Search Results: Titles starting with P from Blackbird Bookshop

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on title page. . Tiny spot of soil top edge.. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. The mysterious disappearance of a prominent physician leads Kinsey into a danger-filled maze of duplicity and double-dealing as she taps into the intricacies of a cunning Medicare fraud. ; 9.25 x 6 x 1.25 inches; 352 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Author-signed bookplate affixed to . half-title page. Gift inscription also on half-title.1987 National Book . Award winner. Minor foxing top edge.. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Paco Sullivan, the lone survivor of a massacre in Vietnam, travels back to the United States, becomes a dishwasher in a short-order restaurant, and is haunted by the ghosts of the men killed in battle. Heinemann's second novel is narrated through the collective voices of Paco's dead colleagues and offers a war veteran's envious and despairing view of the regular world. ; 9.25 x 6 x 1 inches; 210 pages; Signed by Author .

San Jose: Pacific Coast Press. Near Fine; Signed by the author on the title page. Paperback Original, . First Edition. Book appears unread, minor rubbing.. 1998. First Edition. Softcover. In the 2nd book of The Dying Game Trilogy, Doug rebuilds his life while working for Bruno Sebastino. He faces questions that could easily have been answered a year ago, but today too many things have changed. Most important of all, his life is no longer his own. In The Pact With Bruno the reader is swept headlong into the wealthy personal lifestyle of a Mafia executive and his family. Doug's life becomes astonishingly intermingled with those of Bruno, Jerry and Kely. As relationships appear to strengthen, it becomes clear that all is not well. The shadows conceal a betrayal. Without warning a new adversary appears who is much more powerful than Mr. C and Doug is at war again but for much different reasons. Can he handle this new challenge? ; Mass Market PB; 6.75 x 4.25 x 0.5 inches; 248 pages; Signed… Read More

New York: Minotaur Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Has been gently read.. 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Max Tudor, former spy turned cleric, returns to the small English village of Nether Monkslip, where some new residents are causing quite a stir. ; A Max Tudor Novel; 8.3 X 5.7 X 1.0 inches; 304 pages .

New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Appears unread; faint foxing top edge. . Wear pattern evident on the scan is on the mylar cover.. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Lovejoy enters the illicit world of underground antiques when he is summoned by a shady underworld figure to judge a competition involving an antique vase. His verdict, however, sets off a chain of suspicious happenings in the antiques community--including murder--and Lovejoy soon realizes he has stumbled onto an international ring of crime. ; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches; 261 pages .

New York: St Martins Pr. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Foxing edges, a bit heavier at top; . jacket price-clipped and age-toned.. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. When a loutish young British agent is sent to dissuade a group of retired MI5 and MI6 operatives from publishing their memoirs, the old agents become incensed and set out to teach the government a lesson. ; 8.3 X 5.6 X 0.8 inches; 191 pages .

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Light wrinkling bottom edge front . panel.. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Locked into a lethal relationship, two men stumble blindly across Europe, shedding wives, self-respect, and illusions. The climax, when it comes, is as inevitable as it is unexpected. ; 8.4 X 5.6 X 0.9 inches; 191 pages .

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Book has just a hint of lean.. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Ward James is a reclusive young reporter and the son of a newspaper family. His brother Jack, recently expelled from college, drives a delivery truck for their father's paper. The brothers are brought together when Ward returns home to investigate the case of a man awaiting execution for the revenge killing of the county's legendary sheriff. What is uncovered goes beyond the crime itself to the heart of the business of journalism. ; 9.5 X 6.6 X 1.0 inches; 307 pages .

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; 1968 Edgar Award nominee for Best . Mystery Novel; the author's third book. Light fading to board edges, . topstain faded at edge; jacket with edge wrinkles.. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Wild, weird, way-out and wacky din't begin to describe the strange assignment undertaken by Missing Persons Bureau Detective Max Van Larsen during the couse of a 10-hour hunt for a missing teenaged boy. ; 8.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches; 209 pages .

