Before the Frost
London: The Harvill Press, 2004. First English Edition. Large octavo; VG/VG; black spine with white and blue text; jacket has protective mylar cover; boards are strong and clean; textblock is clean; pp 375. More
London: The Harvill Press, 2004. First English Edition. Large octavo; VG/VG; black spine with white and blue text; jacket has protective mylar cover; boards are strong and clean; textblock is clean; pp 375. More
New York: The New Press, 2008. Uncorrected page proofs. Octavo; Uncorrected page proofs; VG-; Paperback; Spine, blue with blue print; Cover has slight edgewear but is clean and bright; Text block clean and tight; 392 pages. More
New York: The New Press, 2006. Advance reading copy; Uncorrected page proofs. Octavo; Advance reading copy, uncorrected page proofs; VG-; Paperback; Spine, blue with white print; Cover has crease to rear bottom corner, crease at top of spine, else clean and bright; Text block clean and tight; 325 pages, map (b&w). More
New York: Pocket Books, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 339 pages. In Good minus condition with Good Dust Jacket in mylar covering. Spine is black with blue and white lettering. Dust Jacket has minor shelf wear and minor scuffing, with some staining on the mylar. Boards have minor shelf wear, minor staining on the tail edge of the spine, and major damp staining on the front bottom right corner that bleeds onto the front paste down. Text block has age toning and light foxing throughout and cracking in the binding on the title page gutter. Inscription is written by Marcinko to "Ryan." NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. More
Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1981. First Edition. Octavo; VG/VG; pp 243; black spine with white text; first edition; dust jacket has minimal wear to exterior; mylar wrap; cloth shows very light wear to exterior; strong boards; text block edges have little wear; mild offset to endpapers; interior clean; tight binding. More
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1942. Republished. Octavo; G+; black spine with red text; republished; no jacket; cloth exterior has slight handling wear; slight puckering to front joint; minor frays to spine edges; straight boards; text block exterior head edge colored red; otherwise edges have slightly age toned; previous owner's name to ffep; slight offsetting to endpapers; interior has only slight spots to few pages; pp 284. More
London: Grayson & Grayson. Octavo; Fair+; Hardcover; Spine, tan with black print; Boards in blue cloth, wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning, cocked spine; Text block has spotting to edges and endpapers, tanning to endpapers, name in ink inside front flyleaf, cracked rear hinge; vii, 338 pages. More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915. Octavo; Fair-; Hardcover; Spine, red with gold print; Boards in red cloth with gold print, wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, small blemishes/shelfwear; Text block has spotting to endpapers, name in ink inside front flyleaf, cracked hinges front and rear, shaken binding, intermittent spine breaks, top fore corner of half-title page has been clipped, p. 7-8 loose from binding; vi, 311 pages. More
London: HarperCollins, 2007. First Edition. Large octavo; VG/VG; white and yellow spine with black text; jacket has protective mylar cover; boards are strong and clean; textblock is clean; pp 404; signed by author on title page. More
London: Orion Books, 2011. First Edition. Large octavo; VG/VG; dark blue spine with silver text; jacket has protective mylar cover; boards are strong and clean, spine slightly cocked; textblock is clean; pp 351; signed by author on title page. More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1979. First Edition. Octavo, 184 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good minus dust jacket. Price clipped. Dust jacket has shelf wear, creases along top and bottom edge of spine, and minor foxing on interior. Boards have minor shelf wear and bumping to corners. Text block has minor foxing to top and bottom edges. More
Akron: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1932. First Edition. Octavo; VG/VG; illustrated spine with bluish-purple text; jacket has protective mylar cover, spotting on back, rubbing; boards are strong; textblock has edgewear, age toning, webbing beginning to show at tail of back hinge, otherwise clean; pp 216. More
New York: Broadway Publishing Company, 1908. First Edition. Octavo; G+; Gray spine red lettering; 278 pages; Boards have wear at all edges, bumping and fraying at the corners as well as at the spine edges; Spine is soiled and faded, lettering still legible; Upper edge gilt with some wear/scratching; Previous owners bookplate; Some dog-earing to the lower edge of the first few pages. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1928. First U.S. Edition. 12mo; G/Fair; pp 354; gray/tan pictorial spine with yellow text; first U.S. edition; dust jacket has several chips to edges; large chip to spine tail edge; sunned spine; modest wear to front and rear; mylar wrap; cloth has light shelf wear to exterior; strong boards; text block edges have modest age toning; interior clean; mildly cocked spine; interior intact; published for The Crime Club, Inc. More
