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London: Andrew Melrose. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1918. Hardcover. First Edition in original dust jacket, with the bound in silk marker still present. A beautiful copy of the authors 2nd book. The book is near fine in a VG dust jacket. Dw is unclipped with some minor edgewear and chipping, in particular around the top of the spine. Now housed in a removal plastic covering. NF in VG dw. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Psycho (Custom Clamshell Case) by Robert Bloch - 1959
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New York: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Psycho is a 1959 Horror novel and one of the most influential horror books of the 20th century. The book can probably claim to being the founder of serial killer fiction genre. Most famous off course for the 1960 film adaption by Alfred Hitchcock telling the story of Norman Bates, the caretaker of an isolated motel who struggles under his domineering mother. Based on real life murderer Ed Gein. A fine to very fine book, some toning to the pages, but much less so than normally found. A fine to very fine, unclipped jacket. No obvious defects. Now with a clear protective cover. The book comes with a custom cloth clamshell with a leather spine label. Provenance: From the remarkable collection of Theodore B Baum. This book qualifies for our free worldwide shipping using a tracked courier service. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Music, Deep Rivers in My Soul (Signed by Maya Angelou, Dean Mitchell & Wynton Marsalis)
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New York: The Limited Editions Club. New. 2003. Limited Edition. Hardcover. A unique publication for The Limited Editions Club, with this also being the first edition, written specifically for the members of LEC. Dean Mitchell provides 3 color etchings for the book. Wynton Marsalis brings a 3rd dimension, who composed a 30min interpretation of Angelou's as a celebration of Jazz. A CD of the composition, which includes Maya Angelou reading her poem is included in a special compartment of the case. The book was very well received by critics, Michael Kimmelman from the New York Times, dedicated almost the entire front page of the April 26th 2002 edition to Mitchell's art. Book comes in one volume 23 x 20 inches, with a CD by Wynton Marsalis and Maya Angelou. This copy being #249 of 400, signed by Angelou, Mitchell and Marsalis. Slipcase in NF condition, with a small mark on the front cover. Book as new. Laid in is the original Monthly Newsletter #592 and the LEC invoice for $4000.…
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Cloud on Silver
by John Christopher
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Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. A VG+ book, small dealer sticker in back end papers and small pencil price in front. Top corner of front board with a small bump, book otherwise internally clean and fine. Clipped dust jacket, very minor wear and bright, NF or better with a protective acetate cover. VG+ book in a NF clipped jacket. .
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Naked Lunch
by William Burroughs
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New York: Grove Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1959. 1st US; First Printing. Hardcover. First Printing stated on the copyright page, Burroughss breakout book. A very nice copy, the book is close to Near Fine, with a bit of darkening to the gilding of the spine. Slight foxing on text block. Jacket has a bit of wear at the spine ends and along the joint between the spine and the front panel, especially at the top. One of only 3500 copies of the first printing. NF / NF overall and jacket now with a protective removable acetate cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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The Tide Went Out
by Charles Eric Maine
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London: Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. "Nuclear tests cause the oceans to drain away under the Earth's crust. A stiff-upper-lipped British disaster novel of the old school, and one of Maine's better books. Following the drought of 1976, it was revised and reissued in the UK as THIRST!" - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition. P. 373. Book is about VG+, square with just slight fading to the spine. Small pencil price in front, but otherwise internally clean and in fine condition. VG dust jacket, unclipped, but with new price added in pen. Some general chipping and edgewear. Dampstain visible and bottom of jacket, mostly seen from inside, but covering a fair section of the bottom. Collectable copy of this scarce title ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 190 pages .
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London: Andrew Melrose. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1918. Hardcover. First Edition in original dust jacket, with the bound in silk marker still present. A beautiful copy of the authors 2nd book. The book is near fine in a VG dust jacket. Dw is unclipped with some minor edgewear and chipping, in particular around the top of the spine. Now housed in a removal plastic covering. NF in VG dw. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Music, Deep Rivers in My Soul (Signed by Maya Angelou, Dean Mitchell & Wynton Marsalis)
by Maya Angelou
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New York: The Limited Editions Club. New. 2003. Limited Edition. Hardcover. A unique publication for The Limited Editions Club, with this also being the first edition, written specifically for the members of LEC. Dean Mitchell provides 3 color etchings for the book. Wynton Marsalis brings a 3rd dimension, who composed a 30min interpretation of Angelou's as a celebration of Jazz. A CD of the composition, which includes Maya Angelou reading her poem is included in a special compartment of the case. The book was very well received by critics, Michael Kimmelman from the New York Times, dedicated almost the entire front page of the April 26th 2002 edition to Mitchell's art. Book comes in one volume 23 x 20 inches, with a CD by Wynton Marsalis and Maya Angelou. This copy being #249 of 400, signed by Angelou, Mitchell and Marsalis. Slipcase in NF condition, with a small mark on the front cover. Book as new. Laid in is the original Monthly Newsletter #592 and the LEC invoice for $4000.…
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Cloud on Silver
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Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. A VG+ book, small dealer sticker in back end papers and small pencil price in front. Top corner of front board with a small bump, book otherwise internally clean and fine. Clipped dust jacket, very minor wear and bright, NF or better with a protective acetate cover. VG+ book in a NF clipped jacket. .
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Naked Lunch
by William Burroughs
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New York: Grove Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1959. 1st US; First Printing. Hardcover. First Printing stated on the copyright page, Burroughss breakout book. A very nice copy, the book is close to Near Fine, with a bit of darkening to the gilding of the spine. Slight foxing on text block. Jacket has a bit of wear at the spine ends and along the joint between the spine and the front panel, especially at the top. One of only 3500 copies of the first printing. NF / NF overall and jacket now with a protective removable acetate cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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The Tide Went Out
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London: Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. "Nuclear tests cause the oceans to drain away under the Earth's crust. A stiff-upper-lipped British disaster novel of the old school, and one of Maine's better books. Following the drought of 1976, it was revised and reissued in the UK as THIRST!" - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition. P. 373. Book is about VG+, square with just slight fading to the spine. Small pencil price in front, but otherwise internally clean and in fine condition. VG dust jacket, unclipped, but with new price added in pen. Some general chipping and edgewear. Dampstain visible and bottom of jacket, mostly seen from inside, but covering a fair section of the bottom. Collectable copy of this scarce title ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 190 pages .
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Psycho: A Novel.
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Psycho
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PSYCHO . ( Film / Movie Adaption ; Norman Bates ; Crest Book # S385; SCREAMING JANET LEIGH AND ROCKING CHAIR ON COVER 1ST SLASHER MOVIE );
by BLOCH, ROBERT. (Sam Moskowitz notes);
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Canada: Crest Book, 1962. Book. Illus. by PHOTO Cover. GOOD, Decent Reading Copy. Soft cover. Third Edition by Publisher.. 159 page. "Norman Bates will never die . You remeber Norman - the shy motel manager with the fatal mother fixation. Now, years after his bout of butchery that horrified the world, Norman Bates is at large again, breaking free from the psycho ward, cutting a shocking swath of blood all the way to Hollywood - where, so it happens, they are making a movie about Norman;s life and crimes. A movie that suddenly and terridying becomes a lot like real life. PSYCHO "; >> Heavy Cover creasing; backcover staining; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Psycho: A Novel
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Psycho : A Novel
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Psycho (Bloomsbury Film Classics)
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Trafalgar Square, 1997-03-20. Paperback. New. We ship each business day; Tracking provided. New paperback book.
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Psycho: A Novel
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Psycho New Edition (Penguin Readers (Graded Readers))
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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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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
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
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.
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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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