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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
1985rif. 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
1988rif. 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
1989rif. 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
1973rif. 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
1967rif. 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
2009rif. 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
1982rif. 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
1985rif. 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
1838rif. 35862Paris: F. Bonnaire; Dupuis Dumarsais 1838. First editions of vols. I-IV; second edition of vol. V. Illustrated with folding charts maps facsimiles and numerous engravings after Johannot Raffet and others. 5 vols. 8vo. Mid-nineteenth-century quarter calf and blue marbled boards. Bookplates. Some rubbing to extremities. First editions of vols. I-IV; second edition of vol. V. Illustrated with folding charts maps facsimiles and numerous engravings after Johannot Raffet and others. 5 vols. 8vo. F. Bonnaire; Dupuis Dumarsais unknown books
1845rif. 23644Paris 1845. One page integral address leaf seal. 1 vols. 8vo. Folds inlaid to a larger sheet some soiling else in very good condition. One page integral address leaf seal. 1 vols. 8vo. Expressing his appreciation and thanks for the gift that awaited him after his absence of several days. unknown books
1986rif. 36618New York: Henry Holt 1986. Proof Copy. 1 vols. 8vo. White printed wrappers. Fine. Proof Copy. 1 vols. 8vo. Henry Holt unknown books
1982rif. 18785New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1982. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. The first edition first printing of "A" is for Alibi by Sue Grafton. Octavo 10 274pp 2. Metallic red title on spine with original gray boards. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page with a full number line. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper faint bookplate remnant on front pastedown. In the publisher's first state dust jacket $12.95 retail price on front flap touch of shelf wear short closed tear along top edge of front panel a bright near fine example. This was the debut mystery novel from Sue Grafton part of a future "Alphabet Mystery Series." The first edition had a print run of 7500 copies. Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover books
2025rif. 16479New York: Harper Voyager 2025. Deluxe Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Very good /Very good . Deluxe Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Sue Lynn Tan in ink to special publisher's page at front. First Edition with full number line indicating First Printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 453pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers corners and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Boards are slightly splayed else fine. Decorative pink sprayed edges and illustrated endpapers. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. A presentable signed deluxe first edition with gorgeous sprayed edges illustrated colored endpapers and a special debossed case! ABOUT THIS BOOK: "Treacherously beautiful and dazzlingly romantic. This book will steal your breath and your heart!" - Stephanie Garber #1 New York Times bestselling author of Once Upon A Broken Heart A young ruler must forge a delicate alliance with the untrustworthy yet magnetic God of War to protect her kingdom in this stunning romantic fantasy filled with dangerous secrets forbidden magic and passion from Sue Lynn Tan bestselling author of Daughter of the Moon Goddess The young heir to a mortal crown Liyen ascends a precarious throne when her grandfather dies vowing to end her kingdom's obligation to the immortals and take vengeance against those she feels responsible for his death. When she is summoned to the Immortal Realm she seizes the opportunity to learn their secrets and to form a tenuous alliance to safeguard her people all with the one she should fear and mistrust the most: the ruthless God of War. As they are drawn together a treacherous attraction ignites between them-one she has to resist to not endanger all she is fighting for. But with darker forces closing in around them and her kingdom plunged into peril Liyen must risk everything to save her people from an unspeakable fate even if it means forging a dangerous bond with the immortal. even if it means losing her heart.Publisher. Signed by Sue Lynn Tan in ink to special publisher's page at front. First Edition with full number line indicating First Printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 453pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers corners and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Boards are slightly splayed else fine. Decorative pink sprayed edges and illustrated endpapers. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. A presentable signed deluxe first edition with gorgeous sprayed edges illustrated colored endpapers and a special debossed case! ABOUT THIS BOOK: "Treacherously beautiful and dazzlingly romantic. This book will steal your breath and your heart!" - Stephanie Garber #1 New York Times bestselling author of Once Upon A Broken Heart A young ruler must forge a delicate alliance with the untrustworthy yet magnetic God of War to protect her kingdom in this stunning romantic fantasy filled with dangerous secrets forbidden magic and passion from Sue Lynn Tan bestselling author of Daughter of the Moon Goddess The young heir to a mortal crown Liyen ascends a precarious throne when her grandfather dies vowing to end her kingdom's obligation to the immortals and take vengeance against those she feels responsible for his death. When she is summoned to the Immortal Realm she seizes the opportunity to learn their secrets and to form a tenuous alliance to safeguard her people all with the one she should fear and mistrust the most: the ruthless God of War. As they are drawn together a treacherous attraction ignites between them-one she has to resist to not endanger all she is fighting for. But with darker forces closing in around them and her kingdom plunged into peril Liyen must risk everything to save her people from an unspeakable fate even if it means forging a dangerous bond with the immortal. even if it means losing her heart.Publisher. Harper Voyager hardcover books
