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NO EASY PLACE TO BE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1989) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in Harlem in the 1920s, during the period known as the Harlem Renaissance. "He captures the fervor of post-World War I black optimism, contrasted by rampant racial bigotry, while chronicling the lives of three sisters: Velma, Barnard graduate and aspiring writer; Miriam, indefatigable activist for back-to-Africa nationalist Marcus Garvey; and Louise, whose fair skin leads her to the Cotton Club and show business." (Publisher's Weekly) Warmly and personally INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated 12 March 89, in the year of publication. 447 pp. ISBN: 0-671658840.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (ink inscription slightly smeared)
Book ID: 86962More details Price: $40.00 -
BLACK SEEDS IN THE BLUE GRASS.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Corte Madera, California: Khedcanron Press, 1983. SIGNED first edition - The author's rather hard to find first book. She was born in Ohio, but spent her summers in North Middletown, in Bourbon county, Kentucky. This is a history of her family and her ancestors - especially the Butler and Weather clans - who lived in Kentucky. Illustrated with photographs. Fold-out family tree of the Butler family. Both SIGNED in full on the half title page and dated in the year of publication, and warmly INSCRIBED on the title page and signed "Jackie." Includes a genealogy section. 166 pp. Maps inside covers. ISBN: 0-961026405.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 86959More details Price: $85.00 -
ARTHUR RACKHAM: A Biography.
Edition: First printing.
New York & Boston: Arcade Publishing / Little Brown, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - A definitive biography, based in part on previously unpublished documents, of the artist who illustrated "The Wind in the Willows," "Peter Pan," and other classic works. It traces the various phases of his personal and professional life, and illuminates his talents as a portrait and landscape painter. A beautiful book with illustrations of his work on every page - including many full-page, full color paintings. Includes a glossary of printing terms, notes, chronology of his life, a complete list of books he illustrated, bibliography, index and more. Large format. 199 pp. ISBN: 1-559700963.
Condition: Very near fine in maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine in a near fine (pre-publication price of 40.00 still present on dj flap)
Book ID: 86955More details Price: $50.00 -
A SHORT HISTORY OF TRACTORS IN UKRAINIAN.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86953More details Price: $45.00 -
TRUST EXERCISE.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Henry Holt, (2019). First edition - Her fifth novel, winner of the National Book Award, among other honors. The Washington Post commented "Choi's voice blends an adolescent's awe with an adult's irony. It's a letter-perfect satire of the special strain of egotism and obsession that can fester in academic settings. . . . [she is] a master of emotional pacing: the sudden revelation, the unexpected attack. . . . How cunningly this novel considers the way teenage sexuality is experienced, manipulated, and remembered. . . . The result is a dramatic exploration of the distorting forces of memory, envy, and art." 222 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in white printed wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 86950More details Price: $65.00 -
FRANNY AND ZOOEY.
Edition: 2nd printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (1961) dj. Hardcover - A very early (2nd) printing of the first edition of the author's third book, containing two novellas of the Glass family which originally appeared in The New Yorker in 1955 and 1957. Unusually, the comments on the dust jacket flap in which Salinger talks about these stories as part of a larger series he is doing on the Glasses serve as an introduction to this book. 201 pp.
Condition: Very good in gray cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in a fair only dust jacket with overall edgewear, tape-repaired tear on the spine, but original price of 4.00 still present.
Book ID: 86947More details Price: $35.00 -
THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third novel, set in Seattle, a look at life from the viewpoint of an old dog in his last days - a way of telling the story which works incredibly well to create a moving, sometimes humorous, sometimes wise, story. "Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with opposable thumbs), he has educated himself by watching television extensively, and by listening very closely to the words of his master, Denny Swift, an up-and-coming race car driver. Through Denny, Enzo has gained tremendous insight into the human condition, and he sees that life, like racing, isn't simply about going fast." 321 pp. ISBN: 978-0061537936.
Condition: Nearfine in a fine dust jacket (toning to edges of textblock, previous owner's name on front endpaper).
Book ID: 86940More details Price: $35.00 -
ABOUT OUR DOGS: The Breeds and Their Management.
Edition: First edition.
London: Ward, Lock and Co, (1931). Hardcover first edition - Introduction by Lorna, Countess Howe. Illustrated by Ward Binks with 8 tipped in full color plates and with 64 pages of black and white plates and many diagrams by Hay Hutchinson. Among the breeds illustrated in color are the Airedale, Harlequin Great Dane, Cocker, English Setter,Pekingese, Greyhound, Bloodhound, and Wire Fox Terrier. Glossary. Index. 449 pp. A large heavy book.
Condition: Good overall in olive green cloth with gilt titles to spine, dark green on front cover (some rubbing and wear to the edges and corners, a few spots to the tinting on the top edge, but a sturdy straight copy) No dust jacket.
Book ID: 86938More details Price: $35.00 -
THE DEVIL THAT FAILED.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. dj. Hardcover first edition - "The Ominous Adventure of a Twentieth-century Gulliver" - A novel described as "half a thriller and half a parable, which relates the adventures of a modern Gulliver who finds himself by sudden catastrophe too big for ordinary life." The author was born in Romania, educated in England, and came to the US to live in 1914. 271 pp. Dustjacket by George Salter.
Condition: Fine in black cloth with copper lettering on the spine in a very good dustjacket (price-clipped, some minor edgewear, spine slightly toned)
Book ID: 86930More details Price: $35.00 -
LORDS OF MISRULE: The First of a Trilogy of Novels on the Rise of the House of Stewart.
