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San Francisco: Mah-Jongg Sales Company of America, 1921. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Red cloth with paste-down illustration to front board. vii, 117 pages. Index. No dust jacket. Has some wear to binding, boards slightly bowed. Uncommon.

Berkeley, CA: Ariel Vamp Press (1996).. Soft cover. Very Good. Revised edition. Trade paperback. 127 pp. Photos. Index. Inscribed "On Alcatraz" and signed by the author. A clean copy with only light wear.

New York: Delacorte Press (1974).. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Later printing. Quarter cloth with silver lettering to spine. ix, 337 pages. Illustrated. Inscribed to previous owner and signed by the author. Dust jacket has a chip and a tear to rear panel.

Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. 228 pp. Glossary. No dust jacket. Boards slightly bowed.

New York: Random House (1992).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Black cloth with silver lettering. 165 pp. A clean, attractive copy. "Two lonely people separated by hundreds of miles meet on a 900 number party line and share their most intimate sexual fantasies, secrets, and perversities.

New York: Congdon & Weed (1983).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Quarter cloth. viii, 294 pp. A clean, attractive copy.

New York: Rawson Associates (1990).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Denise Cavalieri Fike. Quarter cloth with gilt lettering to spine. xxi, 646 pages. Index. Inscribed by the author. Dust jacket has a couple of creases, but no tears. Contents clean and tight.

Chicago: Goldsmith (1932).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Rust-colored boards with black lettering. 120 pp. No dust jacket. Previous owner's name neatly to endpaper; pages yellowing, but they're not brittle.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Quarter cloth with gilt lettering. Map endpapers. 451 pp. Signed by the author. Small "x" to bottom edges. Contents clean and tight.

Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing (2010).. Soft cover. Very Good. Trade paperback. 127 pages. Photos. A clean copy with only light wear.

No place: Privately published. Soft cover. Very Good. No date. Paper covers. 348 pp. A solid copy with only light wear.

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill (1963).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth. 352 pp. Photos. Dust jacket has a tiny chip to front panel.

Denver, CO: Golden Press, 1950. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Paper covers. 76 pages. Minor wear and some soiling to covers. Contents solid.

New York: Macmillan (1996).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth spine with gilt lettering. vii, 246 pp. Index. Inscribed by the author. A clean copy with little wear. "The author relates his adventures participating in some of the world's most extreme and dangerous sporting activities, including swimming in shark-infested waters in the first leg of the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon.

New York: W. W. Norton & Co. (1976).. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth spine with gilt lettering. 241 pages. Has small moisture stains to bottom of front board and interior of jacket. Lower corner of jacket flap clipped. Contents clean and tight. "Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1976, this historical novel is based on the life of Nicholas Koppernigk, better known as Copernicus, whose ideas and writings shattered the medieval view of the universe.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. (1936).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition" stated. Red cloth with black lettering. xvii, 170 pages. Illustrated. Glossary. No dust jacket. "Property of University of Iowa Fencers" in ink. Gift inscription to previous owner. A solid copy with only light wear. Scarce.

Watkins Glen, NY: Century House, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. Revised edition. Cloth with gilt lettering to spine. 450 pp. Illustrated. Bibliography. Index. No dust jacket. Underlining, notes in ink. A solid copy with only light wear. From the library of Marguerite P. Archer nee Hagemans: educator, patroness of science and the arts, and collector.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons (1987).. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 379 pages. A clean copy with little wear. "Original and memorable...engrossing...disturbing...Horror mavens who enjoy violence and harrowing imagery will find plenty of both here. But there is more to The Damnation Game than gore. This story of a supernaturally powerful man who can resurrect the dead probes the many varieties of corruption." - LJ

Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell (1966).. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book Club Edition. 370 pp. A solid copy with only light wear. "Nearly 3,000 persons, from Aaron to Zurishaddai.

New York: St. Martin's Press (1980).. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A couple of pages have small faint smudges, small "B" stamp to front endpaper, small chip at head of jacket spine. Award-winning author's first book.