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Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965; First Edition; 8vo; 683 pages; black cloth; gilt spine titles. John Hersey’s enigmatic fantasy novel examining the peculiarities of racial identity. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket that has a miniscule chip (3/16") at upper right of the spine panel, and shallow clipping of the upper corner of the front flap, which does not affect the printed price. Clean, crisp, bright, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2010; First Edition, Nov. 26, 2010; four octavo volumes, yellow, red, blue, and white cloth respectively. First printing of the deluxe boxed set of Stieg Larsson’s popularly acclaimed trilogy, translated into English from the original Swedish by Reg Keeland, plus a fourth volume, "On Stieg Larsson," containing a series of previously unpublished essays about, and correspondence with, the author. All volumes New, in a New slipcase. A Mint set.

Bell & Cockburn, Toronto, Canada, 1914; First Edition, 8vo, 198 pages; illustrated. Celebrated Canadian humorist Stephen Leacock’s tongue-in-cheek three act play "Behind The Beyond," plus thirteen riotously funny short stories. Color frontispiece and sixteen b&w art nouveau illustrations by A. H. Fish. Fine. Clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp, binding tight, sound, and square. No dust jacket. Inscription in year before publication on f.f.e.p. in a neat hand,"Mr.____, Xmas 1913, From _____." A sparkling copy.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, NY, 1979; First Edition, first printing; 8vo, 369 pages; green cloth spine; gilt titles; silk headbands. Fine, in a Fine dust jacket. Clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp, binding tight, sound, and square, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. Not priced clipped. A handsome copy.

Harper & Row, Publishers, NY, 1963; First Edition, stated, November,1963; 8vo, 309 pages; blue boards, black spine, gilt titles, colored end papers. Cheever’s second novel and sequel to "The Wapshot Chronicle." Very Good Plus, in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket with mild spine tan. No chips, tears, or creases. A crisp, sharp, and attractive copy of a marvelous book.

Doubleday Crime Club, Garden City, 1963; First Edition; 8vo, 183 pages. Corking mystery thriller by literary novelist Taylor Caldwell involving murder and a complex web of intrigue entangling a snowbound group of jealous cousins and conniving spouses gathered for Christmas at a deceased aunt’s country estate in a remote section of rural Connecticut. Very Good Plus, in a price clipped Very Good Plus dust jacket. Clean, crisp and bright, corners sharp, binding tight, sound, and square.

Vanguard Press, NY, 1973; First Edition; 8vo, 561 pages. Novel of an individual’s attempts to find transformative love in the turbulent period of the 1960’s. Very Good, in a price clipped Very Good dust jacket that has two tiny (1/8") edge tears. Clean, crisp, bright, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. A nice copy.

Simon and Schuster, NY, 1966; First Edition; 8vo, 252 pages. Evan S. Connell’s examination into the workings of the mind of an ordinary person who turns to violence out of frustration and boredom, demonstrating the thin line that separates normal from abnormal. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good dust jacket with a minor short crease near the top edge of the back panel, no chips, no tears. Clean, crisp, bright, and un-yellowed. A fascinating book.

Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., New York, 1965; First Edition; 8vo, 186 pages; black cloth. The book which marked a departure in subject and mood for Simenon, and the one he said he would choose if he were allowed to keep but one of all his novels. Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman. Fine, in a Fine dust jacket. Clean, crisp, bright and sharp, no price clipping, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind.

Random House, NY, 1957; First Edition; 8vo, 341 pages. Twelve marvelous new stories, last in succession of the "Tales" series begun in 1934 with "Seven Gothic Tales," and followed by "Winter’s Tales" in 1942. Here are "The Cardinal’s First Tale," "The Cloak," "The Night Walk," "Of Secret Thoughts and of Heaven," "Tales of Two Old Gentlemen," "The Cardinal’s Third Tale," "The Blank Page," "The Caryatids: An Unfinished Gothic Tale," "Echoes," "A Country Tale," "Copenhagen Season," and "Converse At Night In Copenhagen." Very Good, clean, crisp, corners sharp, binding tight, sound, and square. In a clean and bright Very Good dust jacket, with minor spine tan. Not price-clipped. Former copy of influential Los Angeles millionaire philanthropist and patron of the arts Anna Bing Arnold, with brief gift inscription from her distinguished husband,… Leer más