Edition: First printing.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1976) dj. SIGNED (on a bookplate) hardcover first edition - A novel set in 14th century Scotland, focusing on the relationships between the Douglases and the Stewarts, by an author who was well-known as a writer of serious historical fiction with his later novels "almost entirely composed around the historical record. These novels [which] gained a wide readership while providing a basic grounding in Scottish history to their readers." SIGNED with the words "with good wishes" on a bookplate on the front endpaper. 415 pp. Wraparound dust jacket by Biro. ISBN: 0-340201789.
Condition: Near fine in blue boards with silver lettering on spine in a very good dust jacket (1976 date on front endpaper, dj is price-clipped, sunning to spine) but overall a tight copy of a book which is quite uncommon signed.
Book ID: 86926More details Price: $50.00 -
THE DEVIL TO PAY IN THE BACKLANDS: "The Devil in the Street in the Middle of the Whirlwind."
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a green cloth with gilt and red lettering on the spine, darker green designs, in a very good dustjacket with a bit of wear to the ends of the spine, rubbing on the folds, slight toning to the spine of the dj. The red tinting on the top edge is bright, with the original price of 5.95 on dj flap.
Book ID: 86913More details Price: $725.00 -
THE HOUSE IN PARIS.
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Near fine in red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in a very good+ dust jacket. (small chips at ends of spine, original price of 2.50 still present)
Book ID: 86910More details Price: $75.00 -
JOHN D MACDONALD, THE COLORFUL WORLD OF TRAVIS MCGEE: The Milford Series, Popular Writers of Today Volume Five
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
San Bernardino, CA: R. Reginald / Borgo Press, 1977. First edition - An examination of 16 of MacDonald's Travis McGee novels from "The Deep Blue Good-bye" to "The Dreadful Lemon Sky." Brief biography and bibliography. The Milford Series, Popular Writers of Today Volume Five. One of the harder to find titles in this series. 64 pp. ISBN: 0-893702080.
Condition: Near fine in stapled wrappers (name inside front cover).
Book ID: 86906More details Price: $35.00 -
TAHIRIH: A PORTRAIT IN POETRY: Selected Poems of Qurratu'l-'Ayn.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.) Brochure for Kalimat Press laid in.
Book ID: 86903More details Price: $35.00 -
THE BEST FROM FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION: 23rd Series.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1980. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Includes stories by Damon Knight, Joanna Russ, Edward Bryant, Jane Yolen and more. SIGNED by Samuel R. Delany at his story "Prismatica." 273 pp. ISBN: 0-385-152256.
Condition: Very good in very near fine dust jacket (light remainder spray, some foxing to edges of textblock).
Book ID: 86894More details Price: $45.00 -
GLARE.
Edition: First printing.
New York & London: W. W. Norton & Company, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - A long poem in two sections - "Strip" and "Scat Scan" - by this contemporary master of the form. This is Ammons at his "most original and unrestrained - it leaps from shock to shock, and from radiant epiphany to yet more radiance." (Harold Bloom) 294 pp. ISBN: 0-393040968.
Condition: Fine in gray boards with black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in a very near fine dust jacket (a bit of rubbing to the folds of the dj flaps).
Book ID: 86891More details Price: $35.00 -
WORLDLY HOPES: Poems.
Edition: First printing.
New York & London: W. W. Norton & Company, (1982) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of shorter lyric poems, most using nature as a motif - although one poem - the slightly longer, and angrier, "The Role of Society in the Artist" stands in contrast to those. It begins "Society sent me this invitation to go to / hell and / delighted not to be overlooked. . " and ends with society "said it liked my unconventional / verses best & I invited society to go to hell." 51 pp. ISBN: 0-393015181.
Condition: Fine in charcoal gray cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in a fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86890More details Price: $35.00 -
LINCOLN IN THE BARDO: A Novel.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (hint of sunning to edges of boards, top of spine covering slightly pushed)
Book ID: 86888More details Price: $85.00 -
NUMBER THE STARS.
Edition: 3rd printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1989) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A story of the Danish Resistance during World War II and how the Danes helped over 7000 Jewish people escape the Nazis in 1943, told through the eyes of a 10 year old girl. INSCRIBED and dated on the title page. Newbery award winner. 137 pp. ISBN: 0-395-510600.
Condition: Near fine in the original black cloth in a very good dust jacket, with minor edgewear, price of 12.95 still present. Gold Newbery award sticker.
Book ID: 86887More details Price: $175.00 -
A COAST OF TREES.
Edition: First printing.
New York & London: W. W. Norton & Company, (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of new, mostly shorter poems in the lyric mode by this award winning poet. The brevity and the economy of words add to the power of the images created - the poem "Parting" begins "She was already lean / when a stroke or two slapped / her face like drawn / claw prints: akilter she / ate less and / sat too much on the edge of beds...." Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. 52 pp. ISBN: 0-393014479.
Condition: Fine in gray cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in a very near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86886More details Price: $35.00 -
FAMOUS AMERICAN NEGRO POETS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dodd, Mead, (1965.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Warmly INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper - 'For Jean Barr with love and deep appreciation' and dated in the year of publication. Illustrated with photographs and designed to appeal to young people, this book contains short biographies and poetic samples of 12 African American writers, including Arna Bontemps, Francis E. W. Harper, Gwendolyn Brooks, Dunbar and Hughes. A title in the Famous Biographies for Young People series. Bibliography, index. 95 pp.
Condition: Near fine blue cloth in a good dust jacket. (some creasing, two short closed tears to upper edge of dj, minor rubbing on the folds, original price of 3.25 still present.) Printed many times over the years, the first edition is quite uncommon, and especially so in this condition, since most copies seem to have gone to libraries.
