Search Results: Authors starting with G from Uncommon Sense

Copy 69 of 500 numbered copies of this novel of a succubus in California. A beautiful example of the bookmaker's art: the cloth is the most sensual I've ever felt binding a book. This copy appears unread (personally, I'd recommend keeping it so, as I read the book and found it literarily unsatisfactory for many reasons). Owings and Chalker say the illustrations are tipped in: they're not, they're on a coated stock unlike the rest of the book, but they're bound in and bleed to the edge of the pageblock. This book was originally sold at $125, so the price I'm listing is a definite discount. Slight dust stains on the slipcase; both slipcase and book undented. A very pretty collectable copy of a book I didn't like. Photos don't really help: the slipcase is solid black. This is a book which should be felt, rather than seen.

Probable only edition of this very technical history of the Naval Ordnance Test Station at Inyokern in the 1940s. Not an ex-library copy; no internal notations noticed on a cursory examination. Corners mildly bumped, otherwise a very nice tight clean copy. Feel free to ask for further information.

London: W. H. Allen, 1970. First UK edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/good. Presentation copy of Gores' first novel, a rather gripping hard-boiled tale of revenge. Inscribed to (according to friends) Gores' agent at the time: "Art -- Since you're hung up on hardcovers, here," a note pointing out where "the sex-stuff" is in the book, "Enjoy ... enjoy/Joe, Oct '71". A very warm and personal inscription on the book that started a major career in modern hard-boiled mysteries, Book is very clean, with slight spine bumping; dustjacket is worn on the edges, with a noticeable closed tear at the upper left corner of the front panel, about 1cm in length, and two whitened rubbed patches about 1mm round on the left edge of the front panel. Winner of the Edgar for Best First Novel in 1970. A very nice associational copy of an important book. Gores died early in 2011.

Publisher's library edition of the first US edition of this classic children's book. Absolutely no library accessioning marks on title page or copyright page -- clearly never entered into a library's distribution system. I do not know whether this was issued with a dustjacket or not -- in any case, this copy doesn't have one. The front pastedown has a generic, nameless bookplate. A surprisingly uncommon book in any state -- the number of library copies which were not accessioned by libraries is probably vanishingly small. A rather nice example of this sort of binding, and an interesting oddity. More photos available on request.