MISHA, THE MAGICIAN and the MYSTERIOUS AMULET - First UK Printing, Signed, Dated, Located by Horowitz, Anthony - 1981

arlington books london 1981. first edition 204pp ills.[b/w by John Woodgate] VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's stamps to eps,cocked) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.soiled,spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.)

arlington books london 1981. first edition 204pp ills.[b/w by John Woodgate] VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's label to pastedowns,eps sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned)

London: Arlington Books, 1981. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 204pp., illusts., Neat ownership signature o/w nice copy in like unclipped dust jacket

Hardback. Very Good.

Arlington Books Publishers Ltd, 1981-04-30. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed. SIGNED, without inscription, by Anthony Horowitz on the title page. The volume has some foxing on the page edges. The unclipped dust jacket has light foxing at the base of the spine and has shallow chips at the spine head. The jacket is now sleeved in mylar.

London, UK: Arlington Books, 1981. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. This true first edition, first printing (first impression) with no statement of a reprint to the copyright page to indicate a true first print in a very Fine price clipped Dust Jacket. There is some foxing present on the edge of the text block and the front and end pages .SIGNED and DATED by Anthony Horowitz to the title page.[Anthony Horowitz 7/7/10]Very Uncommon.

London: Arlington Books. 1981. First edition of the author's second book. First edition of the author's second book. Inscribed presentation copy. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout in black and white by John Woodgate. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with light bumping at the spine tips. The contents with a little rippling to the pages at the upper edge are clean throughout. Complete with the lightly creased dustwrapper which has a few small nicks and a single short closed tear at the extremities. Not price-clipped (£4.50 to the front flap). Inscribed by the author in blue ink on the front endpaper "For ma, (again) / Lots of love, / Anthony xx / 29.8.82". An important presentation copy from the author to his beloved mother. Horowitz has made no secret of the fact that his wealthy but largely unhappy and brutal childhood compelled him to write for children as it allowed him to relive the… Read More

200 copies were published by Quill & Brush for the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. Features Octavia E. Butler, Michael Chabon, Maxine Clair, Annie Proulx and Jane Smiley.

First edition. Spine ends lightly rubbed, spine has small nick, small reddish stain to front cover and rear cover, otherwise very good or better. Lacks dust jacket.

New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478

When We Were Orphans, Ishiguro's exploration of human memory, was shortlisted for the 2000 Booker Prize for Fiction. This is a fine/fine copy of the first American edition (as stated on the copyright page). Dust jacket is housed in protective mylar.

Paris Editions Denoel, 1992, First Edition. paperback. First edition, Paris 1992, one of 3443 printed. -- Text (the cartoon captions) in FRENCH. -- Softcover, 8.3x10.8 inches, stiff cover with flaps. Condition: near fine (small surface scratch rear cover). -- Nice collectible example of Sempe's classic cartoon work, familiar to New Yorker readers. ISBN 220723861X

Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.

New York: Periscope-Holliday, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine-. First American Edition of two early novels. 8vo: [4],328pp. Publisher's quarter-bound black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slate grey paper-covered boards; dust jacket, priced $4.75, replicating (separately, on front and back panels) Osbert Lancaster's illustrations for the original wrappers. Near Fine (top edge soiled and stained, gilt a bit faded, gift inscription on fly-leaf); about Fine jacket. Lilley A.10. First collected in 1952 by Rinehart for the Periscope Book Shop and Holliday Bookshop in New York; the unsold stock was reissued in 1965 by Little, Brown, Powell's then American publisher (our copy), with publisher's label pasted to jacket's spine panel. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions… Read More

First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author on a tipped-in page. A pristine copy of this novel from the Pulitzer winning author of "A Visit From the Good Squad". Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.

New York: Ballantine Books, 2004. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 292pp. 8vo. Paper over boards, gilt on spine. Signed by the author on half-title page. Book has a complete number line from 1-10 and is a stated First Edition: February 2004. Book is straight, bright, unmarked, unclipped, unread, and has a Brodart jacket protector. Author also wrote "The Ice Harvest" and "The Walkaway.

The first American edition of the final installment in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels. States "first publication 2015 . . ." Book is in near fine condition. Minor damage to lower left corner on front of book, but does little distract from overall condition. Translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein. First American editions are difficult to find in this condition.