Book ID: 86879More details Price: $100.00 -
STEPS IN DARKNESS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Orion, (1962) dj. Hardcover first edition - The very hard to find first edition of the first novel by this pioneering Hindi writer, the story of a young boy in a small village. It "has acquired the status of a classic in Hindi and, in a way, anticipates his literary journey . .. [He] had no predecessors in Hindi. He decided to depart the dominant mode of realism and explore reality in non-realistic, sometimes surrealistic ways. . . [and he] created a geography of empathy for those who have been thrown or pushed out to the margins of life, society and morality." (Ashok Vajpeyi) Translated from the Hindi by the author. 150 pp.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86877More details Price: $45.00 -
YOU ARE NOT I: A Portrait of Paul Bowles.
Edition: First printing.
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An unconventional biography of the expat writer Paul Bowles, based on many interviews Dillon (the biographer of Bowles' wife, Jane) had with him in Tangiers. SIGNED on the title page. Photographs. Works cited. xix, 340 pp. ISBN: 0-520-211049.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 86870More details Price: $40.00 -
THE EDUCATION OF A BLACK RADICAL: A Southern Civil Rights Activist's Journey, 1959-1964.
Edition: First printing.
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (2009) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A first hand account of the early days of America's civil rights struggle. Inspired by the actions of the four black college students who refused to leave the whites-only lunch counter of a Greensboro, North Carolina, Woolworth's on February 1, 1960, D'Army Bailey, the freshman class president at Southern University - the largest predominantly black college in the nation - joined with his classmates in their battle against segregation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Now a circuit court judge in Tennessee, this is a look at the years that changed America and shaped his life. Warmly INSCRIBED by Bailey on the half title page. Foreword by Nikki Giovanni. Illustrated with photographs, index. xiv, 257 pp. ISBN: 978-0807134764.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 86869More details Price: $40.00 -
WHITE GUILT: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which looks at the history of the Civil Rights movement and after by this National Book Critics Circle Award winning author. In it, he argues that "calls for diversity and programs of affirmative action serve only to stigmatize minorities, portraying them not as capable individuals but as people defined by their membership in a group for which exceptions must be made." vii, 181 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0578629.
Condition: Good in a very near fine dustjacket (a straight tight copy, but with some underlining and marginal brackets affecting about 25 pages -uncommon in the first edition)
Book ID: 86867More details Price: $35.00 -
AFTER DARK.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel by this award-winning author, set in Tokyo during the hours from midnight to dawn, and focusing on two sisters haunted by secrets. Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin. 191 pp. ISBN: 978-0307265838.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 86866More details Price: $45.00 -
LAST TALES.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Random House, (1957) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of twelve new stories, the first book in 17 years by the author of "Out of Africa." 341 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in beige cloth with gilt lettering in a fair only dust jacket with some chipping and tears along fold of front cover.
Book ID: 86853More details Price: $35.00 -
THE PORTABLE FITZGERALD, (Viking Portable Library Series #14)
Edition: First printing (stated September 1945)
New York: The Viking Press, 1945. dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes the complete text of 'The Great Gatsby' and 'Tender is the Night' and a selection of nine of his short stories. Compiled by his friend Dorothy Parker and with an introduction by John O'Hara. At the time this was published, Fitzgerald was once again just beginning to be recognized as a major American writer. Viking Portable Library #14. xix, 835 pp. Small format.
Condition: Very good in orange cloth (front edge slightly bumped) in good only example of the fragile dust jacket. (overall edgewear to dj, short tear to side of spine of dj, chipping to top of dj, price of 2.00 still present, lists through #15 on back cover)
Book ID: 86849More details Price: $150.00 -
BLUE NIGHTS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. dj. Hardcover first edition - A book in which Didion reflects on the loss of her daughter, Quintana Roo, not long after the death of her husband, and on the memories woven into her life with Dunne and Quintana - of Quintana's childhood in Malibu and Brentwood, and of her wedding, just 7 years before this book opens. 188 pp. ISBN: 978-0307267672.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86846More details Price: $40.00 -
A CRIME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86843More details Price: $60.00 -
REMEMBER ME.
Edition: First printing.
London: Orion, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third novel, and like her earlier books, a dark psychological thriller. The Guardian described her as having an "unsettling talent for small epiphanies and the horrors of so-called normal life." SIGNED and dated on the title page. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-752853600.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (some light toning to pages as is common with UK editions).
Book ID: 86841More details Price: $40.00 -
THE TWO-BEAR MAMBO.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Mysterious Press, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A noir buddy novel,set in East Texas, featuring the world's most dangerous odd-couple, Hap and Leonard, one straight, one gay, one white, one black. SIGNED on the half title page. 273 pp.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86836More details Price: $35.00 -
CARTER BEATS THE DEVIL.
Edition: First printing.
London: Sceptre / Hodder & Stoughton, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's highly praised first novel, the story of a young master illusionist, set in the early years of the 20th century. Includes black and white illustrations of magic posters. SIGNED on the title page. 563 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-67345.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dust jacket (slight toning to textblock as is common with UK editions)
Book ID: 86835More details Price: $75.00 -
GONE FOR GOOD.
Edition: First printing.
London: Orion, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - True first edition of this thriller, one which is also a story of love - between brothers - between lovers - and between family members. SIGNED on title page. 341 pp. ISBN: 0-752846043.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (;ight toning to pages, as is common with UK editions)
Book ID: 86834More details Price: $45.00 -
NO SECOND CHANCE.
Edition: First printing.
