This is a great novel from a relatively unknown but very skilled Texas author. The book is new and it has never been read. All corners are square and Mr. Cooper has signed and dated this book directly on the title page. If you like political humor, you will really enjoy this book. It is a darkly funny satire of Washington Politics and the Congress. Folks are killing Senators for the "Benefit" of the country. Very Fine. We are happy to send pictures on request. View More...
The 1968 First Thus publication of this James Fenimore Cooper classic. Only Fifteen hundred copies were printed of which this is copy number 1454. Printed at the Garamond Press in Baltimore. This beautiful edition was designed by Peter Oldenburg. The volume was illustrated by Robert M. Quackenbush and it contains fine Woodcut Illustrations by him. The illustrator has signed the book on the limitation page. The book is bound in a Gorgeous titled cloth. The volume is in fine condition and it's matching slipcase is very good with some shelf-wear and some sunning. A lovely presentation. With the c... View More...
This copy of 'Booked for a Hanging' is the true first edition and first printing. The book is in Fine condition and the gilt titling on the spine is very bright and new. The dustjacket, which is not price-clipped is in very near Fine condition. It shows the tiniest bit of shelfwear to the top and bottom of the spine panel. There is a slight residue at the bottom of the spine panel of an old price sticker but it could be easily removed. This novel is a bibliomystery and will be enjoyed by any booklover or collector. View More...
This is a Fine First edition of another Dirk Pitt novel from the prolific Clive Cussler. It is a limited, signed edition issued by Cahill Publishing in July of 2001 one month before the publication of the first trade edition in August of 2001. There were 552 copies for sale of which this is #369. The volume is signed by Mr. Cussler on the Limitation Page. The boards are marbled in blue and the book resides in a decorative slipcase. The book is just beautiful and makes a great presentation. This is a brand new book and it has never been read. In the middle of its maiden voyage, a luxury cruise ... View More...
The Enemy from Eden is written by James Dickey and Illustrated by Ron Sauter. Dickey is one of our most prolific Poets but is probably best known for his novel 'Deliverance'. This volume is written in prose but in very Poetic form. It is comprised of a series of vignettes that are beautifully illustrated. It is bound in a lovely colored pattern that is reminiscent of Marbled Antique endpapers. The title and author are printed in gilt on the front board. This First edition was limited to 275 copies of which this volume is number 183. The paper is made of Vicksburgh Vellum and the book was desig... View More...
First UK paperback edition signed by the author. There is a turned corner on front panel to the lower right. Otherwise it is beautiful. This is a Fine copy of this most interesting bibliomystery. Anyone who is a book collecter or who aspires to be one will truly enjoy this book. Dunning has a great way of writing and explaining much about the pursuit of rare books while giving us a suspensefull mystery to enjoy along with the information about being a book scout. The book is funny, suspenseful, and informative as are his other wonderful works of fiction. Mr. Dunning was once a rare book dealer... View More...
The Bookman's Wake is another bibliomystery and the sequel to Booked to Die. Denver rare bookman Cliff Janeway is back. This book is in near Fine condition with a bump to the lower right corner of the front board. The dust jacket is also near fine and only shows slight shelf-wear. It is not price-clipped. Mr. Dunning has inscribed this volume directly on the title page. It reads 'Best to You, Mike' and it is then signed. Collectors will actually learn something about the rare book business while reading about the adventures of Cliff Janeway in Mr. Dunning's books. We are pleased to send pictur... View More...
Here is the Advance Reading Copy of the bestselling "Bookman's Wake". It was published pre First edition.The Bookman's Wake is another bibliomystery and the sequel to Booked to Die. Denver rare bookman Cliff Janeway is back! This book is in excellent condition and it has never been read. This is also a great book to read. Collectors will actually learn something about the rare book business while reading about the adventures of Cliff Janeway in Mr. Dunning's books. They will also, of course, be highly entertained. If you are a booklover and have not read one of Dunning's bibliomysteries you ar... View More...
John Dunning's Two O'clock Eastern Wartime is an exciting departure from his highly acclaimed bibliomysteries. This beautiful book is in fine condition. The dust jacket is also perfect and it is not price-clipped. Mr. Dunning has signed the book directly on the title page and it is a fine signature. From the author of Booked To Die and The Bookman's Wake comes a riveting new thriller that takes us back to the summer of 1942, when radio was in its prime and when daylight savings time gave way to "wartime". It tells the story of an intense group of radio artists at WHAR, a station on the New Jer... View More...
John Dunning's latest book is an exciting departure from his highly acclaimed bibliomysteries. This Arc is in fine condition and is inscribed by the author "For Judith, Best Wishes" and then signed. From the author of Booked To Die and The Bookman's Wake come a riveting new thriller that takes us back to the summer of 1942, when radio was in its prime and when daylight savings time gave way to "wartime". It tells the story of an intense group of radio artists at WHAR, a station on the New Jersey coast. Into the community comes a thrilling mystery. Mr. Dunning was a Rare Book dealer in Denve... View More...
