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TEXAS! TEXAS!
It's always struck us as a little odd that the great American musical of the West is OKLAHOMA! I mean doesn't it seem more logical that it would have been something about Texas. Don't the lyrics about "something something we belong to the land,/ And the land we belong to is grand," don't they sound like something you'd be more likely to say about Texas. It would even scan, sort of, if instead of "Oklahoma", you sort of sang, "Texas, Texas."
And the jokes. Why we've know Texans who carried six shooters bigger than Oklahoma, or what do you call an intersection in Texas - Oklahoma, or how do you find the freeway exit to Oklahoma - look for the one that says "World's biggest cattle lot." Oh well, maybe, now that we think about it, Texans are happy with having a musical like THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS.
Anyway, below is an assortment of titles from our inventory having to do with Texas in some fashion. Fiction, nonfiction, and we even have a few about Mexico too. If you order any of them from us directly you can get a 20% discount on the price listed.
Shubert, Paul
Binding: Hardcover
NY:NY:: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. Good Plus. in Without DJ White cloth spine, 244pp. Illustrated endpapers. Fictionalized account of U.S. Navy dreadnaught. Clean, tight, sound copy. Spine yellowed with wear at top&bottom. Corners bent and just wearing through. Slight soiling to bottom edge of textblock. Binding cracked, but pages clean, sound, and tight. Illustrated by Arthur Hawkins. First Edition. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall ... (more information)
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2. ALL THE BRAVE RIFLES
Venable, Clarke
Binding: Hardcover
Book condition: Good
Jacket condition: No Jacket
Edition: F First Edition
Chicago IL:: Reilly & Lee,. 1929. F First Edition. H Hard Cover. Good Black cloth, 369pp. Illustrated endpapers. Popular historical novel of the early days of Texas when Crockett, Austin, Houston, Bowie and others fought and died for freedom. Clean, sturdy copy. Corners slightly bent and fraying; fraying at top&bottom of spine. Front and rear hinges cracked. Binding cracked. Pages naturally yellowed, but otherwise clean and holding well. Gift inscription on dedication page. ... (more information)
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3. CENTAURS OF MANY LANDS
Tinker, Edward Larocque
Binding: Hardcover
Book condition: Very Good
Jacket condition: J Good
Austin TX:: Univ of Texas,. 1964. H Hard Cover. Very Good Illustrated white cloth, presumably first and only edition, 66pp. With b&w photos and illustrations. A study of horses and horsemanship as exemplified in the Spanish style from the 16th century at the Spanish Riding School and then in the New World with conquistadors, gauchos, cowboys, and other masters of the art. Clean, tight, sound copy. Price clipped dustjacket with wear and tears along edges; few holes in spine; label ghost on back panel. ... (more information)
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4. ROY BEAN : Law West of the Pecos
Sonnichsen, C. L
Binding: Hardcover
Book condition: Very Good Minus
Jacket condition: J Good
Edition: Reprint
Old Greenwich CT:: Devin-Adair,. 1972. Reprint. H Hard Cover. Very Good Minus Blue cloth, 207pp. With b&w photos and map. A classic of Old West history originally published in 1943. A biography of one of Texas' most colorful characters who has been the subject of several Hollywood films. Clean, tight, sound copy. Slight speckling and dusting to edges of boards and textblock. Dustjacket slightly faded on spine, with wear and small tears along edges. ... (more information)
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5. ROUNDUP, March 1983
Western Writers of America
Binding: Paperback
El Paso, Texas: WWA/University of Texas, 1983.. 8vo, brown paper wraps, 32pp. The nearly monthly journal of the WWA. Articles and columns about Westerns and writing them. Includes Loren D. Estleman, S. Omar Barker, Richard Curtis, Jory Sherman, and others. VG.Slight stain on back cover which has faint ghost from old subscription label. ... (more information)
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6. THE ROUNDUP, May 1985
Western Writers of America
Binding: Paperback
El Paso Texas: WWA/University of Texas, 1985.. 8vo, brown paper wraps, 32pp. Monthly journal of the WWA with articles on Sam Houston, Hopalong Cassidy, and Louis Lamour. VG.Minor soiling on front and back covers. Ghost on back cover from old subsc ription label. ... (more information)
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7. THE ROUNDUP, March 1985
Western Writers of America
Binding: Paperback
El Paso Texas: WWA/University of Texas, 1985.. 8vo, brown paper wraps, 32pp. Monthly journal of WWA with articles in this issue on The Cisco Kid, Ernest Haycox, and Matt Braun, among others. VG. Slight crease to front cover. Label ghost and remain s of old label on back cover. ... (more information)
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8. A Dream of Arcadia: Anti-Industrialism in Spanish Literature, 1895-1905
Litvak, Lily
Binding: Hardcover
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Univ of Texas Pr, 1975. Very Good. in Very Good dj. Green cloth, 278pp. First study of the Arte Nouveau movement in Spanish literature through the works of four major writers. Clean, tight, sound copy in dustjacket with slight wear. First Edition. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall ... (more information)
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9. The Fair
Arreola, Juan Jose
Binding: Hardcover
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.Univ of Texas Pr. Very Good. in Good dj. Orange cloth, originally printed in Spanish in 1963, 154pp. Translated by John Upton. The only novel by one of Mexico's leading contemporary writers, a skillful satirist. This one of those unclassifiable works reminiscent of FINNEGAN'S WAKE, thar ranges across time, place, and characters in a gallery of voices. With black and white woodcut illustrations. Clean, tight, sound copy with small red mark on bottom edge of textblock. Colorful dustjacket... (more information)
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10. The 56th Evac. Hospital: Letters of a WWII Army Doctor
Collins, Lawrence D
Binding: Hardcover
College Station, Texas, U.S.A.University of North Texas Press,. Fine. in Near Fine dj. Tan cloth, 284pp. Includes b&w photos. Selected letters of a doctor who served in an evac hospital in Northern Africa and Europe. A look at the cost of war for those who fight. Clean, tight sharp copy in bright shiny dustjacket that has a couple of vertical creases in the front and back flaps. May still have a faint smell of cigarette smoke. Stated First Edition. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" t... (more information)
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11. THE TEXAN FROM MONTANA
Cody, Al
Binding: Hardcover
Lenox Hill, 1970. Very Good. in Without DJ Tan cloth, "4" on copyright page may indicate a later printing, 192pp. Recently discharged Union army officer heads for Texas where he's needed on the old family ranch. Clean, tight, sound copy with few spots on edges of textblock. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall ... (more information)
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12. THE WIND WAS COLD
Clevely, Hugh
Binding: Hardcover
NY:Morrow,. Very Good Minus,. in Very Good Minus. dj. Green cloth spine, previously publishing in Britain, 253pp. Somewhat autobiographical novel of an Englishman having a midlife crisis involving a young woman from Texas. Has a colorful, striking dustjacket. Clean, tight, sound copy. Previous owner's name and a small store label on front free endpaper. Half dozen pages with creased corner. Minor soiling to edges of textblock. Dustjacket with slight yellowing to spine, some yellowing and soiling to rear pan... (more information)
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13. WHEN TEXAS CAME ROMPING INTO THE UNION : Tracing Its Footsteps Before and After
Pellow, Robert Emmett
Binding: Paperback
Book condition: Very Good
Waco TX:: J. E. Porter,. 1935. S Trade Paperback. Very Good Pebbled blue card covers, no edition or printing given, 99pp. + foldout map. With b&w illustrations. Issued just before the centennial of Texas' independence, this tries to give a brief history of Texas for 300+ years. Actually book is about 3" wide by 8" long. Clean, tight, sound copy. Covers darkened and slight wear along edges and at corners. ... (more information)
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14. YANKEES IN THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS : Some Notes on Their Origin and Impact
Burnett, Arthur C
Binding: Paperback
Book condition: Good Plus
Houston TX:: Harris County Historical Society,. 1952. S Saddled Stapled.. Good Plus Card covers, no edition printing given, 62pp. An odd and interesting study. A listing of "Yankees" who played part in the Republic of Texas (1836-1846); has listings showing name, and then some biographical information, a line or two, a paragraph, including what state they were from. Among the yankees are Deaf Smith and Shanghai Pierce. Sound, sturdy copy. Covers yellowed and speckled. Pages naturally yellowed; ... (more information)
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17. Otilia's Body: A Novel
Galindo, Sergio; Brushwood, Carolyn; Brushwood, John
Binding: Hardcover
Book condition: Very Good
Jacket condition: J Very Good
Edition: F First American.
