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THE JANUARY CORPSE
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first mystery - introduces disbarred Philadephia attorney and private investigator Dave Garrett - suspenseful, and with a surprising ending. 195 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-32062.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual flaws, including some spine slant, but a good reading copy of a really good mystery, and in a near fine dustjacket (value is in dj.)
Book ID: 6981More details Price: $16.50 -
THE JANUARY CORPSE
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first mystery - introduces disbarred Philadephia attorney and private investigator Dave Garrett - suspenseful, and with a surprising ending. SIGNED on the title page. 195 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-32062.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82770More details Price: $50.00 -
THE JANUARY CORPSE
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first mystery - introduces disbarred Philadephia attorney and private investigator Dave Garrett - suspenseful, and with a surprising ending. 195 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-32062.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 58969More details Price: $35.00 -
THE WORLD THE COLOR OF SALT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery, introducing Smokey Brandon, ex-stripper and current forensic specialist with the Orange County Sheriff's department. 301 pp. ISBN: 0-688-108245.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 13272More details Price: $15.00 -
THE WORLD THE COLOR OF SALT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page. The author's first mystery, introducing Smokey Brandon, ex-stripper and current forensic specialist with the Orange County Sheriff's department. 301 pp. ISBN: 0-688-108245.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 35565More details Price: $25.00 -
THE REMBRANDT PANEL
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (1980.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First mystery by this art historian. Introduces Amos Hatcher. An art dealer and a down-at-the-heels art runner are found murdered in a gallery on Charles Street in Boston,. 268 pp. ISBN: 0-316-080217.
Condition: Very good+ in a very good dustjacket (dj is price-clipped, some light wear.)
Book ID: 11424More details Price: $30.00 -
THE REMBRANDT PANEL
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (1980.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First mystery by this art historian. Introduces Amos Hatcher. An art dealer and a down-at-the-heels art runner are found murdered in a gallery on Charles Street in Boston,. 268 pp. ISBN: 0-316-080217.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 52544More details Price: $35.00 -
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.) INSCRIBED 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 (appears unread.)
Book ID: 74405More details Price: $85.00 -
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. Winner of the Shamus Award. 234 pp. ISBN: 0-425-169030.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 64614More details Price: $30.00 -
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 -
GUTSHOT STRAIGHT.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2011). SIGNED - His first crime novel, following an excellent collection of short stories. This features "professional wheel man, Charles 'Shake' Bouchon, too nice a guy for the life he's led and not nice enough for any other." SIGNED on the title page. 291 pp. ISBN: 978-0061766343.
Condition: Good only - toning to pages, a few corners creased.
Book ID: 72077More details Price: $10.00 -
GUTSHOT STRAIGHT.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2009). SIGNED first edition - His first crime novel, following an excellent collection of short stories. This features "professional wheel man, Charles 'Shake' Bouchon, too nice a guy for the life he's led and not nice enough for any other." SIGNED on the title page. 291 pp.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (faint 'ok' on fore-edge of textblock).
Book ID: 76421More details Price: $28.50 -
GUTSHOT STRAIGHT.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2011). SIGNED - His first crime novel, following an excellent collection of short stories. This features "professional wheel man, Charles 'Shake' Bouchon, too nice a guy for the life he's led and not nice enough for any other." SIGNED on the title page. 291 pp. ISBN: 978-0061766343.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 75469More details Price: $18.50 -
CHRISTINE FALLS.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Henry Holt, (2006). First edition - First mystery and first novel published under this pseudonym by Booker-award winning writer, John Banville. Set in Dublin, Ireland, it introduces pathologist Malachy Quirke. Nominated for an Edgar Award. 340 pp. Includes a bonus audio sampler CD.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 83076More details Price: $23.50 -
CHRISTINE FALLS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Henry Holt, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First mystery and first novel published under this pseudonym by Booker-award winning writer, John Banville. Set in Dublin, Ireland, it introduces pathologist Malachy Quirke. Nominated for an Edgar Award. 340 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-81526.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 45084More details Price: $20.00 -
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 -
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 -
WORKING MURDER: A Clara Gamadge Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Henry Holt, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - Written by the niece of Elizabeth Daly, the original creator of sleuth Henry Gamadge and his wife Clara. In this book, Clara, now widowed, has to solve a mystery alone. The author's first mystery. ISBN: 0-805010300.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 5519More details Price: $20.00 -
INVITATION TO A FUNERAL.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery novel set in 1676 in Restoration London, one which recreates the London of Pepys and Dryden and interweaves fact and fiction as it features spy-turned-playwright Aphra Behn. "King Charles is on his rocky throne, surrounded by a full complement of spies, lackeys, and mistresses. . .. Nell Gwyn, a longtime favorite, is also still on the scene when a poet-playwright friend, Aphra Behn, enlists her help in the tutelage of would-be actress Elizabeth Decker, mistress of the Earl of Rochester, for the leading part in her newest playa move Aphra hopes will improve her near-penniless state." 288 pp. ISBN: 0-312185987.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 74119More details Price: $21.50 -
INVITATION TO A FUNERAL.
