Further Doings of Milly-Molly-Mandy (Milly-Molly-Mandy Series No. 3)
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1953. First Edition. Eighteenth Impression. Hardcover. More
Classic Literature
Marigold in Godmother's House (Milly-Molly-Mandy Series No. 5)
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1952. First Edition. Ninth Impression. Hardcover. More
Milly-Molly-Mandy Again (Milly-Molly-Mandy Series No. 51)
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1953. First Edition. Seventh Impression. Hardcover. More
More of Milly-Molly-Mandy
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1953. Joyce Lankester Brisley. First Edition. Twenty-Fifth Printing. Hardcover. More
Out of Africa
London: The Folio Society, 1980. Peter Pendrey (lino-cuts). First Folio Society Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. From our Instagram post for this book, dated 11 April 2019: Karen Blixen in ‘Out of Africa’: >>>The ideas of justice of Europe and Africa are not the same and those of the..... More
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
London: Harper Press, 2013. Reprint. Paperback. More
American Midnight: Tales of the Dark
London: Pushkin Press, 2019. Joe Maclaren (cover illustration). Paperback. A masquerade ball cut short by a mysterious plague; a strange nocturnal ritual in the woods; a black bobcat howling in the night: these ten tales are some of the most strange and unsettling in all of American literature, filled with..... More
The Drum Singers
Hong Kong: Joint Publishing Co. (HK), 1987. Shi Guaoliang (illustrations); Li Suk Han (cover design). Paperback. This is the original English translation which was first published in the United States in 1952. A Chinese version of the novel was published in 1980 but was itself a translation from the English..... More
Heavensent
Hong Kong: Joint Publishing Co. (HK), 1986. Ding Cong (illustrations); Eugene Yau (cover design). Second Edition. Paperback. This is a revised translation of the original English translation which was first published in England by J.M. Dent in 1957. Both the original and revised translations were prepared by the same individual..... More
Tao Te Ching
Bantam Books, 1990. Softcover. More
Tao Te Ching
Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 1971. Reprint. Paperback. Laozi was an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer. He is known as the reputed author of the Tao Te Ching and the founder of philosophical Taoism, and as a deity in religious Taoism and traditional Chinese religions. Although a legendary figure, he is..... More
Justine
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1961. Jim McMullan (cover design). Twenty-First Printing. Paperback. The Egyptian city of Alexandria once boasted the world’s greatest library, home to scholars dedicated solely to the pursuit of knowledge. But on the eve of World War II, the obsessed characters in this mesmerizing novel find that..... More
The Carnal Prayer Mat
Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions Limited, 1995. First Wordsworth Classics Edition. First Printing. Paperback. In the 300 years since its initial publication, Li Yu's book has been widely read in China, where it is recognized as a benchmark of erotic literature and currently enjoys the distinction of being a banned-in-Beijing classic. More
Jane Austen at Home: A Biography
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2017. First Edition. First Printing. Paperback. On the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's death, historian Lucy Worsley leads us into the rooms from which our best-loved novelist quietly changed the world. This new telling of the story of Jane's life shows us how and why she..... More
The Devil's Church and Other Stories
London: Grafton Books, 1987. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Translated from the Portuguese by Jack Schmitt and Lorie Ishimatsu A collection of the following short stories: The Bonzo’s Secret Those Cousins from Sapucaia Alexandrian Tale The Devil’s Church A Strange Thing Final Chapter A Second Life Dona Paula The Diplomat The Companion Evolution Adam and Eve Eternal! A Celebrity Mariana A Canary’s Ideas Pylades and Orestes Funeral March Wallow, Swine! More
Selected Military Writings of Mao Tse-Tung
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1966. Second Edition. Softcover. As reviewed in Foreign Affairs by Eliot A. Cohen: Just as Western armies perfected the arts of high-technology conventional warfare, they found themselves confronted by what one French paratrooper called "termite warfare" -- prolonged guerrilla or insurrectionary war relying on..... More
The Epigrams
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978. First Penguin Edition. Paperback. Selected and translated by James Michie With parallel Latin text The Roman poet Marcus Valerius Martialis is best known known for his epigrams, which became popular and influential in European poetry over a millennium after his death. In these short..... More
The Rescuers
New York: New York Review Books, 2011. Garth Williams (illustrations). Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Miss Bianca is a white mouse of great beauty and supreme self-confidence, who, courtesy of her excellent young friend, the ambassador’s son, resides luxuriously in a porcelain pagoda painted with violets, primroses, and lilies of the..... More
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Tor, 1989. Paperback. More
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
New York: Signet Books, 1980. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. More
Collected Nonfiction Volume 1: Selections from the Autobiography, Letters, Essays, and Speeches
New York: Everyman's Library, 2016. Hardcover. No. 375 of the Everyman's Library series. With an introduction by Adam Hochschild. More
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
Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective
New York: Collier Books, 1962. Gerald McCann (illustrations). First Collier Books Edition (stated). Paperback. Collier Books no. HS 46. More
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and the Comedy of Those Extraordinary Twins
Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, 1894. Frank M. Senior, Calvin H. Warren. First U.S. Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Contains a brief introductory "A Whisper to the Reader" and a "Final Remarks" by Mark Twain. Please note additional shipping costs for heavy item. Collection of two stories: "Pudd'nhead Wilson" starts..... More
The Borrowers Afloat
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970. Diana Stanley (illustrations). First Printing. Paperback. Uprooted once again, the little people journey down a drain, live briefly in a teakettle, and are swept away in a flood. More
