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About this Item: Little, Brown, London, 2012. Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Book is brand New as is priced (L20.00) dust jacket. First UK edition and first printing This is the first novel for adults by the author of Harry Potter. A big novel about a small town. When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock, Pagford is seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abby, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils. Pagford is not what it first seems. And an empty seat left by Barry on the Parish Council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations? Book is a smooth read and full of twists and turns. Book is unmarked and unread. Seller Inventory # 001914

U.S.A.: Scholastic, 1999. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This the 3rd year of the adventures of Harry potter takes the reader to the dreaded fortress of Azkaban and it's long held prisoner Sirius Black, a convicted killer and the heir apparent to the evil Lord Voldermort. Book is in as new condition, jacket is very fine with only a small wrinkle at the bottom of the spine. First American Edition, third printing 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 9/9 0/0 1234 Oct 1999

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1987. Limited Edition First thus. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Michael Hafftka. This edition consists of 800 copies.The text was set in monotype Walbaum at the out of sorts letter foundry in Mamaroneck, New York. This book has been printed on Mould-made Magnani paper at the Shagbark Press in South Portland, Maine. The Lithographs were printed on hand made Japanese paper at Trestle Editions Ltd. New York City. the design is by Benjamin Shiff. This book has been hand sewn and hand bound by Carol Joyce in Stockton, New Jersey. This is copy 539. Book is signed by most likely the illustrator, though I can't tell. Book is translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir. A beautiful presentation of a great classic. Housed in velvet lined publishers clam shell box. Stunning.

Viking Penguin, New York, 2010. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Very fine FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING reading copy of best selling author Jan Karon's Mitford story, In the company of Others. Another wonderful Father Time novel.Vacation, the very word has been foreign to Episcopal priest Tim Kavanagh. Now retired, he's making good on an old promise to show his wife, Cynthia, the land of his Irish ancestors. Set against he music of Irish song and storytelling, In the Company of Others reminds us of our desperate need to be heard and the reconciliation that comes with confession. This very fine book, in a very fine priced (27.95) jacket is, to quote the author, her favorite novel. " Her dark haired child.".

Viking, New York, 2002. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book is a FINE first edition/first printing reading copy from a wonderful author. This is the seventh book in the Mitford Years series, readers old and new will " fall in love with Mitford and desire never to emerge" In This Mountain finds Father tim and Cynthia again living in Mitford, following their stint on Whitecap Island a few years ago. In the little town that's become America's favorite home away from home, live hums along. Once again, Jan Karon proves she's " a writer who reflects contemporary culture more fully than almost any living novelist"- The Los Angeles Times. " There is a oasis of wholesomeness amid the sex and violence bestseller lists: Jan karon's Mitford novels. Book is fine in a fine priced (25.95) jacket. There is a shout out to Granpa Gil on the first free end paper. Fine and very enjoyable reading copy.

New York: Viking Press, 1988. First Thus First thus. Hardcover. As New/Slip Case . 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Mint, unopened, unread limited edition #311 of 500, in mint publishers slipcase. Perfect of one of the authors best. A very fine collectible by Pulitzer Prize winning author William Kennedy.

New York: Viking, 1988. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Quinn's Book is the narration by Daniel Quinn, orphan, of his adventure-ridden quest for true love and the answer to the elusive riddle of his own fate. The adventurous Quinn, rescues the wondrous Maud in 1849 and the rest if to be read. Book and Unclipped ($19.95) jacket in mint unread condition by Pulitzer Prize winning author William Kennedy.

New York: Brewer and Warren, 1930. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Rockwell Kent. N by E is a story of an actual voyage to GHreenland in a small boat; of shipwreck there and of what, if anything, happened afterwards. It is not just a story, it is a story of Rockwell Kent and his travel to an through Greenland. Book is profusely illustrated with black and white prints (over 150) many of them full page dramatic scenes. Rockwell Kent is not only one of the most prolific artist of this genre, he is arguably the finest. Book is in very good condition, square and not bumped in any way. Tan cloth over boards are fine with the exception of the spine which is age stain and foxed. Front paste down and ffep are foxed and front edge is slightly tanned. Book retains a nice black/gray top staain. Book is INSCRIBED BY KENT" To my ^ no our now close new friends .... and .... ........ who, happily, for us, are now (March 29, 1968) with us… Read More

