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Valentine, Deborah
Unorthodox Methods
Dresden Tennessee U.S.A.: Avon Books 1991. 1st ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. A fine copy of this Paperback Original. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Paperback Original. Avon Books Paperback
Référence libraire : 014343 ISBN : 0380762862 9780380762866
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Fiedler, Jacqueline
Tiger's Palette Caroline Canfield Mystery Ser.
New York NY U.S.A.: Pocket Books 1998. 1st ed. A fine unread copy of Author's first book. Paperback Original. Nominated three times: AGATHA ANTHONY and MACAVITY for Best First Novel. With a habit of looking everywhere except where she's going thirty-one-yea r-old wildlife artist Caroline Canfield knows one thing for sure: accidents have a way of finding her. So after her free-spirited mentor Anthony Chir ico plunges to his suspicious death from a scaffold Caroline initially tu rns down the chance to finish his jungle mural at the Fox Valley Zoo. Aware of Tony's penchant for leaving hidden messages in his work Caroline start s to wonder if his fall was no accident -- and when she finds Tony's assist ant with a knife in his throat she gets the point that someone desperately wants to keep the zoo's new exhibit from opening. Spurred by her desire to know the truth and uncover the secrets of the mural Caroline reluctantly accepts the Fox Valley Zoo commission. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Paperback Original. Pocket Books Paperback
Référence libraire : 013944 ISBN : 0671015591 9780671015596
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Gilbert, Michael
PAINT GOLD AND BLOOD
London England: Hodder & Stoughton 1989. 1st edition. Light soiling at page edges else near fine in dust jacket. A young man stumbles across a conspiracy to steal an early Italian triptych in France little realizing that years later it may hold the key to his future well-being. Meanwhile he deals with a matter of embezzlement of church funds not to mention the decoding of confidential information contained in Pepys writing system. All of this pales into insignificance when compared with him tackling an international art smuggling ring with treasures being sent to South America in order to finance terrorism. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book. Hodder & Stoughton Hardcover
Référence libraire : 004416 ISBN : 0340505575 9780340505571
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Banks, Oliver
CARAVAGGIO OBSESSION INSCRIBED COPY
New York NY U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company 1984. First edition so stated. Tiny rubbed spot at head of spine else Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. INSCRIBED COPY. Short inscription by Banks at half-title page; ""for - - / Best wishes / Oliver Banks." 2nd Amos Hatcher-art historical detective work. The murder of a New York art dealer leads Amos Hatcher to Rome and to a killer obsessed with the sixteenth-century artist Caravaggio . Inscribed Copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book. Little Brown & Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 001771 ISBN : 0316080225 9780316080224
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Muller, Marcia
DARK STAR
N.Y.: Saint Martin's Press 1989. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Pages beginning to age tone else fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. The final novel in Muller's three-part work about Joanna Stark. Sanoma wine country. Past secrets a priceless painting and a desperate killer create a masterpiece of murder. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Saint Martin's Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 011082 ISBN : 0312028970 9780312028978
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Watson Clarissa
SOMEBODY KILLED THE MESSANGER: A Persis Willum Mystery
New York NY U.S.A.: Atheneum Books 1988. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. "Ranking with Watson's five previous mysteries the sixth returns Persis Willums as chronicler of a swift witty and terrifying tale. In Gull Harbor L.I. Persis is helping her boss Gregor Olitsky to arrange an exhibit of masterpieces loaned to his gallery by monied snobbish patrons. They are shocked when Seraphine Braceley phones from Amsterdam to say a messenger will bring a painting to the gallery which she insists Olitsky include in the show. Knowing that even a mention of notorious Seraphine -- long a social outcast-- will outrage the community Persis and Olitsky cringe when the picture arrives to be followed by police with questions about the vanished messenger. The town is in an uproar and Seraphine's first and second of several husbands as well as her holier-than-thou family react to her nude image on the canvas that has reappeared a decade after it first scandalized the community. In hope of forestalling further outrages Persis flies to Holland then to France searching in vain for elusive Seraphine. A killer does find the daring detective though at the chilling climax of this corker." -- Publishers Weekly . First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book. Atheneum Books
Référence libraire : 013307 ISBN : 0689119631 9780689119637
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Jordon, Lee
THE TOY CUPBOARD
