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1967Best.-Nr. 106974New York: The Macmillan Company 1967. First edition first printing of Grafton's first book. With two original photographs of the author laid in one in colour 94 x 50 mm and the other in black and white 73 x 44 mm. Octavo. Original red cloth spine lettered in gilt top edge blue. With dust jacket. Top edge slightly faded. An excellent copy in the bright dust jacket with a portion of water-staining to spine on verso not perceptible on recto. hardcover
1987Best.-Nr. 14267New York: Henry Holt and Company 1987-01-01. First Edition; First Printing. hardcover. Collectible; Like New. 5x0x8. Signed. SIGNED and inscribed on title page by Sue Grafton "For Carol Parks yours in crime Sue 6-7-87." ; Tight binding clean pages. A faint of shelf wear to dustjacket with a very tiny tear to top of spine and mild age-toning to page edges otherwise an excellent copy of the First Printing of the First Edition of the fourth Kinsey Millhone mystery. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. Henry Holt and Company hardcover
1982Best.-Nr. UB-17876New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1982. 1. Very Good/Good. 1. FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING SIGNED WITH THE PUBLISHER'S REVIEW SLIP. "First Edition" stated on the copyright page with a complete number line 1-10. Signed by Grafton on a decorative bookplate affixed to the half-title. Laid in is the Holt Rinehart and Winston "Advance Copy" slip giving a release date of April 30 1982 and a price of $13.50 which differs from the $12.95 printed on the jacket. The slip gives the publisher's address as 521 Fifth Avenue; the copyright page and jacket give 383 Madison Avenue. Bound in gray textured paper over boards with spine lettered in metallic red with the publisher's skeleton key device. Presents nicely in original pictorial dust jacket in protective archival sleeve. Moderate edgewear to dust jacket with scattered chipping and small tears to edges and extremities as well as mild toning foxing and dust soiling to flaps and verso. Mild wear to binding with gentle bumping to head and tail of spine corners still sharp. Mild foxing to endpapers and page edges. Binding is firm tight and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. Overall a very good copy in good dust jacket. Dust jacket shows front-flap price $12.95 code "0482" and features: front panel photograph by Kathie A. McGinty author photograph on rear flap by Steven Humphrey rear panel prints Kinsey's opening paragraph framed by skeleton keys. Book designed by Joy Chu. Grafton's third published novel following Keziah Dane 1967 and The Lolly-Madonna War 1969 and years of screenwriting for television A Is for Alibi was her first mystery and the first Kinsey Millhone novel beginning the beloved "Alphabet" series. Over the next thirty-five years she would carry the series to Y is for Yesterday 2017. She died that December before writing the planned Z is for Zero. Kinsey works out of Santa Teresa the fictional stand-in for Santa Barbara that Grafton took from Ross Macdonald. She is thirty-two twice divorced self-reliant and wryly unsentimental. Together with Marcia Muller's Sharon McCone and Sara Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski whose Indemnity Only also appeared in 1982 she helped claim the hardboiled private-eye novel for women both as writers and as protagonists. Patricia Moyes's blurb on the front flap now reads as prophecy: she predicted the series would run "all through the alphabet." From the publisher: A IS FOR AVENGER. A tough-talking former cop private investigator Kinsey Millhone has set up a modest detective agency in a quiet corner of Santa Teresa California. She's a twice-divorced loner with few personal possessions and fewer personal attachments but with a soft spot for underdogs and lost causes. A IS FOR ACCUSED. That's why she draws desperate clients like Nikki Fife. Eight years ago she was convicted of killing her philandering husband. Now she's out on parole and needs Kinsey's help to find the real killer. But after all this time clearing Nikki's bad name won't be easy. A IS FOR ALIBI. If there's one thing that makes Kinsey Millhone feel alive it's playing on the edge. When her investigation turns up a second corpse more suspects and a new reason to kill Kinsey discovers that the edge is closer-and sharper-than she imagined. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston unknown
1982Best.-Nr. 77947New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition first printing. Signed by Sue Grafton on the title page. The first of Grafton's alphabet mysteries featuring the debut of tough-talking private investigator Kinsey Millhone. Octavo. Original gray cloth binding with red titles. Faint soiling along the edges with some light toning and wear to the extremities of the dust jacket; otherwise very good. Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover
1985Best.-Nr. 236628New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston 1985. First edition first printing. Publisher's quarter red cloth over grey boards in Linda M. Benson dust jacket $14.95. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Kinsey Millhone's second outing finds her searching for a missing woman in Florida only to uncover a chilling deception. Grafton sharpens her hardboiled edge here blending West Coast noir with modern female independence. Collectors value this installment for cementing the series' reputation after the breakout success of A is for Alibi with its taut plotting and clever misdirection. Signed by Grafton on the title page. Holt, Rinehart & Winston unknown
1986Best.-Nr. 236629New York: Henry Holt and Company 1986. First edition first printing. Publisher's full grey boards in Abby Kagan dust jacket $14.95. Fine in fine faintly toned dust jacket in mylar cover. A TURNING POINT IN THE ALPHABET MYSTERIES Grafton deepens her character work in this third novel balancing suspense with psychological insight. It is notable for its exploration of trust and vulnerability hallmarks that raised the series above genre convention. Collectors regard this as an early milestone in the "Alphabet Series" a point where Grafton's distinctive blend of grit and empathy became firmly established. Signed by Grafton on the title page with publisher's bookplate laid in. Henry Holt and Company unknown
1986Best.-Nr. 20901New York: Henry Holt and Company 1986. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; pale gray paper-covered boards with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 243pp 1. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Fine in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. Sharp copy of the third volume in Grafton's best-selling Kinsey Millhone series. Henry Holt and Company unknown
1986Best.-Nr. 292043New York: Henry Holt 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. A beautiful copy. Although not marked in any way this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn. Henry Holt hardcover
1987Best.-Nr. 1405058New York New York U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page. First Edition stated on the copyright page with the full number line 1 3 5 6 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Slight rubbing to bottom edge; else fine. We will provide a certificate of authenticity for this item. New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co hardcover
1987Best.-Nr. 024437New York New York U.S.A. : Henry Holt and Co. 1987. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Fine/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed beautifully by author on title page in her unique calligraphic style. A mystery novel featuring wise-cracking female private investigator Kinsey Millhone. Kinsey thought this job was cut and dried until the client's check bounced. Then the ex-con liar and chronic drunk was found dead. "D" IS FOR DEADBEAT is the fourth in Grafton's "alphabet' series featuring her celebrated sleuth Kinsey Millhone. Sue Grafton was one of the most popular female writers both in the US and in the UK before her untimely death in 2017 at the age of 77. Very fine first edition first printing inas new mylar-protected dust jacket. Very scarce title in this condition. M103 Henry Holt and Co. hardcover
1987Best.-Nr. 20900New York: Henry Holt and Company 1987. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; black paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 229pp 1. Inscribed on the title page: "For Lee.Sue Grafton." Fine in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. Sharp copy of the fourth volume in Grafton's best-selling Kinsey Millhone series. Henry Holt and Company unknown
1967Best.-Nr. 71760New York: The Macmillan Company 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition first printing. Inscribed by Sue Grafton on the title page. The author's first published novel a work of mainstream fiction concerning a widow who lives "on the brink of poverty" with her children in a small Kentucky town. Grafton 1940-2017 followed this with The Lolly-Madonna War 1969 before beginning her Kinsey Millhone "Alphabet" mystery series. Octavo. Original red cloth binding with gilt titles. A tight unread copy. Fine in a fine dust jacket. The Macmillan Company hardcover
1967Best.-Nr. 292040New York: Macmillan 1967. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. A beautiful copy of the author's scarce first book a non-mystery published almost two decades before her Kinsey Millhone books. Although not marked in any way this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn. Macmillan hardcover
1991Best.-Nr. 91497Santa Barbara: Bench Press 1991. First edition lettered & signed issue. 261 pp. Fine in paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped leather spine. No dust jacket as issued. Fine publisher’s slipcase. One of 26 lettered copies on Teton paper SIGNED by Grafton. Sue Grafton’s bookplate laid in together with a signed letter of provenance by Grafton’s husband Stephen Humphrey. Santa Barbara: Bench Press, hardcover
1973Best.-Nr. 25372ELondon: Sphere Books 1973. First English Paperback Edition. Issued to coincide with the release of the film the screenplay for which Grafton co-wrote starring Rod Steiger Robert Ryan and Jeff Bridges. From the library of the author Sue Grafton with a letter of provenance signed by Grafton’s husband Steven Humphrey. With the Sue Grafton estate bookplate affixed to the inside of the front cover. Also with the stamp of Sue Grafton’s movie agency The Gotler Agency Inc. in Los Angeles. Very good plus copy with a hint of handling and a 1/4 inch tear to the bottom of the front spine fold. Sphere Books paperback
1982Best.-Nr. UB-17876New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1982. 1. Very Good/Good. 1. FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING SIGNED WITH THE PUBLISHER'S REVIEW SLIP. "First Edition" stated on the copyright page with a complete number line 1-10. Signed by Grafton on a decorative bookplate affixed to the half-title. Laid in is the Holt Rinehart and Winston "Advance Copy" slip giving a release date of April 30 1982 and a price of $13.50 which differs from the $12.95 printed on the jacket. The slip gives the publisher's address as 521 Fifth Avenue; the copyright page and jacket give 383 Madison Avenue. Bound in gray textured paper over boards with spine lettered in metallic red with the publisher's skeleton key device. Presents nicely in original pictorial dust jacket in protective archival sleeve. Moderate edgewear to dust jacket with scattered chipping and small tears to edges and extremities as well as mild toning foxing and dust soiling to flaps and verso. Mild wear to binding with