Search Results: Fiction from Exchange Value Books

New Directions; New York, 1963. Softcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Softcover. Price sticker on front cover. Sticker on title page. 222 pages. Slight yellowing. New Directions. "First novel by this author. Like his hero, he is a Californian with a Welsh background. The story is set in a seacoast village in Wales, the author's skill in adapting the speech and mythology of Wales makes this a superbly-written novel.

Southern Illinois University Press: Carbondale and Edwardsville, IL, 1981. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x0x9. [SCI-FI]. Eds. John W. Campbell, Jr., Martin H. Greenberg. Contributors: Stanley Schmidt, Isaac Asimov, A. E. Van Vogt, Ross Rocklynne, et al. "Astounding Science Fiction, July 1939 (Facsimile)." Carbondale and Edwardsville, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1981. Printed in USA. Facsimile edition. English language. Hardcover in jacket. Text with black and white illustrations. 9.5 x 6.5 x 0.5 in. 24 x 16 x 2 cm. 18 oz. ix, 180 pp. Small tears and chips at top and bottom of jacket. yellowing of jacket. Orange cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. Price in pencil on free front endpaper. text clean. Very Good. ISBN: 9780809309917."A reprint of the issue of Astounding Science Fiction that is widely considered to be the first great issue under the editorship of John W. Campbell, Jr. Astounding Science Fiction as edited by Campbell was the… Read More

Nichols Street Press; USA, 2022. 1st Edition. Softcover. New. 0x0x0. LOTT, David. "Back in Brookford: Stories." Nichols Street Press; USA, 2022. English language. Softcover. 214 pages. First edition. Fiction. Text clean. New. ISBN: 9780578354880. In this series of linked stories that are, by turns, affecting, humorous, and slightly off-kilter, David Lott introduces us to the fictional Southern town of Brookford and a number of its more interesting residents.

Vasa Mihailovich; Chapel Hill, NC, 2004. Softcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by author in ink on title page. Softcover. Clean. "Vasa D. Mihailovich (1926-2015) was a professor at the University of North Carolina for almost four decades. He was one of the founding members of the North American Society for Serbian Studies, the second president of the Society, and a lifelong promoter of Serbian studies on the North American continent.

Hodder and Stoughton; London, UK, 2022. Softcover. Good. 0x0x0. [Fiction]. King, Stephen. "Billy Summers." Hodder and Stoughton; London, UK, 2022. English language. Softcover. 432 pp. Wear and use evident on covers. Plastic film on front cover beginning to come up. Crease and sticker residue on back cover. Text clean. Good. ISBN: 9781529365665.

AuthorHouse: Bloomington, IN, 2010. P-o-D. Softcover. Very Good. 6x0x9. [FICTION]. Rice, Marlon. "Blow One Down: A Tragedy." Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2010. Printed in Breinigsville, PA. Possibly P-o-D. English language. Softcover. 338 pp. 15 oz. 9 x 6 x 1 in. 23 x 15 x 2 cm. Crease in front cover. Ink on half title. Ink on inside back cover. Rest of text clean. Very Good. ISBN: 9781449010768."Damon woke up this morning to his normal life, in his normal townhouse next to his normal fiancee. But after a call from his friend Freedom, things begin to unravel until 'normal' is as knotted and as jumbled as tangled yarn. In order to untangle this mess Damon is going to have to settle with his past. That is, before his past settles with him. Blow One Down is a hard-boiled story about a bad day. Damon's uncle Jomo used to tell him that good decisions yield good fruits, and bad decisions yield the fruits of punishment. Damon made one real bad decision five years ago, but he has… Read More

William Morrow and Company, Inc.; New York, 1972. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 0x0x0. Hardcover, former library copy, sticker on spine, ink name on inside flyleaf, back flyleaf damaged and stamped, some ink notation inside. ISBN: 9780688000981. "Earning its author a third nomination for the Nobel Prize, this tale centers on a crane colony arriving at its breeding ground to play out a delicate drama, ending with the rarely observed ceremony of the ritual dance. All is observed by a transfixed child who has frozen into his background and become a piece of nature himself. With a kind of cinematic impressionism, this novel voyages back to episodes from childhood, adolescence, and maturity as well as conducts speculative forays into the unknown. Unfolding in a series of delicate sketches that record the changing moods of human experience, this story is at once pervaded by a sense of melancholy and a sensuous appreciation of nature. A profound and beautiful book, it is the summation of a literary… Read More

Editorial Minuscula: Barcelona, ES, 2016. Softcover. Very Good Minus. 6x1x9. [FICTION]. Paula Porroni. Buena alumna (Tour de force 13). Barcelona, ES: Editorial Minuscula, 2016. Printed in Spain. Spanish language. Softcover with French flaps. 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.25 in. 21 x 14 x 1 cm. 11 oz. 119 pp. Wear on covers. Indentation in back cover. Price in pencil on first page. Text clean. Very Good Minus. ISBN: 9788494534836.

