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Sometimes I
wind up with more copies of a book than I require. (Other times I
come up short, and have to hunt around and pay premium prices for
copies of my own works. I hate it when that happens. . .)
I have a fairly good supply of most of the titles
listed here, except as noted, and will fill orders as long as they
last. Because I don’t have a finger on the pulse of the
antiquarian book market, I’ll leave it to you to determine whether
the prices represent a genuine steal or, uh, highway robbery.
All books will be autographed. No personal
inscriptions, though, and no autographs on the audio books. This
section will be updated frequently, with books delisted as they sell
out and others added as they come available.
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MICK BALLOU LOOKS AT THE
BLANK SCREEN - SOLD OUT!
A limited edition broadside featuring an
unpublished conversation between Mick Ballou and Matthew
Scudder, 16" x 20", limited to 200 copies signed by the
author and artist.
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SOLD OUT! Price: $35
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MICK BALLOU LOOKS AT THE BLANK
SCREEN -
SOLD OUT! The scarcer lettered
edition OR an even scarcer
Presentation Copy, as available. |
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SOLD
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CLEVELAND IN MY DREAMS DVD |
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LB's short story, Cleveland in My Dreams (found in
Enough Rope) brought to life
by Mark Sullivan, whose sister Olive Sullivan adapted it for
the screen. The resulting 29-minute film won the prize as
Best Comedy Film at the 2005 Route 66 Film Festival, and has
garnered honors at other festivals as well. In addition to
the film, the DVD includes filmmakers' commentary,
production stills, trailers, and more. Signed by LB on the
cover. |
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Price: $15.00
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BOOKS
ON WRITING
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BREAK WRITER'S BLOCK NOW!
I normally offer only my own work here, but I've made
an exception for one of the most useful books ever written
for writers. Jerrold Mundis's 90-page hardcover book,
out of print since its 1991 publication, offers a system
for ending writer's block that, remarkably enough, actually
works. I bought the publisher's overstock, and can supply
these as long as they last. For anyone who ever has
trouble putting words on the page---professional writers,
wannabes, and everyone in between, along with grad students
who can't get their theses written, execs who get bogged
down in corporate reports, lawyers who get stalled writing
briefs, and . . .well, you know who you are.
Check out these testimonials
from satisfied readers. Click here.
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Price: $19.95
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The most popular of my writing books, published by
Arbor House in 1981. The book's still in print in a
$12 trade paperback edition from Morrow Quill, with
a new introduction by Sue Grafton, and that's the one
to buy if you need a reading copy. But if what you want
is the hardcover first edition, well, this is it. I
think it's a genuinely scarce book---I rarely see it
on dealers' lists, and hardly ever at signings---but
I have a pretty good supply, and can offer signed firsts
at $60
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Price: $60
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TELLING LIES
SPECIAL!
Order both the trade paperback of Telling
Lies ($10) and the audiobook of Telling Lies
($19.95) and get both items for a total price of
twenty bucks.
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Price: $20
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TELLING LIES FOR
FUN & PROFIT
Trade paperback copies of the Arbor House first
edition, with the Brian Garfield introduction. Only
$10 while they last. |
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Price: $10
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EVAN
TANNER NOVELS
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We have sold out of the trade
edition, which we carried at $50. LB has turned up a
dozen copies of the signed/numbered limited edition for
sale @ $125; once they're gone, we'll be completely
and permanently sold out of this title.
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Price: $125
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Hardcover first edition of
one of the first Tanner novels,
published in 1994 by Otto Penzler under his
Armchair Detective imprint. I bought up the overstock
and now they're almost gone. As the quantity on hand
shrinks, the price goes up. No more than
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Price: $50
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THE SCORELESS THAI
From Subterranean Press, this is the fourth
Evan Tanner novel, it's original title restored at last. Never before published in hardcover, and fitted out with Phil Parks cover art and an
afterward by the author. Autographed copies are
$30.
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Price: $30
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Tanner's Tiger
by Subterranean Press
The fifth in the series about the thief who couldn't sleep. First hardcover edition, companion volume to The Scoreless Thai. Great cover art by Phil Parks. Autographed copies are $30, boxed limited edition $75. If you can use five or more of the trade edition, see
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NEW PRICE! ET5tr - Hardback Edition: $20.00
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NEW PRICE! ET5ltd - Boxed, Limited
Edition: $50.00
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This book, the eighth Evan Tanner novel (and the first
in 28 years), is now out of print. I have first editions
in stock for $30.
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Price: $30
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TANNER ON ICE - UK edition The UK hardcover,
published by No Exit. I only have a few of these.
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Price: $50
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Matthew Scudder
novels
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THE MATT SCUDDER MYSTERIES
- UK hardcover omnibus
This handsome volume contains The Sins of the Fathers,
Time to Murder & Create, and In the Midst of Death, the
first three books in the series. |
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Price: $100
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THE MATT SCUDDER MYSTERIES
- UK trade paperback omnibus
Identical to the above, but softbound. |
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Price: $40
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WHEN THE SACRED GINMILL CLOSES The sixth
Scudder novel, and the favorite of a lot of readers.
(It's where I recommend starting the series; then go to
#1 and read them in order.) We have a handful of copies
of the hardcover first edition, all new and unread, but
note that they all show rubbing toward the bottom of the
spine. It's not terrible, and the dust jacket hides it,
but it's there. These are first, incidentally, although
the title page doesn't say so. The publisher only did
one printing of this title. The book's getting scarce,
and it's in very short supply here; these won't last
long at only $50. |
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Price: $50
SOLD OUT!