London: Orion, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - True first edition of this thriller by this award-winning (and best-selling) author - a successful surgeon wakes up in the ICU - he has been shot, his wife killed and his 6 month old daughter has disappeared. And then he receives a ransom note. .. SIGNED on the title page. 338 pp. ISBN: 0-752852566.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86833More details Price: $60.00 -
LORD JOHN AND THE PRIVATE MATTER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Delacorte, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Historical novel set in London in 1757 when England is battling France on three continents. SIGNED on the title page. Author's notes. 305 pp. ISBN: 0-385337477.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86832More details Price: $40.00 -
THE LOST BIRD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Berkley, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Father John O'Malley and Arapaho attorney, Vicky Holden. INSCRIBED on the title page. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-425-170594.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86831More details Price: $35.00 -
YONDER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dial Press, (1988) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which is a tribute to the ordinary things of life - "Way over yonder, sometime in the nineteenth century, a young farmer plants a plum tree. The farmer marries, plows the land, and sheds his solitary way of life. Children, then grandchildren, are born; summer melts in to blazing autumn, into frozen winter; the plum tree blossoms and sheds its blossoms; the farmer grows old. Gradually on family's history is illuminated till it becomes as vivid as our own. " SIGNED on the title page by Johnston and dated 1988 in the year of publication. Illustrated with glowing oil paintings by Llyod Bloom, Oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-803702779.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (bookplate on front pastedown, under dj flap)
Book ID: 86822More details Price: $40.00 -
BODIES: Perry Trethowan Novel.
Edition: First printing.
London: Collins, (1986) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth novel featuring Perry Trethowan of Scotland Yard, who is investigating the murder of 4 people in a studio rented out by a soft porn magazine, called 'Bodies.' The first appearance of Charlie Peace who is working managing a gym, and winds up agreeing to go undercover for the police. SIGNED on the title page. 173 pp. ISBN: 0-00232072x.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86821More details Price: $40.00 -
DEATH AND THE PRINCESS.
Edition: First printing.
London: Collins, (1982) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel featuring Scotland Yard superintendent Perry Trethowan, who is placed in charge of the personal security of a young and rather reckless minor princess, as the bodies of murdered men around her continues to increase. SIGNED on the title page. 183 pp. ISBN: 0-002319225.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (hint of spine slant, bit of wear to the ends of the dj spine)
Book ID: 86819More details Price: $50.00 -
THE GIANT OF THE SIERRAS
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very good in red cloth with gilt lettering on spine in a good dust jacket with edgewear, chipping at top of spine, purple line visible on flaps and interior from old style dj protector, original price of 2.00 on flap..
Book ID: 86815More details Price: $35.00 -
NUMBER THE STARS.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: A Yearling Book / Bantam Doubleday Dell, (1999). SIGNED - A story of the Danish Resistance during World War II and how the Danes helped over 7000 Jewish people escape the Nazis in 1943, told through the eyes of a 10 year old girl. INSCRIBED on the title page. Newbery award winner. Author's afterword. 137 pp. ISBN: 0-395-510600.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (light toning to the pages)
Book ID: 86810More details Price: $40.00 -
LINCOLN IN THE BARDO: A Novel.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (very short tear near top of spine of dj)
Book ID: 86790More details Price: $35.00 -
WAGON WHEEL GAP.
Edition: First printing.
Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1954) dj. Hardcover first edition - Adventure story set in the San Luis Park region of southwestern Colorado in the 1880s by this prolific author of Western fiction, who, before he became a full-time writer, worked as a transitman for the railroads, as an engineer and a cattle rancher. 224 pp. Dustjacket by Charles Hargens.
Condition: Very near fine in light green cloth in a near fine dustjacket (some wear to the ends of the spine) Uncommon in hardcover.
Book ID: 86784More details Price: $60.00 -
TALKS FOR THE TIMES.
Edition: Facsimile edition.
Freeport, NY: Books for Libaries Press, 1971. Hardcover - A work by this pioneering Black education and activist, originally published in 1896. Includes a brief biographical sketch by Edward L. Parks, and talks given by Crogman over the 13 years preceding publication, all related to "the race of which I am a member" as he noted. Among the subjects are Frederick Douglass, Bishop Atticus Haywood, the 26th and the 32nd anniversaries of the Emancipation Proclamation, and Negro education, needs and claims. xxiii, 330 pp.
Condition: Ex-library but with relatively few markings and overall tight, clean and sturdy in black cloth with silver lettering on the spine.
Book ID: 86777More details Price: $35.00 -
FLAUBERT'S PARROT.
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (slight sunning to spine, toning to flaps)
Book ID: 86776More details Price: $35.00 -
THE FAR AWAY MAN: A Yellowthread Street Mystery.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1984) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set in Hong Kong, featuring Detective Chief Inspector Harry Feiffer. A very different police procedural. The murderer strikes silently and apparently randomly - from a shoe shine man to a British officer - with only one thing is common: each is found with a torn cholera vaccination certificate. SIGNED on the title page. 186 pp. ISBN: 0-030705274.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86774More details Price: $35.00 -
METAMORPHOSIS OF A CRIMINAL
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine turquoise cloth with white lettering on the spine in a like dustjacket (some light toning to the pages and spine of dj, hint of spine slant).
Book ID: 86773More details Price: $225.00 -
AT MONO LAKE.
Edition: First printing.
San Francisco: Friends of the Earth Foundation, 1983. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Catalog for photography exhibition in 1983 with text by by Stephen Johnson. Includes photographs from 1915 to 1982 by Ansel Adams, Robert Dawson, Brett Weston, Galen Rowell, Stephen Johnson and many others. Most are in black and white, but there is a significant number in full color also. Includes a 2 page inventory of the photographs. One of only 500 copies bound in cloth (out of a total edition of 5000). SIGNED and dated on the front endpaper by Johnson with the words "best wishes." Map, information about Mono Lake. Oblong format, 80 pp. ISBN: 0-913890561.
Condition: Very near fine in burgundy cloth with a color photograph pasted on front cover, silver titles on spine, issued without a dust jacket. Uncommon in the hardcover edition, and especially so signed.