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Univ of Texas Pr. 1994. F First American.. H Hard Cover. Very Good Red cloth, first published in Mexico in 1986, 225pp. In its first English language translation, a prize winning novel by a prize winning author of sexual obsession in Mexico from 1910 to 1940. Clean, tight, sound copy. Slight wear to corners. Upper forecorner of front cover bumped. Bright, shiny dustjacket. ... (more information)
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18. Thyme of Death: A Mystery Introducing China Bayles
Albert, Susan Wittig
Binding: Hardcover
Book condition: Very Good
Jacket condition: J Very Good
Edition: F First Edition
NY:: Scribners,. 1992. F First Edition. H Hard Cover. Very Good Green cloth spine, 260pp. First in what's proven to be a popular mystery series about a hotshot lady lawyer from Houston who moves to a small town to run an herb shop. Kinky and dark doings aren't only in the big city. Clean, tight, sharp copy in bright, shiny dustjacket. ... (more information)
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19. Texas Fury
Edson, J. T
Binding: Paperback
Book condition: Very Good
Edition: Reprint
New York, U.S.A.: Dell Pub Co. 1993. Reprint. S Mass Market Paperback. Very Good Card covers, 195pp. Originally published in 1975 as GET URREA! From the best selling English author of Westerns an action packed story of massacre and revenge in the War for Texas Independence. A little bit scarce, especially in good condition. Clean, tight, sound copy. ... (more information)
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20. EX-STUDENT BRANDING CEREMONIES : Commemorative Edition
Sul Ross State University
Binding: Paperback
Book condition: Very Good
Texas:: Sul Ross State University,. S Saddled Stapled.. Very Good Saddled stapled pages, unpaginated but 28pp. including covers. Reprint of programs for 3 different ceremonies, 1978, 79, and 81 held in memory of benefactors and former students of a Texas state college. The tradition being to burn the brand, as in cattle brand, of the student into a memorial on the college campus. Each program gives a brief bio of the students being honored and shows their particular brand. Printed on creamy textured paper... (more information)
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21. Miracle of the Killer Bees: 12 Senators Who Changed Texas Politics
Heard, Robert
Binding: Paperback
Book condition: Very Good
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Honey Hill Pub. 1981. S Trade Paperback. Very Good Yellow card covers, 124pp. With 61 b&w photos and illustrations. Recall how some Democratic members of the Texas legislature went into hiding to thwart the Republicans plans concerning congressional districts a few years ago. Well, that wasn't the first time they'd done it. Back in1979 12 Texas senators hid for 4 1/2 days to block another bill. The author interviewed 8 of the "Killer Bees" and tells the story of the hu... (more information)
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22. THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY 1867
Dougherty, E
Binding: Paperback
Book condition: Very Good Minus
Edition: Reprint
Brownsville TX:: Runyon Brothers,. 1955. Reprint. S Saddled Stapled.. Very Good Minus Card covers, 39pp. Facsimile reprint of of 1928 reprint of the original 1867 edition. Transcript of a speech given in 1867 recounting the history of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas and Mexico from the days of Cortez up to the Civil War. A tad dry but still an interesting read. Sound, tight copy. Slight discoloration to covers. Underlining and marginal notes in ink on some pages. Doesn't affect readability and otherwise clea... (more information)
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23. Forms of Intellectual and Ethical Development in the College Years; A Scheme
Perry, William Graves
24. MIRACLE WITHIN THE WALLS
Hammett, A. B. J
Binding: Hardcover
Book condition: Very Good Minus
Jacket condition: No Jacket
Edition: F Stated First Edition
Corpus Christi TX:: South Texas Publishing,. 1963. F Stated First Edition. H Hard Cover. Very Good Minus Blue boards, 132pp. A privately printed history of the Texas prison system which takes a rather upbeat view of the subject and emphasized the rehabilitation of inmates. Interesting for numerous b&w photos and excerpts from original documents. Lavish inscription on the title page reads "For --, This is a good place, but it's one hell of a good place to stay out of. This little story has caused ... (more information)
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25. TEXAS COUNTY HISTORIES : A Selected Checklist of Books in the Fort Worth Public Library
Moran, Abby (ed)
Binding: Paperback
Book condition: Very Good Minus
Ft. Worth TX:: Fort Worth Public Library,. 1959. S Stapled Spine.. Very Good Minus Green paper covers, no edition or printing given, 29pp. From Anderson County to Zapata County a simple bibliography of histories. Hardly replaces the 240 page standard issued in the 1940's, but a supplement to cover the 50's. Nice, clean, little copy. Slight yellowing to exterior. Short penned note on inside front cover. ... (more information)
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MYSTERIOUS TIBET
We have an abiding interest in Tibet - the roof of the world, home of the Abominable Snowman, locale of unrecorded Sherlock Holmes adventures. And seemingly Ireland, that most distressful country, to China's England. We've wondered why China seems to take such a hardline about the place. It's not like Tibet was going to invade them or something, and living there - well, no thank you. But then one day in a book by a native born Tibetan there was a casual mention of the "Tibetan Empire." Now those are hardly words that go together like ham-and-eggs in our mind. Still, could there be some ancient grudge that China is paying back - we wonder.
A search of our inventory turns up the following titles linked to Tibet. Look them over and if any interest you, then direct orders and payment will get 10% off the list price.
2. Baroque Chess Openings, Or, How to Play Your Betters at Chess and on Occasion Win
Wincor, Richard
Binding: Hardcover
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Gambit, 1972. Very Good. in Very Good dj. Red cloth, 116pp.Numerous illustrations of games. From the devious mind of a graduate of Harvard College and Law School, and the author of SHERLOCK HOLMES IN TIBET, a collection of unusual and unexpected strategies for chess players to confound their opponents with. Clean, tight, sound copy in bright, shiny, price clipped dustjacket. First Edition. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall ... (more information)
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3. The Oriental Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
Riccardi, Theodore
Binding: Hardcover
NY:Random House Inc. Very Good. in Very Good dj. Maroon boards, 303pp. Columbia University professor's first book of fiction, a tribute to his favorite mystery writer, Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes adventures and solves mysteries in India, Nepal, Tibet, and the East Indies, encountering spys, lost cities, master criminals, and a very large rodent. Clean,tight, sharp copy in bright, shiny dustjacket. Stated First Edition. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall ... (more information)
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4. TIBETAN VENTURE
Guibaut, Andre
Binding: Hardcover
London, United KingdomLondon, United Kingdom: Readers Union, 1949. Very Good Minus,. in Without DJ Yellow cloth, 206pp. Popular account of the Second Guibaut-Liotard Expedition in the country of the Ngolo-Setas in the early days of WWII. Includes b&w photos. Front endpaper maps. Clean, tight, sound copy. Minor exterior wear, spine a little darkened. Top 1/4" of front free endpaper has been cut off, but doesn't affect map; otherwise clean and tight thoughout. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) edition. Binding is... (more information)
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5. Daughter of Tibet
Taring, Rinchen Dolma
Binding: Hardcover
London, United KingdomLondon, United Kingdom: J.Murray, 1970. Very Good. in Fair dj. Red boards, 280pp. Repected autobiography of a Tibetan woman from one of that country's oldest families. Gives a picture of family and political life in Tibet before and after the Chinese takeover. Includes b&w illustrations, maps, and photos. Also a few pieces of related ephemera laid in (Flyer for The Tibet Relief Fund). Clean, sound, tight copy. Little bit of fading to boards, minor speckling to edges of textblock an... (more information)
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6. TALES OF A DALAI LAMA
Delattre, Pierre
Binding: Hardcover
Book condition: Very Good
Jacket condition: J Very Good
Edition: F First Edition
Boston MA:: Houghton Mifflin,. 1971. F First Edition. H Hard Cover. Very Good Red cloth, 142pp. Fanciful tales of Tibet's Dalai Lama by an author who has traveled extensively "following the spiritual stream" and studied religion for four years at the University of Chicago. With cover and interior art by the author. Clean, tight, sound copy. Faint label ghost on front free endpaper. White, price clipped dustjacket with slight wear and small tears along edges. ... (more information)
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7. SOME MOUNTAIN VIEWS
Pickman, Dudley Leavitt
Binding: Hardcover
Boston, MA, U.S.A.Self Published.. Very Good Minus,. Green paper covered boards, Limited to 500 copies, 94pp. With b&w photos. World traveller, philantrophist and patron of the arts, pillar of Boston society, this collection of essays, about climbing mountains from Switzerland to Tibet, from Canada to Mexico in the 19th century, was issued near the end of the author's life, but my, oh my, he was writing from personal experience. Clean, tight, sound copy. Spine a little yellowed, with small tears and cri... (more information)
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8. SHERPA ADVENTURE
Styles, Showell
Binding: Hardcover
Book condition: Very Good
Jacket condition: J Very Good Minus
Edition: F First Edition
NY:: Vanguard,. 1960. F First Edition. H Hard Cover. Very Good Gray cloth, 191pp. Young people's novel about climbing in the Himalayas by a much praised author who has written two nonfiction books on mountaineering and was a certified guide as well as a world traveller and adventurer. With b&w illustrations. Not an exlib copy. Clean, tight, sound copy. Colorful dustjacket with some small tears and wear along edges and slight dusting. ... (more information)
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AN EBAYING WE WILL GO
Yes we offer things on Ebay from time and to time. We've done so in '06 and will do so in '07.
Below in fact are a couple of examples of stuff we'll be offering in early '07.
This first one is an illustration by a famous artist, Walter Crane. Crane was English and pal of William Morris at the the turn of the century. He designed furniture, wall paper, wrote and illustrated books, and was an all round man of art. This illustration is from a famous work of his, FLOWERS FROM SHAKESPEARE'S GARDEN, done around 1906. It's a charming thing done in the fairy style that has been popular for over a hundred years.
If you check on this link, you may see what we're offering currently from that work and others
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And next we are also dealing in some even older illustrations by Hippolyte LeComte. These are hand colored lithographs from the 1820 work, COSTUMES CIVIL ET MILITAIRES DE COURT DE FRANCE JUSQUA 1200 A 1800. Lecomte was a member of a family of French artists. His son was one, his father, grandfather, greatgrandfather, and uncle were all as well. While this particular book was sort of early in his career, the images are as much a part of French culture as say Norman Rockwell's are in American life.
So check them out. We think they would make marvelous things to frame and hang up on the wall.
7/14/06
CATS AND FORTUNE TELLING
Enough time has passed that we might consider some reflections on Hurricane Katrina and cats. It's about knowing what's going to happen and what one does about it - especially as a new hurricane season has started and the fate of New Orleans dangles by a thread.
You may recall numerous pictures and accounts of people and their pets during Katrina, especially those supposedly heart rending ones of dogs - dogs separated, even abandoned by their owners, even dogs on roofs surrounded by flood waters. In other words,dumb dogs who were still there when the hurricane hit, but what about cats? I don't recall any similar reports about cats in New Orleans so where were they? Did they all slide out of town in advance of winds, rain, and broken levees, heading for higher and dryer ground.
One wonders, in fact perhaps there should be a Congressional investigation into the matter - What did cats know, and when did they know it, and why didn't they tell us about it. But good luck trying to get answers out of them, it'll probably be all "Me-who? Me-what?" and most crushingly, "Me-why?"
All of which leads us to wonder about the idea for a book, CATS AND FORTUNE TELLING. Through the ages cats have been worshipped and admired for their secret wisdom - worshipped as gods in ancient Eygpt, feared and burned as witches' helpers in the Middle Ages. So why not a book on how to tell the future with cats. It could have chapters on the best kind of cats for telling particular types of fortune - confess now, have you ever seen a poor Persian; surely they're the ones to ask about money and investments. Or take sporting events, maybe an ever athletic Siamese could shed light on winners and losers in that field, and consider the common ordinary housecat, the kind who "hates my boyfriend", as good a guide in relationships as any advice columnist.
There could be chapters and pictures about how to foretell the future with your cat. Should you simply ask or pray with suitable sacrifice, and how to interpret the answers - pictures of cats jumping, yawning, sleeping, and what that means. In fact, you could solicit contributions on the web from cat owners about how their cats guide and advise them.
So there is our suggestion for a book (and Blue Bart will be expecting a cut of the royalties).
MEMORIALS AND MEMORIES
We are here displaying some examples from our inventory of memorial volumes. Those books issued in memory of various persons and usually done by family or friends. In a sense, perhaps every biography is a memorial, but most of the ones shown here have a more personal connection to the subject. There may be pictures and work done by the subject, letters, diary entries, excerpts from speeches. There is frequently contributions and eulogies from those who worked with or loved the dearly departed.
Certain types of careers seem to encourage such product. Thus we see many for clergymen, politicians, doctors - all persons who served others. They also are produced in memory of businessmen, entertainers, and sports figures.
