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Knock on Any Door by Motley, Willard - 1947
by Motley, Willard
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Knock on Any Door
by Motley, Willard
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Signed by author on front flyleaf. 1947. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo., 504 pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Light edgewear to covers. Light sunning to spine. Small (smaller-than-a-dime) paint spots to top edge of rear cover. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked. Points of interest: Includes (1) on final page of text [Appleton-Century's method of identifying a first printing]. The novel was turned into the film with the same title starring Humphrey Bogart.
"Motley was criticized in his life for being a black man writing about white characters, a middle-class man writing about the lower class, and a closeted homosexual writing about heterosexual urges" [nomination statement for the 2013 Chicago Literary Hall of Fame awards].
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"Motley was criticized in his life for being a black man writing about white characters, a middle-class man writing about the lower class, and a closeted homosexual writing about heterosexual urges" [nomination statement for the 2013 Chicago Literary Hall of Fame awards].
Perfect for collectors of African American writers, gay/lesbian writers, film memorabilia and classic crime novels.
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The King of the Fields
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Sanctuary First Edition/First Print - Signed, lined, dated and numbered 12/16
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Brand new unread exclusive release Orion UK hardcover with pristine unclipped DJ. Signed, lined, dated 10 Dec 07, and numbered 12 of 16. Line reads "Life is defined by the ambition, the need, the urge to avoid death. That's what makes us human. . ." See scans for author's doodling and inscriptions.
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The Devil Drives
by Chance, John Newton
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JUDE THE OBSCURE
by Hardy, Thomas
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London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1896. frontis, viii, 515, (2) pages. First edition: mixed state, with pages 1 and 2 numbered, but final pages in all chapters are unnumbered. Bound in original green cloth, with gilt decoration on front cover. The book is clean and tight, with some wear & tear at spine extremities, but no chipping. Pages are toning. One leaf roughly opened at fore-edge, leaving a long closed tear limited to the margin and not affecting text. Previous owner's bookplate is affixed to the front pastedown endpaper.. First Edition, Mixed State. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by H. Macbeth-Raeburn. Small 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Book.
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Yellow Earth
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416 pp., 8vo, (9.25 x 6.25 in.) Fine/Fine, in mylar cover. First edition, first printing. DJ now in an archival cover. Sayles is a "fiction writer, screen writer, actor, and feature film director. . . . He has written more than one hundred screenplays and has twice been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay." "Ruby wishes it wasn't in the Three Nations' office. Even the casino would have been better, and maybe more appropriate, given the way she feels about Skiles. But as many times as she's explained to the Chairman how important it is to keep reservation business and his new private venture absolutely separate, he insisted on the signing being on his home court."
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PARADISE. Prisoners of Hope
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The Readers Library Publishing Company Ltd. London.,1926. First Readers Library Film Edition. Small 8vo.6.7 x 4.2 inches. Page edges browned as usual but generally a very good copy in publishers burgundy cloth binding. Front board and spine lettered and elaborately decorated in gilt. Spine has oxidised a bit resulting in the gilt being a bit dulled. Original full colour first state dustwrapper, without any mention of this title in the listings. Wrapper shows Film cast members Milton Sills, Betty Bronson and Noah Beery. Small chip to the bottom of the spine and a couple of small nicks but overall a very good example indeed.
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Rock Springs
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Happy To Be Here
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First edition with small remainder mark on bottom edge. Boards are bright, page edges show some slight discoloring; dust jacket is bright, clean and has original price of 11.95 intact. Signed by author and dated by author on title page "Garrison Keillor, 6/6/82".
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Making Hay
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First edition, first Printing, full number line 10-1, also not a remainder or book club edition. Dust jacket is price-clipped but bright and without any other defects. Published by Nick Lyons Books, 1986. Boards are like new; clean, tight, bright lettering and edges are clean with no rubbing or sunning. A very nice copy.
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King Dog and Dostoevsky: A Screenplay
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KNOCK ON ANY DOOR
by WILLARD MOTLEY
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Northern Illinois University Pre, 1989-03-01. Paperback. Acceptable. 1.1000 in x 8.2000 in x 5.4000 in. Contains notes and underlining. Spine creased, but binding still sound.
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Knock on Any Door
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Knock On Any Door
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Knock on Any Door
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New York and London: D. Appleton-century, 1947. Sixth printing. The boards are dampstained. The leaves are tanned around the margins. In a square, sound binding with hinges intact.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Knock on Any Door
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New York: Northern Illinois University Press, 2001. Paperback Octavo. Paperback. Very good. wraps, 503 pp Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
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Knock on Any Door
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Penguin Publishing Group, 1977. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Knock on Any Door
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Knock on Any Door
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Knock On Any Door
by MOTLEY, Willard
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New York: Appleton Century Crofts, 1947. Hardcover. Near Fine. Later printing. Octavo. 504pp. Near fine with wear at the edges and subtle tidemark to one corner the rear endpaper. Motley's first book. A Chicago native whose fiction was often race-blind, he was considered one of the leading African-American novelists of his time. Also the basis for the 1949 film noir starring Humphrey Bogart and the source of the immortal line: "Live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse.".
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KNOCK ON ANY DOOR
by MOTLEY, WILLARD
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NY: D. APPLETON-CENTURY CO.. NICE CLERAN COPY, UNCLIPPED DJ. . VG. Hardcover. First Edition, 6TH PRINTING. 1947.
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Saint Monkey (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
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2014 - 1st ed stated ("1" in number line) - INSCRIBED - authors debut book - "Fourteen-year-old Audrey martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she'll never get out of Kentucky - but when her fingers touch the pion keys, the whole church trembles." - book: very good (like new) - dj: very good (like new) - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Bloody Sunrise
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1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Gold
by Eugene O'Neill
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
by Cohen, Leonard
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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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Quelques Optimistes.
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Paris Editions Denoel, 1992, First Edition. paperback. First edition, Paris 1992, one of 3443 printed. -- Text (the cartoon captions) in FRENCH. -- Softcover, 8.3x10.8 inches, stiff cover with flaps. Condition: near fine (small surface scratch rear cover). -- Nice collectible example of Sempe's classic cartoon work, familiar to New Yorker readers. ISBN 220723861X
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Manhattan Beach
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First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author on a tipped-in page. A pristine copy of this novel from the Pulitzer winning author of "A Visit From the Good Squad". Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.
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Two Novels by Anthony Powell. Venusberg. Agents & Patients
by POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000)
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New York: Periscope-Holliday, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine-. First American Edition of two early novels. 8vo: [4],328pp. Publisher's quarter-bound black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slate grey paper-covered boards; dust jacket, priced $4.75, replicating (separately, on front and back panels) Osbert Lancaster's illustrations for the original wrappers. Near Fine (top edge soiled and stained, gilt a bit faded, gift inscription on fly-leaf); about Fine jacket. Lilley A.10. First collected in 1952 by Rinehart for the Periscope Book Shop and Holliday Bookshop in New York; the unsold stock was reissued in 1965 by Little, Brown, Powell's then American publisher (our copy), with publisher's label pasted to jacket's spine panel. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions…
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Christopher Blake
by Hart, Moss
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Random House, 1947. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Book has some toning to the edges; one word previous owner's name to the front free endpaper. The unclipped jacket ($2.50) has light wear to the spine ends /corners and toning to the rear panel. A very good or better copy.
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Palmares
by Jones, Gayl
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Beacon Press, 2021. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected Galleys. Fine in illustrated wraps. By the author of Corregidora.
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The Polynesian Triangle
by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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