N.Y.: Walker 1990. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Near fine in near fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. "Frightening truths and evil intentions nearly destroy a likable young woman in this taut expertly hewn mystery. Joanna Townsend whose husband Mike is away on an art-buying trip worries when she spies a man photographing her as she works in her sister Flora's London antiques stall. Upon returning to her flat she is terrified by an intruder demanding to know Mike's whereabouts. Beaten up she flees to the safety of Flora's to await Mike who suggests that the assailant was probably after a pre-Columbian statuette he had bought from a thief. Mike prevails upon Joanna to smuggle the statuette into France although the thought of entering her late parents' seaside home deeply upsets her. Meanwhile Marcel Drac the man sent to prison for the shotgun murder of her father has been released. His wife had been Joanna's father's lover years before and Drac has been planning more revenge. But against whom The terrible answer among several other surprises equally awful for Joanna is not revealed until the gripping denouement. Deftly pulling together three subplots the pseudonymous English author of Criss Cross provides heart-pounding drama with marvelously understated writing." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Walker Hardcover
Référence libraire : 001764 ISBN : 0802757758 9780802757753
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Banks, Oliver
CARAVAGGIO OBSESSION
New York NY U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company 1984. 1st ed. Not for Resale stamp at top of pages two lines drawn at page edges else near fine in dust jacket chipping at spine ends a couple of closed tears . 2nd Amos Hatcher-art historical detective work. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book. Little Brown & Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 013415 ISBN : 0316080225 9780316080224
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Gash, Jonathan
THE LIES OF FAIR LADIES Signed Lettered Edition
Portishead Bristol: UK: Scorpion Press 1991. 1st ed. A fine unread copy in clear protective jacket. Very scarce. ONLY 20 LETTERED DELUXE COPIES were produced for private distribution and were SIGNED BY BOTH GASH and H.R.F. KEATING who wrote the appreciation. This is LETTER "K". Features the likeable antiques trader Lovejoy. Cream leather with light pastel green marble paper sides hubbed spine green top edge and tan end papers. Laid in is a note on Scorpion Press letterhead describing the De Luxe Specifications : "The de luxe presentation copies are produced in small numbers as they are intended primarily for the use of the author contributor editor publisher and others associated with the authors work. These books are given a letter rather than a number and are especially handsome bound in goatskin rather than bonded leather with five raised bands. The spine blocking is horizontal because of the raised bands. In addition these books contain the signature of the contributor. Prices vary slightly due to the costs involved the difficulty of obtaining the signatures and overall desirability of the volumes.". Signed by All Contributors. First Edition. Quarter-Goatskin. Fine/Fine. Limited / Lettered Edition. Scorpion Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 013647 ISBN : 1873567049 9781873567043
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Caunitz, William J.
BLACK SAND
New York NY U.S.A.: Crown Publishing Group Incorporated 1989. 1st ed; fine tight copy in bright dust jacket. His 3rd title. A brutal machine gun massacre at a seaside resort kicks off a deadly hunt for a priceless ancient artifact. And while NYPD detective Teddy Lucas chases searing love and Greek cop Maj Andreas Vassos pursues an obsessive passion the toughest case of their careers could get them slammed into a New York City sidewalk. 339 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Crown Publishing Group, Incorporated Hardcover
Référence libraire : 011301 ISBN : 0517571323 9780517571323
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Shames, Laurence
SCAVENGER REEF
New York NY U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster 1994. 1st ed. Slights spine slant spine lightly sunned else near fine in dust jacket. Key West. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book. Simon & Schuster Hardcover
Référence libraire : 010201 ISBN : 0671864939 9780671864934
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Malcolm, John
The Wrong Impression: A Tim Simpson Mystery
N.Y.: Scribners 1990. 1st ed with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped with protective mylar cover. "English banker cum art expert Tim Simpson Mortal Ruin etc. is as urbane an amateur sleuth as Peter Wimsey and more virile. Here Tim's best friend inspector Nobby Roberts is comatose after being attacked while investigating drug deals and money-laundering. Although ordered to stay out of the case by a Scotland Yard commander Tim picks up a clue dropped by a fetching nurse which suggests an art angle. The trail leads to a reformed art forger whose corpse Tim finds. Almost simultaneously he makes fierce enemies of the police his lover leaves him and the nurse turns up in his bed. The bodies accumulate and Tim himself faces lethal danger before he can solve the puzzles posed by a possible long-lost Monet and a Pissarro art export licenses and vicious drug dealers. Along the way Malcolm offers lore about the impressionists and a witty look at the current art-biz scene: an art dealer is "like a Ferrari salesman . . . there to flatter the prospect's idea of himself." A real treat. ".PW. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book. Scribners Hardcover
Référence libraire : 010704 ISBN : 0684192527 9780684192529
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Watson, Clarissa
