Foundling Books

CHARLES KURALTS AMERICAN MOMENTS.

Kuralt, Charles, edited by Peter Freundlich with Foreword by Charles Osgood · 1998

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0684859033. DJ, no faults, appears as new. ; 256 pages; A collection of enchanting and sometimes touching stories from the series of brief television essays about the people, places, and ideas ...

AL'S BLIND DATE.

Greene, Constance C. · 1989

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

New York: Viking, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0670828157. DJ, new book, black remainder mark on foot near spine, blue boards, brown cloth binding, DJ crease top of rear, quarter inch tear top rear flap fold, bright and clean inside and out. ; 161 page...

FLYING SOUTH.

Geyer, Nancy · 1982

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. DJ, red cloth boards, binding, DJ very light creasing to front and top edges, o/w book and DJ appear as new. ; 184 pages; Authors first novel is the story of a not so liberated house wife coming...

THE GOLDEN GATE.

MacLean, Alistair · 1976

$7.00 (€6.35 | £5.30 | ¥1,118)

Doubleday & Co. 1976. First US Edition. Hardcover. DJ, red boards, blue cloth binding nice and tight as new, dated gift inscription to previous owner on ffep, very slight edge wear head and foot of spine, DJ quarter inch tear top front 2 inch tear on rear top at flap hinge, li...

A RECONSTRUCTED CORPSE A Charles Paris Mystery.

Brett, Simon · 1994

$7.00 (€6.35 | £5.30 | ¥1,118)

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. DJ, orange boards, gray cloth binding, spine slightly cocked, DJ very lightly rubbed. ; 189 pages; Simon Brett knows theater. He also knows radio and television drama and situation comedy and qu...

ANYTHING FOR A LAUGH A Collection of Jokes and Anecdotes That You, Too, Can Tell and Probably Have.

Cerf, Bennett Illustrated by O'Connor Barrett · 1946

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

Grosset & Dunlap, 1946. . In DJ, some slight discoloration along top edge of spine and front board, boards bright, DJ tears and missing top half inch. At top of spine. ; 117 pages; Classic American humor.. VG/P.

DAGMAR SCHULTZ AND THE POWERS OF DARKNESS.

Hall, Lynn · 1989

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. DJ, beige boards, green cloth binding, only flaw is 3 rubber stamp impressions to front ep, DJ extremely light edge wear in couple spots, some very light rubs to back cover, price clipped, o, w ...

GRACIE A Love Story.

Burns, George · 1988

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

New York: G. P. Putnams Sons, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0399133844. Gray boards, charcoal cloth binding, slightest ripple to front free endpaper. Clean and bright inside and out, nice and tight, dustjacket rubbed, now in archival Brodart proctector....

BELLINGRATH GARDENS And the Bellingrath Home.

Anonymous · 1958

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

Mobile, AL: Bellingrath Morse Foundation1, 1958. First Edition (?). Hardcover. DJ, black boards, immaculate inside and out, DJ rubbed, edge wear, but still clean and bright. ; 48 pages; A pictorial story in color of the charm spot of the deep South near Mobile, Alabama.. F/VG.

SAND IN MY EYES.

Laune, Seigniora Russell Illustrated by Paul Laune · 1956

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott, 1956. First Edition (?). Hardcover. No DJ, brown boards, top of spine torn, binding nice and tight, light soiling, lower front corner bumped, color illustrated ep, previous owner' name on ffep. ; 256 pages; A woman's true story of the old We...

HANDWRITING ON THE WALL.

Lynn, David A. · 1967

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Columbus, OH: Sun Publishing, 1967. First Edition. TradePaperback. Trade pb, no DJ as issued, no creases, corners square, wraps soiled, some edge wear. ; 216 pages; A political expose of government waste, internal enemies, answers the question what are we doing in Viet Nam, ex...

CONVERSATIONS WITH KENNEDY.

Bradlee, Benjamin C. · 1975

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

New York: W. W. Norton & Co. 1975. Hardcover; Third Printing. ISBN: 0393087220. Blue cloth cover. Front free endpaper torn out. Reading copy only. ; Author's account of dealings with President Kennedy with several pages of photos.. P/NONE.

SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR.

Buckley, William F. , Jr. · 1985

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday & Co. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ, black boards, red cloth binding, DJ some light edgewear, especially top of spine, price clipped, lightly soiled. ; 351 pages; A Blackford Oakes espionage tale of the Cuban Missile Crisis.. F/VG.

MALCOLM FORBES The Man Who Had Everything.

Winans, Christopher · 1990

$8.60 (€7.80 | £6.51 | ¥1,373)

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0312051344. DJ, black boards, cloth binding, ffep scuffed from removal of tape, DJ rubbed, especially back. ; 227 pages; The story of the public persona and private, and even secret, life of th...

MY SISTER THE PANTHER.

Thiam, Djibi translated by Mercer Cook · 1980

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. 1980. First American Edition. Hardcover. DJ, brown cloth boards, top corners very slightly bumped, DJ edge and corner wear. ; 203 pages; A native hunter in western Africa must kill a killer panther that symbolizes his tribe's unity with nature.. F/VG.

THE PANTHER PAW.

Ross, Jane Barks · 1977

$135.00 (€122.48 | £102.17 | ¥21,560)

Columbus, OH: Avonelle Associates, Ltd. 1977. First Edition (?). TradePaperback. Illustrated by Author Vertical crease at hinge on front cover and front flyleaf, top corner of front cover and pages slightly curled, DJ top front slightly warped, edge wear to top front, 2 half i...

SHORTSTOP SHADOW.

Brier, Howard · 1950

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

New York: Junior Literary Guild and Random House, 1950. Hardcover. No DJ, ex lib. With usual markings, illustrated orange boards, library binding, soiled, writing on ep, tears to top and bottom of spine, corners bumped, fraying, binding nice and tight, a well used book, but st...

MY SHADOW.

Stevenson, Robert Louis Illustrated by Glenna Lang · 1989

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Boston: David R. Godine, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0879237880. No DJ, gray cloth covered boards, binding, nice and tight, bottom corners bumped, as is top and bottom of spine, clean and bright inside and out. ; 30 pages; A illustrated version of Ste...

MURDER OFF THE GLASS.

Katz, Michael J. · 1987

$7.00 (€6.35 | £5.30 | ¥1,118)

New York: Walker and Co. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. DJ in mylar, ex lib. With usual markings but no card pocket, black boards, spine slanted, DJ pasted to ep. ; 219 pages; Author's first book is a mystery about the murder of the color man for broadcasts of...

THE CASE OF THE FELON'S FIDDLE A McGurk Mystery.

Hildick, E. W. Illustrated by Lisl Weil · 1983

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

Columbus, OH: Weekly Readers Books, 1983. Not First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0027439003. No DJ as issued, top back of spine scraped, very light edge wear bottom of spine, front corners, book has no marks except rubber stamped bear on ffep, shows no signs of usage. ; 138 pages...