Adventure And Thriller Fiction from Grimalkin Books

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1992. This Jack Aubrey-Stephen Maturin series adventure is in Very Good condition. It is a First Printing Thus oversized paperback from Norton. The book has edge rubbing and a corner crease on the bottom of the front panel (shown in photo), as well as several marks on the rear panel where the text is… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009. This novel by the bestselling author of Fresh Kills involves one brother's attempt to rescue another brother from a nefarious past and the strange goings-on at a children's hospital, once a juvenile asylum. The book is a First Edition with a complete "number line" ending in a "1" to indicate First Printing. The book… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010. When a classical pianist arrives in the Congo to give a "Peace and Reconciliation Concert", an act of terrorism suddenly turns him into a man on the run for his life. The book is a Stated First Edition with a complete "number line" starting with a "1" to indicate First Printing. The book… Read more about this item

New York: Scribner, 2010. When a bomb rips through a midtown Manhattan office tower, Aidan Cole must discover if the terrorists are from the Middle East or are the homegrown variety. This "clever, compelling page-turner" (Washington Post) is the author's first novel. This Stated First Edition includes a complete "number line" starting with a "1" to indicate First Printing.… Read more about this item

New York: Scholastic Press, 2006. The Fourth Printing is in Fine, Brand New condition, with a Fine Brand New dust jacket. Pirates, storms, and explosions catch up to Arthur Penhaligon as he attempts to survive a trip on the high seas so he can find the third part of the Will and claim the Third Key. The book is… Read more about this item

New York: Berkley Books, 2009. When Anita Blake receives a head in a box from a shape-shifting serial killer, she heads to Las Vegas to hunt the monster, while contract-killer Edward has her back. This book is a Stated First Edition from June, 2009, and contains a complete "number line" ending in a "1". The book is in Fine, Brand… Read more about this item

New York: Dutton, 2009. This page-turning thriller of one man's fight against a secret terror group is in Fine, Brand New condition, with a Fine, Brand New uncut dust jacket. It is a stated First Printing from July, 2009 and has a complete "number line' starting with a "1". The book is bound in black-covered boards with a salmon-red spine… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011. In this allegorical novel of Texas sheriff Hackberry Holland, the author deals with such current issues as immigration, energy, relgious freedom, and the return of a deranged serial killer known as Preacher Jack. The book is a Stated First Edition and includes a "number line" starting with a "1" to indicate First Printing. The… Read more about this item

Pleasantville, New York: Reader's Digest, 1989. This complete, unedited and handsome edition of Jack London's ultimate sea adventure first published in 1904 was a best-seller in its day and helped cement the author's literary career. His other favorite, "The Call of the Wild," had been published to worldwide acclaim the preceding year. The book is in As New condition… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1991. This Stated First Edition includes a complete "number line" starting with a "1" to indicate First Printing. The book is in Fine condition with a Fine, price-unclipped dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. Set in September 1939, days after Britain has declared war against Germany,… Read more about this item

New York: Barnes & Noble, 1992. This anthology of adventure stories includes work by Arthur Conan Doyle, Ian Fleming, Edgar Allan Poe, Jack London, Joseph Conrad, James M. Cain, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Rudyard Kipling, Cornell Woolrich, O.Henry, Robert Louis Stevenson, Honoré de Balzac, Anne McCaffrey, Lawrence Block, and many more. This hefty volume is a First Edition Thus with a… Read more about this item

Pleasantville, New York: Reader's Digest, 1995. This complete, unedited and handsome edition of Stevenson's famous adventure novel was first published in 1888. This handsome edition includes a frontis color portrait of the author by John Singer Sargent and color illustration throughout by Walter Paget (most famous as the Sherlock Holmes illustrator). The book is in As New condition. It… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's, 2008. This First Edition includes the complete "number line" starting with a "1" to indicate First Printing. Part of Sandford's "Prey" series of mystery thrillers, this one involves the murder of a young heiress who has recently dabbled in the dark side of Goth culture. The book is bound in black paper-covered boards with a green… Read more about this item

New York: Berkley Books, 1995. This book club edition is in Fine, unread condition with a Fine dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into a Brodart protective sleeve. This book was first published in 1979 when Dean Koontz used the pseudonym, Leigh Nichols. The book concerns the terrifying, repetitive dreams of an American singer working in Japan and… Read more about this item

Pleasantville, New York: The World's Best Reading/Reader's Digest, 1993. This handsome edition of Doyle's two most famous Sherlock Holmes novels in one volume, A Study in Scarlet and The Hound of the Baskervilles, are in As New, unread condition and includes the complete text of all eleven stories. In addition, the book includes new black-and-white illustrations by David Johnson and… Read more about this item

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1996. This Stated First Edition has a "number line" starting with a "2". The book is in Fine condition with a Fine price-unclipped dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. This sequel to "The Commodore" has Jack Aubrey as an impoverished landowner, with his fortunes on both land… Read more about this item

New York: Thomas Dunne Books, St Martin's Press, 2003. This Stated First Edition from December 2003 (and, unless it's stated, it's not) includes the complete "number line" ending with a "1" to indicate First Printing. It starts with a murder in war-torn Bosnia. When attorney Cal Dexter begins to draw a net around the killer as part of a worldwide… Read more about this item

New York: Berkley Books, 2007. This Stated First Edition from June 2007 (and, unless it's stated, it's not) includes the required "number line" ending in a "1" to indicate First Printing. The book is in Brand New, unread condition, with a Brand New priced dust jacket. In this 15th novel of the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series, Malcolm, head… Read more about this item

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1992. This Jack Aubrey-Stephen Maturin series adventure is in Very Good+ condition. It is a First Printing Thus oversized paperback from Norton. The book has been read only once and read gently with some light scratch marks on the rear panel. (Click on photo.) The binding is tight and secure, with no break… Read more about this item

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1992. This is the sixteenth of the Jack Aubrey-Stephen Maturin series adventures and is in Fine, unread condition. It is a 8th Printing oversized paperback from Norton. The book measures 5 1/4 by 7 3/4 inches and includes 261 pages. The binding is tight and secure. The pages are clean and bright throughout. .… Read more about this item