Here is a partial listing of our books. We will be adding to this list constantly. We also will locate books for you. Click here for our featured selections.
If you want to see scans of any of these items, e-mail us and we will post the image on this site. Some of these books have lovely illustrations and frontispieces, which I'd be happy to scan for you. Also, I will post images of copyright pages.
All titles are hardback with dustjacket unless otherwise noted. Under the lettered categories, authors are not necessarily in alphabetical order, but instead follow the item numbers. (For instance, Auel could be before Addington under the "A" heading).
Don't miss our favorite authors, Anne Rice, Stephen King and Clive Barker. For an easy way to search by author or title, go to your browser's Edit column, click on Find and enter a keyword (i.e. "signed"). Note: for author searches, you must enter the author's last name, then first (i,e.: King, Stephen). Go here for anthogies, compilations, etc.
FEATURED SELECTIONS
001--HERMAN MELVILLE'S "MOBY DICK"--This is the 1930 1st edition of the one-volume Lakeside Press printing. It is filled with illustrations by the famous artist Rockwell Kent. It is black cloth with silver imprints on the front and spine. The book is in good condition, especially when you consider its age.
Click here to see the front or here to see the spine. I'd be happy to post more images of the copyright page, illustrations, etc. The 3-volume version of this book goes for around $2,500 and this book is valued at $500. Go to the ordering page to take advantage of the chance to steal this book for $225!!!
002--ANNE RICE'S "BELINDA" SIGNED FIRST--This book is in great condition with a signed bookplate laid inside. The bookplate is a printed drawing of Rice's Garden District New Orleans house, the focus of her Mayfair Witches series. A scan of the signature is available upon request--$100--ON HOLD
003--CLIVE BARKER'S "INCARNATIONS: THREE PLAYS" SIGNED--3rd, 1995. Fine in near fine. Barker's signature is on the title page--$55
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A001--Alcoholics Anonymous Third Edition, 32nd printing from 1988. This book has no DJ, blue cloth with gold printing. It is in fine condition--$7.50
A002--Anthony, Piers, "Being a Green Mother," First Edition stated, Dec. 1987, two VERY slight wrinkles along top of dust jacket. Otherwise in F/F condition with mylar wrap. Someone wrote an inscription to the owner on the first page--$15
A003--Auel, Jean, "The Plains of Passage," First Edition, 1990 Crown. Book is NF in NF dust jacket. Mild discoloration along bottom edges and previous owner wrote her first name on the front page--$7.50
A004--Auel, Jean, "The Mammoth Hunters," First Edition, 1985 Crown.Book is NF in NF dust jacket--$10
A005--Anonymous, "Joy," Book Club Edition, 1985--$7.50
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B001--Baldwin, James, "Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone," First Edition stated, 1968 published by the Dial Press. Book in near fine condition with a good jacket with yellowing and small tear on spine--$75
B002--Barker, Clive, "The Thief of Always," First Edition stated, 1992 Harper Collins NY. Book is in F/F condition, looks as new. This book is filled with great illustrations from the author--$15
B003--Barker, Clive, "The Great and Secret Show," First North American Edition, 1989 Harper and Row, Book is in F/F condition. Looks brand new--$25
B004--Barker, Clive, "Everville," First Edition, 1994, Harper Collins. Book is F/F--$20
B005--Barker, Clive, "The Thief of Always," EX-LIB, First, besides the dastardly library stamps, this book is fine in fine--$10
B006--Barker, Clive, "Sacrament," 1st, 1996. Book is as new--$15
B007--Barker, Clive, "Imajica," 1st, 1991. This book is immaculate and in mylar protective cover--$25
B008--Barker, Clive, "Weaveworld," Book Club Edition. Fine in fine--$7.50
B009--Barker, Clive, "Weaveworld," 1st EX-LIB. Good in good condition--$7.50
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B010--Bradley, Laura M., "West Woods, Nature Poems by Laura Bradley," SIGNED, the signature is a message to the author's friend, First Edition, 1967 by Exposition Press, N.Y. Book is fine in near fine dust jacket--$15
B011--Baldacci, David, "Total Control," 1st, 1997. Book is as new except a tiny water spot on page edges--$15
