Dr. DeMarr by Paul Theroux: 1990 First Edition British printing
This is a "near fine" vintage hardcover in red paper wrapped boards and black cloth wrapped spine, gilt lettering on spine, published in 1990 in the UK by Hutchinson
Dr. DeMarr by Paul Theroux: 1990 First Edition British printing
This is a "near fine" vintage hardcover in red paper wrapped boards and black cloth wrapped spine, gilt lettering on spine, published in 1990 in the UK by Hutchinson
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Elmore Leonard First edition “Get Shorty” vintage hardcover novel1990
Original price was: $27.00.$14.58Current price is: $14.58.
"Get Shorty" by Elmore Leonard, published in 1990 by Delacorte Press.
First edition.
Octavo, black paper wrapped boards over white cloth spine, first edition, original publisher's price of $18.95 on the dust jacket flap, 292 pages.
This is a "very good" vintage hardcover book with a solid spine and tight hinges. No writing, no loose, torn or folded pages. The text block is square and closes tightly, a little dusted at the top edge. Upper text block edges show some slight foxing. A group of about 12 pages have slightly crimped upper corner tips, likely from being bumped while being shelved. Lower board corners bumped, uppers are crisp. Board edges show perhaps the slightest hint of sunning to the black paper. White cloth on the spine even.
The original vintage dust jacket is "very good", no tears or writing. Some mild edge wear in places. Spine color is even with the rest of the cover, not sunned. Now encased in a removable archival sleeve for proper protection and presentation.
See accompanying images for full condition details.
Will ship to you carefully packaged.
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Elmore Leonard First edition “Get Shorty” vintage hardcover novel1990
Original price was: $27.00.$14.58Current price is: $14.58.
"Get Shorty" by Elmore Leonard, published in 1990 by Delacorte Press.
First edition.
Octavo, black paper wrapped boards over white cloth spine, first edition, original publisher's price of $18.95 on the dust jacket flap, 292 pages.
This is a "very good" vintage hardcover book with a solid spine and tight hinges. No writing, no loose, torn or folded pages. The text block is square and closes tightly, a little dusted at the top edge. Upper text block edges show some slight foxing. A group of about 12 pages have slightly crimped upper corner tips, likely from being bumped while being shelved. Lower board corners bumped, uppers are crisp. Board edges show perhaps the slightest hint of sunning to the black paper. White cloth on the spine even.
The original vintage dust jacket is "very good", no tears or writing. Some mild edge wear in places. Spine color is even with the rest of the cover, not sunned. Now encased in a removable archival sleeve for proper protection and presentation.
See accompanying images for full condition details.
Will ship to you carefully packaged.
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“Disney Dons Dogtags” First edition 1992 Vintage coffee table history / art book
Original price was: $142.00.$116.44Current price is: $116.44.
This is a "near fine" or better hardcover. No torn, folded, loose or significantly creased pages unless specified below. NOT ex-library. Will not contain writing (aside from possible original owner name in front), underlining or highlighting unless called out below in item specifics. Dust jacket included if shown in images and issued with one, unless noted.
You will receive the book shown in the accompanying images. See accompanying images for full condition details.First edition. Scarce title. ITEM SPECIFICS: Very crisp large hardcover in pictorial wrapped boards. No writing. Price label affixed to upper corner of back cover of jacket. Jacket complete, not clipped. Will ship promptly, carefully packaged.
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“Disney Dons Dogtags” First edition 1992 Vintage coffee table history / art book
Original price was: $142.00.$116.44Current price is: $116.44.
This is a "near fine" or better hardcover. No torn, folded, loose or significantly creased pages unless specified below. NOT ex-library. Will not contain writing (aside from possible original owner name in front), underlining or highlighting unless called out below in item specifics. Dust jacket included if shown in images and issued with one, unless noted.
You will receive the book shown in the accompanying images. See accompanying images for full condition details.First edition. Scarce title. ITEM SPECIFICS: Very crisp large hardcover in pictorial wrapped boards. No writing. Price label affixed to upper corner of back cover of jacket. Jacket complete, not clipped. Will ship promptly, carefully packaged.
Beasts and Men First edition hardcover in jacket by Pierre Gascar 1956
$31.00
This is a "very good" or better vintage hardcover in cloth wrapped boards published in 1956 by Little, Brown, 249 pages.
