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2007rif. 49264New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2007. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed first printing of this 20th novel in the Alphabet Mystery series alternating between the point of view of Kinsey Millhone - on the case of potential insurance fraud and a con-artist - and said con-artist a sociopath known for taking advantage of the elderly. The success of the Kinsey Millhone books inspired a generation of writers to create their own casually badass heroines to the delight of millions of readers. 9'' x 5.75''. Original boards. Original unclipped $26.95 color pictorial dust jacket. 388 pages. Signed by Grafton to title page. Jacket with a hint of edgewear. Sharp. G. P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1986rif. 49238New York: Henry Holt and Company 1986. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Signed third printing of the third Kinsey Millhone mystery in which the hard-boiled private detective continues an investigation on behalf of a murdered client. Millhone's vigil after the death of her client stirs up memories from her own past and she pursues the loose threads that no one wants her to follow. THE GUARDIAN reported on the influence of Millhone on other noir and crime writers such as Meg Gardiner who said: "With every page I wished: Kinsey Millhone be my friend. Beyond that she showed me how a female series heroine could work." 8'' x 5.25''. Original grey boards. Original unclipped $19.95 color pictorial dust jacket. 244 pages. Signed by Grafton to title page. Jacket with a hint of edgewear one tiny closed tear. Sharp. Henry Holt and Company unknown books
1993rif. 49254New York: Henry Holt and Company 1993. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Signed fourth printing of the 10th Alphabet Mystery in which PI Kinsey Millhone uncovers her own family history while on the trail of a Ponzi schemer who faked his own suicide. The success of the Kinsey Millhone books inspired a generation of writers to create their own casually badass heroines to the delight of millions of readers. 9'' x 5.75''. Original cloth-backed boards. Original unclipped $21.95 color pictorial dust jacket. 288 pages. Signed by Grafton to title page. Jacket with a touch of edgewear. Binding with a hint of bumping to spine ends. Clean. Henry Holt and Company unknown books
1999rif. 49259New York: Henry Holt and Company 1999. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Signed first printing of this Alphabet Mystery that hits close to home for Kinsey Millhone as she finds herself top of the suspect list when her ex-husband is shot with her own gun. The success of the Kinsey Millhone books inspired a generation of writers to create their own casually badass heroines to the delight of millions of readers. 9'' x 6''. Original two-tone boards. Original unclipped $26.00 color pictorial dust jacket. 318 pages. Signed by Grafton to title page. Jacket and binding with a hint of edgewear. Bright. Henry Holt and Company unknown books
2001rif. 49260New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2001. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Signed first printing of this Alphabet Mystery that finds Kinsey Millhone hired by the first wife of a missing doctor a case complicated by the discovery of fraud at the nursing home where the doctor worked. The success of the Kinsey Millhone books inspired a generation of writers to create their own casually badass heroines to the delight of millions of readers. 9'' x 5.75''. Original cloth-backed boards. Original unclipped $26.95 color pictorial dust jacket. 352 pages. Signed by Grafton to second blank. Jacket with "Signed Copy" sticker to front a touch of edgewear. Clean and bright. G. P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1992rif. 49253New York: Henry Holt and Company 1992. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed first printing of this time-sensitive Kinsey Millhoney mystery in which the PI must go up against a ticking statute of limitations clock to pull together evidence on a man previously acquitted of his rich wife's murder. The success of the Kinsey Millhone books inspired a generation of writers to create their own casually badass heroines to the delight of millions of readers. 9'' x 6''. Original cloth-backed boards. Original unclipped $18.95 color pictorial dust jacket. 286 pages. Signed by Grafton to title page dated June 3 1992. Clean and bright. Henry Holt and Company unknown books
2004rif. 49262New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2004. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Signed first printing of this Kinsey Millhone mystery with romantic undertones in which the PI her landlord and even her client deal with the ins and outs of love in addition to busting a money laundering operation of course. The success of the Kinsey Millhone books inspired a generation of writers to create their own casually badass heroines to the delight of millions of readers. 9'' x 5.75''. Original cloth-backed boards. Original unclipped $26.95 color pictorial dust jacket. 352 pages. Signed by Grafton to second blank. Jacket with "Signed Copy" sticker to front a touch of rubbing to rear. Sharp. G. P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1996rif. 49257New York: Henry Holt and Company 1996. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. First printing of this simple Kinsey Millhone case - find the missing heir noted in the will of a construction magnate - that devolves into family drama and murder with a special signed Kinsey Millhone bookplate tipped in. The success of the Kinsey Millhone books inspired a generation of writers to create their own casually badass heroines to the delight of millions of readers. 9'' x 6''. Original boards. Original unclipped $25.00 color pictorial dust jacket. 300 pages. Bookplate signed by Grafton tipped onto front flyleaf. Jacket with a hint of bumping to spine ends. Binding with mild bumping to spine ends. Firm. Henry Holt and Company unknown books
