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• Dana Vachon  :  Mergers & Acquisitions   Riverhead Books, New York, 2007. Hardcover. First Edition. A stylish tale of well-to-do young Manhattanites. Fine in fine dust jacket. F/F. $20.00.

• janwillem van de Wetering  :  Death of a Hawker   Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1977. Hardcover. First Edition. A Grijpstra and de Gier mystery. Slight shelfwear. NF/NF. $20.00.

• janwillem van de Wetering  :  Outsider in Amsterdam   Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1975. Hardcover. First Edition. The owner of a sleazy restaurant-cum-commune in the old quarter of Amsterdam. Introduces detectives Grijpstra and de Gier who are colled in to investigate. Stain ffe, glue residue. F/F. $20.00.

• janwillem van de Wetering  :  The Main Massacre   Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1979. Hardcover. First Edition. Murder mystery set in Maine. Grand Prix De Litterature. Very slight wear to extremities of dustjacket. NF/NF. $20.00.

• janwillem van de Wetering  :  The Mind Murders   Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1981. Hardcover. First Edition. A Grijpstra and de Gier mystery. Small chip top of dustjacket and very slight wear. NF/NF. $20.00.

• janwillem van de Wetering  :  The Rattle Rat   Pantheon, New York, 1985. Hardcover. First Edition. Douwe Scherjoen, a native of Friesland, is dead. Friesland is a remote province of Holland and Detective-Adjutant Grijpstra was born there so feels himself uniquely qualified to investigate the murder. F/F. $20.00.

• janwillem van de Wetering  :  The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories   Pantheon, New York, 1987. Hardcover. First English Translation. Stories featuring Grijpstra and de Gier as well as stories about a Dutch writer living in Maine. F/F. $20.00.

• S.S. Van Dine  :  The Bishop Murder Case   Scribners, New York, 1929. Hardcover. First Edition. A Philo Vance mystery. Tape mark ffe. Front board scratched. Dustjacket is bright with only a hint of wer at the extremities. Pages are tight. VG+/VG+. $200.00.

• Robert van Gulik  :  Necklace and Calabash   Scribners, New York, 1967. Hardcover. First US Edition. A Judge Dee detective story. With illustrations by the author. Slightest shelfwear. NF/NF. $45.00.

• Robert van Gulik  :  The Monkey and the Tiger   Scribners, New York, 1965. Hardcover. First US Edition. Two Judge Dee stories, with illustrations by the author. Only the slightest shelfwear on this tight, possibly unread, copy. NF/NF. $75.00.

• Jennifer Vanderbes  :  Easter Island   Dial Press, New York, 2003. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Two linked stories both taking place on Easter Island but set sixty years apart. F/F. $20.00.

• Alfredo Vea  :  Gods Go Begging   Dutton, New York, 1999. Hardcover. First Edition. Defense attorney in San Francisco who served in Vietnam defends a young man accused of a brutal double murder. F/F. $20.00.

• J. Michael Veron  :  The Greatest Player Who Never Lived   Sleeping Bear Press, Michigan, 2000. Hardcover. First Edition. Charley Hunter, a summer intern at a prestigious Atlanta law firm, comes across the file of an old partner with the firm. Bobby Jones was an amateur golfer and, as Charley puts the files in order, a story emerges that spans decades and will change Charley's understanding of life forever. Very small print run. F/F. $30.00.

• Barbara Vine  :  A Dark Adapted Eye   Viking, London, 1986. Hardcover. First Edition. Set in the middle-class countryside of Essex soon after the Second World War, Vine puts the Hillyard family under scrutiny. Vine is the pseudonym of Ruth Rendell. EDGAR AWARD WINNER. F/F. $65.00.

• Barbara Vine  :  A Fatal Inversion   Viking, London, 1987. Hardcover. First Edition. When bodies are discovered at Wyvis Hall, Adam Verne-Smith and his friends, who stayed there ten years before, have reasons to fear the outcome. Vine is the pseudonym of Ruth Rendell. GOLD DAGGER AWARD. F/F. $65.00.

• Barbara Vine  :  Gallowglass   Viking, London, 1990. Hardcover. First Edition. The power of the educated over the simple is explored in this tale of psychological suspense. Some imperfections (not tears) on the edges of several pages. Vine is the pseudonym of Ruth Rendell. NF/NF. $35.00.

• Barbara Vine  :  Grasshopper   Viking, London, 2000. Hardcover. First Edition. Dark mystery from Vine who is Ruth Rendell. F/F. $45.00.

• Barbara Vine  :  King Solomon's Carpet   Viking, London, 1991. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Jarvis loves the London Underground and all its secrets. He l ives in an old house overlooking the Jubilee Line and he lets out rooms to people, all of whom have some connection to the Tube. Vine manages to make London transportation seem shocking and oppressive. GOLD DAGGER AWARD. F/F. $125.00.

• Barbara Vine  :  No Night is Too Long   Viking, London, 1994. Hardcover. First Edition. In a ghostly house overlooking the North Sea a young man sits down each evening to write his confession: a confession he will never be able to complete. Vine is the pseudonym of Ruth Rendell. F/F. $35.00.

• Barbara Vine  :  The House of Stairs   Viking, London, 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. After the death of her wealthy husband, Cosette buys a dilapidated house in London. Vine is the pseudonym of Ruth Rendell. F/F. $65.00.

• Barbara Vine  :  The Minotaur   Viking, London, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. A middle-aged Swedish woman remembers her stay with an English family forty years before. . F/F. $45.00.