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VERY GOOD condition — DUST JACKET: Very minor wear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Small moisture stains on reverse, bottom. BOARDS: Very good condition. BOOK: Very good condition. Very small stain to outside edges, pgs. 165 - 170. Please inspect photos closely for condition details. Any questions? Please ask.Here on offer is a very nice copy of Paulo Coelho's award-winning bestseller, The Alchemist, which has been translated into 67 languages and has inspired millions of readers to follow their dream. This is a true 1st American edition, 1st printing of the work published by HarperSanFrancisco in 1993. *********************************************************"...He journeys from Spain to Morocco in search of worldly success, and eventually to Egypt, where a fateful encounter with an alchemist brings him at last to self-understanding and spiritual enlightenment. The story has the comic charm, dramatic tension and psychological intensity of a fairy tale, but it's full of… Read More

Here on offer is a very nice copy of Philip MacDonald's fourth book under his own name, The Link, a classic "whodunit" in the Crime Club stable, featuring his series detective Colonel Anthony Gethryn. This copy is a true 1st trade edition, 1st printing published by Doubleday, Doran & Co. in 1930. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.****************************************************************************************************The Crime Club was an imprint of the Doubleday publishing company, which later spawned a 1946-47 anthology radio series, and a 1937-1939 film series. Many classic and popular works of detective and mystery fiction had their first U.S. editions published via the Crime Club, including all 50 books of The Saint by Leslie Charteris (1928-1983). The imprint also published first editions in Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu series.The Crime Club began life in 1928 with the publication of The Desert Moon Mystery by Kay Cleaver Strahan, and ceased publication in… Read More

Here on offer is a very nice copy of Lynd Ward's second wordless novel, Madman's Drum. Told in woodcut images, it is the story of a slave trader, his heinous crime, and the consequences for him and his family, . This copy is a 1st trade edition, 1st printing of the work published by Cape and Smith in 1930. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.****************************************************************************************************************************"Madman's Drum is a wordless novel by American artist Lynd Ward (1905–1985), published in 1930. It is the second of Ward's six wordless novels. The 118 wood-engraved images of Madman's Drum tell the story of a slave trader who steals a demon-faced drum from an African he murders, and the consequences for him and his family.Ward's first wordless novel was Gods' Man of 1929. Ward was more ambitious with his second work in the medium: the characters are more nuanced, the plot more developed and complicated, and the… Read More