FIRST BOOK from Murder By The Book
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FREE TO TRADE **DEBUT NOVEL**
by Ridpath, Michael
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1994
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- ISBN
- 9780060176303
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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N.Y.: Harper Collins, 1994. First edition, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Author's first book. financial thriller moving from London to Wall Street to Phoenix to Las Vegas. "A tale of corporate intrigue, Ridpath's first novel is acceptable if… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE SPOILER: A novel of Baseball and Murder **EDGAR AWARD FINALIST**
by Stansberry, Domenic
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- Used - Fine
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1990
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780440203049
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$9.12
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N.Y.: Dell, 1990. 1st pbk printing, April 1990, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. A fine, unread copy of this paperback. Author's first novel about the skein of corruption amid the gritty world of minor league baseball. An EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE for Best First Novel. Holyoke, Massachusetts. .… Read more about this item Item Price
$9.12
CRIME HOUND
by Scott, Mary Semple
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- Used - Very Good-Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1940
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$24.00
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N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. 1st edition with publishers colophon at copyright page. Red cloth with black lettering and design. Light soiling around edges, slight wrinkle in cloth at front, corner bumped else a near fine, tight copy. Semple's first and only mystery novel. Set in Michigan. Now housed in homemade clear acetate dust wrapper..… Read more about this item Item Price
$24.00
A CRIME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD **EDGAR AWARD FINALIST**
by Berne, Suzanne
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- Used - Fine
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1998
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780805055801
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$12.00
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N.Y.: Henry Holt & Co, 1998. 1st pbk printing. A near fine copy. Author's debut nove and EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE as well as the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Reminiscent of To Kill a Mockingbird, A Crime in the Neighborhood is the story of a young girl’s coming of age during a turbulent time in American history.… Read more about this item Item Price
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DEAD AIM
by McCall, Wendell (Pseudonym of Ridley Pearson)
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- New
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Prtg
- Published
- 1999
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781890208202
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$14.40
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Scottsdale: AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 1999. 1st prtg, as new copy of trade paperback re-issue of Author's first book (orig pub. 1988). Idaho. Chris Klick title. Klick chases down recording artists who are owed back royalties. "A beautifully handled debut novel that balances all the best P.I. elements with a lyrical sense of the country... Sardonic, wry, and remarkable… Read more about this item Item Price
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DON'T CRY FOR ME **EDGAR AWARD WINNER**
by Gault, William Campbell
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1952
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$264.00
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N.Y.: E P Dutton & Co., Inc / Guilt Edge Mystery, 1952. 1st edition, so stated. Previous owner's name at endpaper. Green cloth, title in gold at spine. Light wear along edges, with some light soiling. Publisher used different paper for the book and pages 97-192 are age toned while the rest of the pages… Read more about this item Item Price
$264.00
EVERY CROOKED NANNY **AWARD FINALIST**
by Trocheck, Kathy Hogan
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Published
- 1992
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780060179236
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$9.60
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N.Y.: Harper, 1992. 3rd printing. Fine in dj. Her 1st book; A Callahan Garrity title. An ANTHONY & MACAVITY AWARD Nominee. "In this high-caliber debut, Trocheck introduces wry Everywoman J. Callahan Garrity, a former cop and failed gumshoe who now runs a cleaning service in Atlanta, Ga. While cleaning the home of snooty society lady Lilah Rose… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE VERY BAD THING: A Dred Balcazar Mystery **AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK**
by White, Ned
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1990
- Binding
- ISBN
- 9780670823758
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$12.96
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N.Y.: Viking Penguin, 1990. 1st edtion with complete number line beginning with 1. Near fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Former Library of Congress Copyright stamp of April 23, 1990. Author's First Book. Hired by a software company to discover who planted the computer virus that is… Read more about this item Item Price
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SUGARMILK FALLS **AWARD FINALIST**
by Van Mil, Ilona
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- As New
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- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2005
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- ISBN
- 9780771087325
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$14.40
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Toronto: Ontario: McClelland & Stewart, 2005. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. An ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD NOMINEE for Best First Novel. "Hidden among the glacial hills and lakes of the Canadian Shield lies Sugarmilk Falls, a close-knit community with the worst… Read more about this item Item Price
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DEATH OF AN AMIABLE CHILD **SIGNED COPY**AWARD FINALIST**
by Marcuse, Irene
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2000
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780802733467
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$21.60
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N.Y.: Walker, 2000. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Author's 1st Book. SIGNED COPY, signature only, by the author on the title page.. Lillian, "the lady of the landing", was a small, elderly white woman who occasionally slepton the floor… Read more about this item Item Price
