Recent Arrivals from Backstory Books & Yarn, CBA

This is a very good condition paper back copy. There are no marks in the book and no significant signs of wear. Henderson, Jane. The Constitution of the Russian Federation: a contextual analysis. Oxford/Portland: Hart Publishing, 2011, 278 pp., contains table of legislation, table of conventions, treaties, documents from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and index.

This is a very good condition paperback copy. Previous owner's name on title page, otherwise no significant signs of wear: no writing in text, no torn pages, etc. Cooper, Emmanuel. The Potter's book of glaze recipes. London: BT Batsford, Ltd, 1986 print of 1983 edition, 207 pp. illustrated with black and white, and color photos.

This is a very good condition paperback book. There is some creasing on the spine, but the binding is tight. There are no marks, missing pages, nor torn pages. Camoin, Francois. Baby, please don't go: collected stories 1979-2001. [place not stated]: Doublewide Press, 2001.

This first edition hardcover book with jacket is in good condition. It is an ex-library book. The front free end paper has been roughly cut out. There are minimal stamps and stickers. The dust jacket has a sticker on the spine, has been mylared by the library, and has been taped to the book. No pages are missing or ripped… Read more about this item

This is a pocket paperback book, in very good minus condition. It has a slightly bent front cover with a little tear and a previous bookstore stamp on the first page. The spine is not creased and it looks unread, with unmarked text. The vintage cover is quite charming. Moravia, Alberto. More Roman tales. New York: Signet/New American Library, first… Read more about this item

This is a very good hardcover book with a very good minus condition dust jacket. The book has no marks and shows few signs of wear. The dust jacket has some foxing on its inside. It is covered in protective mylar. Ironwood, Austin. Creative wrought ironwork. Princeton: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1965, 96 pp., bibliography and suppliers, index.

This is a very good condition hardcover book with a very good dust jacket. The book has no marks and looks unread, but there is a bump on the front cover edge. Parkinson, eds., Alan F. and Eamon Phoenix. Conflicts in the north of Ireland, 1900-2000: flashpoints and fracture zones. Dublin/Portland: Four Courts Press, 2010, 277 pp., index.

This is a very good condition hardcover book. It appears unread and shows no signs of wear. Towles, Amor. You have arrived at your destination. no location: Independent Bookstore Day Publishing, 2020, 100 pp., signed by Amor Towles.

This is a fine condition, first edition, hardcover book with a fine dust jacket with mylar protective covering. All inserts are present, corners are sharp. Bantock, Nick. The Morning star: in which the extraordinary correspondence of Griffin and Sabine is illuminated. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2003, unpaginated.

This is a very good condition paperback book. There are no marks or signs of wear. Ernst, Ulrike. From Anti-Apartheid to African resistance: interviews with South African writers and critics on cultural politics beyond the cultural struggle. Munster: LIT Verlag, 2001, 205 pp. Writers and critics interviewed in this book include Michael Chapman, Jeremy Cronin, Nadine Gordimer, Stephen Gray, Peter Horn, Ulrike… Read more about this item

This is a very good condition hardcover book with no marks. The jacket is good plus condition with some signs of shelf wear affecting the adhesion of the plastic coating to the paper jacket. There is no loss of the plastic, nor is it peeling. This is a Chinese-English dictionary, the majority of the writing in Chinese. It does not include… Read more about this item

This is a hardcover book in very good condition with a dust jacket in very good condition. There are no marks and this book seems unread. Talbot, eds., George and Pamela Williams. Essays in Italian literature and history in honour of Doug Thompson. Dublin/Portland: Four Courts Press, 2002, 249 pp., index.

This is a very good condition book with a very good condition dust jacket. The corners are sharp and the book and jacket show no signs of wear. Caneva, Kenneth L. Robert Mayer and the conservation of energy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, first edition, 1993, 439 pp., appendices, notes, bibliography, index.

This is a very good hardcover book with a very good dustjacket. The book and dust jacket have no marks and show no signs of wear. Jeffries, ed., Henry A. History of the diocese of Clogher. Dublin/Portland: Four Courts Press, 2005, 249 pp., index.

This is a very good hardcover book with a very good jacket. There are no marks and no signs of wear. Dix, eds., Andrew and Jonathan Taylor. Figures of heresy: radical theology in English and American writing 1800-2000. Brighton and Portland: Sussex Academic Press, 2006, 212 pp., index.

This is a very good hardcover copy that looks new and unread with no marks. It has no jacket, as issued. Momirov, Aleksandar. Accountability of international territorial adminstrations: a public law approach. The Hague: Eleven International Publishing, 2011, 315 pp., references, index.

This is a good plus hardcover with a very small number of marks on about five early pages. The dustjacket is also in good plus condition with some tears and wear at the corners. Berman ed., Ronald. Solzhenitsyn at Harvard: the address, twelve early responses, and six later reflections. Washington DC: Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1980, 143 pp. Contributors… Read more about this item

This is a very good condition hardcover copy with somewhat bumped corners. No marks, but some wear to the cloth on the spine. Peter, Rozsa. Recursive functions. New York: Academic Press, 1967, translated by Istvan Foldes, 300 pp, appendix, bibliography, and fold out table.

This is a very good condition hardcover in a very good minus condition dust jacket. The book shows hardly a sign of wear at all: no marks, sharp corners. I hesitate to call books fine, but I'm tempted here. The dust jacket has a few tiny tears at the edges. Neither seem to have any shelf wear. Ricoeur, Paul. Time and… Read more about this item

This is a very good minus copy of this paperback book. It has general wear and the previous owner's name blacked out strongly enough to bleed through to the front cover. Carol, Bonnie. Dust off that dulcimer and dance: a mountain dulcimer instruction book. Van Nuys: Alfred Publishing Co., 1983, 160 pp., appendix, index.