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  • Balchin, C. S. Forester, Eric Linklater & Christopher Sykes, Nigel:  Fatal Fascination.  Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1964. First American Edition. Very good+ in red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine, which is slightly rolled, and with a prior owner's name on the front paste down. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with a dampness stain on the verso side which does not impact on the printed side of the jacket and with light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and light soiling to this white background jacket. "Four historic cases (of murder) vividly recreated by four master storytellers." 200 pages of text.
    TB19702  $14.00



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    Berendt, John:  Midnight In The Garden Of Good and Evil.  New York: Random House, 1994. First Edition. Fine in black paper covered boards with metallic light blue text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 5 1/2 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine turned inward and with a 1/4 inch deep dampness stain at the upper inside of the front paste down. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with light wear to the upper and lower edges of the spine area and three small spots of dampness stains on the verso side of the jacket near the spine area. 388 pages of text.
    TB30932  $35.00




  • Bowen, Peter:  Imperial Kelly.  New York: Crown Publishers, In, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. The author's third novel and the third Kelly in the series.
    TB05067  $14.00




  • Bowen, Peter:  Kelly Blue.  New York: Crown Publishers, In, 1991. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. fThe author's second novel and the 2nd Kelly in the series ollowing Yellowstone Kelly.
    TB05852  $10.00




  • Brautigan, Richard:  Willard and His Bowling Trophies.  New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975. First Edition. Near fine in dark brown paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine and a remainder mark on the bottom edge. In a fine jacket with a hint of rubbing to the spine ends. Sub-titled: "A Perverse Mystery". It was considered a "cross-genre" novel.
    TB06776  $24.50




  • Burke, James Lee:  Cadillac Jukebox.  New York: Hyperion, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket.
    TB05027  $9.00




  • Burke, James Lee:  Burning Angel.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1989. First Editon. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping. In a near fine dust jacket with just a hint of wear at the top of the spine area. The author's 14th novel which was preceeded by his Black Cherry Blues which won Edgar Award.
    TB04707  $7.00



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    Caldwell, Ian, and Dustin Thomason:  The Rule Of Four.  New York: The Dial Press, 2004. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 cream cloth and off white paper covered boards with metallic red text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by both authors on the title page. A bibliomystery and the authors' first book. 372 pages of text.
    TB22189  $18.00




  • Coel, Margaret:  The Eagle Catcher.  Niwot: University Press of Colo., 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed and dated 6/10/95 by the author on the title page. Only 2,000 copies of the first edition were printed.
    TB03607  $86.00




  • Coel, Margaret:  The Ghost Walker.  New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB03681  $12.00




  • Connelly, Michael:  Angels Flight.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1999. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with two faint coffee stains on the front panel and light rubbing to the upper corners of the spine area.
    TB07764  $5.00



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    Cornwell, Patricia:  All That Remains.  New York: Charles Scribners, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The author's third book and the second in her now famous Kay Scarpetta series. 373 pages of text. A very tight, clean and bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB29256  $14.00




  • Cornwell, Patricia D.:  Cruel & Unusual.  New York: Scribners, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine jacket with the price intact. The author's fifth book and fourth mystery title.
    TB02415  $9.00



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    Deighton, Len:  The Ipcress File.  Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1962, 1988. First Franklin Library Edition. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt decorations and text on the spine and boards and with a illustrated plate attached to the front board and with all edges of the text block in gilt. Without a dust jacket as issued. Part of the Franklin Mystery series of books with the copyright updated for this special edition. 279 pages of text. A fine, bright and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB30783  $10.00




  • Dunning, John:  The Bookwoman's Last Fling.  New York: Scribner, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 brown and yellow paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 3/16 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 337 pages of text. The author's fifth Cliff Janeway biblio-mystery and the last volume in the series.
    TB30789  $10.00



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    Edwards, Ruth Dudley:  The Saint Valentine's Day Murders.  London: Quartet Qrime, 1984. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with white text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The author's second mystery title which is exceptionally uncommon.
    TB17646  $120.00



