Recent Arrivals from Linden Avenue Books

First Edition, First Printing. Good+ in a Good dustjacket. Gray cloth with blue & gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Boards and binding are solid, some edgewear and soiling on rear. The interior is clean and free of any markings. The unclipped dustjacket has original $5.95 price, a cover art photo of Nixon by Philippe Halsman, and shows some… Read more about this item

First Edition, FIrst Printing. Blue cloth with silver lettering on spine. A withdrawn x-library copy with stamps on top edge and title page, library pocket on rear endpapaper. The interior is otherwise clean and unmarked and the binding is solid. The unclipped dustjacket shows original $8.95 price and is taped to the boards. Protected in mylar. Written in the 1940's… Read more about this item

Later printing (seventh). Red cloth boards with black embossedl lettering. Square with solid binding, light edgewear. The interior is clean and free of any markings, with some age-darkening. The unclipped paper dustjacket has original $3.95 price and shows some wear and chipping. Protected in mylar. Overall, a very nice reading copy. Shaw's first novel is one of the finest narratives… Read more about this item

FIrst Edition, FIrst Printing. Near fine in a Fine dustjacket. Navy blue quarter cloth over light purple boards with silver and light blue lettering on spine. Square with sharp corners and tight binding, minor sunning along top edge else fine. Interior is clean and unmarked. The unclipped dustjacket shows original $17.95 price and is clean and bright with no chips,… Read more about this item

First American Edition, First Printing. An x-library copy, but surprisingly clean and well-preserved. Library stamps on top edge, front endsheet and title page, otherwise unmarked. The front endpaper shows abrasion, likely from removal of a pocket. Green cloth boards with gilt and silver lettering on spine, with minor wear at extremities. Pages show the typical age-darkening. The clipped dustjacket is… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. Very good in a fine dustjacket. 104 pages with illustrations by Mark Summers. Square with sharp corners and solid binding. Front and rear boards show slight abrasions, both front and rear pastedowns show minor spots. Otherwise clean and unmarked. The unclipped dustjacket is clean, bright and without flaws. Protected in mylar. From the dustjacket: "Defining Portraits,… Read more about this item

FIrst Edition, First Printing. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Clean, square with sharp corners. Interior is unmarked. The glassine printed dustjacket is unclipped and shows original $22.95 price with no chips, creases or tears. Protected in mylar. Born LeRoi Jones in New Jersey in 1934, Baraka was a poet, playwright, writer, and activist who became a seminal figure in the… Read more about this item

First American Edition, First Printing. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Quarter blue cloth over black paper boards with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Square with sharp corners and solid binding. Interior is clean and unmarked. The unclipped dustjacket shows original $25 price. Clean with no chips, creases or tears and protected in mylar. The fourth novel from… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Square with sharp corners and solid binding. Minor edgewear and Simon & Schuster remainder mark. Interior is clean with no markings of any kind. The unclipped dustjacket shows original 18.95 price, rubbed with some wear at base of spine. Protected in mylar. Quinn, a former Washington Post political reporter… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Protected in mylar. First novel from Marshall, a former St. Louis Globe Democrat sports writer. He gives an insider's view of the world of professional football in this NFL thriller. Carefully packaged and shipped in a box.

First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Square with sharp corners and tight binding. Interior is clean with no markings of any kind. The unclipped dustjacket with original price of 23.95 is clean and crisp with no chips or tears. Protected in mylar. The author, a journalist, poet and musicologist born in Belfast, gives the history of his… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Red boards and a white spine with red and black lettering. Remainder mark on fore edge. Square with sharp corners, interior is clean and free of any markings. The unclipped dustjacket shows original price of $17.95 and has minimal wear. Protected in mylar. From the author of The Manchurian… Read more about this item

No edition stated. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Rust-colored cloth with minimal shelfwear. Square with sharp corners and solid binding, interior is clean and unmarked with some age-darkening. 450 pages with notes, index, extensive bibliography and illustrated maps on endpapers. The unclipped pictorial dustjacket has original $5.50 price, rubbed with some wear at extremities. Protected in mylar. "A… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Black cloth with bright blue endpapers. Crisp and clean with square corners and solid binding. The dustjacket is unclipped with $6.95 price intact. Bright with no chips or tears and protected in mylar. The author's second and final novel. Carefully packaged and shipped in a box.

First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine, Near Fine. Clean, crisp and square with sharp corners and tight binding. The unclipped dustjacket shows original $7.95 price and is bright with minimal wear. Protected in mylar. From the dustjacket: "This superb documentary vividly reveals the havoc the Vietnam War caused in in the American system of jurisprudence. Provoked by the refusal of… Read more about this item

Fifth Printing. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Clean and unmarked, square with tight binding and sharp corners. Fine dust jacket is unclipped and flawless. "The first installment of Bob Dylan's autobiography is as lively, omnivorous, and endlessly weird as its subject." - New York Magazine. Protected in mylar cover. Carefully packaged and shipped in a box.

Hardcover, later printing, not a book club. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Black cloth with cover illustration, green lettering and illustrated endpapers. A nice copy, 587 pages including notes, bibliography and index. Square with solid binding and sharp corners, head of spine lightly bumped. Interior is clean and unmarked. The unclipped dustjacket shows original $3.50 price, with edgewear… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. FIne in a Near Fine dustjacket. Burgundy cloth with gilt illustration on cover and gilt lettering on spine. Tight binding, square with sharp corners. Interior is clean and free of any markings. The unclipped dustjacket shows original 15.95 price, crisp and bright with one small chip on back. Protected in mylar. A handsome copy of the… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. A former library book with stamps on front paste down and FFEP. Binding is solid and the text is clean and unmarked, though somewhat age-darkened. The unclipped dustjacket shows original $2.75 price, has a library sticker on spine and is taped to the boards. Protected in mylar. "This novel is based on many events both major… Read more about this item

First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Blue cloth with yellow boards, gilt lettering on cover and spine. Tight binding, square with sharp corners. Previous owner initials on front paste down, clean with no other markings. The dustjacket shows minimal wear, unclipped but with sticker residue covering the original price. Protected in a mylar cover. A… Read more about this item