Hong Kong: Asia One Books, 2017. Agnes Shuk-mei Ku (photographs). First Edition. Hardcover (Outsized). "This book begins with personal experience and points to our common future. Through images and words, it expresses my care and love for my mother and allows me to share my observations, feelings and ideas about..... More
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. Paperback. This edition is part of The Scribner Library; number 7 in the series (SL 7); exact publication year unclear [book indicates 1948 as copyright year] but most likely between 1950 and 1960. More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1952. Val Biro (cover art). First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. In 1634 Urbain Grandier, a handsome and dissolute priest of the parish of Loudun was tried, tortured and burnt at the stake. He had been found guilty of conspiring with the devil to seduce an..... More
Oxford: Museum of Modern Art Oxford, 1992. Paperback (Outsized). Signed by the artist. Includes a large color slide (20 x 25 cm) of Jacklin's painting, Sun and Rain Over Sixth Avenue, in a clear plastic protective folder that is affixed to the binding between front cover and first page. Published..... More
New York: Catalan Communications, 1990. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Translated from the Spanish by David Rosenthal. She is light. The most beautiful woman in the world. An ice-maiden conditioned to feel nothing. He is bold. A beast, a hulk, a killer. A poetic soul trapped in..... More
London: Penguin Classics, 2011. Coralie Bickford-Smith (cover design). Hardcover. Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Edited with an introduction and notes by Nicola..... More
Singapore: Math Paper Press, 2011. First Edition. Paperback. More
New York: Bloomsbury, 2016. Katya Mezhibovskaya (jacket design). First U.S. Edition (stated), First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by author. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize, Hot Milk moves "gracefully among pathos, danger, and humor” (The New York Times). I...... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1989. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed/signed by author. A high-class, transcontinental horse-racing junket should be an idyllic getaway for the super-rich. But one passenger on this train is a sociopath, a genius at blackmail and criminal corruption—and he plans to take everyone..... More
LIMITED EDITION Digital Print (10 copies). Each print is signed by the artist and individually numbered. Archival pigment print on acid free Hahnemuhle PhotoRag paper (A4). 100% of the proceeds from each sale will be donated to either the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund 612人道支援基金 or Spark Alliance 星火同盟 抗爭支援... More
2018. Digital Print. Medium: Watercolor, acrylic, marker. Following the successful launch of Hong Kong Noir (Blacksmith Books 2018), a collection of dark fictional stories set in various places in Hong Kong, Bleak House Books asked some local artists to pick their favorite stories from the book and create cover art..... More
Torino, Italy: Einaudi, 1967. Second Edition. Hardcover. This is a bilingual, Italian/English edition. With a preface in the Italian by Fernanda Pivano Edgar Lee Masters was born in Garnett, Kansas, and he grew up in the small towns of Lewistown and Petersburg, Illinois. The author of 40 books of..... More
New York: Clarkson Potter, 2020. Max Dalton (Illustrations), Danielle Deschenes (cover design). First Edition. First Printing. Softcover. An official Mister Rogers guided journal that helps families connect with their community, featuring playful prompts that encourage everyone to be the best neighbor they can be! From everyone’s favorite television host..... More
London: Heinemann, 1958. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. More
Hong Kong: Urban Council, Hong Kong, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Hong Kong Museum of Art from 22 July to 11 September, 1994. More
London: William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, 1962. John Heseltine (jacket design). First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Ian Stuart also known as Alistair MacLean. The Satan Bug tells the story of a super-virus developed by the British military that falls into the hands of some unscrupulous individuals who use it to..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1965. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. The Ili Crisis provides historical perspective for understanding Sino-Russian tensions in the border areas. Dr. Hsu investigates the reasons for Russian occupation of Ili (Kuldja) in Sinkiang, in the light of the intensified Russian advance into Central Asia in the mid-19th..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1930. Agnes Pinder Davis (cover illustration). First U.K. Edition (presumed), First Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed and signed by author. Tucked away in the City of London, lies a dingy, almost forgotten side street known as Angel Pavement. Here can be found the headquarters of Twigg & Dersingham..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 2010. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by author. For more than two hundred years after William Shakespeare's death, no one doubted that he had written his plays. Since then, however, dozens of candidates have been proposed for the authorship of what is generally agreed..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 2007. Softcover. With an introduction by Christopher Hitchens In late 1995 and early 1996, cartoonist/reporter Joe Sacco travelled four times to Gorazde, a UN-designated safe area during the Bosnian War, which had teetered on the brink of obliteration for three and a half years. Still..... More
Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997. First Edition. Paperback. More
Hong Kong: Joint Publishing Co. (HK), 1987. Shi Guaoliang (illustrations); Li Suk Han (cover design). Paperback. This is the original English translation which was first published in the United States in 1952. A Chinese version of the novel was published in 1980 but was itself a translation from the English..... More
London: Bogle L'Ouverture Publications, 1988. Linda Jones (cover illustration), Mervyn Weir (cover design). First Edition (presumed). Softcover. Inscribed and signed by the author. With an introduction by Valerie Bloom A collection of 61 poems by the poet and performer; his second. More
Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. The Search for a Vanishing Beijing weaves the genres of travel essays and travel guides into a comprehensive narrative about the cultural mosaic of the capital of China. The author leads the reader through palaces, temples, back streets and markets..... More
1969. Saloua Raouda Choucair (illustrations). Softcover. Very very rare. With a foreword by Dr. A/R Yaghi from the University of Jordan. English translation by Frances Fuller, with the original version in Arabic to follow. From our Instragram post on this book, dated 3 April 2019: This is..... More
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