The Mysterious Bookshop will be closing early on Christmas Eve and closed on Christmas Day.
The staff of The Mysterious Bookshop wish you and your families a very happy holiday weekend.
Otto Penzler, Rob Stroud, Ian Kern, Daniel Seitler, Chris Pierce, and
Sally Owen
The Mysterious Bookshop
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m.- 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 12/18/09
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
We now have in the signed limited copies of The First Rule by Robert Crais, and very handsome it is. We do have a few numbered copies left (we’ve sold out of the lettered copies) , so if you did not pre-order and would like a copy, please let us know as soon as possible, we think we’ll sell out by the end of the year. This edition is the true first edition. $150.00
It has been a while since we’ve had signed books by Loren D. Estleman, so we’re happy to be able to offer two of his books:
The Branch and the Scaffold is a novel which tells the story of hanging judge Isaac Parker who was the sole law throughout the Western District of Arkansas and the Indian Nations. $24.95
Alone is Estleman’s second mystery featuring Valentino. Included is a great bibliography and filmography of Greta Garbo (yes, her legend plays a prominent part in the story). $24.99
Faces of the Gone is the first in a series by Brad Parks who was a reporter with The Washington Post and The Star Ledger (Newark, NJ). Carter Ross is an investigative reporter called out when four bodies, each with a single bullet wound to the head, are discovered in a vacant lot. $25.99
NOT SIGNED, BUT
The Talented Miss Highsmith by Joan Schenkar is a detailed biography of the life and work of the very important Patricia Highsmith. A must for mystery buffs I’m thinking. $40.00
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
Only one book arrived from the UK this week but it is The Monster in the Box by Ruth Rendell. This is her twenty-second mystery, by my count, featuring Inspector Wexford. $48.00
FOR COLLECTORS
Me Tanner, You Jane by Lawrence Block, Macmillan, NY. 1970. First Edition. SIGNED. $100.00
First Tanner to be published in hardcover. Fine, without the ubiquitous remainder dot, in dust jacket.
Ariel by Lawrence Block, Arbor House, NY. 1980. First Edition. SIGNED. $45.00
Very fine in dust jacket.
The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza by Lawrence Block, Random House, NY. 1980. First Edition. SIGNED. $125.00
Very fine in dust jacket. Review slip laid in.
Like a Lamb to Slaughter by Lawrence Block, Arbor House, NY. 1984. First Edition. SIGNED. $40.00
Short story collection. Very fine in dust jacket. Inscribed and signed.
A Ticket to the Boneyard by Lawrence Block, Morrow, NY. 1990. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Very fine in dust jacket. With the rare wraparound band. Inscribed and signed.
The Butterfly by James M. Cain, Knopf, NY. 1947. First Edition. $125.00
Fine in dust jacket, which has a trace of rubbing at corners.
The Problem of the Wire Cage by John Dickson Carr, Harper, NY. 1939. First Edition. $300.00
A fine copy of this Dr. Fell mystery in the scarce tennis-related dust jacket, which is lightly worn along edges and spine ends, with a small chip at the bottom of the front panel.
When the Cat’s Away by Kinky Friedman, Morrow, NY. 1988. First Edition. $35.00
The Kinkster’s third book. Fine in dust jacket.
The Devil to Pay by Ellery Queen, Stokes, NY. 1938. First Edition. $650.00
A bit of foxing, and the pale gray linen cloth has darkened, as usual- this is not soiling, but oxidation causing discoloration as on all copies examined - else about fine. The scarce dust jacket is dazzling, without a hint of wear, except that the rear flap inexplicably has been excised and replaced with a photocopy. It looks like the best copy in the world - but it’s not. Still, a difficult book in this condition.
Homicide by Leslie T. White, Harcourt, NY. 1937. First Edition. $150.00
A detective novel by the important Black Mask writer. Fine in a bright, lightly rubbed dust jacket with wear at spine ends.
To Find a Killer by Lionel White, Dutton, NY. 1954. First Edition. $100.00
Tiny stain on interior gutter, else very fine in fresh, bright dust jacket.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Friday, December 18, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
Sally's Weekly Update for 12/11/09
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 12/11/09
UPCOMING EVENT
Tuesday, December 15th 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Brad Parks reads from and discusses his hard-boiled debut
Faces of the Gone
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
The Big Wake-Up by Mark Coggins is the 5th in the August Riordan series. When San Francisco P.I. Riordan witnesses the death of a beautiful university student from Buenos Aires, he finds himself drawn into the hunt for the remains of Eva Peron which were supposedly returned to Buenos Aires from Italy and buried in an underground tomb. $24.95.
Signed copies also available in paperback. $14.95
The U.S. edition of The Price of Love by Peter Robinson is here. These short stories include a new novella featuring Robinson’s character, Detective Inspector Alan Banks. $25.99
NOT SIGNED, BUT...
