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BLOOD FROM A STONE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Another title in her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. "On a cold Venetian night shortly before Christmas, a man is killed in a fight in Campo Santo Stefano. The closest witnesses to the event are the tourists who had been browsing the man's wares before his death. The dead man was working as a vu cumpra, one of the many Black Africans selling goods outside normal shop hours without a work permit. Arriving on the scene, Commissario Brunetti's response matches that of everybody involved: why would anyone kill an illegal immigrant?" 276 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-87113-8875.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket ("San Francisco 2005" written on blank prelim)
Book ID: 67932More details Price: $15.00 -
SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN.
Edition: First printing.
London: Heinemann, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 16th title in her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. SIGNED on the title page. 264 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-43401625X.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 67138More details Price: $30.00 -
BEASTLY THINGS
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2012.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A title in her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. 296 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 978-0-8021-20236.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 67092More details Price: $16.50 -
UNTO US A SON IS GIVEN.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 28th title in her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. As a favor to his wealthy father-in-law, the Count Falier, Brunetti agrees to investigate the seemingly innocent wish of the Count's best friend, the elderly and childless Gonzalo, to adopt a younger man as his son. Short-listed for the Gold Dagger Award. Map endpapers. 259 pp. ISBN: 978-0802129116.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 85005More details Price: $18.50 -
DOCTORED EVIDENCE.
Edition: First printing.
London: William Heinemann, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - One of her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. SIGNED on the title page. Map endpapers. 245 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-9189.
Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket (usual toning to the pages, but otherwise as new).
Book ID: 65552More details Price: $35.00 -
DOCTORED EVIDENCE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - One of her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. SIGNED on the title page. 245 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-9189.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 52171More details Price: $30.00 -
UNIFORM JUSTICE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A title in her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-9030.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 43298More details Price: $18.50 -
DOCTORED EVIDENCE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2004.). First edition - One of her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. 245 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (a new copy.)
Book ID: 50147More details Price: $18.50 -
THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A title in her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. SIGNED on the title page. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-9375.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 52172More details Price: $30.00 -
BLOOD FROM A STONE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Another title in her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. "On a cold Venetian night shortly before Christmas, a man is killed in a fight in Campo Santo Stefano. The closest witnesses to the event are the tourists who had been browsing the man's wares before his death. The dead man was working as a vu cumpra, one of the many Black Africans selling goods outside normal shop hours without a work permit. Arriving on the scene, Commissario Brunetti's response matches that of everybody involved: why would anyone kill an illegal immigrant?" SIGNED on the title page. 276 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-87113-8875.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 52173More details Price: $30.00 -
SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 16th title in her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. 264 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-960x.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 52532More details Price: $16.50 -
BLOOD FROM A STONE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Another title in her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. "On a cold Venetian night shortly before Christmas, a man is killed in a fight in Campo Santo Stefano. The closest witnesses to the event are the tourists who had been browsing the man's wares before his death. The dead man was working as a vu cumpra, one of the many Black Africans selling goods outside normal shop hours without a work permit. Arriving on the scene, Commissario Brunetti's response matches that of everybody involved: why would anyone kill an illegal immigrant?" 276 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-87113-8875.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 57434More details Price: $17.50 -
DOCTORED EVIDENCE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - One of her highly praised - and prize-winning - series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. 245 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-9189.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 54126More details Price: $16.50 -
THE HOLY BARBARIANS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Julian Messner, (1959) dj. Hardcover first edition - The dust jacket describes this as "At last the complete story of the 'Beats'- that hip, cool, frantic generation of new Bohemians who are turning the American scale of values inside out." Although Lipton was a prolific novelist, poet and columnist, this was the book that linked him to the Beat Generation literary movement. Lipton's home in Venice, California, served as an informal center for the arts, including the movement to restore poetry as a vocal art and experimenting with jazz long before the Beats became famous. Notes, glossary. 320 pp plus an 8 pp "Venice West Picture Essay" with 30 photographs.
Condition: Very good in black cloth with light green lettering in a fair only dust jacket with rubbing, chipping and overall edgewear, price-clipped.
Book ID: 87564More details Price: $40.00 -
PALACE OF THE DROWNED.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Flatiron Books, (2021) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, set in 1966, a suspenseful literary thriller about a British novelist who heads to Venice after a public breakdown. "Years have passed since the initial success of her debut novel, and Frankie has spent her career trying to live up to the expectations of her editor and fans, only to fall short with each new publication. Now, after a particularly scathing review of her most recent work, alongside a very public breakdown, Frankie retreats to her friends vacant palazzo in Venice in the hopes of recapturing some of the inspiration that once motivated her. Then Gilly appears. A precocious young admirer eager to befriend her favorite author. . " 306 pp. ISBN: 978-1250788429.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line)
Book ID: 84333More details Price: $19.50 -
LOVE AFFAIR - A VENETIAN JOURNAL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1972.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A beautiful book which "celebrates, in words and full-color photographs, the adventure of living in the world's most astonishing city." Illustrated with forty-four full-page color photographs by the author. Large square format, unpaginated, printed on glossy paper throughout. ISBN: 0-06-013092X.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. (upper corners slightly bumped.)