Book ID: 86772More details Price: $100.00 -
NO-HITTER: Number 17 in the Chip Hilton Sports Series.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1959) dj. Hardcover - A baseball story., a title in what is considered one of the best sports series for young readers. Bee was a famous collegiate athlete and noted basketball coach who draws upon his own experiences for these stories (he was inducted into the National Basketball Hall of Fame in 1968) Lists to #19 at front of book, and to 18 on back cover of dj. Frontispiece and small illustrations at the head of each chapter. Bound in rust-colored tweed cloth boards, illustrated endpapers with bats, basketball baskets, etc, in diagonal rows. 182 pp. One of the hard-to-find later titles in this series.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. An exceptional copy.
Book ID: 86771More details Price: $50.00 -
DOUBLE TROUBLE, Radcliff #3.
Edition: Paperback original - first printing.
Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishers, (1975). First edition - The third novel by this author whom Gary Phillips (writing in Crime Reads) described as a writer "who helped revolutionize 1970s pulp fiction, then disappeared." His protagonist, Joe Radcliff ("he's big, he's Black, he's bad"), was a professional hit-man, a Vietnam veteran, whose ruthlessness and expertise earned him the title 'Hit-Maker.' Holloway House became known in the 1970s for gritty Black urban fiction it published by authors like Iceberg Slim, Donald Goines and Joseph Nazel - and Roosevelt Mallory. HH# BH455, $1.50 cover price. 224 pp. Cover art by Monte Rogers, who clearly used Mallory himself as the model, based on the photograph on the back cover. ISBN: 0-870674552.
Condition: Good overall - usual toning to the pages and inside covers, both corners of front cover chipped, reading crease on spine, upper corner slightly bent - but despite these flaws this in decent condition fir an inexpensively published book.
Book ID: 86769More details Price: $200.00 -
A TOUCH OF INFINITY: Thirteen New Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Edition: First printing.
New York: William H. Morrow, 1973. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of never before published stories by this prolific writer. SIGNED on the front endpaper by the author. 182 pp. Dust jacket art by Neil Waldman. ISBN: 0-688-001807.
Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (slight spine slant, some discoloration to front endpaper.)
Book ID: 86752More details Price: $40.00 -
PEGGY COVERS THE NEWS.
Edition: First edition.
Condition: Very good in ivory colored cloth with black and red lettering, no dust jacket (some light soiling to covers)
Book ID: 86751More details Price: $75.00 -
THE RIVER ACRES RIDDLE: A Book of Mysteries.
Edition: Vintage reprint.
Garden City, NY: Sun Dial Press, (ca 1940, c 1929). dj. Hardcover - A new edition of the book originally published simply as "A Book of Mysteries." Includes the long title story, 'Cat's Cradle' and 'The Hexagonal Chest.' Retains some of the original illustrations by Kurt Wiese with small vignettes at the beginning of each story, but he is no longer identified as the illustrator on the title page. A title in the Young Moderns series. 224 pp Dust jacket art by Frank Dobias.
Condition: Very good in red cloth in a very good bright and attractive dust jacket - some toning and offsetting to the endpapers, minor edgewear to dj, but overall a tight, straight and sturdy copy.
Book ID: 86747More details Price: $50.00 -
A PASS AND A PRAYER: Chip Hilton Sports Series, Number 7.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1951) dj. Hardcover first edition - A football story., a title in what is considered one of the best sports series for young readers. Bee was a famous collegiate athlete and noted basketball coach who draws upon his own experiences for these stories (he was inducted into the National Basketball Hall of Fame in 1968) Lists to this title in front of book and only 4 titles on back cover of dj.. Illustrated with a frontispiece and internal drawings. Bound in rust-colored tweed boards, illustrated endpapers with bats, basketball baskets, etc, in diagonal rows. 216 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. Uncommon in this condition and in the first edition.
Book ID: 86746More details Price: $85.00 -
FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK: Number 9 in the Chip Hilton Sports Series.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1952.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An exciting football story by a famous collegiate athlete and noted basketball coach who draws upon his own experiences for these stories (Bee was inducted into the National Basketball Hall of Fame in 1968) Frontispiece and small illustrations at the head of each chapter. Bound in rust-colored tweed cloth boards, Lists to this title at the front of the book and to #8 on the back cover of dj. illustrated endpapers with bats, basketball baskets, etc, in diagonal rows. 211 pp.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (minor wear to the edges of the boards and to the dj, price-clipped)
Book ID: 86744More details Price: $60.00 -
CEREMONIES IN DARK OLD MEN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1969. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first commercially produced play by this African American writer, a story set in Harlem with its moments of triumph leading inexorably to the tragedy with which it ends. Richard Watts in the NY Post said this 'revealed [Elder] as one of the most important playwrights in America and an author of rare integrity and creative strength.' Although this has been printed many times, the first edition is quite uncommon. 180 pp.
Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (name on front endpaper).
Book ID: 86741More details Price: $45.00 -
THE WINTER OF FRANKIE MACHINE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Frank Machianno is a late middle-aged ex-surf bum who now runs a bait shop on the San Diego waterfront - and a retired hit man known back in the day as Frankie Machine. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Japanese Maltese Falcon Society Thriller Award Best Hard Boiled Novel and nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Award Mystery Thriller. 304 pp. ISBN: 1-400044987.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86739More details Price: $50.00 -
IN THE ELECTRIC MIST WITH THE CONFEDERATE DEAD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, (1993) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Dave Robicheaux mystery: a movie crew has come to New Iberia, Louisiana to film a Civil War epic. SIGNED on the title page. 344 pp. ISBN: 1-56282-8827.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86738More details Price: $40.00 -
A LONG WALK UP THE WATER SLIDE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth novel featuring Neal Carey, New York street kid turned reluctant private investigator. SIGNED on the title page. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-312-113897.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86736More details Price: $50.00 -
A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ.
Edition: 3rd printing.
