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New York: Viking, 2008. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed on the title page by the author. Pristine, unread copy in a protective Mylar sleeve. 340 pages with Author's Note and Chapter Notes. Biographical fiction. Publisher's Summary: "Told in short chapters, each of which presents an emblematic incident with intensity… Read more about this item

Olympia, Washington: Draham, 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by the author (name only) on the inside cover and dated in the year of publication. 164 pages. Author obituary laid in. Vicky Draham Friend (1925-2021). Two works of fiction in this volume: Fall Games (194 pages) and The Bridge… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. No date, but circa 1969. Light reading wear-rubbing, creasing, and a slight curl to the front cover. Binding is tight and square. No writing or marks. Clean copy. Harbrace Paperbound Library HPL 88. 248 pages. 0.

New York: Signet / New American Library, 1975. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint Edition. Light edge wear and light creasing to the covers and spine. Tight and square. First Signet paperback printing December 1975, number line 1 to 9. 275 pages..

New York: Dell, 1947. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Pictorial covers with creasing to covers, a cocked spine, rubbing and edge wear, and page browning. An original novel based on the comic strip Blondie, by Chic Young. 192 pages. An original novel based on the popular comic strip. Illustrated covers, text not illustrated..

Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, 1948. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Previous owner name on the front free endpaper. Dark green, pebbled leatherette covers with gilt lettering to the spine and front cover. 217 pages with illustrations by the author. Fictional tale of adventure in which the narrator discovers in 1907 Alaska an old diary kept by a Russian adventurer… Read more about this item

New York: Random House [The Modern Library], 1948. Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Very light wear to the boards. About a dozen occurrences of an underlined sentence or phrase in the book. Previous owner name on verso of the front free endpaper. The dust jacket is chipped at the head of the spine and has… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Boards are square and tight with very mild wear. The dust jacket has edge wear and chipping and some paper loss along the flap folds. $2.45 price intact. In a Mylar protective over now. 885 pages followed by a list of titles in the Modern Library Giants series..

New York: Random House Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Mild shelf wear. A bit of foxing to the endpapers. Previous owner name and notation on the front endpapers. The dust jacket is rubbed and edge-worn with tears and chipping. Protected now in a Mylar archival cover. The copyright date is 1922 by Boni and Liveright, but this is a later printing… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1952. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Nice, clean copy with a slightly cocked spine and price-clipped jacket with minor edge wear. 376 titles in the Modern Library series are listed on the inside of the jacket, the first three being affected by the price clip. 436 pages with an Introduction by Norman Holmes Pearson..

New York: Viking, 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Foxing to the top edge of the page block. The dust jacket has a couple of tiny nicks and a tiny stain (soil) on the front panel. 183 pages. Association copy warmly inscribed by the author to four-time Edgar winner, Joan Lowery Nixon on the title page.… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Bumping and a few tiny tears to the top edge of the dust jacket, which is protected now in a Mylar archival sleeve. Signed by Larry McMurty (name only) on the front free endpaper. Twenty stories that collectively… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 1892. Book. Good. Hardcover. Edition not stated, but assumed First Thus. Red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and gilt secoration and black lettering to the front cover. The spine shows some fading and there is light edge and corner wear. The binding is straight and tight. 328 pages with Glossary, followed by several… Read more about this item

Leonard Publishing Co., 1893. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. Brown cloth with gilt-stamped lettering and black-stamped design on the front cover, which is repeated in blind stamping on the rear cover. Mild to moderate wear to the extremities, heavy wear at the lower corners. A loosening signature near the beginning of the book, otherwise the rest of the pages are… Read more about this item

Austin, Texas: Eakin Press, 1983. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. A humorous report on life in the fictional small town of Oat Hill. From the dust jacket: "In this humorous murder mystery Editor Harold Smith of the celebrated Oat Hill Gazette reports on crime, wit and shenanigans in a small American town, including, perhaps -- it's hard to tell… Read more about this item

Galveston, Texas: VanJus Press, 2000. Book. Illus. by Robert Hynecek. Very Good. Soft cover. Limited Edition. Very light wear with a couple of small corner creases. A clean copy. Stories from the Galveston cats, who gather every year in honor of "Great-Aunt Meowkin," who, along with the human girl Winnie, survived the Storm of 1900 (the hurricane that was the… Read more about this item

Greenville, South Carolina: Artec Publishing, 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Mild shelf wear and a few small edge tears to the dust jacket, protected now in a Mylar sleeve. Signed by the author on the title page. Vietnam War novel. 369 pages with illustrated endpapers depicting a map of Vietnam and the Gulf of Tonkin..… Read more about this item

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1959. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Assumed First Edition as there are no additional printings indicated. Mild wear at the spine ends. The dust jacket has some edge wear, a bit of rubbing to the rear panel, and a 1.5-inch tear at the tail of the spine. Protected now in a Mylar sleeve. Late 1950s… Read more about this item

Plainfield, Vermont: Daughters, Inc, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. Sharp, clean copy. No creases, marks, writing. Appears unread. Copyright 1962, first Daughters, Inc. printing 1975. no other printings indicated..

New York: Random House Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. Shelf wear and previous owner writing inside front cover. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket is price-clipped, toned with age a bit, and has some tiny edge tears. Inside of jacket shows 383 titles. Some of the titles have pencil marks next to them. 640 pages plus a listing of Modern… Read more about this item