LONDON, JACK

The Night Born

New York, NY: The Century Co, 1913. 1st Edition; 3rd state. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition to Near Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. This book matches the 3rd state listed in Sisson (page 127) with blue grey cloth binding, black totem poles and gilt lettering to the front cover and spine and two blank leaves at the rear of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. The front pastedown page includes a previous owner's book plate (John Milton Stewart) , and there is an ink stamped previous owner's name on the front endpaper. The rear inner hinge of the book has begun to crack. "Early in “the unluckiest year of his life” (1913) , during which his dream home in California’s Sonoma Valley burnt down, Jack London, aged thirty-seven, published the short-story collection The Night-Born (Labor, 329). The ten tales in it range from negligible potboilers to such gems as the evocative sketch of a soldier’s life “War”, and the suspenseful fight story “The Mexican”, set during the Mexican Revolution (c. 1910–1920) and embodying London’s “finest allegory of the revolutionary spirit” (Labor, Leitz, Shepard, xxix)." (the Literary Encyclopedia). Very Good .

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LONDON, JACK

On the Makaloa Mat

New York, NY: MacMillan Company, 1919. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Printed September 1919 statement on the copyright page. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends, corners and spine joints of the book cover have some light bumping, rubbing and wear. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a one inch crack to the top rear inner hinge that has been professionally repaired. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the front endpaper. "Makaloa (Cyperus laevigatus) is a native sedge that was traditional used in Hawaii I to make moena makaloa, finely plaited mats treasured in Hawaii I. These treasured mats were a specialty of one particular island, Nii Ihau. As families intermarried, this practice established new centers elsewhere. Before this practice went dormant back in the late 1800s, it presence was found on Nii Ihau, Kauai I, and on the northern tip of Oahu in Mokulei Ia." (Pihemanu Kuaihelani makaloa project). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 46276

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LONDON, JACK

The Strength of the Strong

New York, NY: The MacMillan Company, 1914. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. First edition, with points matching Sisson page 76. Sisson notes only 3948 copies printed of the first edition. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and edge wear, and a couple of tiny nick / tears to the spine ends. The lettering to the publishers name on the spine has rubbed. The text pages are generally clean and bright, however one section has spots of foxing. "A collection of seven short stories including the title piece “The Strength of the Strong”. London uses the stories to advance his views on socialism and highlight the problems of the working classes. He continues to look back with prehistoric tales, but also includes “The Unparalleled Invasion” which looks forward to a Chinese invasion of the world later in the twentieth century." (from The Jack London State Historic Park site). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 46281

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LONDON, JACK

The Turtles of Tasman

New York, NY: The MacMillan Company, 1916. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing with Published September 1916 on the copyright page. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book covers have some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. The front cover of the book has a coffee ring and a couple of other spots of light discoloration. The lettering and decoration on the front cover of the book has some rubbing and scratching as well. The text pages are clean and bright. The edges of the text block has spots of foxing. "Published in 1916, this is a collection of very different short stories. There are tales of murder as well as a play set in prehistoric times. “Finis” and “The End of the Story” are classic Jack London Klondike tales of adventure on the trail. “Told in the Drooling Ward” is an often-irreverent look at life in a California mental institution." (from Jack London Historic State Park). Very Good .

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Book number: 46279

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MASEFIELD, JOHN

The Taking of Helen

New York: Macmillan Company, 1923. Limited Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition. Limited to 750 copies, this copy is number 647 and is signed by the author on the limitation page. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The edges of the book covers have some light toning. There is some beginning ground-in dirt to the covers as well. The text pages are clean and bright. Both endpapers have heavy patches of toning where newspaper articles have been laid-in. "In 1921 Masefield received an honorary doctorate of literature from the University of Oxford. In 1923 he organised Oxford Recitations, an annual contest whose purpose was "to discover good speakers of verse and to encourage 'the beautiful speaking of poetry'." Given the numbers of contest applicants, the event's promotion of natural speech in poetical recitations, and the number of people learning how to listen to poetry, Oxford Recitations was generally deemed a success. Masefield was similarly a founding member, in 1924, of the Scottish Association for the Speaking of Verse. He later came to question whether the Oxford events should continue as a contest, considering that they might better be run as a festival. However, in 1929, after he broke with the competitive element, Oxford Recitations came to an end. The Scottish Association for the Speaking of Verse, on the other hand, continued to develop through the influence of associated figures such as Marion Angus and Hugh MacDiarmid and exists today as the Poetry Association of Scotland. " (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 39889

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MAUPIN, ARMISTEAD

The Night Listener a Novel

New York: Harper Collins, 2000. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 006017143X. 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 (wrap-around band) is crisp and clean. "No one is in the midst of a painful separation from his longtime lover when a publisher sends him proofs of a remarkable book: the memoir of an ailing thirteen-year-old boy who suffered horrific abuse at the hands of his parents. Now living with his adoptive mother, Pete Lomax is not only a brave and gifted diarist but also a devoted listener to Noone's show." "Maupin worked at WRAL-TV (Channel 5) in Raleigh, a station then managed by future U. S. Senator Jesse Helms. Helms nominated Maupin for a patriotic award, which he won. Maupin says he was a typical conservative and even a segregationist at this time and admired Helms, a family friend, as a "hero figure." He later changed his opinions dramatically — "I've changed and he hasn't" — and condemned Helms at a gay pride parade on the steps of the North Carolina State Capitol. Maupin is a veteran of the United States Navy; he served several tours of duty including one in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Maupin's work on a Charleston newspaper was followed with an offer of a position at the San Francisco bureau of the Associated Press in 1971. He says he had known he was gay since childhood, but didn't have sex until he was 26 and only decided to come out in 1974 when he was about 30. The same year, he began what would become the Tales of the City series as a serial in a Marin County-based newspaper, the Pacific Sun, moving to the San Francisco Chronicle after the Sun's San Francisco edition folded." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 46286

