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THE VANISHED PRIESTESS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Forge, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second Annie Szabo mystery, set in Northern California. INSCRIBED on the title page. ISBN: 0-765307804.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 33102More details Price: $25.00 -
THE VANISHED PRIESTESS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Forge, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second Annie Szabo mystery, set in Northern California. 316 pp. ISBN: 0-765307804.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 57775More details Price: $15.00 -
DOG EAT DOG.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. dj. Hardcover first edition - The last of six mysteries, all set in Northern California, by Collins: this one is set in the world of competitive dog shows and less than scrupulous owners and trainers. In "My San Franisco" Gertrude Atherton described Mary Collins as "a brilliant member of the northern group, [who] has won a wide reputation as a writer of unusual mystery stories:. . . She has imagination, as distinct from invention, a remarkable flair for character pyschology, style and magnetism. And atmosphere. . . Mary is lovely to look at. She is tall and slender, has charming manners and knows how to dress." 208 pp.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (some toning and edgewear to the dj, price-clipped.).
Book ID: 57604More details Price: $40.00 -
THE BOHEMIAN CONNECTION.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, 1985. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second Vejay Haskell mystery. SIGNED on the title page. 185 pp. ISBN: 0-312-087454.
Condition: Near fine in a good only dust jacket (rubbing and edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 27854More details Price: $25.00 -
THE BOHEMIAN CONNECTION.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, 1985. dj. The second Vejay Haskell mystery. 185 pp. ISBN: 0-312-087454.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, in a good dust unmarked dust jacket (tear at side of spine of dj.)
Book ID: 52290More details Price: $9.50 -
THE BOHEMIAN CONNECTION.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, 1985. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second Vejay Haskell mystery. SIGNED on the title page. 185 pp. ISBN: 0-312-087454.
Condition: Very good in a good only jacket (corner of front endpaper clipped, rubbing and edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 20505More details Price: $22.50 -
IRON SHOES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A wonderful first novel by this award-winning short story writer - set in Northern California, this is a coming-of-middle-age book as the 40 year old woman at its center comes to grips with her own and others' expectations for her, her sense of failure and her realization of what life can contain. Dustjacket praise from Amy Tan, Susan Trott, Lynn Freed and many others. SIGNED on the first blank prelim by the author. 239 pp. ISBN: 0-684-859939.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 32671More details Price: $32.00 -
IRON SHOES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A wonderful first novel by this award-winning short story writer - set in Northern California, this is a coming-of-middle-age book as the 40 year old woman at its center comes to grips with her own and others' expectations for her, her sense of failure and her realization of what life can contain. Dustjacket praise from Amy Tan, Susan Trott, Lynn Freed and many others. Personally INSCRIBED on the first blank prelim by the author and SIGNED on the title page. 239 pp. ISBN: 0-684-859939.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder mark)
Book ID: 34445More details Price: $28.00 -
IRON SHOES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A wonderful first novel by this award-winning short story writer - set in Northern California, this is a coming-of-middle-age book as the 40 year old woman at its center comes to grips with her own and others' expectations for her, her sense of failure and her realization of what life can contain. Dustjacket praise from Amy Tan, Susan Trott, Lynn Freed and many others. SIGNED on the title page. 239 pp. ISBN: 0-684-859939.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 34446More details Price: $30.00 -
EMMA CHIZZIT AND THE QUEEN ANNE KILLER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, the first in a series of mysteries featuring senior citizen Emma Chizzit, owner of a salvage company. 178 pp,. ISBN: 0-8027-57510.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 51274More details Price: $18.50 -
EMMA CHIZZIT AND THE QUEEN ANNE KILLER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1989.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first book , the first in a series of mysteries featuring senior citizen Emma Chizzit, owner of a salvage company. SIGNED and dated on the title page. 178 pp,. ISBN: 0-8027-57510.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82985More details Price: $30.00 -
EMMA CHIZZIT AND THE QUEEN ANNE KILLER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1989.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first book , the first in a series of mysteries featuring senior citizen Emma Chizzit, owner of a salvage company. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication, in "Vacaville AKA Fairville" - the setting for this novel. 178 pp,. ISBN: 0-8027-57510.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 37829More details Price: $30.00 -
SHOTGUN ALLEY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Second mystery set in Northern California featuring 'world-weary ex-cop turned private eye' Scott Weiss and his ace operative Jim Bishop. As Klavan notes in his introduction, before he was a writer, he worked for a while at a private detective agency, Weiss Investigations. Like 'Dynamite Road' this novel is based on an actual case..... Honey, a vivacious 17 year old daughter of politician, has a penchant for drug dealers, mad-dog bikers, booze, sex, crank and guns.... 301 pp. ISBN: 0-765-307863.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 60491More details Price: $35.00 -
SHOTGUN ALLEY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page by the author. Second mystery set in Northern California featuring 'world-weary ex-cop turned private eye' Scott Weiss and his ace operative Jim Bishop. As Klavan notes in his introduction, before he was a writer, he worked for a while at a private detective agency, Weiss Investigations. Like 'Dynamite Road' this novel is based on an actual case..... Honey, a vivacious 17 year old daughter of politician, has a penchant for drug dealers, mad-dog bikers, booze, sex, crank and guns.... 301 pp. ISBN: 0-765-307863.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 30598More details Price: $30.00 -
BONE BY BONE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A stand-alone thriller by the author the Mallory novels, a fascinating story set in a town loosely modeled on Mendocino, on the Northern California coast. SIGNED and dated in January 2009 on the title page. 340 pp. ISBN: 9780399155147.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 42911More details Price: $35.00 -
BONE BY BONE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A stand-alone thriller by the author the Mallory novels, a fascinating story set in a town loosely modeled on Mendocino, on the Northern California coast. SIGNED on the title page. 340 pp. ISBN: 9780399155147.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 79046More details Price: $30.00 -
ON SPIDER CREEK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1978.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, set in his fictional world of Cuervo, an isolated town in a remote canyon on the northern California coast.. Roper received a Wallace Stegner Fellowship award for his first book, 'Royo County', and this novel won Honorable Mention in the Joseph Henry Jackson Competition. SIGNED on the title page. 406 pp. Dust jacket art by Wendell Minor. ISBN: 0-671-229095.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (book 'over-opened' before title page, crease to front flap of dj.)
Book ID: 38601More details Price: $30.00 -
THE EXCEPTION.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Carroll & Graf, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - Another rather quirky and offbeat novel set in Northern California. 279 pp. ISBN: 0-88184-6260.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 35792More details Price: $15.00 -
JUST BREATHE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (some toning to edges of textblock).
Book ID: 87061More details Price: $25.00 -
JUSTICE FOR SOME.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Oregon judge Sarah Drexler. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-312-093195.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 52717More details Price: $15.00 -
JUSTICE FOR SOME.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Oregon judge Sarah Drexler. INSCRIBED on the title page. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-312-093195.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77804More details Price: $30.00 -
JUSTICE FOR SOME.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Oregon judge Sarah Drexler. SIGNED on the title page. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-312-093195.
Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket (light toning to pages).
Book ID: 81753More details Price: $30.00
