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The Vault of Horror No. 1 and Tales of the Incredible No. 1 [2 Vols.]
by EC Comics
New York: Ballantine Books, 1965. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. U2107 and U2140. About Very Good. Wraps soiled and rubbed, a few light creases down the spines. Firmly bound with slight forward leans, toned pages, clean otherwise. The first paperback anthologies of these classic horror and science fiction comics.
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Chagall
by Compton, Susan
London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1985. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Near Fine. Wraps faintly rubbed and bumped. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Preface by Barry F. Sullivan. Foreword by Sr Hugh Casson and Anne d'Harnoncourt.
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes
by Conan Doyle, Arthur
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Preface by Christopher Morley. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($4.95), generally toned, some shallow chips and short tears at the edges. Quarter black cloth with green cloth on the boards, some rubbing at the bottom edge. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The one-volume edition featuring all four novels and all fifty-six adventures.
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Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects
by Condon, Edward U.
New York: Bantam Books, 1969. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Introduction by Walter Sullivan. Inscribed on the first page by Edward Condon by Edward Pendray, who was the founder of the American Rocket Society. Good. Wraps lightly soiled, creases throughout. Firmly bound with a slightly concave spine, clean internally. The first paperback printing of Condon's infamous report that argued against continuing studying UFOs. Scarce signed. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson.
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The Analects of Confucius; Pocket Editions Silk Stamp and Coin Collection
by Confucius
[n.p.]: [n.p.], 2010. Hardcover. Fine. Translated by James Legge. Edited by Zhan Xuping. Complete in the issued box and with the informational brochure. Fine. Clean printed boards. Square and firmly bound, bi-lingual text printed on silk, clean internally. A selection of the famous quotes from Analects.
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The Supernatural Reader
by Conklin, Groff and Lucy
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Edited by Groff and Lucy Conklin. Near Fine in an about Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($3.95), faintly rubbed and a few spots of rubbing on the back panel. Green cloth. Square and firmly bound, a few spots of soiling at the fore-edge, clean otherwise. A collection of weird and grotesque tales from the likes of Dunsany, M.R. James, Saki, May Sinclair, Stephen Grendon, F. Marion Crawford, and others.... Read More
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Murder in the Maze
by Connington, J.J.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Good, lacking the jacket. Purple buckram generally worn with multiple stains, bumps, and tears. Bound with reading wear and a forward lean, rear hinge cracked, stains at the edges. The first Sir Clinton Driffield mystery novel, hailed by T.S. Eliot as "a really first-rate detective story.
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Forbidden
by Conquest, Joan
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, clipped, generally rubbed, a few small chips, creased at the surface. Yellow buckram with red ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Conquest's novel about a "Mandarin's hate for the white men whose code keeps the beautiful white woman from him.
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Chastity; A Drama of the East
by Conquest, Joan
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. About Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, clipped, generally rubbed and lightly soiled, a few small chips at the head of the spine. Orange boards with black ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a dark top stain, former owner's name on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. A Joan Conquest (Mary Eliza Louise Cooke) romance focusing on... Read More
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Suspense
by Conrad, Joseph
New York: Doubleday Page & Co, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First edition, limited to 377 copies. Good with toned and rubbed imitation vellum. Square and firmly bound, gold top edge, some signs of reading wear but internally clean.
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Heart of Darkness and Selections from The Congo Diary
by Conrad, Joseph
New York: Modern Library. Paperback. Very Good. Introduction by Caryl Phillips. Very Good. A short tear to the bottom edge of the front wrap. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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Into the Void
by Converse, Florence
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), generally rubbed and toned, a few creases and closed tears, tidemark at the back panel. Black buckram, bumped at the bottom corners, with light blue ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a green top stain, clean internally. A mystery novel centering on the disappearance of a poet and a bookshop owner after... Read More
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Dalton Trumbo
by Cook, Bruce
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($12.50), faintly bumped. Quarter teal cloth with black cloth on the boards. Square and firmly bound, a few spots of soiling at the top edge, clean internally. A biography of the blacklisted writer of Johnny Got His Gun.
