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THE GREAT DIVORCE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Doubleday, 1994. SIGNED first edition - Novel by a consistently interesting and provocative novelist who is not yet as widely read as she deserves to be. This is the story of Ellen, a vetinarian at the New Orleans Zoo, dealing with both the collapse of her marriage and and an outbreak of an infectious disease among the animals. Martin, who was raised in New Orleans, knows that city well. SIGNED on the page opposite the title page. 340 pp.
Condition: As new in glossy illustrated wrappers. Publisher's material laid in.
Book ID: 1506More details Price: $35.00 -
THE GREAT DIVORCE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel by a consistently interesting and provocative novelist who is not yet as widely read as she deserves to be. This is the story of Ellen, a vetinarian at the New Orleans Zoo, dealing with both the collapse of her marriage and and an outbreak of an infectious disease among the animals. Martin, who was raised in New Orleans, knows that city well. SIGNED on the title page. 340 pp. ISBN: 0-385-421257.
Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket. (previous owner's name.)
Book ID: 52454More details Price: $25.00 -
COMING THROUGH SLAUGHTER.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Norton, 1976. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's second novel, set in New Orleans early in this century- the story of Buddy Bolden, the first of the great jazz trumpet players. SIGNED on the title page.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (fragile dj has light rubbing, 2 short closed tears)
Book ID: 14107More details Price: $150.00 -
VOODOO DREAMS: A Novel of Marie Laveau.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Picador, (1993.). SIGNED - Author's first novel, set in New Orleans in the middle of the 19th century. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note, 436 pp. ISBN: 0-312-119313.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 40667More details Price: $18.50 -
VOODOO DREAMS: A Novel of Marie Laveau.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, 1993. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, set in New Orleans in the middle of the 19th century. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 436 pp. ISBN: 0-312-098693.
Condition: Just about fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 71992More details Price: $40.00 -
THE TALE OF THE BODY THIEF
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth book in the Vampire Chronicles. 430 pp. ISBN: 0-679-405283.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (crinkling to a few pages.)
Book ID: 20345More details Price: $17.50 -
THE TALE OF THE BODY THIEF
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth book in the Vampire Chronicles. 430 pp,. ISBN: 0-679-405283.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 41315More details Price: $18.50 -
CALLED OUT OF DARKNESS: A Spiritual Confession.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. SIGNED first edition - Rice's first work of nonfiction, an account of her Catholic upbringing in New Orleans, and of how she lost her faith - and found it again. SIGNED on the half title page and dated May 31, 2008 (that is, preceding the publication date of this book.) 245 pp.
Condition: Fine in plain printed white wrappers (as new, and unread.)
Book ID: 55659More details Price: $150.00 -
THE LAST MAN TO DIE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth mystery featuring private investigator Micah Dunn, ex Marine and Vietnam veteran, set in New Orleans. ISBN: 0-312-078587.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (short closed tear, other light edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 18190More details Price: $12.00 -
HOUSE OF BLUES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Fawcett Columbine, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Skip Langdon mystery, set in New Orleans. 343 pp. ISBN: 0-449-909360.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 21109More details Price: $18.00 -
CRESCENT CITY KILL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - A Skip Langdon mystery, set in New Orleans. ISBN: 0-449-910008.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 27050More details Price: $15.00 -
CRESCENT CITY KILL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Fawcett Columbine, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - One of an undisclosed number of copies SIGNED by the author on a special tipped in page, with an 'autographed first edition' notation on the cover of the dustjacket. A Skip Langdon mystery set in New Orleans. 326 pp. ISBN: 0-449-910008.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 47889More details Price: $27.50 -
HOUSE OF BLUES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Fawcett Columbine, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Skip Langdon mystery, set in New Orleans. SIGNED on the title page. 343 pp. ISBN: 0-449-909360.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 52390More details Price: $30.00 -
CRESCENT CITY KILL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Fawcett Columbine, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - One of an undisclosed number of copies SIGNED by the author on a special tipped in page, with an 'autographed first edition' notation on the cover of the dustjacket. A Skip Langdon mystery. 325 pp. ISBN: 0-449-910008.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 59719More details Price: $30.00 -
TRAIL OF CRUMBS: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers with self-flaps.
Book ID: 73673More details Price: $20.00 -
REDEMPTION.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2006). First edition - Novel by this award-winning writer, best known for his non-fiction, set in New Orleans in 1913. "Francis Muldoon is a special policeman in the notorious Storyville District of New Orleans in 1913. His job is to see that the DistrictÕs volatile mixture of sex, alcohol, and gambling doesnÕt boil over but instead rolls along at a continuous simmer. Once a member of the cityÕs regular police force, he now works for the DistrictÕs vice lord, Tom Anderson, patrolling his patronÕs honky-tonks and saloons and whorehouses - both the high-priced bordellos and the coffinlike cribs where the girls work with only a cot and a washbasin." An uncommon advance issue. 348 pp.
Condition: Near fine in printed orange wrappers (some sunning to spine).
Book ID: 84588More details Price: $21.50 -
OUTSIDE CHILD: A Novel of Murder and New Orleans
Edition: First printing.
Walnut Creek, California: Komenar Publishing, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery novel, a gripping story set in pre-Katrina New Orleans, by a woman who grew up in the Magnolia Housing Project and later worked at the Delta Queen Steamboat Company, and whose background lends authenticity to the story, SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 305 pp. ISBN: 978-0977208128.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 39393More details Price: $28.50 -
OUTSIDE CHILD: A Novel of Murder and New Orleans
Edition: First printing.
Walnut Creek, California: Komenar Publishing, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery novel, a gripping story set in pre-Katrina New Orleans, by a woman who grew up in the Magnolia Housing Project and later worked at the Delta Queen Steamboat Company, and whose background lends authenticity to the story, INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 305 pp. ISBN: 978-0977208128.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 64325More details Price: $30.00 -
FIRST COMES LOVE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pantheon, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Winik's frank and unsentimental account of her love affair and marriage with an openly gay man, of their drug use, the brief happiness of the birth of their two children, and the gradual deterioration of his health as his AIDS progressed. 258 pp. ISBN: 0-679-445722.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 36607More details Price: $15.00 -
FIRST COMES LOVE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Pantheon, (1996.). First edition - Winik's frank and unsentimental account of her love affair and marriage with an openly gay man, of their drug use, the brief happiness of the birth of their two children, and the gradual deterioration of his health as his AIDS progressed. 271 pp.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (corners of a few pages bumped).
Book ID: 76018More details Price: $15.00
