Published by Fibonacci Corporation, Goldens Bridge, New York, 1976
ISBN 10: 0915494051 ISBN 13: 9780915494057
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 111 p. Illustrated by the author. Octavo. Original blue buckram binding, with white titles. Some occasional mild wear to the dust jacket. Better than very good.
Seller Inventory # 63869
Published by Blackie, London, 1980
ISBN 10: 0216908884 ISBN 13: 9780216908888
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Dust jacket art by John Bolton. London: Blackie, 1980. First edition. The fifth case of The Baker Street Irregulars. Small octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 64774
Published by James Cahill Publishing, Aliso Viejo, California, 1996
ISBN 10: 0964045435 ISBN 13: 9780964045439
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Parks, Phil (illustrator). First Edition. The first hardcover edition of this crime novel, which was first published as a paperback original in 1969. Signed by Lawrence Block on the title page. This edition includes a new afterword by the author and illustrations by Phil Parks. Octavo. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 72898
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1995
ISBN 10: 0684801914 ISBN 13: 9780684801919
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 384 p. The author's first novel, concerning a beautiful young wife accused of killing her business tycoon husband. Inscribed by Lange, a longtime evening news anchor for NBC's Los Angeles station, to Los Angeles television personality and fellow NBC newscaster Chuck Henry opposite the title page. Minor creasing to the front flap of the dust jacket; otherwise a crisp and clean copy. Better than very good. Inscribed by Author.
Seller Inventory # 56522
Published by Magico Magazine, New York, 1993
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. 65 p. With illustrations by Ira Blutreich. Octavo. Original burgundy leatherette binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 63877
Published by The Mysterious Press, New York, 1984
ISBN 10: 0892960639 ISBN 13: 9780892960637
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Review copy, with the publisher's slip laid in. Inscribed by Donald Westlake on the title page. An episodic saga in the form of six novellas (including one written expressly for this volume) laying open for examination the life of a Brooklyn cop, a man dedicated to his job and living in constant fear of the moment when his ailing heart will finally stop. Octavo. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 72853
Published by The Mysterious Press, New York, 1989
ISBN 10: 0892961775 ISBN 13: 9780892961771
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Donald Westlake on the title page. Amoral Jack Pine becomes a Hollywood star, with his boyhood friend Buddy Pal ever silently watchful until Jack commits an unforgivable crime in the name of success. Octavo. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 72877
Published by Walker and Company, New York, 1983
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Review copy, with the publisher's slip laid in. Inscribed and dated in the year of publication by Jon L. Breen on the half-title. The author's first book. "A jockey is shot to death while astride a statue of a horse, and the list of suspects is a long one in a multi-character mystery with a colorful racing background." Octavo. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 73121
Published by The Mysterious Press, New York, 1987
ISBN 10: 0892962127 ISBN 13: 9780892962129
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Ross Thomas on the title page. Hired by moneymen to funnel funds to anti-Aqurno rebels but interested chiefly in lining his own pocket, Booth Stallings seeks the help of the wily Artie Wu, pretender to the Chinese throne, in pulling off his dangerous scam. Octavo. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 73517
Published by Random House, New York, 1988
ISBN 10: 0394565258 ISBN 13: 9780394565255
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Review copy, with the publisher's slip and promotional material laid in. The fourth Hoke Moseley crime novel. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 73599
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1991
ISBN 10: 0399136703 ISBN 13: 9780399136702
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First American Edition, first printing. Signed by Dick Francis on the half-title. A young British diplomat's return to England revives long-buried childhood memories that could be the key to saving innocent people from destruction. Octavo. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 73611
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 2006
ISBN 10: 0399154000 ISBN 13: 9780399154003
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First American Edition, first printing. Signed by Dick Francis on the title page. When three corpses turn up on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day, including a jockey who had earlier in the day won the Triumph Hurdle, ex-jockey-turned-sleuth Sid Halley investigates a possible link to Lord Enstone's mysterious losing streak, a probe that drags him ever deeper into the dark underside of the racing game. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 73607
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1988
ISBN 10: 0399133496 ISBN 13: 9780399133497
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First American Edition, first printing. Inscribed by Dick Francis on the half-title. Amateur British jockey Ian Pembroke becomes the protector for his much-married, wealthy father, who lately has been menaced by some mysterious accidents. Octavo. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 73614
Published by Magico Magazine, New York, 1986
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 98 p. Introduction by Jack Tracy, with all new illustrations by J. Decker. Octavo. Original green leatherette binding, with gilt titles. Issued without a dust jacket. Just a hint of wear to the corners and tips; else near fine.
Seller Inventory # 63203
Published by Privately printed, 1976
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Introduction by John Bennett Shaw, B.S.I. N.p. First edition, #21 of 100 copies. Inscribed by both editors to the fellow Sherlockian Luther Norris on the first leaf. Original spiral-bound printed paper wrappers. A fine copy. Inscribed By Editor.
Seller Inventory # 64131
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1985
ISBN 10: 068418351X ISBN 13: 9780684183510
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Review copy, with the publisher's slip and promotional material laid in. Inscribed by Simon Brett on the title page. A novel of suspense. After being passed over for the position of Head of Personnel, Graham Marshall despairingly perceives the underpinnings of his secure middle-aged existence slipping away. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 72021
Published by St. Martin's Press, New York, 1988
ISBN 10: 031202245X ISBN 13: 9780312022457
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Review copy, with the publisher's slip and promotional material laid in. Inscribed and dated in the year of publication by T. Jefferson Parker on the title page. The author's second novel, this suspense thriller takes its name from the populous Vietnamese community in California's Orange County. Octavo. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 72468
Published by Dutton, New York, 2011
ISBN 10: 0525952004 ISBN 13: 9780525952008
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed and dated in the year of publication by T. Jefferson Parker on the title page, with a a handwritten note by Parker on his personal letterhead laid in. Los Angeles sheriff's deputy Charlie Hood searches for an undercover agent who has disappeared, only to resurface in a haunting series of bizarre and inexplicable video tapes. Octavo. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 73325
Published by Pantheon Books, New York, 1982
ISBN 10: 039452215X ISBN 13: 9780394522159
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First American Edition, first printing. Signed by Ruth Rendell on the title page. His marriage failing and his father seemingly going mad, Stephen Whalby finds the bodies of two women on the bleak Vangmoor and his sense of terror and menace spreads throughout the villages. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 73438
Published by Pantheon Books, New York, 1984
ISBN 10: 0394530977 ISBN 13: 9780394530970
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First American Edition, first printing. Signed by Ruth Rendell on the title page. Weaves together the ultimately deadly stories of Pup Yearman, who sold his soul to the devil, his unhappy older sister, and butcher-knife keeper Diarmit Bawne. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. $35.
Seller Inventory # 73437
Published by The Mysterious Press, New York, 1990
ISBN 10: 0892962143 ISBN 13: 9780892962143
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Review copy, with the publisher's promotional material laid in. Signed by Ross Thomas on the title page. Homicide detective turned actor Granville Haynes and his friends from the notorious bar Mac's Place move through a Washington labyrinth of deceit and murder when the memoirs of Granville's CIA father threaten to come to light. Octavo. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 73508
Published by Michael Joseph, London, 1990
ISBN 10: 0718134478 ISBN 13: 9780718134471
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Dick Francis on the half-title. Hired to write the biography of a racehorse trainer, author John Kendall encounters more than he bargained for as he stumbles into a web of danger and death in rural England. Octavo. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 73635
Published by Michael Joseph, London, 1997
ISBN 10: 0718142454 ISBN 13: 9780718142452
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Dick Francis on the title page. Entering the political arena as the trusted confidant of his politician father, ex-jockey Benedict Juliard finds himself the target of a vicious attack by his father's dangerous enemies, an assault that could not only destroy his own reputation but that of his father, a prospective prime minister. Octavo. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 73638
Published by Michael Joseph, London, 1992
ISBN 10: 0718134826 ISBN 13: 9780718134822
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Dick Francis on the half-title. Jockey Freddie Croft discovers a high-stakes conspiracy that exposes the seedy underside of horse-racing-and faces deadlier odds of survival than in any steeplechase run. Octavo. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 73639
Published by Michael Joseph, London, 1998
ISBN 10: 0718143515 ISBN 13: 9780718143510
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Dick Francis on the title page. A collection of thirteen tightly plotted tales of murder, mystery, and mayhem in the world of horseracing. Octavo. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 73642
Published by Magico Magazine, New York, 1984
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. 64 p. With an appreciation by John Ball, B.S.I., and an introduction by Charles R. Reynolds, Picture Editor, Popular Photography. Pictorial title page, with 32 illustrations. First edition thus. Octavo. Original red leatherette binding, with gilt titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy.
Seller Inventory # 63800
Published by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc, Garden City, New York, 1943
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. 280 p. New York: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1943. First edition. Octavo. Original brown cloth binding, with orange stamping. Small ink notation to the front flyleaf, with a bookseller's ink stamp to the front pastedown. A bit of wear and fraying to the corners and tips.
Seller Inventory # 62403
Published by Random House, New York, 1972
ISBN 10: 0394471652 ISBN 13: 9780394471655
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. New York: Random House, 1972. First edition. The fifth and final Mitchell Tobin mystery. Octavo. Small label shadow to the front pastedown. Light fading along the edges of the boards, with a little bit of mild sunning to the spine of the dust jacket. Better than very good.
Seller Inventory # 64902
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1976
ISBN 10: 0684148048 ISBN 13: 9780684148045
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Simon Brett on the title page. The second novel featuring Charles Paris, an unhappily separated, moderately successful character actor with a slight drinking problem who gets entangled in various crimes, and finds himself unwillingly in the role of amateur detective. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 72020
Published by Cassell, London, 1967
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First Edition. The first British edition, published in the United States as The Wrong Venus. This comedic caper story served as the basis for the 1968 Ron Winston film starring Robert Wagner, Mary Tyler Moore, Glynis Johns, Harvey Korman, Barbara Rhoades, and Vincent Beck. Octavo. Original dark brown cloth binding, with white titles. A fine, unread copy in a near fine dust jacket with some very light rubbing.
Seller Inventory # 72516