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New York: Vanguard Press, 2009. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). New York: Vanguard Press, 2009. Fine. Clean, brand new softcover ARC (Advanced Reader's Copy) of author's latest book, flat-signed by Nevada Barr on title page. 320 pp. A family is murdered by an eleven-year old boy in Minnesota. Released at age seventeen, the murderer heads south to New Orleans where his life intersects with that of Polly, a young mother who is helping to rebuild her adopted city. A taught and terrifying psychological thriller..

New York/London: Harper & Brothers, 1928. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Third Printing.. New York/London: Harper & Brothers, 1928. Third Printing. Very Good/No Dustjacket. Clean orange cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine. Very slight corner & edgewear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean. No names, writing or bookplates. 329 pgs..

New York: Viking Press, 1954. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Viking Press, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/Very Good. "First Published by the Viking Press in September 1954" on copyright page, in original unclipped jacket. Clean green boards with red cloth spine, black roulette wheel decoration on cover, black lettering on spine. 1" of slight fading at base of spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 241 pages. Dustjacket is not price clipped (2.75 on front inside flap), slight edgewear, short closed edge tears, faint water stain at lower corner of rear panel near spine, old label at base of rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Murder mystery set in a gambling casino in Mexico City..

New York: Simon & Schuster (Inner Sanctum Mystery), 1950. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Simon & Schuster (Inner Sanctum Mystery), 1950. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. First Edition in original unclipped dust jacket. Very clean orange and yellow cloth-covered boards with black lettering and Inner Sanctum logo on spine, logo on lower corner of front cover. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, although a previous owner name is scribbled out on front free endpaper. 247 pages. Clean jacket is not price clipped (2.50 on front inside flap), no chips, a few tiny closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mlylar cover. The second Latin-American adventure of Donald O'Keefe Adams, known as Don O'K, and Sancho, the Indian who speaks only Basic English. The scene starts in Argentina and ends deep in the steaming heart of the Chaco, one of… Read More

New York: Delacorte Press, 1993. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing.. Second printing of the first edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean yellow boards with golden cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. 296 pages. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A Eugenia Potter Mystery from the "Culinary Queen of Crime.".

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Thus.. First Edition thus ( 3 star Omnibus edition) - solid hardcover book. Clean unfaded orange cloth boards with black title box on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Previous owner name and date (April 1937) neatly penned at top edge of front pastedown. Small paper fragment at top edge of front free endpaper. All other pages and text block edges are clean and bright (top page edges top-stained black). 319 pages..

New York: Cosmopolitan, 1931. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Cosmopolitan, 1931. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/No Dust jacket. First Edition of a scarce old mystery. Yellow cloth boards with blue-black clock dial with no hands on cover as title box, blue-black lettering on spine. Hint of light dust soiling. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Black top-stained upper page edges. 308 pages..

New York: Putnam, 1977. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Putnam, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Very Good+. First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Very clean unfaded black cloth boads with green metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean and bright with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 251 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, has one short closed edge tear to rear panel, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A chilling, ingenious brain-teaser by two masters of the psychological thriller. Nicholas Augustine was a rancher and a railroad enthusiast, a popular maverick whose meteoric rise to the Presidency dumbfounded every self-styled expert in Washington. They watched him run the country his own way for three years--but when Augustine blundered, they turned instantly against him. The media increased their vicious daily… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, 1978. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Harper & Row, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing in clean unchipped dust jacket. Clean pale grayboards with black cloth spine, bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean gray endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 190 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1976. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition in clean jacket. Clean orange boards with clean brown cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 368 pages with index. Clean dustjacket with price intact (9.95 on front inside flap), short closed tears and slight wear at upper spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Coward McCann, 1952. Book. Illus. by John Moment, Illustrator. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Coward McCann, 1952. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. John Moment, Illustrator. Clean solid ex-library with clean pages and edges, library markings on endpapers. 218 pgs. with illustrations by John Moment. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Slight wear to board edges. Clean bright dustjacket has very small chip at top corner of spine, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Brian and his sister Patsy spend a long summer vacation with a special horse named Jim, who disappears mysteriously..

San Diego, California: Canterbury Classics, 2011. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Later printing.. San Diego, California: Canterbury Classics, 2011. Later printing. Fine/No Dust jacket. Lovely tan leather bound book with decorative cover, rear panel and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright, with gold text block edges on all sides. Clean beautifully illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Orange ribbon page marker sewn in. Introduction by Michael A. Cramer, Ph.D. Frontispiece photo portrait of A. Conan Doyle. 1032 pages. A lovely book you will be proud to own..

New York: George H. Doran, 1924. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: George H. Doran, 1924. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/no dust jacket . First Edition, First Printing (1924), with GDH logo on copyright page. Red cloth boards with black lettering and decoration on cover, black lettering on spine. A few faint water droplet marks to cloth, otherwise clean; no bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 532 pages..

New York: George H. Doran, 1924. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Early Printing.. Clean red cloth boards with black lettering and decoration on cover, black lettering on spine. Tiny spot of wear to lower spine corner; a few faint spots to spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 532 pages. A mystery and romance novel which served as the basis for the 1929 black and white silent film directed by Henrik Galeen and starring Warwick Ward and Olga Tschechowa..

New York: St Martins Press, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: St Martins Press, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean black boards with bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 182 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition.. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. Stated First American Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. Stated First American Edition in clean original dust jacket. Very clean unfaded green cloth boards with gold and purple title boxes on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean; very brief previous owner inscription on front free endpaper (To Charlie XXX - Mo). 308 pages. Clean jacket has a few small shallow edge chips, price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap. Jacket designed by Bill English. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A breakneck adventure behind the Iron Curtain in Germany.packed with suspense, mystery and surprises, with graphic and authentic backgrounds. One of Innes's best suspense novels!.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition.. Clean hardcover book and dust jacket. Gray boards with brown lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean, but tanned. Small return address label at top corner of front free endpaper. 191 pages. Illustrated jacket has hint of edge wear, one short closed edge tear; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. This novel is a superb trial study that invites comparison with the great classic, "The Bellamy Trial." Set in New York, it revolves around the trial of a wealthy playboy type accused of murdering a victim who was a garage-owner and an ex-G.I..

Boston/Toronoto: Little Brown, 1958. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Boston/Toronoto: Little Brown, 1958. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. Very clean blue cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumped corners. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean. No names, writing or bookplates. 264 pgs. Clean dustjacket has not been price clipped, has 1" closed tear at top right corner edge, two additional closed tears under 1/16". Enclosed in new mylar cover. 8vo. Crime..

New York: G. P. Putnam, 1970. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean red cloth boards with gold tape reel on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean bright yellow endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Pages are clean. 254 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped (5.95 on front inside flap), has 1/2" closed tear at rear base of spine fold; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The Anderson Tapes is the debut crime fiction novel by Lawrence Sanders. The story revolves around the complicated burglary of an entire upscale New York apartment building by a gang of ex-convicts, who are unaware that the entire operation is under wiretap and camera surveillance by various agencies. The book earned Sanders the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for best first mystery novel. The same year, it was adapted into the movie,… Read More

New York/London: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing.. New York/London: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/near fine. First Edition, First Printing, signed by author. Very clean black boards with bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper: "Dear Jennifer, Heard you got married - congratulations. Hope you enjoy the book. - Steven Kotler." No other marks. 443 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A rich illumination of history and fable, theology and magic. A centuries-old purloined text lies secreted beneath the Vatincan--a Kabbalistic treasure imbued with a power both magnificent and terrible. Four iconoclasts risk everything in a pilgrimage to liberate it..