Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

First edition. Near fine in very good+ dust jacket. (Dime-size rubbed spot on front paste-down. Orange hue on spine of jacket discolored. Small chips at spine ends on jacket. Light traces of shelf-wear. ) A juvenile novel of the American revolution by the author of "Swamp Sister" & "Carny Kill." Uncommon.
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SHEPHERDS OF THE NIGHT.

By: Amado, Jorge.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: NY: KNOPF. 1967 : 1967

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 20293

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

First American edition. About fine in a Vg.+ or better dj. (Spine on dj. mildly age toned, with faint spots of soiling. Tiny chips at crest of spine on dj.)
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Dirty Story.

By: Ambler, Eric.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Atheneum. : 1967

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 3114330

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

First American edition. Near fine in very good+ dust jacket. (Top and fore edges foxed. Couple small chips at spine ends on jacket with black ink touch-ups and clear tape mends on interior of jacket. ) ; 5 3/4" x 8 3/4"; 269 pages
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A NEST OF NINNIES.

By: Ashbery, John. & Schuyler, James.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: NY, DUTTON. : 1969

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 27216

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

First edition. Close to fine in very good+ dust jacket. (Shallow chipping at crest of spine with no loss to titles. Pea-size chip at base of rear cover adjoining spine. 1-inch tear at bottom edge of rear panel of jacket. Couple small edge tears in jacket. Hint of foxing at edges. )
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Eight Men Out. the Black Sox and the 1919 World Series.

By: Asinof, Eliot.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York, Holt, Rinehart & Winston. : 1963

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 3112573

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Near fine in a close to near fine dust jacket. (Book would be fine were it not for a stamp-size sticker ghost at head of front endpaper. A few short edge tears & trifle bit of shelf wear to dust jacket. ) Basis for director John Sayles memorable fim adaptation. A classic of baseball literature. (O) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 302 pages
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THE WINGED SERPENT. AN ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN INDIAN PROSE AND POETRY.

By: Astrov, Margot.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: NY, JOHN DAY. : 1946

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 307032

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

First Edition. Close to near fine in the 'First' issue rust-colored cloth with gilt titles & device on front cover, in a Vg. + DJ. (Mild trace of damp staining at bottom edge of front cloth cover. Not messy. 1"-inch tear at base of front cover of DJ. A few smaller edge tears with shallow chipping at spine ends. )
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WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER?

By: Axelrod, George.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: NY, RANDOM HOUSE. : 1956

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 30359

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

First edition. Close to fine in very good+ dust jacket . (Shallow chipping at crest of spine on jacket. No loss to titles. Lightly discernable black ink touch-up at upper right-hand corner of front cover of jacket with remnants of repair on interior. Light shelf-wear with a few edge tears in jacket. ) Actress Jayne Mansfield is pictured on the front cover.
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EVE'S HOLLYWOOD.

By: Babitz, Eve.

Price: $1,750.00

Publisher: New York, DELACORTE : 1974

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 15934

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

First edition. Near fine in very good+ dust jacket. (Faint stain spot at top edge. Slim chips at head and base of spine on jacket. Mild shelf-wear. ) Author's celebrated FIRST book. ; A very good+ or better copy in a Vg.+ dj. (Couple corners in text creased. Short edge tears in dj. Faint traces of rubbing at edge of front endpaper. Pink hue on spine of dj. very lightly discolored. Tad musty overall) Author's FIRST book.; 5 1/2" X8 1/2"; 296 pages
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David Bailey's Trouble and Strife.

By: Bailey, David. (Photographs) Lartigue, J. H. (Preface) Clarke, Brian. (Introduction)

Price: $200.00

Publisher: London, Thames and Hudson. : 1980

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 3112769

ISBN-13: 9780500540640

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Close to fine in a very good+ dust jacket. Oblong 4to. Unpaginated. (Faint hint of damping at bottom edge of rear cloth cover. Light evidence of same damping on rear panel of dust jacket. Couple short edge tears in dust jacket. Previous owner's names & date in 1981 inked on front endpaper. ) 81 duotone images of the photographer's then wife Marie Helvin. Attractive copy with lightly noticeable flaws. ; 9 3/4" x 10 1/4" tall
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BLUES FOR MR. CHARLIE.

