"D" IS FOR DEADBEAT
(1987)
Signed first printing of the Kinsey Millhone mystery, in which the private detective finds herself investigating a murder when all she wanted to do was get paid by the man who stiffed her.
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"E" IS FOR EVIDENCE
(1988)
Signed first printing of this Kinsey Millhone mystery, in which the detective is framed and must unravel the layers of fabricated evidence against her.
"E" IS FOR EVIDENCE
(1988)
First printing of this Kinsey Millhone mystery, in which the detective is framed and must unravel the layers of fabricated evidence against her.
"F" IS FOR FUGITIVE
(1989)
First printing of the sixth Kinsey Millhone mystery.
G IS FOR GUMSHOE
(1990)
First printing of this gritty installment in the Kinsey Millhone series, filled with "guilt and guile" – "G is for good: very, very good indeed" (rear flap copy).
KEZIAH DANE
(1967)
Signed first printing of Grafton's first novel, a work of literary fiction preceding her 'Alphabet' mysteries by well over a decade.
KEZIAH DANE
(1967)
First printing of Sue Grafton's first novel, a work of literary fiction preceding her 'Alphabet' mysteries by well over a decade.
THE LOLLY-MADONNA WAR
(1969)
Signed first printing of the second and scarcer of Grafton's two mainstream literary novels.
THE LOLLY-MADONNA WAR
(1973)
Signed first paperback printing and movie tie-in edition of the second and scarcer of Grafton's two mainstream literary novels.
U IS FOR UNDERTOW
(2009)
Signed first printing of one of the last installments with the celebrated Kinsey Millhone, "a sharp-tongued, observant loner who never forgets that under the thin veneer of civility is a roiling dark side to the soul" (front flap copy).
THE END OF THE AFFAIR
(1951)
First edition of this Catholic novel set during the London Blitz, partly based on Graham Greene's own affair – adapted into two films and an opera.
THE FIRM
(1991)
First edition of this legal thriller, John Grisham's second book and first bestseller, later adapted into an Oscar-nominated film starring Tom Cruise.
A CLASSICAL DICTIONARY OF THE VULGAR TONGUE
1796 [but circa 1810]
Third edition, later issue, of Grose's classic slang dictionary of 18th-century colloquial and ungentlemanly nouns and verbs.
THE MAGICIANS
(2009)
Signed first edition, first printing of the gritty fantasy featuring a university for magic users, made into the Netflix series of the same name.
STAR BRIDGE
(1955)
First printing of Gunn and Williamson's collaborative science fiction classic.
KING SOLOMON'S MINES
1885
First edition, first issue of this enormously influential Lost World work, formative in its genre.
AFFIXES IN THEIR ORIGIN AND APPLICATION, EXHIBITING THE ETYMOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH WORDS
1865
Scarce first edition of this etymological textbook of English affixes.
ROOTS
1976
First trade edition in first-state jacket, warmly inscribed in the year of publication: "11/30/76 / Tom and Barbara McDermott, / I want to join Stan and / Marilyn in wishing you a / Very Merry Christmas! / Alex Haley."
THE MALTESE FALCON
1930
First edition in book form of the hard-boiled classic, in which private detective Sam Spade chases a valuable artifact with the femme fatale Brigid O'Shaughnessy.
THE MALTESE FALCON
1930
First edition in book form of the hard-boiled classic, in which private detective Sam Spade chases a valuable artifact with the femme fatale Brigid O'Shaughnessy, rarely found with the original dust jacket (here professionally restored).
THE THIN MAN
1934
First printing of Hammett's final novel, an unusually nice copy of a book difficult to find in collectible condition.
PAYMENT IN FULL
(1980)
First edition, first printing, of the first book of Silhouette Romance, the new series by Simon & Schuster created to compete with Canadian romance giant Harlequin
GERONIMO REX
(1972)
First edition of this semi-autobiographical novel of growing up in the American South in the 1950s, Barry Hannah's first novel.
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
(1988)
First printing of the modern thriller, following FBI trainee Clarice Starling's increasingly chilling interviews with Hannibal Lecter while in search of a serial killer.
THE SCARLET LETTER
1892
Gilded Age edition in an elaborately constructed vernacular dust jacket, with an original watercolor painted onto the front panel, and incorporating silk ribbons.
