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Bodies Are Dust by P. J. Wolfson - 1931

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Bodies Are Dust by P. J. Wolfson - 1931

Bodies Are Dust

by P. J. Wolfson

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Sand boards with chocolate brown lettering to spine and front panel, illustrated dust wrapper signed by Ega. Extremely scarce classic noir novel filmed once in France. Wolfson (1903 - 1979), known as "Pinky" in Hollywood, wrote and produced numerous movies and works for television. "A tough, pitiless melodrama of human corruption in the bleak urban jungle of depression-era America."

Clean, tight, square, and unmarked. Dust jacket has corners slightly clipped, otherwise very bright and whole and protected with archival Brodart.
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  • Jacket Condition Very Good+
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  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Grosset and Dunlap
  • Date Published 1931
  • Keywords Noir, Hard-Boiled, Depression, Rare, Scarce
  • Size 8

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THE DANCE OF DEATH
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THE DANCE OF DEATH

by AUDEN. W. H.;

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Faber & Faber. London.,1933. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 5.7 inches). 38pp. Fine copy, finely bound in recent full dark green calf, flat spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Single ruled gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt. :
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Six Walks in the Fictional Woods.
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Six Walks in the Fictional Woods.

by ECO, Umberto

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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994. Signed on the title page by Umberto Eco. First edition / First printing. Green paper spine, blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.
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Der Golem
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Der Golem

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Leipzig, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1915 (Copyright indicates, correctly, 1915, title page 1916, which has been cause of considerable confusion). Octavo, red boards, cloth covered spine and corners, 500 pp. Decorative title on cover and spine, ribbon, top-edge gilt. No printing date, which indicates this is the true first edition (after 100 numbered copies). Printed on mold-made paper. An excellent copy, some mild rubbing and faint spots on cover, spine a little toned, else fine. Nice little bookplate in the shape of a postal stamp on flyleaf. No foxing, just the slightest toning at top edge of paper. Ships from Mexico City by DHL or FedEx, insured. More pictures available upon request
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LONELY WHITE SAIL. Or Peace is Where the Tempests Blow.
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LONELY WHITE SAIL. Or Peace is Where the Tempests Blow.

by KATAEV. VALENTINE. -- Malamuth. Charles, Translates from the Russian

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George Allen & Unwin Ltd. London. 1937. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo. (8 x 5.6 inches). A fine copy in a late twentieth century fine leather binding by Morrell of London. Half deep red morocco. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt piping and floral tooling. Compartments double ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. A beautiful copy of this first English edition of the Author's autobiographical novel, set against the backdrop of the 1905 Russian revolution, inspired by his childhood in Odessa.
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Social Studies
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Social Studies

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THE DANCE OF DEATH
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THE DANCE OF DEATH

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Faber & Faber. London.,1933. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 5.7 inches). 38pp. Fine copy, finely bound in recent full dark green calf, flat spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Single ruled gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt. :
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Six Walks in the Fictional Woods.
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Six Walks in the Fictional Woods.

by ECO, Umberto

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Der Golem
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Der Golem

by Gustav Meyrink

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Leipzig, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1915 (Copyright indicates, correctly, 1915, title page 1916, which has been cause of considerable confusion). Octavo, red boards, cloth covered spine and corners, 500 pp. Decorative title on cover and spine, ribbon, top-edge gilt. No printing date, which indicates this is the true first edition (after 100 numbered copies). Printed on mold-made paper. An excellent copy, some mild rubbing and faint spots on cover, spine a little toned, else fine. Nice little bookplate in the shape of a postal stamp on flyleaf. No foxing, just the slightest toning at top edge of paper. Ships from Mexico City by DHL or FedEx, insured. More pictures available upon request
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LONELY WHITE SAIL. Or Peace is Where the Tempests Blow.
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LONELY WHITE SAIL. Or Peace is Where the Tempests Blow.