B012--Bear, Greg, "Songs of Earth and Power," 1st, 1994. Book is perfect--$15
B013--Borgenicht, Miriam, "False Colors," 1st, 1985. The book is very tight. Dustjacket has two small tears at edges--$10
B014--Brinkley, David, "Washington Goes to War," 1st, 1988. Book is fine in fine--$15
B015--Brown, Sandra, "Fat Tuesday," 1997 Book Club Edition. Book is fine in VG dustjacket--$5
B016--Baldwin, James, "Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone," 1st, 1968 by the Dial Press. The DJ shows some yellowing, but otherwise very nice. Only tiny tears at spine edge. Book is tight, in great shape--$40
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C001--Carcaterra, Lorenzo, "Sleepers," EX-LIB, 4th, 1995. Besides library markings, book is NF in fine with mylar--$7
C002--Clark, Mary Higgins, "Three Bestselling Novels: While My Pretty One Sleeps; Loves Music, Loves to Dance; All Around the Town," 1st, 1996, NO dustjacket--$5
C003--Crawford, F. Marion, "The Three Fates," 1892 MacMillan and Co., EX-LIB. The spine is intact and great except for the hideous library marker writing of the dewey decimal number. The rest of the book is good. Previous owner's inscription inside, last page (blank with no text) has tear--$5
C004--Cooke, Edmund, "Rimes to be Read," Revised and Enlarged Edition published Sept. 1905 by Dodge Publishing Co. The cover shows fading and white spotting. There is a red stain on the back. The inside is bright and clear, looks really good. No DJ. I've seen this book going for a lot, but due to its condition on the outside I'm keeping it cheap--$10
C005--Carroll, Lewis, "Further Nonsense: Verses and Prose by...," 1st Edition, 1926 by D. Appleton and Co. Author's last book. Illustrated by H.M. Bateman--$75
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D001--Defoe, Daniel, "Moll Flanders," 1st printing, which was a numbered limited edition, #1436 of 3,000!!, 1923 by Alfred Knopf. No DJ but the book is in great shape. There is intricate gold design on front which shows no signs of fading or age. Beautiful. There is an owner's inscription dated 1924 on first page--$50
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E001--Emerson, Ralph Waldo, "Essays and Addresses," 1906 by Scott, Foresman and Co. This hard-to-find edition was edited for school use by Benjamin A. Heydrick. The spine has faded some and there is a small light stain on the cover. The book is small, approximately 4x6 inches. Bluish-gray boards, no DJ. Black imprinting--$75
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F001--Fowler, H. Ramsey, "The Little Brown Handbook," Second Edition, 8th printing, 1983. Book is VG with no dustjacket. (This is a reference book that might not have come with DJ)--$5
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G001--Gordon, Armistead, "The Ivory Gate," appears to be a First, 1907 Neale Publishing Company. The book is in good shape, brown with gold lettering and gold on top page edges--$15
G002--Gerson, Allan, "The Kirkpatrick Mission," 1st, 1991. Book is fine in VG dustjacket with tear along back top edge--$12.50
G003--Grisham, John, "The Runaway Jury," First Book Club Edition, 1996. This book looks brand new--$7
G004--Guest, Judith, "Ordinary People," 2nd printing before publication. Book Club Edition? 1976. Owner's inscription on first page. Book is VG in VG dustjacket with a few small tears--$15
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H001--Heinlein, Robert, "Friday," First Edition, 1982 Holt Rinehart Winston. Book is F/F with mylar cover--$30
H002--Heinlein, Robert, "Friday," Book Club Edition with NO dustjacket. Book is in fine condition--$5
H003--Heinlein, Robert, "To Sail Beyond the Sunset," 1st, VG in VG. A fwe tears along dustjacket edges, but bright and clear--$12.50
H004--Hemingway, Ernest, "A Farewell to Arms," 1957 printing by Charles Scribner's Sons. There is no DJ, but the navy cloth book is in good condition--$25
H005--Hemingway, Ernest, "For Whom the Bell Tolls," 1968 printing by Charles Scribner's Sons. Also no DJ, navy cloth book in near fine condition--$25
H006--Hemingway, Ernest, "Islands in the Stream," 1970 printing by Charles Scribner's Sons with faded DJ, watermarks and tears to top front. Endpaper maps by Samuel H. Bryant--$40
