Walk on the Water Tapa dura - 1991

New York: St. Martin's Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0312055331 .

NY: St. Martins, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Crime writer drowns on Nantucket beach. Review copy with promo sheet. First printing.

St Martins Pr, 1991-01-01. First Edition Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x0. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.

St Martins Pr, 1991-02. Hardcover. Good.

New York: St. Martin's Press. Hardcover. 1991. 1st Edition. 8vo 215pp . Fine in Fine DJ.

St Martins Pr, 1991-02-01. First Edition. HARDCOVER. Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x0. Signed. We're happy to combine shipping to save you some money. We're also always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any and all books for you, please just ask! Signed American first edition, first printing. Signed on the title page by author. Contains number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Virtually no wear to jacket. Jacket is in a Mylar cover. Jacket is NOT price clipped. Covers are clean and bright. Edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The book itself is in Near Fine condition. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark.

St. Martin's, 1991. 1st ed. Fine in dj. 4th in the series of crime writer J.D. Hawkins, set on Nantucket. Review copy. J. D. Hawkins, amateur sleuth and writer of police procedurals, returns from Paint It Black to help his wife, Megan, a book editor, fend off a threatened lawsuit against her employer. One of Megan's authors, Fiona Darling, is accused of plagiarizing a manuscript penned by a famous writer of hardboiled detective fiction, Howard Holton, recently killed in a fishing accident off Nantucket. Because his body hasn't been found, Howard has not been declared legally dead, an eventuality frustrating the financial ambitions of his wealthy widow, a hotelier on the order of Ivana Trump. Believing her husband may have faked his death, the widow hopes to smoke him out with the lawsuit and the suggestion of an affair between him and Fiona. To help Megan keep her job and her reputation, the wheelchair-bound Hawkins maneuvers gracefully through his native Boston and the congested… Leer más

March 1991; 1st printing of 1st edition; inscribed by author. Near Fine hardcover in Fine DJ. Blue boards, gilt titles on spine. Bright, clean, square covers and spine are As New; tightly bound; dust spotting on text block top and fore edge; signed by author 'W.R. Philbrick' on title page over inscription 'For Kate Mattes | Your Pal | Rod Philbrick'; bright, crisp, clean interior. DJ is bright, clean and complete. Publisher's review copy sheet laid in. This is an unread book that sat on the shelf for some time. Kate Mattes was owner of prominent Boston area book store. 8vo, 215 pp.

N.Y.: St. Martin's, 1991. 1st edition, March 1991, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY, signature only, by the author on the title page. J. D. Hawkins, amateur sleuth and writer of police procedurals, returns from Paint It Black to help his wife, Megan, a book editor, fend off a threatened lawsuit against her employer. One of Megan's authors, Fiona Darling, is accused of plagiarizing a manuscript penned by a famous writer of hardboiled detective fiction, Howard Holton, recently killed in a fishing accident off Nantucket. Because his body hasn't been found, Howard has not been declared legally dead, an eventuality frustrating the financial ambitions of his wealthy widow, a hotelier on the order of Ivana Trump. Believing her husband may have faked his death, the widow hopes to smoke him out with the lawsuit and the suggestion of an affair between him and Fiona. To help Megan keep her… Leer más

New York: Saint Martin's Press, Inc., 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. A pristine, collectible book protected in a mylar cover. This book appears UNREAD. It is the fourth novel featuring J.D. Hawkins and Megan Drew. Author has twice been nomonated for the prestigious Shamus Award for Best Crime Novel .