Los Angeles: Wexford & Barrow. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 1-879593-50-5 . [faint scuffing to bottom page edges; minor wrinkling at top/bottom edges of jacket]. SIGNED by the author opposite the title page. "A lush, exotic tale of sexual obsession and ecstasy. Few writers have reveled with such bacchanalian gusto in the arcana and subtleties of language, rewarding the percipient reader with an awareness of nuance that lends profundity to the banal, elegance to... more information

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New York: Macmillan Publishing Co.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0-02-560610-7 . [good solid copy, minor shelfwear, light soiling to top edge; jacket has a small chip at bottom left-hand corner of front panel, a couple of blue scuff marks on rear panel]. (B&W photographs) Massive volume (671 pages) depicting "the entire mechanism of German intelligence -- not just the international network of spies, but the wiretappers and the attaches, the industrialists and th... more information

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Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company. Near Fine in Fine dj. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 0-385-18912-5 . [nice tight unread as-new copy, marred only by remainder spray on bottom edge; jacket flawless]. "The story of [the author's] year as an owner and president of the Class A, very minor leage Utica Blue Sox, a journeyman, hardscrabble club that's about the last stop on the organized baseball line." . ... more information

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Los Angeles: Houlgate House. Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. [book itself is tight and clean, virtually as new; jacket has two short closed tears at top of front panel, a little wear and a couple of short splits along rear flap foldover]. A textbookish discussion of the topic that combines, per the publisher's introductory note, a "theoretical approach and informed background [with the author's] practical experience and easy-to-read style." The book was hearti... more information

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New York: St. Martin's Press. Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1985). First Edition. Hardcover. 0-312-27480-7 . [book tight and flawless; jacket bright and clean, only flaw is a tiny tear and associated wrinkling at base of spine]. Suspense novel about a woman who, following a nervous breakdown and years of psychotherapy in the wake of her husband's murder, discovers that she is apparently being stalked by the psychopathic killers who killed her husband. . ... more information

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Chicago: Nelson-Hall. (c.1985). First printing. Hardcover. [ex-library book but virtually unmarked (just small library stamp on top edge), remnants of former jacket cover (now replaced) on both pastedowns (covered by jacket flaps); jacket has some minor creasing/wrinkling]. (B&W photographs) Updated and considerably-revised edition of the author's groundbreaking book, originally published in 1974; much harder to find than the original. The chapters from the previous edition on the big-caper film... more information

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Dayton OH: Pflaum Publishing. (c.1974). First Edition. Softcover. (yes, it's a softcover book with a dust jacket) [minor edgewear, some rubbing to covers, soft crease across bottom of front cover, inside very clean; jacket moderately worn at edges/corners]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) Pioneering work in genre film criticism, one of the first published books by this cinema professor who, just a couple of years later, would embark on a more notable (and undoubtedly more lucrative) career as a myster... more information

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New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1983). First Edition. Hardcover. 0-312-36491-1 . [nice tight clean copy, faint wear to bottom edge; jacket a bit rubbed/scuffed, very minor edgewear]. When Mae West discovers that the only copy of her sizzling autobiography is missing, Toby Peters agrees to track it down. . ... more information

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New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce. Very Good+ in Good+ dj. [1940]. Second Edition. Hardcover. [a good solid copy, some minor shelfwear to bottom edge (slight fraying and small exposure of board at one corner), slight fading to cloth at top of spine; jacket edgeworn with numerous small tears, minor creasing, slight paper loss at several corners, shallow chipping/paper loss at spine ends (no loss of text)]. Second hardcover issue of this novel of "the Big Town, and of the little men and women who ... more information

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New York: Ballantine Books. 1998. First Edition. Softcover. [nice clean copy, very light handling wear]. Trade PB A paperback original, this "wicked comedy of vanity, envy, and lusting for Oscar" centers around the five nominees for the Best Actress Academy Award. "For one nominee, it's all or nothing. If she doesn't win, she'll reach into her Chanel purse, pull out the pearl-handled revolver, and shoot the tramp who's been named Best Actress right between the eye tucks... more information

