Brewer's Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Phrase and Fable
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, April 1992. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. More
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, April 1992. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. More
Summer 2007. Stapled Magazine. More
Stapled Magazine. A mild amount of damp-staining throughout; still, a nice copy. More
Fall 2009. Stapled Magazine. Very minor damp-staining to pages, resulting in faint waviness. Still, a nice copy. More
Spring 2007. Stapled Magazine. More
Late Autumn/Early Winter 2007. Stapled Magazine. More
Summer 2005. Stapled Magazine. More
Autumn 2008. Stapled Magazine. Mylar covered. More
Harvest/HBJ Book, April 1980. Trade Paperback. The author's experiences in Greenwich Village, where she defends young writers against the Establishment, and her trip across the country in an old Ford to California and Mexico. "[Nin is] one of the most extraordinary and unconventional writers of this century" (New York Times..... More
Oxford University Press, USA, December 1998. Hardcover. This book - a detailed explanation and defense of standard American English - contains more than 700 pages of crisp, authoritative guidance on hundreds of questions of grammar and usage. "A Dictionary of Modern American Usage" treats all these topics and more: basic..... More
Routledge, October 1996. Trade Paperback. Film Policy is the first comprehensive overview of the workings of the international film industry. The authors examine film cultures and film policy across the world, explaining why Hollywood cinema dominates the global film market, and the effects of the rise of television and video..... More
Motorbooks International, October 2004. Oversize Softcover. Edited by Darwin Holmstrom. Get ready to rock, roll, and rumble through 100 years of Harley-Davidson history. Hit the highway with acknowledged authorities as you travel through a full century of Panheads, Shovelheads, Knuckleheads, Cafe Racers, and Evolutions.Cruise through the history of power and..... More
Berkley Trade, June 2010. Trade Paperback. An unashamedly sexy collection (Glamour) featuring today's top female writers hiding behind naughty pseudonyms. A unique and sexy collection of bedtime stories by bestselling, award- winning, and well-known novelists delivering the goods under their X- rated pseudonyms. So who's who? We're not telling. After..... More
Unknown. The Moleskine Classic Notebooks is a reliable travel companion, perfect for calculations, thoughts and passing notes. This sapphire blue hard cover notebook has rounded corners, acid free paper, a bookmark, an elastic closure and an expandable inner pocket. Specifications: - Layout: Ruled Paper - Dimensions: 5 x 8-1/4 -..... More
Moleskine, February 2008. Novelty. The Soft Cover pocket notebook with plain pages has a flexible yet sturdy cover that adapts to the movements of the body and fits comfortably in any pocket. This is a reliable travel companion, perfect for writings, thoughts and passing notes. Every Moleskine product is thread..... More
Moleskine, January 2008. Novelty. This basic, yet classic Large Plain notebook is one of the best-selling Moleskine notebooks. This reliable travel companion, perfect for sketches, thoughts and passing notes, has a cardboard bound cover with rounded corners, acid free paper, a bookmark, an elastic closure and an expandable inner pocket..... More
Moleskine, February 2008. Novelty. The Soft Cover large notebook with plain pages has a flexible yet sturdy cover that adapts to the movements of the body and fits comfortably in any pocket. This is a reliable travel companion, perfect for writings, thoughts and passing notes. Every Moleskine product is thread..... More
Moleskine, January 2008. Novelty. This basic, yet classic Pocket Ruled notebook is one of the best-selling Moleskine notebooks. This reliable travel companion, perfect for writings, thoughts and passing notes, has a cardboard bound cover with rounded corners, acid free paper, a bookmark, an elastic closure and an expandable inner pocket..... More
Moleskine, January 2008. Novelty. This basic, yet classic Large Ruled notebook is one of the best-selling Moleskine notebooks. This reliable travel companion, perfect for writings, thoughts and passing notes, has a cardboard bound cover with rounded corners, acid free paper, a bookmark, an elastic closure and an expandable inner pocket..... More
Moleskine, February 2008. Novelty. The Soft Cover large notebook with ruled pages has a flexible yet sturdy cover that adapts to the movements of the body and fits comfortably in any pocket. This is a reliable travel companion, perfect for writings, thoughts and passing notes. Every Moleskine product is thread..... More