Five Star, Gale Cengage Learning; Farmington Hills, MI, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. 9x6x1. [MYSTERY]. Burnsworth, David. "Burning Heat." Five Star, Gale Cengage Learning; Farmington Hills, MI, 2016. First edition, first printing. English language. Hardcover in jacket. 285 pp. Text clean. New. ISBN: 978143283110. "As darkness blankets the holy city of Charleston, South Carolina, Brack Pelton, an Afghanistan War veteran, steps out of a rundown bar after a long night. Before he gets to his truck, he finds himself in the middle of a domestic dispute between a man and a woman on the sidewalk. When a little girl joins the couple and gets hit by the man, Brack intervenes and takes him down. But the abuser isnt finished. He pulls a gun and shoots the woman. Brack saves the little girl, but his world has just been rocked. Again.The next day, while sitting on a barstool in the Pirate's Cove on the Isle of Palms, his own bar, Brack scans the local paper. The news headline… Read More

Mud Luscious Press: Fort Collins, CO, 2012. 2nd Edition. Softcover. Near FIne. 4x0x7. [FICTION]. Sparling, Ken. "Dad Says He Saw You at the Mall." Fort Collins, CO: Mud Luscious Press, 2012. Originally published by Knopf in 1996. English language. Softcover. 7 x 5 x 0.5 in. 18 x 13 x 1.5 cm. 8 oz. 155 pp. Bottom of spine stubbed. Text clean. Near Fine. ISBN: 9780983026389."When someone asked me what DAD SAYS HE SAW YOU AT THE MALL was about, it felt like I'd seen a beautiful tree and struggled to describe it to someone, only to have that someone say: 'Yes, but what is the tree about?' You wouldn't know how to answer that question. It isn't the right question. The tree wasn't ever about anything. It was just beautiful.

Fly by Night Press: New York, 2014. Softcover. Very Good. 5x0x8. Signed and Inscribed by Author. [FICTION]. Rapaport, Jill. "Duchamp et Moi and Other Stories." New York: Fly by Night Press, 2014. English language. Softcover. ii, 157 pp. 8 x 5.5 x 0.5 in. 20 x 14 x 1 cm. 7 oz. Small round stain on front cover as seen in photo. Corners of front cover bow out slightly. Signed and inscribed by author in ink to "Tim" [Because you're you . . . Jill] on title page. Text clean. Possibly a P-o-D title. Printed in USA. Very Good. ISBN: 9780963740564."A collection of short fiction dealing with subjects from jobs (held and hated as well as sought and fantasized about) to the varieties of affection, figuring among them the complexities of the family and those of relationships with men. Rapaport writes about dwelling places-apartments, buildings, and landlords-and about cities and the artifacts of upbringing. The strangeness of living in a disappearing place and time is among… Read More

[LITERATURE]. SCHWARTZ, Delmore (1913-1966). Editor: Mary J. J. Wrinn. "The Poets' Pack of George Washington High School by Members of the Poetry Club and the Poetry Class, 1927-1931." New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1932. First edition, first printing. Hardcover in glassine. English language. Orange cloth boards with gilt titling on spine and gilt illustration of a shield on front cover. 12mo. XXII, 300 pp. 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches. 15 oz. Fore-edge and bottom uncut. Text clean. Price in pencil on free front endpaper. Contains (pp.262-265) the first four poems of Delmore Schwartz's to ever be published: "E. A. P. - A Portrait," "The Saxophone," "Automobile," and "Darkness." Schwartz, whose writing garnered early comparisons to T. S. Eliot, was a major figure in twentieth-century literary circles in New York City and at Harvard, where he taught. His short-story collection "The World is a Wedding" is a classic of the period and social milieu. A long-time editor of the Partisan Review, Schwartz was… Read More

Shanghai Insight Media Co.: Shanghai, CN, 2020. Simplified Chinese Edition. Softcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 0x0x0. [FICTION]. Keret, Etgar. "Fly Already." Shanghai Insight Media Co.: Shanghai, CN, 2020. Chinese language. Softcover in jacket and publisher's band. 8 x 5 x 0.5 in. 20 x 13 x 2 cm. 8 oz. 221 pp. Dust jacket a bit rippled. Use. Rubbing on spine and book's edges. Text clean. Very Good Plus. ISBN: 9787540489502."There's no one like Etgar Keret. His stories take place at the crossroads of the fantastical, searing, and hilarious. His characters grapple with parenthood and family, war and games, marijuana and cake, memory and love. These stories never go to the expected place, but always surprise, entertain, and move.

Alfagura; Bogota, Colombia, 2018. Third Impression. Softcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. [FICTION]. Faciolince, Hector Abad. "Fragmentos de amor furtivo." Bogota, Colombia: Alfagura, 2018. Printed in Colombia, third impression. Spanish language. Softcover with French flaps and a yellow publisher's band. 325 pp. 6 x 9.5 x 1 inches. Price in pencil on first page. Text clean. Near Fine. ISBN: 9789588948584.

