paretsky signed (20 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 258 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over yellow boards in original pictorial jacket. Signed by the author. First edition. It's strictly Friends & Family as V.I. Warshawski, "the detective mystery fans have been waiting for" (Time), makes return appearances in a collection of stories that bring new meaning to "ties that bind." Decked out in her silk shirts and no-nonsense Attitude, V.I. is out to make a living--by the skin of her teeth. Condition: Signed on the title page else near fine in a fine jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine condition. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New York: Delacorte Press, 1988. Fine condition (one gentle reading) in a flawless, As New Dust Jacket (Bright and shiny. No chips, tears, or creases. Protected since new by a removable Brodart sleeve). Not price clipped ($17.95). Not a book club edition. Clean, tight, unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Lavender cloth spine / blue boards. Stamped in silver on the spine. First printing, with "September 1988" and complete number row (10 987654321) on copyright page. Signed and dated by the author in the month of publication as follows: "September 1988, September, Sept, (signed) Sara Paretsky." NOT personalized to anyone. From the Dust Jacket: "BLOOD SHOT begins innocently enough when V. I. attends the reunion of her championship basketball team and Caroline, a childhood friend who organized the event, asks V.I. a professional favor: 'Find my father for me.'". Signed by Author (on half title page). First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/As New dust jacket. 8vo. viii, 328pp.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. First Edition. Association copy. This is first edition of Paretsky's Chicago police thriller inscribed to and previously owned by (famous/infamous) Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan: "Lisa Madigan, you really are the best thing that's happened to Illinois probably since Lincoln. Good wishes always, Sara Paretsky, 06.06.2011." This Chicago bookseller withholds his opinion on that subject, but both Paretsky and Madigan are undeniably two names that carry a lot of weight in Chicago today.

Condizione: FINE. Book club edition: the first hardcover printing. Collection of 21 mystery stories by women, mostly previously unpublished. Contributors include Gillian Roberts, Linda Grant, Sarah Shankman, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Susan Trott, , Karen Kijewski, Faye Kellerman, Lilian Braun and others.SIGNED and dated by Yarbro at her story "Do I Dare to Eat a Peach?" 324 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

Condizione: FINE. Hardcover. An anthology of 30 mystery stories by women authors - includes stories from the first 5 Sisters in Crime anthologies, published between 1989 and 1992. SIGNED by TWO authors: Sara Paretsky at 'The Takamoku Joseki' and Janet Dawson at her story 'By the Book.' Also included are contributions from Dorothy Cannell, Diana Mott Davidson, Susan Dunlap, Sue Grafton, Elizabeth George, Joan Hess, Sharyn McCrumb, Gillian Roberts, Marcia Muller, Susan Trott, Wendy Hornsby, Mary Higgins Clark, K. K. Beck, Sharyn McCrumb, Jean Hager, Sara Paretsky and more. 396 pp Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (crease to lower edge of back cover of dj).

Condizione: FINE. Book club edition: the first hardcover printing. Collection of 21 mystery stories by women, mostly previously unpublished. SIGNED by TWO authors at their stories: Sara Paretsky at 'The Maltese Cat' and SIGNED and dated by Yarbro at "Do I Dare to Eat a Peach?"Other contributors include Gillian Roberts, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Susan Trott, , Karen Kijewski, Faye Kellerman, Lilian Braun and others. 324 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket.

Condizione: VERY GOOD. Book club edition: the first hardcover printing. Anthology of mostly original stories by women mystery writers - includes contributions from Sara Paretsky, Rochelle Krich, K. K. Beck, Gillian Roberts, Susan Dunlap, Joyce Carol Oates, Karen Kijewski and others. SIGNED by TWO authors: Diane Mott Davidson at her story 'Cold Turkey' and Sara Paretsky at 'The Takamoku Joseki.' 278 pp. Very good in very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine condition. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2005. A beautiful copy of the first printing. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the page preceding the half title (her signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NOT price clipped ($25.95). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp and clean. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 2005. First Printing of the First Edition, with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. "Signed Copy" sticker on dust jacket's front panel (neatly removed upon request). Bound in the original blue boards with a black spine, stamped in shiny red metallic. From the dust jacket: "V.I. Warshawski may have left her old South Chicago neighborhood, but as she learns, she cannot escape it. When she takes over coaching duties of the girls' basketball team at her former high school, the detective faces an ill-equipped, ragtag group of gangbangers, fundamentalists, and teenage moms who inevitably draw her into their family woes. V. I. is squeezed between the needs of two very different families. As she tries to find the errant teenagers, and track down a particularly cruel murderer, her own life is almost forfeited.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. (xvi), 402pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Condizione: FINE. First printing, a trade paperback original. Includes stories by Ruth Rendell, Ian Rankin, Bill James, Sara Paretsky, Val McDermid , Susan Kelly, Celia Dale and others. INSCRIBED on the title page by Sara Paretsky. Frontispiece drawing. Biographical notes. 263 pp. Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (usual toning to the pages).

Condizione: FINE. First printing, a trade paperback original. True 1st edition of this anthology of the Crime Writers' Association - bound in wrappers with an outer wrapper. Many are original stories by such writers as Ian Rankin, Ruth Rendell, Susan Moody, Reginald Hill, Dick Francis, Robert Barnard, Simon Brett and more. INSCRIBED on the title page by Sara Paretsky. Illustrated with Clewsey's Cliches, biographical notes. 249 pp. Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (usual toning to the pages).

