FICTION / Humorous from Barbara Bilson Books

New York: Kensington Books, 2005. Very good (a bit of edgewear) in very good- dust jacket (edgewear especially at spine top, rubbed). A lot of fun. Join the Dale Earnhardt Memorial Bus Tour whether you are interested in NASCAR or not. A really good read. Even has book blurbs from Kyle Petty and Junior Johnson--and if those names don't mean… Read more about this item

New York: Taplinger, 1986. First American edition, originally published in England in 1985 by Heinemann. Near fine in very good dust jacket (slightly sunned along top edge, bookstore sticker over price inside dust jacket). Billy Bunter reappears as Archibald Aitken who presents his own unique explanation of the "truth" behind historic events, such as the sinking of the Titanic. Sort… Read more about this item

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. Very good (bumped corners, light edgewear especially on bottom cover edges; very light blue stain on bottom page edges--not a remainder mark as near as I can tell) in good only dust jacket (edgeworn with one closed tear, all nicely disguised by Brodart clear protective cover). A humorous coming-of-age novel. The profession alluded to in the… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1969. Near fine (sunning to bottom of covers) in near fine dust jacket (darkened edges, one small closed tear at top of spine). Malamud's picaresque novel of the comic hero Fidelman and his attempts at art in Italy reflect Malamud's own experiences (and in fact he wrote under the name of Arthur Fidelman for… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1958. Near Fine (slightly sunned on upper edge of cover) in VG- dust jacket (light edgewear, especially at spine; light sunning and some spotting on inner flaps). Wild Irish doings.. 1st American edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Knopf, 1986. Near fine (a few light foxing spots on page edges) in near fine dust jacket (very light edgewear). Described on the dust jacket blurb as a "romantic comedy" and it does indeed have a fine, comic edginess. The heroine Frances thinks of herself as a member of that lesser group--"lesser" to the writers whose work she… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1949. Author's second book. Very good (some light aging or browning on pastedowns; otherwise fine interior) in poor dust jacket (split into two pieces with most of spine gone with stained back panel, included primarily because of bright front panel and wonderful short bio of McCarthy on the rear panel, ending with "She can cook and… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1957. Very good (owner's name, place, date on fep) in dust jacket with edgewear at spine top including short closed tear, ink scribble on lower front corner; see scan). 1958 Leo McCarey movie with Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Joan Collins, Tuesday Weld.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Harper & Row, 1987. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Amanda Faulkner.

London: Heinemann, 1971. Fine in NF+ dust jacket (very light edgewear). A novel by the well known actor. British first is difficult to find in the U.S. A straight-and-narrow American chief of police meets up with shocking English ways. Lots of fun.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Ticknor and Fields, 1988. Author's third book, his first novel. Near fine (a bit of browning at the very top of the white binding, otherwise fine) in near fine dust jacket (spine rubbed). Set against the tumultuous fall of 1973 when Nixon is running from the feds ("the current comic death throes of the Nixon administration"),… Read more about this item