New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. Signed. First edition, fourth printing. Signed by the author on the front free end paper, inscribed "To my dear W.S.P. / from / John Jack Black / Los Angeles 6-16-26. Very Good. Gilt stamping on spine is sharp and bright. Light edge wear to..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1926. First edition, first printing. Publisher's red cloth with gilt spine lettering; lacking the dust jacket. Good+, with reading creases to spine, light rubbing at spine ends and corners, small spots of discoloration to cloth. Boards dinged along the edges. Previous owner name and price..... More
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1934. First edition, first printing, in apparent second issue jacket. (Jacket price of .75 and front flap states near bottom: "The issuance of this new edition at reduced price is made possible by (a) use of the same plates made for the original edition: (b)..... More
New York: J. Howard Brown, 1880. First edition. 576 pp. Original yellow cloth lettered in black and gilt, currency-like green and white patterned endpapers. Very Good overall with staining and a few patches of rubbing to front cover, light edge wear, internally near fine with front tissue guard intact, clean..... More
New York: Signet, 1962. Signed by author on title page, inscribed to former owner. 224 pp. Wraps. Second printing of the paperback edition. Very Good with newspaper clippings pasted onto last page margin and verso of rear cover, small grease pencil number on back cover, light wear. The 1962 movie..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First edition. ix, 397, [2] pp. Black cloth decorated in blue, red, and gilt, red topstain. Near Fine in Very Good unclipped dust jacket, edge-worn, rubbed at foot with small dampstain there visible on verso, small creased tear to back panel bottom corner. The..... More
Napa City: C.H. Allen and R.E. Wood, 1864. First edition. 56 pp. Woodcut frontispiece and one illustrated plate. Original tan printed wraps. Tiny tear at foot of wrappers, and faint corner crease to outer corner of front wrap with tiny closed tear, else Fine. A very bright copy that looks..... More
New York: Ives Washburn, 1931. First edition. 261 pp. Publisher's black cloth lettered in red, gray patterned endpapers. Fine in Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket with small chip in bottom of front panel, a little toning to spine and shelf wear. Jacket is quite attractive. An account of Prohibition-era gangsters..... More
Indianapolis & New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1976. First edition. [x], 284 pp. Original half cloth. Near Fine with a little foxing to top edge in unclipped dust jacket with tiny nick in top corner of front panel and another on spine panel, else Fine. An uncommon memoir of international..... More
Los Angeles: Holloway House, 1971. First edition. (Stated "First Printing 1971" on copyright page.) 248, (7, ads) pp. Wraps. About Very Good with creased spine, a little foxing to prelims and edges, pen scribble to verso of rear cover, back cover corner crease. A nonfiction collection by the author of..... More
Montclair: Pegasus Rex Press, 1980. First edition. 277 pp. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. Foxing to edges. Dust jacket has light chipping at head and tail, a bit of shelf wear, toning with age, else fine. Original price intact ($12.95). Florida crime author Charles Willeford's contemporary, fictional take..... More
The Martin Tutordale Corporation: San Francisco & New York, 1942. Signed by the book's subject, brothel owner Beverly Davis, on the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner "as a memento of our many happy times together on his trips to California." Rare thus, a few copies for sale currently..... More