Talking About Detective Fiction by P.D. James. James discusses the genre: the authors and their work; compares British and American Golden Age mystery writing; and sees a renewal of the detective hero in recent years. $22.00
La’s Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall-Smith is set in England in 1939. La, escaping the bombing in London, settles in a small village and organizes an amateur orchestra made up of local musicians and those stationed on the nearby RAF base. $23.95
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
The Disappeared by M.R. Hall features Jenny Cooper, the Severn Vale District coroner (introduced in The Coroner). This is limited to 250 numbered and signed copies. $$38.00
FOR COLLECTORS
Liquor, Guns & Ammo by Kent Anderson, McMillan, Tucson. 1998. First Trade Edition. SIGNED. $30.00
As new in dust jacket.
The Thief Who Couldn’t Sleep by Lawrence Block, Armchair Detective Library, NY. 1994. First Hardcover Edition. SIGNED. $75.00
This was first published in paperback in 1966. Evan Tanner. Limited to only 100 numbered and signed copies. Very fine in slipcase.
The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian by Lawrence Block, Arbor House, NY. 1983. First Edition. SIGNED. $75.00
Very fine in dust jacket. Inscribed and signed.
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes by Lawrence Block, Arbor House, NY. 1986. First Edition. SIGNED. $50.00
Perhaps the best Matt Scudder novel. Fine in dust jacket.
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, Doubleday, NY. First Edition. SIGNED. $75.00
We sold out of our own signed copies within an hour (as you know) but we just had an opportunity to buy a few signed copies of the first edition. Alas, no longer at list price, but we have the lowest price of anyone else offering these scarce signed copies. Fine in dust jacket.
Mostly Murder by Fredric Brown, Dutton, NY. 1953. First Edition. $600.00
A very scarce short story collection. A fine copy in dust jacket.
A Case of Lone Star by Kinky Friedman, Morrow, NY. 1987. First Edition. $35.00
Author’s second book. Fine in dust jacket.
Charlie Resnick by John Harvey, Mysterious Bookshop, NY. 2008. First Edition. SIGNED. $60.00
Limited to only 100 hardcover copies, numbered and signed by Harvey. A profile of the great author’s most famous character. Very fine in boards, as issued.
The Given Day by Dennis Lehane, Scorpion Press, Gladestry. 2008. First Edition. SIGNED. $150.00
Limited to only 80 copies numbered and signed. Precedes the U.S. trade edition. Handsome production with leather spine and marbled boards.
The Last Supper by Charles McCarry, Dutton, NY. 1983. First Edition. $100.00
Fine in dust jacket.
A Death in China by William D. Montalbano & Carl Hiaasen, Atheneum, NY. 1984. First Edition. $35.00
A fine copy in a lightly chipped dust jacket that has a sunned spine.
The Scarab Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine, Scribners, NY. 1930. First Edition. $275.00
Former owner’s name and neat bookplate, else an exceptionally fine bright copy in a near fine dust jacket which has only the slightest rubbing at the top of the spine.
The Ten Faces of Cornell Woolrich by Cornell Woolrich, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1965. First Edition. $350.00
Very fine in very fine dust jacket with the logo on the spine slightly sunned.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 12/11/09
UPCOMING EVENT
Tuesday, December 15th 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Brad Parks reads from and discusses his hard-boiled debut
Faces of the Gone
SIGNED BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
The Big Wake-Up by Mark Coggins is the 5th in the August Riordan series. When San Francisco P.I. Riordan witnesses the death of a beautiful university student from Buenos Aires, he finds himself drawn into the hunt for the remains of Eva Peron which were supposedly returned to Buenos Aires from Italy and buried in an underground tomb. $24.95.
Signed copies also available in paperback. $14.95
The U.S. edition of The Price of Love by Peter Robinson is here. These short stories include a new novella featuring Robinson’s character, Detective Inspector Alan Banks. $25.99
NOT SIGNED, BUT...
Talking About Detective Fiction by P.D. James. James discusses the genre: the authors and their work; compares British and American Golden Age mystery writing; and sees a renewal of the detective hero in recent years. $22.00
La’s Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall-Smith is set in England in 1939. La, escaping the bombing in London, settles in a small village and organizes an amateur orchestra made up of local musicians and those stationed on the nearby RAF base. $23.95
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
The Disappeared by M.R. Hall features Jenny Cooper, the Severn Vale District coroner (introduced in The Coroner). This is limited to 250 numbered and signed copies. $$38.00
FOR COLLECTORS
Liquor, Guns & Ammo by Kent Anderson, McMillan, Tucson. 1998. First Trade Edition. SIGNED. $30.00
As new in dust jacket.
The Thief Who Couldn’t Sleep by Lawrence Block, Armchair Detective Library, NY. 1994. First Hardcover Edition. SIGNED. $75.00
This was first published in paperback in 1966. Evan Tanner. Limited to only 100 numbered and signed copies. Very fine in slipcase.
The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian by Lawrence Block, Arbor House, NY. 1983. First Edition. SIGNED. $75.00
Very fine in dust jacket. Inscribed and signed.
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes by Lawrence Block, Arbor House, NY. 1986. First Edition. SIGNED. $50.00
Perhaps the best Matt Scudder novel. Fine in dust jacket.
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, Doubleday, NY. First Edition. SIGNED. $75.00
We sold out of our own signed copies within an hour (as you know) but we just had an opportunity to buy a few signed copies of the first edition. Alas, no longer at list price, but we have the lowest price of anyone else offering these scarce signed copies. Fine in dust jacket.
