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 of Michael Crichton's first book written under his own name, an important early techno-thriller that established his career.

First edition of a Cold War spy thriller about a police detective who stumbles upon a mole in the CIA.

Signed first printing, a gorgeous copy, introducing Grafton's beloved Kinsey Millhone, a hard-up detective in Southern California.

Signed first printing of this Kinsey Millhone mystery, in which the detective is framed and must unravel the layers of fabricated evidence against her.

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).

First edition of this Edgar Award-winning medical thriller, the only work Michael Crichton wrote under the Jeffery Hudson pseudonym.

Signed first printing of the Western by the gay rights icon, written as a companion to the film treatment for what would become the acclaimed movie starring John Wayne.

Signed first edition of Laurie R. King's first book, the first of her series about lesbian detective Kate "Casey" Martinelli.

First edition in book form of this suspenseful romance with an active, adventurous heroine, the drama turning on questions of power and property.

Inscribed first edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning true crime novel, detailing murder and punishment in the "moneyless side of the modern West" (jacket).

Inscribed first trade edition of this bestselling fantasy tale of the intersecting destinies of a boy and a dragon.