- Keyword = historical mystery
-
A LOCAL MATTER: A Murder Case from the Notes of George Howard, Secretary to Lord Alfred Tigraines.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1985.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first published book, a classic tale of detection, set in a small English village in the years preceding the 'Great War.' Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. ISBN: 0-8027-56034.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket ( a tight, apparently unread copy, but with the usual toning to the pages and sunning to the spine of the dj often found in Walker and Company's books.)
Book ID: 28039More details Price: $15.00 -
PORK CITY
Edition: 3rd printing.
New York: St Martin's, 1988. dj. Hardcover - Novel based on a true story of Chicago in the 30's, where reporter Jake Lingle was gunned down in broad daylight. ISBN: 0-312-014937.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 5908More details Price: $12.50 -
THE LAST CLIMB.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a thriller set in Peru in the 1960s when the indigeneous revolt against the government and the haciendos is gaining momentum - and is also meeting with brutal suppression. An American climber becomes involved in their struggle and finds himself not only with a price on his head but struggling for his own survival. Cosgrove is an experienced mountain climber and his knowledge of climbing adds to this book. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-684834146.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 66790More details Price: $16.50 -
DEATH IN LACQUER RED.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First mystery featuring immigrant Hilda Johansson, a young Swedish woman working in the South Bend, Indiana home of the Studebaker family at the turn of the century. ISBN: 0-8027-33298.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 51299More details Price: $18.00 -
SILENCE IS GOLDEN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Fourth mystery featuring immigrant Hilda Johansson, a young Swedish woman working in the South Bend, Indiana home of the Studebaker family at the turn of the century. 226 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-33735.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 55124More details Price: $15.00 -
RED, WHITE AND BLUE MURDER.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Walker, 2000. dj. Hardcover - Second mystery featuring immigrant Hilda Johansson, set in South Bend, Indiana at the turn of the century. ISBN: 0-8027-33417.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 19348More details Price: $12.50 -
DEATH IN LACQUER RED.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Walker, (1999.) dj. Hardcover - First mystery featuring immigrant Hilda Johansson, a young Swedish woman working in the South Bend, Indiana home of the Studebaker family at the turn of the century. 225 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-33298.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 59690More details Price: $12.50 -
DEATH IN LACQUER RED.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Walker, (1999.) dj. Hardcover - First mystery featuring immigrant Hilda Johansson, a young Swedish woman working in the South Bend, Indiana home of the Studebaker family at the turn of the century. 225 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-33298.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (bookstore stamp and black line on front endpaper.)
Book ID: 54869More details Price: $12.50 -
FEVERSHAM.
Edition: 2nd printing (before publication.)
New York: Crown, 1969. dj. Hardcover - Historical murder mystery set in Tudor times; based on a tale in Holinshed's Chronicles that was made into a scandalous contemporary play.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (edgewear to dj, especially at the ends of the spine.)
Book ID: 28100More details Price: $12.50 -
ONE VIRGIN TOO MANY.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Mysterious Press, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set in Rome in 73 A.D. and featuring Marcus Didius Falco. SIGNED on the title page. 356 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-7161.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 28299More details Price: $25.00 -
A BODY IN THE BATH HOUSE.
Edition: First printing.
London: Century, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set in early Rome, in A. D. 75, featuring Marcus Didius Falco. SIGNED on the title page. List of characters, floor plan. 354 pp. ISBN: 0-71268039X.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (some light toning to the pages)
Book ID: 65522More details Price: $40.00 -
ONE VIRGIN TOO MANY.
Edition: First printing.
London: Century, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set in Rome in 73 A.D. and featuring Marcus Didius Falco. SIGNED on the title page. List of characters, maps of imperial Rome, family tree. 292 pp. ISBN: 0-7126-7702X.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 71841More details Price: $30.00 -
TIME TO DEPART.
Edition: First US edition.
New York: Mysterious Press, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The seventh mystery set in first century Rome, featuring hard-boiled detective, Marcus Didius Falco. SIGNED on the title page. 400 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-6262.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 38949More details Price: $30.00 -
SEE DELPHI AND DIE.
Edition: First printing.
London: Century, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set in early Rome and Greece - in A. D. 76 - featuring Marcus Didius Falco. SIGNED on the title page. 301 pp. ISBN: 0-312-357656.
Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket (as new, but with the all-too-common toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 66237More details Price: $35.00 -
TIME TO DEPART.
Edition: First printing.
London: Century, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The seventh mystery set in first century Rome, featuring hard-boiled detective, Marcus Didius Falco. SIGNED on the title page. 364 pp. ISBN: 0-712659315.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (usual light toning to the pages).
