Browsing Titles   J  :  23 Books

• Ian Rankin  :  The Jack Harvey Novels   Orion, London, 2000. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. SIGNED. Anthology containing WITCH HUNT, BLEEDING HEARTS, and BLOOD HUNT. With a new introduction by the author. F/F. $55.00.

• Bruce Alexander  :  Jack, Knave and Fool   Putnam, New York, 1998. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. A Sir John Fielding mystery. Signature on tipped in page. F/F. $5.00.

• Martin O'Brien  :  Jacquot and the Angel   Headline, London, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Fine in fine dust jacket. F/F. $45.00.

• Tucker Coe  :  A Jade in Aries   Random House, New York, 1970. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Crimping topy and bottom of spine. Some wear, especially at extremities of the very bright, price-clipped dustjacket. NF/NF. $45.00.

• Martin Limon  :  Jade Lady Burning   Soho Press, New York, 1992. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Introducing Sgt. Ernie Bascom and Sgt. George Sueno of the US Army's criminal investigation arm in Seoul, Korea. Author's first novel. F/F. $50.00.

• Martin O'Brien  :  Jaquot & The Master   Headline, London, 2007. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Third in the series. Fine in fine dust jacket. . F/F. $55.00.

• Toni Morrison  :  Jazz   Knopf, New York, 1992. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Joe Trace shoots to death his lover of three months. At the funeral his wife, Violet, tries to disfigure the corpse with a knife. The title comes from the mysterious voice, whose identity is left up to the reader's imagination, which moves in and out of past, present, and future in a jazz-like improvisation. F/F. $225.00.

• Celia Fremlin  :  The Jealous One   J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 1965. Hardcover. First US Edition. Rosamund and Geoffrey have a happy marriage. Until Lindy moves in next door! She seems to have Geoffrey in the palm of her hand. Rosamund contracts a fever and dreams that she kills Lindy and when she gets better Lindy has inexplicably disappeared. We follow Rosamund's mounting terror in this psychological mystery from this very underappreciated author. Bright dustjacket has slight wear at the bottom of spine and a closed tear on the rear. NF/NF. $10.00.

• James Lee Burke  :  Jesus Out to Sea   Orion, London, 2008. Hardcover. First UK Edition. First hardcover edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. F/F. $50.00.

• James Lee Burke  :  Jesus Out to Sea   Simon & Schuster, New York, 2007. Trade Paperback. First Edition. SIGNED. Short stories set on the Gulf Coast. Fine. In wraps as issued. Fine. $25.00.

• Loren D. Estleman  :  Jitterbug   Mysterious Press, New York, 1998. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Detroit during World War II and the US is trying to out-manufacture the Germans and the Japanese. Southersn whites and blacks are working side by side for the first time and there's rationing, jazz, and the Mafia in the city. A killer is also on the loose and Lieutenant Zagreb must keep the city from exploding. This is an unread copy but one page seems to be bound off center (which isn't possible, nevertheless..). NF/NF. $10.00.

• Colson Whitehead  :  John Henry Days   Doubleday, New York, 2001. Hardcover. First Edition. A young black journalist travels to West Virginia and learns the real story of John Henry, immortalized in ballads and folklore. F/F. $10.00.

• Jake Arnott  :  Johnny Come Home   Sceptre, London, 2005. Trade Paperback. First Edition. Four people search for a sense of identify in 1972 Britain. In french folds as issued. Fine. $5.00.

• James Lee Burke  :  Jolie Blon's Bounce   Simon and Schuster, New York, 2002. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. When a young girl is raped and murdered, Dave Robicheaux senses from the start that the most likely suspect, Tee Bobby Hulin, is not the killer. But when another murder occurs, all clues once again point to Hulin. F/F. $45.00.

• James Lee Burke  :  Jolie Blon's Bounce   Simon & Schuster, New York, 2002. Hardcover. First Edition. When a young girl is raped and murdered Dave Robicheaux senses from the start that the most likely suspect, Tee Bobby Hulin, is not the killer. F/F. $25.00.

• Susanna Clarke  :  Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell   Bloomsbury, London, 2004. Hardcover. First UK Edition. SIGNED. Author's First Novel. This is the first UK edition and is signed by both the author and the illustrator, Portia Rosenberg. White dustjacket with black end papers. F/F. $100.00.

• Gary Jennings  :  The Journeyer   Atheneum, New York, 1984. Hardcover. First Edition. Epic fictional account of the travels of Marco Polo. Shelfwear. NF/NF. $10.00.

• Robert B. Parker  :  The Judas Goat   Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1978. Hardcover. First Edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. F/F. $50.00.

• John D. MacDonald  :  Judge Me Not   Hale, London, 1999. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. First hardcover edition of the 1951 paperback. Beautiful copy. F/F. $25.00.

• Andrew Taylor  :  The Judgement of Strangers   St. Martin's Press, New York, 1998. Hardcover. First US Edition. Second book in The Roth Trilogy, a gothic psychodrama which moves backwards in time. F/F. $10.00.

• Andrew Taylor  :  The Judgement of Strangers   Collins Crime, London, 1998. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Second book in The Roth Trilogy. Fine in fine dust jacket. F/F. $40.00.

• Meg Rosoff  :  Just In Case   Wendy Lamb Books, New York, 2006. Hardcover. First US Edition. By the author of How I Live Now. In boards, as issued. Fine. $15.00.

• Paco Ignacio Taibo II  :  Just Passing Through   Cico Punto, Texas, 2000. Hardcover. First English Translation. SIGNED. Adventure novel set in 1920s post-revolutionary Mexico and featuring the author himself more than 20 years before he was actually born. Paco Ignacio Taibo II is searching for a leftist hero and he thinks he's found him in the person of Sebastian San Vicente. F/F. $10.00.