Search Results: Literature from JB Books

New York: Random House, 1980. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). Novel set in a boardinghouse in 1939 rural New Jersey, of four people experiencing comedies, torments, pleasures of family, romance, and sex, while on vacation from Brooklyn and the Great Depression. Hardcover with dust jacket, 211pp., small remainders mark. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2001. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A mystery-suspense novel involving a family's tragedies and a boy discovering - and acting on - the uncovering of true events surrounding them. Hardcover with dust jacket, 304pp. A vey nice copy. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Port Angeles: Howard M. Tomlinson, 1980. Book. Illus. by Anna Siegeris-Mead. Very Good+. Wraps. Signed and Inscribed By Author. First Edition.. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by author. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A collection of the author's poems and verse relating to 'Sprites' and 'Little People' as known, experienced, or legendized or mythologized about, in Ireland and the Isle of Man. Wraps, contains illustrations, 31pp. A nice copy. Very rare, especially as signed-inscribed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974. Book. Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. The classic of American literature, detailing the adventures and dangerous pastimes of the well-known youthful character Huck Finn during the early post Civil War period, his friends, the rural life, much more. With an introduction by Lionel Trilling. Wraps, with period book advertisements, 293pp., book shows light general wear, a few pages show small pencil or pen marks. A good reading and working copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Port Angeles: Howard M. Tomlinson, 1980. Book. Illus. by Anna Siegeris-Mead. Near Fine. Wraps. Signed and Inscribed By Author. First Edition.. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by author. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. The second volume of the author's poems and verse relating to 'Sprites' and 'Little People' as known, experienced, or legendized or mythologized about, in England and Wales. Wraps, contains illustrations, 33pp. A nice copy. Very rare, especially as signed-inscribed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City: Junior Deluxe Editions, 1954. Book. Illus. by Richard M. Powers. Near Fine. Hardcover. BCE. Adapted for children's reading and illustrated throughout, the classic American children's novel of a boy and his friends and adventures in the pre-Civil War American heartland. Hardcover, 271pp. A nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Port Angeles: Howard M. Tomlinson, 1980. Book. Illus. by Anna Siegeris-Mead. Near Fine. Wraps. Signed and Inscribed By Author. First Edition.. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by author. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. The third volume of the author's poems and verse relating to 'Sprites' and 'Little People' as known, experienced, or legendized or mythologized about, in Scotland and the 'Northern Isles'. Wraps, contains illustrations, 33pp. A nice copy. Very rare, especially as signed-inscribed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Baronet Books, 1989. Book. Illus. by Pablo Marcos Studio. Very Good-. Hardcover. First Edition (thus).. Adapted for children's reading and illustrated throughout, the classic American children's novel of a boy and his friends and adventures in the pre-Civil War American heartland. Hardcover, 238pp., table of contents page excised. A good reading copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Scholastic Inc. Book. Good-. Soft cover. Eighth Printing. The classic of American literature, detailing the adventures and dangerous pastimes of the well-known youthful character Huck Finn during the early post Civil War period, his friends, the rural life, much more. Softcover, contains biographical note on Twain, 372pp., book shows mild general wear. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

New York: Crown Publishers Inc., 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). Novel of a major earthquake hitting New York City, and the many interesting characters trying to pull their lives together in the immediate few days of its aftermath. Hardcover with dust jacket, 435pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Viking Press, 1991. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. Novel set in Santa Fe, New Mexico, of a flamboyant but idealistic defense lawyer thrust into a controversial case involving motorcycle gang members and a grisly murder, that tests his personal convictions. Hardcover with dust jacket, 423pp. A nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Avenel Books, 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printing. Five classic complete and unabridged classic Agatha Christie detective novels in one volume. Hardcover with dust jacket, 698pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1962. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. First Printing of the First Edition (stated). A remarkable novel of Chinese orphans struggling to survive in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, they eventually coming to do well with successes in business and in finding love- until the deadly Mr. Kim enters their lives. Hardcover with dust jacket, 242pp. A very nice copy, the d.j. neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Very rare, especially in this condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Arco Publishing Company Inc., 1950. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition (?).. An unusual novel of a lady of the American South and her interesting views and habits relating to the opposite sex, love, romance, and lust. Edition and printing not given; first? Hardcover, 235pp., boards corners and edges show light edgewear. Extremely rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Trade Edition (stated).. Novel of airline safety and some horrific accidents, how various personalities deal with the disasters and try to prevent future ones, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, 351pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. Suspense murder mystery novel of a college senior accused of murdering her English professor, all the evidence pointing to it, but she has no memory of the crime. Hardcover with dust jacket, 302pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Avon Books, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). Novel of a beaufitul, high-spirited 'tomboy' girl seeing her father's ranch given to her older brother, she then setting out to fiercely prove she is more than a mere woman - and a handsome 'dude' she meets who sees to find his father's killer. Love results, along with combined talents in the investigation. Hardcover with dust jacket, 370pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Fawcett Crest, 1975. Ex-Library. Very Good-. Soft cover. Later Printing. The classic pacifist novel by the German-Jewish writer, of ordinary German troops fighting a seemingly pointless war on the 'Western Front' in France during World War One, highly condemnatory of war and fighting and the sending of mere boys to die in the false names of patriotism, honor, and heroism. Translated from the German by A. W. Wheen. Softcover, 256pp., book shows light general wear. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch, Publishers, 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). Novel set in the 1950s, of television quiz shows that are 'fixed', with corrupt contestants and naive, gullible viewers. Hardcover with dust jacket, 294pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). An historical novel set in 1850s Illinois, involving a young woman finding her way through the minefield of the issues of the day - especially slavery - and her ultimate immersion into the 'Bloody Kansas' abolitionist events. Hardcover with dust jacket, 452pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.