Search Results: Authors starting with H from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The twentieth book in Haddam's accomplished but under-appreciated mystery series featuring retired FBI agent, Gregor Demarkian, this time investigating the death of a homeless man who had sued a Philadelphia right-wing radio talk show host; Advance Reading Copy with publisher's news release laid in; a Fine copy in like dustjacket.

New York: Bantam Books, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The thirteenth novel in Haddam's highly-praised and intelligent "holiday" mystery series featuring retired FBI agent Gregor Demarkian, this time seeking a killer on a rocky island off the coast of Maine where a 1930s movie star is celebrating her 100th birthday. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square; dustjacket shows light rubbing and just a trace of edgewear. Collectable.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2009. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The 24th novel in Haddam's highly-praised mystery series featuring former FBI agent Gregor Demarkian finds him in a small Pennsylvania town investigating the savage beating of a 91-year-old school board member opposed to including "intelligent design" in the science curriculum. First Edition, First Printing. About 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, 391 pages including acknowledgments in grey paper-covered boards with gold-stamped lettering on the spine. The dustjacket's front panel shows a winter night with snow falling on a lone woman walking down the center of a road with snow-covered cars parked bumper-to-bumper on both sides of the road. Back panel contains five "blurbs" praising previous novels in this series. A single small remainder dot on the bottom edge of the text, o/w text and boards are clean, complete and unmarked, tight and square. Dustjacket shows only a touch of wear along edges… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2012. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The 27th novel in Haddam's intelligent, highly-praised mystery series featuring former FBI agent-turned-private-detective, Gregor Demarkian. This time Demarkian must pick up the case where the police have been left with two badly burned corpses -- a teenaged boy working at the exclusive country club and a middle-aged woman believed to be having an affair with the boy. The woman's husband is arrested and then it's discovered her body is really the corpse of an unidentified man, leaving a series of puzzles for Demarkian to solve to find the murderer. First Printing, First Edition (stated 1st with complete numberline). 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches, 282 pages in pink paper-covered boards with green lettering on the spine. A tiny light brown stain near bottom edge of fep, o/w boards and text are clean, complete and unmarked, not remaindered. The pictorial dustjacket shows only a touch of edge wear at the spine… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The twentieth novel in Haddam's under-appreciated mystery series featuring retired FBI agent, Gregor Demarkian, this time searching for a homeless man who's disappeared after suing a right-wing radio talk show host for defamation and false accusation. Front paste down shows what appears to be a partially erased price, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square; the dustjacket shows some minor edgewear, no tears, no chipping or creasing, not price-clipped.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The 22nd book in Haddam's mystery-crime series that has quietly and without fanfare made its way to the top of the list for those readers who like inventive plots and imaginative characters and are worth the intellectual exercise they demand. This time, retired FBI agent Gregor Demarkian is hired to find out what really happened on a small, exclusive island off the Massachusetts coast where the latest boy toy of an aging teen pop idol is found shot dead during one of the worst blizzards in decades. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. The dustjacket shows only a few light scratches on the back panel and very minor edgewear, no tears, no chipping or creasing, not price-clipped. A collectable copy.

Toronto: Doubleday, 2003. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A writer and illustrator of children's books, Haddon's first adult fiction was this Whitbread Prize-winning mystery featuring Christopher, an autistic teenaged savant, who is falsely accused of killing his neighbor's dog. Christopher decides he must find the real killer and his investigation leads him down unexpected paths, including the dissolution of his parent's marrigage. First Printing, First U.S. Edition, with boards bound in grey quarter-cloth over rust-colored paper and silver lettering on spine. Copyright page shows 2002 copyright date; July, 2003, publication date, with complete numberline. Dustjacket is red over grey with advance-praise blurbs on back panel. Boards and 226-page text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. The dustjacket shows just a touch of edgewear, no tears, no creasing or chipping, not price-clipped. A collectable copy.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1978. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Originally published in 1920, "She And Allan" is the 11th book in Haggard's now legendary Fantasy Adventure series that began with "King Solomon's Mines." Set in Africa and featuring the great white hunter, Allan Quartermain, this is the story of Quartermain's search for the lost land of Kor and the immortal White Witch, whose knowledge was more than human. First Printing of the First Ballantine Edition. 308 pages; cover art by Michael Herring. Pictorial wrappers show only minor surface and edge wear, no tears or chipping. Light reading crease, slight soiling on back cover. Text has lightly age-tanned margins, o/w clean and complete.