LAST PLANE FROM NICE: A Persis Williams Mystery
N.Y.: Atheneum 1988. 1sgt ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped with protective mylar cover. This time Persis finds herself installed in a luxurious villa in the sun-drenched hills above Nice with a commission to paint the town's handsome and eligible mayor who has suddenly disappeared. Surrounded by rich idle pleasure-seeking neighbors she joins the festivities and awaits his return. But then members of the group begin to die in mysterious circumstances. Persis's suspicions are aroused and her love of intrigue is awakened as are her instincts for self-preservation. Last Plane From Nice is frothy and fashionable entertainment full of eccentric characters sparking dialogue and sprightly adventure. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Atheneum Hardcover
Référence libraire : 010553 ISBN : 068911835x 9780689118357
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Muller, Marcia
THERE HANGS THE KNIFE
N.Y.: Saint Martin's Press 1988. 1st edition so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket with one rub spot and closed tear at rear else near fine not price clipped in protective mylar cover. The 2nd Joanna Stark title set in the international artworld/ London. "Joanna Stark co-owner of an art security firm in San Francisco comes to London to continue her vendetta against art thief Tony Parducci the father of her son who two decades before deserted her when she became pregnant. A number of Brueghels all part of a series have been stolen and Joanna suspects Parducci. So she commissions a fake sixth painting in the series and plans to use it as bait. She seeks help from two friends from her past one now an art dealer and the other Matt Wickins a not-very-successful fagin who controls art thieves. Unfortunately the plan goes awry with the painting disappearing before schedule. The probable thief is found dead in Wickins's flat but Joanna still feels Parducci is involved. She trails Wickins to Cornwall where she has a confrontation with Parducci. The theme of betrayal -- by Joanna and of Joanna -- permeates this book and the first entry in this series Cavalier in White." -- Publishers Weekly. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book. Saint Martin's Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 012143 ISBN : 0312018339 9780312018337
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Nolta, David D.
Grave Circle : An Ivory Tower Mystery
Costa Mesa CA U.S.A.: Quality Words In Print 2003. 1st ed. A fine copy of this advance readers copy in wraps due Sept. '03. The first in the Ivory Tower series featuring brother and sister professors Hiawatha and Antigone Musing of upstate Massachusetts' venerable Clare College. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Advanced Reading Copy ARC. Quality Words In Print Paperback
Référence libraire : 013137 ISBN : 0971316023 9780971316027
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Goulart, Ron
A GRAVEYARD OF MY OWN
NY NY: Walker 1985. 1st ed. with complete number line. fine in dust jacket. Soon after moving into their new home on the Connecticut shoreWestport commercial artist Bert Kurrie and his new wife Jan stumble onto the corpse of fellow artist Beau Jassminsky and find themselves potential targets of a killer. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Walker Hardcover
Référence libraire : 002621 ISBN : 0802756050 9780802756053
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Gash, Jonathan
FIREFLY GADROON
New York NY U.S.A.: St. Martins 1982. 1st ed. An ex-lib copy of Gash' s sixth effort. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. Ex-Library. St. Martins Hardcover
Référence libraire : 010676 ISBN : 0312292058 9780312292058
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Scott, Rosie
GLORY DAYS
Seattle WA U.S.A.: Seal Press 1988. 1st ed. Paperback Original in US previously pub in New Zealand. International Women's Crime Series. Reading creases cover creases . Glory Day--a streetwise artist occasional nightclub singer is preparing for her first solo exhibition when the violence she is exploring in her paintings suddenly spills over into real life. New Zealand locale. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Conrad Clare. Paperback Original. Seal Press Paperback
Référence libraire : 012425 ISBN : 0931188725 9780931188725
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MacLeod, Charlotte
THE ODD JOB
NY: Mysterious Press 1995. 1st ed with complete number line beginning with 1. . Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. A Sara Kelling title set at the Wilkins Museum."The latest in MacLeod's series of Sarah and Max Kelling mysteries more than meets the standards of her earlier works filled as ever with touches of comedy eccentric characters and mild suspense all in a neatly depicted Bostonian setting. Left on her own while her art-detective spouse Max Kelling is in Argentina on a job Sarah holds down the office nearly gets herself killed secures child care for her son whose nurse is ill probates an estate and solves the murder of the woman who named Sarah her executor. Sarah is impressively competent but she is aided by her houseman/butler Charles and a local police detective both of whom are wise to the adventures that beset the Kelling family. MacLeod's tendency to restate the case via Sarah updating relatives and police professionals results in some unnecessary repetitions but readers who like to solve the mystery before novel's end may find these summations desirable." -- BOOKLIST. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Mysterious Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 005106 ISBN : 0892965711 9780892965717
