Literature from The Bookworm Bookstore

One of the earlier titles by the American author Zenith Brown under this pseudonym. An attractive copy, with jacket by artwork by well-known jacket artist Stead.

This is a charming copy of the Jules Verne story that has seen the most translations and widest range of publishers even though it isn't aligned with Verne's usual futuristic/science fiction genre. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager set by… Read more about this item

This hardcover first edition of Robert James Waller's The Bridges of Madison County is in perfect condition. The pages, the binding and the dust jacket all look new. There are not folds, rips or markings at all.

Black cloth boards with gilt spine titles and lovely colorful front cover illustration of a ship on the sea. Full color pastedown illustration on the front cover. Pictorial endpapers. The title page has color illustration, and is dated MCMXXXVI (1936). The binding is good and tight. The dust jacket is in tact, but torn more than halfway up along the… Read more about this item

Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl, Vintage 1950 Book Club Edition/This hardcover edition of Kon-Tiki has some rips/tears in the dust jacket but is in otherwise good condition. There is also a signature from a previous owner on the second page (see photo). - Rand McNally Kon-Tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure -- a journey of 4,300 nautical miles… Read more about this item

This vintage volume of Gone With the Wind is from the second printing of the first edition. There is no dust jacket and it remains as a hardcover, original gray cloth. Mitchell's classic was first printed in May and the first two printings are both uncommon and collectible. There is also the inscription of a former… Read more about this item

This first trade edition of Herman Wouk's War and Remembrance is in good condition. Within the front cover, there is a personal note, written in pen, from a daughter to her parents and dated 1978. There is also an Ex Libris book plate with the parents' names on it.