Hardcover. New York , John Lane Co., 1st, 1918, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 308 pages, some mild foxing otherwise clean. A novel of World War 1.
Hardcover. London, George Allen, 1st UK, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 298 pages, illustrated in b&w by Hugh Thomson. Blue cloth with gilt decorations and titles, all edges gilt. Light rubbing to edges and spine, previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, else a clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster , 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, SIGNED on front end paper by Simon. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, publisher's blue cloth with yellow titles and front decoration, 321 pages. Illustrations by Gordon Grant. Book number three in the Penrod trilogy. Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) was an American novelist known for his portrayals of Midwestern life and humorous portrayals of boyhood and adolescence. Many of his novels have become young-people's classics. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 179 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half-title page. Minor dust jacket edge wear and rub, otherwise, very clean and tight copy. The third book, a collection of eight short stories, by this Australian-American writer, one which is "a masterpiece of observation which clearly demonstrates the authors perceptive wit. Set in the 1950s, amidst the corridors and offices of the newly created monolithic and meandering bureaucracy of 'the Organization' (read the United Nations, where Hazzard worked for 10 years) an American-based concern intent on inflicting improvement the world over, readers are introduced to an immalleable world hemmed in by regulations, memoranda and mediocrity. A place where once vibrant personalities are smothered and strangulated by red tape, and the general life-sapping realities of paper-pushing and the exacting demands of pointless tasks reign paramount.
Hardcover. New York, Brentano's, 1st, 1909, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 377 pages, decorated yellow cloth cover. Gutter cracked at title page, previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.
Hardcover. London, Allison and Busby, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Spring, 1858. The route of the Caledonian Railway through the southern uplands of the Scottish countryside is disrupted by a fatal crash. Inspector Robert Colbeck and Sergeant Victor Leeming are called from the crime of London to investigate, and must contend with old enemy Superintendent Rory McTurk to uncover the criminals behind the disaster. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Bloomsbury USA, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The third installment to Downie's Roman Empire series--the second-century saga of a witty and courageous army surgeon, Gaius Ruso, and his smart and loyal lover, Tilla, a barbarian woman from Britannia--continues in gripping fashion. Ruso returns to his family home in southern Gaul, summoned by a forged letter pleading for his immediate return. Once Ruso and Tilla return, Ruso is thrust into a dangerous quagmire involving a missing ship, huge family debts and, before long, the murder of the family's principal creditor--a crafty phony named Severus--who is poisoned in Ruso's home. While Ruso and his family are quickly suspected of the murder, Ruso and Tilla's attempts to solve the crime are hampered by interfering family members, a lying politician, a greedy banker and a pair of too-eager investigators sent from Rome. Ruso and Tilla must also deal with prejudice, envy and a new religion, Christianity. The plotting is clever and suspenseful, with subtle clues and lots of action, while the setting and supporting cast are vividly drawn. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 126 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 470 pages. An unfinished novel by the murdered Italian author and filmmaker focuses on Carlo, a left-wing Italian Catholic working for the state-controlled oil company, a man who becomes obsessed with satisfying his perverse, insatiable sexual passions. Small remainder dot to bottom edge otherwise a clean copy of this now scarce book.
Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt & Co,, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 199 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on the title page. Very nice copy in brodart cover.
Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 199 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE BY AUTHOR. Light fading to top otherwise clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Viking, 1st UK, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 236 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Very clean and tight copy.
Softcover. New York, Clarion, Ltd. Ed., 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Ltd to 244 signed (#176). SIGNED BY TREVOR AND ILLUSTRATOR HOGARTH. Color illustrations by Paul Hogarth. Cardboard covers. 20 pages. The story first appeared in the October 30, 1995 issue of The New Yorker.
Softcover. Chicago, IL, Century Publications, 1st, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages. Paperback. Century Mystery #27. Light soil and mild wrinkling to front cover.
Hardcover. New York, Harper and Row, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, Ford's first book. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chips to corners. small tan stain to top corner (about 1/4" triangle). Unclipped.
Hardcover. New York, The Century Company, 1st illustrated, 1898, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 184 pages. 12x 13". Illustrated with b&w drawings.by the Rhead brothers. Decoration on front cover in limited color of a man running away. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. Small dent on rear cover edge. The cover is worn and slightly soiled and age-darkened but otherwise clean copy.
Softcover. London, Hard Case Crime, 1st thus, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Michael Koelsch. Ruined and on the lam, former drug kingpin Max Fisher stumbles upon the biggest discovery of his crooked life: a designer drug called PIMP that could put him back on top. Meanwhile, a certain femme fatale from his past is pursuing a comeback dream of her own, setting herself up in Hollywood as producer of a series based on her and Max's life story. But even in La-La Land, happy endings are hard to come by, especially with both the cops and your enemies in the drug trade coming after you. Like new.
Hardcover. Boston , Lothrop Publishing, 1st, 1894, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, turquoise cloth stamped in red and gilt, 306 pages. Twelve b&w illustrations by Maria L. Kirk. Frontispiece piece protected by tissue guard. Unusually bright, clean copy. Light cornerwear to cover.
Hardcover. Minneapolis, Coffee House Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 163 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on the title page. Very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. New York , HarperCollins , 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 311 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. London, Bodley Head, reprint, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 216 pages. Previous price sticker on front flap of price-clipped dust jacket, small cut on front cover. Else a very clean, tight copy.