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1960 dj. Hardcover - An attractive early copy (the same year as the first), by the original publisher, of this classic post-apocalyptic novel, set in a Catholic monastery in the desert of the southwestern United States, and considered one of the best science fiction novels of all time. Winner of the 1961 Hugo. Dust jacket art by George Sottung. 320 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in a near fine dust jacket (jacket says 2nd printing, corner is clipped but part of the dollar sign is still visible)
Book ID: 86734More details Price: $125.00 -
CROSSING TO SAFETY.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86732More details Price: $115.00 -
WHILE DROWNING IN THE DESERT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fifth novel in this highly praised series featuring Neal Carey, New York street kid turned reluctant private investigator. Neal is just a few months short of his master's degree and his marriage to Karen Hawley when he agrees to do his "boss" a favor by picking up an old man in Las Vegas and take him to Palm Springs, but the old man fails to tell him he's a witness to a crime and a pair of con artists are trying to kill him. SIGNED on the title page. 198 pp. ISBN: 0-312-144466.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86731More details Price: $45.00 -
BINARY STAR NO. 5: NIGHTFLYERS AND TRUE NAMES.
Edition: Paperback original - first printing.
New York: Dell, (1981). First edition - As in all book in this series, this features two novellas - both owing their plots to computers and featuring crimes that take place in the future - in a single book. A precursor of the cyberpunk movement. Illustrations by Hugo Award-winning artist Jack Gaughan. Introduction by series editor James Frenkel and each author has also contributed an afterword about his fellow writer's work. 239 pp.
Condition: Near fine with very light wear to the covers, a faint reading crease on the spine, all edges tinted in a pale blue (prev owner's name).
Book ID: 86729More details Price: $35.00 -
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE.
Edition: First printing, first issue.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1920. Hardcover first edition - Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer prize for fiction, the first time this award was given to a woman writer. A very inexpensively produced book and one in which the binding did not stand up well,which perhaps explains why the first edition is so uncommon. Includes the phrase from the burial service in the wedding scene. 364 pp. Accompanying this first edition is a facsimile edition from the First Edition Library. ISBN: 0-02-026478x.
Condition: Fair condition only in red cloth with black lettering (the backstrip is still attached, but split along the rear side, and missing the bottom one inch or so - sunning to the backstrip and edge of the rear board near the spine, other light wear to the covers, although the contents are overall very good.). While it is not unattractive with a mylar cover, this is a copy worth restoration. The facsimile edition is fine in a fine dustjacket in a very near fine slipcase.
Book ID: 52483More details Price: $500.00 -
BUFFALO SOLDIERS.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 86724More details Price: $45.00 -
KAO'S BOYHOOD (Originlly entitled Child Labour)
Edition: 3rd printing.
Peking (Beijing): The Foreign Language Press, 1963 (c 1954). A graphic novel / comic strip from before the Cultural Revolution. Adapted from one chapter of Kao Yu-pao's autobiography, this tells of the part he played in the underground against the Japanese invaders in Northeast China before and in WWII. "The story thoroughly exposes the Japanese imperialists' oppression of the Chinese workers and faithfully brings out the militant struggle and lofty qualities of the Chinese working class led by the Chinese Communist Party." Illustrated in black and white on every page by Kao Yu-Pao, Tao Chih-an, Lu Tan, Pen Ching-yu, Wang Hsu-yang and Chou Li. Oblong format. 96 pp.
Condition: Good overall - toning to pages and covers, slight chipping to bottom edge of front cover.
Book ID: 86723More details Price: $40.00 -
THE WOOING OF SODNAM DROLMA
Edition: 2nd printing.
Peking (Beijing): The Foreign Language Press, 1962. A story told in the mountains of Tibet. An old couple are tricked by a rogue into giving him their beautiful daughter in marriage but she is rescued by a handsome young hunter, who in turn tricks the rogue. Illustrated in full color throughout by Yoa Yu-tuo and Yoa Yu-hsin. 92 pp.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (some toning)
Book ID: 86722More details Price: $50.00 -
THE PIECE OF CHUANG BROCADE.
Edition: 3rd printing.
Peking (Beijing): The Foreign Language Press, 1963. A popular folktale of the Chuang, one of China's ethnic minorities who live in the the Kwangsi Chuang Autonomous Region in South China. Adapted by Chi Chih-hsi. Full color illustrations throughout by Yen Mei-hua. Small oblong format. 60 pp.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 86721More details Price: $40.00 -
BLACK GOLD: The Story of an Oil Pioneer. Selected Experiences and Incidents Associated With Sixty Years of World-Wide Petroleum Exploration and Oilfield Development.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1961. dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of the "Grand Old Man of Oil," an English engineer who traveled to Africa in 1896, to Baku two years later and then to the Caribbean, Peru, Egypt, Arabia and Texas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania in the United States. A foreword by former President Herbert Hoover, but one which focuses on the association between his mining firm and Beeby-Thompson's oil firm. Stamped on the front pastedown is the notice "A personal reading copy for our bookseller friends whose opinions and criticisms we welcome and value." Photographs, index. 544 pp.
Condition: Near fine in black cloth with a blue illustration of an oil rig and gilt lettering on the spine a fair only dust jacket (price-clipped, rubbing, creasing and edgewear, now protected by an archival cover).
Book ID: 86716More details Price: $75.00 -
SCIENCE IN AFRICA: Interviews with Thirty African Scientists,
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Condition: Good only in black illustrated wrappers (wear to the covers, a few pencil markings, but overall sturdy and readable) .
Book ID: 86713More details Price: $50.00 -
THE CANTOS OF EZRA POUND.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: New Directions, (1971,c 1970) dj. Hardcover - Includes all of Pound's cantos from 1 to 117 in one volume, originally published between 1930 and drafts and fragments in 1969. A very thick book at 802 pp.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (gft inscription on front endpaper, a bit of sunning to the spine of the dj
Book ID: 86701More details Price: $35.00 -
THE MISTRESS OF ALDERLEY.
