The Strange Disappearance of Mary Young
by Propper, Milton M.
New York: Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. D-D code on the copyright page. Very Good in an about Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($2.00), bumped and with a closed tear at the head of the spine. Orange buckram, toned at the spine, bumped and rubbed at the edges and corners. Bound with some reading wear and a forward lean, pen writing on the front endpaper, broken Sporting Seal in the back of the book. Propper's... Read More
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Barkskins
by Proulx, Annie
New York: Scribner, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($32.00), bumped at the top edge. Quarter black buckram with beige paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Proulx's epic of environmental fiction that tracks the deforestation of the New World over the span of 300 years, adapted into the television show of the same name.
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Close Range; Wyoming Stories
by Proulx, E. Annie
New York: Scribner, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Watercolors by William Matthews. Signed by Matthews on the title page. Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($25.00). Quarter black cloth with teal paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of Proulx's stories, including "Brokeback Mountain," that revives the line of Scribner Illustrated Classics.
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Postcards
by Proulx, E. Annie
New York: Charles Scribner's & Sons, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Proulx to an old neighbor on the title page. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($22.95), bumped at the bottom edge, some surface rubbing on the back panel. Quarter brown cloth with speckled beige paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Proulx's debut novel, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the prequel to her National Book Award-winning The Shipping... Read More
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Heart Songs and Other Stories
by Proulx, E. Annie
New York: Charles Scribner's & Sons, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket, clipped, a few spots of rubbing and closed tears. Quarter brown cloth with beige paper on the boards, bumped at the bottom corners. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the edges, clean internally. The debut story collection from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Postcards, The Shipping News, and "Brokeback Mountain.
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Information Storage and Retrieval for Ufologists
by Prytz, John
[United States]: Arcturus Book Service, 1982. First Edition Thus. Staplebound. Very Good. 48. Preface by Prytz. Very Good. Card covers unevenly toned, creased at the front cover. Firmly bound with two staples, clean internally. Prytz's reference work originally published by the Australian Centre for UFOs Studies aimed at education ufology organizations and researchers on proper, useful file storage. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson. [Eberhart 40].
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Terminus
by Puckett, Andrew
New York: Crime Club / Doubleday, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed by Puckett on the front endpaper and with a laid-in ALS by Puckett. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($14.95), bumped and rubbed at the edges. Black buckram, bumped at the corners, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A Tom Jones detective novel about "a scam involving ten grams of [heroin] disappearing weekly" and the seemingly... Read More
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His Dark Materials Box Set: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass
by Pullman, Philip
Yearling, 2003. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Sealed in the publisher's shrink wrap. Fine in an about Fine slipcase, some bumps to the corners. Books square, presumably firmly bound and clean internally. A complete set of Pullman's controversial His Dark Materials trilogy, the first novel of which was adapted into a 2007 film starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, and Ian McKellen.
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Philippines: Reform or Revolution? and a Socialist Action Adopted Political Resolution
by Pumarada, Roberto; Finamore, Carl
San Francisco: Socialist Action, 1988. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Near Fine, rubbed on the wraps, lightly bumped at the corners. A detailed account of politics underlying the 1986 February revolution and the election of President Corazon Aquino, ending with a call to build "a revolutionary socialist party which strives to strengthen the struggles of the workers and farmers and helps give them an independent political expression at every juncture.
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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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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 on the boards. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, stains on the bottom edge, Palumbo's bookplate inside the front... Read More
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The Godfather
by Puzo, Mario
New York: Fawcett Crest, 1968. First Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Q1388. Good. Wraps rubbed at the edges, a couple creases at the front cover and spine. Firmly bound with a concave spine, red edges, clean internally. A novel whose reputation precedes it: the classic crime novel that birthed one of the greatest film franchises in the history of cinema.
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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 debut novel from the author of The Godfather.
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Gravity's Rainbow
by Pynchon, Thomas
New York: Viking Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($15.00), faded a shade at the spine, lightly bumped. Orange cloth, bumped at the top edge of the front board and with a ridge in the spine, with red gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with an orange top stain, a few scratches to the outer edges of the text block, clean internally. A nice first... Read More
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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 endpaper. In addition to Pynchon's "Under the Rose," collected here are stories by Katherine Anne Porter, Tom Cole, Shirley Ann... Read More
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Four Issues of Awareness: The Quarterly Journal of Contact (UK)
by Quanjer, J.H.
London: The Crop Watcher, 1981. First Edition. Staplebound. Near Fine. Four issues: Winter 1979, Spring and Summer 1980, Spring 1981. Near Fine. Card covers lightly bumped and curled. Firmly bound with two or three staples, clean internally. These issues feature articles about UFO reports, possible explanations, coverage in the UK media, supernatural phenomena, and ufological housekeeping. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson. [Eberhart 9042].
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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, Cornell Woolrich, among others.
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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 supplemental volume to Queen's 101 Years' Entertainment. This book collects thirty-six stories from Ellery Queen's magazine, including ones by James... 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 topics.
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Is the Devil a Gentleman
by Quinn, Seabury
Baltimore: Mirage Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A Voyager Book. Illustrated by David Prosser. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($5.95 but with marker price of $5.05 written next to it). Black cloth, lightly bumped, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A posthumous collection of Quinn's best weird tales.
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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.
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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 the front endpaper, clean otherwise. A collection of modern, post-1947 Marathi stories.
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Revolutionary Iran; Challenge and Response in the Middle East
by Ramazani, R.K.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Foreword by Stanley Hoffmann. Third Printing. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket, unclipped (no price), closed tear repaired by tape. Black cloth with red ink lettering on the spine.
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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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