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New York: Random House, 1959. Book. Illus. by Sam March (dust jacket design). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Small octavo. Humes's second novel, following 'The Underground City,' both of which led to his being considered by Esquire magazine as having the same promise as two obscure guys named Updike and Styron (whoever they are). Anyway, he met a guy named Leary who introduced him to a little substance known as LSD, and after seriously indulging his fondness for the hallucinogen he became a trifle paranoid and a bit delusional, which pretty much ended his writing career. Humes was co-founder (with Peter Matthiessen and George Plimpton) of The Paris Review. He died of prostate cancer in 1992. Black cloth w/gilt lettering, 184 pages. Mildly cocked, light general wear, in price-clipped dust jacket w/light rubbing, light edgewear, creases to fore-edges of both flaps..
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UK: Hodder & Stoughton, 1997. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. ****First Edition**** A very nice hardcover first edition, first printing with very clean tight pages having no inscriptions. The priced jacket has minimal shelf wear. Will be wrapped in polyfoam before being shipped in a strong cardboard box.
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Men Die
by Humes, H.L. (Harold Louis)
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Fat City
by Gardner, Leonard
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1969 first edition, third printing. A modern classic, somewhat hard to find.Conditions of the book and dust jacket are Near Fine, with no significant condition issues. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It is protected in a new mylar cover.
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Gold
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The Wrong Reader's Guide to Cormac McCarthy: All The Pretty Horses
by Peter Josyph
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First Edition. First Printing. A run of only 50 copies, 30 of which are numbered and signed by the author and available here. 267 pages, a fine paperback with an original cover painting by the author ink printed on Breathing Color Velvet, interior pages on Cougar with 14 color illustrations, also by the author. Ivesian Arts Publishing's premiere offering. The Wrong Reader's Guide to Cormac McCarthy: All the Pretty Horses is an impassioned tribute to one of the most popular and enduring novels by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy.From his provocative reflection on the importance of McCarthy's dramatic prose-poetry in "How Cormac McCarthy Saved Civilization," to close readings of small moments that open up worlds of discovery, Josyph changes our perspective on this seminal work by one of our greatest living authors. In what he calls "a reader's memoir," Josyph invites noted McCarthy scholars such as Marty Priola and Wesley Morgan, as well as McCarthy's award-winning Portuguese… Read More
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CARSON OF VENUS Argosy Magazine Jan- Feb 1938 Custom Display Case
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Please note that the listing is for a Slipcase only. Contact Me for Custom Slipcases made to order. Each slipcase is individually hand made from the highest quality materials using time honored traditional techniques, and it is important to note that there are no acidic glues, resins, or epoxy mixes in their construction. Any paper and cloth products used are also acid free. Please note that this case has been designed to fit the 1st Edition / 1st Printing of the title and other copies are not guaranteed to fit. Specifications - 1st Edition 1st Printing Custom Slipcase - 1/4 Inch Moisture Resistant Customwood 300 gsm Textured Cardstock - Cloth lining - Titebond non-toxin original wood glue.. Slipcase Only. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Slipcase.
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Nemarluk : King of the Wilds
by Ion L. Idriess
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Angus & Robertson, Sydney, Australia, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 221 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Angus & Robertson, Sydney, Australia, 1941. First Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australiana; Inventory No: 09120299..
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Men Die
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The Acme Novelty Library Number for Winter 1994-5 4th Issue Volume 3. Sparky's Best Comics and Stories.
by WARE, Chris
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Chicago / Seattle: Acme Novelty Library / Fantagraphics, 1994. Signed by Chris Ware. First edition / First printing. Oversize illustrated stapled cardstock covers. 11" x 13.75 Fine. Issued without dust jacket, Mylar jacket supplied.
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CHILDREN OF THE DARK.
by SHULMAN, Irving.
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Holt, 1956. FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. The book is fine. The dust jacket is lightly worn and has has an internally repaired tear on the front flyfold. Basis for the film REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE.
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The Stone Diaries.
by SHIELDS, Carol.
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New York: Viking, 1994. First U.S. edition / First printing. White cloth spine, ivory paper-covered boards. Fine in a price-clipped, fine dust jacket. Winner of the Pulitzer prize. Winner of the Governor General's Award.
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In the Garden of Iden
by Baker, Kage
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In the Garden of Iden
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In the Garden of Iden
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New York: Harcourt Brace. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0340708255 . Cover Art; This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. This is the author's first book & the First book in The Company series. "And now the news. And it's grim, we regret to say: today England's first official victim of the Counter-Reformation was burnt at Smithfield. John Rogers, Canon of Saint Paul's, longtime Reformation agitator and translator of the Matthew Bible, died in the presence of his wife and children in a ceremony lasting twenty-five minutes." "She is best known for her "Company" series of historical time travel science fiction. Her first stories were published in Asimov's Science Fiction in 1997, and her first novel, In the Garden of Iden, by Hodder & Stoughton in…
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In the Garden of Iden
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Hodder Education Group. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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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)
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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Gold
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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
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
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
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
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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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