Mystery Award (All)
PEREGRINE.
New York: Congdon & Lattes, 1981. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Winner of the 1982 Edgar award for best novel.
SLOW MOTION RIOT.
New York: William Morrow and Co., 1991. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Winner of the Edgar award for best first novel.
BILLINGSGATE SHOAL.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1982. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Edgar award for best first novel, 1982.
BLACK CHERRY BLUES.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1989. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. The third Dave Robicheaux novel. Edgar award winner for best novel, 1989.
CIMARRON ROSE.
[London]: Orion, [1997]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Edgar award winner for best novel.
THE LONG GOODBYE.
London: Thriller Book Club, n.d., [195-?]. Octavo, boards. Later edition. A Philip Marlowe novel. Edgar Award winner for best novel. One of the author's best novels. "...one of the most realistic looks into the day-to-day life of a private investigator..." "In it [the novel] we also see a different side of Marlowe...: the man who is honorable in his personal relationships as he is in his professional ones." "An excellent novel with a moving ending." Pronzini & Muller (eds.): 1001 Midnights: The Aficionados's Guide To Mystery and Detective Fiction, p 124-25. "...not only Chandler's best but the masterwork of hard-boiled detective-fiction, providing an image of how much can be done with the genre." Pederson (ed.): St. James Guide to Crime & Mystery Writers (4th ed.), p. 168-170. Filmed by Robert Altman from a screenplay by Leigh Brackett with Elliot Gould as Marlowe. A near fine copy, previous owners signature to front free endpaper, light rubbing to spine ends in a very fine dust jacket. Bruccoli notes in his bibliography this edition not seen. Hubin, p. 152. Bruccoli A 10.1.c.
POST-MORTEM.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1990]. Octavo, quarter cloth with boards. First edition. The first Kay Scarpetta mystery. Edgar Award winner for best first novel.
KILLED IN THE RATINGS.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1978. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Author's first book, Edgar award winner. The first Matt Cobb mystery.
FORFEIT.
New York and Evanston: Harper and Row, Publishers, [1969]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First U.S. edition. Edgar award for best novel, 1970.
THE CAVEMAN'S VALENTINE.
New York: Warner Books, 1994. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Signed by the author. Winner of the Edgar Award for best first novel 1994.
PENANCE.
Woodstock, VT: Foul Play Press, 1995. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Winner of the Edgar award for best first novel.
WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS.
New York: Atheneum, 1985. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. The first Alex Delaware novel. Edgar Award winner for best first novel.
THE LINGALA CODE.
New York: Random House, [1972]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Thriller set in Africa of the 1960s; murder, C.I.A. and a mysterious woman. 1973 Edgar award winner for best novel (1972).
A GRAVE TALENT.
New York: St Martin's Press, [1993]. Octavo, boards. First edition, first issue with Hebrew dedication printed upside down. The author's first book. Signed by King on the title page. Winner of the Edgar award for best first novel. The first Kate Martinelli novel.
A GRAVE TALENT.
New York: St Martin's Press, [1993]. Octavo, boards. First edition, first issue with Hebrew dedication printed upside down. The author's first book. Publisher's press release laid in. Winner of the Edgar award for best first novel. The first Kate Martinelli novel.
DEATH IN BLOODHOUND RED.
Sarasota, FL: Pineapple Press, 1995. Octavo, boards. First edition. Winner of the Anthony Award for best first novel of 1995.
BEAST IN VIEW.
New York: Random House, [1955]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel, 1956. Psychological suspense novel. "This is an excellent novel, considered by many critics to be Millar's finest..." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 575. Hubin, p. 573.
MARTIN HEWITT: INVESTIGATOR.
Philadelphia: Oswald Train, 1971. Octavo, illustration by William Dixon, cloth. Later edition. First published in 1894. Tales contemporary to Sherlock Holmes. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone volume, Queen's Quorum #18.
MALLORY'S ORACLE.
New York: Putnam, 1994. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. Author's well received first mystery novel. Signed. Edgar nominee.
PROMISED LAND.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Winner of the 1976 Edgar Award for best novel. Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 617-18.
THE BUTCHER'S BOY.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1982]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Edgar award winner for best first mystery of 1982.
THE BUTCHER'S BOY.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1982]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Edgar award winner for best first mystery of 1982.
NEW ORLEANS MOURNING.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Dated signed inscription by Smith. Promotional materials laid in. Edgar Award winner for best novel, 1991.
BRIARPATCH.
New York: Simon and Schuster, [1984]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Signed by Thomas. Edgar award winner for best novel, 1985. Hubin, p. 795.
BRIARPATCH.
New York: Simon and Schuster, [1984]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Edgar award for best novel, 1985. Hubin, p. 795.