Jim's Books

Book Description: Pocket Books, New York, 1945. Book Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. Vintage paperback Poc 295, a third printing from June 1943. A square and solid book with bright uncreased covers and spine, slight rubbing to spine, red end stain strong. Internally sound, clean, and unmarked. Nice copy. Bookseller Inventory # 01006454

Book Description: Pocket Books, New York, 1943. Book Condition: Very Good+. First printing thus. Vintage paperback Poc 248, a Pocket first printing from November 1943. Slight sline lean, else bright covers and spine, light lengthwise surface crease to front and rear, red end stain strong. Internally sound, clean, and unmarked. Great Leo Manso cover illustration. Bookseller Inventory # 01006453

Book Description: Ace, New York, 1956. Book Condition: about Very Good. First printing thus. Vintage paperback Ace Double D185. A square and solid book with creasing and rubbing to spine, 1/4 inch tear and wear to one spine end, light creases and signs of handling to covers, ink letter to Humming cover. Internally sound and unmarked, text paper age toned but not brittle. Moderately worn copy. Bookseller Inventory # 01006452

Book Description: Popular Library, New York, 1952. Book Condition: Very Good to Very Good+. First printing thus. Vintage paperback Popular Giant G105. A square and solid book with generally bright covers, light creasing to spine, minor signs of handling, light edge wear. Internally sound and unmarked, fading to edges of eps, light toning to text paper. Bookseller Inventory # 01006456

Book Description: Penguin, New York, 1947. Book Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Reprint. Vintage paperback Penguin 632, a third printing from September 1947. A square and solid book with bright uncreased covers and spine, full laminate, small tear across top end of spine, some darkening and color loss also to spine. Internally sound, clean, and unmarked; text paper evenly age toned. Nice copy. Bookseller Inventory # 01006458

Book Description: Gold Medal Fawcett, New York, 1951. Book Condition: Very Good+. First edition. Vintage paperback GM 160. Moderate spine lean, else bright covers and spine, light reader crease to front, slight edge wear. Internally sound, clean, and unmarked. A Cockeyed Photo Commentary On Cats, Kittens And People. Photography by Chanoha. Odd departure for Gold Medal which emerged from True Magazine and mostly featured original hard boiled crime, westerns, and esoterica. Bookseller Inventory # 01006457

Book Description: Ace, New York, 1953. Book Condition: Very Good. First printing thus. Vintage paperback Ace double D 17. A square and solid book with bright covers and spine, a 1 inch tear to fore edge of Shakedown cover, a 1 inch crease to Darkness cover, light rubbing and some dulling to spine, light edge wear. Internally sound, long tear and a 2 inch square cut from introduction page of Shakedown, else clean and unmarked with moderate age toning to text. Cover of Shakedown by Saunders. Bookseller Inventory # 01006451

Book Description: Avon, New York, 1951. Book Condition: Very Good to Very Good+. Reprint. Vintage paperback Avon 379. Moderate spne lean, else bright uncreased covers and spine with full laminate, some pullback to front cover, light curling at fore edge. Internally sound and unmarked, text paper evenly age toned. Bookseller Inventory # 01006460

Book Description: Pocket Books, New York, 1945. Book Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Reprint. Vintage paperback Poc 253, a stated fourth printing from March 1945. A square and solid book with bright uncreased covers and spine, small bump and surface fleck to front fore edge, some fading to spine color, red end stain strong. Internally sound, clean, and unmarked; text paper evenly toned. Nice copy. Bookseller Inventory # 01006455

Book Description: Signet NAL, New York, 1949. Book Condition: Very Good+. Reprint. Vintage paperback Signet 632, a tenth printing from June 1949. Slight spine lean, else bright uncreased covers and spine, full laminate, minor curling at fore edge, light soiling to rear cover, some darkening to spine. Internally sound, clean, and unmarked; text paper evenly age toned. Nice copy. The rear cover blurb mentions a movie version which refers to the 1933 production The Story Of Temple Drake with Miriam Hopkins and the front cover features a female who looks a lot like Ida Lupino. Bookseller Inventory # 01006459