gentle bumping to head and tail of spine corners still sharp. Mild foxing to endpapers and page edges. Binding is firm tight and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. Overall a very good copy in good dust jacket. Dust jacket shows front-flap price $12.95 code "0482" and features: front panel photograph by Kathie A. McGinty author photograph on rear flap by Steven Humphrey rear panel prints Kinsey's opening paragraph framed by skeleton keys. Book designed by Joy Chu. Grafton's third published novel following Keziah Dane 1967 and The Lolly-Madonna War 1969 and years of screenwriting for television A Is for Alibi was her first mystery and the first Kinsey Millhone novel beginning the beloved "Alphabet" series. Over the next thirty-five years she would carry the series to Y is for Yesterday 2017. She died that December before writing the planned Z is for Zero. Kinsey works out of Santa Teresa the fictional stand-in for Santa Barbara that Grafton took from Ross Macdonald. She is thirty-two twice divorced self-reliant and wryly unsentimental. Together with Marcia Muller's Sharon McCone and Sara Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski whose Indemnity Only also appeared in 1982 she helped claim the hardboiled private-eye novel for women both as writers and as protagonists. Patricia Moyes's blurb on the front flap now reads as prophecy: she predicted the series would run "all through the alphabet." From the publisher: A IS FOR AVENGER. A tough-talking former cop private investigator Kinsey Millhone has set up a modest detective agency in a quiet corner of Santa Teresa California. She's a twice-divorced loner with few personal possessions and fewer personal attachments but with a soft spot for underdogs and lost causes. A IS FOR ACCUSED. That's why she draws desperate clients like Nikki Fife. Eight years ago she was convicted of killing her philandering husband. Now she's out on parole and needs Kinsey's help to find the real killer. But after all this time clearing Nikki's bad name won't be easy. A IS FOR ALIBI. If there's one thing that makes Kinsey Millhone feel alive it's playing on the edge. When her investigation turns up a second corpse more suspects and a new reason to kill Kinsey discovers that the edge is closer-and sharper-than she imagined. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston unknown books
1986Best.-Nr. 292043New York: Henry Holt 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. A beautiful copy. Although not marked in any way this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn. Henry Holt hardcover books
1986Best.-Nr. 20901New York: Henry Holt and Company 1986. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; pale gray paper-covered boards with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 243pp 1. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Fine in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. Sharp copy of the third volume in Grafton's best-selling Kinsey Millhone series. Henry Holt and Company unknown books
1987Best.-Nr. 1405058New York New York U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page. First Edition stated on the copyright page with the full number line 1 3 5 6 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Slight rubbing to bottom edge; else fine. We will provide a certificate of authenticity for this item. New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co hardcover books
1987Best.-Nr. 20900New York: Henry Holt and Company 1987. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; black paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 229pp 1. Inscribed on the title page: "For Lee.Sue Grafton." Fine in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. Sharp copy of the fourth volume in Grafton's best-selling Kinsey Millhone series. Henry Holt and Company unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 292040New York: Macmillan 1967. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. A beautiful copy of the author's scarce first book a non-mystery published almost two decades before her Kinsey Millhone books. Although not marked in any way this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn. Macmillan hardcover books
1991Best.-Nr. 91497Santa Barbara: Bench Press 1991. First edition lettered & signed issue. 261 pp. Fine in paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped leather spine. No dust jacket as issued. Fine publisher’s slipcase. One of 26 lettered copies on Teton paper SIGNED by Grafton. Sue Grafton’s bookplate laid in together with a signed letter of provenance by Grafton’s husband Stephen Humphrey. Santa Barbara: Bench Press, hardcover books
2001Best.-Nr. 2411031Clarion Books 2001. first. hardcover. fine/fine. First edition with number line from 10-1 on copyright page. Newbery Medal Winner. Book and dust jacket fine. Clarion Books unknown
2001Best.-Nr. 2411031Clarion Books 2001. first. hardcover. fine/fine. First edition with number line from 10-1 on copyright page. Newbery Medal Winner. Book and dust jacket fine. Clarion Books unknown books
1987Best.-Nr. BL-002219New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1987. 229 pp. Approximately 5 1/2 x 8 1/4". Pictorial dust jacket in fine condition with an unspoiled cover original price of $15.95 on the flap and no fading on the spine. Black paper over boards copper gilt lettering stamped crisply on spine signed by the author on the title page full number line one tiny spot on top page edges small stain on rear free endpaper otherwise in near fine condition. Sue Grafton 1940 - 2017 was an American novelist. This is the fourth book in her well-known "alphabet series" featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone. Grafton also wrote screenplays and other 7 other novels before the alphabet series 5 of which she destroyed unpublished. Henry Holt and Company hardcover
