Black Profiles in Courage; A Legacy of African-American Achievement
by Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem; Steinberg, Alan
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Foreword by Henry Louis Gates. Signed by Abdul-Jabbar on the half-title. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($22.00), lightly rubbed and bumped. Black paper on the boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Kareem's work that highlights the stories of Black men and women who helped shape the course of American history, like Peter Salem, Joseph Cinque, Frederick... Read More
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The Student and the University; A Background Book on the Campus Revolt
by Abeles, Elvin
New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Review Copy with the publisher's slip laid-in. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($4.50), faintly rubbed and toned. Burgundy cloth, some mottling near the spine, with black ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, faintly foxed at the top edge, one instance of pen marginalia, clean otherwise. Abeles's work that "traces the growth and development of the university within its broader context"... Read More
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The Post-American Culture Congress
by Abrams, Sam
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($6.95), lightly toned at the edges. Red buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of poetry from the Fulbright professor that "profits from his classical studies.
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The Egyptian Revival or The Ever-Coming Son in the Light of the Tarot
by Frater Achad
New York: Samuel Weiser Inc, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited to 750 copies. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket, unclipped ($10.00), generally toned, a tear to the top spine fold. Blue cloth, a few bumps, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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African Short Stories; Twenty Short Stories from Across the Continent
by Achebe, Chinua; Inne, C.L.
London: Heinemann, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Inscribed by Achebe on the title page. About Fine. Faintly rubbed and faded at the spine and edges. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of stories written since 1942 and gathered from all across Africa, including works from Achebe, Owoyele, Gurnah, Ngugi, Essop, Gordimer, among others.
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The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo
by Acosta, Oscar Zeta
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1972. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Early printing without the statement on the copyright page. Signed by photography Annie Leibovitz, who took the photographs of Acosta that appear on the dust jacket, on the acknowledgements page where she is mentioned. Near Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($7.00), faintly bumped and faded a shade at the spine. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Firmly bound with a slight forward... Read More
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The Revolt of the Cockroach People
by Acosta, Oscar Zeta
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Near Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($7.95), lightly soiled. Cream cloth, bumped at the corners, with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Oscar Zeta Acosta's second novel, a kind of sequel to his debut The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo. Here, he writes the story of the uprising of the Chicanos of East Los Angeles and his role in... Read More
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The Hitchhiker's Trilogy
by Adams, Douglas
New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2000. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Near Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped (no price). Dark grey paper on the boards, bumped at the head of the spine, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. An omnibus featuring The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life the Universe and Everything, So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, and... Read More
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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
by Adams, Douglas
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Very Good in a Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($17.95), bumped at the edges, toned at the back panel. Quarter blue cloth with brown paper on the boards. Square, bound with some reading wear, a few stains at the top edge, clean internally. The secon Dirk Gently science fiction detective novel.
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Flying Saucers Have Landed; Revised and Enlarged Edition
by Adamski, George; Leslie, Desmond
London: Neville Spearman, 1972. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Fully illustrated with photographs. Second Printing. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, clipped (stamped $6.95 at the lower corner), bumped and rubbed at the edges. Teal cloth, bumped at the head of the spine. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the edges and endpapers, clean internally. Adamski's work about an encounter with UFOs with "a number of startling photographs showing not one but several distinct types of... Read More
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Questions and Answers by the Royal Order of Tibet Vol. 1; Wisdom of the Masters of the Far East
by Adamski, George
Mokelumne Hill: Health Research, 1974. Paperback. Very Good. Reprint. Very Good. Wraps bumped and rubbed at the edges. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Two copies located in OCLC. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson. [Eberhart 11117].
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Pioneers of Space: A Trip to the Moon, Mars and Venus; The Lost Book of George Adamski
by [Adamski, George] Beckley, Timothy Green
New Brunswick: Conspiracy Journal | Global Communications, 2008. First Edition Thus. Paperback. Very Good. Special Introduction by William Hamilton III. With additional material by Timothy Green Beckley. With a note from Beckley to Jim Moseley apologizing "about fucked up page" and offering a discount to Saucer Smear readers. Very Good. Laminated wraps with some creases and pulling. Square and firmly bound with the aforementioned damaged page, which features a portrait of an aging Adamski at the bottom half,... Read More
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Bugs Bunny: Fifty Years and Only One Grey Hare
by Adamson, Joe
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Prefaces by Fritz Freleng and Chuck Jones. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($35.00), bumped at the top edge, a faint crease at the front flap. Grey cloth, lightly bumped at the corners, with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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The Neal Adams Index
by [Adams, Neal] Murray, Doug
[n.p.]: Frankenstein Productions, 1974. First Edition. Staplebound. Very Good. Very Good. Wraps toned at the spine, lightly rubbed. Square and firmly bound with two staples, clean internally. An illustrated checklist of what is meant to compile all of Adams's work.
