Patricia Cornwell POSTMORTEM First edition and 12 similar items

POSTMORTEM by Patricia Daniels Cornwell. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1990). First edition, first printing. First printing number code sequence 10 through 1 to the copyright page, $16.95 to the jacket's flap. SIGNED to the title page in an early signature style with all her name letters readable, and including her middle initial D, by the Sherlock, Gold Dagger, RBA Prize, and British Book Awards winning author. Cornwell's debut novel and the first mystery featuring forensic detective and chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpeta, set in Virginia, deals with a serial killer and is inspired by actual murders in Richmond Virginia. Winner of the Edgar, Macavity, John Creasey, Anthony, and Prix du Roman d'Adventures Awards. A lovely, well-preserved Unread SIGNED first printing collectible. Fine, square, tight and unread in black linen over brick-red boards with gilt embossed titles and rules to the spine, black headband and tail-band; in a fine dust jacket with art by Winslow Pinney Pels; original printed $16.95 price still intact to the front inner flap, lovely early author photo by Kent Puryear to the rear flap. The dust jacket will be placed in a clear, removable protective sleeve after scanning for this entry. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT SIGNED MYSTERY BOOKS THANKS!