But even the ordinary, those of little or no fame or notoriety, can be the subjects if they leave behind a flock of grieving relatives and friends.
There are examples of all those below, and they may be of interest to historians, genealogists, or family members. What we don't have are examples of poetic memorials, and this is the sort we think the most durable.
Such works as Tennyson's IN MEMORIAM and Whitman's "When Lilacs Last Bloomed" were in grief and memory of certain persons. And if we can not always name the original subject, at least the works are still studied and quoted, and likely to continue to be so for centuries to come. There are no doubt other works of similar nature (A mark of our ignorance that we can't name any just now) for more recently passed away, and we could also mention some from Roman and Grecian history as well. So it seems the surest way of being remembered down through the ages is to be a friend, a good friend, of a poet.
If you are interested in ordering any of the works below, you can do so through though such sites as ABE or Biblio. If you order from us directly (payment by Paypal or mail) and we can offer a small discount for avoiding some fees and commissions.
THE MINISTRY OF SAMUEL TYLER, JR. 1914-1970 As Viewed By Some of His Friends.
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Book Description: Boston, MA, U.S.A.Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Privately Printed, 1972. Very Good Minus,. in Without DJ Red cloth, issued by Trinity Church, 81pp. Memorial volume for the Reverend Samuel Tyler, Jr. who served at the Trinity Church of Boston, Mass for 24 years. Accounts by friends and co- workers covering his childhood, education, WWII service, and service at the church. Clean, tight, sound copy. Lower forecorners of some pages slightly crimped. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # YX45
RICHARD BOWDITCH WIGGLESWORTH 1891-1960.
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Book Description: GPO,, Washington DC:, 1961. Binding is Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. in No Jacket dj. Green cloth, 43pp. Memorial volume to the memory of a respected Massachusetts congressman who served 30 years in the House of Representatives. Contains memorial addresses by colleagues on the floor of the House and an article from the New York Times at his retirement in 1958. Clean, tight, sound copy. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bookseller Inventory # ss326
AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND MEMORIALS.
Prime, Samuel Irenaeus (Wendell Prime, ed).
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Book Description: Anson D. F. Randolph,, NY:, 1888. Binding is Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good Minus. Gray cloth, no edition or printing given, 385pp. Posthumously issued autobiography of Prime (1812-1885) and memorials after his death. Prime was a major figure in 19th century Presbyterian circles and an editor as well as owner of The New York Observer, a New York City newspaper, for over 40 years. Exlib, as is. Clean, sound, tight copy. Spine darkened with tearing and fraying at top⊥ black ink numbers on spine. Corners bent and wearing through. Bookplate on front pastedown. Cardpocket and date due slip on rear endpapers. Frontispiece popping loose, otherwise clean and tight throughout. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bookseller Inventory # st355
Andrew Young-Remembrance and Homage (ISBN: 0930954092)
Norris, Leslie
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Book Description: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Tidal Pr, 1978. Very Good. in Good dj. Green cloth, 1/1200 copies of trade edition, 63pp. Memorial volume for poet, Andrew Young, with remembrance by Norrisk, 7 poems by Young, 6 monotypes by Wadsworth, and 13 poems in homage to Young by John Arlott, Edmund Blunden, Ian Caws, Martin Booth, Leonard Clark, Richar Church, John Davies, Christopher Hassall, George MacBeth, Edward Lowbury, Leslie Norris, Ted Walker, and Charles E. Wadsworth. Clean, tight, sound copy with minor rippling to pages. Dustjacket with yellowing to spine and along edges; small tears, wear, and chipping along edges; missing small portion at top of spine. Illustrated by Wadsworth, Charles E. First Trade edition. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # SS252
Bar-Yam, Zvi (ed).
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Book Description: Privately Printed,, Brookline MA:, 1993. Binding is Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. in No Jacket dj. Glossy boards, presumably first and limited, 116pp. A memorial volume by family and friends of Dr. Aureet Bar-Yam who died in an accident in 1991 at the age of 33. Lavishly illustrated with photographs and illustrations of and by the subject. Includes samples of poetry, stories, diariy entries, and professional articles by her; as well recollections by family, friends, relatives, and professional colleagues and clients. Clean, tight, bright copy. Binding is Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Bookseller Inventory # ss321
Sweet, Ben C.
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Book Description: Privately Printed, 1972. Binding is Trade Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good Minus. White card covers, no publisher given, 119pp. Includes many b&w photos. A biography of Joe Campanella, one of the most beloved professional football players of the 1950's. Done with the cooperation and approval of his family and friends, and with a one page introduction by Spiro Agnew. A scarce item. Textured card cover is yellowed, more so on the spine, and dusted. Interior clean, tight, and sound. Binding is Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bookseller Inventory # sh37
BIOGRAPHY OF OTTO E. AUFRANC.
Butler, James E. And D. Bud Dickson.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 27.49
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Book Description: Np:Np:: Privately Printed, 1995. Very Good. in Very Good Minus. dj. Red boards, 87pp. A medical pioneer, Dr. Aufranc is commemorated by several awards and grants from medical societies. This has the transcript of an interview he gave on his life and career, as well as a eulogy and memories of him by friends and other doctors. Clean, tight, sound copy in a dustjacket with a little bit of wear and rubbing. First Edition. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # MX13
7/5/06
CATS AND SLEEP
Whoever invented the term "catnap" was inaccurate, even slanderous, for cats do not nap. They sleep and sleep and sleep. They are, it is clear, connoisseurs of sleep.
If they could speak, they would probably discuss sleep like some of us discuss wine, arguing over the best kinds of sleep, the best places to sleep, and we have no doubt, the best season for sleep.
Consider winter - the rich deepness of sleep on a heating vent as the snow gently piles up in the streets and on the roofs unless a shrieking wind is blowing it off. Or take spring - the refreshing vigor of sleep, the renewal of one's energy on a spring morning when there are birds to stalk, grass to be chewed. Summer and Fall, no doubt, have their fans as well who would rise in their defense - only they're asleep just now.
This meditation is brought on by the sight of Blue Bart, sleeping now on the floor. No dummy he since the hardwood floor is blissfully cool on even the hottest and most humid summer day. However, Bart is beyond summer sleep - he is engaged in the sleep of an elder cat.
He lies on the floor so utterly still that we watch him for several moments, looking for some sign of life. Finally, we see a slight lift of his rib cage and are reassured for now. Indeed, that torso once so sleek and hunter lean has turned as soft and lumpy as one of those mittens we pull hot pans out of the oven with, and his legs and paws - they are stretched out before him like a drowning man reaching vainly for rescue. And his whiskers, once as dark as his fur - today we discover that they are turning white.
It is a fact that saddens us now to know that if you have a pet. Very likely you will outlive it. At least, you don't have that problem with books, but then books don't jump up on the bed at 7 am and suggest you are a paragon of humans if you will only get up and open a can of catfood.
5/4/06 If you're just dropping in, you're in luck. We're starting a sale. Briefly, order any of the books in the "Cheap Cheap" list from us directly and get 10% off the price. Order 3 or more and get 20% off. Payment should be by check, money order, or paypal. Shipment via domestic USP is $3.00 for one book and $1.00 for each additional book in an order. Discounts are for total order, including shipping.
And remember, you're not just buying books. You're supporting a hungry cat.
CHEAP CHEAP BOOKS
1. The First Boer War
Lehmann, Joseph
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 6.99
Book Description: London, United KingdomLondon, United Kingdom: Buchan & Enright, 1985. Very Good. Illustrated card, reprint of 1972 edition, 330pp. Includes b&w photos. History of British attempt to take independent Boer republic and their humiliating failure. Interesting account based on previously unavailable records. Clean, tight, sound copy. Creasing to covers along spine and yellowing to pages. Reprint. Binding is Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # ST50
2. Web of the City (Rumble).
Ellison, Harlan
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 7.49
Book Description: New York, NY, U.S.A.New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ace Books, 1983. Very Good. Illustrated cover, reprint of work that originally appeared in 1958, 216pp. First book, based on real experiences, by an author who has gone on to one of the most honored and prize winning writers around. Hardhitting story of life in a New York street gang. Bright shiny copy with minor shelf wear, and yellowing pages. Illustrated by Barclay Shaw. First Thus edition. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6_" - 7_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # AX9
3. CHILDREN'S GAMES AROUND THE WORLD.
Wood, Jeanne Clarke & Helen Clarke.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 7.49
Book Description: Richmond VA: Christian Children's Fund, ., 1963. 8vo, green stapled wraps, no edition stated, 96pp. Global survey of games played by children in organization's Homes and Projects. Illustrated with b&w photos. VG/VG. Slight wear along spine. Interior clean and bright. Bookseller Inventory # IX5
4. Religions of Mesoamerica : Cosmovision and Ceremonial Centers (ISBN: 0060613254)
Carrasco, David
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 7.49
Book Description: San Francisco, California, U.S.A.HarperSanFrancisco. Very Good. Card covers, 174pp. With b&w illustrations. Introductory text to study of religions of Aztec and Mayan cultures, with particular attention to human sacrifice. Clean, tight, sound copy. Later Printing. Binding is Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # WX40
5. Science Fiction: The Best of 2002
Silverberg, Robert and Haber, Karen (eds).
