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1986réf. 579318New York: Viking 1986. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Pink wrappers. Slight toning else near fine. Viking unknown books
1987réf. 245745New York: Viking 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Jacket illustration by Steve Macanga. Label shadow on front pastedown spine with a small scratch near fine in a lightly rubbed very good dust jacket with minor edgewear. The second in a series of New Orleans mysteries. Viking hardcover books
1986réf. 151311New York: Viking 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. Slight rubbing/bumping dust jacket shows rubbing/bumping. Viking hardcover books
1987réf. 147749New York: Viking 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Viking hardcover books
1934réf. 429048New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc 1934. Hardcover. Good/Good. First edition. Octavo. Illustrated by Lynd Ward. Old lending library stamp a good only copy with the dustwrapper adhered onto the endpapers. Although not marked as such from the library of Steven Heller renowned art director as well as author of Jackets Required: An Illustrated History of American Book Jacket Design. Farrar & Rinehart, Inc hardcover books
1954réf. 153451New York: Longmans Green And Co 1954. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good in very good dustwrapper. Hardcover and dustwrapper both rubbed at spine ends and corners book pages browned with soiled foredges dustwrapper soiled and worn and lightly browned. Longmans, Green And Co hardcover books
1936réf. 2352401New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas / Grosset & Dunlap 1936. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Anderson Harry. Appears to be an original edition married to the movie tie-in jacket Harrison Smith and Robert Haas listed on title page and spine Grosset & Dunlap on jacket but it's possible Grosset purchased unsold copies from Smith & Haas and added their own jacket so we are calling this a reissue rather than a first edition married to a reissue jacket. Board edges slightly faded jacket edges rubbed with some loss from corners. Binding tight and square text clean bright and unmarked. 1936 Hard Cover. Harry Anderson jacket art depicting a World War I soldier in a trench shown in a similar pose as a Prohibition-era gangster. Rear jacket flap advertises Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms. This novel inspired the 1937 film starring Spencer Tracy as the protagonist who struggles to return to his old life after the war and ends up turning to a life of crime informed by the skills he learned as a soldier. An interesting juxtaposition of the military novel and noir crime fiction which also examines the disconnection many veterans feel upon returning home. Cowen served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I for which he was awarded the Military Cross. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas / Grosset & Dunlap hardcover books
1936réf. 97568New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a very attractive very good plus dust jacket with small nicks at the corners. Nicely Inscribed by the author to his daughter: "To Antonia Joyce Cowen My Toni – with love from Father Jan. 27 1936." Hardboiled novel about a man who learns to kill in World War I and utilizes his skills in civilian life. Vivid jacket art juxtaposing the protagonist as trench soldier and then as a Prohibition-era gangster. Basis for the 1937 gangster film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and featuring Spencer Tracy Gladys George and Franchot Tone. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas hardcover books
1969réf. 56257NY: Merit 1969. First printing. 8vo pp. 15. Paper wraps. Owner's name on front cover o/w a nice copy. Reprint of an article first appearing the the quarterly Fourth International Spring 1955. Merit unknown books
1969réf. 56325New York: Merit Publishers 1969. Pamphlet. 15p. 5.5x8.5 inches cartoon of a woman pushing a baby carriage with bomb in it very good first printing thus pamphlet in stapled gray pictorial wraps with photo of Women's Freedom League marchers on cover very good condition. First appeared in the Spring 1955 issue of the Fourth International. Cowley later as Joyce Maupin founded UNION Wage League. Merit Publishers unknown books
1958réf. 11844WRITERS AT WORK THE PARIS REVIEW INTERVIEWS Viking 1958 first edition fine in near fine dust-wrapper with some slight wear to the dust-wrapper spine extremities. The first book in the series. Interviews with E. M. Forester Francois Mauriac Joyce Cary Dorothy Parker James Thurber Thornton Wilder William Faulkner Georges Simenon Frank O'Connor Robert Penn warren Alberto Moravia Nelson Algren Angus Wilson William Styron Truman Capote & Francois Sagan. Viking unknown books
1981réf. 77124Brooklyn: Smyrna Press 1981. Paperback. xiii 41p. wraps very good condition. Smyrna Press paperback books
1950réf. 81802London: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1950. First Edition. First impression. Inscribed in ink on front endpaper: "For Louise Thomas with affectionate regards from the Author" dated May 1950. 12mo; red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 159pp. Spine gilt slightly dulled else a clean tight copy Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper unclipped priced 8/6 net at base of front flap toned with a small loss at crown of spine panel just into titling; Very Good. A novel of village life in contemporary West Africa written by a white author well-meaning but nonetheless embarrassingly paternalistic in a way that is neatly embodied in Joyce Cary's introduction: "I wish Africans who read it may be inspired to explore and record the religious life of old Africa before it is utterly lost and forgotten." "Denys Craig" was the pseudonym apparently used for this book only of British novelist and composer Dennis Gray Stoll 1912-1987. Victor Gollancz Ltd unknown books
