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Brahms, Caryl; S. J. Simon
Elephant is White, The [First Edition]
Robison, Robert S.
Farrar & Rinehart Murray Hill, NY 1940 First Edition Hardcover Very Good good Jacket
Red/orange boards with white lettering and elephant emblem. Spine lettering a bit rubbed. Light soiling to boards. Small dampstain to rear top edge, and small damp stain to rear EP. Previous owner's inscription on FEP. Attractive jacket intact showing a few short tears to edges (closed where possible) and small chips. Small dampstain to upper front corner of jacket. Dusting/speckling to top third. Jacket in new Brodart protector.
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225.00 USD
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Coates, Robert M.
Eater of Darkness, The
Putnam/Capricorn 1959 Paperback Good
Vintage paperback. Rare title. Experimental book by the art critic who coined the term "Abstract Expressionism." (Closed) split near head of spine. Cover has some reinforced creases. 1/2 inch chip missing from bottom back cover. Pages edge-tanned. A few pages showed heavy chipping but I've filled in the chips with vintage paper (not a perfect repair but will maintain the books readability) Previous owner's inscription on FEP.
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65.00 USD
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David Simon
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets [FIRST EDITION]
Houghton Mifflin 1991 First Edition, First Printing Hardcover 039548829X / 9780395488294 Very Good very good Jacket
First edition, first printing (full number run on FEP) of the Edgar Award-winning book of Baltimore crime reportage the was the basis of Simon's later work on television's Homicide: Life on the Street, The Corner and The Wire. Bright jacket with slight oxidization to the metallic lettering of the cover title (common for this book). Slight rumpling to jacket edges and a short closed nick/tear to the rear top flap at the fold. Light soiling and some small dings to edges of text block. A few numeric figures written (in ink) on rear blank leaf. Binding solid. Jacket in new Brodart protector.
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50.00 USD
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Felsen, Henry Gregor
The Cup of Fury (aka Rag Top) [SIGNED, First Edition]
Riger, Bob
Random House New York, NY 1954 Stated First edition Hardcover Very Good very good Jacket
SIGNED and inscribed by author to an Iowa family who were friends of Felsen's. Black boards wth silver lettering and Random House emblem. Square and solid. Inked coloring on top edge of text block slightly faded. Rare jacket is intact and attractive. $3 price flap intact. Some closed nicks to top edge of text block and some small paper loss to jacket over head of spine. Jacket in new Brodart protector.
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285.00 USD
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Goodis, David (Dave)
Dark Passage: A Forum Motion Picture Edition (Photoplay)
Forum / World Cleveland, OH 1947 First Thus Hard Cover Very Good Fair Jacket
Movie tie-in edition with the Warner Brothers Humphrey Bogart / Lauren Bacall photo jacket. Dark green boards with yellow lettering and green dying to head of text block. Binding solid light bumping to corners. Jacket is intact with several medium chips and short nicks tears to edges (closed where possible). Attractive in new Brodart protector.
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110.00 USD
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Graaf, Peter (aka Samuel Youd; John Christopher)
Daughter Fair (A Joe Dust Mystery)
Ritter, Bob (jacket)
Ives Washburn New York, NY 1958 First Edition Hard Cover Good Fine Jacket
First edition in bright jacket. Book square and solid. Green cloth boards. Heavy fading/discoloration to boards (seems like an unstable dye was used as the the book wasn't sunned and the jacket is beautiful). Light dust-speckling/foxing to top edge of text block. Some residue to edges from the original jacket protector (Tape stains to boards and thin line of tar-like residue to edges of boards and flys) which has been removed and replace with a modern Brodart. Unclipped "$2.95" jacket is a deep green and sharp with some light bumping to corners and a few small nicks..
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55.00 USD
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Gray, Berkeley (pseudonym of: Edwy Searles Brooks, also wrote as: Victor Gunn, Rex Madison, Carlton Ross)
Conquest Likes it Hot
Walton, Barbara
Collins London 1965 1st Edition Hard Cover Very Good very good Jacket
Maroon boards with silver lettering, Some tape residue to boards. Well-preserved ex- lending library (only sign is ink stamp on final page). Binding slightly cocked but solid. Some foxing to outer pages and edges of text block. Jacket is bright and intact. Long split to front jacket fold has been professionally closed (from the inside) using archival materials. Two medium chips to foot of jacket. Jacket in new Brodart protector. NOTE: the front and rear EPs appear to be doubled (2 layers of paper). Not sure if this was a binding quirk or if new EPs were pasted down at some point.
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65.00 USD
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Gray, Curme
Murder in Millenium VI: A Future Mystery [SIGNED, First Edition]
Shasta Publications Chicago, Ill. 1951 Stated First Edition Hardcover Very Good good Jacket Signed
Future mystery set in a matriarchical society. Author's first novel. SIGNED by author on flyleaf. White cloth boards. Light bumping to corners and toning+dusting to top edge. Jacket has a long crease and closed tear to top edge of front panel and a few smaller elsewhere. Jacket in new Brodart protector.
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55.00 USD
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Gresham, William Lindsay
Monster Midway [SIGNED, First Edition]
Rinehart New York, NY 1953 First Edition Hardcover Very Good fair Jacket Signed
First Edition. $3.75" flap price. Signed and inscribed by William Lindsay Gresham and dated in the year of publication. Inscription reads: "To Trisha and Brona-- The brightest spot of a very bright season, with the great admiration of the author. -- William Lindsay Gresham, Sept 27, 1953.". Copy reads: "An Uninhibited Look at the Glittering World of the Carny". Memoirs of a life of a carnie, sideshow performer. A very hard to find title in the first edition with a jacket, all the rarer signed and inscribed. Jacket rough with a long horizontal tear across the cover that was previously closed with scotch tape. The tape has been removed (leaving a faint residue) and the tear closed from the inside using archival rice paper. A few of the larger chips (unavoidable during the tape removal) have been spot-dyed black (but only to flat black areas of the jacket. Jacket is now quite presentable in a new Brodart protector.
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475.00 USD
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Gresham, William Lindsay
Nightmare Alley (Photoplay, Movie Edition)
Triangle New York, NY 1948 Hard Cover 0451007387 / 9780451007384 Very Good No Dust Jacket Jacket
Triangle pictorial Hard Cover. Photoplay version with full bleed, wraparound photo montage from the "20th-Century Fox...hit movie starring Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell". Bright cover. Light bumping and small nicks to corners. Binding slightly cocked but solid. Pages moderately age-tanned but clean and supple. Puncture to the back board that extends through last 50 pages (not that noticeable from outside. No text loss. Cool tarot card motif at the start of each chapter. One of the nicest and most unique versions of this cult pulp/noir mystery that I have seen.
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65.00 USD
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Lansdale, Joe R
Captain's Outrageous
Subterranean Press 2001 Limited ed Hardcover 193108128X / 9781931081283 New new Jacket Signed
SIGNED by author. Limited to 450 copies. (This unnumbered PC "Publisher's/Promo copy"). Brand new condition.
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35.00 USD
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