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2009ref. 25106London: Headline Review. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0755348397 . A lovely first edition/first Imrpession in Fine condition in alike dust wrapper. SIGNED by author Imogen Robertson directly on the title page; Author Imogen Robertson's first Harriet Westerman novel. Instruments of Darkness combines the brooding atmosphere of the best of Daphne du Maurier with the complex compelling detail of Tess Gerritsen moving from drawing room to dissecting room coffee shop to country inn and into the shadowy heart of eighteenth-century society. from the dust jacket ; A Harriet Westerman Novel; 8vo; vi vii viii 376 pages; Signed by Author . Headline Review hardcover
1989ref. 18830Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library. Near Fine. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited first edition/first printing preceding the trade edition. Unread Near Fine condition with unobtrusive hairline cut to front board few scrapes to gilt pages SIGNED by author Martin Cruz Smith; Sprung from a state psychiatric hospital Arkady Renko takes refuge in Siberia ultimately working on a Soviet factory ship in the Bering Sea. When one of his shipmates is murdered he's pressed into service. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather with raised bands. Features gilded sewn-in pages with a satin marker. Simply superb quality; Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; xxii 386 2 pages; Signed by Author . Franklin Library hardcover
1999ref. 20209New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679454314 . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. SIGNED by author Don Winslow directly on the title page. Flame covered boards with a "burnt" dust-jacket allowing the fire to show through; In this complex tale of murder and insurance fraud Jack Wade one of the best arson investigators around is the adjuster for California Fire and Life Insurance Company. The huge scam involves the Russian Mafia and a cast of crooks and mobsters from all over California. In this carefully crafted novel Winslow painstakingly educates the reader about fire by giving the fire its own personality; 8vo; Signed by Author . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
2000ref. 20225New York: Soho. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1569471932 . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. SIGNED by author Qiu Xiaolong directly on the title page; The introduction of Inspector Chen Chao the up-and-coming chief inspector of the Shanghai Police Bureau determined to prove his worth. His first case is the murder of a National Model Worker a poster girl for the socialist ideal but Chen unearths another less seemly side of Guan Hongying. Winnner of the Anthony Award for best first novel in 2001; Inspector Chen Chao; 8vo; Signed by Author . Soho hardcover books
1867ref. 178547Hachette et cie 1867 in12. 1867. Relié cartonné.
1994ref. 1203411994 Editions Vents d'Ouest - 1994 - In-4, cartonnage illustré de l'éditeur - 57 planches en couleurs - Cet ouvrage constitue l'édition de tête, il a été tiré 990 exemplaires numérotés et signés par l'auteur, ex n°469/990
ref. 5464In 12 reliure éditeur demi-toile lie de vin,titre doré, filets à froid.Faux-titre,titre,252 pages,1 page de table des matières,Arthème Fayard Janvier 1932.Edition originale,dos insolé,mors inférieur droit fendu
2000ref. 13230London: Hodder & Stoughton. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0340751681 . A very beautiful first edition/first printing in unread Very Fine condition in alike dust-jacket SIGNED by Raymond Benson on the title page; In the second novel in Raymond Benson's Union trilogy James Bond is again set against the evil terrorist organization called the Union. Still smarting from their last encounter with 007 when he foiled their plans to get Skin 17 "High Time to Kill" the Union has decided that Britain and James Bond are their new number one priority and targets; 8vo ; Signed by Author . Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1990ref. 25292New York: St. Martin's Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0312042779 . A smart first edition/first printing in Very Good condition with cocked spine and soiled edges in Very Good dust jacket with light edgewear and chipping. SIGNED by author Diane Mott Davidson directly on the title page; The first Goldy Bear Mystery. Someone put rat poison in the coffee at the banquet and police have shut down Goldy's catering business until the matter is cleared up. Since this is Goldy's only source of income Goldy decides she'd better do a little sleauthing of her own; 8vo; vi 2-266 pages; Signed by Author . St. Martin's Press hardcover books
