Search Results: Titles starting with F from Midnight Books

Robin H. Smiley, 2004. Softcover. Very Good. FIRSTS: The Book Collector's Magazine. March 2004, Volume 14, Number 3 issue, an invaluable magazine resource for book collectors. Issue focuses on Collecting C.S. Forester, Part Two, which explores his personal life and writings from 1937 until the author's death in 1966, notably the Horatio Hornblower series. Cecil Scott Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith, an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of adventure and military crusades. (Part One is in FIRSTS February 2004 issue.) His most notable works were the Horatio Hornblower series, highlighted in this issue, and The African Queen (1935; filmed in 1951 by John Huston). An annotated bibliography of first editions from 1937 through two books published posthumously included. Copy is unmarked. Clean copy with minimal shelf wear. pp. 11" x 8 1/2". Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Robin H. Smiley, 2003. Softcover. Very Good. FIRSTS: The Book Collector's Magazine. December, 2003, Volume 13, Number 10 issue, an invaluable magazine resource for book collectors. This issue focuses on Collecting Thomas McGuane, noted in his early works for a comic appreciation and multiple takes on the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s. His later writings reflect on relationships with the natural world in the changing American West. Comparisons are made between McGuane and Ernest Hemingway, thus explaining the cover of this issue. The article states that "This confounds McGuane." A bibliography of first editions included. Also featured in this issue is an article on Floyd Salas, an American fiction writer and boxer. His work is well known in the San Francisco Bay Area and among aficionados of both Latino literature and 60s era protest literature. Salas taught English at several local colleges, coached boxing, volunteered to teach at prisons and His work is well known in the San… Read More

Robin H. Smiley, 2011. Softcover. Very Good. FIRSTS: The Book Collector's Magazine. January 2011, Volume 21, Number 1 and Twentieth Anniversary issue, an invaluable magazine resource for book collectors. Issue dedicated entirely to America's Great Playwright, Eugene O'Neill, including an in-depth and excellent article by Bill Hanrahan. As quoted in the article, "Eugene O'Neill not only wrote great plays... he changed the American stage. It is often said that before O'Neill, America had theater; after O'Neill, it had drama. In American theater he stands alone, blazing the path for later playwrights such as Arthur Miller, Edward Albee and Tennessee Williams." A checklist of first editions, first separate editions and limited editions of major books included. Also included is issue is an article written by FIRSTS publisher Robin H. Smiley on eight of O'Neill's plays, three of which won Pulitzer Prizes for Drama and seven made into major motion pictures. Of… Read More

Robin H. Smiley, 2009. Softcover. Very Good. FIRSTS: The Book Collector's Magazine. April 2009, Volume 19, Number 4 issue, an invaluable magazine resource for book collectors. Issue includes Collecting Colleen McCullough, Australian novelist who worked in a range of genres but was best known for her second novel, the sweeping romance "The Thorn Birds," which was made into a television miniseries in 1983 starring Richard Chamberlain and Barbara Stanwyck, and for her Masters of Rome series (1990–2007), a painstakingly researched fictionalized account of Rome in the age of Julius Caesar. A bibliography of first editions included. Issue also features the four "Epics of Christianity" set of Christian historical books made into films. Bibliography of the books and the films included. Clean copy with minimal shelf wear. 60 pp. 11" x 8 1/2". Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Robin H. Smiley, 2005. Softcover. Very Good. FIRSTS: The Book Collector's Magazine. May 2005, Volume 15, Number 5 issue, an invaluable magazine resource for book collectors. Issue focuses on Collecting Connie Willis, a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame and a Grand Master of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. An exceptional writer in the science fiction field, she mixes social commentary and a sense of humor into her books. Willis has received seven Nebula awards and eleven Hugo awards for her fiction, more major Science Fiction awards than any other writer. Bibliography of first editions included. Also highlighted is Collecting author Fritz Leiber, an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. His legacy appears to have been consolidated by the most famous of his creations, the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories, written over a span of 50 years. Leiber was named the second Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy by participants in the 1975 World Science Fiction… Read More