1995rif. 49156New York: William Morrow and Company Inc 1995. Fine in fine jacket. Signed first edition of the Anchorage-based author's second Alex Jensen mystery set along the border of Alaska and the Yukon Territory. 9'' x 6''. Original quarter blue cloth with navy blue boards. In original unclipped $23.00 pictorial dust jacket by Chris Hopkins. 305 1 pages. Signed by Henry on title page. Minor edgewear. William Morrow and Company, Inc unknown books
2005rif. 49263New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2005. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed first printing of this creatively-structured Alphabet Mystery alternating between the perspectives of PI Kinsey Millhone and Violet Sullivan whose 1953 murder Kinsey is working to solve in the present. The success of the Kinsey Millhone books inspired a generation of writers to create their own casually badass heroines to the delight of millions of readers. 9'' x 5.75''. Original cloth-backed boards. Original unclipped $26.95 color pictorial dust jacket. 374 pages. Signed by Grafton to title page. Promotional flier for signing event loosely laid in. Binding with security sticker to front pastedown. Clean and tight. G. P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
2021rif. 193000San Francisco CA: Brian Gross Fine Art 2021. First edition. Softcover. 20 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran January 14 through March 13 2021. Features a brief text by Brian Gross. Includes numerous color illustrations list of previous exhibitions list of selected collections and a bibliography. A fine copy in wrappers and with laid in compliments slip. Brian Gross Fine Art unknown books
2023rif. 194290London: Luxembourg Co 2023. First edition. Hardcover. 96 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 10 through December 9 2022. Features texts by Alex J. Taylor and Christian Weyl. Includes numerous color illustrations and a chronology. A fine copy in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. Luxembourg + Co unknown books
1992rif. 195559New York: Henry Holt 1992. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. The ninth entry in Grafton's popular Kinsey Milhone series. A very good copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with a few tiny spots to the page edges and in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by Grafton on the title page. Henry Holt unknown books
2012rif. 750042012. Alexander Roberta Sue; Finkelman Paul. Justice and Legal Change on the Shores of Lake Erie: A History of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Athens: Ohio University Press 2012. xii 374 pp. illustrations. Original blue cloth hardcover with gilt stamped spine and front cover. New in a new dust jacket. $56. unknown books
2007rif. 185994Highland Park and Evanston IL: The Art Center / Evanston Art Center 2007. First edition. Softcover. 48 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran March 4 through April 8 2007. Essays by Sue Taylor and James Yood. Includes numerous color illustrations list of previous exhibitions list of public collections and selected private collections. A fine copy in wrappers. The Art Center / Evanston Art Center unknown books
1987rif. 187658New York: Henry Holt 1987. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. The sixth book in her wildly popular Kinsey Milhone series. A clean and tight very near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine in a very near fine dust jacket Signed and nicely incribed by Grafton on the title page. Henry Holt unknown books
2002rif. 187648New York: G.P. Putnam's & Sons 2002. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. The seventeenth entry in the popular Kinsey Milhone series. A tight very near fine copy in paper covered boards with cloth spine in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Grafton on the second free endpaper. G.P. Putnam's & Sons unknown books
1990rif. 187677New York: Henry Holt 1990. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. The eighth entry in Grafton's Kinsey Milhone mystery series. A very good copy in paper covered boards with cloth spine with some slight discoloration to the base of the front board and some other very minor wear and in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Grafton on the title page. Henry Holt unknown books
1994rif. 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
1965rif. 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
2009rif. 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
1988rif. 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
1988rif. 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
1967rif. 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
rif. 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
