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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 -
THE RAGGEDY MAN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second mystery introducing featuring private detective Gwenn Ramadge, set in New York. SIGNED on the title page. 232 pp. . ISBN: 0-399140190.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (upper corners very slightly bumped)
Book ID: 63420More details Price: $27.50 -
LITTLE BIRD OF HEAVEN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ecco / Harper Collins, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in the Great Lakes region of upstate New York, a story of murder, suspicion, guilt and misplaced love. 442 pp. ISBN: 978-0061829833.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder mark, some toning to edges of textblock)
Book ID: 87089More details Price: $18.50 -
WOMAN IN THE DARK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Berkley, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring Joe Wilder, a struggling novelist living in New York City's Greenwich Village. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-425153126.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 33693More details Price: $15.00 -
THE WHEEL OF DARKNESS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Warner, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Thriller featuring FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast - involving a luxury ocean liner on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic, and an ancient, sealed, Tibetan box. Includes a three page note from the authors about their books. SIGNED by Douglas Preston on the title page. 388 pp. ISBN: 0-446-580287.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 71988More details Price: $35.00 -
THE BOOK OF THE DEAD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Warner, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Thriller set at the New York Museum of Natural History, while FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast is rotting away in a maximum security prison for a murder he did not commit. The seventh novel by these writers featuring Pendergast and the final book in the "Diogenes Trilogy" which began with "Brimstone" and "Dance of Death." Authors' note, references. SIGNED by Douglas Preston on the title page. 454 pp. ISBN: 0-446576980.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (binding slightly loose, crease on dj flaps.)
Book ID: 38923More details Price: $27.50 -
THE BOOK OF THE DEAD.
Edition: 3rd printing.
New York: Warner, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Thriller set at the New York Museum of Natural History, while FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast is rotting away in a maximum security prison for a murder he did not commit. The seventh novel by these writers featuring Pendergast and the final book in the "Diogenes Trilogy" which began with "Brimstone" and "Dance of Death." SIGNED by Preston on the title page. Authors' note, references. 454 pp. ISBN: 0-446576980.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 40598More details Price: $24.50 -
TELL HER IT'S MURDER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1954.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A complex mystery featuring New York police Inspector Christopher McKee. 240 pp.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (slight spine slant, some wear to dj at top of spine)
Book ID: 58739More details Price: $30.00 -
ABSENT FRIENDS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Delacorte, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The suicide of a reporter and a colleague's search for answers in the aftermath of the collapse of the Twin Towers uncover secrets hidden for years. SIGNED on the title page. 367 pp. ISBN: 0-385-338031.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 62117More details Price: $25.00 -
ABSENT FRIENDS.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Delacorte, (2004.). SIGNED first edition - The suicide of a reporter and a colleague's search for answers in the aftermath of the collapse of the Twin Towers uncover secrets hidden for years. SIGNED on the title page. 367 pp.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (toning to the pages, some wear to the covers.).
Book ID: 55125More details Price: $18.00 -
ABSENT FRIENDS.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Delta, (2005.). SIGNED - The suicide of a reporter and a colleague's search for answers in the aftermath of the collapse of the Twin Towers uncover secrets hidden for years. SIGNED on the title page. 367 pp plus a sneak preview of Rozan's next novel, 'In This Rain.'. ISBN: 0-385-339232.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 54663More details Price: $18.50 -
GONNA TAKE A HOMICIDAL JOURNEY.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring lesbian private eye Lauren Laurano. SIGNED on a blank preliminary page. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-316-776653.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 52730More details Price: $25.00 -
STEELWORK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pantheon, (1970) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second novel - "Like a series of snapshops, this novel presents a picture of a particular Brooklyn neighborhood between the years 1935 and 1951, covering the Depression, World War II, the beginnings of the Cold War, and the Korean War." 177 pp. ISBN: 0-394447107.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (usual sunning to the spine of the dj)
Book ID: 74620More details Price: $24.50 -
HERB'S PAJAMAS.
Edition: First printing.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of interlinked stories, which follows four New Yorkers living in a single square block of Manhattan's Upper West Side. Rather than bring these lonely people together in a conventional way, Thomas instead allows them to brush by each other in the street without ever noticing, much as they might in real life. Her characters haunt the same bookstores, the same neighborhood cafs - but as much as these characters want to connect to the world around them, this quietly witty book points out their inability to do so. 199 pp. ISBN: 1-56512-0248.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86359More details Price: $18.50 -
PLAYING WITH FIRE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Linden Press / Simon & Schuster, 1980. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in the small town of Fallsview, NY, a town seemingly like others within a few hours of the city - until an arsonist set about burning down the whole town - the houses and businesses - and the town's terrified citizens, under the strain of increasing suspense and horror, begin to view even their oldest friends and neighbors as enemies. 250 pp. Review copy with publisher's letter and slip laid in. ISBN: 0-671254596.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (creases to dj flaps).
Book ID: 78310More details Price: $18.50 -
SO SHALL YOU REAP.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pocket Books, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's fourth mystery, set in the New York Hudson River valley, a story of old secrets erupting and events from 200 years ago recurring as the town plans its bicentennial. 277 pp. ISBN: 0-385-422148.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (appears unread)
Book ID: 74933More details Price: $15.00 -
SO SHALL YOU REAP.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pocket Books, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's fourth mystery, set in the New York Hudson River valley, a story of old secrets erupting and events from 200 years ago recurring as the town plans its bicentennial. 277 pp.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (an unread copy, but some soiling of lower edge of text block)
Book ID: 4327More details Price: $12.50 -
LEVINE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Mysterious Press, (1984). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of six novellas - most written between 1959-1964, but including one first published in this book- which examine the life of a Brooklyn cop. SIGNED on the title page. 182 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-0639.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 68682More details Price: $28.50 -
SWORN TO DEFEND.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Berkley, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - The sixth mystery featuring Brooklyn defense attorney Cass Jameson. 313 pp. ISBN: 0-425-163032.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 66509More details Price: $16.50 -
FRESH KILLS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Berkley, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third mystery featuring Brooklyn defense attorney Cass Jameson. SIGNED on the title page. 236 pp. ISBN: 0-425-147851.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 63550More details Price: $30.00 -
MEAN STREAK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Berkley, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth mystery featuring Brooklyn defense attorney Cass Jameson. 236 pp. ISBN: 0-425-153177.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 62390More details Price: $16.50 -
WHERE NOBODY DIES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring Brooklyn defense attorney Cass Jameson (the first in the series was nominated for an Edgar). 277 pp. ISBN: 0-312-86700x.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (corners slightly bumped, some rubbing to edges of dj)
Book ID: 66510More details Price: $16.50 -
BILLIE BRADLEY AND HER CLASSMATES or The Secret of the Locked Tower, #4.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (1921.). Hardcover - Fourth book in the series featuring fifteen year old Beatrice 'Billie' Bradley, her brother Chet and their friends. They live in a small town in New York, just 40 miles from Manhattan. In this title, she and her friends are at boarding school. Glossy frontispiece. 204 pp. plus 8 pp of publisher's ads.
Condition: Fair condition only in illustrated green cloth (both hinges cracked, shelfwear, prev owner's name. some fraying to the ends of spine, but still a decent reading copy with some vintage appeal.)
Book ID: 48808More details Price: $12.50 -
BUY BACK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2010.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A noir crime novel set in New York's underworld - "Tom Davin is a Brooklyn investigator in a jam. His girl friend split and stuck him with four cats and a debt to a ruthless loan shark. He arranges an art theft to cover his debt - only someone swipes the paintings from his crew." 309 pp. ISBN: 9780312601881.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 57811More details Price: $17.50