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    Evanovich, Janet:  One for the Money.  New York: Charles Scribner's S, 1994. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 white cloth and purple paper covered boards with blue text stamped on the spine. An octavo of 9 1/8 by 6 1/8 inches with spots of foxing to the top edge of the text block. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. The author's first book of mystery. Previously she had been an author of pulp romances. Only 17,000 copies of this printing were produced. 290 pages of text. This title won the 1995 Dilys Award. A very clean, tight and bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32191  $80.00



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    Evanovich, Janet:  Two for the Dough.  New York: Charles Scribner's S, 1996. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 light gray cloth and red-orange paper covered boards with metallic red text stamped on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. The author's second mystery title. She had previously been an author of pulp romances. 301 pages of text. A very clean, tight and bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32192  $50.00



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    Ford, Paul Leicester:  The Great K & A Robbery.  New York: Dodd Mead Company, 1897. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in blue cloth covered boards with gilt and black text on the spine with red and black decorations on the front board with gilt text stamping with the top edge of the text block gilt. There is a prior owner's name on the first free end paper Without a dust jacket. A mystery by this bibliographer, historian and novelist. 200 pages of text with a frontispiece illustration. First edition first issue with the title page omitting the word "train" in the title and with the last line of page 164 reading "-talk in the presence of a lady!" This title first appeared in magazine form in August 1896 in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. A very handsome, clean and tight copy. (BAL 6213;
    TB19281  $50.00




  • Griffin, W. E. B.:  Final Justice.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2003. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 blue paper and gray paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. One of the author's volumes in the "Matt Payne" series. 466 pages.
    TB20894  $7.00




  • Guthrie, A. B., Jr.:  Murder in the Cotswolds.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with light dust staining to the top edge. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. This Montana author wrote a series of mysteries of which this is the fifth. It involves Montana Sherif Chick Charleston solving a crime in an English village.
    TB13613  $12.25




  • Harrison, Jamie:  Going Local.  New York: Hyperion, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. This Montana author's second book.
    TB03973  $7.00



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    Hiaasen, Carl:  Native Tongue.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 green cloth and decorated purple, paper covered boards bold gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 1/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 325 pages of text. The author's fourth novel. A very tight, clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32187  $35.00



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    Hiaasen, Carl:  Naked Came the Manatee.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 12/31/2004. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine with a blind embossing of a manatee on the front board. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Thirteen authors contributed to this novel which was serialized in The Miami Herald. Each author provided a chapter then passed the work in progress along to the next author. 201 pages of text. A very clean, tight and bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32188  $25.00



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    Hiaasen, Carl:  Strip Tease.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, 1993. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 light brown cloth and decorated, tan paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine and a black design on the front board. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 1/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 354 pages of text. The author's fifth novel. A very clean, tight and bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32189  $20.00



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    Hiaasen, Carl:  Stormy Weather.  New York: Alfred A. Knofp, 1995. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 orange cloth and decorated, light blue paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches with minor spots of foxing on the top edge of the text block. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the fly title page with the date "9-10-95" without an inscription. 336 pages of text. The author's sixth novel. A very clean, tight and bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32190  $20.00



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    Hillerman, Tony:  The Shape Shifter.  New York: HarperCollins Publishers, (2006). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black paper and light red paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. w 276 pages of text. A clean, tight and very collectible copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32325  $40.00



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    Hillerman, Tony:  Skeleton Man .  New York: HarperCollins Publishers, (2004). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black paper and light gray paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 241 pages of text. A clean, tight and very collectible copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32321  $20.00



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    Hillerman, Tony:  Hunting Badger.  New York: HarperCollins Publishers, (1999). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 brown paper and light orange paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 1/8 by 6 1/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 275 pages of text. A clean, tight and very collectible copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32322  $20.00



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    Hillerman, Tony:  Seldom Disappointed A Memoir.  New York: HarperCollins Publishers, (2001). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 red paper and blue paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 1/8 by 6 1/4 inches with minor bumps to the head and heel of the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 341 pages of text. A clean, tight and very collectible copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32323  $20.00



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    Hillerman, Tony:  The Sinister Pig.  New York: HarperCollins Publishers, (2003). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black paper and yellow paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 228 pages of text. A clean, tight and very collectible copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32324  $20.00




