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Zustand: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Fair dj. First Edition. [some wear to book at spine ends, small bookstore stamp on front pastedown; jacket heavily worn, spine sunned, irregular fading to front panel, small pieces missing at top corner of front panel and top corner of rear panel near spine, top half-inch of spine missing, crescent-shaped stain on front panel, various small tears along bottom edge, etc.]. The author's first novel, set in a veteran's hospital. Illustrated by (dj design) Riki Levinson (illustrator).…

hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fair. "The Traditions, Dogma, and Islamic Ritual that govern the lives and destiny of more than five hundred million who call themselves Muslim: one seventh of Mankind. The complete text, in English and Arabic, has the unqualified endorsement of the two great schools of Islam, Shi'ah and Sunni, a fact of unique and unprecedented importance." Octavo, green cloth covers. The book is in fine condition. Dust jacket has a heavily sunned spine and edges,with chipping, only fair. 020117A.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. First Edition. (no dust jacket) [modest shelfwear, a good solid copy]. The author's second book, a mystery/suspense novel about a doctor who returns to New York after an absence of some years, and soon finds himself kidnapped and driven to a New Jersey resort, as part of some criminal enterprise which it takes him a while to figure out.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Very Good- dj. First Edition. [good solid copy, mild shelfwear, light tanning to page edges and endpapers; jacket sunned at spine, minor edgewear/chipping along top/bottom edges, a bit of paper loss (no text affected) at spine ends, one-inch closed tear near bottom left-hand corner of front panel]. "The story of a small town going to judgment," centering around a murder trial and its effect on a community. Illustrated by (dj) Reba Sochis (illustrator).…

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Reprint from December 11, 1948 Colliers. (Auctions, Antiques) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:9780976671442.

Zustand: Gut. Buch (32 S., broschiert mit farbigen Zeichnungen, 19,5 x 19,5 cm) und Audio Kassette (Spielzeit ca. 20 Minuten) in Blisterpackung (31 x 21,5 cm) Blisterpackung bereits aufgeschnitten und bestoßen. Buch und Kassette selbst in gutem Zustand. Ordentliches Exemplar (Engl.Spr.) 20128 Spr.Engl. A/Z ISBN 0843175966 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 220 Paperback und Audio-Kassette in Blisterpackung. Pongmee, Yudthana (illustrator).…

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good +. first edition. 9 x 11 in. Cloth and paper boards. Condition is GOOD+ ; front has a stain, edges sunned/toned, edges worn. Binding tight. Gift message on ffep, text unmarked. Dance. Stax.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 578 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.31 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Fair dj. First American Edition. [top corners bumped, some offsetting to endpapers, otherwise a solid clean book; jacket insect-nibbled at various points along edges, spine color-shifted, light dampstaining to rear panel]. "This is the story of Violet Amory, a New York society beauty of the twenties and thirties, who sought a carefree life in the playgrounds and pleasure resorts of the idle rich, but found the price more than she could pay. With her young son Peter, her devoted hangers-on, her kennel of little dogs, her Cartier jewels and Vuitton trunks, she drifted to Venice, Paris, the Riviera, New York, and Newport, leaving a trail of beautiful young men behind her." The story is narrated by the son, who "describes with elegance, charm, and a deftly unobtrusive irony the ultra-fashionable world" through which his mother gayly wafts. Illustrated by (dj painting) Cecil Beaton (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Very Good dj. First Edition. [ex-rental library book with considerable wear (especially to bottom edge), related stamping on ffep, rear hinge cracked, remnants of dust jacket flaps still affixed to both pastedowns, tape marks, etc.; jacket itself is bright and clean (must have been a second or spare copy), slightly faded at spine, otherwise blemished only by two pieces of old tape on each flap and by having trimmed by about 3/16" along the bottom edge (so that it's that much shorter than the book)]. Story about "the coming of age of a modern Cape Cod girl who had a will of her own . an active girl who loves her native Cape Cod with true feeling." "Active," in this instance, appears to be a euphemism for huntin' and fishin' and (especially) shootin': the heroine's coming-of-age has something to do with killing a whole lotta birds. Something for the Sarah Palin crowd. NOISBN.