H007--Hibler, Marguerite LaBarrer, "Piping Down the Valleys Wild," SIGNED, appears to be a First Edition, 1965 by Christopher Publishing House of Boston. Book is fine in a pretty good DJ with rubbing and two small tears along edges--$10
H008--Hawthorne, Nathaniel, "The House of the Seven Gables," 1st, 1913 by Houghton Mifflin with illustrations from photographs by Charles S. Olcott. No DJ, but the book's green board cover has a great illustration of the house. Book has mild rubbing at bottom and top and on spine edges. Otherwise, looks fabulous!--$25
H008-Hoy, Cyrus, "The Hyacinth Room," First Edition in 1964 by Knopf. There is no DJ and this is a library edition with stamps on ends and a card glued to the rear inside page--$15
I
I001--Irving, John, "A Son of the Circus," First Edition, 1994 Random House. Book is F/F--$20
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K001--King, Stephen, "Nightmares and Dreamscapes," First Edition, 1993 by Viking. Book is G in G condition. On first glance seems F/F, but closer inspection shows it got wet at some point. There is some fading on the book itself, wrinkle (but no discoloration on outside) of DJ spine--$10
K002--King, Stephen, "Nightmares and Dreamscapes," First Edition, 1993 Viking but this is Book Club. It is F/F--$5
K003--King, Stephen, "Desperation," First Edition Book Club, 1996 by Viking. Book is F/F--$5
K004--King, Stephen, "The Dark Half," First Edition, 1989 Viking. Book is fine in NF dust jacket with slight wrinkling along edges--$20
K005--King, Stephen, "Delores Claiborne," First Edition, 1993 Viking. Book is fine in NF dist jacket. The only flaw in the near-perfect jacket is slight rubbing in two spots on the gold lettering on the front--$20
K006--King, Stephen, "Insomnia," First Book Club Edition, 1994 Viking. Fine book in NF jacket with a fold along the spine--$10
K007--King, Stephen, writing as Richard Bachman, "The Regulators," First Edition, 1996 Viking. Book is F/NF but it is a Library book with mylar wrap. There is a stamp along the top page edges with a white sticker on the bottom of the spine--$7.50
K008--King, Stephen, "Pet Sematary," 1983, Doubleday, NF in NF. Book looks good but DJ is a little faded from age--$15
K009--King, Stephen and Peter Straub, "Talisman," 1st? I can't tell... NF in good dustjacket. It's biggest flaw is a tear on the front top of dust jacket, but otherwise looks new--$10
K010--King, Stephen, "The Tommyknockers," 1st, 1987, Book appears fine in fine, but if you open the dustjacket, the inside has a watermark--$15
K011--King, Stephen, "Four Past Midnight," 1st, 1990. NF in NF. The book looks pretty good, but a section of the bottom pages are bent and there is a small tear at the bottom right edge--$10
K012--King, Stephen, "Skeleton Crew," 5th printing, 1985 copyright. NF in NF--$15
K013--Kay, Terry, "Dark Thirty," 1st, 1984. NF (due to a marker mark on the bottom page edges) in NF dustjacket with two small tears along edges--$35
K014--Kipling, Rudyard, "Departmental Ditties, Ballads and Barrack-Room Ballads," 1899 printing by Doubleday. Owner's inscription (dated 1899 too) on first page. No DJ. Some rubbing to spine edges. A slight watermark to top of pages. Book is in great shape considering it is nearly a century old!--$20
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L001--Lawrence, D.H., "Women in Love," Seventh Printing in 1933 by Viking Press' Grosset and Dunlap. No DJ, but the book is in great shape considering its age. Black cloth with green and silver embossing on spine. There is a small tear at the bottom of the spine. There is one stamp on the front inside page stating it is from a lending library, but no other evidence as such--Not Priced Yet
L002--Lawrence, D.H., "Apocalypse," First American Edition in 1932, Viking Press with an introduction by Richard Aldington. No DJ, book is in near fine condition, black cloth with gold imprint and red along top paper edges--Not Priced Yet
L003--Lawrence, D.H., "The Virgin and the Gipsy," Third Printing in Nov. 1930 by Alfred Knopf. The book is in good condition, small tears along spine edges, no DJ. It is peach cloth wuth green imprint along spine, green paper edges on top. Someone wrote a gift inscription on the first page--Not Priced Yet
L004--Lewys, George, "Temple of the Pallas-Athenae," SIGNED by Lewys, 1924 limited edition #435 of 995 printed privately by the author. The blue and gold cloth book is in good condition. There is no DJ--$50
