US LITERATURE
This is a brand new category I'm trying out, focussing on (mostly 20th century) literary fiction from across the pond.
As usual I'll try to mix up some familiar names with a few more obscure (but just as talented) ones.
Book grades (Very Good, Good, Fair, Acceptable, Poor) are explained below the list of books.
Where
2 or more books with the same title, edition & grade are available,
I will sell the best copy first (unless you express a preference).
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BOB DYLAN Tarantula : 1973, Panther : Good
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Bernice Bobs Her Hair : 1974, reprint : Good
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD The Pat Hobby Stories : 1967, 1st thus : Fair
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD This Side Of Paradise : 1974, reprint : Good
AUBREY GOODMAN The Golden Youth of Lee Prince - 1964, Four Square 2nd print : Good
JOHN HAASE The Sherbet Colours : 1963, Pan 1st thus : Acceptable
JOSEPH HELLER Catch 22 : 1994, Vintage B-format PB reprint : Good
HEMINGWAY Farewell To Arms/For Whom The Bell Tolls (sold together)
A Farewell To Arms : 1975, Penguin reprint : Good (small rip to base of spine / front cover)
For Whom The Bell Tolls : 1976, Triad Panther 1st print : Good
ERNEST HEMINGWAY For Whom The Bell Tolls : 2004, Arrow reprint : Good
JACK KEROUAC On The Road : 2000, Penguin B-format PB reprint : Good
FLETCHER KNEBEL & CHARLES W. BAILEY II Convention : 1966, Corgi 1st thus : Good (covers quite worn)
THE UGLY AMERICAN William J. Lederer, Eugene Burdick : 1966, Corgi reprint : Good (well read)
HARPER LEE To Kill A Mockingbird : 1981, Pan reprint : Acceptable
JAMES A. MICHENER Sayonara : US, 1957 Bantam edition 12th print : Acceptable (binding splitting)
ARTHUR MILLER Focus : 1958, Ace (UK) 1st thus : Acceptable
WILLARD MOTLEY We Fished All Night : "First Ace Books edition 1960" H324 : Good
THE PENGUIN BOOK OF AMERICAN SHORT STORIES Ed. James Cochrane : 1976, reprint : Good
JAMES PURDY Colour of Darkness - "FIRST FOUR SQUARE EDITION 1963" : Good
LUKE RHINEHART The Dice Man : 1994, HarperCollins 4th print : Good
BUDD SCHULBERG Some Faces In The Crowd : 1965, Mayflower-Dell, 1st thus : Good
JOHN STEINBECK Once There Was War : 1975, Pan 1st thus : Good
JOHN STEINBECK The Pastures of Heaven : 1970, Corgi reprint : Good (well read)
JOHN STEINBECK To a God Unknown : 1962, Corgi reprint : Good (large bookseller stamp at front)
JOHN STEINBECK Tortilla Flat : 1958, 4th print : Good (but binding has been repaired/taped)
FRED MUSTARD STEWART The Titan : 1985, Pan 1st thus : Good (well read)
JOHN UPDIKE Rabbit Run : 1989, US, Fawcett reprint : Good
PETER DE VRIES Reuben, Reuben : 1967, Panther 1st thus : Good
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS three classic plays + Memoirs (sold together)
Sweet Bird of Youth / A Streetcar named Desire / The Glass Menagerie : 1966, Penguin reprint : Good
Memoirs : 1976, US, Bantam 1st print; illustrated : Good
EDMUND WILSON Memoirs of Hecate County : 1960, Panther 1st thus : Good (well read)
BERNARD WOLFE The Magic of Their Singing : 1962, US, MacFadden Books : Good
HERMAN WOUK x2 novels (sold together) : Fair (see my pics)
Don't Stop the Carnival : UK, 1969, Fontana 5th impression
The "Lomokome" Papers : US, "Pocket Book edition published May, 1968"
GRADING
Very Good -
minor defects, faults or wear to cover, pages & dust jacket if
present; only light creasing to spine; light tanning to pages; if
writing present at front, it is in pencil
Good - average
book, complete & intact; faults may include: heavier creasing to
spine & page tanning, bumping, foxing (yellow/brown marks) &
cover fading; may be small stamp / sticker or writing in pen at front of
book
Fair - between good and acceptable
Acceptable - book with complete text pages (incl. maps,
plates) but may lack endpapers; may have heavy creasing, marks, bumping
& foxing; edges & corners of covers / pages may be damaged;
covers may feature stickers or sticker remains, etc; binding may be weak
or splitting with 1 or 2 loose pages; book may show some signs of poor
storage, possibly in a damp environment; may be ex-library
Poor -
book that is sufficiently worn that its only merit is the complete
text, which will be legible; multiple pages or page blocks may have come
loose
Please
message me with any questions about these or any other items I have
listed (product details, combining postage etc). Also, you can now visit
my ebay shop and browse the various categories there. I have many books
and magazines that are not yet listed, and I'm happy to see if I have a
title you are searching for.