1991ref. 160401New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A signed first american edition/first printing in fine condition with a dust-jacket of equal condition. The dust-jacket has no signs of shelf wear. The pages show no signs of wear and are tightly bound. The book is signed by author. ; The story follows the life of Francis a high school student who is diagnosed with cancer. Despite the odds Francis comes back to school and leads his team to the state championships.; 8vo; 320 pages; Signed by Author . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1998ref. 160393New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A signed first edition in fine condition with a dust-jacket of like condition. An attractive copy with no marks stains or tears. The dust-jacket is bright green with thirteen racehorses contrasting in red and black. Volume is signed by author on the half-title page; Collection of 13 short stories. ; 8vo; 287 pages; Signed by Author . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1988ref. 25429Toronto Canada: Bantam Books. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0553052446 . A loverly first Canadian edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with minor foxing to top edge and ding to upper rear board in Fine dust-jacket. SIGNED by author Elizabeth George on the title page; Short listed for the Edgar Award. Elizabeth George has crafted a mesmerizing first novel a mystery of rich texture and driving psychological suspense which is also a superb detective story--guaranteed to place Thomas Lynley in the ranks of mystery's most famous detectives. from the dust jacket ; A Detective Thomas Lynley Mystery; 8vo; xii 1-305 306 2 pages; Assuming First Canadian because Toronto is the first city listed on the title page. Copyright page says that the First American and First Canadian Editions were printed simultaneously. -- Jeremy; Signed by Author . Bantam Books hardcover books
1998ref. 34380London: Headline. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0747222355 . An attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. SIGNED by author Emer Gillespie directly on the title page; Author's first novel; 8vo; vi 375 3 pages; Signed by Author . Headline hardcover
2005ref. 25463New York: A Marian Wood Book / G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0399152970 . A sharp first edition/first printing in Fine condition with cocked spine in alike dust-jacket. SIGNED by author Sue Grafton directly on the title page; Kinsey Millhone's nineteenth excursion into the world of suspense and misadventure. S is for Silence is about Violet Sullivan disappearing on the annual Fourth of July fireworks display 34 years ago. For her daughter Daisy Violet's absence has never been explained or forgotten she now wants the solace of closure; A Kinsey Millhone Mystery; 8vo; x 1-374 pages; Signed by Author . A Marian Wood Book / G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1995ref. 14643New York: Warner Books. As New in As New dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 044651974X . A beautiful first edition/ first printing in unread As New condition in alike dustjacket. SIGNED by author Dean Koontz directly on the half-title page; Dean Koontz's first collection of short fiction containing two novels plus twelve novellettes and short stories all interpreting the human experience as travelers on "strange highways." "It is a world of unlikely heroes haunted thieves fearsome predators vengeful children and suspiciously humanlike robots. " From the Publisher ; 8vo; Signed by Author . Warner Books hardcover
1994ref. 14648New York: Alfred A. Knopf. As New in As New dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679425241 . A beautiful first Trade edition/ first printing only preceded by a privately published Charnel House limited edition. In unread As New condition in alike dustjacket SIGNED by author Dean Koontz directly on the half-title page; Dean Koontz' fictional study of both computer technology and serial killers. The story is centered around the protagonist Spencer Grant and his efforts to locate a mysterious woman named Valerie Keene and their attempts to evade death by a psychotic government agent; 8vo; Signed by Author . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
2013ref. 22506London: Penguin. As New in As New dust jacket. 2013. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 067092279X . A most handsome first Impression of the first "Waterstones edition" in As New condition in alike dustwrapper with the required "Exclusive to Waterstones" and "signed by author" stickers. SIGNED by author John Le Carré on the title page. The Waterstones edition includes a five page introduction by the author; Le Carré's account of Wildlife a counter-terror operation being mounted in Gilbraltar Britain's most precious colony. Its purpose is to capture and abduct a high-value jihadist arms-buyer ; 8vo; iv v-viii ix-xiv 309 9 pages; Signed by Author . Penguin hardcover
1987ref. 14461London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 022402499X . A very attractive first edition/first printing in Unread Fine condition in alike dustjacket; McEwan's haunting tale of Stephen Lewis author of children's books who is experiences a parent's worst nightmare his only child three-year-old Kate is snatched from him on a Saturday morning trip to the supermarket. Winner of the 1987 Whitbread Prize; 8vo . Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1934ref. 45042New York: Royal Books. Very Good-. 1934. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Lightly creased first edition trade paperback in Very Good- condition with a couple closed tears to lower spine; Two full novels under one cover; 8vo; 6 7-320 pages . Royal Books paperback