L005--Levin, Ira, "Stepford Wives," Book Club Edition, 1972. NF in Nf with yellowing at dustjacket edges--$7
L006--Ludlum, Robert, "The Road to Omaha," 1st, 1992. Fine in VG dustjacket. Jacket looks great except a tear at the bottom front cover--$10
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M001--Michener, James, "The Novel," First Edition, 1991 Random House. Book is fine in NF dust jacket. Its only flaw is a small tear along the top corner of spine--$12.50
M002--Michener, James, "The Source," First Edition, 1965 Random House. I've seen this book going for $100 or more, but this one is in bad shape with no DJ. There is fading on the book, a small tear at the top front spine's corner. The owner wrote her name and number on the front map endpaper. The only major flaw is the spine is coming loose, but it is held together--$40
M003--McCormick, Mona, "Guide to Reference Materials," Book Club Edition. Fine in fine dustjacket.--$5
M004--McManus, James, "Out of the Blue," 1st, 1984. Fine in fine dustjacket, looks great!--$20
M005--McNeill, Elizabeth, "Nine and a Half Weeks," 1st, 1978. Owner's incription on first page. Book is fine in near fine dustjacket with a tear along the edge--$22.50
M006--Minot, Susan, "Folly," 1st, 1992, price-clipped. This book is as new--$10
M007--Millay, Edna St. Vincent, "Conversation at Midnight," 4th Edition, 1937 by Harper Bros. Previous owner's bookplate inside. Corners mildly bumped. The book has no DJ, but blue boards, parchment label on spine--$15
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N001--Nourse, Alan, "The Practice," 1st, 1978. NF in NF with tears along edges--$15
N002--Norris, Kathleen, "Certain People of Importance," 1st, 1922 by Doubleday. This book has a neat fold-out family tree inside the front cover. No DJ, but the book itself is VG--$15
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O001--O'Hara, John, "The Time Element and Other Stories," 1st, 1972. VG in VG withs mall tears and wrinkling--$15
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P001--Packard, Vance, "The Sexual Wilderness," Book Club Edition, 1968. VG in VG with no tears--$7
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R002--Rice, Anne, "Witching Hour," Second Printing before publication, Nov. 14, 1990 Alfred A. Knopf, fine in VG dust jacket with one tiny tear at the top front of spine--$15
R003--Rice, Anne, "Lasher," First Edition, 1993, Alfred A. Knopf, fine in fine dust jacket. This book is as new--$20
R004--Rice, Anne, "Violin," First Edition, 1997, Alfred A. Knopf, this book looks like it is still sitting on the store shelf--$20
R005--Rice, Anne, "Interview With The Vampire," June 1995, Alfred A. Knopf, Twelth Printing of 1992 reissue with gold foil cover. This book and DJ are like new in mylar cover--$15
R006--Rice, Anne, "Interview With The Vampire," 1996 20th Anniversary SIGNED limited edition release of this 1976 classic in black slipcase. This book is fine in fine--$65
R007--Rice, Anne, "Interview With The Vampire," 1976 First Book Club Edition, near fine book in VG+ dust jacket. The jacket is slightly faded with small tears on the bottom corners of spine--$20
R008--Rice, Anne, "Queen Of The Damned," 1988, Second Printing before publication, fine in near fine dust jacket. The only flaw is a slight wrinkle on the top right corner--$25
R009--Rice, Anne, "Taltos," 1994, 1st, HBDJ. Fine in near fine dustjacket. Tiny tears on top spine corners--$12.50
R010--Rice, Anne, "Servant of the Bones," Reading Copy 1st. So-so copy with chew marks on bottom right corner--$5
R011--Rice, Anne, "Memnoch the Devil," 1995, 1st, HBDJ, fine in near fine dustjacket. Practically as new--$10
R012--Rice, Anne, "The Mummy," EX-LIB quality paperback. Book is in pretty good shape except library sticker--$5
R013--Rice, Anne, "The Tale of the Body Thief," 1st Book Club Edition. Book looks as new, in great condition--$7.50
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S001--Sayer, Mandy, "Dreamtime Alice," 1st, 1998. This book is perfect. This is an ADVANCED REVIWE COPY, but there is no evidence I can see on the book to identify it as such--$15
S002--Silverburg, Robert, "Infinite Jest," 1st, 1978. NF in NF dustjacket. Looks fabulous!--$20
