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SARATOGA HEADHUNTER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: The Viking Press, (1985.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring ex-cop turned private eye, Charlie Bradshaw - set in this famous New York race track town. In addition to writing these rather offbeat mysteries, Dobyns is a novelist and award-winning poet. 208 pp. ISBN: 0-670804886.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 36842More details Price: $18.00 -
SARATOGA LONGSHOT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Atheneum, (1976) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first in a series of mysteries featuring Saratoga police sergeant Charlie Bradshaw - set in this famous New York race track town. In addition to writing these rather offbeat mysteries, Dobyns is a novelist and award-winning poet. 239 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-689-107072.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 73924More details Price: $35.00 -
THE SNOWMAN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1965.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, which takes place in 1943 during World War II "in a village which could hardly be further removed from [the war]. Joseph's Landing, New York, knows no bombings, no evacuations, no shortages; even its few gold stars hang in the windows of late-comers to the town." Removed that is, until the town's only wounded veteran returns and a young Jewish doctor arrives to take the place of the former doctor whose "malignant genius survives in the lives of the townspeople." 186 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a good dustjacket (a clean, tight book, with some rubbing and edgewear to the dj.)
Book ID: 33533More details Price: $35.00 -
THE TENTH LIFE.
Edition: First printing.
Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Captain Heimrich mystery - the New York State Police inspector finds himself involved with exotic cats, exotic poisons, and the most unusual murder case of his career. 201 pp. ISBN: 0-397-012373.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.(short tear at corner fold of dj)
Book ID: 70533More details Price: $18.50 -
TWICE RETIRED.
Edition: Book club edition.
Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1970) dj. Hardcover first edition - The victim - the chairman of a university's board of trustees - is found dead crammed in the back seat of a car with a pig's mask on. The third book in a short series featuring Assistant DA Bernie Simmons. 183 pp. ISBN: 0-397-012373.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (some chipping to the rear fold)
Book ID: 90822More details Price: $13.50 -
THROUGH A GOLD EAGLE: A Glynis Tryon Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Berkley, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Fourth in the highly praised Seneca Falls Historical Mysteries series, set in Seneca Falls in 1859 with the country divided over the issue of slavery. Historical notes. 386 pp. ISBN: 0-425-153185.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 37844More details Price: $18.00 -
ADELE DORING OF THE SUNNYSIDE CLUB, Adele Doring Series #1.
Edition: Early printing.
Boston: Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd, (c 1919). Hardcover - First book in this series about the girls of the Sunnyside Club, set in upstate New York (where the author was born.) Illustrated by Florence Liley Young with a color frontispiece and three color internals. 374 pp. Plain endpapers.
Condition: Very good in green boards with black lettering, small illustration on spine.
Book ID: 83932More details Price: $16.50 -
THE FACE-CHANGERS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Jane Whitfield novel by this Edgar-award winning writer. SIGNED on the title page. 372 pp. ISBN: 0-679-453032.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 47611More details Price: $27.50 -
THE FACE-CHANGERS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Jane Whitfield novel by this Edgar-award winning writer. SIGNED on the title page. 372 pp. ISBN: 0-679-453032.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (corners slightly bumped)
Book ID: 60013More details Price: $25.00 -
THE FACE-CHANGERS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Jane Whitfield novel by this Edgar-award winning writer. SIGNED on the title page. 372 pp. ISBN: 0-679-453032.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77296More details Price: $30.00 -
THE SALT POINT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, set in Poughkeepsie, New York, and which focuses on four members of "what might be called the sexually ambivalent generation." 210 pp. ISBN: 0-525-248323.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket. (bottom of spine bumped, remainder line.)
Book ID: 48057More details Price: $15.00 -
THE DOG HERMIT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Mysterious Press, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fourth novel by this Edgar award winning writer. Set in upstate New York, in the midst of a harsh winter, this is a chilling story of murder and of the kidnapping of a nine year old boy. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-89296-5037.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (wear to dj at upper corners of folds, dj now in an archival protector.)
Book ID: 30254More details Price: $25.00 -
THE CATCH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel by this former undercover narcotics officer, the story of a couple who have been smuggling marijuana for years, but who have now put down roots in upstate New York and want to go straight - after one last trip, which goes very wrong. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-385-485166.
Condition: Good in good dust jacket (some crinkling to edges of pages, overall light wear, but still tight and clean.)
Book ID: 48851More details Price: $12.50
