Here's a fun Woman Around Town piece on the store!
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Party for YOUNG JUNIUS by Seth Harwood 11/03/10
The Mysterious Bookshop
is proud to present:
Seth Harwood
discussing his new novel
Young Junius
Wednesday, November 3rd
from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
Admission is free.
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street
(Between Church and West Broadway)
(212) 587-1011
info@mysteriousbookshop.com
Friday, October 15, 2010
Sally's Weekly Update for 10/15/10
We have a number of signed debut mysteries this week.
All of them are getting excellent reviews.
Happy reading.
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 10/15/10
EVENTS
Friday, October 22nd 6.20 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Peter Lewis will be reading from and discussing his debut novel
Dead in the Dregs, a trade paperback original.
When a prominent wine critic’s body is found floating in a vat, Babe Stern investigates.
Peter Lewis is a Seattle restaurateur and consultant.
SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE
Damage Done is the first novel of Hilary Davidson. Lily Moore, a successful travel writer, lives in Spain, but returns to New York when her troubled younger sister, Claudia, is found dead. But the body in the morgue is not that of Claudia, but of a stranger who has been using Claudia’s identity. Great reviews from Ken Bruen, Dennis Tafoya, Linda Fairstein, and Megan Abbott. $24.99
Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva is also a debut novel, this one set in Providence, Rhode Island. Liam Mulligan is an old-school newspaperman who sets out to find who is behind the systematic burning down of his childhood neighborhood. DeSilva is an old-school newspaperman himself. He recently retired as Associated Press’s writing coach, responsible for training AP journalists worldwide. $24.99
Adam Dunn sets Rivers of Gold in New York City in the very near future. Race riots, unemployment, crime, vacant buildings and a thriving black market define New York City in 2013. Detective Sixto Santiago is part of an experimental new NYPD unit known as the Citywide Anticrime Bureau (CAB), squads of undercover cobs in taxicabs who are meant to hold down the chaos , enough to keep the tourists coming. Santiago must deal with a dangerous city, but his most dangerous foe might just be his new partner. A first novel. $25.00
The Sleepwalkers by Paul Grossman is set in 1932 Berlin. It is the final days of the Weimar Republic and Hitler and his Nationalist Socialist Party are about to assume control of Germany. Willi Kraus is a detective investigating the death of a mysterious young woman who has been pulled from the Havel River. Willi is a jew and is very disturbed at the direction Germany is taking. This first novel is for lovers of the Bernie Gunther series by Philip Kerr clearly. $24.99
The Detroit Electric Scheme by D.E. Johnson is set in the early 1900's. Will Anderson is the prime suspect in the death of his ex-fiancee’s new fiancé who has been crushed by a hydraulic roof press. What follows is a fast-paced ride through Detroit, involving murder, blackmail, and organized crime. Yes, another first novel. $24.99
Elmore Leonard stopped by to sign the trade edition of his latest, Djibouti. This is a Crime Club Main Selection. $26.99
We still have copies of the true first edition of Djibouti. This is a limited edition published by The Mysterious Bookshop. 100 signed numbered editions. $150.00. 26 signed lettered editions. $275.00
Leonard also signed Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories. The title novella appeared as a serial in the New York Times Sunday Magazine. There are two other Carl Webster stories. This is a Trade Paperback original. $14.99
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
Dictator is the fourth thriller by Tom Cain to feature Samuel Carver who, this time out, is offered a job by powerful business interests. Carver is to enforce the regime change in an African nation run by a dictator who is killing the citizens while growing rich on the country’s natural resources. $40.00
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett is the first in a trilogy spanning the twentieth century. Five families are brought together through the world-changing dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women. A British Crime Club Selection. $50.00
FOR COLLECTORS
The 25th Hour by David Benioff, Carroll & Graf, NY. 2000. First Edition. $75.00
Author’s increasingly scarce first book. Since publication of this book, Benioff has gone on to become one of Hollywood’s hottest screenwriters. Very fine in dust jacket.
