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1994réf. 188373New York: Henry Holt 1994. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. The eleventh entry in the Kinsey Milhone series. A tight close to near fine copy in red printed wrappers with some slight soiling/spotting to the top and bottom edge of the pages and publisher sheet stapled to the verso of the front cover and in a close to near fine proof dust jacket that has some minor wear. Henry Holt unknown books
1965réf. 182787Boston MA: Institute of Contemporary Art 1965. First edition. Softcover. 16 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran March 20 through April 25 1965. Features an essay by the director Sue M. Thurman. Includes black and white illustrations of works by Asger Jorn Morris Louis Helen Frankenthaler Jackson Pollock Andy Warhol and several others as well as a checklist. A clean very near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Uncommon. Institute of Contemporary Art unknown books
2009réf. 183212Bloomfield Hills MI: Cranbrook Art Museum 2009. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran February 1 through March 29 2009. Features a foreword by Reed Kroloff an introduction by Gregory Wittkopp and essays by Emily Zilber and Sue Taylor. A collection of color illustrations of superhero costumes that were hand-knit by Mark Newport along with a comic by Jon Haddock. A fine copy in wrappers. Includes a laid in short signed note from Newport presenting this catalog to a author and art curator. Cranbrook Art Museum unknown books
1988réf. 181051988. Mystery novels Sue Grafton "E" is for Evidence. Henry Holt and Company: New York Signed First edition. 1988. Title page Signed and inscribed in bold black marker "For Judie Sue Grafton." 6" x 8.5" inches. 227 pages. Original dust jacket showing picture of gift box in Christmas wrap with explosive devices just visible inside. 3/4 black cloth on gray boards. The fifth novel in Grafton's Alphabet mystery series the story follows private investigator Kinsey Moore as she investigates an arson charge. Known for detective novels that were wise-cracking and hard-boiled Grafton was a prolific and much beloved novelist. DJ Price clipped and Near fine condition. Book in excellent condition. unknown books
1988réf. 179601Madison WI: Madison Art Center 1988. First edition. Softcover. 64 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran September 3 through November 13 1988. Introductory essay by Sue Taylor. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations checklist list of previous exhibitions and selected bibliography. A near fine copy in wrappers with some very minor wear. An uncommon catalog about the work of this Chicago artist and educator who helped promote the Chicago Imagists. Madison Art Center unknown books
1967réf. 21290New York: The Macmillan Company 1967. Very good in very good dust jacket. First printing of Sue Grafton's first novel a work of literary fiction preceding her 'Alphabet' mysteries by well over a decade. KEZIAH DANE follows a single mother widowed by a devastating flood and a traveling con artist whose intrusion on the Dane family leads to a violent confrontation. An important work in the iconic author's development. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original red cloth binding. Original unclipped $4.95 color pictorial dust jacket. Black topstain. 220 pages. Jacket with some wrinkling to lower front edge light rubbing; some color offsetting from binding and small tape repair to verso. Binding with mild edgewear very slight lean. Spot of soil and former tape shadow on front free endpaper else interior clean. The Macmillan Company unknown books
1965réf. 176715Boston MA: Northeastern University 1965. First edition. Softcover. 12 pages. Exhibition catalog for a group show that ran March 31 through April 13 1965. Features texts by Sam Hunter Sue M. Thurman and Frederick P. Walkey. Includes numerous small black and white illustrations. An about good copy in stapled wrappers with a small burn mark to the front cover that left a small stain to the title page and with some pen notations to the checklist. Also with laid in addenda sheet. Uncommon. Northeastern University unknown books
réf. 315504New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1982. First edition first state. 274 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's gray boards stamped in red foil pictorial dust jacket unclipped and with price of "$12.95" and 0482 at bottom of flap. Very light soiling to jacket. Fine copy in a red quarter morocco clamshell box. First edition first state. 274 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The first title in the acclaimed and long-running series of mysteries by Sue Grafton 1940-2017. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Grafton on the title page: "For Philip - Yours until Z is for 'Zero' - Sue Grafton 10-7-84. Holt, Rinehart and Winston unknown books
