Sallis james 1944 (20 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This stand-alone novel has a retired CIA operative turned sculptor called back into duty to kill a fellow agent gone rogue on a cross-country drive/chase thinking big thoughts and doing what must be done. This copy is an EX-LIB copy with a tight, straight binding and all the usual stamps, labels of a withdrawn public library book, a first printing simply signed by Sallis on the title page with the bright, price-intact dustjacket in clear, mylar covering. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. This fourth novel in the Lew Griffin series has the author, instructor and part-time PI on the hunt for his long-disappeared son and several other missing young men in the seedier parts of New Orleans.This copy is EX-LIB with the usual stampings, labels of a withdrawn library book. It has a tight, straight binding, is a first printing simply signed by Sallis on the title page with the bright dustjacket in clear, mylar covering. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. Signed by Author(s).…

First Edition. Chester Himes: A Life is the definitive biography of the man and acclaimed writer James Sallis eloquently explores this one man's struggle against terrible odds - against his own life, time and temperament, and against demons within and without - and the writing that emerged, partly in consequence, partly in abreaction. Weaving together known facts, dissecting the fictions, Sallis casts new and clear light onto the contradictions, self-interrogations and misdirections that make Himes such an enigmatic and elusive subject. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new ; 368 pages; Description: xiv, 368 p. , [8] p. Of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-336) and index. Subjects: Himes, Chester B. , 1909-1984. Novelists, African-American--20th century--Biography 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Chester Himes: A Life is the definitive biography of the man and acclaimed writer James Sallis eloquently explores this one man's struggle against terrible odds - against his own life, time and temperament, and against demons within and without - and the writing that emerged, partly in consequence, partly in abreaction. Weaving together known facts, dissecting the fictions, Sallis casts new and clear light onto the contradictions, self-interrogations and misdirections that make Himes such an enigmatic and elusive subject. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new ; 368 pages; Description: xiv, 368 p. , [8] p. Of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-336) and index. Subjects: Himes, Chester B. , 1909-1984. Novelists, African-American--20th century--Biography 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. In this third Lew Griffin novel, a prequel to the first two, the character of Griffin is formed during a very hot summer in the 1960s New Orleans as Black Panthers, racists, and a sniper are creating problems. This copy is EX-LIB with the usual labels and markings of a withdrawn book, atight,straight binding, and with some water damage-slight paper wrinkling to the first 48 pages on the upper right corner. The book is a first printing simply signed by Sallis on the title page with the bright , price intact dustjacket in clear, mylar covering. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. PRICE REDUCED! This first book in the Turner trilogy introduces a man living off the path in rural Tennessee, an ex-Memphis cop, a therapist, and an ex-con living in his mind until the sheriff presents him with a bottle of bourbon and a case he can't unravel. This copy is in excellent condition, a first printing simply signed by Sallis on the title page with the bright, as new price-intact dustjacket in clear mylar covering. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping.PRICE REDUCED. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. PRICE REDUCED! This second volume in the Turner trilogy has the ex-cop, ex-con on the mend but returning to his Memphis roots when a police case goes bad. This copy is in excellent condition, a first printing simply signed by Sallis on the title page with the bright, as new price-intact dustjacket in clear mylar covering. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping.PRICE REDUCED. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Highly esteemed mystery writerJames Sallis offers his homage to Himes the author of such crime staples as Rage in Harlem,Cotton Comes to Harlem, Plan B and The Primitive. This copy , a first printing, is in fine condition, mylar-protected and signed by Sallis. It will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. Signed by Author(s). …

Condizione: FINE. First printing. The second novel featuring John Turner, ex-policeman, ex-con, war veteran and former therapist, who is now the sheriff of this small town near Memphis. SIGNED on the title page. 192 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. A spare, sparkling tour de force about one woman's journey to becoming a cop, by master of noir James Sallis, author of Drive. This copy, a first printing ARC(Advanced Review Copy) paperback is in fine condition with a bright cover wrap. The book is signed by Sallis on the title page. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. In the woods outside the town of Willnot, the remains of several people have suddenly been discovered, unnerving the community and unsettling Hale, the town's all-purpose general practitioner, surgeon, and town conscience.This copy is in excellent condition, a first printing signed by Sallis on the title page.The fine,price-intact dustjacket is enclosed in archival, clear mylar covering.The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. The third volume in the Turner trilogy has the ex-Memphis cop, ex-con in the job as sheriff in his rural town but facing a case that takes him back to the badness of his past. This copy is in excellent condition, a first printing simply signed by Sallis on the title page with the bright, as new price-intact dustjacket in clear mylar covering. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. This second book in the Lew Griffin series has the New Orleans PI searching for a runaway daughter of a close friend who recently died with ramifications to both Lew and the girl. This copy is in excellent condition, a first printing simply signed by Sallis on the title page with the bright, as new price-intact dustjacket in clear mylar covering. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Sallis' novella length book presents an eight year old girl kept prisoner in a box under her abductor's bed, who escapes and lives in a shopping mall for an extended period before entering the state protective system and being emancipated at age 16. She becomes a successful TV editor until a detective draws her back into her past and she must decide if she wants to help others who share her experience as abductees.This copy is in fine condition, a first printing simply signed by Sallis on the title page with the as new dustjacket in clear mylar. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for shipping. Signed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This early book by Sallis was first published in 1982 and then revised in 1994 with his new forward. He sketches the history of the acoustic and electric guitars through the bluesmen The Mississippi Sheiks, T-Bone Walker and Lonnie Johnson, the jazzmen Roy Smeck and Charlie Christian to the rockers Michael Bloomfield and Ry Cooder.This copy is in very good condition with a tight, straight binding with a black mark on the book block base, a first printing simply signed by Sallis on the title page. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for shipping. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Christian, a contract killer, is scouting his target in Phoenix when the target is shot by another. A police investigator, Sayles, whose wife is dying of cancer, is trying to figure who shot the target and skipped a young boy whose parents have abandoned him in their house and begins having weird dreams that are connected to the shooting. This copy is in excellent condition, a first printing simply signed by Sallis on the title page with the bright, price-intact dustjacket in clear, mylar covering. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for shipping. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Crime novelist extraordinaire and translator James Sallis reveals another facet of his work in this collection of 41 stories culled from forty years of writing.This copy is in new condition, a first printing signed by Sallis on the title page with no dustjacket as issued. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. Signed by Author(s).…

tapa blanda. Condizione: 2ª Mano. 2ª Mano. RBA. 2004. Serie Negra. Libro.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. For the first time ever, the complete short fiction of literary legend James Sallis is collected in one gorgeous volume—a must-have gift for the crime, mystery, or speculative fiction fan in your life.Published over the six decades of Sallis's storied career, the complete collection contains 154 stories, 11 of which are exclusive to this volume.Amazon. This as new big volume- 831 pages- is a first printing, signed on the title page with the price-intact dustjacket in clear, mylar covering. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Sallis debut work is a collection of speculative fiction, some sci fi, some psychological drama. This copy is EX-LIB with the usual stamps, labels of a withdrawn public library book but with a tight, straight binding. It is a first printing simply signed by Sallis on the title page with the bright dustjacket in clear, mylar covering. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. Signed by Author(s).…