE.
Edition: First printing.
London: Gollancz, 1975. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel to feature Charles Paris, professional actor and amateur sleuth. "It is a lighthearted frolic that is, at the same time, a beautifully ingenious puzzle" 192 pp. ISBN: 0-575-019980.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (slight spine slant).
Book ID: 70757More details Price: $50.00 -
BAD GUYS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (1988) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a thriller introducing renegade FBI agents Cuthbert Gibbons and Mike Tozzi. SIGNED on the title page. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-399133402.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (some light toning to the pages)
Book ID: 80834More details Price: $28.50 -
BAD GUYS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (1988) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a thriller introducing renegade FBI agents Cuthbert Gibbons and Mike Tozzi. SIGNED on the half title page beneath a quote from the book "That menacing grin lingered in the air like the Cheshire cat's." 256 pp. ISBN: 0-399133402.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (some light toning to the pages)
Book ID: 75122More details Price: $30.00 -
EPOCA: The Tree of Ecrof.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Braynt, Koby and Ivy Claire. Granity Studios, (2019). First edition - The first book in a new series created by basketball legend Kobe Bryant and written by Ivy Claire, a story of finding your strength against all odds. "Set in an alternate classical world dominated by sports and a magical power called grana, [this] takes place at the most elite sports academy in the land, where the best child-athletes are sent to hone their skills. When Rovi and Pretia arrive, each harboring a secret about themselves, they begin to suspect that something evil is at play at the school." Illustrated. 353 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue,.
Book ID: 83055More details Price: $25.00 -
FARLANDER: The Heart of the World, Book One.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2011.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, and the first in a projected series. An epic steam-punk novel about an elite group of assassins, the Roshun, in an empire born from a nihilistic urban cult. 388 pp. ISBN: 9780765331052.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 57885More details Price: $16.50 -
EVERY MOVE SHE MAKES.
Edition: Paperback original - first printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (1999.). SIGNED first edition - First mystery featuring San Francisco PD Homicide Investigator Kate Gillespie - arealistic cop story written by an author who is a real cop. SIGNED on the title page. 388 pp. plus publisher's ads. ISBN: 0-06-101432X.
Condition: Very good (toning, especially inside covers, upper edge of textblock slightly bumped)
Book ID: 79373More details Price: $17.50 -
FACE OF A KILLER.
Edition: First printing.
Scottsdale AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First book featuring FBI Special Agent Sydney Fitzpatrick, a forensic artist. INSCRIBED on the title page. 381 pp. ISBN: 978-1590583746.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 72345More details Price: $28.50 -
BANGKOK 8.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. First edition - First novel in this unusual series set in Bangkok, a thriller introducing half American-half Thai Sonchai Jitpleecheep, a practicing Buddhist and a Royal Thai police detective. A New York Times Notable Book. 318 pp. plus author's note.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 76538More details Price: $18.50 -
COFFIN ON THE WATER.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1989). dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery set in 1946 London, and the one which introduced the young Scotland Yard detective, John Coffin. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-312-025610.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 44801More details Price: $16.50 -
HEARTSICK: A Thriller.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her first suspense novel, introducing serial killer Gretchen Lowell and Portland detective Archie Sheridan. SIGNED on the title page. 326 pp. ISBN: 0-312-368461.
Condition: Good in good dust jacket (a book which has clearly been read - some light foxing to the edges of the textblock, overall edgewear to the dj - but a straight copy, no writing in the book, etc)
Book ID: 62397More details Price: $24.50 -
HEARTSICK: A Thriller.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her first suspense novel, introducing serial killer Gretchen Lowell and Portland detective Archie Sheridan. SIGNED on the title page. 3I26 pp. ISBN: 0-312-368461.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 62207More details Price: $30.00 -
HEARTSICK: A Thriller.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2007.). SIGNED first edition - Her first suspense novel, introducing serial killer Gretchen Lowell and Portland detective Archie Sheridan. Includes an enhanced CD with additional clues. With a planned first printing of 200,000 copies, this advance issue will remain much more uncommon than the trade edition. SIGNED on the title page. 324 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy red illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 80553More details Price: $30.00 -
CHARMS: Book One of the Tempest Trinity Trilogy
Edition: Trade paperback original.
By the author, (2015). SIGNED - The first book in a young adult series, set in Santa Cruz, California - "Three gifted teenage sisters must use their powers over the law of physics to solve a web of mysteries that threatens to tear their family apart." SIGNED on the title page. 172 pp. ISBN: 978-0996704601.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 80307More details Price: $15.00 -
CHARMS: Book One of the Tempest Trinity Trilogy
Edition: Trade paperback original.
By the author, (2015). SIGNED - The first book in a young adult series, set in Santa Cruz, California - "Three gifted teenage sisters must use their powers over the law of physics to solve a web of mysteries that threatens to tear their family apart." SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2015. 172 pp. ISBN: 978-0996704601.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 69046More details Price: $17.50
