The Catholic.
New York: Atheneum, 1986. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 151pp. Near fine/near fine. Handsome first edition, tight and pristine. More
New York: Atheneum, 1986. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 151pp. Near fine/near fine. Handsome first edition, tight and pristine. More
Baltimore: AmErica House, 1999. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 284pp. Near fine. First edition (issued in paperback only) of this novel set in Chicago and Montana, signed boldly by Pomerantz in black ballpoint on the title page. More
N.p. Kye Publications, 2001. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue leatherette, pictorial dust jacket. 288pp. Fine/fine. Handsome first edition, boldly inscribed and signed by the author in black ballpoint on the front flyleaf: "Jim / Expect good / things, then / allow them to / happen! / Jim / Pomerantz." As the..... More
New York: Delacorte Press, [1975]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Orange cloth spine with black lettering and white paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 300pp. Fine/very good. Bit of edgewear along jacket top edge, with couple of archivally closed (on verso) tears. Tight, attractive first edition. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Very good/near fine. Ownership signature on front flyleaf and faint circular blind-embossed ownership seal on rear inner flyleaf. Tight and handsome second printing of this novel about "the black residents of..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1994. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth spine and yellow paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 300pp. Very good/very good. Tight, nice first edition of this author's first novel, set in North Dakota on a Sioux reservation -- signed boldly by her in black ballpoint on..... More
N.p. JaNelle Publishing, 1995. Hardcover. 8vo. Cream cloth, dust jacket. 210pp. Near fine/near fine. Ownership signature at top edge of front flyleaf. Second printing, tight and handsome, inscribed and signed big and bold by the author on the front flyleaf: "3/97 / To Diane, / A Wizard / of Rainbow..... More
N.p. JaNelle Publishing, 1995. Hardcover. 8vo. Cream cloth, dust jacket. 210pp. Fine/near fine. Second printing, tight and handsome, inscribed and signed large and bold by the author in black fineline on the front flyleaf: "12/98 / To Jo Ann, / May Today / Be One / Charming / One, You..... More
[New York]: Dutton, 1992. Hardcover. 8vo. Cream cloth spine and brown paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 210pp. Fine/near fine. A tight, clean, attractive first edition -- inscribed and signed large and bold by the author in blue ballpoint on the front flyleaf: "8/95 / To Howard, / May Today..... More
New York: Fawcett Publications, 1959. Paperback. 12mo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 176pp. Very good. Small chip at tail of spine, which is very slightly cocked. First edition of Crest Book #s289, with delightfully cheesy cover art. "His name was Handsome," leers the front wrapper, "Girls hungered for him. Women followed..... More
New York: William Sloane Associates, [1948]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. 325pp. Very good/very good. Jacket edgeworn, with a few small edge chips. Tight, nice first edition of this (to cite front jacket panel) "novel of war and the unpeaceful months after it, and of the burden of hatred..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. Near fine/very good. Faintest of jacket edgewear. A bright and handsome and tight first edition of Price's first book, with interesting and appropriate autograph addition: Tipped to front flyleaf are two fine matching heavy stock..... More
New York: Random House, 1979. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and silver paper over boards, price-clipped dust jacket. 179pp. Near fine/near fine. First edition. YOUNG 3112. More
[Barcelona, Spain]: Editorial Planeta, 1989. Hardcover. 8vo. Red paper over boards with white spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 230pp, (1p ad). Fine/near fine. Superb and tight first edition. More
New York: Random House, [1982]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and black paper over boards, dust jacket. 232pp. Near fine/very good. Review slip laid in. First U.S. edition. More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1973. Hardcover. Translated by Suzanne Jill Levine. 8vo. Red paper over boards with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Good plus/very good. Several small tape stains on binding; rear flyleaf abrasion from bookplate removal. First U.S. edition of Puig's second novel. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, [1991]. Hardcover. Translation by Suzanne Jill Levine. 8vo. Purple cloth spine with gilt lettering and green paper over boards, dust jacket. 189pp. Near fine/near fine. First U.S. edition, tight and nice. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, [1991]. Hardcover. Translation by Suzanne Jill Levine. 8vo. Purple cloth spine with gilt lettering and green paper over boards, dust jacket. 189pp. Fine/ine. A tight, pristine first U.S. edition. More
New York: Crown Publishers, [1992]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter blue cloth with silver lettering and green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 307pp. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of this political thriller penned by the then-current U.S. Second lady (1989-93), wife of 44th Vice President Dan Quayle, and her sister --..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, [1962]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 274pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn and rubbed. Tight, nice book club edition of this "novel set in the romantic tradition in 19th century Cornwall" -- unfinished by Quiller-Couch at his death in..... More
New York: Random House, 1991. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth spine and green flecked paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 262pp. Decorative endpapers. Very good/near fine. Nonauthorial gift inscription opposite title page; abrasion at upper corner of inner flyleaf. First edition, tight and nice, handsomely inscribed and signed by..... More
New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 1985. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 367pp. Very good. Some spine wear. Tight, decent first paperback edition, strangely inscribed big and bold by the author on the title page: "for Mike Clifton / -- hail and / farewell by a / new British name!..... More
[New York]: Warner Books, [1999]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Lavender and purple paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 516pp. Near fine/near fine. First edition, tight and attractive, of this syrupy "dazzling novel of a Chicago Cinderella," to cite the equally soupy jacket copy. Signed and inscribed large and bold by the..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth spine and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 244pp. Very good/very good. Jacket slightly edgeworn and rubbed; text pages rather age toned about the edges, as usual. First edition of this "melodrama of international intrigue," a tight and attractive..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth spine and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 250pp. Very good/very good. Jacket slightly edgeworn and rubbed. First edition of this author's first novel, a tight and attractive copy. More