Mostly Murder by Fredric Brown, Dutton, NY. 1953. First Edition. $600.00
A very scarce short story collection. A fine copy in dust jacket.
A Case of Lone Star by Kinky Friedman, Morrow, NY. 1987. First Edition. $35.00
Author’s second book. Fine in dust jacket.
Charlie Resnick by John Harvey, Mysterious Bookshop, NY. 2008. First Edition. SIGNED. $60.00
Limited to only 100 hardcover copies, numbered and signed by Harvey. A profile of the great author’s most famous character. Very fine in boards, as issued.
The Given Day by Dennis Lehane, Scorpion Press, Gladestry. 2008. First Edition. SIGNED. $150.00
Limited to only 80 copies numbered and signed. Precedes the U.S. trade edition. Handsome production with leather spine and marbled boards.
The Last Supper by Charles McCarry, Dutton, NY. 1983. First Edition. $100.00
Fine in dust jacket.
A Death in China by William D. Montalbano & Carl Hiaasen, Atheneum, NY. 1984. First Edition. $35.00
A fine copy in a lightly chipped dust jacket that has a sunned spine.
The Scarab Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine, Scribners, NY. 1930. First Edition. $275.00
Former owner’s name and neat bookplate, else an exceptionally fine bright copy in a near fine dust jacket which has only the slightest rubbing at the top of the spine.
The Ten Faces of Cornell Woolrich by Cornell Woolrich, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1965. First Edition. $350.00
Very fine in very fine dust jacket with the logo on the spine slightly sunned.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Author of the Week: Stuart Palmer
STUART PALMER
The popular American writer Stuart Palmer (1905-1968) wrote humorous traditional mysteries, achieving great success with his series about spinster-sleuth Hildegarde Withers, introduced in the 1931 novel The Penguin Pool Murder, which was filmed the year after publication and brought the author to Hollywood as a screenwriter; his 37 filmscripts were mainly about such series characters as Bulldog Drummond, The Falcon and The Lone Wolf. Miss Withers was wonderfully played in the films by Edna May Oliver, abetting the crusty Inspector Piper, played by James Gleason. Unless noted, all the following titles feature Withers.
Murder on Wheels, N.Y., Tudor, 1932. Reprint. The second Withers book. Some wear and staining. Uncommon title. $25.00
The Puzzle of the Pepper Tree, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1933. First edition. Adapted for the movies as Murder on a Honeymoon. Library stamps, remains of dust jacket flaps on endpapers where they had been glued down. Good-very good. $20.00
The Puzzle of the Silver Persian, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1934. Very good. $20.00
The Puzzle of the Red Stallion, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1936. First edition. Adapted for the movies as Murder on the Bridle Path. Endpapers stained, else very good. $25.00
The Puzzle of the Red Stallion, N.Y., Sun Dial, 1936. Reprint. Very good in chipped dust jacket. $22.50
The Puzzle of the Blue Banderilla, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1937. First edition. Very good in the scarce dust jacket, which is chipped on spine; the red on the spine is sunned. $150.00
The Puzzle of the Blue Banderilla, N.Y., Sun Dial, 1937. Reprint. A fine, fresh copy in a lightly rubbed dust jacket. $30.00
Omit Flowers, N.Y., Sun Dial, 1937. Reprint. (Non-Withers) Very good in chipped dust jacket. $20.00
The Puzzle of the Happy Hooligan, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1941. First edition. A fine copy in a bright dust jacket which has been slightly trimmed and with light wear at spine ends. $85.00
Miss Withers Regrets, London, Collins, 1948. First U.K. edition. Stamped "Publicity File Copy" on front endpaper, else very good in pictorial dust jacket with a large chip out of the front panel. $20.00
Another copy. Very good. $15.00
Four Lost Ladies, N.Y., Mill, 1949. Reprint. Fine in a chipped dust jacket. With a nice long inscription signed by Palmer with a drawing of a penguin. $35.00
Another copy. Very good in a chipped dust jacket. $15.00
The Green Ace, N.Y., Mill, 1950. First edition. A fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket with minor wear at spine ends. $60.00
The Green Ace, N.Y., Mill, 1950. First edition. Ex-library copy with stamps and tape stains on the interior, with the exterior of the jacket unmarked. $20.00
Cold Poison, N.Y., Mill, 1954. Reprint. Near fine in dust jacket with light wear at top of spine. $15.00
Exit Laughing, London, Collins, 1954. First U.K. edition of Cold Poison. Very good in cut down dust jacket. $15.00
Unhappy Hooligan, N.Y., Harper, 1956. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with light wear at extremities and corners. $20.00
Death in Grease Paint, London, Collins, 1956. First U.K. edition of Unhappy Hooligan. Fair only in a bright pictorial dust jacket. $10.00
People vs. Withers & Malone, N.Y., Random House, 1963. First edition. A Queen’s Quorum title written in collaboration with Craig Rice. Ex-library in dust jacket; with all faults. $15.00
Rook Takes Knight, N.Y., Random House, 1968. First edition. (Non-Withers) Fine in dust jacket. $30.00
Another copy. Fine in near fine dust jacket with one small tear and a hint of fading to the spine. $20.00
Hildegarde Withers Makes the Scene, N.Y., Random House, 1969. First edition. Completed by Fletcher Flora after Palmer’s death. Fine in a clean, fresh dust jacket. $50.00
Hildegarde Withers Makes the Scene, N.Y., Random House, 1969. First edition. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. $40.00
The popular American writer Stuart Palmer (1905-1968) wrote humorous traditional mysteries, achieving great success with his series about spinster-sleuth Hildegarde Withers, introduced in the 1931 novel The Penguin Pool Murder, which was filmed the year after publication and brought the author to Hollywood as a screenwriter; his 37 filmscripts were mainly about such series characters as Bulldog Drummond, The Falcon and The Lone Wolf. Miss Withers was wonderfully played in the films by Edna May Oliver, abetting the crusty Inspector Piper, played by James Gleason. Unless noted, all the following titles feature Withers.
