United Kingdom: Penguin Books, 2016. China Library series. Paperback. FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING ON ALL PENGUIN CHINA TITLES. Originally published in Chinese as Jiu Guo by Hung-fan Book Company, Taiwan. From the N.Y. Times book review of this title: ing Gou'er is a special investigator whose passions are alcohol... More
Wendover, Buckinghamshire: John Goodchild Publishers, 1984. Gordon King (cover art). Revised Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Originally published in 1950, then updated and revised by the author for this 1984 edition. More
Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha International, Ltd, 1969. First Edition (stated). Softcover. English adaption by John Bester. Hokusai was born on the 23rd day of 9th month of the 10th year of the Hōreki period (October or November 1760) to an artisan family, in the Katsushika district of Edo... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1980. First American Edition (stated). Softcover. More
Hong Kong: FormAsia Books Ltd, 2000. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Hong Kong's skyline is ever in transition, a flamboyant affirmation of this city's determination to let nothing stand in its way as it forges full steam ahead into the future. Such unquenchable aspirations produce a seemingly endless succession of architectural... More
Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1983. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. More
New York: Vintage Contemporaries, 1989. Reprint. Paperback. More than sixty stories, poems, and essays are included in this wide-ranging collection by the extravagantly versatile Raymond Carver. Two of the stories—later revised for What We Talk About When We Talk About Love—are particularly notable in that between the first and the... More
New York: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 1992. Reprint. Paperback. This collection by crime fiction master Raymond Chandler features four long stories in which private eye Philip Marlowe is hired to protect a rich old guy from a gold digger, runs afoul of crooked politicos, gets a line on some stolen jewels... More
Hong Kong: South China Morning Post, 1974. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Signed by author. With a chapter on Chinnery's shorthand by Geoffrey W. Bonsall. This biography celebrates the bicentenary of Chinnery's birth with descriptions of early 19th century India, Macau, Canton & Hong Kong. Based on a series of... More
New York: Random House, 2016. Trade Paperback Edition. Let Me Tell You brings together the deliciously eerie short stories Jackson is best known for, along with frank, inspiring lectures on writing; comic essays about her large, boisterous family; and whimsical drawings. Jackson’s landscape here is most frequently domestic: dinner parties... More
Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd, 1998. Yutaka Murakami. First Edition. Paperback. Written from 1904 through 1906, Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle-class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a world-weary stray kitten... More
London: Pushkin Press, 2013. New Edition. Paperback. Translated by Anthea Bell. In 1913 a young second lieutenant discovers the terrible danger of pity. He had no idea the girl was lame when he asked her to dance – his compensatory afternoon calls relieve his guilt but give her a.... More
Montreal: Enfant/Drawn & Quarterly, 2018. First D&Q Edition. Hardcover (Outsized). Tove Jansson takes us on a beautifully illustrated and delightfully quirky journey through Moominvalley, perfectly capturing the experience and its emotional impact as seen through the innocent eyes of Susanna, who is bored with her life: Her cat is too... More
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1972. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. More
San Francisco: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1973. First Edition. First Printing (stated). Hardcover (Outsized). Additional handling charge for heavy item. Published for an exhibition held at the M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum of The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, June 16- Sept. 3, 1973. More
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