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ONE CORPSE MISSING: A Beau and Porgy Murder Mystery
by Ross, Zola Helen Girdey
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Good-Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1948
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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A$258.59
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Indianapolis, IN: USA: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1948. First Edition, so stated. Very minor wear else about fine in dust jacket worn at folds, large piece out at rear, smaller piece at spine foot, chipped along edges, not price clipped, $2.50 price intact, most of the front of jacket is still bright and now in protective mylar cover. Very scarce.… Read more about this item Item Price
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KATAPULT
by Kijewski, Karen
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1990
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- Hardcover
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- 9780312046798
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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A$14.04
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N.Y.: St. Martin's, 1990. 1st edition, October 1990. Front endpaper neatly removed, top of page edges spotted else near fine in dust jacket with light chipping. 2nd Kat Colorado mystery by the California writer whose first book, KATWALK, won three major awards for Best First Novel. Sacramento locale. "Stubbornly independent Sacramento, Calif., P.I. Kat Colorado (… Read more about this item Item Price
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DEATH TAKES AN OPTION **Gold Medal #807**
by MacNeil, Neil pseudonym of W. T. Ballard
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1958
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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A$22.16
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Greenwich: CT, US: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1958. 1st edition, September 1958, so stated. Gold Medal #807 [.25 cover price]. Vintage Paperback. Cover illustration by Gerry Powell. Very lightly sunned at rear spine edge, a couple tiny remains else a near fine, bright and tight copy. The 1st Tony Costaine and Bert McCall title. All… Read more about this item Item Price
A$22.16
RUSTY PUPPY: A Hap and Leonard Novel
by Lansdale, Joe R.
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 2017
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- Hardcover
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- 9780316311564
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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A$18.47
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NY: Mulholland Books, 2017. 1st edition, January 2017, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. While Hap, a former 60s activist and self-proclaimed white trash rebel, is recovering from a life-threatening stab wound, Louise Elton comes into Hap and Leonard's PI office to tell him… Read more about this item Item Price
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MARKSMAN AND OTHER STORIES.
by Gault, William Campbell
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- New
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- First Printing
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- 2003
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- Paperback
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- 9781885941930
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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A$66.49
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Norfolk, VA, U.S.A.: Crippen & Landru, 2003. 1st prtg. Trade paperback, fine unread copy, still in shrinkwrap. Edited and with an introduction by Bill Pronzini. This collection begins with six non- series tales showing the range of Gault's approach to the mystery story, and continues with the entire short-story career of private-eye Joe Puma. The sixth in… Read more about this item Item Price
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ACT OF GOD
by Healy, Jeremiah
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1994
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- Hardcover
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- 9780671795580
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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A$20.69
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N.Y.: Pocket Books, 1994. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "Boston PI Cuddy is coping with the aches and pains of age and accumulated injuries, the vagaries of his romance with assistant D.A. Nancy Meagher and two oddball clients interested… Read more about this item Item Price
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MEAN STREETS: The 2nd Private Eye Writers of America Anthology **LIMITED EDITION / SIGNED COPY**
by Randisi, Robert (ed.) Incl...Lawrence Block, Bill Pronzini, Loren Estleman, Stephen Greenleaf, Stuart Kaminsky, Marcia Muller et al...
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1986
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- Hardcover
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- 9780892961696
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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A$177.32
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NY: Mysterious Press, 1986. 1st ed. LIMITED EDITION, One of 250 copies SIGNED by the ALL 13 contributors. All original stories. Fine w/o dust jacket in slipcase as issued, still in shrinkwrap! Includes.. Max Alan Collins, Wayne Dundee, Loren Estleman, William Campbell Gault, Sue Grafton, Stuart Kaminsky, Rob Kantner, John Lutz, Arthur Lyons, Sara Paretsky, Bill Pronzini and… Read more about this item Item Price
A$177.32
STALKING THE ANGEL
by Crais, Robert
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1989
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- Paperback
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- 9780553057133
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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A$59.11
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N.Y.: Bantam, 1989. 1st edition of Uncorrected Proofs, Hardcover publication October 1989. The 2nd Elvis Cole title. Authors first book to be published in hardcover (The Monkeys Raincoat was a PBO). A fine copy with a couple of small stains at the bottom of page edges.. First Edition. Printed Wrapper. Fine. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Item Price
A$59.11
THE BLUE DOOR
by Fulmer, David
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2008
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780151011810
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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A$22.16
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N.Y.: Harcourt, 2008. 1st ed., with complete letter line beginning with A. A Fine, unread copy in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. A SHAMUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST NOVEL. As welterweight boxer Eddie Cero makes his way home through a dark Philadelphia alley, he steps in on two punks beating up an… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE ADVENTURES OF RACE WILLIAMS: A Dime Detective Book
by Daly, Carroll John
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1989
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- Paperback
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- 9780892969593