New York: Picture Books, Gagosian Gallery, 2022. Hardcover. New. 0x0x0. [FICTION]. Sam Lipsyte, Jordan Wolfson. "Friend of the Pod / Untitled." New York: Picture Books, Gagosian Gallery, 2022. English language. Hardcover with folded poster insert. 7 x 10 in. 17.5 x 25.5 cm. 72 pp. Text clean. New. ISBN: 9781951449407."Sam Lipsyte’s Friend of the Pod introduces readers to Jason, a stalled Gen X playwright from Queens whose friend Nando lands him a job producing a podcast. But when Ted Goldsworthy, the aging but irrepressible host of Inter Alia, New Jersey, insists that Jason commutes to his house in the Garden State, his egomaniacal daughter Roanne begins to cast her spell. Matched with an artwork by Jordan Wolfson, the publication is part of an imprint conceived by author Emma Cline and dedicated to publishing fiction by leading writers alongside contributions by celebrated contemporary artists. In the photographic self-portrait… Read More

Lazy Fascist Press: Portland, OR, 2011. Softcover. Like New. 5x0x8. [FICTION]. Pink, Sam. "Hurt Others." Portland, OR: Lazy Fascist Press, 2011. English language. Softcover. 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.25 in. 22 x 14 x 1 cm. 7 oz. 112 pp. Text clean. Like New. ISBN: 9781936383771."Oh man, it just had to happen. Someone had to be a bagger at a grocery store and fantasize about hitting children in the head with wine bottles. Someone had to fear a puddle floating at him from across the street. Someone had to celebrate beating up a pregnant woman. Someone just HAD to be a nanny, and stare at giant motorized spiders. Jeez oh man! Don't ask why a teenager in a Chicago Bulls overcoat is feeding baby rabbits to a toad. Don't ask why someone had to run around the backyard with a bedsheet cape after drinking moonshine. And don't ask why jumping down stairs feels like success. Just sit back, drink a piss-infused Bloody Mary, and learn to hurt others.

Rizzoli; New York; RCS Libri; Milano, 2014. Quattordicesima edizione. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. [FICTION]. Tartt, Donna. Translator: Mirko Zilahi de Gyurgyokai. "Il cardellino: Romanzo." Rizzoli and RCS Libri; New York and Milano, 2014. 14th edition. Printed in Italy at Bergamo. Italian language. Hardcover in dust jacket. 892 pp. Back of jacket scratched, use, wear, crease on inside front flap of jacket. Slight mark on spine of jacket. Slight yellowing. Text clean. Very Good Minus. ISBN: 9788817072380.

Hanging Loose Press; Brooklyn, NY, 2005. Softcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. [FICTION]. Mesmer, Sharon. "In Ordinary Time." Hanging Loose Press; Brooklyn, NY, 2005. English language. Softcover. 128 pages. Stickers on front and back covers. Top of pages wavy from water damage, tidelines seen on back pages. Ink on last page. Rest of text clean. Readable. Acceptable. ISBN: 9781931236485."Sharon Mesmer's new collection of short fiction shows a depth of feeling that permeates every story. "Mesmer's evocative poetic language provies refreshingly clear images and clever turns of phrase" - Publisher's Weekly. "Mesmer's quick wit jolts through bitter, cacophonous territory, a classic roller-coaster ride" - American Book Review. Fiction. Sharon Mesmer's new collection of short fiction shows a depth of feeling that permeates every story. "Mesmer's evocative poetic language provies refreshingly clear images and clever turns of phrase" -… Read More

New York: Radix Media, 2022. Softcover. Very Good Plus. 5x0x8. Signed by Author. [FICTION]. El-Amine, Zein. "Is This How You Eat a Watermelon?" New York: Radix Media, 2022. Signed by author in marker on title page. English language. Softcover. 8 x 5.5 x 0.5 in. 21 x 14 x 1 cm. 22 oz. [8], 87. Front cover slightly bows. Text clean. Very Good Plus. ISBN: 9781737718420."A dozen boarding school students find themselves stranded at the beginning of the Lebanese Civil War. A young man, a young woman, and a mistreated monkey unite in a bid to survive. Even Israel's war on Lebanon cannot stop an old woman from getting her fix of nicotine. A young Lebanese student on a visit to Bahrain is wrongly implicated as a terrorist and placed in a prison with other political prisoners where light and hope is absconding. Fresh snow compels a sacrilegious undertaking from a father much to the shock of his children. Shared trauma takes the shape of phantom spectrals. And in the titular story, a… Read More

Azbuka; Moscow, RU, 2004. Softcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. [FICTION]. Mishima, Yukio. "Ispoved maski: Roman (Confessions of a Mask)." Azbuka; Moscow, RU, 2004. Russian language. Softcover. 219 pp. Use. Crease on spine. Browning. Text clean. Very Good. ISBN: 9785352003640.