John Dunning's latest book is an exciting departure from his highly acclaimed bibliomysteries. This beautiful book is in fine condition. The dust jacket is also fine. This is the 'Fingerprint Edition'. There were 2500 Fingerprint copies printed. Each copy has one of Mr. Dunning's fingerprints in it on a special page that basically, but with humor, explains these books. This copy has Dunning's index fingerprint, which is said to have been 35% of the total printing. Mr. Dunning has signed the book directly on the fingerprint page. From the author of Booked To Die and The Bookman's Wake come a ri... View More...
John Dunning's latest book is an exciting departure from his highly acclaimed bibliomysteries. This beautiful book is in fine condition. The dust jacket is also fine. This is the "Fingerprint Edition". There were 2500 Fingerprint copies printed. Each copy has one of Mr. Dunning's fingerprints in it on a special page that basically, but with humor, explains these books. This copy has Dunning's ring fingerprint, which is said to have been 20% of the total printing making this one of the more difficult ones to find. Mr. Dunning has signed the book directly on the fingerprint page. From the autho... View More...
This beautiful book is in fine condition. The dust jacket is also Fine. This is the 'Fingerprint Edition'. There were 2500 Fingerprint copies printed. Each copy has one of Mr. Dunning's fingerprints in it on a special page that basically, but with humor, explains these books. This copy has Dunning's thumb fingerprint, which is said to have been 30% of the total printing. Mr. Dunning has signed the book directly on the fingerprint page. From the author of Booked To Die and The Bookman's Wake come a riveting new thriller that takes us back to the summer of 1942, when radio was in its prime and w... View More...
Here is a Fine copy of a wonderful novel. The book's condition is excellent as is its dustjacket. This book is absolutely clean and new. The dustjacket is not price-clipped. After Life is the story of Naomi Ash who lives in the town of "Train Line", a lake community in Western New York State. "Train Line" is home to mediums and spiritualists, table levitators and professional clairvoyants. A place where "message services" lure tourists during the season and "psychic faires" at the local Holiday Inn help to meet ends over the long, icy winters. "Train Line" is where Naomi lives, where she came ... View More...
Harlan Ellison is an amazingly prolific writer in both the science fiction and the mystery and suspense genres. This volume is in Fine condition and it is signed by Mr. Ellison directly on the title page. Spider Kiss is a tough-minded suspense novel about the early days of rock'n'roll and this novel has endured. It was originally published in paperback in 1961 and since then the novel has become something of a cult icon. The story has been flippantly called a 'Horatio Alger from Hell' tale where the 'poor boy from the country makes good in the city' story is reversed and coated with the pervas... View More...
From the N.Y. Times best-selling author of L.A. Confidential and My Dark Places comes an outstanding work of Epic fiction. This is a fine United Kingdom first in a Fine dustjacket and Signed by Mr. Ellroy. James Ellroy's high velocity, best-selling novels have redefined noir for our times. His books propel us to within inches of the dark realities of America's recent history. This book, his most explosive and ambitious yet, puts the whole of the 1960's under examination. It begins on the day of the Kennedy assassination in Dallas and involves Vietnam, Howard Hughes, J. Edgar Hoover as well as ... View More...
Jean Ellroy, the author's mother, was murdered in 1958. Her body was dumped on a roadway in a run-down suburb of Los Angeles. The killer was never found and the case was closed. A sordid homicide that nobody remembered, Except her son James Ellroy. He was ten-years-old when his mother died. He grew up obsessed with murdered women and crime which of course led him to a carreer in writing. My Dark Places is the story of Jean and James Ellroy from 1958 to all past points and up to the present. This is practically a treatise on 38 years of American murder. This book is in near-fine condition. It h... View More...
From the author of Like Water for Chocolate comes a new and completely different novel. It is the story of the passionate and tragic love affair between the conquistador Hernan Cortes and his interpreter Malinalli. Throughout Mexican history, Malinalli has been reviled for her betrayal of the Indian people. However, recent historical research has shown that her role was much more complex. Bursting with lyricism and vivid imagery, this wonderful historical novel finally unveils the truth about the love affair and about Malinalli.This book is brand new and has not been read. It is signed and dat... View More...
This is a new and unread book from bestselling author Nicholas Evans who also wrote The Horse Whisperer and several other bestsellers. The book is in very fine condition with no shelfwear and no bumped corners. The dustjacket is also very fine and it is not price-clipped. Nicholas Evans has signed this volume directly on the title page. A Pack of wolves makes a sudden savage return to the Rocky Mountain ranching town of Hope, Montana. A Century earlier the wolves had been slaughtered by the thousands. Now, shielded by the law as an endangered species, they reawaken an ancient hatred that will ... View More...
Many book lovers and book collectors have been delighted with Jasper Fforde's series of novels that star the incredible Literary Detective "Thursday Next". Although each book stands alone as an individual story, each novel also connects to the larger story of the Adventures of Thursday Next. The series began with the international bestseller The Eyre Affair, and then continued with Lost in a Good Book, The Well of Lost Plots, Something Rotten, and The Big Over Easy. All of these novels are essentially Bibliomysteries with a good measure of fantasy thrown in. They are wonderful books and will b... View More...
