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BLACK CHERRY BLUES.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring ex-New Orleans cop Dave Robichaux and one of the best in the series. Winner of the Edgar award for best novel. 290 pp. Dust jacket art by Wendell Minor. ISBN: 0-316-116998.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (faint stamp on top edge of textblock) .
Book ID: 90898More details Price: $35.00 -
HALF OF PARADISE.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Hyperion, (1995). SIGNED first edition thus- An advance copy of this trade paperback reissue of Burke's long out of print first novel, the story of three men in Louisiana struggling to escape their lives (the back cover notes that this title had been unavailable since 1969). SIGNED on the title page. An uncommon advance issue, and scarce signed. 279 pp.
Condition: Fine in orange printed wrappers.
Book ID: 90703More details Price: $65.00 -
BLACK CHERRY BLUES.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring ex-New Orleans cop Dave Robichaux and one of the best in the series. Winner of the Edgar award for best novel. 290 pp. Dust jacket art by Wendell Minor. ISBN: 0-316-116998.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (foxing to edges of textblock, few spots to interior of dj.)
Book ID: 90580More details Price: $24.50 -
MIDNIGHT IS THE DARKEST HOUR.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks,. (2023). First edition - Thriller set in a small Louisiana town haunted by a killer - and only two outcasts - the town librarian, a preacher's daughter, and a boy from the wrong side of the tracks - hold the key to uncovering the truth. 355 pp plus a reading book guide and interview with author.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 89617More details Price: $18.50 -
DARK WATERS: A Mystery Novel.
Edition: First edition.
Cleveland, Ohio: World Publishing Co., (1944) dj. Hardcover first edition - First book publication of this mystery, set on a Louisiana plantation, originally published as a serial in The Saturday Evening Post, and the basis for the 1944 film starring Merle Oberon and Franchot Tone. Movie tie-in edition, illustrated with four stills from the film, a photograph of Oberon on the front cover of the dust jacket and 4 other scenes on the back cover. 191 pp.
Condition: Very good in teal boards (usual age-toning to the pages) in a fair only dust jacket with creasing, edgewear and some loss to the ends of the spine.
Book ID: 87534More details Price: $30.00 -
IN THE ELECTRIC MIST WITH THE CONFEDERATE DEAD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, (1993) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Dave Robicheaux mystery: a movie crew has come to New Iberia, Louisiana to film a Civil War epic. SIGNED on the title page. 344 pp. ISBN: 1-56282-8827.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86738More details Price: $40.00 -
LANCELOT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1977.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of the disintegration of the scion of a distinguished Louisiana family, as he recounts it from his confinement at the Institute for Aberrant Behavior. 257 pp. ISBN: 0-374-183139.
Condition: Near fine in a good dust jacket (some short closed tears to dj, name on front flap).
Book ID: 83779More details Price: $18.50 -
IN THE ELECTRIC MIST WITH THE CONFEDERATE DEAD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Dave Robicheaux mystery: a movie crew has come to New Iberia, Louisiana to film a Civil War epic. 344 pp. ISBN: 1-56282-8827.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82362More details Price: $19.50 -
SUNSET LIMITED.
Edition: First printing.
London: Orion, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Dave Robicheaux mystery, one with its roots in the 40 year old crucifixion of a promininent labor leader in New Iberia, Louisiana. 312 pp. ISBN: 0-752813064.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82358More details Price: $16.50 -
WHITE DOVES AT MORNING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An historical novel set against the background of the Civil War and Reconstruction, based partly on Burke's own ancestors, with settings ranging from battle scenes at Shiloh to plantations in Louisiana and a house of ill repute in New Iberia. 385 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-44710.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82311More details Price: $19.50 -
SUNSET LIMITED.
Edition: First printing.
London: Orion, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Dave Robicheaux mystery, one with its roots in the 40 year old crucifixion of a promininent labor leader in New Iberia, Louisiana. 312 pp. ISBN: 0-752813064.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82309More details Price: $21.50 -
WHITE DOVES AT MORNING.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Orion, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A historical novel set against the background of the Civil War and Reconstruction, based partly on Burke's own ancestors, with settings ranging from battle scenes at Shiloh to plantations in Louisiana and a house of ill repute in New Iberia. SIGNED on the title page. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-752856502.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81621More details Price: $40.00 -
IN THE ELECTRIC MIST WITH THE CONFEDERATE DEAD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, (1993) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Dave Robicheaux mystery: a movie crew has come to New Iberia, Louisiana to film a Civil War epic. SIGNED on the half tilte page. 344 pp. ISBN: 1-56282-8827.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81613More details Price: $35.00 -
BURNING ANGEL
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Hyperion, 1995. SIGNED first edition - Mystery with Dave Robicheaux, great Cajun setting. SIGNED on the title page. 340 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Publisher's letter laid in.
