Crime & Detection
The Steam Pig (Gold Dagger Winner)
New York: Harper & Row, 1971. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First US edition of the author's first book and winner of the coveted Gold Dagger Award in Great Britain. Very good indeed in very good unclipped and unfaded dustwrapper. More
The Lasko Tangent (Inscribed, Edgar Award Winner)
New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's first book, a suspense novel that won the Edgar Award for best first novel of the year. This copy both SIGNED by the author and separately INSCRIBED by Patterson and dated in year of..... More
The Mamur Zapt and the Night of the Dog
New York: Doubleday Crime Club, 1989. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 184 pp. First American edition of the author's second mystery novel. A handsome near fine copy in very good price-intact dustwrapper. Wrapper has some edgewear and a couple of small chips. More
The Mamur Zapt and the Spoils of Egypt
Great Britain: Crime Club, 1982. First UK edition. Hardcover. 8vo in dustwrapper. First UK edition of the sixth book in the Mamur Zapt series of crime novels by Pearce. A solid very good copy in clipped dustwrapper. Wrapper has a former bookseller sticker afixed to the inside front flap... More
Black & Blue (Signed)
London: Orion, 1997. Reprint. Paperback. Thick paperbound book. 394 pp. Stated fourth impression of this splendid award winning crime novel by Rankin featuring his Inspector Rebus protagonist. A near fine copy. SIGNED by the author on the title page. More
Black and Blue
London: Orion Books, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 394 pp. First UK edition of this terrific Inspector John Rebus detective novel. Fine condition in fine dustwrapper, clipped at bottom of front flap. An Edgar Award nominee. More
Miss Lizzie
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Satterthwait's somewhat scarce second book, a Lizzie Borden pastiche. This is a near fine copy in near fine or better unclipped jacket. Stated first edition with complete number run. More
The Lovely Bones
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 2002. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing of this breakout successful novel by the author of Lucky. A clean near fine example in near fine price intact dustwrapper. Price sticker afixed to rear panel. Source for the film of the same name... More
The Girl In His Past
New York: Prentice-Hall, 1952. First American edition. Hardcover. Stated first American edition. 211 pp. A murder suspense story by the author of The Man Who Watched The Trains Go by. Translated into English by Louise Varese. Prior ownership sticker to the front endpaper, else a very good copy in very..... More
The Man They Couldn't Arrest
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925. Second printing. Hardcover. Hardbound octavo. 292 pp. Handsome very good copy in orange-red boards. Presumed second printing with a "B" on the copyright page. Lacking the uncommon dustwrapper. More
New Orleans Mourning (Inscribed, Edgar Award)
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. First edition of this murder mystery novel that won the Edgar Award for Best Crime Novel of the year. A sharp near fine copy in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. This copy nicely INSCRIBED by the author and dated in year of..... More
An Artist in Crime
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Reprint. Cloth. Cloth-covered octavo in dustwrapper. Early reprint edition of this 345 pp crime novel. Small inked prior owner name else a very good copy in red cloth binding. Light dampstain. The dustwrapper has some chipping at edges and at base of spine and..... More
Killer Mine (Signed)
New York: Signet Books, 1968. First edition. Paperback. Pocket paperbound book. Stated first printing. Contains two works: Killer Mine and Man Alone. 157 pp. Published as Signet P3483. A very good copy with some cover wear and faint spine crease. This copy SIGNED by Spillane and quite uncommon thus... More
The Cold War Swap (Edgar Award Winner)
New York: William Morrow, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's first book, an espionage novel that won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel of the Year. Crimp at top of spine else an exceptional copy in very good price intact dustwrapper with some creases and closed..... More
All The Empty Places (Signed)
London: No Exit Press, 2000. First UK edition. Hardcover. First UK edition of the author's second gritty crime novel. 215 pp. Paper toned slightly else a near fine example in near fine price-intact dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the title page. More
The Missing Person (Signed Copy)
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition of the author's second crime novel. A sharp, clean near fine copy in dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the author on the title page and dated in year of publication. More
The Dark Room (Signed)
London: Macmillan, 1995. First UK edition. Hardcover. Fine first UK edition in dustwrapper. A crime novel by the Edgar Award winning novelist. SIGNED by the author on the title page. More
The Ice-House (Signed)
New York: St Martin's, 1992. Book Club. Hardcover. Fine copy in dustwrapper of the author's first book. Although it looks, tastes and smells like a first edition, it is actually a book club edition due to the "HB5X" present on the last page of text. SIGNED by the author on..... More
God Save The Mark (Signed, Edgar Award Winner)
New York: Random House, 1967. First edition. Cloth. First edition, first printing. A novel of humor and murder by the author of The Mercenaries. SIGNED by the author on the title page. A near fine clothbound copy in very good plus unclipped dustwrapper. More
Murder Among Children (Signed)
Unity, Maine: Five Star, 2000. First edition thus. Hardcover. Hardbound 8vo. Issued without dustwrapper. With a new introduction by the author. Acrime novel originally penned in 1967. Fine condition. SIGNED by Westlake on the title page. More
The Strange Files of Fremont Jones
New York: Doubleday, 1995. First Edition. Original Wraps. Bound galley of Day's first mystery, a historical set in San Francisco. Start of a wonderful series. Fine copy. More
The Strange Files of Fremont Jones
New York: Doubleday, 1995. First Edition. Paperback. Fine Bound Galley of her first book, a historical mystery set in San Francisco. More
The Girl in Black Velvet
New York: Macaulay, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. A solid very good plus copy of this scarce crime novel. Small faint owner's stamp to inside front board. Unclipped dustwrapper about very good with soiling to raer panel and largish chips to top of spine. More
Death of a Blue Movie Star
New York: Bantam Books, 1990. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. First edition, a paperback original of his second book. Very good or better with light crease to spine, otherwise very clean and bright. Uncommon book. More