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 7.50
Book Description: New York, New York, U.S.A.Ibooks. Very Good. Card covers, 420pp. Anthology of best science fiction edited by one its Grand Masters and his wife. Includes stories by Brian Aldiss, Orson Scott Card, Christopher Priest, James Morrow, and others. Clean, tight, shiny copy with minor exterior wear and a bit of yellowing to first few pages. First Paperback, edition. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6_" - 7_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # Pb43
6. THE BORRIBLES. (ISBN: 0441003117)
Larrabeiti, Michael De.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 7.50
Book Description: NY:NY:: Ace Books, 1979. Very Good Minus,. First American paperback, 305pp. Cover art by Walter Velez. If ever a book and a series seemed destined for the big screen. it was the Borribles. This dark fantasy beloved by a fantatic cult was announced in development by Disney Studios, rumored to be attached to Stephen Spielberg, and now is available again. Perhaps studio executives can't quite stomach, especially in these pc times, a violent story of childlike, switchblade wielding creatures battling giant rats in a gloomy, future London. Clean, tight, sound copy. Narrow spine crease, minor exterior wear, small closed tear at bottom of front cover; pages slightly yellowed with slight crimping to bottom corners of a few. First Thus edition. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6_" - 7_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # Pb15
7. The Lenient Beast (ISBN: 0881844446)
Brown, Fredric
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 7.50
Book Description: New York, New York, U.S.A.New York, New York, U.S.A.: Carroll & Graf Pub, 1988. Very Good Minus,. Originally published in 1956, 191pp. Fredric Brown was a master of horror and twisted fantasy. Here he turned his skill to a chilling Dragnet style mystery about a serial killer in Tucson, Arizona. Clean, tight, sound copy. Little bit of spine creasing, minor exterior wear. Few numbers written on first page. Reprint. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6_" - 7_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # Pb16
8. BASIL AND THE PYGMY CATS. (ISBN: 0671641190)
Titus, Eve.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 7.50
Book Description: NY:NY:: Washington Sq. Press, 1973. Good. Hardcover published in 1971, 109pp. Another in popular and charming series about a mouse detective who lived at 221 Baker Street. In this one he goes to the South Seas to investigate the legend of the lost island of Kataarh. With charming b&w illustrations. Former school copy, as is. Sound and solid. Peeling and small tears at top&bottom of spine, creasing and slight wear along cover edges; dusting to back cover. Stamped on first page and few other pages. Words on some pages highlighted in yellow. Pages naturally yellowed. Illustrated by Galdone, Paul. First Paperback, edition. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6_" - 7_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # Pb26
9. The Case of the Baker Street Irregular (ISBN: 0553142720)
Newman, Robert
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 7.50
Book Description: New York, New York, U.S.A.New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1981. Very Good. Hardback edition published in 1978, 160pp. Popular and highly praised mystery for young people. Dark doings in London as a young boy investigates the mystery of his parentage with the help of Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars. Nice, clean copy with minimal wear. Bookstore stamp on inside front cover, and a little yellowing to pages. First Paperback, edition. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6_" - 7_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # Pb22
10. THE PRISONER : A Day in the Life.
Stine, Hank.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 7.50
Book Description: London, United KingdomNew English Library, Very Good Minus,. Card covers with picture of Patrick McGoohan on front, originally published in USA in 1970, 155pp. Not only was the British tv series, THE PRISONER, an international success, but for a wonder, the tv- tie in novels were excellent as well, capturing the spirit of the original show. Nice, clean copy. Slight wear along cover edges, and natural yellowing to pages. First Thus edition. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6_" - 7_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # PB52
11. ALIBI BABY.
Sterling, Stewart.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 7.50
Book Description: NY:NY:: Avon, 1955. Good Minus. First published in hardcover by Ives Washburn, 126pp. Praised by the New York Times for its ingenuity this 1950's mystery involves hotel dick, Gil Vine, a blonde in torn pajamas, and some shady financial doings. Nice cover of blonde sprawled on bed. Peeling and chipped on spine, lower forecorner of front cover missing, slight wear to back cover. Pages yellowed and fragile, glue on binding cracking. Lower forecorner of first page missing. Handle gently. First Paperback, edition. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6_" - 7_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # Pb28
12. Beasts of Gor (ISBN: 0879973633)
Norman, John
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 8.40
Book Description: New York, New York, U.S.A.D A W Books, Incorporated. Good Plus. 444pp. 12th book in the Gor Saga. Tarl Cabot must fight interplanetary invaders in the Far North of the planet Gor. Sound, sturdy paperback. Minor wear and yellowing to covers. Pages slightly yellowed but clean and tight. First Edition. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6_" - 7_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # AXX47
13. DISNEY'S YEAR BOOK 1997.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 8.49
Book Description: Danbury CT:Grolier, Fine. Glossy boards, no edition stated, 96pp. Packed with color photos and illustrations to stories of various Disney characters. Clean, tight, bright. Binding is Hard Cover. 4to - over 9_" - 12" tall. Bookseller Inventory # SS6
14. The Kent Heiress (ISBN: 0440145376)
Gellis, Roberta
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 8.49
Book Description: New York, U.S.A.New York, U.S.A.: Dell Pub Co, 1982. Binding is Mass Market Paperb. Book Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good. 478pp. #3 in series by best selling romance author. An English heiress and a British officer fighting with the Russian army against Napoleon's invasion are swept across war torn Europe. Clean, tight, sound copy. Some minor curl and cracking to spine. Pages yellowed. First Edition. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6_" - 7_" tall. First Edition. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. 12mo. Bookseller Inventory # UX26
15. DEN MOTHER'S DENBOOK
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 8.49
Book Description: New Brunswick NJ:New Brunswick NJ:: Boy Scots of America, 1967. Very Good. Illustrated card stock, no edition stated, 201pp. A charming piece of Americana about how young mothers were suppose to run the Cub Scout packs. Illustrated throughout with two toned illustrations, including the Den Mother's uniform. Everything from yells to fishing to diaries. Am I the only one who sees a movie in all this? Clean, tight, sound copy with slight wear to top&bottom of spine. Binding is Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # OX43
16. DISNEY'S YEAR BOOK 1996.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 8.49
Book Description: Danbury CT:Grolier, Fine. Glossy boards, no edition stated, 96pp. Packed with color photos and illustrations of articles and stories about Walt Disney characters. Clean, tight, sharp copy. Binding is Hard Cover. 4to - over 9_" - 12" tall. Bookseller Inventory # SS7
17. Stargate Sg-1 (ISBN: 0451457773)
McConnell, Ashley
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 8.49
Book Description: New York, New York, U.S.A.New York, New York, U.S.A.: Roc, 1998. Very Good. Card covers, 202pp. Early tv-tie in based on the popular tv series and movie. Earth must be saved from alien invaders by Colonel Jack O'Neill once more. Clean, tight, sharp copy. Looks unread. First Edition. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6_" - 7_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # pb41
18. Fireball (ISBN: 0525297383)
Christopher, John
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 8.49
Book Description: New York, New York, U.S.A.New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dutton Childrens Books, 1981. Good. in Without DJ Blue cloth spine, 148pp. Young adult novel of parallel worlds and alternate history by a popular author of adult and young people's fiction. Two boys are drawn from present day England to another one where the Romans seem to have stayed in control. Sound, sturdy copy. Small nick to cloth on spine. Rubbing and soiling to boards. Upper corners bent and worn through. Pages clean, sound, and tight. First American, edition. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # SS258
19. American Genesis: The American Indian and the Origins of Modern Man
Goodman, Jeffrey
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 8.49
Book Description: NY:NY:: Summit Books, 1981. Very Good. in Very Good dj. Yellow cloth spine, 285pp. With b&w photos and illustrations. File this under weird, iconoclastic, or just plain controversial. Dr. Goodman espouses the theory that humans originated in North America, not Europe or Africa, and migrated to those continents. Clean, tight, sound copy in bright, shiny dustjacket. First Edition. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # ST88
20. THE GREAT WONDERING GOONY BIRD.
Kentfield, Calvin.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 8.49
Book Description: NY:Random House, Very Good. in Very Good Minus. dj. Blue cloth spine, 181pp. Ten short stories, a number of which first appeared in The New Yorker as part of the Mr. Solly series about the crew of a tramp steamer, a subject which the author knows something about as he served in the merchant marine for some years. Praised by Wallace Stegner, Harold Brodkey, and others for his natural, manly writing. Clean, tight, sound copy in dusjtacket with faded spine, slight wear and small tears along edges, little bit of rubbing and dusting to panels. First Edition. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # SU66
21. AGAINST THE GRAIN (A Rebours).
Huysmans, J. K.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 8.49
Book Description: NY:NY:: Bonibooks, 1930. Very Good Minus,. Illustrated card stock, paperback reprint issued by Albert & Charles Boni, 331pp. Famous French novel of the 1890's (1889 in France) that scandalized readers. Translated by John Howard and with an introduction by Havelock Ellis. Illustrated endpapers. A wonderful wraparound cover illustration by Vera Bock. Clean, tight, sound copy. Front cover with slight wear along edges and some fading along spine. Spine yellowed and chipped. Yellowing along edges of rear cover and small tear and crease in bottom corner. Pages clean and tight, but last 30 or so creased at bottom forecorner. Reprint. Binding is Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # ST151
22. The Devil Thumbs a Ride and Other Unforgettable Movies (ISBN: 080213078X)
Gifford, Barry
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 8.49
Book Description: New York, New York, U.S.A.New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grove Pr, 1988. Very Good. Card wraps, 162pp. Reviews and essays on films noir, American and some foreign, mostly about crime but also horror, western, and even musical. These all appeared in Mystery Scene magazine. Clean, tight, sound copy. Stated First Edition. Binding is Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # ST118
23. Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief (ISBN: 0375760717)
Mason, Bill; Gruenfeld, Lee
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 8.49
Book Description: NY:NY:: Villard Books, 2004. Very Good. Card covers, 362pp. Here's how it's really done. A cat burgular and jewel thief who stole millions from the rich and famous such Robert Goulet, Phyllis Diller, Bob Hope, Johnny Weissmuller and only spent about 3 years in prison tells his story. Clean, tight, sound copy with slight curl and upturn to corners and covers. Advance Reading Copy edition. Binding is Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # SS276
24. JOHN WESLEY HARDIN: Texas Gunman
Nordyke, Lewis.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 8.50
Book Description: NY:NY:: Bantam, 1967. Very Good. Hardcover edition published in 1957, 200pp. Popular biography of one of the Wild West's most famous gunslingers. The author is a Texan born and bred who wrote a number of other books on Western history. Clean, tight, sound copy. Minor exterior wear. Previous owner's name on first page. Pages yellowed. First Thus edition. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6_" - 7_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # Pb33
25. ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS: Master Reference Catalog No. 20.
