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JAMAICA BLUE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His rather dark first mystery, set in the world of reggae music in Jamaica and Miami - cover praise from Lee Child and Sue Grafton among others. SIGNED on the title page. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-312-304900.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 52813More details Price: $30.00 -
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 -
UPSTATE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: St. Martin's Press 2004. First edition - First time author Kalisha Buckhanon turns "street life into poetry as she chronicles the lives of two young lovers torn apart by tragedy A coming to age story with a message of undeniable hope. Written in letter format. 247 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated glossy wrappers.
Book ID: 59867More details Price: $20.00 -
THE DEFENSE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Henry Holt, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a legal thriller in which an attorney is assigned to defend a convicted drug dealer accused of raping his 12 year old stepdaughter. ISBN: 0-8050-53077.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 40629More details Price: $17.50 -
SHADES OF JUSTICE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, a suspense story featuring Gwen Parrish, the first black female prosecutor in Harris County, Texas. 325 pp. ISBN: 0-525-944249.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 51800More details Price: $18.00 -
TRUE GRIFT.
Edition: A trade paperback original.
Leawood, KS: Brash Books, (2015). The author's first novel - "A shrewd, darkly-funny, wildly unpredictable crime novel. . . A bankrupt lawyer and a greedy insurance adjuster concoct a personal injury scam involving a runaway grocery cart and recruit a half-wit golf course greenskeeper as their fall guy. But the plan goes horribly wrong, and as it spirals into a murderous fiasco, the grifters must deal with betrayals, shakedowns, bombs and mobsters to avoid prison or worse, an early grave in a Southern California landfill." 282 pp. ISBN: 978-1941298862.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 67584More details Price: $13.50 -
JUDGMENT CALLS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Henry Holt, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first mystery - introduces Deputy District Attorney, Samantha Kincaid - and set in Portland, Oregon. SIGNED on the title page. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-8 0 5 0 73858.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 55042More details Price: $30.00 -
A PRESENT FOR SANTA.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - "He took the Mafia for $2.2 million.and now they want it back." Set in Florida, this is the first novel by a former CIA and FBI agent. 262 pp. ISBN: 0-312639767.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 69063More details Price: $16.50 -
THE ABSENCE OF MERCY.
Edition: Book club edition: the first hardcover printing.
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2013). Hardcover - Author's first novel, issued as a paperback original. Letter to reader bound in at beginning of the book. "A doctor in small-town Ohio must weigh the need to catch a killer against his fears for his family's safety." Facsimile signature printed on the title page. Ribbon marker sewn in. 339 pp. ISBN: 978-1611290172.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (light toning to the pages)
Book ID: 76736More details Price: $13.50 -
THE ABSENCE OF MERCY.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2013). SIGNED - Author's first novel, issued as a paperback original. "A doctor in small-town Ohio must weigh the need to catch a killer against his fears for his family's safety." SIGNED on the title page. 339 pp. ISBN: 978-1611290172.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 77234More details Price: $17.50 -
A GOOD HOUSE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Henry Holt, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel (preceded by two collections of short stories), winner of the 1999 Giller Prize, Canada's most prestigious literary award. Begins in Ontario in 1949 during the height of the post-war boo, a year filled with promise, and follows a single family over the next fifty years. 307 pp. Dustjacket praise from Alice Munro (to whom Burnard has been compared), Carol Shields and Elizabeth Strout. SIGNED by the author on title page. ISBN: 0-8050-64958.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 31009More details Price: $35.00 -
MINUS TIME.
Edition: First printing.
Toronto: Harper Collins, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - Canadian author's highly praised first novel - it "traces the desire of a young woman to make a place for herself in a media-mad, toxic-scare-filled world. HelenÕs mother is an astronaut trying to set an endurance record in a space station. Her father, a disaster-relief specialist, circles the world saving people from catastrophe. What kind of family is possible when your parents are in constant motion and thereÕs so much space separating you from them? With risks of disaster all around, how do you dream a future for yourself? " 338 pp. ISBN: 0-00-2242516.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 70072More details Price: $16.50 -
THE SEASONS OF BEENTO BLACKBIRD.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Boston: Little Brown, (1996.). First edition - First novel by this actress and writer who was born in Ghana. Set in New York City, the Caribbean and Africa, this is the story of a man who writes best-selling children's books under the title 'Beento Blackbird.' 365 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 44778More details Price: $20.00 -
THE SEASONS OF BEENTO BLACKBIRD.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this actress and writer who was born in Ghana. Set in New York City, the Caribbean and Africa, this is the story of a man who writes best-selling children's books under the title 'Beento Blackbird.'. ISBN: 0-316-114952.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 23702More details Price: $18.00 -
THE LUXURY OF EXILE.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1997). SIGNED first edition - The author's first book, winner of the 1996 Betty Trask Award. Charlies Wooldridge, a "mildly shady antique dealer" has acquired an antiquarian book shop, and finds his life changed drastically when he discovered it contained a cache of letters which describe an encounter with Lord Byron. SIGNED on the title page. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-22404317X.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages).