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Wilson, Derek
THE CAMARGUE BROTHERHOOD
London: Headline 1995. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Page edges tanning very light soiling at page edges else fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. Art dealer Tim Lacy. At a meeting in East London art dealer Catherine Lacy is shown six paintings from a previously undiscovered artist Aristide Bertrand who moved in the same circles as Van Gogh. She is enormously excited but her husband security expert Tim Lacy is less than thrilled when the agent concerned is fished out of the Thames. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Book. Headline
Référence libraire : 005454 ISBN : 0747214824 9780747214823
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Elkins, Aaron
OLD SCORES SIGNED COPY / AWARD WINNER
Scribners 1993. 1st ed. very light soiling at page edges else fine in dust jacket. Chris Norgren. SIGNED COPY. France. A NERO WOLFE AWARD WINNER. Seattle Art Museum curator Chris Norgren falls prey to the lure of a newly discovered Rembrandt in this third in a spirited series after A Glancing Light . He also topples head-first out of a second-story window but the nasty fall is happily blunted by a conveniently located car. Acquiring art isn't usually perilous but anything is possible when the work is in the care of French dealer Rene Vachey notorious for passing off thefts as publicity stunts. Vachey has offered the Rembrandt--if it really is a Rembrandt--as a gift to Chris's museum with a veritable spider's web of strings attached. He will however permit only a cursory viewing and explicitly forbids scientific authentication. Chris adrift in France far from the arms of his girl feels pretty sure that the painting is the genuine article. But after Vachey is murdered his claim to have found the Rembrandt in a junk shop suddenly seems dubious; moreover his employees have excellent motives to dislike him several art experts have been burned by his outrageous exploits and he even has that old crime fiction favorite a deadbeat son recently dunned out of his dad's dough in a suspect will. Elkins wields all this with indecent ease keeping the laugh count high and imparting copious amounts of art lore along the way." -- Publishers Weekly. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book. Scribners Hardcover
Référence libraire : 000915 ISBN : 0684195518 9780684195513
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Coker, Carolyn
APPEARANCE OF EVIL
N.Y.: St. Martin 1993 1993. 1st ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket. Andrea Perkins art restorer is in Southern California on a commission at the Huntington Museum. "Top-notch characterization authoritative use of setting and an accelerating pace more than make up for this mystery's slow start. In the pristine fenced garden of a Los Angeles museum a vandal defaces a statue and a homeless man is shot. Murder and vandalism are nothing new to L.A. residents but these crimes take place in San Marino an upscale suburban-like enclave. LAPD plainclothes detectives Tina Roberson and Eduardo Lopez learn that the victim had been a chronic gambler called Goochie after the Gucci shoes he favored. Meanwhile art restorer Andrea Perkins seen last in The Balmoral Nude arrives at the museum to recondition Gainsborough's Blue Boy and winds up sharing guest quarters with the other primary players in the case. Coincidence abounds as Andrea figures in the detectives' pursuit of the killer but readers willing to accept the plot's occasional stretches will be rewarded by Coker's deft portraits especially that of Roberson a black woman working in a Latino neighborhood." -- Publishers Weekly. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. St. Martin 1993 Hardcover
Référence libraire : 002984 ISBN : 0312092431 9780312092436
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Harvey, John
IN A TRUE LIGHT SIGNED COPY
London United Kingdom: Heinemann 2001. 1st edition so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. SIGNED boldly and you can actually read his name! by the author at title page. Set in London New York and Northern Tuscany at the present time and in New York's Greenwich village in the late 1950's. A crime novel it is also a novel about paintings and painters about identy and belonging and accepting responsibility for others and ourselves. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Heinemann Hardcover
Référence libraire : 011501 ISBN : 0434009962 9780434009961
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Dunham, Mikel
CASTING FOR MURDER
NY: St Martins Press 1992. 1st edition March 1992 with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket a couple of tiny nicks at spine heel not price clipped with protective mylar cover. small nick at head and foot of spine. 2nd Soho art dealer Rhea Buerklin. Shocked by the murder of one of her clients on the steps of the Venice Opera House Rhea sets out to find the truth. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book. St Martins Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 003389 ISBN : 0312069243 9780312069247
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Logan, Margaret
THE END OF AN ALTRUIST