Vintage Wood Works.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 8.99
Book Description: Quinlan TX:Quinlan TX:: Vintage Wood Works, 2002. Very Good. 192pp. Catalog issued by building supplier. Copiously illustrated with b&w illustrations and color photos. Everything from steps to ceilings, interiors and exteriors, and how to make them look better in an old fashioned way. Clean, tight, sound copy. Binding is Trade Paperback. Small 8vo,. Bookseller Inventory # ST85
26. TAKE-OVER.
Rossetto, Jr., Louis.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.49
Book Description: Secaucus, NJ: Lyle Stuart, ., 1974. 8vo, blue boards, 262pp. Fictional account of Richard Nixon taking over the country, instead of resigning. VG/G+. Clean, tight, sound volume in black dust jacket that has minor rubbing, small tears an d wear along edges. Bookseller Inventory # HX3
27. Broken Summers (ISBN: 1880985756)
Rollins, Henry
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.49
Book Description: 2 13 61, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., 2003. Binding is Trade Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good. Card covers, no edition stated but probably first, 237pp. Author, publisher, rock and roll band leader, and weight lifter, a no holds barred account of music and justice. Includes b&w photos. Nice, sharp copy. Binding is Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bookseller Inventory # sv22
28. Gorilla
Willock, Colin
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.49
Book Description: New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 1978. ISBN: 0312340354 8vo, black boards, 385pp. Novel of fight to save endangered species by an author who's been there, done that. VG/VG. Clean, tight, sound copy with very minor wear and few small spots on a few pages. Colorful dustjacket with hardly any wear at all. Bookseller Inventory # UX5
29. STARCHES: Their Fluidity and Viscosity in Relation to Sizing Value for Textiles.
Nivling, Walter A.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.49
Book Description: NY: Barr-Erhardt Press, ., 1924. 12mo, green cloth, 82pp. Printed on slick paper with numerous photos and illustrations. G+/without dustjacket. Fading at top&bottom of spine with small tear at top; slight shelfwear.Few ink notes on f ront pastedown, label ghost on front free endpaper. Front and rear hinges cracking, binding cracked but pages holding, and clean and bright. Bookseller Inventory # CX9
30. NORTH STAR.
Hellman, Lillian.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.49
Book Description: NY: Viking, ., 1943. Small 8vo, 118pp. red cloth. Screenwriter's own adaptation of her original work which was a WWII movie about gallant Russians and nasty Germans. VG- /G. Few light moisture stains to top edges of boards ; large bookplate on front free endpaper (presented by the Priscilla Beach Theatre Colony of Plymouth, MA). Clean, tight, and sound. Intact dustjacket worn, torn, chipped along edges with minor dustin g and speckling. Bookseller Inventory
31. JEWISH ODDITIES.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.49
Book Description: NY: Institutional Synagogue, ., 1939. Stapled wraps, 32pp. small 8vo. Foreword by Rabbi Philip Goodman. Short articles from the weekly publication of the synagogue with illustrations by Albert Wasserman, and aid in writing by Marc M. Sieg el and Morris A. Urieff. VG.Minor wear and dusting to white exterior, otherwise VG throughout. Bookseller Inventory # HX13
32. PLAIN TALES FROM FLANDERS.
Clayton, P. B.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.49
Book Description: London, United KingdomLongmans, Green, and Co., Very Good Minus,. in Without DJ Orange cloth, 168pp. Articles and essays by the Rev. Clayton, most of them concerning comrades and old chaps who served in the British Army in WWI. Sound, sturdy copy. Spine a little darkened, slightly slanted, a little fraying at top. Endpapers yellowed and foxed with gift inscription (1929) on front free endpaper. Pages naturally yellowed but clean and tight. Reprint. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # st193
33. TRAVELERS BY NIGHT. (ISBN: 0385294069)
Alcock, Vivien.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.49
Book Description: NY: Delacorte, ., 1983. 8vo, blue cloth spine, 1st American, 182pp. A Junior Literary Guild Selection, and not an exlib copy. VG/VG-. Clean, tight, sound volume in dustjacket with a few small tears and wear along edges. Bookseller Inventory # FX4
34. THE WINNING FORWARD PASS Or "Onward to the Orange Bowl Game."
Lawton, Charles.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.49
Book Description: NY:NY:: Cupples & Leon, 1940. Good Plus. in Without DJ Tan boards, no edition stated, 206pp. From the author of such popular boys' sports novels as CLARKSVILLE'S BATTERY and BOB HACKNEY-HALFBACK a story of a small town football team. There's games, dirty players, crooks, blizzards, and a championship at stake. Sound copy. Crimping and small tears at top&bottom of spine; corners slightly bent and just wearing through; few dings to edges of boards and textblock. Previous owner's stamped on front free endpaper. Pages naturally yellowed with a few dogears and creased corners. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # ST77
35. SNOBBERY WITH VIOLENCE: Crime Stories and Their Audience.
Watson, Colin.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.49
Book Description: London:London:: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1971. Good Plus. in Without DJ Orange cloth, 256pp. Entertaining and amusing history of the British crime story from the 18th century up to James Bond. The author is a popular author of mysteries himself. With b&w illustrations. Ex-lib. As Is. Sound, tight copy.Slight discoloration and fading to exterior; corners slightly worn; white ink numbers on spine. Cardpocket on front pastedown; label and stamping in corner of front free endpaper; Stamping and catalog numbers at bottom of title page, otherwise interior is clean, tight, and sound. First Edition. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # EX60
36. SLAVES OF THE EMPIRE 2 : Haesel the Slave. (ISBN: 0345256719)
Forest, Dael (Kenneth Bulmer).
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.49
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Book Description: Ballantine Books, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1978. Binding is Mass Market Paperba. Book Condition: Very Good. First American. edition. Originally published in England in 1975, 156pp. From the writing machine, Kenneth Bulmer, who's done mysteries, science fiction, and fantasy, #2 in a series about ancient Rome. With a sexy cover illustration by Boris Vallejo. "Master, I burn to be your slave in every way!" Clean, tight copy with minor yellowing. Bright shiny cover. First American. edition. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bookseller Inventory # pb58
37. TO THE BITTER END.
Simmel, Johannes Mario.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.49
Book Description: NY: McGraw Hill, ., 1970. 8vo, red cloth, 1st American, 453pp. Novel of international flim making by best selling German author. VG/G+. Nice, sound, tight volume with slightly bent corners in dustjacket that has tears running up rear folds and creasing to back panel. Bookseller Inventory # EX4
38. UNDERSEA TREASURE.
Garnett, Richard.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.49
Book Description: NY: Vanguard Press, ., 1960. 8vo, blue cloth, 191pp. Illustrated by Jane Dickens. VG/G. Clean, tight, and sound. Bookplate and previous owner's name on front endpapers. Dustjacket worn, rubbed, and chipped. Bookseller Inventory # HX4
39. NEW YORK RIDE.
Bernays, Anne.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.49
Book Description: NY: Trident, ., 1965. 8vo, black cloth spine, 241pp. G+/G. Sound, tight copy with lower corners slightly bumped, spine slightly cocked; in dustjacket with wear, tears, chipping along edges. Bookseller Inventory # WX5
40. ANIMALS ON THE CEILING.
Armour, Richard.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.49
Book Description: NY: McGraw Hill, ., 1966. oblong 8vo, blue illustrated cloth, 32pp. Illustrated by Paul Galdone. Charming story of child's imagination. G/without dustjacket. Exlib. Covers slightly rubbed and soiled, with library ink on spine, and label on back cover; Fraying at top&bottom of spine and corners; Stamping, bookplate, and name on front endpapers; stamping and remains of pocket on rear endpapers; Pages slightly creased but a s ound, tight, reading copy. Bookseller Inventory # NX15
41. SOLD
42. Stein on Writing (ISBN: 0312254210)
Stein, Sol
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.49
Book Description: Griffin, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2000. Binding is Trade Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good. First Thus edition. Card covers, 308pp. Much praised work by an author, editor, poet, screenwriter who has taught creative writing at several universities and created computer software for writing as well. Clean, tight, sound copy with slight wear. First Thus edition. Binding is Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bookseller Inventory # sh1
43. The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke (ISBN: 0679722017)
Rilke, Rainer Maria
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.49
Book Description: Vintage Books, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1989. Binding is Trade Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good Minus. Reprint. Card covers, 356pp. Text in German and English. "O trees of life, when does your winter come?" Clean, tight, sound copy. Little bit of exterior wear and warping. Reprint. Binding is Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bookseller Inventory # sh2
44. SOLD
45. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PRINTING PRESS In Washington, Saratoga and Warren Counties, State of New York; Together with a Check List of Their Publications Prior to 1825, and a Selection of Books Relating Particularly to This Vicinity.
Hill, William H.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.49
Book Description: Fort Edward NY:Fort Edward NY:: Privately Printed, 1930. Good Plus. in Without DJ Red cloth, 117 + 3pp. Printed in a limited edition of 54 copies of which this is an unnumbered "office" copy inscribed on the front free endpaper to a previous owner by the book designed, Vrest Orton, December 13, 1930. Exlib. As Is. Sound, tight copy with a number of uncut pages. Fading along edges of boards and to spine. Black strip on spine and covers, with library numbers on spine; small moisture spot at bottom of spine. Bottom corners slightly bent. Library bookplate on front pastedown, stamped and inscription on front free endpaper. Cardpocket on rear pastedown and date due slip on rear free endpaper. No other signs. Pages clean, sound, and tight. Signed by Book Designer. Limited. Binding is Hard Cover. Small 4to. Bookseller Inventory # WX50
46. Dragon America (ISBN: 0972002693)
Resnick, Michael D.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.50
Book Description: Phobos Books, New York, New Jersey, U.S.A., 2005. Binding is Trade Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good Plus. Card covers, no edition or printing stated but probably first, 259pp. +ads. Prize winning author's novel about alternate history. It's the Revolutionary War in a North America that still has dragons, dinosaurs, running around. Clean, tight, sharp copy. Binding is Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bookseller Inventory # sv112
47. SHERLOCK HOLMES OF BAKER STREET.
Baring-Gould, William S.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.50
Book Description: NY:NY:: Popular Library, 1963. Very Good. Hardcover published in 1962, 300pp. One of the cornerstones of Holmesian studies by a giant in the field. A biography that covers Sherlock Holmes from his birth and childhood when he first encountered Professor Moriarity, through his greatest cases known and unknown. his triumphs and great love, and his death. Clean, tight, sound copy. Slight wear to covers and spine along edges. Pages naturally yellowed. First Paperback, edition. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6_" - 7_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # Pb24
48. MACHINES & MEN.
Roberts, Keith.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.50
Book Description: London, United KingdomLondon, United Kingdom: Panther, 1974. Very Good. Cover illustration by Anthony Roberts, 239pp. Ten short stories by a British science fiction writer who has won awards and praise for his intelligent and probing writing. Towers over the field past and present. Contains "Manipulation," "Escapism", "Sub-Lim," "Boulter's Canaries," "Breakdown," "The Deeps," "Therapy 2000," "Synth," "Manscarer," and "The Pace that Kills." Clean, tight, sound copy. Minor exterior wear. Pages yellowed. First Paperback, edition. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6_" - 7_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # Pb31
49. I BOUGHT A STAR.
Firbank, Thomas.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.50
Book Description: London, United KingdomLondon, United Kingdom: Sidgwick and Jackson, Good Plus. First published in 1951, 208pp. From the Welsh, sheep farming author of I BOUGHT A MOUNTAIN, a very funny account of his experiences in WWII as an officer and a husband. "Well, excuse me, sir, how would you roast a suckling-pig, now?" Clean, sound reading copy. Wear to exterior covers and spine cracks. Pages yellowed and cracked at center but otherwise okay. Reprint. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6_" - 7_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # Pb37
50. From Apec to Xanadu: Creating a Viable Community in the Post-Cold War Pacific (ISBN: 0765601621)
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.50
Book Description: Armonk, New York, U.S.A.Armonk, New York, U.S.A.: M E Sharpe Inc, 1997. Very Good. 250pp. Collection of essays by scholars around the Pacific Rim with regards to future developments in the USA. Korea, China, and Japan. Clean, tight, sound copy. Reprint. Binding is Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # ZX32
51. ACT OF PROVIDENCE.
Brennan, Joseph Payne and Grant, Donald M.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 9.99
Book Description: West Kingston RI:Donald M. Grant. Very Good. in Good dj. Yellow cloth, 122pp. An amusing tale of mystery and horror concerning the adventures of detective Lucius Leffing at the first World Fantasy Convention held in Providence Rhode Island in 1975. Clean, tight, sound copy. Small rough spot on rear free endpaper. Colorful, shiny dustjacket with some wear at top&bottom of spine, and pieces of paper stuck to rear panel whifch also has some flaking of surface. Illustrated by Arrington, Robert. First Trade edition. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # ST171
4/24/06 We're updating things today so it may look a bit strange for awhile.
