Playmates, Signed (35 results)

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Spenser investigates a college basketball star shaving points. Reprint, very genty rubbed. Signed by Parker on the title page. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by the author in pen on title page. First edition by number code. Dust jacket is protected by mylar. Name of previous owner inside cover. Signed By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second printing. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper: "Janet, / All best wishes / Robert B. Parker." Spenser novel number 16, of the 41 penned by Boston-based crime writer Parker (1932-2010). The book is unmarked; slight spine slant; corners sharp, spine ends bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $17.95); edgewear at spine ends and corners; fading to the spine; Brodart protected. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Jacket design by Brock Richards, Mitchell Miller & Associates (illustrator). 1st Edition. Signed (well, actually initialed with a cryptic "RBP" in blue ink to the title page, as usual) by the author. Number line complete 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -- the first printing. Not price clipped; $17.95 original price still showing. Is the sullen, arrogant college basketball star shaving points so his team won't "beat the spread"? Spenser is called in. 222 pp. Reduced from $22. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Good. Signed and inscribed by author.; 160 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NF/NF. First edition, first printing. Signed by author (full name) on title page. 222 pp. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Fine copy in navy cloth with fine slipcase. Signed and numbered 212/250 copies. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed first edition. Signed on the title page, signature only. A Spenser novel. Fine condition, like new. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition, May 1989 with complete number line beginning with 1. Very light spotting at page edges else fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. SIGNED by author at half-title page. "Boston private eye Spenser returns to investigate rumored cheating by Taft University's star basketball team in Parker's 19th novel. The challenges of the case at first seem straightforward: when Bobby Deegan, representing mob gangsters, strongly advises the detective to stop snooping, Spenser and his equally intrepid sidekick, Hawk, simply do in Deegan's hired guns. But a trickier moral dilemma then presents itself, and Spenser asks his lover, psychiatrist Susan Silverman, to help him resolve it. Evidence of point-shaving by Dwayne Woodcock, Taft's power forward, threatens the fragile future of this talented black student trying to rise from the slums." --PW. Signed by Author. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Jaime de Angulo (illustrator). 1st Edition. When David Greist was two years old, his mother and father became medical missionaries in Alaska, ultimately settling in Point Barrow to take charge of the hospital and the Presbyterian church there. David grew up in Barrow, learning the Eskimo language, hunting with bows and arrows, eating native food, and playing with Eskimo friends. As he grew older, he went hunting, trapping, and traveling with his dog team. This is his story of his life among the Inupiat.Small bottom front corner curl. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Limited Edition. 8vo (9-1/2 x 6"). 222pp. 165/250. Blue cloth covers in blue cloth slipcase (with light shelf wear), AEG. Signed on limitations page by author, rest of text block tight and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First limited edition, first printing of the sixteenth novel in the "Spenser" series. SIGNED and number by Parker #109 of 250 copies. Slight sun fading to the edge of the slip case and the book's spine. In near fine condition. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Another mystery by Edgar Winner Robert B. Parker in his best selling detective, Spenser, which also created a television spinoff, "Spenser for Hire. Signed by Parker. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine to Fine. First American Edition. Nice copy in its first printing. Inscribed by author on title page. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

This copy of Nautch Girls of India has been signed by the author (see photo). The book is in near fine condition, with only a tiny bumped corner. The dust jacket is in excellent condition, with creasing across a small area of the dust jacket, and peeling of the plastic on the back cover. All shown in photos.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Elizabeth A. Cook (illustrator). Limited Edition. Moderately used Hoosier Edition No. 696 of limited to One Thousand Copies. Signed by the Three Nephews of Booth Tarkington. ( John, Donald, and Booth Jameson). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Folkard, Charles (Illustrator) (illustrator). Signed by author to flyleaf with inscription dated February 1918. 122 pages.No dustjacket. Red hardback binding, light blind-impressing to front with Belgian flag to centre panel in colour, black titles to front boards and spine. Spine is colour-faded to a lighter red and some lighter red patches to boards. Light wear to spine-ends and boards' corners. Darkening to page-edges with small brown spots. End-papers are browned, FOXING and brown spotting to title-pages and initial few page-tops of text as well as late pages. B&W plates. Pages have occasional brown spot to some page-edges, otherwise clean. Signed by Author(s).

