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Description: Brooks, Van Wyck., World Pub. Co., 1946, c1940, 1st Reprint Edition, cloth (hard cover), vg with poor dj (tears, chips, small pieces missing), 557 pp with index, 8vo, 'He bridges the years with another gallery of notable men and women', biography. Read More
Description: Reynolds, Sheri., Berkley Books, 1997, c1995, 2nd printing, illus. soft cover, very good+, 320 pp, 8vo, "...Grandpa Herman makes the rules for everyone..." Read More
Description: Hepworth, James & Gregory McNamee (editors)., Harbinger House, nd (1989), c1989, reissue, illus. soft cover, slight crease to corner of cover o/w vg+, 152 pp w/bibliography & notes on contributors, 8vo, "Friends and contemporaries assemble their own literary responses to the mercurial Abbey..." Read More
Description: Buford, Bill (editor)., pub. by Granta USA, Autumn, 1989, c1989, illus. soft cover, name on obverse of cover o/w vg, 287 pp, B&W photographic illus., 8vo, "Granta is ten years old...", "John Simpson, Salman Rushdie, Ian Jack, Colin Thubron..." Read More
Description: Keneally, Thomas., Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 1993, c1993, 1st U.S. Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 277 pp, tall 8vo, "Arises from a true incident, and once more the imagining of it is utterly convincing..." Read More
Description: Curtis, Laura A., Vision Press Ltd. and Barnes & Noble, 1984, c1984, 1st U.S. Edition, cloth (hard cover), vg++ with like dj, 216 pp with index, 8vo, "Critical Studies Series" Read More
Description: Browning, Vivienne., Springwood Books (London), 1979, c1979, 1st Edition, cloth (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 111 pp plus family trees, B&W photographic illus., tall 8vo, "Robert Browning is probably still the most read and best remembered of the great Victorian poets..." Read More
Description: Donaldson, Scott., Random House, 1987, c1988, 1st Edition, cloth (hard cover), remainder dot on top edge o/w fine with vg-fine dj, 416 pp with notes on sources & index, B&W photographic illus., tall 8vo, "First objective, full-length biography of this major American writer" Read More
Description: Theroux, Paul., Houghton Mifflin Co., 1985, c1985, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), vg with good + dj (minor tears), 365 pp, tall 8vo, "Thousands of readers have discovered their favorite traveler in Paul Theroux" Read More
Description: Holman, Sheri., Atlantic Monthly Press, nd, c2000, 4th pb printing, illus. soft cover, vg++, 291 pp, 8vo, ISBN: 0965003504, "The boys down on the Low Quay know a hundred ways to sell bad fish..." Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date published: 2011
ISBN-13:9780374203054ISBN:0374203059
Description: Eugenides, Jeffrey., Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2011, c2011, 1st Edition, 1st printing, boards (hard cover), near fine with near fine dj, 406 pp, tall 8vo, ISBN: 9780374203054, 'Over the next year, as the members of the triangle in this amazing, spellbinding novel graduate from college and enter the real world, events force them to reevaluate everything they learned in school', Literary Fiction; author is winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780393048445ISBN:0393048446
Description: O'Brian, Patrick., W.W. Norton & Co., 1999, c1999, 1st U.S. Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), fine with near fine dj, 262 pp, 8vo, ISBN: 0393048446, 'Aubrey, again the daring frigate captain of old, stakes all on a desperate solo night raid against the might of the Spanish viceroy in Peru', 20th and last completed in the series. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House (NY)
Date published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780394508269ISBN:0394508262
Description: Capote, Truman., Random House, c1980, 4th printing, cloth (hard cover), near fine with very good+ dj (price clipped, light edgewear), 262 pp, 8vo, ISBN: 0394508262, 'New writing by Truman Capote Including Handcarved Coffins', Literary Fiction; Short Stories; Journalism. Read More
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780452281431ISBN:0452281431
Description: Rice, Anne writing as A.N. Roquelaure., A Plume Book (Penguin Group), 1999, c1984, later printing, illus. soft cover (trade size paperback), very near fine, 233 pp, 8vo, ISBN: 0452281431, 'The Second of the Classic Erotic Trilogy of Sleeping Beauty', With a new preface by the author, Erotica; Sex Fiction; Fantasy; Sexuality. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Date published: 2013
ISBN-13:9780307959966ISBN:0307959961
Description: Hobbs, Roger., Alfred A. Knopf, 2013, c2013, 1st Edition, 1st printing, boards & cloth (hard cover), small remainder dot on bottom edge o/w fine with fine dj, 321 pp, tall 8vo, ISBN: 9780307959966, 'Amazing debut full of intrigue, tradecraft and suspense', Author's first novel; Crime Fiction; Suspense; Thrillers. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Date published: 2013
ISBN-13:9780307959966ISBN:0307959961
Description: Hobbs, Roger., Alfred A. Knopf, 2013, c2013, 1st Edition, 1st printing, boards & cloth (hard cover), small remainder dot on bottom edge o/w fine with fine dj, 321 pp, tall 8vo, ISBN: 9780307959966, 'Amazing debut full of intrigue, tradecraft and suspense. Read it immediately', Author's first novel; Crime Fiction; Suspense Thrillers. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780151008469ISBN:0151008469
Description: Wilson, Robert., Harcourt Inc., 2001, c2001, 1st U.S. Edition, 1st printing, boards & cloth (hard cover), fine with near fine dj, 464 pp, tall 8vo, ISBN: 0151008469, '1944: Andrea Aspinall, mathematician and spy, disappears under a new identity', Historical Fiction; Spy Fiction; Espionage; Suspense. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Date published: 2011
ISBN-13:9780062015709ISBN:0062015702
Description: Todd, Charles., William Morrow (Harper Collins), 2011, c2011, 1st Edition, 1st printing, boards & cloth (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 340 pp, tall 8vo, ISBN: 9780062015709, 'World War One nurse Bess Crawford returns to find a bruised and shivering woman huddled in the doorway of her London residence', Historical Fiction; Suspense; British Mystery. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Date published: 2012
ISBN-13:9780062015662ISBN:0062015664
Description: Todd, Charles., William Morrow (Harper Collins), 2012, c2012, 1st Edition, 1st printing, boards (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 344 pp, tall 8vo, ISBN: 9780062015662, 'Rutledge wrestles with a startling and dangerous case that reaches far into the past when a false confession from a man who is not who he claims to be leads to a brutal murder', Inspector Ian Rutledge series; Historical Fiction; Suspense; British Mystery. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arbor House Publishing
Date published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780877957188ISBN:0877957185
Description: Zelazny, Roger, Arbor House, c1985, book club edition, boards (hard cover), very good+ with very good+ dj, 183 pp, small 8vo, ISBN: 0877957185, 'The Classic Amber Series Continues', Science Fiction; Fantasy. Read More
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Arcade Pub
Date published: 1975
ISBN-13:9781559700221ISBN:155970022X
Description: Kosinski, Jerzy., Arcade Publishing, c1975, 1st trade pb printing, illus. soft cover (trade size paperback), very near fine, 248 pp, ISBN: 155970022X, 8vo, 'Meet Tarden, ex-superspy. A secret agent who drops out without a trace', Literary Fiction. Read More