First edition.
No loose, torn, or folded pages. Original owner name neatly penned on front free end paper, otherwise no writing. Top edge of text block has a little spotting on outer edge near back cover.
Matching vintage dust wrapper has a little chipping at flap fold corners and at spine edges. Not price clipped. Color is uniform all around. Now in a removable archival sleeve.
See accompanying images for full condition details and table of contents.
Will ship promptly, carefully packaged.
Beasts and Men First edition hardcover in jacket by Pierre Gascar 1956
$31.00
This is a "very good" or better vintage hardcover in cloth wrapped boards published in 1956 by Little, Brown, 249 pages.
First edition.
No loose, torn, or folded pages. Original owner name neatly penned on front free end paper, otherwise no writing. Top edge of text block has a little spotting on outer edge near back cover.
Matching vintage dust wrapper has a little chipping at flap fold corners and at spine edges. Not price clipped. Color is uniform all around. Now in a removable archival sleeve.
See accompanying images for full condition details and table of contents.
Will ship promptly, carefully packaged.
Philip K Dick “Time Out Of Joint” 1979 First edition thus Vintage paperback by Dell
$24.00
This is a "good plus" to "very good - vintage paperback published by Dell in 1979.First edition thus.Solid spine, no loose, torn or folded pages. no writing. Some mild creasing on covers, a little edge wear, some surface wear to white back ground on back cover. Green tinting along text block edges shows some slight moisture exposure at bottom near spine edge.See accompanying images for full condition details.Classic PKD novel! First appeared in serial form back in 1959 in New Worlds Science Fiction mag starting in December that year.
Will ship promptly, carefully packaged, fully insured.
Philip K Dick “Time Out Of Joint” 1979 First edition thus Vintage paperback by Dell
$24.00
This is a "good plus" to "very good - vintage paperback published by Dell in 1979.First edition thus.Solid spine, no loose, torn or folded pages. no writing. Some mild creasing on covers, a little edge wear, some surface wear to white back ground on back cover. Green tinting along text block edges shows some slight moisture exposure at bottom near spine edge.See accompanying images for full condition details.Classic PKD novel! First appeared in serial form back in 1959 in New Worlds Science Fiction mag starting in December that year.
Will ship promptly, carefully packaged, fully insured.
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Hercule Poirot mystery “Elephants Can Remember” Agatha Christie 1973 First edition first time in paperback
Original price was: $22.00.$17.82Current price is: $17.82.
This is a "near fine" vintage paperback with tinted text block edges, published in 1973 by Dell, 237 pages.
First edition, stated.
Super crisp, spine not creased or rolled. No real signs of reading wear. Slight diagonal crease for front cover visible if held to the light at the right angle.
See accompanying images for full condition details.
A really, really nice first edition printing of one of Mrs. Christie's Hercule Poirot tales!
This is the last Poirot story that Mrs. Christie wrote.
Will ship promptly, carefully packaged.
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Hercule Poirot mystery “Elephants Can Remember” Agatha Christie 1973 First edition first time in paperback
Original price was: $22.00.$17.82Current price is: $17.82.
This is a "near fine" vintage paperback with tinted text block edges, published in 1973 by Dell, 237 pages.
First edition, stated.
Super crisp, spine not creased or rolled. No real signs of reading wear. Slight diagonal crease for front cover visible if held to the light at the right angle.
See accompanying images for full condition details.
A really, really nice first edition printing of one of Mrs. Christie's Hercule Poirot tales!
This is the last Poirot story that Mrs. Christie wrote.
Will ship promptly, carefully packaged.
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James Tiptree Jr. “Brightness Falls From the Air” 1985 First edition club printing
Original price was: $16.00.$12.96Current price is: $12.96.
"Brightness Falls From the Air" by James Tiptree Jr. published by TOR Books / The Science Fiction Book Club.
This vintage hard cover has it's original paper jacket carefully preserved in a removable archival sleeve from BroDart library supplies.
The book is near fine with unbumped board corners and spine edges, no writing. Very minor foxing / dust spotting on deckled text block edge. The jacket has some very slight edge wear in a few places and a 1/2" closed tear at the bottom front cover toward spine.
This is a really nice copy - gift worthy for yourself or that Tiptree fan in your life!
Ships carefully packaged.
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James Tiptree Jr. “Brightness Falls From the Air” 1985 First edition club printing
Original price was: $16.00.$12.96Current price is: $12.96.
"Brightness Falls From the Air" by James Tiptree Jr. published by TOR Books / The Science Fiction Book Club.
This vintage hard cover has it's original paper jacket carefully preserved in a removable archival sleeve from BroDart library supplies.
The book is near fine with unbumped board corners and spine edges, no writing. Very minor foxing / dust spotting on deckled text block edge. The jacket has some very slight edge wear in a few places and a 1/2" closed tear at the bottom front cover toward spine.
This is a really nice copy - gift worthy for yourself or that Tiptree fan in your life!
Ships carefully packaged.
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Logan’s Run 1976 First edition thus William Nolan Film tie-in edition w/ 16 pages of full color photos
Original price was: $43.00.$34.83Current price is: $34.83.
"Logan's Run", by William Nolan and George Clayton Jonhson, published by Bantam Books in 1976.
First edition thus, with Hollywood film cover art and photographs.
This is a "very good" or better vintage paperback with a solid binding, not cracked or rolled. No loose, torn or folded pages. Original owner named penned inside front cover (see images), other wise no writing. Yellow tinting to all block edges is crisp and uniform. Just a little surface wear on glossy covers, otherwise remarkably crisp.
Overall, still a very pleasing copy, getting harder to find these in condition as nice as this as this printing approaches the half-century mark.
See accompanying images for full condition details.
Shipping: Will ship promptly, carefully packaged.
Combined shipping: Some platforms (Facebook being one), may not handle combining multiple orders into one shipment easily. If you order multiple items on a platform on the same date and are charged shipping multiple times, when we generate your shipping labels, we will credit back shipping overages.
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Logan’s Run 1976 First edition thus William Nolan Film tie-in edition w/ 16 pages of full color photos
Original price was: $43.00.$34.83Current price is: $34.83.
"Logan's Run", by William Nolan and George Clayton Jonhson, published by Bantam Books in 1976.
First edition thus, with Hollywood film cover art and photographs.
This is a "very good" or better vintage paperback with a solid binding, not cracked or rolled. No loose, torn or folded pages. Original owner named penned inside front cover (see images), other wise no writing. Yellow tinting to all block edges is crisp and uniform. Just a little surface wear on glossy covers, otherwise remarkably crisp.
Overall, still a very pleasing copy, getting harder to find these in condition as nice as this as this printing approaches the half-century mark.
See accompanying images for full condition details.
Shipping: Will ship promptly, carefully packaged.
Combined shipping: Some platforms (Facebook being one), may not handle combining multiple orders into one shipment easily. If you order multiple items on a platform on the same date and are charged shipping multiple times, when we generate your shipping labels, we will credit back shipping overages.
Eve Arnold “The Unretouched Woman” 1976 First edition paperback photography book Full-color & black and white photographs
$84.00
"The Unretouched Woman", by Eve Arnold, published by Alfred A. Knopf of New York in 1976.
First Edition.
Large format, stiff paper pictorial boards, semi-gloss paper, color and black and white photographs, 194 pages.
A "very good" vintage paperback with a tight, uncreased spine. No loose, torn or folded pages. No writing. Text block is tight and covers close flat, not curled, front lower corner slightly lifted.
Photographic images of women involved in all their various daily activities from teaching to cooking to getting made up.
Images from Afghanistan, Spain, Britain, America, Cuba, Russia and more.
Also, multi-page sections featuring both Joan Crawford and Marilyn Monroe.
See accompanying images for full condition details.
Will ship to you promptly, carefully packaged and fully insured.
Fascinating!
Eve Arnold “The Unretouched Woman” 1976 First edition paperback photography book Full-color & black and white photographs
$84.00
"The Unretouched Woman", by Eve Arnold, published by Alfred A. Knopf of New York in 1976.
First Edition.
Large format, stiff paper pictorial boards, semi-gloss paper, color and black and white photographs, 194 pages.
A "very good" vintage paperback with a tight, uncreased spine. No loose, torn or folded pages. No writing. Text block is tight and covers close flat, not curled, front lower corner slightly lifted.
Photographic images of women involved in all their various daily activities from teaching to cooking to getting made up.
Images from Afghanistan, Spain, Britain, America, Cuba, Russia and more.
Also, multi-page sections featuring both Joan Crawford and Marilyn Monroe.
See accompanying images for full condition details.
Will ship to you promptly, carefully packaged and fully insured.
Fascinating!
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Agatha Christie “The Bedside, Bathtub, & Armchair Companion” First printing of revised edition 1986
Original price was: $14.00.$11.34Current price is: $11.34.
"The Bedside, Bathtub, and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie", by Dick Riley and Pam McAllister, published in 1986 by Frederick Ungar Publishing.
First edition thus, revised second edition.
This is a trade paperback in pictorial covers, profusely illustrated in black and white throughout, 362 pages including an index.
This is a "very good +" book - may be unread - with a tight textblock and crisp covers. No marks, no loose, torn or folded pages. No labels or tags. Spine is flat, not curled and creased. There is a light surface scuff on the spine edge of the front cover that is visible when held to the light at the correct angle.
See images for complete condition details and the table of contents.
Overall, a very pleasant volume.
Sure to make a special gift for the Miss Marple / Christie / Poirot fan in your life!
Perhaps you!
Will ship promptly, carefully packaged, fully.
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Agatha Christie “The Bedside, Bathtub, & Armchair Companion” First printing of revised edition 1986
Original price was: $14.00.$11.34Current price is: $11.34.
"The Bedside, Bathtub, and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie", by Dick Riley and Pam McAllister, published in 1986 by Frederick Ungar Publishing.
First edition thus, revised second edition.
This is a trade paperback in pictorial covers, profusely illustrated in black and white throughout, 362 pages including an index.
This is a "very good +" book - may be unread - with a tight textblock and crisp covers. No marks, no loose, torn or folded pages. No labels or tags. Spine is flat, not curled and creased. There is a light surface scuff on the spine edge of the front cover that is visible when held to the light at the correct angle.
See images for complete condition details and the table of contents.
Overall, a very pleasant volume.
Sure to make a special gift for the Miss Marple / Christie / Poirot fan in your life!
Perhaps you!
Will ship promptly, carefully packaged, fully.
Pulp Fictions 1997 First Edition Hardboiled anthology with 20 short stories Hardcover with jacket
Price range: $16.00 through $19.00
This is a "very good" to "near mint" vintage hardcover with black paper wrapped boards, black cloth wrapped spine, and cloth head and tail bands sewn into spine. Published by Barnes and Nobles in 1997, 331 pages.
First edition.
Book is solid, text block closes tightly and square, edge bright and clean all around. The title page has a vertical crease and the lower corner is mildly creased, otherwise no loose, torn or folded pages. No writing or plates. Board corners are all sharp.
The matching DJ is not clipped, no tags, labels or marks. No tears. Very uniform in color all around, not tanned or sunned. Certainly a much better than typical jacket. Available with optional removable archival cover for the jacket.
See accompanying images for full condition details and table of contents.
Authors include:
Stephen King
Raymond Chandler
Elmore Leonard
Quentin Tarantino
Dashiell Hammett
many more...
Each story includes some commentary about the author and/or the work by the editor.
Will ship promptly, carefully packaged.
Pulp Fictions 1997 First Edition Hardboiled anthology with 20 short stories Hardcover with jacket
Price range: $16.00 through $19.00
This is a "very good" to "near mint" vintage hardcover with black paper wrapped boards, black cloth wrapped spine, and cloth head and tail bands sewn into spine. Published by Barnes and Nobles in 1997, 331 pages.
First edition.
Book is solid, text block closes tightly and square, edge bright and clean all around. The title page has a vertical crease and the lower corner is mildly creased, otherwise no loose, torn or folded pages. No writing or plates. Board corners are all sharp.
The matching DJ is not clipped, no tags, labels or marks. No tears. Very uniform in color all around, not tanned or sunned. Certainly a much better than typical jacket. Available with optional removable archival cover for the jacket.
See accompanying images for full condition details and table of contents.
Authors include:
Stephen King
Raymond Chandler
Elmore Leonard
Quentin Tarantino
Dashiell Hammett
many more...
Each story includes some commentary about the author and/or the work by the editor.
Will ship promptly, carefully packaged.
The Big Time Fritz Leiber 1982 First edition
The Big Time Fritz Leiber 1982 First edition