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The World of Agatha Christie: The Facts and Fiction behind the World's Greatest Crime Writer

The World of Agatha Christie: The Facts and Fiction behind the World's Greatest Crime Writer

by Fido, Martin

Condition
As New
Jacket Condition
As New
Edition
First American Edition
Published
1999
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9781580621601
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$39.99

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Holbrook MA: Adams Media Corporation, 1999. This First American Edition includes the "letter line" starting with an "A" that indicates First Printing. Beautifully illustrated in period photos both in color, tinted, or in black-and-white, the author presents Agatha Christie's life, sometimes itself a mystery, her career, her world, and filmed productions of her stories and novels, often featuring Hercule Poirot… Read more about this item
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Elegy for April

Elegy for April

by Black, Benjamin

Condition
Brand New
Jacket Condition
Brand New
Edition
Stated First Edition
Published
2010
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780805090918
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$14.99

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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2010. Benjamin Black (a pseudonym for Booker Prize winner John Banville) has followed his last mystery, Christine Falls, with a new, intricately layered work involving the disappearance of a young woman doctor in Dublin and the reformed alcoholic who tackles the case. The book is a Stated First Edition (and, unless it's stated, it's… Read more about this item
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American Subversive

American Subversive

by Goodwillie, David

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Brand New
Jacket Condition
Brand New
Edition
Stated First Edition
Published
2010
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9781439157053
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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
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Trust Me

Trust Me

by Abbott, Jeff

Condition
Brand New
Jacket Condition
Brand New
Edition
First Edition
Published
2009
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780525951216
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$10.99

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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
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The Firm

The Firm

by Grisham, John

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As New
Jacket Condition
As New
Edition
Published
1995
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780385416344
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$29.99

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New York: Doubleday, 1995. John Grisham's breakthrough novel is a Twentieth Printing trade edition (NOT book club). It is in As New, unread, gift-giving condition. It comes with a price-unclipped dust jacket (with $19.95 and the printed price), also in As New condition. I've placed the dust jacket into a Brodart protective sleeve. (Click on photo.) The book is bound… Read more about this item
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The Third Man (The Full Story of Kim Philby)

The Third Man (The Full Story of Kim Philby)

by Cookridge, E.H.

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1968
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1968. Kim Philby, "the best spy the Russians ever had", infiltrates the British Secret Intelligence Service and acts as a double agent for 33 years. The author, E.H. Cookridtge, was himself a secret agent and knew Philby over three decades. The book is a First Edition in Very Good+ condition, with a signature of the… Read more about this item
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Desert Autumn: A Claire Gray Mystery

Desert Autumn: A Claire Gray Mystery

by Craft, Michael

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As New
Jacket Condition
As New
Published
2001
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780312280345
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$18.99

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New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2001. This Stated First Edition from December 2001 (and, unless it's stated, it's not) also includes a "number line" ending with a "1" to indicate First Printing. The book is in As New, unread condition, with an As New, price-unclipped dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival, Brodart protective sleeve. This is… Read more about this item
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Mrs. Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of a Family Beyond Reproach

Mrs. Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of a Family Beyond Reproach

by Gordon, Meryl

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As New
Jacket Condition
As New
Edition
First Edition
Published
2008
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780618893737
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$26.99

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008. This First Edition has the required "number line" ending with a "1" to indicate First Printing. The book is in As New condition with an As New price-unclipped dust jacket. This biography of the well-loved philanthropist, Brooke Astor, also deals with the tragic family scandal of a son accused of mistreating his mother and of… Read more about this item
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The Dream Factory

The Dream Factory

by Leigh, Janet

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
2002
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9781551668741
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$17.99

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Ontario, Canada: MIRA Books, 2002. This Stated First Printing from February 2002 also includes the "number line" ending in a "1" that also indicates First Printing. This novel from the famous Academy Award-nominated actress deals with a seriously ailing celebrity manager whose detailed journal has the goods on just about everyone. Oh, dear! The book is in Fine condition with… Read more about this item
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Murder on Waverly Place

Murder on Waverly Place

by Thompson, Victoria

Condition
New
Jacket Condition
New
Published
2009
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780425227756
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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New York: Berkley Prime Crime Mystery, 2009. This Second Printing is in New, unread condition, with a New, price-unclipped dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. This is the eleventh novel in Victoria Thompson "Gaslight Mystery" series set in 1890's Manhattan and combines the mystery genre with historical fiction and romance. In this… Read more about this item
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Phantom Prey

