Results for: Charles Willeford


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Very faint spots on front board; else book is clean, tight, square and unmarked, textblock bright.  Jacket has several small closed tears, several nicks on spine ends, else intact.   Willeford's hard-boiled tale of the rough and tumble world of cockfighting, basis for movie of the same name.
Cockfighter
Willeford, Charles
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972.
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Deliver Me from Dallas
Willeford, Charles
Tuscon, Arizona, U.S.A.: Dennis McMillan Pubns, 2001.
Price: $25.00
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Mild spine fade, else an extremely nice copy.   The second Hoke Mosely and the toughest to find in collectable condition.
New Hope for the Dead
Willeford, Charles
New York: St Martin's Press, 1985.
Price: $50.00
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Something About a Soldier
Willeford, Charles
Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1986.
Price: $15.00
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Publishers advance review copy with slip laid in.  Flawless, apparently unread,  book is clean, bright square and unmarked.  White jacket has a hint of toning, small crease on front flap, two miniscule closed tears on rear panel.  Willeford's portrayal of the pretensions, absurdities, and intrigues of the contemporary art scene, not to mention a first rate crime story.  Willeford studied painting in France for a time.  Advance Review Copy.
The Burnt Orange Heresy
Willeford, Charles
Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971.
Price: $375.00
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The Machine in Ward Eleven
Willeford, Charles
New York: Belmont, 1963.
Price: $15.00
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The Shark-Infested Custard
Willeford, Charles
Grass Valley, California, U.S.: Underwood Books, 1993.
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Advance review copy wth publishers letter, dated March 14, 1988 (just two weeks before Willeford's death) laid in.   Flawless copy.  The final Hoke Moseley story.Advance Review Copy.
The Way We Die Now
Willeford, Charles
Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1988.
Price: $65.00
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U137.  Slightest spine lean, typical textblock toning; else clean, tight and unmarked.  Sharp copy.  Important early work by Willeford
The Woman Chaser
Willeford, Charles
Chicago: Newsstand Library, 1960.
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Herron (9b) Flat cardstock sheet which was intended to be cover for the Dennis McMillan publication of UNDERSTUDY FOR DEATH, a reprint of Willeford's very scarce PBO, UNDERSTUDY FOR LOVE.  The book was never published, apparently due to contractual difficulties.  This title is listed in the bibliography of Don Herron's WILLEFORD as a "ghost edition."  The cover, with Joe Servello art, was printed in advance.  In Fine condition, a unique item for the Willeford completeist
Understudy for Death (Understudy for Love) Cover Only
Willeford, Charles
Dennis McMillan,
Price: $35.00
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I Was Looking for a Street: A Memoir
Willeford, Charles Ray
Woodstock, Vermont, U.S.A.: Countryman Pr, 1988.
Price: $25.00
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Book is clean, tight, square and unmarked. Jacket has small closed tear on front panel, some rubbing at spine ends, very slight spine fade, trace of rubbing; else clean and unmarked.   The first  Hoke Moseley, subject for movie of the same name starring Fred Ward, Alec Baldwin and Jennifer Jason Leigh.  With the Moseley series, Willeford, who labored in obscuity most of his career, finally achieved the recognition he deserved.
Miami Blues
Willeford, Charles Ray
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martin's Press, 1984.
Price: $125.00
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Sideswipe: A Hoke Moseley Detective Thriller
Willeford, Charles Ray
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Pr, 1987.
Price: $10.00
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Signed  by Willeford on the title page.   Two corners bumped, strip of tape the length of the title page apparently to reinforce small tear; else clean, square adn unmarked.  Jacket has some light wrinkling at the exremities else Fine.  The third of four Hoke Mosely's, published a year before his untimely death.  Largely unappreciated most of his career,  Willeford, tragically, died just as he was begining to receive the recognition he deserved.
Sideswipe: A Hoke Moseley Detective Thriller (signed by Willeford)
Willeford, Charles Ray
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Pr, 1987.
Price: $125.00
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