Thieves' Nights: The Chronicles of DeLancey, King of Thieves
by Keeler, Harry Stephen
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co.. Very Good. 1929. 5th printing. Hardcover. (no dust jacket, although the front panel of same has been trimmed and affixed to the ffep) [moderately worn copy, light bumping/fraying to bottom corners, portion of jacket text affixed to front pastedown, small stains on a couple of pages]. "This is Mr. Keeler's... Read More
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The Box from Japan
by Keeler, Harry Stephen
New York/Chicago: A.L. Burt Company. Very Good. (c.1932). Reprint. Hardcover. (lacking the original dust jacket, but encased in a nice-looking facsimile reproduction of the first edition jacket; see 2nd image posted with this listing, and Notes) [good sound copy, light fraying to cloth at top of spine, a bit of light foxing to top edge and fore-edge].... Read More
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The Amazing Web
by Keeler, Harry Stephen
New York: A.L. Burt Company. Very Good. (c.1930). Reprint. Hardcover. NOISBN . (no dust jacket) [good sound book, slight fading to spine cloth, one-time owner's signature on front pastedown, 1931 gift inscription (non-authorial) on ffep, light soiling to top edge]. Was there ever a Harry Stephen Keeler book that wasn't an "amazing web" of one sort... Read More
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The Skull of the Waltzing Clown
by Keeler, Harry Stephen
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc. / A Burt Book. Very Good. (c.1935). Reprint. Hardcover. (lacking the original dust jacket, but encased in a nice-looking facsimile reproduction of the first edition jacket (a mismatch, but what's the harm?); see 2nd image posted with this listing) [modest shelfwear, some discoloration to endpapers and along front joint, remnants of... Read More
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Straw Wife
by Kehoe, William
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc.. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. [sharp-looking copy, no significant wear to book apart from a slightly bumped top front corner; the jacket is bright and attractive, with minor edgewear and one tiny nick at the top of the front panel]. Novel about a young... Read More
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A Jack is a King
by Keifetz, Norman
New York: The Dial Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. [light shelfwear, small ink spot on bottom edge of text block; the jacket is lightly soiled and a bit age-toned, with shallow paper loss at spine ends, small closed tear at bottom of rear panel]. "A visceral ironic novel," says the... Read More
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Speak Easily
by Kelland, Clarence Budington
New York/Chicago: A.L. Burt Company. Very Good+ in Good+ dj. (c.1932). Reprint. Hardcover. [good sound copy, minimal shelfwear, light age-toning to edges of text block, cute vintage bookplate on front pastedown (unfortunately marred by clumsy crossing-out of individual's name written thereon); the jacket is heavily worn along the top and bottom edges, with various small tears and... Read More
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Speak Easily
by Kelland, Clarence Budington
New York/London: Harper & Brothers. Very Good+. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [good solid book, very light bumping to extremities, light dust-soiling to top edge, short pucker-line in rear-cover cloth, contemporary (non-authorial) gift inscription on ffep]. Very uncommon novel (originally a magazine serial under the title "Footlights") by this popular and prolific author, a... Read More
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Skin Deep
by Kelland, Clarence Budington
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1938). Reprint. Hardcover. NOISBN . [spine a little turned, very light wear at spine ends and a couple of corners, tiny previous owner's name stamp on both endpapers and both pastedowns; jacket moderately worn and lightly soiled, a couple of tiny tears along top edge, one... Read More
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Counterfeit Gentleman
by Kelland, Clarence Budington
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Good in Very Good+ dj. 1960 (c.1956). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [suspected ex-library book, although no marking as such; however, the ffep has been removed (always a suspicious sign) and none too neatly, resulting in the half-title page also being partially detached and the weakening of the front hinge; otherwise... Read More
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Catty Atkins -- Financier
by Kelland, Clarence Budington
New York/London: Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1923. 1st Edition (D-X). Hardcover. (pictorial cover; no dust jacket) [solid copy, light wear to extremities, two tiny rips in cloth at top of spine, ownership signature (see note) and additional gift signature on ffep]. (frontispiece + 3 illus. plates) Fourth book (of five) in the "Catty Atkins" series,... Read More
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Weeds
by Kelley, Edith Summers
Carbondale/Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. 1974 (c.1972). 2nd printing. Hardcover. [good sound copy, light foxing to edges of text block but no significant wear; the jacket shows light wear at edges and corners, minor age-toning]. (Lost American Fiction) Series Republication of a novel originally published by Harcourt, Brace & Co. in... Read More
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Citizen's Journey [*SIGNED*]
by Kellerman, S.W. Jr.
