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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 1958. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/VG-. Nobel-prize-winning timeless love story set amidst the Russian Revolution, made into the unforgettable 1965 film starring Omar Sharif & Julie Christie. Orig. published in the US in Sept 1958, this is a later (Oct. 1959) printing of that First Edition, identical in all aspects. Hardcover 8vo (5.75" x 8.5") book has matte black cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to front & red title box with gilt to spine. Condition is VG+: very clean, binding strong & straight, pages modestly tanned but completely unmarked. Mild soil to outside page edges. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $5.00 price intact) is VG-, with rubbing to extremities & chipping at lower spine. Old tape residue mark to lower edge of front cover, light soil. Nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't… Leer más

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 1958. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. GERMAN-language edition of this Nobel-prize-winning timeless love story set amidst the Russian Revolution, made into the unforgettable 1965 film starring Omar Sharif & Julie Christie. Orig. published in the author's native Russian in 1957, this is the First German Edition from1958, preceding the later US English edition later that year. Hardcover 8vo (5.75" x 8.7 5") book has matte black cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to front & orange title box with gilt to spine. Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean, binding strong & straight, pages with just a hint of tanning, but completely unmarked. Mild soil to outside page edges. The barely clipped DJ (no price, not bce) is Fair-Good, with heavy spine fading & creasing & rubbing, to front cover & extremities; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will… Leer más

New York, New York, U.S.A.: William Morrow, 2009. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. SALE! First book in a new series by the bestselling author of the Ian Rutledge series. First Edition, First printing. From a single owner collection, both this hardcover book & DJ are in Fine condition: look & feel brand new! Completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white, DJ bright, no fading or wear. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; NOT ex-lib.Only flaw is tiny remainder dot to bottom outside page edges. DJ protected in Free mylar cover before shipping!Please see our photos they show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand! Description & photos property of Gargoyle Books. Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Century, 1996. First British Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Book #8 in the acclaimed mystery series set in ancient Rome featuring detective Marcus Didius Falco. A duplicate from our personal collection, this is a First British Edition, First Printing from 1996, SIGNED by the AUTHOR on title page (her name only). Hardcover book is Near Fine in a Fine DJ: aside from a semicircular stain to the top outside fore edge, the book is completely clean, binding tight & square, pages moderately tanned, heaviest around edges, but completely unmarked. The unclipped DJ is virtually flawless, protected in mylar cover since purchased Brand New! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day.

Waterville, Maine: Five Star, 2005. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First novel from this former San Diego homicide detective. From the estate of a local mystery collector/author, this is a FIRST EDITION, first printing, SIGNED by the AUTHOR with a personalized, dated inscription on half-title page. Both this hardcover book & unclipped DJ are in Fine condition: completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white; NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. The unclipped DJ is equally flawless! Please see our photos--they show the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand! Description & photos property of Gargoyle Books. Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1958. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair/Good. Bestselling novel of the creation of the Palestinian state, the biggest fiction title in the US when it was published in 1958 since "Gone with the Wind" in 1936. Served as the basis for Otto Preminger's 1960 Oscar-winning film starring Paul Newman & Eva Marie Saint. In 626 pages, map endpapers. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, this hardcover 8vo has a blue cloth-wrapped spine lettered in silver to spine & black to front board, which is covered in gray cloth. Condition is only Fair: Text block is secure, but the front hinge is cracked, exposing underlying webbing. Significant rubbing to extremities, with slight fraying at heel of spine. Old name in pen & old bookstore stamp to half-title page, else pages are creamy white & unmarked, with light soil to outside, slight spattering to top green top stain. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $4.50 price intact) is Good,… Leer más

New York, New York: Random House, 1954. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-/G+. Winner of both the Nobel & Pulitzer prizes, this "crowning achievement" of the author's career was 9 years in the writing. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, in the first state DJ ($4.75 price, 8/54 at bottom front flap), this hardcover 8vo has rich burgundy cloth-covered boards with 3 crosses blindstamped to front, echoed with 3 black crosses, lettered in peach & silver to spine. Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white & unmarked save for former owner's name & address to ffep in pen; corners crisp. The unclipped DJ isGood+/VG-, downgraded due to chipping & short, unclosed tears & creases all along top edges, rubbing to extremities; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't… Leer más

New York, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. Ninth book in this Edgar Award-nominated author's acclaimed series featuring Nicholas Bracewell, manager of Lord Westfield's Men, theater troupe in Elizabethan England. A First Edition, First Printing from 1997, this hardcover book was purchased Brand New for our personal collection. Condition is Fine/Fine (our highest grade): for all intents & purposes, a brand new book! Completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages white.NO writing or underlining or highlighting; not ex-lib or bce. The unclipped DJ is also Fine, virtually flawless! ! Please see our photos--they show the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand! Description & photos property of Gargoyle Books. Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. First American Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second book in the author's acclaimed medieval mystery featuring "the Inspector Morse of 13th-century Oxford," Regent Master William Falconer. Orig. published in Britain in 1995, this is the First US Edition, First Printing. Hardcover book is in Near Fine condition: very clean with light shelf dust/soil to top & bottom outside pages edges. Interior is flawless, binding strong & straight, pages white. NO writing or underlining or highlighting; not ex-lib or bce. The unclipped DJ is also Near Fine, marred only by slight creasing to front flap. Please see our photos--they show the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand! Description & photos property of Gargoyle Books. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); weekends & holidays ship next business day.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Harper & Row, 1968. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. VG-/Good+/VG-. Novel set in the scientific research centers of many penal institutions in Josef Stalin's Russia, metaphorically representing Dante's "first circle of hell" where the inmates--scientists & intellectuals imprisoned for crimes against the state--are force to work 580 pages. Translated from the original Russian by Thomas P. Whitney, in 580 pages. A FIRST EDITION, slightly later (Aug.) printing from 1968, (the first year of issue), this hardcover 4to has deep burgundy cloth-covered boards embossed with the publisher's gilt seal to front board & gilt lettering to spine. Condition is VG-: very clean save for a darker smudge to top outside page edges. Pages creamy white & unmarked except for former owner's name in neat pen to ffep. Binding strong, hinges secure, slight rightward slant. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $10 price intact) is downgraded to Good+/VG- due to… Leer más

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Harper & Row, 1968. Book Club Edition (BCE) . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. Novel set in the scientific research centers of many penal institutions in Josef Stalin's Russia, metaphorically representing Dante's "first circle of hell" where the inmates--scientists & intellectuals imprisoned for crimes against the state--are force to work 580 pages. Translated from the original Russian by Thomas P. Whitney, in 580 pages, first published in 1968. This is a Book of the Month Club edition (bce) from shortly thereafter, identical in size & heft, with small review leaflet laid in. With burgundy cloth-covered boards embossed with the publisher's gilt seal to front board & gilt lettering to spine. Condition is VG+: completely clean, pages creamy white & unmarked, binding strong & straight. Mild fading to top edges & bumped/rubbed lower outer corner to front board. The unclipped DJ is downgraded to Good due to heavy fading to top edges &… Leer más

Paris, France: Scribner's, 1944. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hemingway's powerful fourth novel set in the heart of the Spanish Civil War. A FIRST EDITION, later (1944) printing, this hardcover 8v0 has medium blue cloth-covered boards with the author's name in black script stamped to front & bold red title box, ruled & lettered in crisp black to spine. Condition is Near Fine: extremely clean, pages modestly tanned, heavier to edges, but completely unmarked. Binding strong & straight, hinges secure. Very mild rubbing to extremities & even milder bumping to corners. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $2.75 price intact to front flap) is VG: bright & colorful with slight rubbing & small chips at head of spine & corners; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free!Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays… Leer más

San Diego/New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1989. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Orig. published in Italian in 1988, this is the English language translation (by William Weaver), the FIRST TRADE EDITION, with full letter line, from 1989. In 641 pages, this hardcover has a quarter black cloth-wrapped spine with flat black paper covering the remaining boards, silver lettering to spine. Condition is Near Fine in an equally Fine, unclipped DJ: both are completely clean, binding tight & square, pages white & completely unmarked. Only flaw is a few tiny spots of foxing to outer page edges. DJ bright & colorful 7 protected in new mylar cover Free to stay that way! Photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster, 1946. First Paperback 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+. Powerful novel set in Reconstruction-era South Carolina, depicting an "extraordinary experiment in political, intellectual, and economic brotherhood between freed slaves and poor whites." In 281 + [2] pages + ad for other Pocket titles in rear. Orig. published in hardcover in 1944, this is the FIRST MASS MARKET PAPERBACK edition, First Printing, from June 1946 (Pocket books #382). Condition is VG+: extremely clean & bright, pages lightly tanned, commensurate with age, but unmarked save for former owner's name & date to ffep. Binding tight & square. Former owner has put clear tape around all outer edges, which has protected them, but has yellowed. Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2pm Pacific time; later… Leer más

