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THE SUNSET BOMBER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery introducing Harry Cain, the courtroom 'bomber' - Los Angeles' most successful trial attorney - the first novel written under this pseudonym by the powerful and high profile Hollywood attorney, Bert Fields. 301 pp. ISBN: 0-671-604449.
Condition: Very good in a near fine dustjacket (remainder mark.)
Book ID: 41292More details Price: $13.50 -
THE SUNSET BOMBER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery introducing Harry Cain, the courtroom 'bomber' - Los Angeles' most successful trial attorney - the first novel written under this pseudonym by the powerful and high profile Hollywood attorney, Bert Fields. 301 pp. ISBN: 0-671-604449.
Condition: Very good in a good dustjacket (remainder mark, long tear to back cover of dj, now in an archival protector.)
Book ID: 61971More details Price: $12.50 -
BLUES IN THE NIGHT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ballantine, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First mystery featuring freelance crime reporter Molly Blume. Set in Los Angeles, and interesting for its depiction of the modern Jewish Orthodox community. 337 pp. ISBN: 0-45-449711.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 46089More details Price: $16.50 -
BLUES IN THE NIGHT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ballantine, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First mystery featuring freelance crime reporter Molly Blume. Set in Los Angeles, and interesting for its depiction of the modern Jewish Orthodox community. 337 pp. ISBN: 0-45-449711.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 46098More details Price: $28.50 -
YOU DON'T LOVE ME YET.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A "romantic farce set among the members of an aspiring rock band in Los Angeles ... Lucinda Hoekke spends eight hours a day at the Complaint Line, listening to anonymous callers air their random grievances. Most of the time, the work is excruciatingly tedious. But one frequent caller, who insists on speaking only to Lucinda, captivates her with his off-color ruminations and opaque self-reflections. In blatant defiance of the rules, Lucinda and the Complainer arrange a face-to-face meeting - and fall desperately in love.... A comedy of plagiarism, usurpation and sex, with delightful echoes of 'A Midsummer's Night Dream'." Boldly SIGNED on the title page. 224 pp. ISBN: 978-0385512183.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 80721More details Price: $25.00 -
YOU DON'T LOVE ME YET.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Doubleday, (2007.). SIGNED first edition - A "romantic farce set among the members of an aspiring rock band in Los Angeles ... Lucinda Hoekke spends eight hours a day at the Complaint Line, listening to anonymous callers air their random grievances. Most of the time, the work is excruciatingly tedious. But one frequent caller, who insists on speaking only to Lucinda, captivates her with his off-color ruminations and opaque self-reflections. In blatant defiance of the rules, Lucinda and the Complainer arrange a face-to-face meeting - and fall desperately in love.... A comedy of plagiarism, usurpation and sex, with delightful echoes of 'A Midsummer's Night Dream'." Boldly SIGNED on the title page. 243 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 50674More details Price: $25.00 -
A TALE OF TEN CITIES: The Triple Ghetto in American Religious Life.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations. (1962.) dj. Hardcover - A look at "the ways in which Protestants, Catholics, and Jews are relating to one another (or failing to relate) in ten American cities" - including Boston (conflict on the Charles), Nashville (Athens with an Achilles heel), Cleveland (city without Jews), Philadelphia, Minneapolis and St Paul, Plainview on Long Island, Los Angeles, New York City and Muncie. 344 pp.
Condition: Fine in very good+ dust jacket. (1 closed tear to dj.)
Book ID: 36661More details Price: $12.50 -
A TALE OF TEN CITIES: The Triple Ghetto in American Religious Life.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations. (1962.). Hardcover - A look at "the ways in which Protestants, Catholics, and Jews are relating to one another (or failing to relate) in ten American cities" - including Boston (conflict on the Charles), Nashville (Athens with an Achilles heel), Cleveland (city without Jews), Philadelphia, Minneapolis and St Paul, Plainview on Long Island, Los Angeles, New York City and Muncie. 344 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in cream and sage green cloth, lacking the dj.
Book ID: 38671More details Price: $12.50 -
THE SOLOIST: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Putnam, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A powerful - and moving - account of a chance encounter with a homeless street musician changed both the lives of Lopez, a journalist who at first saw only a column in the story, and that of the violinist. Basis for the movie of the same name with Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx. Boldly SIGNED by Lopez on the title page. 273 pp. ISBN: 9780399155062.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy. but with a remainder mark.) Uncommon signed.
Book ID: 50837More details Price: $35.00 -
THE SOLOIST: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music.
Edition: Trade paperback - movie tie-in edition.
New York: Berkley, (2008.). SIGNED - A powerful - and moving - account of a chance encounter with a homeless street musician changed both the lives of Lopez, a journalist who at first saw only a column in the story, and that of the violinist. Basis for the movie of the same name with Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx. Boldly SIGNED by Lopez on the title page. 289 pp. ISBN: 9780425226001.
Condition: Very good+ in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 50869More details Price: $21.50 -
THE SOLOIST: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A powerful - and moving - account of a chance encounter with a homeless street musician changed both the lives of Lopez, a journalist who at first saw only a column in the story, and that of the violinist. SIGNED on the title page. Basis for the movie of the same name with Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx. 273 pp. ISBN: 978-0399155062.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 69791More details Price: $45.00 -
DANTE'S INFERNO: A Dr. Sylvia Strange Novel.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. SIGNED first edition - Dr. Sylvia Strange - forensic psychiatrist and expert on criminal sexuality - returns in a new suspense novel about a Una-bomber-like murderer on the loose in Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page. 320 pp.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (slight bump to lower front corner).
Book ID: 18945More details Price: $25.00 -
DARK ALCHEMY: A Dr. Sylvia Strange Novel.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2003). SIGNED first edition - The author's fifth novel, a thriller featuring forensic psychaitrist Dr. Sylvia Strange - forensic psychiatrist. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 292 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 81369More details Price: $30.00 -
DARK ALCHEMY: A Dr. Sylvia Strange Novel.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's fifth novel, a thriller featuring forensic psychaitrist Dr. Sylvia Strange - forensic psychiatrist. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 292 pp. ISBN: 0-684-855984.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81368More details Price: $30.00 -
DANTE'S INFERNO: A Dr. Sylvia Strange Novel.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Dr. Sylvia Strange - forensic psychiatrist and expert on criminal sexuality - returns in a new suspense novel about a Una-bomber-like murderer on the loose in Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page. 315 pp. ISBN: 0-684-855984.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line)
Book ID: 62017More details Price: $28.50 -
DARK ALCHEMY: A Dr. Sylvia Strange Novel.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's fifth novel, a thriller featuring forensic psychaitrist Dr. Sylvia Strange - forensic psychiatrist. SIGNED on the title page. 292 pp. ISBN: 0-684-855984.
Condition: Very near fine in near fine dust jacket (crease to rear flap of dj)
Book ID: 62018More details Price: $27.50 -
DANTE'S INFERNO: A Dr. Sylvia Strange Novel.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001). SIGNED first edition - Dr. Sylvia Strange - forensic psychiatrist and expert on criminal sexuality - returns in a new suspense novel about a Una-bomber-like murderer on the loose in Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page. 320 pp.
Condition: Near fine in printed yellow wrappers (upper corner slightly bumped).
Book ID: 81365More details Price: $30.00 -
DANTE'S INFERNO: A Dr. Sylvia Strange Novel.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Dr. Sylvia Strange - forensic psychiatrist and expert on criminal sexuality - returns in a new suspense novel about a Una-bomber-like murderer on the loose in Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page. 315 pp. ISBN: 0-684-855984.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 81366More details Price: $31.50 -
WILD RIDE: Earthquakes, Sneezes, and Other Thrills.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of essays, several dealing with aspects of life in Los Angeles. From the dust jacket: "An utterly original mix of memoir, astute social observation, and bravura nature writing... Casting a keen and knowing eye on a variety of life's conditions, Lowe takes readers on her minutely observed journeys. Whether she's recounting the natural history of the pigeon or her stint as drummer for The Love Machine, an all-lesbian garage band, her gorgeous, unstintingly honest voice finds the universal in the particular, the sacred in the mundane." 179 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0190531.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 40130More details Price: $15.00 -
LEGEND.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2011) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a highly praised young adult thriller set in a dystopian future Los Angeles, at a time in the near future when the US has split into two warring factions - the Republic on the West coast and the Colonies. ISBN: 9780399256752.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (a tight copy, appears unread, but with some light toning). Second state dust jacket.
