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Impress/ Readers Digest, 1982. US First Edition, First Printing Hardcover. Fine. Signed on the Title Page- no dust jacket as issued- not the original hardcover first by Henry Holt but a fine collectable copy at a great price SIGNED. Protected in clear Mylar cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped in a box. We do not stock or sell ex-library or Book Club editions. We are always looking to buy hardcover Mysteries and Thrillers.

New York: Wings Books, 1999. First printing, signed by author on title page from her personal library with her bookplate on front pastedown. This Omnibus collection includes for the first time her first three novels in one volume. Provenance can be provided. In mylar.. Signed by Author. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

1st UK edition; signed by author. Good hardcover in Good DJ. Clean covers and spine; damp stain at cover and spine tail edge; tightly bound and square in case; damp stain at bottom inner corner of few prelim and terminal leaves; inscribed on title page 'For Kate | with all my | Love | Sue | 10-10-86'; otherwise clean interior with some age darkening along page edges. DJ is complete; clean but showing damp stain spine tail and cover lower inner corners. 8vo (20.5 cm), 191 pp. Inscription was to Kate Mattes, owner of a prominent Boston area bookstore.

Henry Holt & Company. Hardback. Fine/Fine. 1. 1982. Hardback. Fine. First Edition. Tenth Print. Signed by the author on the title page, signature only. Dust jacket is protected with a Mylar cover. Books are packed and shipped in boxes.

MacMillan, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 7x5x1. Signed by Author. Signed, inscribed and dated by Sue Grafton on title page. Grafton signed with her first name only. First UK edition, published by MacMillan, 1986. Hardcover in jacket, price intact on jacket flap. Clean and unmarked. Some toning to pages, as is common with these UK edition. Binding strong. Appears unread, with slight edge wear. A lovely copy in near fine condition. Jacket now in fresh Mylar. Additional photos available upon request.

NY Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1982. Very good to fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Small remainder mark in felt tip pen on bottom page edges near base of spine, minor. Previous owner name on top of front free endpaper. Inscribed by Grafton on title page "For Katie from Kinsey.Sue Grafton 5-26-1990." Same format as the first edition, using same jacket design on front and rear panels and spine. First Book Club Edition. 1st Book Club edition..

Gray boards with red writing on spine; top and bottom of book spine slightly rumpled. Slight shelf wear at top and bottom of dust jacket spine; tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition. Cover price of $16.95 and FPT on front dust jacket flap.Henry Holt First Edition; Second Printing as indicated by number line of "3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on copyright page. Author's signature, inscription (saying "Yours until 'Z' is for Zero"), and date of June 1990 on title pageGrafton's very first book featuring detective Kinsey Millhone; this copy is in almost pristine condition. Grafton was unfortunately unable to complete here Alphabet Series, dying shortly after the "Y" novel was published. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

Book and Dust Jacket in fine condition
2nd copy available-Not signed-not 1st edition-$45.00

MacMillan. VG+. 1986. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. 7.9 X 5.1 X 1.0 inches. 192 pages. Signed by Sue Grafton on title page. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .

London: The Macmillan Co, 1986. First Edition ~1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED by author on the title page, her first Kinsey Milhone mystery; very good in very good dust jacket, in protective mylar cover; top corners of the dust jacket folds have staining on the interior (but not visible from exterior), former collector's name at top of free front endpaper, edges of pageblock toned else a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket; first British printing with no later printings indicated; photos on request

SIGNED/Inscribed by Grafton on Title Page. First British Edition of Grafton's A. Fine in a fine jacket. You kill people you hate or you kill in rage or you kill to get even, but you don't kill someone you're indifferent to." Book #P3386. $498. We specialize in Rare, Signed, and Manuscript Ayn Rand, history, and science.

Henry Holt and Co, 1982-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good. 8x5x1. Signed. First printing. SIGNED, without inscription, by Sue Grafton on the title page. The volume is bumped at the spine ends and there is a jagged 2"x3" piece missing from the top corner of the front endpaper. The price clipped (an uneven 1"x2" clip on the top of the front flap) dust jacket, sleeved in mylar, is edge worn with small chips (greatest depth is 3/16" on the spine crown) and a 1/4" closed tear (top of rear panel).

