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THE SLIPPER POINT MYSTERY.
Edition: Early printing.
Condition: Very good in brown cloth with black lettering and a green and black illustration on the front cover (some relatively minor soiling to the covers and the edges of the textblock, but overall a clean and tight copy).
Book ID: 28706More details Price: $100.00 -
THE SLIPPER POINT MYSTERY.
Edition: Early printing.
Condition: Good in brown cloth with black lettering and a green and black illustration on the front cover (front hinge cracked before the half title page, frontispiece detached, but present, prev owner's name).
Book ID: 28910More details Price: $75.00 -
THE MYSTERY AT LINDEN HALL.
Edition: 3rd printing.
New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1940 (c 1939). Hardcover - Background is the town of Bordentown, New Jersey where the exiled King of Spain, Joseph Bonaparte, and his nephew Prince Lurien Murat lived: the Prince's extravagance was so great that his wife was compelled to turn their home into a girls' boarding school - and this mystery is set years later at the same boarding school. Frontispiece and 3 other full page illustrations plus several small vignettes by Manning deV. Lee. 234 pp
Condition: Good in beige cloth with brown lettering and small illustration on front cover (bookplate, binding cracked just before rear endpaper, slight fraying to ends of spine, cloth on spine slightly faded.) Much harder to find in the original thicker format Appleton-Century edition than in the later Grosset and Dunlap reprintings.
Book ID: 29273More details Price: $80.00 -
SECRET OF TATE'S BEACH
Edition: 4th printing.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. The popularity of Seaman's books means that it is uncommon for the earlier titles to be found in dustjacket at all, and it is rare to find a copy with both the book and the dustjacket in such exceptional condition. Spine straight, pages white with no toning, corners sharp, the cream dust jacket with black lettering and illustration has only the very slightest of edgewear, a little rubbing on the folds. (the young lady who kept this book in such good condition did write her name and 1935 on the front endpaper.)
Book ID: 29573More details Price: $300.00 -
SECRET OF TATE'S BEACH
Edition: First edition.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dustjacket. The popularity of Seaman's books means that it is uncommon for the earlier titles to be found in dustjacket at all (previous owner's name on front endpaper, some chipping and wear to the dj at the ends of the spine, tear along side of spine)
Book ID: 70992More details Price: $325.00 -
THE SLIPPER POINT MYSTERY.
Edition: Early printing.
Condition: Very good in brown cloth with black lettering and a green and black illustration on the front cover (slight bend to one corner, but a nice tight copy with clean and bright covers).
Book ID: 32555More details Price: $150.00 -
SECRET OF TATE'S BEACH
Edition: First or early printing.
New York: The Century Co., (1926). Hardcover - Novel set on the remote New Jersey coast. Despite the fact that this had several printings, it remains one of Seaman's more difficult to find titles in any edition. The story which involves 2 shipwrecks - one long ago, and one 18 years before the time of the story - and a lost treasure. Illustrated by C. M. Relyea with a frontispiece and 3 glossy plates (as a side comment, a couple of the plates show our young heroine on the beach in dainty high heeled pumps; the more realistic story has both girls changing into their 'tie-ups' before venturing off.) 306 pp.
Condition: Good condition overall in tan cloth with black lettering and illustration with a green background on front cover and spine. (bookstore stamp, missing one of the plates, corners bumped, some rubbing and wear to the covers)
Book ID: 64522More details Price: $60.00 -
THE SLIPPER POINT MYSTERY.
Edition: Early printing.
Condition: Very good minus in brown cloth with black lettering and a green and black illustration on the front cover (corners slightly bumped, previous owner's name in pencil)
Book ID: 68825More details Price: $75.00 -
THE MISSING HALF.
Edition: Early reprint.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, nd. (c 1941.) dj. Hardcover - A family (mother, grandfather, and 3 children) come to live in an old neglected brick mansion on the edge of the Delaware River and discover many mysteries. Set i Bordentown, New Jersey, a town rich in Revolutionary War history. Illustrated by Manning de V Lee with a frontispiece, 3 plates on plain paper and many smaller vignettes. 245 pp.
