Rare books from Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB

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 his pal, Harlan Ellison 19 Feb 87." Red textured paper on board. Gold lettering on spine. White endpapers. Minor shelf wear to lower edges of boards and heel of spine. Small bumps to leading lower tips of both boards. Curved crease across spine 1 inch below crown. Text block square and tight. Interior pristine. Dust jacket now in archival protective cover. Author's second book.

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 by Ellison on half title: "For Joe! A memento of our ongoing 40+ year friendship. Yr. pal, Harlan 3 August 94 Los Angeles." Inscribed by Ellison on title page: "Terrific book overall!" and "Joe – Jim Carlos is a great character! More, please! With Daggert as his 'sidekick.'" Ellison's dog-earring and proofreading markups throughout, else Fine. Scarce thus.

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 want to check the dedication page on this new 1st H.C. edition. - he." Dedication page reads: "For years of friendship, For forcing open doors and, Busting out windows, This one, with love, for Joe L. and Charlotte Hensley." Blue cloth, silver stamped on front board and spine. Light blue endpapers. Text block square and tight. Interior pristine. Dust jacket unclipped. Includes 16 tales.

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 tear sheet of Don's article in GAMES saying 'This guy will write for ANYBODY!' Am soon sending you a fantastic pic of Nussbaum, with a letter. Best, John and Dorothy." Three-quarter light blue paper over quarter dark blue cloth on board, spine bearing stamped foil silver titles. Slightly canted, very light shelf wear, slight bumping at top and bottom of spine, outer corners front and back slightly rubbed, three-quarter inch crease at top of leaf 149/150, else Very Good. Glossy pictorial dust jacket has light browning along top-inside edge, slightly bumped at top and bottom of spine, else Near Fine with price of $15.95 unclipped. Dust jacket now in archival… Read More

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 of back flap, and minor bump at the top-front corner of spine. Dust jacket now in archival protective cover. Hiaasen's second novel. Co-written with Pulitzer Prize nominee and fellow Miami Herald staffer William Montalbano. Complimentary copy distributed by publisher prior to publication date, review material laid in.

New York: Harper and Row, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Signed. Hardcover. Thin quarto. 11.25 x 8.75 inches. 40 pp (unpaginated). Near Fine / Good+. Inscribed in pencil, with full signature in ink, and dated by author on front free endpaper recto, "to Peter, hello!, Maurice Sendak, Nov.'73." Publisher's original oatmeal linen binding with circular color pictorial onlay to front board. Light brown endpapers. Fully illustrated in color by author. Full color pictorial dust jacket has all points present (per Hanrahan) for first issue: front flap clipped on bottom corner, price of $4.95 intact at top, 1070 at bottom left; seven titles listed on rear flap. Silver Caldecott Honor Book sticker on front dust jacket panel, indicating that this copy was not distributed until after the award was given. Binding tight and square. Case has sharp tips and no edge wear. Boards clean with exception of a small smudge at lower center of front board and a small spot of stain at the center of the top edge of the… Read More

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1904. First Edition. Signed. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. 123 pp (unpaginated). Good-. No dust jacket as issued. Inscribed with original poem and signed by author on front free endpaper. Original publisher's olive-green cloth binding. Floral decorations stamped on front board and spine. Lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Foredge deckled. Sewn binding. Printed on heavy, coated paper. Illustrated with 67 black and white photographs by Leigh Richmond Miner of the Hampton Institute Camera Club. Each page bordered with art nouveau floral decorations in dusty peach by Margaret Armstrong. Case has edge, shelf, and corner rubbing. Corners bumped. Circular water stain in center of upper board. Bump to foot of text block fore edge. Case and endpapers separated from text block. Text block cracked and shaken. Stitching tender. Endpapers browned. Grubby finger soiling to many pages. All elements present. Inscription in Dunbar's hand (see photo) is a short seasonal poem not… Read More

Hong Kong: The East Society, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Quarto. 8.5 x 11.75 inches. 134 pp. Near Fine / Very Good. Bound in publisher's original illustrated stiff wraps with clear plastic dust cover. Sewn binding. Illustrated throughout with 129 black & white reproductions and one two-panel color reproduction. Edited and published by Kao Ling-mei. Text in English and Chinese. English text by Yao Hsin-nung. Text includes Foreword, Gems of Professor Chang Dai-Chien's Talks on Painting, and Chronological Notes. Top and leading edges of text block lightly foxed. Binding excellent. Original plastic dust cover lightly rubbed with some pitting and scoring. Former owners' names and date written in blue ink on copyright page (in position of title page, due to reverse Chinese format). "#104" in marker and scar of sticker removal on Chinese copyright page (verso of "front" wrap). Else, no internal markings.