Book ID: 72639More details Price: $35.00 -
A BODY IN THE BATHHOUSE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Mysterious Press (Warner Books), (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set in early Rome, in A. D. 75, featuring Marcus Didius Falco. SIGNED on the title page. 354 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-7714.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 40030More details Price: $30.00 -
SEE DELPHI AND DIE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set in early Rome and Greece - in A. D. 76 - featuring Marcus Didius Falco. SIGNED on the title page. 301 pp. ISBN: 0-312-357656.
Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket (thin red line on bottom edge.)
Book ID: 48881More details Price: $30.00 -
LAST ACT IN PALMYRA.
Edition: First printing.
London: Century, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The sixth mystery featuring Marcus Didius Falco.SIGNED on the title page. Map, list of principal characters at beginning of book, footnotes at end. 384 pp. ISBN: 0-7126-59366.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (usual toning to the pages).
Book ID: 66156More details Price: $35.00 -
SHADOWS IN BRONZE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Crown, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second Marcus Didius Falco mystery, set in first century Rome. List of dramatis personae. 341 pp plus 2 pp maps. ISBN: 0-517-576120.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 49438More details Price: $25.00 -
EMPEROR NORTON'S GHOST.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 4th Fremont Jones historical mystery, set in San Francisco in 1908, just 2 years after the big earthquake. A presentation copy INSCRIBED on the title page "--- with thanks for a lovely luncheon" and dated in the year of publication. Frontispiece photograph of Emperor Norton. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-385-486081.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 58568More details Price: $30.00 -
DEATH TRAIN TO BOSTON.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 5th Fremont Jones historical mystery, this one involving an undercover assignment on the Southern Pacific Railroad, and life in early 20th century Utah among the Mormons. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. ISBN: 0-385-48609X.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 59683More details Price: $30.00 -
EMPEROR NORTON'S GHOST.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 4th Fremont Jones historical mystery, set in San Francisco in 1908, just 2 years after the big earthquake. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Frontispiece photograph of Emperor Norton. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-385-486081.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 74348More details Price: $30.00 -
EMPEROR NORTON'S GHOST.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Doubleday, 1998. First edition - The 4th Fremont Jones historical mystery, set in San Francisco in 1908, just2 years after the big earthquake. Publisher's letter laid in.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 24927More details Price: $17.50 -
DEATH TRAIN TO BOSTON.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Doubleday, 1999. First edition - The 5th Fremont Jones historical mystery, this one involving an undercover assignment on the Southern Pacific Railroad, and life in early 20th century Utah among the Mormons. Publisher's letter laid in.
Condition: Very good (crease to lower corner of cover.)
Book ID: 24926More details Price: $15.00 -
EMPEROR NORTON'S GHOST.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - The 4th Fremont Jones historical mystery, set in San Francisco in 1908, just 2 years after the big earthquake. Frontispiece photograph of Emperor Norton. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-385-486081.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 24659More details Price: $18.00 -
DEATH TRAIN TO BOSTON.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Doubleday, 1999. First edition - The fifth Fremont Jones historical mystery, this one involving an undercover assignment on the Southern Pacific Railroad, and life in early 20th century Utah among the Mormons. 258 pp,
Condition: Fine.
Book ID: 24350More details Price: $18.00 -
JITTERBUG: A Novel of Detroit.
Edition: First printing.
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical mystery set in World War II Detroit - a city of racial tension, wartime anguish, hot jazz, and a fanatical killer. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-312-863608.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 79026More details Price: $16.50 -
DEATH OF THE DUCHESS.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1992) dj. Hardcover - Mystery set in Renaissance Italy and introducing Sigismondo, courtier, mercenary and sleuth. First book written by Staynes and Storey using this pseudonym. 241 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1241023.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 60296More details Price: $12.50 -
DEATH OF THE DUCHESS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery set in Renaissance Italy and introducing Sigismondo, courtier, mercenary and sleuth. First book written by Staynes and Storey using this pseudonym. ISBN: 0-15-1241023.
Condition: Near fine in a good dust jacket (remainder mark, long tear on back cover of dj.)
Book ID: 21750More details Price: $15.00 -
DEATH OF THE DUCHESS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery set in Renaissance Italy and introducing Sigismondo, courtier, mercenary and sleuth. First book written by Staynes and Storey using this pseudonym. ISBN: 0-15-1241023.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket. (appears unread, but with a remainder line)
Book ID: 58956More details Price: $21.50
