Search Results: Police Procedural from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

New York: Berkley Publishing Corp., 1968. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Fine to Very Fine. Vintage paperback, Berkley Medallion X1511; Edgar Award-winner Fish's famed Brazilian detective, Captain Jose DaSilva struggles to prevent an assassination at a meeting of international dignataries in Rio de Janeiro; text is clean, square, tight, lightly age-tanned, appears unread in pictorial wrappers showing almost no wear of any kind. Very Collectable Copy.

New York: Dell, 1971. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Good to Good Plus. Vintage paperback, Dell 0217; Sanders' first book, which introduces readers to New York City police detective Edward X. Delaney, the central character in many of Sanders' bestselling mystery-suspense novels; Third Printing of First Paperback Edition; text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-tanned in black pictorial wrappers with light crease across lower corner of front cover, o/w only minor surface and edgewear. Nice reading copy of an unusual mystery.

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: Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., 2000. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The third novel in Anthony and Agatha Award-winner D'Amato's mystery series featuring Hispanic Chicago Policewoman Suze Figueroa. A collectable copy in like dustjacket.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. Smith's second novel in her Edgar Award-winning mystery series featuring New Orleans female homicide detective Skip Langdon; top of spine bumped, o/w text and boards clean and tight; dustjacket has a two-inch, tape-repaired tear upper left corner of front panel.

New York: Arcade Publishing, Inc., 2003. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The sixth novel in Maitland's highly-praised and increasingly popular police procedural mystery series featuring Scotland Yard's unconventional detective team -- Kathy Kolla and David Brock. This time they investigate the brutal murder of a controversial university professor known for his stand against Islamic extremism but others with other motives may also have wanted him dead. A light, tiny stain at the top of the text's fore edge, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. The dustjacket shows a small crease on the lower corner of the front flap and just a touch of edgewear, o/w no tears, no chipping, not price-clipped. A collectable copy from this very collectable author.

New York: Dutton/Penguin, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. the fifteenth book from the award-winning McCrumb is a mystery-suspense novel featuring Tennessee deputy sheriff Spencer Arrowood racing against time to save a man twenty years on death row from imminent execution. Inscribed, Signed and Dated by McCrumb on the title page; a collectable copy in like dustjacket.

London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1970. First Printing, Second Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. One of Upfield's classic mystery-crime novels featuring his legendary half-aborigine police detective, Napoleon Bonaparte, who steps alive through the Australian outback in the pages of Upfield's mysteries. In this re-issue of the 1956 edition, Bonaparte investigates the death of a famous meteorologist due to alcoholic delerium tremens, according to the doctor. But Bony knows better. Text's top and fore edge show soiling, o/w text and boards are clean and unmarked, tight and square. The dustjacket is basically whole, though sunned and age-tanned along the edges and the spine, with a one-inch tear on the lower end of the fold between the back panel and flap and a couple of smaller tears on the edges as well as some light creasing. That noted, it should also be noted that, with the exception of the sunning and age-tanning, the dj has no significant flaws and has done a good job of… Read More

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1956. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A collection of mystery and detective short stories published in mid-20th century magazines such as "The Saturday Evening Post," "Manhunt," and "Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine." Authors include Craig Rice, Evan Hunter, Richard Deming, Stanley Ellin and Rufus King. Light blue boards and 252 pages of text are clean and unmarked, tight and square though text is considerably age-tanned. Sorry, no jacket.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Ellroy's eighth novel is a noir mystery-thriller of crime and politics in Los Angeles in Cold War 1950. Becoming hard to find. Collectable.

New York: Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. The sixth novel in Kaminsky's highly-praised mystery-suspense series featuring Chicago homicide detective Abe Lieberman and his partner Bill Hanrahan, aka the Rabbi and the Priest. Text is clean, tight, square; front board has several small white smudges, o/w no damage or wear; dustjacket shows no noticeable surface or edgewear. Scarce. Collectable.

New York: Doubleday/Random House, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Harstad's third crime-thriller is set in rural Iowa in mid-winter and features Nation County Deputy Sheriff Carl Houseman investigating a series of burglaries in thirty-below-zero weather and suddenly finding himself facing a much bigger crime; Harstad might be described as the Michael Connelly of the rural midwestern crime-thriller.

New York: Random House, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Kellerman's fourteenth mystery-thriller features Petra Connor, an LAPD homicide detective, with psychologist Alex Delaware, Kellerman's usual protagonist, in a supporting role as Connor searches for a street kid who may have witnessed a murder; boards' top edges dented as are top edges of dustjacket, o/w both book and jacket are clean and tight. A nice reading copy

New York: William Morrow & Co., 1988. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Shamus Award-winner Emerson introduces a new mystery series featuring ex-fireman, now Sheriff Mac Fontana of Staircase, WA; text shows modest spine lean o/w this copy would rate Near Fine to Fine.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1999. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A forensic mystery featuring Gold Dagger and Edgar Award-winning Cornwell's Virginia medical examiner Kay Scarpetta; First Printing of the First Edition; a Fine copy in like dustjacket.

New York: Random House, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. Jackson's hard-to-find second mystery novel featuring Detroit Police Sgt. Mulheisen -- Sergeant Fang to his friends and enemies; lightly foxed on text edges o/w text and boards are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered; dustjacket shows some damp staining, though it is flat and unwrinkled and neither printing nor illustration show significant damage. Also light foxing on dustjacket's verso. All that noted, DJ is whole, unmarked, no chips or tears or creasing, not price-clipped.

New York: Random House, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/About Very Good. The second and hardest-to-find book in Jackson's highly-praised mystery-crime series featuring Detroit Detective Sgt. Fang Mulheisen, this time dealing with the murders of five railroad trainmen in a spectacular freight train crash and a hijacked boxcar loaded with automatic rifles as well as several distractions such as a dozen Cuban revolutionaries, a greedy mob boss and a luscious Polish housewife. Previous owner's signature at top of front end page, o/w text and boards are clean and unmarked, tight and square. An inch and half-inch tear and crease at the bottom edge of the dustjacket's back panel with minor wear at the corners, edges and spine ends. Looks quite decent in a Brodart DJ protector.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. the first novel in Sloan's highly-praised mystery series featuring New York City police detective Lenny Bliss; appears unread; a collectable copy in like dustjacket. Scarce.

New York: HarperCollins, 2000. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hammett Award winner Hoffman returns to the West Virginia mountains setting of many of his best mystery-crime thrillers, for a story about the hunting trip-reunion of three men -- Walter, Drake and Cliff -- that becomes a nightmare when Cliff accidentally shoots the fourth member of their hunting party and the local sheriff begins asking awkward questions about the "accident" and the relationships among the four men. First Printing, First Edition (with complete numberline). About 6 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches, 239 pages in black paper-covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Top half of pictorial dustjacket shows hilly rural landscape with small cabin repeated as in a reflection in the bottom half separated with black title banner with red lettering. Boards and text are clean, complete and unmarked, not remaindered. No bumped corners or spine ends. Dustjacket shows a touch of edgewear and surface rubbing on back panel.… Read More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. the ninth book in Barr's award-winning mystery-suspense series featuring U.S. Park Ranger Anna Pigeon this time assigned to a research project on grizzly bears in Glacier National Park; Signed by Barr on the front end page; an unread, very collectable copy in like dustjacket.