Moleskine, February 2008. Novelty. The Soft Cover pocket notebook with ruled pages has a flexible yet sturdy cover that adapts to the movements of the body and fits comfortably in any pocket. This is a reliable travel companion, perfect for writings, thoughts and passing notes. Every Moleskine product is thread..... More
Barnes & Noble Books, January 2003. Hardcover. More
Chartwell Books, October 2015. Oversized Hardcover. Muscle Cars: An Illustrated Guide contains comprehensive coverage of more than 75 of America's greatest muscle cars, from the classic 1960s Pontiac GTO to the 21st century Ford Mustang Cobra. No muscle car throughout the past 100 years is left out of this gorgeous..... More
Publications International, January 2007. Hardcover. Muscle Cars: Kings of the Street from the Golden Era has more than 90 cars that are profiled, including their mechanical and design highlights and their place in the muscle car pecking order.Insightful descriptions from the Auto Editors of Consumer Guideand photographs on every page.Exclusive..... More
Black Dog Publishing, May 2011. Trade Paperback. New Wave is an illustrated adventure into the incredible world of flags, revealing that there is often more than meets the eye. From the infamous national flags through to signal flags, artistic flags, sporting flags and many more. New Wave presents useful general..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, September 1999. Hardcover. How often are attempts to broaden your knowledge of modern thought frustrated by terms and allusions that you do not understand? In this age of rapid-fire informational exchange and unprecedented specialization, no one can honestly claim to know the whole vocabulary of..... More
Grove Press, January 1969. Hardcover. More
Ertel Publishing, Inc., November 2006. Soft Cover. After knocking on the door for decades, Germany's Porsche finally stepped into the big time of international auto racing with its Type 917 in 1969. Its phenomenal air-cooled flat-12 engine powered the 917 to 15 wins in world sports-car championship races from 1969..... More
Plume, March 1984. Trade Paperback. The delicious and erotically charged sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, from the author of Beauty's Kingdom. This sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, the first of Anne Rice's (writing as A.N. Roquelaure) elegantly written volumes of erotica, continues her explicit, teasing exploration..... More
Plume, June 1985. Trade Paperback. From Anne Rice, author of Beauty's Kingdom, the final book in the erotic Sleeping Beauty series Before E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey and Sylvia Day's Bared to You, there was Anne Rice's provocative take on the timeless fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty. " In the..... More
Plume, June 1985. Trade Paperback. From Anne Rice, author of Beauty's Kingdom, the final book in the erotic Sleeping Beauty series Before E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey and Sylvia Day's Bared to You, there was Anne Rice's provocative take on the timeless fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty. " In the..... More
Plume, June 1985. Trade Paperback. From Anne Rice, author of Beauty's Kingdom, the final book in the erotic Sleeping Beauty series Before E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey and Sylvia Day's Bared to You, there was Anne Rice's provocative take on the timeless fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty. " In the..... More
Greenery Press (CA), December 1998. Paper Back. Down-to-earth information about how consensual owner-slave relationships really work. Detailed suggestions on service, sex, ownership symbols, rewards, punishments, contracts and more. Uncommon & out of print BDSM title. Mild user wear. Two or three pages wiith pink highlighting. [87 pages]. More
Hanover Square Press, June 2021. Hardcover. NOW A NATIONAL BESTSELLERNew York Times bestselling authors Dan Abrams and David Fisher bring to life the incredible story of one of America's most publicized--and most surprising--criminal trials in history.No crime in history had more eyewitnesses. On November 24, 1963, two days after the..... More
Quality Paperback Book Club, January 1995. Trade Paperback. Very clean copy. Lavishly illustrated throughout. More
Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963. Cloth. {5 & 1/2' x 8 & 1/2'} in tattered, torn DJ with clipped front flap. Darkened spine. Jacket verso also darkened at folds & spine. Foxing & fingerprint stains on white background areas of DJ design. Red cloth covered board with black lettering along..... More