  • Kellerman, Faye:  Sancturary.  New York: Wm. Morrow and Co., 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The eighth Peter Decker and Rina Lasarus mystery.
    TB05053  $5.00




  • Larsson, Stieg:  The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black and light gray paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/8 by 6 3/8 inches with a minor slant to the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 563 pages of text. The third volume in the series The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
    TB32714  $15.00




  • Larsson, Stieg:  The Girl Who Played With Fire.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and orange paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/8 by 6 3/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 503 pages of text. The sequel to The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
    TB32715  $15.00



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    Larsson, Stieg:  The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest.  New York: Vintage Books/Random House, 2009. Paperback reprints. Both volumes are in near fine condition in heavy, printed paper wraps with very slight curling to the upper panels. No stains, names, dates or other writing within. Two very clean and tight copies. Both volumes are trade paperbacks measuring 8" by 5". Without dust jackets as issued. The Girl Who Played with Fire contains 630 pages followed by 12 pages from the following volume. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest contains 658 pages of text.
    TB26236  $7.00



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    Leroux, Gaston:  The Mystery Of The Yellow Room.  New York: Brentano's, 1908. First Edition. Very good+ in its original light orange cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and on the front board together with a sketch of man leaning on his hand and superimposed on top of his image is a bold question mark. A 12mo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with the cloth on the spine lightly soiled and a bid faded. Without its issued dust jacket. 307 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the main character of the book. Gaston Leroux was a French journalist and author. His best known work was The Phantom of the Opera. The sub-title of the book is: "Extraordinary adventures of Joseph Rouletabille Reporter".
    TB32794  $75.00




  • Levitsky, Ronald:  The Wisdom of Serpents.  New York: Charles Scribner's, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. The author's second novel and the second in a series of mysteries with Nate Rosen.
    TB04157  $12.00



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    Marquand, John P.:  It's Loaded Mr. Bauer.  London: Robert Hale Limited, n.d. [1949]. Possible First Edition. Very good+ in mottled, red-orange cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4" by 4 3/4" with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down (see below) and spots of light foxing to the edges of the text block. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with a 1/2" deep by 3/4" wide chip from the upper rear corner of the spine area, a1/2" closed tear with related creasing at the upper edge of the front panel over the gutter of the book and small chips from the corners of the panels at the folds to the flaps. 222 pages of text. The prior owner's book plate noted above reads: "From the Library | of | J. B. Priestley" the English novelist, playwright, scriptwriter and news commentator. There is no equivalent of this title published in the US. [Hubin/Crime Fiction 1979, p. 281]
    TB28232  $140.00




  • McClendon, Lise:  Painted Truth.  New York: Walker & Company, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. An Alix Thorseen mystery.
    TB04225  $14.00




  • Mosley, Walter:  A Little Yellow Dog.  New York: W. W. Norton, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. An Easy Rawlins mystery and the author's 6th book of fiction
    TB04349  $14.00




  • Mosley, Walter:  Gone Fishin'.  Baltimore: Black Classic Press, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine in half cloth and paper covered boards with red embossed spine lettering. In a fine dust jacket. Although this is the first Easy Rawlins mystery it remained unpublished until 1997 when the author abandoned his publisher of his first six novels, W. W. Norton, in favor of a small black publishing house in Baltimore.
    TB04360  $12.00




  • Nichols, John:  An Elegy For September.  New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the fly title page.
    TB04780  $14.00




  • Nichols, John:  A Ghost in the Music.  New York: Holt, Rinehart & Win, 1979. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with a bump to the upper corner of the top board. In a near fine dust jacket with modest wear to the upper corner of the front panel.
    TB04441  $8.00




  • Nichols, John:  An Elegy For September.  New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB02916  $5.00




  • O'Connell, Carol:  The Man Who Cast Two Shadows.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with bright yellow- green text on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. The second book in the Kathleen Mallory series. The author's first book, Mallory's Oracle was an Edgar nominee. This is her second book.
    TB05564  $10.00




  • O'Shaughnessy, Perri:  Case Of Lies.  New York: Delacorte Press, 2005. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and blue paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 390 pages of text.
    TB20654  $10.50




