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19822310539New York: Henry Holt and Company 1982. 4th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4th printing. Sticker remnant on rear jacket corner. 1982 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 274 pp. 8vo. "When Laurence Fife was murdered few mourned his passing. A prominent divorce attorney with a reputation for single-minded ruthlessness on behalf of his clients Fife was also rumored to be a dedicated philanderer. Plenty of people in the picturesque southern California town of Santa Teresa had a reason to want him dead. Including thought the cops his young and beautiful wife Nikki. With motive access and opportunity Nikki was their number-one suspect. The jury thought so too. Eight years later and out on parole Niki Fife hires Kinsey Millhone to find out who really killed her late husband. A trail that is eight years cold. A trail that reaches out to enfold a bitter wealthy and foul-mouthed old woman and a young boy born deaf whose memory cannot be trusted. A trail that leads to a lawyer defensively loyal to a dead partner--and disarmingly attractive to Millhone; to an ex-wife brave lucid lovely--and still angry over Fife's betrayal of her; to a not-so-young secretary with too high a salary for too few skills--and too many debts left owing: The trail twists to include them all with Millhone following every turn until it finally twists back on itself and she finds herself face-to-face with a killer cunning enough to get away with murder. Henry Holt and Company hardcover books
19822292847Henry Holt and Company 1982. 4th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4th printing $19.95 jacket price. Jacket edges a bit rubbed remainder mark on top edge. 1982 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 274 pp. 8vo. "When Laurence Fife was murdered few mourned his passing. A prominent divorce attorney with a reputation for single-minded ruthlessness on behalf of his clients Fife was also rumored to be a dedicated philanderer. Plenty of people in the picturesque southern California town of Santa Teresa had a reason to want him dead. Including thought the cops his young and beautiful wife Nikki. With motive access and opportunity Nikki was their number-one suspect. The jury thought so too. Eight years later and out on parole Niki Fife hires Kinsey Millhone to find out who really killed her late husband. A trail that is eight years cold. A trail that reaches out to enfold a bitter wealthy and foul-mouthed old woman and a young boy born deaf whose memory cannot be trusted. A trail that leads to a lawyer defensively loyal to a dead partner--and disarmingly attractive to Millhone; to an ex-wife brave lucid lovely--and still angry over Fife's betrayal of her; to a not-so-young secretary with too high a salary for too few skills--and too many debts left owing: The trail twists to include them all with Millhone following every turn until it finally twists back on itself and she finds herself face-to-face with a killer cunning enough to get away with murder. Henry Holt and Company hardcover books
198653801Belvidere: Crawlspace 1986. First edition. 8 pp. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. A collection of fifteen poems issued as Crawlspace 13. Belvidere: Crawlspace unknown books
1984124314Philadelphia: Temple University Press 1984. Paperback. xxii 304p. wraps shelf worn else very good condition. Women in the political economy. Temple University Press paperback books
198439406Philadelphia: Temple University 1984. First Edition. 8vo pp. xxii 304. Notes index. Illustrated. Top edge spotted o/w a nice copy in little scuffed dj. Temple University unknown books
1990014575San Francisco: University Games Corporation 1990. A 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle in original color illustrated box bag containing the puzzle unopened. The Grafton short story is included. This is one of the "Bedazzled Classics" puzzles. The ISBN number shows it to be a first edition. We have seen later 2002 editions. A nice challenging bit of Grafton ephemera!. First Edition. Fine. 23" x 29". University Games Corporation unknown books
1982005211NY: Holt 1982 1982. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Published in New York by Henry Holt in 1982. Eighth Printing number sequence on copyright page. This copy is SIGNED by the author on the title page. Book fine. DJ fine. DJ price reads "$21.95 NY: Holt, 1982 hardcover books
