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Safe House
In his latest adventure, Burke and his band of adventurers take on a gang of abusive husbands who become stalkers of their own wives. After rescuing a porn star, a rape victim, and a sadomasochistic runaway, they turn their efforts towards the pregnant Marla, whose neo-Nazi husband has plans to induct his unborn child into his cult. When it turns out that Marla's husband is a paid informant who may be helping the U.S. government infiltrate his movement, it is suddenly apparent that the entire operation is far more intricate and dangerous than even Burke had expected.
New York: Knopf, 1998. In a clear protective Brodart CoverBurke, hard-core criminal and man for hire is up sgainst a new breed of predator: stalkers. Burke makes a deal to protect a woman who runs a safehouse for stalking victims but the stakers don't know that Burke never backs down. Gritty and intesne like the vnest of Vachss' novels. . Minor rubbing to flaps of dj, rear corners bumped, remainder dot to top page edges. . First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. ... (more information)
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Price: $12.00
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Strega
New York: Random House, 1987. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Author's second novel featuring Burke, vingilante/ex-con/scam artist who's self-appointed mission is to protect the children of the world. Burke searches the gritty underworld of lower Manhattan in search of an abused six year old boy who may not even be alive anymore. Very light bump to tail of spine.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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Price: $20.00
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Dead and Gone
Acting as the middleman in a ransom exchange can be hazardous to one's health, as Burke discovers when he volunteers for such a job. When the exchange goes awry, Burke is shot, and his beloved dog, Pansy, is killed. Burke vows to wreak revenge, and his search for his assailants leads him into brushes with the Russian mob, Nigerian rebels, and a host of other underworld characters.
New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2000. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Burke, ex-con, criminal, and man for hire lies in a hospital bed, the victim of a deal gone bad, his beloved partner dead. When he escapes, revenge is foremost in his mind as he begins the hunt for those responsible. Light byumping to spine ends, some rubbingto flaps.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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Price: $12.00
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Blossom
Burke travels to an Indiana mining town to help a boy accused of sexual crimes and shootings. His ally is a beautiful woman named Blossom, who has reasons of her own for wanting to track the killer.
New York: Random House Inc, 1990. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. A gritty hard-boiled Burke novel. Burke comes to the aid of his friend's nephew by hiding him from the police who've falsely accused him of murder while Burke tried to find the real killer. Light bumping to spine ends, on small spot to front free endpaper.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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Price: $16.00
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Footsteps of the Hawk
This is the ninth in the series of Vachss's 'Burke' novels. Back in New York, Burke must decipher the conflicting stories of two cops regarding a police cover-up in a rape case while ducking trouble for his own illegal investments in the career of a up-and-coming boxer.
New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1995. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Burke retruns to the streets of New York and is caught between two cops, one female who wants him to help her free a man, and the other a male who wants to frame Burke for murder. A touch of rubbing to flaps., a small scratch to front flap.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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Price: $12.00
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Hard Candy
This is the fourth of Vachss's 'Burke' novels. In attempting to rescue the daughter of his prostitute friend Candy from a shelter for street kids, Burke stumbles upon a soft-spoken cult leader with mafia connections who is using the children for his own hideous purposes.
Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1989. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Burke collides head-to-head with his old friends when he tries toi rescue a girl teen who claims to run a safe-house for kids.Light spine slant, stainng to fron board, nick and snall sctahc to front board.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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Price: $18.00
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Flood
Rogue PI Burke is hired by a beautiful woman to find a child abuser so she can kill him with her own hands.
E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Donald I Fine, 1985. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Author's first novel and featuring avenger and anti-hero Burke. Freelance investigator Burke tries to help a woman named Flood find the man responsible for a horrible act of violence against a child of a friend. Bumping to spine ends, crease to inside front flap, light wear to head of dj spine. . First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. ... (more information)
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Price: $55.00
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Second Chance
New York: Delacorte Press, 1991. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Unread. A Harry Stoner novel. The search for a missing woman results in Harry's delving into the tragic death of the woman's mother. A touch of foxing to top text bloak.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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Price: $16.00
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Final Notice
New York,: Dodd Mead, 1980. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. The scarce second novel featuring PI Harry Stoner and follow-up to The Lime Pit. Someone is cutting up the books at the Hyde Park Library, and Harry investgates and soon finds out the vandals are cutting up more than books. Light edgewear to front flap, small crease to rear inside flap, bumping to spineends and edge of rear board, slight spine slant... First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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Price: $75.00
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Araminta Station
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Tor Books, 1988. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. In the first volume of Cadwal Chronicles. Murder, revenge and intrigue haunt the planet of Cadwal that has been set aside as a natural preserve and inhabited by a handful of scientists and their families. A touch of wear to spine ends, light wear one corner and spine ends of dj.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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Price: $14.00
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World's End
In the sequel to "The Snow Queen", an outcast policeman embarks on a trip to the wasteland known as World's End, little aware that his journey will affect the future ascension to the throne of the Summer Queen.
New York: Bluejay Books, 1984. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Author's follow-up to the Snow Queen finds police officer BZ Gundhalinu assignedby choice to a rough , tough remote outpost known as World's End. . First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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Price: $40.00
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Butterfly Stories: A Novel
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grove Press, 1993. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Light soiling to top edge, wear to spineends, chip to bottom edge of contents page.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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Price: $12.00
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You Bright and Risen Angels
London, United Kingdom: Andre- Deutsch, 1988. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Unread. Author's surreal debut novel that is a heady mix of politics, technology, and satire of an America populated by a group of electrical engineers who are the reactionaries and their enemies, the revolutionaries, made up of humanoid insects. Light sunning to page edges, a hint of wear to tail of spine.. Boldly SIGNED By Author on Title Page. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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Price: $150.00
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Europe Central
New York: Viking Press, 2005. In a clear protective mylar cover. Massive eight hundred page novel and winner of the National Book Award in 2005. The author explores the warring cultures of Germany and Russia during the height of WWII through the moral decisions of various generals from both sides and consequences they have on the fates of various artists and composers. Light wear/bumping to spine ends and two corners, light scratches to both boards, light wear/creasing to spine ends of dj, light crease to... (more information)
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Price: $60.00
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Timequake
A book of metafiction by the celebrated American novelist. In the year 2001, a glitch in the space-time continuum occurs, making everybody repeat everything that had been done since 1991.
New York: Putnam Pub Group, 1997. Unread. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. In this unconventional novel, join the three protagonists, the under appreciated writer Kilgotr Trout, the author himself, and the dysfunctional universe, as the universe stops expanding and momentarily shrinks, back to February 17th, 1991, and then start to expand, where Trout and everybody else will have to do ecxactly what they did the first time around - or will they?. First Edition- First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fi... (more information)
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Price: $30.00
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Jailbird
Vonnegut's Watergate novel, featuring a crooked protagonist named Walter J. Starbuck.
Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1979. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. A very nice unread copy. Orange top-stain. The author's fantastical satire on the Nixon presidency as well as a comment on the failure of the government and the corporatization of the Unted Statres Light stain to interior of dj near tail of spine, light sunning to inside front flap. . First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. ... (more information)
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Price: $125.00
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