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A Two-Dollar Bet Means Murder; The Unholy Alliance Between Gambling and Crime
by Cook, Fred J.
New York: The Dial Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped ($4.50), generally toned and soiled, stains throughout, some rubbing and bumps and tears at the edges. Quarter black cloth with red cloth on the boards, a small bump at the bottom edge. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the edges and endpapers, clean otherwise. Cook's expose that attempts to show how "the two-dollar bettor who patronizes a bookie does not... Read More
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Garrett Investigates; Deadly Quicksilver Lies, Petty Pewter Gods, Faded Steel Heat
by Cook, Glen
New York: Science Fiction Book Club | SFBC, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Very Good in an about Fine jacket, lightly bumped at the top edge. Grey paper on the boards, bumped at the corners, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, a few stains at the edges, clean internally. An omnibus of three Garrett fantasy detective novels.
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The Game of Nations; The Amorality of Power Politics
by Copeland, Miles
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($6.95), bumped at the edges, lightly frayed at the foot of the spine. Black cloth, some white spots on the boards, with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a blue topstain, clean internally. A behind-the-scenes look at international politics from a former diplomat and founding member of the CIA.
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Ed Healey
by [Cope, Myron]
[1971]. Paperback. Fine. Inscribed by Healey inside the front wrap. About Fine. Green wraps lightly rubbed. Square and firmly bound with two staples, clean internally. A separate edition of the chapter of Cope's work The Game That Was. A rare piece of NFL and Chicago Bears material.
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The Black Death
by Copper, Basil
Minneapolis: Fedogan and Bremer, 1991. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Illustrations by Stefanie Kate Hawks. Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($32.00). Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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A Rage to Love
by King Coral
New York: Bee-Line Books Inc, 1966. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Bee-Line Book 121. Good. Wraps toned and soiled, lightly rubbed at the edges, creases down the spine. Firmly bound with a forward lean, clean internally. The story of Hardy Six and his fighting, loving, and surviving.
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The Merrivale Mystery
by Corbett, James
New York: Mystery League Inc, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped (no price), faintly rubbed. Black cloth with green ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly, clean internally. A remarkably fresh copy of Corbett's infamously bad mystery novel centering on the murder of Sir Philip Merrivale in his home library.
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Mysterious Universe: A Handbook of Astronomical Anomalies
by Corliss, William R.
Glen Arm: The Sourcebook Project, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illustrated by John C. Holden. Compiled by William R. Corliss. Inscribed by Corliss on the title page. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped (no price), faded a shade at the spine, bumped and with short tears and shallow chips at the edges. Black cloth with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, a few stray stains on the edges, clean internally.... Read More
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Kramer Versus Kramer
by Corman, Avery
New York: Random House, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($7.95), lighty rubbed and soiled. Quarter white cloth with red paper on the boards, generally toned and with some stains at the spine and edges. Square and firmly bound, top edge dusty and with a remainder mark, clean internally. The basis for the 1979 film starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep.
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Black Notice
by Cornwell, Patricia
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket, unclipped ($25.95), scuffs and a bump to the top-right corner of the front panel. Quarter black cloth with red paper on the boards. Firmly bound with a forward lean, some soiling at the edges. The tenth Kay Scarpetta novel.
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The Last Precinct
by Cornwell, Patricia
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Very Good in a Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($26.95), faintly rubbed. Quarter grey cloth with black paper on the boards, some soiling. Square and firmly bound, some soiling at the edges. The eleventh Kay Scarpetta novel.
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The Pacific War 1941-1945
by Costello, John
New York: Rawson, Wade Publishers, Inc, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($24.00), closed tear at the top of the front panel, sticker price on the front panel. Quarter black cloth with teal paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Drawing on nearly 200,000 declassified documents, Costello writes an historical narrative account of the war in the Pacific between 1941 and 1945.
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