1982005162NY: Holt 1982 1982. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Published in New York by Henry Holt and Company in 1982. Third Printing number sequence on copyright page. This copy is SIGNED by the author on the title page. Book fine. DJ fine. DJ price reads "$18.95 NY: Holt, 1982 hardcover books
1982187011Holt Rinehart and Winston 1982-04-15. Hardcover. Good/Good. Dust jacket and book are clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Mild wear. Book Club Edition. Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover books
1982140312London.: Macmillan. 1982. 1st UK edition. Hardcover . Good only well worn ex-libary spine rolled and cocked in a good plus price-clipped dust jacket. sm8vo. Ex-library with the usual markings. Macmillan. hardcover books
1997UTOWADR00FPAvon Books 1997. Very Good. Townsend Sue. Adrian Mole Diaries in One Volume. New York City: Avon Books 1997. 293pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Rubbing to edges and bumping to front corners. Avon Books paperback books
1999710340NY: Soho Press. 1999. Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in wrappers. Softcover. Very Good. Soho Press paperback books
198322879ENew York: Warner 1983. First Edition. From the library of noted mystery author Sue Grafton with a letter of provenance signed by Grafton’s husband Steven Humphrey. With Sue Grafton’s bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. Fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket a hint of handling and a few small tears. The Hollywood memoirs of playwright novelist and screenwriter William Goldman whose enormously successful film writing career includes Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President’s Men for which he won Academy Awards Harper The Stepford Wives A Bridge Too Far and three films from his own novels: Marathon Man Magic and The Princess Bride. Sue Grafton is best known for her mystery series featuring leading private investigator the intrepid Kinsey Millhone. Warner unknown books
1983WRCLIT47692Burbank: Stan Margulies Production / Warner Bros. Television 1983. 11081 leaves plus lettered inserts and spanning leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only of a variety of colored papers bradbound in studio wrappers with studio colophon leaf. Near fine. A "second draft" of this script for Grafton and Humphrey's adaptation for television of Christie's 1964 novel exhibiting a considerable number of revisions made over an unusually extended period of pre-production gestation. The production was directed by Robert M. Lewis and starred Helen Hayes as Miss Marple. Grafton's role in this adaptation of Christie's work represents an appealing confluence of talents undertaken in the same year as the publication of her 'A' IS FOR ALIBI. Stan Margulies Production / Warner Bros. Television unknown books
1983WRCLIT47709Burbank: Stan Margulies Production / Warner Bros. Television 1983. 11081 leaves plus lettered inserts and spanning leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only of a variety of colored papers bradbound in studio wrappers with studio colophon leaf. Near fine. A "final draft" of this script for Young Grafton and Humphrey's adaptation for television of Christie's 1945 novel exhibiting a considerable number of revisions made over the period noted above. The production was directed by Robert M. Lewis and starred Anthony Andrews and Deborah Raffin et al. Laid in is a program for a screening at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in November 1983. Stan Margulies Production / Warner Bros. Television unknown books
1985167034Rome: ICCROM 1985. Paperback. VG. Reddish glued glossy wraps. 115 pp. tables and few illustrations. Text is in English. ontents include Physical and chemical properties of film-forming materials -- Liquid state -- Solid state -- Description of the principal natural film-forming materials -- Lipids or fatty materials -- Glucides or sugar compounds -- Proteids or albuminous materials -- Terpenes or resinous materials -- Resinous materials not exclusively terpenes -- Empyreumatic materials. ICCROM paperback books
19961257279California: Thomas Nelson 1996. Reprint; Quarto; VG/no-DJ; Spine is a very light pastel green with black text; Covers have general shelf wear joints and hinges are strong; Text block is a large floral pop-up and a small dates and appointments booklet; The pop-up functions properly the dates and appointment booklet is unmarked content is clear and vibrant; Pages not numbered. <p> Shelved in Netdesk office Ephemera box G. 1257279. Shelved Rockville Bookstore. Thomas Nelson unknown books