Spring is nearly here - sort of ten degrees up, eight degrees down, but the sap is rising so we are going to update things and put a few interesting items up for viewing.
BLUE BART
To cover the most interesting topic first, Bart the cat has been to the vet again. His heart rate has apparently stabilized, but sadly he continues to lose weight. At this point we almost feel like giving him all the junk food he wants and loves so that he may at least go out feeling happy and stuffed.
BOOKS AND COMPUTERS
You may have seen those tv ads for some sort of mobile phone service - where the sound drops out as the character is clearly screaming at the top of his voice. We feel that way about email and computers. Whenever there is some change with our computer, and we don't know if it's hardware, software, or whatever, it seems to do something to our email. We used to be able to email photos of things, but now we beat our heads against a stone wall in that regard. Thus the appearance of listings and pictures on this site from time to time. It's really to show someone what a book looks like, and you, the rest of the world, can gawk on as well.
The pictures below are of a title which is a possible gem in our inventory. That said, there are a few caveats. To begin with the "Babe" part of the inscription is in such faint blue ink that it's practically a ghost and probably can't be reproduced. We've taken several shots of it and here's what we got.
Even greater is the fact that being a very busy person, it's well established that "Babe" did not sign all her "signed" books. Her supportive and helpful husband, George, often did it. The signature in this book has been compared with other signatures by her and the book was examined by a handwriting expert last year. The result is muddy. It's very similar to her signature, but the expert could not say with 100% certainy if it was hers or his work.
Well, there you have it. Also the price listed below is that on a fixed price site. However, we're open to offers.
Zaharias, Mildred Didrikson "Babe".
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 249.99
Book Description: NY:NY:: A. S. Barnes, 1948. Very Good Minus,. in Without DJ Gray cloth, no edition stated, 125pp. Instructional book by one of the 20th century's greatest athletes. Copiously illustrated with b&w photos of Mrs. Zaharias demonstrating golf tips. Signed on front free endpaper, "With our best" by George Zaharias (husband) and "Best Wishes to --" by "Babe" D. Zaharias. Clean, tight, sound copy. Slight wear to top&bottom of spine; minor discoloration to covers; corners slightly bent and just fraying. Endpapers yellowed with some discoloration from binding in gutters. Pages with natural yellowing, otherwise clean and tight throughout. Signed by Author. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # ST21
This is another example of pictures for our gallery, or judging a book by its cover. Ms. Dehkes doesn't seem to have written much, and her other works were for young girls, but if we at say the age of 10 to 12 had seen this dustjacket with its vibrant colors, its strong lines, we would have read it right away.
THE YOUNG VIKING WARRIOR : A Story of the Ninth Century.
Dehkes, Evelyn S.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 33.99
Book Description: Indianapolis IN:Bobbs Merrill, Very Good. in Very Good dj. Red cloth, 211pp. Story of Olav, son of Hovard, a 12 year old Viking boy who dreams of adventure but has to mind the farm when his father and foster brother sail off, but then finds adventure and the answer to a mystery when he goes to the court of Halfdan the Great. Nice, clean, sharp copy in bright and colorful dustjacket that has a little wear at top&bottom of spine and is missing a small piece from the bottom edge of the rear panel. Illustrated by Moment, John. Stated First Edition. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. Bookseller Inventory # SU90
1/22/06
BLUE BART UPDATE.
For those who like to keep track of cats, Bart has had his latest vet visit and the news is... On the one hand he hasn't lost any more weight. Didn't gain either. So we'll try uping the dosage of his current medication.
You ever have an old car or some other machine that wasn't exactly broken, but always had some little thing going wrong with it. Didn't run like it did when it was new. Well, Bart doesn't have anything critical. All his test results are sort of within acceptable. Well, close to acceptable, but a little bit off on this, a little bit off on that. He's going to have a few more pills to take, and will be tested for more things next month. So that's how it goes with him.
CONTROVERSY
Tomorrow night we'll be starting an auction of a notorious, infamous, slightly celebritious (?) book. It's titled THE BOY ; A PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY.
The reason it's all these things is that a copy once belonged to Michael Jackson and his possession of it was brought up at his most recent trial as an indication of how rotten and depraved he was. Really. They had expert witnesses to testify to that idea. Well, there's a little more to the case and you can read about it at our Ebay auction which we'll post a link to in a few days and also a picture of the book's cover (which is all the jury got to see at the trial)
http://cgi.ebay.com/THE-BOY-A-PHOTOGRAPHIC-ESSAY_W0QQitemZ4607026301QQcategoryZ378QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
THE GALLERY
This is a new feature we're putting on. They say don't judge a book by its cover, but we do all the time. When we're out buying books, frequently we'll pick a book we know nothing about just because we like the dustjacket art. It catches our eye, it amuses us. So we're going to start putting up some of these books with appealing dustjacket art. If you find any of them interesting and wonder about buying one, drop us a line at lazyriverbooks@gmail.com and we'll see what we can do.
This first selection might be called comic or cartoon art. All of the dustjackets are by artists who worked prior to 1960 and much of their work appeared in popular magazines such as New Yorker, Punch, Judge etc.
This is by Richard Decker whose work appeared frequently in The New Yorker and his work is now sold at auctions. He did both the dustjacket and some interior illustrations for the book which also interested us because it's about women and money. The subtitle is "Financial Facts of Life for the Average Girl."
This one was done by Jefferson Machamer who started working in Judge Magazine in the 1920's and then did a number of newspaper cartoons and comic strips in the 30's. The room mates or lodging house comedy now is a staple of tv sitcoms like "Three's Company" or "Four Kings", but it's really quite old going back to movies and perhaps old time radio shows of the 30's and 40's, and also in plays and books for decades before that. This one is set in WWII when a housing shortage developed because of large numbers of military and government workers in some places.
Finally we have a British book and artist, Ionicus. Here's a wrap around jacket and if the art seems familiar it's because the illustrator was a staple of Punch and well known for his illustrations of P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves books.
Hope you enjoy all of them and we'll try to find more in other veins for future editions.
DISCOUNTING
Oh by the way it's January when we do a round of discounting on books that have been sitting around here too long. If you check out our inventory now and in the coming days, you'll see the prices on many books lowered by ten to thirty per cent. And if you order from us directly, there may be even more savings.
PAY NO ATTENTION TO THESE PICTURES.
You see I have a new computer. Which has new programs and whistles and bells so it won'd do some of the thing I used to do with my old computer. Or I can't figure out how to do them. For instance, I use to be able to send emails with attachments to people - not now. So someone has asked to see a picture of a book I have cataloged. What to do? Ah ha, I'll post some pictures of it here and they can come look, but anybody else can skip over all that below.
Oh, all right. Briefly this is a copy of GRAPHIS : PACKAGING. It's an annual devoted to art and industrial design. This is the very first volume in the series, and I believe they're still being issued. The focus of each annual is sometimes a bit diffent but this one was on packaging, everything from cigarette packs to record covers to milk cartons and lots of other stuff. There are 1022 photos, mostly in b&w. It's $65 plus shipping, and if you'd like to read a fuller description just check it out on say Biblio.com, or drop me a line.
Anyway below we hope are some pictures of the front and back cover of the dustjacket and a couple of pages from the interior. Here goes.
1/4/06
HAPPY NEW YEAR
A new year begins and we will see about posting here now that the holidays are over.
For any who are worried, Blue Bart remains himself - he eats, he sleeps, he complains. And he hates his medicine. More than that we can not report until after his next vet visit.
ODD TOPICS
From time to time we hear of subjects unfamiliar to us and wonder if there are any books on such subjects. Readable, fun books.
For instance we recently heard a native of that country refer to the "Tibetan Empire". Tibet had an empire? - over what and when? Is there a real reason why China seems so irritable over Tibet, some unspoken rivaly in the past?
And then we ran across a mention of the Swiss Civil War, apparently sometime in the 19th century. I mean we had always leaned towards Harry Lime's attitude: 500 years of Swiss history and all they produced was chocolate and cuckoo clocks. What was this Civil War like, any great battles or heroes?
The great actors of horror films are pretty well covered in biographies. Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Vincent Price - there have been more than a few books done on them. In fact, there are several in our stock if anyone's interested. But one actor was relatively neglected - Peter Lorre. We knew of only one book on him, THE LIFE AND FILMS OF PETER LORRE, and while interesting, it was by no means definitive. Now we hear there has been a 600 page biography of Lorre published, with research and interviews of some of the Hollywood's greatest figures, many of whom are now passed away. The name eludes us, but you can find it with a little research.
The next update is scheduled for about two weeks from now, but if anything interesting occurs we'll see what we can do.
11/3/05
CATS HAVE FACES!
It so happened that one morning as we were lying warm and comfortable in our bed without a care in the world we were crushed by this lump landing on our chest and then this warm, fuzzy nose pressed against our face in that repulsive practice known as kitty kissing, especially when said nose is sort of wet. As we were eyeball to eyeball so to speak we observed a little mentioned fact, cats have faces very much like humans.
It's true. For instance, look at the ears. You may say they're large and pointed, but many people have large ears : Clark Gable, David Letterman, Alfred E. Newman, and as for being pointed, if you have ever attended a science fiction convention, you would have encountered numerous pointy earred individuals, Klingons, Romulans, and Vulcans. So that's not an eliminator.
Next the forehead, low and backward sweeping like a Neanderthal. Well look closely at some of those players on professional football teams. Nothing inhuman about that.
The eyes might seem a bit strange, large and perhaps slanted, but what they remind me of are those of certain femme fatales in 1940's movies, especially the exotic, sort of film noir types with names like Somola, Alana, and Tallulah.
The nose, you say, large and flat. Please, are the noses of Edward G. Robinson and Mickey Rooney dainty little things, and if you have a Siamese, then I suggest you consider Bob Hope's proboscis.
