Publicado por Mysterious Press, New York, 1986
ISBN 10: 0892961538 ISBN 13: 9780892961535
Librería: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 230 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over black boards in original pictorial jacket. When the affable owner of a checkered-tablecloth restaurant in Little Italy is cut down by the bullets of a pair of ski-masked thugs, 5th Precinct Police Detective Reardon has his hands too full to give a damn about some odd things going on uptown. For instance, why does a noted Madison Avenue art lover suddenly decide to sell his entire collection in an effort to raise a cool million? And why was a well-known Arab oil magnate assassinated? Almost too late, Reardon sees the connection between the deaths of a multi-millionaire and a small-time restaurateur, and the fluctuations in the international markets for crude oil, fine art, and precious metals. And now that he knows the truth, just how long has he got to live? Condition: Near fine in fine jacket.
Publicado por Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1988
ISBN 10: 0805007873 ISBN 13: 9780805007879
Librería: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 248 pages. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. When Ralph, a loving older brother upset by his brother's gay lifestyle, is accused of his murder and the evidence points to his guilt, Matthew Hope must work with a few fleeting but crucial clues to prove Ralph's innocence. Condition: Fine in like jacket.
Publicado por Warner Books, New York, 1995
ISBN 10: 0446518042 ISBN 13: 9780446518048
Librería: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 321 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with silver lettering to spine over blue boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Romance is the name of a new play opening uptown--a play about an actress who gets stabbed. But when the lead actress really does get knifed, the spotlight turns to the guys from the 87th. It's up to Detective Bert Kling, involved in a budding romance of his own, to get to the bottom of it all. Condition: Some of the corners dogeared, head corners gently bumped else very good in a fine jacket.
Publicado por Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1987
ISBN 10: 0805003711 ISBN 13: 9780805003710
Librería: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 248 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with red gilt lettering to spine over black boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. This crime novel describes how Florida's Matthew Hope assumes defence of a husband against circumstantial evidence that he killed his actress wife. Hope is soon on the trail to solving the mystery but the actress, meanwhile, is stashed away - naked but for her red leather boots. Condition: Previous owner's name on front end paper, embossed imprint on half title page else very good in fine jacket.
Publicado por William Morrow and Company, New York, 1989
ISBN 10: 0877959943 ISBN 13: 9780877959946
Librería: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 350 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's quarter dark blue cloth with silver lettering to spine over beige boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. The squadroom at 5:15 on New Year's morning looked much as it did on any other day. But an exceptionally heinous crime was already sending a wave of outrage through even the veteran cops of the 87th Precinct: a wealthy couple, returning home from New Year's festivities, discovered their baby -- and the infant's teenage sitter -- murdered. Parents themselves, detectives Carella and Meyer resolve to bring in the perpetrator at any cost. Meanwhile, gang warfare is overtaking the city's streets, threatening its very foundation. A sinister song of death and destruction echoes through the 87th, and it isn't "Auld Lang Syne." Condition: Jacket corners rubbed, closed tears at head, spine extremities rubbed, spine head small closed tears with creases else very good to fine in like jacket.
Publicado por William Morrow and Company, New York, 1989
ISBN 10: 0688087361 ISBN 13: 9780688087364
Librería: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 302 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4') bound in original publisher's quarter white cloth with gilt lettering to spine over orange boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Ed McBain, author of the bestselling 87th Precinct series, takes us "Downtown" in a bold departure of a novel that will have listeners cheering for a lone out-of-towner running for his life in New York City. Meet Michael Barnes, a Florida orange grower who finds himself in a Manhattan bar with a couple of hours to kill. It's a couple of hours that almost kill him, as he's swindled, robbed, framed for murder, and hunted down by an assassin in one of the wildest, scariest, funniest, fastest twenty-four hours ever packed into one novel. Condition: Jacket spine sunned else near fine in like jacket.
Publicado por Random House, New York, 1976
ISBN 10: 0394485831 ISBN 13: 9780394485836
Librería: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 165 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with green and silver gilt lettering to spine over beige boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Detective Bert Kling has had some rough luck with women. First his fiancée Cindy Townsend was gunned down in an infamous bookstore shooting. Then there was Cindy Forrest, who informed him one day that she was in love with a doctor at work and was gone. Now he s finally hit the jackpot. Kling just married the beautiful model Augusta Blair, and they are about to enjoy the first night of their marriage togetheruntil bad luck catches him again. Condition: Pages age toned, remainder stamp to heal end pages else very good to fine in a fine jacket.
Publicado por Viking Press, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0670200301 ISBN 13: 9780670200306
Librería: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 217 pages. Octavo (9" 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt and purple lettering to spine over brown boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Detectives Carella and Meyer of the 87th Precinct have a case growing cold as they try to figure out who killed the calypso singer and the prostitute with the same gun. They are on a race to discover who the killer is before he goes on another rampage of sadistic sex. Condition: Page ends dusty, pages age toned. Jacket spine ends rubbed and chipped, corners lightly chipped else very good in like jacket.
Publicado por Pyramid Books [1965], New York, 1965
Librería: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, Estados Unidos de America
Mass Market Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Later Printing. New York: Pyramid Books [1965]. Very Good. 1965. Later Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Later [3rd] printing thus. Pyramid Books R-1170 with 50 cents cover price. "Strange cults battle for control of the world". 190 pages. VG or better copy [spine cocked with a very shallow chip to the heel front corner, cheap paper tannrf]. .
Publicado por Permabook / Pocket Books December, 1957, New York, NY, 1957
Librería: A Cappella Books, Inc., Atlanta, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Mass Market PaperBack. Condición: Very Good. Reprint. Mass market paperback, reprint with vertical creases running along side spine. Textblock edges tinted raspberry red with some splotches of discoloration left over from years of exposure to our atmospher. Cover painting by James Meese. [146 pages].
Publicado por Published by Guild Publishing, London . 1989., 1989
Librería: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Hard back binding in publisher's original cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo. Fine in Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.
Publicado por Published by Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London First Edition . 1998., 1998
Librería: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Original o primera edición
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original deep navy cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 9½" x 6¼" 296 pp ISBN 0340695412. Erased price to front end paper. Near Fine in Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.