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Bruccoli A-4.1.a. Signed by Algren on the FFE. Textblock slightly age toned, slight offsetting on cloth of boards; else clean, tight, square and unmarked. White jacket is age darkened, 1/4" loss at head of spine, shallow chip on front panel, scrape on spine; else intact, $3.00 price present on front flap. Blurbs from Chicago Sun and Tribune on rear panel, NO mention of National Book Award on front panel. Considered to be Algren's best work, winner of National Book Award and basis for move starring Frank Sinatra. Heartbreaking story of gambling and heroin addiction.
The Man with the Golden Arm
Algren, Nelson
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1949.
Price: $450.00
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Signed by Algren on the FFE. Textblock mildly toned,; else clean, tight, square and unmarked. Jacket is toned, price clipped, fraying at spine ends, slight loss on head of spine; else intact. Second state jacket with reviews on rear panel. Algren's third book a collection of short pieces depicting life in the Chicago slums and his WWII experiences. Solid copy of fragile volume
The Neon Wilderness
Algren, Nelson
New York: Doubleday, 1947.
Price: $195.00
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Signed by Algren on the FFE. Faint stain on boards; else clean, tight, square and unmarked, apparently unread. Jacket has notched corners, small nicks at base of spine lightly soiled rear panel; else clean bright and intact. A collection of travel related articles by the author of MAN WITH A GOLDEN ARM. Subtitled, "being a guide to the seamier sides of New York City, Inner London, Paris, Dublin, Barcelona, Seville, Almeria, istanbul, Crete and Chicago."
Who Lost an American
Algren, Nelson
New York: Macmillan, 1963.
Price: $125.00
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Signed by Block on the title page. Small ink mark on FFE, faint ink price notation on front flap, just a touch of wear on base of spine, else tight, clean, flawless copy. Macbre jacket art with skull superimposed over wedding cake. Non series suspense thriller wherein honeymooners witness murder and are pursued by killers. The first of Blocks's novels to be published in hardcover.
Deadly Honeymoon
Block, Lawrence
New York: Macmillan, 1967.
Price: $135.00
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Author signature on 1" x3" card laid in. Spine darkened, light wear to boards, ownership signature, mild toning; else clean, tight square and unmarked. Jacket has edgewear, fraying at spine ends and corners, wear folds, small chip on rear panel else intact. Published in the UK as MURDER IN THE BUD. Subject for 1945 film noir of the same name starring Zachary Scott and Faye Emerson. Cited in THE DARK PAGE by Kevin Johnson. Solid copy
Danger Signal (Murder in the Bud)
Bottome, Phyillis
Little Brown: 1939.
Price: $95.00
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Inscribed "Best wishes, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzana California" on the FFE. Very light wear on board edges, a slight trace of foxing on endpapers; else clean, tight, square and unmarked. Textblock very clean and fresh. Jacket has very light wear on edges, mild spine fade; else clean and intact. Pasted on endpaper is plate indicating this volume survived the well documented 1958 fire in the Burroughs archives. While the label indicates the book sustained damage, none is evident nor is there any odor. Very nice copy of the final Tarzan adventure. An uncommon item, particularly with signature.
Tarzan and the Foreign Legion (inscribed by Burroughs)
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1947.
Price: $1,250.00
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Signed by Demiing on the FFE. Rinehart colophon on copyright page. Mild toning, else very clean square and unmarked, apparently unread. Jacket is mildly toned, moderate spine fade, light edgewear; else clean and intact. The first novel featuring PI Manville Moon. Uncommon, particularly so with Deming's signature.
The Gallows in My Garden (signed by Deming)
Deming, Richard
New York: Rinehart, 1952.
Price: $150.00
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Signed by Derleth on the FFE. Scribner's "A" and seal on copyright page. Very slight toning of textblock; else very clean, square, tight, and unmarked, apparently unread. Jacket has slight loss at head of spine, light edgewear, mild dustsoiling rear panel; else clean and intact. A Judge Peck mystery. Nice copy.
Mischief in the Lane (signed by Derleth)
Derleth, August
New York: Scribners (Scribner's), 1944.
Price: $195.00
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Non personalized inscription "In friendship, Todd Downing, Philadelphia, August 29, 1945." on FFE. Book has light wear on boards; else clean square and unmarked, textblock bright. Jacket has dampstaining visible from verso and rear panel, slight loss on spine ends several small closed tears on rear panel, light rubbing; else intact. Appears to be uncredited Artzybasheff jacket art. A Hugh Rennart mystery set in Mexico, concerns a string of eerie suicides in small American Colony. "Todd Downing lived in Mexico for many years and his work reflects not only intimate knowledge of the country but a deep love and respect for it and its people," according to Bill Pronzini in 1001 MIDNIGHTS.
