Search Results: Authors starting with M from Centigrade 233

London: Titan Books, 2017 An anthology of 15 stories about the creepiest aliens in the history of film. I'm talking about "Alien" and its sequels. 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 on domestic orders.

USA: Ecco, 2018 Signed (not inscribed) by the author on the title page. Has never been read. A novel about a women who returns to Vermont to search for her sister in the aftermath of hurricane Irene, and finds much else. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. Also included is a small piece of letterpress art from the Wolverine Press with a quotation by Joan Didion: "The past could be jettisoned, children buried and parents left behind, but seeds got carried". All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number supplied on domestic orders.

Severn House Publishers, 2005 An antiquarian bookstore owner finds a monkey rampaging through her kitchen. The owner of the small primate finds the body of a young girl and then disappears. After that things become complicated. No remainder mark, not price-clipped, a slight bump to one edge. 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.

EU: Soho Constable, 2008 Atmospheric story of a single mother who takes a job as caretaker at a manor house in rural England with a distressingly high turnover rate among the staff. Could it be that she and her daughter are not alone in that old house? First printing of first edition. No remainder mark, not price-clipped, not bumped. Dust jacket has some wear at the top of spine but is protected from further indignity by a Brodart cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed.

U.S.A.: PS Publishing, 2006 Signed twice, once on a tipped in sheet (where it states it is #64 of 500 numbered copies) and on the title page, which the author autographed at the 2014 Worldcon. First trade edition. No remainder mark, not price-clipped, gift quality. Comes in a mylar protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy box when mailed.

London: Orbit, 2008 "After the Faith Wars and the rising sea levels - after Armageddon and the Flood- came the Great Rejection. The First Enlightenment separated Church from State. The Second Enlightenment has separated religion from politics. In this more tolerant age there's no persecution, but the millions who still believe are a marginal and mistrusted minority. And now someone is killing them. But who?". First British edition. No remainder mark, not price-clipped. Rear of dust jacket has a scratch approximately 6 inches long (see photo). Now encased in a Brodart protective cover to prevent further insults. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed.

H: PS Publishing, 2013 A novella about a restorer of religious artwork and a mysterious woman during the French Revolution. Has never been read. Published without dust-jacket. All books are bubble wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number supplied on domestic orders.

London: Orbit, 2002 The concluding volume of the Engines of Light trilogy. No remainder mark, not price-clipped, not bumped. However, the pages are a bit yellowed, which is not uncommon with British editions. 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.

USA: Scribner, 2017 A harrowing story of two young brothers and their abusive father. Signed (with no inscription) on the title page. New, has never been read. No bumps or tears. Comes with a letterpress bookmark bearing a pertinent quote from Murikami - "When you come out of the storm you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm is all about". Book comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a styrdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number supplied with domestic orders.

USA: Candlewick, 2014 A fantasy set in Tsarist Russia involving an impoverished girl, an incredibly wealthy family on their way to St Petersburg, and the witch Baba Yaga, complete with her ambulatory house on chicken legs. No remainder mark, not price-clipped, not bumped. Some edge wear to the dust jacket, which is now encased 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

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.

Viking, 2023 Signed by the author on the title page (no inscription). First printing. A woman is invited to teach at the same boarding school where one of her classmates was murdered years ago. Soon after she arrives she begins to believe that the wrong person was blamed for her friends' death. No remainder mark, not price-clipped, not bumped. The dusk jacket shows some wear at top of spine. 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.

Ecco, 2017 A band of musicians is recruited by the army to track down the source of a strange sound in the Sahara desert. 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.

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

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.

Knopf, 2022 Signed on tipped-in page. First printing (no printing is stated, which is Knopf's way of saying this is the first printing). A time travel novel that spans both time and space. 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.

London: Snowbooks, 2009 One of 500 signed and numbered limited edition copies (this is #261). Comes in a matching slipcase. Also included is an invitation to the unraveling of an ancient mummy (Discovered Oversea and Untouched for a Thousand Years) as well as a coloured poster. Another glorious steampunk tale featuring Newberry & Hobbes. 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.

U.S.A.: Free Press, 2008 Signed first edition of novel about friendship, poetry, Judaism and typesetting. Not price-clipped, no remainder marks, not bumped. Appears to have been read very gently, if at all. Basically a gift-quality book. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and packed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed.

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.

Hogarth, 2022 Signed by author on title page (no inscription). First printing. A novel about the struggles of immigrants and Asian Americans in pre-WWII Hollywood. New, the only defects are the front inside corners of the dust jacket which are slightly ceased. 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.