The War of the Worlds
by Wells, H.G.
New York: Scholastic Book Services. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Later Printing. Good. Wraps lightly rubbed, soiled and creased at the back. Square and firmly bound, former owner's name inside the front wrap, clean otherwise.
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Thirty Strange Stories; Tales Macabre and Uncanny
by Wells, H.G.
New York: Causeway Books, 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($10.00), faded at the spine, rubbed at the panels. Purple cloth with black ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a purple topstain, clean internally. A facsimile of the 1898 Harper edition.
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Tono Bungay
by Wells, H.G.
New York: Modern Library, 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Binding style 7 in jacket style g. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (95 cents), lightly rubbed and toned, a small stain on the back panel. Red balloon cloth with gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a red top stain, former owner's signature and bookplate on the front endpaper, clean otherwise.
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The Best Underground Fiction Volume One
by [Welsh, Irvine] Mikos, Jeff; Miles, Scott
Chicago: Stolen Time Publishing. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Limited to 300 copies, this one out-of-series. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped (stickered at $21.95 on the back panel). Orange cloth on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of fiction that "pushes the boundaries of content, theme...and, at times, good taste," featuring "Granny's Old Junk" by Irvine Welsh among twenty other stories.
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One Time, One Place; A Mississippi Album
by Welty, Eudora
New York: Random House, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, clipped, faded at the spine, some rubbing at the edges, color transfer on the verso of the spine. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, a stain at the top edge, clean internally. A collection of 100 photographs taken by Welty during her time as a WPA publicity agent during her college years and into... Read More
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The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
by Welty, Eudora
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited to 500 copies signed by Welty on the limitation page. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, faded at the edges. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The National Book Award-winning collection of stories from the noted Southern writer.
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The Eye of the Story; Selected Essays & Reviews
by Welty, Eudora
New York: Random House, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Presentation copy inscribed by Welty to emeritus professor at Emory University Floyd Watkins and his wife Anne. Very Good in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($10.00). Quarter green cloth with green paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, a stain at the top and bottom edges near the spine, clean internally. A collection of Welty's nonfiction pieces, spanning from literary criticism on the likes of Chekhov, Austen, Forster,... Read More
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The Robber Bridegroom
by Welty, Eudora
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed by Welty on the half-title page. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), generally toned and with some surface and edge rubbing, small tape reinforcements at the corners. Blue buckram, light shelf wear, with white ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a dark blue top stain, former owner's information whited out on the front endpaper.... Read More
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The Ponder Heart
by Welty, Eudora
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Drawings by Joe Krush. About Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, clipped, lightly rubbed at the edges. Quarter grey cloth with pink paper on the boards, some moisture stains to both. Square and firmly bound, a small stain at the top edge, clean internally. Welty's novel of the generous Daniel Ponder who is eventually put on trial for the murder of his second wife.... Read More
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Myths and Legends of the Bantu
by Werner, Alice
[n.p.]: BiblioBazaar, 2007. Hardcover. Fine. Original copyright 1933. Fine. Clean glossy boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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The Spy in the Ointment
by Westlake, Donald E.
New York: Random House, 1966. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, toned. Green boards with blue ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a blue topstain, clean internally. Westlake's novel that asks, "Can a peace-loving pacifist from a tiny downstate New York Village named Greenwich find happiness in the middle of a mob of dedicated assassins?
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Humans
by Westlake, Donald E.
New York: Mysterious Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($18.95). Quarter blue cloth with grey paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Westlake's fantasy thriller with angels, demons, and the destruction of earth.
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Somebody Owes Me Money
by Westlake, Donald E.
New York: Signet, 1971. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Q4800. About Very Good. Wraps rubbed at the edges, a few creases down the spine and at the top spine fold. Firmly bound with a forward lean, toned pages, clean otherwise.
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The Mercenaries
by Westlake, Donald E.
New York: Random House, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in an about Near Fine jacket, clipped, faded at the spine, faintly rubbed at the edges. Quarter black paper with patterned paper on the boards, generally toned. Square and firmly bound with an orange top stain, toned enpapers, clean otherwise. Westlake's first novel published under his own name.