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Pioneers of Space; A Journey to the Moon, Mars and Venus
by Adamski, Professor George
Los Angeles: Professor George Adamski, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Inscribed by Adamski on the front endpaper with the ownership signature of ufologist Tom Benson near the bottom of the page. Very Good in a Fair jacket, generally toned and soiled, chipped throughout and with tape repairs across the spine and folds. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the front board. Square, hinges a bit loose, toned at the endpapers, clean otherwise. Adamski's science fiction novel, one... Read More
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A Nature Diary
by Adams, Richard
New York: Viking Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illustrated by John Lawrence. Inscribed by Adams and Lawrence on the title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($15.95). Black buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. As the title suggests, this is an account of Adams's nature observations during a calendar year, with accounts of Isle of Man, Denmark, Australia, London, and others.
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Twenty Years at Hull-House
by Addams, Jane
Norwalk: Easton Press, 1991. Hardcover. Fine. Introduction by Patricia Ann Palmieri. Illustrated by Norah Hamilton. Fine. Blue leather with gilt lettering and designs on the spine and boards. Square and firmly bound with gilt edges and a sewn-in bookmark, with the unused and laid-in bookplate and original receipt, clean internally. Part of the Books that Changed the World series.
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The Thing Around Your Neck
by Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, bumped at the top-right corner, faded at the spine. Quarter brown paper with tan paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of twelve stories "that explore the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Africa and the United States.
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The White Tiger
by Adiga, Aravind
New York: Free Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($24.00). Quarter magenta cloth with yellow paper on the board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Adiga's debut novel and the winner of the Booker Prize, adapted into the Academy Award-nominated film of the same title.
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Speedboat
by Adler, Renata
New York: Random House, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Inscribed by Adler on the front endpaper. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($7.95), bumped at the edges. Quarter black cloth with grey paper on the boards, toned and bumped at the edges and corners. Firmly bound with a forward lean, clean internally. Adler's debut novel about a young journalist living in New York, the winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award for best debut novel and... Read More
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The Relief Work of Japan
by Bureau for Local Affairs
Tokyo: Bureau for Local Affairs Home Department, 1914. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. With the laid-in reference map. Very Good. Illustrated paper covers, lightly soiled, creased at the back cover. Square and firmly bound with two string ties, clean internally. A history of health, education, and other social reforms implemented in Japan during the end of the 19th century and early 20th century.
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
by Agee, James; Evans, Walker
New York: Ballantine Books, 1976. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Eighth Printing. About Very Good. Wraps toned, rubbed and bumped at the edges and corners. Square and firmly bound, former owner's name on the first page, clean otherwise. The classic work of journalism and photography coming as the result of a summer assignment to "discover and disclose the actual daily lives of typical sharecropper families in the South" in 1936.
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A Death in the Family
by Agee, James
New York: McDowell Obolensky, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First State. Near Fine in an about Near Fine first issue jacket, unclipped ($3.95), bumped to creasing at the corners, lightly rubbed, toned on the back panel. Blue cloth, faded at the edges, with silver and green gilt on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a faint blue top stain, clean internally. The true first edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winner and one of... Read More
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Novel with Cocaine
by Ageyev, M.
New York: E.P. Dutton Inc, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Translated and with an Introduction by Henry Heim. Near Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($15.95). Quarter white cloth with cream paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, lightly soiled at the top edge, clean internally. Ageyev's previously forgotten novel about a young man's drug-fueled coming-of-age in pre-Revolution Russia.
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The Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy; Of Occult Philosophy Book Four: Magical Ceremonies
by Agrippa, Henry Cornelius
Gillette: Heptangle Books, 1985. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Edited and Translated by Robert Turner. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($20.00), generally rubbed and lightly soiled. Orange cloth with a paste-down label on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A re-setting of the 1655 edition of Agrippa's work dedication to praxis.
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