New York: Popular Library, 1954. Owen Kampen. Popular Library Edition. Small octavo. (16 cm. x 11 cm. ) 221 pp. Illustrated paper wrappers. Green edges. Minor creasing to front wrapper. Near Fine. In the conservative 1950s, people couldn't get enough of stories about juvenile delinquency. The "youth quake" began in..... More
Los Angeles: Holloway House, 1972. Paperback Original. Octavo. (17.5 cm. x 10.5 cm.) 280 pp. Illustrated paper wrappers. Advertisements at rear. Minor rubbing to front cover image. Verso with long crease. Mild toning to pages. Overall, bright and tight. Near Fine. Donald Goines specialized in urban, gangster revenge plots and..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1994. First Edition. Octavo (24 cm). 255 pp. Pitch-black, half-cloth boards, gold-tooth lettering on spine. Black dust jacket with red band featuring a mugshot of the maneater, "Betty". (In actuality, a detail of the face of dancer and choreographer, Pearl Primus.) Clean, attractive book. A...... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1998. First Edition. Octavo (24 cm). 298 pp. Half-cloth, leather-brown boards with company insignia blind-stamped on front board, with white titles on black spine. Small, light stains to first free endpaper which may be from the paper stock, else a great copy. Power. This is the..... More
Los Angeles: Holloway House, 1969. First Printing. Small octavo. (18 cm.) 320 pp. Paperback original. Photo-illustrated titles in black on front and spine, with photo-image of author on verso. Publisher serial number #HH-176 above title and on spine indicating First Printing. Stray pen mark on spine, not affecting type. Minor..... More