Jacobys First Case by Smith (21 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. Store Stamped. --- --- Jacoby's First Case, marks the debut of a delightful new mystery writer and hero. Quentin Jacoby is a retired New York transit police living in co-op City in the Bronx and, at the age of 55, very tired of playing cards with 80 year old men. One night, at a local race way, one of his favorite haunts, he runs across a young girl in a dazed condition who first propositions him, then, when he gently turns her down, allows him to steer her safely home. The next day, the girl turns up missing-and Jacoby winds up involved with a young amateur detective who knows considerably more than he's telling, and an eminently reputable doctor with some eminently disreputable sidelines, a jive talking operator named the Sheik, and an ever deepening puzzle of drugs, race fixing, prostitution-and murder. And Jacoby is the one who must put the pieces together. Jacoby is a tough-minded but philosophical, highly sympathetic new character who picks his way through the twists and turns of the case (and daily life) with a pleasing mixture of bemusement, skill, luck and knowledge of human nature. . .See photos for additional content. . .…

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Mass market. Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelving wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

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hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. DJ is in a mylar protector. ; Pseudonym of Jane S. Smith.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. (EB) First Edition. A fine book in a VG+ dust jacket. Quentin Jacoby's First Case.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. DJ Tanning. Pseudonym of Jane S Smith author of Fool's Gold.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDGood. Pages little tan, ink marks, rubbed. 254p.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good in Very good dust jacket. Some sunning to dust jacket. First Edition.

Paperback. paperback, near fine.

First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Publisher's review copy, with slip loosely inserted. ; 188 pages; Description: 188 p. ; 22 cm. Form/Genre: Detective and mystery stories. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($9.95 price intact). Published by Atheneum, 1980. Octavo. Blue cloth over blue boards stamped in silver with yellow topstain. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Very light crease to flyleaf. Dust jacket is like new with light shelf wear. A lovely copy of this thrilling mystery by Jane Smith under the pseudonym J.C.S. Smith. Jacket art by Stephen Marchesi. 188 pages. ISBN: 068911057X. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.…

First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Publisher's review copy, with slip loosely inserted. ; 188 pages; Description: 188 p. ; 22 cm. Form/Genre: Detective and mystery stories. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Jacket painting by Stephen Marchesi. Fine in near fine lightly age-toned dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "Jacoby's First Case" by J. C. S. Smith 1980 - Advanced Review Copy - First Edition Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket 8 1/2" x 5 3/4" 188 Pages The jacket is in good to good minus condition with light rubbing and wear. The jacket is now protected with a removable Mylar cover. The book is in good condition, free from rips, tears, bends, stains, and writing. The boards are in good condition with minimal to no wear. The binding is tight and square.…

Hardcover. First Edition. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket with very faint price sticker ghost to front panel and short crease to rear flap. A mystery introducing Quentin Jacoby.; Octavo.

FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. INSCRIBED/SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER DEBUT OF QUENTIN JAACOBY, AMATEUR DETECTIVE BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS FINE AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The format is approximately 5.625 inches by 8.5 inches. [4], 188 pages. The dust jacket has some wear, soiling, and crease in front flap. A mystery introducing Quentin Jacoby. J. C. S. Smith is a pseudonym for a noted writer of nonfiction. Derived from a Kirkus review: Introducing Quentin Jacoby--a genuinely welcome new face and voice in the U.S. detective lineup, even if his first case isn't exactly gripping or particularly original. Jacoby's a retired subway cop living in Co-op City, missing dead wife Bea, bored with retirement, hanging out at Mount Vernon Raceway. And he narrates in an utterly engaging blend of second-generation Hammett/Chandler and second-generation New York/Jewish--very low-key, uneffort-fully funny, natural and lean and authentic. His case: he bumps into and is hired by a naive Westchester teenager to find a runaway girlfriend; she soon turns up dead, one in a series of young-girl victims. Among the many familiar lines of inquiry: a local doctor who's been playing daddy to kids with problems; the doc's connection with horse-racing and hoods; the doc's angry wife and son; a nurse who may be heading a teen-prostitute ring. Quentin Jacoby is a winner of a narrator-hero--as he takes buses, tolerates his Puerto Rican chum's vulgarity, observes human nature, thinks about food, and reflects a whole world of lower-middle-class N.Y. living that's overlooked in fiction. He makes this mystery dandy reading--and when he gets a case worthy of him, Jacoby could zoom fight to the top of the class. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. …

Hardback. Condition: nrFine. VG DW. Rear cover of DW is slightly marked with remnant of a label near bottom edge.