Condition: Very good condition in bright blue cloth in a good dustjacket (loss of about 1 inch at bottom of dj spine, other edgewear, but front illustration bright and attractive.) Uncommon in dustjacket.
Book ID: 32935More details Price: $125.00 -
THE DRAGON'S SECRET.
Edition: First printing.
New York: The Century Co., 1921. Hardcover first edition - Story set on the lonely coast of New Jersey during the month of October, involving 2 girls who become friends as they try to solve the mystery of an unusual casket they found buried in the sand. Illustrated by C. M. Relyea with a frontispiece and 3 glossy internal plates. 253 pp. Bound in gray-green cloth with yellow lettering on the spine and front cover, and a silhouetted illustration of two girls and a dog on the front cover, a small dragon on the spine.
Condition: Very good condition (some minor wear to covers, and gift inscription on front endpaper dated Dec 1, 1921, but overall a tight and clean copy of a rather uncommon Seaman title.)
Book ID: 69745More details Price: $95.00 -
THE CASE OF THE CALICO CRAB.
Edition: Reprint.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1942). Hardcover - Story of 3 young people - college age, this time - who become involved in a mystery in a remote coastal area, related to the growing threat of World War II. Illustrated by Manning deV. Lee with a frontispiece and 8 small en texte drawings (although he is not identified as the illustrator in the book). 222 pp
Condition: Ex-school library with a few stamps, signs of pocket removal, in faded blue cloth, dampstaining to lower corner of front cover. Binding is sturdy and contents are clean, so a good reading copy.
Book ID: 31555More details Price: $30.00 -
THE WOMAN WHO WAS NOT ALL THERE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, the story of a woman and her four children, set mostly in a small Southern town in the 1960's and 70's. ISBN: 0-06-0159898.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 26835More details Price: $28.50 -
THE WOMAN WHO WAS NOT ALL THERE.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Harper & Row, (1988.). Author's first novel, the story of a woman and her four children, set mostly in a small Southern town in the 1960's and 70's. 340 pp
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 47072More details Price: $10.00 -
LOST IN JERSEY CITY
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's (who is also a criminal defense attorney and a resident of Jersey City herself) third book, second novel. The story of Mrs Ida Terhune who runs away from her native Baton Rouge with nothing but her car and two children and takes refuge in Jersey City - only to be horrified by the corruption there - heroic and funny at the same time. ISBN: 0-06-0165642.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 26831More details Price: $28.00 -
THE WOMAN WHO WAS NOT ALL THERE.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Harper & Row, (1988.). Author's first novel, the story of a woman and her four children, set mostly in a small Southern town in the 1960's and 70's. 340 pp
Condition: Good overall in glossy illustrated wrappers (lower corner bumped).
Book ID: 56339More details Price: $10.00 -
MYSTERY AT HIGH HEDGES.
Edition: First edition.
Chicago: Goldsmith Publishing, (1937). Hardcover first edition - Orphaned as a young child, Marcia has spent most of her life in boarding schools in France and Germany, but her new guardian has decided it is time for her to come back home. At first Marcia is reluctant to spend the summer at the family home - High Hedges - in a small New Jersey town, but the combination of making new friends, combined with mysterious doings, including ghostly noises, at the house soon convince her that it is not boring after all. 251 pp.
Condition: Good overall in red-orange boards with black lettering and small illustration on front cover - the usual toning to the pages, some wear to the edges of the boards, no dustjacket.
Book ID: 85284More details Price: $15.00 -
ABERRATION OF STARLIGHT.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Random House, 1980. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in a boardinghouse in rural New Jersey in the summer of 1939 -one which revolves around four people and one day of their vacation from Brooklyn and the Depression. 211 pp. ISBN: 0-394-511891.
Condition: Very good+ in very good+ dust jacket. (remainder mark.)
Book ID: 15305More details Price: $16.50 -
GIRL WAITS WITH GUN.
