Resultados de búsqueda: Private Detective from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

New York: Delacorte Press, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The fifth novel in Paretsky's widely-praised mystery series features Chicago private detective V.I. Warshawski searching for the father of one of her childhood friends; text and boards are clean, tight, square; dustjacket slightly scratched and rubbed.

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, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. MacDonald's final novel features his celebrated Southern California private detective Lew Archer investigating the theft of a valuable painting and the disappearance of an artist; edges of both covers faded (common with this title) o/w boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows a single, small, closed tear in upper edge of dj's front panel. A collectable copy.

New York: Knopf, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. MacDonald's final novel in his classic mystery series featuring Southern California private detective Lew Archer; blue boards fading slightly at edges, o/w boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket missing one small chip in lower left edge of front panel, o/w minimal surface and edgewear. Collectable.

New York: Pantheon Books, 2006. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. the seventh novel in McCall's highly-praised mystery series set in Botswana and featuring Precious Ramotswe's No. Ladies Detective Agency; very slight spine lean, o/w Fine in like dustjacket.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Crumley's sixth novel and fifth mystery-thriller features the main characters of the first four books that some critics say are modern masterpieces of hard-boiled detective fiction. C.W. Sughrue and Milo Milodragovitch join forces on a wild trip of terror and violence from Montana to the Texas-Mexico border, both of them intent on retribution and revenge in this contemporary Western. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square; the dustjacket shows a touch of edgewear, o/w no tears, no chipping or creasing, not price-clipped. A collectable copy.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. the eighteenth novel in Muller's award-winning mystery series featuring California private detective Sharon McCone, this time searching across the country for the killer of her flight instructor and long-time friend. A collectable copy.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The eighteenth novel in Muller's long-running and highly-regarded mystery series featuring California private detective Sharon McCone, this time investigating the death of her long-time friend and flight instructor. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square; a single, closed, quarter-inch tear on the bottom edge of the DJ's front panel, o/w dustjacket is near perfect, no chipping or creasing, not price-clipped. Collectable.

Greenwich, CN: Fawcett Publications, Inc.. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Gold Medal k1566; MacDonald's first novel features ex-cop Cliff Bartells investigating murder on Florida's beaches; Later 1960's Printing of Gold Medal Paperback Original 124; one-reader text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-tanned; white pictorial wrappers show some slight age-discoloration and soiling along edges, upper front corner has small light crease, very light reading creases, minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: Bantam Books, 1970. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Bantam H5328; the second novel in Collins' Edgar Award-winning mystery series featuring one-armed, New York private detective Dan Fortune; text is clean, tight, square in white pictorial wrappers with light reading creases, minimal surface and edgewear. A very scarce edition.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. The 19th book by Shamus Award winner Pronzini featuring his "Nameless Detective." Unread and Collectable.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1991. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. A novel from Pronzini's "Nameless Detective" mystery series featuring a California private detective who collects pulp mystery magazines; First Printing of the First Edition; back cover has two small, light indentations, o/w boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows same two marks plus some creasing and minor edge wear.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The sixth novel in Paretsky's highly praised mystery series set in Chicago and featuring female private detective V.I. Warshawski; a Fine copy in like dustjacket. Collectable.

New York: Forge Books/Tom Doherty Assoc., 2012. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The 22nd novel in the award-winning Estleman's mystery-crime series featuring Detroit PI Amos Walker finds Walker in the midst of a war between gangs from Detroit's Mexicantown, trying to do a favor for a friend by extricating a sixteen-year-old combatant from the war zone. As he works on his personal errand, Walker begins to realize there's more going on than gang hostilities, that there's a bigger force behind the scene. That's when the scene turns truly murderous. First Printing, First Edition (as stated with complete number line). 285 pages in black paper-covered boards with blue lettering on spine and small, stamped design on front cover. Boards and text are clean, complete and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. The dustjacket shows only a touch of shelf wear, no tears, no chipping or creasing, not price-clipped. A collectable copy.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1942. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Good Plus to Very Good/No Jacket. the fifteenth mystery by Dannay and Lee in their highly-acclaimed, now classic, 'whodunit' series featuring writer-detective-genius Ellery Queen, a Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone, often considered the authors' masterpiece; text edges are slightly soiled, boards show slightly bumped corners, wear at edges and spine ends; small tape residue marks on lower inside edge of both covers; book is still clean, tight, square, not ex libris. Scarce. Collectable.

New York: Dell, 1964. First Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. Vintage Paperback, Dell 0972; a novel from Halliday's long-running mystery series featuring Michael Shayne, redheaded Miami private detective, this time trying to help a man who can't remember the past twelve days of his life, including a strange woman who claims to be his wife and a strange man who can't claim anything because he's dead; First Printing of the 1964 New Dell Edition; cover art by Robert McGinnis; text is clean, tight, square; pictorial wrappers show minor edgewear. Collectable.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The third book in the award-winning Roberts' mystery series featuring Hollywood actor/private detective Saxon (or maybe it's private detective/actor; even Saxon isn't sure.). This time Saxon hires on to find the missing daughter of a major movie producer and finds murder as well as the daughter. A remainder dot on the upper edge of the text, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. The dustjacket shows wear along the upper edge including a quarter-inch tear at each upper corner of the back panel, minor wear at the other corners and spine ends but no significant flaws, no large tears, creasing or chipping, not price clipped. Collectable early work of a writer now best known for his Milan Jacovich, Cleveland P.I. series.

New York: Beech Tree Books/William Morrow, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fair/Near Fine. The second novel in Friedman's kinky mystey series featuring New York City private detective Kinky Friedman (who else?), this time investigating the case of a country singer murdered in the Lone Star Cafe in mid-Manhattan; boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows only some rubbing on the back panel, o/w minimal surface and edgewear. Collectable.

New York: William Morrow & Co., 1987. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Kinky Friedman's second mystery featuring ace detective Kinky Friedman (of course!) investigating the murder of a country music star at the Lone Star Cafe deep in the heart of New York City.

New York: HarperCollins, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A feline mystery from Murphy, another in her award-winning series featuring the wily tomcat, Joe Grey, and tabby Dulcie, investigating the death of a retired film star; a remainder mark on bottom edge of the text, o/w a Fine copy in like dustjacket.