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New York, New York, USA: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1993. BX2 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with minor overall shelf wear. A story set in the upper-class of New York City in the 1870s. It is about a young lawyer who plans to marry a beautiful debutante. On the eve of the engagement he meets her cousin who has fled Europe and an unhappy marriage. He is attracted to her and a life beyond his restrictive upper-class existence. By the author of "The Descent of Man," "The House of Mirth," "Ethan Frome," and "The buccaneers." 353p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 6"x9.25".

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1985. BZ4 - A first edition hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket and book have some lightly bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. An epic fantasy novel set in an imaginary time and place. It tells the story of a teenage hero as he is introduced to the great rites of adulthood: sexual desire, social intrigue, and political power. The hero grows up on a tumbledown country estate where he meets his young love. They follow parallel journeys to a great cultural center under siege and ferrmenting with insurrection. There they become involved with four other characters and these six people become a sextet of intense sexuality, romance, comedy, and violence. By the author of "States of Desire," "A Boy's Own Story," and "Nocturnes for the King of Naples." 9.5"x6.5", 342 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over… Read More

Paris, France: Editions Joelle Losfeld, 2000. A3 - A French language edition trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated white wraps with minor overall shelf wear with some rubbing and light soiling of the covers and some very slight edge wear of the covers. The author dedicated 'Effroyables Jardins' (Strange Gardens), this bright, moving and metaphorical anti-war short story to the memory of his grandfather, a veteran of Verdun, and to his father, a former fighter in the French resistance. They opened wide their memory of the horror of war and is yet learned German, because they felt that Manichaeism in history is nonsense. A sequel to 'Effroyables Jardins' (Strange Gardens) was published in 2002 by Editions Joelle Losfeld under the title 'Aimer à peine' (Just Love). Michel Quint was born in 1949. He has published twenty books (crime novels and short stories) including 'Sanctus', 'Cake-Walk' and 'Lundi… Read More

Detroit, Michigan, USA: Wayne State University Press, 1969. CA2 - A hard cover first edition thus withdrawn ex-library book in very good condition. No additional printings are indicated on the copyright page. A tight, clean, sound copy in green cloth covered boards with minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of some light tape staining on the outside cloth surfaces from where the dust jacket was taped to the boards plus there are the usual library stamps, marks, and labels on the top outside paper edges and front free endpaper plus there is a tiny remainder mark on the bottom outside paper edges. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of some label staining and surface damage from these labels on the back and spine and another label stain on the front plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. Edited by Richard J. Finneran. William Butler Yeat's novelette and short story, originally published in 1908. This is a critical edition which includes an… Read More

Paris, France: Editions Gallimard, 1983. A3 - A French language edition trade paperback book in veyr good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in white wraps with very minor overall shelf wear and an inscribed 'With the Compliments of The French Cultural Services Houston' label on the front endpaper. 'L'Homme de la pampa' (Man of the Pampa) is well known for its inventiveness and the story follows the adventures of a magician who toys with volcanoes. The hero, Fernandez y Guanamiru, returns to the family estate after a short trip. Once there he builds a huge building and creates an incredible, surreal park. But after a short time he becomes a little bit bored and so he decides to build a volcano. This does not happen quite as he planned and so he decides to travel to Europe with his volcano. In Europe he meets some amazing people and experiences an amazing number of surreal adventures. It is here that he also meets a mysterious young woman, 'Line du Petit Jour' (Line of… Read More

New York: Dodd , Mead and Company, 1893. AG3 - Book is lightly cocked, wrinkling and wear on the spine edges and cover corners, bumped cover corners, rubbing and wear on the cover edges, corners and sides, small smudge on the lower front, some brown stains on some page edges, first few and last few pages, some reading wear, discoloration and normal shelf wear otherwise good. Same date appears on the title page and copyright page. Maroon covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine and gilted top page edges. The Parliamentary Novels.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Harvest Books/Harcourt Brace & Company, 1970. BE4 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with some very light yellowing on the top outside paper edges. Legendary figures of Mississippi's colorful past--keel-boatman Mike Fink and the dread Harp brothers--along with characters from Eudora Welty's own delightful imagination people this rollicking fantasy set along the Natchez Trace. By the author of "Delta Wedding," "Music from Spain," "The Golden Apples," "The Optimist's Daughter," "One Writer's Beginnings," and "Photographs." 185p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The Modern Library, 1919. K2 - Salome and Other Plays (The Importance of Being Earnest; Lady Windermere's Fan). The Modern Library. 1919. Softcover. Book has wear on the top and bottom spine and corners, wrinkling on the back top left corner, light fading on the spine, previous owner's name written neatly on the first page, discoloration, and shelf wear otherwise good.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Aguilar, Altea, Taurus, Alfaguara, SA, 2000. A1 - A Spanish language edition trade paperback ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition with no dust jacket as issued. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with minor overall shelf wear with the usual library stamps and label on the top outside paper edges and the copyright page. Manfredo Kempff Suárez was born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, in 1945. Most of his professional life has been devoted to diplomacy and journalism. He has been minister of state and ambassador to Argentina, Uruguay and Spain. 'Sandiablo' is his third novel after the success of 'Crazy Moon (1994) and 'Margarita Hesse '(1997). 'Crazy Moon' has been translated into Polish and published in several Spanish speaking countries. The novel begins in Santa Cruz, Bolivia between the 1930s and 1940s when it is only the size of a village. The main character Luciano Salvatierra is a time wasting, cynical, sexually… Read More

New York, New York, USA: Brentanos, 1923. BH3 - A hard cover library rebound withdrawn ex-library book in good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in library rebound blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering on the spine with a black and white photo frontispiece with minor overall shelf wear plus there is some very light rubbing around the edges plus there is some light yellowing and soiling on the outside paper edges plus there are the usual library marks, pocket, stamps, label, and perforations on the spine, bottom outside paper edges, inside surface of the front board, front endpaper, frontispiece, title page, copyright page, and page 13. Illustrated with a black and white photo frontispiece and 1 page of black and white reproductions. This is a title in the publisher's Moscow Art Theatre Series of russian Plays. Translated from the Russian by Jenny Covan. Edited by Oliver M. Sayler. A historical tragedy about Tsar Fyodor Ivanovitch, a weak but pious Tsar and the younger son of Ivan the… Read More