Murder on Wheels, N.Y., Tudor, 1932. Reprint. The second Withers book. Some wear and staining. Uncommon title. $25.00
The Puzzle of the Pepper Tree, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1933. First edition. Adapted for the movies as Murder on a Honeymoon. Library stamps, remains of dust jacket flaps on endpapers where they had been glued down. Good-very good. $20.00
The Puzzle of the Silver Persian, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1934. Very good. $20.00
The Puzzle of the Red Stallion, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1936. First edition. Adapted for the movies as Murder on the Bridle Path. Endpapers stained, else very good. $25.00
The Puzzle of the Red Stallion, N.Y., Sun Dial, 1936. Reprint. Very good in chipped dust jacket. $22.50
The Puzzle of the Blue Banderilla, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1937. First edition. Very good in the scarce dust jacket, which is chipped on spine; the red on the spine is sunned. $150.00
The Puzzle of the Blue Banderilla, N.Y., Sun Dial, 1937. Reprint. A fine, fresh copy in a lightly rubbed dust jacket. $30.00
Omit Flowers, N.Y., Sun Dial, 1937. Reprint. (Non-Withers) Very good in chipped dust jacket. $20.00
The Puzzle of the Happy Hooligan, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1941. First edition. A fine copy in a bright dust jacket which has been slightly trimmed and with light wear at spine ends. $85.00
Miss Withers Regrets, London, Collins, 1948. First U.K. edition. Stamped "Publicity File Copy" on front endpaper, else very good in pictorial dust jacket with a large chip out of the front panel. $20.00
Another copy. Very good. $15.00
Four Lost Ladies, N.Y., Mill, 1949. Reprint. Fine in a chipped dust jacket. With a nice long inscription signed by Palmer with a drawing of a penguin. $35.00
Another copy. Very good in a chipped dust jacket. $15.00
The Green Ace, N.Y., Mill, 1950. First edition. A fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket with minor wear at spine ends. $60.00
The Green Ace, N.Y., Mill, 1950. First edition. Ex-library copy with stamps and tape stains on the interior, with the exterior of the jacket unmarked. $20.00
Cold Poison, N.Y., Mill, 1954. Reprint. Near fine in dust jacket with light wear at top of spine. $15.00
Exit Laughing, London, Collins, 1954. First U.K. edition of Cold Poison. Very good in cut down dust jacket. $15.00
Unhappy Hooligan, N.Y., Harper, 1956. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with light wear at extremities and corners. $20.00
Death in Grease Paint, London, Collins, 1956. First U.K. edition of Unhappy Hooligan. Fair only in a bright pictorial dust jacket. $10.00
People vs. Withers & Malone, N.Y., Random House, 1963. First edition. A Queen’s Quorum title written in collaboration with Craig Rice. Ex-library in dust jacket; with all faults. $15.00
Rook Takes Knight, N.Y., Random House, 1968. First edition. (Non-Withers) Fine in dust jacket. $30.00
Another copy. Fine in near fine dust jacket with one small tear and a hint of fading to the spine. $20.00
Hildegarde Withers Makes the Scene, N.Y., Random House, 1969. First edition. Completed by Fletcher Flora after Palmer’s death. Fine in a clean, fresh dust jacket. $50.00
Hildegarde Withers Makes the Scene, N.Y., Random House, 1969. First edition. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. $40.00
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Brad Parks Event 12/15/09
The Mysterious Bookshop
is proud to present:
Brad Parks
discussing his debut
hard-boiled novel
Faces of the Gone
Tuesday, December 15th
from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
Admission is free.
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street (Between Church and West Broadway)
New York, NY 10007
(212) 587-1011
info@mysteriousbookshop.com
is proud to present:
Brad Parks
discussing his debut
hard-boiled novel
Faces of the Gone
Tuesday, December 15th
from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
Admission is free.
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street (Between Church and West Broadway)
New York, NY 10007
(212) 587-1011
info@mysteriousbookshop.com
December Newsletter
The December Newsletter is now posted on our website. Below are the links.
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Happy holidays from all of us
The Staff
Mysterious Bookshop
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
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Happy holidays from all of us
The Staff
Mysterious Bookshop
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Holiday Hours Update
The Mysterious Bookshop Holiday Hours
Christmas Eve, Thurs. Dec. 24th.
