PROTECT AND DEFEND.
New York: Knopf, 2000. First edition. SIGNED on front endpaper. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #72081 More
MYSTERY & SUSPENSE
SILENT WITNESS.
New York: Knopf, 1997. First edition. SIGNED on the title page in full and INSCRIBED on dedication page, presumably to another author, "New Years 1997/ For Lorraine,/ I strike back!/ Warmest wishes, Ric." Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #49815 More
SILENT WITNESS.
New York: Knopf, 1997. First edition. SIGNED on the title page. Fine in fine dust jacket with just a touch of minor wear. Item #72080 More
A FIRING OFFENSE.
(London): Serpent's Tail, (1997). First UK edition of the author's first book. Fine in pictorial paperwraps. Item #42928 More
RIGHT AS RAIN.
Boston: Little, Brown, (2001). First edition. SIGNED with a quote from the book, "You get those out of a cereal box or somethin'?" Fine in fine dust jacket with Elmore Leonard-blurb sticker on front. Item #47049 More
SHAME THE DEVIL.
(Tucson): McMillan, 1999. First edition. One of 400 numbered copies SIGNED by the author. Bound in black cloth in dust jacket in slipcase. Fine as issued. Item #22404 More
BLONDES DIE YOUNG.
New York: Dodd Mead, (1952). First edition. His only book under this name. Name (Roberts) written on front and rear end papers, otherwise near fine in edge chipped dust jacket. Item #42231 More
THE KNOCKER ON DEATH'S DOOR.
New York: Morrow, 1971. First U.S. edition. Near fine with light soiling to lower edge of page block in very good or better lightly rubbed, lightly soiled dust jacket with very minor edge wear. Item #39801 More
BLOOD HEAT.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1988). First edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED on front free endpaper "6/88- Best wishes from the Shirley Madison Inn and owner/author Steve Pieczenik." Fine in dust jacket with light edge wear and two small closed tears in rear panel. Item #36157 More
THE STINGAREE MURDERS.
New York: Mystery League, 1932. First edition. Murder on a ship in Lousiana. Minor crease on spine and light foxing to first and last few leaves otherwise very good in dust jacket with chip to bottom spine corner affecting edges of few letters in publisher's name. Item #54725 More
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SCARECROW AND THE SNOWMAN: A Radio Mystery.
Norfolk, Virginia: Crippen & Landru, 1998. First edition. Script from the radio play originally broadcast on "The Adventures of Ellery Queen" January 20, 1944. One of 1000 copies issued in honor of Queen (Frederic Dannay & Manfred B. Lee), the "Ghost of Honor" at Malice Domestic X, May 1-3, 1998..... Item #46531 More
DOORS OPEN.
Gladestry: Scorpion Press, (2008). First edition, using sheets from the Orion trade edition, and published a week later, on September 25, 2008. Number 46 of 80 numbered copies SIGNED by the author. There were also 16 specially bound copies. Includes an appreciation by Denise Mina. Bound in dark blue quarter..... Item #46189 More
STRIP JACK.
New York: St. Martin's Press, (1994). First U.S. edition. Book four in the Inspector John Rebus series. Fine in near fine dust jacket with only the barest rubbing to spine ends and folds. Item #72003 More
THE SWING MUSIC MURDER.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1938. First edition. "Here is a new tempo in murder mystery. Murder is practically set to music!" His second book featuring detective Dan Jordan (the only two books he wrote). Spine and edges toned otherwise would be near fine in very good to..... Item #54786 More
THE WINDOW AT THE WHITE CAT.
Arthur I. Keller. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., (1910). First edition. Illustrations by Arthur I. Keller. Name and date on front endpaper, otherwise fine with lettering bright and only the barest wear on corners and spine ends. Lacking dust jacket. Item #41202 More
RIVER'S END (Diet Coke Promotion).
[New York]: Putnam's Sons, 1999. First edition thus: a pre-publication excerpt included as a promotional item in 12- and 24-packs of Diet Coke. "With compliments of diet Coke, this is an excerpt from RIVER'S END by Nora Robers, new in March from G. P. Putman's Sons, wherever books are sold"..... Item #55118 More
FADEAWAY.
New York: Harper & Row, (1986). First edition. His second mystery, after STRIKE THREE YOUR DEAD. This one involves the mysterious deaths of two basketball players from the Boston Celtics and Washington Bullets. INSCRIBED, "Oct. 6, 1986/ To Michael --- May all your dribbles be single ones. Best, Richard Rosen."..... Item #35322 More
CHINA TRADE.
New York: St. Martin's Press, (1994). First edition. Her first book. Featuring New York private eye Lydia Chin and her sometime partner Bill Smith. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #51469 More
A FEW LAST WORDS.
(New York): The MacMillan Company, (1970). First edition of AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Gilt spine lettering a little rubbed and rear cover somewhat soiled, otherwise very good or better in dust jacket with light soiling, slight wear to head of spine, a light crease in front flap and a closed tear..... Item #30444 More
STRANGER AT HOME.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1946. First edition. An "Inner Sanctum Mystery," ghostwritten by Brackett, to whom Sanders dedicated the book with "To Leigh Brackett, whom I have never met." About very good with corners bumped (boards visible at tips), small closed tear to head of spine, and residual tape..... Item #53280 More
LADY IN LILAC.
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1941. First edition. Advance proof issue of this Red Badge Prize Mystery in glossy pictorial paperwraps. Very good with faded and sloped spine, spine and edge rubbing, and two closed to bottom back cover. Item #51333 More
THE ANGEL OF THE OPERA.
New York: Otto Penzler Books, (1994). First edition. The first meeting of Sherlock Holmes and the Phantom of the Opera. An uncorrected proof in printed white wraps. Fine. Item #37504 More
THE FULL CUPBOARD OF LIFE.
New York: Pantheon, (2003). First edition. From his "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" series. Advance reading copy, as issued in slipcase and SIGNED by the author. Fine in slipcase showing an little shelf wear (otherwise near fine). Item #54651 More
THE AXEMAN'S JAZZ A Skip Langdon Mystery.
New York: St. Martin's Press, (1991). First edition. Uncorrected proof in blue, printed paperwraps. INSCRIBED on half-title page, "To Tom & Enid, Here's hoping to see you in Boulder sometime -- All the best -- Julie 10/12/91." The sequel to her Edgar Award-winner, NEW ORLEANS MOURNING, the first to feature..... Item #20354 More
DEATH TURNS A TRICK.
New York: Walker & Co., (1982). First edition. SIGNED BY SMITH. Her first book and first to feature San Franciscan lawyer turned sleuth, Rebecca Schwartz. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped otherwise fine; in near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to spine ends and corners. Item #54791 More