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New York. 1952. Dell Publishing Company. Paperback Edition. Good in Slightly Worn Wrappers. 254 pages. paperback. 773. Cover painting by Griffith Foxley. keywords: Mystery Vintage Paperback. FROM THE PUBLISHER - They lived by a code of sin. THREE SADISTS. These were the three Vails, uninhibited, unconventional, unscrupulous . Phillip, who drank too much to disguise the decadence in his life. Douglas, who painted pictures and delighted in the grotesque . Lise, who was as beautiful as woman could be, and as deadly. The Vails built their lives around a morbid pattern of violence and brutality. For them, morality had no meaning; murder itself could become a matter of pride . and when they set out to gain the fortune they believed was rightfully theirs, only one man - a man they believed a coward - dared to stand in their way. The duel which followed would save delighted the Devil himself. inventory #35452

London. 1928. Elkin Mathews & Marrot Limited. 1st British Edition. Foxing Throughout,Otherwise Very Good.No Dustjacket. 62 pages. hardcover. keywords: Books Collectiong First Edition Publishing. FROM THE PUBLISHER - ‘Generally speaking, the collector of first editions is really a collector of first impressions, a first impression being a book from the first lot struck off the presses, and a first edition comprising all books which remain the same in content and in format as the first impression. A second impression is a second printing. A second edition postulates some alteration of text or format. But these terms are, unfortunately, not strictly adhered to. It is hoped that this book will serve to guide the collector amidst these intricacies. The publishing houses of Great Britain and the United States are listed in alphabetical order, and in every case the information is quoted directly from letters, material, or information received from the publishers themselves. Every attempt has been… Read More

New York. 1991. Viking Press. 1st American Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0670841609. Illustrated by Lane Smith. unpaginated. hardcover. Cover art by Lane Smith. keywords: Literature Children Glasses. FROM THE PUBLISHER - whimsical tribute follows a young boy's refusal to wear his new glasses and his doctor's listing of all the variety of people--and things--that benefit from glasses. inventory #13081 ISBN: 0670841609.

New York. 1999. May 1999. Free Press. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0684859084. 274 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Kathy DiGrado. keywords: Violence Boys Sociology. FROM THE PUBLISHER - After more than a decade of relentless increase in the urban war zones of large cities, violence by young boys and adolescents is on the rise in our suburbs, small towns, and rural communities. Twenty-five years as a psychologist working in the trenches with such children has convinced James Garbarino that boys everywhere really are angrier and more violent than ever before. In light of the recent school-based shootings, it's now clear that no matter where we live or how hard we try as parents, chances are our children are going to school with troubled boys capable of getting guns and pulling triggers. Beyond the deaths and debilitating injuries that result from this phenomenon are the staggering psychological costs - children who are afraid to go to school, teachers who are afraid of their students,… Read More

Philadelphia. 1951. Lippincott. 1st American Edition. Good in Worn Dustjacket. 334 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature Caribbean Black Guiana. FROM THE PUBLISHER - This is fare to surprise and delight the most exacting reader, a distinguished and original novel by a writer with an unusually fertile mind. In the atmosphere of haunted jungles in British Guiana the author has placed a group of English characters as strange and almost as terrifying as the jungle fauna which he so vividly describes. Dictator of this tropical demi-paradise, the highly eccentric Reverend Gerald Harmston dispenses his home-brewed religion to overawed natives and his own peculiar family. His Sunday sermons are ghost stories, he flogs and chains offenders against his laws, while in the background the memory of Dutch settlers massacred by their Negro slaves lurks as ‘local influence.' Into this bizarre Eden comes a nerve-racked relative from England, who becomes fascinated, as well he might, by the parson's two… Read More

Philadelphia. 1951. Lippincott. 1st American Edition. Very Small Stain Mark On Top Edge,Otherwise Good.No Dustjacket. 334 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature Caribbean Black Guiana. FROM THE PUBLISHER - This is fare to surprise and delight the most exacting reader, a distinguished and original novel by a writer with an unusually fertile mind. In the atmosphere of haunted jungles in British Guiana the author has placed a group of English characters as strange and almost as terrifying as the jungle fauna which he so vividly describes. Dictator of this tropical demi-paradise, the highly eccentric Reverend Gerald Harmston dispenses his home-brewed religion to overawed natives and his own peculiar family. His Sunday sermons are ghost stories, he flogs and chains offenders against his laws, while in the background the memory of Dutch settlers massacred by their Negro slaves lurks as ‘local influence.' Into this bizarre Eden comes a nerve-racked relative from England, who becomes fascinated, as… Read More

New York/Philadelphia. 1995. Chelsea House. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0791031640. Illustrated by Chris Coady. 92 pages. paperback. keywords: Africa Children's Books. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Ma'ami and her young son are desperately poor. She will do anything to earn enough money to live. She has always been the centre of her son's world, with her loving heart and brave spirit. But now he is longing for the father he has never known, a man who has a terrible secret. The Junior African Writers Series offers young readers exciting and interesting original stories set in Africa. The stories are graded into five levels of language difficulty. This is a level 5 reader. inventory #46086 ISBN: 0791031640.

