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

New York: Henry Holt, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The eleventh novel in Grafton's bestselling and widely-praised "alphabet" mystery series featuring California private detective Kinsey Millhone, was a Shamus Award winner. A Collectable Copy

New York: Henry Holt, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Grafton's eleventh novel in her celebrated "alphabet" mystery series featuring California woman private detective Kinsey Milhone, was a Shamus Award winner; text and boards are clean, tight, square; dustjacket is price-clipped, o/w only minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: Anchor/Random House, 2004. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Trade Paperback. Fine. The fourth novel in Smith's award-winning mystery series featuring Botswanan private detective Precious Ramotswe and her No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, which faces competition from a rival detective agency. Text is clean, tight, square; pictorial wrappers nearly perfect.

Franklin Cente, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. First Edition. . Full-Leather. Very Good to Near Fine/Issued Without Jacket. An unusual and scarce copy of Vidal's novel about an ex-American GI, a chemical-biological warfare expert during his time in Vietnam, who suddenly appears in Nepal, claiming to be Kalki, a Hindu god on a mission to destroy mankind to make way for a better race of humans. This copy of The Franklin Library's Limited Edition, the true first edition, first printing, is in fact a prototype, one of six created during the process leading up the the novel's print run to check the quality of all the elements that go into the production of a full leather bound edition of a best-selling author's novel. According to a "Quality Control Report" laid-in, dated 3/29/78, a first print run of 11,100 copies was scheduled for completion on 4/13/78. The report is basically a checklist of the status of the various work and parts that go into production of the novel, such… Read More

New York: Random House, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Vidal's sixteenth novel is set a few years in the future when a man claiming to be the Hindu god Kalki appears in Katmandu. According to Hindu mythology, Kalki's appearance signals the destruction of all mankind except for a few Kalki followers, who will begin a new race of man. Soon Kalki's followers are preaching mankind's imminent destruction in all the world's cities. But all may not be what it seems. This Kalki turns out to be an American, an ex-GI from New Orleans named Kelly, a gifted chemist and an expert on chemical and biological warfare, who may be using religion to hide an international drug ring. Then again, the drug ring may be a front for Kelly/Kalki's plot to destroy the world. Previous owner's inscription in the upper corner of the front paste down, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square; the dustjacket is price-clipped, o/w a bit of… Read More

Franklin Cente, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. First Edition. . Full-Leather. Fine/Issued Without Jacket. The Franklin Library's Limited Edition of "Kalki," Vidal's 24th novel in a long, distinguished career as an American man of letters is the true first edition, first printing, of this work about an ex-GI from New Orleans, a chemical-biological warfare expert in Vietnam, who appears in Katmandu, Nepal, proclaiming he is the Hindu god, Kalki, come to carry out the destruction of mankind to make way for a new race of man. Bound in full red leather with three raised bands on the spine and gilt lettering and decoration on the covers and spine. Moire silk end papers, a sewn-in ribbon bookmark and all text edges gilded. 320 pages on archival-grade paper, with illustrations by George H. Jones and a special note to members of Franklin Library's First Editions Society from Vidal. Boards show perhaps a touch of wear on lower edges, text is clean and unmarked, binding is tight and… Read More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Shamus Award-winning Kijewski's eighth book in her mystery series featuring Kat Colorado, Sacramento female private investigator.

New York: Dell, 1944. First Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Vintage Paperback, Dell Mapback 47: Honolulu Police Inspector Charlie Chan takes a vacation to California, then to Lake Tahoe, where he sees snow for the first time and, not for the first time, finds murder. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. Laminate on pictorial wrappers beginning to loosen around edges and at corners. Book shows minor corner bumping, reading creases, light crease lower front corner, creases on back cover. That said, wrappers are 99% whole, with no significant tears, other flaws to cover art or mapback. Text edges slightly faded, text lightly age-tanned, o/w clean, unmarked, complete. Binding tight and square. Collectable.

