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London: The Folio Society, 2014. Twelfth printing. Near Fine. The book is tight with solid hinges and clean illustrated boards. Top corners lightly bumped. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Illustrations by John Reynolds. Introduction by Ned Sherrin. 116 pages. 5¼ x 8" tall. Slipcase is near fine with very faint wear.
It is the authors' contention that "All the History you can remember is in the Book," and the majority of readers agree. But it is their own unique interpretation of events that has made the book a classic; an uproarious satire on textbook history and a population's confused recollections of it. Comprising "all the parts you can remember including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates."

New York: Barnes & Noble Inc, 2016. New. Bonded leather-bound Barnes & Noble Classic Edition. In original publisher's shrinkwrap. This volume collects seven of Holmes's most challenging cases, including "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Red-Headed League," "The Speckled Band," "The Five Orange Pips," "The Blue Carbuncle," and "The Beryl Coronet." It also features the full-length novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, about a legendary ghostly hound that has haunted generations of a noble family living in Baskerville Manor. All of the stories feature art by Sidney Paget, who illustrated the Sherlock Holmes stories that appeared originally in The Strand. Unread, pristine book is tight and square with solid hinges, sharp corners, and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, stamp, or markings. Bound in elegant binding, distinctive gilt edging, decorative endpapers, and a colorful ribbon bookmark. Gilt to page edges is bright, unmarried, and Fine. Purchased new at Barnes & Noble.… Read More

New York: HarperCollins, 1992. NF/VG. Limited, Signed First Edition. Copy Number 88 of 125. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed on the limitation page. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The slipcase is Very Good with light soiling and chip to bottom. 442 pages. 6½ x 9½.
A rich and penetrating portrait of Lessing's homeland, African Laughter recounts the visits she made to Zimbabwe in 1982, 1988, 1989, and 1992, after being exiled from the old Southern Rhodesia for 25 years for her opposition to the minority white government. Lessing uses memory and reminiscence with recent experience to depict a country in the process of change.

London: Flame Tree Publishing, 2019. New. First Edition, First printing with number line starting with 1. The small book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Illustrated endpapers. No dust jacket as issued. Foreword by Wanjiru Koinange. 160 pages. 4 1/4" X 6" tall.
African poetry is unique in its complexity, both because of its linguistic diversity and the devastating impact of colonialism and slavery. From the traditional oral poets to the vast outpouring of writing generated throughout the Atlantic slave trade, beautifully lyrical and haunting works are reproduced here to create a wide picture of African culture. The collection includes a mix of poetry –humorous, celebratory, thoughtful, and angry – and above all is a look at the history of Africa through the voices of those who lived through it.

New York: Barnes & Noble, 2018. New. Sealed in publisher's shrink-wrap. Barnes & Noble Classics Edition. Unread book is tight and square with solid hinges, sharp corners, and clean unmarred boards. Bound in bonded leather with a sewn-in ribbon bookmark. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, stamp, or markings. Classic illustrations in full color and black and white by René Bull.
First collected nearly a millennium ago, these folktales are presented as stories that the beautiful Scheherazade tells her husband, King Shahryar, over 1001 consecutive nights. They include some of the best-known legends of eastern storytelling: "The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor," "The Story of Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Lamp," and "The Story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves." This beautiful collection features more than 20 glorious tales.

New York: Barnes & Noble, 2023. Brand new. Three of Paul Coelho's novels together in one volume. In publisher's original shrinkwrap. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges, good corners, and clean unmarred boards. Bound in bonded leather with decorated endpapers and a sewn-in satin bookmark. 672 pages. 6¼ x 9¼" tall.
The Alchemist — Coelho's masterpiece — tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure.Eleven Minutes is the tale of self-discovery by Maria, a young girl from a Brazilian village.The Witch of Portobello is the story of a mysterious woman named Athena, told by the many who knew her well — or hardly at all.
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London: Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd, 2017. Purchased New. F/F. First printing of this edition with number line ending in 1. The unread oversized book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Full-color illustrations by Miles Kelly throughout. Satin ribbon bookmark. The dust jacket is unclipped (£17.99/$24.95) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 160 pages. 8¾ x 11½ " tall.
Follow Alice on her journey through Lewis Carroll's brilliantly odd and highly inventive Wonderland - a world where (to Alice's great dismay) nothing happens as one might expect it to.