Neshkoro: Unicorn-Star Press, 1984. Octavo; G+/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine, green with yellow print; Boards in green paper with yellow print, mildly cocked spine, slight shelfwear; Text block clean and tight; Inscribed in ink by the author on the title page; 184 pages. Stock image. More
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1986. First Edition. Octavo; pp 258; VG/VG-; black spine with white, green, gray and blue text; a Fiddler novel; dust jacket shows mild tone to rear; mylar wraps; cloth clean; strong boards; text block has mild spot to last few pages at fore edge, otherwise clean; signed by author; NOTE: Shelved in Room X, Case #2. More
New York: Minotaur Books/St. Martin's Press, 2020. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 278 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine dark gray with gray lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. A Joe Gunther novel. Boards show very minimal edge wear. Text block has extremely light ivory toning to the edges with tiny crease to tail fore edge to page two hundred and forty seven. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A, ND-A. More
New York: The Mysterious Press, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Large octavo; VG/VG; black and white spine with blue and yellow text; jacket has protective mylar cover; boards are strong and clean; textblock is clean; pp 308; comes with loose signed and numbered bookplate - number 77 of 100 copies. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1990. Octavo; VG-/G+; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, black with orange and blue print; DJ has light edgewear but is clean and bright; Boards quarter bound with blue cloth to spine and blue paper to boards, slight wear at spine tail, slight spotting to edges, else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Inscribed in ink by the author on the title page; 312 pages. More
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1953. Octavo; Hardcover with Dust Jacket; G+G; Spine is sun faded orange with white titles; Dust jacket has shelfwear and edgewear throughout, heavy chipping to edges at head and tail of spine, creasing to joint of spine and front of spine; textblock is faded but otherwise clean; binding is strong; inscribed by Julia McGrew to previous owner; pp. 250. More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1968. First Edition. Octavo; VG/VG; tan spine with peach and black text; jacket has age toning, rubbing, chipping at spine head and tail, small sticker on back; boards have rubbing, spine slightly cocked, binding is strong; textblock has age toning, spotting around edges and on a few other pages, otherwise clean; pp 191. More
Evergreen, CO: Opar Press, 1971. Booklet [6x8]; pp 48; VG-/paperback; dark yellow covers show slight wear to exterior; black text to front; slight wear to edges; text block shows slight wear to exterior edges; interior clean; illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #3. More
New York: Ives Washburn, Inc., 1958. First U.S. Edition. 12mo; G/G; pp 191; sunned beige spine with black text; dust jacket shows slight wear to exterior; mylar wrap; cloth has tape residue to exterior at head and tail edges; slightly cocked spine; text block edges have modest toning; rubbed ffep; adhesive remnants to endpapers; light pencil. More
London: Bantam Press/Transworld Publishers, 2009. First UK Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 397 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine light blue with black and red lettering. Mild shelf wear exteriorly including very slight soiling and mild toning. Previous bookshop's "signed edition" sticker to the front. Boards have minimal wear exteriorly. Text block shows slight age toning to the edges. Previous owner's information to the front free end paper. First UK edition, first printing. Signed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A, ND-A. More
Garden City, NY: The Crime Club, Inc./Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1932. First Edition. 12mo; pp 312; G-; black/red spine with black text; no jacket; cloth has moderate wear to exterior; mild edge wear; sturdy boards; text block has slight age toning to exterior edges; deckled fore edge; previous owner's name to ffep; interior clean; minor creasing to p 312 at fore edges, as is; illustrated. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. First US Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 450 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine pictorial white/light blue with black and red lettering. Exterior shows very light soiling wear including mild age toning. Boards have slight sunning exteriorly with minor wear to the edges. Text block has very slight wear with faint age toning. Deckled fore edge. First US edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column D, ND-D. More