Condizione: FINE. First printing, a trade paperback original. SIGNED by Sara Paretsky at her story 'The Great Tesuji.' Also includes stories by Ruth Rendell, Ian Rankin, Bill James, Val McDermid , Susan Kelly, Celia Dale and others Frontispiece drawing. Biographical notes. 263 pp. Near fine in a fine dustjacket (usual toning to the pages).

Condizione: FINE. First printing. SIGNED by Paretsky at her story "Strung Out." Alsp includes stories by Max Allan Collins, Joan Hess, John Lutz, Michael Collins, Susan Dunlap, Loren Estleman, Jeremiah Healy, Nancy Pickard, Sue Grafton, Julie Smith and others. Foreword and brief notes preceding each story by the editors. ix, 369 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

Condizione: FINE. First thus. "The world's most exciting female sleuths portrayed by twenty-two great writers." Introduction by Muller and Bill Pronzini. SIGNED by TWO authors on the title page. Marcia Muller and Sara Paretsky. Other contributors include Anna Katherine Green, Agatha Christie, Gladys Mitchell, Sara Paretsky, Susan Dunlap, Anthony Boucher, Sue Grafton, Cornell Woolrich, Linda Barnes and more. In addition to 21 short stories, this includes a complete novel - Murder on Wheels - by Stuart Palmer. xi, 512 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

Condizione: FINE. First printing. Includes stories by Peter Lovesey, Ruth Rendall, Susan Dunlap, Lawrence Block, Frederick Forsyth, Sara Paretsky, Tony Hillerman, Brian Garfield and more. Brief introductions to each story by the editors and an introduction by Edward Hoch. SIGNED by contributor Sara Paretsky on the title page. 308 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Condizione: NEAR FINE. First printing. "26 original stories by the best women crime writers of our time" including Helga Anderle, Linda Barnes, Nevada Barr, Amel Benaboura, Pieke Biermann, Eleanor Taylor Brand, P. M. Carlson, Liza Cody, Amanda Cross, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Susan Dunlap, Antonia Fraser, Frances Fyfield, Susan Geason, Elizabeth George, Linda Grant, Dicey Scroggins Jackson, Myriam Laurini, Lia Matera, Marcia Muller, Irina Muravyova, Sara Paretsky, Nancy Pickard, Ruth Rendell, Andrea Smith, Barbara Wilson. SIGNED by TWO authors: Sara Paretsky on the title page and Marcia Muller at her story "The Cracks in the Sidewalk. Edited and with an introduction by Sara Paretsky. . xii, 367 pp. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (prev owner's label on front pastedown.).

Condizione: FINE. First printing. "26 original stories by the best women crime writers of our time" including Helga Anderle, Linda Barnes, Nevada Barr, Amel Benaboura, Pieke Biermann, Eleanor Taylor Brand, P. M. Carlson, Liza Cody, Amanda Cross, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Susan Dunlap, Antonia Fraser, Frances Fyfield, Susan Geason, Elizabeth George, Linda Grant, Dicey Scroggins Jackson, Myriam Laurini, Lia Matera, Marcia Muller, Irina Muravyova, Sara Paretsky, Nancy Pickard, Ruth Rendell, Andrea Smith, Barbara Wilson. SIGNED by TWO authors: Paretsky on the title page and Elizabeth George at her story "The Surprise of His Life." Edited and with an introduction by Sara Paretsky. . xii, 367 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

Condizione: FINE. First printing. "26 original stories by the best women crime writers of our time" including Helga Anderle, Linda Barnes, Nevada Barr, Amel Benaboura, Pieke Biermann, Eleanor Taylor Brand, P. M. Carlson, Liza Cody, Amanda Cross, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Susan Dunlap, Antonia Fraser, Frances Fyfield, Susan Geason, Elizabeth George, Linda Grant, Dicey Scroggins Jackson, Myriam Laurini, Lia Matera, Marcia Muller, Irina Muravyova, Sara Paretsky, Nancy Pickard, Ruth Rendell, Andrea Smith, Barbara Wilson. SIGNED by TWO authors: by Paretsky on the title page and by Marcia Muller at her story "The Cracks in the Sidewalk." Edited and with an introduction by Sara Paretsky. . xii, 367 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. First Edition. Signed by Author. HBDJ,February 1992, 1st edition, DJ minor Wear & Tiny Chips Extremities, F/F-. Signed by Author.

Condizione: FINE. Signed, limited first edition. A collection of 46 mystery stories from O. Henry in 1903 and Willa Cather in 1905 to Tom Franklin in 1998 and Dennis Lehane in 1999. Includes selections from Dashiell Hammet, James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, John Steinbeck, William Faulkner, Joyce Carol Oates, Shirley Jackson, Flannery O'Connor, Stephen King, James Crumley Brendan DuBois, Steven Greenleaf and more. One of only 100 copies SIGNED on the limitation page by the editor, Tony Hillerman. Although not called for, this is also signed by contributor Sara Paretsky. Preface by series editor Otto Penzler and introduction by Tony Hillerman. Biographical notes. xviii, 813 pp. Fine in red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in a fine black slipcase (no dust jacket, as issued).