N.Y.: St Martins Press 1994. 1st eition February 1994 so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. Review Copy with slip laid in. Boston setting. "Despite her accumulating sorrow for her long-comatose husband the bickering of her two grown sons and a downturn in her Boston interior decorating business Olivia Chapman finds time to poke her nose into the investigation of a potential client's murder. Shortly after Jane Griscom asks Olivia to appraise a collection of American furniture she has inherited Jane's altruistic husband Jonathan is gunned down in the seedy neighborhood where he was supporting a grass-roots rent strike. Olivia becomes heavily involved with the family as she encourages Jane who is intimidated by Jonathan's four grown children to start a preschool in the neighborhood where Jonathan was killed. Then Jane too is shot and Olivia is directly though falsely implicated. While investigating the crimes to defend herself and Jane from whatever dangers beset them Olivia discovers greed and resentment operating in unexpected quarters." -- Publishers Weekly. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. St Martins Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 003650 ISBN : 0312104596 9780312104597
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Page, Martin
THE MAN WHO STOLE THE MONA LISA
N.Y.: Pantheon 1984. 1st American edition so stated. Fine in dust jacket one small scrape at bottom edge. J. Pierpont Morgan has hired the 20th century's most accomplished and audacious thief Adam Worth to steal the Mona Lisa for him. Both get more than they bargined for. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Calver Dave. Book. Pantheon Hardcover
Référence libraire : 011602 ISBN : 039453283x 9780394532837
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Warga Wayne
FATAL IMPRESSIONS
N.Y.: Arbor House 1989. 1st edition so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Some light spotting to pages else fine in fine dust jacket lightly soiled not price clipped in protective mylar cover. Author's second bibliomystery. "Art forgery murder international intrigue . . . Rachel Sabin runs an art gallery in Los Angeles and lives with Jeffrey Dean a dealer in rare books. They acquire a rare early print by Frank Stella unaware that forged Stellas are being substituted for real ones in galleries across the U.S. by a psychopathic killer. Rachel buys her Stella from Karl Diedrich a German dealer and gives it as an extended and sentimental loan to her friend and advisor Henry Thurmond who is murdered soon after. An expert declares that the print is a forgery. The detective assigned to the case Eddie Alvarez has a friend in the CIA who informs him that Diedrich is identified in their files as a spy. Assuming that Diedrich is the killer Rachel and Jeff go to Berlin to track him down." -- Publihers Weekly. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book. Arbor House Hardcover
Référence libraire : 006932 ISBN : 0877959900 9780877959908
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Hanson, Rick
SPARE PARTS
New York NY U.S.A.: KENSINGTON 1994. 1st edition October 1994 so stated. Author'd First Book. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. "This smart snappy mystery debut introduces Portland Oreg. sculptor Adam McCleet a former cop whose creations generally feature women and large sea creatures. McCleet sells his work at a gallery whose gorgeous savvy owner Alison Brooks wears skimpy underwear which McCleet often gets to see. Here the artist's pushy viper-tongued sister badgers him into searching for her missing husband Phil an orthodontist who has disappeared during a convention leaving his bed unslept in and his dental floss unused. Things look grim. While tracking Phil who finally turns up alive but minus a kidney McCleet also flushes a serial killer who preys on well-heeled tourists. Despite some hackneyed characters and a few too many jokes nearly all of them good that sometimes slow the pace Hanson generates a high-energy tale that will leave readers eager for a sequel." -- Publishers Weekly . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. KENSINGTON Hardcover
Référence libraire : 010025 ISBN : 082174738x 9780821747384
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Maloney, Shane
THE BRUSH-OFF: MURRAY WHELAN'S SECOND ADVENTURE AWARD WINNER
N.Y.: Arcade Publishing Inc. 1998. 1st North American edition so stated 2nd printing. A fine copy of the trade paperback. WINNER of the NED KELLY PRIZE FOR CRIME FICTION Australia's Edgar Award. Angelo Agnelli has been Minister for the Arts for twelve hours and already artists have started killing themselves. Or so it seems when Marcus Taylor's body is fished from the Arts Centre moat. Was it really an act of protest over the state of arts funding And what's the political damage if the suicide note becomes public The career of Murray Whelan minder and general dogsbody to the hapless Agnelli hangs by its usual slender thread. If he can put the fix in here he might have a chance of staying employed. But as Murray soon discovers in the world of culture vultures they don't just sit around waiting for you to die before they start tearing the flesh off your bones. 1st Ed. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Trade Paperback. Arcade Publishing, Inc. Paperback
Référence libraire : 012947 ISBN : 1559705825 9781559705820
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Page, Jake
THE LETHAL PARTNER
BALLENTINE 1996. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket one tiny nick at spine foot. When seven previously unknown Georgia O'Keefe paintings are discovered Santa Fe as well as the entire art world is buzzing. But Mo Bowdre wants nothing to do with the media circus and police as the bodies begin to fall. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book. BALLENTINE