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes by Lawrence Block, Arbor House, NY. 1986. First Edition. $45.00
A Matt Scudder novel. Very fine in dust jacket.
The Sins of the Fathers by Lawrence Block, Dark Harvest, Arlington Heights. 1992. First U.S. Hardcover Edition. $75.00
First Matt Scudder novel, previously published as a paperback original. This edition has a new introduction by Stephen King. Very fine in dust jacket.
Time to Murder and Create by Lawrence Block, Dark Harvest, Arlington Heights. 1993. First U.S. Hardcover Edition. $75.00
Second Matt Scudder novel, previously published as a paperback original. With a new introduction by Jonathan Kellerman. Very fine in dust jacket.
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon, HarperCollins, NY. 2007. First Edition. SIGNED. $30.00
Nebula and Hugo Award winner. Very fine in dust jacket.
The Unquiet by John Connolly, Hodder & Stoughton, London. 2007. First Edition SIGNED. $40.00
A very fine copy of this outstanding Charlie Parker novel, with the CD issued with some copies of the book.
Lullaby Town by Robert Crais, Bantam, NY. First Edition. 1992. First Edition. SIGNED. $750.00
An immaculate copy of the author’s scarcest book. As new in like dust jacket.
The Last Detective by Robert Crais, Doubleday, NY. 2003. First Edition. SIGNED. $25.00
Publicity letter from Crais laid in. Very fine in dust jacket.
The Forgotten Man by Robert Crais, Doubleday, NY. 2005. First Edition. SIGNED. $25.00
Publicity letter from Crais laid in. Very fine in dust jacket.
The Bookman’s Wake by John Dunning, Scribner, NY. 1995. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Second Cliff Janeway bibliomystery. Very fine in dust jacket.
The Bookman’s Promise by John Dunning, Scribner, NY. 2004. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Third Cliff Janeway bibliomystery. Very fine in dust jacket.
The Sign of the Book by John Dunning, Scribner, NY. 2005. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Fourth Cliff Janeway bibliomystery. Very fine in dust jacket.
Archangel by Robert Harris, Hutchinson, London. 1998. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Excellent thriller set in modern Moscow. Very fine in dust jacket.
Fifty-Two Pickup by Elmore Leonard, Delacorte, NY. 1974. First Edition. SIGNED. $350.00
A fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket which has very small nicks and tears along edges, corners and spine ends.
The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper by John D. MacDonald, Lippincott, Philadelphia. 1973. First American Hardcover Edition. $400.00
Bookplate, else a fine copy in a beautiful, sharp dust jacket and scarce in this condition.
(Ross Macdonald) Inward Journey edited by Ralph B. Sipper, Cordelia Editions, Santa Barbara. 1984. First Edition. $35.00
Limited to only 1,000 copies. Contains two essays by Macdonald and tributes to the late author by numerous authors including William Goldman, Robert B. Parker, Eudora Welty, and Reynolds Price. Signed (on request) by Otto, who contributed an essay. Very fine in dust jacket.
(Ross Thomas) The Highbinders as by Oliver Bleeck, Morrow, NY. 1974. First Edition. $100.00
Fine in dust jacket.
Blues of a Lifetime by Cornell Woolrich, Popular Press, Bowling Green. 1991. $35.00
Woolrich’s autobiography. Very fine in dust jacket.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
All of them are getting excellent reviews.
Happy reading.
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 10/15/10
EVENTS
Friday, October 22nd 6.20 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Peter Lewis will be reading from and discussing his debut novel
Dead in the Dregs, a trade paperback original.
When a prominent wine critic’s body is found floating in a vat, Babe Stern investigates.
Peter Lewis is a Seattle restaurateur and consultant.
SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE
Damage Done is the first novel of Hilary Davidson. Lily Moore, a successful travel writer, lives in Spain, but returns to New York when her troubled younger sister, Claudia, is found dead. But the body in the morgue is not that of Claudia, but of a stranger who has been using Claudia’s identity. Great reviews from Ken Bruen, Dennis Tafoya, Linda Fairstein, and Megan Abbott. $24.99
Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva is also a debut novel, this one set in Providence, Rhode Island. Liam Mulligan is an old-school newspaperman who sets out to find who is behind the systematic burning down of his childhood neighborhood. DeSilva is an old-school newspaperman himself. He recently retired as Associated Press’s writing coach, responsible for training AP journalists worldwide. $24.99
Adam Dunn sets Rivers of Gold in New York City in the very near future. Race riots, unemployment, crime, vacant buildings and a thriving black market define New York City in 2013. Detective Sixto Santiago is part of an experimental new NYPD unit known as the Citywide Anticrime Bureau (CAB), squads of undercover cobs in taxicabs who are meant to hold down the chaos , enough to keep the tourists coming. Santiago must deal with a dangerous city, but his most dangerous foe might just be his new partner. A first novel. $25.00
The Sleepwalkers by Paul Grossman is set in 1932 Berlin. It is the final days of the Weimar Republic and Hitler and his Nationalist Socialist Party are about to assume control of Germany. Willi Kraus is a detective investigating the death of a mysterious young woman who has been pulled from the Havel River. Willi is a jew and is very disturbed at the direction Germany is taking. This first novel is for lovers of the Bernie Gunther series by Philip Kerr clearly. $24.99
The Detroit Electric Scheme by D.E. Johnson is set in the early 1900's. Will Anderson is the prime suspect in the death of his ex-fiancee’s new fiancé who has been crushed by a hydraulic roof press. What follows is a fast-paced ride through Detroit, involving murder, blackmail, and organized crime. Yes, another first novel. $24.99
Elmore Leonard stopped by to sign the trade edition of his latest, Djibouti. This is a Crime Club Main Selection. $26.99
We still have copies of the true first edition of Djibouti. This is a limited edition published by The Mysterious Bookshop. 100 signed numbered editions. $150.00. 26 signed lettered editions. $275.00
Leonard also signed Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories. The title novella appeared as a serial in the New York Times Sunday Magazine. There are two other Carl Webster stories. This is a Trade Paperback original. $14.99
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
Dictator is the fourth thriller by Tom Cain to feature Samuel Carver who, this time out, is offered a job by powerful business interests. Carver is to enforce the regime change in an African nation run by a dictator who is killing the citizens while growing rich on the country’s natural resources. $40.00
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett is the first in a trilogy spanning the twentieth century. Five families are brought together through the world-changing dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women. A British Crime Club Selection. $50.00
FOR COLLECTORS
The 25th Hour by David Benioff, Carroll & Graf, NY. 2000. First Edition. $75.00
Author’s increasingly scarce first book. Since publication of this book, Benioff has gone on to become one of Hollywood’s hottest screenwriters. Very fine in dust jacket.
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes by Lawrence Block, Arbor House, NY. 1986. First Edition. $45.00
A Matt Scudder novel. Very fine in dust jacket.
The Sins of the Fathers by Lawrence Block, Dark Harvest, Arlington Heights. 1992. First U.S. Hardcover Edition. $75.00
First Matt Scudder novel, previously published as a paperback original. This edition has a new introduction by Stephen King. Very fine in dust jacket.
Time to Murder and Create by Lawrence Block, Dark Harvest, Arlington Heights. 1993. First U.S. Hardcover Edition. $75.00
Second Matt Scudder novel, previously published as a paperback original. With a new introduction by Jonathan Kellerman. Very fine in dust jacket.
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon, HarperCollins, NY. 2007. First Edition. SIGNED. $30.00
Nebula and Hugo Award winner. Very fine in dust jacket.
The Unquiet by John Connolly, Hodder & Stoughton, London. 2007. First Edition SIGNED. $40.00
A very fine copy of this outstanding Charlie Parker novel, with the CD issued with some copies of the book.
Lullaby Town by Robert Crais, Bantam, NY. First Edition. 1992. First Edition. SIGNED. $750.00
An immaculate copy of the author’s scarcest book. As new in like dust jacket.
