First Editions
A funny, direct, lively and moving account of growing up in small-town Ireland. Healy lovingly coaxes his childhood into being until, one day, his elderly mother hands him the coded diary he kept as a teenage tearaway and the uncut past burst in like a blast of raw air.
London: The Harvill Press, 1996; 1st edition; signed by the author; dust jacket and book in very good condition.
A collection of eleven of the author's most remarkable short stories. 1st edition; no dj; brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover; spine faded and dented; covers soiled; deckled edges; t.e.g.; page 423/424 torn, photocopied replacement laid in. G-
Searching for a chorus girl’s stag film, Jack LeVine stumbles on a sinister political plot
Like all chorus girls, Kerry Lane yearns to get her name on the marquee. After years of high-kicking, she lands a bit part in a Broadway smash hit which should lead to better things. The only thing holding her back is her past: specifically a series of stag films from her days as a struggling wannabe film starlet. When a blackmailer demands a payoff to keep them out of the public eye, Kerry comes to Jack LeVine. Stocky, sweaty, and bald, LeVine is a Jewish private detective who makes a living by being polite. But underneath his smile lies a bulldog. Lured by long legs and a roll of crisp twenties, LeVine takes Kerry’s case. But before he can speak to the blackmailer, the crook turns up dead. As LeVine hunts for Kerry’s pictures, he finds that the heart of this case is even uglier than greed, lust, or murder. It’s politics.
1st edition; dust jacket in protective mylar cover; head of spine chipped; covers lightly soiled; orange and white boards with black lettering; front free endpaper clipped; binding tight; text clean and bright. VG/VG-
When Lew Archer is hired to get the goods on the suspiciously suave Frenchman who's run off with his client's girlfriend, it looks like a simple case of alienated affections. Things look different when the mysterious foreigner turns out to be connected to a seven-year-old suicide and a mountain of gambling debts. Black Money is Ross Macdonald at his finest, baring the skull beneath the untanned skin of Southern California's high society.
1st edition; dust jacket in protective mylar cover; top edge shelfworn; head of spine creased; small (3/4") tear on top back cover; blue boards with brown cloth spine; gilt lettering and decoration on spine; binding tight; text clean and bright. VG/G+
Dark Harvest, 1986. Signed by editor, authors Ramsey Campbell and Charles L. Grant, and illustrator J.K. Potter. Red cloth slipcase; dust jacket protected; maroon cloth; binding tight; text clean and bright. VG/VG
1st edition; dust jacket protected; minimal wear, if any; binding tight; text clean. VG/VG
1st edition; dust jacket protected; minimal wear, if any; binding tight, text clean. VG/VG
1st edition; dust jacket protected; minimal wear, if any. VG+/VG+
Dark Harvest, 1986. Deluxe first edition limited to 300 individually signed and numbered copies; this is copy 229. Faded purple cloth slipcase; dust jacket protected; binding tight; text clean and bright. VG/VG