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THE CASE OF THE UNSUITABLE SUITOR: A WISE Enquiries Agency Mystery.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
London & USA: Severn House Publishers, (2018). Four women combine their diverse backgrounds and talents to create an enquiry agency based in a small town in Wales. 203 pp. ISBN: 978-1847518545.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (slight spine slant).
Book ID: 78489More details Price: $11.50 -
THE HIDING PLACE.
Edition: First printing.
London: Picador, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her first novel, shortlisted for the Booker Prize in England (the only debut novel on the shortlist that year), set in a Maltese immigrant community in Cardiff, Wales in the 1960s. SIGNED on the title page. 282 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-8158.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 60488More details Price: $45.00 -
THE HIDING PLACE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001. First edition - Her first novel, shortlisted for the Booker Prize in England (the only debut novel on the shortlist that year), set in a Maltese immigrant community in Cardiff, Wales in the 1960s.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 18429More details Price: $25.00 -
THE HIDING PLACE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001. First edition - Her first novel, shortlisted for the Booker Prize in England (the only debut novel on the shortlist that year), set in a Maltese immigrant community in Cardiff, Wales in the 1960s.
Condition: Fine.
Book ID: 18528More details Price: $25.00 -
EVAN CAN WAIT.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: St Martin's, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - SIGNED on the title page. A Constable Evans mystery, set in Wales. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-312-265875.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 50075More details Price: $16.00 -
EVAN AND ELLE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth Constable Evans mystery, set in Wales. INSCRIBED on the title page. 274 pp. ISBN: 0-312-252447.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 66665More details Price: $30.00 -
EVANLY BODIES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 10th Constable Evans mystery, set in Wales. SIGNED on title page. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-312-349424.
Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket.(crease on front cover of dj, and on flap)
Book ID: 38876More details Price: $25.00 -
EVAN BLESSED.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 9th Constable Evans mystery, set in Wales. SIGNED on the title page. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-312-332068.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 65524More details Price: $28.50 -
EVANLY BODIES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 10th Constable Evans mystery, set in Wales. SIGNED on title page. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-312-349424.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 65525More details Price: $28.50 -
EVAN ONLY KNOWS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 7th Constable Evans mystery, set in Wales. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-312-301138.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 65526More details Price: $28.50 -
EVAN'S GATE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 8th Constable Evans mystery, set in Wales. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-312301146.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 65527More details Price: $30.00 -
EVAN'S GATE.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The 8th Constable Evans mystery, set in Wales. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-312301146.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 77284More details Price: $20.00 -
EVANS TO BETSY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The sixth Constable Evans mystery, set in Wales. SIGNED on the title page. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-312-252447.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 66197More details Price: $30.00 -
EVAN CAN WAIT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page. The fifth Constable Evans mystery, set in Wales. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-312-265875.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 65600More details Price: $30.00 -
EVANS ABOVE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first Constable Evans mystery, set in Lanfair, a small town nestled in the mountains of North Wales.INSCRIBED on the title page in both Welsh and English. 236 pp. ISBN: 0-312-168284.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 65602More details Price: $45.00 -
TARA, PRINCESS OF WALES:The Breathtaking Tale of a Magnificent Woman Warrior's Battle to Lead Her Nation.
Edition: Trade paperback original , not issued in hardcover.
New York: Atuhor's Choice Press (c.2000.). SIGNED first edition - Historical novel set in 9th century Wales and Denmark. Includes a note by the author on the documented historical background and a list of references.515 pp Laid in is a slip of reviews of this book and a promotional card. ISBN: 0-595-125077.
Condition: SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine (as new.)
Book ID: 27359More details Price: $28.00 -
TARA, PRINCESS OF WALES:The Breathtaking Tale of a Magnificent Woman Warrior's Battle to Lead Her Nation.
Edition: Trade paperback original , not issued in hardcover.
