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THE BEST AMERICAN NONREQUIRED READING 2009.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.
New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin / Mariner Books, 2009. SIGNED first edition - An anthology which highlights the "very best of this year's fiction, nonfiction, alternative comics, screenplys, blogs and more." Introduction by Marjane Satrapi. Contributors include Denis Johnson, Nathan Englander, Eula Bliss, Yannick Murphy, Matthew Power, Jonathan Franzen, Philip Connors, Rebecca Makkai and more. Illustrated. SIGNED by TWO authors at their contributions - Makkai at "The Briefcase" and Philip Connors at "Diary of a Fire Lookout." (preceded his first book on being a fire lookout) Notes on contributors. 413 pp. ISBN: 978-0547241609.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 68945More details Price: $30.00 -
LOIS & CLARK: A Superman Novel.
Edition: First printing.
Rocklin, CA: Prima Publishing, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - When an explosion rocks the offices of the Daily Planet, Lois and Clark face the dilemma that a moment of fame might jeopordize the secret of their identity. SIGNED on the title page. 283 pp. ISBN: 0-7615-04826.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 76913More details Price: $30.00 -
DEADPAN #2: O God My Heart is Ready.
Edition: First printing.
Jackson Heights, NY: David Heatley, 2005. First edition - Notation on front cover "for mature readers" - an autobiographical work by cartoonist David Heatley, "obsessively painted in gouache paint. [with] new, bizarre and disturbing dream comics" including "My Sexual History," a 15-page account of Heatley's entire sexual history starting in Kindergarten and ending in the present, Backyard sleep over, Dad's bedroom and more. Told in a loose, autobiographical 'sketchbook' style, it is Heatley's most revealing and personal work to date. Large format comic book, illustrated throughout in full color, 34 pp including covers. ISBN: 0-976401509.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 85252More details Price: $25.00 -
BATMAN: KNIGHTFALL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bantam, (1994). Hardcover first edition - Novel based on the DC comics series. With his health shattered, and confined to a wheel chair, after a confrontation with the villan Bane, Batman - Bruce Wayne - must decide whether his apprentice, Azrael, a violent young vigilante, is capable of taking over as Batman. Author's afterword. 349 pp plus ad. ISBN: 0-553096737.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 79669More details Price: $20.00 -
PATTY O'NEAL ON THE AIRWAYS.
Edition: Hardcover.
Racine, WI: Whitman, 1946. Hardcover first edition - Illustrated by Henry E. Vallely
Condition: Good in brown cloth with orange lettering, illustrated endpapers, usual toning to pages.
Book ID: 25387More details Price: $12.50 -
ALIENS, ROBOTS, AND SPACESHIPS.
Edition: First printing in wrappers. A large format trade paperback.
New York: Facts On File, Inc., 1995. A reference to the creatures of science fiction. The ultimate encyclopedia of the unimaginable, featuring over 100 illustrations and a user-friendly format. Includes accounts of superheroes and spacecraft from places and times unknown. Introduction, Guide for the Reader, 5 Appendices, Index. 372 pgs. ISBN: 0-8160-31134.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight, some creasing to front wrapper.
Book ID: 19008More details Price: $12.00 -
THE H. G. WELLS SCRAPBOOK.
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket. (price-clipped.)
Book ID: 34892More details Price: $35.00 -
TENEMENTS, TOWERS & TRASH: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in illustrated boards.
Book ID: 81548More details Price: $60.00