Search Results: Mystery from Squid Ink Books

First UK edition 1st printing, a Fine unread book in a Fine dust jacket.

Fine, unread book, no jacket as issued. Numbered, limited first edition. This is number 6 of 150 such copies. Introduction by C. J. Box and Afterword by mystery writer Brian M. Wiprud. Illustrations by Phil Parks. Signed by all four on the limitation page. A short story whose main character is a San Diego bookstore owner whose business is failing. His wife convinces him to take a job, from a distant relative, that involves driving an 18-wheeler to and from New Jersey. Frozen shrimp one way, with lobster and more back. All three authors are fisherman and tipped-in color photos show them with various catches. The illustrations by Parks are also full color and tipped-in.

Fine unread book in Fine dust jacket. Prize-winning author's second book.

Very Good to Near Fine,apparently unread, book with slight rubbing bottom of boards and spine, bumped top of spine; Fine minus jacket with slight touch of edge wear. Signed and inscribed (To Dick and Maria King) by Satterthwait on the title page. This is Satterthwait s second Joshua Croft mystery set in Santa Fe and other Southwest locations, including El Paso and the Navajo Reservation.

Fine minus, unread book with slight crimping top of spine; in a Fine dust jacket. Smith's seventh mystery - set in New Orleans with historical links to an actual serial killer who terrorized the city back in 1919. Signed by Smith on the title page.

First edition 1st printing, Fine book in Fine dust jacket, signed by author on title page with generic inscription - With best wishes - a tight unread copy of this Maggie Ryan mystery.

First edition, Fine unread book with no jacket as issued. One of a number of presentation copies of the numbered, limited edition that was issued in 300 copies. This is one of Coel's Arapaho Ten Commandments series, with illustrations by Phil Parks (two full-color illustrations are tipped-in), and an Introduction by T. Jefferson Parker. An annotated map of the Wind River Reservation is laid-in. This copy signed by Coel, Parker, and Parks on the limitation page.

First edition, Fine unread book with no jacket as issued. One of a number of presentation copies of the numbered, limited edition that was issued in 300 copies. This is one of Coel's Arapaho Ten Commandments series, with illustrations by Phil Parks (two full-color illustrations are tipped-in), and an Introduction by T. Jefferson Parker. An annotated map of the Wind River Reservation is laid-in. This copy signed by Coel, Parker, and Parks on the limitation page. Publisher Jim Seels has also signed, in purple, above his logo.

First UK edition 1st printing, Near Fine book with touch of spine slant, slightly crimped at spine ends, and with just a hint of page toning; in a Fine minus jacket with light wear at spine ends, two very slight ceases to front flap. An unread copy, signed by Holms on the title page.

Fine minus, unread book with slight crimping at spine ends, in a Near Fine jacket with light rubbing front panel and moderate rubbing back panel. This copy signed by Ramos on title page. Author's first mystery introduces Luis Montez.

First edition 1st printing Fine, unread book in a Fine jacket. Signed by author on title page. A Rachel Gold mystery.

First edition 1st printing Fine unread copy' in a Fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on title page. This is Johnson's first book, set in San Francisco's cut-throat restaurant trade.

First limited edition, 106 of 350 such copies, Fine, unread book in a Fine minus jacket with slight crimp top of spine. This is Volume 2 of McMillan's Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps series. Signed
on limitation page by William F. Nolan.

First limited edition 1st printing, number 12 of 100 copies of Barre's second book in this short-lived holiday series, Fine book in pictorial boards, signed by Barre and Crais on the limitation page. Foreword by Robert Crais. No dust jacket and no slipcase as issued.

Limited first edition collectors copy #43 of 50 in Fine and unread in stiff wraps and housed in Near Fine, clear acetate slipcase that has several rubs and shelf wear. Intro and 2 short stories by OCallaghan, appreciation by Marcia Muller, afterword by Wendy Hornsby, artwork by Phil Parks, and signed by all on the limitation page. Also signed by OCallaghan on back cover. Additionally, O'Callaghan has written a long note on back of final page about her and her character (Deliha West) and signed both as Deliah West and O'Callaghan. Deliha West was the first female P.I. in print.

First UK edition 1st printing of Wallis' second book, a Fine minus, unread copy with slight crimps at spine ends and light page edge yellowing, in a Fine jacket.

First UK edition, Very Good to Near Fine book with mild spine slant, light rubbing front edge of front board, slight page edge yellowing, in a Fine jacket. A Fizz & Buchanan mystery.

First UK edition 1st printing, Near Fine book pushed at spine ends and slightly loose at title page from signing, in a Very Good jacket with light edge wear, a slight crease at top of back flap, 1 inch closed slit at top of front spine fold and wrinkled and creased top of front flap. An unread copy signed by Paretsky on the title page.

Limited edition, number 31 of 100 such copies. Bound in burgundy cloth; no dust jacket as issued, and housed in matching slipcase. Fine, apparently unread copy in a Fine slipcase. Hillerman's first Navajo mystery, which features Joe Leaphorn. This copy has been signed by Hillerman on the limitation page.

First printing of the Sidewinder edition, Fine, unread book in a Fine minus dust jacket that has very slight rubbing both panels. Note that spine of book is plain black cloth with no lettering. This was Hillerman's first mystery and it featured Joe Leaphorn, a Navajo Nation policeman. Introduction by Ernie Bulow of Buffalo Medicine Books. Dust jacket art and illustrations by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin. This copy has been signed
on the title page by Hillerman, Franklin, and Bulow. Laid-in is an explanation from Sidewinder regarding this new edition of Hillerman's first mystery.