New York: Bantam Books, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. Edgar and Creasey Award winner King returns to Folly Island in a mystery/suspense novel featuring Allen Carmichael, a Vietnam veteran living on the fringes of the law while rescuing children from abusive parents; Signed by King on the Title Page; a Very Fine, unread copy in like dustjacket. Collectable.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1991. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. A collection of essays, most from the 1980s by one of the best English art critics, poets and novelists, sharing his vision on painting, photography, time and reality. Top end of spine lightly bumped, lettering on spine worn in spots but still legible, some light soiling to boards, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. Dustjacket shows slight bumping at top of spine and top corners, no tears, not price-clipped. Scarce. Collectable.

New York: Bantam Books, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. the thirteenth book from one of the few mystery-suspense writers who regulary transcends the genre, this time in a novel featuring Allen Carmichael, a Vietnam veteran who has made a career rescuing children from abusive parents and escorting them to loving homes. Scarce. Collectable.

New York: Bantam Books, 1970. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Bantam N5403; from the bestselling author of "Act Of Anger," a mystery-thriller featuring Benson Kellogg, a lawyer trying to save his town from an organized crime conspiracy; text is clean, tight, with a very slight spine lean in white pictorial wrappers showing only minor surface and edgewear. Scarce. Collectable.

New York: Knopf, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This is the first of Higgins' crime novels featuring Jerry Kennedy, the "classiest sleazy criminal lawyer in Boston.

New York: Knopf, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The eighth novel from this master crime writer features Jerry Kennedy, "the classiest sleazy criminal lawyer in Boston;" a small stain on the back end page o/w a Fine, collectable copy.

New York: New American Library, 1963. First Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage Paperback, Signet T2297; Sillitoe's novel of an angry young man from the slums of Nottingham, England; First Printing of the First Signet Paperback Edition; text clean and tight, slightly age-browned, very slight spine lean; wrappers show minimal surface and edgewear, some browning near spine, slight reading crease and spine wear.

Greenwich, CN: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1962. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage Paperback, Gold Medal s1198; The behind-the-scenes story of a major-league, industry convention from the author of the Travis McGee series; Paperback Original True First Edition, First Printing; one-reader text is clean, square, tight, lightly age-tanned; pictorial wrappers show very light reading creases, some slight age-discoloration along spine and edges, minor wear at spine ends; a nice, collectable copy.

New York: Bantam Books, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Bantam J3085; One of the earlier novels from the Western's master craftsman features Matt Keelock, a man with a sense of humor, running from a posse with a hanging rope; Paperback Original, True First Edition, First Printing; text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-tanned in pictorial wrappers showing only minor creasing, surface and edgewear.

Zurich/London: Kunsthaus Zurich/London Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1971. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Exhibition Catalogue. Near Fine to Fine/Issued Without Jacket. Catalogue issued in conjunction with the exhibition of eleven of Ed and Lyn Kienholz's famous 1960s tableaux at museums in Zurich and London during a European tour in 1971. This catalogue was modeled on the cataglogue produced for the Moderna Museet, Stockholm. It contains 141 photographs of the 11 tableaux in the exhibition, including 10 x 13" full-color foldouts of most, as well as black & white photos providing a detailed study of each tableau. Among the tableaux in the exhibition are Roxy's, The Illegal Operation, The Birthday, The Back Seat Dodge '38, and The State Hospital. Side-by-side German and English texts are largely comments based on a taped interview made by Pontus Hulten with Kienholz in Los Angeles in 1969; also includes a brief biography, bibliography and list of exhibitions. Grey, 8 1/2… Read More

Greenwich, CN: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1974. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Gold Medal M3027; A western following one of L'Amour's favorite themes -- a peaceful man pushed into trouble refusing to back down to the rich and powerful; First Printing of First Gold Medal Edition (originally issued by Ace in1954); text is clean, tight, lightly age-tanned with slight spine lean; pictorial wrappers with light reading crease, minor creasing on back cover, minimal other surface and edgewear.

New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1992. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Highwater's ninth novel features Sitko Ghost Horse, a character previously appearing in the author's young adult work, a young Native American artist caught between two cultures as he seeks his spiritual identity in a world where death is a constant presence; date stamped in upper corner of front end page, o/w text and boards are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows a single, small tear in upper corner of front panel near spine, o/w only very minimal surface and edgewear. Scarce. Collectable.