El Manantial
Ediciones Arcos. Softcover. No other publication information. In Spanish. English title is The Fountainhead. More
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Three Gorges Project: Key to Development of the Yangtze River
Beijing: New Star Publishers, 1992. First edition (presumed). Softcover. Very rare. More
You Don't Have to Live Like This
London: Faber and Faber, 2015. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Trade Paperback. Signed by author. A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Ten years out of Yale and drifting through a teaching career, Greg Marnier heads for his college reunion, jetlagged and drunk. There he bumps..... More
Manchu Archival Materials
Taipei, Taiwan: Linking Publishing, Co., 1988. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Collection of essays by Professor Ch'en Chieh-hsien of National Taiwan University concerning the study of Ch'ing archival material. More
Landscape Paintings by Kwangtung Masters During the Ming & Ch'ing Periods
Hong Kong: Institute of Chinese Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1973. Softcover. c/r page states: "ART GALLERY PUBLICATION NO. 6" In English and Chinese. The book published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Art Gallery, Institute of Chinese Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 29th June -..... More
The Gist of Origin 1951-1971: An Anthology
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1975. Ilona Sochynsky (jacket design). First Edition (presumed), First Printing. Hardcover. Origin was an American poetry magazine that was founded in 1951 by Cid Corman.The magazine provided an early platform for the work of Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, Gary Snyder, Theodore Enslin and other important, ground-breaking..... More
Portland Street at Night (砵蘭街之夜)
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
Rawhide Range
New York: Popular Library, 1952. First Edition. Paperback. Popular Library book no. 460 Collection of 10 stories originally published in Collier's Magazine. More
Anatole and the Poodle (An Anatole the Mouse Magnifique Book)
New York: Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1965. Paul Galdone (illustrations). First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. More
Fu Qing-zhu's Gynecology
Boulder, Colorado: Blue Poppy Press, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. This is perhaps the single most famous book on traditional Chinese gynecology and obstetrics. Dating from the early Qing Dynasty, this book established many of the disease mechanisms and pattern diagnoses now standard in contemporary Chinese gynecology. More
Art of Native America: The Charles and Valeria Diker Collection
New York: The Metropolitan Musuem of Art, 2018. With contributions from Ned Blackhawk and Sylvia Yount. First Printing. Hardcover. Heavy item, extra handling fee for local delivery. A fresh exploration of Native American art that positions the work within the broader context of North American art history This landmark..... More
The Adventures of Tintin (Boxed Set)
London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2019. Softcover editions with hardback slipcase. Stock photo. Heavy item; please note additional handling charge. Stories included in the set: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets Tintin in America Cigars of the Pharaoh The Blue Lotus The Broken Ear The Black Island King Ottokar’s Sceptre..... More
the CLOUD that fell from the sky
Las Vegas: Tigrefou Editions, 2018. Francis George (photos). First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author and photographer. ** Please note additional shipping charges for this over-sized, heavy item. **. In 2015, Judy Choi discovered in a journal the poems of her 15-year old niece, Phoenix. When she first read her..... More
Domu: A Child's Dream
Milwaukie, Oregon: Dark Horse Comics, 1996. First Edition (stated), First Printing. Softcover. Out of print, rare edition. This is a collection of books 1, 2 and 3 of the Dark Horse comic book series Domu: A Child's Dream. A twisted old man, gifted with extrasensory powers, silently holds..... More
A View To Die For
2018. Digital Print. Medium: Acrylic on watercolour paper. 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..... More
Appleseed Book Four: The Promethean Balance
Milwaukie: Dark Horse Comics, 1995. Second Edition. Softcover. RARE. Paradise ain't easy! In the future utopian metropolis of Olympus, a blazing beacon of humanity amidst a post-global-war wasteland, ESWAT agents Deunan and Briareos have fought tooth and nail to keep the peace and prevent Olympus from sliding back into chaos..... More
Appleseed Book One: The Promethean Challenge
Milwaukie: Dark Horse Comics, 1995. Second Edition. Softcover. RARE. World War III is over, and nomad soldier Duenan Knute and her cyborg partner Briareos struggle to survive in the abandoned cities and demilitarized zones of the post-war wasteland, the "Badside." Matters appear on the upswing, however, when they are found..... More
Appleseed Book Two: Prometheus Unbound
Milwaukie: Dark Horse Comics, 1995. Second Edition. Softcover. RARE. You can't have a perfect society without perfect people, and the only perfect people are the ones you can manufacture. The governing body of Olympus is about to bring utopia crashing down around their ears as they seek to regulate the..... More
I Love XXX and Other Plays
London: Seagull Books, 2017. First Edition (presumed). Softcover. Contains a DVD featuring scenes from the author's plays. Since premiering his pioneering linguistic experiment I Love XXX in Beijing nearly twenty-five years ago, Meng Jinghui has been credited with revitalizing Chinese theater by popularizing the avant-garde. Mixing high culture with mass..... More
The Gormenghast Trilogy
London: Vintage, 1999. Illustrated by the author. Reprint. Paperback. A beautiful fairytale filled with unexpected plot twists. Gormenghast is the vast, crumbling castle to which the seventy-seventh Earl, Titus Groan, is lord and heir. Titus is expected to rule this gothic labyrinth of turrets and dungeons (and his eccentric..... More
The Adventurer
New York: Pocket Books, 1965. Fourth Printing. Paperback. Very rare. No. 75070 Translated by Naomi Walford. More
The Green-Eyed Lama (Ногоон нуден лам)
Paris: Editions Grasset, 2008. Dorj Tsedevdamba (cover painting). First English Edition. Trade Paperback. "The Green-Eyed Lama" (2008) is an award-winning and best-selling novel written by Oyungerel Tsedevdamba and Jeff Falt. Originally published in Mongolian, the book chronicles the romance between Sendmaa, a young belle in the countryside, and Baasan, a...... More
The Family Arsenal
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1976. Craig Dodd (jacket design). First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Rare. The Family Arsenal is a darkly comic novel of warped morals and disillusionment in South London by the award-winning writer Paul Theroux. In South London terrorists plot. . . Hood, a renegade American diplomat, envisions..... More
The NIneteenth Century French Paintings: Volume 1, The Barbizon School
London: National Gallery Company, 2019. First Edition. Outsize Hardcover. Extra shipping fee for heavy item. The National Gallery houses a notable collection of pictures associated with the Barbizon School, including works by Courbet, Daubigny, Millet and Rousseau and a significant and representative collection of pictures by Corot, ranging from an..... More
Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh (水滸連環畫) - Part 1 of 3
Hong Kong: 香港美麗術社出版, 1959. First Edition (presumed). Paperback/Softcover. Staple Bound. This is a boxed set of mini Water Margin comics, published in Hong Kong between between 1959 and 1961. There are three parts to the series, and this is part one of three. This box contains eight (8) comic books..... More
