Search Results: Titles starting with N from Second-handSOME BOOKS

VERY GOOD — DUST JACKET: Wear & tear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Minor chipping to top and bottom of spine, primarily top. Very minor chipping to top and bottom outside corners, front. Stressing along fold, front flap. One and ½ inch closed tear, top edge, back panel. BOARDS: Very good condition. No issues. BOOK: Very good condition. Nice topstain. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.Here on offer is a very nice copy of William Burroughs controversial book: Naked Lunch. Its' a true 1st American edition, 1st printing of the work published by Grove Press in 1959. The original dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Brodart sleeve.*********************************************************
"Say hello to Bradley the Buyer, the best narcotics agent in the business. Check yourself into the hospital where Dr Benway works - but don't expect adrenalin if you need it (the night porter shot it up for kicks). Meet Dr Fingers' Schafer, the Lobotomy Kid, and… Read More

VERY GOOD condition — DUST JACKET: Minor wear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. BOARDS: Minor rubbing to top and bottom edges. BOOK: Minor foxing to textblock head. Please inspect photos closely for condition details. Any questions: please ask.Here on offer is a very nice copy of James Lee Burke's first novel of crime fiction, The Neon Rain, introducing detective Dave Robicheaux and his forays through the mean streets of New Orleans. This copy if a true 1st trade edition, 1st printing published by Henry Holt & Co. in 1988. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.**************************************************************"The outstanding first book in the ever-popular Dave Robicheaux series.""Introducing the New Orleans detective Dave Robicheaux.Johnny Massina, a convicted murderer bound for the electric chair, has warned Dave Robicheaux that he's on somebody's hit list, and now the homicide detective is trying to discover just who that is before… Read More

VERY GOOD+ condition — Tight binding. Crisp exterior. Clean, umarked pages. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.
This text was featured in the Easton Press series Great Books of the 20th Century. Published in 2000, bound in handsome Black leather, and strikingly illustrated by Richard Sparks, this edition would be a worthy addendum to your collectible books library.
Specifics of this series from the Easton Press website:
* Fully and tightly bound in genuine leather* 22kt gold accents deeply inlaid on the "hubbed" spine.* * Heavy duty binding boards... .* Superbly printed on acid-neutral paper... .* Sewn pages – not just glued like ordinary books.* ...moiré endpages and a satin-ribbon page marker.* Gilded page ends.
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" 'Night' is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel, Elie's wife… Read More

VERY GOOD condition — DUST JACKET: Wear & tear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Minor chipping to top and bottom of spine and corners of same. Minor chipping to outside corners at folds, both panels. Wear and rubbing to laminate face and folds, front panel; small open tear to upper outside edge of same. Light soiling to back panel. Very minor foxing to top of back flap. Several tears mended on reverse with archival tape. In first 2 pics, paper insert placed inside for improved appearance. BOARDS: Very good condition. Crown and foot of spine soft. Smalll dent to lower right edge of spine. Lightly scuffed corners. Small bump/abrasion to outside upper edge, front. Shelf rubbing to bottom edge, back. BOOK: Very good condition. A couple of small stains to textblock head. Textblock separation from spine. Slightly shaken binding. Please inspect photos, and read description carefully for condition details.
Here on offer is a very nice copy of Walter Lord's non-fiction chronicle of… Read More

VERY GOOD — DUST JACKET: Wear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. BOARDS: Very good condition. No issues. BOOK: Very good condition. Small personalized bookplate affixed to FFEP. Please inspect photos closely for conidtion details.
Here on offer is a very nice copy of Doris Kearns Goodwin's Pulitzer Prize-winning work, No Ordinary Time, an historical, biographical book of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during the War years, illustrated with period photos. This copy is a 1st trade edition, 1st printing of the work published by Simon & Schuster in 1994, and INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title page. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.
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"Doris Kearns Goodwin's Pulitzer Prize–winning classic about the relationship between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, and how it shaped the nation while steering it through the Great Depression and the outset of World War II.
With an… Read More