London: The Folio Society. 2020. New. In shrinkwrap. Special Collector's Edition. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and bindings, sharp tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings, and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Illustrated by comic book artist Chris Samnee with frontispiece, three single-page and six double-page spread color illustrations. Introduced by Michael Moorcock. 632 pages. 10˝ x 6¾˝. Images from the publisher in the photo display.
A triumph of both cult and mainstream literature, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2001. Delivering all the thrills of Golden Age comics and a deeply humane story about hope and tragedy – all via an exuberant literary voice – it has become one of the defining novels of the modern age.
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New York: Barnes & Noble Inc, 2016. New. Barnes & Noble Classic Edition. In publisher's shrink-wrap. This unread, pristine book is tight and square with solid hinges, sharp corners, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, stamp, or markings. Bound in bonded leather, distinctive gilt edging, decorative endpapers, and a colorful ribbon bookmark. Color illustrations by René Bull. The gilt to page edges is bright, unmarred, and Fine. Publisher images are included in the photo display. Collected nearly a millennium ago, these folktales are presented as stories that crafty Scheherazade tells her husband, King Shahryar, over a thousand-and-one consecutive nights, to pique his interest for the next evening's entertainment . . . and save her life. They include "Sinbad the Sailor", "Aladdin and His Magic Lamp", and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves". We realize the availability of titles at Barnes & Noble comes and goes. We regularly offer a large variety of their books for… Read More

New York: Sterling, 2013. New. In shrinkwrap. Barnes & Noble Classic Edition. This unread, pristine book is tight and square with solid hinges, sharp corners, and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, stamp, or markings. Bound in bonded leather, distinctive gilt edging, decorative endpapers, and a colorful ribbon bookmark. Gilt to page edges is bright, unmarred, and Fine. 746 pages. Images from an open book are included in the photo display."The Art of War," by the Chinese general Sun Tzu, is one of the most influential books of military strategy ever written. For more than 2,000 years, its aphoristic insights and wisdom have been applied in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from the business and legal professions to the martial arts and sports."The Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Thought" collect Sun Tzu's classic text and six other landmark books of Eastern philosophy and learning, including the "Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu," "The Works of Mencius," and the… Read More

London: Arcturus, 2021. New. NF. Deluxe Gift Edition hardcover. This small, unread, compact book is tight with solid hinges, and red cloth boards with golden foil stamping. Light crease to top front corner. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Gold-gilded page edges. Black and white illustrations throughout. 208 pages. 4¼ x 6½" tall. Translated by Lionel Giles. Introduction by Nigel Cawthorne. Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.The Art of War is the earliest-known and most famous treatise on military science. Written by military general Sun Tzu in Ancient China, it provides tactical advice on war strategy and how to adjust your approach in ever-evolving situations. Despite being written over two thousand years ago, its shrewd and penetrating theories are used today as a source of insight into many areas of life, including leadership and corporate strategy.

London: Amber Books, 2022. Purchased NEW. Dual-language edition with editorial notes. The unread book is tight with solid hinges and good tips. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The book is Chinese-bound, which refers to a publishing method that folds the page with writing on the front and back. Holes are created along the sides and the pages are then stitched together. No dust jacket, as issued. 96 pages. 7½ x 10½ tall. This edition contains the full original 13 chapters on such topics as laying plans, attacking by stratagem, weaponry, terrain, and the use of spies. Sun Tzu addresses different campaign situations, marching, energy, and exploiting your enemy's weaknesses. Written in the 6th century BC, Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" is still used as a book on military strategy today. Napoleon, Mae Zedong, and Douglas MacArthur all claimed to have drawn inspiration from it. Beyond the world of war, modern-era business and management… Read More

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1998. Near Fine, would be Like New but for two tiny scratches to the top fore-edges. The book is tight with solid hinges, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, stamp, or markings. Bound in black leather with raised bands to the spine, 22 kt accents, gilded pages, silk moiré endpapers, hubbed spine, and sewn-in satin bookmark and printed on archival paper. 275 pages. 6¼ x 9¼" tall. Includes, Great Books of the 20th Century Notes and new bookplate.
A portrait of a woman haunted by the past.
Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio. Eighteen years have passed and she is still held captive by memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. Sethe's house is also troubled by the angry, destructive ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2000. Collector's Edition. Fine. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on Easton's signature page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings. Bound in full leather, with 22 kt inlaid embellishments and gilded page edges, a satin page marker, and silk moire endpapers. Includes Certificate of Authenticity and publisher notes about book and author.
When Salim, a young Indian man, is offered a small business in Central Africa, he accepts. As he strives to establish himself, he becomes closely involved with the fluid and dangerous politics of the newly-dependent state.

