Search Results: Literature from Centigrade 233

U.S.A.: Pamela Dorman Books, 2011 First printing (complete number line) of first US edition. Signed (not inscribed) by the author. No remainder mark, not price-clipped, not bumped. Aside from an "Autographed Copy" sticker with the book store's name the dust jacket is unblemished. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Books are normally sent within 24 hours of order, often on same day.

USA: Other Press, 2014 A successful television star is disfigured in a car crash that also kills her husband. As she slowly puts her life back together she reconnects with a love interest from her past, who may or may not be a path to a new future. First printing (complete number line). No remainder mark, not price-clipped, not bumped. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number supplied on domestic orders.

W. W. Norton & Company, 2021 Signed by the author with the inscription "Enjoy! All the best, Elias Rodriques". The author's first novel. First printing (complete number line). No remainder mark, not price-clipped, not bumped. All books are bubble wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. tracking number supplied with domestic orders.

U.S.A.: The Dial Press, 2007 First printing (complete number line). Novel about an archivist in Stalinist Russia who is given the task of destroying the last stories of a discredited writer, but takes the extremely risky decision to preserve them instead. Signed (not inscribed) on the title page. No remainder mark, not price-clipped, not bumped. Dust jacket is unblemished except for the "Autographed Copy" sticker affixed by a bookstore. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy box when mailed. I do NOT use padded envelopes.

Amazon Crossing, 2021 A modern parable about an African beekeeper in a nation shaken by revolutionary change. No remainder mark, not price-clipped, not bumped, does not appear to have been read. Comes in a Brodart protective jacket. All books are bubble wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number supplied on domestic orders.

U.S.A.: Henry Holt and Co., 2014 A collection of stories by the author of "Wolf Hall". First printing of first US edition. No remainder mark, not price-clipped, not bumped. Top of dust jacket has some shelf wear, but no tears. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Books are normally mailed within 24 hours after order, often on same day.

Viking, 2016 A novel about the effects of terrorism on ts victims and its perpetrators. Signed (not inscribed) by the author. Has never been read. First printing, complete number line. A pristine copy encased in an archival protective cover to keep it that way. Also included is a 4"x5" placard on art paper with a quote from Mary Karr on empathy: "You take someone else's suffering into your body, their passion comes into your body, and in doing that you commune, you take communion, you make a community with others." All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Orders are normally processed within 24 hours.

McSweeney's, 2012 The concluding volume of a trilogy, the events in this book precede those of Take One Candle to Light a Room. Published without dust jacket. The edges are bumped but there are no other flaws. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number supplied on domestic orders.

U.S.A.: Indiana Univ Pr, 1991 A novel that is modeled after one of the most infamous trials in Russian history: In 1911 a jew named Beiliss was arrested for the murder of a gentile-allegedly to obtain Christian blood to make matzos for Passover. In this book, two friends, one Jewish and the other gentile, trade places with each other to gain insights into each other's culture. In the process, the gentile pretending to be Jewish is accused of a ritual murder. First printing (complete number line). No remainder mark, not price-clipped, not bumped. Slight edgewear at top and bottom of spine. Overall a very nice-looking copy. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Orders are normally processed within 24 hours.

London: Sceptre, 2014 A metaphysical thriller that chronicles the events of a woman's life from her time as a runaway teenager to her old age in Ireland as the supply of Europe's oil dries up. First printing of first British edition. No remainder mark, not price-clipped, not bumped. Top spine of dust jacket shows some wear. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number supplied on domestic order.

Hogarth, 2014 Signed on a bookplate that is attached to the title page. First printing (complete number line). Gilt edges on all three sides. No remainder mark, not price-clipped. Slight wear on the bottom two corners. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number supplied on domestic orders.

Houghton Mifflin, 1984 Written during WWI "The Lost Tales" provides the reader with the origins of the elves,dwarves and other inhabitants of Middle Earth. This is the book club edition of the first part of these tales. No remainder mark, not bumped, this is a near fine copy with just a little edge wear. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number supplied on domestic orders.

USA: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2018 Signed without inscription. First printing (complete number line) No remainder mark, not price-clipped, not bumped. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number supplied on domestic orders.

New York: Ecco, 2018 A moving novel about a dying man who takes his son, a boy with Down's syndrome, with him as he takes a census in a land where all of the towns are simply identified by ascending letters of the alphabet. New, has never been read. Signed (not inscribed) by the author. Complete number line. No bumps or blemishes. A pristine copy now encased in a Brodart protective cover to keep it that way. Also includes, on a 6x5 inch (15x12 cm) letterpress piece a quotation by Franz Kafka: "From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached". All books are bubble wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number supplied on domestic orders.

Custom House, 2018 First printing (complete number line). Signed, without inscription, on the title page. A WWI veteran finds the streets of 1920s Chicago to be as treacherous as the fields of France. No remainder mark, not price-clipped, not bumped. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number supplied on domestic orders.2

Ecco, 2021 First printing (complete number line). A woman gives birth to an owl. Or rather a kid who is half-human, half-owl. A searing, ethereal novel about family and motherhood. No remainder mark, not price-clipped, not bumped. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number supplied on domestic orders.

New Delhi: Viking Penguin India, 1999 First Indian edition, second printing (the lowest number on the number line is 2). No remainder mark, not price-clipped, not bumped. Some edge-wear to the book and dust jacket. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number supplied on domestic orders.

PS Publishing, 2016 A collection of stories in which the author uses fabulation to illuminate the tragedy of the Holocaust. No remainder mark, not price-clipped, not bumped. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number supplied on domestic orders.

London: Heinemann, 2002 A respected professor at a Chinese university has a stroke. A student engaged to his daughter is assigned to take care of him. Suddenly the professor begins to rave: pleading with invisible tormentors, denouncing his family and colleagues. A novel about the tensions underlying modern China. First printing (complete number line). No remainder mark, not price-clipped, not bumped. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Orders are normally processed within 24 hours.

London: Picador, 1994 First printing (complete number line). No remainder mark, not price-clipped, not bumped. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number provided with domestic orders.