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New York: Grove Press, Inc.. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1970). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [nice tight clean copy, very slight bumping to a couple of corners; jacket shows light surface we Openly labeling the U.S. Army "an oppressive force," the intent of this book was to inform the ordinary GI "why the Army subjects him to the indignities, brutalities, and injustices that he used to associate only with totalitarian regimes." Toward this purpose, the author "has drawn upon an extensive array of factuall, legal, sociological and psychological materials, blended them with his own experiences in the Army, and produced in one volume both a clear and constructive soldier's guide to survival and a stinging indictment of American militarism." A Vietnam-era classic, and a book whose publication would have been literally unimaginable during any previous American war. The author was an attorney who was himself drafted in 1967, and was stationed at Fort… Leer más

New York: Forge/Tom Doherty Associates. Near Fine. 1994. 1st Edition (softcover issue). Softcover. 0312857799 . [nice-looking book, with just a touch of surface wear to the covers, slight bends to bottom corners of about a dozen pages near the end of the book]. Trade PB (cartoon drawings) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author/cartoonist on the inside front cover: "To _____ / with my best wishes / Gahan Wilson"; accompanying the signature (and together with it covering the entire page) is a rough drawing of a lightning bolt, and at the bottom right is a small drawing of a woman with a thought balloon over her head, thinking "What a neat wallpaper that would make!" This book, "Wilson's first major collection, includes selections from the whole body of his work, plus 100 brand-new cartoons and 100 more than have never before been published in book form." Signed by Author .

New York/London: Harper & Brothers. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1947). Later Printing (K-W). Hardcover. [good sound copy, very slight bumping to bottom corners; jacket has shallow chips at top of front panel and top of spine, small tears with minor paper loss at front corners]. Novel depicting military life (including its homosexual aspects) in Allied-occupied North Africa and Naples in 1944. The author's first book, it was both critically and commercially successful at the time of its original publication, but its enduring reputation rests mostly on its frank depiction of gay life, particularly the 28-page chapter entitled "Momma," which takes place in a gay hangout for soldiers and civilians in Naples. From Wikipedia: "Without sentimentality, Burns explored the average man's resentment of the military, his struggle to assert his individuality within the complex war effort, the tension between officers and enlisted men, the psychological effects of… Leer más

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1958). First Edition. Hardcover. [light age-toning to edges of text block, no other significant wear to book; jacket shows a bit of wear along the top and bottom edges, extremely shallow paper loss at spine ends]. "A Novel of Historical Ireland," set in the period A.D. 900 to 1014, about a paid professional soldier (a "gallowglass"), Ronan MacHugh, "a clanless, homeless young man whom we first meet as the daring head of a band of vagrants. With an old enmity toward Brian [Boru], Ronan offers the services of himself and his tattered band to the High-King, Malachy Mor." What ensues is a "rousing novel of fighting men and fair ladies [that] abounds in vigor, with battles, duels, challenges, escapes, love and amorous dalliance." (St. Patrick even puts in an appearance, "in the retelling of the delightful legend of his meeting with the leprechauns and their attempt to bribe him… Leer más

New York: The Macmillan Company. Good+. 1931. 2nd printing. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [moderate shelfwear, small dent in top edge of front cover, tiny tears in cloth at spine ends, rubber-stamped firm name (Delaney & Kohlsaat, Beverly Hills) on front pastedown and fffep, staining to pp. 59-72]. Novel set largely in Galveston, Texas. From the dust jacket (NOT present on this copy): "Judith first met Phil Harrington at Crosby's Hotel in Smith City where she and her sister, Hallie, had gone from their Ozark cabin to work after the death of their parents. Phil was tall and lean and gentle, with a gay laugh and a devil-may-care air. Judith was very young, and even though she remembered the fervor of her father's preaching against weakness and sin, she could not fight down her love for Phil. They were married and went to Galveston, where her innocence and beauty made her useful as a lure to prospective vitims of his gambling projects. But when there was danger of… Leer más

London: Macmillan. Very Good in Very Good dj. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. [moderate shelfwear, light wear to extremities, a bit of dampstaining at bottom edge of front cover, tanning to edges of text block extending somewhat into pages, literary agency label on front endpaper, minor paper-clip mark and indentation on page facing the title page, small stain from paper clip on the title page itself; the jacket is a bit rubbed/scuffed, with slight damage to the upper right corner of the front panel, internally stained along part of the bottom edge but with no visible bleed-through; there's also a short diagonal crease at the top corner of the front flap]. World War II adventure novel, in which a motley group of guerilla fighters attempt to neutralize the Channel Islands. Per the jacket, "James Graham is the pseudonym of a well-known novelist who her begins, in startling and satisfying form, a new series of adventure stories." The author had earlier written as Harry… Leer más

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Good. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [worn copy, binding intact, foxing to page edges and pages near front and rear of book, soiling to red cloth covers, spine cloth somewhat faded, light fraying along top front hinge, bookseller's stamp on front pastedown]. Novel, set largely aboard an ocean liner. (++) .

