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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Thompson, Hunter S.

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books

Title: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Author: Thompson, Hunter S.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Random House, 1972. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. A sharp, Near Fine copy in like dust jacket. Some fading to the board edges, as usual, but clean and unmarked internally. Dust jacket with the spine a trifle faded, faint dampstain at the base of the spine and a crease to the rear flap. Overall, an appealing copy of Thompson's most famous work. The crackling and infamous roman à clef, the genre-defining work of "gonzo journalism" from the man Tom Wolfe called "the twentieth century's greatest comic writer in English." Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was based on the experiences Thompson had travelling with activist Oscar Zeta Acosta (nicknamed "Dr. Jonzo" within the work). Thompson had originally wanted to speak to Acosta as part of a story he was writing on a Mexican journalist who had been killed by the Los Angeles Police Department, and the two men had gone to Las Vegas to find a safer and less charged place to speak, away from the racial tensions of the city. The account was originally published in Rolling Stone in November 1971; publication in book form followed in 1972, in dust jackets dated "6/72" on the rear flap (as here). Fear and Loathing was later adapted into the 1998 cult classic film directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro. "The whole book boils down to a kind of mad, corrosive prose poetry that picks up where Norman Mailer's An American Dream left off and explores what Tom Wolfe left out" (contemporary New York Times review). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

LGBTQ+ Literature Lesbian Pulp Fiction 1959 to 1970 Including Edge of Twilight by Paula Christian and Ann Aldrich Collection by Paula Christian; Ann Aldrich

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Title: LGBTQ+ Literature Lesbian Pulp Fiction 1959 to 1970 Including Edge of Twilight by Paula Christian and Ann Aldrich Collection
Author: Paula Christian; Ann Aldrich
Seller: Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
Description: 1959. Christian, Paula. Edge of Twilight. Aldrich, Ann. Carol in a Thousand Cities. Flora, Fletcher. Take Me Home. Roberts, Herb. Strange Wife. Hilton, Hilary. The Shadowy Sex. These mid-twentieth century paperback works document the circulation of lesbian identity, relationships, and social networks within a commercial publishing environment shaped by censorship, moral regulation, and widespread pathologization of homosexuality. Issued between 1959 and 1970, these texts provide primary evidence of how same-sex desire and queer life were narrated across both fiction and hybrid literary forms. Paula Christian's Edge of Twilight, identified in Barbara Grier's evaluative framework with the highest tier designation, presents sustained lesbian characters and a narrative that avoids the punitive conclusions common in the genre, while Ann Aldrich's Carol in a Thousand Cities expands beyond pulp fiction into a collection format incorporating both fictional and nonfictional treatments of lesbian life, engaging broader intellectual and cultural discourse. Additional works in the group explore romantic relationships between women, marital conflict, and the negotiation of identity within heterosexual frameworks, reflecting the limited but significant space lesbian narratives occupied in mid-century print culture. Christian, Paula (pen name of Yvonne MacManus). Edge of Twilight. New York: Crest Books, 1959. First edition. Mass-market paperback. Flora, Fletcher. Take Me Home. Connecticut: Monarch Books, 1959. First edition. Mass-market paperback. Aldrich, Ann (pen name of Marijane Meaker). Carol in a Thousand Cities. Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett Publications, 1960. First edition. Mass-market paperback. Roberts, Herb (pen name of Robert Carney). Strange Wife. New York: Softcover Library, 1970. First edition. Mass-market paperback. Hilton, Hilary (pen name of Keith Ayling). The Shadowy Sex. New York: Softcover Library, 1970. First edition. Mass-market paperback. Group of five paperback volumes spanning 1959 to 1970, each measuring approximately 4.25 x 7 inches and generally ranging between 150 and 250 pages. Illustrated covers follow mid-century pulp conventions, depicting women in intimate or emotionally charged poses alongside promotional language such as "One of the most candid and challenging novels ever written about today's women who dare to live in that outcast world of 'twilight' love" (Edge of Twilight) and "What would you do if you were married to a lesbian?" (Strange Wife). Narrative content includes romantic relationships between women, explorations of identity within and outside heterosexual marriage, and depictions of emotional and social conflict. Take Me Home centers on a relationship between two women framed as socially forbidden, while The Shadowy Sex situates its narrative within professional and urban environments, tracing the development of same-sex relationships within broader social constraints. Carol in a Thousand Cities differs in form, combining multiple perspectives and literary approaches to lesbian life. These works circulated within a rapidly expanding paperback market that enabled the wide distribution of controversial subject matter, even as publishers relied on sensationalized cover art and language to navigate obscenity regulations and attract readership. Lesbian pulp fiction provided one of the few accessible venues for representation of same-sex relationships prior to the emergence of organized gay and lesbian liberation movements, and works such as Edge of Twilight demonstrate early efforts to present lesbian identity outside of purely tragic or moralizing frameworks. The inclusion of both women-authored texts and pseudonymous works reflects the complex authorship landscape of the genre, where identity, marketability, and censorship intersected. Light wear including minor edge handling and a price marking to the front page of Strange Wife; otherwise clean interiors and tight bindings; overall good to very good condition. The grouping supports research into sexuality, censorship, and mid-century mass-market publishing.

The Meaning of Rationalisation by Urwick, L.

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Title: The Meaning of Rationalisation
Author: Urwick, L.
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: NIsbet & Co., Ltd., 1929. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good, no dustjacket, cloth rubbed and with small remnants of a paper label. Contents clean, tight and unmarked. Book plate front pastedown, that of John F. Mee, who was the former chairman of the Dept. of Management at the Indiana University School of Business, an authority on the changing concepts of management and a pioneer of management education. Lyndall Urwick is recognized for integrating the ideas of earlier theorists like Henri Fayol into a comprehensive theory of management administration, most notably in his 1945 classic 3 volume work " Making of Scientific Management". SCARCE in the First Edition and NOT ex-library..

Life Explorations and Public Services of John Charles Fremont by Upham, Charles Wentworth

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Title: Life Explorations and Public Services of John Charles Fremont
Author: Upham, Charles Wentworth
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1856. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Very Good in brown cloth, pale yellow endpages, tissue-guarded frontis illustration of Fremont plus 13 plates, 356 pp, no ads. Cloth at spine lightened, foxing to endpages and lightly throughout, plates uniformly darkened, no writing or names..

The Films of Errol Flynn by Thomas, Tony, Rudy Behlmer, and Clifford McCarty

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Title: The Films of Errol Flynn
Author: Thomas, Tony, Rudy Behlmer, and Clifford McCarty
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Fine in Near Fine dj
Description: Secacus NJ: The Citadel Press. Fine in Near Fine dj. 1975 (c.1969). 6th printing. Hardcover. [a nice clean copy, no discernible wear to the book; the jacket is slightly rubbed and lightly soiled along the front hinge, and has a tiny puncture wound near the upper left corner of the front panel, but still has a bright and fresh appearance; a nicer copy you are not likely to find]. (B&W photographs) A relatively early entry in the long-running "Films of" book series, which follows the formula -- biographical front material, followed by a chronological film-by-film rundown of the subject's career -- but is also an exemplary volume in the series. This is largely because it eschews the "filler" that too often clutters up these books -- i.e. perfunctory plot synopses accompanied by snippets/excerpts from contemporary reviews of each films -- instead presenting a concise (but well-researched and informative) account of each film's production, along with some intelligent critical commentary, where warranted. (Which means the authors don't waste any more space than necessary on dreck like MARU MARU and CROSSED SWORDS.) You might not think that it would have taken three authors to put something like this together, but these three gentlemen were longtime friends and collaborators -- and lifelong fans and admirers of Errol Flynn. Thomas, in fact, some years later became one of the most prominent writers to push back -- hard -- against the scurrilous portrait of Flynn presented by the Charles Higham in his book "Errol Flynn: The Untold Story." Thomas's 1990 book "Errol Flynn: The Spy Who Never Was" remains the definitive rebuttal to Higham's sensational but unfounded (even fabricated) accusations that Flynn had served as a Nazi spy before and during World War II. ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this moderately heavy book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order.**** (xx) .

First Dance; or, A Lesson in Romance: a comedy for women in three acts by Bodeen, DeWitt

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Title: First Dance; or, A Lesson in Romance: a comedy for women in three acts
Author: Bodeen, DeWitt
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York/Los Angeles/Toronto/London: Samuel French. Very Good. (c.1939). Unstated edition. Softcover. (printed wraps) [small tear in binding at top of spine, light handling wear and age-toning; a few pencil annotations in Act One]. (stage diagram) A comedy with an all-female cast, about a wise grandmother counseling her granddaughter, who is nervous about attending her first dance, with a flashback to how she, as a young woman, helped her six young cousins to rebel against parental strictures, and in the process found romance herself. "A charming, ideal comedy for girls' colleges, schools, and clubs. Fourteen good acting parts -- ten ingenues; four character women." As a screenwriter, the author was probably best known for writing several of the Val Lewton horror films at RKO in the 1940s, including CAT PEOPLE and THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE. Although he was associated for a number of years with the Pasadena Playhouse, I've found no evidence that was ever professionally produced there, or anywhere else. (Bodeen wrote dozens of plays, but the only one to ever make it to Broadway was "Harvest of Years," which had a two-week run in 1948.) .

Bath After Sailing by Updike, John

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Title: Bath After Sailing
Author: Updike, John
Seller: Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stevenson, Ct: Country Squires Books, 1968. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. An out of series unsigned copy of Updike's first limited edition, a single poem, for which 125 numbered copies were signed by the author. This is copy no.135, numbered as such, with an inscription from H. B. White at the limitation, which reads "135, But, alas, it is imperfect & unsigned except by yr humble subt H. B. White October 21, 1968. Single leaf, folded twice and hand-sewn into stiff card wrappers; printed title brown label applied to front cover.

Growth in Living Systems by ZARROW, M.X.

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Title: Growth in Living Systems
Author: ZARROW, M.X.
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Basic Books, 1961. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. Octavo. 759pp. Ownership stamp and signature of a noted American psychologist on the front fly, bottom corners bumped else near fine in spine-sunned good plus dustwrapper.

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Tommaso Campanella and the Transformation of the World

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Title: Tommaso Campanella and the Transformation of the World
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780691026794
Condition: Fine
Description: Princeton University, 1997. Fine. . Tommaso Campanella and the Transformation of the World. Princeton: Princeton University, 1997. 399pp. Indexed. Bibliography. 8vo. Maroon cloth. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with gentle rubbing.

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The Family Fang: A Novel by Wilson, Kevin

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Title: The Family Fang: A Novel
Author: Wilson, Kevin
Seller: Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
ISBN: 9780061579059
Condition: Very Good
Description: Ecco, 2012-04-17. paperback. Very Good. 0x5x7. Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations.

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