Philadelphia/New York: J. B. Lippincott Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1967). First Edition. Hardcover. [sharp-looking copy, slight wear to book at heel of spine, minor dust-soiling to top edge; jacket clean and bright, with just a bit of wear along the top and bottom edges]. Novel about a college stud hoist on his own petard (so to speak), by being locked in an attic and forced to sexually service "a trio of vengeful, tireless young women." Filmed under the more direct and mundane ... more information

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London: Faber and Faber. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 2001. 1st U.K. edition. Softcover. 0-571-20731-6 . [front cover of book has reading crease along spine, otherwise very light wear only; jacket shows very minor surface wear (yes, this is a softcover with a dust jacket)]. INSCRIBED simply ("To _____") and SIGNED by the author, in both English and Chinese, on the title page. A major novel from this important modern Chinese writer, who left China for the U.S. following the Tiananmen Square ma... more information

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Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. (c.1962). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [modest shelfwear to bottom edge, very slight bumping to top rear corner; jacket shows a little wear at corners and along right-hand edge of front panel, very slight darkening to spine]. The author's second book, eleven stories "united by the common theme of inescapable human loneliness." . ... more information

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Chicago: Contemporary Books, Inc.. (c.1978). First Edition. Hardcover. [nice copy, minor smudging to bottom page edges, no significant wear to book; jacket moderately scuffed/soiled, one long ragged closed tear at bottom of rear panel]. (B&W photographs, diagrams, etc.) "A well-written and practical manual of motorcycling skills that captures the exhilaration of this rapidly growing pastime. The book contains valuable information on all aspects of cycling, including buying a cycle, learning h... more information

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Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company. (c.1994). First Edition. Hardcover. [nice copy, as new, no discernible wear to book; just a trace of surface wear to jacket]. (B&W/color photographs) Simplified yet still scholarly introduction to the history of Western films, for juvenile readers. . Fine in Near Fine dj. ... more information

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Rancho Palos Verdes CA: Salvation Army Western Terr.. Fine in Near Fine dj. (ca. 1981). Unstated ed. Hardcover. NOISBN . [nice, as-new copy; jacket shows mild surface wear, one itsy-bitsy tear at top of rear panel]. (B&W/color photographs) . ... more information

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New York: The Dial Press. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. [very nice copy, slight bumping to bottom corners (both book and jacket), otherwise appears almost new except for original date of purchase written in green ink at top of ffep, and the faintest bit of surface wear to the jacket]. Set in the California Gold Rush days, this is "the story of two young, Southern adventurers in that world gone mad with greed for gold. It is 1849 and life has come to a standstill for Bruce Harkness, younger so... more information

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New York: The Dial Press. (c.1956). First Edition. Hardcover. [nice copy, light shelfwear, very slight bumping to bottom corners; jacket shows slight wrinkling along bottom of edge of front panel, otherwise bright and attractive]. "The story of the daring exploits of the Confederate blockade runners" during the Civil War. "Tyler Meredith is ... a rebel against the United States as he runs guns and supplies for the Confederacy. But Captain Meredith is also a rebel to the depths of his ... more information

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New York: The Dial Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. [light wear to book at spine extremities, a few very faint tiny spots on page edges; jacket lightly browned at edges, a bit of soiling at spine]. 8vo. The author, who pretty much kept his African-American identity under the radar for much of his career, as he churned out historical fiction in many settings, here finally went to his roots, so to speak, to reconstruct "the lost, glorious world of a great African n... more information

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Jefferson NC/London: Mcfarland & Company, Inc.. Near Fine. (c.1992). First Edition. Hardcover. 0-89950-696-8 . (no dust jacket, as issued) [nice copy, the faintest bit of shelfwear to bottom edge, even fainter spotting to top page edges]. "This book focuses on material which challenges the popular historical accounts promoted by, for example, the organizers of the official Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission. The United States honors two people with holidays bearing their n... more information