  • Pearson, Ridley:  The Art of Deception.  New York: Hyperion, 2002. First Edition, First printing. Fine in red and black paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. 451 pages of text.
    TB16539  $7.00




  • Randisi, Robert J., Editor:  Mean Streets.  New York: The Mysterious Press, (1986). First Edition, First Printing, Limited Edition. Fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a near fine cloth covered slipcase. One of only 250 copies signed by all the contributors and with this copy identified as number 108. 230 pages of text. The second private eye Writers of America anthology containing 12 short stories.
    TB32756  $100.00




  • Randisi, Robert J., Editor:  An Eye For Justice.  New York: The Mysterious Press, (1988). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and light blue paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 5 1/2 inches with light spots of foxing to the text block. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 211 pages of text. The third private eye Writers of America anthology containing 13 short stories.
    TB32754  $20.00




  • Rendell, Ruth:  The Crocodile Bird.  New York: Crown Publishers, In, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB03368  $10.00




  • Rendell, Ruth:  Kissing The Gunner's Daughter.  New York: Mysterious Press, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB03451  $7.00




  • Rendell, Ruth:  Going Wrong.  New York: The Mysterious Press, 1990. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB03600  $7.00




  • Rendell, Ruth:  An Unkindness of Ravens.  New York: Pantheon Books, 1985. First Edition, First printing. Near fine, cloth binding discolored. In a very near fine but price clipped dust jacket with a 1/4" closed tear on the rear panel.
    TB03698  $7.00



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    Stevenson, Robert Louis, and Lloyd Osbourne:  The Wrong Box.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in the publisher's original light brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with a paper label of brown text surrounded by a border on the front board and with a small ad torn from the classified section of a news paper added as a second label to the lower quarter of the front board. A 12mo measuring 7 1/2" by 5" with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine worn and rubbed and the cloth on the same tanned. There is a prior owner's name in pencil and a second prior owner's stamp on the first free end page. 244 pages of text followed by four pages of ads by the publisher. A mystery-comedy co-authored with Stevenson's step-son. (Widener, 111; Wright, 5199)
    TB24883  $120.00




  • Van Gieson, Judith:  Raptor.  New York: Harper & Row, 1990. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. The author's second book of mystery to involve Neil Hamel.
    TB02279  $35.00




  • Van Gieson, Judith:  Mercury Retrograde.  Huntington: James Cahill Publish, 1994. Sigend Limited Edition. Fine, In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by author, illustrator and introducer, Walter Satterthwait, on the title page. Numbered "PC" of 124 numbered and 26 lettered limited edition copies. The sixth book by this author of mystery fiction.
    TB02544  $35.00




  • Van Gieson, Judith:  The Lies That Bind.  New York: Harper Collins, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine jacket with a tiny black pen mark at the lower quarter of the front panel near the spine. Signed by the author on the title page. The fifth Neil Hamel mystery book.
    TB01904  $14.00




  • Van Gieson, Judith:  The Wolf Path.  New York: Harper Collins, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. The fourth Neil Hamel mystery.
    TB01905  $14.00




  • Van Gieson, Judith:  The Other Side of Death.  New York: HarperCollins, 1991. First Edition, First printing. Near fine with a gift inscription on the first free end paper, else fine. In a fine dust jacket. The author's third Neil Hammel mystery.
    TB02278  $10.50




  • Van Gieson, Judith:  Parrot Blues.  New York: HarperCollins, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. The sixth Neil Hamel mystery.
    TB02910  $10.00




  • Van Gieson, Judith:  Hotshots.  New York: HarperCollins, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. The author's seventh Neil Hamel mystery.
    TB03383  $8.00




  • Van Gieson, Judith:  The Lies That Bind.  New York: Harper Collins, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB02773  $7.00




  • Van Gieson, Judith:  Mercury Retrograde.  Huntington: James Cahill Publish, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine with illustrated paper covered boards. Without a dust jacket. The author's sixth book. With an introduction by Walter Satterthwait. A collection of short stories and poems.
    TB05511  $7.00




  • Van Gieson, Judith:  The Wolf Path.  New York: Harper Collins, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. The author's fourth Neil Hamel mystery.
    TB02774  $5.60






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