Brite, Poppy Z Billy Martin (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Jacket by Alan M. Clark (illustrator). 1st Edition. First, 'Special Signed Edition', first impression. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WITHOUT DEDICATION, IN BLACK PEN, ON ILLUSTRATED 'SPECIAL EDITION' PAGE. Some minuscule edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, top corners very slightly bruised, not price clipped ($35.00), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and squareish, overall a vg++ copy. 183pp. Gary and Rickey grew up in the Lower Ninth Ward, products of New Orleans as surely as Community Coffee or the Superdome. Friends since childhood, they become lovers at age 16 and must deal with the reality of being gay in a hardscrabble neighbourhood, a traditional Catholic family, and the restaurant kitchens where they've begun to work. 'The Value of X' is a novel about growing up, about outgrowing the templates of family and society, about the pirate crew culture that goes on behind the scenes of every restaurant. Perhaps most of all, it is a novel that portrays New Orleans in a richer, truer light than Brite has ever done before. From American author Billy Martin, known professionally as Poppy Z. Brite. He initially achieved notoriety in the gothic horror genre of literature in the early 1990s by publishing a string of successful novels and short story collections. His later work moved into the genre of dark comedy, with many stories set in the New Orleans restaurant world. Much of his work features bisexual and gay characters. Scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, signed by Pelan on the title page, the book has a minor lean to the binding, moderate bumps to the spine ends, faint sunning to the spine, mild shelfwear to the cover edges and corners, and a hint of smudging to the edges of the text block. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight, bright Very Good+ copy in a like, unclipped dust jacket, which has bumps with thin creasing to the spine ends and corners, mild rubbing to the covers, and a hint of sunning to the spine. The jacket is wrapped in a Mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition, Signed, Limited. First edition, hardcover, signed by both authors on the limitation page, and marked as a Publisher's Copy (PC/250). The book has a shallow skew to the binding, small areas of whitish discoloration to the lower fore corner of each cover, and very mild shelfwear to the spine ends and cover corners. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight, bright Very Good+ copy in a crisp, unclipped, Near Fine dust jacket, which is wrapped in Mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Trade. First trade edition, hardcover, signed by the author as Brite on the title page, the book has a slight lean to the binding, and mild wear to the spine ends. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight, clean Very Good+ copy in an unclipped Near Fine dust jacket, which has a small bump to the upper back corner, and is wrapped in Mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, signed by Pelan and Mieville on the half title page, the book has a slight skew to the binding, small spots of faint soiling to the edges of the text block that do not affect the page faces, and light bumps to the spine ends. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight Very Good copy in an unclipped Very Good+ dust jacket, which has some mild wear to the spine ends and corners, a thin crease to the upper corner of the rear flap, and faint rubbing to the covers. The jacket is wrapped in a Mylar cover.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. First printing, mass market paperback, inscribed by Roche and eight other contributors to the previous owner, author and editor John Pelan, at their entries. Contributors who have signed the book include M. Christian, Lucy Taylor, Bill Brent, Billy Martin (with his pen name Poppy Z. Brite), Christa Faust, Sean Doolittle, and Nancy A. Collins. The book has a minor roll starting to the binding, slight bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, a touch of toning to the edges of the text block, thin reading creases to the spine, and some mild rubbing with a touch of edge wear to the covers, otherwise a solid, tight Very Good+ copy.

Stapled Wraps. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. First edition, stapled wraps, has mild wear to the spine ends and cover corners, and a couple very thin cross creases to the spine. Otherwise, this is a solid, clean Very Good+ copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Trade. First trade edition, hardcover, inscribed by the author on the title page, the book has a light lean to the binding, slight bumps to the spine ends, and mild shelfwear to the cover edges and corners. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight Very Good copy in an unclipped, Very Good+ dust jacket, which has minor wear to the spine ends and corners, and a hint of faint sunning to the spine. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Alan M. Clark (illustrator). 1st Edition, Signed, Limited. First edition, hardcover, signed by the author (as Brite) and marked as a publisher's copy (PC) on the limitation page, the book has a very minor lean to the binding, and a touch of wear to the spine ends. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight, clean Near Fine copy in a crisp, like dust jacket, which is wrapped in Mylar. The item is housed in a Very Good matching tray case box, which is starting to pull and split at all but one of the tray corners, and has very slight bumps to the spine ends and corners.