The Hypnotist by Kepler, Lars - 2011

Toronto: William Briggs Book. Illus. by Leslie L. Benson. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Canadian edition.. Small octavo. No date [1918]. According to IMDb, Macfarlane was a railroad clerk, pastor and an actor before becoming a writer. Unable to come to grips with his failing health, he shot himself on the steps of the San Francisco morgue. Far be it from me to argue with IMDb. Red cloth w/yellow bell illustration/black lettering to front cover, black spine lettering, 458 pages. Light wear to corners/spine ends, lightly dusted/tanned edges, small bookseller's tag to bottom of rear pastedown, in dust jacket w/light edgewear, mild chipping, a bit of scuffing, impressions, faint soil, moderate wear to folds. A nice copy of a scarce edition seldom found in a dust jacket..

Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1984. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 387pp. 8vo. Red cloth on boards with gilt lettering. Book is straight and relatively tight. Dust jacket has no price, ISBN is on lower right corner of jacket rear, six blurbs from Jack Higgins, Joseph Wambaugh, Clive Cussler, Edw. L. Beach, John Moore, and Stansfield Turner, Admiral, in that order. Copyright page has 18 lines with no printing statement, book weighs 1 lb. 13.5 ounces with Brodart jacket (and 1 lb. 13.2 oz. without Brodart). ISBN number also appears on lower right rear of book. Book spine ends are bumped. Moderate wear to book edges. Jacket has three short tears, one on lower edge front, one upper edge rear, and the third at the upper right corner. Small crinkle to lower edge of jacket front and to the jacket at spine head. Slight yellowing to the white dust jacket. Laid in is a photocopy of a Wall Street Journal book review by John R. Alden from Oct. 22, 1984. Jacket is Brodart… Read More

New York: Ballantine Books, 2004. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 292pp. 8vo. Paper over boards, gilt on spine. Signed by the author on half-title page. Book has a complete number line from 1-10 and is a stated First Edition: February 2004. Book is straight, bright, unmarked, unclipped, unread, and has a Brodart jacket protector. Author also wrote "The Ice Harvest" and "The Walkaway.

New York: Random House, 2012. Stated First edition. Hardcover. As new/as new. 443pp. 8vo. Black paper and cloth over boards, gilt on spine. Signed by the author on the title page; no inscription. Stated First Edition with a complete number line (9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Author's second novel. Book is tight and unread and has its original price intact. It is unmarked, clean, and bright. Jacket is Brodart protected. Deckle fore-edges. A very timely novel, as the deceased North Korean Dear Leader Kim Jong Il is a major character. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. A first edition and first printing. Gift quality.

First UK edition, first printing. Boards and binding are as new. A very nice copy, with original dust jacket that is not price clipped and shows £9.95 net price. The UK edition apparently was printed in a limited run, in less numbers than the US version.

Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1984. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 387pp. 8vo. Red cloth on boards with gilt lettering. Book is straight and relatively tight. Dust jacket has no price, ISBN is on lower right corner of jacket rear, six blurbs from Jack Higgins, Joseph Wambaugh, Clive Cussler, Edw. L. Beach, John Moore, and Stansfield Turner, Admiral, in that order. Copyright page has 18 lines with no printing statement, book weighs 1 lb. 13.5 ounces with Brodart jacket (and 1 lb. 13.2 oz. without Brodart). ISBN number also appears on lower right rear of book. Book spine ends are bumped. Moderate wear to book edges. Jacket has three short tears, one on lower edge front, one upper edge rear, and the third at the upper right corner. Small crinkle to lower edge of jacket front and to the jacket at spine head. Slight yellowing to the white dust jacket. Laid in is a photocopy of a Wall Street Journal book review by John R. Alden from Oct. 22, 1984. Jacket is Brodart… Read More

New York: Ballantine Books, 2004. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 292pp. 8vo. Paper over boards, gilt on spine. Signed by the author on half-title page. Book has a complete number line from 1-10 and is a stated First Edition: February 2004. Book is straight, bright, unmarked, unclipped, unread, and has a Brodart jacket protector. Author also wrote "The Ice Harvest" and "The Walkaway.

New York: Random House, 2012. Stated First edition. Hardcover. As new/as new. 443pp. 8vo. Black paper and cloth over boards, gilt on spine. Signed by the author on the title page; no inscription. Stated First Edition with a complete number line (9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Author's second novel. Book is tight and unread and has its original price intact. It is unmarked, clean, and bright. Jacket is Brodart protected. Deckle fore-edges. A very timely novel, as the deceased North Korean Dear Leader Kim Jong Il is a major character. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. A first edition and first printing. Gift quality.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 180pp. Small 8vo [7 1/2" x 4 3/4"]. Paper over boards, stamped spine. Author has signed his name only to the title page. Book is a stated First Edition/first printing (no other printings indicated), is unread, unmarked, unclipped ($22.95), tight, bright, and Brodart protected. Deckle fore-edges. Author also wrote "Dark at the Crossing" and "Green on Blue." Gift quality.

London: Tor, 2021. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 330pp. 8vo. Light blue paper over boards, stamped spine. Author has signed his name on a tipped-in page. Book is a first printing (number line from 1-9), is unread, unmarked, unclipped (£14.99), tight, bright, and jacket has a removable protector. "Edinburgh hides dark magic and secrets. And Ropa's gonna hunt them all down." Three pages toward rear of book have been slightly nicked, and someone tried to unsuccessfully remove a sticker over ISBN on rear of jacket, and there's a Signed Copy sticker on jacket front, otherwise Fine.