The Last Detective by Robert Crais, Doubleday, NY. 2003. First Edition. SIGNED. $25.00
Publicity letter from Crais laid in. Very fine in dust jacket.
The Forgotten Man by Robert Crais, Doubleday, NY. 2005. First Edition. SIGNED. $25.00
Publicity letter from Crais laid in. Very fine in dust jacket.
The Bookman’s Wake by John Dunning, Scribner, NY. 1995. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Second Cliff Janeway bibliomystery. Very fine in dust jacket.
The Bookman’s Promise by John Dunning, Scribner, NY. 2004. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Third Cliff Janeway bibliomystery. Very fine in dust jacket.
The Sign of the Book by John Dunning, Scribner, NY. 2005. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Fourth Cliff Janeway bibliomystery. Very fine in dust jacket.
Archangel by Robert Harris, Hutchinson, London. 1998. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Excellent thriller set in modern Moscow. Very fine in dust jacket.
Fifty-Two Pickup by Elmore Leonard, Delacorte, NY. 1974. First Edition. SIGNED. $350.00
A fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket which has very small nicks and tears along edges, corners and spine ends.
The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper by John D. MacDonald, Lippincott, Philadelphia. 1973. First American Hardcover Edition. $400.00
Bookplate, else a fine copy in a beautiful, sharp dust jacket and scarce in this condition.
(Ross Macdonald) Inward Journey edited by Ralph B. Sipper, Cordelia Editions, Santa Barbara. 1984. First Edition. $35.00
Limited to only 1,000 copies. Contains two essays by Macdonald and tributes to the late author by numerous authors including William Goldman, Robert B. Parker, Eudora Welty, and Reynolds Price. Signed (on request) by Otto, who contributed an essay. Very fine in dust jacket.
(Ross Thomas) The Highbinders as by Oliver Bleeck, Morrow, NY. 1974. First Edition. $100.00
Fine in dust jacket.
Blues of a Lifetime by Cornell Woolrich, Popular Press, Bowling Green. 1991. $35.00
Woolrich’s autobiography. Very fine in dust jacket.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
October Newsletter
Below are the links to our online newsletter.
http://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/home/newsletter/newsletter.pdf
http://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/home/printnewsletter/print_newsletter.pdf
We always appreciate it when our customers pre-order; it helps us order enough copies for everybody but not so many that we are left with piles of unsold copies. So here are some major titles coming up in the near future:
Djibouti by Elmore Leonard (who is 85 today!). This is a Crime Club Main Selection. $26.99
Worth Dying For by Lee Child is the new Jack Reacher thriller which begins where 61 Hours left off. A Crime Club Main Selection. $28.00
Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane brings back PI's Angie Gennaro and Patrick Kenzie. Hooray! A Crime Club Main Selection. $26.00
Field Grey by Philip Kerr is coming from the UK. Another Bernie Gunther mystery. This is a British Crime club Selection. $45.00
The Wilding by Benjamin Percy is a terrific thriller being compared to Deliverance. Three men go hunting in the wilderness, but that's where the similarity ends. No duelling banjos! But a terrific, well-written, story. $23.00
The Edge by Jefferey Deaver is a stand alone thriller from the man who, we understand, has been tapped to write the next James Bond book. $26.99
And, of course, you'll find many more titles, both signed and unsigned, in our newsletter!
We look forward to hearing from you.
...another thing
Many of you receiving this email also receive the Weekly Update. This lists signed and collectable books just received by The Mysterious Bookshop.
If you do not get the Weekly Update and would like to, just drop me a line.
A word to Crime Club Members
If you receive this email and/or the Weekly Update, but DO NOT receive the Monthly Preview or other communications addressed specifically to Crime Club members, please let me know. These communications let you know if we have had to change a selection, as well as suggestions for books that we think you may want to add to your collection, plus any other news that we think important for those of you who receive your selections automatically.
