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EVERYTHING TO LOSE.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82605More details Price: $28.50 -
EVERYTHING TO LOSE.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82606More details Price: $31.50 -
TOXICOLOGY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: The Viking Press, (2011.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth novel by this award winning writer who was born and raised in the Philippines - set in Manhattan's West Village, this centers on two women - one a maker of low budget slasher films, the other an aging scandalous literary figure, addicted to cocaine and alcohol. Explores the connection between creativity and self-destruction. 225 pp. ISBN: 9780670022571.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 54138More details Price: $20.00 -
NIGHT WORK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A stand-alone thriller by this Edgar award winning author, featuring Joe Trumbull, a juvenile probation officer in Kingston, New York. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-312-353616.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 73558More details Price: $16.50 -
NIGHT WORK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A stand-alone thriller by this Edgar award winning author, featuring Joe Trumbull, a juvenile probation officer in Kingston, New York. SIGNED on the title page. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-312-353616.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 55040More details Price: $25.00 -
CANDYLAND: A Novel in Two Parts.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel written by McBain/Hunter (who are, of course, the same person) in two distinctive voices: in the first part, Ben Thorpe, an architect in New York on business, goes on a compulsive search for female companionship. In the second part, as written by Ed McBain (a pseudonym for Evan Hunter) Emma Boyle of the NYPD is investigating the murder of a prostitute, for which Ben is becoming the chief suspect. 302 pp. ISBN: 0-743213165.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 71609More details Price: $15.00 -
MONA IN THE PROMISED LAND.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - Jen's highly praised second novel, the story of Mona, the daughter of the Chang family in "Typical American." Set in an upscale New York suburb, in 1968, the "dawn of the age of ethnicity" this is about being free to forge your own identity. 304 pp. ISBN: 0-679445897.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 80001More details Price: $18.00 -
OPEN HOUSE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: McGraw-Hill, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second suspense novel set in Manhattan. 271 pp. ISBN: 0-07-0333297.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 65060More details Price: $15.00 -
WINGS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. Hardcover first edition - A novel about a brilliant man, and the women who loved him. Opposite the title page is a review for an earlier book by Kelley which implies that Kelley is a better author than Edith Wharton, to whom she has been compared.... Kelley has "a humanness, a warmth, that Mrs Wharton lacks." 214 pp plus 2 pp publisher's ad. Decorative endpapers.
Condition: Good in black cloth with blue lettering - some wear to the covers, no dust jacket.
Book ID: 62725More details Price: $17.50 -
IRONWEED
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Penguin Books, (1984). Set in 1938, Francis Phelan - ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger and full-time drunk - is back in town. The third novel in his Albany cycle. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. 227 pp. ISBN: 0-14-00-70206.
Condition: Very good (usual toning to the pages)
Book ID: 58817More details Price: $11.25 -
VERY OLD BONES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which forms part of Kennedy's acclaimed and award-winning Phelan cycle, set in Albany, New York in 1958. 292 pp. Family tree on endpapers. ISBN: 0-670-83457-2.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (rem line.)
Book ID: 16509More details Price: $18.00 -
ROSCOE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Viking, 2002. First edition - A novel in his prize-winning Albany series - this is set just after the end of World War II.
Condition: Fine.
Book ID: 21898More details Price: $18.00 -
VERY OLD BONES.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Viking, 1992. A novel which forms part of Kennedy's acclaimed and award-winning Phelan cycle, set in Albany, New York in 1958.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 31503More details Price: $10.00 -
LEGS.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Penguin, (1987.). First book in his prize-winning and acclaimed Albany novels series - set in the 1920's and the 1930's, this recreates the career of legendary gangster Jack 'Legs' Diamond who was finally murdered in Albany . ISBN: 0-14-0064842.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 31948More details Price: $11.50 -
VERY OLD BONES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which forms part of Kennedy's acclaimed and award-winning Phelan cycle, set in Albany, New York in 1958. 292 pp. Family tree on endpapers. ISBN: 0-670-83457-2.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 37876More details Price: $21.00 -
THE INK TRUCK.
Edition: Reprint.
New York: The Viking Press, (1984.) dj. Hardcover - Hardcover reissue of the first novel by this Pulitzer prize winning author, set in a city strongly resembling Albany, New York, and originally published in 1969. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-670-39825x.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (stamp on bottom edge, lower corner of dj flap clipped, price still present in upper corner, a tight copy, appears unread.)
