Chester Himes; a life
New York: Walker and Company, 2001. Hardcover. xiv, 358p., first printing, dj Very good. More
Cat.No: 106310
New York: Walker and Company, 2001. Hardcover. xiv, 358p., first printing, dj Very good. More
Cat.No: 106310
New York: Walker and Company, 2001. Hardcover. 237p..,first printing, dj., very good. Part of the detective series, set in New Orleans, with a black protagonist involved with the Black Panthers, the Black Muslims, and other separatists. More
Cat.No: 89586
Huntington: Rising Tide Press, 1995. Paperback. 182p., very good first edition trade paperback original in pictorial wraps. Lesbian detective story set in San Francisco. More
Cat.No: 243005
New York: Dutton, 1996. Hardcover. 342p., very good first edition in boards and unclipped dj. Santiago's first mystery, with its Puertoriquena NYPD protagonist, has much to say on the assimilation of a generation of Puerto Ricans born in the US. More
Cat.No: 47942
New York: Dutton, 1996. Hardcover. 342p., very good first edition in boards and unclipped dj, inscribed by the author. Santiago's first mystery, with its Puertoriquena NYPD protagonist, has much to say on the assimilation of a generation of Puerto Ricans born in the US. More
Cat.No: 236949
Norwich: NewVictoria Pub. 1994. Paperback. 188p., very good first edition trade paperback original in pictorial wraps. Third adventure for the lesbian amateur sleuth. More
Cat.No: 242521
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. Paperback. 305p., very good first edition, first printing stated in quarter-cloth boards and price-clipped bright dj. Roma sub Rosa. Sequel to "Roman Blood" book two of "Roma Sub Rosa" series. More
Cat.No: 230968
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. Hardcover. 305p., signed by the author, near-fine first edition, first printing stated in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped bright dj. Roma sub Rosa. Sequel to "Roman Blood" book two of "Roma Sub Rosa" series. More
Cat.No: 268517
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. Hardcover. 305p., personal inscription to Sam [Steward] signed by the author,very good first edition, first printing stated in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dust jacket. Roma sub Rosa. Sequel to "Roman Blood" book two of "Roma Sub Rosa" series. Acquired from Samuel M. Steward's executors..... More
Cat.No: 306554
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. Hardcover. xiii, 430p., maps, signed by the author, near-fine first edition, first printing stated in boards and unclipped dj. Roma sub Rosa. Third novel of the "Roma sub Rosa" series. More
Cat.No: 232604
New York: St. Martin's Press Minotaur, 2005. Hardcover. 269p., preface, chronology, historical notes, fine first edition, first printing stated in boards and bright unclipped dj. Second collection of Saylor's stories featuring Roman crime solver Gordianus from his "Roma Sub Rosa" novels. More
Cat.No: 247965
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Hardcover. 277p., map, near-fine first edition, first printing stated in boards and bright unclipped dj. Roma sub Rosa. More
Cat.No: 249443
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Hardcover. 277p., signed by the author, map, very good first edition, first printing stated in boards and bright unclipped dj. Roma sub Rosa. More
Cat.No: 268523
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2002. Hardcover. 270p., Roman months, chronology, near-fine first edition, first printing stated in boards and bright unclipped dj. Roma sub Rosa. More
Cat.No: 249445
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. Hardcover. 276p., map, near-fine first edition, first printing stated in boards and bright unclipped dj. Roma sub Rosa. More
Cat.No: 249444
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. Hardcover. 276p., signed by the author, map, very good first edition, first printing stated in boards and bright unclipped dj. Roma sub Rosa. More
Cat.No: 268524
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2008. Hardcover. 311p., very good first editiom, first printing stated in boards and bright unclipped dj. Roma Sub Rosa series. Another Gordianus the Finder Roman mystery. More
Cat.No: 256460
New York: Midwood Pub. 1976. Paperback. 224p., NR stamped in gold on cover else a very good first printing PBO in wraps with color photo cover. Gay pulp thriller with a gay cop character. Gay Library Editions 60696. "Terror stalks the gay community with a torture-killer on the loose!" -..... More
Cat.No: 99342
Seattle: Seal Press, 1988. Paperback. 244p., very good first US edition trade paperback in yellow and red pictorial wraps. Mystery set in New Zealand featuring a female painter and amateur detective. More
Cat.No: 234285
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951. Hardcover. 209p., very good first edition stated in quarter-cloth boards and price-clipped dj; jacket has a large scrape on rear panel affecting ad at bottom, some handling soil, and a former owner touched up top-edge marginal scrapes with an inkpen, top rim of cloth..... More
Cat.No: 200560
Salem, OR: John Brown Books, 1996. Paperback. 190p., personal inscription to Stuart [Timmons] signed by the author, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. "If Raymond Chandler had written 'The day of the Locust'. this is the book he would have written" --cover blurb from Mike Davis. More
Cat.No: 216132
Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2001. 313p., wraps, very good condition. Inscribed and signed by Sheard on the title page. Labor union-centric mystery novel with a shop steward as amateur detective. More
Cat.No: 254784
San Diego: Paradigm, 1991. Paperback. 185p., very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Vanity press publication of lesbian police action novel set in California. More
Cat.No: 184383
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. Hardcover. 255p., first edition, dust jacket has a couple of stains that mildly affect boards. More
Cat.No: 10608