the dangeous games
second crest printing, 1961.
new york: crest books / fawcett world library. 4.25 x 7 inches. 128 pages. mass market paperback. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: creasing to front. edgeworn and toned. very good+.
fiction
the sea birds are still alive: collected stories
first edition, 1977.
new york: random house. isbn: 0-394-48143-7. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 208 pages. hardcover. bound in blue quarter cloth-covered boards. book condition: minor edgewear and sunning to extremities. light staining to tops of boards. near fine. jacket condition: light bumping, toning, and foxing. unclipped ($7.95). very good+.
queer patterns
avon books edition, 1951.
first published in 1935, queer patterns is one of the oldest lesbian pulp novels.
new york: avon book division. 4 x 6.25 inches. 159 pages. softcover. bound in paper wrappers. mass market paperback. book condition: notable edgewear. spine rubbed. toned. very good.
duet
first edition, 1964.
follows a woman’s growing desire for other women as she becomes increasingly dissatisfied with her sexual relationships with men. written within the constraints of the lesbian pulp genre, it reflects the limited possibilities available to lesbian writers at the time. sally m. singer, who wrote under.....
jagua nana
first edition, 1961.
london: hutchinson & co. 7.85 x 5.5 inches. 192 pages. hardcover. bound in tomato red cloth covered boards with black and banana yellow lettering. book condition: block lightly toned. bumping to spine. spine lightly shaken. very good. jacket condition: 2 x 1 inch loss to.....
sexus: the rosy crucifixion (book one)
first thus, 1957.
paris: the olympis press. 6.85 x 4.5 inches. 634 pages. mass market paperback. bound in forest green paper wrappers with black and white type. book condition: gentle wrinkling to block. edgewear, especially to corners. rubbing and scrattling throughout. .15 x .85 inch sticker to back wrapper.....
a wreath for udomo
first mass market paperback, 1971.
novel by south african novelist exploring revolutionary politics: "its characters are the leaders of the african revolution--british-educated young men at odds with both the harrowing tribalism of their elders and the colonialism of their white masters. important also are the women who comfort.....
the rescue
first edition, 1920.
garden city, new york: doubleday, page & company. 7.85 x 5 inches. 404 pages. hardcover. bound in blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering. book condition: spline splitting. toning to block. mild bumping to edges. very good. jacket condition: 4 inch closed tear to front.....
thirst for love
first uk edition, 1969.
translated from the japanese by alfred h. marks.
london: secker & warburg. 8 x 5.25 inches. 188 pages. hardcover. bound in black cloth covered boards. book condition: owner's plate to front paste down. bumping to spine. else fine. jacket condition: unclipped (£1.50). fine.
at the mountains of madness and other novels
third printing, 1964. ex-library.
selected and with an introduction by august derleth.
sauk city, wisconsin: arkham house. 8 x 5.5 inches. 432 pages. hardcover. bound in jet black cloth covered boards. book condition: staining to pages 82-83 and edges of block. stain to foot of block.....
if he hollers let him go
first edition, 1945.
garden city, new york: doubleday, doran and company. 7.85 X 5.5 inches. 249 pages. hardcover. bound in black cloth covered boards. book condition: owner's inscription to back paste down. lightly split spine. bumping to spine. toning to block. very good-. jacket condition: chips throughout. three.....
the sportswriter
inscribed first edition,
"for rob,
with my gratitude and for the great pleasure to meet you.
richard
sept. 17, 1987
new york city"
london: collins harvill. isbn: 0-00-271745-x. 9.25 by 6 inches. 381 pages. hardcover. bound in black cloth covered boards. book condition: lightly shaken.....
crash
second printing, 1973.
“the long triangular grooves on the car had been formed within the death of an unknown creature, its vanished identity abstracted in terms of the geometry of this vehicle. how much more mysterious would be our own deaths, and those of the famous and powerful?”.....
johnnie
first edition, 1944.
new york: duell, sloan and pearce. 7.85 x 5.25 inches. 219 pages. hardcover. bound in crimson red cloth covered boards. book condition: bumping to spine. near fine. jacket condition: edgewear. chips to head and foot of spine and edges. light rubbing, creasing and scrattling throughout.....
the birds nest
first edition, 1954.
new york: farrar, straus and giroux. 8 x 5.5 inches. 276 pages. hardcover. bound in purple and red cloth covered boards. book condition: lightly shaken. sunning to head and foot of boards. fine. jacket condition: rubbing and light staining throughout. edgewear. very good.
snatch an eye
first edition, 1963.
american bloodhound mystery.
london: t.v. boardman & company limited. 7.5 x 5 inches. 175 pages. hardcover. bound in clementine cloth covered boards. book condition: light toning to block. lightly shaken. else fine. jacket condition: .45 inch closed tear to front panel. rubbing throughout.....
avenging ray
first edition, 1930.
"one morning a gliterring lake... the next -- a festering pit... some new and terrible force was threatening england."
garden city, new york: the crime club, inc. 7.5 x 5 inches. 287 pages. hardcover. bound in jet black cloth covered boards with blood.....
dead man upright
signed first edition, 1993.
new york: little, brown and company. isbn: 0-316-90682-4. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. 216 pages. hardcover. bound in jet black cloth covered boards. book condition: gentle toning to block. light bumping to spine. spine lightly shaken. near fine. jacket condition: mild scrattling. sunning to back.....
the siege of trencher's farm
inscribed first edition, 1969.
"to caroline,
with best wishes for a short read of sheer rubbish.
gordon williams, 1969"
new york: william morrow and company. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. 222 pages. hardcover. bound cherry vermilion red cloth covered boards. book condition: .15 inch stain to.....
the secret history
signed later printing, 1992.
new york: alfred a knopf. isbn: 1-4000-3170-2. 7.85 x 5.15 inches. 559 pages. softcover. bound in pictorial paper wrappers. book condition: light scrattling throughout. gentle edgewear. near fine-.
carlito's way
first edition, 1975.
new york: saturday review press / e.p. dutton & co, inc. isbn: 0-8415-0408-3. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. 152 pages. hardcover. bound gold cloth covered boards. book condition: gentle toning to block. light edgewear. near fine. jacket condition: scrattling to panels. closed tear to head of.....
the devil's home on leave
signed first edition, 1985.
london: alison press / martin secker & warburg limited. isbn: 0-436-40501-6. 8.95 x 5.25 inches. 204 pages. hardcover. bound in jet black cloth covered boards. book condition: fine. jacket condition: .25 inch stain to head of front panel. price sticker to foot of front.....
nick's trip
signed first edition, 1993.
new york: st martin's press. isbn: 0-312-08862-0. 8.25 x 5.5 inches. 276 pages. hardcover. bound in sky blue cloth covered boards. book condition: light bumping to head and foot of spine. else fine. jacket condition: edgewear. unclipped ($18.95). very good.
mardios beach
inscribed first edition, 1955.
"for michael,
with the usual best regards
-oakley
san francisco, 1989"
new york: the viking press. 8.15 x 5.5 inches. 282 pages. hardcover. bound in green cloth covered boards. book condition: toning to block. spine bumped. edges bumped and bowed. very.....
a second-hand life
inscribed first edition, 1967.
"june 12 '67
chelsea hotel
nyc
dear nancy --
in memory of our association at breadloaf -- + with much affection. - charles jackson."
signed from the chelsea hotel where jackson lived until his death a year later. likely inscribed.....