Search Results: Advance Reading/Review Copy from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

New York: Henry Holt, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Wilcox's fourteenth novel in his mystery series featuring Lt. Frank Hastings, San Francisco homicide detective; Advance Review Copy with publisher's PR materials laid-in. Collectable.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Trade Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. The third book in Kelly's mystery series featuring British businesswoman Alison Hope, managing director of Hope Software; Uncorrected Advance Proof; very slightly soiled yellow wrappers, o/w a clean, tight, square copy.

New York: Anchor/Doubleday, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Trade Paperback. Fine to Very Fine. The fourth novel by the author of the critically acclaimed "Billy" and "Patches Of Fire;" Advance Reading Copy - Uncorrected Proof; Very Fine in pictorial wrappers.

New York: Pleasure Boat Studio: A Literary Press, 2009. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Trade Paperback. Fine to Very Fine/Issued Without Jacket. Advanced Reading Copy of a bibliomystery by the award-winning mystery writer Frimansson, considered Sweden's premier author of psychological thrillers. This novel features Tobias, a mystery writer, who must return to the family farm after his father was incapcitated after a fall. Tobias resents his father's judgmental attitude but finds his father's young wife, Sabina, hard to resist. At the same time, Ingelize, who runs a nearby riding school, finds Tobia irresistible. Rural life becomes claustrophobic for Tobias; then, before he can leave, death strikes and chaos ensues. Translation by Laura A. Wideburg. Text is clean and unmarked, tight and square; pictorial wrappers show a touch of surface and edgewear; publisher's material laid-in. A collectable copy.

New York: Prestel Publishing, 2014. First Edition. . Hardcover. As New/Issued Without Jacket. A review copy of the catalogue issued in conjunction with the exhibition, "John Altoon," at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June-September, 2014. Probably the least well-known of the original Ferus Gallery artists, respect for both Altoon's abstract and figurative art, including the work with sexual imagery, has continued to grow since his death in 1969. First Printing, First Edition. Oversize (8 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches), 136 pages,with some 68 full color reproductions of Altoon's work and including contributions by Paul McCarthy, Monica Majoli, Laura Owens, Monique Prieto and Barbara T. Smith, as well as an index, a list of works in the exhibition, and notes. Issued without a dustjacket, the covers reproduce in full color ink and pastel works from 1965 (Untitled, detail) and 1962-63 (Untitled: Paris, Dior Evenings). Covers and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. As new,… Read More

Franklin Cente, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. First Edition. . Full-Leather. Very Good to Near Fine/Issued Without Jacket. An unusual and scarce copy of Vidal's novel about an ex-American GI, a chemical-biological warfare expert during his time in Vietnam, who suddenly appears in Nepal, claiming to be Kalki, a Hindu god on a mission to destroy mankind to make way for a better race of humans. This copy of The Franklin Library's Limited Edition, the true first edition, first printing, is in fact a prototype, one of six created during the process leading up the the novel's print run to check the quality of all the elements that go into the production of a full leather bound edition of a best-selling author's novel. According to a "Quality Control Report" laid-in, dated 3/29/78, a first print run of 11,100 copies was scheduled for completion on 4/13/78. The report is basically a checklist of the status of the various work and parts that go into production of the novel, such… Read More

New York: Otto Penzler Books, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. . Trade Paperback. Fine/Fine. Solomita's seventh mystery novel features a flamboyant criminal lawyer, a down-on-his-luck private detective and a retired New York City homicide detective who team up to prove the innocence of a self-confessed, retarded killer; Uncorrected Advance Proof of First Edition in plain blue wrappers. Collectable.

Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Orton's first novel is a highly-praised work that transcends the psychological thriller genre; it features bad-luck Seattle art dealer Robert Armour who stumbles upon the long lost glass negatives of the great Chinese-American photographer Wilfred Eng and conspires to steal them from the woman he believes to be their rightful owner; Advance Review Copy with publisher's news release laid in; a Fine copy in like dustjacket. Collectable.

New York: HarperCollins, 1996. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Issued Without Jacket. An advance review copy from uncorrected proofs of this late work of Nobel Prize-winner Lessing. It is the story of a 65-year-old Englishwoman who falls in love, one after another, with two much younger men. It is an exploration of romantic love, sexuality and, as well, grief. First printing, First U.S. Edition, about 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, 352 pages quarter bound in black cloth over black paper-covered boards with title in gold on front cover and gold lettering on spine. No dustjacket; housed in diecut, pictorial slipcase. Spine ends show some light rubbing and bumping and single, very light scratch near lower end, o/w boards and text are complete, clean and unmarked, no other flaws. Slipcase shows only minor wear at corners. Overall, a very decent copy.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Guinn, an award-winning True Crime author, has written a tour de force biography of mass murderer Charles Manson and his "family." While "Helter Skelter," Vincent Bugliosi's work on Manson, concentrated on the murder investigation and the subsequent trials, Guinn has gone back to Manson's boyhood to talk with members of his family never before interviewed as well as childhood friends and cell mates. The book also contains family photos published for the first time. The result is a comprehensive biography placing Manson and his crimes in the context of Los Angeles, California, in the 1960s. Reviewer Copy with the publisher's material laid-in. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. The dustjacket shows perhaps a touch of edgewear, no tears, no creasing or chipping, not price-clipped. A "must-have" for the True Crime collector.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Trade Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine/Issued Without Jacket. The Advance Uncorrected Proofs of Satterthwait's second novel featuring Pinkerton detectives Phil Beaumont and Jane Turner, this time sent to 1920s Paris to investigate the deaths of Richard Forsythe, a rich American publisher, and his German mistress in a locked room-suicide pact. As their investigation takes them from saloons to salons, from catacombs to cafes, Phil and Jane meet Hemingway and Gertrude Stein as well as a variety of other luminaries and lesser lights, some of whom represent a deadly force that doesn't want them to leave Paris alive. Text of this proof copy shows only a touch of edgewear, is o/w clean and unmarked, tight and square. The plain paper wrappers show a light, dime-sized stain on the front cover and some light creasing, no tears or other significant flaws.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1993. First Edition. . Trade Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. The novel that marked the return of Crumley's hard-boiled anti-hero, Montana private detective C.W. Sughrue of "The Last Good Kiss", this time on a violent odyssey from Montana to Colorado to Texas to Mexico in search of the missing wife of a wealthy, well-connected Republican husband; Advance Reading Copy/Uncorrected Page Proofs of the First Edition; Signed by Crumley on the title page; rear corners slightly bumped, small, light crease lower corner front cover, no reading creases; pictorial wrappers and text are clean, tight, square. Scarce. Collectable.

Ontario, Canada: Mira Books, 2005. First Edition. . Paper Wrappers/Trade Paperback. Very Good. A mystery not part of Wilhelm's well-known mystery series featuring Constance and Charlie, the psychologist and private detective team, or defense attorney, Barbara Holloway. This stand-alone novel tells the story of Todd Fielding, newly hired by The Brindle, Oregon, Times to use her computer expertise to help the newspaper with a special edition for the town's centennial. But, as Fielding settles into her job of sorting through the town's history, a young girl disappears. And no one in the town appears particulary concerned. Looking deeper, Fielding discovers cases of five other girls who have "run away" from Brindle over the past twenty years with no one particularly interested in finding them. As Fielding begins to understand that Brindle is a town steeped in evil manipulation and cold-blooded murder, her research has made her a target for the next disappearance. Advance… Read More

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. . Trade Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. The second novel by Kelly, whose first, "Apalachin," won critical praise, features a Mafia hit man forced into the Federal Witness Protection Program to protect himself and his family; Advance Review Copy/Uncorrected Proofs; a Near Fine to Fine copy in blue wrappers.

New York: Doubleday, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. . Trade Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. The second novel in Walker's award-winning mystery-thriller series featuring Molly Cates, a Texas-based crime reporter whose recently published book described the crimes of serial killer, Louie Bronk, now on death row. But Molly has begun to receive hints that she's being strongly discouraged from following up that Bronk may not have committed the one murder he's been charged with that's actually a capital offense. And then there's another murder. Advance Uncorrected Proof, which precedes the first printing of the first edition; text has some spine lean; wrappers show some creasing and other minor surface and edgewear.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Trade Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. Doud's first novel is the story of a middle-class, middle-aged mother who dies of a heart attack and is reincarnated in the body of a twenty-two-year-old drug addict; Special Advance Reading Copy from Uncorrected Proofs; Fine in pictorial wrappers. Collectable.

Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Trade Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Hoffman's novel about the Charley LeBlance, the black sheep of a 250-year-old Tidewater, Virginia, family. Charley investigates the bombing that killed every member of the family present at a reunion at the LeBlance plantation, a bombing of which he is chief suspect; Advance Uncorrected Proof; papercutting marks on top edge of text, upper inside corner of front end pages have paper-clip-shaped creases. Collectable.

New York: Spiegel & Grau/Random House, 2014. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. The lastest of a half-dozen, brilliantly written historical novels set in 20th century United States, "The Unwitting" tells the story of a young woman journalist, the wife of a rising New York City magazine editor during the Cold War era. On the day of President Kennedy's assassination in 1963, she learns her husband has also been murdered in a mugging. In the midst of her grief, she also learns her husband's magazine is a CIA front organization and her husband a knowing CIA supporter. Suddenly what she had felt was a strong, enduring marriage begins to come apart amid questions of conflicted allegiances, personal betrayals and enforced secrecy. An unread advance review copy with publisher's materials laid-in. First Printing, First Edition Both book and dustjacket in Very Fine, collectable condition.

New York: Hyperion, 2005. First Edition. . Pictorial Cover. Fine/Issued Without Jacket. Fergus, the award-winning author of "One Thousand White Women," set his second novel in the Depression Era in the American Southwest as Ned Giles, an easterner and orphan, joins the Great Apache Expedition of 1932, which is seeking the Apache band that has kidnapped the son of a wealthy Mexican landowner. The Expedition's objective is compromised when it discovers an Apache girl in a Mexican jail. Her family killed, the girl refuses to speak or eat and is slowly starving to death. Giles finds himself faced with a decision that will haunt the rest of his life. First Printing, First Edition. A variant binding that appears to be a presentation copy. Instead of usual dustjacket, the dustjacket pictorial images have been bonded directly to the boards under a hard, glossy finish. About 6 3/8 x 9 1/4 inches, 355 pages including Author's and Bibliographical Notes. Boards and text are clean, complete,… Read More

New York: HarperCollins, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The ninth novel from the National Book Award finalist who has been called the "contemporary American master of the love story" features Avery Jankowski, a 37-year-old New York writer scraping by as a freelancer, who's just learned his girl friend is having an affair. To cheer him up, his uncle gives Avery tickets to an all-expenses-paid international sex tour and shortly thereafter Avery, as an undercover journalist, and the reader are on the way to Scandanavia and an emotionally intense but brilliantly funny experience in a world of wealth and eroticism; Advance Review copy with publisher's news release laid in; boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows only very minimal surface and edgewear. Collectable.