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Gene Autry was an American singer, songwriter, actor, musician and rodeo performer who gained fame as a singing cowboy in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades beginning in the early 1930s. Whitman Publishing published many books for young people based on, and authorized by, various TV series of the day.
Erwin L Hess was a comic book artist for Dell Publications from 1939 through the 1940s, as well as an illustrator for Whitman Publishing. This book has not been read and is in pristine condition. The paper has darkened but there are no marks of any kind in or on it. The dust jacket shows heavy wear, but colours are bright and clear.NOTE: My quoted price for shipping OUTSIDE of North America is for surface mail without tracking. For other shipping options, please contact me.

This is a pristine copy of The Genius of James Thurber, a 42-story collection from the much-loved American comedy writer (1894-1961). The selection includes some of Thurber's finest and funniest works: The Owl in the Attic, The Pet Department, My Life and Hard Times, The Night the Bed Fell, The Car We Had to Push, The Day the Dam Broke, The Night the Ghost Got In etc.
Thurber illustrated his own stories, and this book contains numerous cartoons.
It was published by the Folio Society in 1997 and was a best-seller. This is a copy of its third printing, in 2000.
The book is silver plasticized paper with a black design of Thurber's drawings. It is in a light gray slipcase. The only flaw is two fingerprints on the slipcase.
Inside, the book is flawless. It has not been read, the spine has not been cracked. It is in perfect condition. Like new.

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God's Grace
is the final novel (his eighth) by American author Bernard Malamud (1914-1986). The novel, which was published in 1982, focuses on Calvin Cohn, the supposed sole survivor of thermonuclear war and God's second Flood, who attempts to rebuild and perfect civilization amongst the primates that make their way onto a tropical island.
This is a first edition, stated second printing.
The dust jacket is unclipped. It has a tiny bit of shelfwear and a small spot on the spine.
Except for a tiny bit of fading to the fabric at the top of the spine, the book is like new—perfect condition.

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This is a first edition of Good as Gold, the third novel by the American author Joseph Heller (1923-1999).
It is about a Jewish man, going through a mid-life crisis, who must make drastic changes in order to take the job of U.S. Secretary of State.
407 pages. No dust jacket. The original owner signed the front endpaper. Minor rubbing to the gold lettering on the spine. Otherwise perfect condition.

This is a stated First Edition, and first printing, of Good Intentions, a 128-poem collection by the American poet Ogden Nash (1902-1971).
Blue boards with a black and gold design on the cover and spine. 180 pages of thick paper.
This copy has fading to the spine and a little spot on the cover. It has an old book smell--not musty, but dusty. Minor wear to the edges. The pages are all clean and clear.

This is a collection of five early novels by the great American writer Gore Vidal (1925-2012).It is a stated first edition, published in 1979 for the British market (bought in the UK).The books areWilliwaw--his first novel, published in 1946. It is a drama about war, maritime adventure and murder.The City and the Pillar--his third novel, published in 1948. It is about a young man who comes of age and realizes that he's homosexual.The Judgement of Paris--his 8th novel, published in 1952. Also a coming-of-age novel, about a young lawyer who spends a year in Europe.Messiah--his 13th novel, published in 1954. This one is satirical and is about a new religion that replaces Christianity.Julian--his 15th novel, published in 1964. This is a brilliant narrative novel about the Roman Emperor Flavius Julianus, or Julian the Apostate.This book is 874 pages and weighs 3 lbs.It is in superb condition. The spine is as you see it. The original owner put two bookplates at the front. The inside is perfect.
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This is a set of two antique books containing 4 books written by the great American author Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864). They were published in 1902, and are brown boards with leather spines. Both are illustrated and both are in excellent condition.Condition of the covers are shown. The first book contains The Marble Faun: Or The Romance of Monte Beni, Hawthorne's last romance (set in Italy), which was published in 1860. There is a mark, either from water or glue, on the front endpaper. Otherwise perfect. The second book contains Fanshawe, Grandfather's Chair and Biographical Stories, as well as a short biography of Hawthorne written by Katharine Lee Bates (known for writing America the Beautiful), who also wrote the introduction in both books.Fanshawe was Hawthorne's first novel. He published it anonymously in 1828 and paid for the printing. It is about his experiences at university.
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This is edition 108 (2009) of Granta: The Magazine of New Writing (it was originally a magazine). This is a special edition, titled Chicago, and contains short stories, essays and poetry relating to Chicago and contains works by Peter Carey, Don Delillo, George Saunders, Elaine Showalter et al (see contents photo).288 pages, trade paperback with laminated covers.Heavily illustrated with photographs and drawings.This book has not been read, or even opened. It is in mint condition.

This is edition 105 (2009) of Granta: The Magazine of New Writing (it was originally a magazine). This is a special edition, titled Lost and Found, and contains short stories, essays and memoirs relating to people and places undergoing tremendous change (see contents photo).256 pages, trade paperback with laminated covers.Heavily illustrated with photographs and drawings.This book has not been read, or even opened. It is in mint condition.

This is a luxury edition copy of The Grapes of Wrath, the brilliant novel by the American author John Steinbeck (1902-1968). The book, about a family struggling through the Great Depression, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and put Steinbeck over the top to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.It was first published in 1939. Viking division Compass issued this edition in 1958 and it was published as part of the International Collectors Library collection.It is dark navy blue with gilt on the cover and spine. No other adornment of any kind, aside from a bound-in silk bookmark.There is a tiny bump to the bottom right of the cover--you can't see it, you can feel it. And the pages are darkening a little. I don't believe this book has been read. It is in pristine condition.NOTE: My quoted price for shipping OUTSIDE of North America is for surface mail without tracking. For other shipping options, please contact me.

