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: Ace Books, 1963. First Edition. "The human remnants of the intersystem wars play a territory-oriented game designed to maximize births in an almost sterile population." LEVACK 18a. First Printing, a paperback original novel. Octavo; illustrated wrappers; yellow edge-staining; 191pp, [1] ad leaf. Light tanning to text edges, with..... More

New York: Fawcett Publications / Gold Medal Books, 1951. First Edition. The first of the author's 13 paperback original novels, telling the story of James Cassidy, war hero, former football star and airline pilot, who works as an alcoholic bus driver after being wrongly blamed for an airline crash. He's..... 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: Popular Library, 1952. First Edition. First Printing, a paperback original novel. Octavo (16cm); pictorial card wrappers; teal edge-staining; [6],7-191,[1]pp. Light wear and rubbing to extremities, a few faint creases, and some subtle fading to text edges; Very Good or better. Suspenseful novel centered around a woman who unknowingly..... More

New York: Pyramid Books, [1969]. First Edition. Novel about two slaves who are sold to a sadistic slave owner during the early 1800's, one who seeks hard labor from the men and sex from the women. Basis for the 1969 film directed by Herbert Biberman - one of the Hollywood..... More

New York: Vintage Books, 1974. First Edition. First volume of poems by this African American activist, sentenced to 20 years in North Carolina on charges stemming from a 1960's Civil Rights incident. First Printing, a paperback original. Octavo (18.5cm); illustrated wrappers; 97, [3]pp. Mild tanning to text edges, with faint..... More

[New York]: Dell Book, [1969]. First Edition. Late novel by the American fantasy author, describing the invasion of a cannibalistic "hallucinogenic people from underearth!" (rear cover). 12mo (17.5cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers, all edge stained green; 189pp. Wrapper extremities a bit worn and creased, textblock slightly toned; overall Very Good..... More

Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications / Gold Medal Books, 1967. First Edition. First Printing, a paperback original novel. Octavo (18cm); pictorial card wrappers; yellow edge-staining; [6],7-192pp. Modest external wear, mild tanning to text edges, a few faint creases, some faint spotting to upper rear wrapper, and a bookseller's rubber-stamp on preliminary..... More

New York: Popular Library, [1969]. First Edition. 12mo (17.25cm.); original white pictorial card wrappers, all edges stained green; 128pp. Spine creased with textblock beginning to separate from wrappers, minor toning to wrappers and textblock, else Near Very Good. Novelization of the John Wayne and Rock Hudson film of the same..... More

Toronto: Bantam Books, [1973]. First Edition. 12mo (17.5cm.); original black pictorial wrappers; [4],124pp.; 8 leaves of photographic stills from the film. Fine. Lyrical novel based on Van Peebles's album/film/Broadway musical, in which two devil-bats take on human form to disrupt a party in Harlem. 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