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The Best of Gauntlet Edited by Barry Hoffman (August 1994) $8.00
This book collects the best exposés and interviews from the award-winning magazine
that "explores the limits of free expression." Includes an interview with Annie Sprinkle.
Softcover. SRP: $12.95.
Richard Kasak Books [First Edition]
Book is Near Mint.

Black Majority by Peter H. Wood (1975) $5.00
"Negroes in Colonial South Carolina from 1670 through the Stono Rebellion."
Softcover. 346 pages. SRP: $9.95.
W. W. Norton & Company [Sixth Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Very mild corner creasing.)

Black Music by Leroi Jones (1967) $5.00
"This Is a Book About the Brilliant Young Jazz Musicans
of Today, Their Lives, Their Music, Their Struggles."
Softcover. 220 pages. SRP: $3.95.
William Morrow & Company [Sixth Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Creasing along spine on cover, some edge/corner wear.)

Bloodletters & Badmen by Jay Robert Nash (1973) $8.00
"A Narrative Encyclopedia of American Criminals from the Pilgrims to the Present."
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 640 pages.
M. Evans & Company, Inc. [Eighth Edition]
Book is Very Fine.
Dust Jacket is Very Fine.

Captivity by Mary Ann Harbert (1973) $12.00
"How I Survived 44 Months as a Prisoner of the Red Chinese."
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. 320 pages. SRP: $7.95.
Delacorte Press [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Fine. (Some wear to upper edge.)

Chaplin: Genesis of a Clown by Paoul Sobel & David Francis (1977) $10.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 254 pages. SRP: £2.95.
Quartet Books, Ltd. UK [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine Plus.

Chinese American Workers: Past & Present (1972) $3.00
An Anthology culled from Getting Together magazine.
Softcover. Illustrated. 118 pages.
Graphic Arts International Union [First Edition]
Book is Fine Plus.

David Cronenberg: A Delicate Balance by Peter Morris (1994) $8.00
This biography examines the life and work of controversial director whose movies
such as Rabid, The Brood and Naked Lunch have obtained a cult status.
Softcover. Illustrated. SRP: $9.95.
ECW Press [First Edition]
Book is Near Mint.

Depraved by Harold Schechter (September 1994) $10.00
"The Shocking True Story of America's First Serial Killer."
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 372 pages. SRP: $22.00.
Pocket Books [First Edition]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Very Fine. (Mild storage wear upper edge front.)

Devil's Knot by Mara Leveritt (October 2002) $20.00
"The True Story of the West Memphis Three!"
Examines Damien Echols and the alleged Satanic murders that inspired the
film Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996).
Signed by the author in black pen on the contents page.
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 416 pages. SRP: $24.00.
Atria Books [First Edition]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Near Mint.

Drat! by W.C. Fields (January 1969) $12.00
Being the Encapsulated View of Life by W.C. Fields in His Own Words."
Introduction by Ed McMahon.
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 128 pages. SRP: $4.95.
The World Publishing Company [Third Printing]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Very Fine. (Nice save for some minor wear upper edge near spine.)

Duke by Donald Shepherd & Robert Slatzer (1985) $10.00
"The Life and Times of John Wayne."
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 372 pages. SRP: $16.95.
Doubleday & Company [First Edition]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Very Fine.

Encounters With Stravinsky by Paul Horgan (1972) $6.00
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 302 pages. SRP: $7.95.
Farrar Straus & Giroux [First Edition]
Book is Very Fine Minus.
Dust Jacket is Very Good Plus.

Fighting Angel by Pearl S. Buck (1936) $3.00
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. 302 pages.
Reynal & Hitchcock [Edition Unknown]
Book is Fine.
Dust Jacket is Good.

The Films of Katharine Hepburn by Homer Dickens (1971) $6.00
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 242 pages. SRP: $9.95.
Citadel Press [First Edition]
Book is Very Fine Plus.
Dust Jacket is Good Minus.
(1" x ½" piece missing from upper edge of front cover, heavy edge wear.)

Florence Nightingale by Cecil Woodham-Smith (1951) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 372 pages.
McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. [First Edition]
Book is Very Good.

The Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers Book by Arlene Croce (1972) $6.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 192 pages.
Outerbridge & Lazard, Inc. [First Edition]
Book is Very Fine.

From the Buggy to the Moon: My Life & Testimony by Maurie Vincent (circa 1990s) $10.00
Signed by the author in blue pen on the title page.
Softcover. Illustrated. 64 pages. SRP: $10.00.
Maurice Vincent [First Edition]
Book is Near Mint.