Book Description: Pocket Books, New York, 1949. Book Condition: Near Fine. First printing thus. Vintage paperback Poc 621. A square and solid book with bright covers and spine, generally uncreased but for a 1 inch crease to top front corner, slight wear to extremities. Internally sound, clean, and unmarked; light creasing to top corner of first few pages. Overall shap and bright copy copy of this comic strip format production, reprints the Simon Schuster hardcover of 1948. Bookseller Inventory # 01006444

Book Description: Bantam, New York, 1949. Book Condition: Near Fine. First printing thus. Vintage paperback Bantam 717. A square and solid book with bright uncreased covers and spine, full laminate, slight curl at fore edge, red end stain strong. Internally sound, clean, and unmarked; text paper lightly age toned. Front cover illustration seems to anticipate the 1957 film with a very Tyrone Power like figure. Bookseller Inventory # 01006446

Book Description: Putnam Putnam?s, New York, 1969. Book Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: (No DJ). First edition. White decorated cloth boards (gilt puppeteer hand & strings) quarter bound in black cloth stamped in gilt. A generally square and solid book with moderate twist toward lower spine, spine cloth is faded and shows small damp stain to foot, the boards are soiled and stained. Internally sound and clean, small price sticker to front ep, neat repair to hinge at half title page. This is a first edition, first printing with no other printings listed on copyright page. Not a pretty copy but perhaps looking for a not so pretty dj. Bookseller Inventory # 01006443

Book Description: Pocket Books, New York, 1939. Book Condition: Near Fine. Early printing. Vintage paperback Poc 10, a stated third printing from August 1939. A square and solid book with bright uncreased covers and spine, full laminate, small fleck to lower spine and lower front corner, red end stain a bit faded. Internally sound and clean, PO name in pencil to half title page. Attractive early Pocket Book. Bookseller Inventory # 01006449

Book Description: Harper & Brothers, New York, 1903. Book Condition: about Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: (No DJ). Reprint. Red boards stamped in gilt with initials in a wreath of corn decoration in gilt to front. A square and solid book with generally bright boards, spine cloth faded with lettering faint, light shelf wear, some soiling to text block ends. Internally sound and unmarked, eps moderately foxed with some foxing scattered through text, short tear and crease to title page, frontis tissue partly torn at hinge. All illustrations from original edition present and intact. Nice copy. Bookseller Inventory # 01006442

Book Description: Dodd Mead, New York, 1958. Book Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: in a VG DJ. First edition. Lavender boards stamped in black with Red Badge sheild on front. Slight spine lean, else bright boards and lettering, moderate shelf wear with some wear-through to tips. Internally sound and unmarked. In a dj with color loss to spine, 1/4 inch wear to top corners, a 1/2 inch tear to middle rear fold, light soiling to rear panel (Woolrich and Mother oh my). Original price on flap, some abrasion from old price sticker removal. Bookseller Inventory # 01006445

Book Description: Morrow, New York, 1980. Book Condition: Ex Library. Dust Jacket Condition: in a VG to VG+ DJ. First edition. Ex library discard, short tape pieces to boards, moderate spine slant, else bright boards and lettering. Internally sound and clean, front ep removed, a few lib stamps. In a bright intact dj with some rubbing and slight edge wear, short tape shadows to blind side. Original price on flap. OK ex lib copy of the second Brother Cadfael mystery. Bookseller Inventory # 01006441

Book Description: Pyramid, 1954. Soft cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Vintage paperback Pyramid 138. A square and solid book with bright covers, light surface creasing, crack to lower spine neatly repaired. Internally sound and unmarked, light toning to paper. A Powerful Novel Of Temptation And Sin. Bookseller Inventory # 01006450

Book Description: Dell, New York, 1951. Book Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. First printing thus. Vintage paperback Dell 10 cent no 32. Stapled illustrated wraps, bright generally uncreased covers, minor indentations to lower edge, light signs of handling. Internally sound and unmarked, text paper evenly toned. Bookseller Inventory # 01006448

