Browsing Authors   K  :  53 Books

• Pavel Kahout  :  The Widow Killer   St. Martin's Press, New York, 1998. Hardcover. First US Edition. In the German-occupied city of Prague during World War II a serial killer is one the loose. The unlikely pair of Jan Morava, a rookie Czech detective, and Erwin Buback, a Gestapo agent, set out to track down the sadistic killer. F/F. $20.00.

• Jonathan Kellerman  :  A Cold Heart   Ballantine, New York, 2003. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. An Alex Delaware mystery. F/F. $10.00.

• Jim Kelly  :  Moon Tunnel   Michael Joseph, London, 2005. Trade Paperback. First Edition. SIGNED. Third Philip Dryden mystery. In wraps as issued. . Fine. $20.00.

• Thomas Kelly  :  Empire Rising   Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Novel of New York in 1930 as the ground was broken for the Empire State Building. F/F. $10.00.

• Thomas Kelly  :  Payback   Orion, London, 1997. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Set in the Bronx during the construction boom. Promotional wrap-around in place. UK edition precedes US. Author's First Novel. F/F. $20.00.

• Harry Kemelman  :  Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry   Crown, New York, 1966. Hardcover. First Edition. Author's second mystery featuring Rabbi Small. Beautiful copy with hint of wear at extremities. NF/NF. $55.00.

• Thomas Keneally  :  The Widow and Her Hero   Sceptre, London, 2007. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Sixty years after her husband never returned from the war, Grace is still haunted by the tragedy of her doomed hero. Set in Australia. By the author of Schindler's Ark. F/F. $55.00.

• Kate Kennedy  :  End Over End   Soho Press, New York, 2001. Hardcover. First Edition. In this extaordinary debut, fourteen-year-old Ivory is in love with Blake. On a Friday night in July, Ivory is walking down a road headed for Blake's when his friend, Tommy, offers to drive her there on his motorbike. She is never seen again. What is the truth about her disappearance? Author's First Novel. F/F. $10.00.

• P.B. Kerr  :  Children of the Lamp   Scholastic Press, London, 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Fantasy for children by Philip Kerr. In illustrated boards as issued. Fine. $20.00.

• Philip Kerr  :  A Philosophical Investigation   Chatto & Windus, London, 1992. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. London is a world of elaborate technology, violence, and squalor in the not too distant future, and serial murder has reached epidemic proportions. A new killer emerges, however, who has other targets, ones which have alarming consquences for the government. Chief Inspector "Jake" Jakowicz is put in charge of the investigation, which will require all her powers of reason and intuition. F/F. $95.00.

• Philip Kerr  :  Dark Matter   Crown, New York, 2002. Hardcover. First US Edition. Set in 1696. Young Christopher Ellis is sent to the Tower of London as an assistant to Sir Isaac Newton, warden of the Royal Mint. F/F. $10.00.

• Philip Kerr  :  Dark Matter   Crown, New York, 2002. Hardcover. First US Edition. SIGNED. In 1696 young Christopher Ellis is sent to the Tower of London as an assistant to the renowned scientist Sir Isaac Newton who is warden of the Royal Mind. A numismatic mystery. F/F. $20.00.

• Philip Kerr  :  Dead Meat   Chatto & Windus, London, 1993. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. In contemporary Russia, the only paint is green, toilet paper costs a fortune, and dead light bulbs are a precious commodity. This is the world inhabited by a nameless, cuckolded Moscow investigator, a lawyer by training, who is sent to St. Petersburg to seek out possible corruption in the Central Investigating Board. F/F. $65.00.

• Philip Kerr  :  Esau   Chatto & Windus, London, 1996. Hardcover. First Edition. In an ice cave high in the Himalayas, a perfectly preserved skull is found. In a lab on the Berkeley campus, a paleoanthropologist learns that what she took to be a fossil is in fact the discovery of a lifetime. . F/F. $45.00.

• Philip Kerr  :  Esau   Henry Holt, New York, 1997. Hardcover. First US Edition. SIGNED. In an ice cave in the Himalayas, a perfectly preserved skull is found while back in a lab on the Berkeley campus, a paleoanthropologist learns that what she took to be a fossil is the scientific discovery of a lifetime. F/F. $20.00.

