Life is Such a Rush
by Jope-Slade, Christine
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Fair. (c.1931). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [reading copy ONLY; heavily worn, page edges soiled, front hinge cracked, ffep coming loose, etc.] Somewhat hard-to-find novel by this writer, who seems to have divided her time between children's books and novels about the problems of modern women; this book falls into ... Read More
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Romantic Copper: Its Lure and Lore
by Joralemon, Ira B.
New York/London: D. Appleton-Century Company. Very Good. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [a good sound copy, some external soiling, pencil notes in margins of Chapter IV, vintage bookseller's label (Books Inc., Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco) on rear pastedown]. A highly-regarded popular history of copper mining, by (per Wikipedia) "an American mining engineer, economic... Read More
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The Nature of the Beast
by Jordan, Evelyn
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1953). First Edition. Hardcover. [nice copy, minor wear at spine ends, lower rear corner very lightly bumped, previous owner's small neat signature on front pastedown; jacket shows minor edgewear, a couple of tiny tears, light rubbing to rear panel]. Romance set in a remote... Read More
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Trouble-the-House
by Jordan, Kate
New York: A.L. Burt Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1921). Reprint. Hardcover. NOISBN . [a solid copy, light shelfwear to bottom edge, minor spotting/soiling to top page edges; jacket is edgeworn, with a couple of short closed tears, small chip at bottom front hinge, slight paper loss at spine ends and a couple of corners,... Read More
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A Key to the Ulysses of James Joyce
by Jordan Smith, Paul
Chicago: Pascal Covici, Publisher. Good. 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [slight chipping at edges of paper-covered boards, a bit of exposure of boards at tips, uninteresting vintage bookplate on front pastedown]. (map of Dublin) Smith, a once-prominent art and literary critic but now largely forgotten, tries to help the befuddled reader make sense... Read More
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Transatlantic Wife
by Joyce, Peggy Hopkins
New York: The Macaulay Company. Fair. (c.1933). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [well-worn book, soiling to covers and page edges, ffep removed with consequent cracking to front hinge, second ffep (with blurb) ripped almost in half and nearly detached; basically a reading copy only]. A very scarce book, the only novel "written" by Ms. Joyce (following... Read More
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They Came from Sweden
by Judson, Clara Ingram
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [minor wear to extremities, light dust-soiling to top of text block; the jacket is modestly edgeworn (mostly along the top edge) and a bit faded at the spine]. (line drawings) The saga of "the Larsson family, Gustaf, his brother and sister, young... Read More
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Stark Naked; a paranomastic odyssey
by Juster, Norton; drawings by Arnold Roth
New York: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1969). First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [very slight wear to book extremities, small rubbed white spot near top left corner of front cover; the jacket is only lightly worn, but has a 2-inch closed tear at the top of the front panel]. (cartoon illustrations) Cartoon illustrations of... Read More
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Some Stochastic Problems in Physics and Mathematics
by Kac, (Prof.) Mark
Dallas: Magnolia Petroleum Company, Field Research Laboratory. Very Good+. (c.1957). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket, as issued) [light shelfwear, spine cloth a bit faded, small ink blot on lower edge of text block]. (Colloquium Lectures in the Pure and Applied Sciences, No. 2, October 1956) Series If you need more of a description of the contents... Read More
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The Eighth Veil [*SIGNED*]
by Kadison, Ellis
Garden City NY: Nelson Doubleday, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1981). Book Club Edition (1st hardcover issue). Hardcover. [a bit of crimping at spine ends, no other significant wear to book; the jacket is a little dog-eared at the top the spine, has some minor wrinkling and a touch of edgewear at the bottom of the... Read More
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Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam [*SIGNED*]
by Kadohata, Cynthia
New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Fine in Fine dj. (c.2007). 2nd printing. Hardcover. 1416906371 . [lovely copy, no discernible wear to either book or jacket]. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Young adult novel, "an action-packed glimpse into the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a [bomb-sniffing] dog and... Read More
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Sicilian Street
by Kafka, John
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1949). First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [light shelfwear, faint dust-soiling to top of text block; jacket has one tiny tear and associated short diagonal crease at top of front panel, horizontal crease near top of front panel, minor wear to spine extremities]. "The story of the Piazza, a... Read More
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Wedding Preparations in the Country, and Other Posthumous Prose Writings
by Kafka, Franz (translated by Ernst Kaiser & Eithne Wilkins)
London: Secker and Warburg. Very Good in Fair dj. 1954. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. [light shelfwear, minor fading to cloth at spine ends, age-toning to edges of text block; the jacket is a bit tattered, with small tears and a bit of paper loss at all corners and at ends of spine, shallow chipping at top edge... Read More
