Hardcover. New York, Morrow, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 356 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Clean, tight copy. Remainder line bottom edge. X marks the spot -- and when that spot is a corpse's naked back and the X is carved in blood, Detective Inspector Tom Thorne is in no doubt that the dead man is the latest victim of a particularly vicious contract killer. It's morbid and messy -- but it's a mystery with plenty of clues. This is turf warfare between North London gangs. Organized crime boss Billy Ryan is moving into someone else's territory, and that someone is ready to stand up for what he believes is his. Thorne's got plenty on his plate when he agrees to help out ex-DCI Carol Chamberlain rake through the ashes of an old case that has come back to haunt her. Schoolgirl Jessica Clarke was lit on fire twenty years ago. Now, Gordon Rooker, the man Chamberlain put away for the crime, is up for parole, and it seems there's a copycat on the prowl.
Softcover. London, Hard Case Crime, 1st thus, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Richard B. Farrell. 5 IMPORTANT LESSONS YOU CAN LEARN BY READING BUST: 1. When you hire someone to kill your wife, don't hire a psychopath. 2. Drano is not the best tool for getting rid of a dead body. 3. Those locks on hotel room doors? Not very secure. 4. A curly blond wig isn't much of a disguise. 5. Secrets can kill. First publication anywhere, and first collaboration between two of crime fiction's hottest stars Bruen and Starr have been nominated for almost every major award in the mystery field, including the Edgar, the Shamus, the Anthony, the Barry, and the Macavity. Bruen won the Shamus in 2003 for The Guards and Starr won the Barry in 2004 for Tough Luck; in 2005, Bruen won the Macavity for The Killing of the Tinkers and Starr won the Anthony for Twisted City. Like new.
Hardcover. Roslyn NY, Walter J. Black, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards. Three complete unabridged mysteries in one volume. Detective Book Club Edition. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, September 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 218 pages. A very clean, tight copy in a bright dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Grove Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 280 pages, near fine in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.
Hardcover. Chicago IL, Fleming H. Revell, reprint, 1902, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 402 pages. Contains two-tone plate illustrations by E. S. Paxson. Previous owner's signature front end paper. Edgewear. Spine and corner rubbed.
Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st US, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 184 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Clean and bright, a tight copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia , John C. Winston Co., reprint, 1890, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 438 pages, light blue cloth with color decoration, 4 b&w plates. Previous owner's signature in pencil on reverse of frontispiece, otherwise, a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1st, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray/green boards with a castle on the front board, gilt lettering. 378 pages, historical novel by the American author. Illustrated with five monochrome plates by Anna Whelen Betts. Mild fading to spine otherwise a clean, bright copy.
NY, Farrar Straus Giroux , 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 218 pages, b&w illustrations by the author. INSCRIBED BY HANSEN on the title page. Small ink smudge on front fly leaf otherwise like new in a bright dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, edgeworn dust jacket with some chipping. A novel of intrigue set in post World War II North Africa. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Crocker & Brewster, 1st, 1839, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, embossed design to black cloth, gilt title on spine. Engraved frontis of sailing ships, has original tissue guard. This title not part of a series, but a "stand alone' title. (Abbott also wrote the 'Rollo' series for children.) 180 pages. Name on inside front cover, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, reprint, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. $3.50 on flap, no date on title page, so assumed reprint. B&w illustrations by W.T. Mars. Short repaired tear, light chipping to dust jacket, clean copy. Newbery Award-winning author Elizabeth George Speare adapted the true account by Charlestown NH colonial settlers for this youth historical fiction. The lead character was developed from the imagined adventures of Miriam Willard, younger sister to Susanna Johnson. Set on the brink of the French & Indian War, the Johnson family was captured and marched to the French enclave in Montreal, where they were sold. Susanna wrote her account when she was 70.
Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped in black. Color frontispiece, b&w illustrations by Henry Pitz. Previous owner's inscription, name on half-title page. "Edward Morrell suddenly steps from the freshman class at Harvard into the interior of Brazil where, he has heard, a young man may earn money provided he has courage. A jealous rancher intends to destroy the foreigner's lumber business, killing if necessary the owner and young Morrell"
Hardcover. New York, NY, Derby & Jackson, 1st, 1856, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 401 pages with 8 pages of advertisements. 2 illustrations before title page. Brown embossed cover with gilt title and decoration to spine. Wear to back cover. Soiling to edges. Previous owner signature on front flyleaf and rear pastedown.
Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, Doran & Co./Junior Literary Guild, BC Ed., 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover, orange-yellow cloth with black stamping, in a very worn, torn dust jacket. 278 pages with line drawings by Ruth Holbrook. After two weeks of camping in a tent by the lake, Emily finds an arrowhead and becomes a real heroine when danger threatens. Endpapers map in green by Holbrook. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Ecco, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY FORD on the title page. This copy of Pulitzer Prize winner Ford's novel presents the story of 15 year old Dell Parsons and his sister Berner, who must fend for themselves when their parents are arrested, convicted and imprisoned for a Montana bank robbery. Dell's sister runs while Dell is spirited into Canada to live with an American who has his own issues. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Ives Washburn, 1st thus, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, One of 200 copies in dust jacket and slipcase and SIGNED BY HOWARD SIMON on the half-title page. 16 wood engravings by Simon. Dust jacket chipped, tanning, slipcase with light edgewear, clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Putnam, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Mild edgewear to dust jacket corners, light chipping. Red endpapers and topstain as per first issue. Unmarked. Light foxing to rear flap dust jacket top edge. Bright and clean; a tight copy.
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