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Silk Stalkings: When Women Write of Murder
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, 1988
ISBN 10: 088739096X ISBN 13: 9780887390968
Seller: Kevin T. Ransom- Bookseller, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 3 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Soft cover. Glossy, stiff pictorial wrappers. 1st edition. 521pp. Very good.
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Masques
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, 1988
ISBN 10: 0887390757 ISBN 13: 9780887390753
Seller: LONG BEACH BOOKS, INC., Long Beach, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good Minus. Cover Illustrated By Kirwan (illustrator). New Dell Edition. The city of New Orleans has gone mad, and Steve Giroux has gone mad with it. He could no longer tell what was real and what wasn't anymore and couldn't have cared less-until he found out about the murders. Wear at edges, reading creases, lightlyl rubbed, small nick on cover with some white showing, light interior browning. Size: 4 1/4" x 7". PAPERBACK.
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Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books Berkeley, CA 1987, 1987
ISBN 10: 0887390390 ISBN 13: 9780887390395
Paperback Good+. 8vo, 335, Trade paperback. General wear. ISBN:0-88739-039-0.
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The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, 1987
ISBN 10: 0887390390 ISBN 13: 9780887390395
Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback with tight, uncreased spine. Cover is slightly rubbed, it also has some scrapes on the front, slight indents on back, and edges are slightly frayed. No prior markings or bookplates. Page edges are soiled. Book.
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The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, 1987
ISBN 10: 0887390390 ISBN 13: 9780887390395
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 335pp, 1987. Softcover. A collection of 20 crime fiction short stories. Bright and clean with no marks or tears. Size: 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Book.
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Tough Luck L.A.
Book 1 of 3: The Ben Crandel MysteriesLanguage: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, 1988
ISBN 10: 0887390838 ISBN 13: 9780887390838
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Kirwan (cover illustration) (illustrator). In good condition; hard diagonal crease top outside corner front cover; soft diagonal crease same corner title page through page 79; soft hairline crease across lower corner front cover; hard rubbing along edge of non-creased spine; points of light to hard rubbing along edges; diagonal crease lower outside corner back cover; four black stamps top edge of book; light toning to clean interior pages; set of short tears lower edge pages 43 and 45; short diagonal crease lower outside corner page 153; binding sound. 212 numbered pages. 7 x 4 1/4 in. Inv. BT017.
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ONLY IN L.A.
Book 2 of 3: The Ben Crandel MysteriesLanguage: English
Published by Berkeley CA Black Lizard Books. 1988, 1988
ISBN 10: 0887390846 ISBN 13: 9780887390845
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st thus. ISBN#: 0-88739-084-6.PB. VG-F. Light-mod. spine edge wear.
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Dead Meet
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, 1988
ISBN 10: 0887390951 ISBN 13: 9780887390951
Seller: LONG BEACH BOOKS, INC., Long Beach, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good Minus. Cover Illustrated By Kirwan (illustrator). Reprint. Original title "Heir. " A gripping, noir portrait of a sick young man, an heir to a major American fortune who has gone off the deep end. Wear at edges, reading creases, lightly rubbed, light interior browning. Size: 4 1/4" x 7". PAPERBACK.
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THE OUT IS DEATH
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A., 1988
ISBN 10: 0887390935 ISBN 13: 9780887390937
First Edition
Pictorial Wrappers. Condition: Fine. Kirwan, Jim (illustrator). 1st Prtg. 1st Printing (originally published in 1957). A fine, unread copy. Paper beginning to age tone as usual. Donald Westlake has named Peter Rabe as "by far the best" of the Gold Medal writers of the 1940's and 50's. Book.
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Black Lizard Anthology Of Crime Fiction
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, 1987
ISBN 10: 0887390390 ISBN 13: 9780887390395
Trade Size Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 335 pages; Black and blue over sized trade paperback very lightly rubbed at edges. Text pages clean and tight.
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The Criminal
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley CA, 1986
ISBN 10: 0887390188 ISBN 13: 9780887390180
Condition: Very Good. Softcover, mass market paperback, 125 pages. A teenage girl is raped and murdered. A father turns his back on his son. A vicious press lord turns justice into a carnival. A terrified boy is railroaded. In the twisted world of Jim Thompson, everyone is guilty, and the worst crimes are unpunishable. Bookseller's stamp on inside front cover, price stamp on first page. Record # 374757.
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Silk Stalkings: When Woman Write Murder
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, 1988
ISBN 10: 088739096X ISBN 13: 9780887390968
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: NF. 1st Edition. First edition. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" trade paperback bound in wrappers. Near Fine condition. Rubs to the corners and spine tips. Some rubs to the front cover's lower edge. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page by both authors.
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Nightfall
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, 1987
ISBN 10: 0887390293 ISBN 13: 9780887390296
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Light spine wear. B8.
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THE BLACK LIZARD ANTHOLOGY OF CRIME FICTION
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, 1987
ISBN 10: 0887390390 ISBN 13: 9780887390395
Seller: H. W. Gumaer, Bookseller, Canandaigua, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 2 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine to Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Some twenty mystery-suspense short stories by contemporary masters of hard-boiled, "noir" crime fiction including Estleman, Randisi, Ellison, Hensley, Lansdale, Gorman and Thompson, with five of the stories published here for the first time; text is clean, tight, square; black and blue wrappers show only very minor surface and edgewear. Scarce. Collectable.
