Search Results: Series Fiction from Royal Books, Inc.

New York: Random House, 1976. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "Bob [and] Jack / from / Gore Vidal / Roma '84 / Natale." Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Board edges lightly rubbed. Jacket spine panel and flap folds lightly faded.

London: William Heinemann, 1976. First UK Edition. Briefly INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "David / from / Gore Vidal." Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Faint foxing on the page block. Jacket spine panel lightly faded.

London: William Heinemann, 1976. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First UK Edition, and preceded by the First Edition published by Random House the same year. Slight yapping on the top edges of the dust jacket, else Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket.

New York: Pocket Books, 1981. Vintage manuscript for the 1982 science fiction novel, the third in Robert Stallman's "Beast" trilogy. With copied annotations throughout, most addressing proofreading revisions. Included with the manuscript are two later printings of the first two books in the series, "The Orphan" and "The Captive," and a typed letter from literary agent Ilse Lahn to Kenneth Aguado at King's Road Productions, proposing a film (or series of films) based on the trilogy. The Beast, a shape-shifting, night-stalking creature, returns to find its mate and rediscover love. Unbound but ordered leaves, housed in a brown titled box. Lacking title page. 294 leaves, with last page of text numbered 289. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, box Very Good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition. First Edition, one of 500 numbered copies (this being No. 217) SIGNED by the author. The second book in the Bech series. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, in an about Fine example of the publisher's slipcase. Faint splash on the center of the spine panel of the dust jacket.

London: Michael Joseph, 1971. First Edition. First Edition. The sixth and final Timothy Herring mystery. Jacket design by John Storey. Fine in a bright, Near Fine dust jacket.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. First Edition. First Edition. Dedication Copy, INSCRIBED by the author to the book's dedicatee, writer and environmental activist Robert Easton, on the dedication page a month prior to publication: "King Kondor! / and a man I consider myself fortunate to know / Ken / Santa Barbara / December 1965." Easton and Kenneth Millar were longtime friends and Santa Barbara residents. Millar's inscription refers to their shared efforts in the mid-1960s to save the California condor, a species native to the Santa Barbara mountains that was nearing extinction in 1964. Millar would write the foreword to Easton's 1972 book "Black Tide," an exposé of the consequences of oil drilling on the California coastline. The thirteenth Lew Archer novel. Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket lightly rubbed at the corners and on the spine ends. An attractive association copy.

New York: Harper and Row, 1970. First Edition. First Edition. The author's first book, introducing Navajo Tribal Police detective Joe Leaphorn. Fine and unread in a Very Good plus dust jacket. A bit of the usual fading to the jacket spine (but only to the titling), some slight rubbing at the spine ends and corners.

New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. The first book in the Narratives of Empire series. Near Fine in wrappers.

New Orleans: B.E. Trice, 1996. Limited Edition, one of 175 numbered copies (this being No. 30) SIGNED by the author. The ninth novel in James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux crime series. Fine and unread in an about Fine example of the publisher's slipcase.

New Orleans: B.E. Trice, 1997. Limited Edition, one of 150 numbered copies (this being No. 20) SIGNED by the author. The first novel in James Lee Burke's Billy Bob Holland crime series, winner of the Edgar Award. Fine and unread in an about Fine example of the publisher's slipcase.

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1962. First Edition. First Edition. The eighth Inspector Fadiman Wace mystery. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dust jacket. Price of 15s net present at the bottom of the front flap. A superb copy.

London: Collins, 1971. First Edition. First Edition, no US equivalent. The third Detective-Inspector Leric mystery. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dust jacket. Only a touch of soil at the top page edges to note. An attractive copy.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1936. First American Edition. Book twenty-three in the Dr. Priestley series of mystery novels, this one involving the murder by poisoning of the wealthy Victor Harleson. Very Good lacking the dust jacket. Faint, partially erased owner name and additional faint pencil annotations on the front pastedown. Slight lean and light rubbing overall.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1935. First Edition. First Edition. The fifth book in John Dickson Carr's Gideon Fell mystery series, preceded by "The Blind Barber" and followed by "The Hollow Man." About Near Fine, lacking the dust jacket.

London: Studio Vista, 1970. First UK Edition, preceding all others. A biography and musical analysis of influential blues musician Peetie Wheatstraw, including interviews with his fellow musicians. About Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Faintly foxed page edges and light offsetting on the front and rear endpapers.

New York: DC Comics, 1990. A collection of ten original comics featuring Doc Savage, published by DC, all SIGNED by writer Mike W. Barr on the front wrappers. Doc Savage was featured by DC Comics beginning with a four-issue miniseries in 1987, followed by twenty-four issues, including an annual issue. Other characters throughout the run included Doc's love interest Monya, his grandson "Chip," and a crossover series with The Shadow, another pulp-era crime-fighting hero. DC would also collect stories into trade paperbacks and issue crossover one-shots with super heroes like Batman. Issues included are: Nos. 12, 14 - Sunlight Rising! (Parts 2 and 4), September and November 1989. No. 15 - The Sea Baron (Part 1), December 1989. No. 18 - The Conflagration Man (Part 4), March 1990. Nos. 19-21 - The Air Lord (Parts 1-3), May-July 1990. No. 22 - The Asteroid Terro (Part 1), August 1990. No. 23 - Hermes, Messenger of Death, September 1990. No. 24 - Death from Above (Part 3), October 1990. A few… Read More

London: Robert Hale, 1981. First Edition. First Edition. The fourteenth of the author's fifteen novels in the Inspector Anders police procedural series. No US equivalent. Near Fine in a lightly rubbed, about Near Fine dust jacket.

N.p.: N.p., 1982. Treatment script for an unproduced television program. A drama series focusing on the comings and goings of a hospital's emergency room. White titled self wrappers, noted as Outline on the front wrapper, dated October 4, 1982, with credit for screenwriter Steven L. Kravitz. Title page integral with front wrapper. Eleven leaves, with last page of text numbered nine. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with a staple.

New York: Random House, 1987. Limited Edition, one of 250 numbered copies (this being No. 158) SIGNED by the author. Near Fine in a Near Fine example of the publisher's slipcase, with no dust jacket as issued.