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Jefferson NC/London: Mcfarland & Company. Fine. (c.1999). First Edition. Hardcover. 0-7864-0483-3 . [nice copy, as-new but for a tiny red mark on the top edge (NOT a remainder mark)]. (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED ("For __________ / With hopes for Peace, / love & laughter -- ") and SIGNED by the author on the title page. Memoir by the veteran film and television comedy writer. Signed by Author . ... more information

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New York: Coward-Mccann, Inc. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [solid copy, light soiling to covers and page edges, corners bumped but binding intact; "R.H. Macy & Co. Inc." embossed in small letters on rear fep]. The future Pulitzer Prize-winner's first novel, about a young reporter who comes to Chicago from a small town (Iowa isn't specified, but it might as well be--Kantor's own home town, Webster City, was about the same distance from Chicago as the book's "Clay ... more information

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Chapel Hill NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. Near Fine in Very Good dj. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 0-912697-15-6 . [clean & tight, top corners slightly bumped; jacket just mildly edgeworn & a bit rubbed, some fading to spine, no chips or tears]. (B&W photographs) . ... more information

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Urbana/Chicago/London: University of Illinois Press. (c.1975). First Edition. Hardcover. [nice tight clean copy, very light shelfwear; jacket shows mild rubbing/sur face wear]. "Doris Lessing, Virginia Woolf, Dorothy Richardson, May Sinclair, and Rosamond Lehmann all created female characters who share one characteristic: the tension resulting from the conflict between the ideal of sexual equality and the reality of sexual subordinatio n. So [the author[ finds in her study of the works of these fi... more information

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Santa Monica CA: Cityscape Press. Very Good. (c.1989). First Edition. Softcover. 0-9622007-0-0 . [moderate edgewear, previous owner's stamp on title page, a little peeling damage (from label removal) at top of front cover]. Trade PB "A critical look at growth, politics and architecture" in Los Angeles; a collection of the author's pieces from the Los Angeles Times. . ... more information

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Chicago/London: The University of Chicago Press. Near Fine. 1992. 1st printing. Softcover. 0-226-42489-8 . [very light handling wear only; virtually as new]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) The author "explains the forces behind Hitchcock's changing critical fortunes, and shows how Hitchcock's legacy and reputation shed light on the way reputations of contemporary directors -- particularly Brian De Palma and Clint Eastwood -- are made." . ... more information

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Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S. P. A.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1993 (c.1992). First Italian Edition. Hardcover. 88-04-33930-6 . [nice tight clean copy, very slight browning to page edges; jacket a bit rubbed, minor wear at edges and extremities]. (B&W photographs) Biography of director/writer Billy Wilder, originally published in Germany in 1992; apparently there has not been an English-language edition. Text in Italian. . ... more information

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New York: Farrar & Rinehart. (c.1945). First Edition. Hardcover. [nice solid copy, almost imperceptible dampstain at bottom of front cover, with NO effect on book's interior or integrity; jacket shows a little wear at corners and edges, but still quite attractive]. Nostalgic novel of a New York neighborhood, covering the years 1900 to 1919. . Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. ... more information

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London: William Heinemann Ltd.. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. [moderate shelfwear, ffep removed thus slightly weakening the front hinge, faint dust-soiling to top edge; jacket shows minor wear at extremities, light soiling to rear panel]. A novel of Florence under the German occupation in World War II; the author's first novel. . Very Good in Very Good+ dj. ... more information

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Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. (c.1967). First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [solid, clean copy, minor wear at extremities; jacket spine sunned, minor damage near top of spine, light handling wear overall]. "The role of the American frontier in shaping culture and character is reflected in the treatment of the pioneer hero in twentieth-century literature. Both conscious and unconscious awareness of this popular hero image continues to exert its influence on the personality of our n... more information

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