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Nothing So Strange
by James Hilton
1947 First Edition

Book is in VERY GOOD to EXCELLENT condition.

    * 1947 FIRST EDITION
    * Published by Little, Brown, and Company, 308 pages
    * Hardback, no Dust Jacket
    * Book has tight binding and spine
    * Nice clean pages inside, edges of the pages are worn and yellowed, owner's name/address in pencil
    * Cover has a couple of stray marks


$18.95

In Cold Blood 

By Truman Capote

Book is in GOOD condition in FAIR- Dust Jacket

  • Capote referred to this as a "non-fiction novel"
  • A true account of a multiple murder in 1959, where two men savagely killed four members of a family for no apparent reasons. This is the story of the lives of these six people.
  • 1965 Random House, Book of the Month Club edition. 343 pages 
  • Stated First Printing.  
  • Very clean pages and tight binding, except at dedication page, where webbing shows. 
  • Spine has slight role with weak front hinge. Prior owner's bookplate inside front cover. Cover is clean with corner bumps. 
  • Dust jacket has intact front and back, but is taped and there is a lot of wear.

 

 

 

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The Complete Humorous Sketches and Tales of  Mark Twain

     * 1961 Doubleday edition, 720 pages
     * Ex Library edition. Tight binding and clean pages
     *  Cover is a little worn, as it is an ex library book , but the insides are exceptionally clean. A wonderful edition for your reading pleasure.






$9.95

Odds Against 

by Dick Francis

 

Book is in EXCELLENT condition in VERY GOOD DJ

  • Book Club Edition of this early Dick Francis work
  • Sid Halley, an injured jockey, becomes a private eye and carries out some work for his father-in-law, who believes a man is trying to financially ruin Seabury racecourse, so that it can be sold to property developers.
  • Harper & Row 1965, 186 pages.
  • All pages clean, tightly bound. Prior owner's name written on fly in pencil. Otherwise unmarked. Dust Jacket is just starting to yellow, and has some minor smudges and edge wear. DJ still in very good condition for the age of the book

 

 

 

$24.95

Nerve 

By Dick Francis 

 

Book is in NEAR MINT condition in EXCELLENT Dust Jacket

  • Francis' third book.
  • Rob Finn is beginning to make his mark as an up-and-coming steeplechase rider. After an accident, he rides from one loss to another, and people think Finn has lost his nerve. But Rob thinks his horses have been drugged to make him look bad. A thrilling, suspenseful story from the master writer of horse racing novels.
  • Published by Harper & Row, 1964, 187 pages.  Book Club Edition.
  • Clean pages and tightly bound. Dust Jacket has minor wear along edges. 

 

 

 

 

$199.95

The Road to Wigan Pier
George Orwell
1958 Stated First American Edition


Very Good Condition
HC with Mylar wrapped DJ

  • Ex Library with usual markings
  • Straight spine, very clean pages, tightly bound
  • A HTF work in hardcover first edition
  • Published by Harcourt, Brace


$74.95
The Clergyman's Daughter
George Orwell
1960, First American Edition


Very Good Condition
No DJ

  • Ex Library with usual markings
  • Very clean pages, tightly bound, spine straight
  • A HTF work in HC first edition
  • Published by Harcourt, Brace


$84.95
Breakfast of  Champions
by Kurt Vonnegut


Book is in Excellent condition in Good+ DJ

    * Book Club Edition, 1973 Delacourt Press
    * DJ is sunned on the spine, otherwise, very little wear to DJ
    * Book is very clean, tightly bound




$19.95
West Side Story
Story by Arthur Laurents, Music by Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
1958 5th Printing of 1st Edition

GOOD++ Condition overall. Cover is in GOOD condition, insides in VERY GOOD condition, DJ is in VERY GOOD condition

    * The classic musical story that brings the Romeo/Juliet story to life on the West Side of New York.
    * This is the entire script of the original Broadway Play
    * Ex-Library copy, DJ well preserved in mylar,
    * Pages clean with a little bit of pencil markings and some pages have a little staining, but still insides are in VERY GOOD condition
    * Published by Random House, 1958 5th printing of 1st edition, 143 pages



42.95