Best to all
Sally Owen
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
http://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/home/newsletter/newsletter.pdf
http://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/home/printnewsletter/print_newsletter.pdf
We always appreciate it when our customers pre-order; it helps us order enough copies for everybody but not so many that we are left with piles of unsold copies. So here are some major titles coming up in the near future:
Djibouti by Elmore Leonard (who is 85 today!). This is a Crime Club Main Selection. $26.99
Worth Dying For by Lee Child is the new Jack Reacher thriller which begins where 61 Hours left off. A Crime Club Main Selection. $28.00
Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane brings back PI's Angie Gennaro and Patrick Kenzie. Hooray! A Crime Club Main Selection. $26.00
Field Grey by Philip Kerr is coming from the UK. Another Bernie Gunther mystery. This is a British Crime club Selection. $45.00
The Wilding by Benjamin Percy is a terrific thriller being compared to Deliverance. Three men go hunting in the wilderness, but that's where the similarity ends. No duelling banjos! But a terrific, well-written, story. $23.00
The Edge by Jefferey Deaver is a stand alone thriller from the man who, we understand, has been tapped to write the next James Bond book. $26.99
And, of course, you'll find many more titles, both signed and unsigned, in our newsletter!
We look forward to hearing from you.
...another thing
Many of you receiving this email also receive the Weekly Update. This lists signed and collectable books just received by The Mysterious Bookshop.
If you do not get the Weekly Update and would like to, just drop me a line.
A word to Crime Club Members
If you receive this email and/or the Weekly Update, but DO NOT receive the Monthly Preview or other communications addressed specifically to Crime Club members, please let me know. These communications let you know if we have had to change a selection, as well as suggestions for books that we think you may want to add to your collection, plus any other news that we think important for those of you who receive your selections automatically.
Best to all
Sally Owen
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Friday, October 8, 2010
F. Paul Wilson at The Mysterious Bookshop 10/27/10!
The Mysterious Bookshop
will host a party
celebrating the release of
Fatal Error
by F. Paul Wilson
Just in time for Halloween,
bestselling author and fan favorite F. Paul Wilson stops by
to celebrate the release of
his penultimate Repairman Jack novel Fatal Error (Tor, $25.99).
As the battle between the Ally and the Otherness grows closer.
Jack has his hands full protecting the Lady
and helping a man whose family has been kidnapped.
"Repairman Jack is one of the most original and intriguing characters to arise out of contemporary fiction in ages.
His adventures are hugely entertaining."- Dean Koontz.
Wednesday, October 27th
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm.
Admission is Free
The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street (Bet. Church and West Broadway)
New York, NY 10007
(201) 587-1011
info@mysteriousbookshop.com
If unable to attend, autographed copies will be available for preorder!
Sally's Weekly Update for 10/08/10
We're late today, but well worth the wait I think.
And thanks for your patience while our emails were getting lost in cyberspace. All is well now, I hope.
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 10/8/10
EVENTS
Tuesday, October 12th 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
A launch party for Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva
This debut, set in Providence, RI, is receiving great reviews from the likes of Michael Connelly and Harlan Coben. $24.99
Thursday, October 14th 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
The Sleepwalkers by Paul Grossman
Another debut, this one set in Germany in 1932 $24.99
Reading and discussion.
Kings and Queens of Suspense
Thursday, October 14th at Hunter College Lewis Frumkes and his newly located Writing Center are running a suspense panel featuring Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark, Alan Furst, and Lawrence Block. Frumkes himself will moderate. The event is free and open to the public and will be held in the Faculty Dining Room at 7 PM. There will be refreshments and a books-signing. Limited space.
