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248 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with red gilt lettering to spine over black boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. This crime novel describes how Florida's Matthew Hope assumes defence of a husband against circumstantial evidence that he killed his actress wife. Hope is soon on the trail to solving the mystery but the actress, meanwhile, is stashed away - naked but for her red leather boots. Condition: Previous owner's name on front end paper, embossed imprint on half title page else very good in fine jacket.

New York, NY, U.S.A. : Henry Holt & Company, LLC, 1987., 1987. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, hardcover, pages beginning to brown at edges else near fine in VG dj. 248pp. A Matthew Hope mystery set in Florida. Hope has switched to criminal law but isn't doing well until Carlton Markham is accused of killing his wife. First printing.

Henry Holt, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. First printing. Pages unmarked. Dust jacket moderately worn.. Binding firm..

New York, NY, USA.: Mysterious Press / Warner Communications, 1988. Book. Illus. by PHOTO Cover By Edeard Tsutsumi. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition By This Publisher,.. 215 pages. ** PHOTO cover depicts; Woman's Leg with PINK BOOT, Black CAT & Reels of FILM. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall..

New York: New York: Henry Holt, 1987. Henry Holt, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. A Matthew Hope novel. SIGNED by Ed McBain on a laid-in bookplate. Fine book in fine dj.

New York: Henry Holt, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Although the award-winning McBain is best known for his legendary police procedural series, The 87th Precinct, his mystery-crime series featuring defense attorney, Matthew Hope, is head and shoulders above the crowd of most recent crime fiction set in Florida. This is the seventh novel, with Hope defending Carlton Barnaby Markham, accused of murdering his wife, Prudence, director of pornographic films. Upper corner of back cover lightly bumped, text block edges very slightly soiled, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. The price-clipped dustjacket shows a tiny tear in upper corner of rear panel, other minimal surface and edgewear. No significant tears, chipping or creasing. A collectable copy.

NY: Henry Holt, 1987. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Near Fine/Fine. 5.75"x 8.5" 185 pgs. Light gray boards. Red metallic letters to spine. DJ #11222 designed by Lawrence Ratzkin. Autor photo by Mary Vann Hunter. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), unmarked. Dime size scrape to ffep. Secure ship w/track #. A long shadow looms above her. Then a hand clamps over her mouth and a blade sinks into her back. Blood splatters on the film reel case beside her, and a young life is cut short. Lawyer Matthew Hope gets a call from Carlton Markham, who's been arrested for his filmmaker wife's murder but says he didn't do it. Witnesses fly forward to proclaim his guilt, but Markham's not giving up that easily on his innocence. And when Matthew digs deeper into the victim's business--from heavy financial backers to sleazy egomaniacs--he finds she may not have been the perfect lady she had seemed. The one piece of evidence that could set Markham free and finger… Read More

New York: Holt Holt and Company, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in very lightly toned dustwrapper fine.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1987]. First edition. Age toning to edges of text block, a fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with some age toning along upper edge. (14973). Octavo, cloth backed boards. A Matthew Hope novel.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 248pp. Cloth backed boards. A mystery featuring Florida lawyer Matthew Hope. A fine copy in fine dustjacket.; Octavo.