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New York:: Donald I. Fine, Inc.,, (1988). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in a near fine dust jacket (slight spine slant, bookstore stamp on front endpaper, toning to pages and dj) . First printing. The author's first mystery novel, introducing the septuagenarians, Angela Benbow and Caledonia Wingate - 'spirited, fearless, grey-haired sleuths' - living in a California retirement community who are galvanized into action when one of their own is found murdered. 264 pp. Dust jacket by Loretta Trezzo Braren.

New York:: Trident Press,, (1968.). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket.. First printing. The third novel in the JC - Kitten trilogy. There is rioting in the cities, Kitten has a pimp strung out on dope... but there is still room for hope.

Milano: : Interno Giallo / Mondadori,, (1984). SIGNED Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First Italian edition. The tenth book in Sue Grafton's Kinsey Milhone series, translated from the English into Italian - traduzione di Annamaria Raffo. SIGNED by the author on the title page and uncommon thus. 262 pp.

London:: Frederick Muller,, 1976.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering in fine pale blue dust jacket (a new copy.) Slightly oversized format.. First printing. First biography and study of the work of this remarkable man who worked at the Ballantyne Press, the Doves Press with Emery Walker and Cobden Sanderson, the Cranach Press, and later collaborated with Eric Gill, Gordon Craig, and Edward Johnston. Although he was self-educated, Mason came to be considered as one of his era's greatest printers; among other achievements he developed the Imprint type, a congenial and readable face well suited for periodical printing and book composition. The author was a student of Mason in the years between the wars at what was then known as the L.C.C. Central School of Arts and Craft. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait, and 12 other illustrations, including some double spread ones. Several appendices listing some of the books produced under his direction and… Read More

New York:: Henry Holt,, (1993.). SIGNED hardcover first edition - . Very good in very good dust jacket ('X' on front endpaper, corners slightly bumped.). First printing. The 10th Kinsey Millhone mystery, in which she is hired by an insurance company to investigate the pseudosuicide of a real estate speculator facing bankruptcy and criminal charges. SIGNED on title page. 288 pp.

New York:: Henry Holt,, (1993.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. The 10th Kinsey Millhone mystery, in which she is hired by an insurance company to investigate the pseudosuicide of a real estate speculator facing bankruptcy and criminal charges. SIGNED on the title page.

New York:: Henry Holt,, 1993.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket ( a little bleeding from the bottom of the cloth spine to the inside of the dj.). First printing. The 10th Kinsey Millhone mystery, in which she is hired by an insurance company to investigate the pseudosuicide of a real estate speculator facing bankruptcy and criminal charges. SIGNED on title page by the author.

New York:: Henry Holt,, 1993.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very good in a near fine dustjacket.. First printing. The 10th Kinsey Millhone mystery, in which she is hired by an insurance company to investigate the pseudosuicide of a real estate speculator facing bankruptcy and criminal charges. SIGNED on title page by the author.

New York:: Henry Holt,, 1993.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The 10th Kinsey Millhone mystery, in which she is hired by an insurance company to investigate the pseudosuicide of a real estate speculator facing bankruptcy and criminal charges. SIGNED on title page by the author. 288 pp.

New York:: Henry Holt,, (1993.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line.). First printing. The 10th Kinsey Millhone mystery, in which she is hired by an insurance company to investigate the pseudosuicide of a real estate speculator facing bankruptcy and criminal charges. SIGNED on title page. 288 pp.

New York:: Henry Holt,, 1993.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fine dustjacket (some spine slant). First printing. The 10th Kinsey Millhone mystery, in which she is hired by an insurance company to investigate the pseudosuicide of a real estate speculator facing bankruptcy and criminal charges. SIGNED on title page. 288 pp.