As for the whiskers, I simply consider them sort of flourishing moustaches, the envy of certain professional atheletes no doubt.
It's true that cats don't seem to have lips, but in some photographs I doubt that George Bush has any lips also.
It's only in the last item, teeth that I admit cats differ greatly from humans. Those fangs long and curved. Well unless vampires really do exist.
10/17/05
CATS ETC.
We'll keep this short in the belief that the medical adventures of Bart etc can't be that interesting. The hunt for the orphan drug goes on. We're attempting to order it because it's practically Bart's last chance.
If we had been paying attention, we might be able to give a detailed description of the ambulance, the ER, the CAT scan, etc, but for most of the time we were in excruciating pain and then a drug induced haze, all we can report is that Bart has been knocked off the top of the medical totem pole. Another reason for finding an economical option for him.
SEA DOGS: HORATIO HORNBLOWER, JACK AUBREY, RICHARD BOLITHO, THOMAS KYDD, ALAN LEWRIE, PHILLIP HAZZARD, ETC.
Long a popular genre has been the sea story, particularly those set in the Napoleonic wars and before, about 1793-1815. Just why this should be we're not certain. Most of us couldn't tell a capstan from a spinnaker, and I've never been too clear on what the leeshore is.
Nevertheless authors such as C.S. Forester and Patrick O'Brien have ruled the high seas with their stories and their books are very collectible. Let's see if we have any. Yes we have the reprint of an early work, THE GOLDEN OCEAN, and a first American of H.M.S. SURPRISE.
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bx=off&sts=t&ds=30&vci=834427&bi=0&an=patrick+o%27brian&sortby=2
Sadly though, no Forester. Either of these two writers would be cause for glee to find in first edition, but what got us to wondering is who else, among 20th century authors of sea stories, is or may be collectible. No one leaps to mind, but here's a roundup of some possibilities and suggestions that we thought of.
Alexander Kent's Richard Bolitho series runs to over a dozen books and are best sellers. We've always enjoyed them and on research we find that English first editions are a good thing, but we're very dubious of American ones. Prices for even early books seem to be quite low.
We'd also recommend for reading his work under his real name, Douglas Reeman. They're sea stories mostly, but of the 20th century. Good reads though perhaps a bit all similar for characters and plot.
Dewey Lambdin's Alan Lewrie series is ongoing and we find great fun, but it manages to offend some collectors in two ways. For starters, the character's nickname of Tomcat refers to more than his fondness for having cats on his ships. It's sort of Tom Jones with a bit of Flashman goes to sea, and these lusty adventures put off some people we've found. But more importantly, some collectors we know refuse to buy any of the books because of production problems. Brand new copies would have pages fly free like cards from a Las Vegas dealer's deck which may explain why we so rarely find any of his books at sales.
Still in checking online, we see some nice prices for first editions of early books in the series so we'll keep an eye out for them in the best of condition.
Something we recently ran across is the Thomas Kydd series by Julian Stockwin. The author is alive and writing. Now up we believe to the 5th in the series. His latest book seems to have a limited edition as well as a regular which seems a sign of future value, and the author is out making appearances all over England at least which is also a good thing. The British first editions are climbing and there's some possibility with the Americans as well though you can still see low prices on both. We have one available.
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bx=off&sts=t&ds=30&vci=834427&bi=0&an=julian+stockwin&sortby=2
It's SEAFLOWER, third in the series, and while some critics praise the books, we weren't too pleased with either the main character or the plotting. Perhaps those things will improve in future books.
Though they're not Napoleonic we can't resist mentioning V.A. Stuart's Hazzard books. These are set in mid-Victorian times, the Crimean War and such, and are wonderful reading. She also did a land based series set in India at the time of the Great Mutiny. In England and other parts of the British Commonwealth, the writer was evidently huge, but she could barely get arrested in the United States. Both of her series only appeared in paperback here, though they did have English hardcover editions which we've found now and then. She also wrote most of the internationally best selling series, THE AUSTRALIANS, but under a pen name alas.
We offer one of the American paperbacks of a Hazzard title.
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bx=off&sts=t&ds=30&vci=834427&bi=0&an=v.+a.+stuart&sortby=2
and for a completist, a couple of American hardcover editions of titles in THE AUSTRALIANS series.
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bx=off&sts=t&ds=30&vci=834427&bi=0&an=william+stuart+long&sortby=2
There are high and low prices for her books, but we'd push her simply as a bookseller's favorite.
A few more thoughts before quitting. Check under alternate spellings when looking up such authors as Forester/Forrester or O'Brian/O'Brien. If the name's misspelled, the seller may also have mispriced the volume as well. And we've wondered what a series told from the French viewpoint might be like. Of course, the French navy did get beaten up quite often and many of its officers either fled or were executed during the Revolution, but still it might make for a change to see things from the other side.
If you have other ideas or suggestions for possible picks in this field, we'd love to hear about them. Drop us a line at lazyriverbooks@gmail.com
10/4/05
CAT STORY
In the perhaps delusion that there are some who follow the fortunes of a high strung feline we bring the following recent developments.
Bart seems happy and hungry most of the time, ravenous in fact which is another sign of his condition. He is off all medication while the vet seeks out a last resort, orphan drug once used for humans and found to have some beneficial side effects for cats. We will also be looking into a perhaps lower cost option in the high tech regimen which is really demanding. I mean, saving the kitty litter for a month or more so it won't set off the radiation detectors in the local landfill.
9/19/05
BLUE BART UPDATE
We really thought BB was looking better before his last appointment. He seemed fatter. His hair seemed shiny and glossier. When he felt like it, he was feisty and more active. Which shows what we know.
The latest exam shows him continuing his ongoing weight loss; his latest medication isn't helping, and that gleam in his eye, the spring in his step - all symptoms of his condition.
Now we've got an estimate of the next potential course of treatment - very high tech and very expensive, thousands of dollars. We're fond of you, cat, but unless business or luck takes a great leap upward, you've got a shortened life expectancy.
GENERAL THINGS
It was not our intention that this project should seem quite so erratic as it has in the past month. However, while it's nothing compared to Katrina, we have had our own technological disaster sweeping through our business.
It's a new computer, you see, because the old one was dying fast. This one is suppose to be faster, stronger, bigger, able to leap tall buildings - a regular Superman of computers. Yeah, but it wouldn't connect to the internet, wouldn't get email, wouldn't handle photos from our digital camera, didn't have our book inventory, and wouldn't open the files for our writing projects.
Little by little, we seem to be recovering those abilities, but it's a long, tedious slog so it's going slowly and other projects are having to wait their turn.
BUSINESSS BOOKS
One of the categories that we find interesting is Business books, fiction and non-fiction, from the 1920's and 30's. The wildly positive and the deeply negative of things, so to speak.
Listed below are some in our inventory just now. We'll add some more comments about them later in the day.
If you are interested in purchasing any, by all means drop us a lint at
lazyriverbooks@gmail.com
1.
In the course of business and pleasure we look at many old magazines from the 20's and 30's. This was a reference book for ad designers. There's mockups with flivers and flappers, old planes, and other stuff.
Dell John.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 19.00
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Book Description: Frederick J. Drake, Chicago IL U.S.A., 1928. Very Good Minus. Black boards no edition or printing given 175pp. From the 1920's a glorious age in advertising a book packed with b&w examples of ad layouts for magazines newspapers and other printed media. No actual ads are used but you'd recognize the designs if you're familiar with ads from that time period. Sound sturdy copy. Lettering on spine and front cover rubbed and faded. Minor soiling and a few tears to some pages. Binding is Hard Cover. Small 8vo. Bookseller Inventory #st205
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Ever wonder what people really thought about the stock market in the 1920's when the sky was the limit. This is an example from the horse's mouth, Barron's no less.
PRACTICAL HINTS FOR INVESTORS.
Van Riper Walker.
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(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 25.00
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Book Description: Barron's, NY:, 1930. Very Good Minus. in Without DJ Black cloth sixth printing of a book first published in 1926 140pp. Don't you just love old business books especially one like this from the go-go years of the 1920's. From the author of INVESTING FOR A WIDOW a how to book for the beginning investor stocksbonds real estate and other things especially banks. "Successful investment is something which man or woman who proceeds along the right lines may easily achieve. It has never been so easy as it is today." Clean tight sound copy. Spine a little faded; few small nicks to edges; pages naturally yellowed. Reprint. Binding is Hard Cover. Small 8vo. Bookseller Inventory #st206
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Not all Depression novels are Grapes of Wrath defeat and despair. There was lots of we can lick this, we're Americans going around. Sort of the Andy Hardy school of economics.
Bascom, John.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 39.99
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Book Description: NY:: Alfred H. King, 1933, NY:, 1933. Good Plus. in Without DJ Brown cloth, no edition stated but probably first, 320pp. "Fight the Depression" novels are an intriguing genre in 1930's literature - expressions of optimism in the face of crushing adversity. Here the owner of a large, Midwestern department store vows to do whatever it takes to keep the business and his employees going. The author evidently knew the retail business from basement to attic. Clean, sound copy. Minor fraying and small tears at top&bottom of spine; bottom corners bumped, slightly bent and a little worn. Endpapers discolored. Binding cracked but pages clean and holding well. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. Bookseller Inventory #KX70
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Another eye opening view of life and culture. The wages of even successful people are jawdropping, and of course, the attitudes about women are always amusing.
HOW SOME PEOPLE MAKE MORE MONEY THAN OTHERS.
Sherman, Ray W.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 39.99
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Book Description: NY:: Crowell, 1937, NY:, 1937. Good Plus. in Without DJ Blue cloth, 215pp. Early, Depression era, and scarce work by a business and self help guru. How to get jobs and get ahead in business, with discussion of various incomes in different fields in 1937 (average income of doctors, $3,570!), and a chapter on "The Girl Who Wants To Rise In Business" ("Stenography, the Great Key"). Sound, sturdy copy. Spine a little faded, minor soiling and few dings to exterior, corners slightly bent and worn. Yellowing to paper but otherwise clean and tight. First Edition. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. Bookseller Inventory #NX69
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Some would say that nothing has changed; that things are pretty much the same today. Well, watch how the insurance companies behave with all the hurricane claims and see for yourself.
ISSUED AS APPLIED FOR" : A Guide to Life Underwriting in the Field.
Cook, Henry W. And Henry W. Cook, Jr.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 44.99
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Book Description: NY:: Prentice Hall, 1940, NY:, 1940. Very Good Minus,. in Without DJ Blue cloth, second printing, 148pp. Guide for insurance agents in judging suitability of clients; covering reasons for accepting or rejecting customers. Includes medical matters, career, and race (don't apply if black, yellow, or red). Clean, tight, sound copy with slight wear to tips. Reprint. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. Bookseller Inventory #RX20
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Did we say optimistic - a dollar a week. Wake me when this cockeyed dream is over.
HOW TO LIVE ON $1 A WEEK.
Rice, Elmer C.
Bookseller: Lazy River Books
(Boston, MA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 59.99
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Book Description: Self Published., Melrose, MA:, 1939. Very Good Minus,. in Without DJ Red cloth, 512pp. Author published book with articles about nearly every topic under the sun, including politics, education, business, how to make money, etc. He seems particularly fond of pigeons and has a number of chapters devoted to raising them for profit. Includes b&w illustrations and photos. Publisher's announcemnt pasted to front free endpaper. Clean, tight, sound copy. Spine faded and spotted. Corners slightly bent and a little bit worn. Edge of announcement protrudes slightly and is ragged. A few lines of announcement have been marked through (probably original), and slight rippling to top of first few pages from moisture of glue. Otherwise interior clean and tight. First Edition. Binding is Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. Bookseller Inventory #AXX10
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8/29/05
There's nothing to report about Blue Bart's health this week though wait till next week after he had another visit to the vet.
But in considering his ongoing physical problems and fragility, a somewhat related matter occurred to us.
Cat lovers, and possibly cat haters, like to go on about the great power and wisdom of felines. Oh, the god of the ancient Eygptians, immortalized in statues and hieroglyphs; the familiar of witches and wizards, demons in fur; one of the favorite alien species of SF and F writers, even suggested as the next dominant species after humans have run their course.
Hello, people. Let's consider some things. Look at that head which is demanding to be petted and scratched. You can cover it with the palm of your hand, you could cup and hold it with the fingers of your hand. And those front paws, so deadly so sharp, that pat on your leg when somebody wants fed. They're not much bigger than your thumbs. Who is it who gets carried around in your arms or sometimes on your shoulders - not a great dane. Who snuggles up next to you for warmth on winter nights - not a bengal tiger. And who when confronted by several choices of action, sets down and licks his rear leg.
So the next time somebody starts on about the greatness or deviousness of cats, if you're well mannered, don't exactly sneer or laugh at them, but remember, it's just a cat.
And now, somebody wants fed again.
ARKHAM HOUSE AUCTIONS
This week we're running a series of auctions on Ebay. We're offering Arkham House hardcovers from the 1940's, 50's, 60's, and 70's. Some in dustjacket, some signed.
If you don't know, Arkham House was founded in the 1930's to preserve the work of H.P. Lovecraft in hardcover. They went to do other such authors as Clark Ashton Smith, Fritz Leiber, Jr. They're the premier publishers of horror,dark fantasy, and similar genres.
You can always check our inventory on ABE which allows publisher searches to see what else we may have by that publisher or authors it did.
8/15/05
BART & POETRY
We apologize for the briefness of last week's writing. There's a heat wave going on, and any time the temperature goes above 80 yours truly melts like a bowl of Ben & Jerry's. And that fur covered lump over in the hallway isn't a throw rug either.
There's nothing in particular to report on Bart medically, but just wait. Meanwhile we might mention that in the spirit of West Side Story (or is The Scarlet Pimpernel?) we're a poet and you didn't know it. Naturally one of the themes and inspirations for our work is the furry one so here are a few that living with a cat has given rise to.
When my cat goes out midnight dancing
And across the neighbors' roofs is prancing,
While everyone's sleeping,
From window to window he's creeping,
Finding everything he sees most entrancing.
Cats' speed in not our speed,
And it's never ever your speed.
They don't worry,
They don't hurry,
They don't see the need,
Unless, of course, it's time for their feed.
FAVORITE AUTHOR
Last summer we finally started reading Shelby Foote's history of the Civil War in 3 volumes and over 3,000 pages. We highly recommend it. After we finished we started looking for another massive history of the Civil War, a similar experience as it were. Well, we tried several thick books but found nothing comparable until we remembered one of our favorite authors, Fletcher Pratt.
Pratt was a reporter, a librarian, a boxer (probably flyweight), and if he were alive today, he might be designing computer wargames - he was a recognized expert in wargaming. He was also one of the finest writers of popular history who ever wrote. He didn't just do the Civil War. He went from the War of 1812 in his first book right up through WWII. Mostly he was interested in naval warfare, but he also wrote about land action as well. His work on the Civil War includes the best selling one volume history, ORDEAL BY FIRE, but he wrote a number of other books on the subject as well, and he also wrote biographies of Napoleon, Julius Caesar, a true crime book, and a host of others. His fiction, mostly science fiction and fantasy, is Hall of Fame material where his collaborations with L. Sprague de Camp are concerned. Alas, the stuff he wrote by himself is not to our taste, but other people seem to like it.
If you've never read anything by him, we suggest you run out and sample some now. You won't be disappointed. Below is a link to a listing of some of his books we have for sale. Now, there's a thunderstorm and the big grey mouse is cowering under our bed, so we have to go.
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8/8
They say no news is good news - bah humbug. Sometimes it's just too boring or awful to report.
Anyway Bart has had another visit to the vet. He has not lost weight, but dumbfoundingly hasn't gained any either. Holding steady is supposedly a good thing despite all the gross and slimy things we have poured down his throat. He retains his predilection for the junkier forms of cat food - the equivalents of beer, pizza, and barbeque potato chips. Would that we could join him in that. He is on a new medication which he doesn't seem to object to and mostly lies around, resembling from some angles a fur covered sausage.
8/1
Blue Bart is currently on a diet. The vet was concerned with his weight loss and asked that we get him to eat more and more and more. As a cat he's naturally a finicky eater, and now as a result of various gifts, donations, and experiments he has more treats and snacks in the refrigerator than we do.
Most dismaying is his passion for the really cheap catfood. The kind where the ingredients read "chickhen byproducts, beef byproducts," and most ominously "meat byproducts." Sows' ears! Chickhen toes! and Fish eyes!
ALTERNATE HISTORY
Among our specialities is Alternate History: the what if category. What if the South had won the Civil War, what if the Allies had lost WWII. And other such scenarios. Not surprisingly most of what we run across is related to American/English history, and some time it gets a bit boring. Aren't there any new ideas out there?
Recently on another ecircle we encountered a discussion of AH as written in other countries, and it was rather interesting. We have seen a bit now and then, but there's quite a bit more we weren't aware of.
The Germans have done some such as Otto Basil's THE TWILIGHT MEN - Hitler wins the war, big surprise. Though actually in true German fashion they've written some dense philosophical works on the matter of AH.
The French, unsurprisingly, are fond of Napoleonic variations. We'd also expect there to be some about the French Revolution. The only things we've ever encountered in English were by Pierre Barbet from about 30 years ago - BAPHOMET'S METEOR, THE JOAN OF ARC REPLAY.
At one time Poland was almost the largest country in Europe, stretching from the Baltic to the Black Sea. Naturally popular AH now focuses on a more satisfactory outcome than modern day, a continuation of its golden age so to speak.
AH is popular in Russia with much of it being on Russia as a major power and the US a bush league player or not even in existence. Perhaps the topic is too sensitive now, but we'd expect that someday they'd get into what if the Revolution had never occurred, what if Stalin had not gained power, etc.
In Japan they're very fond in nearly all media: comics, books, video games; of alternate WWII. The sort where Japan wins major battles, invades Hawaii, and then California. They do have some darker visions though where Japan is invaded and occupied by Russia or even Nazi Germany.
One theme that was alluded to but may not have been developed is the reverse ally. There's the idea of Japan coming to the aid of Great Britain in its darkest hour, around Dunkirk. This has the benefit of giving Japan a pretty free hand in China and the Pacific. Another idea was after Pearl Harbor, Hitler declares war on Japan, offering assistance to the US. This delays, perhaps fatally, US entry into the European war.
War seems a favorite variation for AH, no matter what nationality. After all, winning instead of losing would be universally popular, and it has the benefit of often being familar to other countries' readers as well. In fact, picking an event or personage that may be internationally known may be crucial if a writer wanted greater popularity.
We were trying to imagine some points in other countries that American readers would be able to follow as well as the actual inhabitants. For Cuba, how about if Castro never had power: either failing as a guerrilla or being overthrown by the Bay of Pigs Invasion. Hint, the Mafia was big in Cuba at the time of the Revolution.
And how about Africa, what if Shaka Zulu managed to conquer a far larger area than the relatively small Zulu nation, say something of Genghis Khan proportions, and his descendants held onto it against the invading Europeans?
Anyway it's all interesting to think of.
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Bart has paid another visit to the vet who is "concerned" about his lab results. We wish she would stop referring to him as a "geriatric" cat. He's only a teenager, but we are starting to eye him like an HMO faced with a chronic condition patient, or we may start his own pbwiki, a sort of Save Blue Bart page. Just have to learn how to upload pictures.
YOU DEMAND IT
We recently read THE GODFATHER RETURNS by Mark Winegardner, an authorized prequel to the book and movies. The writing was interesting, not your usual best seller pablum, and we found ourselves engrossed in the story and characters so that at the end we wanted another book to find out what happens. Oh, that's what the originals were about. Well, we still like Mr. Winegardner's writing.
No doubt, you'll say it was done "for the money." Well, of course it was. They wouldn't think of doing another book if they didn't think they'd get some money out of it. That's the thing about sequels all through history, in every medium, books, plays, movies, the fans demand more.
When the first story teller at the caveman's fire finished his tale about how Ugh killed the bear, his listeners said, "tell us more stories about Mighty Bear-Killer Ugh and we'll give you another slice of meat." And it's been that way ever since.
Homer probably stretched the telling of the Trojan war out to nearly as long as the war itself just to satisfy his listeners. Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John, not to mention Thomas, kept thinking up new miracles that Jesus had performed, or so they wrote because the faithful demanded more stories.
Robin Hood, of whom we've done research on, first appeared in folk tales around 1100 and they kept making them up, changing names, places, adding new things, right up until the 1300's. It wasn't until movies came along that the story was sort of frozen in time and place, but in the past couple decades variants have started appearing again, because the readers, the viewers, all want more.
And Sherlock Holmes, well practically from the first decade more stories than Doyle ever wrote started appearing. Some of them had different names, but the readers knew it was Holmes all the same, and they're still going strong after a hundred years.
Ah, which brings us to the bookselling point of this week's outburst. Lazy River Books specializes among other things in Sherlock Holmes. We offer a number of pastiches and critical studies in our online catalog, including a number of the Solar Pons ones by August Derleth. Check out the list here, and if you don't find something, drop us a line because there's stuff we haven't even listed yet.
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