Boston, Massachusetts: Little Brown & Company, 1969. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. Author's third novel, basis for the 1981 movie starring Meryl Streep in the title role. A FIRST (American) EDITION, Second Printing, from 1969, this hardcover octavo has gray cloth-covered boards with guilt design & white lettering to spine. Condition is VG: completely clean, binding tight & square, pages very mildly off-white. NO underlining/highlighting/writing; not ex-lib. Flaws: slight corner bumping, rubbing to extremities, foxing to external page edges, heaviest to fore edge. The unclipped DJ is bright & unfaded, but downgraded to VG- (minus) due to some significant chips & light creasing; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Please see our photos--they show the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand! Photos & description property of Gargoyle Books. Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2… Leer más

New York, New York, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1998. First US Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Book #6 in the author's acclaimed mystery series set in 14th-century York, England, featuring Owen Archer, a one-eyed spy for the Archbishop. This is the First US Edition, First Printing, from 1998, never circulated, with publisher's review notice laid in. Hardcover book & DJ are in Fine condition (our highest grade): on our shelves since obtained Brand New! Completely clean & tight, binding strong & straight, pages white. The unclipped DJ is flawless, nicely protected in mylar cover. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); Weekends & holidays ship very next business day

London, England: William Heinemann, 1998. First British Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Book #6 in the author's acclaimed mystery series set in 14th-century York, England, featuring Owen Archer, a one-eyed spy for the Archbishop. This is the First British Edition, First Printing, from 1998. Hardcover book is in Near Fine condition, downgraded due to mild page tanning, heavier around edges. Old pencil price erased on ffep. The unclipped DJ is VG+, marred only by a 1/2" tear descending from top edge of back cover & light soiling to white areas. Nicely protected in mylar cover since purchase. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); Weekends & holidays ship very next business day

New York, New York, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 2002. First British Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Writing under his full first name, P.C. Doherty shifts from his typical medieval English mysteries to this stand-alone mystery set in ancient Rome & centered on Alexander the Great. From a single mystery-lover's collection, this is the First British Edition, first printing from 2002 (preceding that US edition). Hardcover book is Near Fine in a Fine DJ. Book is downgraded because the ffep has been neatly excised. Otherwise, it is flawless: completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. The unclipped DJ is truly Fine: bright & colorful with No fading or wear. Looks lovely protected in Free mylar cover Please see our photos--they show the Exact book you will receive from us--NOT stock images of books we don't actually have on hand! Description & photos property of Gargoyle Books. All orders processed before 2 pm… Leer más

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Macmillan Company, 1936. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. Very early printing from Oct.1936 of the First Edition, which was orig. published in May of that same year & immediately went into multiple reprints due to its popularity. NO DJ. Hardcover octavo has gray cloth-covered boards stamped with blue lettering & design to front & spine, with modest rubbing to extremities, heaviest at both ends of spines & corners, which are lightly bumped. Tiny spot to front board. Slight darkening to outside page edges. Binding strong & straight, with hinge starting to crack at bottom at title page. Pages creamy white, with very mild tanning, but completely unmarked. NO DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York: John Day Company, 1931. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Author's second novel, winner of the Pulitzer prize for fiction in 1932 & the first in what would evolve into a trilogy known as "The House of Earth." From 1931, this is a true FIRST EDITION, First State, with correct full publisher's name, "flees" vs "fleas," in publisher's tan cloth with gilt design & lettering to front & spine, green pictorial endpapers (with former owner's bookplate affixed inside front cover). In 375 pages + publisher's emblem on final page. The topstain appears to have been brown, not green, but is largely worn away; lots of foxing to these top edges, though, to both the extremities of the boards & the page edges; other outside page edges also show foxing. Condition is soundly VG: clean & bright, binding straight & strong, hinges secure, pages creamy white with modest tanning to all edges,… Leer más