Search Results: Fiction from Pellbooks

1944. Original June 1944 paperbak with very attrractive and colorful cover illustration. 15 c original price. A Street and Smith publication. some wear to the spine but overall better than Very Good condition. Scan available upon request.. First Edition. Very Good.

Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2000. A fine copy in dust jacket, first American editon in English of the author's first book. Written by Isegawa, a native of Uganda, in English but first published in Dutch translation in The Netherlands, where Isegawa now resides.his young African man's odyssey, from a small rural community to the city of Kampala and then across the borders of Uganda, introduces a powerful and humorous new literary voice-"precious few first novels are as phantasmagoric or as haunting as this one." (Time) Moses Isegawa's tale is centered on the coming-of-age of Mugezi, a charming and quick-witted young man who manages to make it through the hellish reign of Idi Amin and experiences the most crushing aspects of Ugandan society. He withstands his father's oppression, his mother's cruelty in the name of Catholic zeal, and the murder of his grandmother by those in power in the unraveling country. Yet he is miraculously able to keep a… Read More

New York: NY, Vantage Press, 1984, First Edition, 1984. F/NF. This book is a searing work of historical fiction set in the tempestuous 18th century when Sicily had been conquered by the Spanish. The Sicialian poeple form secret societies to provide justice where there is none. Ugo, born a baron, his pare nts murdered and his title stolen when he was an infant by Armando Grasso, the imposter. Yolanda, the baron's pasionate young wife who made Ugo her se xual slave.......... First American Edition. Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1954. Rare copy in dust jacket of Rennie's acclaimed first novel. Unclipped dj has chip missing from bottom front cover.. STATED FIRST EDITION. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good.

London: UK: Methuen & Co,, 1909. First British Edition. Good ++ in red cloth HC with elaborate gilt tooling on spine. Some foxing on front pages.. First British Edition. Good.

Doran: George H. Doran, NY, 1923., 1923. VG, no dj. Ex-University library. Light gray covers with black lettering. Some beginning hinge weakness, but excellent within.. Very Good/Near Fine.

Bartholomew House, 1971, 1971. Very Good/Very Good. STATED FIRST PRINTING. World War II had its Catch-22, kOREA HAD ITS mash and this novel is Vietnam's comic masterpiece. A Rabelaisian novel from behind the headlines, and the fron t-line dispatches. Written by Chief Warrant Officers Vaughan and Lynch while serving their second tours of duty in Vietnam. In a crispa and colorful illustrated dustjacket in red, blue and white, not price-clipped and 2 black and white photographs of the authors in full combat uniform on the rear dustjacket cover.. Very Good/Very Good.

Milford: Jackeck Publishing, 1976. First American Edition. Very good in stiff illustrated blue boards. the pamphlet contains a selection of some of Holodnak's best Brass Tacks colums published in Modern Times from 1971-1976. Very Good.

New York: Harper and Row, 1964. In crisp black cloth Hardcover and thick black and red paperdustjacket with one chip off the edge. Price-clipped dustjacket. Number series 01064 on the bottom of the front flap. Includes some early reviews of the book on the rear dustjacket panel.. First American Edition. Fine/Very Good.

New York: Simon & Schuster,, 1961. NF/VG. Stated First Printing edition. In clean blue cloth HC with light pink/orange topstain and a very clean and bright blue/white/red dj with a full-page photographic portrait of Heller on the rear cover which shows a long internally tape-repaired tear from the top down to about the left eye of Mr. Heller. Non-clipped dj with the original price of $5.95 on the bottom of th e front flap. Attractive po ex-libris bookplate on the ffep. VERY minor chips off the top of the dj. Highly collectible.. STATED FIRST PRINTING. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: The Viking Press,, 1978. A real classic in the field of American Indian literature! One of the first novels ever published by a Native American woman, and one of the books directly responsible for influencing a future generation of Native American writers. Set in the years immediately following World War II. it focuses on the lives of several young Indian veterans from the Laguna Reservation, after their return home. With crisp photographic dustjacket designed by Lee H. Marmon.. Third Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Australia: Brandl & Schlesinger, 2001. Fine as new in illustrated softcover. Robi Singer is a half-orphan -- his father died soon after the war -- who spends his weekdays in a Jewish orphanage in Budapest and his weekends in a small apartment with his grandmother and mother. His mother is agoraphobic and hypochondriac, but his grandmother is a tough old lady who holds down an unskilled job and knows how to work the system; they manage to cling to a middle-class lifestyle, even if they can't afford a proper winter coat for Robi. A teacher at the orphanage inspires him with stories about the heroes of Jewish history, but on Sundays his mother takes him to prayer meetings of Jews for Christ -- and his grandmother is a communist. So when the time comes for Robi's bar mitzvah, it's not clear that his belated circumcision really will be "just a formality"... The tribulations of Robi and his family, and their relationships with others, offer a fascinating view of life in Hungary… Read More

Cosmopolitan, 1955. Includes stories by William Saroyan, Jerome Weidman, Walter Kaylin, Elizabeth Enright and Ann Chidester. Long articles with lots of illustrations about Burt Lancaster and Diana Shore..

New York: Macmillan Company, NY, FIRST PRINTING NF/NF in unclipped. Caribbean adventure/misadventure story by former Grand Prix driver, Jefferson.. STATED FIRST EDITION. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1946. Some very light foxing to the dec. eps due to cheap paper quality . DJ is bright and crisp purple with white and green floral decorations and blurbs about the book on the rear dj panel. There is a short internally repaired tear on the top e dge and some little roughness around the edges of the spine dj plus some foxing on the white inside flaps of the dj. Now in mylar, this is a rather at tractice and presentable copy of Eudora Welty's fourth book and second novel.. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown Pub, 1996. Fine as new UNCORRECTED PROOF from the creator of TV Nation and Roger & Me, award winning documentary filmmaker and thorn in big business and the right wing's behindine , Michael Moore . BOLDLY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY MM ON THE COVER: To .... - My #1 union guy and alleged "honey" -- Hang in there! MM ".. Uncorrected Book Proof. Fine.

New York: Olympia Press, NY, 1968., 1968. First (1st) Edition. NF/VG+. "On a small island that could be Greece, a succession of cloudless days reinforces the dreamlike aura of this surrealistic novel.". First American Edition. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: George Braziller, 1961. By the author of m"Owls Do Cry."One of the most famous New Zealand authors, Frame has written a moving novel based on her own experiences in a mental hospital.. STATED FIRST EDITION. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY, Harper & Brothers, 1932, 10th Printing, 1932. Black cloth HC with gilt lettering on cover and spine and blindstamp on cover. NF with slight soiling of covers with a VG++, exceptionally hard to find dj in pure deco style by Maxwell. An elegantly d ressed young couple standing on a seashore and st aring out to a sailboat in the distant water. In bold black, blue, white and yellow. This was Priestley's first novel since Angel Pavement made its ap pearance in 1930. Faraway may best be described as a tale of romance and reality.. 10th Printing. Very Good/Very Good.

Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1978. A crisp and clean, unread boxed set of the Lord of the Rings trilogy in attractived red/gilt/black paperslipcase in Very Good condition with only minor edgewear. Each softcover volume has a gold cover with red and black lettering and a black cover emblem. protected by it are in great shape. This series formed the basis for the popular movie trilogy and has delighted readers for decades. Includes Tolkien's introduction ("Concerning Hobbits, and other matters"). No scribblings or inscriptions. A perfect gift!. Second Edition. Slip Case. Fine as New.