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New York: McGraw Hill Book Company, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Full brown cloth. Top edge green. 268 pp. Small white scuffs to front board. Dust jacket is price clipped. Here are the two war novels by the distinguished German author Heinrich Boll.

Edinburgh: Canongate Books, 2005. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo. x, 229 p.p. Quarter bound paper, cloth boards. Translated from Spanish to English by John King. Light scratching to jacket. Rubbing to extremities, worse to bottom of boards. Interior clean, a near fine copy. This book is preceded by Havana Gold and followed by Havana Fever. Fuentes is a Cuban novelist and journalist. He has written screenplays, two short story books, and a series of detective novels translated into 10 languages.

Paris: Albin Michel. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo (3" x 4.5"). [Adolphe: Anecdote Found In The Papers Of An Unknown]. French. [n.d., ca. 1923]. 136 p.p. Brown calf binding with blue labels to spine and covers, decorative tooled panel and borders. Beveled edges. Patterned endpapers. Light wear and bumping to edges and spine ends, chafing to covers. Creasing to edges of a few pages, small damp stain to fore edge. Adolphe is a classic French novel, first published in 1816. It tells the story of an alienated young man, Adolphe, who falls in love with an older woman, Ellénore, the Polish mistress of the Comte de P***. Their illicit relationship serves to isolate them from their friends and from society at large. The book eschews all conventional descriptions of exteriors for the sake of detailed accounts of feelings and states of mind.

London: George Routledge & Sons. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo [large]. [n.d.] Original red cloth boards. xii, 531 p.p. Frontispiece, plus illustrations throughout. Light rubbing to boards. Spine-ends bumped and slight bruising to corners. Foxing to endpapers. Inner hinges starting. Interior clean. A very good copy.

New York: New Directions Books, 1968. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo (tall). Original red cloth, green lettering to spine. 94 p.p. Light rubbing to extremities, else fine. Dust jacket is price clipped and has small spot of wear to front joint, some light chafing, else fine.

New York: The Peebles Classic Library. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 18mo. N.d., [ca. 197-?]. Full green paper boards, gilt borders and faux compartments to spine. 218 pp. Scuff to top of front board, else fine. 0.

London & New York: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd./E.P. Dutton & Co, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Hodges, C. Walter. 12mo. Reprint of the 1955 edition. Full turquoise polished calf, gilt compartments, red and brown morocco spine labels, inner edges dentelle. A.E.G. Marbled endpapers. viii, 338 pp. Illustrated with 4 colour plates incl. frontis, text drawings. Signed binding by Frost & Co., Bath, England. Light creasing and chafing to joints. Offsetting to endpapers from gilt dentelle. Chip to lower corner of p. 323. In custom turquoise cloth slipcase. Some darkening and rubbing to extremities of slipcase. Near fine overall.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1979. Hardcover. Fine. Falke, Pierre. 8vo. Quarter bound in blue leather and cloth with gilt dentelle tooling on spine and boards. A.E.G. Marbled endpapers. 355 p.p. Twelve full colour woodcut plates, incl. frontis. The colour woodcuts of Pierre Falke originally appeared in "La Vie et Les Adventures Etranges et Suprenantes de Robinson Crusoe de York, Marin," published by Henri Jonquieres, Paris, 1926, in an edition limited to 151 copies. They are reproduced courtesy of the late publisher's daughter. Facsimilie of the title page from the first edition (1719) of The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.

Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, 1922. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo (royal). Young Folks Classics Series No. 23. Quarter grey cloth, pictorial paper boards, unlettered spine. 128 pp. B&W illustration in text. Cloth and covers stained, edges worn. Ink ownership inscription to front board and ffep. Front hinge cracked at head. Interior deeply age toned.

London & New York: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd./E.P. Dutton & Co, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Hodges, C. Walter. 12mo. Reprint of the 1955 edition. Full red polished calf, gilt compartments, morocco spine labels, inner edges dentelle. A.E.G. Marbled endpapers. viii, 338 pp. Illustrated with 4 colour plates incl. frontis, text drawings. Signed binding by Frost & Co., Bath, England. Light creasing and chafing to joints, a few scuffs and light stains to leather. Offsetting to endpapers from gilt dentelle. Near fine overall.

London: Collins, 1960. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full black paper boards. 638 pp. Dust jacket is sunned to spine, edge worn with a few chips, worse at head of rear cover. This novel deals with matters which preoccupied the great classical writers -- power and ambition in high places, nobility and evil, actions that affect the destinies of nations. The issue of power is whether the President of the United States can obtain, as the Constitution requires, the Senate's confirmation of the man he has appointed as his new Secretary of State. Evidence is offered which casts doubt on the nominee's loyalty, and the sub-committee of enquiry decides to investigate further instead of closing its hearings, as expected, with a favourable report. As a result battle in its most ruthless political form is joined between the White House and the Senate. For a president to fail in obtaining confirmation of his Cabinet appointments is almost unheard of: and the current… Leer más

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 5" x 8.5" Everyman's Library No. 327. Third Everyman printing. Full red cloth. Gold ribbon marker. xx, 513 pp. Dust jacket is lightly bumped to edges, small stain to front cover, else fine. Introduction by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First trade edition. Quarter black paper, grey paper boards. 351 pp. Fine.

