Search Results: Authors starting with V from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

New York: Donald I. Fine, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Vachss' first novel and the first book in his mystery series featuring Burke, an unlicensed New York City private detective and ex-convict; Advance Reader's Copy; very lightly foxed upper edge; Very Good in Very Good dustjacket.

New York: Knopf, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Good Plus/Good Plus. The fourth novel in Vachss' hard-boiled mystery series featuring Burke, an unlicensed New York City private detective; front cover has a small dent, about half the width of a pencil eraser, in lower left corner; some edgewear at corners and spine ends; front panel of dustjacket has same dent, though not especially noticeable in dark area of panel, dj also slightly edgeworn, with a small crease across lower left corner of back panel.

New York: Knopf, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The second novel in Vachss' mystery series featuring Burke, an ex-convict and un-licensed private detective operating in New York City's criminal jungle; a Fine copy in like dustjacket. Collectable.

New York: Knopf, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The fourth novel in Vachss' mystery series featuring Burke, an ex-convict and unlicensed New York City private detective. Collectable.

New York: Knopf, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. In this addition to Vachss' award-winning mystery-thriller series featuring Burke, an unlicensed New York private detective, Burke investigates the murder of the teenaged daughter of a Mafia boss, going undercover as a movie casting dirrector to probe the teenage subculture on Long Island with the help of a pair of lesbian prostitutes who market their wares on the Internet. Hard To Find. Collectable.

New York: Knopf, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The third novel in Vachss' mystery series featuring Burke, an ex-convict and unlicensed private detective operating in New York City's criminal underworld; remainder mark on bottom edge of text, o/w clean, tight, square in price-clipped dustjacket showing only minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: Knopf, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The award-winning Vachss adds another novel to his mystery-crime series featuring Burke, an "urban survivalist" and private detective without a license. Now living in Oregon while waiting to learn if it is safe to return to New York, Burke takes on a job tracking down a missing teenager and uncovers a group of fanatics dedicated to supplying drugs to people suffering chronic pain; text is clean, tight, square in dustjacket showing minimal surface and edgewear. A collectable copy.

New York: Knopf, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. A departure from Vachss' series featuring Burke, a private investigator, but not from Vachss' continuing theme of child abuse, this novel is about Ghost, abused and abandoned as a child and grown into a contract killer, searching for the only person with whom he's ever been able to connect, an abused and runaway dancer named Shella, who has disappeared. A remainder mark on the bottom edge of the text, o/w text and boards are clean and unmarked, tight and square; the dustjacket is near perfect, no tears, no chipping or creasing, not price-clipped. A collectable copy.

New York: Warner Books, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fair/Very Good. Batman joins the award-winning author in this novel which represents another chapter in Vachss' crusade against child abuse; text and glossy pictorial boards are clean and tight; the half-dustjacket has a vertical crease on the inside back flap and a small ink smear in the author's name on front panel which appears to be a printing error.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Good Plus. The eighth novel in Valin's highly-praised, hard-boiled mystery series featuring Cincinnati private detective Harry Stoner; boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows some rubbing and edgewear.

New York: Dell, 1994. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Dell mass market paperback. The tenth novel in the award-winning Valin's noir mystery-crime series featuring Cincinnati private detective, Harry Stoner. This time Stoner's hired to find 35 priceless vinyl records stolen from a collector's vast collections and finds instead a group of eccentric music lovers, some of them crazy, some of them criminal enough to play with blackmail and murder. Dime-sized shadow of price-sticker on front cover, o/w covers show only light reading crease on spine and very minimal surface and edge wear. Text is clean and unmarked, tight and square. A very nice copy of this late work by a generally under-appreciated writer.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. The ninth novel in Valin's highly praised mystery series featuring Cincinnati private detective Harry Stoner. A Very Fine unread copy in like dustjacket.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1980. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Valin's first novel and the first novel in his highly-praised mystery-crime series featuring Cincinnati private detective Harry Stoner, this time looking for a sixteen-year-old runaway girl who may, or may not, have runaway, who may, or may not, have disappeared. Pages 47-52 have light, dime-sized stain near top edge, o/w text and boards are clean and unmarked, tight and square; the dustjacket is near perfect with perhaps a touch of wear at the top of the spine, no tears or chipping, no creases, not price-clipped. A very nice, collectable copy

New York: Delacorte Press, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The seventh novel in Valin's highly-praised, hard-boiled mystery series featuring Cincinnati private detective Harry Stoner. A collectable copy.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The ninth novel in Valin's highly-praised hard-boiled mystery series featuring Cincinnati private detective Harry Stoner. Scarce. Collectable.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The sixth novel in Valin's highly-praised hard-boiled mystery series featuring Cincinnati private detective Harry Stoner; a Fine, unread copy in like dustjacket. Collectable.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The sixth novel in Valin's highly-praised, hard-boiled mystery series featuring Cincinnati private detective Harry Stoner. A collectable copy.

New York: Soho Press, Inc., 1999. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. van de Wetering's collected short stories, featuring Grijpstra and de Gier, the Amersdam police detectives from the author's widely-praised mystery series, and including two stories not previously translated into English and three published only in a limited edition. A Fine copy in like dustjacket. Collectable.

New York: Pocket Books, 1980. First Printing, First U.S. PB Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. van de Wetering combines Dutch sense and Buddhist sensibility in this mystery which brings the aging commissioner of the Amsterdam police and detective sergeant de Gier into an investigation of mass murder in Maine; text is clean, tight, square in pictorial wrappers a half-inch line of light discoloration across top of back cover, o/w very minimal surface and edgewear. Collectable.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1985. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The tenth book in van de Wetering's highly-regarded mystery series featuring Amsterdam police detectives Grijpstra and de Gier; top edge of text lightly foxed, o/w Very Good in like dustjacket. Collectable.