Please rsvp to 212-772-4292 or 212-772-4294
SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE
Red Jade by Henry Chang is the third in the series featuring NYPD detective Jack Yu whose usual beat is Chinatown. His latest investigation will take him to another Chinatown - this one in Seattle - as puzzling links between murder and the criminal underworld reveal themselves. $25.00
Lee Child signed the UK edition of Worth Dying For, his follow up to 61 Hours. The UK edition of this Jack Reacher thriller is the true first. Many of you pre-ordered this book and those order will be filled anon, but we do have a few copies left. $48.00
Reed Farrel Coleman was here last night for the launch of his new Moe Prager mystery Innocent Monster. And very successful it was! Again, we have copies left. $24.95
Michael Connelly was also here signing The Reversal which features both Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch. A Crime Collectors Club Main Selection. $27.99
John Lawton signed A Lily of the Field which moves from Vienna and Auschwitz to New Mexico and the rubble strewn streets of post-war London. Lawton’s thrillers are first class which is why he’s our Thriller/Espionage Club Selection. This is the true first edition. $24.00
Gold Boy, Emerald Girl by Yiyun Li is a collection of stories from a young writer who is receiving glowing reviews. She appears in the 20-Under-40 list in The New Yorker and her work is called "brilliant" by Publishers Weekly. $25.00
Joyce Carol Oates signed her collection of stories, Sourland. These stories explore how the power of violence, loss and grief shape both the psyche and the soul. $25.99
S.J. Rozan’s latest Bill Smith and Lydia Chin novel, On The Line, is signed. When Lydia Chin is kidnapped, P.I. Bill Smith must keep her alive by playing, and winning, an elaborate game of the kidnapper’s devising against impossible odds. $24.99
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
Saints of New York by R.J. Ellory has arrived a little early (it is our November Brit Club selection). Set in New York, the death of a young heroin dealer causes no great concern to NYPD Detective Frank Parrish. But when the dealer’s teenage sister winds up dead, questions are raised that have no clear answers. As the homicides continue - and a disturbing pattern emerges - Frank tries to make some sense of the deaths, while battling his own demons. Ellory is a superb writer and a great favorite here at Mysterious. A British Crime Club Selection. $50.00
Three Seconds by Anders Roslund and Borge Hellstrom was awarded the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award for Swedish Crime Novel of the Year, previously won by both Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson. We only have a very few of this thriller, so first come first served. $40.00
FOR COLLECTORS
The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connolly, Little Brown, NY. 1994. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
The Poet by Michael Connolly, Little Brown, NY. 1996. First Edition. SIGNED. $45.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
Dancing Bear by James Crumley, Random House, NY. 1983. First Edition. $150.00
Fine in dust jacket with slight crease on inside flap.
Rain Fall by Barry Eisler, Putnam, NY 2002. First Edition. SIGNED. $25.00
Author’s first book. Introduces John Rain. Fine in dust jacket with slight crease top of spine. Signed on tipped in page.
Hard Rain by Barry Eisler, Putnam, NY. 2003. First Edition. SIGNED. $25.00
Second John Rain thriller. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Rain Storm by Barry Eisler, Putnam, NY. 2004. First Edition. SIGNED. $25.00
Third John Rain thriller. Fine in fine dust jacket.
The Bus That Vanished by Leon Groc, Macaulay, NY. 1928. First Edition. $50.00
An "impossible" crime set in Paris, in which a bus disappears from a restricted area. Name, else about fine in dust jacket, which is worn at hinge of front flap and is lightly rubbed.
Rumor Hath It by Christopher Hale, Doubleday Crime Club, NY. 1945. First Edition. $45.00
Lt. French. Fine in dust jacket.
The Notched Hairpin by H.F. Heard, Vanguard, NY. 1949. First Edition. $65.00
A Sherlock Holmes pastiche in which the detective has retired and taken the name "Mr. Mycroft." Name stamp on front endpaper, else fine in price clipped dust jacket, which is chipped along the top edge.
The Ice Princess by Camilla Lackberg, Pegasus, NY. 2010. First U.S. Edition. SIGNED. $50.00
Scarce. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Walking Back the Cat by Robert Littell, Overlook Press, NY. 1997. First U.S. Edition. $25.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
Return to the Scene by Q. Patrick, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1941. First Edition. $150.00
A fine, fresh copy in an excellent dust jacket which is bright and clean, with minor wear to the top corners and top of spine. Very scarce in such collectable condition.
