Softcover. Boston, A Nonpareil Book, reprint, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 304 pages. Three novellas filled with humor and insight by one of America's modern literary masters. In Searches & Seizures, Elkin tells the story of the criminal, the lovelorn, and the grieving, each searching desperately for fulfillment - while on the verge of receiving much more than they bargained for. Infused with Elkin's signature wit and richly drawn characters, "The Bailbondsman," "The Making of Ashenden," and "The Condominium" are the creations of a literary virtuoso at the pinnacle of his craft. Mild soil, no markings.

Hardcover. NY, Fiction Collective, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 153 pages. Banks' first story collection published in the same year as his first novel, Family Life.. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Persea Books, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 291 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE by author. Tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Blue Sky Press , 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 168 pages.

Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt, 3rd, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 232 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Michael Hague. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to edges.

Hardcover. New York, N.Y., Delacorte Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 245 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Very clean and tight copy.

Softcover. NY, Delacorte Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, publisher's uncorrected proof, yellow wrappers. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title page. Like new.

Hardcover. NY, Four Winds Press, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 213 pages. Black & white illustrations by Judith Gwyn Brown. Dust jacket with color cover illustration. Chunk from bottom spine, closed tears.

NY, McGraw- Hill, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A few cryptic phrases in a notebook and a bullet found among his grandfather's effects in Paris after his death start a 17-year-old on a quest that leads to the French Alps. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 213 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket shows moderate wear and light small tearing. Covered in plastic bro-dart. Clean, tight copy with light foxing to fore edge text block.

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 233 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Light foxing to end papers. Previous owner's name on front fly leaf. Gutter cracked in front. Illustrated by Richard Floethe. Spine faded.

Softcover. Greenwich, CT, Fawcett Gold Medal Publishing, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. Paperback. Gold Metal Book #855. Light creasing to paper wrappers.

Hardcover. Boston, Beacon Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 255 pages. A collection of essays that range from an autobiographical tour-de-force that describes a childhood spent with an alcoholic father to 'Looking at Women,' a reflection on male yearning and confusion, to a look at the place-or absence-of nature in recent American fiction. In these 15 earnest and ambitious essays (published in earlier form in Harper's, The Kenyon Review, etc.), Sanders looks for--and often finds--universal truths in the particulars of everyday life. Clean copy.

Softcover. London, Hard Case Crime, 1st thus, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Glen Orbik. COMIC BOOKS ARECORRUPTING AMERICA'S YOUTH! Or so the esteemed Dr. Werner Frederick would have people believe--people like the Congressmen holding hearings on banning violent crime and horror "funny books." And when the crusade provokes a most un-funny murder, Jack Starr--comics syndicate troubleshooter--has no shortage of suspects. Was it the knife-wielding juvenile delinquent or the naked seductress? Perhaps a frustrated publisher or an outraged cartoonist. Or was it a comic book reader...?Inspired by the real-life 1950s witch-hunt against Tales From the Crypt publisher EC Comics, SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT pulls back the curtain for an insider's view of the history of comics--and features more than a dozen brand new illustrations in the classic EC style by comic book legend Terry Beatty. Like new.

Softcover. London, Hard Case Crime, 1st thus, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Glen Orbik. COMIC BOOKS ARECORRUPTING AMERICA'S YOUTH! Or so the esteemed Dr. Werner Frederick would have people believe--people like the Congressmen holding hearings on banning violent crime and horror "funny books." And when the crusade provokes a most un-funny murder, Jack Starr--comics syndicate troubleshooter--has no shortage of suspects. Was it the knife-wielding juvenile delinquent or the naked seductress? Perhaps a frustrated publisher or an outraged cartoonist. Or was it a comic book reader...?Inspired by the real-life 1950s witch-hunt against Tales From the Crypt publisher EC Comics, SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT pulls back the curtain for an insider's view of the history of comics--and features more than a dozen brand new illustrations in the classic EC style by comic book legend Terry Beatty. Like new.

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press , 1st , 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright unclipped dust jacket.

Softcover. New York, Pocket Books/Permabooks, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 179 pages. Paperback. Pocket Book #m4229. Photographic cover art. Ink notation on first page. Creasing to wrappers.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Zoland Books, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A collection of short stories, most of them set in Indiana, focuses on the meddling of fact and fiction and includes a dozen satiric - but also sympathetic - tales written in the persona of Indiana's famous son, Dan Quayle. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Syracuse, Syracuse University Press, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 130 pages. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York , G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st Ed., 1895, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 288 pages, light blue cloth covers with dark blue lettering, light soil, spine darkened. Clean, sound copy. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL PRINTING - NOT A REPRINT.

Softcover. Boston, MA, David R. Godine, 2nd pr., 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 206 pages. Softcover with light wear to paper wrappers. Moderate soil to page block. Chipping and rubbing to wrappers. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY DUBUS on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1941, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound in green cloth with dark blue design and lettering, 308 pages. Black & white illustrations by Manning de V. Lee. Light soiling to endpapers, covers. Blue top edge. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, New World Publishing Company, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 158 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Red cloth cover boards, blue title on spine and designs on front cover board. Dust jacket price clipped. Original bookstore price tag on dust jacket front flap, some agewear to dust jacket (see image).

London, Methuen/Walker, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy pictorial boards. Color illustrations by David Scott. Light edgewear to covers. No dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription, otherwise clean.