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EXTRA CREDITS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Villard, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring "New York's brashest, hippest investigative reporter" Peter Finley, involving the apparent suicide in Washington Square of a college student. 227 pp. ISBN: 0-394554582.
Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 37280More details Price: $15.00 -
EXTRA CREDITS.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Villard, (1988.) dj. Hardcover - Second mystery featuring "New York's brashest, hippest investigative reporter" Peter Finley, involving the apparent suicide in Washington Square of a college student. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-394554582.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 46862More details Price: $12.50 -
THE TENANTS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - Levenspiel, the landlord wants to get rid of both of his tenants so he can demolish the building, , Willie's girl on her way to marriage, complicates the uneasy black/white relationship. "Add island magic, wailing winds, seas buffeting the shore, homeless men wandering in dark hallways, fear of fire. . . This compact and explosive work may well be Bernard Malamud's best novel." 230 pp. ISBN: 0-374-272905.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 61978More details Price: $25.00 -
BANDBOX.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pantheon, (2004) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in the 1920s in Jazz Age New York City, where "Bandbox" - a glamorous and at one time hugely successful monthly magazine - is fighting for its survival. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-375421165.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 66846More details Price: $17.50 -
DEATH OF A BUTTERFLY.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her second novel (the first to be published in hardcover); the second book featuring New York police lieutenant Sigrid Harald. 179 pp. ISBN: 038-5195540.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (light remainder spray to bottom edge, some foxing to the cream background on the rear cover of the dj)
Book ID: 59602More details Price: $30.00 -
THE FINISHING SCHOOL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second romantic thriller to feature the 'sexy, smart and tough-as-nails federal prosecutor Melanie Vargas' who also is trying to balance her life as a single mother with her career. She finds herself involved in the investigation of the death of two teen-age girls, apparently of a drug overdose, but which turns out to be much more complicated. SIGNED on the title page. 357 pp. ISBN: 978-0060724009.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 73777More details Price: $25.00 -
HEAT.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Viking Press, (1981.) dj. Hardcover - An 87th precinct mystery.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 34167More details Price: $12.50 -
THE LAST DANCE: A Novel of the 87th Precinct.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. dj. Hardcover first edition - McBain's fiftieth novel of the 87th Precinct. "In this city, you can get anything done for a price. If you want someone's eyeglasses smashed, it'll cost you a subway token. You want his fingernails pulled out? His legs broken? You want him more seriously injured? You want him hurt so he's an invalid his whole life? You want him skinned, you want him burned, you want him -- don't even mention it in a whisper -- killed? It can be done." 269 pp. ISBN: 0-684-85513-5.
Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (hint of spine slant)
Book ID: 34177More details Price: $15.00 -
BREAD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1974.) dj. First edition - An 87th precinct mystery. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-394-485807.
Condition: Very good in very good+ dust jacket (slight spine slant, small piece cut from front endpaper, orig price of 5.95 still present on dj flap).
Book ID: 46055More details Price: $20.00 -
THE LAST DANCE: A Novel of the 87th Precinct.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - McBain's fiftieth novel of the 87th Precinct. "In this city, you can get anything done for a price. If you want someone's eyeglasses smashed, it'll cost you a subway token. You want his fingernails pulled out? His legs broken? You want him more seriously injured? You want him hurt so he's an invalid his whole life? You want him skinned, you want him burned, you want him -- don't even mention it in a whisper -- killed? It can be done." SIGNED on the title page. 269 pp. ISBN: 0-684-85513-5.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81568More details Price: $30.00 -
BREAD.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Random House, (1974.) dj. Hardcover - An 87th precinct mystery. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-394-485807.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (lower corner of dj flap clipped.)
Book ID: 48159More details Price: $12.50 -
LULLABY: An 87th Precinct Novel.
Edition: First printing.
New York: William H. Morrow, (1989) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 40th novel in the 87th Precinct series. A young couple return to their apartment to find the babysitter and their baby savagely murdered. John Jakes described this as "classic McBain - terse, tough, laced with his patented dark humor." SIGNED on the title page. 350 pp. ISBN: 0-877959943.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 79456More details Price: $35.00 -
FAT OLLIE'S BOOK: A Novel of the 87th Precinct
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Features not only Carella and Kling of the 87th Precinct novel, but Ollie Weeks of the 88th Precinct. 271 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-02708.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 54395More details Price: $15.00 -
EIGHT BLACK HORSES: An 87th Precinct Mystery
Edition: First printing.
New York: Arbor House, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - Classic police procedural, set in New York City. 250 pp. ISBN: 0-87795-6812.
Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (bit of toning to the flaps of the dj)
Book ID: 60271More details Price: $17.50 -
NOCTURNE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Warner, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An 87th Precinct Mystery featuring Detectives Carella and Hawes. SIGNED on the title page. 291 pp. ISBN: 0-446518050.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 79425More details Price: $30.00 -
WIDOWS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: William H. Morrow, (1991) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An 87th Precinct Mystery featuring Detective Steve Carella. SIGNED on the title page. 332 pp. ISBN: 0-588-102190.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 79423More details Price: $30.00 -
LULLABY: An 87th Precinct Novel.
Edition: First printing.
New York: William H. Morrow, (1989) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 40th novel in the 87th Precinct series. John Jakes described this as "classic McBain - terse, tough, laced with his patented dark humor." SIGNED on the half title page. 350 pp. ISBN: 0-877959943.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 70943More details Price: $28.50 -
THREE COMPLETE 87TH PRECINCT NOVEL: TRICKS, ICE, 8 BLACK HORSES.