S003--Strieber, Whitley, "Communion," 1st, 1978. NF in NF dustjacket. You'd never know it is 20 years old--$15
S004--Steel, Danielle, "A Message from Nam," 1st, 1990. Fine in fine dustjacket--$10
S005--Stowe, Harriet Beecher, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 1923? by A.L. Burt. The book has a frontispiece of Stowe. The title page has come loose but is still inside the book. No DJ. No date, but previous owner inscribed 1923 inside. Book's red cloth boards are VG, with gold page edges--$25
S006--Stephens, James, "A Poetry Recital," 1925 by Macmillan Co. Nice green boards with parchment title label on front. Boook looks nice but no DJ. (I wonder if it ever had one...)--$45
S007--Symonds, John Addington, "Wine, Women and Song: Medieval Latin Students' Songs," 1925? (I can't read Roman numerals-- It states: M CM XXV) by Chatto and Windus of London. Translated with an essay by Symonds. The book has no DJ with intricate gold design embelished on the cover. The spine is intact but taped (uggh! but it is clear tape) which is the only major flaw, and why I'm selling this for way lower than what it normally goes for. There is some pencil writing inside--$20
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U001--Uhnak, Dorothy, "False Witness," 1st, 1981. The book is fine but the back inside flap of the dustjacket is missing. The remainder of the dustjacket is VG with small tears--$5
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V001--Voltaire, (a.k.a. Francis Marie Arouet), "Best Known Works of...," 1927 by Blue Ribbon Books with portrait of Voltaire in front of book. No DJ. Blue/green page edges. The book is blue boards with some white spots on the top of the cover. Some fading on spine. Book is very tight.--$5
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W001--Waller, Robert James, "Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend," 1st, 1993. Book looks brand new--$10
W002--Waller, Robert James, "Puerta Vallarta Squeeze," 1st, 1995. This book too looks brand new--$10
W003--Witts, Max and Thomas, Gordon, "Voyage of the Damned," Book Club Edition, 1974. Book is NF in VG dustjacket with tear on front top of cover--$5
W004--West, Morris, "Lazarus," 1st, 1990. This book is as new--$10
W005--Woodward, Bob, "Wired," Biography of JAMES BELUSHI, 1st, 1984. NF in NF--$12
W006--Wolfe, Humbert, "Early Poems of...," 1931. Title page is attached to preface page and has small tear where someone tried to separate them. Book is VG+ with no DJ--$25
W007--Wells, H.G., "The Passionate Friends." 1st, published October 1913 by Harper Bros. The book has no DJ but looks pretty good. There are green cloth boards with crips gold lettering on the cover. Rubbing to the bottom right corner--$30
W008--Wells, H.G., "Meanwhile," 1st American Edition, 1927 by George H. Doran Co. The book is in nice condition with blue cloth boards, some rubbing to edges. There is some spotting to some of the pages--$40
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Z001--Zahn, Timothy, "Star Wars: Dark Force Rising," Vol. two of a three-book cycle. 1st, 1992. Fine in fine, this book is as new--$20
Anthologies, etc.
AA001--"Anchors Away: Verses by Midhipmen of the U.S. Navy," Edited with an introduction by William Kavanaugh Doty," Second Edition, 1924. This book has no DJ, but nice gold imprinted lettering--$20
AA002--"Literary Masterpieces," 1904 by Houghton Mifflin Co. Includes works of Franklin, Irving, Bryant, Webster, Everett, Longfellow, Hawthorne, Whittier, Emerson, Holmes, Lowell, Poe, Henry, Wirt, Johnson, Timrod, Lanier and Tabb. Includes lovely portraits of the writers accompanied by their printed signatures with a frontispiece of Irving. Book has no DJ. Spine edges are frayed. Brown boards with black imprint--$10
AA003--"Ten Greek Plays," 1929 by Oxford University Press. Translated by Gilbert Murray and others with introduction by Lane Cooper and a preface by H.B. Densmore. Includes works of Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides and Aristophanes. The book is in great shape with black boards, parchment label on spine--$15
AA004--"Twentieth Century Poetry," 1929 by Houghton Mifflin. Edited by John Drinkwater, Henry Seidel Canby and William Rose Benet. No DJ. The book has gold page edges. There is fading on the spine and previous owner's inscription on first page--$15
