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Knopf, NY , 1982. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "John Cheever's last novel is a fable set in a village so idyllic it has no fast-food outlet and having as its protagonist an old man, Lemuel Sears... But [his] paradise is threatened; the pond he loves is being fouled by unscrupulous polluters... [The] battle between an elderly romantic and the monstrous aspects of late-twentieth-century civilization becomes something ribald, poignant, and ineffably joyful." [Pub. Info] There is a protective mylar cover. 1ST US EDITION.

Doubleday, NY , 1980. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. "The Origin' is a biographical novel of the life of Charles Darwin written by Irving Stone. Darwin was a geologist and biologist, and could be considered the father of evolutionary theory. Stone took five years to research and write the novel and consulted numerous Darwin scholars and even Darwin's descendants in order to write his version of Darwin's life." [Pub. Info] There is a protective mylar cover. 1ST EDITION.

National Portrait Gallery, 2000. 1st edition . Hardcover. Fine. Enjoyable biography of Wilde and those of his closest friends. From great public success to tragedy and isolation. No dust jacket was issued. Smaller format.

Oxford University Press, Oxford/ NY, 1992. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The world difficulties of preparing a book of villains is that the field stretches towards infinity… They are everywhere, down narow streets and in brightly lit office buildings and parliaments, dominating family life, crowding prisons and law courts, and providing plots for most of the works of fiction that have been composed since the dawn of history.... What I have done is to assemble some of the pieces of writing which I think do most to illuminate this dark subject... This, I hope, is no discourtesy to the many great civilizations and literatures not here represented; their omission doesn't mean that they are short of villains and I intend no offence." [Introduction] There is a protective mylar cover.

Oxford University, 1996. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/ Fine. "The Oxford Book of Spy Stories' offers a panorama of the best spy stories which have forever fixed the concept of espionage in the popular imagination. In twenty-nine tales of political intrigue, wartime heroism, and peacetime scheming, we see the spy at work and at rest, sometimes the romantic savior of a nation's secret, more often an embittered loner, wracked with disillusion and uncertainty. The stories - by such famous authors as Ambrose Bierce, W. Somerset Maugham, Frank O'Connor, Ian Fleming, Len Deighton, Graham Greene, and Edward D. Hochrange..." [Pub. Info] There is a protective mylar cover. 1ST EDITION.

Oxford University , 1992. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. A fine sense of selection by Oates. Exemplary stories.

Oxford University , 1984. 1st edition. 1ST EDITION. Fine/ Fine. "Stories of the unreal, of trolls and werewolves, spells and sorcerers and magic lands, have been part of the human psyche for as long as there are records. In the present century, far from being outdated by the rise of technology and science fiction, fantasy has once more become a major literary genre expressive of the deepest feelings about humanity and its relation to the natural world. " [Pub. Info] There is a protective mylar cover. 1ST EDITION.

Oxford University Press, 1984. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. Nearly 6,000 entries devoted to writers, poets, novelists, dramatists, critics, historians, scientists, statesmen, and philosophers. There is a protective mylar cover. This is a 1st corrected edition.

Oxford University Press, 1978. 1st edition.. Hardcover. Fine. The entries are on both works and authors and include creative writers, critics, historians, theologians, philosphers, scholars, and others who have made contributions to Spanish literary life. There is a protective mylar cover.

Oxford University Press, Oxford UK. 1st thus. Hardcover. Fine. No comparable volume offers such extensive coverage of the classical roots of English literature - both surveys of indiviual figures… and separate accounts of major works… [It provides] unrivalled coverage of European authors… who have influenced the development of English literature... [and is] the most complete reference guide to English literary culture..."" [Pub. Info] REVISED EDITION.

Oxford University Press, 1996. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. Entries range from earliest writings in the 4th century AD to the late 1990s. The authors range from Cu Chulainn to James Joyce and Seamus Heaney. There is a protective mylar cover.

Oxford University Press, 2nd edition. Hardcover. Fine. The book contains concise biographies and critical surveys of literary works, German history, politics and the arts. Extensive material on the intellectual, social, and political background of German literature.

Oxford Univeristy Press, 1992. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. A book that doesn't give all the rules and strategies for winning but, a book that gives us the why and how of games. Starting from 1371 when card games first arrived in Europe from Egypt, this history of card games evolves. Detailed information on the design and production of cards. The meaning of card names and how games developed. A facts-full, intriguing book. There is a protective mylar cover.