Scholar and Poet Books

Scarecrow

by Goldthwaite, Eaton K.

Description: Good. No Jacket. "SCARECROW" by Eaton K. Goldthwaite-(Dell Mapback 193; 240 pgs.; paperback)-A copy of a Dell Mapback murder mystery. Nice cover art with a bloody knifed scarecrow. With a nice map illustration on the back cover. Condition: Good(+); front covers has several creases including one top to bottom at the center of the cover; small dings at corners; back cover is clean and bright; perma-gloss covering is intact; pages browned, but are clean, tight and intact. Read More

Plain Murder

by Forester, C.S.

Description: George, Bill. Fine. No Jacket. "PLAIN MURDER" by C. S. Forester; Cover illustration by Bill George-(Dell First Edition 30; 1954; 1st edition; 190 pgs.; paperback)-An excellent, clean copy of this original Dell mystery paperback by the classic author of the Captain Horatio Hornblower novels. Nice cover art. Condition: Very good(+); cover art is clean and bright; very mild wear to covers; pages are clean, tight and intact. A very tight copy-looks unread. Excellent! Read More

Smiler With the Knife, the

by Blake, Nicholas

Description: Good. No Jacket. "THE SMILER WITH THE KNIFE" by Nicholas Blake-(Popular Library 41; no Pop. Lib. date-war years info-'40s; 188 pgs.; paperback)-Nice copy of this early Popular Library classic mystery paperback-"A Nigel Strangeways mystery. " War bonds announcement in back. Nice swastika cover art! Condition: Good(-); slight forward roll to spine; surface wear including creases and pencil markings, some light fading, especially towards spine; spine peeling towards bottom; pages are browned, but ... Read More

Subterraneans, the

by Kerouac, Jack

Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Avon T-390; 1959; 3rd Avon printing; 126 pgs. -A very nice copy this Avon classic beat novel. Preface for this Avon edition is by Henry Miller. Nice cover art. Red stripe at bottom of cover mentions the just released MGM motion picture. Condition: Very good; covers show mild wear and soiling; pages show mild browning; all pages tight and intact. Read More

Butterfield 8.

by O'Hara, John

Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Avon 231; 1949; 258 pgs. -A very nice copy of this early Avon paperback printing of O'Hara's classic novel of a woman with a past. "Corrupted by a lecheous uncle, she grew to young womanhood with a sure knowledge of what men wanted..." Fantastic cover art. Condition: Very good(+); covers are clean and bright with only very minor edge wear; name in ink neatly written at top inside of front cover; pages are browned but are clean, tight and intact. A very nice and hard to ... Read More

Hot Half Hour

by Foreman, Robert L.

Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Avon T-295; 159 pgs. -An excellent, clean copy of this Avon paperback novel of illicit behavior and TV. "Behind the scenes-office and bedroom-of the big-time TV quiz shows......first we drank a toast to adultery. " Nice cover design. Condition: Very good(+); covers are clean and bright; pages are clean, tight and intact. An excellent item! Read More

Agony Column, the

by Biggers, Earl Derr

Description: Good. No Jacket. Avon 337; 1951; 163 pgs. -Nice copy an Avon mystery/romance paperback novel by the author of the Charlie Chan books. Great cover art-dripping red lettering in title and a red-lipped elegant blonde! Condition: Good; bottom edge of cover has small chew marks and one 3/4" tear; otherwise, this item is excellent, with clean and bright cover art; pages are clean, tight and intact. Read More

Pictures From Italy, and American Notes, for General Circulation

by Dickens, Charles

Description: Very Good. No Jacket, as Issued. Early American combined edition of these 2 titles (written in the 1840s)-this edition originally copyright in 1877, this item states an 1879 printing date on the title page-Volume XV (Works of) of the New Illustrated Library Edition-Printed by The Riverside Press, Cambridge-Illustrated with 10 plates of engravings on steel-printed photograph of Dickens as frontispiece covered by tissue-Introduction by Edwin Percy Whipple-Hardcover, green boards with gold ... Read More

Sinful Peck

by Robertson, Morgan

Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Sea-faring adventure novel by Morgan Robertson-244 pages; no date listed(early 1900s? ); originally printed by Harpers (1903), this is a reprint; interesting saling ship illustration pasted in on page 173 by previous owner-CONDITION: red cloth covers are clean and solid w/light sunfading along spine; binding is tight[looks unread]; pages are clean, tight and intact, w/a little bit of dustiness at top edge. An excellent copy! Read More