When Bough Breaks by Kellerman Jonathan, First Edition (27 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pocket/mass market paper back. Corner bumped. Edge/shelf wear. Binding tight. Creased. Pages toned with age. Alex Delaware Series BK #1. THRILLER/SERIES.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition/First Printing. A solid tight copy. This copy has some spine lean, lightish soil to the edges of the text block, a previous owner has written her smallish neatly to the ffep. All in all an ok copy of the author's first novel. The 15.95 jacket has some light rubbing wear, a light crease to the rear flap, some edge wear, some chipping to the heel and top of the spine. Basis for the Ted Danson TV movie. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. Book.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Jacket. First Edition (stated). Very slight spine lean, some staining to top edges, else a very good plus copy of the author's award winning first novel, signed by him on title page in very good dust jacket, with wear and tiny chips to edges. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The book is bound in grey boards with a burgundy spine. There is very, very light wear on the spine tips & cover corners. Small black dot on the bottom edge. Top edge stained red with some spotting. Stated: "First Edition". The dust jacket has wear on the spine tips & cover corners & the back flap is creased near the bottom. $15.95 on the flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine, Mylar wrapped. True First Edition. Couple edge Book is FINE in dark gray boards w/ maroon quartercloth and silver gilt titles.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Couple edge tears to jacket and light soiling to back of jacket. Fading to jacket spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo., 293pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition of this Edgar Award winner for Best First Mystery. The author's first book and introducing Alex Delaware. Bound in quarter maroon cloth over gray paper-covered boards with lettering in silver on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Mild toning to board edges. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($15.95), has a hint of rubbing on the rear panel but is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Available is a TRUE 1st ed/1st prtg (Stated First Edition) of WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS, the debut in the ALEX DELAWARE series by JONATHAN KELLERMAN. Published in 1985 by Atheneum, book is FINE in dark gray boards w/ maroon quartercloth and silver gilt titles. No interior markings. Mylar protected dust jacket is FINE as well w/ original price of $15.95 intact. A beautiful copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good, shelf wear, stained. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Mylared. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Inscribed and signed by Kellerman on the front fly leaf. Jacket with light edge wear and creased front flap--not price clipped. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine copy in a fine unclipped dustjacket. Kellerman's first Alex Delaware novel. This copy is signed, inscribed and dated "6-7-87" with "Best Wishes". A tight and clean unmarked copy in a fine unclipped dustjacket. Very scarce signed. Will be well packed and shipped in a box. The first of many Alex Delaware novels. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Debut novel When the Bough Breaks introduced the world to Dr. Alex Delaware and author Jonathan Kellerman. Kellerman won a well-deserved Edgar Award for the mystery, and Delaware became a beloved character of mystery fiction. This is a clean, bright, square first edition copy, with only a small red spot on the red tops of the text block keeping it from as new or very fine condition. It has been archivally protected in a nonsmoking environment since the original purchase. The dust jacket is intact and unclipped, with slight fading of the spine. All in all, a beautiful copy of an important book. Kellerman INSCRIBED it, simply but warmly, to prominent mystery booksellers. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Review copy, with the publisher's slip and promotional material laid in. Inscribed and dated by Jonathan Kellerman on the front flyleaf. The author's first published novel and the literary debut of forensic psychologist Alex Delaware. Winner of the 1986 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. Octavo. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. In Kellerman's debut fiction work, he introduces Dr. Alex Delaware, a psychologist who is called to help a police investigation of two murders when the only witness is a seven year old girl who either can't or won't tell what she saw. This copy is in excellent condition, a third printing simply signed by Kellerman on the title page with the bright, price-intact dustjacket in clear, mylar covering. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Printing. Signed by author on title page. Author's first Book. Stated First Edition. Winner of the Edgar Award. Very slight rubbing to top & bottom of front flap fold. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).

1st edition of his first novel Near fine/near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. His first book, the 1st Dr. Alex Delaware mystery, and winner of the Edgar Award for Best First Mystery. Fine in a Fine dustjacket, and SCARCE thus.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Uncorrected proof copy; signed by author; association copy. Very Good softcover. Orange thin card covers with black text on front cover. Clean covers and spine but for small scuffed area at front cover top fore corner; faintly creased at front cover top fore corner; tightly bound; inscribed on title page '4-30-87 To | Kate - | with secondary| thanks | to R.B. Parker' with author signature below; bright, crisp, clean interior. 8vo, 272 pp. Laid in is typed signed letter on Atheneum letterhead, signed by editor, to Robert B. Parker dated August 31 1984 presenting book proofs and requesting promo blurb comment from Parker for new author. Inscription was to Kate Mattes, owner of a prominent Boston area bookstore and collaborator and friend of Parkers. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Review copy with publisher's slip and folded newsletter laid in. Inscribed, dated and SIGNED by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. The bestselling author's first novel and the first to feature Dr. Alex Delaware. Winner of the 1986 Edgar Award for Best First novel. Also winner of the 1986 Anthony Award for Best First Novel. "A novel, set in Southern California, which combines detective fiction and psychological suspense. Alex Delaware, child psychologist, burned out and retired at 33, is consulted by the police and gets more and more obsessed with a case that endangers first his career and then his life."--Fantastic Fiction. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Modest rubbing along the spine, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light scratch marks on the rear panel. Briefly Inscribed by the author on the front fly. Kellerman's first Alex Delaware novel, winner of the Edgar Award.

First Edition. WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS, Atheneum, 1985, first edition, vg+ or better in like dust-wrapper. The authors 3rd book and first novel. Alex Delaware #1.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Hardcover, HANDSIGNED and DATED by JONATHAN KELLERMAN in the year of publication. Generic inscription on FFE reads "Best Wishes at Scene of the Crime 6-25-85" (see photo). Signed at one of Kellerman's very first signings, held at Scene of the Crime Books in Los Angeles. U.S. trade edition. Stated First Edition. AS NEW/VERY FINE condition, a pristine copy that appears unread. Square and tight spine with clean unblemished pages. No bumped corners, no bruising to the spine. Flawless dustjacket is clean and bright. Brodart protected. Safely stored in my personal collection for many years. Debut novel in Kellerman's enormously popular Alex Delaware series and literary basis for the 1986 film starring Ted Danson as Delaware. Winner of the 1986 Edgar Award and 1986 Anthony Award, both for Best First Novel. An exquisite copy that looks like it just came from a Barnes & Noble shelf. 293pp. Signed by Author(s).

Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. The first Alex Delaware novel. Edgar Award winner for best first novel. Lower corners gently bumped, a fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#137106).

First edition. Octavo, cloth backed boards. The first Alex Delaware novel. Edgar Award winner for best first novel. Lower corners gently bumped, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (14221).

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Octavo (24cm); maroon cloth-covered boards over gray paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine, and blind embossed to front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; 293pp. Author's signed bookplate laid in. Designed by Harry Ford. Light rubbing to spine titling, with soil to covers, edges of textblock, and front endpaper; Very Good. Dustwrapper, designed by Bill Tinker, unclipped (priced $15.95), lightly tanned, with tiny tears and rubbing to extremities; Very Good. Kellerman's first novel focuses on a retired psychologist and a case at a nursery school. [88072]. Signed.

First Edition ~1st Printing Hardcover SIGNED and inscribed by author on free front endpaper, his debut novel and the firsrt Alex Delaware mystery; very good in very good price-clipped jacket, in fresh mylar cover; minor soiling to pageblock edges, two small closed tears to edge of jacket, staining on verso of jacket edges (mostly imperceptible but somewhat visible on bottom of jacket back) else a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket; stated first edition.