New York: Signet/New American Library, 1963. First Printing, First U.S. PB Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Vintage Paperback, Signet D2368: One of this mid-20th century spy-thriller writer's best novels, it features Telemann, a killer so successful and polished he is considered one of the best weapons in a bristling enemy arsenal when he is dropped into the struggle for a newly-discovered oil field. Text is clean, unmarked, tight and square. Pictorial wrappers show two damaged areas where stickers have been removed -- a dime-sized spot on the front cover and a quarter-sized area on the back cover, o/w only minimal surface and edgewear. Solid reading copy.

New York: Walker & Co., 1983. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. About Very Good. The 17th novel in Haggard's well-regarded 1960s-80s spy-thriller series featuring Charles Russell of England's Security Executive. This one sees the recently retired Russell help fight a gang of Indian drug dealers led by the Man, head of a ruthless criminal empire. Remainder marks on top edge of text, bookseller's stamp on front end page, o/w text is clean, square and tight with some age-tanning. Pictorial covers show wear at the edges and corners, price sticker on lower corner of back cover and dime-sized damage spot on front cover where another sticker was apparently removed, o/w no tears, no significant chipping or creasing. A decent reading copy of a hard-to-find book.

New York: Bantam Books, 1965. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Bantam H3030; An espionage thriller set in World War II Europe; text is clean, square, tight, slightly age-tanned; pictorial wrappers show minimal reading creases, only minor surface and edgewear. Collectable.

New York: Avon Books, 1969. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Avon Books V2267; the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter's novel about the Vietnam War; one-reader text is clean, square, tight, mildly age-browned; pictorial wrappers show some slight rubbing and soiling, minor edgewear. Collectable.

New York: William Morrow & Co., 1991. First Printing, First Trade Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Halberstam's eleventh book was written at the beginning of the last decade of the 20th Century, giving its author a sweeping view and penetrating analysis of world and national political and economic history over the past fifty years but equally as fascinating and important to us, some 20 years along, is his forecast of what the U.S. and world will look like into our current century. Boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows some minor shelfwear.

Chester, CN: The Pequot Press, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A collection of short stories and sketches based on life in rural New England in the late 19th century from a poet/historian who lived what he writes about. Signed by Hale on the title page. Scarce. Collectable.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1965. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. Vintage paperback, Ballantine U5021; From the author of the Quiller spy-thriller series, a story about an airliner filled with passengers that disappears off the coast of South America, then months later, the pilot is spotted in a local bar; text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-browned in pictorial wrappers showing only very minimal creasing, surface and edgewear. Very collectable copy.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A classic mystery featuring a "tarnished knight"--private detective hired to find a rich man's daughter missing in Spain; introduction by Donald E. Westlake; originally published in Spain where author resides; a Fine copy in like dustjacket.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Hall's suspense-thriller featuring Key Largo's Thorn and a cruise ship comandeered by a madman; boards and text are clean and tight; two sets of initials and dates in upper corner of back end page; dustjacket shows only very minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. . Very Good/Fine. Hall's suspense-thiller of a madman's plot to destroy a Florida cruise ship and everyone on it. Text is clean, tight, with a very slight lean; dustjacket shows only very minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hall's tenth mystery thriller features former Miami cop-turned-writer Hannah Keller, who finds a strangely marked-up and underlined copy of her first novel that could lead her and FBI agent Frank Sheffield to the pyschopathic killer of Keller's parents; light ink mark on fore edge of text; dustjacket is very slightly worn at top and bottom of spine.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. From one of masters of the mystery-thriller genre, a novel about a series of rape-murders in Miami and their relationship to the childhood of crime scene technician Alexandra Rafferty; black boards and text are clean, square, tight; dustjacket shows some slight surface and edgewear.