Search Results: Titles starting with C from Astro Trader Books

[CHARLES SCHNEIDER, RUSS MEYER, DANIEL GILLESPIE CLOWES]. CAD: A HANDBOOK FOR HEELS. Feral House, Los Angeles, CA, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean and binding tight. Scarce autographs from filmmaker / cinematographer / photographer Russ Meyer, graphic novelist / cartoonist / screenwriter Daniel Clowes, actor /screenwriter / author Richard Blackburn, models / actresses Kitten Natividad and Debra Lamb. Additional autographs from authors Charles Schneider and Rod Thorndyke. Russ Meyer was the film director of the famous sexploitation cult film Faster Pussycat Kill ! Kill ! among other cult films; Vixen!, Supervixens, Up! , Mudhoney, Mondo Topless, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and many more cult films. Russ Meyer was a glamour photographer for Playboy magazine and photographed model Eve Meyer for the centerfold of Playboy June 1955 magazine issue. Daniel Clowes was the cartoonist for the famous comic Eightball and graphic novel Like a Velvet… Read More

[CHELSEA QUINN YARBRO]. A CANDLE FOR D'ARTAGNAN. TOR Publishing, New York, 1989. First Edition, First printing. True First Edition with full number line. Condition: Fine / Near Fine. Appears unread pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. DJ is unclipped and about fine. Third in the series featuring Olivia Atta Clemens. Cover art by Manuel Pérez-Sanjulián Clemente. Romance historical fiction horror novel, first edition collectible. 485 pgs. 8vo.

[EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS]. CARSON OF VENUS. WWII U.S. NAVY MILITARY ASSOCIATION COPY. Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., Tarzana, California, 1939. First Edition, First printing. Book Condition: Very Good+. Appears barely read, in original publisher's blue pebbled cloth lettered stamped in red, top edge red, maps to endpapers, rubbing to edges, scattered soiling, light scuffs to faded cloth board covers else pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Print run: 3,500, scarce thus. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Not price clipped with the original $2.00 on upper inner flap, faint crease to inner flap, scarce original first state laminated dust jacket new old stock uncirculated printed in 1939 by ERB, Inc., in professional collector Brodart plastic sleeve. A magnificent copy with well preserved pristine original dust jacket and with WWII association. Hand signed and inscribed by Edgar Rice Burroughs on the front endpaper to Captain Robert Joseph Coontz Navy Commander (U.S.S. Wedderburn) the grandson of Admiral… Read More

[EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS]. CARSON OF VENUS. Ace Books, New York, 1963. First Edition, First printing. True first edition Ace #F-247 with the original 40 cent cover price. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, crease on lower left of cover near spine, micro-chips to extremities, spine is uncreased, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. A about fine to very good plus copy. Cover art by Frank Frazetta. First edition ERB Ace paperback, collectible. 192 pgs. 16mo.

[GORDON GORDON, MILDRED NIXON GORDON]. CASE FILE: FBI. Doubleday & Co. Inc. /Crime Club, New York, 1953. First Edition, First printing. True First Edition stated. Book Condition: Near Fine / Very Good. In original publisher's dark grey cloth with titles stamped in black on spine. Appears unread, previous owner inscription on card pasted on ffep, pages are clean and binding tight. Dust Jacket: Very Good +. Price clipped, sunned spine with micro-chips and creases to corner edges and extremities, otherwise a smart, neat jacket, protected in a professional collector plastic DJ sleeve, a scarce jacket in any condition. Novel was the basis for the 1954 noir movie Down Three Dark Streets released by United Artists. Early drafts of the screenplay were rejected by FBI director J.Edgar Hoover. Gordon Gordon was a FBI counter-intelligence agent during WWII. Cover art by Peter Burchard. Not a BCE (book club edition) and not a reprint. Classic crime noir pulp first edition highly collectible. 189 pgs. 8vo.

[FORREST E. FICKLING, GLORIA GAUTRAUD FICKLING]. PSEUDONYM (G.G. FICKLING). THE CASE OF THE RADIOACTIVE REDHEAD. Belmont, New York, 1963. First Edition, First printing. True first edition Belmont #90-281 with the original 40 cent cover price. Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, spine is uncreased, micro-chips to extremities, a few shallow creases to covers, pages are clean, unmarked and binding tight. Overall a about fine, tight, crisp copy of a scarce book. Features protagonist private investigator Erik March, this is the second title in the series. The earliest female pulp private detective series character Honey West was created by the husband and wife team duo authors, under the pseudonym G.G. Fickling. Cover art by Robert Maguire. Scarce pulp fiction vintage paperback collectible. 141 pgs. 16mo.

