Search Results: Authors starting with C from Concho River Books

Pawn Of The Omphalos by E.C. Tubb, First printing with correct number line, paperback, Fawcett, 1980. Very Good +, near perfect, unread condition, with the exception of a tiny tear top of back cover. E.C. Tubb, a giant of the genre.

Book is NEW, SIGNES BY AUTHOR, 1973, paperback. If you've ever spent a delicious summer somewhere along our southern eastern seaboard as a child swimming in the warm waters of Nags Head Beach or Hilton Head Island you will find a lot of good memories here. A picnic table on the front porch covered with newspapers and steamed crabs that you amd your friends caught that afternoon slowly rowing up and down the canals in a skiff with long-handled crabbing nets. Times past but never forgotten.

Trade Paperback, as new, gently read once, by me.

Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler, Knopf, New York 1940. First edition stated. Top edge navy blue, page edges slightly darkened from age, front bottom right corner bumped, binding tight. Front and back paste downs foxed but interior pages are clean, no underlining, no highlighting or other markings. Previous owner's name on front paste down, very small along with the year 1940. Light wear top and bottom of spine. Overall, an attractive copy.

As New, gently read once by me. Pages clean and fresh. Dust jacker pristine. A well researched book on the life of the much loved war correspondent, Ernie Pyle. From the days of he and his wife Jerry driving cross country during the depression interviewing the common people struggling to put a crust of bread on the table because there just was no money, to his days as a war correspondent with people reading his column from coast to coast.
I did not know Ernie's wife had mental problems which is very well researched in this book. Ernie loved living in Albuquerque for its open spaces and fresh, clean air. They were both alchoholics and it took a toll on both her mental state and his physical ailments. Ernie would be gone for many months at a time to the front battle lines in Europe which would devastate any marriage.
My father and Ernie Pyle were good friends as they both were correspondents for Scripps-Howard newspapers. I'm sure it was a hard blow to my father when he got the news that Ernie had been… Read More

Condition: New. Paperback in wraps, First British Edition, first printing with correct number line. Published by Bloomsbury, 1993. signed and inscribed by the author on the title page.

Book in flawless condition with exception of very slight foxing top edge. First Edition, first printing, 1991, with correct Random House number line. Unread, pages fresh and crisp. Corners sharp, never bumped. Dust jacket very fine with bright colors, photo of author on back, unclipped, in mylar protective jacket. A very handsome copy for the discerning collector.

Classic Horror, scarce thus, never reprinted, pages slightly toned with age which is common, pages are clean with no interior writing, underlining, or highlighting. A nice copy good for many reads yet.

Paperback, date of publication by Dell Books is August 1978. Shogun, A Novel Of Japan. In Very Good plus condition, no tears or creases on front or back covers, pages clean, no writing, underlining, or highlighting. Pages not tanned, supple. Gently read once by me. 28th printing. Not remaindered. An excellent copy, very collectable.

A Golden Fury by Samantha Cohoe. Advanced Reading Copy, to be released Oct. 2020. A perfect copy, unread, unopened, fresh and clean. Pages even smell fresh. Is it Science or Magic? Power or Possession? Read story line from back of book in photo for to get hooked. The long awaited sensational book from an amazing author.

Uncorrected Proof ISBN 9781250778925/Advance Reader's Edition with correct first printing number line. Brand New, never cracked open, pages still smell fresh and clean.