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Price: $15.00 $12.00
Publisher: Baen: 1996
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2288006
ISBN: 0671877437
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Top page ridge lightly foxed. 1996 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 462 pp. Restored to life after being pronounced dead, Miles Vorosigan realizes that the event has left him with a profound weakness and is dismissed from his job, but things are further complicated when he remembers something that he saw while dead. View more info
Price: $75.00 $60.00
Publisher: Dorrance & Company: 1987
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2292585
ISBN: 0805930582
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Two minor tears along top edge of front jacket panel, one minor tear along bottom edge of front jacket panel. 1987 Hard Cover. 348 pp. A historical novel set in Marion, NY during the Great Depression. View more info
By: Burgess, Anthony
Price: $20.00 $16.00
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company: 1968
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2203556
Condition: Near Fine
First American edition. Jacket edges lightly rubbed, jacket lightly toned, bottom corner of front jacket flap clipped. 1968 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 412 pp. 8vo. A comic novel by the author of the controversial A Clockwork Orange, which inspired the film that was perhaps even more controversial. Burgess first released a novel entitled Inside Mr. Enderby, written pseudonymously as Joseph Kell, which was suppressed in the United States. Eventually the work became a quartet of Enderby novels released over a period of 21 years. KEYWORDS: LITERATURE BRITISH FICTIO... View more info
By: Burgess, Anthony
Price: $20.00 $16.00
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company: 1968
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2271311
ISBN: 0316116513
Condition: Very Good
First American edition. Page ridges foxed, a bit smoky. 1968 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 272, [4] pp. 8vo. This two-part response to 1984 minutely analyzes the original novel, and, after Burgess decides that 1984 will not resemble Orwell's fantasy, creates a comic counter-novel of future Britain. View more info
By: Burgess, Anthony
Price: $10.00 $8.00
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company: 1983
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2274250
ISBN: 0070089655
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Jacket faintly toned. Top page ridge lightly foxed, very faint odor of smoke. 1983 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. x, 388 pp. The End of the World News is a 1982 novel by British author Anthony Burgess. Presented without chapter breaks, the plot weaves together three storylines. One follows Leon Trotsky on a journey to New York City shortly before the Russian Revolution of 1917. This story is written as the libretto of an Off-Broadway musical. A second tale covers the life and career of Sigmund Freud and includes portrayals of Havelock Ellis and Krafft-... View more info
By: Burgess, Anthony
Price: $15.00 $12.00
Publisher: Simon & Schuster: 1980
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2274380
ISBN: 0671414909
Condition: Good
First edition. Jacket front bumped, jacket lightly toned. Page ridges lightly foxed, faint odor of smoke. 1980 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 607 pp. An exploration of the very essence of power centers on two men who represent different types of earthly power--one an eminent novelist and well-known homosexual, the other a man of God who rises through the Vatican hierarchy. View more info
By: Burgess, Anthony
Price: $10.00 $8.00
Publisher: Random House: 1989
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2281630
ISBN: 0394576705
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Jacket spine head and spine base lightly bumped. Page ridges lightly foxed. 1989 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 290 pp. Stories imagine a meeting between Shakespeare and Cervantes, Attila the Hun's thoughts on civilization, Claude Debussy's musical discovery, and a man who becomes a permanent traveler. View more info
Price: $40.00 $32.00
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company: 1937
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2300605
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. No jacket. Very minor general wear. 1937 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 194 pp. Color plates. Illustrated by Lemuel Palmer. Short stories for children featuring animals and their adventures. View more info
By: Burness, Tad
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company: 1983
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2278446
ISBN: 0395339669
