Search Results: Titles starting with C from Joe Staats, Bookseller

New York, New York, U.S.A: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 2010. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Highly-regarded second novel by the author of MEN IN SPACE, REMAINDER. TINTIN AND THE SECRET OF LITERATURE, and SATIN ISLAND. "C" was shortlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize. As new, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.{Not remainder-marked or price-clipped? L95

London, UK: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Mint/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page in black fountain ink. Hired to help cover up the circumstances surrounding the death of Prince Ludovico Ruspanti, who jumped or was pushed from the roof of St. Peter's Basilica, Aurelio Zen probes the activities of a secret organization known as "the Cabal" CABAL is the third book in the Aurelio Zen series. Very scarce signed title, especially in this pristine condition. Mint, unread, first British edition, first printing, in flawless, as new, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} M110

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little, Brown & Company, Inc., 2000. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilchrist is the author of VICTORY OVER JAPAN, for which she won the 1985 National Book Award for Fiction, as well as fifteen other previous works of fiction including DRUNK WITH LOVE, NET OF JEWELS, THE AGE OF MIRACLES, SARAH CONLEY, and FLIGHTS OF ANGELS. One of our finest short story writers, her COLLECTED STORIES was published in 2000. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L36

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2008. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Uncorrected Reader's Copy. Ages 10 up. New, ARC in pictorial wraps. L49

Houston, TX, U.S.A.: Arte Publico Press, University of Houston, 1995. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Featuring the return of Chicana detective Gloria Damasco, tempered in the civil rights movement and possessed of mysterious psychic visions, which finds her tracking the disappearance and death of three activists from the seventies. By the author of EULOGY FOR A BROWN ANGEL. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1995. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page in black fountain ink. By the author of RED BAKER, CATTLE ANNIE & LITTLE BRITCHES, SHEDDING SKIN, and THE KING OF CARDS. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. M24

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Hyperion., 1996. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. When Aaron Crown is finally imprisoned for the decades-old murder of Ely Dixon, it is to Dave Robicheaux that he proclaims his innocence loudest. Dave isn't keen to get involved, but then a filmmaker seeking to prove Crown's innocence is murdered and the mob accuse Dave of taking a pay-off. Fine, first edition, first printing, in near-fine (price-clipped), mylar-protected dust jacket.{Not remainder-marked or price-clipped] M19

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Minotaur Books, 2014. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Sophie Kohl is living her worst nightmare. Minutes after she confesses to her husband, a mid-level diplomat at the American embassy in Hungary, that she had an affair while they were in Cairo, he is shot in the head and killed. Stan Bertolli, a Cairo-based CIA agent, has fielded his share of midnight calls. But his heart skips a beat when he hears the voice of the only woman he ever truly loved, calling to ask why her husband has been assassinated. Omar Halawi has worked in Egyptian intelligence for years, and he knows how to play the game. Foreign agents pass him occasional information, he returns the favor, and everyone's happy. But the murder of a diplomat in Hungary has ripples all the way to Cairo, and Omar must follow the fall-out wherever it leads. American analyst Jibril Aziz knows more about Stumbler, a covert operation rejected by the CIA,… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A: Avon Books, 1997. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L95

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: Viking Press, 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Aithor of the Pulitzer Prize-winning MARCH, PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, and YEAR OF WONDERS. As new, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L126

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: Viking Pr, 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by author in black fountain ink on Beverly Hills Literary Society bookplate affixed to half-title page.Aithor of the Pulitzer Prize-winning MARCH, PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, and YEAR OF WONDERS. As new, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L46

New York, NY, U.S.A.: W W Norton & Company, Inc., 2004. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, unread copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. NF16

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pantheon, 1997. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. As new, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. FF

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Little, Brown and Company, 2014. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page. A gripping and provocative debut novel by a stunning new talent,CALIFORNIA imagines a frighteningly realistic near future, in which clashes between mankind's dark nature and deep-seated resilience force us to question how far we will go to protect the ones we love. The world Cal and Frida have always known is gone, and they've left the crumbling city of Los Angeles far behind them. They now live in a shack in the wilderness, working side-by-side to make their days tolerable in the face of hardship and isolation. Mourning a past they can't reclaim, they seek solace in each other. But the tentative existence they've built for themselves is thrown into doubt when Frida finds out she's pregnant. Terrified of the unknown and unsure of their ability to raise a child alone, Cal and Frida set out for the… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 2004. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page. Winner of the 2005 Edgar Award for Best Novel. Author is now a two-time winner of the Edgar, having previously won the 2002 award for SILENT JOE. Parker is also the author of PACIFIC HEAT, LITTLE SAIGON, THE TRIGGERMAN'S DANCE, WHERE SERPENTS LIE, THE BLUE HOUR, BLACK WATER, and RED LIGHT. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. A47/ L94

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page Jack Wade is one of the best arson investigators around, a man who knows fire, who can read the traces it leaves behind like a roadmap. When he's called in to examine an unusual claim, the tracks of the fire tell him something is very wrong. So wrong that he violates his own cardinal rule ("You don't get involved") and plunges headlong into the case. Things quickly get out of control, whoosh like oxygen feeding the flames, and Jack will need all his expert knowledge, defiant integrity, and outrageous behavior to keep the investigation, and himself, from being snuffed out! Darkly funny, irreverent, and practically hot to the touch, CALIFORNIA FIRE AND LIFE is the new novel by the author of THE DEATH AND LIFE OF BOBBY Z. As new, unread, first edition, first printing,in fine, mylar-protected dust… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1985. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fourth in the Moses Wine mystery series, by the author of THE BIG FIX. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. A30

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Simon & Schuster, 2014. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The world's discrimination and violence against women and girls is the most serious, pervasive, and ignored violation of basic human rights: This is President Jimmy Carter's call to action. President Carter was encouraged to write this book by a wide coalition of leaders of all faiths. His urgent report covers a system of discrimination that extends to every nation. Women are deprived of equal opportunity in wealthier nations and "owned" by men in others, forced to suffer servitude, child marriage, and genital cutting. The most vulnerable, along with their children, are trapped in war and violence. A CALL TO ACTION addresses the suffering inflicted upon women by a false interpretation of carefully selected religious texts and a growing tolerance of violence and warfare. Key verses are often omitted or quoted out of context by male… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Tor Books, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. For years, Callahan's was the place where friends met to have a few drinks, tell a few jokes, and occasionally save the world. Until that unfortunate incident with the nuke a few years ago.... But Jake Stonebender and his wife have opened a new Callahan's, Mary's Place, and all the regulars are there: Doc Webster, Fast Eddie the piano player, Long Drink McGonnigle, and of course the usual talking dogs, alcoholic vampires, aliens, and time travelers. Songs will be sung, drinks will be drunk (and drunks will have drinks), puns will be swapped...and as a three-eyed, three-legged, three-armed, three-everythinged alien flashes through space toward the bar, it just might be time to save the world again.... As new, unread, furst edition, first printing,, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.{Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} MBS1

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Running Press Book Publishers, 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. CALLIGRAPHY STROKE BY STROKE is a beautifully illustrated guide to calligraphy with instructional photographs and diagrams for eleven classic alphabets. Book includes complete instructions for creating numerals, punctuation, serifs, and upper case and lower case letters, as well as tips on materials, equipment, spacing and margins, with special hints for left-handers. The book also includes a gallery of art from leading contemporary calligraphers to teach and inspire, and a guide to common mistakes and how to correct them. As new, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.