Scholar and Poet Books

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

Liza of Lambeth

by Maugham, W. Somerset

Description: Fine. No Jacket. "LIZA OF LAMBETH" by W. Somerset Maugham-(Avon 139; 1947; 1st Avon printing; 158 pgs.; paperback)-Colorful copy of this Avon paperback printing of Maugham's novel. Nice cover art! Condition: Very good; covers are clean, bright and even; neat writing in pen at top of title page; pages are browned but all pages tight and intact. A very nice item! Read More

First Lady Chatterley, the

by Lawrence, D.H.

Description: Good. No Jacket. "THE FIRST LADY CHATTERLEY" by D. H. Lawrence-(Avon 238; 1950; 1st Avon printing; 220 pgs.; paperback)-A copy of this Avon paperback printing of Lawrence's classic banned novel. This edition is "specially revised and edited for Avon books. " Nice cover art! Condition: Good(+); light wear and soiling to covers; pages are browned; all pages tight and intact. A nice item! Read More

Entertainer, the

by Osborne, John

Description: Liebman, Oscar. Very Good. No Jacket. "THE ENTERTAINER" by John Osborne (Bantam A2110; 1960; 1st Bantam printing; 110 pgs.; paperback)-A Bantam paperback release of Osborne's brilliant play, coinciding with the release of the 1960 British film starring Laurence Olivier, Brenda de Banzie and Joan Plowright. Nice cover illustration and film photo on the back. Condition: Very good; general looseness to spine but all pages are clean, tight and intact; covers are clean; pages show mild browning. 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

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

The Long Death: The Last Days of the Plains Indians

by Andrist, Ralph K, and Brown, Dee (Introduction by)

Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 371 p. Audience: General/trade. Clean + crisp unread copy-top corner of front endpaper is clipped-mild shelfwear to covers Read More