Rare books from Hang Fire Books

Chicago, Ill., 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust jacket. This book is very light, and shipping will be upgraded to first class mail.. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. No date (c 1910). 5" X 7". Paper over board pictorial cover. Some scratching and darkening to boards. Front matter lists "The Twinkle Tales. Six Volumes. Mr. Woodchuck. Bandit Jim Crow. Prairie-Dog Town. Prince Mud-Turtle. Sugar-Loaf Mountain. Twinkle's Enchantment" Backstrip missing but binding solid. 14 full page plates plus title page and final page color illus. Some finger smudging and light color smears on a few pages (including large but faint smear over one plate). Plates bright. Previous owner's pencil inscription on FEP "Edward F. Jr. from Grandma." Boards protected by Brodart sleeve. Illustrator: Maginal Enright. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Children's Books & Illustrators; Inventory No: 013629. BZDB373… Read More

Dallas, Texas, 1949. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust jacket. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Janye Mansfield's High School Yearbook (as a Junior). She appears in one image in a Girls' String Trio captioned as "Jayne Pierce" (Jayne Peers in the Orchestra list and on the Juniors group photo--where she's noted as "not in picture"). Mansfield's birth name was Vera Jayne Palmer but she used her stepfather's name "Peers" for a period. Book is off-white with padded embossed case. Some tanning to edges and a light busty smell (typo but I'm keeping it!). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 pounds. Category: Film & Media::Film Studies; Inventory No: 016000. BZDB373 Film & Media::Film Studies; Yearbook Staff; Jayne Mansfield Jayne Mansfield Junior Yearbook (The Highlander: 1949 Highland Park High School, Dallas, Texas)

Paris, France, 1961. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Dust jacket. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. (The Traveller's Companion Series No 87) First Edition. Paperback original. Green, Text only wrappers. Price on rear "15 N.F. Not to Be Sold in the USA & UK" . All Kearney points 5.87.1 noted. / Spine sunned/faded. Price on rear cover scribbled out with ballpoint pen. Very small nicks and chips to spine ends. Some small chips to hinges. Faint reading creases to spine. Sewn binding stressed at one point but solid. Pages white and supple. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Inventory No: 017070. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Chester Himes Pinktoes

1953. First Edition. Paperback. Fair/No Dust jacket. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. (Gold Medal 296) First Edition, First printing. Extremely hard-to-find paperback original of one of the most praised titles from the Gold Medal line. Stated First Printing. Story copy reads: "Smart guy, that's me, who dreamed the heist for a year--the armored car, the dead guard, the cool green bills...the getaway. Then Virginia, who came for one paid hour--and stayed for all eternity." / Numerous small chips and scratches. 1/2" material loss to foot of spine. Water spot to back cover. Binding repaired with bookbinder's adhesive. Pages lightly edge-tanned but supple. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Inventory No: 021556. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Elliot Chaze Black Wings Has My Angel

Kenosha, Wis., 1942. Paperback. Near Fine/No Dust jacket. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Wartime-era reprint of a few Captain Marvel Jr. stories in a smaller booklet format done by the Samuel Lowe Company listed in Overstreet as "The Mighty Midget Comics" series. No date (c 1942). Booklet is 5" x 3 7/8". 36 pages (including covers). Four-color cover, two-color interior (black, red). Back cover shows a war bonds ad (otherwise blank). Story contents include: "Captain Marvel Jr. and the Iron Heel of the Huns", "Sir Butch", " Captain Marvel Jr. The Return of Mr. Macabre". Near Fine/Fine condition. Unused, unread. Cover slightly mistrimmed and the top shows a sliver of art from another comic that was printed on the same sheet (Captain Marvel Adventures #11). Very light stress to spine. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 pounds. Category: Comics, Graphic Novels::General; Inventory No: 022936. BZDB373 Comics, Graphic… Read More

Kenosha, Wis., 1942. Paperback. Near Fine/No Dust jacket. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Wartime-era reprint of a few Captain Marvel stories in a smaller booklet format done by the Samuel Lowe Company listed in Overstreet as "The Mighty Midget Comics" series. No date (c 1942). Booklet is 4 7/8" x 3 7/8". 36 pages (including covers). Four-color cover, two-color interior (black, red). Back cover shows a war bonds ad (otherwise blank). Story contents include: "Bumble Brained Bridegroom" "Captain Marvel and the Alaskan Adventure". Near Fine/Fine condition. Unused, unread. Very small nick, and chip near head of spine (reattached using archival adhesive). One page shows a small dog-ear. Book shows some binding, trimming and alignment quirks (one page has losts its right panel border, cover very slightly off-register, cover shows some small chipping to edges). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 pounds. Category:… Read More