by KATAEV. VALENTINE. -- Malamuth. Charles, Translates from the Russian

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George Allen & Unwin Ltd. London. 1937. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo. (8 x 5.6 inches). A fine copy in a late twentieth century fine leather binding by Morrell of London. Half deep red morocco. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt piping and floral tooling. Compartments double ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. A beautiful copy of this first English edition of the Author's autobiographical novel, set against the backdrop of the 1905 Russian revolution, inspired by his childhood in Odessa.
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Social Studies
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Social Studies

by Lebowitz, Fran

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Bodies Are Dust
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Bodies Are Dust

by P. J. Wolfson

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Bodies Are Dust
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Bodies Are Dust

by Wolfson, P. J

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Stark House Press, 2021. Paperback. New. 209 pages. 6.75x4.25x0.75 inches.
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Bodies Are Dust (Staccato Crime, 1)
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Bodies Are Dust (Staccato Crime, 1)

by Wolfson, P. J

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Bodies Are Dust
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Bodies Are Dust

by P J Wolfson

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1951473477
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Bodies are Dust
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Bodies are Dust

by P.J. Wolfson

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Grossett & Dunlap, 1948. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. NEO3 Cover shows moderate wear containing some small tears around edges. The synopsis page has almost separated but still attached. Pages contain light staining through out book. Binding is intact.
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Bloody Sunrise
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Bloody Sunrise

by Spillane, Mickey

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1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Saint Monkey (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
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Saint Monkey (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)

by Townsend, Jacinda

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9780393080049
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0393080048
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2014 - 1st ed stated ("1" in number line) - INSCRIBED - authors debut book - "Fourteen-year-old Audrey martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she'll never get out of Kentucky - but when her fingers touch the pion keys, the whole church trembles." - book: very good (like new) - dj: very good (like new) - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Gold
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Gold

by Eugene O'Neill

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First edition. Spine ends lightly rubbed, spine has small nick, small reddish stain to front cover and rear cover, otherwise very good or better. Lacks dust jacket.
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories

by Cohen, Leonard

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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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Quelques Optimistes.

Quelques Optimistes.

by Sempe

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Paris Editions Denoel, 1992, First Edition. paperback. First edition, Paris 1992, one of 3443 printed. -- Text (the cartoon captions) in FRENCH. -- Softcover, 8.3x10.8 inches, stiff cover with flaps. Condition: near fine (small surface scratch rear cover). -- Nice collectible example of Sempe's classic cartoon work, familiar to New Yorker readers. ISBN 220723861X
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Manhattan Beach

Manhattan Beach

by Jennifer Egan

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First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author on a tipped-in page. A pristine copy of this novel from the Pulitzer winning author of "A Visit From the Good Squad". Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.
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Two Novels by Anthony Powell. Venusberg. Agents & Patients

Two Novels by Anthony Powell. Venusberg. Agents & Patients

by POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000)

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New York: Periscope-Holliday, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine-. First American Edition of two early novels. 8vo: [4],328pp. Publisher's quarter-bound black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slate grey paper-covered boards; dust jacket, priced $4.75, replicating (separately, on front and back panels) Osbert Lancaster's illustrations for the original wrappers. Near Fine (top edge soiled and stained, gilt a bit faded, gift inscription on fly-leaf); about Fine jacket. Lilley A.10. First collected in 1952 by Rinehart for the Periscope Book Shop and Holliday Bookshop in New York; the unsold stock was reissued in 1965 by Little, Brown, Powell's then American publisher (our copy), with publisher's label pasted to jacket's spine panel. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions… Read More
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Christopher Blake

by Hart, Moss

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Random House, 1947. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Book has some toning to the edges; one word previous owner's name to the front free endpaper. The unclipped jacket ($2.50) has light wear to the spine ends /corners and toning to the rear panel. A very good or better copy.
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Palmares

by Jones, Gayl

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Beacon Press, 2021. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected Galleys. Fine in illustrated wraps. By the author of Corregidora.
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The Polynesian Triangle

The Polynesian Triangle

by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert

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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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