Search Results: Titles starting with L from Marvin Minkler Modern First Editions

New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St, Martin's Press, 2012. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/2nd Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 294 pages with index. A gritty, vivid snapshot of fifties L.A. and its seamy demimonde. 1/4" inch tear to the bottom of the front dj flap, otherwise a near fine dustjacket over a near fine book. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box. .

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2011. Advance Reading Copy/Proof. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Fist Edition/First Printing. Softcover. 291 pages. As much a mind game as it is a thriller. This is the softcover Adance Uncorrected Proof in pictorial wraps of the hardcover book that was published in October 2011. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. .

New York: Dutton, 2008. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing, February 2008. Hardcover in dustjacket. 372 pages. Hard, fast, and etched with characters so sharp they will leave you bleeding. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box..

New York: Riverhead Books, 2006. Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in dustjacket. 320 pages. A ruthlessly taut, gritty, and ferocious debut novel about South Central Los Angeles, written by an officer in the LAPD's 77th Division. A fine dusjtacket over a fine book. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection.

New York: Prospecta Press, 2013. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover with unclipped dustjacket. 416 pages, filled with the photographer's photographs and with an index. Born in France, John Launois was one of the top international photojournalists in the 1960s, covering wars, revolutions, the Beatles, environmental pollution, and the Soviet Union and Malcolm X's final pilgrimage to Cairo. Small bump to bottom boards. Light edgewear to the dustjacket. Otherwise a very good copy, that is also, Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box..

Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1953. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing, with no additional printings listed on the copyright page. Hardcover in dustjacket. Original price of $5.00 on top of front dj flap. 184 pages with 233 black & white photographs and illustrations. A wonderful collection of stunning photographs and text by the author, who was the first American Matador, and later night club owner, that describes in human terms the history and personalities surrounding the science of bullfighting. Colorful maroon endpapers have brand of bull farms both in Spain and Mexico. Black cloth with titles and spine in red and yellow and a red drawing of a matador on the back. Fraying to the top of the dustjacket spine and edgewear to parts of the extremities. The book itself is in near fine condition. Sharp corners, No interior writing or marks. Solid spine. A good dustjacket over a near fine book. Ships in well-padded box..

New York: G. P. Putnam Sons, 2005. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in dustjacket. 514 pages. The author's debut; a thriller rich in the atmosphere of medieval and contemporary France, in which two women born centuries apart are linked by a common destiny. Light edgewear to the dj spine top and the corners, otherwise, As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box..

New York: William Morrow and Company, 2008. Advance Reading Copy/Proof. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Softcover. 390 pages. The author's debut novel. Gripping, beautifully written and absolutely engrossing. This is the softcover, Advance Reader's Edition/Uncorrected Proof in French flaps of the hardcover book that was published July 29, 2008. Full-color, card stock, gatefold promotional item laid in and publishers promo letter also. From my smoke-free collection.

New York: Harper, 2009. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 507 pages. The author takes us on an epic journey from the Mexico City of artist Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, to the America of FDR and J. Edgar Hoover. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 326 pages. Ms. Tyler tells the story of a forty-year-old woman, the mother of three almost-grown children, who on a sudden impulse walks away from her marriage, and settles in a strange new town to invent a new life. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box..

New York: HarperFlamingo/HarperCollins Publishers, 1998. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 382 pages. This startling debut novel transcends the so-called facts of a woman's life and comes to stand for all the glory and possibility of the human spirit itself. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box..

Atria Books. New York, 2007. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in dustjacket. 337 pages. A fine thriller about the enigma of the Lady in Blue. A fine dustjacket over a fine book. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection..

New York: Atria Books, 2007. Advance Reading Copy/Proof. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. This is the softcover, Advance Reader's Copy, of the hardcover book that was published June 19th, 2007. 337 pages. An elaborately woven novel about the enigma of the Lady in Blue. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection..

New York: Pocket Books, 1946. Book. Illus. by Tom Dunn. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Paperback Edition/First Printing, September 1946, as stated on the copyright page. PBK #389. 236 pages. A Phillip Marlow mystery. "Did she jump, or was she pushed?" Cover art of drowning woman by Tom Dunn. Crease down right side of cover with edge and surface wear. Former owner name and town in ink on top of front red freepaper. Solid spine and pages and text still white, and not the usual toning present. A good copy of this scarce first printing. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First American Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in dustjacket. 288 pages. A meticulous re-creation of the Boar War, by the Whitbread Award winning author of, The Last King of Scotland. Bump and crinkle to the top of the spine dj and book, that overlaps onto the front cover a bit. Otherwise a near fine, unread copy. From my smoke-free collection..

U.K.: Europa, 2014 First Europa United Kingdom Publication/First Printing. Softcover in french flaps. 250 pages. Word Noir. "It is doubtful I would be a crime writer without the influence of McILvanneys' Laidlaw." - Ian Rankin. As new. UNread.

New York: Viking, 2000. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 312 pages. Rick Bass called this debut novel, "a masterpiece." From a poet staking out his own exquisite narrative terrain comes a passionate story about identity and meaning. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. Advance Reading Copy/Proof. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Softcover. 208 pages. An iconic story of American youth and friendship between young men - an unforgettable tale of growing up on Chicago's Great Lakes. This is the softcover, Advance Uncorrected Proof, in pictorial wraps, of the hardcover book that was published in April 2002. Publishers promo letter laid in. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection..

Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, 2006. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 190 pages with illustrations and index. The most up-to-date, definitive scientific assessment of the evidence for and against the existence of lake monsters. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box..

New York: Viking , 2001. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 292 pages. It's 1956 and summer in Lake Wobegon, Minnesota. A near fine dustjacket over a near fine book. .