GIVE MY SECRETS BACK
(1995)
Signed first edition of this entry in the "Lesbian cop" Alison Kaine series, in which Kaine investigates the murder of a popular lesbian author.
Woman author
LONDON LOVERS
1906
First edition of this high society contemporary romance from the Edwardian golden age of the genre, "daringly, about the problems of Jews entering London society" (Rachel Anderson).
Handwritten manuscript of THE MISTRESS OF SHENSTONE
[no later than 1910]
Original draft, entirely written out by hand, of the sequel to the international sensation THE ROSARY.
TRACK OF THE CAT
(1993)
First printing of the first book in the Anna Pigeon series of mysteries revolving around United States national parks.
LORD SATAN
(1972)
First printing of the ne plus ultra of the Avon Satanic Gothic.
FOR WHAT?
(1930)
Association first edition of Cartland's fourth novel — and one of only a handful of her 728 published books without a happy ending — inscribed by the Cartland to her uncle.
IF THE TREE IS SAVED
(1929)
Association first edition of Cartland's third novel — and one of only a handful of her 728 published books without a happy ending — inscribed by the Cartland to her uncle.
POSTMORTEM
(1990)
First printing of the first book in Patricia Cornwell's long-running mystery series featuring the beloved medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta.
LONG AGO, FAR AWAY
1953
First appearance of this complete romance novel, issued as the special Saturday edition of the Toronto Star Weekly on 28 March 1953.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
1992
First edition of this contemporary sapphic romance, one of the earliest works from Madwoman Press, an independent publisher of lesbian works active in the '90s.
THE VELVET FLEECE
1947
First edition, first printing of this mid-century American noir novel in the style of Chandler, and the basis for the 1948 film LARCENY.
"A" IS FOR ALIBI
(1982)
Signed first printing, a gorgeous copy, introducing Grafton's beloved Kinsey Millhone, a hard-up detective in Southern California.
"B" IS FOR BURGLAR
(1985)
Signed first printing, the second of the Kinsey Millhone series, in which the hard-boiled Santa Teresa private detective investigates a missing person case.
"C" IS FOR CORPSE
(1986)
Signed first printing of the third Kinsey Millhone mystery, in which the hard-boiled private detective continues an investigation on behalf of a murdered client.
"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.
"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.
"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).
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).
METROPOLIS
[1927]
First edition in English, elusive first printing, of the book form of "the first [science fiction] epic of cinema" (Clute and Nicholls).
A DOG'S RANSOM
1972
First edition of Highsmith's crime novel concerning the kidnapping of Lisa, a "born polite" French poodle, with review slip laid in.
THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY
1964
Highsmith's acute psychological study of the "ecstasy of danger" and the aftermath of violent crime.
THE LOTTERY
(1949)
First paperback edition.
TALKING ABOUT DETECTIVE FICTION
(2009)
First printing of James's collected essays on the genre and its great practitioners, signed by the author aboard the Queen Mary II transatlantic cruise liner en route from Southampton to Brooklyn in 2010.
WITHOUT DUE PROCESS
(1992)
Signed first edition, first printing of the "hardcover debut of paperback hero J.P. Beaumont" (Kirkus Reviews).