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Kahawa
by Westlake, Donald E.
New York: Viking Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($15.95), faded at the spine, sticker at the bottom of the front flap. Quarter cream cloth with brown paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Westlake's novel of mercenaries in East Africa.
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Who Stole Sassi Manoon; A Comic Novel
by Westlake, Donald and Abby
New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in an about Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($4.95), lightly soiled, bumped at the top edge. Quarter black cloth with orange paper on the board. Square and firmly bound with a pink top stain, clean internally. A stand-alone novel from the Parker creator.
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The Fugitive Pigeon
by Westlake, Donald E.
New York: Random House, 1965. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, toned. Blue boards with black ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a red topstain, clean internally. Westlake's hardboiled crime novel about Charlie Poole's life on the run. In his inscription, Westlake questions the inscribee whether he would be interested in adapting the work for a dramatic reading or kabuki performance, neither of which came to pass.... Read More
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The Fugitive Pigeon
by Westlake, Donald E.
New York: Random House, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed by Westlake on the title page. Very Good in an about Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($3.95) toned at the spine, lightly rubbed and bumped at the surface and edges. Quarter blue buckram with patterned blue paper on the boards, rubbed and faded at the edges and corners. Square and firmly bound with a red top stain, clean internally. Westlake's hardboiled crime novel about Charlie Poole's life... Read More
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Passion Prowl
by [Westlake, Donald] Marshall, Alan
San Diego: Ember Books, 1964. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Ember Book EB 942. Good. Wraps generally rubbed, a few light creases, marker price on the front wrap. Firmly bound with a forward lean. One of Donald Westlake's pseudonymously published works, the story of innocent small-town girl Maud Willet and her descent into the shame and degradation of New York City.
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The Dream Life of Balso Snell
by West, Nathael
New York: Contact Editions, 1931. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Limited to 500 copies. Good. Wraps generally toned, chipped at the head, a closed tear at the front hinge. Square, bound with some reading wear, clean internally. West's debut novel, one described by Harold Bloom as "squalid and dreadful," but nevertheless significant in launching the career of the author of The Day of the Locust and Miss Lonelyhearts.
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Educated
by Westover, Tara
New York: Random House, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in a Very Good first-issue jacket, unclipped ($28.00), rubbed at the edge edge, a few small stains. White paper on the boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Westover's best-selling memoir about her life growing up in a survivalist family in the mountains of Idaho and her leaving to get an education.
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Henry James; A Biography and a Critical Estimate of His Works
by West, Rebecca
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (50 cents net on the spine), lightly soiled and rubbed, a few creases and a small chip near the bottom of the spine. Red buckram with gilt lettering on the spine, blind lettering and rules on the front board. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, clean internally. West's first published work, published as part of the "Writers of... Read More
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The Fountain Overflows
by West, Rebecca
London: Macmillan and Company, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Poor. Book Society Choice. Inscribed by West on the front endpaper. Fair in a Poor jacket, unclipped (16s net), heavily soiled and rubbed, lacking the entire spine. Red cloth, mottled and rubbed throughout, with gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a red top stain, forward lean, foxed at the edges, clean internally.
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Social Intelligence About Hidden Events; Its Significance for Scientific Research and Social Policy
by Westrum, Ron
Sage Publications, Inc, 1982. Staplebound. Very Good. p.381-400. Signed by Westrum on the first page. Very Good. Firmly bound with two staples, a deep crease to the lower-left corner of the pages, clean otherwise. Westrum's monograph about the connection betwen reporting and "hidden events," with discussions about UFOs. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson.
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The Adventures of John Wetherell
by Wetherell, John; Forester, C.S.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Edited and with an Introduction by C.S. Forester. Very Good in a Fair jacket, clipped, generally toned, larger chips on the spine and rear panel, some tape repairs. Orange cloth, lightly faded at the edges. Square and firmly bound, former owner's name on the second front endpaper, clean otherwise. Wetherell's diary during his time fighting for the British during the Napoleonic Wars.
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