Buy this book on-line Woods, Stuart : Orchid BluesG. P. Putnam's Sons, New York City, NY, 2001 ISBN 0399147772
First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 291 pages. The author's sequel to "Orchid Beach". The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Stuart Woods' "Orchid Blues". Starts with a bang, a literal one. "While Series heroine Holly Barker, a former military police commander-turned-police chief of smalltown Orchid Beach waits at the local courthouse to marry lawyer Jackson Oxenhandler, her fiance gets himself killed in a shoot-out at Orchid Beach's bank. Once past this shocker of an opening, Holly stifles a few sobs, gets back into uniform and sets off to track down the gunmen, a gang of highly organized robbers who planned to heist $4 million in payroll cash. It soon becomes clear that they aren't ordinary robbers, however, appearing to have some connection to a weird little town in a neighboring county, where the average resident is white, male, and a gun nut. Woods deepens his portraits of Holly and her father, Ham, a retired army non-com, and dog lovers should enjoy the antics of Daisy, the Doberman Diva, who is Holly's constant companion. An absolute "must-have" title for Stuart Woods collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Stuart Woods. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is now collectible. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the finest American mystery novelists of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0399147772. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Woods, Stuart : Orchid Blues. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including antiquarian books, atlases, livres rares, out of print books and first editions. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |