The Goodhues of Sinking Creek (Signed 1st Printing) by W. R. Burnett - 1934

Harper & Brothers; New York, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Without dust jacket. Hand-set in Weiss Antiqua by Arthur and Edna Rushmore at the Golden Hind Press, Madison, New Jersey." Sold as a good reading copy only of this first edition. Large octavo, 9 2/3" tall, frontispiece + 88 pages + 4 illustrated plates, beige quarter-cloth. In good condition overall, but the binding is shaken, the hinges cracked, text paper light to moderately yellowed, exterior is foxed and worn through to boards at all fore-corners. Without dustjacket.

Harper & Brothers. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket (fiction) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Harper & Brothers, 1934-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 9x6x0. Acceptable first edition first printing in acceptable dust jacket. Water stained on dust jacket and throughout book. Protected in a clear attractive Mylar cover. We use quality packaging materials.

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1934. 1st Trade Edition. Hardcover. Woodcuts; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The spine ends, corners and edges of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. There is noticeable bumping with some paper loss to the corners of the book covers. The top front spine joint of the book cover has a splotch of ground-in dirt, and the spine, with it's cloth cover, has some light, but noticeable finger and ground-in dirt. The inside front spine hinge has cracking. The text pages are clean and bright. The woodcut illustrations are by J. J. Lankes. "Lankes worked primarily in the woodcut medium and had studios, at various times, in both Gardenville, New York and Hilton Village in Newport News, Virginia. His works, numbering about thirteen hundred, helped elevate woodblock prints beyond illustrations in commercial productions to recognition as a fine art. His work was heavily influenced by the Arts and… Read More

New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1934, 88p. + [1, (colophon)]. First trade edition. Cloth backed octavo, without publisher's dustwrapper. Illustrated with five full-page illustrations from woodcuts by J. J. Lankes. Printed by the Golden Hind Press in Madison, New Jersey. Trifle binding wear with light soil, outermost corner tips with wear; a very good clean copy. First published by Scribner's under the title "Hard Wood," a short novel set at the outset of the American Civil War; a story of murder and revenge. Burnett's Dark Command (1938) also recounted an episode occurring during the American Civil War. Burnett was best known for his novels Iron Man and his books-into-film crime classic, Little Caesar.

Harper & Brothers, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. J.J. Lankes Woodcuts. Printed by The Golden Hind Press and bound in half cloth and papercovered boards with title label. A clean, unmarked copy in a Mylar jacket.

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1934. First Edition, First Printing; dj w/lite toning,1" paper loss at spione panel, unclipped price, in mylar;cream c w/blue boards, paper spine label; 88 clean, unmarked pages. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by J.J. Lankes Woodcuts. 8 Vo.

New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Beige cloth over green paper-covered boards, paper spine label. Stated first edition. Board edges/corners lightly rubbed. Bit of mesh showing at front hinge. Top edge dusty. Jacket in mylar with $1.50 price lightly toned, moreso at spine, chipped at spine ends, with small open tear at spine center. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-250. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1934. 88 pages. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ has closed tears present to the edges of the DJ). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities (bump present to the heel of the spine). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. First published by Scribner's under the title "Hard Wood," a short novel set at the outset of the American Civil War; a story of murder and revenge. Burnett's Dark Command (1938) also recounted an episode occurring during the American Civil War. Burnett was best known for his novels Iron Man and his books-into-film crime classic, Little Caesar. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.