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The Lolly-Madonna War ---by Sue Grafton -a signed Copy by Grafton, Sue (signed) - 1973

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The Lolly-Madonna War ---by Sue Grafton -a signed Copy by Grafton, Sue (signed) - 1973

The Lolly-Madonna War ---by Sue Grafton -a signed Copy

by Grafton, Sue (signed)

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London, England: London, UK: Sphere, 1973, 1st sphere Edition, 2nd Printing, 1973. ----------paperback, a solid Good copy, cover creases and overall wear but a solid copy of this very rare title, faint remainder mark on bottom edge of text block, signed by GRAFTON without inscription, missing from most Grafton collections, the author's 2nd (and scarcest) book, preceded by KEZIAH DANE, by the author of the hugely popular KINSEY MILHONE mysteries, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE//// ---sizes are approximate---. Signed. Later printing(s). Soft Cover. Good (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover. 4.25w x 7h Inches.
  • Bookseller Leonard Shoup CA (CA)
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  • Format/Binding Paperback
  • Book Condition Used - Good (see description)
  • Edition Later printing(s)
  • Binding Paperback
  • ISBN 10 0722139829
  • ISBN 13 9780722139820
  • Publisher London, UK: Sphere, 1973, 1st sphere Edition, 2nd Printing
  • Place of Publication London, England
  • Date Published 1973
  • Keywords Sue Grafton, Jmand
  • Size 4.25w x 7h Inches

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by Westlake, Donald E.

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New York: Random House (1962).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Westlake. A couple of minor bumps to boards. Dust jacket has a couple of tiny chips. The price is intact. Contents clean and tight. "My personal favorite of [Westlake's] hard-boiled period and, to my mind, the first book in which he found a voice that was uniquely his." - Lawrence Block
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THE LIES OF FAIR LADIES (Signed, Lettered Edition)
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THE LIES OF FAIR LADIES (Signed, Lettered Edition)

by Gash, Jonathan

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9781873567043 / 1873567049
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Portishead, Bristol: UK: Scorpion Press, 1991. 1st ed. A fine, unread copy, in clear protective jacket. Very scarce. ONLY 20 LETTERED DELUXE COPIES were produced for private distribution and were SIGNED BY BOTH GASH and H.R.F. KEATING who wrote the appreciation. This is LETTER "K". Features the likeable antiques trader Lovejoy. Cream leather with light pastel green marble paper sides, hubbed spine, green top edge and tan end papers. Laid in is a note on Scorpion Press letterhead describing the De Luxe Specifications : "The de luxe presentation copies are produced in small numbers as they are intended primarily for the use of the author, contributor, editor, publisher and others associated with the authors work. These books are given a letter rather than a number and are especially handsome, bound in goatskin rather than bonded leather with five raised bands. The spine blocking is horizontal because of the raised bands. In addition these books contain the signature of… Read More
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Finding Moon
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Finding Moon

by Hillerman, Tony

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Publisher’s lettered limited edition, Near Fine to Fine book with slight edge crease to middle of a couple pages around p. 150, tiny spot front page edges, and slight push top of spine, in a similar slipcase with slight shelf and edge wear; no dust jacket as issued. This is Hillerman’s completely out of series mystery. The story is about a man’s search for a relative, a missing grandchild,  that takes him into Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. He has taken the liberty of naming the characters based upon his comrades in the 410 Infantry, C Company of WWII.
This is one of the very rare Harper lettered limited editions of which 26 were done for the last three limited titles produced by Harper (i.e., there were only 78 such lettered editions). The lettered limiteds were not for sale but were reserved for private distribution by the publisher and Hillerman. This copy originally belonged to dust jacket artist, Peter Thorpe. Thorpe did the jacket and slipcase designs for all the Harper Hillerman… Read More
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STRIP JACK.
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STRIP JACK.

by Rankin, Ian

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New York:: St Martin's,, 1994.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.). First US printing. The hard to find third Rebus mystery, one of the best police detective series currently being written, and notable for its wonderful evocation of Edinburgh. SIGNED by Rankin on the title page. 269 pp.
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Watching Eagles Soar: Stories from the Wind River and Beyond
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Watching Eagles Soar: Stories from the Wind River and Beyond

by Coel, Margaret (Craig Johnson, Intro; William Kent Krueger, Afterword; Phil Parks, Illustrations)

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Collectors lettered limited edition – this is copy "B" of 26 such books. A Fine, unread book bound in simulated brown leather that has been crafted so that lettering and designs appear to have been hand-tooled to the leather; book is housed in a Fine, matching clamshell box. The over-size book is a beautiful production (box measures 11 ½ by 9 by 2 ½ inches). In addition to the Introduction and Afterword, content includes: All titles of the Arapaho Ten Commandments series; ten other short stories, and two essays. Parks has provided 66 illustrations (many of these are the same as appeared in the Ten Commandments Series. The original drawing for the third illustration ("You are my younger sister, she said") is mounted inside the box, opposite the book. All three authors and Parks have signed on the limitation page. The A.S.A.P. hardcover with jacket and the lettered editions are the true first printing
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by Westlake, Donald E.