2000260450San Francisco: ARI: University of California San Francisco 2000. Magazine. 12p. includes covers 8.5x11 inches reports news opinion services and resourcs photos very good newsletter in glossy stapled wraps. ARI: University of California, San Francisco unknown books
199241114London: Tauris Parke Books 1992. First English Language Edition. Folio 31.5cm.; publisher's simulated cloth in black photo-illustarted dust jacket; 249pp.; color photographs throughout. Jacket lightly worn at corners with short closed tear to top edge of upper panel not quite touching text else Very Good and sound overall. Translated from the original French. Tauris Parke Books unknown books
197360706Ben Lomond CA: Science and Behavior Books 1973. xvi 298p. wraps. Science and Behavior Books unknown books
199016147JNew York: IBM Corporation 1990. Sue Grafton’s original electric IBM Selectric Personal Wheelwriter 2 Typewriter used by her in writing a number of her acclaimed Kinsey Milhone Alphabet mystery novels before she eventually changed to using a computer. In excellent working order. The typewriter bears the label of the Santa Barbara California business machines store from which she purchased the machine. An estate label noting it is from Grafton's library is affixed to the bottom of the machine. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Sue Grafton estate. Grafton lived in Santa Barbara and the city is the scene of her mystery series in which she named the town Santa Teresa. IBM Corporation unknown books
19356057591935. "Sue Carol" in black fountain pen ink on vintage light blue album leaf with halftone photograph laid down on the lower right corner. 6" x 4 1/2"; 1 page; very good; ca. 1935. Signed and inscribed to publicist and noted Hollywood autograph collector L. Allan Smith: "Lots of luck Sue Carol." Also signed on back with halftone photograph laid down: "Irvin S. Cobb.". Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
19936266Boston: Museum of Fine Arts / Bulfinch Press 1993. Softcover. VG slight bumping to corners and shelfwear to block edges. Bluish and color illus. wraps. 266 pp. some bw 127 color plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1993 exhibition. Main essays by Sue Welsh Reed Watercolor a Medium for Boston and Carol Troyen A War Waged on Paper: Watercolor and Modern Art in America. Notes on media and papers by Roy Perkinson and Annette Manick. Foreword by Alan Shestack. Catalogue entries written by either Reed Troyen or Amy B. Werbel. Catalogue lists 127 works by 56 artists. A mighty volume on American watercolor with extensive research and documentation. Beautiful. Museum of Fine Arts / Bulfinch Press paperback books
198612113London: Macmillan 1986. First UK edition first prnt. Signed by Grafton on the title page. Apart from the beginning page toning common for this title in the Macmillan edition this is a bright tight copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. The second in Grafton's "Alphabet mystery" series. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Macmillan Hardcover books
19852310540New York: Henry Holt and Company 1985. 4th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4th printing. 1/2 inch chip from rear jacket edge tiny chip from top jacket corner. 1985 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 229 pp. "Although business has been slow lately for P.I. Kinsey Millhone she's reluctant to take on the case of locating Beverly Danziger's sister Elaine Boldt. It's a small matter that Beverly should be able to handle herself. So why is she enlisting Kinsey's services Beverly claims she needs Elaine's signature on some documents so that she can collect a small inheritance. But the whole affair doesn't sit well with Kinsey. And if there's something she's learned in her line of work it's to always follow your instincts. Kinsey's hunch proves true when she begins her inquiries into Elaine's whereabouts and discovers that the attractive widow was last seen in a flashy lynx coat boarding a plane for Boca Raton. But the more Kinsey searches for Elaine the more questions she encounters. Is Elaine's disappearance tied in to the brutal murder several months ago of one of her bridge partners And what happened to Elaine's Persian cat who seems to have also vanishedThings take a turn for the worse when a stranger vandalizes the home of one of Elaine's neighbors and another neighbor turns up murdered. With her reputation and career on the line Kinsey risks all to find a missing woman and a killer who's waiting in the shadows to strike again. Henry Holt and Company hardcover books