• Philip Kerr  :  Gridiron   Chatto & Windus, London, 1995. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Ray Richardson has created a dazzling new building in the heart of Los Angeles. It is a 'smart' building where everything from temperature to security is controlled by the most advanced computer system of its kind. On the eve of the building's opening things start to go wrong. There are demonstrations outside and a couple of unexplained deaths. The building decides to lock its exits, trapping inside a team putting the finishing touches to the building. F/F. $65.00.

• Philip Kerr  :  The One From the Other   Putnam, New York, 2006. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Bernie Gunther thriller set in Munich in 1949. Signed on tipped in page. Fine in fine dust jacket. F/F. $35.00.

• Philip Kerr  :  The Second Angel   Orion, London, 1998. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. In July 2069 there are plagues on Earth and the Moon is home to sex hotels and penal colonies. The Moon is also home to the "federal reserve" of blood banks, the most impregnable high-security installation every built. Its security systems are the brainchild of one man, and he has every reason to destroy them. A dark, dystopian, high-velocity thriller. F/F. $65.00.

• Philip Kerr  :  The Second Angel   Henry Holt, New York, 1999. Hardcover. First US Edition. SIGNED. Dark, dystopian thriller. F/F. $20.00.

• Philip Kerr  :  The Shot   Orion, London, 1999. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. John F. Kennedy has just won the election and will be the new President of the United States. The Cold War is getting warmer and anti-Communist fever is rampant. For the Mafia, Castro presents a problem, so they employ Tom Jefferson, America's most efficient assassin, to kill him. But Jefferson has his own agenda, and his own target, much closer to home. F/F. $65.00.

• Ian Kershaw  :  Hitler: 1936-1945   W.W. Norton, New York, 2000. Hardcover. First US Edition. Second volume of monumental biography of Adolph Hitler. F/F. $20.00.

• Gary Kinder  :  Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea   Atlantic Monthly, New York, 1998. Hardcover. First Edition. The search for the SS Central America which sank in 1857 with 21 tons of gold on board. F/F. $10.00.

• Dave King  :  The Ha-Ha   Little Brown, New York, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. The story of Howard Kapostash who has not spoken for thirty years. Author's First Novel. F/F. $20.00.

• Jonathon King  :  A Killing Night   Dutton, New York, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Max Freeman mystery. Review copy with publisher's materials laid in. F/F. $20.00.

• Jonathon King  :  Shadow Men   Dutton, New York, 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Featuring Max Freeman, ex-Philadelphia cop, now a PI living int he Glades of Florida. Review copy with publisher's materials laid in. F/F. $20.00.

• Lily King  :  The English Teacher   Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. F/F. $5.00.

• Ross King  :  Domino   Sinclair Stevenson, London, 1995. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. A dazzling novel of love and seduction, of deception, disguise and, ultimately murder. Author's First Novel. Small scuffed area inside front board. NF/NF. $50.00.

• Stephen King  :  Dreamcatcher   Scribner, New York, 2001. Hardcover. First Edition. Once upon a time, in the haunted city of Derry, four boys stood together and did a brave thing. Twenty-five years later, the foursome reunites in the woods of Maine for the hunting season. Something horrifying is about to happen. Classic King. Early review copy of the hardcover edition with publisher's materials laid in and a sticker on the dustjacket "Early reading copy. Not for Sale. The Proof is in the read! On sale March 20, 2001.". F/F. $20.00.

• Stephen King  :  Everything's Eventual   Scribner, New York, 2002. Hardcover. First Edition. Fourteen short stories including the first edition in hard copy of King's story RIDING THE BULLET. F/F. $10.00.

• Stephen King  :  Gerald's Game   Viking, New York, 1992. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Special ABA Edition. This contains the facsimile of a full page letter from King addressed to "Dear Bookseller/Constant Reader" and was given away at the American Bookseller's Association Convention. Book is slipcased in box, plain except for Kirkus review. Scarce item. Fine. $125.00.

• Stephen King  :  Lisey's Story   Scribner, New York, 2006. Hardcover. First Edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. F/F. $10.00.

• Stephen King  :  Salem's Lot   Dooubleday, New York, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Illustrated edition, with previously unpublished material and a new introduction by the author. F/F. $45.00.

• Stephen King  :  The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three   Donald Grant, Rhode Island, 1987. Hardcover. First Trade Edition. Second installment of King's speculative saga. Very slight shelf wear. NF/NF. $50.00.

