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Condition: As New. Signed Copy . Inscribed by author on front endpage.

Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy . Good dust jacket. Inscribed by author on half title page.

Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy . Inscribed by author on half title page.

Condition: As New. Signed Copy . Very Good dust jacket. Signed by author on title page.

Condition: As New. Signed Copy . Like New dust jacket. Signed/Inscribed by author on half title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Signed with a personal inscription by the author on the half-title page. Pages are otherwise very clean and bright with no markings. Binding is tight and square. Trivial shelving wear. DJ is now protected by a clear plastic cover. Signed By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. First Story Plant printing: April 2009, stated; full number line. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title page; LePore's debut novel. The book is unmarked; slight spine slant; corners sharp, spine ends bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $24.95); some edgewear; Brodart protected. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. New in new dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the second free endpaper with a sketch of a heart (signature only). Stated 1st printing. New, unread copy with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve. A romance novel by the author of "God Bless This Mess: Learning to Live and Love Through Life's Best (and Worst) Moment". Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good (+). Apparent First Edition. "Rich in detail, funny and hones. . . it's a cautionary tale to the vain, and an inspiration to those who honestly desire to craft a self-directed life in the arts." Inscribed and signed by Bessie on half title. Condition notes - 353 numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, frontis; slight waviness. Cover: glossy brown, color artwork front, orange titles front/spine; minimal edge/shelfwear w/ slight waviness. Signed and Inscribed By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by James T. Farrell (as Jim) to Horace Gregory and Marya Zaturenska on the first free end page. First edition, first printing. Text is unmarked; pages are bright, though the page edges are age toned and foxed. Binding is tight and square. Covers show some light wear at the corners and at the head and base of the spine. Spine is lightly faded. No dust jacket. 389pp. Inscribed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Cloth-backed patterned boards titled in gilt. Limited edition #143 of 300 copies signed by Simpson to the colophon. Edges rubbed, slight corner wear/bumping, endpages toned. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 78 pages; Signed by Author.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First paperback edition. Pages browned, else very good in wrappers with the spine creased. Inscribed by the author, this novel continues the story of Danny O'Neill, a character introduced in Farrell's *Studs Lonigan* trilogy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The first edition, two parts in one, small folio. A good copy in later buckram old college stamp on the front end paper and title page. Appears to by signed by the editor Walter Harris at the top of the title page, the upper part of the inscription has been trimmed. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Pristine. New, unread condition. Stated first edition. Flatsigned and dated by Corman on title page. Jacket is not price clipped and protected in archival Brodart cover. Very faint wear to jacket. Book in fine condition. Customer satisfaction guaranteed. Will be shipped with care. I (2). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 283. Frontis portrait, 8 illustrations. Signed presentation copy '.inscribed for Ana and Neil Louis with all love from Barbara Wooton.' Original publisher'sgreen cloth lettered gilt at the spine. Very good indeed in slightly used else near very good dust jacket. with slight nicks and edgewear. No other inscriptions, not price-clipped. Signedes.

1 vols. 8vo. Number 277275 copies on mould-made paper, signed by Helen Simpson. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth and boards. Spine a little rubbed, else fine Number 277275 copies on mould-made paper, signed by Helen Simpson. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition thus. Near fine with a touch of rubbing to the front joint, in a near fine, lightly rubbed, price-clipped dustwrapper. The first novel in Farrell's Danny O'Neill series, here with a new introduction by the author and Inscribed by him.

Bookplate of Lord Carrington, VG bright copy in publishers cloth. Signed Presentation on endpaper to Carrington ('in affection and admiration') and signed again on title page. ISBN 0049260049.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Signed by author. Not price clipped. Pages are clean and unmarked. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Faint bleedthrough to the pastedowns from binder's glue, as almost always seems the case, spine a bit sunned else fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Signed by the author. This novel continues the story of Danny O'Neill, introduced in Farrell's *Studs Lonigan* trilogy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, inscribed by author on first free endpage, has slightest lean to spine, very slight bumps to spine ends and upper corners, very light sunning to spine, and some foxing starting to boards, otherwise a solid VG copy in Near VG dustjacket which is price clipped, has light sunning to spine, light bumps with tiny chips to spine ends and corners, light edgewear, and some light soiling.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. first edition inscribed by author Corman. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Number 62 of 275 (300) copies printed in red and black and signed by the translator. Wood-engraved borders by Tirzah Ravilious. Quarter blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, special patterned paper sides. Endpapers a bit browned. A very good copy. (Chanticleer 108). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: vg. Second printing. Quarto (9 x 6"). xiii, [1], 237, [5]pp. Original illustrated and photo-illustrated dust-jacket over black cloth and dark grey paper covered boards, with three red stars embossed to front cover, and gold lettering to spine. Inside of front cover inscribed and signed by Roger Corman. In this autobiography, Roger Corman, the independent Hollywood film maker, relates his experiences as the director and/or producer of low-budget movies such as 'Attack of the Crab Monsters', 'The Little Shop of Horrors', 'The Man with the X-ray Eyes', 'The Wild Angels', 'Bloody Mama' and 'Piranha'. This work is illustrated with b/w photographic reproductions throughout. Dust-jacket, binding and interior in overall very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Swiss edition. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with a few nicks to the edges and minor soiling to the back panel. Inscribed by Farrell.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 8vo, beige cloth, [iv] + 508 pages. PRESENTATION COPY by Author of a SCARCE early title by Farrell. James T. Farrell (1904-1979) was a prolific American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for his blue-collar, Irish-Catholic Depression-era stories set in Chicago. Farrell's best known works are a trilogy about the tough, gritty, initially promising though progressively tragic life (often autobiographical) of impoverished young, Irish-Catholic Studs Lonigan: Young Lonigan (1931), The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan (1934), and Judgment Day (1935). The series was made into a film in 1960 and tv series in 1979. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED by the Author in the SCARCE dust jacket (unclipped) with slight chipping to the top and bottom of the spine. Internally clean and tight.

