Search Results: Fiction from Book Happy Booksellers

Andrew Stricker, 1957. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good-. 120pp; Covers age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG- condition. 15 short stories. Illustrations by Joysalino.

Moore Haven, FL: Rainbow Books, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 145pp; Extremely clean, tight copy, Near Fine condition. Novel describing individual reactions to a world-wide communist rule with brutal psychological manipulations.

Oslo: P. M. Byer & Co., 1942. Limited Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Wraps; 91pp; Wraps bound with orange string, corners of covers slightly bent, small stain to back cover, most pages unopened, binding is tight, VG condition. No. 13 of edition of 35. Inscribed and Signed by Author. Five short stories. Text in Norwegian.

New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 315pp; No DJ, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to front & spine, clean, tight copy, VG condition. Vintage novel.

Cape Coast, Ghana: Kwaku Addo, 1999. Softcover. Very Good. Wraps; 96pp; Corners slightly curled, clean, tight copy, VG condition. Collection of stories blending fiction with various expressions by the head of the English Department, St. Augustine's College, Cape Coast, Ghana.

Mokelumne Hill, CA: Health Research. Reprint Edition. Softcover. Very Good-. 602pp; A few small stains to covers, previous owner's name to front & rear flyleaves, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG- condition. The author's fourth novel, a sequel to "A Romance of Two Worlds." Originally published in 1889, this edition was published circa 1970s.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/None. 180pp; No DJ, previous owner's stamps to FFEP, tape stains to endpapers, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good condition. Novel.

London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1934. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Good+. 248pp; Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, minor staining to front board, DJ flap taped to front pastedown, DJ front taped to 1/2 title page, previous owner's name on FFEP, pages clean & tight, Good+ condition. Novel depicting the country seen & interpreted through the eyes of a child.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. 418pp; DJ edgeworn with minor chipping & protected by mylar cover, green cloth boards, pages clean & tight, VG/Good+ condition. Novel that spans forty years in the folk-ways of a small Maine community.

New York: Random House, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Cloth in DJ; 355pp; DJ price-clipped, slightly edgeworn & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/Good+ condition. Selected stories and short novels of Dashiell Hammett. Edited and with an Introduction by Lillian Hellman.

Beverly Hills, CA: Wildcat Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Cloth in DJ; 307pp; DJ clean & bright, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, Near Fine/Near Fine condition. Signed by Author. Third novel in the Front Runner series, sequel to Harlan's Race and The Front Runner, a popular gay love story.

1st Books Library, 2001. Softcover. Very Good+. 397pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+ condition. Novel about two gay men who fall in love during the U.S. Civil War, one from the North and the other from the South.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good-. Cloth in DJ; 230pp; DJ chipped, edgeworn, clipped (price still visible) & protected by mylar sleeve, slight slant, boards slightly edgeworn, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG-/Good- condition. Scarce, vintage novel set in the Arkansas hills. Illustrated with drawings by Harold West. From front of DJ: "The story of a very human man, his life on a farm deep in the Arkansas hills, his affection for his family, his animals, and his land -- with one of the most heartwarming mare and colt stories ever written.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Hardcover in DJ; First Edition; 312pp; DJ clean & bright, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+/VG condition. Novel of Vaudeville and Hollywood by the film star Joan Blondell (1906-1979) who had much experience with both.

New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 245pp; DJ slightly edgeworn, yellow cloth boards, clean, tight copy, VG+/VG condition. Novel set in India.

London, UK: Trouser Press, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 168pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. "Observant and ironic fiction."

New York: Kensington Books, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in DJ; 276pp; DJ clean & bright, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, as new, Fine/Fine condition. From DJ flap: "Set in the outrageous world of daytime soaps, where amnesia victims usually have evil twins--but handsome leading men must keep their love for each other in the closet--Dave Benbow's raucously sexy, wickedly funny debut novel lays bare the lust, greed, and ambition of Hollywood, through the eyes of an innocent newcomer who wants it all.

New York: Derby & Jackson, 1861. First US Edition. Hardcover. Good. 471pp; Brown textured cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, spine ends worn off, wear to spine, boards edgeworn, corners rubbed, yellow endpapers, hinges professionally repaired, previous owner's name to front pastedown, scattered foxing, text unmarked, binding is tight, Good condition. Adventure novel set in the Catskills in the 1770s.

Boston, MA: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 299pp; Green cloth boards with gilt titling to spine, slight wear to spine ends & corners of boards, previous owner's name to FFEP, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG condition. Scarce, antique metaphysical New Thought novel.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Cloth in DJ; 283pp; DJ chipped & protected by mylar cover, surface tear to front pastedown, pages clean & tight, VG/Fair condition. Collection of eight short stories by the English author of "If Winter Comes" & other novels.