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  • WAITING FOR SUNRISE. by Boyd, William.
    Boyd, William.
    WAITING FOR SUNRISE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harper Collins, (2012). First edition - Set in Vienna in 1913 on the eve of the Great War, this is gripping espionage novel and a moving love story. 353 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 59638
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  • RESTORATION. by Bradley, John Ed.
    Bradley, John Ed.
    RESTORATION.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - Louisiana born author's sixth novel. A young journalist and a painting restorer Rhys Goudeau search for a scandalous WPA mural supposedly painted over just befor teh artist took his own life. As the hunt becomes more frantic, they begin to realize that the Asmore mural is "not just about reclaiming a valuable work of art. Rather, the painting represents the murky and troubled history of the South itself, where a legacy of racial intolerance has destroyed its greatest artist as well as his most important creation." 305 pp. ISBN: 0-345502613.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82945
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  • SKY MASTERS. by Brown, Dale.
    Brown, Dale.
    SKY MASTERS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifth techno-thriller by this former Air Force captain - set in what was the near future at the time it was written. Glossary. 510 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 1-55611-060x.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 60364
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  • GAME FACE: A Ben McMillan Hawaiian Mystery. by Brown, Mark.
    Brown, Mark.
    GAME FACE: A Ben McMillan Hawaiian Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    Woodbridge, Connecticut: Ox Bow Press, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, introducing Ben McMillan, ex-Kona detective, Maui surf shop owner, who is preparing for Ironman triatholon when he receives an urgent call. His former partner's wife has been raped and murdered and Ben's help is needed. 297 pp. ISBN: 0-918024927.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 70241
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  • NEVER LET THEM SEE YOU CRY: More from Miami, America's Hottest Beat by Buchanan, Edna.
    Buchanan, Edna.
    NEVER LET THEM SEE YOU CRY: More from Miami, America's Hottest Beat

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third book - the second book of non-fiction, true accounts of both crime and courage in MIami - by this Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and mystery writer. 327 pp,. ISBN: 0-394-575520.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 76615
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  • NEVER LET THEM SEE YOU CRY: More from Miami, America's Hottest Beat by Buchanan, Edna.
    Buchanan, Edna.
    NEVER LET THEM SEE YOU CRY: More from Miami, America's Hottest Beat

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third book - the second book of non-fiction, true accounts of both crime and courage in MIami - by this Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and mystery writer. 327 pp,. ISBN: 0-394-575520.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 52709
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  • STRANGE FIRE. by Bukiet, Melvin Jules.
    Bukiet, Melvin Jules.
    STRANGE FIRE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel written with Bukiet's trademark black humor - "Blind, fatherless, homosexual, Russian emigre speechwriter Nathan Kazakov has enough problems even before his left ear is obliterated by a bullet presumably meant for his employer, the hawkish prime minister of Israel. Consumed by the desire to discover exactly what happened, Nathan begins an investigation that leads him into a web of conspiracies involving messianic Orthodox settlers, Arab terrorists, and the Israeli secret service." SIGNED on the half title page. 337 pp. ISBN: 0-393049388.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82380
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  • HAUNTED AIRWAYS. by Burtis, Thomson,
    Burtis, Thomson,
    HAUNTED AIRWAYS.

    Edition: Later printing.

    Garden City, New York: Doubleday, n.d. (c 1930.). Hardcover - A combination of adventure, science fiction and mystery story for young adults - and a prediction of what the future of aviation might bring. Foreword by Alexander Klemin. Reprint for The Parents' Institute, Inc as a title in the 'Teen-age Mystery Classics' series, no date (only orig copyright), probably late 50's or early 60's, bound in dark blue cloth with red magnifying glass on front cover with 'Teen-age Mystery Classics' inside, red panel with title in dark blue on spine. 250 pp.

    Condition: Good only (some wear to the covers, corner of front endpaper torn off.)

    Book ID: 40114
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  • HAUNTED AIRWAYS. by Burtis, Thomson,
    Burtis, Thomson,
    HAUNTED AIRWAYS.

    Edition: Later printing.

    Garden City, New York: Sun Dial Press, n.d. (c 1930.). Hardcover - A combination of adventure, science fiction and mystery story for young adults - and a prediction of what the future of aviation might bring. Foreword by Alexander Klemin. Reprint as a title in the 'Young Moderns Bookshelf' series, no date (only orig copyright), probably late 40's or early 50's. 250 pp.

    Condition: Good overall in orange covers (some wear to the covers, one corner bumped and fraying, previous owner's name in pencil)

    Book ID: 40493
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  • SEIZE THE STORM. by Cadnum, Michael.
    Cadnum, Michael.
    SEIZE THE STORM.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sailing the family yacht from California to Hawaii, cousins Martin and Susannah, along with her parents and a crewman are driven by a storm into the path of a drifting powerboat - one which carries the bodies of two men and a stash of money.. . "a chilling depiction of a family adventure gone very, very wrong." 223 pp. ISBN: 9780374367053.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 61224
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  • THE WOODEN SEA. by Carroll, Jonathan.
    Carroll, Jonathan.
    THE WOODEN SEA.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: TOR, 2001. First edition - A combination of realism and the uncanny, as the police chief of a small upstate New York town begins to encounter strange and unsettling omens. 302 pp

    Condition: Fine in printed green wrappers (as new.)

