Search Results: Signed/Inscribed from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

New York: Doubleday & Co., 1977. First Printing, First Trade Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The fourteenth novel from Green, who is perhaps better known for "The Last Angry Man," "To Brooklyn With Love," and "The Lotus Eaters, features an unlikely hero -- Daniel D. Vormund, 80 years old, a retired professor, who stands between the creatures and land of the Sonora desert in Southwestern Arizona and the wealthy developers, builders and ranchers who care only about more wealth. Signed and inscribed by Green on the front end paper. A faint, quarter-inch line along the top edge of the front cover where the cloth has lost a bit of color, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. The dustjacket shows a similar discoloration along the top edge of the front panel as well as minor edgewear and wear at spine ends and corners. No significant tears, creasing or chipping, not price-clipped. Green's work, especially signed, is… 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.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. The ninth mystery-thriller in Barr's award-winning 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; unread, Very Fine/Very Fine. Collectable.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1999. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. Constantine's fifteenth mystery novel set in Rocksburg, Pennsylvania, and featuring Police Chief Mario Balzic, now retired and working as a private investigator; First Printing of the First Edition; Signed by Constantine on the title page; a unread copy. Collectable.

New York: Hyperion, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The Edgar Award-winning Parker's seventh crime-thriller is set in Southern California and features a pair of loner cops, Tim Hess, a veteran fighting a losing battle with cancer, and Marci Raybourn, a young ambitious woman who's filed a sexual harrassment suit against some fellow officers. They're teamed up to hunt down a serial killer; Signed by Parker on the fep; text edges show some minor wear, o/w boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows half-inch tear (tape repaired on verso) at top of spine, o/w minimal surface and edgewear. A good, collectable copy.

New York: Random House, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Baker's sixth novel, the first since his excursion into non-fiction, "Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper," won the National Book Critics Circle Award, is reminiscent of his early fiction -- "Room Temperature" and "The Mezzanine." It features Emmett, a man in his forties with a wife, two children, a cat and a duck, who gets up most mornings between 4 and 5 a.m., lights a fire in the living room fireplace with a single match, and thinks about the ordinary things in his life in an extraordinary way. Inscribed and Signed by Baker on the title page. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square; the dustjacket shows some light rubbing, no tears, no chipping or creasing, not price-clipped. A very collectable copy.

New York: Dutton, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A novel from Edgar Award-winning Block's humorous mystery series featuring New York City bookseller/burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr; Signed by Block on the title page; remainder mark on bottom edge of text o/w a Fine copy in like dustjacket. Collectable.

New York: Dutton/Penguin, 1995. First Printing, Second Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Originally published by Random House in 1977, this novel was the first in the award-winning Block's highly-successful and widely-praised mystery series featuring New York City bookseller/burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr. Now re-issued, with an afterword by Block describing how Bernie came to be, this copy of the First Printing of the Second Edition is boldly signed by Block on the title page. An excellent, collectable copy.

New York: Walker & Co., 2001. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Fine. The third novel in this critic-turned-writer's satiric mystery series featuring Nick Hoffman, amateur sleuth and professor at the State University of Michigan, a place where the Borgias and the Marx brothers would equally be at home; Signed by Raphael on the title page; unread and very collectable.

New York: Knopf, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The fourth novel by National Book Award-winner Stone describes the desperate, cocaine-and-alcohol-laced relationship between a talented but unstable actress and a Hollywood screenwriter/actor; Signed by Stone on the half-title page; boards somewhat edgeworn, o/w boards and text are clean and tight; top edge of dustjacket's front panel creased with one-inch tear near spine, back panel slightly soiled with top edge worn and creased.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. Another fine read from the Edgar Award-winning Connelly's crime-thriller series featuring LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, this time investigating a 20-year-old cold case murder; Signed by Connelly on the title page; an unread collectable copy. First Printing, First U.S. Trade Edition.

New York: Lippencott & Crowell, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Isaacs' second novel features Marcia Green, a sophisticated New Yorker engaged in a humorous search for the right man and the right kind of life; Inscribed and Signed by Isaacs on the title page; top edge of text somewhat soiled, o/w text and boards are clean, tight, square; white dustjacket shows some discoloration along edges and very minor edgewear. Collectable.

New York: Little, Brown & Co., 2005. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. The Edgar Award-winning Connelly's fifteenth novel features Los Angeles police detective Harry Bosch given a cold case, the 1988 murder of a 16-year-old girl; Signed by Connelly on the title page. An unread, Very Fine collectable copy in like dustjacket.

Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. The first collection of short fiction by Shamus Award-winning Faherty features his "metaphysical" detective, Owen Keane, in five short stories and two novellas. This first issue was limited to 200 numbered and signed copies; also, a separately printed short work, "Good Night, Dr. Kobel," is laid-in. Makes a special gift for the Faherty/Keane fan.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. the ninth novel in Craig's highly-praised mystery series set on Martha's Vineyard and featuring retired cop, sometime private detective J.W. Jackson; Signed by Craig on the title page; small check mark and letter 'J' in corner of front end page, small check mark and number '97' in corner of back end page, o/w a Fine copy in like dustjacket. Scarce.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2003. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The second novel in the award-winning Blunt's mystery-thriller series featuring Canadian police detectives John Cardinal and Lisa Delorme, this time discovering connections between two current murder cases and a thirty-year-old Quebec terrorist murder; Signed by the Author on the front end page; crossed-out name of previous owner on front paste-down, upper corners lightly bumped, o/w boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows light bumping, creasing at top edges and corners, o/w only minimal surface and edgewear. A collectable copy.

New York: William Morrow & Co., 1993. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The eleventh novel in the award-winning Block's mystery-crime series featuring New York City private detective Matthew Scudder; Signed by Block on the title page; text is clean, tight, square; dustjacket has "autographed" sticker on front panel, minimal surface and edgewear. Collectable.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The ninth novel in Mayor's widely-praised, police procedural mystery series featuring Vermont police detective Joe Gunther; Signed by Mayor on the title page; text is clean, tight, square; upper corner of inside front flap is creased, o/w dustjacket shows very minimal surface and edgewear. A collectable copy.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hautman's first novel is a darkly humorous look at the underbelly of Minneapolis where Joe Crow, an ex-cop who thinks he's a great poker player, lets spike-haired, leather-clad Laura Debrowski play a few hands for him and suddenly finds himself owing big time to a drug-addled stockbroker named Dicky Wicky. Dicky will cancell the debt if Crow will tail Dicky's wife, Catfish, to find out who she's cheating on him with, and that's when things get really real. Signed by Hautman on the title page. Boards, text and dustjacket are in Fine, collectable condition. Becoming increasingly scarce.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2001. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. Gold Dagger Award winner Rankin adds another mystery featuring his celebrated Scottish Police Detective John Rebus; Signed by Rankin on the title page; As New and Unread.