New York: Atuhor's Choice Press (c.2000.). SIGNED first edition - Historical novel set in 9th century Wales and Denmark. Includes a note by the author on the documented historical background and a list of references.515 pp Laid in is a slip of reviews of this book and a promotional card. ISBN: 0-595-125077.
Condition: SIGNED by the author inside the front cover and dated in the year of publication. Fine (a new copy.) Sheet of reviews laid in.
Book ID: 29270More details Price: $30.00 -
TO RUIN A QUEEN: An Ursula Blanchard Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's Court.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth in the author's highly praised mystery series set in Tudor England and featuring Ursula Blanchard, waiting woman and 'secret agent' for Elizabeth I. 287 pp. ISBN: 0-684862689.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 83054More details Price: $19.50 -
THE TRANSPLANTED GARDENER: An American in England Looks at Hedges, Ha-Ha's, History and More.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Lyons & Burford, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - A delightful book, a witty look at English gardening - its history, including such great gardeners as William Robinson and Edward Bowles, as well as more dubious characters like William Forsyth - but also trenchant chapters on roses, compost, lawns and much more.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 13212More details Price: $25.00 -
SHEEPSHAGGER.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
London: Jonathan Cape, (2001). First edition - The author's second book, a novel about an inarticulate, half savage man, robbed of his ancestral home, a near-derelict hovel in the mountains of west Wales who vows revenge on the British yuppies who have turned this into a vacation home. John Banville called it "an extraordinary and ferocious work." 264 pp. ISBN: 0-224061054.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 66987More details Price: $18.00 -
LONDON LOVERS.
Edition: First printing.
London: Peter Owen, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel by this retired professor, best known for her literary criticism. INSCRIBED on the title page "To -- Another London lover" and dated in the year of publication. 207 pp. ISBN: 0-7206-0964X.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped)
Book ID: 58278More details Price: $30.00 -
THE ENTHUSIAST.
Edition: First US printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - When two climbers are shot and murdered in the Welsh mountains, Staunton and Wyndsor are sent by Scotland Yard to investigate. 185 pp. ISBN: 0-395275431.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket with some edgewear and rubbing.
Book ID: 71393More details Price: $17.50 -
LOVELY MOVER.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Norton, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A title in the idiosyncratic and highly praised series of Harpur and Iles police procedurals. Harpur is working undercover with an up-and-coming drug lord. A Foul Play Press Book. 239 pp. ISBN: 0-393-058557.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 48955More details Price: $18.00 -
THE DETECTIVE IS DEAD.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Norton, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A title in the idiosyncratic and highly praised series of Harpur and Iles police procedurals. Three gang members are acquited of murder because Harpur refuses to name his informant in the drug underworld. 315 pp. ISBN: 0-393-05019X.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line, crinkling to top edge of dj,)
Book ID: 57767More details Price: $15.00 -
HOOD: King Raven, Book One.
Edition: First printing.
New York & Nashville: Westbow Press, Thomas Nelson, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first volume in this trilogy which is an innovative take on the legend of Robin Hood. Author's note. 479 pp. plus a brief excerpt from 'The Paradise War' at the end.and 2 pp advertising. Illustrated with map endpapers depicting England and the March 1080-1100 AD. ISBN: 9781595540874.
Condition: Good in a very good dust jacket (spine somewhat slanted)
Book ID: 64682More details Price: $18.00 -
THE FALL.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
London: Little Brown, (2003). SIGNED first edition - The seventh book by award-winning writer - the story of two boys who shared a passion for mountain climbing. When 40 years later, Jamie is found dead at the base of a sheer granite slab in Wales which he apparently he had tried to solo-climb, Rob is compelled to return to where they grew up and to confront the past. SIGNED on the title page, and uncommon thus. 442 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 83417More details Price: $35.00 -
HERE BE DRAGONS.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Ballantine, (1993.). A sweeping epic set in 13th century Wales - the first in her trilogy. Author's note. 704 pp. ISBN: 0-345-382846.
Condition: Good only in illustrated wrappers (curling to corners, peeled spot where bookplate removed.)
Book ID: 42272More details Price: $9.00