1988rif. 14369New York: Henry Holt and Company 1988. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Signed first edition of "E" is for Evidence by Sue Grafton. Octavo 227pp. Title in silver on black cloth spine gray paper boards. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page with full number line. Solid text block lightly bumped corners a fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket $15.95 retail price on front flap with a touch of shelf wear. Signed by the author on the title page. Henry Holt and Company hardcover books
1989rif. 14370New York: Henry Holt and Company 1989. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. Signed first edition of "F" is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton. Octavo 261pp. Title in silver on black cloth peach boards. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page with full number line. Solid text block faint foxing to edges a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket $15.95 retail price on front flap a fine example. Signed by the author on the title page. Henry Holt and Company hardcover books
2010rif. 68905Place of publication not identified: Artichoke Press / Ephemeral Press January 2010. Edition limited to 35 copies this no. 31; 6" x 5" 10 interleaved bifolia; Layered Indigo Day a handmade flax sheet by Cave Paper forms the cover of a non-adhesive tab and fold binding. The book block is hand sewn comprised of textured Domestic Etching and interleaved Thai Kozo sheets. The text is set in 12 pt. Optima" colophon. Stitching becoming a little loose else fine. "Poems & illustrations: Georgia A. Greeley; book design: Sue Bjerke." Denver and Hennepin County in OCLC. Artichoke Press / Ephemeral Press, January unknown books
1850rif. 39239Paris: Imprimerie Schneider 1850. 4to pp. 40; drawings and engraved illustrations throughout; disbound remnants of previous binding; edges with some dampstaining and foxing corners a bit creased pp. 39-40 detached; contemporary signature on front page. One issue from the "Oeuvres Illustrées d'Eugene Sue Imprimerie Schneider unknown books
1993rif. 18799New York: Henry Holt & Co 1993. First edition 8vo. fine in like jacket. Henry Holt & Co unknown books
1971rif. 89333Cardiff: John Jones Cardiff 1971. First Edition. Number 24 of 100 signed specially-bound copies from a total edition of 500. Octavo; tan buckram; 74pp. Free of markings or notable wear; Near Fine; issued without dustwrapper. The final published collection from this fine Welsh poet who died young in 1974. A scarce book especially in the limited issue. Nicely illustrated by the Cardiff-based artist Sue Shields. John Jones Cardiff unknown books
2005rif. 83984New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons / Penguin Group 2005. Uncorrected Proof "Manuscript for Limited Edition" copy softcover. Octavo 23cm; printed wrappers with French flaps; 368pp. Upper rear corner bumped else Near Fine. The nineteenth volume of Grafton's best-selling Kinsey Millhone series with this one including sex and mystery in Serena Station California. 83984. G.P. Putnam's Sons / Penguin Group unknown books
1983rif. 63786London: Knockabout Comics 1983. First U.K. Edition. Folio 35.5 cm in stapled wraps; 42pp; illus. Light creases to corners else about Fine. First issued as "Raw One-Shot no.2" NY: Raw Comics 1983. A graphic and textual polemic against South African apartheid. An early and compelling work by Coe whose blend of comic punk and political sensibilities revolutionized left-wing art in the Nineties. Knockabout Comics unknown books
1988rif. 9024738New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1988. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth and paper over boards spine stamped in gilt. Dust jacket rubbed at head and heel else fine. G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1989rif. 9024534New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1989. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth and paper over boards spine stamped in gilt. Some foxing to top edge. Toned top edge of dust jacket. G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
2005rif. 9020347Newport Beach: Orange County Museum of Art 2005. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Published on the occasion of the exhibit at Orange County Museum of Art and Minneapolis Institute of Art. With contributions by Agee Canterbury Corn Dijkstra Marling and Simpson. Features dazzling idiosyncratic paintings full of whimsy and daring from collector Myron Kunin. Includes work from 48 artists including Gerald Murphy George Tooker Alice Neel Marsden Hartley and Reginald Marsh. Bound in publisher's original burnt orange cloth with spine stamped in white. Illustrated throughout in color. A formidable book. 9 x 11 inches. 152 pages. Orange County Museum of Art hardcover books
