Gallagher, Stephen | Valley of Lights | Signed First Edition UK Copy by Gallagher, Stephen - 1987

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

First edition 1st printing, Good to Very Good book with light edge wear, starting at title page, spine lightly pushed top and bottom and very slight bump top front corner, in Very Good dust jacket that is price clipped, edge and corner wear with couple spots of very slight loss, several small creases along edges, mild sun fade on spine and some over write incisions front cover that do not penetrate the mylar, a classic signed by Block on the title page.

London: Viking, 1987. SIGNED BY AUTHOR and dated in year of British publication on the title page. Review Copy, publisher's review slip laid in. SCARCE THUS. Fine in Fine dust jacket. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Review Copy.

252 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter red cloth with black lettering to spine over black boards in original pictorial jacket. Inscribed by the author. First edition.Lt. Luis Mendoza and the men of the LAPD are deluged by a series of bizarre and unusual cases. — There is a senseless killing of a pharmacist and his family... the death of a young man that leads to the reopening of an old case... the disappearance of a woman who, it turns out, has a lot more money than people realize. — Spring of Violence is yet another top flight police procedural laced with suspense by one of the most popular mystery writers of all time.Condition:Inscribed on front end paper. Jacket with a touch of toning to edges else a better than very good copy in a near fine jacket.

No Place: Vintage Books, 1988. Publisher's promotional poster ( 20"w x 32"h) celebrating the 100th anniversary of Chandler's birthday, Design by Lorraine Louie, illustration by Daniel Pelavin. A great graphic image, distributed in limited supply at the ABA trade show in 1988. Near Fine, a few small faint creases. A poster well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 20" x 32".

Five Star Waterville, Maine, 2006 HBDJ, August 2006, stated 1st edition, NF+/VG+, This book is very good +condition except for minor shelf wear.287 pgs,Alex Night moves out of the private eye business on Larchmont Boulevard in Hollywood and into the mystery writing profession at the WRITERS AND ARTISTS BUILDING in Beverly Hills, where he intends to follow in the footsteps of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. But Night is persistently plagued by former clients who won't let him get past the title page of his potential Edgar Award mystery novel The Big Changeover. After too many false starts and near fatal distractions, Night finds himself on the treacherous trail of two missing objects. The first: an Imperial Fabergi Egg, The Tear of Russia, given by William Randolph Hearst over a half century ago to his mistress - --a Fabergi now valued at over ten million dollars. The second: his missing fianci, the beautiful Goldie Rose. It's soon evident that Goldie has been kidnapped, but by whom - and… Read More

London: Ward Lock, 1932. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition hardback in original Abbey designed dustjacket , also known as George Goodchild , states first published 1932 on verso title page , correct list of previous titles , 319pp, green boards with black titles to spine and front , no inscriptions , no spine lean , no tears to pages , corners are lightly pushed spine tips are pushed , usual page toning with age and offsetting to endpapers , one tiny closed nick to front hinge, book near fine , in original jacket that is very slightly spine faded , not price-clipped showing 7/6d net on spine , spine tips , edges and corners rubbed ,toned with age and some foxing to front and verso , several small closed tears and nicks missing to edges , a scarce crime fiction title in original jacket , not a remainder , not an ex-library copy. All orders are sent in removable dust jacket plastic , bubble-wrapped and in a strong box . We are a full time Independent bookseller established in 1999..

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1932. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition hardback in original KG studio designed dustjacket , states first printing 1932 on verso bottom title page , orange boards with black titles to spine and front , no inscriptions , no spine lean , no tears to pages , corners are sharp , spine tips are pushed , usual page toning with age and offsetting to endpapers , no foxing , book is near fine , in original jacket that is not price-clipped showing 7/6 net on which is slightly faded , spine , spine tips , edges and corners rubbed , spine , back panel and flaps are toned with age , foxed on verso , several small closed tears and chips to edges , a scarce title in original jacket , not a remainder , not an ex-library copy. All orders are sent in quality inert removable dust jacket plastic, bubble-wrapped and in a strong box. We are a full time Independent bookseller established in 1999..

New York: Lippincott, 1946. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First US edition hardback in original dust jacket , stating First Edition and copyright 1940 on verso title page , boards have a few small marks , no inscriptions , no spine lean , no tears to pages , corners are not pushed , spine tips are pushed , usual page toning, in original jacket that is not faded , not price-clipped showing $2.00 on flap, minor wear , no tears , has a feint crease top to bottom to spine , possible from being folded ,a scarce crime fiction title in original jacket , not a remainder , not an ex-library copy. All orders are sent in removable dust jacket plastic , bubble-wrapped and in a strong box . We are a full time Independent bookseller established in 1999.

Haggard, H. Rider. SHE. Longmans Green & Co., London. No copyright date. States New Impression, 1921 on the title page. Dedicated to fellow author Andrew Lang. USED. VG/ No DJ Included. Mallard Green boards with bright gilt titling on front board and spine. 310 pages plus adverts. 5 X 7 5/8. Summary: "A dying colleague gives Mr. Horace Holly at Cambridge University a locked box, the contents of which lead Mr. Holly to travel to Eastern Africa where he hopes to solve an ancient mystery, only to be captured by the savage Amhagger people who are ruled by a fearsome white queen, who is worshipped as "She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed".