Category: Literature & Fiction

Without Inhibitions (Paperback Original, 1963)

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Novel Books : 1963

Seller ID: 13079

Condition: Very Good+

127 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Novel Number 60117. For adults only. Cover photo by Keith Bernard. "From Novel Books, where the word taboo is the only taboo. Frank Cannon's erotic novel of an overly endowed beauty who thought that those endowments were all that she needed in this world." ; Covers show a touch of sunning. Pages a bit yellowed from age. Tight and square, appears unread. Scarce in any condition. ; Novel Book Series; Vol. 60117
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Sartor Resartus : The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh in Three Books

By: Carlyle, Thomas

Price: $32.00

Publisher: Rodgers Company : 1894

Seller ID: 24106

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

332 pages; 16mo (6") 16 cm; Small hardcover, green marbled boards, black leather spine and corners, 332 pages, gilt spine title, floral endpapers, top edge gilt, blue page-marker ribbon, decorative title page, frontispiece b/w engraving of author with tissue guard. ; This bizarre book is a satirical novel (disguised as a book review) poking fun at German philosophy, English fashion, theological pomposity and overwrought intellectualism. Originally published 1833. This edition circa 1894.; Remarkable condition. Only a touch of shelfwear. Perhaps Carlyle's dry wit was simply too deep for this bo...
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Lewis Carroll and the Kitchins : Containing Twenty-Five Letters Not Previously Published and Nineteen of His Photographs

By: Carroll, Lewis, and Morton N. Cohen

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Argosy Bookstore : 1980

Seller ID: 20982

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

64 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover, white cloth over spine, tan floral boards, b/w title label on spine as issued, pale yellow laid endpapers, [xvi] + 48 pages, 25 letters, text in 2 columns with main text in inner columns, annotations in outer columns, 27 b/w illustrations including several facsimile letters and 19 b/w photos. ; Previously unpublished correspondence between Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) and Mrs. G. W. Kitchin (Alice Maud Taylor) and her family. ; Edited with introduction and notes by Morton N. Cohen. Limited edition, this is number 313 of 750. ; Lower tip...
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Hunting of the Snark, the : An Agony in Eight Fits, with Nine Illustrations

By: Carroll, Lewis; Illustrated by Henry Holiday

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Mayflower Books : 1980

Seller ID: 18089

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket

83 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Small hardcover, white cloth, black endpapers, [xiv] + 83 pages, 9 b/w illustrations. ; Isbn 0831747501. This is a facsimile reprint of the 1876 original. This edition 1980. Lewis Carroll's famous nonsense epic (loosely inspired by Carroll's previous poem Jabberwocky) in which Bellman and his oddball crew search for the infamous Boojum, the most dangerous kind of Snark. ; Bookplate with name penned on front endpaper. Otherwise book shows no defects. Jacket is intact with just a hint of sunning.
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Flesh of the Orchid, the : The Story of Carol Blandish, Homicidal Maniac

By: Chase, James Hadley

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Pocket Books : 1972

Seller ID: 22443

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

208 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Paperback, 208 pages, all edges inked red, cigarette ad bound in, as issued. ; Copyright 1948, this edition published by Pocket Books, August 1972. "A team of deadly predators pursues a homicidal heiress." ; Very light edgewear. Pages starting to yellow from age. Scarce.
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De Namin' ob de Twins, 1e : (1st Edition, 1908) and Other Sketches from the Cotton Land, Illustrated by Edward H. Potthast

By: Childs, Mary Fairfax; Illustrated by Edward H. Potthast

Price: $17.00

Publisher: B. W. Dodge & Company : 1908

Seller ID: 13554

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

139 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Ex-Library; Beautiful pale green cloth decorated on front in white and black with log cabin, banjoes and cotton plants, top edge gilt, gilt lettering on front and spine, 22 short stories and poems in African American southern dialect, 8 b/w glossy plates with captions. ; Same date. Warning: Includes racist material. ; Front endpaper marked in fountain pen and stamped with library name. Dewey decimal number on heel. Rear endpaper has primitive library pocket affixed. No other library marks. One plate is bound in upside down, as issued. Overall book shows very light ...
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Gem of the Season, the : With Ten Beautiful Illustrations