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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A$25.86
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N.Y.: Mysterious Press, 1989. 1st ed. A fine copy of this trade size paperback (no hardcover edition). Part of the Dime Detective Classic series published for the Mysterious Library. First book appearance of these pulp stories. Introduction by Robert Weinberg. 5 novellas, 340+ pages. . First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. Item Price
A$25.86
ACCUSTOMED TO THE DARK **SIGNED COPY**
by Satterthwait, Walter
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1996
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780312145354
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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A$44.33
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 1996. First edition, so stated, November 1996. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED by Satterthwait at title page. Rita Mondragon is lying comatose and near death in a Santa Fe hospital, and her normally even-tempered partner and paramour, private detective… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE CHICANO WAR **SIGNED COPY**
by Gault, William Campbell
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1986
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- Hardcover
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- 9780802756404
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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A$51.72
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N.Y.: Walker, 1986. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY. Name signed in full plus he added "Bouchercon XIX" at end of signature. " Brock Callahan, exfootball star and licensed private eye, sets out to find the brother-guardian of… Read more about this item Item Price
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YESTERDAY'S NEWS **SIGNED COPY**
by Healy, Jeremiah
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1989
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780060159221
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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A$36.94
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N.Y.: Harper & Row, 1989. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Boldly SIGNED by Healy at title page. The 5th Cuddy title. "Maintaining the standards set in his prize-winners Blunt Darts , The Staked Goat and others, Healy adds to the… Read more about this item Item Price
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MISSING: A Harry Stoner Title
by Valin, Jonathan
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1995
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- Hardcover
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- 9780385299664
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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A$29.55
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N.Y.: Delacorte Press, 1995. First edition, February 1995, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "Cindy Dorn's lover, Mason Greenleaf, is missing, and she feels his disappearance may have something to do with a former lover. With no evidence of foul play,… Read more about this item Item Price
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KATAPULT
by Kijewski, Karen
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1990
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780312046798
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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A$26.60
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N.Y.: St. Martin's, 1990. 1st edition, October 1990. Near fine in dust jacket with light chipping. 2nd Kat Colorado mystery by the California writer whose first book, KATWALK, won three major awards for Best First Novel. Sacramento locale. "Stubbornly independent Sacramento, Calif., P.I. Kat Colorado ( Katwalk ) is working on two crimes this time out:… Read more about this item Item Price
A$26.60
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TUCK TIP / THREE PARTS [Gryphon Double Novel #20]
by Dundee, Wayne D. / Derek Muk
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1999
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- Paperback
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- 9781582500065
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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A$29.55
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Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Books, 1999. 1st edition, September 1999. Paperback Original, digest size, stiff cardboard covers. Cover Illustrations by Alfred Klosterman. Gryphon Double Novel #20. Along with the original novelette of the title is a reprint of an earlier Joe Hannibal short story, "Harsh Light of Day". Also bound with these stories is "Three… Read more about this item Item Price
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KATWALK ***SIGNED COPY***AWARD WINNER***
by Kijewski, Karen
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1989
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780312029692
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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A$96.05
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NY: St. Martin's, 1989. First Edition. with complete number line beginnig with 1. Small piece out at upper corner, slight age toning at page edges . SIGNED and DATED October 1989 by the author on the title page. This is the author's first published book and the first Kat Colorado mystery. WINNER of both the ANTHONY… Read more about this item Item Price
A$96.05
SOME THINGS NEVER DIE
by Morgan, Robert (pseud. Of C.J. Henderson)
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1993
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781557738875
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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A$22.16
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N.Y.: Berkley, 1993. First Edition, April 1993, with complete number line beginning with 1. A fine, unread copy of this 2nd supernatural mystery with PI Teddy London...." when it comes to things that go bump in the night, call Teddy London..." Chinatown is being overrun by Vampires--Teddy didn't believe it until he killed one himself. Now every… Read more about this item Item Price
A$22.16
SO LIKE SLEEP
by Healy, Jeremiah
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1987
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780060156930
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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A$24.38
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N.Y.: Harper 1987, 1987. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in near fine dust jacket, lightly rubbed. 3rd Cuddy title. "In the third adventure related by Boston-based private eye John Francis Cuddy, he takes on the seemingly hopeless task of proving that William Daniels, a black youth, is innocent of killing his white lover,… Read more about this item Item Price
A$24.38
3 FOR SPACE [Limited Edition / Signed Copy]
by Nolan, William F.
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1992
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780936071329
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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A$51.72
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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.… Read more about this item Item Price
A$51.72