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New York: Rinehart & Company, 1948. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Advanced Review Copy in self wrappers. A Very Good copy of this scarce edition of Mailer's first novel. Book appears gently read, with concave spine and gentle rubbing to edges of the wraps. Faint odor and mild soiling to book, but no internal markings or major blemishes. A high spot of military literature, the gritty account of a recon platoon scouting an enemy position during WWII. Raoul Walsh directed the 1958 film of the same name starring Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson and Raymond Massey. Additional photos available upon request. Very Good.
Death from a Top Hat by Clayton Rawson - 1938
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Death from a Top Hat
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New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Book in solid and tight with no inscriptions. Blue boards are worn at ends of spine and there is a very slight lean. Inside front board is stained where maybe a bookplate was removed. Book block is tanned, especially on top edge, but pages are clean. Jacket is chipped with a few creases and small areas of loss. Overall an attractive copy. 1at US edition
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The Naked and the Dead (ARC)
by Mailer, Norman
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Introducing Inspector Maigret
by Georges Simenon
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Hurst and Blackett, 1938. Hardcover. Good/Facsimile. Early Edition. Reddish brown boards are worn and bumped and a faded on spine. Front board is cracked. Pages are clean for age with gentle tanning and no inscriptions or major marks. Page block foxed and browned. Print run described as '4th Thousand'. Facsimile dj (a photo copy of a good copy) is bright turqoise blue with italicised title and red image of man in hat. Undated 1937/8 - there are 8 pages of advertisements for books to be released in 1938.
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Moving On
by Larry McMurtry
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Complete Barbara Vine (Signed) first editions
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London: Viking, 1986. First. Near Fine. A collection of Ruth Rendell mysteries, comprising all 14 novels published under her pseudonym of Barbara Vine All are first editions (ie UK firsts) and each is signed by the author All are in Near Fine to Fine condition, with all dust jackets in protective mylar covers An extra 15th volume is a signed proof paperback copy of the US edition of her 10th Barbara Vine book, Grasshopper This collection would make an impressive addition to the library of any Ruth Rendell fan, or a wonderful special occasion gift for that special friend who is a Rendell fan Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE (1930 â€" 2015) was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries She is best known for creating Chief Inspector Wexford A second string of works was a series of unrelated crime novels that explored the psychological background of criminals and their victims This theme was developed further in a third series of novels, published under…
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Gentleman in the Parlour
by Maugham, W Somerset
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The Naked and the Dead (ARC)
by Mailer, Norman
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New York: Rinehart & Company, 1948. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Advanced Review Copy in self wrappers. A Very Good copy of this scarce edition of Mailer's first novel. Book appears gently read, with concave spine and gentle rubbing to edges of the wraps. Faint odor and mild soiling to book, but no internal markings or major blemishes. A high spot of military literature, the gritty account of a recon platoon scouting an enemy position during WWII. Raoul Walsh directed the 1958 film of the same name starring Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson and Raymond Massey. Additional photos available upon request. Very Good.
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by Georges Simenon
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Hurst and Blackett, 1938. Hardcover. Good/Facsimile. Early Edition. Reddish brown boards are worn and bumped and a faded on spine. Front board is cracked. Pages are clean for age with gentle tanning and no inscriptions or major marks. Page block foxed and browned. Print run described as '4th Thousand'. Facsimile dj (a photo copy of a good copy) is bright turqoise blue with italicised title and red image of man in hat. Undated 1937/8 - there are 8 pages of advertisements for books to be released in 1938.
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Moving On
by Larry McMurtry
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First edition, first printing. Signed by McMurtry on the title page. Book is fine with a bit of minor mottling to the top brown colored paper edges. Dust jacket is bright and has very little evidence of wear or age.
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Complete Barbara Vine (Signed) first editions
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London: Viking, 1986. First. Near Fine. A collection of Ruth Rendell mysteries, comprising all 14 novels published under her pseudonym of Barbara Vine All are first editions (ie UK firsts) and each is signed by the author All are in Near Fine to Fine condition, with all dust jackets in protective mylar covers An extra 15th volume is a signed proof paperback copy of the US edition of her 10th Barbara Vine book, Grasshopper This collection would make an impressive addition to the library of any Ruth Rendell fan, or a wonderful special occasion gift for that special friend who is a Rendell fan Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE (1930 â€" 2015) was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries She is best known for creating Chief Inspector Wexford A second string of works was a series of unrelated crime novels that explored the psychological background of criminals and their victims This theme was developed further in a third series of novels, published under…
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Death from a Top Hat
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Death from a Top Hat (a Great Merlini Mystery)
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Death from a Top Hat: A Great Merlini Mystery (An American Mystery Classic)
by Clayton Rawson
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Death from a Top Hat (Library of Crime Classics)
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Death from a Top Hat
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Death from a Top Hat
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Thorndike Press Large Print, 2019. Library Binding. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Death from a Top Hat (Library of Crime Classics)
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Brand: International Polygonics, 0000-00-00. paperback. Used: Good.
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Death From A Top Hat.
by Rawson, Clayton
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New York.: Collier Books., 1962. 286pp. . First Thus. Paperback.. Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Death From a Top Hat (American Mystery Classics)
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Death From a Top Hat (American Mystery Classics) by Clayton RawsonNow retired from the tour circuit on which he made his name, master magician The Great Merlini spends his days running a magic shop in New York's Times Square and his nights moonlighting as a consultant for the NYPD. The cops call him when faced with crimes so impossible that they can only be comprehended by a magician's mind. In the most recent case, two occultists are discovered dead in locked rooms, one spread out on a pentagram, both appearing to have been murdered under similar circumstances. The list of suspects includes an escape artist, a professional medium, and a ventriloquist, so it's clear that the crimes took place in a realm that Merlini knows well. But in the end, it will take his logical skills, and not his magical ones, to apprehend the killer.
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Saint Monkey (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
by Townsend, Jacinda
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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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Bloody Sunrise
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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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Gold
by Eugene O'Neill
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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.
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
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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
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…
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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
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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