Graphic Novels, Literature, Mystery, Science Fiction, etc.
New York: Scribner, 2019. Jim Tierney (cover design). Trade Paperback. With an introduction by Michael Scammell A brilliant new translation of Koestler's long-lost original manuscript. A chilling and unforgettable 20th century classic. From a prison cell in an unnamed country run by a totalitarian government Rubashov reflects. Once..... More
Penguin (Orange Spine), 1957. More
Penguin (Orange Spine), 1956. More
New York: Plume, 2006. Paperback. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. One of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post * The Boston Globe * Minneapolis Star Tribune * NPR * Newsday * The Guardian * Financial Times * The Christian Science Monitor The Ministry of Utmost Happiness..... More
New York: Vertical, 2007. Michael Volek, Mitsuko Volek (trs.). First Edition. Paperback. In the tradition of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca and Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby, here is a new classic about the bride who's no longer sure what to think. All families have their own rituals, secrets, and credos, like..... More
New York: Vintage Contemporaries, 2009. Wayne P. Lammers (tr.). Paperback. Meet Hiro. She’s tall, lanky and awkward—a twenty-something Japanese woman who has decamped to Vietnam from Tokyo to work as a language teacher. Meet Dung. She’s shy, beautiful, and tough—a young Vietnamese woman studying Japanese, determined to create a...... More
New York: Vintage Books, 2009. Reprint. Paperback. A compelling drama of South African apartheid and a universal coming-of-age story, from the greatest active playwright in the English-speaking world (Time). Originally produced in 1982, Master Harold and the Boys is now an acknowledged classic of the stage, whose themes of..... More
Hong Kong: Arts and Culture Outreach, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. “A mosquito barges into your sweet dreams, a gecko hides itself at home, a whale sweeps the town, a wild boar intrudes a kid’s wear shop in a mall, a bat feasts on apples in a supermarket…to these underwhelming animals..... More
New York: Doubleday Anchor Books, 1956. First Edition. Paperback. Anchor A54. More
New York: The Modern Library, 1964. Hardcover. More
London: Pushkin Press, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. Translated by Sondra Silverston. In the late 1930s, two men - Yaacov Markovitch, perennially unlucky in love, and Zeev Feinberg, virile owner of a lustrous moustache - are crossing the sea to marry women they have never met. They will rescue them from..... More
Ediciones Arcos. Softcover. No other publication information. In Spanish. English title is The Fountainhead. More
New York: Signet Books, 1994. Paperback. What motivates a creative thinker? Is it a selfless desire to benefit mankind? A hunger for fame, fortune, and accolades? The need to prove superiority? Or is it a self-sufficient drive to pursue a creative vision, independent of others’ needs or opinions... More
Chicago: Elephant Paperbacks/Ivan R. Dee, 1994. Diego Rivera (cover illustration reprinted). Reprint. Softcover. A bit rare in this new, reprint edition. From Kirkus (March 1, 1967): B. Traven is the mysterious (American?) author who has been hiding in Mexico for thirty years and is the author of The Treasure..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company Inc, 2005. Reprint. Paperback. More
WordTech Communications, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. Missing title page. In her debut, Barbara Duffey challenges the love lyric's confidence, whether in its speaker, its object, or its methods. These poems turn instead to popular culture, history, and science -- from biology to nuclear physics -- for answers, often returning frustrated..... More
London: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd / New Windmills, 1990. Reprint. Hardcover. Includes the following stories: A Knife with Sixteen Blades (from Autumn Term) by Antonia Frost; The Trouble with Donovan Croft (from The Trouble with Donovan Croft) by Bernard Ashley; Seymour's Century by Jan Mark; The Scar by Margaret..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 2018. Reprint. Softcover. How could two hardworking people do everything right in life, a woman asks, and end up destitute? Willa Knox and her husband followed all the rules as responsible parents and professionals, and have nothing to show for it but debts and an inherited..... More
New York: Signet Books, 1987. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1986. Jacqueline Schuman (jacket design). First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. With an introductory note by Hazel Holt A delightful comedy of manners with a touch of mystery, An Academic Question is prime Barbara Pym territory. In a provincial university town Caro Grimstone, a dissatisfied faculty..... More
London: Macmillan London Limited, 1978. First U.K. Edition (presumed), First Printing. Hardcover. Rare. Between the amorous antique dealer Humphrey and his good-looking nephew James glides the magnificent Leonora, delicate as porcelain, cool as ice. Can she keep James in her thrall? Or will he be taken from her by a...... More
Brooklyn: Melville House, 2016. Reprint. Trade Paperback. "The Queue ... has drawn comparisons to Western classics like George Orwell’s 1984 and The Trial by Franz Kafka. It represents a new wave of dystopian and surrealist fiction from Middle Eastern writers who are grappling with the chaotic aftermath and stinging disappointments..... More
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