Random House, January 2001. Trade Paperback. Bookplate. More
Pocket, October 1992. Oversize Softcover. More
Grosset & Dunlap, 1945. Reprint. Cloth. Octavo. Pine green cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Full color illustration by Arthur Szyk on front board and end pages, frontispiece and elsewhere. Foxing to fore-edge. Wear to board edges. Bumped/worn corners. [343 pages]. More
Grossett & Dunlap, January 1945. Cloth. Octavo. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine & color Szyk's illustration on plate affixed to front panel. Cloth is dust stained with spotty discoloration. End pages and frontispiece also full color Szyk's illustrations. More B&W and color illustrations scattered through text..... More
Fawcett/Gold Medal, January 1963. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Plume, January 1999. Library Binding. This sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, the first of Anne Rice's elegantly written volumes of erotica, continues her explicit, teasing exploration of the psychology of human desire. Beauty, having indulged in a secret and forbidden infatuation with the rebellious slave Prince Tristan, is..... More
Dover Publications, June 1977. Paper Back. Here are 112 brilliant tricks, dazzling flourishes and fascinating manipulations easily mastered with this step-by-step guide. For each trick, the author describes the effect to be produced. Then, in a combination of clear descriptions and drawings, he precisely describes the method needed to achieve..... More
Point Press, January 1967. Soft Cover. 12mo. {4 & 1/2' x 7'}. Rubbing, user wear, & soiling to cover. Spine is crease but remains intact/sound. 124 pages. Translated into 3 languages: Bosnian, German & English. More
Penguin, July 1978. Paper Back. Heavily foxed. Soiled. Sunned spine. Darkened throughout. Well worn, not pretty. Non-authorial gift inscription. Reading copy with no underlining. More
Collectors Publications [1967], January 1967. Mass Market PaperBack. Spine wear; pages browned. More
Grosset & Dunlap, January 1972. Trade Paperback. More
Price Stern Sloan Pub, January 1972. Hardcover. More
Grosset & Dunlap, January 1972. Paper Back. More
Ballantine Books, April 1979. First Edition. Oversize Softcover. First printing. More
CLASSICS LIBRARY, January 1969. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Edward Bagshawe, 1924. Soft Cover. Octavo. {5 & 1/2' x 8 & 1/2'} There is no publication date, but other dealers list this in early 1920s. Sewn binding.Darkening along spin Edgeworn. Two different previous owner's have inked there name and a date on first inside page. The earliest of these..... More
L. Davenport & Co./ Edward Bagshawe & Co., May 1933. Stapled Pamphlet. Octavo {6' x 9 & 1/2'}; Yellow cardstock cover with black lettering & devices/photographs. Cover foxing/grey stains. Fold is split one & one-half inch from top and one-half inch from bottom. There is a small one-quarter inch chip..... More
Oxford University Press, USA, September 1990. Hardcover. From Jacques Derrida's différance to Henry James's ficelle, the vocabulary of literary theory and criticism can seem difficult if not opaque. Yet a grasp of these terms can often enhance our enjoyment and understanding of literature. To help clarify the reader's bafflement, The..... More
Volute/Naiad, January 1983. Mass Market PaperBack. Small sticker scar at bottom of front cover; typical shelf wear; else, a good, solid copy. More
Hamish Hamilton, January 1982. Trade Paperback. More
Legal Classics Library, January 1982. Limited. Leather. Quarto without jacket as issued; dark brown leather with gold decor & lettering. 'privatedly printed for members of 'The Legal Classics Library'. Silk ribbon marker & bookplate printed & numbered for members (with name); number '1183'; facsimile from the copy of the 1648..... More
Buckethead Enterprises of Oz, May 1991. First Edition. Paper Back. Stated, 'First Edition' but some parts of this had previously been published. Discoloration streaks on cover. 184 pages. More
Columbia Univesity Libraries, January 1956. First Edition. Stapled Pamphlet. Octavo. {5 & 1/2' x 8 & 1/4'} Stapled pamphlet with darkening along spine edge. Mildly tanned front cover. Heavily, marginally tanned back cover. Internal text without markings. No underlining. No notations. Etc. 50 pages. More
Harper & Brothers Publishers, January 1960. Cloth. Tattered, torn dust jacket with large chip at top of spine & 2 large (three inch & two inch) tears at top of back panel & bottom of front panel. NOT price clipped with original price of $2.95 on front flap. Red &..... More