Hans Brinker, or TheSilver Skates: A Story of Life in Hollandis a novel by American author Mary Mapes Dodge, first published in 1865. The story takes place in the Netherlands and is a colorful fictional portrait of early 19th-century Dutch life, as well as a tale of youthful honor.
The book's title refers to the beautiful silver skates to be awarded to the winner of the ice-skating race Hans Brinker hopes to enter. The novel introduced the sport of Dutch speed skating to Americans, and Hans Brinker is still considered the prototypical speedskater. The book also gave us the story of the little Dutch boy who plugs a dike with his finger.
I have looked everywhere and can't find an identical copy of this book.
It is undated but, because of the style of illustrations and type, I'm dating it at 1925. Published by Grosset & Dunlap as part of the Companion Library.
It is blue boards heavily etched with a black design—on both covers and the spine. 336 pages, all clean and clear, although starting to darken.… Leer más

This is a mylar-wrapped copy of Harlot's Ghost, the 11th of the 13 novels written by the American writer Norman Mailer (1923-2007).Narrated by Harry Hubbard, a second-generation CIA man, the novel looks into the depths of the American soul and the soul of Hugh Tremont Montague, code named Harlot, a CIA man obsessed. This is not only a copy of the first printing, it's a copy from the first print run in which the bindery made a huge mistake--it put the covers on backwards and upside-down. So the cover which you see in photo # is on the back, with the words 'Norman Mailer' on the bottom. And the text on the spine is upside-down.It is 1310 pages, including indexes. It weighs 4 lbs.This copy has not been read but the original owner put a bookplate in it (it's attractive and can be removed). There is shelfwear to the spine; it looks like fading, but it's dusty so it can be brushed up. Otherwise pristine.
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This is a mint-condition copy of Harper's Magazine, March 2006. It has not been read; the subscription card is still in it.
92 Pages
See Table of Contents Scan
Cover: The Case for Impeachment: Why We Can No Longer Afford George W. Bush
- Out of Control: AIDS and the Corruption of Medical Science
- Viral Marketing: The Selling of the Flu Vaccine
- The Inventor of the Flash Mob
- Fiction from T. Coraghessan Boyle
The paper has darkened a little but it's otherwise in perfect condition.

This is a stated First Edition (1987, not 1988 as the ISBN info notes) of The Hermit of 69th Street, the last novel by the Polish-American writer Jerzy Kosinski (1933-1991).Its full title is The Hermit of 69th Street: The Working Papers of Norbert Kosky, and it is a semi-autobiographical novel about the creative process and the life of a writer. This copy has not been opened, until now. But the spine of the dust jacket is white and has become discolored, just from sitting on a shelf for 34 years.The book itself is pristine. No shelfwear. There's not a mark on it or in it.

William F Buckley (1925-2008) was an American journalist, author and intellectual, best known as the founder of the National Review and the host of Firing Line. He wrote 50+ books, including a series of 11 novels involving a fictitious Cold War CIA agent named Blackford Oakes. (I have two other first editions from this series listed here.)
High Jinx is the 7th of these novels, but occurs third chronologically. In this one, Oakes is sent inside the Soviet Union to monitor a Kremlin power struggle.
This is a stated first edition.
The dust jacket has some shelf-wear—condition is shown.
The book is pristine; I don't believe it has been read.
There are no marks of any kind in it or on it.

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This is a first Golden Press edition of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of omitted), written by Mark Twain and first published in 1884. This copy was published in 1965.
254 pages. Illustrated by the prolific American illustrator Betty Fraser (b 1928-).
The paper has darkened and the binding is starting to pull away a little at the front.
Otherwise fine condition--a nice little vintage book.

This is a stated first Canadian edition of I Am Charlotte Simmons, the 2004 novel by the American writer Tom Wolfe (1930-2018). It is about the culture of sex, status and wealth at a prestigious American university.
It is a blending of true stories--Wolfe interviewed hundreds of university students and this is their experiences, woven together into a work of fiction.
This copy has never been opened.

This is a stated first edition of I Am Charlotte Simmons, the 2004 novel by the American writer Tom Wolfe (1930-2018). It is about the culture of sex, status and wealth at a prestigious American university.
It is a blending of true stories--Wolfe interviewed hundreds of university students and this is their experiences, woven together into a work of fiction.
This copy has never been opened.

This is a first Readers Union (UK) edition of The Ides of March, which was first published in the US in 1948. It is by the American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) and is about the last days of the Roman Republic and the events leading up to the murder of Julius Caesar.
It's a very plain book. Red covers with Wilder's signature on the front and silver lettering on the spine. No dust jacket. No interior adornment. 198 pages.
There's a little mark on the cover. Other than that, it's in mint condition.

This is a first edition of The Inside of the Cup, the best-selling 1913 novel about poverty that sparked a nationwide debate about the role of Christianity and religion in daily life.
It was written by the American author Winston Churchill (1871-1947) who, at the time, was more famous than the Winston Churchill the politician, who was also a writer. After the American wrote to him about the possibility of confusion, the latter began to publish as Winston Spencer Churchill, or Winston S Churchill, and used that signature for the rest of his life.
This copy is in near-mint condition. It has a mark on the outside edges, at the back. There is a very small signature on the front endpaper. The marks you see in the photos are fingerprints and dust and can be easily cleaned. And the paper has darkened, as you would expect with a book of its age.
Other than that, it's perfect.