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The Damned Don't Die
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, 1986
Seller: Genesee Books, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Reprint; originally published under the title, The Gourmet. Unread mas market paperback. Nisbet's best books maintained the dreadful momentum and mordant humor of noir while incorporating everything from metaphysics to astrophysics. Nisbet's first novel, originally published in 1981, is in the tradition of the hard-boiled detective novel, although the prose is anything but lean. Martin Windrow is an ex-cop turned private detective, and when we meet him he is perusing a murder scene with a cop friend. 127 pages.
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Wild Wives: A Novel
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books/ Vintage Crime, Berkeley CA, 2006
ISBN 10: 1400032474 ISBN 13: 9781400032471
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This is the 2006 Black Lizard/ Vintage reprint of the 1956 Beacon paperback original. It is a first printing, EX-LIB with the usual stamps, labels associated with a withdrawn public library book, but with a tight, straight binding, bright, pictorial wrap. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping.
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The Black Mass of Brother Springer
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley CA, 1989
ISBN 10: 0887390978 ISBN 13: 9780887390975
Condition: Good. Softcover, mass market paperback, 171 pages. "No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford" Elmore Leonard THE BLACK MASS OF BROTHER SPRINGER tells the story of Sam Springer, a drifter novelist who meets Jack Dover, the retiring Abbot of the Church of God's Flock. Dover's final official act is to ordain Springer and send him off to serve as pastor of an all-Black church in Jacksonville, Florida. Springer soon becomes entangled in the city's growing civil rights movement . . . and with the church deacon's earthy young wife, Merita. The Washington post calls this darkly humorous novel by Charles Willeford, one of the great crime writers of the 20th century, "his masterpiece." Light wear, book store stamp, price on first page, crease to rear cover. Otherwise clean. Record # 374755.
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Goodbye L.A.
Book 3 of 3: The Ben Crandel MysteriesLanguage: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, 1988
ISBN 10: 088739082X ISBN 13: 9780887390821
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very little wear overall. Text is clean. 204 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Silk Stalkings : When Women Write of Murder: A Survey of Series Characters Created By Women Authors in Crime and Mystery Fiction **AWARD WINNER**
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A., 1988
ISBN 10: 088739096X ISBN 13: 9780887390968
First Edition
Pictorial Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st edition. Covers lightly sunned else about fine. 523 pages. MACAVITY AWARD FOR BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL WORK. lA comprehensive survey of series characters created by women authors in crime fiction from 1867 to 1987. This is a specialized catalog listing protagonists from mystery and crime fiction series written by women (although men with female pseudonyms or teams with a woman member are also included). It is a special catalog as well, for the researchers approach the project like the avid mystery readers they are. Categorizing the nearly 600 characters under academia, police, religious, artists, and other labels, they critique each character's personality and development through the series, demonstrating true familiarity with them all. This sense of reader giving reader information makes the book a valuable find for anyone who enjoys mystery and crime fiction. Paperback Original.
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Lethal Injection
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, 1987
Seller: Genesee Books, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. cover art by Kirwan (illustrator). 1st Edition. As new harcover in similar, unclipped dust jacket. Nisbet's best books maintained the dreadful momentum and mordant humor of noir while incorporating everything from metaphysics to astrophysics. A doctor tasked with the execution of a condemned prisoner becomes convinced that the man he just put to death was innocent. He heads off to Dallas to prove his theory, and becomes entangled with two unsavory characters, one of whom may have committed the crime that earned the prisoner his death sentence.153 pages.
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CROPPER'S CABIN
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, 1987
ISBN 10: 0887390471 ISBN 13: 9780887390470
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA CBA ILAB
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition thus. A fine and bright as new copy.
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DEAD MEET
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, 1988
ISBN 10: 0887390951 ISBN 13: 9780887390951
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA CBA ILAB
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition thus. A fine and bright unread copy.
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KILL THE BOSS GOOD-BY
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, 1988
ISBN 10: 0887390919 ISBN 13: 9780887390913
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA CBA ILAB
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition thus. A fine and bright as new copy.
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MASQUES
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, 1988
ISBN 10: 088739079X ISBN 13: 9780887390791
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA CBA ILAB
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition thus. A fine and bright as new copy.
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THE OUT IS DEATH
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, 1988
ISBN 10: 0887390935 ISBN 13: 9780887390937
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA CBA ILAB
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition thus. A fine and bright copy. Appears as new and unread. Book.
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THE FAR CRY
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, 1987
ISBN 10: 0887390455 ISBN 13: 9780887390456
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA CBA ILAB
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition thus. A fine and bright copy. Appears as new and unread. Book.
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Death Puppet
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, 1989
ISBN 10: 0887391362 ISBN 13: 9780887391361
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: ILAB
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo.
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Web of Murder
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, 1987
ISBN 10: 0887390323 ISBN 13: 9780887390326
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: ILAB
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Paperback. First Printing. A fine copy. ; Small octavo.
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Cropper's Cabin
Language: English
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, 1987
ISBN 10: 0887390471 ISBN 13: 9780887390470
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: ILAB
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Paperback. First Printing. A fine copy. ; Small octavo.
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The Alcoholics
Published by Black Lizard Books, Berkeley, CA, 1986
ISBN 10: 0887390196 ISBN 13: 9780887390197
Seller: Book Happy Booksellers, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Association Member: CBA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint Edition. 127pp; Slight discoloration to back cover, else covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. From front cover: "Murder wouldn't matter now, not after his brain was already dead. He'd be better off in the ground, anywhere but where he was, strapped to a table--a mute, tortured, imbecile.".
