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By: , NarayanR. K.
Price: $19.95
Publisher: New York, Everyman's Library: 2006
Seller ID: 010282
ISBN: 1400044774
Condition: New
No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. In the novels of R. K. Narayan (1906-2001), the forefather of modern Indian fiction, human-scale hopes, and epiphanies express the promise of a nation as it awakens to its place in the world. The three novels brought together in this volume, all written after India's independence, are masterpieces of social comedy, rich in local color and abounding in affectionate humor and generosity of spirit. View more info
By: Alumit, Noel
Price: $24.00
Publisher: San Fransisco and Denver:, MacMurray & Beck,: 2002.
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Seller ID: 008565
ISBN: 1931561028
Condition: 8vo; 244 pages.
Alumit knows about loss and sorrow. Fortunately for readers of his novel, he knows even more about resilience and hope. -- Aimee Liu, Cloud Mountain. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal retail handling; Still Gift Quality. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve. View more info
By: Anderson, Poul
Price: $21.95
Publisher: New York:, Baen Books,: 1960.
Edition: Book Club Edition
Seller ID: 008740
1961 Hugo nominee. "An alien starship lands in medieval England, and carries a group of knights off into space. These rough-and-ready chaps eventually succeed in conquering the interstellar empire. A fondly remembered romp which celebrates the violent human spirit, it has not worn particularly well." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, Minimal handling wear. Dust Jacket has light edge wear in a new Mylar sleeve. 1961 Hugo nominee.REF: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-11. S... View more info
By: Anita Shreve
Price: $12.95
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company: 0
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Seller ID: 010434
ISBN: 0316789976
Condition: New
Gift Quality. No flaws or blemishes. Book Club Edition. If ever a work of fiction earned the description a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, this is it, and more ... [The New York Times Book Review] View more info
By: Antrim, Donald
Price: $14.95
Publisher: New York:, Knopf,: 2000.
Edition: First Edition, Second Printing.
Seller ID: 008558
ISBN: 0375408223
"A darkly comic tour-de-farce that's at once attenuated and hyperkinetic.... Antrim has provided a striking meditation on the nature of self-identity and a fierce affirmation of the power of imagination." -- Publishers Weekly.No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve. View more info
By: Asimov, Isaac.
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Garden City, New York:, Doubleday & Company,: 1983.
Edition: Book Club Edition. [BOMC]
Seller ID: 002219
A "whodunit" science fiction novel by American writer Isaac Asimov, first published in 1983. It is the third novel in Asimov's Robot series. It was nominated for both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1984.Unread, No flaws to book. Dust jacket in protective Mylar sleeve has light wear with toning to rear panel. View more info
By: Bach, Richard
Price: $14.94
Publisher: New York, Scribner: 1970
Seller ID: 009382
ISBN: 0684846845
Condition: Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket
Carefully handled, Text clean, Bindings firm. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve. No flaws to note. Full number line. 8.75 inches tall; 93 pages. View more info
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By: Bantock, Nick
Price: $24.95
Publisher: San Francisco, Chronicle: 1993
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Seller ID: 010686
ISBN: 1895714036
Condition: New
The author is the creator of pop-up books. This is in the theme with decorated envelopes, illustrated letters, postcards, and very creative artwork. "Impossible to stop until the book's end." No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. View more info
By: Barr, Nevada
Price: $39.95
Publisher: New York:, Putnam Pub Group,: 2001
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Inscription: SIGNED by the Author.
Seller ID: 009138
ISBN: 0399147020
Condition: Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket.
Nevada Barr is an American author best known for her Anna Pigeon series of mystery novels set in national parks in the United States. Blood Lure takes place in Glacier National Park. No Flaws or Blemishes. Dust jacket in protective Mylar sleeve. View more info
By: Barrie, J. M.
Price: $175.00
Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton: 1914
Seller ID: 010243
Condition: Very Good
Red cloth with intricate gilt decorations on the front typical of Thomson's skill. Bindings tight and square. Heavy stock paper, Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. Three small faded spots on rear upper edge. Offsetting on free endpages. [No Date, c1914] Printed at the Edinburgh University Press. Later Printing after Deluxe Edition of 500. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. 4to, 27 cm; 10.75 inches tall; pp. iii-235, [1]; mounted color frontispiece and 19 mounted color plates, additional black & white text illustrations throughout. The Admirable Crichton is a comic stage p... View more info
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By: Beach, Rex E.
Price: $195.00
Publisher: New York:, Harper & Brothers,: 1906.
Edition: First Edition – First Printing.
Seller ID: 005969
Condition: Near FIne In Custom Box.