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MAUPIN, ARMISTEAD

Sure of You

New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1989. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0060161647. Illustrated by Honi Werner. 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. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 46287

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MAYLE, PETER

Anything Considered

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0241134692. 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.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 46262

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MCCUTCHAN, PHILIP

Cameron's Troop Lift

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0297790404. Thkis book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. The text pages are clean and bright. The spine ends and corners of the book corners have some light edge wear and nicking. "Philip Donald McCutchan (1920-1996) , who also wrote under the pseudonyms Robert Conington Galway and Duncan MacNeil, grew up in the naval atmosphere of Portsmouth Dockyard and developed a lifetime's interest in the sea. Military history was an early interest resulting in several fiction books, from amongst his large output, about the British Army and its campaigns, especially in the last 150 years. He served throughout WW II in a variety of ships, including the cruiser Vindictive, the ocean boarding vessel Largs, and the escort carrier Ravager, ending the war as a lieutenant, RNVR." (from Historical Naval Fiction). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 40187

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MCDERMOTT, ALICE

Child of My Heart

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0374121230. 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.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 40899

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MCMILLAN, TERRY

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

New York, NY: Viking, 1996. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0140865063. 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. "Stella Payne is forty-two, divorced, a high-powered investment analyst, mother of eleven-year-old Quincy - and she does it all. In fact, if she doesn't do it, it doesn't get done, from Little League carpool duty to analyzing portfolios to folding the laundry and bringing home the bacon." "McMillan's first book, Mama, was published in 1987. Unsatisfied with her publisher's limited promotion of Mama, McMillian promoted her own debut novel by writing thousands of booksellers, particularly African-American bookstores, and the book soon sold out of its initial first hardcover printing of 5,000 copies. She achieved national attention in 1992 with her third novel, Waiting to Exhale. The book remained on The New York Times bestseller list for many months and by 1995 it had sold over three million copies. The novel contributed to a shift in Black popular cultural consciousness and the visibility of a female Black middle-class identity in popular culture. McMillan was credited with having introduced the interior world of Black women professionals in their thirties who are successful, alone, available, and unhappy. In 1995, the novel was adapted into a film directed by Forest Whitaker and starring Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, and Lela Rochon." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 46261

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MELVILLE, JENNIE (PSEUDONYM OF GWENDOLINE BUTLER)

Ironwood

New York: David McKay Company, Inc, 1972. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0679503080. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is a light slant to the spine of the book and two smallish spots of discoloration to the front book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has a couple of smallish edge tears, along with some nicking, rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners. "Gwendoline Butler, née Williams (19 August 1922 – 5 January 2013) was a British writer of mystery fiction and romance novels since 1956, she also used the pseudonym Jennie Melville. Credited for inventing the "woman's police procedural", is well known for her series of Inspector John Coffin novels as Gwendoline Butler, and by female detective Charmian Daniels as Jennie Melville. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 40999

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MERGENDAHL, CHARLES

The Girl Cage

New York: Popular Library, 1953. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. This is a paperback original (PBO). The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There is some light warping to the top edge of the book cover by the spine joints. The text pages are clean and bright. "Mergendahl achieved his greatest success with his novel "Everyone pays for their debt". This was discussed very controversially when it appeared and u. A. Compared with "The People of Peyton Place" by Grace Metalious (1924-1964). This novel by Mergendahl was made into a film by Daniel Petrie in 1960 and was just as successful as the filming of Peyton Place by Mark Robson . In 1968, RG Springsteen released Mergendahl's novel “Tiger by the tail” under the same title." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 40079

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MICHENER, JAMES A.

Legacy

New York, NY: Random House, 1987. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394565266. Illustrated by Wendell Minor. 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. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 46392

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MILLER, HENRY

Nights of Love and Laughter

New York, NY: Signet Books, 1955. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB. This is a mass market paperback. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book cover have some light bumping and rubbing. There are two small, generally light creases to the top front corner of the book cover along with some very light rubbing and beginning edge wear to the edges of the book cover. The spine has one very light crease and some light but noticeable rubbing to the spine joints. There is one horizontal light crack / crease to the spine of the book. The top rear cover has a semi-closed tear (approx. 1/4th " deep). The text pages are clean, but toned due to the acid content of the paper All edges of the text block are stained a dark red color (done by the publisher). Included in this book are a series of short works: The Alcoholic Veteran with the Washboard Cranium, Via Dieppe-Newhaven, Astrological Fricassee, The Brooklyn Bridge, Mademoiselle Claude, and, Poros Harbor. "Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American writer, expatriated in Paris at his flourishing. He was known for breaking with existing literary forms, developing a new sort of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association, and mysticism. His most characteristic works of this kind are Tropic of Capricorn, The Colossus of Maroussi, The Time of the Assassins, and The Books in My Life, many of which are based on his experiences in New York and Paris (some of which were banned in the United States until 1961) , adding Big Sur and the Oranges of Heronymous Bosch while finally residing in Big Sur, California. He also wrote travel memoirs and literary criticism, and painted watercolors." (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .

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Book number: 46420

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