Recent Arrivals from The Parnassus BookShop

New York: Hyperion, 2008. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Hyperion 2008. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Maps by Paul J. Pugliese. A meticulously researched book, conjoining all of the factors of this tragic war: the military tactics and strategies of both sides; the international diplomacy; the internal politics; and… Read more about this item

Random House, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. First Edition Ex-Library Hardcover Book and Jacket in Good Condition. b/w illustrations. Introduction by Gloria Emerson. Jacket yellowing on fore edge under mylar cover. Minimal library marks. Tight and solid sewn binding. Pages completely clean and free from any markings. The experiences of women… Read more about this item

Little Brown & Co, 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Second Printing of First Edition. Handsome volume in burgundy half cloth with silver titles, forest green paper wrapped boards; tight and solid binding, corners square and sharp. Internals pristine. A stirring story of a stirring… Read more about this item

Carlisle, Maine: Applewood Books, 2010. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback As New. Originally published 1919. Frontis: Portrait of Roosevelt and His Children--same as on the front of the cover. Bright, spotless, attractive volume. 8vo. 262 pages. 2010, Applewood Books.

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 6x1x9. First Edition Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. FuLL color photographic illustrations. There is a slight forward lean (less than 10 degrees) to the spine, else Fine. Award-winning jolurnalistJonathan Franklin takes readers to the heart of this remarkable story of human endurance, survival,… Read more about this item

Macmillan Pub Co./Atheneum, 1985. Soft cover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. 9x6x1. Macmillan Pub Co; First Atheneum Edition (January 1, 1985). Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Foreword by Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Cover photograph of Lord Mountbatten, Gandhi, Nehru, Jinnah, and the author. 8-page section of b/w historic illustrations. Maps. Clean, solid book, slight wear to corners, pages… Read more about this item

HarperFestival, 2005. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. First HarperFestival Edition 2003. First published 1940. Bright, glossy, clean wrappers, small scuff mark on front, touch of wear to upper edge, inside of front cover has scuff marks; sound and tight binding; internals slightly toned, completely clean and… Read more about this item

Grosset & Dunlap, 2013. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Paperback Rebound as Hardcover Ex-Library Book in Good Condition. Condition notes by library on top of endpaper. Based on the television series created by Craig Bartlett--Dinosaur Train. Bright and colorful illustrations. Cover clean with corner wear. Binding solid and tight. Pages quite… Read more about this item

Henry Holt and Co, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 5x0x9. First Edition Hardcover Book in Good Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Orange half cloth with gilt titles, yellow boards--four brownnish smudges marr the yellow front--otherwise the book is in fine condition, tight, solid and square, with sharp corners, internals pristine. Living in San Antonio, Texas,… Read more about this item

Thorndike, Maine: Center Point, 2012. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Large Print Hardcover Ex-Library Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Clean and unmarked except for usual library markings--otherwise in Very Good condition. Pages completely clean and free from any markings. How does a soldier adjust to domestic and family life after coming… Read more about this item

Thorndike Press, 1998. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 6x1x9. Large Print Hardcover Ex-Library Book in Good Condition, without Jacket. Pictorial brown and burgundy board, light wear to corners, clean, unmarked, tight & solid. Pages in Fine Condition. Rear endpapers have spot near bottom edge. Protagonist Hugh Mathews is a young foreign service officer in the Congo, coping… Read more about this item

Dover Publications, 1997. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Unabridged Dover (1997) republication of the text of "Twelfth Night" from Volume VI of "The Works of William Shakesp0eare" published by Caxton Publishing Company, London, n.d. A comic tale of mistaken identities. Gently used book… Read more about this item

HarperTeen, 2004. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7?" tall. Paperback in Very Good Condition. Bright, colorful, glossy, green and pink wrappers, a touch of wear to upper edge and spine heel, else fine. The adventures of Weetzie Bat and her Los Angeles friends, Dirk, Duck, and My Secret Agent Lover Man. … Read more about this item

Scholastic, 2002. Soft cover. Very Good. 7x5x0. Newbery Medal Award Paperback in Very Good Condition. Bright, clean, unmarked wrappers with a touch of wear to edges. Solid and tight binding. Pages lightly toned, completely clean and free from any markings. In fourteenth-century England, an orphaned peasant boy is falsely accused of theft and murder and flees… Read more about this item

Scholastic, 1991. Soft cover. Very Good. 5x0x7. Scholastic Apple Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean, gently used book with faint wear to edges. A surprise on election day for class president, when Cricket, the most popular in the fifth grade classroom, was sure she would win. 7.5x5.25". 96 pages. 1991, Scholastic.

Dover Publications, 1992. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Unabridged Dover (1992) republication from "The Caxton Edition of the Complete Works of Shakespeare, Vol. III, published by the Caxton Publishing Company, London, n.d. Gently used book with bright and colorful wrappers clean and unmarked, as are… Read more about this item

Dover Publications, 1994. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Unabridged Dover (1994) republication of the text of "Much Ado About Nothing" from Volume II o f "The Works of William Shakespeare" published by Macmillan and Co., London, 1891. First presented in 1598, this play is one of… Read more about this item

Waltham, Massachusetts: Blaisdell Publishijg Company, 1966. Soft cover. Good. Kittredge Paperback in Good Condition. Second Edition 1966. First published 1941. Edited by George Lyman Kittredge; Revised by Irving Ribner. Clean and unmarked, toned pages, upper corner has light wear, binding tight and solid. A comidie of double identities--cover illustration depicting this. For half a century George Lyman… Read more about this item

Treasure Bay, 2004. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Robert Walters. Paperback Rebound as Hardcover Ex-Library Book in Good Condition. Condition notes by library on top of endpaper. Designed for shared reading with parent's page and child's page side-by-side. Bright, colorful, and clean cover; corners worn, binding solid. Pages mostly clean, a little… Read more about this item

Dutton Books for Young Readers, 2019. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8x5x0. First Edition. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition, without Jacket. Touch of wear to corner tips, else Fine. Illustrations. Clean, solid, unmarked, internals as new. Professor Fauna bursts into the classroom of Uchenna and Elliott with a frightening report from the Texas-Mexico border. The Unicorn… Read more about this item