Philadelphia: Chilton Book Company. (c.1972). First Edition. Hardcover. [clean, tight copy with minimal shelfwear; jacket soiled, mild edgewear, shallow chip at top of front panel]. (B&W illustrations) "A galaxy of extraordinary women of three centuries who liberated themselves by their pen." Includes chapters devoted to Mary Wollstonecraft,Mary Shelley, the Brontes, Margaret Fuller, Louisa May Alcott, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and others. . Near Fine in Very Good dj. ... more information

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Los Angeles: Bombshelter Press. Very Good+. (c.1994). Softcover. 0-941017-36-2 . [reading crease in spine, minor edge and corner wear, a little soiling on bottom edge]. Contains interviews with James Dickey and Tom Wolfe; journals and poems by Charles Bukowski; poetry by Donald Hall, Kate Braverman and many others; fiction, book reviews, etc. . ... more information

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Los Angeles: Bombshelter Press. Near Fine. (c.1999). Issue No. 15/16. Softcover. 0-941017-11-7 . [nice clean copy, very light external handling wear]. Trade PB (photos, drawings) "A New Literary Magazine." This issue features journals and poems by Charles Bukowski; an interview with Annie Dillard; numerous poems and book reviews. . ... more information

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New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 0-312-27869-1 . [nice clean copy, very slight shelfwear to bottom corners, the slightest bit of warp to text block, NO remainder or other marks; jacket shows a little surface wear, very minor wrinkling at top of frot panel]. "This book tells the love story of Haeftlings Mirek Friedman (camp number 152345) and Blanka Davidovich (camp number B-25089), who were originally deported to Auschwitz, then were tra... more information

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New York: Harper & Row. (c.1981). First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [solid copy, minor soiling to page edges; jacket shows minor soiling and edgewear]. "A deeply committed and beautifully written analysis of our society's increasing demand that women be thin. It offers a careful and thought-provoking discussion of the reasons men have encouraged this obsession and women have embraced it. It is a book about women's efforts to become thin rather than to accept the natural dimensions ... more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Good dj. 1934 (c.1927). First American Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean copy with just very slight bumping to bottom corners; jacket worn at edges and corners, faded at spine and edges of both panels, small tears and minor paper loss at spine corners, a couple of other tiny edge-tears]. (The People of Juvik) Series The fifth book in this noted Norwegian author's six-volume saga "The People of Juvik," about four generations of a rural peasant family.... more information

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New York: Exposition Press. Very Good- in Fair dj. (c.1951). First Edition. Hardcover. [book just moderately worn, small tear in cloth at top of spine; jacket somewhat tattered, separated at front hinge (held together by Brodart cover), large piece missing at lower left of front panel]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the ffep. Novel about an idealistic young American physician who goes to Israel to participate in "the birth pangs of a new nation." Since the author himself was a young... more information

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London: Hutchinson & Co.. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice tight clean copy, faint wear to bottom edge; jacket has one tiny tear and minor scrunch at bottom front corner of spine]. (B&W photographs, drawings) A collection of epitaphs and gravestone carvings from English churchyards, illustrated by photographs and rubbings. "In the design and execution of churchyard memorials local craftsmen have displayed their skills over a period of several centuries, an... more information

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New York: Manor Books Inc.. Very Good. 1975. First Edition. Softcover. [nice clean copy with moderate edge/corner wear, faint crease in spine]. Mass Market PB (B&W photographs) . ... more information

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Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company. Very Good+ in Very Good- dj. (c.1939). First Edition. Hardcover. [spine turned, otherwise just minimal wear, minor discoloration in gutters, slight scrunching at bottom corners of a few pages, one-time owner's signature and original date of purchase on front pastedown; jacket with some shallow chipping at spine ends, front panel bright and attractive but with heavy fading to spine]. Vintage romance novel about a young woman who has renounced love followin... more information

