Fiction & Literature
James A. Michener: The Beginning Teacher and His Textbooks
Book Stops Here, September 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto {8 & 1/2 x 11'}. First printing, 'first edition limited to 800 copies for sale.' Quarto in DJ with slight curl to edges. Some small scuff marks and mild edgewear. Quarter bound: crimson cloth covered spine with gold lettering and cream..... More
The Black Dahlia
Mysterious Press, August 2006. Trade Paperback. The highly acclaimed novel based on America's most infamous unsolved murder case. Dive into 1940s Los Angeles as two cops spiral out of control in their hunt for The Black Dahlia's killer in this powerful thriller that is "brutal and at the same time..... More
The Cold Six Thousand
Knopf, May 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, White Jazz, American Tabloid... James Ellroy's high-velocity, best-selling novels have redefined noir for our age, propelling us within inches of the dark realities of America's recent history. Now, in The Cold Six Thousand, his most ambitious..... More
The Cold Six Thousand: A Novel (Vintage)
Vintage, June 2002. Trade Paperback. The internationally acclaimed author of the L.A. Quartet and The Underworld USA Trilogy, James Ellroy, presents another literary noir masterpiece of historical paranoia. In this savagely audacious novel, James Ellroy plants a pipe bomb under the America in the 1960s, lights the fuse, and watches..... More
White Jazz
Knopf, September 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Los Angeles, 1958. Killings, beatings, bribes, shakedowns--it's standard procedure for Lieutenant Dave Klein, LAPD. He's a slumlord, a bagman, an enforcer--a power in his own small corner of hell. Then the Feds announce a full-out investigation into local police corruption, and everything goes haywire..... More
STUDS LONIGAN: A Trilogy containing Young Lonigan, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, Judgment Day: with a new introduction by the author.
Modern Library Giant, 1970. Cloth. In price-clipped, edgeworn dustjacket. Black cloth covered boards with silver lettering on spine & stamped lilac 'ml' in lilac border. Likewise stamped lilac Modern Library running-man logo with two lilac bars. Tanned end pages. Tanned/su-darkened textblock edges top & fore-edge. (465 pages). More
The Bullet Swallower: A Novel
Simon & Schuster, January 2024. Hardcover. A Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Goodreads, CrimeReads, The Millions, StyleCaster, The EveryGirl, Sunset, Book Riot, and HipLatina January Recommended Reading by The Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, Book Riot, Nerd Daily, The Mary Sue, and Reading Between the Spines "Mesmerizing...wildly entertaining...Gonzalez is a...... More
Robert Frost: an Introduction: Poems, Reviews, Criticism
Holt, Rinehart & Winston, January 1966. Paper Back. Octavo. Worn edges. Mild tanning to spine. Previous owner's name in ink half title page and another name that is marked over on same page. At the end of text there are 3 pages entitled 'Topics for Papers' with all sorts of..... More
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment
Laurel Leaf, March 1983. Mass Market PaperBack. Jeanne Wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was uprooted from their home and sent to live at Manzanar internment camp--with 10,000 other Japanese Americans. Along with searchlight towers and armed guards, Manzanar ludicrously featured cheerleaders, Boy Scouts, sock hops..... More
Meeting Dr. Johnson (Penguin 60s Classics)
Penguin, August 1996. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Meeting Dr. Johnson (Penguin 60s Classics)
Penguin, August 1996. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Stephen Hero A Part of the First Draft of the Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man
New Directions, January 1944. Hardcover. With jacket that is in two pieces with spine entirely missing (under protective Brodart mylar). More
Robert Frost: A Collection of Critical Essays
Prentice-Hall, January 1962. Trade Paperback. 7TH PRINTING. More
Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman
Atlantic Monthly Press, January 1994. Trade Paperback. Once the squire of the mansion Andromeda Park and now a mere menial, Darcy Dancer embarks upon a series of adventures across the country and in bohemian Dublin in search of his lost youth. A hilariously comic, poignant novel of a remarkable young..... More
Crown of Stars
Tor Books, October 1990. Mass Market PaperBack. More
None But the Righteous: A Novel
Counterpoint, January 2023. Paper Back. Lyrical, riveting, and haunting from its opening lines, None But the Righteous is an extraordinary debut that signals the arrival of an unforgettable new voice in contemporary fiction "[A] profound debut novel . . . James captures the simple kindnesses of a cup of coffee..... More
Trondheim
Bellevue Literary Press, February 2024. Paper Back. NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE A son's collapse pulls his two mothers together and apart in a novel that probes the limits of love, hope, and forgiveness In Norway, thousands of miles from home, a student drops dead on the street. A passerby..... More
Fifty Shade of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy
Vintage, April 2012. Trade Paperback. "And in this quiet moment as I close my eyes, spent and sated, I think I'm in the eye of the storm. And in spite of all he's said, and what he hasn't said, I don't think I have ever been so happy." When literature..... More
Fifty Shades Darker: Book Two of the Fifty Shades Trilogy
Vintage, April 2012. Trade Paperback. "I rest my head against him, and he kisses my hair repeatedly. This is home. He smells of linen, fabric softener, bodywash, and my favorite smell--Christian. For a moment, I allow myself the illusion that all will be well, and it soothes my ravaged soul."..... More
Fifty Shades Freed: Book Three of the Fifty Shades Trilogy
Vintage, April 2012. Trade Paperback. "Christian, I've been yours since I said yes." I scoot forward, cupping his beloved face in my hands. "I'm yours. I will always be yours, husband of mine. Now, I think you're wearing too many clothes." When unworldly student Anastasia Steele first encountered the driven..... More
Racine: Phèdre (Landmarks of World Literature)
Cambridge University Press, January 1995. Trade Paperback. This introductory study presents Racine's Phèdre as the culmination of French classical tragedy. It situates the play in its historical, literary and theatrical context, shows its relationship with other tragedies of Racine, and sketches its influence on later European literature. It analyzes the..... More
The Ambassadors
Franklin Library, January 1982. Leather. Half Leather with raised bands, gold lettering and designs. Gilt edged print block and bound in silk bookmark. Still in shrink wrap, never opened. More
Daisy Miller
Penguin (Non-Classics), September 1995. Mass Market PaperBack. More
The Golden Bowl (Penguin Modern Classics)
Penguin Books, (1979). Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback. [547 pages]. More