Interesting & Odd

Ex-library, front free endpaper removed. Red and black patterned cloth, book square, binding tight, internally clean. Cloth. Liveright Publishing ...

Oddly plotted novel, jacket blurb from Bernard Malamud. First edition, near fine in a VG jacket--some overall wear to jacket, small closed tear at ...

A rather racy offering for the last year of the '50s, tells the story of a wealthy ladies man and the women in his life. Campy fun. Good (yellowed ...

A nice clean copy of this entertaining look at one of Chicago's best known recent public art projects. The fantastically decorated cows were all ov...

A sober look at how one might further "professionalize" policing via "adequate training". The intro supposes that that "material on public relation...

Light overall wear to this intriguing collection of stories by Georgian writers, from the height of the Cold War. 1 inch closed tear to top rear of...

2nd Revised edition - a very nice copy of this scarce title containing all sorts of advice for the gardner/farmer with an interest in sweet peas. R...

An interesting look at the state of prosthetic technology some five years after WWII. Near fine in cloth boards--no markings save for previous owne...

An odd little compendium of bathroom and plumbing lore. Fine in pictorial wraps. Trade Paperbackback. ISBN 1854792504. Michael O'Mara Books, London...

You'd think from the title that this a joke, but you'd be wrong. This is actual advice on entertaining your cat. Later printing, fine in a fine jac...

Illustrated by Fruhof, Lydia. A short autobiographical story from the actor Richard Burton. First printing, Fine in a VG jacket with some foxing in...

"The Historical Record of the Death of President Kennedy." With an introduction by historian Bruce Catton. No jacket, assuming as issued as front p...

A scarce edition of this unusual late 18th century novel, edited and with an introduction by Balliol College Oxford Fellow Roger Lonsdale. Based on...

Comic biography focusing on the former Darth Vice President's early years. First printing, fine in pictorial wraps, no jacket as issued. Hardcover,...

Assorted tales of best laid plans gone wrong, a wonderful work of quirky history. First printing, Fine in a VG jacket--a small semi-circular scrape...

Overall nice copy of Gardner's meta-novel about a professor whose "monster" of a teenage son deposits a copy of the unusual book he's wrtten for f...

First printing of this novel from, oddly, a chemistry professor who was a key researcher in the development of oral contraceptives. A somewhat Roth...

Fischer's highly weird novel written from the point of view of an extraordinarily old bowl, detailing all of the various people who have owned it o...

A book of drawings and color plates of assorted drawing from the Danish artist Ebbe Sadolin, with forward and text by Lars Rostrup Boysen, in Danis...

Oddly scarce book on sign painting, with color. b&w illustrations. No markings inside or out. All pages clean and bright. White lettering on bl...

Fine copy of this collection of oddball letters to major corporations, written by someone who either is or is not Jerry Seinfeld. Nice copy, second...

Odd little book with a variety of single page cartoons documenting the sorts of things one goes through with the end of a relationship. Perhaps an ...

Illustrated by Ayres, E.G A highly practical guide to...er...clock repairing. Ex-library but with usual stamps etc, but internally unmarked and qui...

Astonishing transposition of the King Arthur tales onto WWII Europe from the always surprising Barthelme. Illustrations by Barry Moser. First print...