1993réf. 174487Amherst MA: Mead Art Museum Amherst College 1993. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran February 5 through March 21 1993. Text by Judith Barter and Anne Mochon. Includes 26 black and white illustrations selected bibliography checklist and list of previous exhibitions. A clean very near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Uncommon. Mead Art Museum, Amherst College unknown books
1985réf. 39888New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1985. First printing. Fine in fine jacket. Signed first edition of the second Kinsey Millhone book in which the hard-boiled Santa Teresa private detective investigates a missing person case. Grafton hit her stride in this second book crystallizing the traits that made A IS FOR ALIBI so good: crisply drawn characters a steady raising of stakes and a sense of increasing momentum towards the inevitable conclusion - all overseen by the Kinsey Millhone in the fictional version of Santa Barbara California. The particular personality of Grafton's no-nonsense detective has spurred literary descendants across genres from thrillers to urban fantasy. 8'' x 5.25''. Original quarter red cloth grey paper boards silver-lettered spine. In original unclipped $14.95 red and black dust jacket with illustration by Linda M. Benson. 10 229 1 pages. Signed by Grafton in black felt pen on title page. Holt, Rinehart and Winston unknown books
1950réf. 172755Boston MA: Bruce Humphries Inc 1950. First edition. Hardcover. 110 pages. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some tears and edge wear. Signed and inscribed by Maxwell on the front free endpaper. Uncommon and especially signed. Bruce Humphries, Inc unknown books
1988réf. 39995New York: Henry Holt and Company 1988. First printing. Fine in about fine jacket. Signed first edition of this Kinsey Millhone mystery in which the detective is framed and must unravel the layers of fabricated evidence against her. In this installment the mystery takes on a BIG SLEEP undertone while Millhone navigates the agendas of various people in a rich family whose drama becomes hers when she is framed as part of the investigation. Readers also meet Millhone's second husband and learn firsthand why he is husband no longer. As usual for this series class elements play a role in the unfolding events complicating Millhone's ability to exonerate herself. A typically great Alphabet Series entry. 8'' x 5.25''. Original quarter black cloth grey paper boards. In original unclipped $15.95 color pictorial dust jacket designed by Abby Kagan. 10 227 1 pages. Signed by Grafton in black felt pen on title page. Very slight crinkling to front panel of jacket with faint offsetting from cloth. Henry Holt and Company unknown books
1989réf. 40092New York: Henry Holt and Company 1989. First edition stated. Near fine in fine jacket. First edition first printing of the sixth Kinsey Millhone mystery. In this mid-Alphabet installment of Grafton's classic detective series private eye Kinsey Millhone searches for a young woman's real killer seventeen years after her new client's son already confessed to the crime. "One of my beliefs" Grafton once said "is that we all have a homicidal rage within us." A handsome copy. 8'' x 5.5''. Original quarter black cloth with terracotta cloth boards. In original unclipped $15.95 dust jacket. 10 261 1 pages. Small ink notation to upper corner of front endpaper else fine. Very faint toning to jacket panels. Henry Holt and Company unknown books
1973réf. 40098London: Sphere Books Limited 1973. First printing. Very good plus. Signed first paperback edition and movie tie-in edition of the second and scarcer of Grafton's two mainstream literary novels. First published in hardcover in 1969 Grafton's second published novel preceded her Kinsey Millhone mysteries by more than a decade. THE LOLLY-MADONNA WAR is a gritty tale of violent Tennessee hill-country family feuding that ends in a shower of gunfire and blood: powerfully attractive themes and imagery for 1970s Hollywood. The novel was consequently adapted into the film LOLLY-MADONNA XXX in 1973 by director Richard Sarafian with a screenplay co-written by Grafton and starring Rod Steiger Jeff Bridges and Gary Busey. Only published in the U.K; rare in any edition particularly signed. 7'' x 4.25''. Original color photographic wrappers. 159 1 pages. Bookseller ink stamps to inside front cover and front endpaper. Signed by Grafton on title page. Light corner creasing to front cover; small scuffed spot and faint soil to rear cover. Spine lightly sunned. Minor foxing to a few pages. Housed in custom gilt-stamped brown leather clamshell case. Sphere Books Limited unknown books
1967réf. 40093New York: The MacMillan Company 1967. First printing. About fine in fine jacket. Signed first edition of Grafton's first novel a work of literary fiction preceding her 'Alphabet' mysteries by well over a decade. KEZIAH DANE follows a single mother widowed by a devastating flood and a traveling con artist whose intrusion on the Dane family leads to a violent confrontation. A beautiful copy. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original red cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Blue-gray topstain. In original unclipped $4.95 dust jacket illustrated by Andy Virgil. pages. Signed by Grafton on title page. Very faint markings to front endpaper. Minimal shelfwear. The MacMillan Company unknown books
