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New York: David McKay Company, Inc, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Presentation copy, inscribed by Rader to his friend and fellow radical Craig Anderson, with related correspondence laid in. Anderson, who attended Columbia University with Dotson, is referred to as Sean in the book which provides "an honest account of life among the disaffected young - their violence, politics and sex." Rader's inscription, which is dated May 30, 1969, reads in part: "For my friend and cowriter, Craig Anderson - who went through the thick of it with me and stood. For the man, I come." In the fourth and fifth chapters, Rader writes about attending a 1967 march against the Vietnam War with Anderson and other friends in Washington, D.C. He also recalls Anderson's words: "This war is horrible ... not just for the soldiers and civilians dying, not just because of the money wasted. You know it is so goddammed horrible because it is so American really, for the first time, a war that fits what America… Read more

New York: Walker and Company, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. The first hardcover edition. Signed by Richard Matheson on the title page. Influential in the development of the zombie genre and in popularizing the concept of a worldwide apocalypse due to disease, this novel was itself adapted to film three times and was the inspiration behind the film Night of the Living Dead (1968). Octavo. Original white cloth binding, with black titles. A tight, unread copy. Light toning along the extremities of the boards. The dust jacket ($4.95) is a touch faded along the spine and fold, with some very mild rubbing. Better than very good.

New York: The William-Frederick Press, 1949. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Second printing. "...the somewhat unorthodox account of the pungent doings in some state governments as observed by a civil service stenographer." Octavo. Original tan cloth binding, with gilt titles. Previous owner's ink signature to the front flyleaf. The dust jacket is price-clipped, with some general edgewear, including a half-inch chip to the front panel, and a faint stain to the spine head.

New York: Tor, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Review copy, with the publisher's press release laid in. Out-of-work actor Samuel Holt continues his murdered partner's deadly investigation while at the same time conducting one of his own: which of his friends is the murderer? Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

New York: Fleet Publishing Corporation, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second printing. An entertaining trio of short stories examining the hypocrisies, pretensions, and foibles of marital life by Artie Shaw (1910-2004) who, along with Benny Goodman, was the leading clarinetist of the swing era, and a prominent bandleader as well. Gifted with a range of sometimes contradictory talents Shaw led a complicated, frequently contentious life (he abandoned performing for a long time), and his earlier years were littered with a number of famous wives, including Lana Turner and Evelyn Keyes. Signed "Merry Xmas- Artie Shaw" on the front flyleaf. Original black cloth binding, with gilt titles. A bit of minor rubbing and edgewear to the dust jacket; otherwise very good. Signed by Author.

Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. An American joins the British Intelligence, takes on the identity of a German prisoner, and goes in his place to rejoin the German army in this poignant story of a friendship. Blankfort (1907-82) was an American screenwriter, author, and playwright who served as a front for the blacklisted Albert Maltz on the Academy Award-nominated screeplay of Broken Arrow (1950). He also served on the Board of Governors of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1969 to 1971. Small octavo. Original red cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Some light wear and browning along the extremities of the dust jacket; else near fine.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A heartbreaking combination of word and image, reflecting the daily misery of the roughly 15,000 children who passed through the Terezin Concentration Camp between 1942 and 1944. Tall octavo. Original gray linen binding, with black and gilt stamping, and a ribbon marker. Some minor shelfwear to the dust jacket, which is moderately sun faded along the spine; otherwise very good.

New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The pseudonymous Reba Lee relates the "tragic mulatto" tale of running away from her Chicago home for New York where she successfully passes herself as a white woman. After marrying a wealthy man, she manages to mitigate the strain of a life of constant lying until a pregnancy and the fear of giving birth to a dark-skinned child expose her secret. This book served as the basis for a 1960 film directed and adapted for the screen by Fred M. Wilcox, with Sonya Wilde and James Franciscus in the starring roles. Octavo. Original patterned cloth-covered boards over a black cloth spine, with silver titles. Some general shelfwear to the dust jacket, which is lightly faded along the spine; else very good.

Ojai, California: Dillingham Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. An American artist and studio potter, who late in life was dubbed the "Mama of Dada," Wood (1893-1998) served as a partial inspiration for the character of Rose DeWitt Bukater in James Cameron's 1997 film Titanic. Edited by Lindsay Smith, this memoir includes a color frontispiece and numerous textual photographs and illustrations. Signed by Beatrice Wood on the title page. Quarto. Original black cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Some light fading and wear along the extremities of the dust jacket; otherwise very good.

Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 194 p. Edited by John M. Carroll. Introduction and Biographical Chronology by Charles K. Mills. Frontispiece, with six textual illustrations. First edition, #140 of 350 copies signed by Carroll and Mills. "Varnum, as chief of scouts for the 7th Cavalry, played an active and important role in the Little Big Horn battle. This is the first publication of the autobiography, with thorough editing by Carroll." From the James S. Copley Library, with the San Diego newspaper publisher and philanthropist's bookplate to the front pastedown. Original light blue cloth binding, with gilt, red, and blue stamping. Issued without a dust jacket. A near fine copy. Clark and Brunet 37. Signed by Editor.

London: Macmillan, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Minette Walters on the title page. The author's first book. Winner of the 1992 John Creasey Award, it deftly dissects the lives of three reclusive English women who become the object of censure and speculation during a murder investigation. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with gilt titles. A crisp, unread copy. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

London: Headline, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The first UK edition, first printing, A revised version of Prison of Ice, which Koontz published under his David Axton pseudonym in 1976. Signed and dated by Dean Koontz on the half-title. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

London: Macdonald, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Hardcover Edition. Inscribed by Kim Stanley Robinson on the title page. Among the author's earliest novels. Though published almost ten years before Robinson's Mars trilogy, and taking place in a different version of the future, Icehenge contains elements that also appear in his Mars series, such as extreme human longevity, Martian political revolution, historical revisionism, and shifts between primary characters. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

New York: W.W. Norton, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Signed by Peterson on the title page. A native historian examines the state's heritage and way of life, as well as its role in the nation's development. Octavo. Original cloth binding, with red and gilt titles. Just a hint of edgewear to the dust jacket; otherwise a fine copy.

Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. ...discusses the theories of more than eighty major figures in the history of science, as well as the application of those theories to specific aspects of organic function." Octavo, two volumes. Original green cloth bindings, with black and gilt titles. A fine set in fine dust jackets with just slightest hint of wear.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Frontispiece portrait, with illustrations by F.T. Richards. First edition, second state. The second book in the author's Idiot series. John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) was an American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangsian fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife. Inscribed and dated by the author on the front flyleaf. Original brown cloth binding, with decorative white stamping. A near fine copy. Inscribed by Author.

1965 1st, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Eight pp. photos and illustrations. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1965. First edition. Biography of a larger-than-life Californian, Rollin Daggett (1831-1909) who co-founded the Golden Era, the state's first literary magazine in 1852, and became staunch friends with Mark Twain in Virginia City, when they both served on the staff of the Territorial Enterprise. Later he turned to politics, serving a Congressional term (1879-1881) and as Minister to Hawaii (1882-1885) prior to annexation. Jacket somewhat edgeworn, with some short tears and related creases, and some tape mends to the verso; otherwise very good.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed and dated in the year of publication by McCrumb on the title page. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Author.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition, signed by Robert J. Sawyer. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity from The Easton Press. Additionally signed by James Gunn, who wrote the introduction, and by illustrator Ron Miller. "When a disabled spaceship enters Earth's atmosphere, seven members of the advanced Tosok race are welcomed by the world. Then a popular scientist is murdered, and all evidence points to one of the Tosoks. Now, an alien is tried in a court of law-and there may be far more at stake than accounting for one human life." Octavo. Full burgundy leather binding, with elaborate gilt stamping, five raised bands, moire silk endpapers, and a ribbon marker. A fine copy.

New York: The Society of Illustrators, 1984. Hardcover. Near fine. Limited edition, this is number 1075 of 2750 copies. "...a comprehensive treasury of an art form that has graced the pages of various American magazines and other media for over a hundred years. Within its 355 pages are over 700 illustrations by 460 artists, from such early masters as Howard Pyle and Charles Dana Gibson through Maxfield Parrish, James Montgomery Flagg, and Norman Rockwell to contemporaries such as Bernard Fuchs and Bob Peak." Quarto. Full padded leather binding, with gilt and blind-stamped titles, and a color illustration inset on the front panel. This copy bears a gilt presentation stamp from a pharmaceutical company on the rear panel. A near fine copy, housed in the publisher's slipcase.