Phantom Prey

by Sandford, John

Condition
New
Jacket Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
Published
2008
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780399155000
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$9.99

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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
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Dead Over Heels

Dead Over Heels

by Harris, Charlaine

Condition
Used - Fine
Published
2008
Binding
Paperback
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$3.99

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New York: Berkley Prime Crime Mystery, 2008. This is the fifth mystery in the Aurora Teagarden series by Charlaine Harris (author of the Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire series upon which HBO's True Blood is based). The book is in Fine condition with only minimal signs of wear (click on photo). In this novel, Roe's nemesis, Detective Sergeant Jack Burns,… Read more about this item
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The Crystal Prison: Book Two of the Deptford Mice Trilogy

The Crystal Prison: Book Two of the Deptford Mice Trilogy

by Jarvis, Robin

Condition
As New
Jacket Condition
As New
Edition
First American Edition
Published
2001
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9781587171079
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$14.99

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New York: A Peter Glassman Book/SeaStar, 2001. This First U.S. Edition is in As New condition, with an As New price-unclipped dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. In Book Two of the Deptford Mice Trilogy, the mice had fled the horrors of the rat-infested city to the countryside, only to find themselves… Read more about this item
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The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan

Condition
As New
Jacket Condition
No Dust Jacket as Issued
Edition
First Edition Thus
Published
1993
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780895775528
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$14.99

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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
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Murder in Dorset: A New Look at Notorious Cases

Murder in Dorset: A New Look at Notorious Cases

by Murphy, Theresa

Condition
Used - Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1988
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780709035626
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London: Robert Hale, 1988. The Dorset countryside seems peaceful enough on the surface, at least it did until Theresa Murphy, using police and court records, reconstructed eight terrifying true cases of murder that took place there from the 19th through 20th Centuries. This oversized paperback is a First Edition and is in Fine condition. The book measures 5 3/8 by… Read more about this item
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Indiana Gothic: A Story of Adultery and Murder in an American Family

Indiana Gothic: A Story of Adultery and Murder in an American Family

by Brock, Pope

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As New
Jacket Condition
As New
Edition
Stated First Edition
Published
1999
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780385485098
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New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 1999. This Stated First Edition from May 1999 also includes the required "number line" starting with a "1" to indicate First Printing. The book is in As New condition with an As New price-unclipped dust jacked. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. This story of passion, murder, betrayal, and adultery… Read more about this item
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Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition Thus
Published
1994
Binding
Hardcover
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$11.99

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New York: Book-of-the-Month Club, 1994. In 1994, Book-of-the-Month Club published a complete set of the Sherlock Holmes novels and stories in nine separate, uniform volumes for its membership. Since that time, the club has re-published the volumes with different dust jackets. This is one of the original volumes from the first set and is therefore a "First Edition Thus." … Read more about this item
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Conan Doyle

Conan Doyle

by Nordon, Pierre

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1966
Binding
Hardcover
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$34.99

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London: John Murray, 1966. This is the first British edition, translated from the French by Frances Partridge, and published by John Murray, London. (The original French edition was awarded the Prix Guizot by the Academie Francaise.) The book is in close to Fine condition with a close to Fine non-price clipped dust jacket. The book is bound in a light… Read more about this item
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Bill Slider Omnibus: Orchestrated Death, Death Watch, Necroship

Bill Slider Omnibus: Orchestrated Death, Death Watch, Necroship

by Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia

Condition
Used - Very Good
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780751526769
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London: Time Warner Paperbacks This collection of the complete first three Bill Slider detective novels is in Very Good condition (click on photo). The book was probably read once gently but shows little wear. The Title page is missing. The book measures 5 by 7 3/4 inches and includes 824 pages. The binding is tight, and the pages are… Read more about this item
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Bill Slider Omnibus: Dead End, Blood Lines, Killing Time

Bill Slider Omnibus: Dead End, Blood Lines, Killing Time

by Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition Thus
Published
2005
Binding
Paperback
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$49.99

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London: Time Warner Paperbacks, 2005. This collection of the second series of three complete novels dealing with Detective Inspector Bill Slider's unique crime-solving cases is in close to Fine condition (click on photo). The book includes a laid-in book plate signed by the author, Cynthia Harrod-Eagles. The book was probably read once gently but shows only minimal wear. The… Read more about this item
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