Book ID: 37879More details Price: $12.50 -
VERY OLD BONES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which forms part of Kennedy's acclaimed and award-winning Phelan cycle, set in Albany, New York in 1958. 292 pp. Family tree on endpapers. ISBN: 0-670-83457-2.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dust jacket (a new copy, but with a remainder line.)
Book ID: 40375More details Price: $20.00 -
ROSCOE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, (2002.). Hardcover first edition - A novel in his prize-winning Albany series - this is set just after the end of World War II. ISBN: 0-670-03295.
Condition: Fine.
Book ID: 41437More details Price: $18.00 -
THE FLAMING CORSAGE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set between 1884 and 1912, one which unravels the mystery behind the murder known as the "Love Nest Killing of 1906" in New York. 209 pp. ISBN: 0-670-858722.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 63104More details Price: $19.50 -
LEGS.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Penguin, (1987.). First book in his prize-winning and acclaimed Albany novels series - set in the 1920's and the 1930's, this recreates the career of legendary gangster Jack 'Legs' Diamond who was finally murdered in Albany . ISBN: 0-14-0064842.
Condition: Good overall (short tear at bottom of spine, usual toning to pages.)
Book ID: 43071More details Price: $10.00 -
THE FLAMING CORSAGE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set between 1884 and 1912, one which unravels the mystery behind the murder known as the "Love Nest Killing of 1906" in New York. 209 pp. ISBN: 0-670-858722.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped)
Book ID: 58818More details Price: $17.50 -
FLOWER OF FORTUNE.
Edition: First edition.
New York: The Century Company, 1922. dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical and romantic novel for older girls, set against the backdrop of Dutch-English old New York, shortly after the English came. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 3 internal glossy plates by Emilie Benson Knipe. 354 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated yellow boards in a very good dustjacket (some loss to the ends of the dj spine and other minor wear.) Hard to find in dust jacket.
Book ID: 69997More details Price: $65.00 -
THE EX.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Kensington, (1996.) dj. Hardcover - Thriller set in Manhattan's upper West side. 264 pp. ISBN: 1575660748.
Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket. (prev owner's name.)
Book ID: 48730More details Price: $12.50 -
THE EX.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Kensington, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Thriller set in Manhattan's upper West side. SIGNED on the title page. 264 pp. ISBN: 1575660748.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 48776More details Price: $20.00 -
SHADOWTOWN
Edition: First printing.
New York: Mysterious Press, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring New York cops E. L. Oxman and Art Tobin - in this one, they are investigating the murder of a security guard on a television soap opera studio, and the only witness is claiming that a vampire did it! SIGNED on the title page. 248 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-2216.
Condition: Very good in a near fine dustjacket (spine slant.)
Book ID: 6716More details Price: $20.00 -
SHADOWTOWN
Edition: First printing.
New York: Mysterious Press, (1988.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring New York cops E. L. Oxman and Art Tobin - in this one, they are investigating the murder of a security guard on a television soap opera studio, and the only witness is claiming that a vampire did it! SIGNED on the title page. 248 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-2216.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 31326More details Price: $25.00 -
DETECTIVE FIRST GRADE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: St Martin's, (1993). First edition - The first novel by this former Captain with the NYPD, a day-by-day account of how the police department handles a local crime that could have international terrorist complications. Introduces Detective Brian McKenna. 375 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 63063More details Price: $20.00 -
JAMAICA RUN: A Joe Cinquez Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring the street-savvy, 50, black Harlem private investigator, Joe Cinquez, by this African American playwright; this one deals with drug dealing in Jamaica and in a Jamaican neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. 359 pp. ISBN: 0-312-00611x.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 42401More details Price: $25.00 -
POINT NO-POINT: A Ziza Todd Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Ziza Todd, a feisty, irreverent reverend and an amateur sleuth. Set in a small town in New York's Hudson Valley Region. Author's note. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-670841846.
Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (a tight copy which appears unread, but binding flaw to front endpapers, with the pastedown glued improperly and a crease to the free endpaper).
Book ID: 68026More details Price: $14.50 -
CHILD OF MY HEART.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2002.) dj. Fifth novel by this award-winning author, a coming of age story set in one seemingly idyllic summer on Long Island. 242 pp. ISBN: 0-374-121230.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 38853More details Price: $15.00