The Further Inquiry by Ken Kesey (1990) $10.00
First person account of life on the road of "the Magic Bus"
with Neal Cassady and the Merry Pranksters.
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 228 pages. SRP: $24.95.
Viking Publishing, Inc. [First Edition]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Very Fine.

Gable and Lombard by Warren G. Harris (1974) $8.00
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 190 pages. SRP: $7.95.
Simon & Schuster [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Very Fine Minus. (Minor wear upper edge.)

Genghis Khan: The Emperor of All Men by Harold Lamb (1927) $10.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 5½" x 8½". 268 pages.
Doubleday & Company, Inc. [First Printing]
Book is Fine Plus.

The Ghastly One: The Sex-Gore Netherworld of Andy Milligan
by Jimmy McDonough (2001) $24.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 374 pages. SRP: $17.95.
A Cappella Books [First Edition]
Book is Near Mint.

The Girl in the Centerfold by Surrey Marshe (1969) $20.00
"The Uninhibited Memoirs of Miss January."
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. 182 pages. SRP: $4.95.
Delacorte Press [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Near Mint Minus.

The Groucho Phile by Groucho Marx (1976) $16.00
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 384 pages.
Galahad Books [First Edition]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Very fine Plus save for price clip on front cover flap.

The Harlan Ellison Hornbook by Harlan Ellison (November 1990) $20.00
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 418 pages. SRP: $22.95.
Penzler Books [First Edition]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Near Mint.

I Walked to Zion by Susan Arrington Madsen (1994) $8.00
"True Stories of Young Pioneers on the Mormon Trail."
Hardcover. Illustrated. 182 pages. SRP: $12.95.
Deseret Book Company [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint.

Jay J. Armes: Investigator by Jay J. Armes & Frederick Nolan (1976) $6.00
"The World's Most Successful Private Eye."
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 234 pages. SRP: $8.95.
Macmillan Publishing Company, Inc. [First printing]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Very Fine save for ½" tear upper spine.

The Last Nazi by Gerald Astor (1985) $8.00
"The Life and Times of Dr. Joseph Mengele."
hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 306 pages. SRP: $18.95.
Donald I. Fine, Inc. [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Very Fine Plus.

The Life and Times of the Marx Brothers by Ronald Bergan (1992) UNAVAILABLE
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 128 pages.
Smithmark [First Edition]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Near Mint Minus.

The Long Hard Road Out of Hell by Marilyn Manson & Neil Strauss (1998) $20.00
The autobiography of shock rocker Marilyn Manson.
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 276 pages. SRP: $24.00.
Harper Collins [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Near Mint.

Maria Callas: A Musical Biography by Robert Levine (2003) $16.00
Includes three hours of music on two CDs.
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 224 pages.
Black Dog & Leventhal [First Edition]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Very Fine.
CDs are Mint. (Unplayed.)

Marilyn Manson by Kurt B. Reighley (May 1998) $8.00
An unauthorized biography of rock music's most enigmatic performer.
Softcover. Illustrated. 192 pages. SRP: $10.95.
St. Martin's Griffin [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint.

The Marx Brothers Scrapbook
by Groucho Marx & Richard J. Anobile (December 1973) $10.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 256 pages.
Darien House [Second Edition]
Book is Very Fine.

Memoirs of a Sword Swallower by Daniel P. Mannix (1996) $8.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 128 pages. SRP: $15.99.
Re/Search [First Photo-Illustrated Edition]
Book is Very Fine. (Mild 1½" crease upper right corner.)

The Mind of Adolf Hitler by Walter C. Langer (1972) $6.00
Includes a forward by William L. Langer and an afterword by Robert G.L. Waite.
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. 6½" x 9¼". 272 pages. SRP: $10.00.
Basic Books, Inc. [Fifth Printing]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Fine Minus.

Norman Rockwell: My Adventures as an Illustrator
by Norman Rockwell & Thomas Rockwell (1979) UNAVAILABLE
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 208 pages. SRP: $13.95.
The Curtis Publishing Company [First Edition]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Very Fine.

Odd Jobs: The World of Deviant Work by Gale Miller (1978) $5.00
"Confidence Men, Fences, Fortune Tellers, Strippers, Medical Quacks, Prostitutes,
Female Impersonators, Bookmakers, Racketeers, Safecrackers."
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. 276 pages.
Prentice-Hall [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.
Dust Jacket is Very Good. (1¼" tear on upper back and stain on front of dust jacket.)