    Book ID: 18570
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  • THE WOODEN SEA. by Carroll, Jonathan.
    Carroll, Jonathan.
    THE WOODEN SEA.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: TOR, 2001. SIGNED first edition - A combination of realism and the uncanny, as the police chief of a small upstate New York town begins to encounter strange and unsettling omens. SIGNED on the title page. 302 pp

    Condition: Fine in printed green wrappers (as new.)

    Book ID: 61443
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  • THE IMPEACHMENT OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. by Carter, Stephen.
    Carter, Stephen.
    THE IMPEACHMENT OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which is both an imaginative reconstruction of what might have happened if Lincoln had survived the assassination attempt at Ford's Theatre, a tense courtroom drama and a story of murder, intrigue and conspiracy. Author's note. 516 pp. ISBN: 978-0307272638.

    Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket (as new, but with a remainder dot.)

    Book ID: 63901
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  • SOLIBO MAGNIFICENT. by Chamoiseau, Patrick.
    Chamoiseau, Patrick.
    SOLIBO MAGNIFICENT.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Pantheon, (1998.). First edition - Translated from the French and Creole by Rose-Myriam Rejouis and Val Vinokurov. AN 'intriguing riff on the police procedural' set during Carnival time in Fort-de-France, Martinque. Translators' afterword, glossary. 190 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 60894
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  • SOLIBO MAGNIFICENT. by Chamoiseau, Patrick.
    Chamoiseau, Patrick.
    SOLIBO MAGNIFICENT.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Pantheon, (1998.) dj. Hardcover - Translated from the French and Creole by Rose-Myriam Rejouis and Val Vinokurov. AN 'intriguing riff on the police procedural' set during Carnival time in Fort-de-France, Martinque. Translators' afterword, glossary. 190 pp. ISBN: 0-679-432361.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 53006
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  • A PERSON OF INTEREST by Choi., Susan
    Choi., Susan
    A PERSON OF INTEREST

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Viking, (2008). First edition - The third book by this award-winning writer. From a review in the NY Times by Francine Prose: "The plot begins with the shock of the new Ñ or at least the sort of commotion we used to hear about, all too often, when the Unabomber was waging his grisly war against teachers of engineering and hapless electronics-store owners. In the first chapter, a bomb explodes, killing a popular professor of computer science, a rising star in his field who has briefly agreed to shed his light on a third-rate college. Immediately, we find ourselves in the mind of one of the murdered manÕs colleagues, a mathematics professor named Lee. . . .…

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    New York: Viking, (2008). First edition - The third book by this award-winning writer. From a review in the NY Times by Francine Prose: "The plot begins with the shock of the new Ñ or at least the sort of commotion we used to hear about, all too often, when the Unabomber was waging his grisly war against teachers of engineering and hapless electronics-store owners. In the first chapter, a bomb explodes, killing a popular professor of computer science, a rising star in his field who has briefly agreed to shed his light on a third-rate college. Immediately, we find ourselves in the mind of one of the murdered manÕs colleagues, a mathematics professor named Lee. . . . Choi allows us to become intimately familiar with Lee, even as she keeps him at the precise distance he himself might choose to maintain. . . [The novel] succeeds in making us feel deeply for characters who are profoundly flawed. More important, [it is] beautifully written. ChoiÕs precise, cadenced prose alternates between plain-spokenness and lyrical dazzle." 356 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.

    Book ID: 58787
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  • AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. by Christie, Agatha.
    Christie, Agatha.
    AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Dodd, Mead, (1977) dj. Hardcover - Posthumous publication of a book which Christie began writing in around 1950, when she was 60 years old. Illustrated with photographs. xii, 519 p. ISBN: 0-396075169.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (minor wear to top edge of dj)

    Book ID: 87858
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  • AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. by Christie, Agatha.
    Christie, Agatha.
    AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Dodd, Mead, (1977) dj. Hardcover - Posthumous publication of a book which Christie began writing in around 1950, when she was 60 years old. Illustrated with photographs. xii, 519 p. ISBN: 0-396075169.

    Condition: Very good in a fair dust jacket (rubbing and edgewear to the dj - chip at top edge of front cover and ends of dj spine, small peeled spot on front cover - dj now protected by an archival cover).