By: Baldwin, James.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: NY, THE DIAL PRESS. : 1964

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 10961

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

First edition. Near fine in very good+ dust jacket. (3 half inch tears in jacket. A few clear tape mends on inside of jacket. Hint of faint foxing at top edge. )
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GOING TO MEET THE MAN.

By: Baldwin, James.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: NY, THE DIAL PRESS. : 1965

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 310761

ISBN-13: 9780718101688

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

First AAmerican edition. Near fine in 'second' issue binding of yellow quarter cloth with ochre-colored boards & yellow top stain, in somewhat better than very good+ dust jacket. (A few short edge tears & traces of mild rubbing at edges of jacket. ) ; 5 1/2" X 8 1/4"; 249 pages
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WEST OF QUARANTINE.

By: Ballard, Todhunter

Price: $200.00

Publisher: BOSTON: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. 1953 : 1953

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 15220

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

First edition. Near fine in very good+ or better dust jacket.. (1"-inch closed tear at base of front cover next to spine. 1"-inch tear at base of rear panel. A few small chips at spine ends. )
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HIGH IRON.

By: Ballard, Todhunter.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: BOSTON, HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & COMPANY. : 1953

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 29948

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

First edition. NSCRIBED by Todhunter Ballard to fellow western writer, and past president of the Western Writers of America, Thomas Thompson, on front end-paper. "For Tom Thompson who can write much better than me. Tod Ballard." Near fine in very good+ dust jacket. (Couple of small skinned spots at top edge of cloth. Shallow trace of chipping at crest of spine & along upper edge of rear panel of DJ. Some short edge tears. ) A nice association.
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THE BIG STEAL.

By: Basinsky, Earle.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: NY, DUTTON. : 1955

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23667

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

First edition. Near fine in Vg. + dust jacket. (Previous owner's bookplate on rear endpaper. Light shelfwear to edges of DJ. Small soil spot on bottom edge. ) Mickey Spillane blurb on front cover- "The kind of book I go for."
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Charles Baudelaire. Letters to His Mother. 1833 -66.

By: Baudelaire, Charles. (Letters) Symons, Arthur. (Translated with an introduction)

Price: $375.00

Publisher: London, John Rodker Publisher. : 1928

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 3115577

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

First edition. Limited edition of 675 numbered copies of which this one of an overrun that is not numbered. Near fine in a very good dust jacket which is quite nice, apart from some unfortunate tears with internal tape mends on rear panel. Despite this copies in jacket are exceedingly uncommon. (302pp. ) (6 1/4" X 9 1/4") ; 6 1/4" x 9 1/4"; 302 pages
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I WAS CICERO.

By: Bazna, Elyesa.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: HARPER & ROW. NY 1962 : 1962

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 5558

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

First American Edition. Near fine in a Vg.+ dj. (Dj. lightly rubbed. Short edge tears & shelfsoiling to dj.) Though not directly attributable as the basis for Joseph L. Mankiewicz's gem "Five Fingers", that distinction going to "Operation Cicero" by Moyzisch, this somewhat later memoir is written by the master spy himself.
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REMEMBER? REMEMBER?

By: Beaumont, Charles.

Price: $200.00

Publisher: MACMILLAN. NY 1963 : 1963

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 5070

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Near fine in a Vg.+ or better dj. (Mild crease on front endpaper. Touches of mild shelfsoiling to dj. 1& 1/2"-inch closed tear at crest of spine, with interior tape repair. Spine on dj. faintly darkened) An elusive title.
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MURPHY.

By: Beckett, Samuel.

Price: $375.00

Publisher: New York, Grove Press. : 1957

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 3113354

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

First American Edition. Near fine in very good+ dust jacket. (Trace of light offsetting at edges of front end paper. Spine on jacket mildly age toned. A few short edge tears & shelf soiling at edges of dust jacket. ) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 282 pages
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THE VALIANT VIRGINIANS.

By: Bellah, James Warner. (Text) Pratt, Fletcher. (Foreword) Palacios, Rafael. (Maps)

Price: $150.00

Publisher: NY, BALLANTINE BOOKS. : 1953

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 309567

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Near fine in a Vg.+ dj. (Barely discernable 2"-inch tear at upper seam of rear panel of dj. A few short edge tears & small chips as well as traces of shelfsoiling to dj.) Novel of the Virginia Calvary in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War. (LR)
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Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket