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A BIG WIND FOR SUMMER.
Edition: First US printing
New York: Harper & Row, c1975, 1976. Cloth and boards. Top and fore edges unevenly tanned, else VG in VG jacket.; Octavo.
Book ID: 2333More details Price: USD $14.95 USD $13.46 -
A CARIBBEAN MYSTERY. Featuring Miss Marple.
Edition: First printing
London: Collins, 1964. Red boards. Yellowing to page edges, else fine. Price-clipped jacket has small chips at head of lightly yellowed spine, yellowing and minor soiling to rear panel, VG otherwise.; Octavo
Book ID: 43324More details Price: USD $17.95 USD $16.16 -
A CASE OF NEED
Edition: First UK printing
London: Heinemann, 1968. Black boards. Ink private owner name at top margin of front free endpaper; tiny chip to top edge of half title leaf; page edges very lightly yellowed; else fine, flap price intact. Jacket has red spine sunned to pink; faint rubbing to panels; tiny nick to one outer corner; else fine. Crichton's only book under this pseudonym and his first book in hardcover, preceded by three paperback originals under his "John Lange" pseudonym. A medical thriller, the novel was the source of the 1972 film "The Carey Treatment", directed by Blake Edwards. A scarce book in either the British or American (New American Library, 1968) editions. It won an Edgar for Best First Novel.; Octavo
Book ID: 6543More details Price: USD $29.95 USD $26.96 -
A COAT OF VARNISH (proof copy)
Edition: First of this edition
New York: Scribner's, 1988. Advance uncorrected proof in lime green non-pictorial card covers, of the first US mass market paperback edition (hardcover first was in 1979). Very nearly fine. Last novel in his lifetime (d. 1980), it was a nominee for the 1979 Edgar for best mystery novel.; Octavo
Book ID: 25807More details Price: USD $14.95 USD $13.46 -
A COAT OF VARNISH (proof copy)
Edition: First US Edition
New York: NY: Scribner's, no date (1979). Advance uncorrected proof in orange non-pictorial card covers, gauze-coated backstrip. Fine copy. Last novel in his lifetime (d. 1980), it was a nominee for the 1979 Edgar for best mystery novel. Scarce in this advance format
Book ID: 25808More details Price: USD $25.00 USD $22.50 -
A DELIVERY OF FURIES
Edition: First printing
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1961. Black boards. Page edges yellowed, else a f ine copy. Colourful price-clipped jacket (by Biro) has slight yellowing and dust soiling to rear panel, spine very slightly darkened, still VG or better, attractive.; Octavo
Book ID: 2388More details Price: USD $18.95 USD $17.06 -
A DEMON IN MY VIEW (proof)
Edition: First Edition
London: Hutchinson, 1976. Advance uncorrected proof. Octavo, pink non-pictorial paper covers. Book leaned; spine a bit sunned with mild wear at foot; light cover soiling and soft creases; in all, a good tight copy.; Octavo
Book ID: 37909More details Price: USD $14.95 USD $13.46 -
A DINNER WITH THE DEAD and other Stories
Edition: First Edition
Edinburgh: Serif Books, 1947. 12mo, stuff card covers with attached light blue jacket. Page edges yellowed; jacket has mild soiling, lightly yellowed spine, front cover a little bowed, VG otherwise. First book from this publisher. A secondary issue, trimmed down, the jacket lettering on front cover touching the fore edge. 15 short stories, some criminous. In Hubin. Scottish author. Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced.
Book ID: 40933More details Price: USD $19.95 USD $17.96 -
A KIND OF ANGER
Toronto Star. Two numbers, 20 and 27 Feb., 1965. 36 cm, pp 12, 12, triple columns, printed on newsprint. Paper toned; soft crease to lower outer corners, else fine, never folded. Star Weekly Novel. Book edition was published in 1964.
