Search Results: Titles starting with T from Squid Ink Books

Fine minus, unread limited edition, book with slight bit of looseness at spine, bound in Japanese Neon-Tsumugi silk and housed in Fine minus Purple Mohair slipcase with slight shelf wear. No dust jacket as issued. Apocalyptic rains and supernatural animals seem to presage the End Times. This is number 259 of 300
such copies; signed by Koontz on the limitation page.

First UK edition 1st printing Very Good book and jacket, book that has light shelf wear, mild page yellowing and slight spine slant, and jacket has edge yellowing on the flaps, some light wrinkling along edges and mild rubbing and a few very light overwrite incisions that are hard to see.

First edition 1st printing, In color wraps with French flaps, Very Good book with light edge wear and touch of color loss, sun fade to spine. Previous owners bookplate opposite title page. Full page advertisement for this book and order form laid-in. From the Problems of Contemporary Art series, number 6.

First edition 1st printing, Fine minus, unread book with touch of edge wear and very slight dusting top page edges, in a Very Good price clipped jacket with light edge and corner wear, mild sun fade to spine, couple very small edge chips and some yellowing of white portions. Signed by Baker on the front end page.

The original, signed painting by Thorpe for the dust jacket of the trade edition – painting is framed and matted (black frame measures approximately 16 x 12 inches). This art had to be redone at the last possible moment because an editor at Harper decided that the jacket design must include a scene from Washington D.C. The mystery leads Leaphorn and Chee to leave the reservation and investigate in Washington – an unusual twist in the Hillerman mysteries, since the action seldom shifts far from the Navajo Reservation. The plot twist is what led to the decision to redo the jacket art. This painting is the original art, which appeared only on the Advanced Reading Copy of the book, and related early publisher's promotions for the title. There were also a number of proofs of the original jacket.
A number of related items are included with the painting: a Fine, unread copy of the ARC in color wraps, to which Thorpe has added signed art to the half-title page; a front panel of one of an original proof… Read More

First UK edition 1st printing, Fine Unread book, in a Fine minus jacket that has light wrinkle along top edge of front flap. This copy signed by Laurence on the title page. Her second gastronomical mystery.

Fine, unread book in a Fine dust jacket. Murder and intrigue within a San Francisco writers' group. This copy signed by Harrington on the half-title page. Harrington's fourth mystery.

Near Fine, unread book that has had the top-stain run at spine and just onto boards, in a Fine minus jacket that has touch of wear top of spine and several very light overwrite impressions to both panels. Ten stories by Woolrich that were published from 1940 to 1964.

First edition 1st printing, Near Fine book with slight shelf wear and tiny ding bottom edges, three stories on Contents page have been marked with arrows and punctuation marks in ballpoint; in a Fine minus jacket with slightest touch of rubbing. A collection of short stories that has been signed and inscribed on the title page. Inscription is not legible.

Each of these is an offprint pamphlet in stapled wraps of an earlier publication, speech, or lecture by the authors. Condition varies from Very Good to Near Fine depending upon degree of age toning present. All ten are housed in a Fine, green vinyl "Objectivist" binder. The titles by Rand are: Textbook of Americanism; Notes on the History of American Free Enterprise; Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World; Conservatism: An Obituary; Americas' Persecuted Minority: Big Business; The Objectivist Ethics; The Intellectual Bankruptcy of Our Age; and The Fascist New Frontier. Title by Greenspan is Antitrust and that by Reisman is The Revolt Against Affluence: Galbraith's Neo-Feudalism. The two pamphlets that were published by the Institute have had reference to it lined out and have been stamped to indicate publication by The Objectivist.

UK first edition, Near Fine book with very slight bumps to top corners of boards, and touch of yellowing to page edges; in a Very Good dust jacket that has light edge and corner wear, slight color loss along top edge, slight fading and touch of soiling to flap portions that are not mylar covered, and with a number of light overwrite impressions. This was Crichton's second thriller published under his name. There was a 1974 movie starring George Segal.

Very Good to Near Fine book with the ubiquitous page browning, several gathering have aged more than the rest, soft at spine ends, very tiny bump bottom edge back board, touch of age toning along top and bottom edges of boards; in a Very Good jacket that has age toning along edges of lighter portions of jacket, light edge and corner wear with a couple of tiny chips top of spine, small dog-ear crease bottom corner front flap, light rubbing both panels and several light overwrite impressions. This copy has no remainder mark and is a nice example of this book, which has generally aged badly over the years. McMurtry's sixth novel was made into a popular 1983 movie with Shirley MacLaine, Jack Nicholson, Debra Winger, and several other well-known stars. The movie was nominated for 11 and won 5 Academy Awards; including Best Picture, Best Actress for Shirley MacLaine, and Best Supporting Actor for Jack Nicholson.

First edition 1st printing, Fine minus, possibly unread book that has slight crimps at spine ends, in a price-clipped Very Good to Near Fine jacket that has light edge and corner wear, mild wrinkling at spine ends, touch of rubbing, and slight soiling to back panel. Alexander was a fairly popular mystery writer back in the 50s and his works are still well-appreciated among mystery buffs.

First edition 1st printing, Near Fine book with slight white line of about a quarter of an inch along edge of spine and a small spot/rub near top corner of front board, in a Very Good slipcase with pictorial paste-down title label, shelf wear, rubbing, sun fade along edges, particularly back, with a small white smudge front panel near the spine. No dust jacket as issued. This is the stated First Printing of the short story that was issued in a very large book club edition, also in slipcase.

First UK edition, Fine unread book, in a Fine dust jacket. This copy signed by author on title page and dated 25.7.02. Thompson's debut mystery.

First edition 1st printing, Very Good book with very slight bump bottom front corner, slight bumps along bottom edge of back board, sun fade at spine ends, touch of rubbing back board, a tiny snag exposing dot of board along top of front board; in a Near Fine jacket with slight edge and corner wear, orange letting on spine faded to light yellow and the T on front panel is partially faded, the jacket folds were misaligned about a quarter inch toward the front board leaving the lettering on spine off-center. Inscribed to Philip Gerber, an English Professor and writer, on the first white end page, signed by Oates and dated 10/25/69. Note card with Gerber’s comments regarding book is laid-in. Winner of 1970 National Book Award.

First UK printing, Fine minus book with some yellowing to page block, in a Fine jacket. An unread copy signed by author on title page; his first mystery.

First Bleak House trade edition, 31 short Stories About Hitmen. Fine unread book in Fine dust jacket. Stories by Lawrence Block, Ken Bruen, Reed Farrel Coleman, and many others. Signed by nine of the authors, including Ken Bruen, on the title page.

First UK edition, Near Fine book that has crimping at spine ends and a very slight touch of slant; in a Near Fine dust jacket that has slight edge and corner wear and a touch of rubbing to back panel. This was Hillerman's eighth Navajo mystery, and the second featuring both Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. Winner of a Macavity Award.

Very Good book with slight edge and corner wear with touch of slant; in a Near Fine dust jacket that has light sun fade to spine.