[Columbia SC]: The Student Body of the University of South Carolina. Very Good. 1944. Hardcover. NOISBN . (no dust jacket, as issued) [clean solid copy, light wear at spine ends, small dent on front cover (blemishing the cover photo a bit)]. (B&W photographs) Pretty much what you'd expect from a wartime college yearbook: lotsa folks in uniform (ROTC and whatnot), and an intense focus on the many ways in which the school and its students were contributing to the war effort. The dedication essay begins: "Surrounded by a seething world at war, Carolina students lost much of their traditional levity this year, and began to make earnest preparations to take their places in their country's service, whether it be the armed forces, laboratories, schools, or essential industries." .

New York: Napier & Noyes. Very Good in Good dj. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. [solid copy, a little dust-soiling to top edge, very minor bumping at a couple of corners, offsetting to endpapers; jacket worn and moderately soiled, shallowing chipping along top and bottom edges but no loss of text anywhere, various small tears at edges, 2-inch chip at top of rear panel held in place by jacket protector]. A novel, "the story of the first automobile and its offshoot and their development, of Alan McDonald, of Hattie Sawyer, of the uncouth, greedy Sawyer clan, traced in the larger magnitude of the history of the motor vehicle in the United States." .

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1929). Early printing. Hardcover. NOISBN . [sharp-looking copy, just a bit of deterioration to cloth at spine ends, otherwise clean and tight, with the remnants of an old price sticker on the rear pastedown; jacket is bright and attractive, with a bit of wear along upper hinges, short tears and crinkling at the base of the spine (no significant paper loss, though)]. Novel about a successful Englishman's wife, whose life is kind of a misery -- getting "nothing but tepid interest and polite indifference from her husband, and merely outward obedience from her sons" -- until she meets "a handsome young Irish youth, who is immediately infatuated with her, and gives her unbounded adoration and devotion." Diana Patrick (whose real name was Desemea Newman Wilson) was an English popular novelist who churned out a couple of dozen books during the 1920s and 1930s, then vanished into the mists of sub-literary… Leer más

Indianapolis/New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. (c.1952). First Edition. Hardcover. [tiny tear in cloth at top of spine, otherwise a solid clean book with only minor shelfwear; jacket has some very shallow chipping at top left edge of front panel and top of spine, one tiny closed tear at top of rear panel]. The author's first novel, about a family brought low by the 1929 stock market crash and ensuing Great Depression -- with the impact manifesting itself most egregiously on the two daughters, one of whom (per the New York Times critic) "marries into misery," while the other "becomes a neurotic monstrosity who not only runs away from reality but who also runs away with the novel." .

London: The Readers Library Publishing Company Ltd.. Very Good in Very Good+ dj. [1928]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. [modest shelfwear, some wear to extremities, binding intact; the jacket shows a bit of wear along the edges and spine, with some very slight paper loss at a couple of corners and a tiny closed tear at the top of the front panel]. (Readers Library, no. 212) Series (8 sepia-toned film stills) Small-format British photoplay edition (about the size of a modern-day mass-market paperback), a "Readers Library Film Edition" novelization of the 1927 silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Lupe Velez, set in Argentina. Like all the Readers Library titles, these books were ultra-cheaply produced, so finding copies in decent condition (as this one is) is not always easy; this was has the additional virtue (which not all RL movie tie-ins did) of having a photo section bound in the middle of the book, containing eight full-page sepia-toned scenes from the film; it also… Leer más

London: Robert Hale & Company. Very Good+ in Good dj. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. DETAILS NEEDED. [book is just lightly shelfworn, a bit of dust-soiling to top of text block, "FILE COPY" stamped in large letters on half-title page, "G5" written in red pencil at bottom corner of both ffep and half-title; jacket has a couple of small chips at top of front panel, soiling to rear panel, shallow chipping at spine ends, one small tear-hole near bottom of spine, tiny bit of paper loss at lower right corner of front panel (unfortunately affecting the jacket artist's signature)]. Comic novel about "the outrageously amusing adventures of a young Englishman who landed in Australia with very little money and with no introductions." But he did meet a girl on the boat over (of course), and soon after landing gets introduced to the girl's "irresponsible sister," whose husband turns out to be the president of a newly-formed "Purity… Leer más

