SINCLAIR, UPTON

They Call Me Carpenter a Tale of the Second Coming

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1922. True 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. True First Edition - published by Boni & Liverright. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The lettering on the spine of the book is slightly dulled. The text pages are clean and bright. There is some spotting and ground-in dirt to the edges of the text block. "Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was an American writer who wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several genres. Sinclair's work was well known and popular in the first half of the 20th century, and he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1943. In 1906, Sinclair acquired particular fame for his classic muck-raking novel The Jungle, which exposed labor and sanitary conditions in the U. S. Meatpacking industry, causing a public uproar that contributed in part to the passage a few months later of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. In 1919, he published The Brass Check, a muck-raking exposé of American journalism that publicized the issue of yellow journalism and the limitations of the "free press" in the United States. Four years after publication of The Brass Check, the first code of ethics for journalists was created." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 44050

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SMITH, WILBUR

Birds of Prey

New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1997. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0312157916. Illustrated by Martucci Greisbach. Cover Art; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some slight bumping to the top and bottom spine ends of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean with the exception of some beginning curling to the spine ends.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 46838

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SONTAG, SUSAN

Under the Sign of Saturn

New York, NY: Farrar, Straus Giroux, 1980. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0374280762. Illustrated by Constance Fogler. Cover Art; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean and brigh, but has some rubbing and nicking to the spine ends and corners, along with some beginning toning to the white portions. This is a book of essays, including: On Paul Goodman, Approaching Artaud, Fascinating Fascism, Under the Sign of Saturn, Syberberg's Hitler, Remembering Barthes, and, Mind as Passion. This particular book was printed in a small initial run. "Susan Sontag (January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American writer, film-maker, teacher, and political activist. She published her first major work, the essay "Notes on 'Camp'", in 1964. Her best-known works include On Photography, Against Interpretation, Styles of Radical Will, The Way We Live Now, Illness as Metaphor, Regarding the Pain of Others, The Volcano Lover, and In America. Sontag was active in writing and speaking about, or travelling to, areas of conflict, including during the Vietnam War and the Siege of Sarajevo. She wrote extensively about photography, culture and media, AIDS and illness, human rights, and communism and leftist ideology. Although her essays and speeches sometimes drew controversy, she has been described as "one of the most influential critics of her generation." " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 46688

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SPARK, MURIEL

The Only Problem

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1984. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0399129871. This is a First American Trade Edition. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but there is some beginning edge wear and bumping to the spine ends. "Spark began writing seriously, under her married name, after World War II, beginning with poetry and literary criticism. In 1947 she became editor of the Poetry Review. This position made Spark one of the only female editors of the time. Spark left the "Poetry Review" in 1948. In 1953 Muriel Spark was baptised in the Church of England but in 1954 she decided to join the Roman Catholic Church, which she considered crucial in her development toward becoming a novelist. Penelope Fitzgerald, a fellow novelist and contemporary of Spark, wrote that Spark "had pointed out that it wasn't until she became a Roman Catholic... That she was able to see human existence as a whole, as a novelist needs to do". In an interview with John Tusa on BBC Radio 4, she said of her conversion and its effect on her writing that she "was just a little worried, tentative. Would it be right, would it not be right? Can I write a novel about that – would it be foolish, wouldn't it be? And somehow with my religion – whether one has anything to do with the other, I don't know – but it does seem so, that I just gained confidence…" Graham Greene, Gabriel Fielding and Evelyn Waugh supported her in her decision. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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BOOK COMMITTEE OF THE SPINNERS' CLUB (COLLECTED BY)

The Spinners' Book of Fiction By Gertrude Atherton, Mary Austin, Geraldine Bonner, Mary Halleck Foote, Eleanor Gates, Etc.

San Francisco, CA: Paul Elder and Company, 1907. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Lillie, V. O'Ryan, Maynard Dixon, etc.. Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light generalized toning to the spine of the book. There is an oval pictorial pastedown on the front cover. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page. The foredge and bottom edge of the text block are uncut. There are six full page, full color illustrations throughout the book, illustrated by Lillie V. O'Ryan, Maynard Dixon, Albertine Randall Wheelan, Merle Johnson, E. Almond Withrow and Gordon Ross. Initials and decorations are by Spencer Wright. Authors contributing include: Gertrude Atherton, Mary Austin, Geraldine Bonner, Mary Halleck Foote, Eleanor Gates, James Hopper, Jack London, Bailey Millard, Miriam Michelson, W. C. Morrow, Frank Norris, Henry Milner Rideout, Charles Wawrren Stoddard, Isobel Strong, Richard Walton Tully and Herman Whitaker.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 45823

