Search Results: Authors starting with H from Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB

New York: Random House, 1960. First Edition thus, First Printing. Hardcover. Thin octavo. 9.25 x 7.5 inches. 62 pp. Very Good+ / Good. Translated by Doris Orgel. Pictures by Maurice Sendak. Preface by Phyllis McGinley. Unclipped dust jacket. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. Spine lettering stamped in black and white. Top edge dyed red. Illustrated endpapers. Profusely illustrated in black, white, and olive in text and plates by Sendak. Conforms to all points in Hanrahan A38. Binding solid, tight, and square. Black and white stamped board illustrations bright and sharp. Tips sharp. Light shelf wear at head and tail of spine. Cloth back strip and text block edges slightly age toned. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Else, internally clean and unmarked throughout. Dust jacket rubbed, edge worn, torn and taped with some loss (see photos). Dust jacket now in protective archival sleeve.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. Uncorrected proof. Signed by Harlan Ellison. Softcover. Octavo. 8.25 x 5.25 inches. 229 pp. Fine in plastic protected wraps. Association copy. Proofread by Hensley's long-time friend and fellow author Harlan Ellison. Inscribed and signed by Ellison on front wrap: "Proofread for errors by Harlan Ellison 29 June – 3 August 1994." Inscribed and signed by Ellison on half title: "For Joe! A memento of our ongoing 40+ year friendship. Yr. pal, Harlan 3 August 94 Los Angeles." Inscribed by Ellison on title page: "Terrific book overall!" and "Joe – Jim Carlos is a great character! More, please! With Daggert as his 'sidekick.'" Ellison's dog-earring and proofreading markups throughout, else Fine. Scarce thus.

New York: Ace Books, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Mass market paperback. Sextodecimo. 6.25 x 4.25 inches. 191 pp. Near Fine in wraps. D-452 at top of spine and upper-left corner of cover, below original price of 35¢. Illustrated wraps. Two slight indents along top edge of back wrap, similar indent along fore-edge, and slight indent along top edge of front wrap. Slight rubbing to back wrap and tail of spine. Text block clean, tight. Pages tanned with age, else Fine. First printing of author's first book. Now in protective archival sleeve.

Toronto and New York: Laser Books. 1976. First Edition, First Printing (paperback original). Signed. Softcover. Sextadecimo. 7 x 4 inches. 190 pp. Very Good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by author on fly leaf, with inscription: "For Wilbur, Who's Read Better, Joe L. Hensley." Laser Books 17. Mass market paperback in illustrated wrappers with cover art by Kelly Freas. Edges dyed yellow. Text block square and tight. Minor rubbing, edgewear and creasing to wrappers. Tanning to wrappers' versos and page margins.

Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1973. First Hardcover Edition, First Hardcover Printing, published as Book Club Edition, of title previously issued as Paperback Original. Correct first hardcover edition, with requisite code 42P at in lower gutter of page 277. Issued upon first publication by the Science Fiction Book Club. Fine / Near Fine. Octavo. 8 1/2 x 5 ½ inches. Ochre paper over board. Lettering and ruling in dark green on spine. Deckle fore-edge. 278 pp. Two blank leaves at end. Clean, unworn boards; tight, square binding; bright, clean pages. Ever so slightly canted, else Fine. Near Fine dustjacket has light rubbing/edgewear, two short closed tears at head of spine, shallow wrinkle at upper left corner of front panel; dark scuff at lower left corner of rear panel. Now in removeable archival cover.

New York: Atheneum, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. 240 pp. Fine / Near Fine. Three-quarter lime green paper over quarter beige cloth, spine bearing stamped foil copper titles; yellow top stain. Pictorial glossy unclipped dust jacket, showing price of $13.95, has 4.5-inch crease on top-inside corner of back flap, 1-inch crease on bottom-inside corner of back flap, and minor bump at the top-front corner of spine. Dust jacket now in archival protective cover. Hiaasen's second novel. Co-written with Pulitzer Prize nominee and fellow Miami Herald staffer William Montalbano. Complimentary copy distributed by publisher prior to publication date, review material laid in.

New York: Doubleday, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. 185 pp. Near Fine / Very Good+. Original dark green cloth-backed boards with orange lettering on spine. Original dust jacket intact with price of $4.50 on front flap. Very slight edge wear to top and bottom corners of spine, else tight, clean. Dust jacket shows signs of shelf wear at top and bottom of spine, rubbing in spots, a one-centimeter closed tear and one-centimeter crease in a corner of the spine. Light browning at front hinge and to head of dust jacket flaps. Published by Doubleday for the Crime Club. Harry Patterson's second book to be published in the U.S. under the pen name, Jack Higgins. Also published as The Sicilian Heritage. Dust jacket now in archival protective cover.

New York: Basic Books, 1979. First Edition, Eleventh Printing. Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. [5], vi-xxi, [3], 3-777, [1] pp. Very Good+ / Very Good+. Gilt spine-titled brown cloth on board. Unclipped dust jacket, showing price of $18.50. Top edge of case slightly faded. Front board slightly bowed. Dust jacket spine slightly creased at head and faded with some fading along left edge of front panel. Dust jacket now in protective archival cover. 1980 Pulitzer Prize-winning "metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll" published when the author was still an Assistant Professor at Indiana University.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1974. First Softcover Edition, First Printing with complete number line. Signed. Softcover. Sextodecimo. 7 x 5.25 inches. 167 pp. Very Good. Small softcover in pictorial wraps. Flat signed and dated by the author on front flyleaf: "Harlan Hubbard, Payne Hollow, Ky., April 1980." Hand illustrations by the author throughout. Text block square and tight. Minor edgewear to wraps. Light foxing to text block edges and front and rear illustrated flyleaves. Previous owner's name and year inked on inside of front wrap, else interior free of markings. Extremely scarce softcover issued concurrently with first hardcover printing.

Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2000-2002. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Fine / Near Fine. Six Volumes Complete. Volume I: 1920-1925, 487pp. Volume II: 1926-1929, 587pp. Volume III: 1930-1935, 632pp (slight creasing to dust jacket edges, small closed tear at front upper fore corner). Volume IV: 1936-1938, 445pp. Volume V: 1939-1956, 476pp. Volume VI: 1956-1963, 411pp. Quarter-bound black cloth on red paper over board. Text blocks tight and square, pages clean and unmarked. Dust jackets now in archival protective covers.