New York: Avon, 1986. First Edition. First printing (paperback original). Inscribed "To Laurie" on title page; signed, undated but apparently contemporary with publication. Mass market paperback; 276pp. Wrappers lightly creased and worn; small abrasion to rear wrapper; Very Good. More

New York: Belmont Books, 1961. First Edition. Biography detailing "the uncensored life, loves, and fabulous career of "The Sex Kitten of French Moviedom." A superb copy. First Printing, a paperback original. Octavo; photo-illustrated wraps; yellow edge-staining; 157pp, [3]; with 32pp of black & white photo-illustrated plates. A fresh, Fine copy..... More

New York: Belmont Books, 1969. First Edition. Racially-charged, autobiographical novel by the Afro-Canadian author. Octavo; photo-illustrated wrappers; green edge-staining; 172,[4]pp. Some pinpoint wear to extremities, else Fine and unread, with the edge-staining bright and unfaded. More

New York: Hillman Periodicals, Inc., 1942. Reprint. The third entry in Hillman's "Detective Novel Classics" series, this humorously lurid mystery pulp tells the tale of an "electrical wizard" who is found dead in his personal electrocuting chamber (every house needs one). Our range of suspects include the usual dames and..... More

New York: Dell Publishing Company, [1951]. First Edition. A paperback original novel. Slim octavo (16.25cm); pictorial card wrappers, stapled; [64]pp. Trivial wear along spine-fold, subtle tanning to text edges, with faint previous owners name on upper margin of title page; Near Fine. First separate edition of this novella, originally published..... More

New York: Lion Book by arrangement with Prime Publications, [1953]. First Edition. First Printing. 12mo (16cm.); original pictorial card wrappers, all edges stained dark purple-black; 128pp. Upper wrapper with several faint crease marks, general shelf-wear, else About Very Good. Early Thompson novel about a newly-paroled man escaping assassination. Institutionally scarce..... More

New York: Popular Library, [1970]. First Edition. 12mo (17.25cm.); original black photo-illustrated card wrappers, all edges stained green; 128pp. Minor rubbing along spine edges, a few dampstains affecting edge stain, textblock uniformly toned as usual, else Very Good or better, apparently unread. Novelization of the 1964 film of the same..... More

New York: Collier Books, 1972. First Collier Books Edition. Attractive reissue of the Guayanese author's first book, which first saw publication in 1926. Tropic Death features "stories and sketches of poor blacks in the West Indies and Panama, reflecting the speech, rhythm, and myths that exist among a people faced..... More

New York: Avon Books, 1960. First Edition. First Printing, a paperback original novel. Octavo (17.75cm); pictorial card wrappers; yellow edge-staining; [4],5-159,[1]pp. Trivial wear to extremities, first half of textblock bound slightly out of alignment; Very Good+ or better, with the edge-staining bright and even. Late novel by Woolrich, first serialized..... More

New York: Pyramid Books, 1969. First Pyramid Edition. Collection of eight short stories, each centered on "a Negro, involved cruelly with his surroundings, beaten down by them; each central figure is in one way or another misunderstood by the world he knows..." (from rear wrapper). Octavo (18cm); illustrated wrappers; yellow-orange..... More