Hong Kong: 2018. Digital Print. Medium: Graphite pencil on drawing 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... More about 'Views' a.k.a. 'The Quintessence of Dust'
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
Singapore: Math Paper Press, 2011. First Edition. Paperback. More about Coast: Fifty-Three Works Titled Coast (A Mono-Titular Anthology of Singapore Writing
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1993. First Trade Paperback Edition, Fourth Printing. Softcover. In this first of a planned five-volume set, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of Hsi-men Ch'ing, a.... More about The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. In this second of a planned five-volume series, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of His-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly... More about The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei (Volume Two: The Rivals
London: Heinemann, 1958. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. More about Our Man in Havana
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. Michael Mitchell (jacket design). Early Book Club Edition. Hardcover. From our Instagram post for this book, dated 22 March 2019: Don’t get too excited. This is not a first edition but a book club edition. How can we tell? For one, there’s a.... More about Catcher in the Rye
London: The Folio Society, 1999 (Vol. 1); 2002 (Vol. 2). Simon Noyes (illustrations - vol. 1); John Vernon Lord (illustrations - vol. 2). Vol 1. - First Folio Society Edition, Second Printing; Vol. 2 - First Folio Society Edition. Hardcover. Rare. Please note additional handling charge for this heavy item... More about The Icelandic Sagas (Complete Two Volume Set
New York: Arcade Publishing, 2001. Charlotte Strick (jacket design). Howard Goldblatt (translation). First U.S. Edition (stated), First Printing. Hardcover. Rare in this edition. Mo Yan, China’s most critically acclaimed author, has changed the face of his country’s contemporary literature with such daring and masterly novels as Red Sorghum, The Garlic..... More about Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh
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 about The Family Arsenal
London: Jonathan Cape, 1974. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. More about My Life as a Man
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 about Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh (水滸連環畫) - Part 1 of 3
New York: Signet Books, 1959. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Signet Books no. D1727. More about Breakfast at Tiffany's
Hong Kong: 香港美麗術社出版, 1959. First Edition (presumed). Softcover/Paperback. This is a boxed set of mini Journey to the West comics, published in Hong Kong between 1959 and 1961. There are three parts to the series, and this is part one of three. This box contains nine (9) comic books. See... More about Journey to the West (西遊記連環畫) - Part 1 of 3
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