New York: Emily Bestler Books, Atria, 2018. First edition. Octavo; First edition; VG-/VG-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, green and brown with white print; DJ has slight edgewear but is clean and bright; Boards quarter bound with green cloth to spine and green paper to boards, slight blemish to front bottom edge, else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Signed in ink by the author on the title page; 322 pages. More
New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2011. First Edition. Octavo, ix, 449 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is blue with gold print. Price unclipped: “$26.99”. Boards quarter bound with blue paper to spine and white paper to boards. Signed in ink by the author on the title page. More
Boston: Stoke Moran Publishers, 1980. Limited edition. Octavo; Limited edition, 55/100; VG; Hardcover; Spine, red with gold print; Boards in cellophane, quarter bound with red cloth to spine and marble paper to boards, clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; 67 pages. More
Garden City, NY: Published for The Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1934. First Edition. 12mo; G/G-; black/blue pictorial spine with ivory text; first edition; dust jacket has moderate rubbing exterior wear; some chips to edges; noticeable foxing to exterior; "Sun Dial Mysteries" sticker to spine; price clipped front flap; mylar wrap; cloth show light exterior wear; lightly sunned spine; lightly rubbed edges; strong boards; text block exterior edges modestly toned; deckled fore edge; mild tone to endpapers; small brown spot to rear endpapers; interior clean; pp 301. More
New York: Horace Liveright, Inc., 1931. 12mo; G/G-; sunned red spine with off-white and black text; Murder Mystery Monthly edition; trimmed dust jacket adhered to brown paper; exterior shows moderate exterior wear; missing spine; title cut out, adhered to mylar wrap; mylar wrap; cloth has slight soiling to exterior; foxing to spine; minor edge wear; sturdy boards; text block exterior edges show modest age toning; deckled fore edge; some age toning to endpapers; previous owner's name stamped to front pastedown; newspaper clipping adhered to verso to half title page; frontispiece; illustrated; mild cracking to gutter to pp 44-45, 140-141, 188-189 and 284-285; chip to head edge to pp 151; noticeable offset to pp 130-131; interior clean; pp 343. More
London: HarperPress/HarperCollinsPublishers, 2007. First Edition. Octavo; pp 471; VG/VG; black spine with gilt text; dust jacket has light wear to exterior; sticker to front; mylar wraps; cloth shows minimal wear to exterior; strong boards; text block has light wear to exterior edges; interior clean; signed by author;. More
Philadelphia: International Printing Company, 1955. Limited Edition, 1/300. 8vo; VG; thin, white spine without text; covers are clean except for minor stain to the rear; text block is slightly age-toned otherwise clean; 12p. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #4. More
Scottsdale: Poisoned Pen Press, 2011. First edition. Octavo, 273 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is black with blue print. Price unclipped: “$24.95”. Boards in blue paper. Signed in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column C. More
New York: Riverhead Books, 2012. Uncorrected manuscript for limited distribution. Octavo; Uncorrected manuscript for limited distribution; G+; Paperback; Spine, black with blue and white print; Cover has light edgewear, very slight shelfwear but is clean and bright; Text block clean and tight; 303 pages. More
New York and London: W.W. Norton and Company, 1997. First Edition. Octavo; VG/VG-; deep red/black spine with white and yellow text; first edition; dust jacket has mild exterior wear; few dings to edges; cloth shows minimal wear; strong, straight boards; text block edges have minimal wear; tight binding; interior clean; pp 208; signed by author. More
New York: WW Norton, 1990. Advance Reader's Copy. Octavo; VG; White spine with blue lettering; 215 pages; Book has been SIGNED by Mosley on the title page; Advance Reader's copy of the first book in the Easy Rawlins series; Some shelf wear to the edges, light bumping at the corners; Spine is slightly sun-faded; interior clean; Shelved below Front Counter. More
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2006. Uncorrected advance proof; First edition. Octavo; Uncorrected advance proof; First edition; G+; Paperback; Spine, white with black print; Cover has slight edgewear, small crease to front fore edge and front hinge, else clean and bright; Text block has slight stain to fore edge of initial pages, else clean and tight; 308 pages. More