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2007. Hardcover. As New. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Collector's Edition in custom slipcase with colour photo of the author. Brown genuine leather boards with gilt decoration. Moire endpapers. A.E.G. Gold ribbon marker. x, 174 pp. Fine condition. Laid in are a note about the book and the author, two Easton Press ex libris bookplate stickers, and the Certificate of Authenticity of the author's signature. Subtitled "A Fable About Followiing Your Dream," The Alchemist is not only a reflection of the author's own inner journey, but also an inspiring journey for everyone who reads it. The story is about Santiago, a poor Spanish shepherd boy who travels from his native Spain to the Egyptian desert seeking buried treasure in the Pyramids. ALong the way he meets a Gypsy, a man who calls himself king, and an alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest. Though he sets out in search of tangible riches, Santiago learns that true riches are found within. A… Leer más

San Francisco: Harper San Francisco, 2006. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Brown paper boards with faux leather look. Colour map endpapers. Brown ribbon marker. 178 pp. Water colour illustrations in text. Fine condition, in fine custom slipcase. The Alchemist is not only a reflection of the author's own inner journey, but also an inspiring journey for everyone who reads it. The story is about Santiago, a poor Spanish shepherd boy who travels from his native Spain to the Egyptian desert seeking buried treasure in the Pyramids. ALong the way he meets a Gypsy, a man who calls himself king, and an alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest. Though he sets out in search of tangible riches, Santiago learns that true riches are found within. A literary jewel, an enchanting tale that is simply and eloquently told. A member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, Paulo Coelho has won more than 30 international literary awards and honors.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2007. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Collector's Edition. Brown genuine leather boards with gilt decoration. Moire endpapers. A.E.G. Gold ribbon marker. x, 174 pp. Fine condition. Laid in are a note about the book and the author, two Easton Press ex libris bookplate stickers, and the Certificate of Authenticity of the author's signature. Subtitled "A Fable About Followiing Your Dream," The Alchemist is not only a reflection of the author's own inner journey, but also an inspiring journey for everyone who reads it. The story is about Santiago, a poor Spanish shepherd boy who travels from his native Spain to the Egyptian desert seeking buried treasure in the Pyramids. ALong the way he meets a Gypsy, a man who calls himself king, and an alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest. Though he sets out in search of tangible riches, Santiago learns that true riches are found within. A literary jewel, an enchanting tale… Leer más

Richard E. Decker, 1974. Soft cover. Very Good. Original green wrappers with portrait of Alfred Hitchcock on front cover, 127 pp., in-text illustrations. Some rubbing and chafing to covers, light wear to spine ends and edges, small bump to upper front cover and some light sunning to rear cover, otherwise very good. Novelette by John Lutz, plus short stories by George C. Chesbro, Frank Sisk, Jeffrey M. Wallmann, Dan Morgan, Marilyn Granbeck, Stephen Wasylyk, Bill Pronzini, Donald Olson, Arthur Porges, Edward Wellen and Carroll Mayers.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Sagsoorian, Paul. 8vo. Stated first edition of this author's first novel. Schuyler later won the Pulitzer for poetry. 153 p.p. B&W illustrations. Half-bound in green cloth with blue paper boards. Gilt lettering and blind stamped vignette to front board and gilt lettering to spine. Sunning to edges of boards bumping to spine ends, wear to corners. FFEP is clipped. Dust jacket is sunned at spine, price clipped, worn at joints and edges, a few short tears. Light foxing to fore edge of text block, small damp stains to margin of a few pages, else a clean copy. The private life of two "enfants terribles" - a very special comedy for sophisticated adults.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Publishers, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. SIGNED by author to title page. Oatmeal paper boards. 470 pp. A fine copy. Ink gift inscription to ffep. Winner of the 1996 Giller Prize. The story fictionalizes the notorious 1843 murders of Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery in Canada West. Although the novel is based on factual events, Atwood constructs a narrative with a fictional doctor, Simon Jordan, who researches the case.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Publishers, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. SIGNED by author to title page. Oatmeal paper boards. 470 pp. Light bumping to spine ends, else a fine copy. Winner of the 1996 Giller Prize. The story fictionalizes the notorious 1843 murders of Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery in Canada West. Although the novel is based on factual events, Atwood constructs a narrative with a fictional doctor, Simon Jordan, who researches the case.