Search Results: Titles starting with V from Blackbird Bookshop

Intrigue Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Jacket price-clipped. Book appears unread.. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. According to Charlie, "Vacations mean different things to different people...In my case, add a romance with a good-looking pilot and fourteen stitches in the back of my skull." ; 9.1 X 6.1 X 0.8 inches; 202 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Mysterious Press. Good; Uncorrected proof in pink paper wraps. Cover soil, scattered spots . of wear, and reading creases to spine.. 1989. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. A gang of thieves determined to steal every Praxiteles Lumpkin weathervane in Balaclava County winds up snatching Helen Shandy as well, and it is up to her husband Peter to set her free. ; Trade PB .

New York: Mysterious Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Fine book in like jacket.. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. In this fun romp, Charlotte MacLeod returns to the adventures of Balaclava College botany professor Peter Shandy, who does battle with a shaggy group of demented survivalists, rescues Helen from a weathervane snatching gang, and rounds up the most villainous felons in Balaclava history. ; 8.4 X 5.6 X 0.8 inches; 185 pages .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket has minor edge wear and . rubbing, with cellophane tape on the blind side reinforcing the edges.. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Victor Stallard, smuggler and sometime salvage operator, is involved in international intrigue with some highly dubious characters. ; 8.25 x 5.5 x 1 inches; 183 pages .

New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Light edge foxing.. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Lovejoy is hired as a consultant for a movie about the robbery of London's British Museum - a crime that in the antiques game is the ultimate scam, the very last gambado, promising riches and immortality to anyone who can pull it off. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 275 pages .

Boston: Little, Brown. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Author's first book. Book slightly . faded along edges. Jacket lightly rumpled.. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Well known for his plays and screenplays, this author's first novel brings to life a remote New England community full of dark undercurrents and brooding silences. Alternating vivid dialogue with the most private thoughts, Mamet takes us deep inside their secret selves, unfolding in particular the unspoken forces that shape relationships between men and women. ; 8.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches; 238 pages .

New York: St. Martin's Press. Very Good; Bright yellow paper wraps have light soiling to back cover and . two small spots: on to the back edge and one to front top edge.. 1982. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. English barrister-detective Anthony Maitland attempts to defend a seemingly guilty client, an ex-con caught red-handed in an apparent robbery attempt. ; Trade PB; 191 pages .

New York: Scribner. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Appears unread with some top edge . toning.. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. A few years ago, J. W. 's old Vietnam buddy, Joe Begay and five fellow agents were caught in the chaos of a bloody mission. Today, only two of the five remain. The others have died unexpectedly and a killer known as the Easter Bunny may now be on his way to Martha's Vineyard to take out Joe. ; 5.5 X 0.9 X 8.4375 inches; 256 pages .

New York: Scribner. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Bump to edges of back board; jacket . with some wear to back panel.. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Someone is torching the run-down summer houses that a reviled landlord rents out to college kids who flock to Martha's Vineyard. ; 5.5 X 1 X 8.75 inches; 224 pages .

New York: Scribner. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Inscribed by the author on the title . page. Has been gently read.. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. The morning's paper brings an update on the case of the Headless Horseman, a headless and handless corpse found on a local bridle path six months ago. Such murders are rare on the Vineyard, and J. W. Jackson can't help but wonder if a killer is still wandering free on the island. ; 8.7 X 5.7 X 0.9 inches; 256 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Harper Collins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Light edge browning to book.. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. A hard-boiled Los Angeles criminal lawyer copes with a son in trouble, a passion for his biggest client's wife, and cops who want to pin a murder on him. Great tagline: "If America is a lunatic asylum then California is the Violent Ward".; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches; 305 pages .

New York: Harper. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on title page. . Appears unread.. 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Dale Masterson, a wealthy lawyer who has built a career representing coal and oli companies, has enemies - including his own son, Brandon, a fanatical eco-warrior who despises everything his father stands for. When Dale is found beaten to death in his lavish Oregon home, Brandon is spotted fleeing the scene. Amanda Jaffe is hired to represent him, but what seems like an open-and-shut case quickly begins to unravel. ; Amanda Jaffe Series; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 304 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on the half-title page. . Hint of top edge darkening.. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. When Marissa Blumenthal, a successful epidemiologist and happily married woman, discovers that she cannot conceive, her obsession with getting pregnant leads her to investigate the baby-making business.; 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches; 396 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: TOR. Near Fine; Uncorrected Proof in blue paper wraps. Staple hole to front . cover; some soil to bottom corner.. 1994. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. Barry di Hoa heads for a new world, where a colony struggles to survive with the help of intelligent indigenous aliens, despite too few supplies from Earth and too much religious zealotry. ; Trade PB; 347 pages .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Has been gently read.. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Ronald Manes, a wealthy basketball player, becomes the patient of psychiatrist J. C. Kaminer, but when Ronald's wife is stabbed to death and suspicion falls on him, Kaminer must find the real killer. ; 1 x 8.75 x 5.75 Inches; 224 pages .

New York: Scribner. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Book is straight and tight with fading . to top edge. Jacket has closed sliced tear to front panel (nearly . unnoticeable) and light rubbing; enclosed in mylar protector to prevent . further damage.. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. When his son is arrested for the brutal murder of a local girl, New England politician Tom Baron turns to lawyer-detective Brady Coyne for help. ; 8.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches; 226 pages .