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STEINBECK, JOHN

The Red Pony

New York, NY: Viking Press, 1945. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Wesley Dennis. Color Illustrations; Laid in is the BOMC book dividend card, making this a Book club edition. This copy has the Variant 2 information with The Rogers-Kellogg-Stillson, Inc notation on the copyright page. This book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. This copy includes the slipcase, which is in Very Good condition. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The slipcase is in generally clean condition, but has tidemarking / foxing to the bottom front corner and along with front edge. The slipcase also has spots of ground-in dirt and foxing. The top front corner edges of the slipcase gave some bumping and rubbing. "The Red Pony is an episodic novella written by American writer John Steinbeck in 1933. The first three chapters were published in magazines from 1933–1936, and the full book was published in 1937 by Covici Friede. The stories in the book are tales of a boy named Jody Tiflin. The book has four different stories about Jody and his life on his father's California ranch. Other main characters include Carl Tiflin - Jody's father; Billy Buck - an expert in horses and a working hand on the ranch; Mrs. Tiflin - Jody's mother; Jody's grandfather - Mrs. Tiflin's father, who has a history of crossing the Oregon Trail, and enjoys telling stories about his experiences; and Gitano - an old man who wishes to die at the Tiflin ranch." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 50645

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STOCKTON, FRANK R. (FRANK RICHARD STOCKTON)

The Captain's Toll-Gate with a Memorial Sketch By Mrs. Stockton and a Bibliography

New York, NY: D. Appleton & Company, 1903. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light rubbing and edge wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The rear covers have a couple of spots of ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's name penciled on the front endpaper.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 46584

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STONE, ROBERT

Death of the Black-Haired Girl

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Robert Stone (August 21, 1937 – January 10, 2015) was an American novelist. He was twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and once for the PEN/Faulkner Award. Stone was five times a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, which he did receive in 1975 for his novel Dog Soldiers. Time magazine included this novel in its list TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. Dog Soldiers was adapted into the film Who'll Stop the Rain (1978) starring Nick Nolte, from a script that Stone co-wrote. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 40807

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STONE, IRVING

Depths of Glory a Biographical Novel of Camille Pissarro

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1985. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385120656. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book is in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is in generally clean, bright condition, but there is one small semi-closed tear to the bottom front spine joint, some light wear to the top edge of the front cover and some light bumping and wear to the spine ends. There is a thin strip of toning to both front and rear spine joints. "Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro (10 July 1830 – 13 November 1903) was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas (now in the US Virgin Islands, but then in the Danish West Indies). His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Pissarro studied from great forerunners, including Gustave Courbet and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. He later studied and worked alongside Georges Seurat and Paul Signac when he took on the Neo-Impressionist style at the age of 54. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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STYRON, WILLIAM

Lie Down in Darkness

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc, 1951. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0965335852. Illustrated by George Salter. Cover Art; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine of the book cover has some toning / darkening and there is fading to the gilt lettering. There is some light bumping and edgewear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is some beginning toning to the endpapers and the bottom edges of a section of the text pages have light bumping as if from a fall. The dust jacket is clean and bright, but does have two tears (one to the bottom rear spine end, and the bottom rear flap joint. There is also rubbing and color loss to the spine and flap joints. The rear cover and spine have toning /darkening. "This is the story of the irreconcilably divided Loftis family of Port Warwick, Virginia. It is the story of Peyton Loftis, whose tragic beauty, it seemed, inevitably sowed devotion and destruction wherever she went." This is the author's first novel. "After graduation, Styron took an editing position with McGraw-Hill in New York City. Styron later recalled the misery of this work in an autobiographical passage of Sophie’s Choice. After provoking his employers into firing him, he set about writing his first novel in earnest. Three years later, he published the novel, Lie Down in Darkness (1951) , the story of a dysfunctional Virginia family. The novel received overwhelming critical acclaim. For this novel, Styron received the prestigious Rome Prize, awarded by the American Academy in Rome and the American Academy of Arts and Letters." (from Wikipedia). Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 45686

