Elmore Leonard is the author of many highly acclaimed novels including the international bestsellers Get Shorty and Glitz. He has been praised by Newsweek as "the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever". This offering is an Advanced Reader's Copy(ARC) that was published before the first edition. These Arc's are printed in very small quantities and serve the purpose of allowing the author and publisher to check for necessary corrections before the release of the first edition. Copies are also sent to professional reviewers so that they can read the book before release. This copy shows ... View More...
Published by The Mysterious Press in 1985 this is a Special Limited Edition of 500 copies of which this volume is number 160. It is beautifully signed by Elmore Leonard. The book is in fine unread condition and comes housed in a matching slipcase. The slipcase shows some very minor shelfwear. Mr. Leonard, who among many great works of crime fiction has penned Get Shorty and Bandits, really outdid himself with Glitz. The book was made into a major motion picture some years ago and is still very high on the list of favorites with Elmore Leonard fans. Very Nice. We are happy to send pictures on r... View More...
Here we have one of the early novels of Elmore Leonard. Published in 1976 this is an item that is becoming somewhat scarce. The book itself is in at least Very Good Plus condition and would be Fine but for a bump to the top left corner of the front cover which is fairly difficult to see, and a very, very tiny lean. The volume shows very slight shelf wear. It is very clean and tight. The dust jacket is very good and it is not price-clipped. It has a closed tear on the back panel and some light creasing. All of the paper is present. Take a couple of well-meaning guys in Detroit, give them guns ... View More...
We have lost a great writer in Elmore Leonard. Here is a Fine offering from the author of Get Shorty and Bandits, Elmore Leonard. This copy is as new with no flaws to detract. It is a Limited Signed edition and has been specially bound and produced by the publisher. Mr. Leonard has signed this book on the Limitation page. Dennis Lenahan, the high diver, would tell people that if you put a fifty-cent piece on the floor and looked down at it, that's what the tank looked like from the top of that eighty-foot steel ladder. Dennis is a daredevil and the girls love him. Things have been going okay f... View More...
is is a most interesting book from Jack London of Call of the Wild and White Fang fame. This is the first published edition and it is the first printing. There had been a previous "for copyright only" printing but it was not published. This volume is in at least Very Good condition in its tan textured boards. The illustration on the front board, which actually begins at the lower spine, is still bright and clear. The lettering on the spine is somewhat faded but still perfectly readable and legible. This is BAL 11903 and all points are accounted for with this copy. The frontispiece is present a... View More...
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was one of our greatest American poets. His other works include 'The Song of Hiawatha' , 'Evangeline', and 'The Courtship of Miles Standish'. This book is a First Edition and First printing. It is BAL 12150. The book is near fine and the boards are clean and decorated in gilt. This copy contains the 'TF' device at the bottom of the spine and the pendants in the device are more or less solid. BAL says that this is one of the first copies printed. It is a very early copy of a fine First edition. There is some shelfwear to the extreme top and bottom of the spine but it ... View More...
Peter Lovesey began writing mysteries in 1970 and has won the British Crime Writers' Association Silver and Gold Daggers as well as the Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement. In the United States he has won the Edgar Award as well as the Ellery Queen Reader's Award. This copy of Diamond Dust is the first edition proof. This is the First American edition. The book is in As New condition and there are no flaws.These are the stories of Detective Inspector Peter Diamond, a bluff, old-fashioned policeman who is nearing his fiftieth birthday. When a shooting is reported in Bath's Victoria Park, Di... View More...
Norman Mailer, who also authored The Naked and the Dead, has been one of most controversial as well as provocative writers. There is no one quite like him either in writing style or in attitude. This book is in Near Fine condition with square corners and very little shelf-wear. The boards are bright and clean and the lettering on the spine has fared well over the years despite a very small amount of fading. There are a couple of small tape ghosts to the front pastedown and the ffep. They are a bit over 1/4" and are hardly a factor. This also appears on the rear free endpaper. These marks are r... View More...
Bernard Malamud was an American novelist and short story writer who made parables out of Jewish immigrant life. His First novel and probably his best known was 'The Natural' in 1952 which is a fable about a baseball hero with miraculous powers. He won a Pulitzer Prize for 'The Fixer'. This is a Proof copy of 'The Stories of Bernard Malamud'. Proofs are published in very small quantities in order that the author and the publisher can make any corrections to the book before publication. They are also sent to some reviewers to give them an advance look. Proofs are scarcer than the first edition.T... View More...
Here is a Very Fine copy of a modern mystery by Michael Malone. Mr. Malone has received international acclaim for his Uncivil Seasons and Time's Witness. Often compared by critics to Dickens for his vivid characters and the breadth of his fictional landscape, Malone here introduces his readers to another gallery of memorable southerners. Published in 2001 by Sourcebooks Landmark, this copy is in as new condition . The dustjacket is also very fine with no rips or tears and it is not price-clipped. In a quiet Southern college town, a young woman's body is found mutilated, tagged and addressed to... View More...