Beverly Hills, CA:: Wollstonecraft, Inc., (1973.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. SIGNED and inscribed by author Carol Henning on the dedication with 'May the buzzards never roost at your house. Stay happy' and the notation 'by Joe, in absentia.' Near fine in a very good dustjacket (price-clipped.). First printing. Illustrated with many black and white photographs of buzzards - California's turkey vultures - Polital satire. 93 pp.

New York:: Warner,, 1974.. Near fine.. Paperback. The 4th title in the Writers for the Seventies series. Notes, bibliography. 206 pp.

Freeport, NY: : Books for Libraries Press,, 1972.. Hardcover -. Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in black cloth, no dust jacket as issued. . Reprint. Originally published in 1922, this uses fiction to as an introduction to the race problem in America, and especially the effects of the northward migration in the early 20th century. "To all the young men and women of the 20th century who have caught the vision and are working to usher in the day when individuals of all races everywhere shall have a fair chance at the good things of life." It begins with an almost successful lynching and continues with J.W. becoming involved in the work of the Methodist Episcopal Church among American Negroes. Illustrated with photographs showing African-Americans at work and in educational settings, mostly in the South. A title in the Black Heritage Library Collection. 179 pp.

New York:: Dial Press,, 1940.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in beige cloth with red lettering (bookplate, prev owner's name stamped, no dust jacket). First American edition. A book written in anger, during a time of defeat and betrayal for France - but a book which puts the blame not just on the Germans, but on the politicians, the military and the wealthy families who ruled France but who were corrupt and complicit in the Nazis rise. Introduction by Carleton Beals. 304 pp.

New York:: Harry N. Abrams,, (2017). Hardcover first edition -. Fine (a new copy) in glossy illustrated boards.. First printing. The first book in a new series written for middle readers by Bill Nye, the Science Guy - with mystery, adventure, robot drones, cool facts about the book's science, and a do-it-yourself project. Illustrated by Nick Iluzada. 247 pp.

Boston:: Little Brown,, (1910). Hardcover first edition -. Fair condition only (front endpaper roughtly torn out, rubbing to the covers, corners bumped) . First edition. The hard-to-find second book in the "Young Captains of Industry" series written for older boys by this engineer, professor, and author, who was also President of Drexler Institute. "Jack Collerton goes abroad to enter his father's airship engine in an English contest. A rival company, with unscrupulous methods, is a competitor in the same contest. Jack's engine is stolen and he has an exciting time in England and on the continent in his attempts to recover it." Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven inserted glossy plates by H. Burgess. Tissue guard at frontispiece. 285 pp plus 2 pp of ads (just the first 2 books in this series listed in the ad) .

New York:: Avon,, 1997.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A fascinating alternate history book, a retelling of Goethe's Faust story, where Jack Faust has been given the knowledge of technology. SIGNED on the title page. 337 pp.

Chicago:: M. A. Donohue & Co.., n.d. (ca 1920). Hardcover -. Good overall in burgundy cloth with black lettering, black, gold and orange illustration on the front cover (front hinge cracked). Reprint. The final book in Hemyng's extremely popular series, one which tamed the gore and violence of the 'penny dreadfuls' to produce exciting books aimed at younger readers. Jack ran away to see to escape a harsh schoolmaster, and had many adventures all around the world, but he still managed to retain his sense of honor and schoolboy code of conduct despite being surrounded by villains of all types. This volume begins in true penny dreadful style with a murder - "We arrived too late to prevent it, but Tinker was pleased to take it upon himself to avenge the murdered woman, for a woman it was, as we could tell from her shrieks as the sack went under and stifled them for ever." - but the emphasis is on his being manly enough to apologize for the tempetousness of his actions.… Read More

London:: Orion, , (2000) . SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. An omnibus edition collecting three novels that Rankin wrote under the name 'Jack Harvey' in 1993-1995 to differentiate them from the Inspector Rebus series. Includes Witch Hunt, Bleeding Hearts and Blood Hunt and a new introduction by the author. SIGNED on the title page. viii, 787 pp.