Référence libraire : 010183 ISBN : 0345387848 9780345387844
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Gash, Jonathan
JADE WOMAN
N.Y.: St Martins Press 1988. 1st ed. with complete number line beginning with 1 light wear along edges lightly soiled at page edfe else near fine in a fine unclipped dust jacket. Beautiful stylized jacket by John Jinks. The twelth entry in the Lovejoy series. Lovejoy's latest and best-yet caper is set in the teeming steaming diversity of Hong Kong where Gash plumbs the passions of his famous antique "divvy" and scamsman sleuth. Forced to flee England after the police destroy his latest forgery Lovejoy ends up in the Hong Kong airport where he is relieved of his worldly possessions and forced to fend for himself. His first benefactor an antiques dealer is shot shortly after their meeting; he is saved next by an expatriate gigolo who needs a partner to accommodate excess business. Though successful at his newest trade Lovejoy's divvying talenthe can spot a real antique in a warehouseful of fakesmust out. Soon he is also working for a powerful Triad with tentacles reaching deep into international government commerce and the antique trade. As Lovejoy moves toward the Triad's inner circle he is drawn to the "jade woman" of the title a combination of brains and beauty and fame trained for her role since infancy. Realizing he knows too much Triad business ever to leave Hong Kong alive the rogue-artist must save his skin with the forgery scheme of a lifetime. Along with comic sex scenes and the latest in British slang Gash gives his readers enough details about the manufacture of fake masterpieces to spawn a new generation of forgers." -- Publisher's Weekly. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Illus. by Jinks John. Book. St Martins Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 010892 ISBN : 0312022247 9780312022242
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Oleksiw, Susan
DOUBLE TAKE
N.Y.: Scribner 1994. 1st ed. Fine in dj. Review Copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Review Copy. Scribner Hardcover
Référence libraire : 004079 ISBN : 0684196565 9780684196565
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Oleksiw, Susan
DOUBLE TAKE SIGNED COPY
N.Y.: Scribner 1994. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY. Signed by the author at title page. The author's second novel featuring Joe Silva in the Mellingham series. Oleksiw follows up Murder in Mellingham with another mystery set in the small Massachusetts town. Hank Vinnio a work-study student at the Massasoit College of Art is murdered; his body with his throat cut is found beneath a toppled shelf of art supplies. Medical evidence determines that the victim's throat was cut after he was knocked unconscious leading police chief Joe Silva to believe the murder was one of opportunity not plan. While investigating the school's staff faculty and student body Silva uncovers assorted tangled secrets that connect both the wife of the chairman of the painting department and the dour school secretary to the victim. Deftly portraying her eccentric yet believable characters from among the school's faculty and staff Oleksiw re-creates an authentic small-town atmosphere." -- Publishers Weekly. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Scribner Hardcover
Référence libraire : 011325 ISBN : 0684196565 9780684196565
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Gash, Jonathan
THE GREAT CALIFORNIA GAME
N.Y.: Saint Martin's Press 1991. 1st edition October 1991 with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped with protective mylar cover. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Werner Honi. Book. Saint Martin's Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 010309 ISBN : 0312063636 9780312063634
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Grant-Adamson, Lesley
GUILTY KNOWLEDGE
N.Y.: St. Martin 1986. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket lightly rubbed small closed tear at rear panel not price clipped in protective mylar cover. The death of Sabine Jourdain the mistress of a famous artist leads gossip columnist Rain Morgan to the galmorous but deadly world of the French Riviera. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book. St. Martin Hardcover
Référence libraire : 003358 ISBN : 0312014384 9780312014384
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Webb, Betty
DESERT NOIR
Scottsdale AZ U.S.A.: Poisoned Pen Press 2001. 1st prtg. Bottom of pages slightly dusty else a fine unread copy. Published simutaneously in trade paperback and hardcover. set against the posh Scottsdale Arizona art scene and the nearby Indian reservation. Authors first book. At the age of four Lena Jones was found lying unconscious by the side of an Arizona Highway a bullet robbing her of any memories. Now a private detective and scarred survivor of a dozen foster homes Lena has vowed to find the truth about her childhood. "A must read for any fan of the modern female PI novel." -"Publisher's Weekly". First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. New. Trade Paperback. Poisoned Pen Press Paperback
Référence libraire : 011678 ISBN : 1890208701 9781890208707
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Elkins, Aaron
OLD SCORES AWARD WINNER