Edition: 3rd printing.
New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The first novel featuring the real life Constance Kopp, one of the country's first women deputies, and her charming, steadfast, but also rather eccentric sisters. Based on real events, complete with newspaper sources, this is an account of a woman "forging her own path, tackling crime and nefarious criminals along the way." SIGNED on the title page. Historical and sources note. 408 pp. ISBN: 978-0544409910.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77404More details Price: $25.00 -
GIRL WAITS WITH GUN.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, (2016) dj. SIGNED - The first novel featuring the real life Constance Kopp, one of the country's first women deputies, and her charming, steadfast, but also rather eccentric sisters. Based on real events, complete with newspaper sources, this is an account of a woman "forging her own path, tackling crime and nefarious criminals along the way." SIGNED on the title page. Historical and sources note. 410 pp. Excerpt from next book in series. ISBN: 978-1328799210.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 77438More details Price: $19.50 -
MISS KOPP JUST WON'T QUIT.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, (2019). A Kopp Sisters Novel. Set in 1916, in New Jersey, this is the fourth novel featuring the real life Constance Kopp, one of the country's first women deputies. Based on real events, complete with newspaper sources, this is an account of a woman "forging her own path, tackling crime and nefarious criminals along the way." Historical note and sources. 309 pp. plus a preview of the next book in the series 'Kopp Sisters on the March.'. ISBN: 978-1328736512.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 89111More details Price: $13.50 -
GIRL WAITS WITH GUN.
Edition: First printing.
New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel featuring the real life Constance Kopp, one of the country's first women deputies, and her charming, steadfast, but also rather eccentric sisters. Based on real events, complete with newspaper sources, this is an account of a woman "forging her own path, tackling crime and nefarious criminals along the way." Historical and sources note. 408 pp. ISBN: 978-0544409910.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86142More details Price: $21.50 -
MISS KOPP JUST WON'T QUIT.
Edition: First printing.
New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, (2018) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Kopp Sisters Novel. Set in 1916, in New Jersey, this is the fourth novel featuring the real life Constance Kopp, one of the country's first women deputies. Based on real events, complete with newspaper sources, this is an account of a woman "forging her own path, tackling crime and nefarious criminals along the way." Author's note. 309 pp. ISBN: 978-1328736512.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 84326More details Price: $18.50 -
ROCOCO.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An often very funny novel about the making over of a small Italian American town in New Jersey. SIGNED and dated on the title page. 267 pp. ISBN: 1400060079.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 56868More details Price: $30.00 -
EASIER TO KILL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth mystery featuring African American sleuth Tamara Hayle, set in Newark, New Jersey. 207 pp. ISBN: 0-399-143181.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 64988More details Price: $16.50 -
DEVIL'S GONNA GET HIM.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Putnam, (1995.) dj. Hardcover - The second mystery featuring African American sleuth Tamara Hayle, set in New Jersey. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-399-140271.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 52291More details Price: $12.50 -
EASIER TO KILL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifth mystery featuring African American sleuth Tamara Hayle, set in Newark, New Jersey. 193 pp. ISBN: 0-399-144455.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 35566More details Price: $16.00 -
DEVIL'S GONNA GET HIM.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring African American sleuth Tamara Hayle, set in New Jersey. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-399-140271.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 38817More details Price: $18.00 -
NO HIDING PLACE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth Tamara Hayle mystery, set in New Jersey. SIGNED on the title page 207 pp. ISBN: 0-399-143181.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (rem dot).
Book ID: 72982More details Price: $25.00 -
DEVIL'S GONNA GET HIM.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring African American sleuth Tamara Hayle, set in New Jersey. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-399-140271.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dustjacket (some sunning to the dj, tear at upper corner of fold.)
Book ID: 39638More details Price: $13.50 -
DEVIL'S GONNA GET HIM.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring African American sleuth Tamara Hayle, set in New Jersey. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-399-140271.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 35562More details Price: $25.00