Search Results: Titles starting with J from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

New York: Henry Holt, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. the tenth novel in Grafton's bestselling "alphabet" mystery series featuring California private detective Kinsey Milhone, this time investigating a man believed dead five years ago but just seen in a bar in a small resort town; a Fine copy in like dustjacket.

New York: Henry Holt, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The tenth novel in Grafton's bestselling mystery series featuring California private detective Kinsey Milhone.

New York: Henry Holt, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The tenth novel in Grafton's bestselling and widely-praised mystery series featuring California private detective Kinsy Millhone; boards and text are clean, tight, square; price-clipped dustjacket shows only minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: Riverhead/Penguin, 2012. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A spy-thriller from Mathews, the promising author of the Merry Folger mystery/suspense series. This stand-alone historical novel is set just before World War II and features a 21-year-old Jack Kennedy, on a European tour to research his senior thesis, becoming President Roosevelt's personal spy trying to learn Hitler's plans to interfere with the 1940 U.S. election. First Edition, First Printing (complete numberline). About 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, 361 pages including author's note. Black-bound spine over grey paper-covered boards with author's initials on front panel and lettering on spine in gold. Pictorial dustjacket front panel shows title in gold against a background black & white photo of young JFK. Back panel contains four blurbs praising the novel. Text fore edge shows just a touch of soiling, o/w text and boards are complete, clean and unmarked, not remaindered, not ex libris. No creasing, no… Read More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/About Very Good. The 20th novel by Kotzwinkle, an award-winning satirist and fantasy author, is the life story of Jack Twiller, aka the Masked Man, Tailspine Tommy and Secret Agent X-9 and a dozen other comic book characters from the 1940s. The book asks the question: Can a young man from a small mining town in the East find happiness as a human being? Jack finds one answer when he meets the Undressing Lady though this first moment of bliss is spoiled somewhat by a priest who hints he won't fare well at the Last Judgement. Small smears of what appears to be paint on top edge of both covers near the spine and on the front end page; top edge of text slightly soiled, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. The predominately white dustjacket is lighlty soiled and shows wear, including a couple of small, quarter-inch tears, along the top edge; no large tears or chipping, no creasing,… Read More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Alexander's fifth novel in his highly-praised historical mystery series set in 18th Century England and featuring London Judge Sir John Fielding. Collectable.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. The 18th book by Shamus Award winner Pronzini featuring his "Nameless Detective;" small stain (not RM) on bottom edge; dustjacket slightly rubbed with one-inch tear upper left corner of front panel.

New York: Random House, 1970. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This copy of the fourth novel in Westlake's early mystery series (using his Tucker Coe pseudonymn) featuring ex-cop Mitch Tobin is from the library of Science Fiction Grand Master Harlan Ellison (It has Ellison's library stamp on the lower corner of the inside front cover.). When gay male model Jamie Dearborn is murdered, his partner, an avid astrology believer, asks for Tobin's help in learning the birth dates of a group of six men who had been the victim's friends. Tobin makes a single phone call and never expects to see the man again. But then the man becomes a victim of a murder attempt and Tobin finds himself pulled into the darker side NYC's gay community to prevent another murder. First Printing, First Edition (with a numberline ending in 2, as per Random House custom). About 5 1/2 x 8 inches, 175 pages in green paper-covered boards with black graphic design on both covers and silver Random… Read More

New York: The Viking Press, 1979. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Amis' thirteenth novel is a work of comic genius and, as is the case with most such humor, it is built on a bedrock of truth. Oxford Don Jake Richardson, nearing sixty, realizes he has become impotent, that his previously rampant libido is now totally uninterested in his wife, Brenda, or even a willing ex-girl friend. Jake seeks sex therapy and finds himself on a tour of the modern inferno of self-awareness and sexuality, of humiliating sex laboratories and group workshops of neurotic women and whimpering men. After a lifetime of lechery, what Jake learns about himself and about women makes for a very funny and very true novel. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. The dustjacket shows a slight bit of wear along the upper edge and top of spine, o/w no tears, no chipping or creasing, not price-clipped. Collectable.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1982. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Hardcover. Good Plus/Good Plus. A biblio-mystery in an academic setting featuring Cross' celebrated professor/amateur sleuth Kate Fansler. Originally issued by MacMillan, NY, in 1967; text slightly cocked, glue stains on inside covers and end pages where dustjacket was attached; at some point glue loosened and dj panels now free but stained.