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Good+ dj. First Edition. [book is moderately worn at the extremities, former owner's name plus date & place of purchase in ink at top of front endpaper, bookplate on front pastedown; the jacket, which has some edgewear and a couple of tiny chips, has been internally tape-reinforced along most edges and folds, and has also been touched up and filled-in along both the top and bottom edges]. (A Bloodhound Mystery) Series An unusual mystery novel, centering around the use of graphology (handwriting analysis) to solve a murder that takes place in a newspaper office. This was the only novel by Ms. Stafford, described in the jacket blurb as "America's best-known and most gifted graphologist," as indeed she was (best-known, anyway, by virtue of having had a regular newpaper column, which debuted in the Chicago Tribune in 1934 and later in papers across the country. (When it began running in the Los Angeles Times in January 1935, she cemented her "graphologist to the stars" reputation from the outset, choosing Bing Crosby as the subject of her first column. (The rear jacket flap of this book contains a list of some of the famous people whose handwriting she had analyzed, from J. Edgar Hoover to Mae West.) She also had a bit of a side gig going, it seems, offering a "personal analysis" of readers' handwriting, for only 10 cents, "to cover mailing and handling charges." Sounds like a deal, although at that time it only cost 3 cents to mail a first-class letter.) The book, in fact, is written in the first person, she having cast herself as the heroine of the tale, and starts very much like a memoir. Numerous facsimile handwriting examples are scattered throughout the text and worked into the narrative.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Very Good dj. First Edition. [minimal wear to book, a nice clean copy; jacket is sunned a bit along the spine, with a few tiny edge-tears and nicks, a small sticker scar/remnant on rear panel (affecting just a few words of the rear-cover blurb)]. The author's first (and apparently only) novel, about a young man "crossing the line from adolescence to manhood" in a single 24-hour period: "In rapid sequence he experiences his first love affair, an all-night drinking and soul-searching session with his anxious but wonderfully funny and human pals, and a man-sized, terrible row with his mother." The author's rear-jacket bio describes about a dozen or so early-in-life work experiences ("the customary writer's apprenticeship"), but by the time this book appeared he seems to have settled into the life of an arts administrator and educator, with a number of later non-fiction works on his resume, including a history of the founding of the National Endowment for the Arts. Inexplicably uncommon in the online marketplace, although OCLC reveals that it made its way into plenty of libraries (35, if you must know). Illustrated by (dj design) Larry Lurin (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Very Good+ dj. 2nd printing. [minor shelfwear only; jacket shows a bit of edgewear, a couple of tiny nicks along the top edge, tiny tear/chip at lower rear hinge] Psychological mystery/suspense novel about "a lost soul, a woman bedevilled by her other, evil, self" (i.e. a distaff Jekyll & Hyde yarn). Basis for the 1949 Otto Preminger film noir WHIRLPOOL, starring Gene Tierney and Richard Conte. Illustrated by (dj) Kuttner (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Near Fine dj. First Edition. [a good sound copy, some soiling to the top of the text block but otherwise only lightly worn; the jacket has a few tiny nicks along the top edge, one very short tear and associated horizontal crease at the upper left corner of the front panel]. A novelized biography of the author of "Common Sense" and one of our country's Founding Fathers. Fast's first popular success, it was published the same year he joined the Communist Party USA, a significant step on the path which ultimately led him to a short prison sentence for contempt of Congress for his refusal to "name names" during his 1950 HUAC testimony. (He made good use of his time in the slammer, during which he began writing what would become his most famous novel, "Spartacus."). Illustrated by (dj) Charles Lofgren (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. (lacking the original dust jacket, but encased in a professionally-made facsimile reproduction of same; see 2nd image posted with this listing) [solid copy, slight deterioration to cloth at spine ends, considerable age-toning to pages as typical with this title] Hard-boiled suspense yarn about a Chicago tough guy who comes to Santa Fe, New Mexico, seeking revenge for a double-cross. One of this underrated author's most notable works, in large measure because of the stylish film noir made from it by Robert Montgomery (who both directed and starred) in 1947. NOTE again that this book bears a FACSIMILE dust jacket, to serve the dual purpose of protecting the book from further wear and enhancing its appearance on the shelf; its presence has not been factored in to our pricing.