Search Results: New York from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

New York: Wings Books, 1994. First Edition, Second Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. An omnibus containing all the stories and drawings from three previous collections of this legendary "The New Yorker" writer and illustrator's work. The good-humored wit and wisdom Thurber brought to both his writing and drawing are still fresh more than 40 years after his death and waiting to be enjoyed by a new generation. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square; the white dustjacket shows only some very minor soiling and surface wear, no tears or chipping, no creasing.

New York: Pocket Books, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Farrell's first novel introduces aspiring actress and part-time private detective Annie McGrogan serving as bodyguard to a soap opera star whose husband is murdered in a sleazy East Side New York apartment; spine slightly cocked o/w a Fine copy in like dustjacket.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. the fifth novel in Spencer-Fleming's highly-praised mystery series set in northern New York and featuring Episcopal minister Clare Ferguson and Police Chief Russ Van Alstyne; an unread, collectable copy in like dustjacket.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The fifth novel in Spencer-Fleming's award-winning mystery series set in New York's Adirondack Mountains and featuring Episcopal Priest Clare Fergusson and Police Chief Russ Van Alstyne, this time with Van Alstyne dealing with his own wife's murder. Collectable.

New York: William Morrow/HarperCollins, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The sixteenth novel in Block's award-winning mystery-crime series featuring New York private detective Matthew Scudder, this time investigating the online lover of an acquaintance and finding himself the target of a vicious killer. A remainder mark on the bottom edge of the text, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square; the dustjacket shows a trace of wear at spine ends, else Fine. A collectable copy.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The third novel in Wilcox's mystery series set in New York's Finger Lakes region and featuring journalist T.S.W. Sheridan; boards and text are clean, tight, square, appear unread; dustjacket shows some slight edgewear.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The fifth novel in Piesman's mystery series featuring Nina Fischman, quintessential New Yorker, now pushing forty and with an adoring boyfriend, but he's got problems --like the corpse found in his car; a Fine copy in like dustjacket. Scarce.

New York: The Dial Press, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Good/Good Plus. Mailer's fourth novel and seventh book describes thirty-two hours in the life of college professor and war hero Stephen Rojack during a 1960s existential journey on Manhattan's East Side; boards are edgeworn, top of spine bumped, front hinge beginning to loosen, previous owner's name and address on fep; dustjacket is whole but rubbed and edgeworn with small chip at top of spine and closed, small triangular tear near bottom of spine. A reading/study copy.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. a crime-thriller from one of the grand masters of the mystery genre featuring New York City detectives Reardon and Hoffman trying to understand the connection between the murder of an Arab oil millionaire and the shooting of the owner of a small Italian restaurant; boards and text show very slight spine lean, o/w clean, tight, with a remainder mark on top edge of text; dustjacket shows only minor surface and edgewear.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1913. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hornblow's 1913 mystery features Asche Kayton, a New York private detective, investigating the murder of John Argyle, a millionaire with more than a few enemies including his son and his lawyer as well as members of his counterfeiting gang. Based on a play by Harriet Ford and Harvey J. O'Higgins, the novel highlights "modern" crime-fighting techniques such as electronic listening devices and fingerprinting. Boards show wear at the spine ends and corner; title lettering on spine is also worn and rear hinge has begun to crack. Top edge of text shows light soiling and small, dime-sized stain; previous owner's name on half title page, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. Tissue protecting frontispiece photo is whole and undamaged; several other b & w illustrations, probably from the play, scattered throughout the text. Sorry, no dustjacket. A… Read More

New York: Mysterious Press, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The 18th novel in Stark's noir crime series featuring Parker, a stone-cold killer and master thief and holdup man. The series came to an end in the 1970s after 16 books until Stark, aka Donald E. Westlake, revived it after a 23-year hiatus with an additional eight novels as tough as the earlier ones, with Parker as cool, smart and deadly as ever. In this one, Parker plans to rip off a gambling boat, a floating casino on the Hudson River, but some of his partners in the enterprise want more than their share and crossing Parker almost always gets you dead. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. The dustjacket shows only light surface and edgewear, no tears, no creasing or chipping. Not price-clipped or remaindered. A collectable copy.

New York: Rinehart & Co., 1951. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Good Plus/Fair. Mailer's first novel after the best-selling success of his World War II book, "The Naked and the Dead," is set in New York City and narrated by Mikey, a man with amnesia, who has scars and was probably in the war but has no memory of it; boards show wear along edges and at spine ends; text is very slightly age-tanned, o/w clean, tight and square; dustjacket, though basically whole, shows considerable edgewear and is worn and chipped along spine with significant chipping at spine ends.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 2002. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Another best-selling mystery and legal thriller from Patterson, this book features Jack Mullen, a New York City law student investigating the death of his brother in the ocean off East Hampton, summer playground of the super rich.

New York: HarperCollins, 2019. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The Better Sister" is the 14th novel -- the sixth stand-alone -- by the bestselling Burke, the daughter of mystery-thriller master craftsman, James Lee Burke. This is the story of the two Taylor sisters --Nicky, married to promising Cleveland attorney, Adam MacIntosh, with a son, Ethan, and Chloe, an Ivy League grad with a high-paying job with a NYC publisher. But time and fortune and mental illness intervene and 15 years later, it is Chloe who's married to Adam and is raising Ethan. Then Adam is murdered in their East Hampton beach house and Chloe must reluctantly allow her sister, Ethan's biological mother, back into her life. When the police make son, Ethan, prime person of interest, the two sisters are forced to end their estrangement and confront their past and their son's future. First edition, first printing (as stated, with complete numberline). Signed by Burke on the title page. About 6 x 9 1/4 inches, 311 pages plus… Read More

New York: Pantheon Books, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The seventh novel by Prose features Vera, a writer for a supermarket tabloid, who suddenly discovers one of her fictions has turned out to be true; bookseller's code stamped on fep o/w boards and text are clean, tight, square in dustjacket showing only minor rubbing and shelfwear.

New York: Random House, 1989. First Edition. . Hardcover. RM o/w Fine/Fine. Doctorow's Pen/Faulkner Award winning novel of a Depression Era youth who insinuates his way into the inner circles of the Dutch Shultz gang of organized crime in New York City; First Printing of the First Trade Edition; remainder mark on top edge of text. No other significant faults.

New York: Knopf, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. In his fifth novel, former award-winning journalist Darnton captures perfectly the "beginning of the end" days of a big city newspaper where an unloved but powerful editor is found murdered in the newsroom on a rainy September morning. Priscilla Bollingsworth, a young NYPD detective, teams up with Jude Hurley, a clever, rebellious reporter, to search for a killer, an effort complicated by several additional corpses. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square; the dustjacket shows a touch of soiling and edgewear. Collectable.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Friedman's eleventh novel in his humorous mystery series featuring Kinky Friedman, PI, is a prequel to his earlier books, providing an explanation of how Kinky Friedman, down-and-out country musician, became Kinky Friedman, ace New York City private detective; a Fine copy in like dustjacket.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Friedman's eleventh mystery featuring ace New York City private detective Kinky Friedman (himself!).

New York: HarperCollins, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The third novel in Ford's bestselling crime-thriller series featuring rogue journalist, Frank Corso, sees Corso and photographer Meg Dougherty seeking shelter from a midwestern blizzard in an abandoned Wisconsin farmhouse and finding, under the floor of a shed, a family of corpses. The local sheriff, understaffed, puts Corso to work hunting a murderer halfway across the country. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. Dustjacket is equally Fine, no tears, no creasing or chipping, not price-clipped. A collectable copy.