THE ABILITY TO KILL
London: The Bodley Head, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. The first state, one of about 50 copies with the essay on the Dr. John Bodkin Adams trial that was suppressed under threat of legal action. The..... More
Mystery
AFTER THE FIRST DEATH
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Lawrence on the title page. Trapped in a room with a dead body and no memory, an ex-con must get out of town before..... More
IN THE MIDST OF DEATH
London: Robert Hale, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. The first hardcover edition of the second Matthew Scudder crime novel, which was first published as a paperback original in 1976. Signed by Lawrence Block on the front..... More
RONALD RABBIT IS A DIRTY OLD MAN
New York: Bernard Geis Associates, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Lawrence Block on the title page. The picaresque X-rated adventures of a writer, told through a series of humorous letters..... More
THE SINS OF THE FATHERS
London: Robert Hale, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. The first hardcover edition of the first Matthew Scudder crime novel, which was first published as a paperback original in 1976. Signed by Lawrence Block on the front..... More
THE SPECIALISTS
Aliso Viejo, California: James Cahill Publishing, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. The first hardcover edition of this crime novel, which was first published as a paperback original in 1969. Signed by Lawrence Block on the title..... More
TIME TO MURDER AND CREATE
London: Robert Hale, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. The first hardcover edition of the third Matthew Scudder crime novel, which was first published as a paperback original in 1977. Inscribed by Lawrence Block on the title..... More
NOT COMIN’ HOME TO YOU
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Lawrence Block on the title page. The third of three Paul Kavanagh novels, loosely based on the Starkweather-Fugate murders. Octavo..... More
SUCH MEN ARE DANGEROUS: A Novel of Violence
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Lawrence Block on the title page. The first of three Paul Kavanagh novels, concerning a world-weary former Green Beret who..... More
SUCH MEN ARE DANGEROUS: A Novel of Violence
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition, first printing. Inscribed by Lawrence Block on the title page. The first of three Paul Kavanagh novels, concerning a world-weary former Green Beret who..... More
THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL
New York and Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing, Inscribed by Lawrence Block on the title page. The second of three Paul Kavanagh novels, concerning a savage scenario..... More
THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition, first printing, Inscribed by Lawrence Block on the title page. The second of three Paul Kavanagh novels, concerning a savage scenario for the destruction..... More
LISTEN FOR THE CLICK
New York: Walker and Company, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Review copy, with the publisher's slip laid in. Inscribed and dated in the year of publication by Jon L. Breen on the..... More
MURDER IN LOS ANGELES
New York: William Morrow, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Jon L. Breen and William F. Nolan, respectively, and signed by William Campbell Gault. Eight tales of mayhem in the City..... More
A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Review copy, with the publisher's slip and promotional material laid in. Inscribed by Simon Brett on the title page. A novel of suspense. After being passed..... More
SO MUCH BLOOD
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Simon Brett on the title page. The second novel featuring Charles Paris, an unhappily separated, moderately successful character actor with..... More
WHO WAS THAT BLONDE I SAW YOU KILL LAST NIGHT?
Miami Beach, Florida: Dennis McMillan Publications, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. "This first edition of Who Was That Blonde I Saw You Kill Last Night? by Fredric Brown is limited to 450 copies, each of which..... More
HALO IN BRASS
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and dated by Harold Browne on the title page. The third of four hardboiled novels featuring Chicago private eye Paul Pine. Browne (1908-1999) served as..... More
HALF OF PARADISE
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by James Lee Burke on the title page. The first book by the Edgar Award-winning writer best known for his Dave Robicheaux series of mystery novels..... More
HALF OF PARADISE
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by James Lee Burke on the title page. The first book by the Edgar Award-winning writer best known for his Dave Robicheaux series of mystery novels..... More
HEAVEN'S PRISONERS
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by James Lee Burke to the Emmy Award-winning screenwriter David Lloyd on the dedication page and additionally inscribed to literary..... More
THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2008. Hardcover. Collector's Edition, signed by James Lee Burke. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and printed note from The Easton Press. After Hurricane Katrina devastates his beloved city of..... More
TWO FOR TEXAS
Huntington Beach, California: James Cahill Publishing, 1992. First Edition. First Hardcover Edition - Deluxe Edition, this is copy 221 of 400 signed by James Lee Burke and illustrator Joe Servello. An evocative novel set during..... More