White Plains, NY: Peter Pauper Press, Inc., 1995. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. a collection of quotations on men and women, relationships, life lessons and some simple rules to live by culled from Austen's six novels, including "Emma" and "Pride and Prejudice; hardcover, 4 1/2 x 6"; text and boards are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows only minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1906. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good. Harrison Fisher. McCutcheon, a popular novelist and playwright of the late 19th, early 20th century, is perhaps best remembered for his novel, "Brewster's Millions," and his "Graustark" works but "Jane Cable" was a bestseller in 1906-07 and serialized by newspapers in 1908. Set in Chicago, it is the story of a girl, adopted by wealthy parents whose mother deceived her father into believing Jane was his child, born to her while he was away in the west. This situation eventally led to blackmail from an unscrupulous adoption attorney who later tells Jane the truth about her birth to prevent her marriage to his son. All ends well, which partially explains the bookk's continuing popularity. First Printing, First Edition. Pictorial boards show moderate wear at the corners, spine ends and to the lettering on spine (though still legible). Previous owner's last name written neatly on fep,… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. The fifth novel in van de Wetering's mystery series featuring Amsterdam police detectives Grijpstra and de Gier; previous owner's signature on fep, trace of foxing on text edges; dustjacket shows wear and chipping on edges and corners. Hard To Find.

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. . Large Softcover. Fine/No Jacket. Catalogue issued in conjunction with the Museum of Modern Art, New York's exhibition in May-August, 1986, of 25 years of printmaking by one of America's foremost artists. The book contains more than 100 works (43 in color) showing Johns' progression as a printmaker from his early experimentation to undisputed mastery of lithographs, etchings, silkscreens and monotypes. Riva Castleman's essay discusses Johns' printmaking in the context of his paintings, sculpture and drawings. Running parallel with her text are over a hundred quotations from Johns compiled from interviews and writings of the artist. 9 1/2 x 11 inches, 148 pages in light card covers illustrated with Johns' prints. Includes a selected bibliography, an index, and a catalogue of the exhibition. Covers and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, no tears, no creasing or chipping. A collectable copy.

New York: Knopf, 1992. First Printing, First Trade Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The Nobel Prize winner's sixth novel is set in New York City's Harlem in 1926, a place of promise for African-Americans from the south and west; it is a profound love story told with jazz-like improvisation and in a powerful and elegant style; boards and text are clean, tight, square; price-clipped dustjacket shows some minor surface and edgewear; no tears or chipping.

New York: Knopf, 1992. First Printing, First Trade Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. The sixth novel by the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize author is set in 1926 Harlem where Joe Trace, 50-year-old salesman has just shot his 18-year-old lover; price-clipped, else Fine in like dustjacket.

New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Smith's third book in her Edgar Award-winning mystery series featuring New Orleans woman homicide detective Skip Langdon; Signed by Smith on the title page. Collectable.

New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. The third novel in Edgar Award-winner Smith's widely-praised mystery series featuring New Orleans woman homicide detective Skip Langdon; previous owner's signature on front inside cover o/w a Fine copy in like dustjacket.

New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The third book in Edgar Award-winner Smith's highly-praised mystery series featuring New Orleans woman homicide detective Skip Langdon; a Fine copy in like dustjacket.

Austin, Texas: Diamond Books, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. this novel by Edgar Award winner Murphy features Lonzo Gates, outdated 60's journalist and out-of-fashion radio talk show host, who receives a whispered phone message that sends him after a nationwide political conspiracy; a Fine copy in like dustjacket.