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  • THE SECRETS OF THE CAMERA OBSCURA by Knowles, David
    Knowles, David
    THE SECRETS OF THE CAMERA OBSCURA

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1993. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His first book, set in San Francisco, where a beautiful young woman who frequented the Camera Obsura is found murdered. SIGNED on the title page. 139 pp. ISBN: 0-8118-06553.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (light crease on flap.)

    Book ID: 49401
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  • PACIFIC BURN. by Lancet, Barry.
    Lancet, Barry.
    PACIFIC BURN.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2016). SIGNED first edition - The author's third novel, a thriller featuring Jim Brodie, a San Francisco antique dealer, who inherited his father's detective agency in Tokyo. An old friend - a noted Japanese potter and artist - and his entire family have been targeted for death. Fast-paced, often brutal. SIGNED on the title page. 358 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82580
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  • TOKYO KILL. by Lancet, Barry.
    Lancet, Barry.
    TOKYO KILL.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2014). SIGNED first edition - The author's second novel, a thriller featuring Jim Brodie, a San Francisco antique dealer, the father of a six-year old girl, who recently inherited his father's detective agency in Tokyo. Fast-paced, often brutal. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 400 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82579
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  • JAPANTOWN. by Lancet, Barry.
    Lancet, Barry.
    JAPANTOWN.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2013). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, a thriller featuring Jim Brodie, a San Francisco antique dealer, the father of a six-year old girl, who recently inherited his father's detective agency in Tokyo. Fast-paced, often brutal. SIGNED on the title page with stamp in red. 400 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 63147
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  • SPY ACROSS THE TABLE. by Lancet, Barry.
    Lancet, Barry.
    SPY ACROSS THE TABLE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2017). SIGNED first edition - The author's fourth novel, a thriller featuring Jim Brodie, a San Francisco antique dealer, who inherited his father's detective agency in Tokyo. When two of his friends are killed backstage at the Kennedy Center, Brodie is enlisted - off the books - to help track down the assassin. Fast-paced, often brutal. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 358 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82581
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  • JAPANTOWN. by Lancet, Barry.
    Lancet, Barry.
    JAPANTOWN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a thriller featuring Jim Brodie, a San Francisco antique dealer, the father of a six-year old girl, who recently inherited his father's detective agency in Tokyo. Fast-paced, often brutal. SIGNED on the title page. 400 pp. ISBN: 9781451691696.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 58344
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  • NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. by Lee, Gus
    Lee, Gus
    NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A legal suspense thriller, set in San Francisco and featuring an Asian American prosecutor - a world Lee knows well since he spent many years as a deputy district attorney. Cover praise from Richard North Patterson and Amy Tan. Lee's first novel, China Boy, was chosen in 2005 as San Francisco's first selection in the One Book, One City program. INSCRIBED on the title page "For ----Thanks, all the best, Your fan" and dated in the year of publication. 387 pp. ISBN: 0-449-91139x.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 58961
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  • NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. by Lee, Gus
    Lee, Gus
    NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A legal suspense thriller, set in San Francisco and featuring an Asian American prosecutor - a world Lee knows well since he spent many years as a deputy district attorney. Cover praise from Richard North Patterson and Amy Tan. Lee's first novel, China Boy, was chosen in 2005 as San Francisco's first selection in the One Book, One City program. SIGNED on the title page with the words "best wishes." 387 pp. ISBN: 0-449-91139x.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 36843
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  • OUR LADY OF DARKNESS. by Leiber, Fritz,
    Leiber, Fritz,
    OUR LADY OF DARKNESS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation / G. P. Putnam's Sons, distributors, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - A fantasy novel with many autobiographical elements set in a very realistic San Franciso (where Leiber was living at the time). In his writing, Leiber was searching for the point at which technology and mystery, science and horror meet. In this short novel, he uses two imaginary works -'Megapolisomancy', a 'science of cities' by a fictional occultist Thibaut de Castries, and a early journal by horror writer Clark Ashton Smith who is depicted as a disciple of de Castries. Winner of the 1978 World Fantasy Award for best novel. Joint winner of the 1977 British Fantasy Award. Included in Cawthorn and Moorcock,…