11:00 am to 5:00 pm.
We will be closed
Christmas Day, Fri. Dec. 25th.
New Year’s Eve, Thurs. Dec. 31st.
11:00 am to 5:00 pm.
We will be closed
New Year’s Day, Fri. Jan. 1st.
Thanks and Happy Holidays!
Christmas Eve, Thurs. Dec. 24th.
11:00 am to 5:00 pm.
We will be closed
Christmas Day, Fri. Dec. 25th.
New Year’s Eve, Thurs. Dec. 31st.
11:00 am to 5:00 pm.
We will be closed
New Year’s Day, Fri. Jan. 1st.
Thanks and Happy Holidays!
Friday, December 4, 2009
Sally's Weekly Update for 12/04/09!
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
Ph: 212-587-1011
Fax: 212-587-1126
Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Weekly Update 12/4/09
UPCOMING EVENT
Tuesday, December 15th 6.30 p.m - 8.00 p.m.
Brad Parks reads from and discusses his hard-boiled debut
Faces of the Gone
We have a few copies of The First Rule by Robert Crais not yet spoken for. This is the true first edition and it comes in two formats:
Signed numbered editions limited to 100 copies $150.00
Signed lettered editions limited to 26 copies $275.00
We are expecting delivery of this book within the next couple of weeks.
GIFTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Since December is usually a pretty slow month for signings, we thought we would list some books, both signed and unsigned, to help you with your holiday shopping. In some cases, we only have one copy of a title, so this will be on a first-come-first-served basis:
London Boulevard by Ken Bruen is the first hardcover edition of this title. Ken wrote this in 2001 and it was published, in the UK as a paperback original. It remains my favorite Bruen book. This is not signed, nor is it likely to be. Ken got married this week ! Congratulations Ken. $24.99
Tony Hillerman’s Landscape written by Anne Hillerman and photographed by Don Strel is a wonderful tour through the countryside in which the late author set his marvelous mysteries. A beautiful colorful tribute. $28.99
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson is the second book in the trilogy. If you aren’t hooked on this series yet, you soon will be! This is the U.S. Edition. $25.95
Oh, have we mentioned The Lineup by Otto Penzler lately? We are almost out of first editions of this Best Book of the Year (according to Janet Maslin of the New York Times), and we have no problem getting a signature! $25.99
New York by Edward Rutherfurd is a novel (Rutherfurd is known more for his non-fiction) that moves through four centuries of this great city’s history. Rutherford is known for his in-depth research, and this sounds like a terrific historical novel. U.K. Edition. SIGNED. $48.00
The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith is the second in the series set in the Soviet Union. This is a U.K. edition and it is SIGNED. $33.00
A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd introduces Bess Crawford, a nurse in World War I. SIGNED by both authors: Todd and his mother. $24.99
The bibliophile in your life might appreciate The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. It tells the story of David Martin who makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym. A novel of secrets, passions, and the magic of books. SIGNED. $26.95
JUST IN
A couple of SIGNED copies of Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving have arrived from the U.K. This is the true first edition and, as you probably know, Irving is a difficult signature. $75.00
And now for something completely different....
We are Winter Cleaning right now and we have found a vast accumulation of Magazines. Even though the books featured and reviewed are older, these magazines make wonderful reading as you sit in front of your blazing log fire...
$2.00 each or 4 for $5.00
MAGAZINE SALE
Crime Spree
#1 June/July 2004Mark Billingham
#2 Aug./Sept. 2004 S. J. Rozan
#3 Oct./Nov. 2004 Vicki Hendricks
#4 Jan. 2005 Jason Starr
#5 Mar. 2005 Ian Rankin
#6 May 2005 Julia Spencer-Fleming and Bill Fitzhugh
#7 July 2005 Barry Eisler
#8 Sept. 2005 Michael Connelly
#11 Mar. 2006 T. Jefferson Parker
#12 May 2006 Val McDermid
#13 July/Aug. 2006 Karin Slaughter
#14 Sept./Oct. 2006 Greg Rucka