Norwalk CT: Easton Press, 2005. SIGNED. NF. Collector's Edition. Signed by David Halberstam on publisher's limitation page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings. Bound in genuine leather, with gold stamped boards, raised bands on spine, silk moire end-papers, and satin ribbon. Some wear on bottom fore-edge gold gilt, otherwise gilt is Fine. Includes Easton Press Notes card and COA/Certificate of Authenticity.
Considered an American classic, The Best and the Brightest is the defining history of the making of the Vietnam tragedy. Using portraits of America's flawed policy makers and accounts of the forces that drove them, The Best and the Brightest reckons magnificently with the most important abiding question of our country's recent history: Why did America become mired in Vietnam and why did it lose? As the definitive single-volume answer to that question, this enthralling book has never been… Read More

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1962. 1113 of 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator Jean Charolt. Book has light shelve wear to spine, else tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips and clean black leather and decorated boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Frontispiece and 14 original color lithographs by Jean Charlot. Introduction by Granville Hicks. No dust jacket as issued. Slipcover is near fine with a few scuffs. 158 pages. 7 x 11¼" tall. The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel. It was first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928.The novel focuses on six characters who all perish in the collapse of a rope bridge in Peru; much of the book relates the lives of the individual characters as it explores the cosmic implications of these sudden, unnecessary deaths.

Easton Press, 1992. Like New. Collector's Edition. Unread, tight and straight with good corners, solid hinges and clean boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, embossed seal or marks. Bound in leather with 22 kt embellishments, gilded page edges and sewn-in satin bookmark. Page-edge gilt is unmarred and Fine. The Masterpieces of Science Fiction Collector's Notes laid in. Introduction by James Blaylock and illustrated by Frank Kelly Freas.

New York: Barnes & Noble, 2017. New. Sealed in publisher's shrink-wrap. Barnes & Noble Classics Edition. First published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is Jack London's masterpiece of adventure. This unread book is tight and square with solid hinges, sharp corners, and clean unmarred boards. Bound in bonded leather with sewn-in ribbon bookmark. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, stamp, or markings. Classic illustrations by Paul Bransom. Publisher's images are in the photo display.Kidnapped from his California home and sold to prospectors embarked for the Yukon Gold Rush, Buck, a pampered house dog who has known comfort all of his life, finds himself thrust into a brutal world of cruel human masters, savage fellow sled-dogs, and an unforgiving wilderness full of hardship and misery. In the wilds, Buck earns the love of a man as rugged as he is, and he reacquaints himself with his true animal nature, a noble heritage passed down through tens of thousands of years of his kind's survival.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1991. Collector's Edition. Near Fine. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good corners and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, stamp or markings. Bound in brown leather with raised bands to spine, 22 kt accents, gilded pages, silk moiré endpapers, hubbed spine, and sewn-in satin bookmark and printed on archival paper. A few faint dings to side fore-edges, else gold gilt to page edges is Fine. 315 pages. Color portrait frontispiece. Ten black & white caricatures. Introduction by James Everett Seaver and Collector's note about Seaver included.

SIGNED, LIMITED EDITION. Norwalk CT: Easton Press, 1996. NF. Signed by Shirley Temple Black and numbered 4,509 of 5,000 on the publisher's limitation page. 30 black and white photos. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings. Bound in genuine leather, raised bands on the spine, silk moire end-papers, and satin ribbon. Some very faint wear on the bottom and side gold gilt, otherwise the gilt is Fine. 548 pages with index. 6¼ x 9¼ tall.
In her own words, Shirley Temple Black — the quintessential child star of the '30s and '40s — tells the colorful story of her life as an actress.
There was something magical about Shirley Temple that cheered the soul of America during the Depression. She was the number one movie star of the nation for four consecutive years, from 1935 through 1938.
In Child Star, Shirley Temple Black reveals the whole story, the ups and downs of life as a very young Hollywood… Read More