Hardcover first edition, first printing. Some age-related wear to top edge of text block, else fine (unread) copy in very fine dustjacket. Signed by Blauner on the title page. Not a remainder, book club or ex-library copy. A startling story of race, crime and the achieving the American Dream. The author's first book and Winner of the 1992 Edgar Award For Best First Novel. View More...
Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Edition with "1" present in complete number line. Signed by Block (signature only) in blue ink on the half-title page. Small (0.75 cm) chip on top edge of board, else Near Fine (unread) copy in jacket with very faint crinkling at lower end of front jacket panel. Burnt orange cloth over burnt orange boards. Aside from the stated defects, a clean, square copy in jacket with price intact. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Award History: 1992 Edgar Award Winner for Best Novel. View More...
Hardcover first edition, first printing. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. A clean, straight copy without price-clipping. Bundled with its original limited edition paperback novella "The Lost Get-Back Boogie". This novella (also in very fine condition) was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. (This paperback follows the hardcover published by Louisiana State University Press in 1986 and is an expansion of the story which originally appeared in 1978 published as "Discharge Day".) A Dave Robicheaux mystery. Electric Mist is Burke's first myste... View More...
Hardcover first edition, first printing with "1" present in number line. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Copies well into 5th printings, of which this is a 1st printing. Very faint moisture stain on interior jacket radiating from the head and heel of spine panel. No bleed-through except at lower right tip of rear flap, else fine (unread) copy in near fine jacket. Sequel to Dunning's award-winning mystery Booked To Die, and an excellent bibliophile mystery in itself. Award history: 1996 Edgar Award Nominee (lost to Come to Grief by Dick Francis). View More...
Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Edition with "1" present in complete number line. Flynn's debut novel, followed by NY Times Bestsellers Dark Places and Gone Girl. All three of her novels have been adapted for film. Light jacket crinkling at top edge of spine panel with small area of moderate creasing at lower front corner of jacket, all caused by shelving. Other than these jacket defects, the jacket is clean, without tears with original $24.00 price intact. Page block is bright, square and tight without bookplates or previous owner's inscriptions. A fine (unread) copy in ... View More...
Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated first edition with number line complete. Fine (unread) copy showing only age-related edgewear in fine jacket. Signed by Gores on the title page. Not a book club, remainder nor ex-library copy. Suspense novel by the author of Come Morning and Interface. View More...
Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Edition with "1" present in complete number line. Signed and inscribed "To Ruth Jonas" on the half-title page. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Jacket showing moderate bumping and crinkling at head of spine. Otherwise jacket is clean, tips are sharp and price is intact. Also, the spine is NOT sunned, which is a common defect with this title. Page block shows some light, handling-related edgewear, else straight and square without dents. View More...
Hardcover first edition, first printing. First US edition, first English translation and Hoeg's first English language book. (Previously published in Danish in 1992.) Mystery novel with science fiction overtones. Not a book club, remainder nor ex-library copy. Very faint handling-related soiling to side edge of textblock, else a fine copy in fine jacket. A square, straight copy without price-clipping. Turned into an wonderfully haunting film in 1997 starring Julia Ormond. Award History: 1994 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel; Winner of the 1994 Dilys Winn Award. View More...
Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Presentation copy signed and inscribed on the title page "Richard Lupoff/@WHC 2006/San Francisco." Not a book club, remainder nor ex-library copy. A Hobart Lindsey/Marvia Plum mystery. Murder investigation around the filming of a movie about black fighter pilots during WWII. View More...
Hardcover first edition, first printing. Slight bump with associated jacket crinkling at top edge of spine panel, else fine (unread) copy in fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder nor ex-library copy. Signed by Mosley on the title page. The sixth novel featuring Easy Rawlins, the on-again, off-again black Private Investigator in 1960's Los Angeles. View More...
Hardcover first edition, first printing. Tiny (0.25 cm in size) pen mark on side edge of text block, else fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Signed by Mosley on the title page. Not a book club, remainder nor ex-library copy. The sixth novel featuring Easy Rawlins, the on-again, off-again black Private Investigator in 1960's Los Angeles. View More...
Hardcover first edition, first printing. Fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. A Sharon McCone mystery and the original female private eye. (Muller introduced the female private eye to mystery fiction. Her character creation, Sharon McCone, stands on her own merits.) Award History: 1994 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel. View More...