Villard, April 2006. Trade Paperback. "Some day I'm going to do and say everything I want to do and say, and if people don't like it I don't care."-Scarlett O'Hara, from Gone with the Wind Ever since the publication of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 epic blockbuster, Gone with the Wind, Scarlett..... More
Chronicle Books, May 2010. Hardcover. Cycling is exploding in a good way. Urbanites everywhere, from ironic hipsters to earth-conscious commuters, are taking to the bike like aquatic mammals to water. BikeSnobNYC cycling's most prolific, well-known, hilarious, and anonymous blogger brings a fresh and humorous perspective to the most important vehicle..... More
A.L. Burt Company, 1929. Cloth. In edgeworn dustjacket with several tears. Darkened at margins. Some soiling. Toning. Azure blue cloth covered boards with black lettering and stamped black illustrations on spine and front panel. Mild tanninb to end pages. Yellow top tinting darkened by years on shelves. Fore-edge and bottom..... More
Studio, September 1980. First Thus. Cloth. {11' x 9'} Oblong. In dustjacket. Red end pages. Facsumile of original 1896 edition. Navy blue cloth covered boards with gold decoration & lettering, spine, front & rear panel. [55 pages]. More
BLACK SWAN, January 2007. Trade Paperback. A story of innocence existing within the most terrible evil, this is the fictional tale of two young boys caught up in events beyond their control. As is. One page has a closed tear. Does not effect text. More
Dell Publishing, January 1971. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. First Dell mass market edition. Creased spine. Heavy shelf wear. Foxing/tanning. Heavy foxing textblock edges. [216 pp.]. More
Alfred A. Knopf, January 1956. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo in chipped, torn & creased with sun bleached spine. Foxing & damp stains, most visible on verso. Flap is not clipped. Rose red cloth with black lettering. Much of the red cloth is washed out and turned to a blush color..... More
Fall River Press, December 2014. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. The stunning women who have graced the cover of Playboy magazine have enticed millions from the fifties through to today. Now Hugh Hefner has chosen 200 of Playboy's most breathtaking, innovative covers for this lush retrospective, digitally reproduced and in colour..... More
Motorbooks International / Motor Racing Publicvations, January 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. {7 & 1/2' x 9 & 1/2'} In edgeworn dustjacket with toning. DJ worn along spine with cracked laminate. Brown paper covered boards with stamped silver lettering along spine. Slightly leaning spine. More
American Film Institute, January 1999. Oversized Hardcover. Still in shrinkwrap. More
Swan Sonnenschein & Co. / Gale Research Company, 1968. Reprint. Cloth. Dust stained chartreuse cloth covered boards with gold lettering in olive green rectangular title plate on spine. Dustjacket is missing. Bright, clean, olive green end pages. Mildly darkened top textblock edge. Small fingernail shaped dust stain textblock bottom edge..... More
Macmillan, January 1961. First Edition. Cloth. First US edition in dustjacket with sunned spine, worn edges and two inch tear top edge at front fold. Tanned verso. Front flap not clipped. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine and small tooled illustration of automobile steering wheel. Top edge..... More
Garland Publishing, March 1990. Hardcover. First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. (7 & 1/4 inches x 10 & 1/4 inches) Quarto without dustjacket in pictorial boards. Black end pages. Clean, sound, tight binding. Without markings. (928 pages). More
The Folio Society, 2006. Hardcover. In dark red slipcase. More
Donohue & Henneberry, January 1891. Cloth. Early printing, possibly a first edition variant. Burgundy cloth with black lettering with stamped black floral decorative illustration front panel and tooled black borderlines likewise on front panel. Gold lettering (that is starting to fade) on spine. Boards wearing at edges. Corners bruised. Cloth..... More
Konemann, January 1997. Cloth. Folio. {10 & 1/2' x 12 & 1/2'} In dustjacket with stressed edges and rough hewn one-inch tear top of rear panel. Red cloth covered boards with silver lettering. Clean, bright, with unmarked interiors. [338 pages]. More
Farrar, 1982, January 1982. Trade Paperback. More
Venice, October 1969. First Edition. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Seeley, Service and Co ltd, January 1925. Hardcover. Mild slant to spine. Rubbing & shelf wear. Tanning to textblock edges. More
