IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
First printing of the first mystery introducing Virgil Tibbs, a Black police detective who helps solve a murder case in a racist community in South Carolina.
First printing of the first mystery introducing Virgil Tibbs, a Black police detective who helps solve a murder case in a racist community in South Carolina.
Inscribed first printing of the first mystery introducing Virgil Tibbs, a Black police detective who helps solve a murder case in a racist community in South Carolina.
First printing of Block's first hardcover publication, a revenge thriller he wrote because he couldn't shake the plot idea suggested by another writer.
First edition, paperback original, of this Nebula Award-winning science fiction novel combining the physics of Einstein, the philosophy of Godel, and the mythology of Orpheus.
First edition, paperback original, of Delany's acclaimed debut novel and now science fiction classic, published as an Ace Double with White's SECOND ENDING.
First impression, the only book in the James Bond series told from the point of view of a woman rather than from Bond's own perspective.
First impression of the James Bond thriller set in Japan, often cited as one of the best in the series.
First printing of the first US paperback edition of the Hugo Award-winning futuristic political fable, in which a lunar colony revolts through the beneficent assistance of a powerful computer that develops AI.
Highsmith's acute psychological study of the "ecstasy of danger" and the aftermath of violent crime.
First printing of this thriller touching on police violence and racism in 1960s New York, the story of a young Black man pursued by a murderous cop intent on silencing him forever.
First printing of Le Carré's masterpiece of moral ambiguity in Cold War espionage.
First Airmont Books edition, first issue of this popular romance novel, published as part of their fascinating "Career Romance" series featuring heroines in a startling array of careers.
First edition and printing of "the first gay/lesbian detective novel" (Markowitz), featuring the iconic cover showing detectives Francis Morley and Tiger Olsen on either side of a distressed blonde — their shared gaze goes (literally) over her head.
First edition in book form of this Hugo-winning tale of a Wisconsin farmer who is granted immortality in return for maintaining a galactic WAY STATION, where he meets and converses with a profusion of aliens.
First edition of this post-WWII story centered around a murder mystery in a group of of US American expats, William Styron's third novel.