Search Results: Novels, Fiction, Short Stories from Bibliope by Calvello Books

Baltimore: J. Murphy, 1890. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Faintly rubbed fold to spine head & foot, moderately bumped corners, few creases to rear board, small wear-bump to edge, light edgewear, else good+ to very good(-).. Brown-cloth duodecimo; viii, 308 p. Fiction.

San Francisco, CA: Fourteen Hills Press, 2008. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. A bright, Fine copy with tight binding.. Octavo with white/black spine; 156 p ; 20 cm. Short stories -- Fiction.

Milano: A. Mondadori, 2000. Paperback. Fine (as new). Small octavo in color illus wraps with yellow spine; 222 p. ; 18 cm. In Italian. Piccola biblioteca Oscar, 214. Originally published 1998. (Il giallo Mondadori).

London: Literary Press, 1901. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Slightly worn and curled spine, faintly creased corners, else very good.. Light orange duodecimo; 220 p. Fiction.

New York: Random House, 2009. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. A bright, Fine copy with faint wear; in a Near Fine DJ.. Octavo in blue DJ; 551 p : map ; 22 cm. Having been promoted from "Puppy" to "Dog," Beka, now a full-fledged member of the Provost's Guard, and her former partner head to a neighboring port city to investigate a case of counterfeit coins. || Fantasy; Fiction.

London: Methuen, 1912. Third edition. Paperback. Moderate wear to DJ, sunned boards, sunned spine, clean pages; binding is tight. Very Good+. Spine slightly rolled.. One octavo vol. in red DJ; 192 p ; 19 cm. Fiction.

Lavallette, New Jersey: Virgilius & Family Press, 2006. Limited ed. Hardcover. Slightly worn DJ, faint mark to spine foot edge, corners lightly bumped, small price sticker to rear DJ, bright pages; binding is tight. Near fine(-) in near fine(-) DJ.. Octavo in red DJ (orange-red spine); 333 p. 39/60 copies. || Signed by author. || History; Nonfiction Novel.

San Francisco: Last Gasp, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Very Fine in Very Fine DJ. Large octavo in black color-illus DJ; 231 p. ; 24 cm. Signed by the author. // A murder mystery novel set in San Francisco, by a San Francisco writer. // Murder -- Investigation -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction. Reporters and reporting -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction. Mystery fiction. Erotic fiction. San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction.

London: Faber and Faber, 1989. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Extremely little wear to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, extremely faint wear to spine head & foot, light crease to spine head, bottom corners barely rubbed, else very good+ in near fine(-) DJ.. Octavo in black DJ; 408 p ; 24 cm. Devices and Desires is a thrilling and insightfully crafted novel of fallible people caught in a net of secrets, ambitions, and schemes on a lonely stretch of Norfolk coastline.Commander Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard has just published a new book of poems and has taken a brief respite from publicity on the remote Larksoken headland on the Norfolk coast in a converted windmill left to him by his aunt. But he cannot so easily escape murder. A psychotic strangler of young women is at large in Norfolk, and getting nearer to Larksoken with every killing. And when Dalgliesh discovers the murdered body of the Acting Administrative Officer on the beach, he finds himself caught up in the passions and dangerous… Read More

New York: MJF Books, 1997. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Extremely gentle wear to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, light mark to DJ, faint fold to spine head & foot, barely rubbed corners, else near fine(-) in very good+ to near fine(-) DJ. Faintest traces of soiling to fore-edges.. Octavo in yellow DJ; viii, 307 p ; 22 cm. Short Stories; Fantasy. || A collection of mythological short stories about dragons. Includes stories by Anne McCaffrey, Ursula LeGuin, Gregory Benford, Jon D. Vinge, Roger Zelazny and many others,

Tihran: Sabzan, 2007. Chap-i 1. Paperback. A fine, bright copy in tight binding.. Red octavo; 207 p ; 22 cm. In Persian. || Fiction.

México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1969. Primera ed. Paperback. Faint shelf wear else a very good (+) to near fine (-) copy. White duodecimo, 224 p. 17 cm. In spanish -- Ensaio Hispano-Americano -- Della Cruscans (English writers) -- Politics -- Social Science.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1990. First edition, first printing (full number line). Paperback. Gently rubbed corners, front cover slightly bent, marker to barcode on rear cover, extermely light edgewear, else very good.. Black octavo; 172 p ; 21 cm. Signed & inscribed by author (first name only). || Paperback original. || Fiction.

New York: HarperCollins, 2005. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Tight fine clean copy in a fine DJ. Smaller octavo in a dark forrest green DJ (grey spine title) ; 296 p. ; 20 cm. Author signed title page // Elephants -- Fiction -- Grandmothers -- Travel -- Adventure -- Forrest -- Nature.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1924. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine with three tiny spots to spine and some very nominal edge-wear. An very crisp bright copy.. Octavo in dark green-grey cloth boards; 431 p. ; 20 cm. A very nice copy of the reprint edition which appeared same year as the first US edition.

Harbert, Michigan: Dunery Press, 1989. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Extremely faint wear to spine foot & head, light discoloration to top edges, small crease to spine, else very good+.. White octavo; 268 p ; 21 cm. Fiction.

Blakeney, Glos: Scorpion Press, 1995. Limited ed. Hardcover. A bright, fine copy in a protective brodart.. Multicolored octavo in brodart (brown leather spine);. No WorldCat record found. || #33 of 99 copies. || Signed by author. || Fiction.

Torino: Editrice Torinese, 1944. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Gentle rubbing to corners, extremely faint wear to spine head & foot, mild edge-wear, black ink ownership signature to title page, else very good.. Grey-cloth duodecimo; 182 p; 16 cm. In Italian. || Novel. Translation of : The Cossacks.

(Alhambra, CA): (C F Braun & Co), 1957. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Extremely little wear to spine head & foot, lightly sunned spine, barely rubbed corners, else near fine(-).. Multicolored octavo (teal spine); xxix, 280 p, b&w illus; 21 cm. Iceland; Fishers -- Fiction. || Pierre Loti (pseudonym of Julien Viaud; 1850 - 1923) was a French novelist and naval officer.

Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1965. First printing (stated). Hardcover. Four small tears to slightly worn and faded DJ, very gently bumped corners, partially sunned spine, else near fine in very good DJ. Now housed in an archival quality Brodart mylar sleeve,. Octavo in blue/white DJ; 340 p ; 21 cm. Scarce/uncommon. || Fiction. Aviation.