unknown, 1935. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 4.25" x 5.75". 16 pages. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Authentic "Tijuana Bible". Undated (c 1935). Double the standard size of a TB. 16 pages. Saddle-stitched. Erotic parody of Flash Gordon, Ming the Merciless and Dale Arden as created by Alex Raymond.. The story features Dale Arden being kidnapped by Azura who wants to use her to birth a warrior race. Art style and layout is an excellent imitation of Raymond's. More text heavy than a regular TB. / Green cover stock. Heavy chipping/nibbling to upper corners of cover. Some small closed nicks. Corrosion to staples. Spine starting to split at top. Illustrator: unknown. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Comics, Graphic Novels::Tijuana Bibles, 8-Pagers; Inventory No: 023408. BZDB373 Tijuana bible, 8-pager, erotica, comic book Comics, Graphic Novels::Tijuana Bibles,… Read More

1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Stated First Edition. 185 pages. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Uncommon Los Angeles gang novel by the author of Sinbad and Me. First Edition, First Printing (full number line on CR page). Pictorial library binding. Well-preserved ex-library. Looks barely circulated or uncirculated. Dustjacket price-clipped. Pocket in front label on spine and expected (though minimal) ink stamps. Jacket glossy with small wrinkling at edges. Jacket in new Brodart protector. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 pounds. Category: Children's Books & Illustrators ; Inventory No: 026497. BZDB373 Children's Books & Illustrators ; Kin Platt The Doomsday Gang

1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Library binding (but no pocket or library stamps, etc). Attractive purple and yellow pictorial boards. Interior clean and unmarked. Some rubbing and bumping to edges of boards. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 pounds. Category: Children's Books & Illustrators ; Inventory No: 026588. BZDB373 Children's Books & Illustrators ; Stoo Hample Mr. Nobody and the Umbrella Bug

unknown, 1945. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 4" x 2.75". 8 pages. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Authentic "Tijuana Bible". Undated (c 1945). Parody of Captain Marvel, Jr. (aka Shazam Jr., Shazam Family of Fawcett, the DC Comics) and Sivana Jr.The story features Sivana Jr using "whore dope" to compel a woman to work for him. Marvel Jr. intervenes but is distracted and allows Sivana to go on a crime spree in exchange for 15 minutes with the woman. Ends with the line "Well kiddie's so this is Sivana's bargain--Do you feel let down by your hero?--Well 'Tuff Shit.'". / Yellow cover stock. Saddle-stitched, single staple. Slight corrosion to staple. Some creasing and expected age-wear. Printing quality is nice (for the medium) with no dropout. Illustrator: unknown. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Comics, Graphic Novels::Tijuana Bibles, 8-Pagers; Inventory No:… Read More

1968. First English Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. First Printing Thus. Size: 5.5" x 8". 128 pages. Text unmarked. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Jacket in new Brodart protector. Uncommon first English edition of a Holocaust / Auschwitz memoir by a former member of the French resistance. Light green boards. $3.95 flap price. Photo only cover. Jacket shows some rubbing, toning, small scratches and dents and slight dust speckling. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 pounds. Category: Poetry ; Inventory No: 029976. BZDB373 Poetry ; Unbranded Charlotte Delbo; John Githens (translator) None of Us Will Return (Auschwitz and After, Book 1)

1968. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. First Printing. First commercial printing of Solanas' manifesto after her attack on Andy Warhol (she had self-distributed the work previously). An Olympia Press Special from 1968. An uncommon first. Bright red cover with some small nicks and rubbing to edges. Spine sunned to orange. Binding is square and solid but delicate. Pages edges-toned but supple. Also including the second Olympia printing (with a new cover design) in similar condition Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Art::Painting, Drawing & Sculpture; Inventory No: 030328. BZDB373 Art::Painting, Drawing & Sculpture; Unbranded Valerie Solanas; Paul Krassner (Commentray) S.C.U.M. Manifesto (Society For Cutting Up Men)

1969. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. 24 pages. Pioneering gay newspaper published in the aftermath of the Stonewall Riot. "First of all we must approach the subject from within. Whatever examples of gay power have been demonstrated thus far, whether it be through straight media or on the part of homosexuals themselves--it's either met with some kind of legal or ignorant interference or too one-sided a picture has been presented. Variety is the spice of life and Gay Power is by and for all people. A people is what we shall exemplify first not in any 'half see how far we can get' subtle way, but in the best entertaining and educational way". Content include "Astrology," by Walter Breen; "Return to (Non-Piss-- Unless It's Your Thing) Elegance," by Clayton Cole; "The Caterpillar Who Made IT," by Taylor Mead; "Ave atque Vale," illustration by Aubrey Beardsley; "Pornographic Poem," by John Giorno. Tabloid format. Has been stored folded. toning to edges. center of fold has a puncture/tear… Read More