Penguin Group USA Inc, February 1997. Trade Paperback. As a man and an artist, Orson Welles was larger-than-life--vivid, energetic, unpredictable, and riveting. But in this first volume of his masterful, highly acclaimed biography, Simon Callow finally captures the chameleonic genius whole, as only an actor/director deeply rooted in the entertainment..... More
Harry N. Abrams, March 1989. Oversized Hardcover. A re-issue of Graeme Base's colourful interpretation of Lewis Carroll's famous Jabberwocky poem, from Alice Through the Looking Glass. More
University Microfilms, Xerox, January 1964. Cloth. Octavo. In pigeon blue cloth covered stiff cardstock slipcase. Dust stains. Rubberstamped with the word, 'Sharpley' front panel of slipcase. No lettering or illustrations upon case. Likewise, pigeon blue cloth covered cardstock with dark green lettering along spine & ivy sprig design stamped top..... More
E.P. Dutton, 1929. First Thus. Cloth. First American Edition in dust-stained, spine-darkened pink dustjacket with blue lettering and chipping/edgewear with considerable wear to top of spine. Spine & corners Carolina blue & boards sky blue. Much faded/darkened gilt printed paper labels spine and front board. Edges of cloth worn/frayed top..... More
Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1900. Reprint. Cloth. Octavo. [5 & 3/4' x 8 & 3/4'] This looks to be a 1900 First edition. And many other dealers agree with this opinion. Nevertheless, knowledgeable voices,in the business of books, voices much more knowledgeable than my own, say there is a 1898..... More
Pantheon Books, January 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition. Octavo. Dustjacket is missing. Brown cloth covered spine & caramel colored cloth covered boards. Gold lettering on spine and front panel. Slightly fade edges of cover. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front free end page. A small number of red..... More
Pocket, September 1985. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Minnesota Historical Society Press, September 1993. Paper Back. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, this is Lindbergh's own account of his historic transatlantic flight in 1927. Chosen as one of the "100 Greatest Adventure Books" of all time by National Geographic Adventure magazine. More
Random House, January 1978. Oversize Softcover. More
Museum of Modern Art, December 1989. Paper Back. More
FOREIGN LANGUAGE, January 1979. Paper Back. {7' X 8'} Wonderful, unique color illustrations. Adapted from the cartoon film of the same name. Mild user wear. Some darkening/foxing. Rubber stamped image of face (that does not belong in book verso of cover. [84 pages]. More
And/or Pr, September 1979. Oversize Softcover. Rear cover a bit soiled; else, a bright, clean, tight copy. More
Putnam Juvenile, September 1973. Hardcover. More
Writer's Digest Books, March 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Ebbry-blastin'-theng ye needs must know-oo to lay tongue liker aargh-thentic pirate, by the devil's twisted tail. Take a tour through the world of piracy with the only authoritative work on the pirate language. A comprehensive course in pirate vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, and..... More
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, November 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Out of all the many stars and celebrities Hollywood has produced, only a handful have achieved the fame--and, some would say, infamy--of Orson Welles, the creator and star of what is arguably the greatest American film, Citizen Kane. Many books..... More
Brooklands Books, August 1998. Oversize Softcover. The Firebird had excellent sales in its first half year and the 400 V8 made it a force to be reckoned with. There were few changes in 1968 but the 1969 car was longer and heavier, so sales slipped. In March 1969, therefore, Pontiac..... More
Fitzhenry & Whiteside/Godwit, 1989. Soft Cover. More
Verso, 1998. First Edition. Cloth. In the late summer of 1996, a young reporter on a California newspaper electrified the United States with the charge that the CIA had conspired in the smuggling of cocaine into the US, subsequently disseminated in the form of crack into black urban neighbourhoods. In..... More
Will Goldston Limited, January 1920. Hardcover. 12mo. {4 & 3/4' x 7 & 1/2'} Illustrated paper covered boards heavily worn at edges. A vertical crack is starting parallel to spine front and back, though hinge remains solid. Dust staining of textblock fore-edge and top and bottom edge. Front free end..... More