Hardcover. Lexington, University Press of Kentucky, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, paper-covered boards, 172 pages. One of the most innovative films ever made, Sam Peckinpah's motion picture The Wild Bunch was released in 1969. From the outset, the film was considered controversial because of its powerful, graphic, and direct depiction of violence, but it was also praised for its lush photography, intricate camera work, and cutting-edge editing. Peckinpah's tale of an ill-fated, aging outlaw gang bound by a code of honor is often regarded as one of the most complex and impactful Westerns in American cinematic history. The issues dealt with in this groundbreaking film-violence, morality, friendship, and the legacy of American ambition and compromise-are just as relevant today as when the film first opened. To acknowledge the significance of The Wild Bunch, this collection brings together some of the leading Peckinpah scholars and critics to examine what many consider to be the director's greatest work. The book's nine essays cover an array of topics. Explored are the function of violence in the film and how its depiction is radically different from what is seen in other movies, the background of the film's production, the European response to the film's view of human nature, and the strong sense of the Texas/Mexico milieu surrounding the film's action. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.Color photos by the author. "With understanding and attention to detail, Ms. Krementz introduces us to Josh and his activties, capturing his energy and enthusiasm in full-color photographs, while Josh's own words tell us about learning to play the trumpet, and why he enjoys it so much." Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, W.W. Norton & Company, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. B&w illustrations by Lonette Reisie. The author's grandmother's story about walking on an iceberg in the Baltic Sea.

Hardcover. NY, Philomel, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 191 pages. "As her all black high school becomes more racially mixed, Talley befriends a white girl who shares her passion for running and becomes romantically involved with a drug dealer ." Dust jacket art by the Dillons. Clean.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1st US thus., 1898, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 421 pages. With black & white illustrations. Red cloth cover with gilt title and illustration on front. Spine slightly faded, embossed title complete. First U.S. edition with both titles in one volume.

Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 1st US, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 391 pages, dust jacket price-clipped, light edgewear. Light residue on rear endpapers. A Word Child charts the trials and tribulations of the title character, the "word child", Hilary Burde as he attempts to recover from his troubled past.

NY, Beaufort Books, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Enroute to his grandparents in Vermont in search of some answers, a lonely teenage hitchiker meets Hannah who claims she is a witch. Hannah is dying and searching for her own special cure. They join forces, and Joey is suddenly swept into a dangerous and fantastic world of magic and miracles as they comb the silent New England countryside. 140 pages, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Dial, 6th pr., 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 130 pages. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Martin Secker, 1st UK, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 312 pages, plus 8 pages of publisher's ads in rear. Covers with 2 small bumps to brown cloth, otherwise, very clean and tight.

Hardcover. NY , Century Co., 1st, 1907, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Color frontispiece, 24 black & white plates by C.M. Relyea. Previous owner's signature front fly leaf. Excellent condition.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, reprint , 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color frontispiece, b&w drawings by Corwin K. Linson. 90 pages in decorated yellow cloth with light soil.

Hardcover. NY, Mysterious Press , 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. This first American edition of collected true-crime pieces from the '50s and '60s by the master author of Epitaph for a Spy, Journey Into Fear, The Light of Day et al. belongs on every fan's bookshelves. Ambler's polite, leisurely stroll down memory lane is a delight. He deals with classic villains from England (Jack the Ripper), Scotland (William Burke and William Hare) and France (Marcel Petiot) along with more recent miscreants: England's James Hanratty (1961) and America's Raymond Finch and Carole Tregoff (1960). Ambler also turns his good-natured, sharp eye on film-writing and the pleasures of Maxim's, and there are lovely semifictional pieces on spies and spy-spotting. Especially delicious is the tale of "Annettee" in 1937 Tangier. There's nothing heavy here, and even Ambler's opposition to the death penalty is quietly posited. His new introduction has its share of graceful nuggets, too.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Dust jacket with light edgewear, 180 pages. Dust jacket design by S. Neil Fujita. The story of a screenwriter in Hollywood who is out of control.

hardcover. New York, Athemeum, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 172 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrations by Konigsburg, dust jacket price clipped. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 1st printing of this reissue, square 8vo, cloth backed boards, twelve tales illustrated in line by Nonny Hogrogian. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 198 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Autobiography by the award-winning children's book author. Black & white photos.Clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Follett Publishing Company, reprint , 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription front end paper. Color illustrations by W.T. Mars. Minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, First Second, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. This riveting graphic novel biography chronicles Vladimir Putin's rise from a mid-level KGB officer to the autocratic leader of Russia and reveals the truth behind the strongman persona he has spent his career cultivating. In the West's collective imagination, Vladimir Putin is a devious cartoon villain, constantly plotting and scheming to destroy his enemies around the globe and in Ukraine. But how did an undistinguished mid-level KGB officer become one of the most powerful leaders in Russian history? And how much of Putin's tough-guy persona is a calculated performance? Two-color art throughout by Brian "Box" Brown. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Reilly & Lee, reprint, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, two adventure stories reprinted in one volume, Dust jacket worn, chipped.

Hardcover. East Yorkshire, UK, PS Artbooks Ltd., 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with no dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy. Color illustrations throughout. Tight copy. A collection of This Adventures into the Unknown comic books from 1954. Issues 51 through 57.

Hardcover. East Yorkshire, UK, PS Artbooks Ltd., 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy. Color illustrations throughout. Tight copy. A collection of Forbidden Worlds comic books from 1957 to 1958. Issues 59 through 64.

Hardcover. New York, Summit, 1st US, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. SIGNED BY BRINK at 1998 Breadloaf Writer's Conference. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1st, ND (1915), Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 55 pages, 6 b&w tipped-in illustrations by Raemaekers. English and French rendered in black and red calligraphy by Margaret Calkin. Thin white cloth covers with gilt design, light soil. A short mystery play written by the noted Belgian playwright and Great War poet, inspired by a visit he paid to the Belgian trenches during Christmas week and written in the style of a Nativity Play: it depicts the Virgin and Child amongst ordinary soldiers in a miserable Western Front dug-out.

NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1923, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 263 pages, 4 b&w illustrations by W. A. Rogers. Previous owner's signature, date on front fly leaf.First edition with Scribner's seal on copyright page.