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About this Item: John Day Company, New York, 1934. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Iconic first edition book is VERY GOOD. Book is tight and square and bound in orange cloth over boards. Spine lettering and blind stamp are black. Rare priced (2.50) dust jacket is finely and extensively repaired on the verso. There is a book plate of Allan C. Leverentz, critic and collector of apparently, as a stamp on the FFE states "Books of the Fantastic & Curious from the Collections of Allan C. Leverentz." Many believe this to be the finest novel from the pen of this distinguished German writer, Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871-1943) whose macabre creations, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, The Spider, blood and Alraune, have won for him a world wide audience. Vampire is the strange story of Frank Braun, and how he was cured of a mysterious disease by Lotte, his mistress who loved him more than life. That mysticism for which the author is famous is found in Vampire, as… Read More

Chicago: Normandie House, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Original tissue. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Book unread as new condition. The author tries to point out some of the politics hypocritical and evasive thinking of the ruling class during that period in Vardis Fisher's life. Not unlike today. In original tissue with small chip on front and larger chip on rear. One of 400 copies.

About this Item: Black Sparrow Pr, Santa Rosa, California, 1987. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Book is FINE. Published in paper wrappers; there are 300 cloth trade copies and 150 signed and numbered copies. This is copy 5/150. John Sanford (1904-2003) is the name of the principal character in The Water Wheel, a first novel by Julian Shapiro published in 1933. Adopting it as a pseudonym, the writer has used it ever since. Sanford/Shapiro wrote half his books after the age of 80. (Gives us old guys hope). The author published a five volume autobiography for which he was awarded The PEN Faulkner Award and the L.A. Times lifetime achievement award. Both Sanford and his wife Margarite Roberts were involved in the film industry during the McCarthy witch hunts and were subsequently blacklisted for over ten years for their left leaning actions. This book is a very interesting group of observations, conversations and scenes that take place between 1936 and the end of WWII. Book is… Read More

Boston and New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1984. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ellen Gilcrest, whose first collection of short stories, In the Land of Dreamy Dreams, won both prizes and international acclaim, now offers fourteen new stories that combine classic literary style and form with contemporary emotional appeal." Book and priced jacket($15.95) are as new. Unopened and unread and as expected unmarked. A perfect copy.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book and jacket in fine + condition. Unread and perfect internally. jacket is not price clipped($19.95). A beautiful copy.

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Never before published, this sequence of fourteen love poems by William Faulkner is a pivotal work in the great writer's literary career, a vital link between his early apprenticeship to poetry and the brilliance of his fiction". Book is mint , jacket is near mint in like jacket. No price on jacket. 88 pages plus appendix. Interesting photos of burned pages at rear of book.

Art Data, London, 1994. Soft cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Signed First edition is in As new condition, flawless and tight with an As New acetate dust jacket priced at ( L14.99 ). poetry is by Pablo and Paula and the evocative, beautifully colored and shaded pictures are by Paula and pablo. Pablo is from Ecuador and Paula is from London and " During the past five years we have been mentally detached from the outside world to embark on the search for ourselves. During this time, out of need for survival, Paula recorded her introspection's. These have now joined with our images to complete our journey of consciousness. This special book is SIGNED by Pablo and Paula on th last page, and by pablo on the half title page. Signed by Author