1927ref. 160081Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good. 1927. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition. The front flyleaf has a sticker with a previous bookseller's conact information; The story of Miss Brown of X. Y. O. is a cautionary tale about the perils of believing in magic. The titular Miss Brown is a talented medium who is able to contact the dead but her faith in her abilities is tested when she is unable to contact her own mother who has recently died. Unable to accept that her mother is gone for good Miss Brown enters into a series of elaborate fantasies in which her mother is still alive. However when Miss Brown's friends and family start to question her mental health she realizes that her fantasies may have been a way of coping with the reality of her mother's death.; 8vo; 344 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1980ref. 29284Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library. As New. 1980. Limited Signed Edition. Full-Leather. A special Limited edition SIGNED by AUTHOR Isaac Bashevis Singer in unread As New condition; When Isaac Bashevis Singer won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1979 the Swedish Academy praised his "impassioned narrative art which with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition brings universal human conditions to life. "Gimpel The Fool" is an important source of Jewish history focusing on the lives of simple Jews their struggles and joys This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded sewn in pages and ribbon marker simply superb quality Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; xvi 223 1 pages; Signed by Author . Franklin Library hardcover
2006ref. 46329New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0307264653 . A handsome first printing of the first edition in just about Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. Bound in blue cloth with silver lettering. SIGNED by author John Updike directly on the front free endpaper; The story of Ahmad Ashmawy Mulloy an alienated American-born teenager who spurns the materialistic hedonistic life he witnesses in the slumping New Jersey factory town he calls home. Turning to the words of the Holy Qur'an as expounded to him by the pedantic imam of a local mosque Ahmad devotes himself fervently to God. Neither the world-weary guidance counselor at his high school nor Ahmad's mischievously seductive classmate Joryleen succeeds in deflecting him from his course as the threads of an insidious plot gather around him; 8vo; 8 1-2 3-310 311-2 pages; Signed by Author . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1999ref. 18293New York: St. Martin's Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 031220504X . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. Signed by author Darryl Wimberley directly on the title page; When Darryl Wimberley was sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit he had no choice but to learn how to survive in the tough prison system. Darryl must navigate the brutal gangs the corrupt guards and the harsh conditions to stay alive. With the help of his fellow inmates Darryl finds a way to make the best of his situation and eventually finds redemption. A Rock and a Hard Place is an uplifting story of hope and redemption and is sure to inspire readers to never give up on their dreams.; 8vo; Signed by Author . St. Martin's Press hardcover
2004ref. 14478New York: Random House. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1400061016 . A very handsome first edition/first printing in unread Very Fine condition in alike dust-jacket signed by the author Mark Winegardner on the title page; Mark Winegardner's authorized sequel to Mario Puzo's The Godfather. The lives of five very important men intersect as organized crime and national politics collide. Michael Corleone and Tom Hagan familiar figures to Godfather fans must delicately orchestrate the deal of a lifetime. This is their story but also the story of fathers and sons tradition and change survival and compromise; 8vo; xvi 430 2 pages; Signed by Author . Random House hardcover books
1938ref. 160105London: John Murray. Good. 1938. Hardcover. An edition in good condition that bears some on the edges of the pages. The text is overall in good condition. It appears that there was something pasted down on front endpage that has been removed. The cover has a few stains and some general shelfwear; Christopher Percivals Cardboard Castle is a whimsical and charming story about a young boy who builds a castle out of recycled cardboard boxes. The boys imaginative and creative spirit is evident in every detail of his castle from the turrets and moats to the colorful windowpanes. The story is full of humor and the boys friends are delighted when they finally visit his cardboard castle. This book is perfect for children who love building castles out of recycled materials and it is sure to bring a smile to their faces.; 8vo; 365 pages . John Murray hardcover books