Pittsburgh, PA: the author, 1975. Pamphlet. 47p. staplebound booklet, rear cover partly toned, otherwise very good; signed by the author on the title page. Not found in OCLC as of March 2023. Short stories set in the Caribbean. More

Cat.No: 300888

London: Faber and Faber, 1966. Hardcover. 255p., two small tape remnants and scuff on front pastedown otherwise a very good first UK edition in cloth boards and lightly-rubbed price-clipped dj. A novel of politcal intrigue on a Caribbean Island by the South African author living in England. This novel came..... More

Cat.No: 198535

London: Allen and Unwin, 1965. Hardcover. 202p., preface, foreword, errata page tipped-in, very good first edition in cloth boards and lightly-worn unclipped dj. Semi-biographical debut novel by the author from Ghana; "deals with the life of that unusual creation of the European missionaries in Africa --the Catechist-- a Minister's helper..... More

Cat.No: 179900

New York: Poseidon Press, 1989. Paperback. 158p., very good first printing re-issue trade paperback in pictorial wraps. The 1960 edition was Young 11*. Ackerley's only novel originally published in 1960. Semi-autobiographical. Filmed in 1988 with Alan Bates and Gary Oldman. Cover depicts Bates, Oldman and "Evie" the Alsatian. More

Cat.No: 264666

London: The Bodley Head, 1962. Hardcover. 158p., second printing stated, previous owner's signature else very good in a boards and gilt and a very good, unclipped dust jacket. Ackerley's only novel. Young 11*. Originally published in 1960. Very attractive Greaves partial wraparound jacket illustration. More

Cat.No: 124264

Vallejo, CA: Adrolite Press, 2004. Trade Paperback. 341p., Vallejo-based African American novelist, fine first edition, wraps. Novel centering on a young Oakland woman. More

Cat.No: 198221

Berlin: Bruno Gmünder, 1996. Paperback. 191p., text in German, very good in original photo illustrated wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Loverboys #5. More

Cat.No: 121340

New York: Masquerade, 1996. Paperback. 287p., very good first Badboy edition in original photo-illustrated wraps. Gay pulp ficition, short stories. BadBoy. More

Cat.No: 176044

London: Fourth Estate, 2006. Hardcover. [437]p., first British trade format, a substantial hardbound book in 9.5x6 inch red-papered boards titled black (trade edition (not the special "limited" issue), and enclosed in the dust jacket. A Nigerian American author, she taught at Princeton 2005/6, then returned to live in Nigeria. She..... More

Cat.No: 309297

Lagos: Dtalkshop, 2006. Paperback. 179p., professionally printed and softbound in 8.5x5.5 inch stiffish decorated wraps; cover bears a garish publisher's label (book won an award), half-title author's signed inscription datelined 2008, a clean sound copy, unmarked except as noted by author. The rural narrator, whose Greek father disappeared, goes to..... More

Cat.No: 250246

New York: Exposition Press, 1965. Hardcover. 113p., very good first edition stated in tan cloth boards and unclipped red and lightly rubbed dj. Cuban American self-published author's mystery set in Tampa, Florida. Six holdings located in OCLC as of 7/2021. More

Cat.No: 268813

Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1993. Pamphlet. 14p., 5.25x8.5 inches, address label on rear wrap else very good advance brochure in stapled white wraps. More

Cat.No: 46473

Sherman Oaks, CA: Dr. Robert Hahn, 1980. Pamphlet. 20p., staplebound booklet format in 8.5x7 inch self-wraps, texts reproduced from typewritten mss. Rather edgeworn, with slight ripple from handling, but clean and unmarked within. A good (good-only) copy. Find in this issue a two-page memorial for Lorna D. Smith (enthusiastic volunteer)..... More

Cat.No: 295925