ERLE STANLEY GARDNER PERRY MASON CASE OF THE DEMURE DEFENDANT. Cardinal Edition Pocket Books, New York, 1958 (1959). First Edition, Second Printing. Cardinal # C-323 with 35 cents price on the front cover. Condition: Very Good. Mild shelf wear and very mild creases, very minor chips on spine/corners typical of pulp fiction books of this age, all pages clean and unmarked, a near fine copy. Limited signature edition Cardinal series with Gardner's facsimile autographed signature printed from a autopen or pre-printed on the back cover here though also found on the front cover as well on other signed Cardinal Edition Pocket book titles. Cover art by Charles Pietz.

[JONATHAN CRAIG]. THE CASE OF THE NERVOUS NUDE. Gold Medal / Fawcett, Greenwich, Conn., 1959. First Edition, First printing. True first edition Fawcett #872 with the original 25 cent price on the front cover. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, colors on covers are punchy and vibrant with much of the original gloss, creases to corner extremities, slight spine slant, creases near the middle of spine and on mid section of both rear panel, front cover, mildly age toned pages typical of vintage paperbacks of this age, pages are clean, unmarked and binding tight. Overall a very good plus to about near fine copy. Features protagonists Pete Selby and Stan Rayder, this is the sixth and final book in the series. Vintage paperback original first edition, collectible. 160 pgs. 16mo.

[ERLE STANLEY GARDNER]. THE CASE OF THE SINGING SKIRT. William Morrow & Co., New York, 1959. First Edition. Book Condition: Fine. Appears unread with pristine original yellow cloth boards and titles in black type, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Previous owner bookplate on first endpaper. Dust jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket is unclipped with the original price of $2.95 on the upper first inner flap with a few micro-chips and creases to extremities, protected in a professional plastic archival collector sleeve. A scarce dust jacket in this near fine condition. Not a reprint, not a facsimile dust jacket and not remainder marked. Classic Modern First Edition, Perry Mason novel, rare collectible. 250 pgs. 8vo.

[AMY EPHRON]. THE CASTLE IN THE MIST. Philomel Books, New York, 2017. First Edition, First printing. Condition; Fine / Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Mild shelf wear and minor chip to lower left edge of front cover near spine typical of dust jackets, all else fine condition. A about fine copy. Not a BCE (Book Club Edition), not ex-library, not remainder marked and not a reprint. Not a facsimile and not a autopen autograph. A very uncommon inscription and signature by Amy Ephron on the title page. Amy Ephron comes from a family of writers and is the daughter of screenwriters Henry and Phoebe Ephron who wrote the screenplay for Captain Newman M.D. (1963) which was nominated for an Oscar. Amy Ephron is author of "Cool Shades" (1984), "Biodegradable Soap" (1991), "A Cup of Tea: A Novel of 1917 " (2005), "Carnival Magic" (2018) and many other titles, this is the author's first YA book. Cover art by Jennifer Bricking. Classic YA fantasy, rare collectible. 192… Read More

[MARI SANDOZ]. THE CATTLEMEN: FROM THE RIO GRANDE ACROSS THE FAR MARIAS. First Edition, Third printing. Hasting House, New York, 1958. Book Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, in publisher's original green cloth boards, blind stamp of American Procession Series on front, titles in gilt on spine, maps on pastedown, endpapers, minor soiling on boards mostly on lower right front board, else near pristine, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Dust Jacket condition: Very Good+. Not priced clipped, micro-closed tear and slightly trimmed only on inside upper first inside inner flap with the original $6.50 price visible, correct third printing dust jacket with yellow ochre color printed title, illustration of cowboy and cattle on spine instead of the first edition sienna red color printed on spine. Dust jacket only is ex-library, age toning, creases to extremities, a light pencil mark on spine with the typical neat hand written library dewey decimal number and ghost sticker on spine, else no other… Read More

[JOHN L. SHELLEY]. CAVALRY SERGEANT. Ballantine Book, New York, 1960. First Edition, First printing. True first edition paperback original BB #366K with the original 35 cent price on the front cover. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, spine is uncreased, cover has much of the original gloss, creases near spine on front cover, micro-chips to extremities mostly spine corners, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. A very good plus to almost near fine copy. Cover art by Ron Lesser. Vintage western first edition paperback original, uncommon collectible. 144 pgs. 16mo.

