GLINDA OF OZ
(1920)
First edition of this continuation of the OZ series, Baum's last foray into his magical world published after his death.
New Arrivals
THE MISTS OF AVALON
1982
Inscribed first printing of Bradley's influential re-evaluation of Arthurian legend.
BET ME
(2004)
First edition of this RITA award-winning romance, one of the most acclaimed single-title contemporaries yet of the 21st century.
THE RIDDLE OF THE PACIFIC
(1996)
Reprint of Brown's 1924 study of Easter Island archaeology and ethnology.
THE SEVEN VOYAGES OF SINBAD THE SAILOR
1939
First printing of this charming small press edition of one of the most beloved tales from the 1001 Nights, with colorful woodcut illustrations.
SKY WOMAN FALLING
(2003)
First printing of this Anna Turnipseed and Emmett Parker mystery, in which the FBI agent and BIA investigator must uncover how an Oneida elder wound up murdered in a corn field as her community fractures around a new casino.
CARDINAL MAHONY
2008
Signed first printing of a Catholic thriller by a former Jesuit and journalist, imagining an American Catholic utopia that arises after a bishop is kidnapped.
TREASURE OF KHAN
(2006)
Signed first printing of this Mongolian thriller, in which Dirk Pitt must get to the bottom of the connection between a murderous oil tycoon and the fabled grave of Genghis Kahn – the second novel Clive co-authored with his son.
TICKET OUT
(2003)
Signed first printing of this LA murder mystery, which finds movie critic Ann Whitehead donning a sleuth hat when a young film student winds up dead in her bathtub, while coming to terms with her feelings for the LAPD investigator also working the case.
TO THE POWER OF THREE
(2005)
Signed limited first edition of this twisted mystery of three high school girls whose friendship ends after one of them tries to murder the other two for unknown reasons.
A GIFT UPON THE SHORE
(1990)
Inscribed first UK edition of this post-apocalyptic story of a pair of women seeking to preserve humanity's remaining books after a pandemic and nuclear war, presented to Wren's longtime partner Ruth Grover.
A FINE AND BITTER SNOW
(2002)
Inscribed first printing of this Kate Shugak mystery, in which the Aleutian PI must solve a suspicious death in a wildlife preserve threatened by an oil company, while trying to come to terms with the recent killing of her lover.
DURABLE GOODS
(1993)
Signed first printing of the first book in the Katie Nash trilogy, introducing the young army brat as she struggles to grow up on a Texas base under the thumb of her abusive father.
THE MERMAID CHAIR
(2005)
Signed first printing of this story of a woman who returns to her childhood home to care for her mother on an island off the coast of South Carolina, only to face down family secrets and her forbidden but growing affection for a monk in training.
THE PULL OF THE MOON
(1996)
Signed first printing of this epistolary novel of a woman experiencing a mid-life crisis, dreaming of what could have been while coming to appreciate what she has.
PALE AS THE DEAD
(2002)
Signed first printing of Mountain's second book, a murder mystery centered around intrepid genealogist / sleuth Natasha Blake, who has uncovered an unexpected link behind the disappearance of a young girl and the death of Pre-Raphaelite icon Lizzie Siddal.
HARDWARE
(1995)
Inscribed first printing of this high-tech (for the 90s) mystery, in which the hardboiled, cab-driving PI Carlotta Carlyle takes her business online with unexpectedly deadly consequences – signed in the year of publication.
LEGAL TENDER
(1996)
Signed first printing of this riveting legal thriller that finds Bennie Rosato – partner in an all-woman law firm – the suspect in a murder, with the corrupt cops she has frequently prosecuted in court more than happy to make her life difficult.
ROUGH JUSTICE
(1997)
Signed first printing of this legal thriller by one of the greats of the genre, the third title in the Rosato and Associates series, which finds the all-woman law firm racing against an impending verdict based on a bogus claim.
THE VISITANT
(1999)
Inscribed first printing of this first book in the Anasazi mysteries series, the story of an unsolved spate of killings in 1150 AD and the physical anthropologist who comes face-to-face with the supernatural murderer in the present day – by a celebrated pair of archaeologists.
POISON FLOWER
(2012)
Signed first printing of this Jane Whitefield mystery, the intense story of the lengths a killer is willing to go to to pin his crime on an innocent man, including torturing Jane.
DEADLINE
1995
Signed first US hardcover edition of this Edgar-nominated mystery by a Denver bookseller and former journalist, originally published as a paperback original in 1981.
THE VANISHING VIOLINIST
(1999)
Inscribed first edition of Frommer's fourth musical mystery featuring symphony manager Joan Spencer, set at the quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis.
THE WILLIAMSBURG FORGERIES
(1989)
Inscribed first edition of Ballinger's first mystery novel, set in the chilling cutthroat world of rare book dealers and their mortal enemies, other rare book dealers.
THE MALTESE MANUSCRIPT
(2003)
Signed first edition of the Fordham professor's fifth Karen Pelletier literary mystery, featuring a rare book theft, a murderous English Department conference, and assorted other academic crimes and punishments.