2009réf. 40105New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2009. Fine in fine jacket. Signed first edition first printing with the celebrated Kinsey Millhone "a sharp-tongued observant loner who never forgets that under the thin veneer of civility is a roiling dark side to the soul" front flap copy. 9'' x 6''. Original quarter black cloth with blue boards silver-lettered spine. In original unclipped $27.95 dust jacket. 12 403 1 pages. Signed by Grafton on title page. (G.P. Putnam's Sons) unknown books
1982réf. 39487New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1982. First printing. Fine in fine jacket. Signed first edition a gorgeous copy introducing Grafton's beloved Kinsey Millhone a hard-up detective in Southern California. The title for the first book in Grafton's famous Alphabet Series was inspired by reading THE GASHLYCRUMB TINIES a detail that captures the tone of black levity that has partly made the series so popular. Kinsey Millhone bears many characteristics of a classic noir detective but with a feminist update: she would become a model for many heroines to come in the following decades not only in mystery but in urban fantasy and beyond. Really a great copy desirable signed. 8'' x 5.25''. Original grey paper boards metallic red-lettered spine. In original unclipped $12.95 color pictorial dust jacket. 10 274 2 pages. Signed by Grafton in black felt pen on title page. Holt, Rinehart and Winston unknown books
1989réf. 169369Chicago IL: Department of Cultural Affairs 1989. First edition. Softcover. 47 pages. Exhibition catalog for a group show that ran October 2 through November 11 1989. Foreword by Gregory G. Knight. Essay by Sue Taylor. Includes illustrations of works by and information about Gerda Meyer Jin Soo Kim Elizabeth Newman Michael Paha and Robert Peters. A close to near fine copy in wrappers with some very minor wear. Department of Cultural Affairs unknown books
2001réf. 165225New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2001. First edition. Softcover. Advance Reading Copy. A novel from the author of "While I Was Gone" and "The Good Mother." A fine unread copy in wrappers. Signed by Miller on the title page. Uncommon thus. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1985réf. 315503New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1985. First edition. 228 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's quarter red cloth and gray boards spine stamped in silver in fine unclipped pictorial dust jacket. Laid into a quarter red morocco clamshell box by Asprey. About fine. First edition. 228 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed and signed by Grafton on the title-page. "For Terry/ Sue Grafton. Holt, Rinehart and Winston unknown books
1986réf. 160922New York: Harper & Row 1986. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A well received novel. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A very fresh copy. Harper & Row unknown books
1985réf. 161389Boston MA / Philadelphia PA / London: Museum of Fine Arts Boston / Philadelphia Museum of Art / Arts Council of Great Britain 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 272 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran November 14 1984 through January 13 1985 in Boston and then traveled to Philadelphia and London for additional dates. Essays by Clifford S. Ackley Douglas Druick and Peter Zegers Roy L. Perkinson Sue Welsh Reed and Barbara Stern Shapiro. Includes numerous black and white illustrations. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Museum of Fine Arts Boston / Philadelphia Museum of Art / Arts Council of Great Britain unknown books
1992réf. 156777Milwaukee WI: Milwaukee Art Museum 1992. First edition. Softcover. 4 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran May 15 through August 23 1992 at the Milwaukee Art Museum and then traveled to three other locations for additional dates. Essay by Sue Taylor. Includes 8 illustrations with 2 in color. A very good copy in stapled wrappers with some minor wear and some creasing to the corners. Milwaukee Art Museum unknown books
1980réf. 154663Ithaca NY: Ithaca House 1980. First edition. Softcover. Owen's first book a paperback original collection of poems. A very good copy in wrappers with some foxing. Signed and inscribed by Owen on the half title page to poet Linda Pastan and with a laid in small handwritten note by Owen as well. Uncommon signed. Ithaca House unknown books
1996réf. 154648Seattle WA: Owl Creek Press 1996. First edition. Softcover. 61 pages. Thompson's second collection of poems. A very near fine copy in wrappers. Signed and warmly inscribed by Thompson on the title page to poet Linda Pastan and with a laid in signed letter presenting the book to her as well as thanking her for her advise help and writing a blurb for the back of this book. Owl Creek Press unknown books
