Search Results: New York from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. the first novel in Sloan's highly-praised mystery series featuring New York City police detective Lenny Bliss; appears unread; a collectable copy in like dustjacket. Scarce.

New York: Knopf, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The third novel in Vachss' mystery series featuring Burke, an ex-convict and unlicensed private detective operating in New York City's criminal underworld; remainder mark on bottom edge of text, o/w clean, tight, square in price-clipped dustjacket showing only minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. In this entry in O'Donnell's mystery series featuring New York Police detective Norah Mulcahaney, often called the "most believable woman cop in mystery fiction," Mulcahaney investigates a series of suicides by fellow officers. Collectable.

New York: William Morrow & Co., 1982. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Best known for his work in 'The Village Voice' and 'The New Yorker,' particularly on jazz, Hentoff has written a surprisingly suspenseful mystery featuring a pair of New York City cops, one African-American, the other Jewish, investigating a grisly knife murder in Greenwich Village. Collectable.

New York: William Morrow & Co., 1982. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Better known for his non-fiction work, particularly on jazz, Hentoff's mystery is set in New York City's Greenwich Village and features homicide detectives Noah Green and Sam McKibbon. Collectable.

New York: Warner Books, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The second novel in White's mystery-suspense series featuring New York City true crime writer Bailey Weggins; hardcover First Edition, First Printing; two dots of dried glue (manufacturing imperfection) on back cover near spine, light scratching and edgewear on dustjacket.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The sixth mystery novel by the former New York Daily News reporter features "Fitz" Fitzgerald, a reporter for the New York Daily Press hunting for the killer of Fitz's friend, Bobo Watson, the longtime piano player at Elaine's, an Upper East Side bar; text and boards are clean, tight, square; faint penciled price on front end page; dustjacket shows minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Black's New York homicide detective, Conrad Voort, known as the City's richest cop, searches for a serial killer among the members of The Broken Hearts Club, whose hearts are filled with hate.

New York: Dutton/Penguin, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The ninth book in Edgar and Shamus Award-winner Block's bibliomystery series featuring New York bookseller-burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr, this time trying to return a legendary author's private correspondence when murder intervenes. Inscribed and dated on the title page by Block. Text and boards are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows only minimal surface and edgewear. Collectable.

New York: Mysterious Press, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The third novel in Rosenfelt's highly-praised humorous mystery series featuring New Jersey defense lawyer Andy Carpenter, who's just received a $22 million inheritance and become a couch potato, watching a record 16 football games in nine hours. When Andy decides it's time to get back to work, he finds himself defending a star reporter who is being manipulated by a serial killer. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. The dustjacket shows only minimal surface and edgewear, no tears, no creasing or chipping, not price-clipped. A collectable copy.

New York: Pocket Books, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. The eighth book in Pickard's award-winning mystery series featuring amateur sleuth Jenny Cain; remainder mark on bottom edge of text, o/w Fine in like dustjacket.

Greenwich, CN: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1968. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage Paperback, Gold Medal T2004; Van Dine's Philo Vance, America's first classic detective, the amateur sleuth who taught the professionals, investigates the case of "Canary" Margaret Odell, the Broadway playgirl brutally murdered in her New York apartment; text is clean, tight, lightly age-tanned with a very slight spine lean; pictorial wrappers show reading crease, very minor surface and edgewear. Collectable.

New York: Viking Penguin, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The third novel by the author of "The Recognitions;" remainder marks on bottom edge of text o/w boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows minor edgewear, bottom of spine chipped, still a collectable copy.

New York: William Morrow & Co., 1987. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Kinky Friedman's second mystery featuring ace detective Kinky Friedman (of course!) investigating the murder of a country music star at the Lone Star Cafe deep in the heart of New York City.

New York: The Viking Press, 1958. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. One of the best puzzles in Stout's long-running, highly-praised mystery series featuring New York's beer-loving, orchid-growing private detective and genius, Nero Wolfe who must figure out how a beautiful, young unwed mother was murdered in front of a dozen witnesses including Archie Goodwin; boards and text are clean, tight, with a slight spine lean and minimal edgewear; dustjacket worn at edges and corners with considerable chipping at spine ends. A decent reading copy or place holder.

New York: Henry Holt, 1997. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Dobyns' Silver Dagger Award winning novel about a serial killer preying on young girls in a small Upstate New York town and the ruinous effects of suspicion on friends and neighbors in the community; a remainder mark on top edge of text. No other flaws.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1889. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Issued Without Jacket. In the second half of the 19th century, Will Carleton, brought up in a log farmhouse in rural Michigan, was America's poet. Writing about ordinary Americans and everyday life, he enjoyed the same kind of success that Robert Burns had in Scotland. "Betsy and I Are Out," a poem about divorce, was picked up by a national newspaper and brought him widespread recognition, that was cemented by "Over The Hill To the Poorhouse," which brought attention to the shabby treatment provided to the country's old and poor. "City Legends" is Carleton's third collection of "city" related poetry and 17th collection overall. First Edition. About 6 3/4 x 9 inches, 170 pages, with 4 pages of publisher's ads. Bound in brown cloth-covered, bevel-edged boards with a green and gold-stamped pictorial decoration and gold lettering stamped on the front cover. Title, running… Read More

New York: Random House, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. In something of a departure from his historically-based novels, the award-winning Doctorow sets this book in contemporary New York City and sets three people, a writer, the maverick rector of an Episcopal Church, and the young woman rabbi who leads the Synagogue for Evolutionary Judaism, the task of learning who stole a large brass cross from the church and placed it on the roof of the synagogue. The trio investigates a wide-ranging cast of suspects, including scientists, war veterans, Holocaust survivors, cabinet members, theologians, film makers and crooners in what becomes a quest for true spirituality; a collectable copy in like dustjacket.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A forerunner of the many forensic thrillers and crime scene dramas of today, Lieberman's fifth novel features Dr. Paul Konig, New York City Chief Medical Examiner, studying the grisly remains of two -- or is it three -- people pulled out of the East River even as he learns his daughter has been kidnapped and he is thrust into a situation beyond all his considerable experience. Text edges show some slight soiling, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. Not remaindered. The dustjacket shows some minor edgewear, no significant tears, chipping or creasing, not price-clipped. A collectable copy.

New York: William Morrow & Co., 1999. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The twelfth novel from the bestselling author of 'The Dinosaur Club' features Billy Burke,the investigative reporter for a New York City newspaper in the 1970s, hunting the bad guys who prevented a poverty-stricken child from receiving life-saving surgery. Boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows very minimal surface and edgewear. A collectable copy.