Synopsis
Without grasping the connection between the murder of a young woman on a deserted road and his new bodyguard assignment, the Nameless Detective follows a trail of corpses unaware of the deadly conspiracy that is engulfing him
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About the Author
Bill Pronzini is simply one of the masters. He seems to have taken a crack at just about every genre: mysteries, noirish thrillers, historicals, locked-room mysteries, adventure novels, spy capers, men's action, westerns, and, of course, his masterful, long-running Nameless private detective series, now entering its fourth decade, with no signs of creative flagging. He's also ghosted several Brett Halliday short stories as Michael Shayne for Mike Shayne's Mystery Magazine, and has managed to collaborate with such fellow writers as John Lutz, Barry Wahlberg, Collin Wilcox and Marcia Muller. Still, if he never ventured into fiction writing, his non-fiction work, as both writer and editor, would still earn him a place in the P.I. genre's Hall of Fame. Besides his two tributes to some of the very worst in crime fiction (what he calls "alternative classics"), Gun in Cheek and Son of Gun in Cheek, and one on western fiction (entitled Six Gun in Cheek, naturally), he's the co-author (with Marcia Muller) of 1001 Midnights. The Mystery Writers of America have nominated him for Edgar Awards several times and his work has been translated into numerous languages and he's published in almost thirty countries. He was the very first president of the Private Eye Writers of America, and he's received three Shamus Awards from them, as well as its Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987
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Labyrinth
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St. Martin's, NY, 1980
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Seller: Mystery Cove Book Shop, Hulls Cove, ME, U.S.A.
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hardcover. First Edition. A fine copy with some light foxing on endpapers (no Dust Jacket). SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front endpaper. One of the least common of the "Nameless" mysteries. Seller Inventory # 150692
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Labyrinth
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Tan bds., tan cl. backstr. w. brown lettering. 186pp., hinge cracked pp. 120-121, o.w. VG+. Seller Inventory # ABE-1653418726695
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Labyrinth
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition/First Printing. Quite nice, almost a grade higher. Couple of tiny speck spots to page edges, jacket spine MINUTELY sunned. Seller Inventory # 40749
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Seller: Craig Hokenson Bookseller, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition/First Printing. Inscribed and signed 'Namelessly' with Pronzini signature. Some foxing spots to top edge, one page is rippled at edge from slight moisture contact. Solid and tight. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 41896
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Labyrinth [SIGNED COPY, PRESUMED FIRST PRINTING]
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. SIGNED by author on title page (signature only). Presumed 1st edition, 1st printing (St Martin's Press in this era did not designate first editions). 186 p. Audience: General/trade. Dust jacket as new except for sun-fading to the spine, now in protective mylar sleeve with $8.95 price intact. Book has mild crimping to the base of the spine and a stain on the final free endpaper and rear pastedown. One of the least common Nameless Detective novels by the Shamus Award-, Edgar Award-, Macavity Award-, and Grand Prix de Littérature Policière-winning author of The Peaceful Valley Crime Wave and the Carpenter and Quincannon Mysteries. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # Alibris.0011389
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. 186 pages; one quarter cloth over buff paper, black spine titles; signed by author in black ink to front free endpaper; pictorial dust jacket, not price-clipped; minimal wear to boards; light wear to jacket; a near fine copy in a very good plus jacket. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # X01232
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Labyrinth; Starring the Nameless Detective
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Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. 1st. Bound in the publisher's white quarter cloth and tan boards, spine stamped in black. Signed presentation by the author on the ffep. No number line or "First Edition" listed. Signed. Seller Inventory # 9018311
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Labyrinth: A "Nameless Detective" Mystery
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Seller: MLC Books, Northfield, MN, U.S.A.
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Spine ends gently rolled with corresponding crimps to the mylar covered jacket. Upper edge of the text block lightly foxed. Half title page creased near the spine and only bound in at the top 2 inches in a binding error. Jacket has a small 1/4" drip mark on the front panel. Signed by Pronzini on the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # D130419