Robin H. Smiley, 2005. Softcover. Very Good. FIRSTS: The Book Collector's Magazine. February 2005, Volume 15, Number 2 issue, an invaluable magazine resource for book collectors. Issue begins with an article on Spaceflight in Modern Non-Fiction with an extensive bibliography of first editions on space travel by various authors. Author Richard Powers, an American novelist and professor whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology, is the featured author. Bibliography of his first editions included. Issue includes an article on several "End of the World" novels which were made into films are highlighted including "On the Beach" and "Seven Days in May." Also included is Part Two of The Fundamentals of Book Collecting: Why collect books? Clean copy with minimal shelf wear. 64 pp. 11" x 8 1/2". Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Robin H. Smiley, 2009. Softcover. Very Good. FIRSTS: The Book Collector's Magazine. October 2009, Volume 19, Number 8 issue, an invaluable magazine resource for book collectors. Issue includes Collecting Frank McCourt, Irish-American teacher and writer, whose first book was published when he was 66 years old. He won a Pulitzer Prize for this book "Angela's Ashes," a tragicomic memoir of the misery and squalor of his childhood. In addition to earning a Pulitzer, the book also won the National Book Critics Circle award, and in 1999 it was adapted into a well-received film. Bibliography of first editions included. Also included is the article "New Journalism, or what might be called author-centric reporting..." Among the authors included in the article are Truman Capote, Joan Didion, Norman Mailer and Tom Wolfe. Bibliography of first editions on this topic included. Clean copy with minimal shelf wear. 56 pp. 11" x 8 1/2". Photographs of or additional information… Read More

Robin H. Smiley, 2009. Softcover. Very Good. FIRSTS: The Book Collector's Magazine. June 2009, Volume 19, Number 6 issue, an invaluable magazine resource for book collectors. Article is included on Collecting "The Boys of Summer," which is also the title one of the most popular sports books ever written. Roger Kahn's book focuses on the love of the Brooklyn Dodgers and interviews with 13 key players on the team. The article discusses the many books written about the Dodgers, including nine of which were published by members of the original boys of summer: Jackie Robinson, Duke Snyder, Carl Erskine, Gil Hodges and Roy Campanella. A bibliography of selected first editions is included. Issue also highlights Collecting Richard Russo, an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and teacher. His 2001 novel "Empire Falls" received the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Russo is quoted a saying, "I want that which is hilarious and that which is heartbreaking to… Read More

Robin H. Smiley, 2011. Softcover. Very Good. FIRSTS: The Book Collector's Magazine. March 2011, Volume 21, Number 3, an invaluable magazine resource for book collectors. Issue highlights Collecting Charlotte Armstrong, recognized as the Queen of Suspense. Her works have survived her for many years and are still enjoyed by thousands all over the world. She was the recipient of the Edgar Award in 1957 for "A Dram of Poison" as the Best Novel of the Year, the most prestigious honor that can be bestowed upon a mystery writer. Charlotte Armstrong introduced suspense into the commonplace, the everyday, by writing short stories and novels in which one simple action sets a series of events spiraling into motion, pulling readers along, breathless with anxiety. By creating characters that could be one's next-door-neighbors and by relocating suspense, in many cases, from its Gothic ancestral settings, to locales she knew best, Armstrong created known as suburban noir. A briefly annotated… Read More

Robin H. Smiley, 2009. Softcover. Very Good. FIRSTS: The Book Collector's Magazine. May 2009, Volume 19, Number 5 issue, an invaluable magazine resource for book collectors. Issue includes Collecting Annie Proulx, American writer whose darkly comic yet sad fiction is peopled with quirky, memorable individuals and unconventional families. Proulx traveled widely, extensively researching physical backgrounds and locales. She frequently used regional speech patterns, surprising and scathing language, and unusual plot twists in her novels and short stories about disintegrating families who maintain attachments to the land. She won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her first novel, "Postcards." Her second novel, "The Shipping News" won both the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction and was adapted as a 2001 film of the same name. Her short story "Brokeback Mountain" was adapted as an Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe… Read More

Robin H. Smiley, 2009. Softcover. Very Good. FIRSTS: The Book Collector's Magazine. September 2009, Volume 19, Number 7 issue, an invaluable magazine resource for book collectors. Issue is dedicated to London born author Bernard Cornwell. He was adopted and brought up in Essex by the Wiggins family, who were members of the Peculiar People, a strict Protestant sect who banned frivolity of all kinds and even medicine. The article goes into some detail about his unhappy and rebellious childhood. In addition to his hugely successful Sharpe novels, Bernard Cornwell is the author of the Starbuck Chronicles, the Warlord trilogy, the Grail Quest series and the Alfred series. A chronological list of the complete Sharpe series and an Annotated Checklist of first editions are included. Clean copy with minimal shelf wear. 56 pp. 11" x 8 1/2". Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Robin H. Smiley, 1998. Softcover. Very Good. FIRSTS: The Book Collector's Magazine. February 1998, Volume 8, Number 2 issue, an invaluable magazine resource for book collectors. This issue features Howard Norman, most notably known for "The Bird Artist" which received many literary awards. Includes a bibliography of his first editions. Also featured is an article on "Women of the New West" including Barbara Kingsolver, Linda Hogan and Gretel Ehrlich. 72 pp. 11" x 8 1/2". Clean copy with minimal shelf wear. Unmarked front to back. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Robin H. Smiley, 2004. Softcover. Acceptable. FIRSTS: The Book Collector's Magazine. February 2004, Volume 14, Number 2 issue, an invaluable magazine resource for book collectors. Issue focuses on Collecting C.S. Forester, Part One, which explores his personal life and writings through 1936, notably "The African Queen." Cecil Scott Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith, an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of adventure and military crusades. His most notable works were the Horatio Hornblower series, and The African Queen (1935; filmed in 1951 by John Huston). An article on Admiral Lord Nelson and His Navy is included in this issue. The next issue of FIRSTS, March 2004, focuses on the career of C.S. Forester from the first of the Horatio Hornblower books until the author's death in 1966. A bibliography of first editions through 1936 and a list of C.S. Forester's films included. Copy is unmarked. Approximately one to one and one-half inches of the… Read More

Robin H. Smiley. Softcover. Very Good. FIRSTS: The Book Collector's Magazine. February 2011, Volume 21, Number 2, an invaluable magazine resource for book collectors. Issue highlights Collecting Eudora Welty, one of the mostly regard and beloved authors of the second half of the Twentieth century. Eudora Welty was an American short story writer, novelist and photographer, who wrote about the American South. Her novel The Optimist's Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Welty received numerous awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Order of the South. She was the first living author to have her works published by the Library of America. Her house in Jackson, Mississippi, has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and is open to the public as a house museum. Bibliography of first editions and notable editions included. Also included is an article on author Lorrie Moore, quoted as "full of quirky humor and a more than slightly skewed reality.." She was… Read More

Robin H. Smiley, 2011. Softcover. Very Good. FIRSTS: The Book Collector's Magazine. June 2011, Volume 21, Number 6, an invaluable magazine resource for book collectors. Issue highlights Collecting T. Jefferson Parker, one of only three mystery writers who have won three Edgar Allan Poe Awards for Best Novel for his "Silent Joe" and "California Girl." He also won an Edgar Allan Poe Award for his short story "Skinhead Central." An American mystery and crime writer of police procedurals set in South California, he has lived in Southern California his entire life. He was named T. Jefferson Parker and apparently the "T" does not stand for anything; his mother said it would appear good on the presidential letterhead. Annotated bibliography of first editions included. Included is a follow-up to the March 2011 article written by FIRSTS publisher Robin H. Smiley on an additional eight Neglected Noir novels. Clean copy with minimal shelf wear. 52 pp. 11" x 8… Read More