[ROGER ZELAZNY]. THE CHANGING LAND. Del Rey / Ballantine, New York, 1981. First Edition, First printing. Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, spine is uncreased, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. This is the eighth novel in the Dilvish series. Cover art by Michael Herring. Modern fantasy vintage paperback original from a major author, collectible. 245 pgs. 16mo.

[ROBERT MOORE WILLIAMS]. THE CHAOS FIGHTERS. Ace Books, New York, 1955. First Edition, First printing. True first edition Ace #S-90 with the original front cover price of 25 cents. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, creases, micro-chips to extremities, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. This is one of the author's earliest books. Cover art by Robert E. Schulz. Classic mid-century science fiction, collectible. 160 pgs. 16mo.

[ROBERT CRAIS]. SIGNED & INSCRIBED. CHASING DARKNESS. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2008. First Edition, First printing. True First Edition with full number line. Condition: Fine / Near Fine. Appears unread, with mild shelf wear, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Signed with rare inscription on the title page by Robert Crais; " For Thomas ... Welcome to the new Elvisworld! Enjoy - Robert Crais. " Modern first Elvis Cole / Joe Pike mystery from Robert Crais, rare signed collectible. 273 pgs. 8vo.

[BURR MCINTOSH]. Cheerful Philosophy Poems. Self published, Hollywood, CA, circa 1930s. Condition: Near Fine / Very Good. In original fragile red paper wrappers with chips and closed tears to extremities, light crease to middle of cover, otherwise appears unread, pages are clean, unmarked, bright and binding tight. No stains and no foxing to covers or pages. Overall in near pristine condition. Signed and inscribed by Burr McIntosh on the first endpaper dated 1935. One of earliest film pioneers and magazine publishers during the Golden Age of Illustration during the the turn of the century in the early 1900's, published 86 issues of the Burr McIntosh Monthly Magazine from 1903-1910 and featured celebrities and socialites of the time. McIntosh photographed actresses Ethel Barrymore, Lillie Langtry and one of the original Wizard of Oz actresses, Billie Burke. One of the first actors of the Silent Film Era, radio broadcasters and still photographers from early Hollywood in the early 1900s, McIntosh was… Read More

[MAJOR HAROLD MELVIN HAYS]. CHEERIO! SIGNED & INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1919. First Edition. Book Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, a few trivial soiling specks to covers, in brown-beige cloth and titles stamped in red type on cover and spine, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. A about fine copy. Scarce presentation copy SIGNED, INSCRIBED, dated 1921 on the ffep. Major Hays (1880-1940) was part of the United States Army Medical Reserve Corps of WWI. (Not to be confused with WWII Airborne medic veteran Harold Hayes of 807th Airborne that crashed landed in Albania in 1943). Scarce in this fine condition and rare presentation copy, signed and inscribed WWI memorabilia, highly collectible. 291 pgs. 8vo.

[WILLIAM THOMAS PRITCHARD]. WILLIAM DEXTER. CHILDREN OF THE VOID. Paperback Library, Inc., New York, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. First edition in paperback. Paperback Library #52-357 with the original 50 cents on cover. Condition: Near Fine / Very Good. With micro chips to edge extremities, mild creases and shelf wear, minor rubbing on spine, faint marker inscription on cover, trivial soiling specks on upper left of back cover typical of pulp fiction books of this age, otherwise barely read, pages are unmarked, bright, clean and binding tight. In remarkable condition for 50 + year old paperback. Novel of a post-apocalyptic Earth monitored by aliens, featuring protagonist Denis Grafton, classic 1960's pulp fiction. 16mo. 159 pgs.

ROBERT VAN GULIK. THE CHINESE BELL MURDERS. Avon Books, New York, 1958. First Edition. First Edition in paperback with the original 50 cents price on cover, Avon #G-1177. Condition: Very Good+. With minor rubbing on tail of spine, mild creases and trivial light soiling on covers typical of pulp fiction books of this age, otherwise barely read, pages are clean, without page tears and binding tight. With neat book store stamp on rear endpaper. Map illustration of Poo-yang. Robert Van Gulik discovered the original 18th century novel in an antiquarian book shop in Tokyo that was the basis of his Judge Dee mysteries, "Dee Goong An an ancient Chinese detective story", he translated from the original and then published in 1949 . Exotic early mystery pulp and collectible.

[GEORGE LUCAS]. (MARCUS HEARN, RON HOWARD). THE CINEMA OF GEORGE LUCAS. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2005. First Edition. Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Biography of legendary film director George Lucas spanning four decades. Foreward by film director and actor Ron Howard. 264 pgs. 4to