New York: Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Second printing before publication. . Minor edge wrinkling jacket.. 1997. Second Printing. Hardcover. In Oklahoma early one morning in 1976, nine men from Ruby (pop. 360) , in defense of the "one all-black town worth the pain", assault the nearby Convent and the women in it. ; 9.6 X 6.6 X 1.4 inches; 318 pages .

New York: William Morrow. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on title page. . Book has a slight lean and a faint "3" top corner front endpaper. . Horizontal slice front panel of jacket, across the "L" in Lost.. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. On a late-night hike in the Arizona wilderness, two young girls stumble across something they should not have seen. Now both will have to pay. ; 9.3 X 6.1 X 1.4 inches; 371 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Nan A. Talese. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Author's first novel. Red dot bottom . edge; front flap crease jacket.. 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Inspector Paul Mazarelle, formerly of Paris but now living in Tazlac, is charged with bringing his experience and record of success in the capital to bear on a gruesome quadruple homicide at the height of tourist season. ; 8.3 X 6.1 X 1.3 inches; 336 pages .

Intrigue Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Inscribed by the author on title page. Appears . unread.. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Charlie returns from her Hawaiian vacation to find her older brother Ron involved with a much younger woman. But the more Charlie sees of cute Vicky, the more she realizes just how deceitful Ron's new love is. ; 8.9 X 6.0 X 0.9 inches; 195 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Crown Publishers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Jacket has light rubbing and sun . browning.. 1988. First American Edition. Hardcover. Air Force One, carrying the president and his wife, the secretary of state, and the Russian ambassador, blows up en route to a summit meeting, and a British agent working within the IRA in Ireland discovers the disturbing truth behind the disaster. ; 9.25 x 6 x 1 inches; 268 pages .

New York: Warner Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Has been gently read. Superficial . scratches to back panel of jacket.. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Sent to China to assess a potentially disastrous situation, Dr. Desaix Clark faces conspiracy, deceit, and betrayal as two rulers vie for power and Western security hangs in the balance. ; 9.25 x 6 x 1 inches; 320 pages .

New York: Robbins Music. Good; For piano. Recorded by Ted Weens and his Orchestra, with Ted Weems . pictured on front cover. Edge creases and tear fore edge.. 1947. Sheet Music .

Boston: Little, Brown & Co. Very Good; No ediiton stated, presumed First. Wrinkle front top edge; . prior owner name at top of half-title page; bend to top corner of first . section.. 1985. First Edition (?). Softcover. Milo, Binkley, Steve Dallas, Opus the Penguin, and the rest of the Bloom County residents are represented in this new collection of cartoons, which poke fun at everything from politics to beauty pageants. .

Pleasantville: Impress. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued; Part of the Best Mysteries of All . Time series, with brochure laid in. Reprint of the award-winning debut of . Inspector Ghote. Has been gently read.. 2010. Reprint. Hardcover. Inspector Ghote begins his career at the Bombay CID with two baffling crimes. A man is murdered in the home of a powerful business tycoon. Then one rupee is stolen from another important VIP. Can the humble Ghote solve both crimes? ; 8.5 X 5.6 X 1.5 inches; 294 pages .

Ontario: MIRA. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket; Author's first book. Book is clean, . straight and tight with abrasion to front endpaper.. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. "On July 17, convicted serial killer Ronald Jeffreys was executed for the heinous murders of three innocent boys. He went to his grave with a terrible truth no one would listen to. Three months later, the body of a boy is found, killed in the same style as Jeffreys' victims. Now the truth is too terrible to ignore". ; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.25 inches; 378 pages .

New York: Avon Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Fine book in like jacket.. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. All Bob Dillon ever wanted was a truck of his own with a fiberglass bug on top. He's a down-on-his-luck exterminator from Queens who just can't seem to get a break. Meanwhie, Marcel in Paris is desperately in need of an assassin for a million dollar hit. When one of Bob's fliers falls into his hands, he thinks he's found his man. Bob unknowingly accepts and what happens next is a hysterical comedy of errors. ; 7.1 X 5.0 X 1.3 inches; 312 pages .