New York. 1964. May 1963. Signet/New American Library. Reprinted Signet Classic Paperback Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. Edited & With An Introduction and Notes By Sylvan Barnet . 247 pages. paperback. CD161. Cover: Milton Glaser. keywords: Signet Classic Shakespeare Drama England Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - A brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the Scottish throne for himself. He is then wracked with guilt and paranoia. Forced to commit more and more murders to protect himself from enmity and suspicion, he soon becomes a tyrannical ruler. The bloodbath and consequent civil war swiftly take Macbeth and Lady Macbeth into the realms of madness and death. Unique Features Of The Signet Classic Shakespeare MACBETH - Special Introduction to the play by the editor, Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University. General discussion… Read More

New York. 1963. Signet/New American Library. Reprinted Signet Classic Paperback Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0451521358. 272 pages. paperback. CE2135. Cover: Milton Glaser. keywords: Signet Classic Shakespeare Drama England Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - A brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the Scottish throne for himself. He is then wracked with guilt and paranoia. Forced to commit more and more murders to protect himself from enmity and suspicion, he soon becomes a tyrannical ruler. The bloodbath and consequent civil war swiftly take Macbeth and Lady Macbeth into the realms of madness and death. Unique Features Of The Signet Classic Shakespeare MACBETH - Special Introduction to the play by the editor, Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University. General discussion of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general… Read More

New York. 1986. October 1986. Atlantic Monthly Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0871131048. Illustrated by Glen Baxter. 40 pages. hardcover. Cover art by Glen Baxter. keywords: Children . FROM THE PUBLISHER - When Charlie and his friend Iggy lose their belly buttons they investigate and discover an insidious plot to steal and resell belly buttons. inventory #10500 ISBN: 0871131048.

New York. 2013. January 2013. Mulholland Books. Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780316187404. 308 pages. paperback. keywords: Mystery America Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Warren Ellis reimagines New York City as a puzzle with the most dangerous pieces of all: GUNS. After a shootout claims the life of his partner in a condemned tenement building on Pearl Street, Detective John Tallow unwittingly stumbles across an apartment stacked high with guns. When examined, each weapon leads to a different, previously unsolved murder. Someone has been killing people for twenty years or more and storing the weapons together for some inexplicable purpose. Confronted with the sudden emergence of hundreds of unsolved homicides, Tallow soon discovers that he's walked into a veritable deal with the devil. An unholy bargain that has made possible the rise of some of Manhattan's most prominent captains of industry. A hunter who performs his deadly acts as a sacrifice to the old gods of Manhattan,… Read More

New York. 1987. George Braziller. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0807611867. Selections From PRAVDA. Translated byy Neilian & Angus Roxburgh. 285 pages. hardcover. keywords: History Russia Propaganda Pravda Journalism. FROM THE PUBLISHER - This important book provides a fascinating look at the history and inner workings of arguably the most influential newspaper in the world. Founded in opposition to the establishment by the Bolsheviks in 1912, Pravda - the name means truth-is now the official organ of the Soviet Communist Party, with as many as thirty-nine million readers. Relying on both Russian printed sources and interviews with Pravda correspondents in Moscow and London, the author discusses the paper's history and how it is planned and produced, profiles its readership, and examines how effective it is in shaping the ‘new Soviet man.' The main body of the book consists of extracts from Pravda never before translated, from recent issues of the paper. The topics… Read More

New York. 1961. September 1961. Fawcett Crest. Reprinted Fawcett Crest Paperback Edition. Good in Worn Wrappers. 192 pages. paperback. d472. keywords: Mystery Vintage Paperbacks. FROM THE PUBLISHER - When Charity Selbourne arrived in the picturesque French resort town of Avignon, she had no way of knowing that she was to become the principal player in the last act of a strange and brutal tragedy. Most of it had already been played. There had been love - and lust - and revenge and fear and murder. And now the killer, with blood enough on his hands, was waiting in the wings. inventory #37260

New York. 1988. Harper Trophy. 1st Harper Trophy Paperback Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0064460851. Illustrated by Aliki. 32 pages. paperback. Cover art by Aliki Brandenberg. keywords: Children’s Books Books Publishing. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The various steps in the making of a book can differ from one publishing house to another. This book show how this book was made. inventory #46346 ISBN: 0064460851.

