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Lebanon. 2018. October 2018. University Press of New England/ForeEdge. Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in Wrappers. 9781512601794. Part of the Music Matters series announced by University Press of New England, but never actually released by them due to the fact that UPNE went out of business just before the titles were released. The series was picked up by University of Texas Press who eventually released them in a slightly different format and with different covers . 150 pages. paperback. keywords: Music Ramones. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The central experience of the Ramones and their music is of being an outsider, an outcast, a person who's somehow defective, and the revolt against shame and self-loathing. The fans, argues Donna Gaines, got it right away, from their own experience of alienation at home, at school, on the streets, and from themselves. This sense of estrangement and marginality permeates everything the Ramones still offer us as artists, and as people. Why the Ramones Matter compellingly… Read More

New York. 1983. September 1983. Knopf. 1st American Edition. Previous Owner's Name Penned in Front,Otherwise Very Good in Dustjacket. 0394514688. 214 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration & design by Wendell Minor. keywords: Literature America African American Southern. FROM THE PUBLISHER - From the author of THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MISS JANE PITTMAN, a profound and unforgettable new novel set in a small corner of the deep South where, over the course of one day, the lives of a group of men and women may be changed forever. It begins with a murder: in the compound of a backwoods Louisiana plantation Beau Boutan, a Cajun farmer, is found shot. Immediately, we learn that something perhaps even more serious has taken place; we are in a maelstrom of startling events. As the day moves toward its climax, we come to understand the complex relationships that exist between the blacks and the whites, the reasons behind the sudden bursts of courage from the old black men, the almost untenable pride that… Read More

San Francisco. 1981. North Point Press. 1st North Point Press Paperback Edition. Very Good in Wrappers with French Flaps. 0865470227. 248 pages. paperback. Cover: Harry Ford. keywords: Literature America African American. FROM THE PUBLISHER - This unforgettable novel by the author of THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MISS JANE PITMAN is set in plantation country. After ten years of school in San Francisco, Jackson Guerin returns home to Louisiana, to the arms of his benefactor, Aunt Charlotte. Surrounded by those who love him, family and friends, Jackson discovers himself completely estranged. Bonds have been broken during his absence and the breech is beyond repair. In the midst of this alienation, Jackson falls in love with Catherine Carmier, setting the stage for conflicts and confrontations which are universal, complex, and frighteningly powerful. Set against a deceptively quiet countryside which is beautifully drawn, this varied cast of characters move within a tale of passion, of pride and ancestry and of… Read More

Princeton. 2008. Princeton University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780691131368. 20 color illus. 6 halftones. 404 pages. hardcover. keywords: Classicla Studies Roman Literature Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER - This book traces the transmission and reception of one of the most influential novels in Western literature. The Golden Ass, the only ancient Roman novel to survive in its entirety, tells of a young man changed into an ass by magic and his bawdy adventures and narrow escapes before the goddess Isis changes him back again. Its centerpiece is the famous story of Cupid and Psyche. Julia Gaisser follows Apuleius' racy tale from antiquity through the sixteenth century, tracing its journey from roll to codex in fourth-century Rome, into the medieval library of Monte Cassino, into the hands of Italian humanists, into print, and, finally, over the Alps and into translation in Spanish, French, German, and English. She demonstrates that the novel's reception was linked… Read More

New York. 1955. Galaxy Publishing. Good in Wrappers. paperback. Cover by Walt Disney Productions illustrating THE HOW OF SPACE TRAVEL. keywords: Science Fiction Magazine. FROM THE PUBLISHER - CONTENTS: A Ticket to Tranai by Robert Sheckley; Bolden's Pets by F. L. Wallace; Jack of No Trades by Evelyn E. Smith; The Game of Rat and Dragon by Cordwainer Smith; The Discovery of Morniel Mathaway by William Tenn; The Lights on Precipice Peak by Stephen Tall; For your Information by Willy Ley; Editor's Page by H. L. Gold; Forecast; Galaxy's Five Star Shelf by Groff Conklin. inventory #28088

New York. 1955. Galaxy Publishing. Good in Wrappers. paperback. Cover by EMSH showing SCENE: MILADY’S BOUDOIR. keywords: Science Fiction Magazine. FROM THE PUBLISHER - CONTENTS: The Tunnel Under the World by Frederik Pohl; Perfect Control by Richard Stockham; When You're Smiling by Theodore Sturgeon; Squirrel Cage by Robert Sheckley; The Vilbar Party by Evelyn E. Smith; Brknk's Bounty by Jerry Sohl; For your Information by Willy Ley; Editor's Page by H. L. Gold; Galaxy's Five Star Shelf by Groff Conklin; Forecast. inventory #28082

New York. 1955. Galaxy Publishing. Good in Wrappers. paperback. Cover by Mel Hunter showing HOLD STILL, DAMMIT!�. keywords: Science Fiction Magazine. FROM THE PUBLISHER - CONTENTS: Project Mastodon by Clifford D. Simak; Dulcie & Decorum by Damon Knight; Who? by Theodore Sturgeon; The Candle Lighter by Frederik Pohl; One Way by Miriam Allen deFord; Big Stupe by Charles V. de Vet; For your Information by Willy Ley; Editor's Page by H. L. Gold; Forecast; Galaxy's Five Star Shelf by Groff Conklin. inventory #28083

