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SECRET OF THE SECOND DOOR
by Colby, Robert
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1959
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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€9.06
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Greenwich: CT: Fawcett Publications / Gold Medal Books, 1959. First edition, January 1959, so stated. Gold Medal #855 [.25 cover price]. Paperback Original. Light reading crease else about fine. TV Adapation: An episode of Hawaiian Eye, 9 December 1959 (season 1, episode 10; same title). "Shepard fell for a striking redhead, Corinne, who was so beautiful she could have any… Read more about this item Item Price
€9.06
STRAY DOGS
by Ridley, John
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- Used - Fine
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- No Jacket
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- First Printing
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- 1997
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780345413468
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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€18.12
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N.Y.: Ballanntine Books, 1997. First trade paperback edition, October 1997, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. A fine, unread copy. Basis for the 1997 American neo-noir crime thriller film "U Turn" directed by Oliver Stone, and starring Sean Penn, Billy Bob Thornton, Jennifer Lopez, Jon Voight, Powers Boothe, Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes and Nick Nolte. Ridley also… Read more about this item Item Price
€18.12
KISS HER GOODBYE
by Guthrie, Allan
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- New
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 2005
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- Paperback
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- 9780843953558
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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€18.12
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N.Y.: Hard Case Crime, 2005. First edition, March 2005. PAPERBACK ORIGINAL. Hard Case Crime # HCC-008; original cover art by Chuck Pyle; first publication anywhere. Fine, unread copy. "Scottish author Guthrie's second novel (after Two-Way Split) lives up to Hard Case's reputation for gritty noir thrillers that pull no punches; as with other books in… Read more about this item Item Price
€18.12
GRIFTER'S GAME **FIRST HARD CASE CRIME TITLE**
by Block, Lawrence
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- As New
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- No Jacket
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- First Printing
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- 2004
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780843953497
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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€13.59
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NY: Hard Case Crime, 2004. First printing, September 2004. Hard Case Crime number HCC-001; original cover art by Chuck Pyle for Hard Case Crime. (first published as "Mona" by Gold Medal in 1961). Page edges show some age toning else a fine, unread copy. When seasoned con man Joe Marlin accidentally steals a suitcase full of heroin, he contemplates murdering… Read more about this item Item Price
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GUILTY BYSTANDER
by Miller, Wade pseudoynm of Bob Wade and Bill Miller
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- Used - Very Good-Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- First Printing
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- 1948
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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€24.91
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N.Y.: Signet Books / New American Library, 1948. First printing, July 1948, so stated. Signet #677. Cover illustrated by Robert Jonas. Vintage paperback. Slight spine slant from being a little off set by publisher, else about fine. A kidnapped boy! A terrified blonde! A fortune in stolen pearls! Hardboiled Max Thursday, on-time private eye, had given up being a detective.… Read more about this item Item Price
€24.91
THE SUNDAY PIGEON MURDERS: A Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kusak Mystery
by Rice, Craig
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good-Very Good
- Edition
- 2nd Printing
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- 1945
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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€36.23
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Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Co., 1945. 2nd printing of Tower Books # T-322. Publishers maroon boards with yellow lettering, soiled endpapers, very light wear to covers, pages uniformly age toned. Dust jacket is rubbed at folds, shallow loss at spine ends and flap corners, spine lightly soilesd as well as back cover. Remarkably good copy as Tower… Read more about this item Item Price
€36.23
THE WRONG MURDER: A John J. Malone Mystery
by Rice, Craig
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
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- First Edition Thus
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- 1944
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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€67.94
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Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Co., 1944. First Edition Thus, Tower Books #T-173, October 1944. Lightly rubbed at edges, damp stain at lower edges unaffecting text, pages uniformly age toned in dust jacket, sunned at spine, shallow loss at top spine ends and flap corners, a couple of closed tears. Remarkably good copy as Tower Books were notorious… Read more about this item Item Price
€67.94
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JO GAR'S CASEBOOK (Tales from the Black Mask Morgue Series)
by Whitfield, Raoul
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2002
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781885941763
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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€63.41
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Norfolk, VA, U.S.A.: Crippen & Landru, 2002. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Limited edition published in association with Black Mask Press. One of 225 clothbound copies, this being #150 SIGNED and numbered by both the editor, Keith Alan Deutsch, and the designer, Tom Roberts. Accompanying each copy is a seperately printed pamphlet, "Scotty Scouts Around" by Whitefield. 18 stories.… Read more about this item Item Price
€63.41
SLIDE
by Bruen, Ken and Jason Starr
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- Used - Fine
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2007
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780843957761
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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€13.59
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N.Y.: Hard Case Crime, 2007. First Edition, October 2007, so stated. PAPERBACK ORIGINAL. Hard Case Crime #036. Paper age toning else a fine copy. Advertising card still intact. From the evil geniuses who brought you Bust comes a roller-coaster ride of suspense, mayhem, and vicious fun. "Bruen and Starr follow up… Read more about this item Item Price
€13.59
THE NOTHING MAN
by Thompson, Jim
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- New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Prtg
- Published
- 1997
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780375700316
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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€18.12
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N.Y.: Black Lizard, 1997. 1st prtg. Oversize trade paperback, Fine, unread copy.. "If Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett and Cornell Woolrich could have joined together in some ungodly union and produced a literary offspring, Jim Thompson would be it." -- Washington Post. Clinton Brown is smart, good-looking, and the best rewrite man on the Pacific City Courier.… Read more about this item Item Price