    Book ID: 78230
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  • AKHNATON: A Play in Three Acts. by Christie, Agatha.
    Christie, Agatha.
    AKHNATON: A Play in Three Acts.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Dodd, Mead, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - Although written back around 1937 when Christie was writing 'Death on the Nile' this play was never performed nor published until this edition. Based on the story of Akhnaton and his wife Nefertiti, and his attempt to replace the old religion of Egypt with one of love, this is a carefully researched story. 157 pp. ISBN: 0-396-068227.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 87841
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  • THE MYSTERY OF AGATHA CHRISTIE. by [Christie, Agatha] Robyns, Gwen.
    [Christie, Agatha] Robyns, Gwen.
    THE MYSTERY OF AGATHA CHRISTIE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978. dj. Hardcover first edition - :"An Intimate Biography Of The First Lady Of Crime" based on accounts by people who knew her. Illustrated with black and white photographs.Appendix, index. xiii, 247 pp. Jacket by Fred Marcellino. ISBN: 0-385126239.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (small stain affecting the lower edge of the rear board and the final few pages) .

    Book ID: 86276
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  • ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. by Clark, Mary Higgins.
    Clark, Mary Higgins.
    ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A story of suspense, set during the Christmas season, and featuring Alvirah, the lottery winner turned amateur sleuth, and her husband, Willy. 170 pp. ISBN: 0-684-857839.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82982
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  • THE DEAD BEAT SCROLL: An August Riordan Mystery. by Coggins, Mark.
    Coggins, Mark.
    THE DEAD BEAT SCROLL: An August Riordan Mystery.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.

    Lutz, FL: Down & Out Books, (2019) dj. SIGNED - The seventh mystery in this noir series featuring jazz bass-playing private investigator August Riordan, who has returned to San Francisco to avenge the death of a friend and former partner, but finds himself caught up in a string of murders involving a previously unknown manuscript purportedly by the beat writer Jack Kerouac. INSCRIBED on the title page. 265 pp. plus ads. ISBN: 978-1932557534.

    Condition: Very good (some minor wear to the covers) .

    Book ID: 87293
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  • GALLOW'S THIEF. by Cornwell, Bernard.
    Cornwell, Bernard.
    GALLOW'S THIEF.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    London: Harper Collins, (2001.). Novel set in 1817 London, where a portrait painter has been sentenced to hang for the murder of the woman he was painting. Author's note. 281 pp. ISBN: 0-00-7127944.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 56793
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  • GALLOW'S THIEF. by Cornwell, Bernard.
    Cornwell, Bernard.
    GALLOW'S THIEF.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in 1817 London, where a portrait painter has been sentenced to hang for the murder of the woman he was painting. Author's note. 297 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-00-7127944.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 72504
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  • GALLOW'S THIEF. by Cornwell, Bernard.
    Cornwell, Bernard.
    GALLOW'S THIEF.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Harper Collins, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in 1817 London, where a portrait painter has been sentenced to hang for the murder of the woman he was painting. Author's note. 281 pp. Illustrated map endpapers. ISBN: 0-00-7127154.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (usual toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 77519
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  • Correa, Arnaldo.
    COLD HAVANA GROUND.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Akashic Books. (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel to be published in English by one of the three "fathers" of Cuban crime fiction - "Cuban Noir" mystery based on actual events in Cuba involving three Afro-Cuban religions: Santeria, Palo Monte, and the Abakua Secret Society. Based on the Havana police records, this is quthentic look into little-known aspects of Cuban society: when a Chinese cadaver is stolen from a cemetery in Havana, the Cuban police are stumped. Their investigation leads to a priest in the Abakua Secret Society. Translated from the Spanish by Marjorie Moore. Dust jacket praise from Martin Cruz Smith, Lawrence Block and others. Map endpapers. 300 pp. plus 2 pp of publisher's advertisements. ISBN: 1-888451521.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 35964
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  • THE KILLING SEASON: A Summer Inside an Lapd Homicide Division. by Corwin, Miles.
    Corwin, Miles.
    THE KILLING SEASON: A Summer Inside an Lapd Homicide Division.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a nonfiction account of a team of homicide detectives - veteran Pete Razanskas and Marcella Winn, a street smart young black woman who grew up in the 'hood herself - and their day to day work in South Central Los Angeles. SIGNED on the front endpaper. Photographs, notes. 336 pp. ISBN: 0-68480235X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 64485
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  • Coyle, Daniel.
    WAKING SAMUEL.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Bloomsbury, (2003.). First edition - The author's first novel (second book), a story of pychological suspense, set in Seatle and Alaska. 262 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 37916
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  • GOLDEN BUDDHA. by Cussler, Clive and Craig Dirgo.
    Cussler, Clive and Craig Dirgo.
    GOLDEN BUDDHA.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Berkley, (2003.). First edition - First novel in the Oregon Files series, featuring Juan Cabrillo. 420 pp. ISBN: 0-425-191729.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 41680
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  • UNDER GROUND. by Daly, Michael.
    Daly, Michael.
    UNDER GROUND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York & Boston: Little Brown, (1997). Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - "Transit cop Jack Swann travels the New York subways day after day, catching the occasional fare-beater or mugger. One day, as he is tangling with a thief, a shot is fired and a boy lies dead.. . [this] single violent incident has changed his life and his outlook." Daly is a journalist in New York City, so he knows it well. 415 pp. ISBN: 0-316217093.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 76199
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