(Reference) British Mystery Writers, 1920-1939, edited by Bernard Benstock and Thomas F. Staley. Gale Research, Detroit. 1989. First Edition. $65.00
Important book, Vol. 77 of the Dictionary of Literary Biography. Very fine without dust jacket, as issued.
(Reference) British Mystery Writers Since 1940, First Series, edited by Bernard Benstock and Thomas F. Staley, Gale Research, Detroit. 1989. First Edition. $65.00
Important book, Vol. 87 of the Dictionary of Literary Biography. Very fine without dust jacket, as issued.
Child of Rage by Jim Thompson, Centipede Press, CO., 2008 First Thus. $50.00
Includes title story and A Horse in the Baby’s Bathtub. Limited to 250 numbered copies Signed by Ed Gorman who wrote the introduction and Harry O. Morris who did the artwork. Fine with no dust jacket as issued.
Smoke by Donald E. Westlake, The Mysterious Press, NY. 1995. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
The Hook by Donald E. Westlake, The Mysterious Press, NY. 2000. First Edition. SIGNED. $30.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
Bad News by Donald E. Westlake, Warner Books, NY. 2001. First Edition. SIGNED. $30.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
And thanks for your patience while our emails were getting lost in cyberspace. All is well now, I hope.
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 10/8/10
EVENTS
Tuesday, October 12th 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
A launch party for Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva
This debut, set in Providence, RI, is receiving great reviews from the likes of Michael Connelly and Harlan Coben. $24.99
Thursday, October 14th 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
The Sleepwalkers by Paul Grossman
Another debut, this one set in Germany in 1932 $24.99
Reading and discussion.
Kings and Queens of Suspense
Thursday, October 14th at Hunter College Lewis Frumkes and his newly located Writing Center are running a suspense panel featuring Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark, Alan Furst, and Lawrence Block. Frumkes himself will moderate. The event is free and open to the public and will be held in the Faculty Dining Room at 7 PM. There will be refreshments and a books-signing. Limited space.
Please rsvp to 212-772-4292 or 212-772-4294
SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE
Red Jade by Henry Chang is the third in the series featuring NYPD detective Jack Yu whose usual beat is Chinatown. His latest investigation will take him to another Chinatown - this one in Seattle - as puzzling links between murder and the criminal underworld reveal themselves. $25.00
Lee Child signed the UK edition of Worth Dying For, his follow up to 61 Hours. The UK edition of this Jack Reacher thriller is the true first. Many of you pre-ordered this book and those order will be filled anon, but we do have a few copies left. $48.00
Reed Farrel Coleman was here last night for the launch of his new Moe Prager mystery Innocent Monster. And very successful it was! Again, we have copies left. $24.95
Michael Connelly was also here signing The Reversal which features both Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch. A Crime Collectors Club Main Selection. $27.99
John Lawton signed A Lily of the Field which moves from Vienna and Auschwitz to New Mexico and the rubble strewn streets of post-war London. Lawton’s thrillers are first class which is why he’s our Thriller/Espionage Club Selection. This is the true first edition. $24.00
Gold Boy, Emerald Girl by Yiyun Li is a collection of stories from a young writer who is receiving glowing reviews. She appears in the 20-Under-40 list in The New Yorker and her work is called "brilliant" by Publishers Weekly. $25.00
Joyce Carol Oates signed her collection of stories, Sourland. These stories explore how the power of violence, loss and grief shape both the psyche and the soul. $25.99
S.J. Rozan’s latest Bill Smith and Lydia Chin novel, On The Line, is signed. When Lydia Chin is kidnapped, P.I. Bill Smith must keep her alive by playing, and winning, an elaborate game of the kidnapper’s devising against impossible odds. $24.99
SIGNED FROM THE U.K.