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New York: Dell Publishing Co.. Near Fine. 1967 (c.1966). 1st ptg. thus. Softcover. NOISBN . [mild edgewear, binding tight, inside clean, minor bumping at base of spine]. Mass Market PB "Josh loved Negroes. On the worst street of the ghetto, a street of junk and jazzing, hipsters and hustlers, he tried to forget he was white. But Josh fell in love -- with a Negro girl. And then he learned what it really meant to be.... Ofay." . ... more information

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New York: The Dial Press. (c.1980). First Edition. Hardcover. [nice book, very light shelfwear to bottom edge; jacket shows only light surface wear, soft vertical crease in rear flap]. "Vintage Harrison -- twenty of her best and most memorable essays. Read together -- blending as they do the personal and the universal, undisguised subjectivity backed up by telling detail -- they constitute a kind of autobiography, casting a brilliant light on the ambivalences, confusions, panaceas, and culture ... more information

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New York: Lee Furman, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. (c.1937). First Edition. Hardcover. [good solid clean copy, light shelfwear, tiny tear in binding at top of spine; jacket a bit scuffed, with moderate soiling and light edgewear, vertical crease down middle of spine]. This is "the story of one woman's adventures on the other side of the track." A woman of "wealth and social position," Mrs. Colgate decided to devote her efforts to "befriending some who scoffed at fri... more information

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New York: Mason/Charter. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. [good solid copy, light shelfwear, a couple of slightly bent bottom page corners; jacket shows a little wear at edges and top corners; review copy, with publisher's slip laid in]. The author's first novel, a comic tale (apparently) about a 35-year-old teacher/husband/father (with five kids and sixth on the way), who finds himself "bored with the homeowner routine of fixing leaky faucets in a house he hates. And so, with his equally fed up... more information

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Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1963). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . (price-clipped) [just minimal wear to book; jacket mildly soiled, one closed tear and minor edgewear a top of front panel, edgewear/slight wrinkling at bottom of front panel, a couple of small tears and associated creasing at top of rear panel, slight paper loss at spine ends]. "Dedicated to an unloved man, misunderstood by woman and child, beset upon by fellow sportsmen, and constantl... more information

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Worcestershire: Malvern Publishing Co. Ltd.. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. [mild shelfwear, light soiling to page edges; jacket shows some surface wear, a bit of soiling to rear panel]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Novel about "an apathetic but practiced whiplash attorney who spends his life trying to shave another stroke from his golf handicap, while his loyal staff of delightful characters does the office work and protects [him] by fibbing about his whereabouts ... more information

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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1959). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [terrific copy, tight and clean, appears unread, no discernible wear; jacket shows very light edgewear, minor scuffing to spine]. (B&W photographs) "The story of the American tall building, its development, its history, its mission -- a big story underlying the advance of business and industry and the growth of cities." (++) . ... more information

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New York: Marvel Comics Group. Very Good+. (c.1983). First Edition. Softcover. 0-939766-76-0 . [light wear at corners, a couple of tiny tears and some minor dog-earing at bottom of rear cover, slight diagonal crease in lower area of rear cover]. Trade PB (comic book pages) Oversize book in comic-book format (11"x17"), designed as a recruiting tool for Marvel Comics -- providing the purchaser/reader/aspiring comic-book artist "a perfect opportunity for you to create samples which you can... more information

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Boston: Nonpariel Books / David R. Godine. 1988 (c.1981). 1st printing thus. Softcover. [a little edgewear to covers, previous owner's property stamp on half-title page]. Trade PB The author's first novel, about "a madcap Midwestern family flourishing (or at least surviving) under the eccentric protection of a father like no other. This extraordinary family, though, is not just another American disaster zone. Its members, from the loutish Mo to oddball Howdy to Mr. Cleveland himself, an... more information

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New York: Grove Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1969). 2nd printing. Hardcover. NOISBN . Near Fine in VG+ (price-clipped) dj [minimal handling wear to book, appears tight and unread; jacket very slightly worn/wrinkled along bottom edge, slight dog-earing at top of spine, spine faintly yellowed]. (B&W photographs) Contributors to this "frankly erotic" revue were Julian Barry, Samuel Beckett, Jules Feiffer, Dan Greenburg, John Lennon, Jacques Levy, Pat McCormick, Leonard Melfi, David ... more information

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