NY: Scribners 1993. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. Chris Norgren title. France. A NERO WOLFE AWARD WINNER. "Seattle Art Museum curator Chris Norgren falls prey to the lure of a newly discovered Rembrandt in this third in a spirited series after A Glancing Light . He also topples head-first out of a second-story window but the nasty fall is happily blunted by a conveniently located car. Acquiring art isn't usually perilous but anything is possible when the work is in the care of French dealer Rene Vachey notorious for passing off thefts as publicity stunts. Vachey has offered the Rembrandt--if it really is a Rembrandt--as a gift to Chris's museum with a veritable spider's web of strings attached. He will however permit only a cursory viewing and explicitly forbids scientific authentication. Chris adrift in France far from the arms of his girl feels pretty sure that the painting is the genuine article. But after Vachey is murdered his claim to have found the Rembrandt in a junk shop suddenly seems dubious; moreover his employees have excellent motives to dislike him several art experts have been burned by his outrageous exploits and he even has that old crime fiction favorite a deadbeat son recently dunned out of his dad's dough in a suspect will. Elkins wields all this with indecent ease keeping the laugh count high and imparting copious amounts of art lore along the way." -- Publishers Weekly. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book. Scribners Hardcover
Référence libraire : 005711 ISBN : 0684195518 9780684195513
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Mayle Peter
CHASING CEZANNE
New York NY U.S.A.: Knopf 1997. First edition so stated. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. "Photographer Andre Kelly is on assignment in the South of France when he decides to spend his free day in Cap Ferrat visiting some former clients the Denoyers. As he arrives he witnesses Claude the Denoyers' hired man loading a precious Cezanne into the back of a beat-up plumber's van. Deciding that something is amiss Andre photographs the event and thus becomes involved in a wild escapade to track down the painting. When he explains the situation to Lucy his agent and soon-to-be love interest they decide that they need some expert help and call in Cyrus a wealthy art dealer who smells a scam. Add in a scoundrelly art dealer and his daffy lover an art forger and a former French Legionnaire and the trail to the lost Cezanne becomes a comedy of errors. Along the way there are vibrant descriptions of Paris Provence Cap Ferrat and of course mouth-watering French meals and wine. Part travelog and part art mystery caper this new tale from Mayle the author who put Provence on the map is a thoroughly enjoyable romp through the international art world. " -- Library Journal. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book. Knopf Hardcover
Référence libraire : 000031 ISBN : 0679455116 9780679455110
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McClendon, Lise
THE BLUEJAY SHAMAN Author's First Book
N.Y.: Walker 1994. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Lightly soiled at page edges else about fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. Author's 1st book. Art dealer Alix Thorssen gets involved in a murder investigation when her brother-in-law is arrested for a murder on the Salish reservation in Montana. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book. Walker Hardcover
Référence libraire : 006375 ISBN : 0802731791 9780802731791
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Collins Eliza G.
GOING GOING GONE SIGNED COPY
N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons 1986. 1st edition so stated page edges very lightly soiled else fine in dust jacket. SIGNED COPY. Signed without inscription by the author on the title page. Her 1st mystery. Helen Greene a Boston art dealer investigates when Barton Morley a fellow dealer is found murdered in an antique trunk Helen had just purchased at an auction. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
Référence libraire : 001205 ISBN : 0684186160 9780684186160
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MacDonald, Ross
THE BLUE HAMMER
N.Y.: Knopf 1976. 1st ed. Top edge of boards faded and bottom edge lightly rubbed else near fine in d/w. Lew Archer is hired to find a stolen canvas reputed to be the work of the celebrated Richard Chantry who vanished in 1950 from his home in Santa Teresa. 1st Ed. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book. Knopf Hardcover
Référence libraire : 005115 ISBN : 0394404254 9780394404257
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Malcolm, John
THE GWEN JOHN SCULPTURE
New York New York U.S.A.: Scribner 1986. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. 3rd art critic Tim Simpson title. A previously unknow Rodin statue lures antiques expert Tim Simpson to France but the owner has disappeared. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Scribner Hardcover
Référence libraire : 003286 ISBN : 0684185741 9780684185743
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Van Adler, T. C.
ST. AGATHA'S BREAST
New York NY U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press LLC 1998. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. The decaying abbey of San Redempto standing in the shadows of the Vatican has been forgotten by the Church. However six of the seven paintigs of martyrs are stolen from its walls and the seventh--depicting the martydom of St. Agatha-- is identified as a long-lost tresaure most likely by Poussin. With these events comes the kind of attention that many have been working for years to avoid. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Saint Martin's Press, LLC Hardcover
Référence libraire : 006768 ISBN : 0312200196 9780312200190
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Dawkins, Cecil
THE SANTA FE REMBRANDT Southwest Mysteries Ser.