Book ID: 74111More details Price: $30.00 -
A DESERT OF SALT.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: M.S. Mill Company, Inc. & William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1964. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this author who, although born in England, lived in Africa for many years. "A novel of adventure and suspense. . . in a haunting setting," the Makarikari Salt Plains in the Kalahari Desert. 191 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 57441More details Price: $20.00 -
BONITA AVENUE.
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (as new, but with a remainder dot) .
Book ID: 78786More details Price: $18.50 -
CARPOOL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, nominated for both the Anthony and Agatha awards. Described as a novel of suburban frustration, this is the story of Jenny Meade, with 3 children in 3 different schools, who feels as if she has been sentenced to life in a Honda hatchback - until a she discovers the body of a young man hanging from a rope in the local cemetery - and trying to solve the murder becomes her salvation and then her obsession. 258 pp. ISBN: 0-679-404775.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 29076More details Price: $22.50 -
CARPOOL.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Random House, (1991.). First edition - The author's first novel, nominated for both the Anthony and Agatha awards. Described as a novel of suburban frustration, this is the story of Jenny Meade, with 3 children in 3 different schools, who feels as if she has been sentenced to life in a Honda hatchback - until a she discovers the body of a young man hanging from a rope in the local cemetery - and trying to solve the murder becomes her salvation and then her obsession.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 29077More details Price: $25.00 -
THE ACCIDENT MAN.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: The Viking Press, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel under this pseudonym (the author is described as an award-winning British investigative journalist) A thriller with a story based on the current news 322 pp. ISBN: 9780670018499.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 50600More details Price: $15.00 -
DEAD BOYS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sequel to his highly praised first novel, a cyberpunk horror novel set in the near future, and the second book in a planned trilogy: An engineered virus has gone wrong, and created a plague that turns women into deadly plastic dolls at puberty - and now these doll-girls have mated with humans to create a new subspecies. 199 pp. ISBN: 0-312139578.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (remainder dot, a bit of edgewear to dj).
Book ID: 64279More details Price: $15.00 -
DEAD GIRLS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised first novel, a cyberpunk horror novel set in the near future, the first book in a planned trilogy: An engineered virus has gone wrong, and created a plague that turns women into deadly plastic dolls at puberty. 206 pp. ISBN: 0-312130457.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (glue discoloration under flaps.)
Book ID: 34734More details Price: $15.00 -
DEAD GIRLS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised first novel, a cyberpunk horror novel set in the near future, the first book in a planned trilogy: An engineered virus has gone wrong, and created a plague that turns women into deadly plastic dolls at puberty. 206 pp. ISBN: 0-312130457.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 40787More details Price: $20.00 -
DEAD BOYS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sequel to his highly praised first novel, a cyberpunk horror novel set in the near future, and the second book in a planned trilogy: An engineered virus has gone wrong, and created a plague that turns women into deadly plastic dolls at puberty - and now these doll-girls have mated with humans to create a new subspecies. 199 pp. ISBN: 0-312139578.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (light edgewear to dj).
Book ID: 64438More details Price: $17.50 -
EMBER FROM THE SUN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Delacorte, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's provocative first novel - "Ember Ozette is brought to life from a tiny embryo when a forensic scientist discovers a pregnant Neanderthal preserved for centuries in arctic ice." 418 pp. ISBN: 0-385314574.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 63661More details Price: $18.50 -
A TRACE OF SMOKE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2009). First edition - The author's first mystery, introducing Hannah Vogel, a young woman struggling to make it as a journalist in 1931 Berlin in the years of the rise of the Nazis. Glossary, author's note. Received the Bruce Alexander and Sue Feder awards for historical fiction. 300 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 64785More details Price: $24.50 -
MONKEY BRIDGE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the coming-of-age story of a young girl who left Vietnam with her family in 1975, just before the fall of Saigon, and began life with her family in Maryland - and also the story of her mother, whose journey began in a rural village to a convent school and to life in Saigon with her wealthy husband - and then to a grocery store in Maryland. SIGNED on the title page. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-670873675.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 81827More details Price: $28.50 -
THE CAMBRIDGE THEOREM.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first thriller, a story of international intrigue and treachery which begins with a brilliant but unstable graduate student named Simon Bowles found hanged in his rooms at Cambridge University. 388 pp. ISBN: 0-385264909.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 72262More details Price: $15.00 -
INTERRED WITH THEIR BONES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's highly praised first mystery (second book), a suspense filled novel about a long lost Shakespeare play and a vicious killer. INSCRIBED on the title page "For --- Hope you enjoy the adventure!" 416 pp. ISBN: 9790525949701.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket
Book ID: 60038More details Price: $30.00 -
INTERRED WITH THEIR BONES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's highly praised first mystery (second book), a suspense filled novel about a long lost Shakespeare play and a vicious killer. INSCRIBED on the title page "For --- Here's to those who love libraries!" 416 pp. ISBN: 9790525949701.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some light toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 51453More details Price: $25.00