Book Description: Dell, New York, 1951. Book Condition: Very Good to Very Good+. First printing thus. Vintage paperback Dell 10 cent no 7. Stapled illustrated wraps, light edge wear and light surface creasing, 2 small inked letters to front. Internally sound and unmarked, text paper evenly toned. Bookseller Inventory # 01006447

Book Description: A L Burt (1914), New York, 1914. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: in an about VG DJ. Reprint. Red boards stamped in white. A square and solid book with bright boards and lettering, moderate wear and slight surface deterioration to edges. Internally sound and clean, neat PO name in ink to front ep, one of four plates by R F Schabelitz is detached but present. In a dj with 1 inch tears and creasing to spine ends, rubbing to folds, some color loss to spine, a 1 inch tear and some wear to corners. Attractive wrap around dj illustration by E R Lee Thayer. Bookseller Inventory # 01006432

Book Description: Museum Of Modern Art, New York, 1944. Book Condition: Very Good to Very Good+. First printing thus. Museum catalog from 1944. Moderate lean and fading to spine, small tear to head of spine, light crease to rear corner. Internally sound, scattered foxing to early pages. Bookseller Inventory # 01006435

Book Description: Penguin, 1962. Soft cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Vintage Penguin paperback. A solid book with a slight lean and darkening to the spine and edges. Internally sound, PO name stamp to title page and bottom end, text paper age toned but not brittle. A mildly worn copy. Bookseller Inventory # 01006437

Book Description: Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1963. Book Condition: Very Good to Very Good+. First printing thus. Vintage Penguin paperback. A solid book with a moderate spine lean, light edge wear. Internally sound and unmarked, text paper age toned but not brittle. A mildly worn copy. Bookseller Inventory # 01006438

Book Description: Museum Of Modern Art, New York, 1940. Book Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. First printing thus. Stiff paper covers in plastic spiral binding, Rousseau painting on front. A square and solid book with bright covers, slight fade to top edge. Internally sound and unmarked. Bookseller Inventory # 01006434

Book Description: Peninsula, Cape Cod, 1996. Book Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: (No DJ). First edition thus. Cinnamon cloth stamped in gilt and black, ruled and decorated in blind. A square and solid book with bright boards and lettering, slightest shelf wear. Internally sound, clean, and unmarked. With illustrations by Harrison Cady. Bookseller Inventory # 01006440

Book Description: unknown, Taiwan, 1966. Book Condition: about Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: in an about VG DJ. Reprint. Taiwan pirate edition. Green boards stamped in silver on spine. Slight spine lean, fading to edges, light soiling. Internally sound, foxing to fore edge and eps, damp stain to front ep at hinge. In a dj with a jagged 1 inch chip to top front, jagged 1 inch tear to top rear flap, some foxing. Bookseller Inventory # 01006436

Book Description: Penguin Harcourt 1970-1989, 1970. Book Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Small lot of 5 Simenon Maigret titles published by Penguin, Harcourt Brace, and Curtis. Maigret Mystified and At The Crossraods, published by Penguin in 1966 and 1970 with rubbing and slight slants to spine, The Yellow Dog and The Reluctant Witness published by Harcout in 1988 and 1989 in Very Good+ to Near Fine clean condition. The Curtis title, MaigretAnd The Calame Report, published in 1970 has a darkened spine and some toning to text paper (originally published as Maigret and the Minister). Shipped as one book. Bookseller Inventory # 01006439

Book Description: Doubleday Doran, Garden City, 1931. Book Condition: about Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: (No DJ). Reprint. Orange boards stamped in black. A square and solid book with generally bright boards and lettering, spine cloth a bit worn and faded, moderate shelf wear, light soiling. Internally sound, PO name inked to front ep, front dj flap remnant and a 1931 Christman Seal pasted to front eps. Bookseller Inventory # 01006433