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. (no dust jacket) [a decent reading copy, with quite a bit of scuffing and light staining to covers, modest bumping to several corners, very slight fraying to cloth at top of spine, a few slightly bent lower page corners]. (B&W photographs) The first of this multi-talented singer/actress/dancer/activist/author's four autobiographies, written when he was still in her early twenties and, as its title implies, had far to go.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Very Good dj. First Edition. [good sound copy, a little foxing/spotting to top of text block, otherwise just lightly shelfworn, with a one-time owner's "This book has been borrowed from" note on the ffep along with her name and address; jacket is lightly edgeworn, with a short closed tear at the top rear flapfold, faint rubber-stamped logo of some kind near bottom of rear panel]. Novel about "a disillusioned father's search for a foothold in a personal world which is rapidly disintegrating around him." The protagonist is a successful Wall Street lawyer who's facing a bushel-basketful of midlife crises: "an approaching divorce by [his] mercenary wife, the carnal proclivities of his son, his own futile snatch at happiness through friendship with a lovely young girl, as well as his half-hearted renewal of interest in an early sweetheart.".…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Very Good dj. First Edition. (price-clipped) [nice copy, very minor soiling to page edges, light fading/bumping at top of spine; jacket a bit faded at spine, very shallow chipping at top of spine (no text affected), faint soiling/scuffing]. "A novel of modern New York with the O. Henry touch, [this book] tells of a young Congregationalist clergyman, who, increasingly conscious of the spiritual inadequacy for him of formal religion, leaves his small-town church and seeks in the anonymity of New York the reason for his being. He lives in an obscure rooming house, devoting himself selflessly to the logders he finds there, a group of strange folk blindly concerned with their own special problems and wholly unaware of relationships which bind them to each other and to a large human society." (What, New Yorkers? Obviously, this is fiction.). Illustrated by (dj) Chas. Lofgren (?) (illustrator).…

8°, Original-Leinen. xii, 190 Seiten, 2 weiße Blatt. Einband etwas fleckig und Rücken etwas gebleicht. Kapitelle lappig, etwas abgestossen, auch die Ecken gering bestossen. Innen sauber. Ein solides, textsauberes Exemplar. - In englischer Sprache. ****An unsere Kunden in Deutschland: Versand nach Deutschland einmal in der Woche ab Freilassing mit der Deutschen Post.*** - Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. First Edition. (lacking the original dust jacket, but encased in a professionally-made facsimile reproduction of same; see 2nd image posted with this listing) [a good sound copy, spine very slightly turned, minor external soiling, a touch of fading to spine cloth]. The first (and only) novel by Gunn, who went on to a decent career as a film and TV writer/producer, which was unfortunately cut short by his death at age 46. Boiled about as hard as you can get, it's a ruthless book populated by ruthless, amoral people -- not only can you not put it down, as they say, but in this case I'd advise against even turning your back on it. Basis for the 1947 film noir BORN TO KILL, directed by Robert Wise for RKO, and starring Lawrence Tierney and Claire Trevor; the film was faithful to the book's misanthropic spirit and grisly violence, which earned it plenty of trouble from the movie censorship authorities. NOTE again that this book bears a FACSIMILE dust jacket, to serve the dual purpose of protecting the book from further wear and enhancing its appearance on the shelf; its presence has not been factored in to our pricing. Illustrated by (dj design) Arthur Hawkins Jr. (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Very Good+ dj. First Edition. [solid clean copy, minor shelfwear, very light browning to page edges, small