Search Results: Authors starting with K from Retrograde Media

Hamburg, West Germany: Fischer Bucherei KG, 1965. MMPB. Very Good+. Later Printing Collectible paperback German language edition, Fischer Bucherei book 19. Some very light bumping to a couple corners but otherwise is quite sturdy and clean. Kept in poly sleeve for protection. Packed and shipped with care.

Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England: Pulp! The Classics / Oldcastle Books Ltd, 2015. MMPB. As New. Later Printing Poor old Gregor. One day he's depressed about his dreary travelling salesman gig, the next, he's roaching around the apartment and disgusting his family. All that's left is creeping the walls and eating garbage. How's his sis ever going to find a sugar daddy with her grotty bro in tow? ** 46% off retail price! Later print with plain page edges. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: The Modern Library, 1969. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Sturdy copy, but has section of pages toward end with waving (no sticking, no apparent dampstaining). Half-inch tear at top of front jacket. Packed and shipped with care.

West Germany: S. Fischer Verlag, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Vintage German language edition. Clean interior except for previous owner’s name and date in pencil on first fly page. Jacket in onion skin jacket. Sturdy copy. Packed and shipped with care.

Frankfurt, Hesse, West Germany: Fischer Bucherei KG, 1956. MMPB. Good+. First Thus Midcentury German language paperback, Fischer 132 with cover design by Gerhard M. Hotop. Cellophane peeled with square cm area on bottom right cover where top layer torn to reveal white underneath. Previous owner’s name stamped on page edges. Packed and shipped with care.

Frankfurt, Hesse, West Germany: Fischer Bucherei KG, 1959. MMPB. Very Good. Later Printing Midcentury German language paperback, Fischer 19 with cover art by Gerhard C. Schulz. Cellophane peeled off and has some fading underneath where it was and sunning toward spine on back cover. Previous owner’s name stamped on page edges. Sturdy and clean copy otherwise. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: Pocket Books, 1967. MMPB. Very Good+. First Thus Private eye Peter Chambers goes away for the weekend and winds up in a million dollars worth of murder… ** Private dick political intrigue, Pocket book 50521. Light bumping to outer corners, otherwise only superficial wear in places. Tight binding and clean interior with vibrant red dyed page edges. Might not have ever been read. Kept in poly sleeve for protection. Packed and shipped with care.

Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1952. MMPB. Good+. First Edition For a greedy little waif he broke his doctor’s oath… ** Doctor struggles with ethics in more ways than one, Gold Medal book 254. Weakened front hinge, moderate exterior wear including some cover creasing. Clean interior and sound binding. Gold dyed page edges. Kept in poly sleeve for protection. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: Dell Publishing, 1959. MMPB. Very Good. First Thus He knew every redskin trick, but it took a rival officer to teach him the real meaning of treachery! ** Civil war hero endures longstanding battle with superior officer bent on keeping him down-rank, Dell First Edition A190. Some ink marks on bottom of back cover are chief issue. Tight binding with clean interior. Teal dyed page edges. Kept in poly sleeve for protection. Packed and shipped with care.

Clarkson, Kentucky: Self-Published, 1976. Paperback. Good+. Wonderful vintage self-published guide on beekeeping from the 1970s. Has spots of mild to moderate rubbing and discoloration. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2018. Paperback. Near Fine. Later Printing May not contain supplemental access codes or media. Very lightly used textbook. Clean interior. Packed and shipped with care.

El Cajon, California: Sundown Publishing Company, 1965. MMPB. Very Good+. The book they tried to ban...and couldn’t! All the forbidden behavior behind closed doors!!! All revealed! ** Gratuitous cribbed version of an Olympia Press erotica release. Tight binding, possibly never read. Does have a musty scent. Kept in poly sleeve for protection. Packed and shipped with care.

San Francisco, California: City Lights Books, 1981. Paperback. Very Good. This is what Kerouac saw in his sleep, not day-dreams or day reveries. It's his private dream-record, all his nights strung together. It's the poetic raw material of the Kerouac saga, the substrata of his novels and a commentary upon them. ** Early print of the 1981 reprint edition with a $5.95 retail price point. Later prints have a number line, this has none. Some minor wear around edges but nothing notable to speak of. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1982. MMPB. Very Good. Later Printing Collection of essays from the Beat legend, still in the aesthetic of Grove’s initial paperback run of 1970, Black Cat B-253. Lower spine has a bump causing an adjoining crease, though other exterior wear is more modest. Interior is clean and spine is strong. Kept in poly sleeve for protection. Packed and shipped with care.

Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Crest, 1961. MMPB. Very Good. Later Printing Spine faded, but otherwise the cover and page edges remain a striking pink. Some stress marks from spine staples. Tight spine. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. First Edition Slight back-to-front shelf lean. Clean and tight. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: Ballantine Books, 1959. MMPB. Good. Later Printing Collection of SF stories compiled from the author’s submissions to several magazines between 1945 and 1958, including Esquire and Playboy. Ballantine book 268. Binding intact but becoming fragile and a gap appears to be forming at bottom. Pages brittle and has a chip in side edge, with little disturbance to printing. Orange dyed page edges. Kept in poly sleeve for protection. Packed and shipped with care.

Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 2008. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. First Edition Biography of the legendary Spokane civil rights attorney and anti-war political figure. One bump along top of cover, otherwise nice and clean. Light bumping along bottom of jacket over spine. Very few jacket marks. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: Signet / New American Library, 1962. MMPB. Very Good. Later Printing Later 1960s Signet print of the post-beat psychiatric classic. Two-inch stress mark on lower portion of cover, else only minor edgewear in places. Yellow dyed page edges. Kept in poly sleeve for protection. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: Dell Publishing, 1947. MMPB. Good+. Presumed First Thus A woman's passions can lead her down strange paths. ** New Orleans high society tumultuous romance with masquerade balls. Dell Book 561. A fair amount of minor issues but spine is pretty solid, would give VG if not for splotching in teal dye on top and bottom page edges. Kept in poly sleeve for protection. Packed and shipped with care.