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London: William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1980. First Printing, First UK Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A late historical mystery by this mid-20th century American Grand Master, "Casa Madrone" is set in New York and later in San Francisco at the time of the 1906 earthquake, which reavaged the city. The book features Mallory Bookever, a… Read more about this item

New York: Knopf, 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Crowned Heads," a collection of four novellas about fictional Hollywood movies stars, was Tryon's fourth book, written, according to many reviewers to generate a mega-million-dollar, four-movie deal that was announced the same year the book was published. This copy is from the Book Club edition. About 5 3/4 x 8… Read more about this item

Blue Ash, OH: Tyrus Books, 2017. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The seventh novel from this award-winning Canadian reporter, writer and film-maker, is a tragi-comedy featuring a pair of Afghanistan war vets, Danny, a Canadian sharpshooter, and Hank, an American GI, who are currently in Los Angeles desperately trying to find the women they love. First American edition, first printing (with… Read more about this item

New York: HarperCollins, 2015. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The award-winning Boyle's 15th novel is loosely based on a California man who touched off a massive, 36-day manhunt after murdering two people in 2011. The novel revolves around Adam Stenson, a paranoid shizophrenic spiraling out of control and into increasingly violent confrontations, Sara, his much older lover who is… Read more about this item

New York: Penguin Books, 2002. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Issued Without Jacket. This is the Steinbeck Centennial Edition of the novel its Nobel Prize-winning author considered his greatest work. Set primarily in the Salinas valley in central California at the beginning of the 20th century, this is the interwoven story of two families, the Trasks and the Hamiltons, over… Read more about this item

New York: Mysterious Press, 1989. Hardcover. Good Plus to Very Good/Very Good. For the latter half of the 20th century, the award-winning Westlake was known as the master of the comic crime novel and probably best remembered for his Dortmunder series, featuring a blundering burglar. He also wrote many wickedly funny stand-alone novels. "Sacred Monster," is a stand-alone,… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Penguin, 2011. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The award-winning Boyle's thirteenth novel is a story of environmental conflict over the future of the Channel Island's off the coast of California. Alma Takesure, a National Park Service biologist, leads the efforts to rid the island of black rats and feral pigs, invasive species that are endangering native animals. On… Read more about this item

New York: Brant Art Publications, 1986. Magazine. Very Good. Volume 74, No. 12: Articles include "Family Spectacles," the theater projects of Robert Wilson; a Jenny Holzer interview; recent installation by Joseph Kosuth. Also regular features: Issue & Commentary by Schjeldahl; Report from Chicago, "Realism Resurgent;" and Review of Books and Exhibitions including Sol LeWitt, John Chamberlin, Mary Hellman,… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1975. Hardcover. Very Good. Marion Davies, a New York girl, met publisher Willaim Randolph Hearst while she was playing in the Ziegfeld Follies about 1915. It was the beginning of a relationship lasting more than 30 years and during which, with Hearst's help, Davies became a major Hollywood star and multi-millionaire. This book, edited… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow & Co., 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A late collection of short stories from Bradbury, one of the great American writers of the 20th century. This collection contains 18 new stories and seven previously published but not found in any other of Bradbury's collected works. First edition, first printing (as stated, with complete numberline). About… Read more about this item

New York: Delacorte Press, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. This is the third novel in Longstreet's Pedlock family trilogy ("The Pedlocks" and "Pedlock and Sons ") and deals with the history of an American branch of this great Jewish family and its conflicts between generations, between religious hypocrisy and commitment. First edition as stated, no indication of printing.… Read more about this item

New York: Little Brown & Co., 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The 13th book in the Anthony and Edgar-winning Connelly's mystery-suspense series featuring Los Angeles police detective Harry Bosch. Bosch has moved to the LAPD's homicide special squad and the first case he's assigned os the murder of a doctor found shot execution style at an overlook on… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. The second novel in Edgar Award winner Gores well-known mystery series, the DKA Files, featuring San Francisco private detective, Dan Kearny, and his agency, Dan Kearny Associates. This time, the case begins when Ballard, a DKA staffer, spots and then reposses a new Cadillac, and discovers a cheap comic book… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1972. Hardcover. Fair To Good/Very Good. The first novel in the award-winning Gores mystery-crime series featuring San Francisco private detective, Daniel Kearny and the staff of his Dan Kearny & Associates, which specializes in auto repossessions, which are mostly routine until they're not. First edition, book club edition, About 5 3/4 x 8 1/2… Read more about this item

New York: Liveright Publishing/W.W. Norton, 2016. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Sorel, one of America's great caricaturists and political satirists, began his obsession with actress Mary Astor in 1965 when, in the process of ripping up the kitchen linoleum in his $97-a-month railroad flat in NY, he discovered issues of the 1936 NY Daily News and Daily Mirror headlining… Read more about this item

New York: Bantam Books, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Best known for her historical mystery series featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, Edgar Award-winning King is also the author of a contemporary mystery series featuring lesbian San Francisco police detective Kate Martinelli. "Night Work" is the fourth novel in the Martinelli series with Kate and her partner, Al… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1983. Hardcover. About Very Good. The Viking Portable Library edition of Mark Twain's writing, edited by Bernard De Voto, American historian, novelist, reviewer and authority on Mark Twain. De Voto's selections for this edition include the complete "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," "The Mysterious Stranger," and selections… Read more about this item

New York: Mulholland Books/Little Brown, 2017. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The Smack" is the third novel for Lange, an award-winning novelist and short story writer, It features Rowan Petty, a flat-broke con man who's scraping by on the bottom rung of a cheap phone scam in Reno, when he hears about $2 million in smuggled Army money stashed… Read more about this item

New York: Little Brown & Co., 2017. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Connelly, the award-winning author of the bestselling Harry Bosch and Lincoln Lawyer crime-thriller series, introduces a new lead character in "The Late Show." Renee Ballard is a young female police detective working the night shift in LA's Hollywood Division, and now she also has a pair of cases she's… Read more about this item

New York: Ballantine Books, 2012. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The 29th novel in Kellerman's psychological thriller series featuring Los Angeles psychologist, Alex Delaware. This time, Delaware, trying to save a little girl trapped in a custody fight between a successful physician, Connie Sykes, and her sister, finds himself facing death threats and suddenly murder. First Edition, first printing… Read more about this item