New York. 1990. Random House. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0394588886. 84 pages. hardcover. Jacket design: Steven Snider,. keywords: Literature America Autobiography. FROM THE PUBLISHER - A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is Styron's true account of his descent into a crippling and almost suicidal depression. Styron is perhaps the first writer to convey the full terror of depression's psychic landscape, as well as the illuminating path to recovery. inventory #14521 ISBN: 0394588886.

London. 2000. Serpent's Tail. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 1852426667. 215 pages. hardcover. Cover photograph by Bekah O'Neill. keywords: Mystery Women America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Punch is a beautiful man in his forties, slowly dying from alcohol abuse and diabetes. Juliette is his adoring girlfriend, in her twenties, and willing to do absolutely anything for him. Together they have made a twisted pact: to live a wild life in Key West, collecting material for the book Punch is compelled to write before they end it all a year later. Punch and Juliette's craziness quickly accelerates. She flashes at strangers; he pretends to be blind in public; they break into Hemingway's house to have sex. But the games quickly turn dangerous when a guard at the house interrupts them and dies in the assault. With money running out, Punch and Juliette get a gun and stage a series of restaurant heists in elaborate disguises. They're known and loved by the restaurants, whose customers thrill… Read More

London. 1989. MacDonald/Queen Anne Press. 1st British Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0356175197. 288 pages. hardcover. keywords: Crime China America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - A relentless new criminal organization is spreading across the United States like a pestilence. They have muscled aside the Mafia and now dominate the multi-billion dollar world herion trade. This is the first book to expose this startling phenomenon. inventory #27425 ISBN: 0356175197.

New York. 1983. Bantam Books. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0553050419. 318 pages. hardcover. Cover sculpture by Hiram Richardson. keywords: Mystery Russia . FROM THE PUBLISHER - An old cleaning woman caught at Magadan airport with sacks containing priceless furs. A tragic airline ‘accident' that kills a woman with a devastating secret. A sudden flurrying shift in the Soviet hierarchy. Such are the sinister threads which intertwine to thrust Ivan Duvakin into the menacing glare of KGM suspicions. Now Duvakin is running for his life, plunged into the vortex of a deadly conspiracy that reaches from the top levels of Party command. His only ally is Galya, a woman doctor whose sensual charms masks a ferocious heart - and who may or may not be his ultimate betrayer. inventory #5941 ISBN: 0553050419.

New York. 1994. Harcourt Brace & Company. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0151562962. Translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor. 347 pages. hardcover. Jacket art: The World Map of Cantino (detail), anonymous, 1502. Inset panel: Fragment of a maritime chart by Cuillaume Le Testu, sixteenth century. Jacket design by Vaughn Andrews. keywords: Literature Translated Uruguay Latin America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In rich, sensuous, robust prose, with earthy humor and stunning poetry, Napoleon Baccino Ponce de Leon, a new writer from Uruguay, spins a yarn of men and ships. Of fog, jungle mazes, thirst, fear, illness, scorching sun, icy winds, bad omens, mutiny, and madness. A tale of the real men behind history's list of names. Of homesickness, loneliness, and the need for women, who belong to the land, not the sea. And as Juanillo, the fool of the fleet, jokes and sings and plays his thousand tricks to beguile the sailors and don Fernando, his master-making irreverent asides about… Read More

New York. 1983. April 1983. Viking Press. 1st Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0670448044. 231 pages. hardcover. Jacket photograph by Andy Bernstein. keywords: Basketball Biography Lakers. FROM THE PUBLISHER - This is the off-court story of Earvin ‘Magic' Johnson, basketball's youngest superstar. Twice named the Most Valuable Player in the NBA playoffs, Magic was, at the age of twenty-two, already a basketball legend. Born one of seven children in Lansing, Michigan, young Earvin showed early signs of good size - and great talent. He was recruited by dozens of colleges but finally chose to stay home and play for the Michigan State Spartans. After his sophomore year, Magic opted for the pros in 1979. becoming the highest-paid rookie in basketball history up to that time. He was an instant success with the Los Angeles Lakers, playing alongside the matchless Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Last year, Magic signed a long-term contract for S25 million. It hasn't all been gravy: Johnson… Read More