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New York: Random House (1962).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Westlake. A couple of minor bumps to boards. Dust jacket has a couple of tiny chips. The price is intact. Contents clean and tight. "My personal favorite of [Westlake's] hard-boiled period and, to my mind, the first book in which he found a voice that was uniquely his." - Lawrence Block
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THE LIES OF FAIR LADIES (Signed, Lettered Edition)
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THE LIES OF FAIR LADIES (Signed, Lettered Edition)

by Gash, Jonathan

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Fine
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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9781873567043 / 1873567049
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Portishead, Bristol: UK: Scorpion Press, 1991. 1st ed. A fine, unread copy, in clear protective jacket. Very scarce. ONLY 20 LETTERED DELUXE COPIES were produced for private distribution and were SIGNED BY BOTH GASH and H.R.F. KEATING who wrote the appreciation. This is LETTER "K". Features the likeable antiques trader Lovejoy. Cream leather with light pastel green marble paper sides, hubbed spine, green top edge and tan end papers. Laid in is a note on Scorpion Press letterhead describing the De Luxe Specifications : "The de luxe presentation copies are produced in small numbers as they are intended primarily for the use of the author, contributor, editor, publisher and others associated with the authors work. These books are given a letter rather than a number and are especially handsome, bound in goatskin rather than bonded leather with five raised bands. The spine blocking is horizontal because of the raised bands. In addition these books contain the signature of… Read More
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Finding Moon
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Finding Moon

by Hillerman, Tony

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Lettered limited housed in slipcase
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Publisher’s lettered limited edition, Near Fine to Fine book with slight edge crease to middle of a couple pages around p. 150, tiny spot front page edges, and slight push top of spine, in a similar slipcase with slight shelf and edge wear; no dust jacket as issued. This is Hillerman’s completely out of series mystery. The story is about a man’s search for a relative, a missing grandchild,  that takes him into Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. He has taken the liberty of naming the characters based upon his comrades in the 410 Infantry, C Company of WWII.
This is one of the very rare Harper lettered limited editions of which 26 were done for the last three limited titles produced by Harper (i.e., there were only 78 such lettered editions). The lettered limiteds were not for sale but were reserved for private distribution by the publisher and Hillerman. This copy originally belonged to dust jacket artist, Peter Thorpe. Thorpe did the jacket and slipcase designs for all the Harper Hillerman… Read More
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STRIP JACK.
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STRIP JACK.

by Rankin, Ian

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New York:: St Martin's,, 1994.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.). First US printing. The hard to find third Rebus mystery, one of the best police detective series currently being written, and notable for its wonderful evocation of Edinburgh. SIGNED by Rankin on the title page. 269 pp.
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Watching Eagles Soar: Stories from the Wind River and Beyond
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Watching Eagles Soar: Stories from the Wind River and Beyond

by Coel, Margaret (Craig Johnson, Intro; William Kent Krueger, Afterword; Phil Parks, Illustrations)

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Collectors lettered limited edition – this is copy "B" of 26 such books. A Fine, unread book bound in simulated brown leather that has been crafted so that lettering and designs appear to have been hand-tooled to the leather; book is housed in a Fine, matching clamshell box. The over-size book is a beautiful production (box measures 11 ½ by 9 by 2 ½ inches). In addition to the Introduction and Afterword, content includes: All titles of the Arapaho Ten Commandments series; ten other short stories, and two essays. Parks has provided 66 illustrations (many of these are the same as appeared in the Ten Commandments Series. The original drawing for the third illustration ("You are my younger sister, she said") is mounted inside the box, opposite the book. All three authors and Parks have signed on the limitation page. The A.S.A.P. hardcover with jacket and the lettered editions are the true first printing
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The Lolly-Madonna War ---by Sue Grafton -SIGNED ( has different cover photo than 1st printing)
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The Lolly-Madonna War ---by Sue Grafton -SIGNED ( has different cover photo than 1st printing)

by Grafton, Sue (signed)

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9780722139820 / 0722139829
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London, England: London, UK: Sphere, 1973, 1st sphere Edition, 2nd Printing, 1973. ----------paperback, a solid Good example only, cover creases and overall wear but a solid copy of this very rare title, faint remainder mark on bottom edge of text block, signed without inscription by GRAFTON, missing from most Grafton collections, the author's 2nd (and scarcest) book, preceded by KEZIAH DANE, by the author of the hugely popular KINSEY MILHONE mysteries, ---this is a 2nd printing of the Sphere paperback edition (UK) ---this sports a different cover photo than the 1st pb printing, , any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE//// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)------. Signed (see description). Later Printing. Soft Cover. Good (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover. 4.25w x 7h Inches.
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Godshot (SIGNED) (FIRST)
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Godshot (SIGNED) (FIRST)

