The Bang Bang Birds
London: Pan Books Ltd, 1969. Paperback. Very rare edition. A Philip McAlpine spy story. More about The Bang Bang Birds
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The Little Prince
San Diego: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1993. Fiftieth Anniversary Edition. Hardcover. With an introduction by Charles E. Pierce. From the N.Y. Times (Sept. 19, 1993): A Charming Prince Turns 50, His Luster Intact by Rita Reif Long before Sputnik orbited Earth and man walked on the moon... More about The Little Prince
El Manantial
Ediciones Arcos. Softcover. No other publication information. In Spanish. English title is The Fountainhead. More about El Manantial
Strangers and Brothers - Volume One (Time of Hope, 1914-33; George Passant, 1925-33; The Conscience of the Rich, 1927-37; The Light and the Dark, 1935-43)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972. Hardcover. Omnibus of 4 novels. More about Strangers and Brothers - Volume One (Time of Hope, 1914-33; George Passant, 1925-33; The...
Skinny Dip
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 2004. First Edition (stated). Hardcover. Signed by author. Chaz Perrone may care more about Hummers than hammerheads, but he’s done pretty well for himself as a marine biologist, doctoring water samples so that an agribusiness tycoon can continue dumping fertilizer into the Everglades. When..... More about Skinny Dip
A Little Primer of Tufu
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very rare. Although Tu Fu has been translated often, and often brilliantly, David Hawkes’s classic study, first published in 1967, is the only book that demonstrates in depth how his poems were written. Hawkes presents thirty-five poems in the original Chinese... More about A Little Primer of Tufu
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 about Rawhide Range
Men Without Women
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanishing cats and smoky bars, lonely hearts and mysterious women, baseball and the... More about Men Without Women
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, Return of the King (3 Volume Boxed Set)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company/The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1967. Robert Quackenbush (jacket design). Book Club Edition, Second Edition. Hardcover. A three-volume boxed set of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Each volume is revised with a new foreword by the author. A full size fold-out map is included in each volume... More about The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, Return of the King (3 Volume...
The Christmas Mystery
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996. Rosemary Wells. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Originally published in Norwegian under the title Julemysteriet. More about The Christmas Mystery
A Place of One's Own: Stories of Self in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore
Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1999. Robert Stone (cover illustration). First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. This unique collection of translations of Chinese stories explores the manifestations of "self" and the impact of place upon Chinese identity, found both on the mainland and in other Chinese communities such as Taiwan, Hong... More about A Place of One's Own: Stories of Self in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore
Tom Sawyer Abroad and Other Stories
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1924. Reprint. Hardcover. This edition is almost certainly not from 1924 which is the last year mentioned on the c/r page. Most likely a later printing, 1950s or so. Part of the Grosset & Dunlap Companion Library series. More about Tom Sawyer Abroad and Other Stories
The Republic of Wine
London: Hamish Hamilton, 2000. Aude Van Ryne (cover illustration). Howard Goldblatt (translation). First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. From Kirkus (April 1, 2000): You may think you're watching Twin Peaks on Chinese television halfway through this rumbustious melodramatic satire by the internationally acclaimed author (1993’s Red Sorghum, the source... More about The Republic of Wine
Fahrenheit 451
New York: Ballantine Books, 1953. Joe Mugnaini (illustrations). First Edition. Paperback. Original cover price of 35 cents. This is the true first edition, which either preceded the publication of the hardcover edition of the same title. Contains three stories: Fahrenheit 451, The Playground and And the Rock Cried Out. A Ballantine Books Originals. #41. More about Fahrenheit 451
The Vaudeville Marriage (Poems)
New York: The Viking Press, 1966. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Handwritten inscription and signed by author. More about The Vaudeville Marriage (Poems
Pet Semetary
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1984. Gerald Grace (cover art). First Edition. Third Impression. Hardcover. More about Pet Semetary
Ashma
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1957. Huang Yung-yu (illustrations). First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. From the Preface: "Ashma" is a long and colourful narrative poem which has been handed down orally for generations by the Shani people in Yunnan. The poem describes a young village girl, Ashma, and her brother Ahay... More about Ashma
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