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SPIDER BONES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner, (2010.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 13th novel to feature forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan. When a corpse in Canada is identified as that of an American soldier who died in a helicopter crash in Vietnam in 1968, Brennan is called in to investigate. Recommended - an excellent series, better in my opinion, than the Patricia Cornwell books. The popular television series "Bones" is nominally based on these books. 306 pp. ISBN: 978-1439102398.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dust jacket (some light toning).
Book ID: 89383More details Price: $18.00 -
GRAVE SECRETS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner's, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The seventh novel to feature forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan. While in wintry Montreal to testify at a murder trial, she finds herself involved with a case of three skeletons in the basement of a pizza parlor - recent skeletons, of young women. The author is herself a forensic anthropologist for both the state of North Carolina and the province of Quebec . Recommended - an excellent series, better in my opinion, than the Patricia Cornwell books. SIGNED on the title page. The popular television series "Bones" is nominally based on these books. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-743233476.
Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket (some light toning).
Book ID: 82874More details Price: $30.00 -
GRAVE SECRETS.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Scribner's, (2002.). SIGNED first edition - Fifth mystery featuring featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. The author is herself a forensic anthropologist for both the state of North Carolina and the province of Quebec - This one is set in Guatemala, where the unidentified bodies of 20 young women and children, massacred by soldiers in 1982, have been recovered from a well. Recommended - an excellent series, better in my opinion, than the Patricia Cornwell books. SIGNED on the title page. The popular television series "Bones" is nominally based on these books. 315 pp.
Condition: Fine in light blue printed wrappers. An uncommon advance issue, especially signed.
Book ID: 82873More details Price: $35.00 -
GRAVE SECRETS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner's, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fifth mystery featuring featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. The author is herself a forensic anthropologist for both the state of North Carolina and the province of Quebec - This one is set in Guatemala, where the unidentified bodies of 20 young women and children, massacred by soldiers in 1982, have been recovered from a well. Recommended - an excellent series, better in my opinion, than the Patricia Cornwell books. SIGNED on the title page. The popular television series "Bones" is nominally based on these books. 315 pp. ISBN: 0-684-859734.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77458More details Price: $30.00 -
SKULL DUGGERY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Berkley, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery set at a small village in Oaxaca in Mexico, featuring forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver. SIGNED on the title page. 281 pp. ISBN: 978-0425227978.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 67864More details Price: $27.50 -
THE DEVIL'S BONES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third novel in the Body Farm series - "On the campus of the University of Tennessee is a patch of ground unlike any in the world -dedicated to the science of death, where human remains lie exposed to be studied for their secrets. The real-life scientist who founded the "Body Farm" has broken cold cases and revolutionized forensics . . . and now he spins an astonishing tale inspired by his own experiences." 309 pp plus 3 anatomy drawings. ISBN: 978-0060759810.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 67094More details Price: $17.50 -
GOOD BLOOD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Berkley, (2004 dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set at Lake Maggiore in Italy, featuring forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver. SIGNED on the title page. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-425194116.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line)
Book ID: 66014More details Price: $27.50 -
FLESH AND BONE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second novel in the Body Farm series - "On the campus of the University of Tennessee is a patch of ground unlike any in the world -dedicated to the science of death, where human remains lie exposed to be studied for their secrets. The real-life scientist who founded the "Body Farm" has broken cold cases and revolutionized forensics . . . and now he spins an astonishing tale inspired by his own experiences." A battered body of a young man has been found in Chatanooga - and the body of new murder victim appears next to his corpse at the Body Farm. 354 pp plus 3 anatomy drawings. ISBN: 978-0060759810.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket. (remainder line)
Book ID: 64285More details Price: $17.50 -
CARVED IN BONE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel in the Body Farm series - "On the campus of the University of Tennessee is a patch of ground unlike any in the world -dedicated to the science of death, where human remains lie exposed to be studied for their secrets. The real-life scientist who founded the "Body Farm" has broken cold cases and revolutionized forensics . . . and now he spins an astonishing tale inspired by his own experiences." Undiscovered for 30 years, a woman's corpse lies hidden in a cave in the Appalachian mountains of East Tennessee, transformed by the chemistry of the cave into a near perfect mummy. 335 pp plus 3 anatomy drawings. ISBN: 978-0060759810.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Uncommon in the first edition and in this condition.