First editions thus: with new introductions by Farrell. Published one per month from February to May 1947. "MY DAYS OF ANGER concludes the tetralogy dealing with the history of the O'Neill and O'Flaherty families" (from Farrell's introduction). Note: The eventual fifth and final volume in the series, THE FACE OF TIME, was not published until 1953 making this the complete set of what, at the time, was a four-book series. ALL FOUR VOLUMES INSCRIBED ON TAPED-IN CARDS "TO CHARLES ZIMMERMAN with fraternal regards, Jim Farrell." Charles S. Zimmerman (1897 - 1979) was a social activist and long-time official of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union [ILGWU]. He and Farrell were active in the radical labor movement, members of various socialist parties (both were members of the Socialist Pary of America). Farrell referred to Zimmerman as his "old friend and comrade." All volumes about very good with tape at corners of inscription cards darkened with age, fraying to cloth at heads of spines, and first two titles showing subtle spotting to spines. Lacking dust jackets. Signed.

Limited edition. Eight volumes. Signed by the author of the introduction, cover artist, and editor. Publisher's original black cloth with silver titles to the spine, with blind illustration stamped to the upper boards, in the Jacob McMurray illustrated dustwrappers. Satin ribbon page markers in every volume. With black and white photographs of the author featured in the introductions. A near fine set, the binding square and firm, the cloth mostly bright and fresh, with some mottling to the boards of volume I. The contents, with light spotting to the top edge of the closed text block of volumes I and III, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the original dustwrappers; that of volume I, lightly rubbed, nicked and mildly spotted (to the underside) with a few light marks to the front panel and a couple of scuffs and punctures to the upper spine fold. The other seven dustwrappers, with just a hint of rubbing to the extremities of volumes VI and VII and a tiny nick to the rear flap fold of volume VII, are free from fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped. Issued in an edition of 300 copies, from which this set is numbered 48 across all eight volumes, and signed by the cover artist Jacob McMurray in volumes I-VI (in facsimile in volumes VII and VIII) and authors of the introductions Michael Swanwick, Harlan Ellison, Richard Lupoff, Michael Kurland, Neil Gaiman, Scott Bradfield, and Gary K. Wolfe, respectively, in black and green ink on the colophon. Signed by the editor John Pelan in green ink in volumes I-VI, and in black facsimile on the colophon of the last two volumes. The complete collected short fiction of R. A. Lafferty, as of April 2026, comprises eight volumes of an expected 12 total, and marks the first ever publication of Lafferty's entire corpus of short stories. The project was initiated by editor John Pelan, a science fiction-horror author known for founding the publishing house Axolotl Press, who sadly passed away in 2021 before the series' completion. 'The Man Who Made Models' (volume I) and 'The Man with the Speckled Eyes' (volume IV) were nominated for the Locus Award for 'Best Collection' in 2015 and 2018, respectively. In a writing career spanning more than three decades R. A. Lafferty has been nominated for a World Fantasy Award, four Hugo (winning the 1973 Hugo Award for his short story 'Eurema's Dam') and seven Nebula Awards. In 1990 the author was the recipient of the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award. 'R. A. Lafferty is unique, in the old, unspoiled sense of the word. A genius as wild and joyful, delightful and unpredictable as his comes along but once in a lifetime. Cherish him. If there were no Lafferty, we would lack the imagination to invent him.' (Michael Swanwick). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Faint bleed-through to the pastedowns from binder's glue, as almost always seems the case, spine a bit soiled else near fine in an attractive, very good, spine-tanned dust jacket. Publisher's promotional bookmark for Farrell's books laid in. Inscribed by the author to a fellow left-leaning author: "To Lillian Hellman Affectionately, Jim Farrell." This novel continues the story of Danny O'Neill, introduced in Farrell's *Studs Lonigan* trilogy. A nice association.