by Bieker, Chelsea

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2020 - 1st ed ("1" in number line) - SIGNED by author on the title page - "Godshot is the kind of book you find yourself thinking about incessantly." - Kristen Arnett - book: near fine - dj: near fine - dj in protective mylar sleeve"Drought has settled on the town of Peaches, California. The area of the Central Valley where fourteen–year–old Lacey May and her alcoholic mother live was once an agricultural paradise. Now it's an environmental disaster, a place of cracked earth and barren raisin farms. In their desperation, residents have turned to a cult leader named Pastor Vern for guidance. He promises, through secret "assignments," to bring the rain everybody is praying for.Lacey has no reason to doubt the pastor. But then her life explodes in a single unimaginable act of abandonment: her mother, exiled from the community for her sins, leaves Lacey and runs off with a man she barely knows. Abandoned and distraught, Lacey May moves in with her widowed grandma, Cherry, who is more concerned with… Read More
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
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The Mystery of the Blue Train

by Agatha Christie

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New York: Pocket Book edition, 1966, 20th printing. Pocket Book 50447. Vintage pulp fiction paperback, x, [2], 194pp., advert., cover price 50 cents.. Very Good Condition with bright cover page. Slight cover and spine creasing. There are bumped corners, and signs of shelf wear, top right corner of cover with slight crease and lower edges of cover worn. Pages are unmarked. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Kill Petrosino!

Kill Petrosino!

by Nolan, Frederick

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9780213165178 / 0213165171
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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London: Arthur Barker Ltd. 1st Edition, 1975 ----------hardcover, with dust jacket. The book, in black boards with orange lettering and design to the spine, is an unblemished near fine copy. The unclipped jacket has light wear to the front panel top edge and spine extremities, and is almost near fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books.
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Dolores Claiborne

Dolores Claiborne

by Stephen King

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9780670844524 / 0670844527
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First Edition. (1993) Hardcover with d.j. Fine with near fine dust jacket. D.J. has slight curl on top edge and light rubbing on back. No worn edges. Tight binding with clean, sharp pages. No markings. 305 pages. Dolores Claiborne is a psychological thriller novel. The novel is narrated by the title character. Atypically for a King novel, it has no chapters, double-spacing between paragraphs, or other section breaks; thus the text is a single continuous narrative which reads like the transcription of a spoken monologue. This book is dedicated to King's mother: "For my mother, Ruth Pillsbury King."
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Pearson, Ridley (as Reardon, Joyce) | Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, The | Signed First Edition Copy

Pearson, Ridley (as Reardon, Joyce) | Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, The | Signed First Edition Copy

by Pearson, Ridley (as Reardon, Joyce)

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9780786868018 / 0786868015
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Hyperion, 2001. hardcover. New. Author Signed Hardcover Book. 2001 NY: Hyperion First edition, first printing, fine, no dust jacket as issued, signed by the author. This is a collectible book free from material defects. Jacket covering services are available for a small fee.
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A Is For Alibi

A Is For Alibi

by Sue Grafton

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1982. Fine. Book Club Edition. Hardcover and dust jacket. D.j. is near fine with slight wear on top binding edge. Inside flap d.j has slight creases. Cover is smooth, unblemished, no tears, nicks or worn corners. Hardcover, as new, black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Tight binding, sharp, clean pages. No markings. (Actual photo) A flawless copy. 208 pages. "A" Is for Alibi is crime writer Sue Grafton's first mystery novel in the Kinsey Millhone "Alphabet mystery" series, first published in 1982.
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The Seven Dials Mystery (A Midnite Mystery)
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The Seven Dials Mystery (A Midnite Mystery)

by Christie, Agatha

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The Seven Dials Mystery (Midnight Mysteries) 1944 Books, Inc. Stated 1st. Pr. Thus) RARE IN THIS EDITION. By Agatha Christie. USED. Good-/ No DJ. Black boards, gold titling on spine. Light pop bottle rings mar front board. Original copyright by Dodd, Mead 1929. Loose last gather has been neatly taped in. A clean copy. Summary: "When Gerald Wade died, apparently from an overdose of sleeping draught seven clocks appeared on the mantelpiece. Who put them there and had they any connection with the night club in Seven Dials? This is the mystery that Bill Eversleigh and Bundle and two other young people set out to investigate...".
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Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)

Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)

by Christie, Agatha

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Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.
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Noose, The
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Noose, The

by MacDonald, Philip

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Collins White Circle Pocket Edition #228. Great 1940s cover! Colonel Anthony Gethryn must prove a man innocent of a murder he's been convicted for in only 5 days. MacDonald was a great practitioner of the mystery-suspense genre; his books remain readable, even if his characters are nowhere near as enlightened as we tend to be today. Please read this volume in its historical context. A very clean copy, spine slightly darkened with very faint reading crease: see photos.
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Black Cherry Blues
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Black Cherry Blues

by Burke, James Lee

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9780316116992 / 0316116998
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New York, NY, U. S. A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. New York, NY, U. S. A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1989. Near Fine in Very Good jacket Remainder A Dave Robicheaux mystery, Edgar Award winner npc, 290pp. rem po inscription on front pastedown, behind dj flap. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. Remainder. First Edition
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