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    New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation / G. P. Putnam's Sons, distributors, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - A fantasy novel with many autobiographical elements set in a very realistic San Franciso (where Leiber was living at the time). In his writing, Leiber was searching for the point at which technology and mystery, science and horror meet. In this short novel, he uses two imaginary works -'Megapolisomancy', a 'science of cities' by a fictional occultist Thibaut de Castries, and a early journal by horror writer Clark Ashton Smith who is depicted as a disciple of de Castries. Winner of the 1978 World Fantasy Award for best novel. Joint winner of the 1977 British Fantasy Award. Included in Cawthorn and Moorcock, 'Fantasy: The 100 Best Books' and Pringle, 'Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels.' 185 pp. Dust jacket by Richard Powers. ISBN: 0-39911872.

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    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (a lovely copy, appears unread, with just a tiny bit of wear at the top of the spine of the dj.)

    Book ID: 86344
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  • THE HEARING. by Lescroart, John.
    Lescroart, John.
    THE HEARING.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Dutton, 1991. SIGNED first edition - A courtroom thriller featuring San Francisco attorney Dismas Hardy. When the daughter of homicide dectective Abe Glitsky is found murdered, the only suspect is a homeless heroin addict found standing over the body. SIGNED on title page.

    Condition: Fine in stiff illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82561
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  • THE SECOND CHAIR. by Lescroart, John.
    Lescroart, John.
    THE SECOND CHAIR.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Dutton, (2004.). SIGNED first edition - Complex and satisfying legal thriller set in San Francisco and featuring Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitsky. SIGNED by the author on the title page. 405 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82556
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  • Lescroart, John.
    THE SECOND CHAIR.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Complex and satisfying legal thriller set in San Francisco and featuring Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitsky. SIGNED by the author on the title page. 390 pp. ISBN: 0-525-947752.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 34250
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  • FATAL. by Lescroart, John.
    Lescroart, John.
    FATAL.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (2017). First edition - A thriller set in San Francisco, a standalone novel about the shattering and lethal consequences of a one-night stand on a seemingly happily married couple, and of the wife's growing obsession. Kate's oldest friend is San Francisco police detective, Beth Tully, and she is assigned the case when the body of Peter Ash is washed ashore, Kate is the prime suspect. . 321 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 84730
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  • THE SECOND CHAIR. by Lescroart, John.
    Lescroart, John.
    THE SECOND CHAIR.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A courtroom thriller featuring San Francisco attorney Dismas Hardy and homicide lieutenant Abe Glitsky. SIGNED on the title page. 387 pp. ISBN: 0-525-947752.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 56679
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  • THE HUNTER. by Lescroart, John.
    Lescroart, John.
    THE HUNTER.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Dutton, (2012.). SIGNED first edition - Thriller set in San Francisco featuring private investigator Wyatt Hunt. SIGNED on the title page. 367 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82560
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  • KEEPER. by Lescroart, John.
    Lescroart, John.
    KEEPER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (2014) dj. Hardcover first edition - Legal thriller featuring San Francisco defense attorney Dismas Hardy and now retired Police Lieutenant Abe Glitsky, who agrees to work as an investigator for Hardy. 304 pp. ISBN: 978-1476709185.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84729
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  • KEEPER. by Lescroart, John.
    Lescroart, John.
    KEEPER.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (2014). SIGNED first edition - Legal thriller featuring San Francisco defense attorney Dismas Hardy and now retired Police Lieutenant Abe Glitsky, who agrees to work as an investigator for Hardy. SIGNED on the title page. Letter from publisher laid in. 304 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 83857
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  • THE MERCY RULE. by Lescroart, John T.
    Lescroart, John T.
    THE MERCY RULE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Delacorte Press, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A courtroom thriller featuring San Francisco attorney Dismas Hardy. The title refers to a rule in semi-pro softball and to the fact that one of the issues in this case was assisted-suicide - mercy killing. 466 pp. ISBN: 0-385-316585.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 61846
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  • THE 13TH JUROR. by Lescroart, John T.
    Lescroart, John T.
    THE 13TH JUROR.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Donald Fine, (1994.). SIGNED first edition - A courtroom thriller featuring San Francisco attorney Dismas Hardy. SIGNED on the title page. 484 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82028
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  • GUILT. by Lescroart, John T.
    Lescroart, John T.
    GUILT.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Delacorte Press, (1997.). SIGNED first edition - A courtroom thriller featuring San Francisco police detective Abe Glitsky. INSCRIBED on the title page "To - - My main man in Minneapolis, Your pal." 462 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82562
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  • Lescroart, John T.
    THE MERCY RULE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Delacorte Press, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A courtroom thriller featuring San Francisco attorney Dismas Hardy. The title refers to a rule in semi-pro softball and to the fact that one of the issues in this case was assisted-suicide - mercy killing. ISBN: 0-385-316585.

