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THE STINGRAY SHUFFLE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His fifth novel, a wildly funny, takedown of all things Florida - Serge is back and he it taking on the Russian mob, the Jamaican mob, the cocaine cartels and the spoiled frat boys, while providing information on his newest interest - trains and the role they played in developing Florida, SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0520450.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82703More details Price: $30.00 -
DOROTHY IN CALIFORNIA, #6 in series.
Edition: Reprint.
New York: A. L. Burt, (c 1909). Hardcover - The sixth book in this series - Dorothy accompanies her aunt Betty on a train trip from Maryland to San Diego, and on the train meet the son of the railroad owner who is also going to San Diego, hoping to recover from consumption. Glossy frontispiece. 252 pp plus 8 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Fair condition only in illustrated light green cloth (some rubbing and wear to the covers, a bit of fraying to the side of the spine, pencilled notations on the preliminary and blank endpapers, etc) .
Book ID: 75436More details Price: $15.00 -
OUT WEST ON THE OVERLAND TRAIN: Across-The-Continent Excursion with Leslie's Magazine in 1877, And Overland Trip in 1967.
Edition: First printing.
Palo Alto, CA: The American West Publishing Co., (1967) dj. Hardcover first edition - "For five months, Frank Leslie and his ''Excursion to the Pacific'' traveled by private railroad car. They stopped over in Chicago, Cheyenne, Denver, Salt Lake City, Virginia City, and San Francisco. They peeked into gambling casinos, opium dens, and mining camps; banqueted with Comstock silver kings and reported every detail of their trip to readers of the newspaper." This is the first time the story has been assembled book form, complete with the original drawings from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. In addition this trip has been coupled with an account of the same journey by an American writer 90 years later. Footnotes (at end), index. Large format, a heavy book. 207 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a very good first issue dustjacket with the original pre-publication price of $10.50 in the corner of the dj flap (some toning to textblock edges, chip to front cover of dj) .
Book ID: 78449More details Price: $35.00 -
DEAD MAN'S SWITCH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Posthumous publication of what was intended to be the start of a new series, featuring Charlie - Charlotte - Lyon, who has turned her OCD into a sucessful crisis management business. 261 pp. ISBN: 0-312-36170x.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 50801More details Price: $15.00 -
THE ARCHITECTURE OF VICTORIAN LONDON.
Edition: First edition.
Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, (1976) dj. Hardcover first edition - An architectural panorama of London beginning in 1837 and spanning 64 years, from the first railroads and train stations to the efficient drainage system, the first underground railroad in the world and the creation of new estate developments. Based on the Page-Barbour Lectures for 1972. Illustrated with many photographs. Map endpapers. 109 pp. ISBN: 0-813905923.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 85793More details Price: $30.00 -
DR. I.R.T.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, (1976) dj. Hardcover first edition - Young adult novel of an oddly assorted trio. Miss Eunice Tichenor, a spinsterlibrarian/scholar, subway rider Snake (aka "Dr. I.R.T."), a black Yale drop-out and draft. dodger, who writes songs, and Umberto, a young Mexican student who discovers that "the city's a wonderful if filthy and occasionally terrifying 'total learning experience'." (Kirkus) Tanner's husband was the author of the Auntie Mame novels under the pseudonym of Patrick Dennis. 223 pp. ISBN: 0-698107306.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (very short edgetears to dj, whiteout on top of price on dj flap). Surprisingly uncommon.
Book ID: 79002More details Price: $21.50 -
DR. I.R.T.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, (1976) dj. Hardcover first edition - Young adult novel of an oddly assorted trio. Miss Eunice Tichenor, a spinsterlibrarian/scholar, subway rider Snake (aka "Dr. I.R.T."), a black Yale drop-out and draft. dodger, who writes songs, and Umberto, a young Mexican student who discovers that "the city's a wonderful if filthy and occasionally terrifying 'total learning experience'." (Kirkus) Tanner's husband was the author of the Auntie Mame novels under the pseudonym of Patrick Dennis. 223 pp. ISBN: 0-698107306.
Condition: Fair only in a near fine dustjacket (some crinkling to edge of textblock from dampness, stamps on rear endpaper, very short edgetears to dj). Surprisingly uncommon.
Book ID: 79236More details Price: $14.50