• Stephen King  :  The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla   Donald Grant, 2003. Hardcover. First Trade Edition. King continues the adventures of Roland the Gunslinger and his ka-tet. F/F. $40.00.

• Stephen King  :  The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah   Donald Grant, 2004. Hardcover. First Trade Edition. Penultimate volume of King's speculative saga. F/F. $40.00.

• Stephen King  :  The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower   Donald Grant, 2004. Hardcover. First Trade Edition. The journey concludes. F/F. $40.00.

• Stephen King  :  The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon   Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1999. Hardcover. First Edition. This precedes the US Edition. F/F. $10.00.

• Stephen King  :  The Green Mile   Signet, New York, 1996. Paperback. First Edition. Six original paperbacks. These were the first edition of this title and were published serially. BRAM STOKER AWARD. Fine. $50.00.

• Barbara Kingsolver  :  Prodigal Summer   HarperCollins, New York, 2000. Hardcover. First Edition. Three stories set in the struggling small frms of southern Appalachia. F/F. $10.00.

• James Kirkwood  :  Some Kind of Hero   Thomas Crowell, New York, 1975. Hardcover. First Edition. Eddie Keller is back in circulation after a tour of duty in Vietnam. This magnificent story was made into a very mediocre movie starring Richard Pryor. Some shelfwear. NF/NF. $30.00.

• Matthew Klein  :  Con Ed   Warner Books, New York, 2007. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Fine in fine dust jacket. F/F. $45.00.

• Matthew Kneale  :  English Passengers   Doubleday, New York, 2000. Hardcover. First US Edition. When a band of rum smugglers have most of their contraband confiscated by British customs, they are forced to put up their ship for charter. WHITBREAD PRIZE. F/F. $25.00.

• Matthew Kneale  :  Small Crimes in an Age of Abundance   Picador, London, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Short stories about ordinary people traveling in today's uncertain world. F/F. $45.00.

• Matthew Kneale  :  When We Were Romans   Picador, London, 2007. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Fine in fine dust jacket. F/F. $55.00.

• Joseph Koenig  :  Floater   Mysterious Press, New York, 1986. Hardcover. First Edition. A wildlife officer hauls a corpse from a pool near the Fakahatchee Strand in the Everglades. The victim is the ex-wife of Sheriff Buck White whose vow of vengeance is diverted by a series of missing persons cases. Author's First Novel. Edgar Nominee. F/F. $5.00.

• Gina Kolata  :  Flu   Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1999. Hardcover. First Edition. The great influenza Pandemic of 1918. F/F. $20.00.

• Dean R. Koontz  :  Cold Fire   Headline, London, 1991. Hardcover. First Edition. Reporter Holly Thorne witnesses Jim Ironheart save a young child. She discovers that Ironheart has quietly performed six last-minute rescues in six different places over the past three months. NF/NF. $10.00.

• Dean R. Koontz  :  False Memory   Headline, London, 1999. Hardcover. First Edition. Martie Rhodes takes her agoraphobic friend, Susan, to her therapy session every week. Then one morning, Martie experiences an irrational fear of her own: she suffers a brief but disquieting terror of her own shadow. F/F. $10.00.

• Elizabeth Kostova  :  The Historian   Little Brown, New York, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. The search for a missing professor leads to Europe and Vlad the Impaler, known as Dracula. Author's First Novel. Simultaneous publication in the US and the UK. F/F. $30.00.

• Elizabeth Kostova  :  The Historian   Little Brown, London, 2005. Hardcover. First UK Edition. SIGNED. Author's First Novel. The search for a missing professor leads to Europe and Vlad the Impaler, known as Dracula. Simultaneous publication in the UK and the US but the US edition is generally regarded as the true first edition. F/F. $30.00.

• Steven Kotler  :  Angle Quickest For Flight   Four Walls Eight Windows, New York, 1999. Hardcover. First Edition. A centuries-old purloined text lies secreted beneath the Vatican - a Kabbalistic treasure imbued with a power both magnficent and terrible. Four iconoclasts risk everything in a pilgrimage to liberate it. Atmospheric biblio thriller. Scarce. F/F. $10.00.

• Tim Krabbe  :  The Cave   Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000. Hardcover. First US Edition. Second book by the author of The Vanishing. F/F. $5.00.

• Gary Krist  :  Extravagance   Broadway Books, New York, 2002. Hardcover. First Edition. The exact story set in two different countries at two different points in time. F/F. $5.00.