#15 Nov./Dec. 2006 James Crumley
#16 Jan./Feb. 2007 Sean Chercover and Marcus Sakey
#17 Mar./Apr. 2007 Robert Randisi
#18 May/June 2007 Laura Lippman and Stephen King
#19 July/Aug. 2007 Gregg Hurwitz/ Lee Child
#20 Sept./Oct. 2007 Charlaine Harris
#21 Nov./Dec. 2007 Max Allan Collins
#22 Jan./Feb/ 2008 Megan Abbott
#23 Mar./Apr. 2008 Crime Dogs
#24 May/June 2008 Tom Schreck and Michael A. Black
#26 Sept./Oct. 2008 Mo Hayder
#27 Nov./Dec. 2008 Hard Case Crime
#28 Jan./Feb. 2009 Jenny Siler
#29 Mar./Apr. 2009 CJ Box
#30 May/June 2009 John Connolly
#31 July/Aug. 2009 Brian Azzarello
Deadly Pleasures
#28 Fall 2000 Elmore Leonard
#33 Winter 2002 British Crime Novels
#35 Summer 2002 Legal Mystery Thrillers
#36 Fall 2002 George Pelecanos
#37 Winter 2003 Yanks Do Brit Mysteries
#38 Spring/Summer 2003 The Music of Mystery
#41 Spring 2004 Mo Hayder
#42 Summer/Fall 2004 Barry Eisler
#43 Winter 2005 Arturo Perez-Reverte
#44 Spring 2005 Jeffery Deaver
#45 Summer/Fall 2005 Peter Spiegelman
#46 Winter 2005 Tasha Alexander
#47 Spring 2006 Val McDermid
#48 Summer 2006 Jim Swain
#49 Fall/Winter 2006 John Hart
#50 Spring 2007 Peter Lovesey
#51 Summer 2007 Daniel Silva
#52 Fall- Winter 2007 Ariana Franklin
#54 Summer 2008 Arnaldur Indridason
#55 Fall 2008 Michael Robotham
#56 Winter 2008-2009 Kaye Atkinson
#57 Spring 2009 Peter Robinson
Crime Factory
#2 2001 James Crumley
#3 2001 Ian Rankin
#4 2001 Jon Cleary
#7 2002 Michael Dibdin
#8 2002 Walter Mosley
#9 2003 Ken Bruen
Mystery Review
Vol. 8 #4 Summer 2000 Masko Togawa
Vol 11 #1 Fall 2002 Georgette Hyer
Vol. 11 #2 Winter 2003 Val McDermid
Vol. 11 #3 Spring 2003 Ian Rankin
Vol. 11 #4 Summer 2003 Edward D. Hoch
Vol. 12 #1 Fall 2003 Michael Connelly
Mystery Scene
#91 Fall 2005 Jacqueline Winspear
#92 Holiday 2005 Sue Grafton
#94 Spring 2006 Denise Hamilton
#95 Summer 2006 Jeffrey Deaver
#96 Fall 2006 Margaret Coel
#97 Holiday 2006 Carl Hiaasen
#98 Winter 2007 Dana Stabenow
#99 Spring 2007 Ian Rankin
#103 Winter 2008 Minette Walters
Firsts: The Book Collector’s Magazine
Vol. 2 #9 Sept. 1992 Richard Condon
Vol. 2 #12 Dec. 1992 Jack London
Vol. 5 #1 Jan. 1995 Charles Bukowski
Vol. 6 #5 May 1996 A. B. Guthrie Jr.
Vol. 7 #4 April 1997 Theodore Dreiser
Vol. 7 #5 May 1997 Max Brand
Vol. 8 #2 Feb. 1998 Howard Norman
Vol. 8 #5 May 1998 Custer Novels
Vol. 9 #5 May 1999 Jim Harrison
Vol. 10 #5 May 2000 Upton Sinclair
Vol. 11 #1 Jan. 2001 Robertson Davies
Vol. 11 #2 Feb. 2001 Jim Tully
Vol. 11 #5 May 2001 Rick Bass
Vol. 11 #7 Sept. 2001 Jesse Stuart
Vol. 11 #9 Nov. 2001 George R. R. Martin
Vol. 12 #2 Feb. 2002 W. R. Burnett
Vol. 12 #3 Mar. 2002 Stephen Leacock
Vol. 12 #5 May 2002 Alan W. Eckert
Vol. 12 #6 June 2002 Raymond Carver
Vol. 12 #8 Oct. 2002 Arkham House
Vol. 12 #10 Dec. 2002 G. A. Henty
Vol. 13 #2 Feb. 2003 Thornton Wilder
Vol. 13 #3 Mar. 2003 Winston S. Churchill
Vol. 13 #5 May 2003 Dorothy M. Johnson
Vol. 13 #6 June 2003 A. I. Bezzerides
Vol. 13 #7 Sept. 2003 Richard Addington
Vol. 13 #8 Oct. 2003 Chad Oliver
Vol. 13 #10 Dec. 2003 Thomas McGuare
Vol. 14 #1 Jan. 2004 John Fowles
Vol. 14 #10 Dec. 2004 Louis May Alcott/Brian Jacques
Vol. 15 #7 Sept. 2005 Morley Callaghan
Vol. 15 #8 Oct. 2005 Frederick Pohl
Vol. 15 #9 Nov. 2005 The Medieval Murderers
Vol. 15 #10 Dec. 2005 James Herriot
Vol. 16 #5 May 2006 Charles Bowden
Vol. 16 #12 Dec. 2006 Nancy Drew/Madeleien L’Engle
Vol. 17 #2 Feb. 2007 Nelson DeMille
Vol. 17 #5 May 2007 Willa Cather/Conrad Richter
Vol. 17 #6 June 2007 Paul Theroux
Vol. 17 #8 Oct. 2007 Robert M. Coates
Vol. 17 #10 Dec. 2007 Betty MacDonald
Vol. 18 #4 April 2008 Marilynne Robinson
Vol. 18 #5 May 2008 Margaret Coel
Vol. 18 #7 Sept. 2008 Joel Chandler Harris
Vol. 18 #8 Oct. 2008 Lois McMaster/Ira Levin
Vol. 18 #10 Dec. 2008 Pirates
Vol. 19 #1 Jan. 2009 J. D. Salinger
Vol. 19 #2 Feb. 2009 Abraham Lincoln
Vol. 19 #3 Mar. 2009 Robert Morgan
Vol. 19 #4 Apr. 2009 Colleen McCollough
Vol. 19 #5 May 2009 Annie Proulx
Vol. 19 #6 June 2009 Richard Russo
Vol. 19 #7 Sept. 2009 Bernard Cornwell
Sally
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Weekly Update 12/4/09
UPCOMING EVENT
Tuesday, December 15th 6.30 p.m - 8.00 p.m.
