Mr. Evening; A Story and Nine Poems
by Purdy, James
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Limited to 375 copies signed by Purdy, this being the last. Near Fine. Wraps toned at the edges, a few bumps at the corners. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, clean internally.
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The Dark Arena
by Puzo, Mario
New York: Random House, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($3.50), faded at the spine, lightly soiled at the back panel. Half black cloth with red paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound with a faded top stain, a few stains at the edges, lightly toned pages. The... Read More
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Fools Die
by Puzo, Mario
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Inscribed by Puzo to NAL marketing executive Maryann Palumbo, with an ALS from Puzo to Palumbo laid in. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($12.50), toned at the edges and spine, tear at the foot of the spine. Quarter black cloth with cream cloth... Read More
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The Crying of Lot 49
by Pynchon, Thomas
New York: HarperPerennial, 2007. Paperback. Near Fine. Modern Classics series. Later Printing. Near Fine. Wraps faded at the spine. Square and firmly bound, faint specks at the fore-edge, clean internally. Pynchon's classic postmodern novel that follows Oedipa Maas and her stumbling into a vast mail conspiracy.
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Prize Stories 1962 The O. Henry Awards
by [Pynchon, Thomas]
Garden City: Doubleday, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Edited and with an Introduction by Richard Poirier. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, clipped, generally rubbed and with some chips. Green buckram, lightly mottled, with red and black ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, stamped "SOLD" with black marker underneat on the front... Read More
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Chicago's Highways Old and New; From Indian Trail to Motor Road
by Quaife, Milo M.
Chicago: D.F. Keller & Company, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Introduction by Joy Morton. Very Good. Black cloth, rubbed at the edges and corners, with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, partially removed label from the previous owner, clean otherwise. Includes multiple fold-out maps.
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To the Queen's Taste
by Queen, Ellery
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($3.00), rubbed at the edges with some creases and small chips of loss. Black buckram with red ink panels on the spine and front panel. Square and firmly bound, gift inscription on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. A... Read More
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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine January-December 1970 Complete Year [12 Vols]
by Queen, Ellery
New York: Davis Publications Inc, 1970. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Twelve issues. About Very Good. Wraps generally toned, lightly bumped at the edges, some scuffs at the spine edges. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. These issues feature writings from the likes of Rex Stout, Gerald Kersh, Georges Simenon, Michael Gilbert, Agatha Christie, Avram Davidson, Patricia Highsmith,... Read More
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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine January-December 1972 Complete Year [12 Vols]
by Queen, Ellery
New York: Davis Publications Inc, 1972. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Twelve issues. Very Good. Wraps generally toned and rubbed, the most wear on the spine of the March issue. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. These issues feature writings from the likes of Isaac Asimov, Joe Gores, Michael Gilbert, John Christopher, Christianna Brand, Patricia Highsmith, Agatha Christie,... Read More
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Quiddities; An Intermittently Philosophical Dictionary
by Quine, W.V.
Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($22.00), bumped at the edges, faded a shade at the spine. Grey cloth with silver gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Quine's work covering a wide range of eighty... Read More
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The Phantom Fighter
by Quinn, Seabury
Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran Publishers, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($5.00), toned at the flaps and back panel. Black buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. One of two thousand copies of this collection of the best Jules de Grandin stories.... Read More
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The Rough and the Smooth
by Raeside, Ian
New York: Asia Publishing House, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Translated from Marathi by Ian Raeside. Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped (no price), generally toned, bumped and with a few short tears and shallow chips. Beige cloth, mottled with pink stains, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, former owner's name on... Read More
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Rainer on Film; Thirty Years of Film Writing in a Turbulent and Transformative Era
by Rainer, Peter
Solana Beach: Santa Monica Press, 2013. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. Wraps rubbed and bumped at the edges, a few indents on the surface. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A career-spanning collection of film criticism from the Christian Science Monitor critic.
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The Vampire Companion; The Official Guide to Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles
by Ramsland, Katherine
New York: Ballantine Books, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in an about Fine jacket, clipped. Quarter black cloth with black paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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The Black Poets
by Randall, Dudley
New York: Bantam Books, 1981. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Edited by Dudley Randall. Eighth Printing. About Very Good. Wraps toned, lightly rubbed. Square and firmly bound, stains at the edges, some wavering to the fore-edge, clean otherwise. A poetry collection featuring the works of Phillis Wheatley, Dunbar, Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Claude McKay, Gwendolyn Brooks,... Read More
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The Ayn Rand Letter Volumes I-IV 1971-1976
by Rand, Ayn
Palo Alto: Palo Alto Book Service, 1984. Hardcover. Fine. Third Printing. Fine. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of Rand's newsletters with her musings on politics, economics, philosophy, and other topics.
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Philosophy: Who Needs It
by Rand, Ayn
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/very Good. Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($15.95), a few shallow chips and tears at the edges. Green paper-covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, many dog-eared pages with pencil marginalia. A collection of Rand's essays that reveal "the hidden philosophic premises... Read More
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For the New Intellectual; The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
by Rand, Ayn
New York: Random House, 1961. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Fourth Printing. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($3.95), generally toned and soiled, a few bumps and creases. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a faded green topstain, bookplate inside the front board, clean otherwise. A collection of the philosophical... Read More
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Atlas Shrugged (Centennial Edition)
by Rand, Ayn
New York: Dutton, 2005. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Later Printing. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($39.95), bumped at the edges, creased and with some soiling at the front flap, a shallow chip at the rear flap. Black paper, bumped at the edges, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, some stains at... Read More
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UFO Reality; A Critical Look at the Physical Evidence
by Randles, Jenny
London: Robert Hale, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Signed by Randles on the front endpaper. Near Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped (£9.95 sticker on the back panel), lightly toned, bumped at the corners. Black cloth, bumped at the corners, with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Randles's third book... Read More
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The UFO Conspiracy; The First Forty Years
by Randles, Jenny
Poole: Blandford Press, 1987. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed on the front endpaper by Randles to Tom Benson. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (£10.95), lightly bumped at the edges. Blue cloth on the boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson. ... Read More
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Beyond Explanation
by Randles, Jenny
London: Robert Hale, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, lightly soiled. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, soiled at the top edge, clean internally. A collection of paranoraml experiences of famous people like John Lennon, Edgar Allan Poe, Donald Sutherland, Arthur Conan Doyle, among... Read More
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From Out of the Blue; The Incredible UFO Cover-up at Bentwaters NATO Air Base
by Randles, Jenny
New Brunswick: Globcal Communications, 1991. First Edition. Comb-bound. Very Good. 192p. Very Good. Card covers, soiled, bumped a the edges and corners, "#4" at the front cover. Firmly bound with the comb binding, clean internally. An apparent pre-publication copy of Randles's work that details the UFO experiences around Christmas 1980 and the subsequent government cover-up. From the collection... Read More
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Abduction; Over 200 Documented UFO Kidnappings Exhaustively Investigated
by Randles, Jenny
London: Robert Hale, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Signed by Randles on the front endpaper. Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped (£10.95 on the back panel), lightly rubbed and bumped at the edges. Blue cloth with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson. ... Read More
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The October Scenario
by Randle, Kevin D.
New York: Berkley Books, 1989. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Inscribed on the title page by Randle to Tom Benson. Near Fine. One bump to the bottom edge of the rear cover. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Randle's work about a mass incident in October 1973. As he alludes to in his inscription, it is... Read More
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