By: Clare, John, with T. K. Hervey

Price: $64.00

Publisher: Leavitt & Allen : 1856

Seller ID: 20219

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

264 pages; 8vo (9.75") 25 cm; Hardcover, brown leather over beveled boards, beautiful gilt decor on spine and covers, 264 pages, all edges gilt, dark brown endpapers, 34 new (1856) literary works. Includes 9 full-page b/w engravings and one stunning full-color presentation page illustrated by Alphonse Bigot, lithographed by Thomas Sinclair, Philadelphia. ; Literary annual for 1856. Several poems by the great John Clare (1793-1864) plus short stories, poems, sketches, etc, by Miss H. F. Gould, Thomas Kibble Hervey, Thomas Moore, Rev. Charles Hughes Terrot, Alaric A. Watts, Wordsworth, anonymous...
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Don't Lie to Me : A Mitchell Tobin Mystery

By: Coe, Tucker

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Random House : 1972

Seller ID: 24261

ISBN-13: 9780786230112

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ in Fair dust jacket

181 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Book Club Edition; Hardcover, black boards, orange lettering on spine, [viii] + 181 pages, color illustration on jacket front. ; Written by Donald Westlake under pen name Tucker Coe. Fifth and last in Westlake's highly acclaimed mystery series starring former NYC policeman Mitchell Tobin as a private investigator. ; Book is intact but crown and upper front tip lightly bumped, spine very slightly cocked. Jacket heavily rubbed, with chips at heel and crown, but all readable. Scarce in any condition. ; Mitchell Tobin Mystery Series; Vol. 5
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No Entry (1st Paperback Edition, 1958)

By: Coles, Manning

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Ace Books : 1958

Seller ID: 16043

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

192 pages; 16mo (6.5") 17 cm; Spy suspense novel set in East Germany during Cold War. Color cover art depicting buxom blonde woman with rifle. All edges orange. ; Ace D-389. Complete and unabridged. Book stars the well-known fictional spy Tommy Hambledon. Written by Adelaide Frances Oke Manning and Cyril Henry Coles, writing as Manning Coles. ; Slight wrinkle to spine, a manufacturing defect. No marks. Crisp and clean, appears unread. Scarce in this condition. ; Ace Books D Series; Vol. 389
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Toast to Tomorrow, a : A Mercury Mystery

By: Coles, Manning

Price: $14.00

Publisher: American Mercury : 1941

Seller ID: 20274

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

128 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Dark blue softcover, 128 pages numbered to 126.; Copyright 1940. This edition 1941. Published by Lawrence E. Spivak, editor, American Mercury Magazine. ; Light edgewear. Front cover has four numbers written in pencil, on the tan area, so not too distracting. Pages yellowed from age, as usual, but not brittle. Binding tight. Quite scarce in this condition. ; Mercury Mystery Series; Vol. 63
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Confucius Say : Bold and Witty, Bed Room, Bar Room, and Smoker Dipsy Doodles

By: Confucius

Price: $15.00

Publisher: China Press : 1950

Seller ID: 23651

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

60 pages; 16mo (6") 16 cm; Small pale green softcover booklet, 60 unnumbered pages, 241 one-liners on the racy side. ; Examples: "Confucius say, man who follow crooked road get dizzy from bad turns." "Confucius say, soon as girl use horse sense, everybody ride her." ; Printed in Hong Kong. No date but we estimate 1950.; Covers sunned and faded. No other defects. Interior clean, binding tight. Scarce.
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Happy Birthday of Death, the : Poems by Gregory Corso

By: Corso, Gregory

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New Directions : 1960

Seller ID: 20787

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

94 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Black softcover, 94 pages, 50 original poems including the spectacular fold-out Bomb. ; Copyright 1960. This is 2nd printing, 1960.; Very light edgewear only. ; New Directions Paperbook Series; Vol. 86
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Herbie ! : The Face of the Canadian Fighting Man

By: Coughlin, Bing

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Thomas Nelson & Sons : 1944

Seller ID: 24407

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

192 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, dark steel-blue cloth, 192 pages, about 190 richly drawn b/w cartoons about army life in combat, with explanatory text and anecdotes. ; Cartoons by Bing Coughlin. Text by JDM. ; Cartoons drawn by Canadian soldier on Italian front 1943-1945 and originally published in Canadian overseas periodical "The Maple Leaf." ; Cloth worn at tips, lightly soiled. Faint discoloration to page edges. Pages also a bit yellowed from age. No marks, no scribbles, no rips or tears. Binding tight. Lacks jacket. A scarce piece of WW2 history.
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Red Badge of Courage, The, Collector's Edition : Easton Press Leather Bound Edition