With millions of his novels in print, Steve Martini has joined the front ranks of psychological thriller writers. Martini is a former trial attorney and John Grisham says about him that he 'Writes with the agile episodic style of a lawyer quick on his feet'. Undue Influence is a compellling mystery and court drama. This is the first edition of this novel and it is signed by Steve Martini on the title page. The book is in near fine condition but for some slight crinkling of the dust jacket at the top of the spine. The dustjacket is also price-clipped. The textblock is tight and clean and all fo... View More...
Here is a very fine copy of a Limited Edition from Richard Matheson and Cemetary Dance Publications. This book was published in the year 2000 in an edition of 1000 numbered copies of which this is #424. Both the book and dustjacket are without flaw. This novel falls into the noir category. Richard Matheson wrote this novel close to fifty years ago and it has been revived in this edition. When Mr. Matheson reread this novel for this publication he found that he was "rather pleased with it" and wondered why it did not sell well in the fifties along with the other three noir novels that he had wr... View More...
Here is a Very Fine copy of a recent mystery by the Edgar Award nominated Val McDermid. The book is signed directly on the title page. All corners are square and the book is absolutely clean. A killer is on the loose, blurring the line between fact and fiction. His prey - the writer's of crime novels who have turned psychological profilers into the heroes of our times. This killer is different. His bloodlust shatters all the conventional wisdom surrounding the motives and the mechanics of how serial killers operate. For one woman, the desperate hunt to uncover his identity becomes a matter of ... View More...
By the author of Twice Dying. Fine Proof copy published before the First edition. Proofs are printed before the First edition in very limited quantities and are always more rare than the First edition. Tight and unread. View More...
Texas is an experience and as an ex New Yorker and a current citizen of Texas I can tell you that it is a unique one. This wonderful anthology contains a foreword by Larry McMurtry. It is a comprehensive collection of writing that through fiction, autobiography, and essays provides true picture of the diversity, scope, and complexity of the Texas experience. This is the second printing of the first edition and it is in Fine condition. Brand new and not Price-clipped. View More...
From the author of Lonesome Dove and Comanche Moon this is a Very nice copy of the Proof of Boone's Lick, a novel from one of America's greatest writers. Larry McMurtry is not simply a writer of novels about the West; this Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and essayist is a writer of Fine Literature that far transcends the genre in which he chooses to work. This Proof of Boone's Lick is in at least Very Good to Very Good+ condition. There is some light creasing to the spine and minor soiling to the back panel with one turned corner at the bottom left extremity of the back panel. The proof is tig... View More...
Here is a great way to acquire three books signed by Larry McMurtry. All three of these trade paperbacks are First Editions thus and are also First Printings. Each individual volume is signed by Mr. McMurtry. Each book is housed in a mylar cover within the custom slipcase that I had my binder build for this set. They are all in perfect and unread condition. The set is composed of two novels, which are The Desert Rose and Buffalo Girls. There is also a copy of Film Flam which contains Larry McMurtry's Essays on Hollywood. A Beautiful presentation of three signed McMurtry's. We are pleased to se... View More...
Here is a Fine copy of a wonderful Larry McMurtry novel. The Evening Star is the sequel to the international bestseller Terms of Endearment. The book is in Fine condition and looks as if it were printed yesterday. It is inscribed by Mr. McMurtry on the first page following the front free endpaper. This copy is not price-clipped and the price of $23.00 is still present on the front flap. In this novel, Larry McMurtry brings us up to date with the characters that first appeared in Terms of Endearment. It is a rich and beautiful novel that deals with the unexpected turns and failures of life. Eve... View More...
This is a beautiful as/new copy of the First edition and First printing of Larry McMurtry's 'Loop Group'. There is a very slight crease to the extreme top of the front panel of the dustjacket but it will be flattened and virtually invisible once I place the dustjacket in a Brodart dustjacket protector before shipping. The book is virtually without flaw. Larry McMurtry has an incredible ability to instantly create recognizable women characters. and has a real sensitivity to the absurdities of life in the modern West. In this novel he writes about two women who set off on an adventure with unpre... View More...
Here is a very nice copy of one of Larry McMurtry's most popular and important novels. It is a true First Edition and first printing and the book itself shows the toning that is so prevalent on this title due to the books being printed on high acid paper. The text is tight and clean. The boards are pristine in tan and chocolate brown and the gilt lettering on the spine is bright. The book is in Fine condition. No bumped corners, crisp and tight. The dust jacket is not price-clipped and is very Near Fine with the tiniest bit of shelf-wear to the top and bottom of the spine panel. However, altho... View More...
