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NO SUCH CREATURE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Henry Holt, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - Owen Maxwell was rescued eight years ago from a foster home by his uncle Magnus "Max". Maxwell,a former promising Shakespearean actor, who had since put his acting talents to work as a gentleman thief who robs only the rich and those he politically opposes. Owen travels the country with Max and dreams of a life after crime, while his uncle only dreams of more elaborate holdups. And then things take a deadly turn.... A rather appealing and offbeat crime novel by this award-winning writer. 289 pp. ISBN: 9780805080629.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 58845More details Price: $17.50 $13.13 -
VOID MOON.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, 2000. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on title page by the author. An "out of series" book by the author of the Harry Bosch mysteries - a novel which turns conventional notions of good and evil inside out. Set in Las Vegas, and featuring a strong and unconventional heroine, Cassie Black. ISBN: 0-316-154067.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 15553More details Price: $28.00 $21.00 -
VOID MOON.
Edition: First thus- a large format trade paperback.
London: Orion, 2000. SIGNED - An "out of series" book by the author of the Harry Bosch mysteries - a novel which turns conventional notions of good and evil inside out. Set in Las Vegas, and featuring a strong and unconventional heroine, Cassie Black. SIGNED on the title page. 391 pp. ISBN: 0-75282-5747.
Condition: Very good condition (some soiling to edge of textblock, line on bottom edge.)
Book ID: 27396More details Price: $20.00 $15.00 -
VOID MOON.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, 2000. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An "out of series" book by the author of the Harry Bosch mysteries - a novel which turns conventional notions of good and evil inside out. Set in Las Vegas, and featuring a strong and unconventional heroine, Cassie Black. SIGNED on title page. ISBN: 0-316-154067.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 34648More details Price: $24.50 $18.38 -
VOID MOON.
Edition: First printing.
London: Orion, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An "out of series" book by the author of the Harry Bosch mysteries - a novel which turns conventional notions of good and evil inside out. Set in Las Vegas, and featuring a strong and unconventional heroine, Cassie Black. SIGNED on title page. 391 pp. ISBN: 0-7528-21385.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 60956More details Price: $45.00 $33.75 -
VOID MOON.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, 2000. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An "out of series" book by the author of the Harry Bosch mysteries - a novel which turns conventional notions of good and evil inside out. Set in Las Vegas, and featuring a strong and unconventional heroine, Cassie Black. SIGNED on title page. 391 pp. ISBN: 0-316-154067.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 24777More details Price: $30.00 $22.50 -
VOID MOON.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, 2000. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An "out of series" book by the author of the Harry Bosch mysteries - a novel which turns conventional notions of good and evil inside out. Set in Las Vegas, and featuring a strong and unconventional heroine, Cassie Black. INSCRIBED on title page. "For .... Nice to meet you. Thanks for riding along." 391 pp. ISBN: 0-316-154067.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 34081More details Price: $35.00 $26.25 -
CATNAP: A Midnight Louie Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery introducing Ms Temple Barr, a 29 year old public relations freelancer in Las Vegas and the 18 lb jet black tomcat called Midnight Louie, who gets to tell his side of the story. This opens with a murder at the ABA. INSCRIBED on the title page with the words "The first Louie! Very best fishes! with Louie's paw print drawn under the signature. 241 pp. ISBN: 0-312852177.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77123More details Price: $35.00 $26.25 -
PUSSYFOOT: A Midnight Louie Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring the feline detective, Midnight Louie, a black tomcat who fancies himself as another Philip Marlowe. Set in Las Vegas. SIGNED on the title page by the author and by Louie. 304 pp. ISBN: 0-312-852185.
Condition: Good only in a good dustjacket (hint of spine slant, abrasion to the top edge of the front cover, contents clean.)
Book ID: 43815More details Price: $23.50 $17.63 -
FIRECRACKER.
Edition: Trade paperback.
Leawood, KS: Brash Books, (2014). SIGNED - A humorous thriller by this award winning writer - a story of "sports, sex, and outrageous schemes" set in Las Vegas. SIGNED on the title page. Originally published in 2004 under the pseudonym of Ray Shannon. 235 pp. ISBN: 978-1941298466.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 69593More details Price: $15.00 $11.25 -
MOON MUSIC.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Morrow, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Thriller involving the brutal killing of young women and the team of detectives and a forensic pathologist formed to track down the murderer. Set in Las Vegas.SIGNED on the title page. 424 pp. ISBN: 0-688-143695.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new, but remainder line.)
Book ID: 75509More details Price: $21.50 $16.13 -
WE ARE CALLED TO RISE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2014). SIGNED first edition - It has become a cliche to say that once you start a book, you can't put it down, but it is really true of this first novel - set in the "other" Las Vegas of suburban homes, and people living ordinary middle class lives, this both dismantles the American dream and is a testament to human resillence. SIGNED on the title page. 307 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 61771More details Price: $35.00 $26.25 -
TIP ON A DEAD CRAB.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, 1984. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery introducing sleight-of-hand magician, horse racing lover, and sometime sleuth, 'Shifty' Lou Anderson. SIGNED on the title page. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-670-716200.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 49607More details Price: $65.00 $48.75 -
TIP ON A DEAD CRAB.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery introducing sleight-of-hand magician, horse racing lover, and sometime sleuth, 'Shifty' Lou Anderson. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-670-716200.
Condition: Near fine in very good- dust jacket (short closed tear at side of spine, a little creasing to upper corner of dj, other wear to dj)
Book ID: 49123More details Price: $25.00 $18.75 -
HIGH HAND.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Kensington, (2000.). SIGNED first edition - First mystery featuring Martha Chainey, a 'beautiful six-foot former showgirl' who is working as a courier transporting large sums of under the table money for Las Vegas casino owners. SIGNED on the title page. 242 pp.
Condition: Fine in light green printed wrappers.
Book ID: 30452More details Price: $35.00 $26.25 -
HIGH HAND.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Kensington, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First mystery featuring Martha Chainey, a 'beautiful six-foot former showgirl' who is working as a courier transporting large sums of under the table money for Las Vegas casino owners. SIGNED on the title page. 242 pp. ISBN: 1-57566-6162.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (a new unread copy, but remainder line.)
Book ID: 26396More details Price: $25.00 $18.75 -
HIGH HAND.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Kensington, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First mystery featuring Martha Chainey, a 'beautiful six-foot former showgirl' who is working as a courier transporting large sums of under the table money for Las Vegas casino owners. SIGNED on the title page. 242 pp. ISBN: 1-57566-6162.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 28568More details Price: $28.00 $21.00 -
A CONVERSATION WITH THE MANN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Warner, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in the early days of the Civil Rights movement, ranging from 1950s Harlem to mob-dominated Las Vegas and glittering Hollywood in the 60s: stand-up comedian Jackie Mann tells of his life as a black man trying to make it in segregated America. Best known for his hard-boiled noir novels, this is a very different, but still satisfying, work from Ridley. 433 pp. ISBN: 0-446-528366.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 31866More details Price: $15.00 $11.25 -
A CONVERSATION WITH THE MANN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Warner, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in the early days of the Civil Rights movement, ranging from 1950s Harlem to mob-dominated Las Vegas and glittering Hollywood in the 60s: stand-up comedian Jackie Mann tells of his life as a black man trying to make it in segregated America. Best known for his hard-boiled noir novels, this is a very different, but still satisfying, work from Ridley. 433 pp. ISBN: 0-446-528366.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 37030More details Price: $14.00 $10.50