Book ID: 48846More details Price: USD $19.95 USD $17.96 -
A KNIFE IS SILENT
Edition: First printing
New York: Random, 1947. Sticker shadow on front free endpaper, else fine, no owner names. Dust jacket has small chips, short tears, and rubbing, good, flap price intact. A crime novel featuring detective Jason Burr, set on an Island off the Carolina coast. This was the penultimate novel of a respected writer of western novels published under the name "Hoffman Birney", and it was one of only two crime novels he published under this pseudonym.; Octavo
Book ID: 21208More details Price: USD $19.95 USD $17.96 -
A LEGACY OF SPIES
Edition: First Canadian issue
Toronto: Viking / Penguin Canada, 2017. Black boards. Boards just a little bowed, else fine. Jacket has soft ripples along top edge, else fine. Smiley returns !; Octavo
Book ID: 55385More details Price: USD $9.95 USD $8.96 -
A LITTLE CLASS ON MURDER (signed)
New York: Doubleday. Presumed later printing (verso of title states "September 1989 / OG", but not "First edition". Jacket price of US 12.95, Canadian 15.95). SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Black boards. Minor rubbing to foot of spine, else fine. Black jacket has nicks, tiny chips, rubbing to head of spine; nicks, light rubbing elsewhere; VG otherwise.; Octavo; Signed by Author
Book ID: 3658More details Price: USD $14.95 USD $13.46 -
A MURDER IN SYDNEY
Edition: First Edition
London: Cape, 1937. Octavo, red cloth. Damp stain to lower front and rear covers, and slightly at foot of spine, else a VG+ copy, no owner names. Dust jacket has nicks to spine tips, shallow chip at head of spine (no lettering affected), rubbing to spine folds, short tear to bit dusty blank rear panel, short tear to fore margin of front flap; a few other nicks; otherwise a VG example, flap price intact. Hubin II p. 278. Loder p. 370. His only crime novel, quite scarce in jacket. This is the London issue, printed in the UK, and is the correct first edition.
Book ID: 35103More details Price: USD $65.00 USD $58.50 -
A PERFECT SPY (Canadian proof)
Edition: First Canadian issue
Markham, Ontario: Viking / Penguin Canada, 1986. Uncorrected proof, variant in red (vs light blue) card covers. Spine lightly sunned with short snag at foot; book just a bit leaned; small tan spot to fore edges; VG otherwise. 2004 ink name at front. Very small print run. Priority, if any, unknown to me. I haven't spotted any differences other than colour.; Octavo
Book ID: 39023More details Price: USD $65.00 USD $58.50 -
A QUESTION OF BLOOD (inscribed proof)
Edition: First Canadian issue
London / Toronto: Orion / McArthur & Company, 2003. Inscribed by Author.; Advance Reading Copy / Uncorrected Proof. Mauve card covers printed in black. With printed label on title leaf stating "This is #79 of 200 numbered presentation proofs". Beneath which is Rankin's ink inscription "To Cathy - cheers ! Ian Rankin" followed by a tic-tac-toe diagram. Covers are lightly mottled (printing error?); rear cover has top outer corner torn away (no printing lost) and a small light soil spot at bottom margin; soft corner crease to last 7 leaves; VG otherwise. This is the Canadian issue of the proof - rear cover has three quotes from Canadian newspapers about RESURRECTION MAN and copy by McArthur and Company, Toronto (the Canadian distributor). ; Signed by Author.
Book ID: 30104More details Price: USD $45.00 USD $40.50 -
A RAFT OF SWORDS
Edition: First Printing
London: Collins, 1974. Black boards. Fine. Price-clipped jacket has one short corner tear, slight rubbing to spine ends, soft creases to front flap, else fine. A thriller novel set in Vancouver, BC, and just offshore. Russians, mini-subs. ; Octavo
Book ID: 54708More details Price: USD $24.95 USD $22.46 -
A RARE BENEDICTINE
Edition: First printing
London: Headline, 1988. Dark blue boards. pp 125. Colour illustrations by Clifford Harper. Fine in fine jacket. "The Advent of Brother Cadfael". Collects three short stories - A Light on the Road To Woodstock, The Price of Light, Eye Witness . ; Quarto
Book ID: 52358More details Price: USD $17.95 USD $16.16 -
A SINGLE DEATH
Edition: First Canadian issue
Toronto: Collins, 1986. Advance copy for review with dated slip pasted in. Red boards. Fine copy. Dust jacket has a very small skinned spot to front panel, soft ripples to rear panel, VG otherwise. Inspector Charlie Salter. Toronto setting.
Book ID: 43767More details Price: USD $15.00 USD $13.50 -
A SMALL TOWN IN GERMANY
Edition: First printing
London: Heinemann, 1968. Maroon boards. Light offset yellowing to free endpapers, else fine in fine, price-clipped jacket. First issue jacket with no quotes from reviews on rear panel.; Octavo
Book ID: 52511More details Price: USD $34.95 USD $31.46 -
A STRANGER IS WATCHING
Edition: First printing
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1977. Cloth and boards. Minor wear to lower outer corners of boards, just a little leaned, VG+ otherwise. Price-clipped jacket has light yellowing to white spine, two scarcely noticable small tears, VG otherwise. Her second novel and third book. ; yh
Book ID: 44938More details Price: USD $18.95 USD $17.06