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New York: Persea Books. 1987. Revised Edition. Softcover. [bright and tight, very minor handling wear]. Trade PB The author's autobiography, first published in 1950, in which she relates her life "from the Polish ghetto to the sweatshops of New York's Lower East Side and then to Hollywood, where she was at the height of her success." However, "she was shocked by the crassness of Hollywood and so burdened by the guilt of having made a profit from the stories of her people's sufferings t... more information

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New York: The Macmillan Company. Good+ in Very Good- dj. 1963 (c.1961). First American Edition. Hardcover. [moderate shelfwear, top corners bumped, a few spots on top edge, ffep torn out, vintage bookseller's label on rear pastedown (Paul Elder's Books, San Francisco); jacket worn at edges and extremities, diagonal creasing at bottom right front panel]. Suspense novel about an insurance man who appraises jewelry, advises his clients on how to safely store them (what kind of safe, etc.) -- then... more information

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New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Very Good in Very Good+ dj. 1970. 2nd printing. Hardcover. 0030845351 . [lower rear corner bumped; dj spine sunned, jacket rubbed, 1" tear at bottom along edge of rear cover]. . ... more information

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London: Elek Books Limited. Very Good in Very Good dj. (c.1958). First Edition. Hardcover. [minor exterior soiling, mostly along top edge; jacket has a bit of edge/corner wear, mild soiling, and a discolored strip across the top of the spine from a piece of scotch tape; also a 1-1/4" closed tear at top of rear panel]. (B&W line drawings) A most amusing little tome, based on the stated premise that "England today is so full of foreigners, immigrants and visitors, bewildered by the strang... more information

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New York: Delacorte Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1969). First Edition. Hardcover. [spine slightly turned, minor bumping to top rear corners, no other significant wear; jacket lightly soiled, slightly darkened at spine]. "A disquieting novel about a change of heart" -- i.e., about a heart transplant, peformed to save the life of one of the world's richest men, that has a complicated and sinister background. It's been said that the character of Hollis Todd, "a flamboyant... more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. [mildly shelfworn, generally a solid clean copy, previous owner's small address stamp on ffep, another previous owner's signature at top of page one, vintage bookseller's label (somewhat damaged) on rear pastedown; jacket is somewhat ragged, with a large chip at top of front panel (taking out part of the "ea" in "Sea"), bottom one inch of spine missing, several chips at top of rear panel and top of spine (also slightly impac... more information

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London: William Heinemann Ltd.. Very Good. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . (blue cloth, gilt lettering, no dust jacket) [moderately worn all around, binding square, small spot on front cover, 1/4" pull-tear in cloth at head of spine, some foxing on first few pages and page edges, top edge somewhat soiled]. . ... more information

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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. (c.1973). First Edition. Hardcover. [nice tight copy, remainder stripe on bottom edge (but so close to base of spine that it's easy to miss), light wear to book at spine ends; jacket shows only light surface wear]. "When thoroughly engaging and profound Uncle Herschel, a felsher (paramedic) by profession, leaves Russia around the beginning of the century and comes to live in a Jewish community in Brooklyn, he soon discovers that there is more to the business o... more information

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[Wellington, New Zealand]: Wellington Police Trust. [1994]. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean copy with light wear at bottom extremities; jacket shows minor wrinkling, some surface-scratching to rear panel]. (B&W photographs, maps) "In this fascinating volume you can read about the large-scale enquiries and homicides that have occurred in the region, as well as the commissions of enquiry that have been held into the Police itself. The police have assembled experts in their field to contr... more information

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Indianapolis/New York: Bobbs-Merrill. Very Good+ in Very Good- dj. (c.1974). First Edition. Hardcover. 0-672-51880-5 . [a few light stains on top edge, spine slightly turned; jacket missing small pieces at most corners, also some paper loss at spine ends]. Jacket copy describes this book, by an ordained Southern Baptist preacher, as "a cross between Tom Jones and Portnoy's Complaint," and claims it "will be offensive to certain Christians, to certain Jews, to certain atheists, to cer... more information

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