Item 146Lila.
New York, NY: Lion Library, 1955. Cover painting by Rudy Nappi. First Edition, Second printing. MMPB. Lion Library LL 14. " A Novel of dark and bitter passions. "
New Arrivals
Item 145The Craving.
New York, NY: Midwood / Tower, 1962. Cover by Isaac Paul Rader. First Edition, First Printing. MMPB. Midwood No. F190. "She craved sex on the wild side and found it." Lurid cover by Paul Rader.
Item 144Andrews' Harvest
New York, NY: Berkley, 1955. MMPB. "Primitive Passions on a Lonely Ranch" Exploitation novel set in "the barren wilderness of the Northwest"
Item 143Son of Sam: The .44 Caliber Killer.
New York, NY: Manor Books, 1977. Illustrated with 16 page photo section. MMPB.16mo. (4"x7") Yellow pictorial wraps. The story of the infamous "Son of Sam" Murders that terrorized New York City in 1976/77.
Item 142Betty Crocker's New Dinner For Two Cook Book
New York. Golden Press, 1964. illustrated by Margaret Fleming and Jean Simpson. First Edition, Third Printing. Spiral Bound. Pictorial Boards. 4to. (8.75" x 10.25"). "If you are a bride, a business girl, career wife, or a mother whose children are away from home: this book is for you." Mid-century entertaining.....
Item 141Better Homes and Gardens Handyman's Book
Meredith Publishing Company, 1957. Fifth Printing. Pictorial Five Ring Binder. 4to. (8" x 10"). Post-war suburbia is encapsulated in this five-ring binder chock full of DIY projects for the aspiring handyman.
Item 1401966 LAZY MAN'S COOKOUT GUIDE: 40 Pages of Recipes and Cooking Tips for Easy-To-Serve Outdoor Meals.
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco, 1966. Stapled Pamphlet. (3" x 8.25"). R. J. Reynolds Tobacco promotional pamphlet. Some nice '60s era illustrations throughout. Cigarette advertising to verso.
Item 139Kissing Covens.
New York. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1972. Red Mask Mystery Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (6" x 8.5") Terracotta colored boards with black titles, Tan pictorial Jacket. The US edition of "Broomsticks over Flaxborough". "When a scantily clad coven of witches and warlocks is discovered on the out- skirts of.....
Item 138A Farewell to Arms.
New York. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1969. The Scribner Library. Trade Paperback 8vo. (5.5" x 8") Pictorial wraps. Loosely based on Hemingway's own first hand experience during WWI on the Italian Front.
Item 137First ABC
New York, NY: Platt & Munk, Publishers, 1965. Illustrations by Rene Martin. Hardcover. 4to. (9.5" x 12") Pictorial Boards. A large alphabet book with large colorful illustrations.
Item 136It's Like This, Cat.
New York, NY: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963. Illustrated by Emil Weiss. HArper crest Library Edition. Hardcover 8vo. (6" x 8.25") Yellow pictorial boaerds with pictorial dust jacket. Mid-century coming of age novel set in New York City. Line drawings by Emil Weiss illustrate the jacket and throughout the interior.....
Item 135The Ghost of Windy Hill
New York. Thomas Y. Crowell, 1968. Illustrated by Don Bolognese. Weekly Reader Children's Book Club. Hardcover. 8vo. (5.5" x 8.25") Blue and Black pictorial boards with title in green. A Weekly Reader edition of this juvenile mystery with some really neat pen and ink illustrations by Don Bolognese.
Item 134The Midnight Visitor. A Judy Bolton Mystery.
New York, NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 1942. Illustrated by Pelagie Doane. Hardcover 12mo. (5" x 8") Bright green boards with mauve title and decoration, and pictorial dust jacket. #12 in the Judy Bolton Series. Judy and Peter investigate a haunted house.
Item 133Betty Gordon at Mystery Farm, or Strange Doings at Rocky Ridge.
New York, NY: Cupples & Leon Company Publishers, 1930. Jacket Artist unknown, frontispiece by Russell H. Tandy. Hardcover. (5" x 8") Publisher's tan cloth boards titles and decoration in black. This book is rough but could be a possible placeholder until a nicer copy is found. Mystery Farm is not.....
Item 132Shredderman: Attack of the Tiger
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Illustrated by Brian Biggs. Hardcover. (5.5" x 7.5") Orange boards with silver foil titles on 1/4 black cloth. The Second book in the Shredderman series.
Item 131Antsy Does Time
New York, NY: Dutton, 2008. Jacket Illustrated by Steven Guarnaccia. Hardcover. 8vo. (6" x 8.5") Black boards with silver foil stamped titles and pictorial dust jacket.
Item 130Mystery in Marrakech
New York, NY: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1968. Cover illustrated by Joseph Cellini. Hardcover. 8vo. (5.5" x 8.25") Pictorial boards. A cold war era teen romance set in Morocco.
Item 129New Mexico Village Arts
Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 1970. Drawings by Lloyd Lozes Goff. Trade Paperback 8vo. (5.25" x 8") pictorial wrappers.
Item 128Dancing Gods: Indian Ceremonials of New Mexico & Arizona
Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 1970. Trade Paperback 8vo. (5.25" x 8") pictorial wrappers.
Item 127Six Feet Under
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1982. Book Club Edition. Hardcover 8vo. (5.5" x 8.5") Terracotta colored boards, titles in black. A Luke Thanet Mystery.
Item 126Windy City Blues
New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. (6" x 8.5") Yellow boards, black1/4 cloth gilt title to spine. A V.I. Warshawski short stories compilation. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the title page.
Item 125Blood Shot
New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo. (6.5" x 9.5") Blue boards, purple 1/4 cloth gilt title to spine. A nice first edition of the fifth V. I. Warshawski novel. Signed by author to title page.
Item 124Deadlock
Garden City, NewYork: The Dial Press, 1984. Jacket by Terrence M. Fehr. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. (6" x 8.5") Blue boards, black 1/4 cloth gilt title to spine. A nice first edition of the second V. I. Warshawski novel. Signed by author to title page.
Item 123Indemnity Only
New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 1991. Jacket illustration by Cameron Wasson. 1991 Edition first printing thus. Hardcover. 8vo. (6" x 8.5") Black boards, purple 1/4 cloth gilt title to spine. The First V. I. Warshawski novel.1991 Edition with a new intro by Paretsky. Signed by author to title page...
Item 121A Confederacy of Dunces
New York. Grove Press, 2005. Trade Paperback. 8vo. Blue pictorial wraps.