South Bend IN: Studebaker Bros. Mfg. Co.. Very Good+. 1892-1893. "World's Fair Edition". Softcover. (illustrated wraps) [minor damage to the spine ends, otherwise an exceptionally clean and minimally-worn example of a publication that wouldn't have been able to withstand much thumbing-through; there is a small hole punched through the upper left-hand corner, with a short length of pinkish string threaded through and tied -- perfect for hanging on that little hook on the side of your rolltop desk]. (engravings) A charming relic of a time just before carriages became horseless, this small-format (about 4.5" x 7") 128-page catalogue presents a wide range of four-wheeled vehicles, designed for virtually any need in town or country, farm or city: buckboards, surreys, dump carts, mountain wagons, delivery wagons, phaetons, you name it. And the names!: "Common-Sense" Steel-Skein Log Wagons; Elliptic-Spring Spindle-Body Wagon; Brewster-Spring Langtry Surrey;… Leer más

New York: House of Field, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1941. Unstated ed. Hardcover. [good solid copy, minimal wear, top edge dust-darkened, a few spots on front pastedown and ffep, small bookstore stamp on front pastedown; jacket a bit edgeworn, a few small insect holes at rear flap foldover, minor chipping at top of spine]. "Reading [this book] is much like spending a vacation at an old Kentucky manor house. You cannot fail to respond to the warmth of Southern hospitality, and you will be sure to make many interesting and lasting friends. Your host, General Shelby, and the general's boss, a sixteen-year-old girl who recented inherited the estate of Cedarstone, will entertain you lavishly. It will be the most enjoyable and exciting vacation you ever spent--replete with outdoor sports, historical excursions, romance, secret passages, exciting adventures and all the other elements that go to make life more worthwhile. " [The copyright page states that "this book is… Leer más

New York: The Macaulay Company. Fair. 1931. First American Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [moderately worn book, some surface deterioration to cloth along bottom edge and on spine, pp.73-76 partially torn (still attached), last page of text detached from binding; a reading copy only]. Multi-generational Jewish family saga, set in New York, following the fortunes and misfortunes of the three sons of an immigrant couple. The perceptive Chicago Tribune critic Fanny Butcher wrote of the novel: "Mr. Pinski writes with a crisp, unembroidered, factual style which has little beauty but which has a certain violent power. It is the English of a man who is not completely at home in the language, a writer who has learned his English through conversation rather than through reading, perhaps." Or perhaps "conversation" was a more natural mode for the Russian-born Pinski, a major Yiddish playwright and prolific short-story writer, who lived in New York from 1899 until he… Leer más

New York: Program Publishing Company. Very Good+. [1962]. Stapled wraps. [light handling wear and minor external soiling, soft diagonal crease at top corner of rear cover]. (B&W photographs) Oversize souvenir/promotional booklet (9"x14", 24 pages) for musician Ray Charles. In addition to the Robertson essay (6 pages), there are numerous photographs of Charles both on- and off-stage, and a list of songs from which his concert set lists were assembled. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Good dj. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. [light shelfwear, faint spotting/soiling to bottom of text block, front hinge a little weak but generally a good sound copy, one-time owner's name on second ffep, light foxing to title page; jacket has a couple of small chips in the upper area of the front panel, a little wrinkling/creasing at top of spine, one-inch scrape mark along front hinge]. (Americana Deserta) Series This illuminating anthology of selections from "obscure but once popular books -- novels, gift-books, model-letter-writers, poetry" is intended to present the Victorian female of the first half of the nineteenth century "as she really was, in all her variety," and somewhat contrary to the popular conception of such ladies. Sections are devoted to such topics as: Female Frailty; Melancholy; Humanitarianism; Fashions; Decorum; Pastimes; The Female Emigrant; Woman's Sphere and Influence; Woman's Rights--and… Leer más

London: Ivor Nicholson & Watson. Very Good. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [moderate shelfwear, spine slightly turned, tiny rip in cloth at top of spine, some dust-soiling to top edge]. Historical novel derived from the exploits of an 18th-century English highwayman, Henry Simms. The author, for reasons that are not quite clear (angling for a sale of the movie rights?), addresses the book's 4-page Dedication to Douglas Fairbanks Jr., citing the actor's "admiration for the heroic deeds of great men in the past," and at the same time begging his forgiveness "for placing your name before the fictional history of a notorious blackguard." The author acknowledges his heavy debt to Hogarth for innumerable period details, as well as to the "Newgate Calendar" and Simms's own autobiography, "a thin book so disregarded that it has to be held together with string, can be read in the British Museum Reading Room where I chanced upon… Leer más

New York: Hermon Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. [1968]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. NOISBN . [nice tight copy, small stain and mild soiling on top edge, light browning to fore-edge; jacket browned at spine and edges, small snag at front hinge, a couple of tears at edges of rear panel]. (Texts and Studies of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Vol. II) Series NOTE that this is the second volume (of two): Volume II only. The first volume was a survey of the literary activity of the Geonim in the field of Halakah. "The second volume consists of 47 halakic fragments from the Cairo Genizah, mainly Geonic responsa containing many interesting Halakic views. All are copiously annotated and critically examined by the author." Text in Hebrew and English. .