Brad Parks reads from and discusses his hard-boiled debut
Faces of the Gone
We have a few copies of The First Rule by Robert Crais not yet spoken for. This is the true first edition and it comes in two formats:
Signed numbered editions limited to 100 copies $150.00
Signed lettered editions limited to 26 copies $275.00
We are expecting delivery of this book within the next couple of weeks.
GIFTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Since December is usually a pretty slow month for signings, we thought we would list some books, both signed and unsigned, to help you with your holiday shopping. In some cases, we only have one copy of a title, so this will be on a first-come-first-served basis:
London Boulevard by Ken Bruen is the first hardcover edition of this title. Ken wrote this in 2001 and it was published, in the UK as a paperback original. It remains my favorite Bruen book. This is not signed, nor is it likely to be. Ken got married this week ! Congratulations Ken. $24.99
Tony Hillerman’s Landscape written by Anne Hillerman and photographed by Don Strel is a wonderful tour through the countryside in which the late author set his marvelous mysteries. A beautiful colorful tribute. $28.99
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson is the second book in the trilogy. If you aren’t hooked on this series yet, you soon will be! This is the U.S. Edition. $25.95
Oh, have we mentioned The Lineup by Otto Penzler lately? We are almost out of first editions of this Best Book of the Year (according to Janet Maslin of the New York Times), and we have no problem getting a signature! $25.99
New York by Edward Rutherfurd is a novel (Rutherfurd is known more for his non-fiction) that moves through four centuries of this great city’s history. Rutherford is known for his in-depth research, and this sounds like a terrific historical novel. U.K. Edition. SIGNED. $48.00
The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith is the second in the series set in the Soviet Union. This is a U.K. edition and it is SIGNED. $33.00
A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd introduces Bess Crawford, a nurse in World War I. SIGNED by both authors: Todd and his mother. $24.99
The bibliophile in your life might appreciate The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. It tells the story of David Martin who makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym. A novel of secrets, passions, and the magic of books. SIGNED. $26.95
JUST IN
A couple of SIGNED copies of Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving have arrived from the U.K. This is the true first edition and, as you probably know, Irving is a difficult signature. $75.00
And now for something completely different....
We are Winter Cleaning right now and we have found a vast accumulation of Magazines. Even though the books featured and reviewed are older, these magazines make wonderful reading as you sit in front of your blazing log fire...
$2.00 each or 4 for $5.00
MAGAZINE SALE
Crime Spree
#1 June/July 2004Mark Billingham
#2 Aug./Sept. 2004 S. J. Rozan
#3 Oct./Nov. 2004 Vicki Hendricks
#4 Jan. 2005 Jason Starr
#5 Mar. 2005 Ian Rankin
#6 May 2005 Julia Spencer-Fleming and Bill Fitzhugh
#7 July 2005 Barry Eisler
#8 Sept. 2005 Michael Connelly
#11 Mar. 2006 T. Jefferson Parker
#12 May 2006 Val McDermid
#13 July/Aug. 2006 Karin Slaughter
#14 Sept./Oct. 2006 Greg Rucka
#15 Nov./Dec. 2006 James Crumley
#16 Jan./Feb. 2007 Sean Chercover and Marcus Sakey
#17 Mar./Apr. 2007 Robert Randisi
#18 May/June 2007 Laura Lippman and Stephen King
#19 July/Aug. 2007 Gregg Hurwitz/ Lee Child
#20 Sept./Oct. 2007 Charlaine Harris
#21 Nov./Dec. 2007 Max Allan Collins
#22 Jan./Feb/ 2008 Megan Abbott
#23 Mar./Apr. 2008 Crime Dogs
