The James Bond Dossier by Kingsley Amis - 1965

New American Library, 1965. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Signet, 1966. First Printing. Signet P2960. Very Good condition.

Book. Good+. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A little reading wear and rubbing to covers. Owner signature on inside front cover. Pages are starting to tan. Otherwise a square, tight, unmarked book. 157 pp..

New York: New American Library, 1965. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. New York: New American Library, 1965. Book club edition. 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches: pp. xi, 142, (6). Tan illustrated and photographic, paper dust jacket with brown and blue type. Tan cloth over red boards with purple type on spine. With appendices and reference guide. Dust jacket has edge and corner wear, a few chips and tears, with a small round circle on spine. Small bit of rubbing on edges and corners of boards. Hinge inside front cover has a hint of cracking. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.

Signet, 1966. Softcover. Very Good. P2960, 1st printing

Paperback. Very Good.

NY:: New American Library,. Very Good. 1965. Hardcover. Book club edition. Very good in tan and brick red cloth. No dust jacket. .

New York: New American Library, 1965. Book Club . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 142+'reference guide'; HB brick w/white&blue; lt.rub w/some wear on edges&corners; clean,tight pgs. DJ tan w/brwn.&blue-photocover; rubbed&soiled w/wear on edges&corners; 1x3"chip,tp.edge; 1x1" chip,bttm.spine; some ink on bk. "In this dossier, Amis probes the secret of the secret agent's dazzling success.

Id Tape inside front wrap, plus written name, moderate toning, else content appears as unblemished with good wraps displaying minor surface/edge wear, as shown. In Good shape for age. To Fleming- With Admiration, as one of the "demi-giants" who like Jules Verne or Conan Doyle left an unmistakable imprint on the story of action/intrigue, this critique of his total OEUVRE in the face of many detractors. These have been as international as Bond himself, from Punch to Komsomolskaya Pravda; some have been unreasonably high-minded; and Amis, a s-f devotee and practitioner, is just the man to defend that favorite fantasy figure. This then is an itemized inventory of her majesty's secret servant, his classy tastes, skills, stances, indulgences, of Bond-girls and Bond-villains, and, admittedly, some of the errors and improbabilities which have occurred. As such, it's an entertaining exegesis of the compleat Bond for the complete collector thereof.… Read More

New Holland, 2003. Hardcover. Near Fine/n/a. Two books together, bith unmarked clean copies in velveteen binding

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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… Read More

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.

Beacon Press, 2021. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected Galleys. Fine in illustrated wraps. By the author of Corregidora.

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.