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FLIEGELMAN'S DESIRE.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover.
New York: Available Press - Ballantine, (1990.). SIGNED first edition - Cover praise from David Huddle who calls this debut novel 'sleek and stylish... Fliegelman in an American Everyman for the 90's." INSCRIBED on the half title page "To - with the great pleasure of meeting you." 172 pp. ISBN: 0-345-367383.
Condition: Near fine (usual toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 47108More details Price: $20.00 -
THE WORLD BENEATH.
Edition: Trade paperback.
n.p. By the author, (2013). The first novel in the series featuring Joe Tesla, a millionaire software developer who suddenly becomes agoraphobic, and takes refuge in the hundred of miles of subway tunnels under New York City - where he lives in an underground Victorian mansion with his psychiatric support dog, a golden retriever named Edison When he stumbles on a murder, the only way to clear his name is to expose the real killer. Winner of the 2014 International Thriller Writers Award. 304 pp. ISBN: 978-1494787714.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 77189More details Price: $12.00 -
DRUMSTICKS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Mysterious Press, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 3rd mystery featuring street saxophonist Nanette Hayes. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-6793.
Condition: Near fine in a like dustjacket. (remainder line, toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 53584More details Price: $13.50 -
DRUMSTICKS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Mysterious Press, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 3rd mystery featuring street saxophonist Nanette Hayes, once again back on the funky mean streets of New York City. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-6793.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. (toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 44713More details Price: $16.50 -
THE EDUCATION OF PATRICK SILVER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Arbor House, (1976) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third book in his "crime and punishment" trilogy (which actually became a quartet) featuring Patrick Silver, defrocked cop, ex-colleague and now antagonist to Isaac Slidel, NY Deputy Police Commissioner. INSCRIBED on the title page to the Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens and dated in 1995. 184 pp. ISBN: 0-87795-142X.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (a bit of toning to the rear cover of the dj)
Book ID: 60943More details Price: $28.50 -
MARIA'S GIRLS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Mysterious Press, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring NY Inspector Isaac Sidel. ISBN: 0-89296-460x.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 4202More details Price: $18.00 -
PERFECT COVER.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Hyperion, (1994). First edition - First collaboration between this author and St. George - a former undercover ifine.nvestigator. "An up-to-the-minute look at the world of corrupt cops through a woman's eyes, Perfect Cover takes readers onto the streets of New York in riveting detail. Special Investigator Tina Paris, modeled on co-author St. George, retains just enough of her Catholic upbringing to 'still believe in the mission - something about the little guy and the integrity of the criminal justice system'." 339 pp.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 72261More details Price: $15.00 -
HEROIC MEASURES.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Pantheon, (2009). SIGNED first edition - The author's fourth novel set in New York, a city on edge after 9/11. "In shifting points of view Alexs, Ruths, and the little dogs man, woman, and one small tenacious beast try to make sense of the cacophony of rumors, opinions, and innuendos coming from news anchors, cable TV pundits, pollsters, bomb experts, hostages, witnesses, real estate agents, house hunters, bargain seekers, howling dogs, veterinarians, nurses, and cab drivers." SIGNED on the title page. 195 pp. ISBN: 978-0375425226.
Condition: Fine in printed white wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 80517More details Price: $30.00 -
HEROIC MEASURES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pantheon, (2009) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel set in New York, a city on edge after 9/11. "In shifting points of view Alexs, Ruths, and the little dogs man, woman, and one small tenacious beast try to make sense of the cacophony of rumors, opinions, and innuendos coming from news anchors, cable TV pundits, pollsters, bomb experts, hostages, witnesses, real estate agents, house hunters, bargain seekers, howling dogs, veterinarians, nurses, and cab drivers." SIGNED on the title page. 193 pp. ISBN: 978-0375425226.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 80516More details Price: $30.00 -
FLEECED.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Warner, (2001.). SIGNED first edition - Mystery set in New York City where Regan Reilly's celebrity author mother has organized a crime writers convention. When signing this, Clark noted that only the ARC has the twin towers of the World Trade Center in the cityscape illustration on the front cover.
Condition: SIGNED on the title page. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 40662More details Price: $25.00 -
THE CITY WHEN IT RAINS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of mystery and madness from a two-time Edgar nominee,set in New York's Hell's Kitchen, where a woman throws a doll from the window of a gutted building and then leaps to her death. A photographer with his own demons is determined to track down why it happened. 268 pp. ISBN: 0-399-135553.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81537More details Price: $18.50 -
INVISIBLE CITY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2014) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, introduces journalist Rebekah Roberts, a story of murder among the Hasidic community in Brooklyn. In addition to her search for the truth behind the discovery of the body of a murdered woman, Rebekah is also learning more about her own heritage as the daughter of a Jewish woman who abandoned her as a child to return to the Hasidic community. Nominated for an Edgar Award for Best First Novel and named one of the best books of the year by the Boston Globe. 295 pp. ISBN: 978-1250043399.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 71715More details Price: $20.00 -
THE BONE COLLECTOR.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: The Viking Press, (1997.). SIGNED first edition - Gripping novel of a serial killer, recreating murders from 100 years ago in New York City. Basis for the movie starring Denzel Washington. Winner of the Nero Award. SIGNED on the title page. 417 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 49345More details Price: $35.00 -
THE TWELFTH CARD: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring forensic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme and his partner Amelia Sachs.In addition to the modern mystery, this involves solving a cold case more than 140 years old, involving a former slave. SIGNED on the title page. 395 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-22008.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 61681More details Price: $30.00 -
THE BROKEN WINDOW: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring forensic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme and his partner Amelia Sachs. Author's note. SIGNED on the title page. 415 pp. ISBN: 9781416549970.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 62091More details Price: $28.50 -
THE VANISHED MAN: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring forensic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme and his partner Amelia Sachs. SIGNED on the title page. 399 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-22008.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 53876More details Price: $30.00 -
HE WOULDN'T KILL PATIENCE; YOU ONLY HANG ONCE; FIRE WILL FREEZE.
