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Price: US$36.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This is the first edition hardcover published by Ward Ritchie Press in 1975, with LCCN 75-18095 on its copyright page. It is inscribed and signed by the author on its front end paper, "for [name] Howard Fast". This book is in near fine condition, marred only by light bumps on its spine ends, and some light wear on its covers' bottom edges. Its binding is sound and square, with no spine crease. Covers are unmarked and otherwise unworn, with bright gilt titles on its spine. Pages are unworn and otherwise unmarked. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is in very good condition: whole, bright, and unmarked, with a 1/2" closed tear in its front bottom edge, and traces of wear on the ends of its spine and flap folds, but otherwise unworn. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description.
Seller: Space Age Books LLC, Conroe, TX, U.S.A.
Fast, Howard. Time and the Riddle: Thirty-one Zen stories. Pasadena: Ward Ritchie Press, 1975.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Inscribed & signed by Fast on the first free endpaper. Octavo in dust jacket. Condition: there are a couple of small nicks to the edges of the dust jacket; slight sun-fading to the jacket's spine. Else fine in near fine DJ. Pages: xv, 490.
Seller: Arnold M. Herr, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Fast, Howard. Time and the Riddle Thirty-One Zen Stories. Ward Ritchie Press, Pasadena, CA, 1975.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author, in pen, on the half title page. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a faint dusty smell to the text pages. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has some very beginning rubbing to the spine ends. "While he was at Mill Point Federal Prison, Fast began writing his most famous work, Spartacus, a novel about an uprising among Roman slaves. Blacklisted by major publishing houses following his release from prison, Fast was forced to publish the novel himself. It was a success, going through seven printings in the first four months of publication. (According to Fast in his memoir, 50,000 copies were printed, of which 48,000 were sold. ) He subsequently established the Blue Heron Press, which allowed him to continue publishing under his own name throughout the period of his blacklisting. Just as the production of the film version of Spartacus (released in 1960) is considered a milestone in the breaking of the Hollywood blacklist, the reissue of Fast's novel by Crown Publishers in 1958 effectively ended his own blacklisting within the American publishing industry. " (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
FAST, Howard. Time & the Riddle Thirty-One Zen Stories. Ward Ritchie Press, Pasadena, 1975.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 490 pages, large 8vo, green cloth (stain affecting top page edge, interior clean) dust wrapper (edgewear and several tears to wrapper. Pasadena: Ward Ritchie Press, 1975. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. Presentation copy signed in full by the author and dated on the front free endpaper: ".For all your many kindnesses, please accept this gift of stories. Love, Howard Fast 11/8/75"
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Fast, Howard. Time and the Riddle: Thirty-one Zen stories. Ward Ritchie Press, 1975.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed. First Edition. SIGNED by the auhtor. Inscribed. Wear and tear to the jacket. Pages are tanning.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
FAST, Howard. TIME AND THE RIDDLE: Thirty-one Zen Stories. , 1975.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: FAST, Howard. TIME AND THE RIDDLE: Thirty-one Zen Stories. Pasadena: Ward Ritchie Press, [1975]. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed presentation from Fast on the front endpaper: "For [June?] and Don, to remember. Howard Fast. 6/15/85." An uncommon title, especially inscribed. Fine; rubbing & short tears (few very tiny nicks) d/j. $85.00.
Seller: Antic Hay Books, Asbury Park, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$99.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Xv, 490 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt; Lighter Green Endpapers.First Edition, First Printing. Nf In Nf Slightly Rubbed Dj, With A Long Personal Inscription To Richard Spangler On The Ffep Dated 12/8/1975. A Few Marks In Foreword, Introduction, And Afterword, Referencing The Text On Zen, And Apparently By Spangler, Author Of An Important Work On Kung Fu.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.