Fiction from Astro Trader Books

[WALTER SATTERTHWAIT]. THE HANGED MAN: A Joshua Croft Mystery. St. Martin's Press, New York, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Condition: Fine / Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Dust jacket is near fine to very good + with creases, micro-chips to extremities and a closed one centimeter tear on lower right corner. Set… Read more

[VARDIS FISHER]. PEMMICAN. A Novel of the Hudson's Bay Company. Doubleday & Co., New York, 1956. FIRST EDITION. Condition Near Fine. Book in beautiful beige cloth with pages that are bright and clean, appears unread. Top stained red pages as issued by publisher. Neat book store stamp on title page all else pages unmarked. Binding is solid and tight, a… Read more

[NURUDDIN FARAH]. KNOTS. Riverhead Books, New York, 2007. First Edition, First printing with complete number line. Condition: Fine / Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. In publisher's original orange color boards, one / quarter orange cloth with titles in black type on cover and spine. Dust jacket is unclipped and near pristine. Not a (BCE)… Read more

ESSIE SUMMERS. MEET ON MY GROUND. Harlequin Books, New York, 1969. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Harlequin #51326 with the original 50 cents on cover. Condition Fine / Near Fine. With mild shelf wear, micro chips to edges and mild creases typical of vintage paperback books of this age, otherwise appears unread, pages are unmarked, clean, bright and binding… Read more

[BERNHARDT J. HURWOOD]. THE TWO SIDED TRIANGLE. Ace Books, New York, 1970. First Edition. Condition: Very Good / Good. With micro chips to edges and mild creases typical of vintage books of this age, otherwise barely read, pages are clean and binding tight. Author of the 1977 Sci-Fi / horror novel "Kingdom of the Spiders" , also the basis… Read more

[MARGARET WIDDEMER]. THE GOLDEN WILDCAT. Popular Library / Popular Giant, New York, 1957. First Edition, Third printing. Popular #G152X with 35 cents price on cover. Condition: Near Fine / Very Good. Appears unread, mild creases, minor rubbing to cover, spine with light soiling to covers typical of pulp fiction books of this age, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and… Read more

[DR. EDITH IGLAUER DALY]. FRANCES WALKER (EDITOR). SPECULARIA 1934. Hathaway Brown School, Cleveland, Ohio, 1934. First Edition. Book Condition: Near Fine / Very Good +. Appears gently read, with one-quarter brown cloth over paper boards, light rubbing to corner tips, boards are very clean, mild scattered foxing to a few pages, page edges throughout, overall pages and are very clean,… Read more

JULIA O'FAOLAIN. WOMEN IN THE WALL. Viking Press, New York, 1975. First U.S. Edition. Condition: Fine /Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean and binding tight. In quarter gray bound boards and black spine with blue type on spine. Dust Jacket condition: Very Good / Good. With mild shelf wear, micro-chips to edge extremities, price clipped as to be expected… Read more

[JASPER FFORDE]. THE BIG OVER EASY: A NURSERY CRIME. Viking Press, New York, 2005. First U.S. Edition, First printing. True U.S. first edition with full number line. Condition: Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, unmarked, bright and binding tight. Dust jacket is not price clipped and about fine. Overall a about fine crisp book. Hand signed by author Jasper FForde… Read more

[JASPER FFORDE]. THE FOURTH BEAR. (SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY). Viking, New York, 2006. First U.S. Edition, First printing. Condition: Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Dust jacket is unclipped and about fine. Overall a about fine crisp book. Signed and inscribed on the title page from author Jasper Fforde, " For Tara & Yuri - Good luck… Read more

[NICHOLAS EVANS]. THE SMOKE JUMPER. Delacorte Press, New York, 2001. First Edition, First printing. True First Edition with full number line. Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are bright, clean and binding tight. Dust jacket is not price clipped, mild shelf wear and a few trivial light soiling specks and indents on jacket. Signed by author Nicholas Evans on the… Read more

[RUSSELL BANKS]. THE SWEET HEREAFTER. (SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY). Harper Collins, New York, 1991. Book Condition: Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Unclipped with the original price of $20.00, very light shelf wear, minor creases and a 3mm micro-closed tear to the lower left extremity, otherwise a near fine, perfect dust jacket.… Read more

[CLAUDE HOUGHTON OLDFIELD]. A HAIR DIVIDES. Thorton Butterworth Limited, London, 1930. First Edition. With original black cloth covers, red titles stamped on spine, title and author blind stamped on cover. Condition: Very Good. Appears barely read, mild soiling to cloth covers and hinges starting typical of vintage books of this age. All else excellent, covers are intact with no separation,… Read more

[P.G. WODEHOUSE]. HUGH M. HEFNER. (EDITOR).PLAYBOY. HMH Publishing Co. Inc., Chicago, February, 1964. Vol 11., No. 2. Softcover. First Edition. Condition: Very Good +. Appears unread, micro-chips, light scratches to covers, extremities, minor rubbing to corner edges, covers typical of vintage magazines of this age, centerfolds intact as originally issued, pages are supple, clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. First… Read more

[MICHAEL CRICHTON]. HUGH M. HEFNER. (EDITOR). PLAYBOY. HMH Publishing Co. Inc., Chicago, February, 1971. Vol. 18, No. 2. Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Appears unread, scuffs, light scratches, mild rubbing mostly near spine and cover, chips and creases to extremities typical of vintage magazines of this age, else pages are clean, bright and binding tight. All pages, covers and… Read more