Edition: Original book club edition.
Condition: Very good+ in beige cloth in a very good dust jacket (bookplate on front pastedown, some discoloration from the binding process on endpapers, with a faint "old book" musty odor, in a dustjacket with a few chips, some toning to the spine). A very hard to find vintage book club edition, especially in dust jacket.
Book ID: 85748More details Price: $75.00 -
FALL & RISE.
Edition: First printing.
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - His third novel, a 'funny, telling and often disturbing story of obsessive love,' set in New York City in a single day. 245 pp. ISBN: 0-86547-1924.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (toning to the flaps of the dj.)
Book ID: 50958More details Price: $19.50 -
CITY OF GOD: A Novel.
Edition: Full size book club edition.
New York: Random House, (2000) dj. Hardcover - Novel set in New York City. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-679-447830.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 61488More details Price: $12.50 -
ALL THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Arthur Barker, Ltd., (1964) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first (and only) novel, a comic novel "bright, sardonic and sometimes ribald" the story of a young woman who travels to New York City where she joins the crowd of beautiful people whose lives are focused on having a good time. Dust jacket praise from Richard Condon and Emily Hahn. Published just 2 years before Dowling's death at age 37. 269 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 83877More details Price: $25.00 -
RIVERS OF GOLD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bloomsbury, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - Tech-noir novel set in New York City in what was the near future when this book was written - a city with race riots, massive unemployment and crime run rampant. 276 pp. ISBN: 978-1608193073.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 63529More details Price: $16.50 -
WHEN THE SONS OF HEAVEN MEET THE DAUGHTERS OF THE EARTH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her third novel, set in the high-flying world of New York City in the 1980's. 404 pp. ISBN: 0 - 6 7 9 - 4 4 5 1 4 5.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine printed acetate dust jacket.
Book ID: 47434More details Price: $15.00 -
NEVER LOOK BACK.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Random House, (1951) dj. Hardcover - A novel of gradually building suspense, as the danger surrounding Maggie Brooke builds. 217 pp.
Condition: Good only in a good dust jacket (previous owner's name, spine slant, tape ghosts on front endpaper, lower corner of dj flap clipped, rubbing and edgewear to the dj).
Book ID: 79089More details Price: $12.50 -
WHEN THE SONS OF HEAVEN MEET THE DAUGHTERS OF EARTH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her third book, a novel about 'the high-flying New York art world of the late 1980's.' 404 pp. ISBN: 0-679-445145.
Condition: Very good in blue boards in a very good printed acrylic dust jacket. (spine cocked.)
Book ID: 51388More details Price: $15.00 -
A BOOK OF MOONS: A Bast Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates / Forge, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second in the series featuring Karen Hightower (aka Bast) a modern day witch, and amateur detective. When a bookseller is murdered by a thief who is after an ancient spell book that may have once belonged to Mary, Queen of Scots, she finds herself involved in a search for a killer that takes her through New York's occult underground. 220 pp. ISBN: 0-312856059.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86160More details Price: $18.50 -
SPEAK DAGGERS TO HER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates / Forge, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book in a new series introducing Karen Hightower (aka Bast) a single white witch, living in Manhattan, working as a free lance graphic designer and reading tarot cards on the side. But when a close friend dies suddenly, she must turn detective to find who was the killer and why - a search that takes her through New York's occult underground. 222 pp. ISBN: 0-312856040.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86159More details Price: $18.50 -
MANHATTAN BEACH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner, (2017) dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's sixth book, fifth novel - but her first historical novel, set mostly during World War II,, on the Brooklyn docks, "when mobsters ruled, the war loomed, and a young girl dove her way into becoming the first female diver on the squad." Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. 438 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 978-1476716732.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 75956More details Price: $18.50 -
PLATITUDES
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
New York: Vintage, (1988.). First edition - African-American author's first book, described by Alexander Theroux as "funny and dark and devilish." Issued only in paperback as a Vintage Original. Illustrated with photographs. 183 pp. ISBN: 0-394-754395.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (as new, but with a remainder line.)
Book ID: 54122More details Price: $24.50 -
PLATITUDES
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
New York: Vintage, (1988.). First edition - African-American author's first book, described by Alexander Theroux as "funny and dark and devilish." Issued only in paperback as a Vintage Original. Illustrated with photographs. 183 pp. ISBN: 0-394-754395.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (crease on corner of front cover.)
Book ID: 14627More details Price: $20.00 -
PLATITUDES
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
New York: Vintage, (1988.). First edition - African-American author's first book, described by Alexander Theroux as "funny and dark and devilish." Issued only in paperback as a Vintage Original. Illustrated with photographs. 183 pp. ISBN: 0-394-754395.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 3138More details Price: $29.50
