Search Results: Titles starting with T from Uncommon Sense

A typical novel of Schmitz's Federation series: fast-paced and very enjoyable. Torquil published books for the SF Book Club, mostly: they did a few copies with a trade dust-jacket. Currey lists the first trade edition as having a printing code D6 on page 206, a rubber-stamped price on the upper corner of the front jacket flap, and the lower flap cut: this copy fits that description. There are also copies with a printed price of $3.50 -- both trade editions are exceedingly scarce. This copy is tight and clean, and appears unread: the jacket's spine is age-darkened and has a few small chips missing and some small tears (see photo). The bottom edge of the boards shows some wear. Scarce copy of the trade edition. The jacket lists the title as "A Tale of 2 Clocks" -- everything on the book lists it as "A Tale of Two Clocks." I've chosen to go with spelling out the number rather than using the numeral.

Copy inscribed by de Camp to Chicago area fan Ben Solon. Dust jacket is very close to complete, but badly torn (all tears closed) with minor chipping and tape on the back cover. Pix available on request. This copy has orange printing for the spine information: there are copies with gold printing.i presume the gold printing is an earlier state because it was more expensive. The book has bumped corners, but is tight and solid. The jacket has been placed in a new protector, and it presents far better than this description would indicate. One of the best humorous books of SF/fantasy.

One of the truly great coming-of-age stories, and a difficult book to find in the first edition (so stated on verso of title page; no later printings listed). This copy is signed by Alexander on the half-title. The book has some foxing on the top edge, and two small ink marks on the bottom of the page block (probably from a used bookstore, possibly from remaindering). The jacket has small closed tears on the edges, and one major flaw: someone removed, quite sloppily, a sticker (Caldecott honor sticker, I'm guessing) from the upper right front cover. More photos available on request.

Davies' first novel, in the first American edition. The jacket is close to complete, missing small patches that do noa affect either the picture or the text on the covers; the front cover is separated from the spine, however, and there's a closed tear across the middle of the spine. . It's all now protected in a BroDart-style protector See pictures for details. First printing, with publisher's circled R on verso of title page. This copy is signed by Davies on the title page, with his usual crossing-out of his name: I personally got him to sign this at an event in San Francisco much after the book was published. Scarce signed (I see no others online at the time I list this).

Introduction by Clemence Dane. Three stories with mild fantastic elements by a peculiar novelist. Mentioned in Bleiler. Yellow buckram, gold titling, t.e.g., no dustjacket or slipcase. The rear fold for the dustjacket is still present, with a bit of its original glassine -- no text on it. Signed on limitation page by Houghton, who truncated his full name (Claude Houghton Oldfield) for his fiction. A very nice production, in fine condition with the spine bottom slightly dented -- pencil notes of former seller on front pastedown. Spine reads upwards, in British fashion. Uncommon.

The third collection of Solar Pons stories, and the shortest (unless you count those that only have one story). Also the scarcest Mycroft and Moran book Derleth published, with just over half the printrun of any other The cornerstone item for an M&M collection: the colophon states 2000 copies, but all records indicate that 996 is a much more accurate number. Derleth expected to stop writing Pons stories with this volume: sadly, the better Holmes pastiches he thought were coming proved to be less than wonderful. DW is slightly rubbed on spine edges, unclipped, in a new mylar jacket protector; gold printing on spine is dull rather than bright, as seems standard for this volume. Very slight gutter toning from endpaper glue in back. A copy for all but the most finicky collector. More photos upon request.

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.

Early, cheap reprint of the 5th Nero Wolfe novel (and one of the best for the cooking aficionados). Wolfe leaves NY to go to a meeting of top cooks, and murder ensues. This is in the same format as the hardcover, with an orchid on the spine and everything -- but the paper is quite oxydized, brown and becoming brittle. This is not an edition for the ages. The spine is bumped top and bottom, but the binding is not slanted or weak in any way. The jacket has a crease down the front, is missing some chips at the top and bottom of the spine, has a small closed tear at the lower rear backstrip, and has faded on the spine: the front is still quite bright. Some creasing and slight staining on the flaps, Generally a quite acceptable copy of this reprint, a great place-holder for someone who's saving up for the much more expensive first edition. I will put a jacket protector on if you request it, but I find they tend to spring the binding on this sort of book. More info or pictures available on request.

McHugh's exceedingly scarce first novel. At the time of listing this, I can find no other copies of this title online. McHugh is known for several later works including I Am Thinking of My Darling, a novel about a plague of happiness striking NY; Caleb Catlum's America, which Robert Heinlein claimed was one of his inspirations for Time Enough for Love; and poetry, both his own and translated from the Chinese. This book is near fine, with a good condition jacket which is slightly frayed, taped in several places and slightly discolored on the spine. The jacket presents well. There is slight fading of the cloth on the top edge, and the spine is bumped. See pictures. Previous owner's discreet inscription on FFE. More pictures available on request: I'm running into a glitch in the uploading process for the pictures.

YA cozy thriller by the author of the Johnny Dixon and Lewis Barmavelt novels. At this point, Bellairs had definitely hit his style: period middle-grade mystery/suspense with a young hero, a middle-aged helper, and very solid story-telling. This one lacks the fantasy element that makes most of his stories pleasantly creepy; it also lacks the Edward Gorey illustrations that became a mainstay of his later books, capitalizing on the success of THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS. A clean, tight, one-owner copy -- tiny ding in the upper right rear dw, which is unclipped. I believe this is a first printing: publishers are inconsistent in how they mark such, so I include a photo of the verso of the title page to allow yShipping ou to make your own decision. This book is scarce in this condition. Shipping to countries other than the US may be much higher than Biblio's default: please ask for a shipping price quote if you are not in the US.