    Condition: INSCRIBED on the title page by the author. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 30652
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  • THE FIRST LAW. by Lescroart, John T.
    Lescroart, John T.
    THE FIRST LAW.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Thriller featuring San Francisco defense attorney Dismas Hardy and Police Lieutenant Abe Glitsky. SIGNED on the title page. 403 pp. ISBN: 0-525-947051.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82500
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  • Lescroart, John T.
    THE MERCY RULE.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Delacorte Press, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A courtroom thriller featuring San Francisco attorney Dismas Hardy. The title refers to a rule in semi-pro softball and to the fact that one of the issues in this case was assisted-suicide - mercy killing. SIGNED on the title page. 466 pp. ISBN: 0-385-316585.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (line on bottom edge.)

    Book ID: 31231
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  • THE MOTIVE. by Lescroart, John T.
    Lescroart, John T.
    THE MOTIVE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page. A courtroom thriller featuring San Francisco attorney Dismas Hardy and homicide lieutenant Abe Glitsky. ISBN: 0-525-948449.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 32176
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  • THE OATH. by Lescroart, John T.
    Lescroart, John T.
    THE OATH.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Dutton, (2002.). SIGNED first edition - A courtroom thriller involving murder at an HMO and pitting San Francisco attorney Dismas Hardy against homicide lieutenant Abe Glitsky. SIGNED on the title page. 412 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82538
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  • Lescroart, John T.
    THE HEARING.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A courtroom thriller featuring San Francisco attorney Dismas Hardy. When the daughter of homicide dectective Abe Glitsky is found murdered, the only suspect is a homeless heroin addict found standing over the body. SIGNED on the title page. 451 pp. ISBN: 0-525-94575x.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 33308
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  • THE FIRST LAW. by Lescroart, John T.
    Lescroart, John T.
    THE FIRST LAW.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Thriller featuring San Francisco defense attorney Dismas Hardy and Police Lieutenant Abe Glitsky. 403 pp. ISBN: 0-525-947051.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 62607
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  • THE FIRST LAW. by Lescroart, John T.
    Lescroart, John T.
    THE FIRST LAW.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Dutton, (2003.). SIGNED first edition - Thriller featuring San Francisco defense attorney Dismas Hardy and Police Lieutenant Abe Glitsky. SIGNED on the title page. 403 pp.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82563
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  • THE MERCY RULE. by Lescroart, John T.
    Lescroart, John T.
    THE MERCY RULE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Delacorte Press, (1998.) dj. SIGNED first edition - A courtroom thriller featuring San Francisco attorney Dismas Hardy. The title refers to a rule in semi-pro softball and to the fact that one of the issues in this case was assisted-suicide - mercy killing. SIGNED on the title page. 466 pp. ISBN: 0-385-316585.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82032
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  • THE OPHELIA CUT. by Lescroart, John T.
    Lescroart, John T.
    THE OPHELIA CUT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atria - Simon & Schuster, (2013.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A courtroom thriller featuring San Francisco attorney Dismas Hardy and homicide lieutenant Abe Glitsky. A father is accused of murdering his daughter's rapist. INSCRIBED on the title page "To ---- All best." 418 pp. ISBN: 9781476709154.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 89002
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