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ELEGY FOR EDDIE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2012.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Maisie Dobbs, investigator, set in London in 1933 in between the two world wars. "To the costermongers of London, Eddie Pettit is simply a gentle soul with a near-magical gift for working with horses. When he is killed in a violent accident, the costers are sceptical about the cause of his death, and recruit Maisie Dobbs to investigate." SIGNED on the title page. 335 pp. ISBN: 9780062049575.
Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket. (initials on front endpaper)
Book ID: 87765More details Price: $30.00 -
BLEEDING HEART YARD.
Edition: First US printing.
New York & Boston: Mariner Books / Houghton Mifflin, (2022) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third thriller by this award winning writer featuring DI Harbinder Kaur, freshly promoted and relocated in London. SIGNED on the title page with date 2023. 340 pp. ISBN: 978-0063289277.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 87756More details Price: $45.00 -
A BROKEN VESSEL.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Viking, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring Julian Kestrel, a Regency dandy, who joins forces with Sally Stokes, a Cockney prostitute and thief - and the sister of his valet, Dipper - to unmask a diabolical murderer in 1820's England. Winner of the Gargoyle Award for Best Historical Novel. This series was unfortunately cut short by the author's death at just 41, when only 4 books had been written. 289 pp. ISBN: 0-670849995.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 87693More details Price: $24.50 -
FROM THE DEAD.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2014). First edition - The ninth novel in the dark thriller series featuring Detective Inspector Tom Thorne. 387 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 76430More details Price: $21.50 -
THE CROSSING POINT.
Edition: Reprint.
London: Contemporary Fiction, (1961) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Novel set in the world of a narrow Anglo-Jewish community in London. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "To dear ---- with love from Gerda." 274 pp.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket.(some edgewear to the dj)
Book ID: 71504More details Price: $25.00 -
FROM THE DEAD.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The ninth novel in the dark thriller series featuring Detective Inspector Tom Thorne. SIGNED on the title page. 387 pp. ISBN: 978-0802122131.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket.(crease to upper edge of back cover of dj)
Book ID: 64059More details Price: $35.00 -
THE DYING HOURS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The eleventh novel in the dark thriller series featuring Detective Inspector Tom Thorne. SIGNED on the title page. 387 pp. ISBN: 978-0802121486.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket. (small number written on bottom edge of textblock)
Book ID: 64058More details Price: $35.00 -
THE GOOD TERRORIST.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - A vivid picture of communal life and of a woman, Alice, the 'good terrorist', who knows how to cope with everything except the vacuum of her own life. 375 pp. ISBN: 0-394-543394.
Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 63849More details Price: $19.50 -
A BROKEN VESSEL.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring Julian Kestrel, a Regency dandy, who joins forces with Sally Stokes, a Cockney prostitute and thief - and the sister of his valet, Dipper - to unmask a diabolical murderer in 1820's England. Winner of the Gargoyle Award for Best Historical Novel. This series was unfortunately cut short by the author's death at just 41, when only 4 books had been written. INSCRIBED on the title page "to - -- best wishes" 289 pp. ISBN: 0-340-595434.
Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (a tight straight copy but with the usual rather severe toning to the pages, initials blacked out on front endpaper.).
Book ID: 60287More details Price: $35.00 -
ELEGY FOR EDDIE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2012.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Maisie Dobbs, investigator, set in London in 1933 in between the two world wars. "To the costermongers of London, Eddie Pettit is simply a gentle soul with a near-magical gift for working with horses. When he is killed in a violent accident, the costers are sceptical about the cause of his death, and recruit Maisie Dobbs to investigate." SIGNED on the title page. 335 pp. ISBN: 9780062049575.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 56836More details Price: $35.00 -
HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner, (2009.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel by the author of The Time Traveler's Wife - this one is an unusual ghost story set in London. 401 pp. ISBN: 9781439185393.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 54351More details Price: $15.00 -
A DOUBLE COFFIN.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 23rd mystery featuring detective (now Commander) John Coffin. 233 pp. ISBN: 0-312-185693.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (embossed seal of prev owner.).
Book ID: 48865More details Price: $15.00 -
THE GOOD TERRORIST.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - A vivid picture of communal life and of a woman, Alice, the 'good terrorist', who knows how to cope with everything except the vacuum of her own life. 375 pp. ISBN: 0-394-543394.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line.)
Book ID: 36756More details Price: $15.00 -
JUDGEMENT OF DEATH .
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring investigative reporter Joseph Radkin - he is sent to London to take over coverage comparing two sensational murder-by-poison trials -one contemporary and the other Victorian. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-802732178.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 35735More details Price: $12.50
