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A GAMBLING MAN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2021) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second thriller featuring Aloysius Archer, the straight-talking World War II veteran, fresh out of prison, who is on his way to Los Angeles for a fresh start. The first book in this series won the Nero Award. SIGNED on the title page. 436 pp. ISBN: 978-1538719671.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket. (light creases to a few corners)
Book ID: 87986More details Price: $35.00 -
THE SHARP TEETH OF LOVE
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of a young woman hiding out near Donner Lake in the Sierras - she has two visitors: the ghost of Tamsen Donner and a young boy, a runaway from a porn ring. A story that "embraces suspense, love and the fantastic.". ISBN: 0-679-450726.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (an unread copy, but with a rem dot top edge, price-clipped.)
Book ID: 14703More details Price: $16.00 -
THE SHARP TEETH OF LOVE
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - INSCRIBED on the title page "To....to remember the South and Chapel Hill" (where Betts lived at the time) and dated in the year of publication. The story of a young woman hiding out near Donner Lake in the Sierras - she has two visitors: the ghost of Tamsen Donner and a young boy, a runaway from a porn ring. A story that "embraces suspense, love and the fantastic." 336 pp. ISBN: 0-679-450726.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 35443More details Price: $35.00 -
THE ANIMALS: A Novel.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Liveright / Norton, (2015). SIGNED first edition - A literary thriller by this California poet and writer. "Bill Reed manages a wildlife sanctuary in rural Idaho, caring for injured animals. . . unable to survive in the wild. . . Alternating between past and present, Kiefer contrasts the wreckage of Bill's crime-ridden years in Reno, Nevada, with the elusive promise of a peaceful future." SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2014 - that is, before publication. 300 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 72232More details Price: $30.00 -
THE ANIMALS: A Novel.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Liveright / Norton, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - A literary thriller by this California poet and writer. "Bill Reed manages a wildlife sanctuary in rural Idaho, caring for injured animals. . . unable to survive in the wild. . . Alternating between past and present, Kiefer contrasts the wreckage of Bill's crime-ridden years in Reno, Nevada, with the elusive promise of a peaceful future." . 300 pp. ISBN: 978-0871408839.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 77980More details Price: $20.00 -
THE BIG SILENCE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Mysterious Press, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's excellent first mystery: it begins 'In Nevada, anything is possible.' Dust jacket praise from Robert Campbell and Arthur Lyons, who described this as 'an intricate and moody debut novel, filled with powerful detail and stark desert atmosphere.'. ISBN: 0-89296-3530.
Condition: Good in a near fine dust jacket (spine slant, light foxing to edges of textblock).
Book ID: 29124More details Price: $15.00 -
THE BIG SILENCE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Mysterious Press, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's excellent first mystery: it begins 'In Nevada, anything is possible.' Dust jacket praise from Robert Campbell and Arthur Lyons, who described this as 'an intricate and moody debut novel, filled with powerful detail and stark desert atmosphere.'. ISBN: 0-89296-3530.
Condition: Good in a near fine dust jacket (spine slant, light foxing to edges of textblock).
Book ID: 72149More details Price: $16.50