New York: Exposition Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1966). First Edition. Hardcover. [minimal shelfwear to book, light dust-soiling to top of text block; the jacket is a bit faded at the spine, has had two long closed tears at the top of the front panel neatly and unobtrusivley tape-repared (internally), and has a tiny shallow... Read More
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So Fair a House
by Kelley, Welbourn
New York: William Morrow & Company. Fair. 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [ex-rental library book, moderately worn, evidence of removed labels on ffep, jacket flaps affixed to pastedowns (remainder of jacket is NOT present), spine turned, external soiling, etc.] Very scarce second novel by this Alabama-born author, about "a divorced father's attempt to... Read More
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The Brighter Half
by Kelley, Ada Campbell
New York: Greenwich Book Publishers, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1965). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [minor soiling to cloth at top and bottom edges, no other significant wear; jacket somewhat faded at spine, with light overall soiling and age-toning]. Certainly one of the odder memoirs (if that's what it is) you're likely to... Read More
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Projections of Passing: Postwar Anxieties and Hollywood Films, 1947-1960
by Kelley, N. Megan
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. Fine. 2016. First Edition. Softcover. [nice clean as-new book]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) From a cover blurb by author Werner Sollors: "Meticulously researched, vividly written, and amply illustrated with crisp digital frame enlargements, [this book] takes the reader through the facets of collective angst that Cold War Hollywood problem films... Read More
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One Hand Clapping
by Kell, Joseph (pseud. for Anthony Burgess)
London: Peter Davies. Near Fine in Very Good- dj. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . (price-clipped) [very light foxing to top edge, otherwise a nice fresh copy with no significant wear; jacket has one tiny chip at top of front panel, also torn with a bit of paper loss at top rear hinge and bottom front hinge,... Read More
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Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark
by Kellow, Brian
New York: Viking. Fine in Near Fine dj. 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean book with no discernible wear; the jacket shows just a trace of surface handling wear, with a minor wrinkle at the bottom of the front panel]. (B&W photographs) A biography of the longtime film critic for The New Yorker -- in her... Read More
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Gene Kelly: The Thirteenth Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award, March 7, 1985 [program/tribute book]
by {Kelly, Gene} [The American Film Institute] (Jeffrey Lane, ed.)
[Washington DC]: The American Film Institute. Near Fine. 1986. First Edition. Softcover. [nice-looking copy, very light external wear]. (B&W photographs) Largely photographic tribute book, issued in conjunction with Kelly's receipt of the AFI's Life Achievement Award; includes filmography and brief excerpts from various books and articles about Kelly by William Saroyan, Frank Sinatra, Betty Comden... Read More
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A Lament for Barney Stone
by Kelly, Robert Glynn
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1961). First Edition. Hardcover. [slight fading to cloth along top and bottom edges, a bit of age-toning to edges of text block; jacket also a little age-toned, light spotting to upper right corner of front panel, a few tiny nicks at spine ends]. "A ... Read More
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Brother
by Kelm, Karlton
Indianapolis/New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Very Good+. (c.1936). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [good solid copy, light age-toning to edges of text block, interesting vintage bookplate (of one T. Leeford Givens; see notes) on front pastedown]. Novel set in a small Midwestern town, about three sisters who are excessively (even pathologically) devoted to their ... Read More
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The Bride Dined Alone
by Kelsey, Vera
Garden City NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., for the Crime Club. Very Good in Very Good dj. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. [moderate shelfwear, slight exposure of board at lower corner of rear cover, one-time owner's handwritten notes about date and place purchased at edge of rear pastedown (hidden by jacket flap); the jacket is edgeworn, with tiny... Read More
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Satan Has Six Fingers
by Kelsey, Vera
Garden City NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., for the Crime Club. Very Good in Very Good dj. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. [a good sound copy, lightly shelfworn, with a bit of fraying at the upper rear hinge, line of discoloration on both endpapers, soiling and a couple of tiny black spots on top edge of text block, one-time... Read More
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The Owl Sang Three Times
by Kelsey, Vera
Garden City NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., for the Crime Club. Very Good in Fair dj. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. [moderate shelfwear, slight exposure of board at bottom front tip, a touch of fraying at the spine ends, mild dust-soiling to top of text block, one-time owner's name plus date & place of purchase in ink at top... Read More
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Rupert Hughes: A Hollywood Legend
by Kemm, James O.
Beverly Hills CA: Pomegranate Press. Fine in Fine dj. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 0938817493 . [lovely copy, no discernible wear to either book or jacket]. (B&W photographs) Poorly-written biography of the "film pioneer, author, screenwriter, film director, composer, soldier, network radio commentator, wit and self-described 'poor uncle of a rich nephew'" (that being Howard Hughes).... Read More
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