Beekeepers Apprentice by King Laurie: Signed (21 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Boards resist opening past 60 degrees -- as-new unread. Inscribed & signed by Laurie King to the dedication page. Number line 10 9 8 7, only -- the seventh printing. The first of King's forays in which young scholar Mary Russell teams up with that most renowned of retired Sussex beekeepers, Sherlock Holmes. (PLEASE NOTE: The word "inscribed" means the author has written words in addition to her own name to this book -- often a salutation to the original buyer or recipient. If you are not familiar with the meaning of the term "inscribed," we strongly recommend a careful examination of the scans -- photos -- which accompany this listing.) 347 pp. Reduced from $120. Jacket illustration by Alan D. Dingman (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Boards resist opening past 60 degrees -- as new. Signed by Laurie King to the title page. Number line complete 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 -- the first printing. Second of King's forays in which young scholar Mary Russell teams up with that most renowned of retired Sussex beekeepers, Sherlock Holmes. 326 pp. Jacket painting by Viktor Sadowski (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Front board resists opening past 45 degrees -- fine. Signed by Laurie King to the title page. Number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4, only -- the fourth printing. The first of King's forays in which young scholar Mary Russell teams up with that most renowned of retired Sussex beekeepers, Sherlock Holmes. 347 pp. Jacket illustration by Alan D. Dingman (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. This is a very lovely copy, not a first edition, signed by the author. Never read! Get a second Laurie King novel 50% off with purchase. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: FINE. Later printing. In 1914 a young woman meets a retired beekeeper on Sussex Downs; his name is Sherlock Holmes, and what follows is a wonderful story of a modern young woman who learns to come to terms both with herself and with an older man who embodies the age past. Edgar Award winner and the first novel in an excellent series. SIGNED on the title page. 347 pp. Near fine in a very near fine dustjacket. (book slightly "over-opened" before title page).…

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. "Advance uncorrected proofs" in gray wraps with St. Martin's Press publicist's business card stapled to verso of front wrap. The book (not the business card) is signed "Laurie R. King" (name only) to title page, and labeled "PUB DATE 2/14/94" to rear wrap, meaning (although we retain 1994 date) this copy was almost certainly printed, signed, and sent out in late 1993. Number line complete 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, of course, beneath "First edition: February 1994" statement to copyright page. The first of King's forays in which young scholar Mary Russell teams up with that most renowned of retired Sussex beekeepers, Sherlock Holmes. 347 pp. Reduced from $470. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This is the first novel in Laurie King's beloved Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes mystery series. This copy is as bright and clean as can be, with only the slightest bumping of the dust jacket at the top of the spine. It's a first edition, first printing, with corresponding number line. King INSCRIBED it to important genre booksellers in her standard way, on the acknowledgements page rather than on the more traditional title or half-title page. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. Signed. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. Flat signature. 1st edition/1st printing with full number line.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, First Printing. Signed by the author on the TITLE page. NOT inscribed, NOT REMAINDER marked. NOT ex library. NOT Book Club. Securely wrapped, dust jacket in protective cover and shipped in a box. Full # line starting with a 1. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. First UK Edition, preceded by the American First Edition published two years prior. SIGNED by the author on the title page. The first mystery in the Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series. Nominated for the Agatha Best Novel award. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8.5 x 5.5", boards, 347pp, spine ends a little bumped else a nice, clean copy in a lightly rubbed and edge-worn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (full number line), SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Signed Limited Edition. 377, (23) pp. Quarter bound cloth and leather over boards, foil stamped spine. Book is a signed limited edition published on the 30th anniversary of its original publication. The author and the artist Grace Aldrich both have signed on a special publisher's tipped-in page. This is copy 157 of 300. There is a ribbon p;ace marker. Book is unread, unclipped, unmarked, tight, and bright. The jacket has an archival protector. Gift quality. The Thirtieth-Anniversary Collector's Edition of the First Novel of the Acclaimed Mary Russell Series by Edgar Award-Winning Author Laurie R. King. Grace Aldrich (illustrator). Signed.…

First edition, first printing. SHERLOCK REIMAGINED, ENTER MARY RUSSELL The Beekeeper's Apprentice reinvents the Sherlock Holmes tradition by pairing the retired detective with Mary Russell, a precocious Oxford scholar whose wit and intellect match his own. Set amid the upheavals of the First World War, the novel deftly balances historical detail with inventive detection, introducing a feminist reinterpretation of the Holmesian legacy. Winner of the John Creasey Memorial Award, it remains a landmark in modern mystery fiction, inaugurating King's enduring "Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes" series. Signed by King on the title page. Faint touch of shelf wear, else fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover. Publisher's dark grey boards in Allan D. Dingman dust jacket ($21.95). Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Very good or better with boards very slightly bowed and light soiling on the page edges, in near fine dustwrapper with light offsetting. Signed by the author. The first book in the popular Mary Russell series. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. One shallow, razor-thin incision on the spine, thus near fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. The first book in the popular Mary Russell series.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition. Near fine with a small tear on half title page, a tiny dent on bottom board edge in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author on the title page. The first book in the popular Mary Russell series. Signed.

First edition. Octavo, boards. The author's second book. Signed by King on the title page. A Sherlockian adventure. Fine in fine dust jacket. (7060).

Hard Cover. Condition: BOOK NEAR FINE. JACKET NEAR FINE. 1st Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. Just signed -- no inscription. Bookplate is attached to the book. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1ST PRINTING. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Author's second book and first in the series. HANDSOME, COLLECTIBLE COPY. Signed by Author.…

First Edition. THE BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTICE: OR ON THE SEGREGATION OF THE QUEEN, St. Martin's Press, 1994, first edition, fine in like color pictorial dust-wrapper. Signed by the author. A Sherlockian tale.

Condition: A fine copy. CDK-906. dj. First Edition. Laurie R. King. The Beekeeper's Apprentice. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. First edition. Signed by Laurie R. King. Octavo. 347pp. Publisher's black hardcover paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $21.95. . Signed.…