Softcover. Greenwich, CT, Fawcett Gold Medal Publishing, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 159 pages. Paperback. Gold Metal Book #813. Cover art by Jerry Powell. Light creasing to paper wrappers.
Softcover. London, Routledge, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 214 pages. Horror fiction has provided our culture with some of its most enduring themes. In examining the cultural apparatus surrounding it, Grixti argues that such narratives raise important questions about the relationship between fiction and society. Clean copy.
Softcover. NY, Little, Brown & Company, reprint, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 237 pages. Clean, unread copy. Originally published in paperback by Fawcett Gold Medal Books, February 1965. To everyone he's every played dice with, Mitch Corley seems like the luckiest guy around. But in truth, Corley's fast hands are the only gift fate's ever given him. He's never held down a steady job, and when it comes to women, his luck might just be the worst of all -- his girlfriend and partner-in-crime Red would double-cross him in a heartbeat if she knew just how short on cash they really were. And if Red ever finds out about the wife Corley neglected to mention, there's a good chance that Corley might not survive the night. At first, Mitch was sure Texas would be the perfect place for him and Red to run their game -- there are players in nearly every back room and side-street across the state and here, the pockets run just a little deeper. But Corley forgot about one thing: Texans don't forgive easily. And there's nothing they hate more than a cheater. Texas by the Tail is a high-spirited, sexy, and ingeniously plotted novel of the grifting life, by a writer who is a virtual encyclopedia of the con, the scam, and the double cross.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 2nd pr., 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 180 pages. Illustrated with 39 grayscale drawings by the author. Ranch life during a severe drought. Stated second printing, $2.50 flap price. Clean copy.
Hardcover. San Antonio TX, The Naylor Company, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A story of a family and their struggle to survive during a harsh drought in Atascosa County, Texas. Several small b&w drawings at chapter headings. Rear fly leaf with residue where envelope was removed. No other library ttraces. name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. London / NY, John Lane / Dodd, Mead & Company, 1st Illust. thus, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with bright gilt design on cover and spine. Contains Frontis, endpapers design and eleven additional black and white illustrations by Frank C. Pape. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. London, Victor Gollancz , 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright yellow dust jacket with light edgewear. Nine fictional characters argue/debate philosophical questions and offer opinions on history and literature. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, James R. Osgood, 1st, 1877, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 158 pages, 4 b&w illustrations by C.S. Reinhart, each with a tissue guard. Green cloth with with black design, gilt lettering on spine, edges stained red. This copy INSCRIBED BY HARTE on a blank prelim page and dated the year of publication. Hinges partially cracked, front fly leaf opened roughly (possibly for inscription on following page), binding a little shaken.
Hardcover. Washington DC, Shoemaker & Hoard, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. That Distant Land brings together twenty-three stories from the Port William Membership. Arranged in their fictional chronology, the book is not an anthology so much as it is a coherent temporal mapping of this landscape over time, revealing Berrys mastery of decades of the life lived alongside this clutch of interrelated characters bound by affection and followed over generations. This volume combines the stories found in The Wild Birds (1985), Fidelity (1992), and Watch with Me (1994), together with a map and a charting of the complex and interlocking genealogies.
Hardcover. NY, Hyperion Books , 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. This copy SIGNED on title page, by Timberlake, with the inscription "Keep loving, keep fighting!/Amy Timberlake"). Pearl and brown boards w/silver spine lettering. A young girl unafraid to fight injustice finds herself in a battle against the richest woman in town. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown & Co., reprint, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 72 pages + advertisements. B/W illustrations/prints by Charlotte Tifffany Parker. Marks/glue from previous bookplates on front and back fly leaves. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Very clean yellow cloth cover with black stamped design on front and title stamped on spine.
Hardcover. London, Faber & Faber, 2nd printing, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 298 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Light edgewear to unclipped dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, S.G. Phillips, 1st US, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 94 pages, illustrated with drawings by Moyra Leatham. Clean copy, dj price-clipped.
Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 387 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON PRELIM-PAGE. Minor rubbing to pictorial dust jacket, else a lovely copy in clear mylar cover. A mystery set in Paris in WWII.
Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 108 pages in color. With all his literary accolades and awards, it's easy to forget Ware (Jimmy Corrigan) is one of the warmest, funniest cartoonists in America. The Acme Novelty Library collects a few issues of Ware's comic book series by the same name and adds plenty of new pages and visual delights. It is, like all of his work, an utterly immersive experience. You're not just reading his comics, you're inhabiting his world: from fake ads to diagrams for paper models to a lengthy and very funny fictional history of the Acme Novelty Company. These strips combine complex and beautiful visuals with the humor of hapless, often sad characters in ridiculous predicaments. "Rusty Brown", a series of strips based around an obsessive collector who will be the subject of Ware's next graphic novel, is particularly strong. These comics showcase Ware's unusual sensitivity towards his characters, building an incisive, multi-dimensional portrait of Brown and his friend Chalky White. On top of all of these riches there is Ware's own personal "history of art" in cartoon form, and a multi-page story about a naked superhero. Combining surreal humor, cutting satire, stunning visuals, and empathic characters, Ware's latest is a wondrous journey into the universe of a master cartoonist in peak form.
Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 108 pages in color. With all his literary accolades and awards, it's easy to forget Ware (Jimmy Corrigan) is one of the warmest, funniest cartoonists in America. The Acme Novelty Library collects a few issues of Ware's comic book series by the same name and adds plenty of new pages and visual delights. It is, like all of his work, an utterly immersive experience. You're not just reading his comics, you're inhabiting his world: from fake ads to diagrams for paper models to a lengthy and very funny fictional history of the Acme Novelty Company. These strips combine complex and beautiful visuals with the humor of hapless, often sad characters in ridiculous predicaments. "Rusty Brown", a series of strips based around an obsessive collector who will be the subject of Ware's next graphic novel, is particularly strong. These comics showcase Ware's unusual sensitivity towards his characters, building an incisive, multi-dimensional portrait of Brown and his friend Chalky White. On top of all of these riches there is Ware's own personal "history of art" in cartoon form, and a multi-page story about a naked superhero. Combining surreal humor, cutting satire, stunning visuals, and empathic characters, Ware's latest is a wondrous journey into the universe of a master cartoonist in peak form.
Hardcover. Burlington VT, Vermont Historical Society, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with gold lettering, design on front cover, 62 pages. Dean was a Professor at the University of Vermont who taught ceative writing. He was the author of many works of historical fiction, including stories about Vermont heroes John Stark and Ethan Allen, and was the founder of the Green Mountain Folkore Society. Two small notations on prelim pages, bookplate on front fly leaf.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, reprint, 1919, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light gray cloth with pictorial design on front in red and black. The Bedtime Story-Books. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf and dated. "Sincerely your friend, Thornton W. Burgess Nov 12, 1919 Chug-a-rum!" Six b&w plates by Harrison Cady. Front hinge cracked, binding shaken. but holding. Some star stickers on front endpapers, Still, a nice early Burgess signature.
Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with $1 on flap. No. 3 in The Smiling Pool Series (per the number on the spine). 206 pages, b&w drawings by Harrison Cady. Copyright 1926 but a later reprint. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, reprint, 1934, Book: Good, Hardcover, light gray boards decorated in red and black.120 pages.. Features 6 black & white plates by Harrison Cady. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket with $1 on flap. No. 18 in The Bedtime Story Book series (per the number on the spine). 189 pages, b&w drawings by Harrison Cady. Copyright 1946 but a later reprint. Light rubbing to dust jacket. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Dodd Mead, reprint, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 275 pages. Black & white illustrations by Kurt Wiese. Slight chipping to top and bottom spine, front corners. Price clipped.
Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with $1 on flap. No. 20 in The Bedtime Story Book series (per the number on the spine). 192 pages, b&w drawings by Harrison Cady. Copyright 1947 but a later reprint. Light rubbing to dust jacket. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket with $1 on flap. No. 8 in The Bedtime Story Book series (per the number on the spine). 192 pages, b&w drawings by Harrison Cady. Copyright 1944 but a later reprint. Edgewear to dust jacket. Clean copy.