SIGNED with an inscription by Beach on the front free endpaper. Original pictorial blue-green cloth. Very good in slightly soiled Custom chemise and slipcase. Laid-in Promotional Harper bookmark with photo of Rex Beech.Laid-in photocopy of Author’s obituary. The author's first and best known work. Basis for movies filmed in 1914, 1923, 1930 and 1942 with Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott and John Wayne; lastly in 1955 with Jeff Chandler and Anne Baxter. Binding square and tight. Text clean; hint of toning to text. Light shelf handling to lower corners; spin... View more info
By: Beaty, John
Price: $21.95
Publisher: New York and Toronto, Longmans, Green and CO: 1937
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Seller ID: 010823
Condition: Very Good
A saga-ish tale of the forerunners of the English -- account of Danes and Frisians -- of enmity during enforced stay of Danes among the Frisians -- of the aid given the English by the Danes -- of the winning of the maid our hero loves -- of the founding of the kingdom of the North Sea Peoples in Britain. Recreation from scanty material of customs, clothing, life and times -- date about 448 A. D. [Kirkus]First Edition, First Printing. Illustrations and dust jacket by Henry C. Pitz. Orange cloth covered boards with black titles and decoration. Bindings square and tight. Text clean with to... View more info
By: Bond, Michael
Price: $19.95
Publisher: Boston:, Houghton Mifflin,: 1971.
Edition: First Edition - Fifth Printing. [American]
Seller ID: 008416
ISBN: 0395109094
Condition: Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket
The friendly bear from deepest, darkest Peru—with his old hat, battered suitcase (complete with a secret compartment, enabling it to hold more items than it would at first appear),duffel coat and love of marmalade—has become a classic character from English children's literature.No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve. View more info
Price: $24.95
Publisher: New York:, Crown,: 1955.
Edition: Missouri River Edition.
Seller ID: 009036
Condition: Very Good.
Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. Previous owner's name on front free endpage. Dust Jacket, is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has edge-wear and a closed tear lower rear spine. Contains 500 stories and 30 songs. View more info
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By: Bradford, Roark
Price: $225.00
Publisher: New York, Literary Guild, (Harpers): 1931
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Inscription: Signed by Author on a ASL
Seller ID: 009601
Condition: Very Good
ASL: Tipped to the front endpaper is a typed letter, SIGNED, from Bradford to a Mr. Creel expressing support of FDR and offering a scathing assessment of Herbert Hoover's abilities. Some very interesting and strong statements. The story based on the Ballad of John Henry, the "steel-drivin' man"; based on the African-American folk hero. It was made into a Broadway play and later a musical featuring Paul Robeson in the title role and Julie Anne as Ruby Elzy.Roark Bradford (1896 - 1948) was an American short story writer and novelist. At the time of his death, Bradford’s writings... View more info
By: Brooks, Terry
Price: $24.95
Publisher: New York, Del Rey Books: 2010
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Seller ID: 010744
ISBN: 0345484177
Condition: New
Terry Brooks displays the sure hand of a master. Bearers of the Black Staff is filled with iconic characters and heroes not diminished but made human by their flaws. A finely-wrought tale of sacrifice, adventure, betrayal, magic, loss, and a world on the precipice. [Brent Weeks, author of The Way of Shadows]No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve. First Edition, First Printing. View more info
Price: $85.00
Publisher: New York, Grove Press, Inc.: 1964
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Seller ID: 009831
Condition: Near Fine
Nova Express was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1965. It is listed in David Pringle's 1985 book Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels. Written using the 'fold-in' method, a version of the cut-up method, developed by Burroughs with Brion Gysin, of enfolding snippets of different texts into the novel. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo; 21 cm.; pp. [2], 188, [2]. Cover design by Roy Kuhlman. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with the price of $5.00. Bindings tight and square. minimal handling wear. Previous owner's name on front free endpage being the only flaw. The ... View more info
By: Byatt, A. S.
Price: $16.07
Publisher: New York, Random House Publishing Group: 1996
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 003113
ISBN: 0679405135
Condition: Fine
No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality, First Edition; First Printing; Full Number Line; Dust jacket in protective Mylar sleeve. Photos show reflections from clear Mylar protective Dust-jacket cover. View more info
By: Byrne, Donn
Price: $39.95
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown And Company: 1928
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 002367
Condition: Near Fine
First edition, #219 of a limited edition of 365 copies.Title in black and green. At the head of the title: Don Byrne.i-xiv, ,1.-350, blank leaf. Portrait frontispiece inserted. 8 5/8 inches tall by 5 5/8 inches.Green linen sides, white vellum shelfback and corners. Top edges gilt. Minor soiling to spine. Bindings square and tight. No other flaws or blemishes to book. Issued green slipcase with paste on title. The novel set in Ireland posthumously published. Memoirs of childhood in Ireland, a sentimental novel of an Irish village that sits at the edge of sparkling Destiny ... View more info
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By: C. S. Lewis
Price: $150.00
Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company: 1946
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Seller ID: 010716
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket is Facsimile. First Edition, First Printing. [American] Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Facsimile Dust Jacket is pristine. Lewis describes That Hideous Strength in its preface as "a tall story about deviltry," a topic he seemed to have on his mind a lot during the dark days of World War Two. ---- The third book of the Ransom trilogy is one of Lewis's best-loved stories-and also one of his most fiercely criticized. Admirers of the story find there a literary cornucopia: a realistic study of a struggling marriage;... View more info
