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London : Orion Books, (1998). First edition. “Damon Mee was last seen in a blurred security video on the dance floor of a Kirkcaldy night club ...”. One of the “Criminal Records” series of novellas, edited by Otto Penzler.
Crown 8vo (20cm). [vi],73,[i]pp. Original blue boards, blocked and lettered in silver; just a hint of tanning, but a very good, bright and firm copy in the dust-jacket – equally very good.

£25

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London : Orion Books, (2007). First edition. The Rebus career draws to a close with the case of a murdered Russian poet, which the politicians and bankers of Edinburgh would prefer not be investigated too thoroughly.
Medium 8vo (25cm). [x],380,[x]pp. Original black boards, lettered in metallic red; a few hints of use, but still a very good copy in the dust-jacket – the jacket with a reduced price sticker on the front panel, but also very good.

£20

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London : Orion Books, (2009). First edition. “Nobody likes The Complaints – they’re the cops who investigate other cops” – the first of the Rankin novels to grant Malcolm Fox the leading role.
Medium 8vo (25cm). [xii],(382),[ii],[4]pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered in silver; a very good copy in the dust-jacket – the jacket also very good.

£20

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London : Orion Books, (2012). First edition. Signed by Ian Rankin on a pictorial slip inserted by the publishers, and with the original “Signed Copy” sticker on the front of the jacket. Rebus now working as a civilian in a cold-case unit, but then a long-dead case reignites. And Malcolm Fox thinks he’s bent.
Medium 8vo (25cm). [vi],356,[vi]pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered in silver; map endpapers; a very good copy in a very good dust-jacket.

£25

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London : Orion Books, (2013). First edition. Rebus comes out of retirement, but reduced in rank and unrepentant – “I’m from the 80s ... I’m not the newfangled touchy feely model”. Crimes present and crimes long past collide.
Medium 8vo (25cm). [vi],328,[ii]pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered in silver; a very good copy in an equally very good dust-jacket.

£20

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London : Orion Books, (2014). First edition. Twenty-nine Rebus short stories, a number previously unpublished, or unpublished in book form. The collection concludes with an absorbing twelve-page essay from Rankin on the origins of the Rebus character.
Medium 8vo (25cm). [vi],(452),[vi]pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered in silver; one tiny corner crease, but a very good copy in the dust-jacket – the jacket with just a hint of bruising, but also very good.

£20

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London : Orion Books, (2015). First edition. Retirement does not suit John Rebus – and Siobhan wants help with the case of a murdered senior lawyer.
Medium 8vo (25cm). [vi],(346)pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered in silver; just a hint of bruising, but a very good copy in a very good dust-jacket.

£20

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London : Orion Books, (2016). First edition. “For John Rebus, forty years may have passed, but the death of beautiful, promiscuous Maria Turquand still preys on his mind. Murdered in her hotel room on the night a famous rock star and his entourage were staying there, Maria’s killer has never been found”.
Medium 8vo (25cm). [vi],310,[iv]pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered in silver; just a hint of age and use, but a very good copy in a very good dust-jacket.

£20

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London : Orion, (2019). First edition in this form. Signed by the author on the additional Waterstone’s signed first edition title-page. A revised version of Rankin’s long-forgotten early techno-thriller, with an interesting new six-page introduction on the book’s origins and history by Rankin.
Medium 8vo (25cm). [xviii],288pp. Original white boards, lettered in gilt; black edges; very faint bruise to one corner; slight bleed from sprayed black edges to final few leaves, but otherwise a very good copy in a very good dust-jacket. With the publisher’s “Signed” and “Lost Classic” stickers on the dust-jacket.

£25

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London : Orion Fiction, (2020). First edition. “When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it’s not good news. Her husband has been missing for two days. Rebus fears the worst – and knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect”.
Medium 8vo (25cm). [viii],[328]pp. Original navy boards, lettered in white; a touch bruised but a very good copy in the blacksheep.uk dust-jacket – the jacket likewise very good.

£20

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