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Page ridges lightly foxed. 1983 Soft Cover. xiii, 174 pp. Includes black-and-white illustrations. CONTENTS: Introduction; The Antique Era (To 1909): 1894, Electrobat - 1903, White Steam Car - 1907, Thomas Flyer - 1908, Rapid Bus; A Time of Change (The 1910s): 1910, Ford Model T - 1911, Reeves Octoauto - 1912, Alldays & Onions - 1913, Garford - 1914, Packard - 1914, Richmond - 1915, Chevrolet Royal Mail Roadster - 1916, Dunn Cyclecar - 1916 1/2, Milburn Light Electric - 1919, Auburn Beauty-Six - 1919, Pan; Boom and Bust (The 1920s): 1920, Velie 48 - 1921, Reo Speed Wagon - 1922, ... View more info
Price: $125.00 $100.00
Publisher: The Century Co.: 1915
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2283831
Condition: Very Good
First edition. BAL 2122. No jacket, board edges lightly rubbed, ink marks on front paste-down endpaper. 1915 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 415 pp. Illustrated by Maurice L. Bower. This book is about Marco Loristan, his father, and his friend, a street urchin called The Rat. Marco's father, Stefan, is a Samavian patriot working to overthrow the cruel dictatorship in the kingdom of Samavia. Marco and his father come to London where Marco strikes up a friendship with a crippled street urchin known as The Rat. The friendship occurs when Marco overhears The Rat shouting ... View more info
Price: $175.00 $140.00
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons: 1887
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2294183
Condition: Good
First edition, first state (includes DeVinne imprint). Front hinge weakening, ink stamp on front endpaper, light stain to edges of rear endpapers. 1887 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xi, [1], 209, [1] pp, 16 page terminal publisher ad. 8 1/2 x 7. Author's first children's novel. Original brown cloth, red, black, and gold designs on front cover and spine, gilt titles, brown endpapers. Frontispiece and 25 other illustrations by Reginald B. Birch. Little Lord Fauntleroy is the first children's novel written by English–American playwright and author Frances Hodgson Bur... View more info
Price: $25.00 $20.00
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company: 1907
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2303221
Condition: Very Good
First edition. No jacket. A few light stains on spine, ink names on front free endpaper. 1907 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. vi, 512 pages. By the author of The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy. Color frontispiece, color picture plate on front cover. The Shuttle is about American heiresses marrying English aristocrats; by extension it is about the effect of American energy, dynamism and affluence on an effete and impoverished English ruling class. Sir Nigel Anstruthers crosses the Atlantic to look for a rich wife and returns with the daugh... View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf: 1982
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2297098
ISBN: 0394505468
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. General minor wear to jacket. Ink date and place on front free endpaper. 1982 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xii, 741 pp. The first of a three-volume history of the United States of America, The Vineyard of Liberty covers the period from the framing of the Constitutions in 1787 to Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 & offers a brilliant interpretation of the American attempt to preserve liberty. View more info
By: Burns, Sarah
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Indiana University: 1997
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2204237
ISBN: 0966032004
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. An exceptional copy. 1997 Soft Cover. This catalog was produced to accompany the exhibition The Art of Desire: Erotic Treasures from The Kinsey Institute, which was presented at the School of Fine Arts Gallery at Indiana University in celebration of The Kinsey Institute's 50th anniversary. Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey (1894-1956) was a pioneer in the scientific study of human sexual behavior. Early on, Kinsey was encouraged to collect visual material which might provide insight into attitudes governing sexual practices.The parameters guiding the selection for inclusion in the exhibit we... View more info
Price: $500.00 $400.00
Publisher: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.: 1938
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2262019
Condition: Near Fine
First edition (Heins FC-1). Fine in near fine jacket. 1938 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 315, [1] pp. 8vo. Color frontispiece and four black & white plates by John Coleman Burroughs. The twenty-fourth in the Tarzan series. 'The search for a man and a huge diamond brings Tarzan to two cities hidden in an extinct volcano... FC-1 has the unique distinction of being the one and only Burroughs book to have a frontispiece in full color. This was the first of the Tarzan titles to be illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs, the author's younger son. By contrast, the 1948 repr... View more info
Price: $60.00 $48.00
Publisher: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.: 1947
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2262022
Condition: Near Fine
First edition (Heins FL-1). Fine in very good jacket. 1/4 inch jacket tear, top edge of front jacket panel a bit foxed. 1947 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 314 pp. 8vo. Frontispiece and four black & white plates by John Coleman Burroughs. The twenty-ninth in the Tarzan series. 'Tarzan and his friends join the Dutch guerrillas in Japanese-held Sumatra during World War II.' View more info
Price: $425.00 $340.00
Publisher: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.: 1940
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2262045
Condition: Near Fine
First edition (Heins SMM-1). Fine in very good jacket. Two 1 jacket tears, jacket edges lightly rubbed. 1940 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 315 pp. 8vo. Jacket illustration, frontispiece, and four plates by John Coleman Burroughs. The sixth book in the Mars series. 'The Warlord and Vor Daj struggle against an ancient doctor's indestructible synthetic human life.' View more info
Price: $75.00 $60.00
Publisher: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.: 1946
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2262162
Condition: Near Fine
First edition (Heins EV-1). Near fine in good jacket. 1 inch open tear on jacket spine base, a few other smaller closed tears, 1/8 inch chip across jacket spine head. 1946 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 347 pp. 8vo. Frontispiece and four plates by J. Allen St. John, front endpaper map by author. 'Ever fighting to escape imprisonment, Carson and Duare finally find their home and peace.' View more info
Price: $275.00 $220.00
Publisher: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.: 1940
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2276961
Condition: Very Good
First edition, first state with laminated jacket (Heins DS-1). Jacket edges rubbed, faint stain to front board and and jacket flap. 1940 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 312, [4] pp. 8vo. Black-and-white frontispiece and 22 chapter heading illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs. A western by the author of the Tarzan and John Carter series. The murder of an old enemy forces ranchman Buck Mason to try to prove his innocence himself. View more info
By: Busch, Noel F.
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Liveright: 1974
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2048810
ISBN: 0871405873
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Jacket spine faded, top page ridge foxed. 1974 Hard Cover. xiv, 206 pp. 8vo. A history of the winter at Valley Forge and its role in the American Revolution. Bibliography and index follow text. View more info
Price: $10.00 $8.00
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company: 1992
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2276831
ISBN: 0805019863
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Includes publisher's promotional insert. Top page ridge faintly foxed. 1992 Trade Paperback. 249 pp. A collection of stories by the author of The Deuce, Wabash, The Alleys of Eden, and On Distant Ground features tales of the residents of Saigon as they face love, loss, despair, and more. View more info
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By: Butler, S.C.
Price: $7.00 $5.60
Publisher: Tor / Tom Doherty Associates: 2006
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2264580
ISBN: 0765314770
Condition: Fine
First edition. An exceptional copy. 2006 Hard Cover. 463, [1] pp. 8vo. Author's first novel. Reiffen, only twelve years old, is the true heir to the thrones of both Wayland and Banking. He and his friends Avender and Ferris live in a magical world of talking animals, dwarves, and shape-shifting bears but…he lives with the shame of knowing that no one will ever let him rule these kingdoms, that their crowns will bring him nothing but betrayal and sorrow…and that he is powerless. Reiffen will have only a short life of child's innocence, a brief respite from the trial of impossible adult resp... View more info
By: Byatt, A.S.
Price: $35.00 $28.00
Publisher: Chatto & Windus: 1996
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2270820
ISBN: 0701137185
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Signed by author without inscription. Pages moderately toned due to the type of paper used by the publisher. 1996 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 618 pp. In Babel Tower a cast of striking characters play out their personal dramas amid the clashing politics, passionate ideals and stirring languages of the early 1960s. Frederica (the heroine of Virgin in the Garden and Still Life) now teaching English at an art college, is hiding herself and her son Leo from a violent husband; her urge towards freedom later leads to an angry, humiliating divorce case. Her... View more info
By: Byatt, A.S.