Viking Press, New York, 1945; First Edition; tall 8vo, 131 pages plus list of Steinbeck titles at the back; beige cloth; illustrated front board inset. First illustrated edition of John Steinbeck’s heartbreaking story of the maturation of a young boy growing up on his father’s ranch in the Salinas Valley, prompting Clifton Fadiman in 1941 to comment, "The Grapes of Wrath excepted, The Red Pony is the finest thing he (Steinbeck) has done." In 1949, Republic Pictures made the story into the Technicolor film of the same name starring Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, and Peter Miles, for which Steinbeck himself wrote the screenplay and Aaron Copeland composed the score. Printed by Zeese-Wilkinson Co. Illustrations by Wesley Dennis. Fine. Clean, crisp, very bright, corners sharp, no signatures, in a structurally sound slipcase that has moderate edge wear and surface soil.

Scholastic, Inc. / Arthur A. Levine Books, New York, 2005; First American Edition, First Printing, July, 2005; 8vo, 652 pages. Chapter heading drawings by Mary GrandPré. Very Fine, in a Very Fine dust jacket. A crisp and sparkling copy.

Random House, NY, 1971; First Edition; Signed; 8vo, 180 pages. Third Lieutenant Hastings murder mystery, inscribed and signed on the half title page by the author. Enthusiastic rear panel blurb by Ross Macdonald. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket that has not been price-clipped.

The Viking Press, New York, 1980; First Edition; 8vo, 428 pages. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket that has two small (3/16") closed edge tears and associated soft wrinkle at the top extremity of the spine panel. Previous owner name in cursive on top left corner of front paste down. Clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1951; First Edition; 8vo, 121 pages; illustrated. Oscar Lewis’s moving biographical novel of Abraham Lincoln, in which the President does not die from the assassin’s bullet at Ford’s theater, but lives on to complete a second term, after which he returns home to Illinois and then relocates for his health to rural Auburn, California. Beautifully illustrated with woodcuts by Mallette Dean. Composed, printed, and bound by the Plimpton Press. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp. A very nice copy.

W.W. Norton & Co., NY, 1991; First Edition; 8vo, 284 pages. Very Fine, in a Very Fine dust jacket. A pristine copy of Mosley’s second book. Boldly signed on the title page by the author.

Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1980; First Edition; 8vo, 308 pages. Her second book. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket that has not been price-clipped. A clean, bright, and crisp copy.

Knightsbridge Publishing Co., NY, 1990; First Edition; Signed; 8vo, 397 pages. Suspenseful novel of Washington intrigue by David Levy, radio and television campaign adviser to a number of U.S. presidents and presidential candidates before becoming Vice President Of Network Programming for NBC, where he was responsible for many of television’s most popular programs, including "Bonanza," "Doctor Kildare," "Alfred Hitchcock," "The Bob Newhart Show," "The Addams Family," "Bat Masterson," and "The Outlaws." Warmly inscribed and signed by the author in year of publication to friend, legendary Hollywood comedy writer Nat Perrin (1905-1998) and wife Helen. Perrin’s voluminous film credits include many of the classic Marx Brothers’ comedies, beginning with "Monkey Business" in 1931, and he and Groucho remained lifelong friends. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, NY, 1989; First Edition; 8vo, 641 pages; black boards; silver spine titles; blue end papers. Umberto Eco’s rip-roaring semiotic thriller. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket. No previous owner signatures or any other markings of any kind, not price-clipped. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp. A handsome copy.

Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1968; First Edition; 8vo, 276 pages. Wry novel of life and love in a 1960’s California artists’ colony. First book by Raylyn Moore, author of the acclaimed L. Frank Baum biography "Wonderful Wizard, Marvelous Land," as well as numerous published short stories of science fiction and fantasy. Among Moore’s accomplishments were the founding of the Monterey Peninsula Dickens Fellowship and being the first woman to publish a story in Esquire Magazine (1954). An inveterate traveler and adventurer as well as school teacher, she took up poetry in later years. Very Good, in a Very Good dust jacket.