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*1st Printing* PUBLISHER: Doubleday; DATE: 2001; BINDING: Trade PB; CONDITION: Like New. Crisp copy,clean pages,tight binding.

Fontana, Glasgow, 1st PB Printing 1985, pp. 286. 18 x 10.5 x 2 cm, MMPB with pictorial cover, Very Good copy - crisp, minimal edge wear, owner catalog sticker on spine, slight wave to pages. One of MacLean's final novels, it returns to his original (and most successful) genre: war at sea.

Fontana, Glasgow, 1st PB Printing 1982, pp. 216. 18 x 10.5 x 2 cm, MMPB with pictorial cover, Very Good copy - crisp, minimal edge wear, owner catalog sticker on spine, small nick on corner of cover. As with most of MacLean's novels, it depicts adventure, treachery, and murder in an unforgiving environment, but is set this time in the steamy jungles of South America instead of above the Arctic Circle.

Fawcett Crest, Greenwich Conn. Copyright 1966 (no printing indicated but believed to be late '70s) edition number Q2570 ($1.50), pp. 223. 18 x 10.5 x 1 cm, MMPB with pictorial cover, Very Good copy - crisp, minor edge and corner wear, owner catalog sticker on spine. A first-person narrative novel written by Scottish author Alistair MacLean and published in 1966. It marked MacLean's return after a three-year gap, following the publication of Ice Station Zebra (1963),

Fontana, Glasgow, 1st PB Printing 1981, pp. 252. 18 x 10.5 x 2 cm, MMPB with pictorial cover, Very Good copy - crisp, minimal edge wear, owner catalog sticker on spine, slight wave to pages. Adventure, sabotage and murder in the unforgiving Arctic environment

Fawcett Gold Medal, Greenwich Conn. Copyright 1958 (no printing indicated but believed to be late '70s) edition number M2153 ($0.95), pp. 288. 18 x 10.5 x 1.5 cm, MMPB with pictorial cover, Good copy - crisp, page tanning, owner catalog sticker on spine, neat tape job on tear alomg spine, faint crease on spine, light edge wear. South by Java Head is the third novel written by Scottish author Alistair MacLean, and was first published in 1958. MacLean's personal experiences in the Royal Navy during World War II provided part of the basis for the story.

*1st Tor Ed,1st Printing 1996* BINDING: Trade Paper; CONDITION: Like New - crisp copy,clean pages,tight binding; SERVICE: Speedy dlvry, FREE tracking

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1992. 1st Edition, 2nd Printing (before publication). Quarter cloth, black board with silver initials on front board. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket - DJ has small crease at foot of front cover and light rubbing/soiling on rear. Julian Barnes is a Man Booker Prize winner. Crisp copy.

Thrushwood, New York, n.d. most likely 1960s, hardback, pp. 249, 8+" tall, grey patterned boards in DJ, no price on jacket suggests a BCE, Good in Good - book has ding along spine, jacket has chipping at edges. Hilarious 60s cover art.

Univ. of Pennsylvania, Phidalephia, 1969, First Edition, inscribed by author, pp. 73, blue leather spine (with gilt lettering), blue-green papered boards with pebbling pattern, gilt lettering. Good condition - some wear to corners on upper board, and upper board starting to "lift". Augustus Cass Canfield (April 26, 1897 – March 27, 1986) was an American publishing executive who was the longtime president and chairman of Harper & Brothers, later Harper & Row.

Walter Donaldson, New York, 1930, sheet music with piano and ukulele chords, pp. 5 , including front cover. Paer with staple reinforcement. Some edge tearing/chipping - score is unaffected. Art deco cover art by Frederick Manning. Back cover advertisement with songs and illustration of Donaldson. Evocative of period,

PUBLISHER: New Day; DATE: 1992; BINDING: Paper; CONDITION: Good - clean text,tight binding,covers worn,owner stamp; SERVICE: Speedy dlvry, FREE tracking

Vintage V-315 ($1.95), "VINTAGE EDITION, February 1966" (no additional information). MMPB, 262 numbered pages, cover has multi-color block design of the period. Condition: Very Good. Crisp copy, clean pages, tight binding, rubbing to cover, minor edgewear. "How One Man, a Poor Prisoner, Took His Case to the Supreme Court-and Changed the Law of the United States."

Izobrazitelnoye Iskusstvo, Moscow, 1990, hardcover in card slipcase, pp. 166, 29+ cm tall, 22+ cm across, ribbon marker, black cloth with gold-stamped titles and glossy illustration mounted on front board, full of colour color plates of lacquer painting produced at Fedoskino. Fine in a Very Good card slipcase - test and illustrations are sharp, book corners are sharp, slipcase has crease on spine. Fedoskino miniature (Russian: федоскинская миниатюра) is a traditional Russian lacquer miniature painting on papier-mache, named after its original center Fedoskino (Федоскино), an old village near Moscow widely known from the late 18th century. The contemporary Fedoskino painting preserves the typical features of Russian folk art. (Courtesy Wikipedia)

Samuel French, New York, Acting Edition, 1st Thus, 1982, paperback, 18cm tall, tan wraps. Near Fine with minimal edge wear. Semi-autobiographic work from important South African playwright.

Facet Books International, New York 1997, printed in India, pp. 193, 8.75" tall, EX-LIBRARY with typical markings (including withdrawal stamp) in mylar-covered DJ, good in fine jacket. Ex-UN Basu's novel about the plight of the Kashmiri people,

Shortstop Press, Durham, NC, March 1981, edition limited to 350 copies, INITIALLED by author on cover page. Chapbook (stapled), stories 4 and 3 pages respectively, 16 x 10 cm, cover features photograph by Dawson within green border, cream paper. In Fine Condition. Fielding Dawson (1930-2002) was an important member of both the Beat Generation and of the Black Mountain Poets.

Algonquin Books, 1998. 1st edition, 1st printing, pp. 199, 7.25" x 5.25'' x 1", quarter red cloth binding, cream boards, near fine in near fine dj, book has slight bumping on spine top, light edge curl to jacket, classic NY apartment dweller tale. Nice crisp copy.

A.R, Harding, Columbus OH. Modern Facsimile Reprint n.d. , pp. 283 (plus advertisements), 6" tall, paperback (pictorial design on upper cover). Very Good (clean pages, crinkle on spine but not broken). Cute little book.

Atheneum, New York, 1st Edition 1980. Hardcover (21cm+ tall) with dust jacket black cloth with author name in blind on cover, rust-colored DJ with white lettering/block on front and author photo on rear. Near Fine in Very Good, book has minimal corner wear, text is clean and bright, jacket has light internal water damage at edges, light damage at spine top and nick at front cover bottom. "The Lady From Dubuque is an allegory. It's about what happens when death comes to call, and how we all do our damnedest to turn it away or pretend it isn't there... the talk may be arch and precious and on occasion ponderous. Mr. Albee can't help himself. But that dialogue is always impeccably paced." (Courtesy Wikipedia)