Saints of New York by R.J. Ellory has arrived a little early (it is our November Brit Club selection). Set in New York, the death of a young heroin dealer causes no great concern to NYPD Detective Frank Parrish. But when the dealer’s teenage sister winds up dead, questions are raised that have no clear answers. As the homicides continue - and a disturbing pattern emerges - Frank tries to make some sense of the deaths, while battling his own demons. Ellory is a superb writer and a great favorite here at Mysterious. A British Crime Club Selection. $50.00
Three Seconds by Anders Roslund and Borge Hellstrom was awarded the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award for Swedish Crime Novel of the Year, previously won by both Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson. We only have a very few of this thriller, so first come first served. $40.00
FOR COLLECTORS
The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connolly, Little Brown, NY. 1994. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
The Poet by Michael Connolly, Little Brown, NY. 1996. First Edition. SIGNED. $45.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
Dancing Bear by James Crumley, Random House, NY. 1983. First Edition. $150.00
Fine in dust jacket with slight crease on inside flap.
Rain Fall by Barry Eisler, Putnam, NY 2002. First Edition. SIGNED. $25.00
Author’s first book. Introduces John Rain. Fine in dust jacket with slight crease top of spine. Signed on tipped in page.
Hard Rain by Barry Eisler, Putnam, NY. 2003. First Edition. SIGNED. $25.00
Second John Rain thriller. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Rain Storm by Barry Eisler, Putnam, NY. 2004. First Edition. SIGNED. $25.00
Third John Rain thriller. Fine in fine dust jacket.
The Bus That Vanished by Leon Groc, Macaulay, NY. 1928. First Edition. $50.00
An "impossible" crime set in Paris, in which a bus disappears from a restricted area. Name, else about fine in dust jacket, which is worn at hinge of front flap and is lightly rubbed.
Rumor Hath It by Christopher Hale, Doubleday Crime Club, NY. 1945. First Edition. $45.00
Lt. French. Fine in dust jacket.
The Notched Hairpin by H.F. Heard, Vanguard, NY. 1949. First Edition. $65.00
A Sherlock Holmes pastiche in which the detective has retired and taken the name "Mr. Mycroft." Name stamp on front endpaper, else fine in price clipped dust jacket, which is chipped along the top edge.
The Ice Princess by Camilla Lackberg, Pegasus, NY. 2010. First U.S. Edition. SIGNED. $50.00
Scarce. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Walking Back the Cat by Robert Littell, Overlook Press, NY. 1997. First U.S. Edition. $25.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
Return to the Scene by Q. Patrick, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1941. First Edition. $150.00
A fine, fresh copy in an excellent dust jacket which is bright and clean, with minor wear to the top corners and top of spine. Very scarce in such collectable condition.
(Reference) British Mystery Writers, 1920-1939, edited by Bernard Benstock and Thomas F. Staley. Gale Research, Detroit. 1989. First Edition. $65.00
Important book, Vol. 77 of the Dictionary of Literary Biography. Very fine without dust jacket, as issued.
(Reference) British Mystery Writers Since 1940, First Series, edited by Bernard Benstock and Thomas F. Staley, Gale Research, Detroit. 1989. First Edition. $65.00
Important book, Vol. 87 of the Dictionary of Literary Biography. Very fine without dust jacket, as issued.
Child of Rage by Jim Thompson, Centipede Press, CO., 2008 First Thus. $50.00
Includes title story and A Horse in the Baby’s Bathtub. Limited to 250 numbered copies Signed by Ed Gorman who wrote the introduction and Harry O. Morris who did the artwork. Fine with no dust jacket as issued.
Smoke by Donald E. Westlake, The Mysterious Press, NY. 1995. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
The Hook by Donald E. Westlake, The Mysterious Press, NY. 2000. First Edition. SIGNED. $30.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
Bad News by Donald E. Westlake, Warner Books, NY. 2001. First Edition. SIGNED. $30.00
Fine in fine dust jacket.
Sally
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com
Reed Farrel Coleman Reads and Discusses INNOCENT MONSTER
Reed Farrel Coleman read from his new novel INNOCENT MONSTER at The Mysterious Bookshop in New York last evening.
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