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New York: HarperCollins, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. the eighth book from the award-winning author of "Mystic River" and "Shutter Island" is a collection of grim, inter-related short stories and a two-act play, "Until Gwen;" This unread Limited Edition is Signed by Lehane on a specially bound-in title page. A Fine Collectable.

New York: William Morrow & Co., 2006. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The award-winning Lehane's eighth book is a collection of five gritty, inter-related short stories and the two act play, "Coronado," which gives the book its title. It follows such bestselling mystery-thrillers as "Mystic River" and "Shutter Island.

New York: Sotheby's, 1996. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. An anthology of forty-two short stories, including 16 original stories created for this volume, by an international all star lineup of crime writers. In addition to names familiar to all mystery-crime fans, such as Grafton, Mosley, Hillerman, Ellroy, James, Block, Westlake and Kaminsky, there are many, such as DeLillo, Oates, Carver, Marquez, Barthelme and Mishima not usually seen in such a collection but most assuredly belonging in this one. The text is clean and unmarked, tight and square; it appears unread. The pictorial wrappers show only a minimal bit of surface wear, no tears, creases or chipping. Collectable.

New York: Knopf, 1996. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. This collection of short stories is the ninth book of fiction from Dubus, the winner of the Pen/Malamud and Jean Stein Awards; First Printing of the First Edition Thus; boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket soiled along edges with some minor damage to back panel where bar code sticker was pulled off.

New York: Mysterious Press, 2005. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Another of Penzler's collections of original mystery short stories, written especially for this particular volume around the theme of "dangerous women" by some of the best of today's mystery writers including Connelly, Cook, Jance, Leonard, McBain, Mosley, Oates, Perry, Rankin and Rozan.

New York: Doubleday & Co., 1976. First Edition, First Printing. . Hard Cover in Slipcase. Fine/Very Good. The award-winning Beattie's first collection of short stories, published simultaneously in 1976 with her first novel, "Chilly Scenes of Winter," resulted in her recognition as a leading voice for the troubled generation of the 1960s and '70s in America. Signed by Beattie on the Title Page. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. The dustjacket shows only minor surface and edgewear at the spine ends and corners, no significant tears, creases or chipping, not price-clipped. A scarce signed copy of this author's first book.

New York: Doubleday & Co., 1972. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus to Very Good. Perhaps best known for his police procedural crime novels written under his Ed McBain pseudonymn, Hunter was one of the most popular and prolific 20th century American writers. This collection of short fiction is unusual in that it features one of his few plays -- "The Easter Man," which Hunter described as "about a group of young people trying to grow up. The other six stories are about people of various ages, many of them still trying. Remainder spray on bottom of text block, covers show slightly bumped corners, a touch of edgewear, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. The dustjacket shows considerable edge wear with two short, closed tears on upper edge of front panel, a single small tear on the fold between back panel and flap, a vertical crease on the front flap and age-tanning on exposed white areas. That said, dj remains whole, with no… Leer más

New York: Henry Holt, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The first collection of short stories from this widely-praised poet and novelist known for his grim depictions of small town America in works such as "The Church of Dead Girls." A collectable copy in like dustjacket. Scarce.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1974. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fair/Fair. A collection of short fiction by one of England's acknowledged masters; the True First Edition as the American First precedes British; inside covers show damage where dustjacket was taped down, o/w clean, tight; although illustration, author photo and printed matter are undamaged, dustjacket has major tears and chips around edges (some badly done tape repairs) as well as tape damage to insides of panels and a small price sticker on front inside panel. A reading/study copy.

New York: The Dial Press, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. Ellery Queen's Anthology #34, Fall-Winter, 1977; includes a Nero Wolfe short novel by Rex Stout, novelets by Simenon, Blochman and Symons, fourteen short stories including work by Queen, Patricia Highsmith, and Dick Francis. Boards and text are clean and tight; edges lightly soiled with a slight spine lean; dustjacket is somewhat worn at corners, with chipping and small tears along edges and top and bottom of spine. Scarce. Collectable.

New York: Pyramid Books, 1969. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage Paperback, Pyramid T-2129; a collection of short stories and novelettes by ten legendary masters of the mystery genre including Chandler, Hammett, Stout, Household, Ambler and Queen himself; text is clean, tight, square; pictorial wrappers show only very minimal surface and edgewear; Very Good to Near Fine. Very Scarce. Collectable.

New York: The Dial Press/Davis Publications, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A collection of short stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine from the 1950s to the 1970s that includes a lineup of genre masters such as Graham Greene, John Dickson Carr, Stanley Ellin, Michael Gilbert, Robert L. Fish, even Edna Ferber, all writing about "lost" men -- men who have gone missing or disappeared, accidentally, intentionally, of their own free will or others' murderous plans. Remainder spray on the bottom edge o/w text is clean, tight, square in dustjacket with very minimal surface and edgewear. Scarce and collectable.

New York: Popular Library, 1964. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage Paperback, Popular Library 01527; this "second" edition of this collection of mystery short stories by mid-20th Century writers is vastly different from the first. With only six of the original fourteen stories remaining and new stories from authors such as Rex Stout, Erle Stanley Gardner, Charlotte Armstrong and Patrick Quentin added, this is arguably a better book the second time around; text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-tanned; pictorial wrappers show reading crease, only minor surface and edgewear. Collectable.

New York: The Dial Press, 1975. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Volume 29 in the series of Ellery Queen "Aces of Mystery" anthologies, with the exception of an Earl Derr Biggers novel, contains works written by an all star lineup between 1967 and 1971. There are a pair of short novels by Ed McBain and Charlotte Armstrong, novelets from Lawrence Blochman and Michael Gibert, and short stories by Hoch, Fish, McClo;y, Collins, Mather, Macauley, Breen, Harrison and Queen himself. 310 pages of mystery fiction none of which appears in previous Queen anthologries. The book appears to be ex libris, though the only evidence is some light glue stains on the front and back pastedowns and a small ink stamp in the lower corner of the title page, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square; the dustjacket, with the exception of some light soiling, has been well-protected over the years by a heavy-duty dj protector. Hard To Find.

New York: Bantam Books, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Fine. A collection of seven previously unpublished short stories and a novella by one of the grand masters of the western genre, with an afterword by L'Amour's son; this is an unread copy with the dustjacket showing just a trace of edgewear. Collectable.

New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1991. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A wide-ranging collection of erotica by women writers from Sapho in the seventh century BC to Margaret Atwood in the 1980's; hardcover First Printing of First U.S. Edition; boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows some light scratching on back panel o/w minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: Knopf, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The first collection of short stories from the Pulitzer Prize-winning Hersey, best known for his fiction in novels such as " The Bell For Adano," and "The Wall," and his journalism, including "Hiroshima" and "The Algiers Motel Incident; boards and text are clean, tight, with a very slight spine lean; dustjacket shows only very minor surface and edgewear. Collectable.

New York: Warner Books, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Best known for his Easy Rawlins mysteries, this collection of nine inter-related short stories is Mosley's first venture into science fiction since his novel "Blue Light;" Small remainder mark on bottom edge of text, o/w clean, tight, square in like dustjacket. Scarce. Collectable.

New York: Pantheon Books, 2004. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A collection of folk tales from Zimbabwe and Botswana, retold by the author of "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency.

New York: Harper & Row, 1982. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A collection of thirteen short stories from the late '40's and early '50's when MacDonald was writing for the pulp mystery magazines; remnants of previous owner's name label on fep o/w clean and tight in price-clipped dustjacket.