Recent Arrivals from Nighttown Books

New York: Delacorte Press, 1998 First Edition Second Printing in original $23.95-priced dust jacket SIGNED by Homer H. Hickam, Jr. without inscription direct to title page, Fine in Fine, no remiander mark, binding tight pages bright, non-authorial gift inscription to verso of half-title, else Fine unread copy of Hickam's memoir, basis for the popular film, 'October Sky' (dj in mylar… Read more about this item

Easton Press, 1989 Easton Press Collector's Edition in gilt-stamped illustrated full black leather with 3 raised spine hubs, 1st Thus, satin ribbon marker bound-in, all page edges gilt, Collector's Notes sheet & unused Easton Masterpieces of Sci Fi bookplate laid in, bright tight as new copy; 8vo; 188pp; color frontispiece. First Edition. Full-Leather. As New.

New York: George Braziller, 1974 First Printing in brown-stamped full cream-colored cloth, no markings, NOT ex-lib, binding tight pages bright, a few tiny soil spots to front panel cloth, else Fine (no dj, if issued); 8vo; [x] 118pp indexed & illus. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+.

Liturgical Press, 2009 First Printing (full # line) in illustrated wraps as pictured, no remainder or other markings, pristine unread copy; 8vo; (xxx) 322pp indexed. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1961 First Printing of this 1961 25th Anniversary Edition in illustrated slipcase, gilt-stamped red cloth & illustrated papered boards in excellent condition, 24-page explanatory booklet laid in, no text markings, NOT ex-lib, binding tight pages bright, slipcase bright & solid with seam split to one bottom edge but structurally firm, former owner nameplate to front pastedown,… Read more about this item

Salem, Massachusetts: Marine Research Society, 1927 First Printing in original publisher's gilt-stamped heavy blue buckram, no text markings, NOT ex-lib, boards rubbed & a bit scuffed but binding tight & pages clean & unfoxed, page block darkened with even soiling, small neat name to endpaper, else clean tight copy; 8vo; (xiv) + 24 plate pages + 278pp indexed & illus… Read more about this item

Burbank, California: Autobooks, 1965 First Printing in original $12-priced dust jacket, no markings, NOT ex-lib, jacket rubbed & edgeworn, page block lightly soiled & bumped creating crease lines to bottom page corners (contents unaffected), biinding tight pages bright & unfoxed, an overall VG copy; 8vo; 432pp indexed & illus. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1964 First American Edition (stated) First Printing in price-clipped dust jacket, no text markings, NOT ex-lib, gilt-stamped green cloth boards in excellent condition & sharp-cornered, binding tight pages bright & unfoxed, jacket chipped & edgeworn with some loss to ends & corners & to one spine extremity, soil to foredge text block, gift inscription… Read more about this item

J.M. Dent / E.P. Dutton, 1926 Everyman's Edition in 8 Volumes, uniformly bound in gilt-stamped green cloth & illustrated green jackets, no markings, NOT ex-lib, boards sharp & bright with little wear, jackets similar showing only slight edge wear (with the exceptions of 2, 4 & 8 which are spine darkened & show light chipping, etc to spine ends), Vol… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan, 1984 First Printing (full # line) in original $14.95-priced dust jacket of this children's classic as retold and illustrated by Mercer Mayer, no markings, NOT ex-lib, gilt-stamped green cloth & pink papered boards are excellent & sharp-cornered, the illustrated jacket is rubbed with slight fade to spine and small tears & chipping at ends & corners, else… Read more about this item

Laguna Beach: Laguna Art Museum, 2014 First Edition (stated) First Printing in sliver and gilt-stamped purple cloth and laminated illustrated boards, no remainder or other markings, NOT ex-lib, binding tight pages bright, a pristine beautiful unread copy (no dust jacket, as issued); sm 4to; 99pp fully illus in color; map endpapers. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New.

Little Simon, 1996 First Printing (full # line) in green, red & purple illustrated boards, no remainder or other markings, all pop-ups functioning well, an excellent bright tight First Edition copy of a Sabuda Christmas classic; sq 8vo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

New York: Basic Books, 1981 First Printing (full # line) in original $15.50-priced dust jacket, no markings, NOT ex-lib, binding tight pages bright, jacket shows light edge wear wear & signs of age, page block & prelims lightly foxed, else clean tight First Edition copy (dj in mylar protector); 8vo; 244pp indexed & illus. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1979 First American Edition (stated) First Printing (full # line) in price-clipped dust jacket, no markings, NOT ex-lib, binding tight pages bright, mild creased edge wear to jacket with a few small closed tears, offsetting to front endpaper (from formerly laid-in review), else Fine (dj in mylar protector); 8vo; (xiv) 287pp indexed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948 Gilt and blind-stamped black cloth two-volume set in illustrated slipcase, First Printing with 'A' to copyright pages, no text markings, NOT ex-lib, boards bright & sharp-cornered, bindings tight pages bright, slipcase rubbed with beginnings of a split to one mouth corner (no structural weakness), small name label to endpaer corner, else Fine exemplary set… Read more about this item

Ohio State University Press, 1929 First Printing Thus in dust jacket, no markings, NOT ex-lib, binding tight pages bright, unlaminated jacket shows light soil & minimal edge wear (no chipping or tears), else Fine copy of this notable scholarly edition, scarce in this condition, particularly with jacket; 8vo; (xii) 276pp indexed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

London: Faber and Faber, 2004 First Printing in unclipped dust jacket, no markings, NOT ex-lib, slight rubbing to jacket rear panel, foxing to page block edges (primariuly bottom edge), else Fine (dj in mylar protector); thick 8vo; 528pp indexed & illus. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005 First Printing (full # line) in illustrated boards with gilt-stamped brown cloth shelfback SIGNED by author Louise Borden with personalized inscription and signed in year of publication, binding tight pages & boards bright, a pristine Gift Quality signed First Edition! (no dj, as issued); 4to; 73pp fully illus in color; map endpapers. Signed by Author. First… Read more about this item

Conran Octopus, 2015 First Printing (full # line) in dust jacket, no markings, NOT ex-lib, binding tight pages bright, trace shelf wear to illustrated green jacket, else Fine copy of now-scarce title (dj in mylar protector); 8vo; 112pp indexed & illus. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/Near Fine.

University of Minnesota Press, 1977 First Printing in dust jacket, no markings, NOT ex-lib, binding tight pages bright, jacket toned & evenly soiled with a few small closed edge tears, personal blindstamp to title page corner, else Fine (dj in mylar protector); 8vo; (x) 235pp indexed & illus. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.