New York: Atria Books, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 278 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine white with black and dark brown lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$24.00." Minor shelf wear to dust jacket. Light rubbing to corners of boards. Textblock clean. Signed flat by Mosley on title page. Shelved in Hardcover Mysteries. More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1992. First edition. Octavo; First edition; VG/VG; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, blue with white print; DJ in mylar, clean and bright; Boards quarter bound with blue cloth to spine and blue paper to boards, clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Signed in ink by the author on the title page; 272 pages. More
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1960. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 288 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine white with blue lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$2.95." Light rubbing, tearing, and staining to edges and corners of dust jacket. Creasing and light scuffing to dust jacket. Adhesive residue and light tearing on spine of dust jacket. Bumping and staining to edges of boards. Staining on edges of textblock. Water staining on pages 31-47. Light age toning throughout. Shelved in Hardcover Mystery. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. First Edition. Octavo; pp 196; VG/VG; grayish beige spine with black and white text; dust jacket has light sunning to spine; mylar wraps; cloth shows light wear to exterior; strong boards; text block shows very little wear to exterior edges; interior clean; signed by author;. More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, 1930. First U.S. Edition. 10mo; pp 315; G/no-DJ; black spine with red text; cloth has slight wear to exterior; lightly rubbed edges; text block shows slight age toning to exterior edges; previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown; slight cracking to front gutter;. More
New York: Viking Penguin Inc., 1985. First Edition. 10mo; pp 265; VG/VG; dark blue spine with brownish copper text; dust jacket clean; mylar wraps; cloth clean; strong boards; text block clean; inscribed by author;. More
New York, London, Toronto: Doubleday, 1997. First Edition. Octavo; VG/VG; dark blue spine with gilt text; first edition; dust jacket has mild exterior wear; "signed by author" sticker to spine; mylar wrap; cloth shows minimal exterior wear; strong, straight boards; text block exterior edges clean; tight binding; interior clean; pp 388; signed by author. More
London and New York: Hogarth Shakespeare, 2018. First US Edition, First Printing. Octavo; VG-/VG-; red spine with white and black text; first US edition, first printing; dust jacket exterior shows very light wear; previous bookshop's 'signed copy' sticker to front; cloth exterior very good; slight wear to edges; mildly splayed boards; text block has minimal wear to exterior edges; interior has some notations; pp 446; signed by author. More
New York: G. K. Hall & Co., 1993. 8vo; VG/VG; hardcover; black spine with red and white text; dust jacket has minor smudges; boards have solid binding and are clean; text block is clean; 323p. More
London: Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1961. First Edition. 10mo; G/fair; black and white pictorial spine with white text; first edition; dust jacket exterior shows noticeable wear with some soiling; some chips to edges; cloth has some discoloration due to damp staining; cocked spine; textblock exterior edges have modest toning; partial cracking to rear hinge; slight offsetting to endpapers; interior pages good; pp 184. More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1967. First edition in the United States of America. Octavo; 1st edition in the United States of America; G-/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, grey with black print; DJ in mylar, shelfwear to mylar, else clean and bright, affixed to interior pastedowns; Boards quarter bound with dark blue cloth to spine and blue cloth to boards, light wear to spine caps, cocked spine, else clean and strong; Text block has inked top edge, slight stain to edges through p. 10, bottom portion of dedication page clipped, rear flyleaf clipped out, else clean and tight; 305 pages. More
London: Johnathan Cape, 1926. First Edition. Octavo, 288 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good plus dust jacket in mylar covering. Spine is brown with black lettering. Dust jacket has light sunning to spine, chipping to corners and spine edges, and shelf wear throughout. Boards have light shelf wear to head and fore edge. Text block has light foxing along fore edge. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. More