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SWARTHOUT, GLENDON

Skeletons

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1979. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 038512824X. Remainder. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. This copy has remainder speckling on the bottom edge of the text block. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, with some very beginning fading to the spine. "With the conspicuous exception of A Christmas Gift, all of Swarthout's novels are infused with a sardonic spirit, usually in respect to examples of the cruelty and viciousness of which man is capable. His greatest bestseller, Bless the Beasts and Children, is a good example of this distinguishing literary trait. Another common theme of his writings is his study of courage, the extraordinary heroism of which otherwise common, ordinary men are sometimes capable, given the right circumstances. In setting free a doomed herd of buffalo, the group of mentally disturbed teenagers in Beasts demonstrates valor during harrowing conditions. The style of Swarthout's writing is fundamentally dispassionate, however, and written in a clear, linear, pictorial style, which is why so many of his stories were adapted easily to film. Swarthout was a great admirer of Somerset Maugham (with whom he studied, along with Ernest Hemingway and Joyce Cary as part of his doctoral thesis in literature) and humorist Charles Portis, who influenced his writing. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 40476

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TAN, AMY

The Kitchen God's Wife

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1991. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0002237083. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed, with an inscription, on the title page by author Tan. This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. ; Signed by Author. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 37555

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TREVANIAN (PSEUDONYM FOR DR. RODNEY WILLIAM WHITAKER)

The Summer of Katya

New York: Crown Publishers, 1983. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0246120916. This book is in Very Good+condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is a slight slant to the spine of the book and one spot of discoloration to the top front panel. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean with the exception of some fading / lightening of the spine and spine joints. "The time is that golden summer of 1914, a summer remembered for its glorious sunny days that seemed to roll endlessly forward until the guns of August changed the world forever. The place is the small French Basque village of Salies." "Rodney William Whitaker (June 12, 1931 – Dec 14, 2005) was an American film scholar and writer who wrote several successful novels under the pen name Trevanian. Whitaker wrote in a wide variety of genres, achieved best-seller status, and published under several other names as well, including Nicholas Seare, Beñat Le Cagot and Edoard Moran. He published the non-fiction The Language of Film under his own name. Between 1972 and 1983, five of his novels sold more than a million copies each. He was described as "the only writer of airport paperbacks to be compared to Zola, Ian Fleming, Poe and Chaucer." Whitaker adamantly avoided publicity for most of his life. His real name was a closely held secret until 1998, when a reporter for the Austin American-Statesman published it.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 34533

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TREVANIAN (PSEUDONYM FOR DR. RODNEY WILLIAM WHITAKER)

The Summer of Katya

New York, NY: Crown Publishers, 1983. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0246120916. Illustrated by Paul Bacon. Cover Art; This book is in Very Good+condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is a slight slant to the spine of the book and one spot of discoloration to the top front panel. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean with the exception of some fading / lightening of the spine and spine joints. "The time is that golden summer of 1914, a summer remembered for its glorious sunny days that seemed to roll endlessly forward until the guns of August changed the world forever. The place is the small French Basque village of Salies." "Rodney William Whitaker (June 12, 1931 – Dec 14, 2005) was an American film scholar and writer who wrote several successful novels under the pen name Trevanian. Whitaker wrote in a wide variety of genres, achieved best-seller status, and published under several other names as well, including Nicholas Seare, Beñat Le Cagot and Edoard Moran. He published the non-fiction The Language of Film under his own name. Between 1972 and 1983, five of his novels sold more than a million copies each. He was described as "the only writer of airport paperbacks to be compared to Zola, Ian Fleming, Poe and Chaucer." Whitaker adamantly avoided publicity for most of his life. His real name was a closely held secret until 1998, when a reporter for the Austin American-Statesman published it." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 46540

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TULLY, JIM

Emmett Lawler

New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1922. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good+ to Near Fine- condition and is lacking the scarce dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is one small spot of rubbing to the middle of the spine. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed, with an inscription, by the author, on the front endpaper. There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front pastedown as well (dated April 12,1922). This is the author's first novel. "Born near St. Marys, Ohio to James Dennis and Bridget Marie Lawler Tully, an Irish immigrant ditch-digger and his wife, Tully enjoyed a relatively happy but impoverished childhood until the death of his mother in 1892. Unable to care for him, his father sent him to an orphanage in Cincinnati. He remained there for six years. What further education he acquired came in the hobo camps, boxcars, railroad yards, and public libraries scattered across the country. Finally, weary of the road, he arrived in Kent, Ohio, where he worked as a chain maker, professional boxer, and tree surgeon. He also began to write, mostly poetry published in the local newspapers. He moved to Hollywood in 1912, when he began writing in earnest." (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 43845

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