Edition: First printing.
London: Allison & Busby, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Crime novel featuring Charlie Peace and his boss detective superintendent Mike Oddie. "Actress Caroline Fawley and her children have been set up in a grand house in the Yorkshire village of Marsham by her lover, supermarket owner Marius Fleetwood. Her television work makes her something of a celebrity, and she relishes her role as 'mistress of Alderley', even agreeing to host the village fete. The children are happy and successful, especially her eldest daughter, an opera singer. Everything seems perfect - until a young man looking remarkably like Marius appears on her doorstep. Within a few weeks Marius has disappeared - and then a body turns up... " SIGNED on the title page. 220 pp. ISBN: 0-749005548.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86697More details Price: $35.00 -
DESERET SUNDAY SCHOOL SONGS: For the use of Sunday Schools, and Suitable for Primary Associations, Religion Classes, Quorum Meetings, Social Gatherings and the Home.
Edition: First thus - revised edition.
Salt Lake City: Deseret Sunday Schools Union, 1909. Hardcover first edition - A revised and expanded edition of 'The Deseret Sunday School Song Book' with over 100 additional songs based on suggestions from over 1000 wards, for a total of 395 songs, all arranged so that each selection may be sung or played without turning the page. Index.
Condition: Near fine in tan cloth with dark brown lettering and border on front cover (previous owner's name inside front cover) Uncommon in this condition.
Book ID: 86695More details Price: $50.00 -
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN: The Complete and Authoritative Edition, Volume 1.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86683More details Price: $45.00 -
FOR HER DARK SKIN.
Edition: First printing.
Seattle: Owl Creek Press, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - A tautly constructed satirical treatment of the Medea myth which explores its relationship to questions both of race and gender as told in the voices of Medea, her nurse, Jason, Polydeuces and Tamar. Early in the story, Medea comments on Jason "That he was not overly bright was apparent, though he was a talker I would not have let him touch me, but the gods... not even my gods, but some chalk-skinned, bitch voyeur caused me to fall in love with this Jason." Hard to find, especially in the first edition. 152 pp. Dust jacket illustration by Shere C. Everett. ISBN: 0-937699458.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (lower corner of back cover slightly bumped)
Book ID: 86680More details Price: $125.00 -
MURDER IN THE BASEMENT.
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Good only in black cloth with red title panels - rubbing and wear to the covers, soiling to rear endpaper, light tidemarks to outer margins of last several pages - but overall a tight and sturdy copy of a rather hard to find first edition.
Book ID: 86678More details Price: $125.00 -
COMPELLING EVIDENCE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a legal thriller by this former trial attorney, introducing defense attorney Paul Madriani. SIGNED on the title page. 379 pp. ISBN: 0-399-137122.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86676More details Price: $35.00 -
PROOF POSITIVE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A legal thriller by this former defense attorney, Set in Portland, Oregon. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 314 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0735058.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86675More details Price: $35.00 -
LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Harmony Books, (1982) dj. Hardcover first edition - The Cosmic Conclusion to the Hitchhiker's Trilogy - except the series continued - 227 pp. ISBN: 0-517-548747.
Condition: Fine in very near fine dust jacket (folded slightly off center - original price of 9.95 still present).
Book ID: 86674More details Price: $65.00 -
TRIXIE BELDEN: THE MYSTERY OF THE ANTIQUE DOLL, #36.
Edition: First edition.
Racine, WI: Golden Press, (1984.). First edition - One of the harder-to-find later titles in the series. Illustrated by Jim Spence. Square format front cover with illustration by Jody Lee. 188 pp. Last title listed at front of book.. ISBN: 0-307-215598.
Condition: Very good (creasing to upper corner of front cover, contents clean)
Book ID: 86673More details Price: $65.00 -
TRIXIE BELDEN: THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING MILLIONAIRE, #34.
Edition: Hardcover first edition.
Racine, WI: Golden Press, (1980.). Hardcover first edition - Lists to #34 with "new" after 32-34. While not as well known as Nancy Drew, this is many girls' favorite series: Trixie is a real girl, with chores, school to attend, a little brother to babysit - but lots of adventures! This is one of the harder to find later titles in the series, especially in hardcover. Issued as trade paperbacks, a small number of these were bound in the "Goldencraft Reinforced Binding" primarily for use by libraries. ISBN: 0-307-215547.
Condition: Ex-library, in sturdy library binding, toning to pages, usual markings, some soiling and wear to covers, prev owner's name, overall fair condition.
Book ID: 86660More details Price: $45.00 -
WATER SQUATTERS: The Houseboat Lifestyle.
Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback original.
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1975. First edition - A book which exemplifies the 70s (although there are still more than 400 houseboats in Sausalito and Marin County, some of them are now AirBnBs, which exemplifies our era!) "A documentary of handmade houses afloat, with photographs mainly from Sausalito, Seattle, Sacramento Delta, and foreign lands, with information on marinas, galley recipes featuring houseboat soup, how to cope with children and animals aboard" and more. Illustrated with a map, drawings by Bill Oetinger and black and white photographs throughout. Large format. 127 pp. ISBN: 0-88496020X.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (gift inscription inside front cover, minor wear to covers) .
Book ID: 86657More details Price: $45.00 -
THE LIMITS OF SANITY.
Edition: First printing.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - The scarce true first edition of this book by a British Columbia journalist which recounts the bizarre murder spree of Dale Merle Nelson, a Canadian logger, who - reportedly under the influence of LSD - murdered eight of his neighbors - during one night in September 1970, as well as inflicting upon them acts of mutilation, necrophilia, and cannibalism. Despite the sensationalism of the crime, this is a serious look at how well the justice system deals with such events, and how it fails us in these cases. Nelson was deemed sane by state psychiatrists and sentenced to life. Map. 190 pp. ISBN: 0-771083394.