U.S.A.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. Endpapers professionally restored and book tightened. Bound in gray boards, stamped in red in matching noir-style dust jacket. A slight bit of wear to edges, but overall, a tight, clean copy of the first edition of the first Kinsey Millhone mystery. Signed on the title page by Ms. Grafton. 275 pp. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good ++.

London: MacMillan. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hard Cover. 033341778X . SIGNED and inscribed on title page by Sue Grafton, "For Carol ... Yours until "Z" is for Zero, Sue 5-4-86." ; Tight binding, clean pages. Some age-toning to pages, typical for this book, otherwise As New. Not price clipped. An excellent copy of the First Printing of the First British Edition of the First Kinsey Millhone mystery. Protected in a new removable Mylar cover. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. ; 8vo; 192 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. Nice copy of author's first Kinsey Millhone mystery in its first printing. Signed by author on title page with no inscription. Very light spine lean to head of spine, else fine. Price intact jacket has tiny nick at head of spine but no other flaws. In mylar. . Signed by Author. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fiine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0030590485 . First edition hardcover with full number line. Signed by Sue Grafton to the title page. Slightest bump to spine head, slight rubbing to board edges, hint of soil to block edge else tight and square. The DJ in mylar is slightly toned to rear panel, very faint dampstain to bottom edge of rear panel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

New York: Henry Holt Complete set of her famous mystery series. None appear to have been read. They are all unmarked, tight and square. One of the jackets is price clipped. A, B and D are Book Clubs but A is signed by author. C and E are second printings but without flaw and from her personal library. F through Y are all first editions, first printings. Five of these (A, I, R, N and K are signed by author). Some of these are from her personal library and obtained from her estate with a bookplate from her library on a few of them. I can substitute trade editions for A, B and D in the series if interested but price would be increased. Most of the jackets are protected in transparent mylar. . Signed by Author. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine to Fine/Near Fine to Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Macmillan, 1982-7. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8" by 5". None. Signed first UK editions of the first three of Sue Grafton's popular detective series, the 'Alphabet Murders'. In the original unclipped dustwrappers. In three volumes, being the first three novels in Sue Grafton's 'Alphabet Murders' series. The first edition thus of these works, being the first UK editions. Each volume is signed by the author to the title page. Each in the original unclipped dustwrapper. '"A" Is for Alibi' is a crime novel, set in the fictional city Santa Teresa in southern California. The novel follows the thirty-two year old private detective Kinsey Millhone, who is hired to solve the murder of a prominent divorce lawyer Laurence Fife. He had been killed eight years previously and his recently released wife was arrested for the death. The lawyer's death was linked to a similar death of a woman in Los Angeles. Both had died after taking poisonous oleander capsules, which had been… Read More

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. 275 pp. Approximately 5 1/2 x 8 1/4". Pictorial dust jacket in near fine condition, with a vibrant cover, a few stains to rear cover, slight creasing, a small enclosed tear near the spine, original price of $12.95 on the flap, and no fading on the spine. Grey paper over boards, red lettering stamped crisply on spine, signed by the author on the title page, full number line, no visible marks, in fine condition. Sue Grafton (1940 - 2017) was an American novelist. This is the first book in her well-known "alphabet series" featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone. Grafton also wrote screenplays and other 7 other novels before the alphabet series, 5 of which she destroyed unpublished.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The very first book in the author's renowned alphabet series & the one that introduced female private investigator Kinsey Millhone to the world. From the estate of a local mystery collector, this is a FIRST EDITION, First Printing hardcover book with original, unclipped DJ, which has been protected in a mylar cover since purchased Brand New. SIGNED by the AUTHOR in black marker (her name only) on title page. Both book & DJ are in Fine condition (our highest grade): just slightly less crisp than Brand New! Completely clean, binding strong & square, creamy white pages. Absolutely NO writing or underlining or highlighting. NOT ex-lib; NOT bce. The DJ is virtually flawless: bright & colorful NO fading or wear. A beauty! Please see our photos--they show the EXACT book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand!… Read More