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Hutchinson, 1981. Publishers Proof Copy. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Ephemera, small booklet or pamphlet, limited pages Size: Octavo (standard book size). Item Type: Ephemera, small booklet or pamphlet, limited pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Crime Fiction; Antiquarian & Rare. ISBN: 0091452600. ISBN/EAN: 9780091452605. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 12201. . 9780091452605
The Burglar in the Library by Block, Lawrence - 1997
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The Burglar in the Library
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Blakeney GB: Scorpion Press, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 1997 Scorpion Press Special Limited First Edition **SIGNED** and # 60/99. A MINT copy!
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Madrigal for Charlie Muffin
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A Deceptive Appearance
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First UK edition 1st printing, Fine minus, unread book with very slight page edge yellowing; in a Fine minus dust jacket with slight wear top front corner. This copy has been signed by Malcolm on title page. The Ninth Tim Simpson mystery; very hard to find in UK 1st.
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RETURN OF SANDERS OF THE RIVER
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New York NY: E. P. Dutton. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. ; 336 pages .
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THE PURSUIT OF CRIME ~Art and Ideology in Detective Fiction
by PORTER, Dennis
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CT: Yale University Press, 1981. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. HARDCOVER. 1981. FIRST EDITION. AS NEW, bound in orange cloth in orange-red pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, jacket not price clipped. 'Focusing particularly on classic works by Wilkie Collins, Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Georges Simenon, Porter shows how the detective narrative achieves its artistic ends through the erotic management of suspense.'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
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The Dark Wind
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The Dark Wind
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New York: Harper & Row, 1982. First Edition. Fine in lFine dust jacket. Jim Chee. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Oppenheim Omnibus; 41 Stories By the Prince of Story-Tellers
by Oppenheim, E. Phillips
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1931. In the scarce dustjacket, which has small chips at spine ends and corners. Light foxing to pastedowns and endpages, top edge lightly dusted. Clean and tight for such a heavy, thick volume. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus.
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The Sting
by Le Queux, William
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New York: Macaulay, 1928. Top edge dusty. Foxing to page block edges and endpages Front endpage and half title page are about 1/4" shorter, as a result of having been glued to the boards, probably a binding error.Wonderful period dustjacket art ! The dustjacket is somewhat soiled and has small edge chips. Overall a Very Good copy of this scarce mystery.. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.
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Black Cherry Blues
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Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1989. First Printing with complete number line 10-1. Edgar Award Winner. Fine in Fine dustjacket. Dave Robicheaux.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
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A Firing Offense
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New York: St Martins Press, 1992. First Printing, with complete number line. His 1st book. Very Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket with an 1/8" closed tear at head of spine and tiny rubs at flap fold corners. A much nicer dustjacket than is usually found with this book. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.
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The Burglar in the Library
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Blakeney, Glos.: Scorpion Press, 1997. 1st Edition Limited edition. Quarter Leather. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. viii + 342 pp., flat signed by the author, #72 of 99 numbered copies, imitation leather spine paper over boards hard cover book in fine cond.
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London: Jonathan Cape. Fine. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1873567294 . SIGNED by Julian Barnes in black ink on the full title page. Vertical wrap-around promotional band present and in Fine condition. Full numberline present on copyright page along with Cape's "First published" statement. Mustard colored decorative cloth boards. Short listed for the Booker Prize. Ships same or next business day. Protected in a box. ; Signed by Author .
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The Burglar in the Library
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Blakeney, UK: Scorpion Press. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1997. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 1873567294 . Number 61 of 99 copies. Signed by Block. In the original plastic DJ. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 342 pages; Signed by Author .
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The Burgler in the Library
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Blakeney, Great Britain: Scorpion Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 1873567294 . SIGNED by Block in blue ink on the limitation page. This is number 34 of 99 signed and numbered copies of the limited edition published by UK fine bindings house Scorpion Press. Bound with a black leather spine and green marbled paper covered boards. Spine titles in bright gold. Comes in original clear plastic dust jacket. Appreciation by James Sallis. No previous ownership marks of any kind. Ships same or next business day well protected in a box. ; Signed by Author .