€18.12
THE RETURN OF THE CONTINENTAL OP: Jonathan Mystery #J17
by Hammett, Dashiell
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition
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- 1945
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- Paperback
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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€13.59
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N.Y.: Jonathan Press, 1945. 1st edition. A Wartime production. A Jonathan Mystery #J17, digest size. Good only. Spine edge rubbed with bottom edge cracked, Covers soiled, Pages are toned, with some light water marks along the edges of a few pages but no extensive water damage and not effecting text. Rear cover has scrape along bottom edge..… Read more about this item Item Price
€13.59
SEVEN SLAYERS
by Cain, Paul (pseud. of George Sims)
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- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1994
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780679751854
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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€13.59
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Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.: Vintage Crime / Black Lizard Books, 1994. 1st edition, April 1994, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. A new, unread copy. Not remainder marked. Not an ex-library copy. Seven brutally ingenius tales of murder, passionate and cold-blooded, written by a poet of the hard-boiled. There's Black, a stranger in… Read more about this item Item Price
€13.59
SATAN'S VENGEANCE: The Casebook of Satan Hall
by Daly, Carroll John
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2020
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- Paperback
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- 9781618275479
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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€20.83
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Steeger Books, 2020. 1st edition of this Trade-size Paperback. Part of the Argosy Library Series. Cover by Lejaren Hiller. Interior Illustrations by Joseph A. Farren. Originally appeared in the March 7, 14,21,28, and April 4,11,18, 25, 1936 issues of "Detection Fiction Weekly" magazine (Vol. 100, No.4 -- Vol. 101, No. 5) The influence… Read more about this item Item Price
€20.83
GIVE US A KISS: A COUNTRY NOIR
by Woodrell, Daniel
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1996
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- ISBN
- 9780805022988
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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€8.15
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N.Y.: Henry Holt & Co, 1996. First edition, so stated. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Remainder mark at top of page edges. "The lure of marijuana as a cash crop provides the premise for the author's fifth novel, a lighthearted tale about a pair of literary brothers who wind… Read more about this item Item Price
€8.15
JO GAR'S CASEBOOK (Tales from the Black Mask Morgue Series)
by Whitfield, Raoul (Keith Alan Deutsch, editor)
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Printing
- Published
- 2002
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781885941770
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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€36.23
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Norfolk, VA, U.S.A.: Crippen & Landru, 2002. 1st Printing. Trade papeback, fine in shrinkwrap. Published in association with Black Mask Press. 18 stories. Also includes two introductions by E. R. Hagemann, one of hardboiled fictions best critics and most devoted reader. Also includes a publication history and A Bibliography of Whitfield works appearing… Read more about this item Item Price
€36.23
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NIGHT AND CITY: A Novel of Underworld Crime and Evil **DELL MAPBACK #374**
by Kersh, Gerald
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- Used - Good
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- 1st Prtg
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- 1950
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- Paperback
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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€22.65
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N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1950. 1st pbk printing, February 1950. Dell Mapback #374, Vintage Paperback. Movie Tie-In cover with photo of Richard Widmark & Gene Tierny from the original movie. Re-made in 1992 with Robert De Niro and Jessica Lang. Reading crease, spine edges rubbed, front cover has a few longish creases and half a… Read more about this item Item Price
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MEASURES OF POISON
by McMillan, Dennis (editor); James Crumley, Michael Connelly, George P. Pelecanos, Janwillem Van de Wetering, Jon A. Jackson, Rick DeMarinis, Kent Harrington, Kent Anderson, Charles Willeford, Howard Browne, A.A. Attanasio, Bill Pronzini, Scott Phillips
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- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2002
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780939767427
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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€49.82
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Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.: Dennis McMillan, 2002. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket still in shrinkwrap. One of the most remarkable short story collections in the past two decades, issued to celebrate publisher Dennis McMillan's twentieth anniversary in publishing, with every story being a first appearance by the authors noted (and one screenplay, by the late Howard… Read more about this item Item Price
€49.82
Copenhagen Noir (Akashic Noir)
by Michaelis, Bo Tao
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- As New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2010
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781936070664
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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€13.59
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N.Y.: Akashic Books, 2010. 1st printing, so stated. A fine, unread copy. Translated by Mark Kline. Includes brand-new stories by: Naja Marie Aidt, Jonas T. Bengtsson, Helle Helle, Christian Dorph and Simon Pasternak, Susanne Staun, Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis, Klaus Rifbjerg, Gretelise Holm, Georg Ursin, Kristian Lundberg, Kristina Stoltz, Seyit Öztürk, Benn Q. Holm, and… Read more about this item Item Price
€13.59
FALLEN ANGELS: Six Noir Tales Told For Television
by Ellroy, James (Preface) Chandler, Raymond; Thompson, Jim; Gault, William C.; Woolrich, Cornell; Craig, Jonathan
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1993
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780802133830
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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€22.65
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N.Y.: Grove Press, 1993. 1st edition, Trade size paperback. A fine copy, no creases. Includes Tales From Raymond Chandler, William Campbell Gault, Jonathan Craig, Cornell Woolrich, James Ellroy, & Jim Thompson. Cover design by The Creative Partnership. From the back cover-- " Fallen Angels is a collection of six original short stories from the master of the… Read more about this item Item Price
€22.65
New Orleans Noir (Akashic Noir)
by Smith, Julie (editor) with Ace Atkins, Laura Lippman, David Fulmer, Maureen Tan,Barbara Hambly et al...
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2007
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781933354248
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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€6.79
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N.Y.: Akashic Books, 2007. 1st edition. A fine, unread copy of this trade Paperback Original. 18 original stories. 1st Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. Book. Item Price
€6.79