The One and Only Bing by Bob Thomas (1977) $5.00
"A Warm and Intimate Portrayal of One of the World's Best-Loved Entertainers."
"Illustrated with 250 Photos of His Life and Career."
Softcover. Illustrated. 152 pages. SRP: $5.95.
Grossett & Dunlap [First Edition]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Wear to upper spine.)

One From None by Henry Rollins (1993) $5.00
Includes selected writings from 1987 as well as an interview with Rollins by Robert Fischer.
Softcover. 144 pages.
2.13.61 Publishing [Seventh Printing]
Book is Near Mint Minus.

Picasso and Jacqueline by David Douglas Duncan (1988) $24.00
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 240 pages. SRP: $35.00.
W.W. Norton & Company [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Fine. (Some wear upper spine and upper edge back cover.)

Polecat Bench by Allen G. Richardson (1983) UNAVAILABLE Softcover Trade. Illustrated. 174 pages.
Jelm Press [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Quotations from Abraham Lincoln by Ralph McGinnis (1977) $8.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 134 pages. SRP: $8.95.
Nelson-Hall [First Edition]
Book is Very Fine.

Ronald Reagan: His Life in Pictures by James Spada (2000) $10.00
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 246 pages. SRP: $29.95.
St. Martin's Press [First Edition]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Very Fine Plus.

Royal Wedding by Douglas Keay (1981) UNAVAILABLE
"A Celebration for the Marriage of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer."
Softcover. Illustrated. 160 pages.
IPC Magazines Limited [First Edition]
Book is Very Fine.

Salvador Dali: A Biography by Meryle Secrest (1986) $12.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 310 pages. SRP: $9.95.
Dutton Books/Obelisk [First Edition]
Book is Very Fine.

Say Kids! What Time Is It? by Stephen Davis (1987) $5.00
"The First Backstage History of The Howdy Doody Show" (1947-1960).
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 234 pages.
Little Brown & Company [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Very Fine Minus. (Some minor edge wear to dust jacket.)

Siegfried & Roy at the Mirage Souvenir Program Book (1991) $7.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 32 pages. SRP: $10.00.
Sells-Floto, Inc. [First Edition]
Book is Fine Minus. (Several stress marks along lower spine.)

The Spectacular San Franciscans by Julia Cooley Altrocchi (1949) $28.00
Signed by the author in blue pen on the first page.
Hardcover. Illustrated. 398 pages.
E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc. [First Edition]
Book is Fine Plus. (Mild fading to spine,
a number of small stains and watermarks on cover.)

Tutankhamon by Dr. Edward L. Jones (1979) $8.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 120 pages. SRP: $7.95.
Edward L. Jones & Associates [Second Printing]
Book is Very Fine Plus.

Very Special People by Frederick Drimmer (1973) $10.00
"The Phenomenal Bestseller That Reveals Lives of Human Oddities--Their Loves and Triumphs."
Includes thirty-two pages of photographs.
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 412 pages.
Amjon Publishers Inc. [First Edition]
Book is Very Fine.
Dust Jacket is Very Good. (Edge and corner wear.)

Very Special People by Frederick Drimmer (1985) UNAVAILABLE
"The Phenomenal Bestseller That Reveals Lives of Human Oddities--Their Loves and Triumphs."
Includes thirty-two pages of photographs.
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 364 pages.
Bell Publishing Company [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Fine.
Dust Jacket is Very Fine Minus.

Vincent Price Unmasked by James Robert Parish & Steven Whitney (1974) $20.00
Also includes an extensive filmography with synopsis and television appearances.
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 266 pages. SRP: $9.95.
Drake Publishers, Inc. [First Edition]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Good. (Edge and corner wear, numerous small tears and chips.)

Walt Disney: Magician of the Movies by Bob Thomas (1966) $8.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 176 pages.
Grossett & Dunlap [First Edition]
Book is Very Good Plus.

The Wien Brother's Story by Kay J. Kennedy (1967) $12.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 40 pages.
Wien Air Alaska [First Edition]
Book is Very Fine.

A Youth in Babylon by David F. Friedman (1990) $16.00
Offers the uncensored "Confessions of a Trash-Film King."
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 364 pages. SRP: $19.95.
Prometheus Books [First Edition]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Near Mint.


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