An increasingly uncommon letter of Einstein on the role of religions, philosophy, peace, and the dangers of the atomic age (that he helped usher in)Albert Einstein believed that wars stood in the way of human progress, and he was a lifelong pacifist (though he did not believe in pacifism at any price or in all situations). He was also an active promoter of world peace, from the days of World War I right up to his death in 1955. In fact, one of his last acts before his death was to add his signature to a statement of nine scientists warning that the world risked universal annihilation unless the institution of war was abolished.?Knowing his stance, people from all over the world appealed to him to assist various causes consistent with these beliefs, and to give statements supporting individuals and groups that did so.Einstein was also not a member or follower of any organized religion. He considered himself a Jew, but was not a practicing Jew. And as for the Christian churches, he felt that it ?since Constantine has always favored the authoritarian State, as long as the State allows the Church to baptize and instruct the masses". Their conduct in the years up to World War II was worse than disappointing, he thought, as they made the devil?s bargain - the evil compromise - with the Hitler regime. Einstein addressed this saying, ?Since when can one make a pact with Christ and Satan at the same time?" He added, "The Church has always sold itself to those in power, and agreed to any bargain in return for immunity?If I were allowed to give advice to the Churches, I would tell them to begin with a conversion among themselves, and to stop playing power politics.? This idea of an evil compromise or devil's pact is central to his feelings about organized religion.There was one exception to his criticism of religions - the Quakers. Their community aims at purifying the Christian world and generating social reform by creating direct experience with God, without intervention of clergy or other expressions of church. The Quakers greatly influenced science and industry, and their community is noted for the pursuit of peace and non-violence. Thus Einstein?s views fit into their belief system. ?If I were not a Jew I would be a Quaker,? he once wrote. Speaking to a Quaker gathering in 1938, he said, "With admiration and respect I have seen, in the course of many years, how successfully and selflessly the Society of Friends has worked in the entire world to lessen human suffering and to make the teachings of Christ apply to real life. Everyone who is concerned about a better lot and a more dignified stature for humanity owes deep gratitude to the Society of Friends. This Society is an admirable testimony against the assertion that every organization by its very nature kills the spirit which has called it into life.?In 1949 the Australian pathologist Alton R. Chapple, who was a Quaker, wrote to Einstein, in the then-current climate of concern regarding the perils of the atomic age, for "a few words of leadership and hope". Einstein responded, stressing the necessity for moral courage by the individual. He said that power is often in the hands of power-loving persons who know very little restrictions when it comes to the realization of their ambitious goals; and answering negatively the question whether self-restraint on what ?productive thinkers and explorers? research might not prevent further development of means of mass destruction. He gave three main reasons: 1) The already existing means of destruction are effective enough to bring about total destruction; 2) People really devoted to the progress of knowledge concerning the physical world like Faraday or Rutherford have never worked for practical goals, let alone military goals. And nobody could know in advance what kind of application might be developed on the basis of their discoveries; and 3) People of technical skill are so numerous and so dependent economically that they cannot be expected to refuse employment offered them by the state or private industry, even if they were able to clearly recognize that their work will lead to disaster on a world-wide scale. He concluded that hope can only be based on the intellectual and moral independence of a sufficient number of people, since ?honesty and courage of the individual to stand up for his convictions on every occasion is the only essential thing?.Chapple wrote Einstein again in 1954, about the Quakers, and a perceived contradiction that Chapple discerned in the 1949 letter, thinking that Einstein stated that he does not expect people to refuse to work in research that generates knowledge for the means of mass destruction. Einstein responded to Chapple, giving a virtual primer on his world view and opinions on how a religion and religious individuals could live a moral life and contribute something valuable to society and the cause of peace. This he felt the Quakers did.Typed letter signed, on his blind-embossed letterhead, Princeton, February 23, 1954, to Alton Chapple in Australia, illuminating Einstein?s judgment and standards of conduct. ?Thank you for your letter of February 16th. I consider the Society of Friends the religious community which has the highest moral standards. As far as I know they have never made evil compromises and are always guided by their conscience. In international life, especially, their influence seems to me to be very beneficial and effective.?There seems to me to be no contradiction in my remarks in my former letter to you. The rules applying to a moral elite can not be expected to be followed by the rank and file.??So here Einstein praises those religions with ?the highest moral standards? He especially lays out the need for them, and for individuals, to avoid ?evil? compromises, and to always be guided by conscience. If an individual does these things, or a dedicated group like the Quakers, they will gain influence that is both beneficial and effective. Einstein d.