Published by St Martins Press, New York, 1991
ISBN 10: 0312062958 ISBN 13: 9780312062958
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 341 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher s blue cloth with silver lettering to spine in original publisher s pictorial spine. Signed by the author. First edition. New Orleans, 1919. As a dark serial killer The Axeman stalks the city, three individuals set out to unmask him Though every citizen of the Big Easy thinks they know who could be behind the terrifying murders, Detective Lieutenant Michael Talbot, heading up the official investigation, is struggling to find leads. But Michael has a grave secret and if he doesn t find himself on the right track fast it could be exposed Former detective Luca d Andrea has spent the last six years in Angola state penitentiary, after Michael, his protégée, blew the whistle on his corrupt behavior. Now a newly freed man, Luca finds himself working with the mafia, whose need to solve the mystery of the Axeman is every bit as urgent as the authorities . Meanwhile, Ida is a secretary at the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Obsessed with Sherlock Holmes and dreaming of a better life, Ida stumbles across a clue which lures her and her trumpet-playing friend, Lewis Louis Armstrong, to the case and into terrible danger As Michael, Luca and Ida each draw closer to discovering the killer s identity, the Axeman himself will issue a challenge to the people of New Orleans: play jazz or risk becoming the next victim. And as the case builds to its crescendo, the sky will darken and a great storm will loom over the city. Condition: Near fine in like jacket. Near fine in like jacket.
Published by Fawcett Columbine, New York, 1995
ISBN 10: 0449909360 ISBN 13: 9780449909362
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 343 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over purpled boards in original pictorial wrappers. Signed by the author. First edition. Julie Smith's claim to the New Orleans crime scene is indisputable. In House of Blues, she stretches her net of suspense and danger over the whole bewitching city, and her New Orleans beat goes on, ever stronger. Crime is Topic A across America. Even New Orleans, the most gracious American city, has hundreds of homicides each year, and sufficient random violence to keep the city's police force working overtime. So what's one more fatal shooting? When the victim is prominent restaurateur Arthur Hebert, whose distinguished restaurant of the same name attracts both knowledgeable visitors and natives, it's what the cops call a heater case, and the heat is on Homicide Detective Skip Langdon. During the family's Monday night supper, Hebert is murdered in his beautiful Garden District home. At the same time, several other family members vanish: Hebert's daughter, who was soon to have taken over the management of the restaurant, his ex-addict son-in-law, and his small granddaughter--all missing without a trace. A kidnapping gone wrong? Skip thinks it's possible, but why should the kidnappers have taken three hostages when one would have been enough? Skip's hunt for a murderer and the missing Hebert heirs embraces worlds within worlds--the elegant, dangerous Garden District, the French Quarter, the seedy Treme, broken-down projects, exclusive mansions, and lowdown bars. It takes her into places where the city's dirty business is transacted, and those where life is mostly madness, sadness, and badness. It may even take her to her death. Condition: Signed on the title else fine in like jacket. Signed by Author(s).
Published by A Tom Doherty Associates "Forge", New York, 2001
ISBN 10: 0765300583 ISBN 13: 9780765300584
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 335 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Signed by the author. First edition. Edgar Award-winner Julie Smith returns to the bewitching streets of New Orleans with the smartest, sassiest, hippest detective ever-the Baroness Pontalba. Meet the snazziest P.I. in the land. Not by accident does she roam America's jazziest city, New Orleans. By day she is Talba Wallis: smart, sassy, ebony, and a fledgling detective. By night she is the Baroness Pontalba: poet laureate of the city's smoky rooms, matron saint of her town's exotic and multi-colorful café society. Goaded into a day gig by her pushy mom, she finds herself employed by Eddie Valentino, and Talba is plunged into a world of fame, money, and power run amok, hunting a man who seduces teenage black girls and may be making them disappear. At the same time she is haunted by disturbing near-memories. Her forgotten past only emerges when violence enters her life-but not, she learns, for the first time. Condition: Signed on the tile else fine in like jacket. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Mysterious Press, New York, 1987
ISBN 10: 0892962372 ISBN 13: 9780892962372
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 216 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's qurter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over green boards in original pictorial jacket. Signed by the author. First edition. From the 1991 Edgar Award-winning author of New Orleans Mourning comes a witty mystery featuring writer/sleuth Paul McDonald. When his burglar friend Booker "happens" on part of Mark Twain's original manuscript of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, he wants Paul to help find its rightful owner. Condition: Signed on the title page. Remainder mark to heal end pages else a near fine copy in a fine jacket. Signed by Author(s).
Published by New York : Fawcett Columbine, 1995
ISBN 10: 0449909360 ISBN 13: 9780449909362
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 343 pages; Description: 343 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Langdon, Skip (Fictitious character) --Fiction --Police --Louisiana --New Orleans --Policewomen. Form/Genre: Detective and mystery stories. 2 Kg.
Published by New York : Fawcett Columbine, 1995
ISBN 10: 0449909360 ISBN 13: 9780449909362
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 343 pages; Description: 343 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Langdon, Skip (Fictitious character) --Fiction --Police --Louisiana --New Orleans --Policewomen. Form/Genre: Detective and mystery stories. 2 Kg.
Published by Akashic Books, New York NY, 2016
ISBN 10: 161775384X ISBN 13: 9781617753848
Seller: Longs Peak Book Company, Loveland, CO, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This collection of 18 stories is edited and introduced by the Queen of New Orleans fiction Julie Smith and presented in chronological order by publication date and includes selections from 1843 to post-Katrina from Kate Chopin, O Henry, Eudora Welty, Tennessee Williams, Ellen Gilchrist, Poppy Z. Bright, Nevada Barr James Lee Burke, and Ace Atkins. .The book is a first printing simply signed by Smith on the title page with the bright paperback cover wrap. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Walker Publishing Company, New York NY, 1982
ISBN 10: 0802754821 ISBN 13: 9780802754820
Seller: Longs Peak Book Company, Loveland, CO, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. EDGAR award winner Smith's debut introduces Rebecca Schwartz, an attorney in San Francisco, who on a lark plays piano in a brothel, is arrested and becomes the target of a serial killer. .The book is a first printing simply signed by Smith on the title page with the bright,price-intact dustjacket in clear, mylar covering showing minimal scuffing at the points. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. Signed by Author(s).