Edition: First printing.
London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd., (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery novel set in 1676 in Restoration London, one which recreates the London of Pepys and Dryden and interweaves fact and fiction as it features spy-turned-playwright Aphra Behn. "King Charles is on his rocky throne, surrounded by a full complement of spies, lackeys, and mistresses. . .. Nell Gwyn, a longtime favorite, is also still on the scene when a poet-playwright friend, Aphra Behn, enlists her help in the tutelage of would-be actress Elizabeth Decker, mistress of the Earl of Rochester, for the leading part in her newest playa move Aphra hopes will improve her near-penniless state." 288 pp. ISBN: 0-575-061324.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 74120More details Price: $30.00 -
INVITATION TO A FUNERAL.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery novel set in 1676 in Restoration London, one which recreates the London of Pepys and Dryden and interweaves fact and fiction as it features spy-turned-playwright Aphra Behn. "King Charles is on his rocky throne, surrounded by a full complement of spies, lackeys, and mistresses. . .. Nell Gwyn, a longtime favorite, is also still on the scene when a poet-playwright friend, Aphra Behn, enlists her help in the tutelage of would-be actress Elizabeth Decker, mistress of the Earl of Rochester, for the leading part in her newest playa move Aphra hopes will improve her near-penniless state." 288 pp. ISBN: 0-312185987.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 74118More details Price: $21.50 -
THE THIN WOMAN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1984) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's hard-to-find first mystery, introducing Ellie Simons, a talented interior designer - and a fat girl. She rents an "escort" for a family gathering, only to find that her uncle has bequeathed his estate to her and Ben, but with four conditions. SIGNED on the title page. 242 pp. ISBN: 0-312800053.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (some light toning to the pages, sunning to the spine of the dust jacket, but overall very clean and tight.)
Book ID: 65823More details Price: $175.00 -
FOR WHOM THE MINIVAN ROLLS: An Aaron Tucker Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
Baltimore: Bancroft Press, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery introducing Aaron Tucker who "isn't a private investigator. An aspiring screenwriter, freelance reporter, stay-at-home dad, and expert on consumer electronics, he defies all traditional characteristics of a PI. . . . But he's funny, down-to-earth, lovable, and resourceful."In this book, he is hired to investigate the disappearance of a woman, and soon finds himself involved in a murder. SIGNED on the title page. 261 pp plus several pages of comments on the book. ISBN: 1890862185.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 66504More details Price: $25.00 -
WHAT A WOMAN'S GOTTA DO.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - First mystery by this African American writer (who was already an award winning children's writer). Introduces Atlanta journalist Patricia Conley. Tananarive Due called it 'a gutsy, honest, intelligent and darkly comic thrill ride of a novel.'. ISBN: 0-684-831759.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 22481More details Price: $20.00 -
WANNA GET LUCKY?
Edition: First printing.
New York: Forge / TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in Las Vegas, where Lucky O'Toole is head of customer relations at the plushest megacasino, when a young woman plunges from a sightseeing helicopter. ISBN: 978-0765325433.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 76973More details Price: $15.00 -
THE MERLOT MURDERS: A Wine Country Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner, (2006,) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery (second book), set on a small family vineyard in Virginia, and weaving in details about wine making and interesting historical tidbits about Thomas Jefferson's efforts to establish a wine industry in early Virginia. SIGNED on the title page. 286 pp. ISBN: 0-743289900.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77630More details Price: $30.00 -
THE MERLOT MURDERS: A Wine Country Mystery.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Scribner, (2006,) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The author's first mystery (second book), set on a small family vineyard in Virginia, and weaving in details about wine making and interesting historical tidbits about Thomas Jefferson's efforts to establish a wine industry in early Virginia. SIGNED on the title page. SIGNED on the title page. 286 pp. ISBN: 0-743289900.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 87778More details Price: $21.50 -
THE LAST ANALYSIS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Macmillan, (1964) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel and the first book under this pseudonym, a literate mystery introducing Professor Kate Fansler, who finds herself under suspicion when a young female student is found murdered. A Cock Robin Mystery. 187 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon.
Condition: Very near fine in a very good dust jacket (original price of 3.95 on dj flap, some short tears and rubbing to the back cover of the dj, slight fading to the dj)
Book ID: 76707More details Price: $50.00 -
SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first mystery, set in the small California town of Azalea, where life centers around the church. Winner of the Shamus Award for best first PI novel. 202 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-32054.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 4452More details Price: $21.50
