Structure, Verses, Agency Books

The Hitler Scroll of North Africa: Moroccan and Tunisian Jewish Literature on the Fall of the Nazis

Saraf, Michal · 0

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

, Habermann Institute for Literary Research, Lod, Israel. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Uncommon in the trade, there being currently no additional copies available on-line. The author has chosen to focus on the bibliography of Jewish literary works associa...

A Partisan Guide to the Jewish Problem

Steinberg, Milton · 1945

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

New York, B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations in American Universities, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn...

The Promise of Buber: Desultory Philippics and Irenic Affirmations

Streiker, Lowell D. · 1969

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Philadelphia, PA, J.B. Lippincott, 1969. Second Printing. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Another fine contribution to the series, The Promise of Theology, Martin E. Marty, General Editor, others being devoted to Bonhoeff, Butmann, Heschel, Kierkegaard and others. Sturdy, attra...

Mazal Tov!: The Rituals and Customs of a Jewish Wedding

Shire, Michael · 2002

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

New York, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bound simply in brick-red cloth over boards. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, l...

American Klezmer: Its Roots and Offshoots

Slobin, Mark, ed. · 2002

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Berkeley, California, University of California Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities, bound in black cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. A fine collec...

Q Is for Quarry

Grafton, Sue · 2002

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, A Marion Wood Book, by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine novel featuring the fearless Kinsey Milhone protagonist homicide detective, "Q" in the alphabet. SIGNED by the author at title page. Superior copy, gift-q...

Summer of Fear

Parker, T. Jefferson · 1993

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, St. Martin's Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED and dated by the author at title page, from a reading in Portland, Oregon 10/5/02. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Boun...

Spanish Blood: A Collection of Short Stories

Chandler, Raymond · 1946

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Cleveland and New York, The World Publishing Company, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Bound in black cloth over boards, with red lettering to spine. Previous owner's addres...

See Them Flying, Houston Peterson's Air-Age Scrapbook, 1909-1910

Peterson, Houston · 1969

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

New York, Richard W. Baron, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall. A fabulous and visual primer in early aviation, both flights and pilots. Handsomely bound exemplar in a textured black cloth, with silver and red lettering inside a red border. Bright...

Murder with Mushrooms

Creasey, John, as Gordon Ashe · 1974

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. John Creasey, writing as Gordon Ashe, has penned a racing murder mystery; both authors' initials blind-stamped to front board. Stated First American Edition. Author also of A Li...

Contact! Story of the Early Birds

Villard, Henry Serrano · 1968

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

New York, Bonanza Books, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sub-title on front cover adds "man's first decade of flight from Kitty Hawk to World War I. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "a" in "number" line present. Big, tall, quarto format har...

Blacklist

Paretsky, Sara · 2003

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at first free endpaper in a bordered label. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Another...

Parallel Lies

Pearson, Ridley · 2001

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

New York, Hyperion Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at title page and dated by him, July 11, '01, likely from a Portland, Oregon reading. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and ...

Killer View

Pearson, Ridley · 2002

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sun Valley police detective Walt Fleming returns in another hard-boiled thriller. SIGNED by the author at title page. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible we...

Triggerman's Dance

Parker, T. Jefferson · 1996

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Hyperion Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author and dated (10/5/02) at title page. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Bound in two-tone pap...

The Curious Eat Themselves: An Alaskan Mystery

Straley, John · 1993

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Soho Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" or "a" in "number" line present. Recalls the work of other "indigenous" mystery writers and protagonists such as Arthur Upfield and Tony Hillerman. Str...

A Blind Eye

Ford, G.M. · 2003

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, WIlliam Morrow, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at title page, the author of two prior murder mysteries, Fury and Black River, both featuring the homicide detective Frank Corso. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, insi...

The Two Minute Rule

Crais, Robert · 2006

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Simon & Schuster , 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at title page, the author of many fine murder mysteries, including The Forgotten Man, The Last Detective, Hostage, Demolition Angel, L.A. Requiem, Indigo Slam, Sunset Exp...

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Dickens, Charles; Leon Garfield · 1980

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Pantheon Books, 1980. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Who killed Edwin Drood? Was it his opium-addict cousin, John Jasper, or the brooding Neville Landless? Was it an act of jealous passion or was it prompted by a darker, more ominous evil? Or...

The Death at Yew Corner

Forrest, Richard · 1980

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Bea and Lyon Wentworth are a crime-detecting married couple who feature in a series murder mysteries crafted by Richard Forrest. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little di...