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101 O. Henry Stories, Henry, O. Published by The Folio Society, London, 2002. Selected by Laurent Lalonde; introduced by Fred Chappell; illustrated by Rod Waters. 8vo up to 9½" tall. [xvi], 651pp. with 24 illustrations including frontis. Decorative cloth boards with silver titles front and spine; navy blue endpapers, housed in blue slipcase. Volume is in mint condition; slipcase is in fine condition with only a hint of shelf wear.

11/22/63, King, Stephen. Published by Gallery Books, 2012. Card covers. 1056pp. with author's afterword. Contents in fine, unread condition; covers have light shelf wear.On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? One of the Ten Best Books of The New York Times Book Review, Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

The Able McLaughlins, Margaret Wilson. Published by The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1977. Limited Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 223 pages. Full green leather with gilt titles to banded spine and gilt illustrated designs front and rear; all edges gilt; light brown silk moire endpapers with matching ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints; printed on archival paper. Illustrated by Dennis Luczak. This famous classic earned Wilson the Pulitzer Prize in 1924. A beautiful copy in mint condition.

About Grace, Doerr, Anthony. Published by Scribner, New York, 2004. First Edition/First Printing. In Pristine Condition. Grey boards, gilt spine titles; unclipped dustjacket.

Across The Bridge New Stories,Gallant, Mavis. McClelland and Stewart, 1993, Toronto. Assumed First edition (none stated). Quarter-bound in beige cloth on pale mint green boards with the author's initials blind stamped on the front panel; lettered in gilt on the spine. Rough cut edges. Unclipped dustjacket has a closed small tear on the inside of the front flap and light top edge ruffling. Text block is in pristine, un read condition. .Contains: 1933; The Chosen Husband; From Cloud to Cloud; Florida; Dede; Kingdom Come; Forain; A State of Affairs; Mlle. Dias de Corta; The Fenton Child; and Across the Bridge.

Adrian Mole, the Wilderness Years, Townsend, Sue. Published by Methuen, London, 1993. First Edition/First Printing. Dustjacket art and interior line drawings by Caroline Holden. 12mo up to 7½" tall 182 pages. Red boards, gilt spine titles. Volume In unread condition with very light page toning; unclipped jacket as new.

The Adventures of Kelvin of Rud: 3 Novels: Dragon's Gold, Serpent's Silver & Chimaera's Copper, Piers Anthony, Robert E. Margroff. Published by Wings, 1993. 696pp. Quarter red cloth over aqua boards. In fine, unread condition, in fine jacket.
A collection of three complete novels by the best-selling author and his longtime collaborator follows the inhabitants of alternate worlds in Dragon's Gold, Serpent's Silver, and Chimera's Copper.

The Adventures of Lucius Leffing, Brennan, Joseph Payne; Ferreira, Luis. Published by Donald M Grant, 1989. Limited Edition, Signed by Brennan and illustrator Luis Ferreira; one of 1000 copies. Green boards with silver titles. Volume is in fine, unread condition and housed in a fine, unclipped jacket.
A collection of supernatural, detective short stories. Joseph Payne Brennan was an American writer of fantasy and horror fiction, and also a poet.

Advise and Consent, Allen Drury. Published by The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1976. Limited Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 545pp. Full navy-blue leather with gilt titles to banded spine and gilt illustrated designs front and rear; all edges gilt; ivory silk moire endpapers with matching ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints; printed on archival paper. This book won the Pulitzer Prize in 1960. In mint condition.Advise and Consent is considered the classic of political fiction. The title of the book comes from Article II, section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, which gives the Senate the responsibility to advise the president about nominees and the authority to consent to (approve or reject) those nominations. It remains a very relevant story, particularly now with the current political climate in the States.

The African Queen, C.S. Forester. International Collectors Library, Garden City., 1963. Green faux leather boards with gilt design, reading ribbon, green endpapers. In fine, unread condition. Basis of the Humphrey Bogart movie of the same name.