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WHEN THE SACRED GINMILL CLOSES
- UK First Edition
A nice-looking hardcover book, published by Macmillan. |
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Price: $60
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Scudder #7, hardcover firsts.
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Price: $50
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OUT ON THE CUTTING
EDGE
- later printings
Same as the first edition, lacking only a "1" on the
copyright page, and at less than half the price. |
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Price: $20
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Scudder #8, hardcover first editions.
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Price: $50
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A TICKET TO THE
BONEYARD
- UK trade paperback
This may be the UK first edition. It's the same
format as Orion's hardcover books, and if they
published a hardcover as well, we never saw it.
(Could be there was a tiny printing for libraries.) |
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Price: $30
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A DANCE AT THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE We delisted
this title when we sold the last of our first
editions, but we still have a nice stock of second /
third printings. They're signed hardcover copies,
distinguishable from the firsts only in that they
lack the "1" in the list of numbers on the copyright
page. If having a first printing is important to
you, then that's what you'll have to hunt for; one
of these, however, will
look identical on the shelf, and the price is right.
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Price: $20
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FIRST EDITION SOLD OUT!!!
You can still get a signed hardcover copy of Scudder #10. They look identical to the first edition, only they're missing the number 1 from behind the title page. These are a bargain at $20.
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Price: $20
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A WALK AMONG THE
TOMBSTONES
- UK First Edition
Published in hardcover by Orion. |
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Price: $50
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Scudder #11, hardcover first editions.
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Price: $50
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THE DEVIL KNOWS
YOU'RE DEAD
- UK First Edition
The hardcover first from Orion. |
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Price: $50
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The twelfth Matthew Scudder novel, published by Morrow
in 1994. These are nice new first edition copies, signed,
and our price is $40.
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Price: $40
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A LONG LINE OF
DEAD MEN
- UK First Edition
The hardcover from Orion. |
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Price: $50
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Scudder #13, hardcover firsts.
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Price: $50
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EVEN THE WICKED
- UK trade paperback
Because this title was published in the UK before it
appeared in the States, the scarce hardcover edition
is much sought by collectors. We have it in the
For the Collector. The
paperback has the same cover art and makes a
reasonable substitute. |
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Price: $50
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Out of print in hardcover. I have signed first editions
for $30.
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Price: $30
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EVERYBODY DIES
- UK First Edition
The Orion hardcover. |
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Price: $50
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HOPE TO DIE
Nice & new signed first edition copies for $50.
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Price: $50.00
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HOPE TO DIE
- later printings
Once again, identical to the first edition but for
the lack of a numeral on the copyright page---and
less than half the first edition price. |
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Price: $20
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Morrow US hardcover, the true first edition. I have them for
$40.
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Price: $40
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ALL THE FLOWERS ARE DYING
- UK trade paper
Identical to the above, but softbound. |
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Price: $20
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Bernie Rhodenbarr
NOVELS
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This is a 550-word Op-Ed piece
written for New York Newsday in 2002, and would remain
forever lost to the world (like the now-defunct
newspaper itself) but for Mark Lavendier, the
small-press publisher who has produced this handsome
broadside, illustrated with an Allen Avery woodcut. The
piece is 20" x 14" and eminently suitable for framing,
just in case you're tired of the Renoir. The limitation
is 150 numbered copies, signed by the author and the
illustrator; our price is $35 plus shipping, and we ship
these flat (duh!) and by Priority Mail in the U.S., air
overseas.
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SOLD OUT!
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A BURGLAR'S-EYE VIEW OF GREED,
lettered edition. In addition to the 150 numbered
copies, Lavendier Press produced 26 lettered copies, 13
apiece for the author and illustrator. Most of ours are
spoken for, but we've got a handful left at $100 plus
shipping.
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SOLD OUT!
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THE
BURGLAR WHO SMELLED SMOKE.
This Bernie Rhodenbarr short story, by Lynne
Wood Block and Lawrence Block, was written
for the anthology Till Death Do Us Part, and
first published in Mary Higgins Clark's
Mystery Magazine, where it appeared as a
special pamphlet bound into the magazine.
The editors were kind enough to send us the
overrun of the pamphlets, and we are now
making them available to collectors, signed
by both of the co-authors. "Unique" is an
overused and often misused word, but it
might actually apply here---and the price is
only $10. |
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Price: $10
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A first edition of the Dutton reissue, now out-of-print
in all editions.
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Price: $50
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BURGLARS CAN'T
BE CHOOSERS
- second printings
The second printing of the Dutton edition. Only a
few of these. |
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Price: $20
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A first edition of the Dutton reissue, out of print
in hardcover.
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Price: $50
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A first edition of the Dutton reissue, out of print
in hardcover. There aren't many left, so act quickly.
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Price: $50
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THE BURGLAR
WHO LIKED TO QUOTE KIPLING
- second printings
The first printings are almost gone, so we're
listing the essentially identical seconds. (We don't
have too many of these, either.) |
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Price: $20
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A first edition of the Dutton reissue, out of print
in hardcover.
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Price: $50
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The fifth Bernie Rhodenbarr mystery.
This
is the true first edition, the hardcover
book published by Arbor House in 1983. These are new
copies, bought up when the book was remaindered in 1985
and warehoused ever since. I've seen much higher prices
on this title, but I have a good stock and am pricing
the book for the time being at $80.
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Price: $80
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