The collection of stories where Sherlock Holmes seems to die at the hands of archnemesis Moriarty. This is an early 1920s reprint (with a copyright date of 1922) and all the ads for books published in the 1910s and early 1920s. A very good Burt reprint hardcover in an attractive.....

First Edition. In addition to being a prolific novelist, Murakami has done extensive translation work, including bringing many American writers like Raymond Carver, Raymond Chandler, Ursula LeGuin, Truman Capote, J. D. Salinger, and Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby) into Japanese. Translation, with running, is one of his main avocations, something he.....

First Edition. The hardcover version of the 7th Travis McGee novel, "the most difficult of all [Lippincott's] McGees to find" (Firsts Magazine, Nov. 2002). The novel was first published in paperback in 1966 and then in hardcover in the UK in 1967; this is the first American hardcover edition. First.....

First Edition. The fifth Travis McGee novel, originally published as a massmarket paperback in 1966 and then in hardcover in England in 1967. This is the first American hardcover edition. First US hardcover edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a dust jacket with light wear at the spine.....

First Edition. The third book to feature Billy Bob Holland. One of 150 numbered, signed, and specially bound copies in burgundy cloth. Issued in a matching cloth slipcase, with a tipped-on illustration by Russell Chatham. First edition (bound from first printing Simon & Schuster sheets). Small whitish spot on the.....

First Edition. The first American hardcover edition of the 13th Travis McGee mystery. Originally published in paperback in 1972. The UK hardcover came out in 1973. First hardcover edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. No remainder spray.....

First Edition. The second novel featuring Downing's recurring character, the US Customs Service inspector Hugh Rennert. Like most of Downing's novels, this one is set in Mexico, in this case among the American ex-pats in Taxco. Downing was a member of the Choctaw Nation, born in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma).....

First Edition. A novel set on a train to Mexico featuring Sheriff Peter Bounty. This was Downing's ninth and final mystery, published in the space of eight years. Downing was a member of the Choctaw Nation, born in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) in 1902. He was the first commercially successful.....

First Edition. One of 750 signed, numbered copies, with a special dust jacket, slipcase, and frontispiece illustration. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. In a near fine slipcase with a bit of wear. This is copy 566 of 750, signed on a tipped in.....

The hardboiled author of the Mike Hammer novels writes to his friend, the reporter and TV journalist Hy Gardner about his father's health problems and rumors of the mob working with Fidel Castro to smuggle drugs into the US. "Word in from sources south has come up with a cutie.......

First Edition. The first UK edition (issued simultaneously in hardcover and paperback) of Hillerman's Edgar Award-winning mystery featuring Navajo police officer Jim Leaphorn. A small format book, about massmarket paperback size. First UK edition (first printing, with no additional printings noted). A near fine copy (pages tanned, as usual) in.....

A deluxe reissue of Hillerman's Edgar Award-winning mystery. This edition has illustrations by the Navajo artist Ernest Franklin and an introduction by Margaret Coel. This is one of 100 copies with an original drawing by Franklin on the half title. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and a......

First Edition. A children's picture book, written by Hillerman and illustrated by Franklin, a Navaho artist. 31 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by both Hillerman and Franklin.