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Uncomfortable Questions for Comfortable Jews [*SIGNED*]
by Kahane, (Rabbi) Meir
Secacus NJ: Lyle Stuart Inc.. Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1987). First Edition. Hardcover. [nice tight clean copy, apparently unread; the jacket has two small chips, one at the top front hinge, the other at the upper right corner of the rear panel]. INSCRIBED ("To Marty") and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. ... Read More
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Gypsy Goes to College
by Kahmann, [Mable Crace] Chesley
New York: The Junior Literary Guild and Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. (c.1941). Book Club Edition?. Hardcover. [some wear to cloth at both ends of spine, otherwise a nice clean copy with only light shelfwear, minor discoloration at top and bottom edges of both pastedowns and endpapers; the jacket shows a bit of light wear... Read More
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Hollywood on Trial: The Story of the 10 Who Were Indicted
by Kahn, Gordon
New York: Arno Press / The New York Times. Fine. 1972 (c.1948). Reprint. Softcover. (no dust jacket, as issued) [nice clean copy with no significant wear]. (The Literature of Cinema) Series Trade PB "What were you doing on September 13, 1947? On that day some of Hollywood's most distinguished authors, stars, directors and producers were commanded... Read More
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The Carny Kid: Survival of a Young Thief: My Story [*SIGNED*]
by Kahn, Kenneth
(n.p.): Pendant Press. Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.2005). First Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean book with no discernible wear; the jacket is very faintly worn along top and bottom edges]. INSCRIBED briefly and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. "Prominent L.A. criminal defense attorney Kenny Kahn has written a poignant memoir of his... Read More
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Tops in Pops; plus, A Rock 'n' Roll Roundup
by Kahn, Steve
New York: Macfadden Books (50-114). Very Good+. 1961. First Edition. Softcover. [a nice tight copy, minor handling wear, tiny abrasion at top edge of rear cover]. Mass Market PB (B&W photographs) After a brief introduction ("This Thing Called Rock 'n' Roll"), the book contains individual chapters (mostly 5-8 pages in length, although Bobby Darin rates a whopping... Read More
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Black Sun
by Kandel, Aben
New York/London: Harper & Brothers. Good. 1929. 1st Edition (H-D). Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [worn copy, with considerable soiling to covers and edges of text block; spine slightly turned but binding intact, although the front hinge is a little weak]. The second novel by this author (and future screenwriter), which he described in a contemporary newspaper article... Read More
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Ex-Baby, by one who has been through it all
by [Anonymous; attributed to Aben Kandel]
New York: Covici Friede. Good+. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [light external water-spotting (mostly to rear cover), short bends at bottom corners of first two pages] Gentle satire of the "Ex-" genre of confessional fiction that had a brief vogue in the late 1920s ("Ex-Wife" and "Ex-Mistress" being the prime examples), as a former... Read More
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Batman & Me: The Saga Continues...: an Autobiography
by Kane, Bob, with Tom Andrae
Van Nuys CA: Zanart Entertainment, Inc.. Near Fine. (c.1996). 2nd printing. Hardcover. (pictorial laminated boards; no dust jacket, as issued) [moderate bumping to base of spine, light surface wear to covers, no other significant wear]. (B&W and color photographs, facsimiles) Well-illustrated autobiography by the creator of "Batman." Includes full-color reproductions of several early comic... Read More
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A Journal of the Plague Years
by Kanfer, Stefan
New York: Atheneum. Near Fine in Very Good- dj. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. [good solid clean copy with only minor shelfwear, one-time owner's name on front endpaper; jacket has a nasty tear/chip at top left corner, a couple of other small edge-tears and tiny chips, moderate surface wear]. (B&W photographs) "It is commonly held that the... Read More
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Born Yesterday; a comedy
by Kanin, Garson
New York: The Viking Press. Very Good in Poor dj. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. [book is moderately shelfworn, lightly bumped at the lower corner, and with some fading to the cloth at the edges; the jacket is in pretty rough shape, heavily edgeworn, missing the lower two inches of the spine, with numerous small chips and tears... Read More
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The Live Wire: A Comedy in Three Acts
by Kanin, Garson
New York: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1951, 1948). First Edition. Hardcover. [light wear to extremities, old yellow tape-stains on both endpapers from former taping-down of jacket, large "Submitted by William Morris Agency" label on ffep; jacket shows light soiling, tiny tears at several corners, tape marks on both flaps (tape itself... Read More
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U.S. Immigration: Exclusion and Deportation
by Kansas, Sidney
New York: Holland Publishing Co.. Good. 1928. 2nd printing. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [well-worn volume, front endpaper removed, publisher information on title page scribbled out with ink]. Essentially a reference and casebook on U.S. immigration legislation, in five parts. Part 1: "History of Immigration Legislation." Part 2: "Immigration Laws," containing the texts of "all... Read More
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