New York. 1957. Galaxy Publishing. Good in Wrappers. paperback. Cover by Pederson showing STAIRS TO THE STARS. keywords: Science Fiction Magazine. FROM THE PUBLISHER - CONTENTS: Morning After by Robert Sheckley; Break a Leg by Jim Harmon; You were Right, Joe by J. T. McIntosh; Gray Flannel Armor by Finn O'Donnevan; Wolfbane (2-Part Serial - Conclusion) by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth; For Your Information by Willy Ley; Editor's Page by H. L. Gold; Forecast; Galaxy's Five Star Shelf by Floyd C. Gale. inventory #28090

New York. 1955. Galaxy Publishing. Good in Wrappers. paperback. Cover by Kirberger showing ARRIVAL OF THE AMBASSADOR FROM SIRIUS. keywords: Science Fiction Magazine. FROM THE PUBLISHER - CONTENTS: The Flat-Eyed Monster by William Tenn; Country Estate by Daniel F. Galouye; Whiskaboom by Alan Arkin; A Gift from Earth by Manly Banister; Twink by Theodore Sturgeon; Preferred Risk by Edson McCann; For your Information by Willy Ley; Editor's Page by H. L. Gold; Forecast. inventory #28087

New York. 1955. Galaxy Publishing. Good in Wrappers. paperback. Cover by EMSH illustrating ORBITAL ROBERT LAUNCHING. keywords: Science Fiction Magazine. FROM THE PUBLISHER - CONTENTS: The Mapmakers by Frederik Pohl; Property of Venus by L. Sprague de Camp; Spoken For by William Morrison; Deadhead by Robert Sheckley; The Amateurs by Alan Gogan; Preferred Risk (Installment 3) by Edson McCann; For your Information by Willy Ley; Editor's Page by H. L. Gold; Forecast; Galaxy's Five Star Shelf by Groff Conklin. inventory #28086

New York. 1957. Galaxy Publishing. Good in Wrappers. paperback. Cover by Gaughan showing WHEN METEORITES STRIKE!. keywords: Science Fiction Magazine. FROM THE PUBLISHER - CONTENTS: A World Called Maanerek by Poul Anderson; Help! I Am Dr, Morris Goldpepper by Avram Davidson; The Deaths of Ben Baxter by Robert Sheckley; A Wind is Rising by Finn O'Donnevan; Growing Up on Big Muddy by Charles V. de Vet; For your Information by Willy Ley; Editor's Page by H. L. Gold; Forecast; Galaxy's Five Star Shelf by Floyd C. Gale. inventory #28089

New York. 1955. Galaxy Publishing. Good in Wrappers. paperback. Cover by Kirberger illustrating PREFERRED RISK. keywords: Science Fiction Magazine. FROM THE PUBLISHER - CONTENTS: Preferred Risk (Installment 1) by Edson McCann; The Princess and the Physicist by Evelyn E, Smith; Inside Story by Richard Wilson; The Necessary Thing by Robert Sheckley; Picture Bride by William Morrison; Grandy Devil by Frederik Pohl; For your Information by Willy Ley; Editor's Page by H. L. Gold; Forecast; Galaxy's Five Star Shelf by Groff Conklin. inventory #28085

Boston. 1900. Little Brown. Reprinted Hardcover Edition. Very Good in Hardcover. No Dustjacket. Translated from the Spanish by Minna Caroline Smith. 353 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature Spain Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER - ‘SARAGOSSA' is the sixth volume in the brilliant series of historical novels by B. Perez Galdos, which begins with ‘Trafalgar' and closes with ‘The Battle of the Arapiles,' embracing ‘The Court of Carlos IV,' ‘Gerona,' and ‘Napoleon in Chamartin.' B. Perez Galdos, possibly known best in the United States as the author of ‘Dona Perfecta,' may be called the Walter Scott of Spain. He is, however, truer to history than Scott, and the characters he creates move in an atmosphere of reality rather than romance. ‘Saragossa ‘ is one of the most powerful, impressive, and popular of the twenty novels wherein he tells the gallant story of his native land. This tale of the second siege of the ancient Aragon city by… Read More

Baltimore. 1966. Penguin Books. 1st Penguin Classic Paperback Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Wrappers With A Crease On The Back Cover. Translated from the Spanish & With An Introduction by J. M. Cohen. 283 pages. paperback. L181. The cover shows a detail from 'A Spaniard in Paris' by H. Evenepoel in the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (Snark International). keywords: Literature Spain Translated 19th Century. FROM THE PUBLISHER - MIAU, published in 1888, shows Galdos's deep concern for the individual in relation to society. It is the story of Don Ramon de Villaamil, a ‘cesante' or civil servant who has lost his post and whose pathetic situation, aggravated by his improvident and uncomprehending family, gradually drives him to distraction and suicide. In an essentially Spanish setting, yet one with parallels in any bureaucracy, Galdos's novel acquires universal interest through his acute understanding of human beings and their relationships, and justifies the comparison… Read More