Book ID: 44498More details Price: $30.00 -
THE BOOK OF UNHOLY MISCHIEF.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: A t r i a B o o k s , (2008.). First edition - " I n a w o r l d o f v i o l e n c e a n d i n t r i g u e , w h o g u a r d s t h e t r u t h ? " Novel set in Venice in the early 1500's, at the dawn of the Renaissance. Frontispiece. 367 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy.)
Book ID: 75801More details Price: $18.00 -
THE BOOK OF UNHOLY MISCHIEF.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: A t r i a B o o k s , (2008.). First edition - "In a world of violence and intrigue, who guards the truth? " Novel set in Venice in the early 1500's, at the dawn of the Renaissance. SIGNED on the title page. Frontispiece. 367 pp.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy, but with some sunning to the edge of the textblock.)
Book ID: 51895More details Price: $25.00 -
THE TITIAN COMMITTEE
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1991_ dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring "diffident art historian" Jonathan Argyll and Flavia di Stefano of the Rome Art Theft Squad, combining murder and the art world, set in Venice. Pears is an art historian and his knowledge of that world adds a great deal to this series. 189 pp. Striking dust jacket art by Michael Chung. ISBN: 0-15-1904723.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.) Becoming difficult to find, especially in this condition.
Book ID: 77396More details Price: $40.00 -
THE ROSSETTI LETTER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pocket Books, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A novel of seventeenth century Venice and a modern woman's search for a courtesan's secred history," a combination of historical fiction, mystery, serious research and a bit of romance. The author's first novel and a very enjoyable book. 383 pp plus author's note. ISBN: 1416527370.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 44288More details Price: $20.00 -
CRY TO HEAVEN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - Rice's third book, a historical novel about the castrati in 18th century Venice. 534 pp. ISBN: 0-394-523512.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (some foxing to the top edge of the textblock, but otherwise tight and clean.)
Book ID: 65803More details Price: $40.00 -
THE HEIST.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2014.) dj. Hardcover first edition - International thriller set in Italy - a mystery featuring art restorer (and sometime spy) Gabriel Allon. Author's note, 475 pp. ISBN: 978-0062320056.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket (light crease on front flap and back cover of dj).
Book ID: 63549More details Price: $15.00 -
DEATH IN A SERENE CITY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc. 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - A classic mystery set in Venice - the author's first book, introduces American ex-patriate Urbino Mcintryre. 300 pp. ISBN: 0-688-091806.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (upper corner of a few pages bumped, price-clipped)
Book ID: 66026More details Price: $16.50 -
DEATH IN A SERENE CITY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc. 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - A classic mystery set in Venice - the author's first book, introduces American ex-patriate Urbino Mcintryre. ISBN: 0-688-091806.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 22573More details Price: $20.00 -
BLACK BRIDGE.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Scribner's, 1995. First edition - A literate and classic mystery set in Venice - the 4th one featuring American ex-patriate Urbino Mcintryre. 221 pp.
Condition: Near fine in light tan printed wrappers.
Book ID: 49395More details Price: $16.00 -
DEADLY TO THE SIGHT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A literate and classic mystery set in Venice - the 6th featuring American ex-patriate Urbino Mcintryre. 325 pp. ISBN: 0-312-269552.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 52811More details Price: $18.00 -
THE SILENT SIREN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1958.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An Inner Sanctum Mystery, a story of murder and deceit, set in Venice, Italy. 215 pp. Dust jacket by H. Lawrence Hoffman.
Condition: Near fine in very near fine dust jacket. (a tight and attractive copy, but with usual toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 42912More details Price: $35.00 -
MISS GARNET'S ANGEL.
Edition: First printing.
London: Harper Collins, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - one which defies categorization - it is a historical mystery, a love story, and a retelling of The Book of Tobit, from the Apocrypha. "What begins as a beautifully-written, gentle tale of a woman coming to life, slowly deepens into something more intriguing as Vickers takes up issues of good and evil, sexuality, religion and belief. Just as one can happily wander the streets of Venice until one finds oneself lost and fear sets in, the reader is lulled by her artful prose until ensnared." (Oxford Times) SIGNED on the title page. Map frontispiece and map endpapers. Author's note. 342 pp. ISBN: 0-002261154.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket. (usual toning to the pages)
Book ID: 73978More details Price: $85.00