sticker shadow on ffep; jacket shows a little surface wear, minor wrinkling near bottom of front panel, diagonal crease at top front flap]. (B&W photographs) Self-serving political autobiography (although come to think of it, is there any other kind of political autobiography?), issued as part of the run-up to Reagan's successful 1966 run for Governor of California. The title derives from his most famous bit of movie dialogue, delivered in the 1941 film "King's Row" when his character discovers that his legs have been amputated after an accident. Illustrated by (dj) Ned Glattauer (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine dj. First Edition. [a nice clean book with no sigificant wear, just the slightest bumping of the upper corners; the jacket has a couple of short closed tears in the top edge, and is a bit faded along the spine]. Very scarce biography (in the form of a novel) about George H. Smith (1862-1905), a legendary gambler and horse-racing enthusiast who was nicknamed "Pittsburgh Phil." Described in the jacket blurb as "the ace of gamblers -- the coolest, most daring, most dazzlingly successful bettor and horse player America has ever known," he was a pioneer in the development of handicapping horse races, and at the time of his death (from tuberculosis) had amassed a fortune of about $3.2 million. NOISBN. Illustrated by (dj) Everett Raymond Kinstler (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. 3rd printing (unstated). (lacking the original dust jacket, but encased in a professionally-made facsimile reproduction of the first edition jacket; see 2nd image posted with this listing) [spine a bit turned, light external wear and mild soiling, slight fading to cloth along bottom edge of front cover, one-time owner's signature on front endpaper]. (B&W photographs) Weegee the Famous's first and most famous book, which grew out of the attention that New York's Museum of Modern Art began to give to the photographer's work in 1943 (when four of his prints were featured in a late-summer exhibition called "Action Photography") and early 1944 (he gave a talk on "Realism in Photography" at the Museum in early April, and five more of his photos were included in a related exhbition); these were among the earliest significant steps on his ascent from tabloid bloodhound to photographic artist. According to biographer Christopher Bonanos, Weegee assembled a dummy version of the book, which he shopped around to various publishers but for about six months before finally making a deal with Duell, Sloan & Pearce to issue the book under their Essential Books imprint. The book was an immediate hit, and although the reviews were somewhat mixed, the surrounding its publication went a long way to making the photographer's self-ascribed moniker "Weegee the Famous" into a reality. Not only did it give Weegee's reputation as a serious photographic a huge boost, but it also injected "the Naked City" into the American lexicon as a kind of shorthand for the seedy side of New York City -- an association that was only enhanced by the 1948 movie THE NAKED CITY (inspired by the book but actually using only its title, rights to which were acquired by producer Mark Hellinger) and the 1958-1963 TV series NAKED CITY. (According to Wikipedia, Weegee was hired as a "visual consultant" on the 1948 film, which was shot on location in NYC, but the AFI Catalog states that he was the film's "official still photographer"; neither is quite true. Per Bonnano, Hellinger put him on the payroll for $100 a week as a "technical adviser" (a more prosaic and even more nebulous job title than "visual consultant") whose "main job was to take still pictures on the set" (which would not have made him the film's "official still photographer," an important and highly specialized task that no doubt would have been covered by a film-industry professional). Whatever he actually did, it was uncredited -- although he does, however, appear in the film, in a fleeting cameo as -- what else? -- a news photographer.) NOTE that what denotes this copy as a third printing are: (1) the tan cloth cover is only very slightly textured (notably less so than the first printing); (2) the book has photographic endpapers (identical to those in the front, but which are not present in the first printing); and (3) it bears the Duell, Sloan and Pearce imprint on the spine, just beneath that of Essential Books. (The first two printings have only the Essential Books imprint on the spine.) Also NOTE again that this book bears a FACSIMILE dust jacket, to serve the dual purpose of protecting the book from further wear and enhancing its appearance on the shelf; its presence has not been factored in to our pricing.…