New York. 1985. Penguin Books. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 014007077x. Paperback Original. 192 pages. paperback. Cover design by Neil Stuart. Cover illustration by Vilma Ortiz. keywords: Literature South Africa . FROM THE PUBLISHER - An extraordinary novel of troubled adolescence written by a remarkably perceptive seventeen-year-old author. Scott Berry, Raoul Dean, and Joseph Hamilton are more than rebellious teenagers - they are vandals and runaways. Undeterred by scolding and punishment, they are finally sentenced to Bleda Reformatory, an institution renowned for turning juvenile delinquents into young gentlemen. On first sight, the other inmates seem to have made the transformation to respectability. But when one of the trio is found dead at the bottom of a cliff, suspicion of murder incites the others to vengeance. As they search for a killer among the youthful faces at Bleda, the boys unleash the primitive forces that lurk behind the deceptive facade of civilization.… Read More

London. 1988. Constable & Company. 1st British Edition. London Management Plate in Front, Otherwise Very Good in Dustjacket. 0094685002. 224 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature South Africa . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Small circle of beings, the novella which gives its title to this collection, is a deeply disturbing and compelling work, the first to appear in print since Damon Galgut's novel A sinless season. On the surface it concerns a family living what would appear to be an idyllic life on a remote farm. When the couple's only child, David, falls ill tension and strain begin to take their toll, and the hairline cracks and fissures in his parents' relationship gradually widen and split open until a marriage which seemed solid and secure falls irretrievably apart. The story is narrated by the mother, who starts to see her life slipping out of her control and her strength being remorselessly sapped. With her husband gone and her son no longer utterly dependent on her, she turns to… Read More

Austin. 1969. University Of Texas Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0292784082. Translated from the Spanish by John & Carolyn Brushwood. Drawings by Luis Eades. 185 pages. hardcover. Cover art by Luis Eades. Texas Pan American Series. keywords: Literature Translated Mexico Latin America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - THE PRECIPICE, an intimate picture of the complexity of life in a contemporary Mexican family, is a novel of anticipation. The reader is involved immediately and joins the characters in their anxiety about what will happen. Although he may sense, in a general way, what the outcome will be, the details become clear only with Galindo's careful development of the story. Events of earlier times play a role in present reality. Memories of revolutionary upheaval and of a moment of socialist indoctrination cast their long shadows over the present, and these echoes are as characteristically Mexican as the aspects of contemporary life, which Galindo reveals. We become aware of… Read More

Pittsburgh. 1984. Latin American Literary Review Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 093548017x. Translated from the Spanish by Carolyn & John Brushwood. 92 pages. paperback. Cover: Tina Matsch. keywords: Mexico Latin America Literature Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The narration is conveyed in fragments of dialogue, interior monologues, and brief narrative sketches . The quest for identity, the role of the individual in a modern society, the ambivalent role of sex as a means of communication as well as degradation are familiar themes which unify the fragments of La comparsa.' - Joseph Sommers in AFTER THE STORM: LANDMARKS OF THE MODERN MEXICAN NOVEL . ‘La Comparsa is a fascinating view, often amusing and occasionally eyebrow-raising, of a whole town that has collectively ‘let its hair down . The variegated procession of images, incidents, and conversations provides a satisfying characterization of these humorous persons caught up in uninhibited celebration!' -… Read More

London. 1985. Hamish Hamilton. 1st British Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0241115221. 195 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Paul Wright, typography by Mon Mohan. keywords: Literature Scotland . FROM THE PUBLISHER - ‘Surviving, it seemed, was a very dubious course of action which would be punished.' When the tanker on which Bill Thompson is chief engineer explodes in the southern Baltic with the loss of five lives, his relief at his own survival is temporary, soon replaced by the certainty that the charge of negligence hangs over no one's head more than his own. Whatever caused the Niome to sink bad its source in the engine room. In SURVIVOR, Tom Gallacher's impressive climax to the Bill Thompson trilogy, Thompson's life suddenly becomes fraught with absurd complications - and danger. Unable to prove that he was not negligent (you cannot prove you are not something), he sets out to discover why the ship did sink. Was she ‘cast away' - sunk on purpose - to claim… Read More

London. 1983. Hamish Hamilton. 1st British Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0241109973. 156 pages. hardcover. Jacket artwork by Roy Knipe. keywords: Literature Scotland. FROM THE PUBLISHER - We all, at one time or another, want to educate people. Billy Thompson is no different. Sent by his English middle-class parents to be a shipyard apprentice on Clydeside in the 1950s, he is an innocent abroad. The proud and private Scots with whom he throws in his lot on the steep streets of Greenock are something of a mystery to him - stubborn, unsophisticated and in many ways ignorant. But he has just what they need. He has an education. In each of these five connected stories Billy tries hard to pass on that education, to help those less fortunate than himself. So why can he not save the gentle Mrs. Mulvenny, his landlady, from the terrible consequences of her husband's pride? What has gone wrong when the girl from the ropeworks, red-haired Elsie, cannot be persuaded that having perfect pitch is more… Read More