Rare books from Buckeye Bookshop Online

London: Cambridge University Press, 1969. Hardcover. 1st edition. xx, 330 pp. Near Fine book (only flaw is ink name on title page) / Near Fine dust jacket (top and bottom corners of front flap clipped, slight darkening to exposed edges of rear dj flap). A very clean, solid copy.

Garden City, NY: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday., 1963. Hardcover. The first novel using the Pike pseudonym, Mute Witness was the basis for the 1968 feature film "Bullitt", starring Steve McQueen. 1st edition, 1st printing. 183 pp. Near Fine book (no markings to text; very light toning to page edges, ink name under front dj flap, felt marker checkmark on top corner of front free endpaper) / Near Fine dust jacket ($3.50 price not clipped; 1/4" tear to bottom edge of front dj panel near spine -- not visible from the outside; white dj spine and front flapfold slightly darkened with trace of fading to orange and red coloring on spine; rear dj panel has a 1/2 quarter-sized skinned area at bottom near spine; a trace of foxing on the inside of the front dj flap). A very attractive copy of a very scarce book. Photos available upon request.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. Hardcover. McMillan's first book. 1st edition, 1st printing. 260 pp. Fine book (binding square and tight, no markings) / Fine dust jacket ($16.95 price not clipped; slight trace of fading to yellow dust jacket spine, slight wear to spine extremities). A clean, fresh copy.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1970. Hardcover. 1st edition, 1st printing. 248 pp. Near Fine book (no markings to text, binding square and tight; light water stain to bottom 1-1/2" at heel of cloth spine) / Near Fine dust jacket (price-clipped; light wear to top edge of dust jacket spine and back panel, light water stain to bottom 1-1/2" at heel of dust jacket spine). A clean, solid copy. Looks nicer than it sounds. Signed by Robertson in felt marker on the front free endpaper.

New York: Doubleday, 1993. Hardcover. Author's first novel. Featuring Joe Pike and Elvis Cole. Winner of the Anthony and Macavity Awards. 1st hardcover edition, 1st printing. Previously published by Bantam as a paperback original in 1987. 245 pp. Fine book (no markings) / Fine dust jacket (price not clipped). A clean, fresh, unread copy. You won't find a nicer copy.

Philadelphia & New York: Lippincott, 1965. Hardcover. Price's first novel. A novel in the St. Simons Island Trilogy. 1st edition, 1st printing. 284 pp. Very Good book (binding square and tight, no markings to text; light wear to head and heel of spine, a couple of small spots on the front free endpaper and bottom page edges) / Very Good dust jacket (price not clipped; a couple of short tears with creases to top and bottom edges of front dust jacket panel). A clean, solid copy. Nicer than it sounds. Label signed by Price affixed to the half-title page.

New York, 1988. Hardcover. 1st edition, 1st printing. 227 pp. Fine book (binding square and tight, no markings to text) / Fine dust jacket ($15.95 price not clipped). A clean, fresh copy. Inscribed by Grafton on the title page: "For Barbara... Yours as crime goes by. Sue 5-7-88".

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1953. Hardcover. New York: Putnam, 1953. (Putnam Sports Series: The Big League Library). 1st edition, 1st printing. 247 pp. All-time roster of umpires, index. Near Fine book (no markings to text, name and date on front pastedown under dust jacket flap covered with black marker) / Very Good dust jacket (price-clipped, 1" tear to front flap, wear to edges of dust jacket, especially to spine extremities, v-shaped chip to top edge of rear dj panel at spine). A clean, solid copy.