#24 May/June 2008 Tom Schreck and Michael A. Black
#26 Sept./Oct. 2008 Mo Hayder
#27 Nov./Dec. 2008 Hard Case Crime
#28 Jan./Feb. 2009 Jenny Siler
#29 Mar./Apr. 2009 CJ Box
#30 May/June 2009 John Connolly
#31 July/Aug. 2009 Brian Azzarello
Deadly Pleasures
#28 Fall 2000 Elmore Leonard
#33 Winter 2002 British Crime Novels
#35 Summer 2002 Legal Mystery Thrillers
#36 Fall 2002 George Pelecanos
#37 Winter 2003 Yanks Do Brit Mysteries
#38 Spring/Summer 2003 The Music of Mystery
#41 Spring 2004 Mo Hayder
#42 Summer/Fall 2004 Barry Eisler
#43 Winter 2005 Arturo Perez-Reverte
#44 Spring 2005 Jeffery Deaver
#45 Summer/Fall 2005 Peter Spiegelman
#46 Winter 2005 Tasha Alexander
#47 Spring 2006 Val McDermid
#48 Summer 2006 Jim Swain
#49 Fall/Winter 2006 John Hart
#50 Spring 2007 Peter Lovesey
#51 Summer 2007 Daniel Silva
#52 Fall- Winter 2007 Ariana Franklin
#54 Summer 2008 Arnaldur Indridason
#55 Fall 2008 Michael Robotham
#56 Winter 2008-2009 Kaye Atkinson
#57 Spring 2009 Peter Robinson
Crime Factory
#2 2001 James Crumley
#3 2001 Ian Rankin
#4 2001 Jon Cleary
#7 2002 Michael Dibdin
#8 2002 Walter Mosley
#9 2003 Ken Bruen
Mystery Review
Vol. 8 #4 Summer 2000 Masko Togawa
Vol 11 #1 Fall 2002 Georgette Hyer
Vol. 11 #2 Winter 2003 Val McDermid
Vol. 11 #3 Spring 2003 Ian Rankin
Vol. 11 #4 Summer 2003 Edward D. Hoch
Vol. 12 #1 Fall 2003 Michael Connelly
Mystery Scene
#91 Fall 2005 Jacqueline Winspear
#92 Holiday 2005 Sue Grafton
#94 Spring 2006 Denise Hamilton
#95 Summer 2006 Jeffrey Deaver
#96 Fall 2006 Margaret Coel
#97 Holiday 2006 Carl Hiaasen
#98 Winter 2007 Dana Stabenow
#99 Spring 2007 Ian Rankin
#103 Winter 2008 Minette Walters
Firsts: The Book Collector’s Magazine
Vol. 2 #9 Sept. 1992 Richard Condon
Vol. 2 #12 Dec. 1992 Jack London
Vol. 5 #1 Jan. 1995 Charles Bukowski
Vol. 6 #5 May 1996 A. B. Guthrie Jr.
Vol. 7 #4 April 1997 Theodore Dreiser
Vol. 7 #5 May 1997 Max Brand
Vol. 8 #2 Feb. 1998 Howard Norman
Vol. 8 #5 May 1998 Custer Novels
Vol. 9 #5 May 1999 Jim Harrison
Vol. 10 #5 May 2000 Upton Sinclair
Vol. 11 #1 Jan. 2001 Robertson Davies
Vol. 11 #2 Feb. 2001 Jim Tully
Vol. 11 #5 May 2001 Rick Bass
Vol. 11 #7 Sept. 2001 Jesse Stuart
Vol. 11 #9 Nov. 2001 George R. R. Martin
Vol. 12 #2 Feb. 2002 W. R. Burnett
Vol. 12 #3 Mar. 2002 Stephen Leacock
Vol. 12 #5 May 2002 Alan W. Eckert
Vol. 12 #6 June 2002 Raymond Carver
Vol. 12 #8 Oct. 2002 Arkham House
Vol. 12 #10 Dec. 2002 G. A. Henty
Vol. 13 #2 Feb. 2003 Thornton Wilder
Vol. 13 #3 Mar. 2003 Winston S. Churchill
Vol. 13 #5 May 2003 Dorothy M. Johnson
Vol. 13 #6 June 2003 A. I. Bezzerides
Vol. 13 #7 Sept. 2003 Richard Addington
Vol. 13 #8 Oct. 2003 Chad Oliver
Vol. 13 #10 Dec. 2003 Thomas McGuare
Vol. 14 #1 Jan. 2004 John Fowles
Vol. 14 #10 Dec. 2004 Louis May Alcott/Brian Jacques
Vol. 15 #7 Sept. 2005 Morley Callaghan
Vol. 15 #8 Oct. 2005 Frederick Pohl
Vol. 15 #9 Nov. 2005 The Medieval Murderers
Vol. 15 #10 Dec. 2005 James Herriot
Vol. 16 #5 May 2006 Charles Bowden
Vol. 16 #12 Dec. 2006 Nancy Drew/Madeleien L’Engle
Vol. 17 #2 Feb. 2007 Nelson DeMille
Vol. 17 #5 May 2007 Willa Cather/Conrad Richter
Vol. 17 #6 June 2007 Paul Theroux
Vol. 17 #8 Oct. 2007 Robert M. Coates
Vol. 17 #10 Dec. 2007 Betty MacDonald
Vol. 18 #4 April 2008 Marilynne Robinson
Vol. 18 #5 May 2008 Margaret Coel
Vol. 18 #7 Sept. 2008 Joel Chandler Harris
Vol. 18 #8 Oct. 2008 Lois McMaster/Ira Levin
Vol. 18 #10 Dec. 2008 Pirates
Vol. 19 #1 Jan. 2009 J. D. Salinger
Vol. 19 #2 Feb. 2009 Abraham Lincoln
Vol. 19 #3 Mar. 2009 Robert Morgan
Vol. 19 #4 Apr. 2009 Colleen McCollough
Vol. 19 #5 May 2009 Annie Proulx
Vol. 19 #6 June 2009 Richard Russo
Vol. 19 #7 Sept. 2009 Bernard Cornwell
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
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