Robin H. Smiley, 2004. Softcover. Very Good. FIRSTS: The Book Collector's Magazine. October 2004, Volume 14, Number 8 issue, an invaluable magazine resource for book collectors. Issue features an in-depth article on Collecting Jack Williamson "Master of Wonder," and includes a bibliography of first editions. Often called the "Dean of Science Fiction," Jack Williamson has written 87 books, some of which have been translated into more than 25 languages throughout 25 countries. He has additionally written more than 130 shorter fiction pieces. In 1994 Williamson received a World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement and The Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted Williamson in 1996, its inaugural class of two deceased and two living persons. Minimal shelf wear with very small ink marking at top margin of cover. Interior is clean copy. 64 pp. 11" x 8 1/2". Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered… Read More

Robin H. Smiley, 1998. Softcover. Very Good. FIRSTS: The Book Collector's Magazine. November, 2003, Volume 13, Number 9 issue, an invaluable magazine resource for book collectors. This issue focuses on Collecting Horace McCoy, who was an American novelist whose gritty, hardboiled novels documented the hardships Americans faced during the Depression and postwar periods. McCoy grew up in Tennessee and Texas; after serving in the air force during World War I, he worked as a journalist, film actor, and screenplay writer. McCoy also wrote five novels, including They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1935) and the noir classic Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1948), both of which were made into movies many years later. Though underappreciated in his own time, McCoy is now recognized as a peer of Dashiell Hammett and James Cain. A first edition bibliography is included. Also featured in this issue is an article on the American film noir cycle between 1939 and 1959 and its relationship to literature. This period was… Read More

Robin H. Smiley, 1998. Softcover. Very Good. FIRSTS: The Book Collector's Magazine. March 1998, Volume 8, Number 3 issue, an invaluable magazine resource for book collectors. Included is an important article for book collectors, "The Firsts Guide to Grading Books, Part 2." This issue features Colin Wilson, author of over 100 books, most notably "The Outsider." The book became a best-seller and helped popularize existentialism in Britain. It has never been out of print and has been translated into more than thirty languages. (Wikipedia.) A 9-page one-on-one interview with Wilson comprises the majority of the article. 72 pp. 11" x 8 1/2". Clean copy with minimal shelf wear. Unmarked front to back. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Robin H. Smiley. Softcover. Very Good. FIRSTS: The Book Collector's Magazine. November 2010, Volume 20, Number 9 issue, an invaluable magazine resource for book collectors. Issue focuses on Dennis Lehane, author of A Drink Before the War, his first novel, which won the Shamus Award. He has published twelve more novels that have been translated into more than 30 languages and become international bestsellers: Darkness, Take My Hand; Sacred; Gone, Baby, Gone; Prayers for Rain; Mystic River; Shutter Island; The Given Day; Moonlight Mile; Live by Night; and World Gone By. His recent work is a stand-alone novel, Since We Fell.Four of his novels – Live by Night, Mystic River, Gone, Baby, Gone, and Shutter Island – have been adapted into films. A fifth, The Drop, was adapted by Lehane himself into a film starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and James Gandolfini in his final role. Lehane was a staff writer on the acclaimed HBO series The Wire and also worked as a… Read More

Robin H. Smiley, 2005. Softcover. Very Good. FIRSTS: The Book Collector's Magazine. April 2005, Volume 15, Number 4 issue, an invaluable magazine resource for book collectors. This issue begins with the extensive articles "An Introduction to the Opera" and "Curtains at the Opera" by FIRSTS publisher Robin H. Smiley. The initial article provides a discussion of discussion of contemporary and historical opera in general, including famous operas, singers stages and books. The second article focuses on the opera house and takes a look at some of the mystery books which have operatic settings beginning with "The Phantom of the Opera." Collecting Donna Leon is also highlighted, along with a bibliography of her first editions. Donna Leon is the author of the highly acclaimed, internationally bestselling Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery series. The winner of the CWA Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction, among other awards. Also included in this issue is Part Four of The… Read More