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Vintage copy Small paperback Adventures,the story, written in a shrewd, sly, deadpan vein of picaresque comedy, of young Samuel Bennet, who runs away from his home in Wales to seek his fortune in London. LIST -chapters he completed before his death of the alas unfinished novel Adventures in the Skin Trade. - contents / chapters - ADVENTURES IN THE SKIN TRADE- AFTER THE FAIR- THE ENEMIES- THE TREE- THE VISITOR- THE LEMON- THE BURNING BABY- THE ORCHARDS - THE HOLY SIX - PROLOGUE TO AN ADVENTURE - THE MAP OF LOVE - IN THE DIRECTION OF THE BEGINNING - AN ADVENTURE FROM A WORK IN PROGRESS - THE SCHOOL FOR WITCHES - THE DRESS -THE VEST - THE MOUSE AND THE WOMAN - THE HORSES HA -A PROSPECT OF THE SEA -THE TRUE STORY- THE FOLLOWERS- Adventures in the Skin Trade and Other Stories - Dylan Thomas - Pub. Signet classics - CT341 -New American Library- authorized reprint of hard cover Ed. -Published by new directions. Six printing.- afterword Vernon Walkins- Publication date January 1, 1960 -About 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.6… Read More

Vintage paperback - complete with worn edges, creased spine tanned pages, all 189 of them- just acceptable - Dashiell Hammett the Thin Man penguin Penguin Books Limited first published 1932 published Penguin Books 1935 reprinted 1952, 1961 1974 twice, 1977, 1979 and 1980, 1982, 1985 this Edition set printed bound Great Britain by Cox & Wyman limited, reading set in monotype Baskerville- cover design by Robert Hollingsworth, illustration by Paul Higgins--Retirement suited Nick just fine. He had a pretty wife named Nora, a Schnauzer named Austra, a taste for good scotch. Just took a little persuasion. Like 4.32 bullets, a blonde, the newspapers, the cops, and adjunct up hoodlum in his bedroom Nick Charles, former Trans American detective agency Ace, was back in business. -Fair to acceptable - The Thin Man -Author Dashiell Hammett Publisher 1985 penguin UK-- A Current ISBN 0307767507, 9780307767509- 189 pages- Subjects Fiction / Classics / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled in- ...LAX Vespasee pictures… Read More

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Smith, Betty Harper Perennial Modern Classics,2005 over sized Paperback good condition book has been read - There is minimal wear on its edges- unmarked spine tight - originally published Harper Brothers 1943 copyright by author- The American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century. Betty Smith was born Elisabeth Wehner-12-15, 1896,although five years earlier than, her fictional heroine Francie Nolan.Daughter of German immigrants, she grew up poor in the Williams-burg section of Brooklyn, very world she recreates with such meticulous detail - excellent story I enjoyed it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Author Betty Smith Edition -over sized paper book with reading guide -reprint 2005- Pub Harper Collins, ISBN 0060736267, 9780060736262 Length 528 pages -cover photography Rebecca Floyd -author photo courtesy Granger collection - cover design by Mary Schuck--Subjects Fiction / Classics / General / Literary-- . generally 7 Days Coast to Coast, quicker if… Read More

Vintage copy Small paperback black covers acceptable to good, some chipping on its edges two rather large ones, one tear, crease on the spine- Pages tanned, lightly read- grading paperbacks can be somewhat subjective, or non objective, these were not meant to last a lifetime. Pictures provided for your review.- Caustic, brilliant, uncompromising, accomplished, Lillian Hellman, a writer noted, can "take the tops off bottles with her teeth." Career as a playwright began in 1938 - The Children's Hour, first of seven plays bringing her international attention & praise. Thirty years later, Hellman unleashed her peerless wit,candor on the subject she knew best: herself. An Unfinished Woman is a rich, surprising, emotionally charged portrait of a bygone world --An independent-minded woman coming into her own. A fascinating literary and historical context for examining Lillian Hellman's life / achievements.- An Unfinished Woman: A Memoir -Lillian Hellman- illustrated, reprint Publisher- 1974 7th printing Mass… Read More

Wreck and Order - Clean good Arc - proof,minimal amounts of edge ware -sm. Spots edge of book chipping -Purposefully aimless, self-destructive, impulsively in and out of love, Elsie is a young woman feeling lost. In a tumultuous relationship,stuck in a dead-end job, has a relentless, sharp intelligence at odds with her many bad decisions.HER initial attempts to improve her life go awry, Elsie decides that a dramatic change is the only solution. Traveling through Paris - Sri Lanka, Elsie meets people who challenge, provoke her towards change she's seeking, however, she still must come face-to-face with herself. -Wreck and Order: A Novel - Hannah Tennant-Moore - Publisher Hogarth, feb 2016 Paperback 1 st printing ARC-PROOF- book design Lauren Dong - ISBN 1101903260, 9781101903261-about .2 x 0.6 x 8 in- - 292 pages - Subjects Fiction ' Literary / Coming of Age-Nominated for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize & PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize- LAXVespa Los Angeles / - see pictures maybe this will do… Read More