Edition: Reprint. - first thus.
New York: Wings, (1992) dj. Hardcover - Omnibus edition containing 3 full-length novels originally published between 1983 and 1987 - Tricks, Ice and 8 Black Horses. 528 pp. ISBN: 0-517064995.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some light toning to the pages)
Book ID: 74909More details Price: $16.50 -
WHEN WARHOL WAS STILL ALIVE.
Edition: First printing.
Freedom, CA: Crossing Press, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a novel about working in the women's magazine industry in New York City, by a former editor at "Glamour" magazine. 199 pp. ISBN: 0-89594-6513.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 36017More details Price: $16.00 -
ANTHONY OVERMAN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., Inc., 1906. Hardcover first edition - Novel of labor relations in New York city, published just two years after her most popular novel, "In the Bishop's Carriage." . Illustrated with a frontispiece and 3 glossy lightly tinted color plates, plus one double page black and white wash drawing, by John Cecil Clay. This best-selling early 20th century novelist and journalist was born in Calaveras County in California in 1870. Her older brother, Albert Michelson was widely recognized as 'The Father of Theoretical Physics' and who, in 1907, became the first American scientist to win a Nobel Prize, and whose work in measuring the speed of light inspired Albert Einstein. 339 pp.
Condition: Good overall in green cloth with floral and oak leaf decorations in gold and white, on both the cover and spine (pencilled gift inscription dated Christmas 1908, some wear to the covers, some general edgewear to the covers, both hinges starting).
Book ID: 43249More details Price: $20.00 -
ANTHONY OVERMAN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., Inc., 1906. Hardcover first edition - Novel of labor relations in New York city, published just two years after her most popular novel, "In the Bishop's Carriage." . Illustrated with a frontispiece and 3 glossy lightly tinted color plates, plus one double page black and white wash drawing, by John Cecil Clay. This best-selling early 20th century novelist and journalist was born in Calaveras County in California in 1870. Her older brother, Albert Michelson was widely recognized as 'The Father of Theoretical Physics' and who, in 1907, became the first American scientist to win a Nobel Prize, and whose work in measuring the speed of light inspired Albert Einstein. 339 pp.
Condition: Very good in green cloth with floral and oak leaf decorations in gold and white, on both the cover and spine (gift inscription dated Christmas 1919, minor wear to the covers, some general edgewear to the covers, front hinge starting).
Book ID: 84049More details Price: $24.50 -
IN THE CUT
Edition: Book club edition (states 'first edition' but this is a false first.)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. dj. Hardcover - Hawaiian author's 4th novel, this one set in New York City. Erotic, controversial and quite gripping. States 'first edition' but no price on dj. ISBN: 0-679-422587.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 23528More details Price: $12.50 -
IN THE CUT
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Hawaiian author's 4th novel, this one set in New York City - a 'stunning erotic thriller', controversial and quite gripping. Basis for the movie of the same name. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-679-422587.
Condition: Very good+ in a very good+ dustjacket (price-clipped dj.)
Book ID: 23559More details Price: $12.50 -
IN THE CUT
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Hawaiian author's 4th novel, this one set in New York City - a 'stunning erotic thriller', controversial and quite gripping. Basis for the movie of the same name. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-679-422587.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 34097More details Price: $16.00 -
MURDER FOR LUNCH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first mystery set in New York City and introducing septuagenarian Reuben Frost, a semiretired former leader of a prominent law firm, his elegnt wife Cynthia, a former ballerina, New York Police Department homicide detective Luis Bautista. Writer Stefan Kanfer has called the Frosts Òthe most enjoyable pair of married sleuths since Mr. and Mrs. North.Ó 268 pp. ISBN: 0-67160628x.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 83603More details Price: $25.00 -
THE ORCHID.
Edition: First printing.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1931.). Hardcover first edition - A gentle story which begins with the illusion of happiness brought on by spring, and follows the doings of an elderly music teacher who plays cupid as several love affairs play out around him. By the author perhaps best known for his fantasies including "Portrait of Jenny." 199 pp.
Condition: Very good in dusty rose cloth with gilt lettering on front cover (spine faded with rubbed lettering), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 83498More details Price: $15.00 -
WALKING AFTER MIDNIGHT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Villard, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - A Downtown Mystery. The author's first mystery novel, introducing Max Darenow - "Max Darenow's life was on the rebound. He was going to quit his job as a tabloid reporter, quit his vices, tone up his muscles, live in the Hampton's and write a novel. In addition he would win back the love of Denise Overton, the beautiful art photographer whose trust he had lost.. . . the phone rings, and Darenow receives the first half of a one-two punch that changes his life. Denise is dead." 353 pp. ISBN: 0-39456314X.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 64445More details Price: $15.00 -
SHELL GAME.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Kathleen Mallory novel, set in New York City: she investigates a a magic trick goes awry resulting in a tragic death on live television - or a very bold murder committed in front of millions of viewers. 374 pp. ISBN: 9780399144950.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 43996More details Price: $15.00 -
DEAD FAMOUS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Kathy Mallory novel, set in New York City. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-399-150846.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 46820More details Price: $18.00 -
DEAD FAMOUS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Kathy Mallory novel, set in New York City. SIGNED on the title page. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-399-150846.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 56366More details Price: $30.00