Book ID: 64284More details Price: $25.00 -
WHERE THERE'S A WILL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Berkley, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery involving forensic anthropology and featuring Gideon Oliver by this Edgar wlnning author - set on the big island of Hawaii. SIGNED on the title page. 284 pp. ISBN: 0-425-200264.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 62660More details Price: $30.00 -
DEAD MEN'S HEARTS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Mysterious Press, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Another mystery involving forensic anthropology and featuring Gideon Oliver by the Edgar wlnning author - this one is set at Egypt's Valley of the Nile. 227 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-4669.
Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 62058More details Price: $25.00 -
MURDER IN THE QUEEN'S ARMES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1985) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver, who is in England on his honeymoon. INSCRIBED on the title page. "To --- Here's to a skeleton in every closet" and dated in 1998. 198 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-56263.
Condition: Ex-library with a few stamps, remnants of a pocket on the front endpaper and a slanted spine, in a near fine unmarked dust jacket.
Book ID: 60375More details Price: $35.00 -
THE PMS OUTLAWS: An Elizabeth MacPherson Novel.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ballantine, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson. SIGNED on the title page.295 pp.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 60293More details Price: $30.00 -
MAKE NO BONES.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Mysterious Press, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Mystery set in Bend, Oregon featuring forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver. SIGNED on the title page. 234 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-3786.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 59774More details Price: $20.00 -
DEAD MEN'S HEARTS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Mysterious Press, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Another mystery involving forensic anthropology and featuring Gideon Oliver by the Edgar wlnning author - this one is set at Egypt's Valley of the Nile. SIGNED on the title page. 227 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-4669.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 59700More details Price: $30.00 -
SKELETON DANCE.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Morrow, (2000.). SIGNED first edition - Mystery involving forensic anthropology and featuring Gideon Oliver by the Edgar wlnning author - set in a small French village which is home to a large concentration of prehistoric fossils. SIGNED on the title page. 246 pp.
Condition: Near fine in plain printed tan wrappers.
Book ID: 58990More details Price: $30.00 -
THE PMS OUTLAWS: An Elizabeth MacPherson Novel.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Ballantine, (2000.). First edition - Mystery featuring forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson. 295 pp.
Condition: Very good in glossy printed wrappers (crease to lower corner of back cover.)
Book ID: 57551More details Price: $18.50 -
SKELETON DANCE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery involving forensic anthropology and featuring Gideon Oliver by the Edgar wlnning author - set in a small French village which is home to a large concentration of prehistoric fossils. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-688-159281.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 44561More details Price: $26.50 -
ANIL'S GHOST.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Vintage Books, (2001.). Novel set in modern day Sri Lanka, torn by civil war. The story of Anil Tissera, a forensic anthropologist, who is sent by a human rights group to discover the source of the organized campaign of murder engulfing the island. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-375-724370.
Condition: Very good condition.
Book ID: 33615More details Price: $10.00 -
ANIL'S GHOST.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in modern day Sri Lanka, torn by civil war. The story of Anil Tissera, a forensic anthropologist, who is sent by a human rights group to discover the source of the organized campaign of murder engulfing the island. ISBN: 0-375-410538.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 32104More details Price: $18.00 -
ANIL'S GHOST.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Vintage Books, (2001.). Novel set in modern day Sri Lanka, torn by civil war. The story of Anil Tissera, a forensic anthropologist, who is sent by a human rights group to discover the source of the organized campaign of murder engulfing the island. ISBN: 0-375-724370.
Condition: Good condition (some wear to covers.)
Book ID: 30767More details Price: $8.50 -
ANIL'S GHOST.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in modern day Sri Lanka, torn by civil war. The story of Anil Tissera, a forensic anthropologist, who is sent by a human rights group to discover the source of the organized campaign of murder engulfing the island. ISBN: 0-375-410538.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 24543More details Price: $12.50