Condition: Near fine (lower corners slightly bumped) in a good only dust jacket with overall rubbing and edgewear, some foxing to the verso of dj, original price of 5.95 on dj flap) .
Book ID: 86656More details Price: $150.00 -
SANCHEZ AND OTHER STORIES.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover.
Bronx, New York: Gusto Press, (1980). First edition - Very uncommon early collection of this California author's short stories - the title story has been frequently anthologized; the realism of the description of depressed downtown Stockton and the small town in the Sierras is effectively combined with his deceptive simplicity of language. A title in the Gusto Press Regional Series (Central Valley, California). 125 pp. ISBN: 0-933906-145.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages)
Book ID: 86648More details Price: $40.00 -
CHRYSALIS 10.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, 1980. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An original anthology of all new science fiction stories by the following authors: Jay A. Parry, David F. Bischoff, Tanith Lee, Steve Rasnic Tem, Andrew Weiner, Roger Zelazny, Thomas F. Monteleone, Tetsu Yano, Leanne Frahm, Connie Willis and Gardner Dozois. SIGNED by TWO authors at their stories: Connie Willis and Gardner Dozois. Edited and with an introduction by Roy Torgeson. 182 pp. Dust jacket illustration by Tom Barber. ISBN: 0-385-175981.
Condition: Near fine in a good only dust jacket with some edgewear, small holes to the side of the spine.
Book ID: 86646More details Price: $40.00 -
CITIZEN VINCE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Regan Books (Harper Collins), (2005.). SIGNED first edition - The author's third novel, set in Spokane, Washington in the fall of 1980, eight days before the presidential election pitting Ronald Reagan against Jimmy Carter - a story of witness protection, petty thievery, local politics, and murder. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in October 2004 - tha is before publication - and uncommon thus. 293 pp plus author's referendum.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 86642More details Price: $50.00 -
THE BOOK OF NEGROES: Illustrated Edition.
Edition: First printing of the illustrated edition.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 86633More details Price: $50.00 -
MY LIFE.
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Good overall in blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine (some fading to the cloth, wear to edges of boards, but a tight and sturdy copy) in a good only dustjacket with overall edgewear, a hint of sunning to the spine, separation along spine of rear cover, etc - original price of $12.50. Despite its flaws, this is a significant book and very uncommon signed.
Book ID: 86600More details Price: $750.00 -
NEW JERSEY SHOWDOWN, Radcliff #4.
Edition: Paperback original - first printing.
Condition: Very good - usual toning to the pages, bookstore stamp on first page, small chip on lower corner of front cover, and a bit of peeling on the spine - but overall a tight and clean copy, no creasing to the spine - in better condition than these inexpensively published books are usually found.
Book ID: 86632More details Price: $225.00 -
MY FATHER'S FACE (Broadside Poem)
Edition: Limited, signed edition.
Condition: Fine in fine portfolio.
Book ID: 86631More details Price: $60.00 -
THE MAMUR ZAPT AND THE RETURN OF THE CARPET.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first Mamur Zapt mystery, set in 1908, as the "indirect" British rule in Cairo is beginning to wind down. The Mamur Zapt is Cadwallader Owen, the head of the Political Branch of the police. The author grew up in what was then the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Author's note. 183 pp. ISBN: 0-385415206.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86630More details Price: $45.00 -
A FASCIMILE OF THE JULY 1939 ISSUE OF ASTOUNDING
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86627More details Price: $120.00 -
THE COFFIN TRAIL.
Edition: First printing.
London: Allison & Busby, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first novel in his Lake County series, introducing DCI Hannah Scatlett, the new head of Cumbria's Cold Case Review Team, and former Oxford historian Daniel Kind. SIGNED on the title page. Not quite a bibliomystery, but Hannah's partner is a rather unpleasant rare book dealer. 292 pp. ISBN: 0-749083204.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86624More details Price: $40.00 -
DREAMS OF SLEEP.
Edition: First printing.
New York: The Viking Press, (1984) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel set in Charleston, South Carolina, the story of a disintegrating family and of the power of love, winner of the 1985 Hemingway Foundation Award for a first work of fiction. SIGNED on the title page. 232 pp. ISBN: 0-670284793.
Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86621More details Price: $40.00 -
NO MERCY: A Journey to the Heart of the Congo.
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 86619More details Price: $75.00 -
DEAD ROOM FARCE.
Edition: First printing.
London: Gollancz, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring the often-out-of work actor Charles Paris, so when he is offered a 3 month run in a new farce, he takes it - but when they get to Bath a darker mood sets in, and Charlie's old friend, who runs a recording studio is found dead. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 207 pp. ISBN: 0-575064889.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 86618More details Price: $35.00 -
CORPORATE BODIES: A Charles Paris Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
London: Gollancz, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourteenth mystery featuring the often-out-of work actor Charles Paris. Charlie has taken a small role in a company's promotional video, and when a young woman is killed in the warehouse from an "accident" with a forklift, he is the only one who thinks it might be a murder. SIGNED on the title page. 189 pp. ISBN: 0-684193973.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 86617More details Price: $35.00 -
THE STABBING IN THE STABLES: A Fethering Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
London: Macmillan, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The seventh book in the Fethering series, featuring the unlikely duo of Home Office retiree Carole Seddon and her neighbour Jude, a healer, set in the historic village of Fedborough. SIGNED on the title page. An interesting series, and a picture of changing village life in England, as gentrification takes over. 377 pp. ISBN: 1-405041374.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86616More details Price: $35.00