Price: $30.00 $24.00
Publisher: Chatto & Windus: 1992
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2270821
ISBN: 0701137177
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Signed by author without inscription. Pages moderately toned due to the type of paper used by the publisher. 1992 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 292 pp. In two breathtakingly accomplished novellas, A. S. Byatt explores the landscape of Victorian England, where science and spiritualism are both popular manias and domestic decorum coexists with brutality and perversion. View more info
By: Byatt, A.S.
Price: $25.00 $20.00
Publisher: Chatto & Windus: 1991
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2270822
ISBN: 0701138475
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Signed by author without inscription. Jacket spine head and spine base lightly bumped. Pages moderately toned due to the type of paper used by the publisher. 1991 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. x, 346 pp. Whether she is writing about George Eliot or Sylvia Plath; Victorian spiritual malaise or Toni Morrison; mythic strands in the novels of Iris Murdoch and Saul Bellow; politics behind the popularity of Barbara Pym or the ambitions that underlie her own fiction, Byatt manages to be challenging, entertaining, and unflinchingly committed to the alliance o... View more info
By: Byatt, A.S.
Price: $50.00 $40.00
Publisher: Chatto & Windus: 2002
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2270824
ISBN: 0701173807
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Signed by author without inscription. Pages moderately toned due to the type of paper used by the publisher. 2002 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 422 pp. This electrifying new novel forms the triumphant conclusion to the great “Frederica quartet” depicting the forces in English life from the early 50s to 1970. While Frederica -- the spirited heroine of Virgin in the Garden, Still Life, and Babel Tower -- falls almost by accident into a career in television in London, tumultuous events in her home county of Yorkshire threaten to change her life and t... View more info
By: Byatt, A.S.
Price: $75.00 $60.00
Publisher: Chatto & Windus: 1987
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2270825
ISBN: 0701131691
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Signed by author without inscription. Pages moderately toned due to the type of paper used by the publisher. 1987 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 248 pp. A.S. Byatt's short fictions explore the fragile ties between generations, the dizzying abyss of loss and the elaborate memories we construct against it, resulting in a book that compels us to inhabit other lives and returns us to our own with new knowledge, compassion, and a sense of wonder. View more info
By: Byatt, A.S.
Price: $10.00 $8.00
Publisher: Chatto & Windus: 1993
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2271309
ISBN: 0701160888
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Top edge faintly foxed, a bit smoky, jacket price clipped. 1993 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 135, [1] pp. 8vo. These three stories celebrate the eye even as they reveal its unexpected proximity to the heart. For if each of A.S. Byatt's narratives is in some way inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse, each is also about the intimate connection between seeing and feeling--about the ways in which a glance we meant to be casual may suddenly call forth the deepest reserves of our being. Beautifully written, intensely observed, The Matisse Stories is fict... View more info
By: Byatt, A.S.
Price: $30.00 $24.00
Publisher: Chatto & Windus: 1998
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2271601
ISBN: 0701168234
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Signed and dated (November 12th 1998) by author. A very nice copy. We have more books available by this author!. 232 pp. A new volume of stories from A.S. Byatt is always a joy, and this one is rich and rare indeed. The collected stories deal with betrayal and loyalty, quests and longings, loneliness and passion -- the mysterious absences at the heart of the fullest lives, in settings ranging from the heat of Provence in summer to the cold forests of Scandinavia, from chalk-strewn classrooms to herb-scented hillsides, from suburban streets to rocky wilds. View more info
By: Byatt, A.S.
Price: $30.00 $24.00
Publisher: Chatto & Windus: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2271602
ISBN: 0701162783
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Signed by author without inscription. A very nice copy. 1994 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 280 pp. A. S. Byatt's fairy tales and fables are among the best-loved features of her fiction. Innumerable readers have asked for the two marvellous fairy tales in POSSESSION - 'The Glass Coffin' and 'Gode's Tale' of the Breton Naie des Trepasses - to be published separately. Here they take their place with three other stories with medieval and oriental settings. The title story, 'The Djinn and the Nightingale's Eye', a long story about an Englishwoman in Turkey... View more info