The Cat Screams (Inscribed By Downing)
Downing, Todd
New York: Doubleday, Doran Crime Club, 1934.
Price: $325.00
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Signed and dated on FFE in year of publication by Farmer. Offset endpapers, mild toning of textblock, else clean and unmarked. Rear panel mildly toned; else a bright, flawless jacket. Lurid jacket art featuring title character slumped in library chair with knife in his chest. When Sergeant Wigan on his beat met a drunk, the man was celebrating the acquisition of a signed First Edition. Wigan developed an interest in books: which is why when his friend was found dead in his study with a knife in his chest, Wigan was called in to lend a hand. Uncommon, particularly signed
Death of a Bookseller (signed by Farmer)
Farmer, Bernard J.
London: Heinemann, 1956.
Price: $325.00
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Bookplate signed by Francis pasted on the half title. Book is clean, square, tight and unmarked. White jacket has mild toning, slight spine fade; else clean and intact. Francis' fifth novel. British Agent travels to the US to track down hijacked Thoroughbred. Nice copy
Blood Sport
Francis, Dick
New York: Harper and Row, 1967.
Price: $125.00
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Signed by Francis on the Title Page. Tape residue on endpapers, light foxing on edges that has intruded into the interior in places, light wear to boards else clean and unmarked. Jacket is mildly toned, a trace of wear; else clean and intact.
Rat Race
Francis, Dick
London: Michael Joseph, Ltd., 1970.
Price: $125.00
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Signed (not inscribed) by Francis on the title page. But for very light textblock toning, a flawless copy. A horse racing story set in Moscow during the Olympic Games, featuring politcal intrigue and murder
Trial Run
Francis, Dick
London: Michael Joseph, Ltd., 1978.
Price: $70.00
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3.5" x 6" Letterhead Card reading "Autographed for --------," signed by Erle Stanley Gardner, dated April 13, 1968. Included is front half of envelope, addressed to autographee with Gardner's Rancho Del Paisano return address, postmarked April 13, 1968.
Autographed Card
Gardner, Erle Stanley
Price: $50.00
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Lengthy inscription to a friend by Gardner on the Half Title. Light wear on boards, mild toning on endpapers; else clean, square and unmarked. Jacket has slight loss on spine ends, light soiling; else intact. Though best know for his Perry Mason stories; Gardner wrote a series of books exploring the Natural History of his beloved Southwest.
Neighborhood Frontiers (inscribed by Gardner)
Gardner, Erle Stanley
New York: Morrow, 1954.
Price: $125.00
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Signed by Gash on the title page. Spine creased, several stray marks on textblock, a couple of dog eared pages; else clean, square and unmarked. Jacket has light wear on spine ends and front flap fold; else clean bright and intact. The third Lovejoy. Clergyman who claims knowledge of the legendary Holy Grail turns up dead, Lovejoy attempts to unravel mystery.
The Grail Tree (signed by Gash)
Gash, Jonathan
London: Collins Crime Club, 1979.
Price: $175.00
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Signed by Glick on the FFE. Mild soiling of boards, endpapers offset, ownership signature; else clean and unmarked with solid binding. Jacket has 1/4" loss at head of spine, slight loss at extremities, some toning; else intact. Authors memiors of living and working in Chinatown
Shake Hands with the Dragon
Glick, Charles
New York: Whittlesey House, 1941.
Price: $65.00
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Signed by Greene on the title page. First issue with "leave alone" on page 9. Erasure abrasion and faint crease on the FFE, jacket price clipped; else a flawless copy. Subject for 1985 BBC drama staffing James Mason.
Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party (signed)
Greene, Graham
London: Bodley Head, 1980.
Price: $295.00
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Signed by Greene on the title page. Bookplate on FFE, a touch of wrinkling on jacket spine ends; else a clean, fresh, flawless copy, apparently unread. A memoir of Greene's association with Panamanian General Omar Torrijos, uncommon signed.
Getting to Know the General: The Story of an Involvement
Greene, Graham
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984.
Price: $225.00
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Flawless copy, signed by Highsmith on the Title Page and scarce thus. A collection of short stories by th author of THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY and STRANGERS ON A TRAIN.
Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes
Highsmith, Patricia
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989.
Price: $135.00
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