Book ID: 68419More details Price: $25.00 -
DANCING UNDER THE MOON.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: St Martin's, [1992.]. SIGNED first edition - Collection of essays - often humorous, sometimes poignant - about life in Los Angeles. INSCRIBED on the first page "For --- for a soul mate." 262 pp.
Condition: Very good in printed gray wrappers.
Book ID: 54563More details Price: $20.00 -
TERMINAL CAFE.
Edition: Book club edition: the first US hardcover printing.
New York: Bantam Books / Spectra, (1994) dj. Hardcover - Novel set in the near future, in Los Angeles in the 21st century, a land where death has been eradicated, thanks to nanotechnology, and so life is cheap. Every major city has a Necroville, or "City of the Dead," the segregated, walled ghetto where the dead sleep, eat and live, off-limits to living humans, until they have paid off the debt they incurred to be resurrected. 277 pp. Dust jacket art by Stephen Youll.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 81434More details Price: $17.50 -
THE CONTROL OF NATURE.
Edition: 3rd printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 88958More details Price: $17.50 -
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO THE CLASS OF '65?
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1976.) dj. Hardcover first edition - In 1965, Time Magazine selected the senior class of Palisades High School in suburban Los Angeles for the cover story article on American teenagers "on the fringe of a golden era". This book includes interviews from 30 members of that class at their 10th reunion, in which they describe what it was like to come of age in the 60s and 70s. The authors were both members of the original class. Illustrated with photographs. 285 pp. ISBN: 0-394-400747.
Condition: Good in good dust jacket (prev owner's name, several short tears and other edgewear to dj, price of 10.00 still present on flap)
Book ID: 85696More details Price: $16.50 -
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO THE CLASS OF '65?
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1976.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - In 1965, Time Magazine selected the senior class of Palisades High School in suburban Los Angeles for the cover story article on American teenagers "on the fringe of a golden era". This book includes interviews from 30 members of that class at their 10th reunion, in which they describe what it was like to come of age in the 60s and 70s. The authors were both members of the original class. Inscribed by BOTH Medved and Wallechinsky on the front endpaper and uncommon thus. Illustrated with photographs. 285 pp. ISBN: 0-394-400747.
Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (lower corners bumped) .
Book ID: 85644More details Price: $45.00 -
WHITE BUTTERFLY
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's third novel featuring Easy Rawlins, set in Los Angeles in 1956. Edgar award nominee. SIGNED on the total page. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-393-03366x.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 86792More details Price: $50.00 -
BLONDE FAITH.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Boston: Little Brown, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - The tenth Easy Rawlins novel, set in Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page. 310 pp.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (some edgewear to the covers.).
Book ID: 45688More details Price: $28.00 -
THE RED DEATH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second Easy Rawlins mystery, set in Los Angeles in years after World War II. SIGNED on title page. 284 pp. ISBN: 0-393-029980.
Condition: Fine in fine (first state) dust jacket.
Book ID: 46131More details Price: $50.00 -
WHITE BUTTERFLY
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's third novel featuring Easy Rawlins, set in Los Angeles in 1956. Edgar award nominee. SIGNED on the title page. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-393-03366x.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 49428More details Price: $75.00 -
A LITTLE YELLOW DOG.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Norton, 1996. First edition - Author's fifth mystery featuring African American veteran, janitor, landlord and sometimes private investigator Easy Rawlins. The San Francisco Chronicle review of this book described Mosley's novels as suffused 'with an incisive, brilliant analysis of life from the point of view of a long-overlooked segment of the American people. Once again, Walter Mosley succeeds in both brilliantly, leaping past the mystery genre to create novels of historic significance.' 304 pp.
Condition: Fine in printed yellow and black wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 64752More details Price: $60.00