1967réf. 014838Milan: All'Insegna del Pesce d'Oro 1967. First Edition. Wraps. About Fine with wraparound band. Printed wraps. Copy #249 of 1000 printed by the Stamperia Valdonega di Verona. Text in Italian. Illustrated with many photographs including some of Joyce's handwriting. All'Insegna del Pesce d'Oro paperback books
1881réf. RCROWIL00araJuvenile Instructor Office 1881. Very Good. Crocheron Augusta Joyce. Wild Flowers of Deseret. Salt Lake City Utah: Juvenile Instructor Office 1881. 240pp. 8vo. Dark red pebbled leather with gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good with rubbing. Endpages have light water damage to bottom. Previous owner's name written on front free endsheet. Title page is torn from binding and laid in. Juvenile Instructor Office hardcover books
1990réf. 52053Cape Town: Struik. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. 3rd Edition. 1868251616 . A Later edition in Near Fine condition with some rubbing to the edges of the boards in an alike dust-jacket with a price sticker to the rear; This book is a journey through South Africa telling the story of the country through the lens of its people. The authors travel the country interviewing people of all ages and walks of life to get a truly holistic view of the country. They explore the country's history culture and politics and present a complex and nuanced portrait of South Africa.; 4to ; 203 pages . Struik hardcover books
1979réf. 588284Barry South Wales: Department of Arts and Languages The Polytechnic of Wales 1979. Softcover. Very Good. Vol. III No. 1. Small quarto. 117pp. Illustrated from a few black and white photographs. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Spine ends and corners bumpers wraps rubbed and lightly soiled with a small red ink mark on the front cover very good. Includes an interview with Margaret Atwood as well as contributions by John Digby Tony Curtis Ruth Bidgood Val Warner Anne Stevenson Philip Cosker Joyce Herbert and others. Department of Arts and Languages, The Polytechnic of Wales unknown books
réf. 342577Joyce Cutler-Shaw. Handbill. Single sheet light wear and toning otherwise very good condition. The artist's satirical letter to conservative Senator Helms thanking him for 'reaffirming the power of art to shock and to reveal the breadth and depth of human experience' through his efforts at censorship. Joyce Cutler-Shaw unknown books
2003réf. 214884La Jolla: Athenaeum Music and Arts Library 2003. Softcover. VG: Some wear to the edges and corners of the wraps. Clean body pages and solid binding. Bright illustrations. Signed by the artist in ink on the title page. Matte softcover book with French flaps. Gray wraps with white text on the spine. 159 pages; profusely illustrated in both black-and-white and color. Limited edition of 2000. Signed by the artist on the title page. Athenaeum Music and Arts Library paperback books
1974réf. 205337Grand Rapids: the tabloid 1974. Newspaper. 16p. common tabloid format double-fold a 17x11 inch page but beginner's work: text reproduced from typescript ads hand-drawn and amateur. Toned untrimmed paperstock inmost leaves are ragged from protruding beyond other leaves a good to very good copy. Cover headline: "You are where you are at!" --concerns citizen confrontations with dug-in city politicos. Inside find a note of feminism by the guest editor; block club pick-up of garbage features a fundraising drawing with prizes; Loretta Werner's sketchbooks friendly line-drawn doodles; housing issues; Vitamin E is recommended; Paulo Freire pays a visit to Eastownhall double-spread treatment; local schooling; buying and renovating a house. the tabloid unknown books
1980réf. 270398New York: J.B. Lippincott 1980. Hardcover. Good/Good. First edition. Good in good dust jacket. Hardcover was once wet and has expected result. J.B. Lippincott hardcover books
1980réf. 49014Iowa City IA: Happy Press 1980. Very Good . Iowa City IA: Happy Press 1980. Slim quarto 28cm; staple-bound illustrated wraps; 19pp; illustrated. Wraps faded. Binding sound. Textblock endsheets and interior pages clean with a few pencil annotations. Very Good or better anthology of poetry "cartoonized" by Dave Morice. Laid-in at front is a brief signed letter from the editor. Happy Press unknown books
1989réf. 268056OK: Univ of OK 1989. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good hardcover. First US edition. Pages are clean. Clean dark blue cover with gold gilt letters on front and on spine. Univ of OK hardcover books
1998réf. 115543London: Mansell 1998. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xxxiv 4131 pages. Volume 4 of the "Bibliographies of American and British Women to 1900" series. Introduction selected sources list of abbreviations appendix and subject index. Mansell unknown books
1989réf. 137480Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1989. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Quarto. 294pp. Gilt-stamped blue cloth. Fine. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in. University of Oklahoma Press hardcover books
