Search Results: LIMITED EDITION from Murder By The Book

Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Publications, 1992. 1st ed. One of 125 copies of the Limited Edition Hardcover. Three SF/PI tales featuring hardboiled Mars OP Sam Space. Including one story written especially for this collection. Fine in dj. 60 pages. SIGNED BY Nolan, illustrator Wilbur & Gary Lovisi the publisher. Signed by All Contributors. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Ron Wilbur. Limited Edition.

Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Publications, 1992. 1st ed. One of 500 copies of the Limited Edition Trade paperback. Three SF/PI tales featuring hardboiled Mars OP Sam Space. Including one story written especially for this collection. Fine in stiff cardboard covers, rear cover shows just a hint of soiling. Cover Illustration by Ron Wilbur. 60 pages. 1st Ed. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Illus. by Wilbur, Ron. Book.

Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st ed. Fine in slipcase w/o dj as issued. 1 of 250 copies SIGNED by Ambler. A number of stories and essays and lectures on true crime cases.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Fine. Limited Edition.

Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st ed. Fine in slipcase w/o dj as issued. 1 of 250 copies SIGNED by Ambler. A number of stories and essays and lectures concerning true cimes.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Fine. Limited Edition.

Norfolk: VA: Crippen & Landru, 2001. 1st edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Out of Print. LIMITED EDITION, One of 225 copies SIGNED and numbered by Goulart [this being #197]. Sixteen stories plus a checklist of Goulart's work. Each copy of the Limited Edition includes a seperate pamphlet, "The Great Impersonation". Ron Goulart's first collection of mystery short stories features two of his most famous characters. Five of the stories are about Scrib Merlin, a would-be comedian and disgruntled advertising copywriter, who seems always to be present whenever someone expires with a cryptic dying message on his lips. When a murder victims gasps "ninety-nine clop clop" or "six tablespoons molasses" or "Adam and Eve on a raft," Scrib becomes a sleuth hoping not only to solve the murder but also (often in vain) to feather his own nest. The Scrib… Read More

Norfolk: VA: Crippen & Landru, 1999. First Edition. Fine in dust jacket. LIMITED EDITION, 1 of 200 copies (this being #100) SIGNED and numbered by the author. Accompanying each copy is a seperately printed pamphlet, "Saint Margaret's Cat". 7 stories and an introduction by the author, with 2 of the stories winning the Ellery Queen Readers Award. All feature veterinarian Dr. Dave Westbrook and his one-eyed, three - legged cat, Franken Kat.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Book.

Tucson: AZ: Dennis McMillan, 2000. 1st ed. SIGNED and dated 7/07/00 by the author. As new in dustjacket. Small 1000 copy first printing. "Career spy Alex Law, a man with "a talent for corrupting people and for fighting on the run," is at the end of his rope in Harrington's (Dark Ride; Dia de los Muertos) accomplished thriller. As the novel begins, Law staggers out of a cafe in Mexico, mocked by younger CIA types who rely on computers instead of front-line experience. He struggles to preserve his dignity, "managing not to bump into anyone, clutching his past triumphs, his alcoholism, his private income, his physical beauty and his ruined life." After 20 years working in major cities around the world--far away from his patrician family and their banking fortune--Alex is unceremoniously drawn into a frightening conspiracy close to home. Two high-ranking CIA operatives are gunned down in Langley, Va., and a third, Richard Claymore, who was supposed to be with them, escapes… Read More

Tucson: AZ: Dennis McMillan, 2000. 1st edition, June 2000. LIMITED EDITION in slipcase, One of 150 copies [this being #136] SIGNED and Numbered by Harrington on limitation page, bound in quarter-moroco and hand made paper covered boards. "Career spy Alex Law, a man with "a talent for corrupting people and for fighting on the run," is at the end of his rope in Harrington's (Dark Ride; Dia de los Muertos) accomplished thriller. As the novel begins, Law staggers out of a cafe in Mexico, mocked by younger CIA types who rely on computers instead of front-line experience. He struggles to preserve his dignity, "managing not to bump into anyone, clutching his past triumphs, his alcoholism, his private income, his physical beauty and his ruined life." After 20 years working in major cities around the world--far away from his patrician family and their banking fortune--Alex is unceremoniously drawn into a frightening conspiracy close to home. Two high-ranking CIA operatives are… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Mysterious Press, 2007. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket and slipcase (the same brick-red cloth as the binding) as issued. Lettered edition, "I I " intended as gifts from the publisher to contributors and those in the publisher`s inner circle. SIGNED by HARLAN ELLISON, who wrote the introduction. The eight tales that make up this collection are told from the women's point of view. Afterword by Francis M. Nevins, Jr.. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by McSherry, Jr., Frank D,. Book.

N.Y.: Penzler, 1986. 1st edition, November 1986, so stated. LIMITED EDITION, One of 250 copies numbered & SIGNED by Highsmith [this being #202]. Fine in slipcase, very lightly soiled, w/o dust jacket as issued. Short stories. Nowhere is Patricia Highsmith's affinity for animals more apparent than in The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder, for here she transfers the murderous thoughts and rages most associated with humans onto the animals themselves. You will meet, for example, in "In the Dead of Truffle Season," a truffle-hunting pig who tries to whet his own appetite for a while; or Jumbo in "Chorus Girl's Absolutely Final Performance," a lonely, old circus elephant who decides she's had enough of show business and cruel trainers for one lifetime. In this satirical reprise of Kafka, cats, dogs, and breeding rodents are no longer ordinary beings in the happy home, but actually have the power to destroy the world in which we live.. Signed by Author.… Read More

N.Y.: Mysterious Press, 1986. 1st ed. 1 of 250 copies[this being #46] SIGNED & NUMBERED by McBain on limitation page. Fine in slipcase as issued. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Fine. Limited/ Numbered Edition.

Norfolk, VA, U.S.A.: Crippen & Landru, Publishers, 2004. 1st edition. A fine, unread copy fine in dust jacket. Number 11 in the Lost Classic Series. Low print run as the publisher states that "The first printing of each book will be small perhaps 400-500 copies, divided between clothbound copies in dustjacket, and trade softcover." In 1930, Anthony Berkeley Cox founded London's Detection Club. His novels and short stories are among the finest examples of the fair play, challange-to-the-reader tradition of the Golden Age. Berkeley punctiliously presented all the clues to the reader, but as Tony Medawar and Arthur Robinson point out in their introduction, he loved showing that clues could be interpreted in multiple ways and Sheringham is often wrong in his conclusions. The title story in "The Avenging Chance" has long been considered one of the five or six greatest formal detective stories. This book also collects seven additional Sheringham and Moresby, one of… Read More

Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.: Santa Teresa Press, 1984. 1st prtg. LIMITED to 200 numbered copies bound in wrappers. This being #151. SIGNED & numbered by Robert B. Parker who wrote intro. Fine in light green wrappers. Signed. First Edition. Card Covers. Fine. Chapbook.

Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st ed. LIMITED EDITION, 1 OF 300 copies (this being #269), SIGNED by Elmore Leonard on limitation page. Fine in green cloth stamped in silver with with a pen and ink drawing of Leonard at front in matching slipcase w/o dj as issued. Basis for the 2001 Bruce Willis/Billy Bob Thornton crime drama/comedy. A Mystery Scene AWARD WINNER FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Fine. Limited/ Numbered Edition.

NY: Armchair Detective Library, 1989. 1st ed. Fine in slipcase, w/o dj as issued. One of 100 numbered copies [this being #72] SIGNED by Leonard. This is Leonard's first crime novel and was originally published as a paperback original in 1969. This edition marks its first appearance in hardcover in the United States.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Fine. Limited/ Numbered Edition.

N.Y.: Armchair Detective Library, 1992. 1st hdcvr ed. [Originally published in paperback by Berkley in 1983]. Fine, unread copy in slipcase w/o dj as issued. LIMITED EDITION, One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Kaminsky, with a new intro by him. 2nd Rostnikov title. Bound in burgundy cloth without dust wrapper as issued in matching burgundy slipcase, gilt stamping to front board and spine, pencil sketch of the author by Carolyn Hartman at front board. An EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE in 1985 for Best Paperback Original. "The Moscow Film Festival is in town, and the elite artists of the East and West have convened at the legendary Metropole Hotel to drink, gossip, and flirt. But the party is about to come crashing down. Four men - one American, one Japanese, and two Russians - will all be dead by morning, poisoned. To keep the killings under wraps, the Kremlin hands the investigation over to the famously discreet police investigator Porfiry Rostnikov. A hard-boiled cop with more than three decades'… Read More

Portland: ME: King Philip Pub. Co., 1986. 1st ed, A fine, unread copy. Red cloth, bright gold spine and front cover lettering. Printed on light tan paper. LIMITED EDITION, one of 750 copies SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER AND AUTHOR OF THE INTRODUCTION on the limitation page at rear. 31pages. "This is a First Facsimile Abstract Edition". ."Acknowledgment hereby given that all text in this abstract except Publisher's Introduction was previously published in THE PHILLIPS HISTORY OF FALL RIVER, Fascicles I and III, by Arthur S. Phillipls, printed by Dover Press, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1944 and 1946. Photographs by author at time of Borden trial. " . Frontispiece is a b/w photo of Lizzie Borden and there are four b/w photos in the text. Includes a 3-page biography of Arthur S. Phillips, abstracted from Fascicle I of THE PHILLLIPS HISTORY OF FALL RIVER. "Phillilps, a member of Lizzie Borden's team of defense lawyers, still believed Lizzie to be innocent almost fifty… Read More

Portland: ME: King Philip Pub. Co., 1986. 1st ed. A fine, unread copy. Red cloth, bright gold spine and front cover lettering. Printed on light tan paper. LIMITED EDITION, one of 750 copies SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER AND AUTHOR OF THE INTRODUCTION on the limitation page at rear. 31 pages. "This is a First Facsimile Abstract Edition". ."Acknowledgment hereby given that all text in this abstract except Publisher's Introduction was previously published in THE PHILLIPS HISTORY OF FALL RIVER, Fascicles I and III, by Arthur S. Phillipls, printed by Dover Press, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1944 and 1946. Photographs by author at time of Borden trial. " . Frontispiece is a b/w photo of Lizzie Borden and there are four b/w photos in the text. Includes a 3-page biography of Arthur S. Phillips, abstracted from Fascicle I of THE PHILLLIPS HISTORY OF FALL RIVER. "Phillilps, a member of Lizzie Borden's team of defense lawyers, still believed Lizzie to be innocent almost fifty… Read More

Portland: ME: King Philip Pub. Co., 1992. 1st ed. A very fine, unread copy w/o dj as issued. Contains over 200 annotated entries of books, articles, short stories, essays, plays, music, reference and other scarce material. Illustrated and indexed. One of 1,000 numbered copies. SIGNED by the author. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine. Limited Edition.

Tucson: AZ: Dennis McMillan, 1996. 1st ed. Limited Edition, One of 300 copies, There were 300 numbered copies done along with 26 lettered copies. SIGNED and numbered by Crumley.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Fine/Fine. Illus. by S. Clay Wilson. Limited/ Numbered Edition.