By: Crane, Stephen, with Carl Van Doren; Illustrated by John Steuart Curry

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Easton Press : 1980

Seller ID: 24119

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

170 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; Hardcover, red genuine leather, gilt decor, orange moire endpapers, orange silk ribbon, all edges gilt, [xvi] + 170 pages, several full-page two-tone illustrations. ; Originally published 1894-1895. This edition 1980 with new illustrations and new introduction. ; Beautiful condition. No defects, no marks, no wear. Lacks bookplate. No jacket, as issued. ; 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Series
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Complete Short Stories and Sketches of Stephen Crane, The

By: Crane, Stephen, with Thomas A. Gullason

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Doubleday & Company : 1963

Seller ID: 23712

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

790 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Book Club Edition; Hardcover, gray boards, orange endpapers, 790 pages, chronology, 112 short stories. ; 1st edition thus. Blurb: "For the first time in one volume all 112 short stories and sketches, including some never before published in book form, of the famous American author of the Red Badge of Courage." Edited and with new preface and introduction by Thomas A. Gullason, 1963. ; Book lightly foxed on top and fore-edge, small monochrome bookplate on front endpaper (mostly hidden by jacket flap) with name imprinted. Jacket chipped, interior (which is unprinted)...
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Banjo Talks

By: Culbertson, Anne Virginia; Illustrated by Mary Morgan Keipp

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill Company : 1905

Seller ID: 24469

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

189 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover, olive-green cloth decorated in white and black, [xviii] + 171 glossy pages, 189 total pages, 23 b/w photos of African American individuals and groups, 47 original poems in African American dialect. ; Wonderful poems but warning: some inflammatory language (darky, coon) ; Illustrated with photos by Mary Morgan Keipp and Heustis Pratt Cook. Published October, 1905. No additional printings stated. ; Anne Virginia Culbertson was a folklorist who lived in Ohio and North Carolina and traveled all over the South collecting songs, tales, and dialects and writing v...
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Scotch and Toilet Water ? : A Book of Dog Cartoons

By: Cullum, Leo; Illustrated by Leo Cullum

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams : 2003

Seller ID: 24117

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

128 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Square hardcover, orange boards and endpapers, 128 unnumbered pages, 120 b/w single-panel full-page cartoons featuring dogs. Some also feature humans or cats. ; The finest in droll humor, originally published, of course, in The New Yorker. ; Book is perfect. Jacket shows just a touch of shelfwear.
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King's Jackal, The

By: Davis, Richard Harding; Illustrated by Charles Dana Gibson

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons : 1898

Seller ID: 12578

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

175 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Original full tan cloth, lettering and decor in dark green, title and author in gilt on front, beautiful laid paper throughout, 4 b/w illustrations on glossy plates, including frontispiece; 8-pg publisher catalog in rear. ; True first. Literary novel from one of the most popular writers of 19th century America. Illustrated by the famous Charles Dana Gibson, creator of the 'Gibson Girl'. ; Cloth is lightly foxed all over. Spine tanned but quite readable. No other defects. Interior clean, binding tight.
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Brother Sebastian at Large : A Sparkling New Collection of the Merry Monk's Adventures and Misadventures

By: Day, Chon

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Pocket Books : 1961

Seller ID: 23959

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

96 pages; 16mo (6.75") 17 cm; Paperback, color covers, silver spine, 96 unnumbered pages, all edges inked red, about 90 single-panel cartoons featuring Brother Sebatian, a silent monk. ; PB 6160. Copyright 1961. This is 1st paperback edition, unabridged, 1962. Humorous amusing non-offensive cartoons. Third in a series but stands alone. ; Upper corner of front cover very lightly creased. Sticker residue and a few very small spots on front cover. Slight yellowing of pages. Otherwise book is crisp and clean, appears unread. Scarce. ; Pocket Book Series; Vol. 6160
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Galaxy of Progressive Poems, a : New Years Offering, 1890

By: Day, John W.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Colby & Rich, Publishers : 1890

Seller ID: 14584

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

72 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Hardcover, dark red-brown cloth over beveled boards, gilt lettering and decor on front, pale monochrome floral endpapers, 72 heavy stiff pages, brief biography of author, endnotes, 20 original poems with rhyme and meter. ; This is an actual book from 1890, not a computer-generated atrocity. ; Penned by famous editor of Spiritualist paper 'Banner of Light' and outspoken Universalist and Spiritualist. Poems include: Guardian Angel. A Woman of Hungary. The Emigrants. The Chariot of Fire. The Millennial Sun. Lady Franklin. Autophonia. Much more. ; Light shelfwear only. C...
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Category: Literature & Fiction