Seller: Heroes Bookshop, Paris, ON, Canada
First Edition Signed
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. this copy is signed and inscribed personally by Katherine Gordon.the binding is tight and the text is clean.light edge wear. Signed by Editor.
Published by Michael Joseph Ltd. (Mermaid Books), London, 1954
Seller: Jane Atwood, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Signed
Stiffer Paper, Plastic Over. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 191 pages; signed "Paul W. Gallico" on the front flyleaf. The cover has some wear on the corner tips and the sides of the spine cover ends, otherwise book is in nice condition. This is a Mermaid first; book was first published in 1952. Signed by Author(s).
Hardcover. 255 p. hardcover in a worn dust jacket, some small stains to textblock edges; rear endpaper excised. Inscribed by Salin as Bernie Conrad. Said to be a true story, describes "Bernie's" son "Phil" as waking up in a mental hospital, told that he had shot his two daughters and attempted suicide, without any memories of these events. "In writing this book, it is my purpose to point at some of the deficiencies in our police and judicial systems with the hope that they can be improved so that freedom, equality and justice, which our political orators mouth so easily, can become a reality to all Americans. So as not to embarrass anyone, but rather to improve the system, I have changed the names of all people involved in this true story of human tragedy and suffering. Furthermore, I also want to point out that rather than hospitals of rehabilitation, our mental institutions have become self-perpetuating places of confinement where the patients are stripped of their dignity and self-respect upon entering. It is a shameful fact that only those who can rehabilitate themselves, or who are no longer a financial asset to the institution, are discharged. Patients who have assets, a regular income, or a special skill that the hospital can use, find it very difficult to get out until the institution has siphoned away whatever money it can from the patient's assets or found someone to replace the skilled person. When my son left after a year and a half of confinement, they secured a lien against him in the amount of $47,000, in the hope that he might have some assets lying around that they could attach." - from the Preface. Philip Salin was working in Oakland, CA at the time of these events.
Language: English
Published by Target Books,, London,, 1988
ISBN 10: 0426203135 ISBN 13: 9780426203131
First Edition Signed
US$ 62.27
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. Paperback. 8vo. pp 144. Paperback. Front panel showing a Cyberman in space. Doctor Who library; no.125. Signed presentation from the 'sixth Doctor', Colin Baker on the half title page, "To Peter, Colin Baker." A former owner has penciled in Peter Davidson, but this is no way certain. ISBN: 0426203135 About fine. Signedes.
Published by London : Michael Joseph, 1952
Seller: Surrey Hills Books, Cranleigh, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
US$ 110.70
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Add to basketSigned First Edition. Very good condition in very good unclipped dust jacket, with two very small pieces missing. Inscribed by Gallico to his friend and old golfing foe, George Delafarce (?). Book.