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CORRUPTION OF FAITH **1ST BOOK IN SERIES**
by English, Brenda
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- As New
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1997
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780425160916
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$7.20
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NY: Berkley, 1997. 1st edition, November 1997, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. A fine, unread copy of this Paperback Original. Sutton McPhee, a reporter for one of Washington D.C.'s most important newspapers, must solve the murder of her sister, a secretary for the Bread of Life Church, thereby placing her own… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE STEAM PIG **AWARD WINNER**
by McClure, James
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1971
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780060128968
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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N.Y.: Harper & Row, 1971. 1st A. Stated first edition, 1-10 number line at rear of book, Light soiling to covers, top of pages soiled with a small stain, spine lean else very good in dust jacket, price clipped, lightly soiled, with protective mylar cover. WINNER OF THE BRITISH CRIME WRITERS'S GOLD DAGGER AWARD. Author's first… Read more about this item Item Price
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JOURNEY DOWNSTAIRS
by Philmore, R. [Pseudonym of Herbert Edmund Howard ]
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1934
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$240.00
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Garden City, New York,: The Crime Club, Inc., : Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., , 1934. 1st US edition. Author's First Detective Story. Publisher's black cloth with pictorial red-stamped spine, red top edge. A Very good-near fine copy in dust jacket, light creasing at bottom, spine lightly faded, very lightly rubbed. Dust jacket, not price clipped,… Read more about this item Item Price
$240.00
IN THE SHADOW OF KING'S
by Kelly, Nora
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- As New
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Printing
- Published
- 1999
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781890208226
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$8.64
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Scottsdale: AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 1999. 1st prtg, trade paperback ed., (orig. 1984). Near fine. The 1st of Historian Gillian Adams ' titles. She is revisiting Cambridge University while on sabbatical from Vancouver when the Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge is gunned down while listening to her opening lecture.. First Printing. Trade Paperback.… Read more about this item Item Price
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DEVIANT WAYS
by Mooney, Chris
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2000
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- Hardcover
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- 9780671040598
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$12.00
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 2000. 1st edition, October 200, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "The familiar device of revenge killing is given horrific new twists in this gripping debut, as Mooney propels the reader into breathless suspense.… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.00
SWEET NARCISSUS
by Lorens, M.K.
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1993
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780385469425
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$15.84
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N.Y.: Doubleday Perfect Crime, 1993. 1st Hardcover edition, February 1993, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. The theft of an Elizabethan manuscript of questionable authenticity. The first novel in the Winston Sherman series..Winston Marlowe Sherman, an English professor who writes mystery novels… Read more about this item Item Price
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HEAT OF WINTER
by Hirt, Howard
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1984
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- ISBN
- 9780151398607
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$13.92
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San Diego, CA, U.S.A.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc, 1984. 1st. edition, so stated, near fine in near fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Author's first book. Amidst the conflict between the Muslims and Hindus in the 1950s, Muhammed Abdul Karim, newly established superintendent of police, is assigned to guard Nehru during his visit to a… Read more about this item Item Price
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NATIVE ANGELS: A Peter Boone Novel ***AWARD WINNER***
by Jaspersohn, William
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1995
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780553569940
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$14.40
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N.Y.: Bantam Crime Line, 1995. 1st edition, July 1995, with complete number line beginning with 1, reading crease else about fine. Author's debut novel. A SHAMUS AWARD WINNER. Peter Boone, a former Red Sox pitcher turned private investigator, in rural Vermont. Searching for a missing teenager, private eye Boone finds his curiosity piqued… Read more about this item Item Price
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A LONG COLD FALL **FIRST BOOK**
by Reaves, Sam
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1992
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780380716418
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$6.24
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N.Y.: Avon Books, 1992. 1st printing, December 1992, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine, unread copy His first book. CHICAGO. "This impressive mystery debut grabs attention with its opening chapter and never lets up. With both a penchant for trouble and the ability to handle it, Vietnam vet Cooper MacLeish, after completing college on the GI… Read more about this item Item Price
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A LONG COLD FALL **FIRST BOOK**
by Reaves, Sam
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780399135651
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$19.20
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N.Y.: Putnam 1991, 1991. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine, unread copy in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. His first book. CHICAGO. "This impressive mystery debut grabs attention with its opening chapter and never lets up. With both a penchant for trouble and the ability to handle it,… Read more about this item Item Price
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