New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., 1935. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition First printing With more than 80 plates and vignettes by the author. A near fine cope in a near fine clipped jacket, (spine browned as always, slight soiling, somewhat frayed. 1/16" loss to top and bottom of jacket spine. Jacket is clipped. An excellent copy of Kent's autobiographical account of Greenland. The 22 full page illustrations are wonderful. Salamina is Rockwell Kent's adventurous autobiography, a true chronicle of many curious and romantic happenings, and a narrative which, in style and in richly varied content, reflects perfectly the remote and beautiful world of North Greenland with all its Arctic wonders, its friendly souls, its peaceful harbors, and its souring mountains.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf , 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Here brought together for the first time, is the greatest work of one of America's great graphic artists- a splendid, definitive selection of his wood engravings, lithographs, paintings, book illustrations, designs, and autobiographical writings through the decades". Rockwell Kent, an artist of overflowing versatility and vitality. His early work anticipated Art Deco by almost twenty years. His influence in the 1930's and 1940's was everywhere: on book jackets, in advertisements, on the walls of government buildings. He was, simply, one of the most famous artists of his time. he eloquently resisted McCarthyism and became one of its most public victims, His life, as he himself documented it is a fascination. This fabulous collection includes 110 of his paintings, 90 of which are reproduced in full color many for the first time. Additionally there are hundreds of… Read More

New York: St. Martins Press, 1981. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A book about myself, is how jack's daughter Jan explains her graceful, often disturbing detachment and a spellbinding gift of descriptive imagery of life on the road as a single woman on her own. Book is in near fine - condition with a 3/4' tear at front hinge between the front paste-down and the ffe. The ffe also has pencil price and crayon number in upper right corner and there is a remainder red dot on bottom edge. The lfp has pencil notations on upper left corner, fairly minor.jacket is fine and priced ($11.95) on front flap. First edition stated in archival protection. unread.

New York: Viking, 1962. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine first edition, first printing copy, internally perfect, with very slight fading to top edge and bottom of spine, of Kesey's first novel in a VG first issue jacket with some fraying and chipping at spine ends and corners and fading at extremities. Jacket is not price clipped($4.95) All the points are there! Red Cross Woman on page 9, "A great new American Novelist" byJack Kerouac on front flap. A very desirable and collectible copy of one of the most iconic novels ever written. Mylar protected.

About this Item: Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1989. Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. SIGNED first edition first printing is AS NEW in a as new priced (19.95) dust jacket. Book is signed and dated of the title page. Among Schoolchildren provides the most realistic account of American education ever written on every page we encounter the precisely rendered truth for which the author Pulitzer Prize winning Tracy Kidder is famous. But this is more than a book about education. It is about the joy of acting out of conscience and love. This book would make a very fine addition to any library. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 001880

Cambridge at the University Press, Cambridge Great Britain, 1922. Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Thus. The perennial success of The Beggar's Opera, which has retained its popularity for a couple of centuries, forms a record in dramatic productions. This is a very rare and collectible book for collectors of early 20th century dramatic productions and how and why they were so successful. book is good+ , quarter bound in gray linen over finely printed boards. Spine has a nice paper label, that is only slightly faded.There is a nice book plate of John Gaede ? There is a page that has been removed before the list of illustration, probably a second page of contents. also a blank page between two end papers in the rear of the book.

About this Item: Harpercollins, New York, 1993. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. VERY FINE first edition is unmarked and probably unread in a fine priced ( 22.00) dust jacket. A deeply felt novel of love despite the risks, of tearing apart and coming together, Pigs in Heaven travels the roads from rural Kentucky and the urban Southwest to Heaven, Oklahoma and the Cherokee Nation. Along the way nit introduces a vivid cast of characters. As this spellbinding novel unfolds, it draws the reader into a world of heartbreak and redeeming love, testing the boundaries of family and the many separate truths about the ties that bind. Babara Kingsolver has given us her wisest, most compelling novel. Very fine.

New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Twenty five beautifully crafted essays by master story tell, Barbara Kingsolver. Book is in very fine + condition as is priced ($22.00) jacket. First edition stated and full print line indicating first issue.Unopened and unread. A fine collectible.

Chicago: Privately Printed , 1929. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Slip Case . 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very fine + copy in very fine + slipcase Charles Nodier, Frncesco Colonna A Fanciful Tale of the Writintg of the Hypnerotomachia. Translated by Theodore Wesley Koch. In wonderful condition, limited to four hundred unnumbered copies. This copy is inscribed for Richard H. Plow in beautiful writing by the author (translator). Quarter black cloth binding over tangerine boards. Top of block is gilded and bottom and fore edge are untrimmed. In very fine slipcase. A fine Press book.

New York: Random House, 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A mint copy of authors second novel. First Edition, first printing stated. in a fine, near mint jacket ($4.95) unclipped. Book has no marks, except orange stain at top of text block as published. An immaculate copy in a near perfect cove.

New York: St. Martins Press, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Wonderful book in mint condition as is jacket($10.95) unclipped. A presentation copy with nice inscription and sketch of polo player by Kosinski and signed by author. In mylar protection. A beautiful collectors copy.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1975. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book and jacket are mint. the price is unclipped($8.95). Book is perfectly clean with nice orange stain to rop.