Fiction from Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB

Harper & Row, New York, 1982. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. 275 pp. Near Fine/Near Fine. Quarter-bound buff cloth over cinnamon-colored (grin) paper on boards. Cinnamon-colored lettering on spine. Signed and inscribed (as advance copy) to fellow author, Joe Hensley and his wife, Charlotte. Binding solid with barely perceptible spine roll. Internally pristine. Very slight… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 2012. First Edition, First Printing (stated with complete number line). Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Small quarto. 9 1/2 x 6 ½ inches. Publisher's original rust-red paper over board, spine stamped in gilt. Signed by the author on title page. Unclipped dust jacket shows price of $30.00 on front flap. 636 pp. In As New condition, unread,… Read more about this item

New York: Ace Books, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Mass market paperback. Sextodecimo. 6.25 x 4.25 inches. 191 pp. Near Fine in wraps. D-452 at top of spine and upper-left corner of cover, below original price of 35¢. Illustrated wraps. Two slight indents along top edge of back wrap, similar indent along fore-edge, and slight indent along top edge of… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. First Edition, "Second printing before publication." Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.25 x 6.5 inches. 311 pp, numbered alternately. Very Good / Very Good. Association copy. Inscribed by the author on half-title page in the year of publication to friend and fellow writer Joe L. Hensley, "For Joe and Char, All the best, John and Dorothy,… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1982. First U.S. Edition, First Printing (review copy). Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. 7-223 pp. Fine / Fine. Stated "First U.S. Edition" showing full number line. Dust jacket intact, showing price of $11.50. Quarter-bound purple cloth over pale green paper over boards, stamped metallic silver lettering to spine. Text block clean, tight, unmarked,… Read more about this item

Jacksonville, IL: Harris-Wolfe & Co. 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Signed. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. 294 pp. Near Fine / Very Good+. Association copy. Signed by author on half-title, with inscription to science fiction and mystery writer Joe L. Hensley, "Joe, This one is my first baby. – Hugh Zachary". Bound in red cloth over boards, white… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. 185 pp. Near Fine / Very Good+. Original dark green cloth-backed boards with orange lettering on spine. Original dust jacket intact with price of $4.50 on front flap. Very slight edge wear to top and bottom corners of spine, else tight, clean. Dust jacket shows signs of shelf… Read more about this item

London, New English Library, 1988. First UK Edition, First Printing. Signed. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.75 x 5.5 inches. 211 pp. Fine / Near Fine. First UK edition showing price of £11.95. Association copy. Signed by author on front free endpaper, with inscription to science fiction and mystery writer Joe L. Hensley, "To Joe – best wishes From Rambo's Father – David… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Signed. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. 180 pp. Fine / Very Good+. Stated "First Edition" showing full number line. Association copy. Signed by author on front free endpaper with inscription to science fiction and mystery writer Joe L. Hensley, "To Joe Hensley - One of my favorite writers and… Read more about this item

New York: Henry Holt, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. 248 pp. Fine / Fine. Stated first edition showing full number line. Dust jacket intact with price of $16.95 at top of front flap and "0387" at bottom. Quarter bound black cloth over grey paper on board, stamped silver lettering to spine. Text block… Read more about this item

Vancleve, MS: Ramble House, 2001. First (Limited) Edition, First Printing. Softcover. 24mo. 5.75 x 4 inches. 243 pp. Fine / Very Good+. Small softcover in stiff wraps with pictorial dust jacket. "000157" stamped on first front flyleaf. Text block square and tight; interior pristine. Dust jacket shows minor shelf wear. Extremely scarce limited first printing of a novel written in… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1962. Tempo Books Edition, T10. First Printing. Softcover. Sextodecimo. 7 x 4.25 inches. 254 pp. Very Good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market paperback in pictorial wrappers with cover art by Jo Polseno. Edges dyed red. Text block square and tight. Minor rubbing and edgewear to wrappers. Slight browning to pages. School library stamp… Read more about this item

New York: Atheneum, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. 240 pp. Fine / Near Fine. Three-quarter lime green paper over quarter beige cloth, spine bearing stamped foil copper titles; yellow top stain. Pictorial glossy unclipped dust jacket, showing price of $13.95, has 4.5-inch crease on top-inside corner of back flap, 1-inch crease on bottom-inside corner… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Signed. Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 305 pp. Very Good / Near Fine. Association copy. Signed by author on title page, "John D MacDonald Sept 1981," with inscription to friend and fellow writer Joe L. Hensley on front free endpaper, "For Joe and Charlotte, Somebody sent me a… Read more about this item

Huntington Woods, MI: Phantasia Press, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Signed. Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 332 pp. Fine. Lacking dust jacket. Association copy. Signed by author on title page, with inscription to long-time friend and fellow author Joe Hensley: "For Honest Joe my old fishing hole buddy, with undiminished lots of love & affection – Harlan 6… Read more about this item

New York/Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Signed. Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.5 x 6.75 inches. xxvix, 303 pp. Fine / Fine. Association copy. Signed by author on title page (28 Sept 97, Los Angeles), with inscription to long-time friend and fellow author Joe Hensley: "To my long-time pal, the most excellent writer and good friend 'Honest Joe' Hensley!… Read more about this item

Baltimore, MD: Borderlands Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Signed. Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. 239 pp. Fine / Fine in Fine slipcase. Association copy. Number 424 of 1000 signed by author on fly leaf. Post-It laid onto front free endpaper with inscription to long-time friend and fellow author Joe Hensley and wife: "Joe, Char - You might… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. Uncorrected proof. Signed by Harlan Ellison. Softcover. Octavo. 8.25 x 5.25 inches. 229 pp. Fine in plastic protected wraps. Association copy. Proofread by Hensley's long-time friend and fellow author Harlan Ellison. Inscribed and signed by Ellison on front wrap: "Proofread for errors by Harlan Ellison 29 June – 3 August 1994." Inscribed and signed… Read more about this item

New York: Seaview, 1978. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 6 inches. 402 pp. Near Fine / Fine. Association copy. Embossed stamp of gifting owner at lower leading corner of front free endpaper: "Library of Harlan Ellison." Inscription with signature on title page from Ellison to recipient, long-time friend and fellow author Joe Hensley: "A Gift to Joe from… Read more about this item

New York: Bluejay Books, 1984. A Bluejay Special Edition. Signed. Softcover. Octavo. 8.25 x 5.5 inches. 195 pp. Very Good in wraps. Association copy. Signed by author on title page, with inscription to long-time friend and fellow author Joe Hensley: "As always, with love + chum-ness, to Joe." Pictorial wraps. Minor bumping to head of spine and both leading corners… Read more about this item