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2020 - 1st ed ("1" in number line) - SIGNED by author on the title page - "Godshot is the kind of book you find yourself thinking about incessantly." - Kristen Arnett - book: near fine - dj: near fine - dj in protective mylar sleeve"Drought has settled on the town of Peaches, California. The area of the Central Valley where fourteen–year–old Lacey May and her alcoholic mother live was once an agricultural paradise. Now it's an environmental disaster, a place of cracked earth and barren raisin farms. In their desperation, residents have turned to a cult leader named Pastor Vern for guidance. He promises, through secret "assignments," to bring the rain everybody is praying for.Lacey has no reason to doubt the pastor. But then her life explodes in a single unimaginable act of abandonment: her mother, exiled from the community for her sins, leaves Lacey and runs off with a man she barely knows. Abandoned and distraught, Lacey May moves in with her widowed grandma, Cherry, who is more concerned with…
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
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New York: Pocket Book edition, 1966, 20th printing. Pocket Book 50447. Vintage pulp fiction paperback, x, [2], 194pp., advert., cover price 50 cents.. Very Good Condition with bright cover page. Slight cover and spine creasing. There are bumped corners, and signs of shelf wear, top right corner of cover with slight crease and lower edges of cover worn. Pages are unmarked. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Kill Petrosino!
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London: Arthur Barker Ltd. 1st Edition, 1975 ----------hardcover, with dust jacket. The book, in black boards with orange lettering and design to the spine, is an unblemished near fine copy. The unclipped jacket has light wear to the front panel top edge and spine extremities, and is almost near fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books.
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Dolores Claiborne
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First Edition. (1993) Hardcover with d.j. Fine with near fine dust jacket. D.J. has slight curl on top edge and light rubbing on back. No worn edges. Tight binding with clean, sharp pages. No markings. 305 pages. Dolores Claiborne is a psychological thriller novel. The novel is narrated by the title character. Atypically for a King novel, it has no chapters, double-spacing between paragraphs, or other section breaks; thus the text is a single continuous narrative which reads like the transcription of a spoken monologue. This book is dedicated to King's mother: "For my mother, Ruth Pillsbury King."
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Pearson, Ridley (as Reardon, Joyce) | Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, The | Signed First Edition Copy
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Hyperion, 2001. hardcover. New. Author Signed Hardcover Book. 2001 NY: Hyperion First edition, first printing, fine, no dust jacket as issued, signed by the author. This is a collectible book free from material defects. Jacket covering services are available for a small fee.
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A Is For Alibi
by Sue Grafton
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1982. Fine. Book Club Edition. Hardcover and dust jacket. D.j. is near fine with slight wear on top binding edge. Inside flap d.j has slight creases. Cover is smooth, unblemished, no tears, nicks or worn corners. Hardcover, as new, black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Tight binding, sharp, clean pages. No markings. (Actual photo) A flawless copy. 208 pages. "A" Is for Alibi is crime writer Sue Grafton's first mystery novel in the Kinsey Millhone "Alphabet mystery" series, first published in 1982.
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Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)
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Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.
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The Seven Dials Mystery (A Midnite Mystery)
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The Seven Dials Mystery (Midnight Mysteries) 1944 Books, Inc. Stated 1st. Pr. Thus) RARE IN THIS EDITION. By Agatha Christie. USED. Good-/ No DJ. Black boards, gold titling on spine. Light pop bottle rings mar front board. Original copyright by Dodd, Mead 1929. Loose last gather has been neatly taped in. A clean copy. Summary: "When Gerald Wade died, apparently from an overdose of sleeping draught seven clocks appeared on the mantelpiece. Who put them there and had they any connection with the night club in Seven Dials? This is the mystery that Bill Eversleigh and Bundle and two other young people set out to investigate...".
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Collins White Circle Pocket Edition #228. Great 1940s cover! Colonel Anthony Gethryn must prove a man innocent of a murder he's been convicted for in only 5 days. MacDonald was a great practitioner of the mystery-suspense genre; his books remain readable, even if his characters are nowhere near as enlightened as we tend to be today. Please read this volume in its historical context. A very clean copy, spine slightly darkened with very faint reading crease: see photos.
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Black Cherry Blues
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New York, NY, U. S. A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. New York, NY, U. S. A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1989. Near Fine in Very Good jacket Remainder A Dave Robicheaux mystery, Edgar Award winner npc, 290pp. rem po inscription on front pastedown, behind dj flap. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. Remainder. First Edition
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