Book ID: 81072More details Price: $40.00 -
SUNSET LIMITED.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Dave Robicheaux mystery, one with its roots in the 40 year old crucifixion of a promininent labor leader in New Iberia, Louisiana. SIGNED on the title page 309 pp. ISBN: 0-385-488424.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81004More details Price: $30.00 -
WHITE DOVES AT MORNING.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Orion, (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - A historical novel set against the background of the Civil War and Reconstruction, based partly on Burke's own ancestors, with settings ranging from battle scenes at Shiloh to plantations in Louisiana and a house of ill repute in New Iberia. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-752856502.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (usual light toning to the pages)
Book ID: 80918More details Price: $20.00 -
SUNSET LIMITED.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Doubleday, (1998). First edition - A Dave Robicheaux mystery, one with its roots in the 40 year old crucifixion of a promininent labor leader in New Iberia, Louisiana. SIGNED on the title page. 309 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 80885More details Price: $31.50 -
DARK RIVER RISING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, introducing Baton Rouge detective Wallace Hartman. Linda Castillo called this "crime fiction at its finest, a fascinating blend of atmosphere, a compelling mystery, and a protagonist you wont soon forget. SIGNED on the title page. 293 pp. ISBN: 978-1250110091.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder dot top edge)
Book ID: 78716More details Price: $30.00 -
THE CONDOR PASSES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her fourth novel, and her first after the Pulitzer Prize winning 'The Keepers of the House. ' Like that novel, this is a multi-generational saga set in New Orleans. 421 pp. ISBN: 0-394472497.
Condition: Fine in olive green cloth in a very near fine dust jacket (hint of toning to the dj).
Book ID: 78563More details Price: $21.50 -
BENTON'S ROW.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dial Press, 1954. dj. Hardcover first edition - 'A four-generation novel of the South' by this African American writer, set in Louisiana between 1842 and 1920. 346 pp. The dust jacket flap notes that more than 12 million copies of Yerby's books have been sold and he was apparently feeling comfortable enough to have a full page photograph on the back cover of the dj.
Condition: Very good in a good only dust jacket (prev owner's name lined out on front endpaper, offsetting to endpapers and usual toning to the pages, chipping to top edge of dj, tear along side of spine. Original price of $3.50 still present)
Book ID: 77443More details Price: $18.50 -
DIXIE CITY JAM.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The seventh Dave Robicheaux mystery. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award. 367 pp. Promotional bookmark laid in. ISBN: 0-7868-60197.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77023More details Price: $30.00 -
SUNSET LIMITED.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Doubleday, (1998) dj. First edition - A Dave Robicheaux mystery, one with its roots in the 40 year old crucifixion of a prominent labor leader in New Iberia, Louisiana. 309 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (light toning to the pages, appears unread).
Book ID: 77020More details Price: $21.50 -
IN THE ELECTRIC MIST WITH THE CONFEDERATE DEAD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, (1993) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Dave Robicheaux mystery: a movie crew has come to New Iberia, Louisiana to film a Civil War epic. INSCRIBED on the title page "To -- all best". 344 pp. ISBN: 1-56282-8827.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 74374More details Price: $35.00 -
VOODOO RIVER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Los Angeles PI Elvis Cole goes to the bayou country of Louisiana to solve a mystery with its roots over 30 years in the past. The fifth novel in this series. SIGNED on the title page. 298 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-60766.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 73900More details Price: $40.00 -
BURNING ANGEL
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Hyperion, 1995. First edition - Mystery with Dave Robicheaux, great Cajun setting. 340 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 66972More details Price: $20.00 -
TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN: A Dave Robicheaux Novel.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - Thriller featuring Dave Robicheaux, set in New Orleans in the days after Hurricane Katrina. 373 pp. ISBN: 978-1416548485.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 66543More details Price: $18.50 -
PEGASUS DESCENDING: A Dave Robicheaux Novel.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - The daughter of a murdered friend breezes into Robicheaux's hometown of New Iberia, Louisiana. 356 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-77724.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (a bit of light toning.)
Book ID: 65831More details Price: $18.50 -
PURPLE CANE ROAD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - Dave Robicheaux's search for his mother's killer leads him into dark places in his life. 341 pp. ISBN: 0-385-488440.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 65830More details Price: $18.50 -
KILLER'S INK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dodd, Mead, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - First suspense novel written under this pseudonym, introducing Pulitzer prize winning reporter Pete Brady who resigns from the New Orleans paper to buy a small weekly in northern Louisiana - only to encounter murder in his first week there. 234 pp. ISBN: 0-396092799.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 65413More details Price: $15.00 -
CRUSADER'S CROSS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - A deathbed confession from an old schoolmate resurrects an old injustice, the death of a young woman and a time in Robicheaux's life that he has tried to forget. 309 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-77198.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 65321More details Price: $18.50
