Lawrence Pike (12 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Second Printing. Crisp, bright, clean; no owners' marks; soft cover has a very small ink mark at the lower left front, otherwise excellent. 81pp.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Inscribed by Author(s).

First edition. [28 pp]. Spine toned, else near fine in stapled wrappers. Pike's second book, a collection of 21 poems.

Condition: Used: Very Good. Near fine. P/O name.

First edition. [28 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. Pike's second book, a collection of 21 poems.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. Probably written by a Detroit area author as one poem "Sestina" is written for a "Cranbrook nursing home. " The colophone states that "The Lawrence Pike (1932 - 1995) was a Detroit poet, writer and professor at Macomb Community College. "Detroit River Press welcomes suggestions for individual and collective publishing projects that reflect the tenacious sensibilities of this community's writers and artists." Original gray printed wrappers with black cover lettering and decorations. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no owner names and no bookplates, and no spine or cover creases. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 78 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 2nd edition. 924 pages. 10.00x7.75x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Unbound. Condition: Fine. Broadside poem. A single sheet of heavy stock paper measuring circa 8" x 12", printed on recto only. Slight bump at two corners, else a fine copy.

Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in wrappers. ; Signed and inscribed by author: "Sal, Hope you enjoy it. Larry." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author. Signed.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Whitcomb, Jon (cover); Sawyers, Martha; Peskin-Pix, David; Bischoff, H.E.; Thompson, Kenneth; Rose, Carl; Hurst, Oliver; Fons-Iannelli; Prince, Meade; Vern-Pix, Ike; Lasalle, Charles; Peskin, Hy; Sharland-Black Star; Pike, John (illustrator). First Edition. 114 pages. Fiction: The Vultures; That Time, That Sorrow; The Wooing of Cruller McCabe; Off the Reservation; Storm Before Daybreak; The Star Lake Murder; Divide & Conquer. Articles: Motherhood without Misery - painless childbirth technique from England; Old Man River's Children - the poor who live along the Mississippi near Memphis; The Handwriting on the Ice - blitzkrieg by air from the arctic; Racket on Wheels - black market used cars; Ringtail on the Run - coon-hunting by moonlight; Preacher in Song - Joshua (Josh) White; Quarterback Glenn Dobbs of the Dodgers; Blondie's Gold Mine - the saga of the cartoon Bumstead family. Ads include: Studebaker (color photo ad inside front cover); Clicquot Club; Philco radio-phonographs - featuring photo of Bing Crosby; Lucky Strike cigarettes; Nice color two-page Firestone ad features dozens of gifts; Camel cigarettes (More doctors smoke Camels.); Hudson cars; Gillette ad features caricature of footballer Dewitt "Tex" Coulter; Hudson cars (beautiful color ad); Movie ad for "The Best Years of Our Lives"; Good Year (centerfold); Samson card tables; Garod Radios; Champ Hats; Mercury cars; Budweiser beer; Fortune shoes; Waterman's pens; Waltham watches; Mallory Hats; Parker pens; Timely clothes; Old Spice; Manhattan sport shirts; Three Feathers Whiskey (inside back cover); Chesterfield cigarettes (back cover). Unmarked. Moderate wear. Cover holding by one staple. A nice vintage copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Lee, Robert J.; Berenstain, Stanley and Janice; Pike, John;Fredman, Harry; Patterson, Robert; Lettick, Birney; Blossom, Earl; Varady,Fredric; (illustrator). First Edition. 94 pages. Articles: New Menace in Missouri - Charles (Boss) Binaggio and criminality - article with photos; Can the C.I.O. Get Rid of the Commies?; The Town the G.I.s called "Smith" - Natchitoches, Louisiana - article with nice photos; Pilotless Fighter Plane of Tomorrow - a convincing argument that machines are about to outdistance us mortals, with nice color illustrations by Birney Lettick - a very prescient article; What Gives in Rasslin'? - article with fantastic photos of wrestlers including Gorgeous George, Jim Londos, Bronko Nagurski, Maurice Tillet (the angel), Lee Henning, Sandor Szabo, Man Mountain Dean, Ernie Dusek, Strangler Lewis; Nicest Guy in Washington - General Omar Bradley; Strangest Garden in the World - At the Argonne National Laboratory Dr. Norbert J. Scully produces radioactive drugs and other plant products which cannot be manufactured - article with photo. Fiction: One Came Back; A Dinner For Lily; Bootleger's Treasure (part 2 of 4); Decorator's Helper; Where They Make the Wine; No Need to Hustle. Includes these nice vintage ads; Borden - featuring Elsie the Cow; Willys Station Wagon (Jeep); International Trucks; Oldsmobile cars; Arro Shirts; Firestone; Plymouth; Hickok men's accessories; Haband Company Ties (nice two-page color ad); Fisher body; Canada Dry; Dodge cars; Mallory hats; Del Monte Catsup; New Hudson cars; United Aircraft; Silver Star razor blades - featuring several notable men; Monarch canned fruit and veggies (nice colour full-page); Nice Sheaffer's pen ad on back cover. Three-inch opening to bottom of cover fold. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's, The National Weekly Magazine, October 29, 1949 Drones Drone Aircraft Menace in Missouri - Charles (Boss) Binaggio and criminality - article with photos; Can the C.I.O. Get Rid of the Commies?; The Town the G.I.s called "Smith" - Natchitoches,