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THE FIREMAKER.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in an unusual new series of thrillers which also explore the cultural differences between China and the United States. Set in contemporary China, this introduces Beijing detective Li Yan, and Margaret Campbell, an American forensic pathologist from Chicago on a six-week lecture trip to the University of Public Security in Beijing, as they track the killer of a government scientist - who had been involved in genetic food engineering - and whose horribly burned corpse is found smouldering in a Beijing park. On the night that the scientist is burned to death, there are two other murders in the city, both linked to his murder. INSCRIBED on the title page. 353 pp. ISBN: 0-312342942.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81490More details Price: $50.00 -
THE FOURTH SACRIFICE.
Edition: First printing.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second book in May's series of China thrillers which have been praised for their "meticulous research, compelling characters and ingenious plots. . [They] combine cutting edge science, drama, wit, and engaging characters who grow and develop across the books. The key to the popularity of this series is the tempestuous relationship between the enigmatic Chinese detective Li Yan, and Dr Margaret Campbell, the acerbic pathologist from Chicago." In addition, each book highlights an area of larger concern - this novel shows how the cultural revolution continues to affect those who survived it even many years later. INSCRIBED and dated on the title page. 405 pp. ISBN: 0-340738367.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (usual toning to the pages).
Book ID: 81535More details Price: $250.00 -
DOWNTOWN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: The Viking Press, 1981. dj. Hardcover first edition - A stand-alone novel set in the 5th Precinct in downtown Manhattan. ISBN: 0-688-087361.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (hint of a spine slant.)
Book ID: 32641More details Price: $13.50 -
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An 87th Precinct Mystery. It is Christmas in New York, but no one is interested in giving - 269 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-02694.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 32849More details Price: $15.00 -
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 -
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 -
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An 87th Precinct Mystery. It is Christmas in New York, but no one is interested in giving. SIGNED on the title page. 269 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-02694.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81567More details Price: $30.00 -
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 -
LADY KILLER: A Novel of the 87th Precinct.
Edition: First UK printing and the first hardcover edition. .
London: T. V. Boardman and Co., (1961). Hardcover first edition - The seventh book in the 87th Precinct series, originally published in paperback in the US. "Detective Cotton Hawes tracks down a compulsive murderer." An American Bloodhound Mystery. 191 pp.
Condition: Fair condition only in orange boards - some spine slant, wear and soiling to the covers, no dust jacket - but overall tight and sturdy.
Book ID: 81457More details Price: $25.00 -
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 -
MISCHIEF.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, 1993. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An 87th Precinct novel. SIGNED on the title page. 346 pp. ISBN: 0-688-102212.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 52460More details Price: $30.00 -
THE McBAIN BRIEF.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Arbor House, (1982.) dj. Hardcover - Short stories involving police and police work by the creator the 87th Precinct novels. 240 pp. ISBN: 0-87795-5301.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 54393More details Price: $12.50 -
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 -
DOWNTOWN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: The Viking Press, 1981. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A stand-alone novel set in the 5th Precinct in downtown Manhattan. SIGNED on the half title page. 302 pp. ISBN: 0-688-087361.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 62241More details Price: $30.00 -
HECKLER: An Inner Sanctum 87th Precinct Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960. dj. Hardcover first edition - The twelfth "published" novel in the 87th Precinct series. 255 pp.
Condition: Good only in a good dust jacket (usual rather severe toning to the pages, a bit of chipping to the ends of the dj spine, some sunning to the lettering on the spine)
Book ID: 66110More details Price: $50.00 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
THE FACE BEHIND THE MASK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third crime novel featuring New York city cop Detective John ("Little John") Rawlings. 191 pp. ISBN: 0-393022528.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 73230More details Price: $15.00 -
LIGHTNING MEN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: 37 Ink / Atria / Simon and Schuster, (2017) dj. Hardcover first edition - A follow-up to the author's highly praised novel, 'Darktown' set in 1950s Atlanta. "Officer Denny Rakestraw and 'Negro Officers' Lucius Boggs and Tommy Smith have their hands full in an overcrowded and rapidly changing Atlanta. Racial tensions are simmering as black families, including Smiths sister, begin moving into formerly all-white neighborhoods. When Rakes brother-in-law launches a scheme to rally the Ku Klux Klan to save their neighborhood, his efforts spiral out of control, forcing Rake to choose between loyalty to family or the law." 374 pp. Photo illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 978-1501138799.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 87531More details Price: $25.00 -
PETRIFIED.
Edition: First printing.
London: Headline (Hodder), (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The sixth novel in a series of unusual police procedurals set in Istanbul,Turkey - a series which brings the melting pot that is Istanbul to life. SIGNED on the title page. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-747269149.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (some light toning to the pages).
Book ID: 65861More details Price: $40.00 -
DEEP WATERS.
Edition: First printing.
London: Headline (Hodder), (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth novel in a series of unusual police procedurals set in Istanbul,Turkey - a series which brings the melting pot that is Istanbul to life. In this book, the body of a young Albanian is found dumped on the banks of the Bosphorus. SIGNED on the title page. The dust jacket refers to Nadel as 'the Donna Leon of Istanbul' and that is an apt comparison. 314 pp. ISBN: 0-747269149.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (toning to the pages).
Book ID: 68593More details Price: $40.00 -
A PASSION FOR KILLING.
Edition: First printing.
London: Headline (Hodder), (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The ninth novel in a series of unusual police procedurals by this award-winning writer, set in Istanbul,Turkey - and featuring Inspectors Cetin Ikmen and Mehmet Suleyman. A serial killer is stalking the streets of the city . SIGNED on the title page. Historical notes, 274 pp. ISBN: 0-755321322.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (toning to the pages).
Book ID: 72638More details Price: $30.00 -
THE ICE QUEEN.
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (toning to edge of textblock)
Book ID: 87912More details Price: $19.50 -
MURDER OF A NYMPH.
Edition: First US printing.
Garden City, NY: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Co., 1950. dj. Hardcover first edition - An early crime novel by these two Australian sisters who were first known for their short stories, plays and humorous novels, before they began writing a series of murder mysteries, featuring Inspector Grogan and Detective Sergeant Manning. Set in the small community of Come-hither Bend, the victim - the nymph of the title - is Enone McGrath who was a particularly unloved character, leaving a large number of suspects for Grogan to untangle. 223 pp.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (severe toning to the pages, due to the poor quality of post-war paper, offsetting to gutters of endpapers, edgewear and some chipping to the dj, partially separated along the fold of the rear flap)
Book ID: 87397More details Price: $21.50 -
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Police procedural featuring New York City Lieutenant Norah Mulcahaney. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-399-13316X.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (some toning to the pages, remainder mark, short closed tear to dj)
Book ID: 61736More details Price: $15.00