After Midnight, Keun, Irmgard, Translated by Anthea Bell. Published by Victor Gollancz, London, 1985. Yellow cloth boards, gilt spine titles. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 152 pages. Volume is in mint condition without marks, tears or folds; unclipped dustjacket has light ruffling top edge and otherwise in fine condition. Very scarce in hardcover. In 1937, German author Irmgard Keun had only recently fled Nazi Germany with her lover Joseph Roth when she wrote this slim, exquisite, and devastating book. It captures the unbearable tension, contradictions, and hysteria of pre-war Germany like no other novel. Yet even as it exposes human folly, the book exudes a hopeful humanism. It is full of humor and light, even as it describes the first moments of a nightmare. After Midnight is a masterpiece that deserves to be read and remembered anew.Rmgard Keun (1905–1982) became a sensation in her native Germany with the 1931 publication of her first novel, Gilgi, when she was 21. But her second novel, The Artificial… Leer más

After The Ring: Stories in Honor of J. R. R. Tolkien, Greenberg, Martin H. (editor). Published by Tom Doherty Associates, New York, 1992. First Edition. 438pp. Introduction by Jane Yolen. Black cloth with silver spine titles. Both volume and unclipped jacket are in fine, unread, unmarked condition.

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of J.R.R. Tolkien including nineteen all-new stories by Stephen R. Donaldson, Peter S. Beagle, Terry Pratchett, Robert Silverberg, John Brunner, Andre Norton, Mike Resnick, Barry N. Malzberg, and Gregory Benford.

The Alcestiad, or, A Life in the Sun; The Drunken Sisters, Wilder, Thornton; illustrated by Daniel Maffia. Published by The Franklin Library for The First Edition Society, Pennsylvania, 1977. 170pp. with illustrated sepia plates; introductory note by Brooks Atkinson, and a foreword by the author's sister Isabel Wilder. Olive green leather with gilt designs to front, back and spine; all edges gilt, peach satin end papers, and silk bookmark. Laid in "Notes from the Editors" booklet. In fine, unread condition.

All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Marie Remarque. Published by The Heritage Press, New York, 1969. Introduction by Harry Hansen. Illustrated by John Groth in black and white and full color. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Green cloth spine over dark grey cloth boards, with gilt spine titles over black. Housed in black slipcase. Volume is in as new condition with bright, white pages. Slipcase has very light shelf wear. John Groth (1902-1988), was a noted New York painter and illustrator. He was a friend of Hemingway (the latter wrote the Introduction to Groth's own book, Studio: Europe). The first Art Director of Esquire Magazine. Groth was an artist-correspondent for leading newspapers in three wars: WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970) was a German veteran of World War I. His searing story describes the German soldiers' extreme physical and mental trauma during the war as well as the detachment from civilian life felt by many upon returning home from the war.… Leer más

All We Need Is Hell, Crews, Harry. Published by Harper and Row, New York, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Signed by author Harry Crews directly to title page. Quarter indigo blue cloth over yellow boards; gilt spine titles, yellow endpapers. Volume is in mint condition; unclipped dustjacket is in fine condition with very light crease mark to rear panel. Harry Eugene Crews (1935-2012) was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist who received high critical acclaim for his southern gothic tales.

The American Agent: A Maisie Dobbs Novel, Winspear, Jacqueline. Published by Harper, 2019. Card covers. 384pp. Contents in unread condition; lightest of wear to covers.

Ancestral Hungers, Baker, Scott. Published by Tor, New York, 1995. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 320pp. Grey boards, with red gilt spine titles. Both volume and unclipped jacket are as new, unread condition.

David Bathory returns to his ancestral home where he faces two choices, the first involving the immediate torments of hell, and the second, the acceptance of his birthright as the heir to the vampire throne in exchange for his immortal soul

The Andromeda Evolution, Crichton, Michael, Wilson, Daniel H. Published by HarperCollins, 2019. Card covers. 366 pp. In mint condition.

Angle of Repose, Wallace Stegner. Published by The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1978. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 531pp., illustrated by Kenneth Francis Dewey. Full crimson leather with gilt titles to banded spine and gilt design front and rear; all edges gilt; moire endpapers with matching ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints; printed on archival paper. Limited edition of the 1972 Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction. A beautiful copy in mint condition. The Franklin Library Pulitzer Prize Series was a limited edition series of the 53 Pulitzer Prizes awarded to Novels from the first in 1918 through 1979. The series was published from 1975 to 1980. They are highly sought after as collectibles. Several additional titles are available in this series; please inquire.

Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell, George. Published by Guild Publishing, London, Geneva, 1978. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 348pp. Burgundy simulated leather boards with elaborate gilt scrolling to front and spine; burgundy endpapers with gilt scrolling. Volume is in fine, unread condition. Additional titles in Guild Publishing Classic Works available; please inquire.