Sue Grafton B Is For Burglar First Edition and 12 similar items

"B" IS FOR BURGLAR by Sue Grafton. New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1985). First edition, SIXTH printing. Sixth printing number code sequence 6 through 15 to the copyright page. SIGNED neatly in an early black felt signature style to the title page by the Edgar Grand Master, five-time Anthony, three-time Shamus and Diamond Dagger Awards winning late author. The second mystery featuring private detective Kinsey Millhone set in the fictitious town of Santa Teresa, California (a nod to Ross Macdonald who first used the town in his mysteries). Grafton blazed the trail for modern women detective characters in these early novels, with real-seeming, smart but ordinary, breezy and wise-cracking Millhone, who was not glamorous, not model pretty, never called 'feisty', not two-dimensional, and not sport for humor. Winner of the Shamus and Anthony Awards. A very presentable early SIGNED collectible. Fine, square, crisp and quite tight in textured gray boards with metallic-red embossed titles to the spine, red-and-white headband and tail-band; in a fine dust jacket with art by Linda M. Benson, still bright red titles to the spine panel; original printed $21.95 price still intact to the front inner flap, lovely early author photo by Steven Humphrey to the rear flap. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT SIGNED MYSTERY BOOKS THANKS!