New York NY U.S.A.: Ivy Books 1993. First edition so stated October 1993. PAPERBACK ORIGINAL slight rubbing at rear else a fine unread copy. For Ginevra Prettifield part-Sioux feminist it's been a day from hell. As the Assistant director of Santa Fe's prestigious Waldheimer Museum she has seen a priceless Rembrandt vanish a Remington sculpture becomes a deadly weapon & a museum guest is nearly murdered. . First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback Original. Ivy Books Paperback
Référence libraire : 011395 ISBN : 0804111014 9780804111010
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Resnicow, Herbert
THE GOLD FRAME Inscribed Copy
N.Y.: St. Martin's 1984. 1st ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. INSCRIBED COPY. fine in dj with very light wear at edges. The Gold's third case featuring a Vermeer painting and a New York Museum. Alexander Gold and his wife Norma keep getting mixed up with bizarre and sometimes dangerous criminal cases. Norma asks her neighbour Burton about the possibility of acquiring a gun but instead of coming away with a weapon the Golds soon find themselves handed another case. Burton soon reveals a mystery that involves Vermeers Young Girl in a Turban and a woman named Hannelore Becker. Hannelore has recreated Vermeers with such skill and knowledge and love that museums became involved. Inscribed Copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book. St. Martin's Hardcover
Référence libraire : 006278 ISBN : 031233687x 9780312336875
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Harriss, Will
TIMOR MORTIS
N.Y.: Walker 1986. 1st ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Light stain at page edge else near fine in dust jacet. An art mystery by the Edgar-winning author of The Bay Psalm Book Murder. ; 2nd Cliff Dunbar title; Los Angeles locale. "In this second of Harriss's series The Bay Psalm Book Murder Cliff Dunbar again applies his skills as an amateur detective in solving the murder of aging extraordinarily wealthy Maria Atterbury the pro-tem president of a classy Los Angeles department store. Newly returned from his honeymoon Dunbar enters the case on behalf of his sister Alison a painter who wants either her commission for her portrait of Maria or the return of her canvas. Midst the oils lies the clue. Before he uncovers it Dunbar learns how an art dealer can corner the market in Utrillos how an artist renders lace in the impasto technique and how it feels to bounce toward his own death in a car trunk having been captured by murderous thugs. Intricately plotted filled with interesting if arcane knowledge." -- Publishers Weekly. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book. Walker Hardcover
Référence libraire : 006079 ISBN : 0802756433 9780802756435
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Coker, Carolyn
THE OTHER DAVID
N.Y.: Dodd Mead & Company 1984. 1st edition so stated. Fine in dj price clipped. Revolves around the discovery of an unknown masterpiece by Michelangelo. Authors 1st book. FLORENCE. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book. Dodd Mead & Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 012000 ISBN : 0396083900 9780396083900
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Hardwick, Mollie
THE DREAMING DAMOZEL
N.Y.: St. Martin's Press 1991. 1st US edition April 1991 with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped with protective mylar cover. Antique dealer Doran Fairweather's . British cozy. "Hardwick's sixth mystery to feature Doran Fairweather an English antiques dealer with a knack for discovering murder along with objets d'art benefits from a vibrant atmosphere created by the interaction of intriguing characters. Suffering from malaise after a miscarriage and the loss of her business partner to a more lucrative job Doran hopes to spark new interest in her shop by branching into Pre-Raphaelite work ; she is soon surprised to have a number of rare Rossetti drawings fall into her possession. Obsessed with Rossetti's dreaming figures and fascinated by a mysterious eccentric man who entrusts her with one apparently rare artwork Doran quickly links the art to murder when two bodies turn up posed in imitation of the Rossetti models. The beautifully depicted relationship between Doran and her clergyman husband contributes greatly to the effect of this unusual and compelling tale." -- PW. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. St. Martin's Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 005197 ISBN : 0312054211 9780312054212
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Coker, Carolyn
THE VINES OF FERRARA
N.Y.: Dodd 1986. 1st ed. Light wear at edges else near fine in dj lightly rubbed. Andrea Perkins art expert from Boston is at the castle in Ferrara onced owned by Lucrezia Borgia. She is to repair a crumbling fresco and retouch a set of fabulous 15th century tarot cards. Author's second novel. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book. Dodd Hardcover
Référence libraire : 005948 ISBN : 0396088120 9780396088127
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Muller, Marcia
THERE HANGS THE KNIFE
ST. MARTINS PRESS 1988. 1st ed. near fine in dj. THE SECOND IN THE JOANNA STARK SERIES. REMAINDER MARK ON TOP. HARD TO FIND SERIES. First Edition. Hard Cover. NF/NF. Remainder. ST. MARTINS PRESS Hardcover
Référence libraire : 010422
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