Fine copy in navy cloth with Fine slipcase. Limited Edition Signed and numbered 225/250 copies Signed by author Robert B. Parker directly on the limitation page.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. One of 250 copies of the signed limited edition in slipcase. Fine as issued in a slightly rubbed black slipcase. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. First UK Edition. 222 pages. Navy cloth, gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket. Signed by author at foot of front free endpaper. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good, top corner bumped. Signed by author of title page without inscription. First edition with full number line. DJ us rubbed, chipped and has two small tears with light stain on upper edge. Inside pages clean and binding is tight. Spenser, the tough guy private eye from Boston, investigates Dwayne Woodcook, an arrogant athlete who the directors of Taft University suspect is shaving points in basketball games. Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Wrappers. Advance reading copy. Fine. Signed by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. A small fold on the bottom of the first few pages else near fine in a very good dustwrapper with a short tear and some edgewear. Inscribed by the author.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Privately Printed. Red stiff card covers, illus. by Stu Fremlin. Artwork inside done by Mary Cumming. Private printing, signed by author. A charming story about a baby bear and his friends. clean and tight copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. This is Number 248 of 250 specially bound copies signed by Robert Parker. Spenser goes back to school to investigate corruption in college town. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with decorative gilt stamping. A fine copy, housed in the publisher's slipcase.

Condition: GOOD. Second edition. In historic downtown Cincinnati, Central Parkway is a landmark avenue, noted for its width. "But under the parkway was once the Miami & Erie Canal, which connected Lake Erie with the Ohio River. Completed in 1845, the canal was a vital means of transportation of goods through the state. Railroads put the canal out of business, but it remained a waterway through Cincinnati well into the twentieth century. As Cincinnati burgeoned into a modern urban metropolis, the canal became a playing ground for the city's daring youth and adults." A book compiled by Charles Ludwig, a Cincinnati Times-Star reporter and a canal swimmer himself,upon the end of the Canal, one which gathers together stories and vignettes celebrating the canal's recreational past. A presentation copy warmly INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. Illustrated with many vintage photographs, reproductions of newspaper clippings. 160 pp. Fair condition only in illustrated green wrappers (rather significant biopredation and chipping to the edges of the textblock - only affecting the margins, so the book is still very readable) Uncommon in the original edition and especially so signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Number 34 of 250 specially bound and numbered copies, signed by Parker on the limitation page. A trace of rubbing to the cloth. All edges gilt. Boston private detective Spenser investigates an athlete suspected of shaving points in basketball games. Near fine in a matching slipcase with modest rubbing. ; 222 pages; Signed by Author.

1st Edition. Hardback. Poor to Fair, no d/w. Photographs stuck inside front board and on fep with Author's inscription. Front hinge split and badly repaired, boards unevenly faded and scuffed, pages browned with some foxing, corners bumped and worn. Please email for exact postage quote and information on any available discounts.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Limited/Numbered Edition. A handsome Limited edition (limited to 250 copies, this one being number 75) in Fine condition in Fine publisher's slipcase. Signed by author Robert B. Parker directly on the limitation page; As a detective in the Miami Police Department, Robert B. Parker is used to solving mysteries. But when he's assigned to track down a group of young men who have been abusing and killing children, Parker has his work cut out for him. The victims' families are desperate for justice, and Parker doesn't have much to go on. He does, however, have the cooperation of the police department's top brass, and the support of his partner, Virgil Flowers. As Parker starts to piece together the clues, he soon realizes that the Playmates are a dangerous group of criminals with a sick agenda. But even with all the evidence at his disposal, Parker isn't sure he can stop them before they kill again.; A Spenser Novel; 8vo; Signed by Author.