New Milford, CT: Angros Publishers, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Thick quarto. 11.25 x 8.75 inches. Fine / Fine. 1732 pp. Turquoise leatherette on board with gold lettering on front board and spine. Signatured, stitched, and glued. Original unclipped dust jacket showing price of $129.95. Profusely illustrated with photos and drawings by the author. Dust jacket now in archival protective sleeve.Learn a bit about this book on YouTube. "Geraldine Rosato - Encyclopedia of the Modern Elongated by Angelo A. Rosato" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ipbb6gn6sI&ab_channel=ZachEdick

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1922. First Edition (stated), Third Printing. Hardcover. Sextodecimo. 6.75 x 4 inches. 124 pp. Very Good+. No dust jacket as issued. Black imitation leather over board. Title and publisher gilt-stamped on spine. Slightly cocked. Early owner's name and address inked on front free endpaper, else pages clean and unmarked. "A Selection of Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Fifth Roots and Powers, Circumferences and Areas of Circles, Logarithms of Numbers, Logarithms of the Trigonometric Functions, and the Natural Trigonometric Functions."

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1974. First Softcover Edition, First Printing with complete number line. Signed. Softcover. Sextodecimo. 7 x 5.25 inches. 167 pp. Very Good. Small softcover in pictorial wraps. Flat signed and dated by the author on front flyleaf: "Harlan Hubbard, Payne Hollow, Ky., April 1980." Hand illustrations by the author throughout. Text block square and tight. Minor edgewear to wraps. Light foxing to text block edges and front and rear illustrated flyleaves. Previous owner's name and year inked on inside of front wrap, else interior free of markings. Extremely scarce softcover issued concurrently with first hardcover printing.

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 to top and bottom edges and versos of front and back wrappers, else free of markings. Extremely scarce early softcover issue.

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 wear at top and bottom of spine, rubbing in spots, a one-centimeter closed tear and one-centimeter crease in a corner of the spine. Light browning at front hinge and to head of dust jacket flaps. Published by Doubleday for the Crime Club. Harry Patterson's second book to be published in the U.S. under the pen name, Jack Higgins. Also published as The Sicilian Heritage. Dust jacket now in archival protective cover.

New York: Basic Books, 1979. First Edition, Eleventh Printing. Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. [5], vi-xxi, [3], 3-777, [1] pp. Very Good+ / Very Good+. Gilt spine-titled brown cloth on board. Unclipped dust jacket, showing price of $18.50. Top edge of case slightly faded. Front board slightly bowed. Dust jacket spine slightly creased at head and faded with some fading along left edge of front panel. Dust jacket now in protective archival cover. 1980 Pulitzer Prize-winning "metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll" published when the author was still an Assistant Professor at Indiana University.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1952. Printed at The Riverside Press. First Edition. Hardcover. Thin quarto. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. 122 pages. Very Good+. Lacking dust jacket. Illustrated by Lisl Weil. Yellow cloth on board. Green lettering and illustration on front board, with green lettering on spine. Binding tight and square. Case very lightly soiled with bottom edges of both lower tips rubbed through (no bumping). Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, else clean and unmarked throughout. Some pages age toned. Upper corners dog-eared on pages 87/88 and 89/90. This extremely rare children's book, printed at The Riverside Press, was written by renowned American historian Henry Steele Commager, who helped define modern liberalism in the United States with 40 books and 700 essays and reviews, and illustrated by Lisl Weil, an Austrian-American graphic artist associated with the Zinkenbacher Malerkolonie.