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New York:: SOHO Press,, (2012). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First US printing. The second title in the series featuring Red Cross nurse Nina Borg who becomes caught up in a dangerous situation when she agrees to visit some Hungarian Gypsies who are living illegally in an abandoned garage and are mysteriously ill. Translated from the Danish by Tara Chace. 339 pp.

New York:: SOHO Press,, (2013). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder dot). First US printing. The third title in the series featuring Red Cross nurse Nina Borg who becomes caught up in the dangers facing refugees - in this case, a young Ukrainian mother, accused of murdering her abusive fiancee, who will do anything to protect her daughter. Translated from the Danish by Elisabeth Dyssegaard. 329 pp.

London:: Alison & Busby,, 1986.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (toning to pages, pc.). First UK printing. Author's second novel, a thriller set in the world of international finance, as investigative reporter Caro Kilkenny tries to find out why her ex-husband - and three other men - were brutally murdered.

Marquette, MI: : Lake Superior Press,, (1996). First edition -. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (a bit of rubbing to the covers). First printing, a trade paperback original. The author's account of her experiences as a teacher in one room school houses in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, for eight years beginning in 1939 when she was a 19 year old, recent graduate of normal school. Illustrated with photographs. Double page map. 60 pp.

Boston:: Little Brown,, (2004.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Part memoir, part a history of yoga and the influence it has had in shaping contemporary India, part a tribute to B. K. S. Iyengar for his role in developing modern yoga, and part an exploration of the roles of body and spirit, of East and West. 274 pp.

New York:: Viking,, 1989.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dustjacket (a new copy, but with a remainder line.). First printing. Her highly praised first novel, the story of a Japanese American girl coming of age, and piecing together the story of her family, in the Pacific Northwest in the 1950's. SIGNED on the title page.

New York:: Viking,, 1989.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dustjacket (remainder line.). First printing. Her highly praised first novel, the story of a Japanese American girl coming of age, and piecing together the story of her family, in the Pacific Northwest in the 1950's. SIGNED on the title page.

New York:: Atheneum,, (2007.). SIGNED hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Later printing. Moving young adult novel by this Newbery award winning author, the story of a young soldier in Vietnam who bonds with his bomb-sniffing dog. Told in part thru the view of the dog. INSCRIBED on the title page "To -- happy reading" and with 'woof! woof!' under Kadohata's signature. 312pp. Dust jacket art by Shane Rebenschied.

New York:: Harper Collins,, (2012). SIGNED -. Fine (a new copy). Trade paperback. The first in his series of sharp-edged urban fantasy novels featuring Sandman Slim, back on earth after 11 years in Hell, and ready for revenge. SIGNED on the title page. 404 pp.

New York:: Schocken Books,, (1948). Hardcover -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (toning to spine of dj). 3rd printing. Collects some of Kafka's best short stories (divided into Longer Stories and Short Stories and Fables) and aphorisms. Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir. Includes an introduction by Edwin Muir. A small volume bound in dark green with gilt lettering. 307 pp.

New York:: Quality Paperback Book Club,, (1991.). Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. . Trade paperback. Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir; revised and with additional material translated by E. M. Butler, with excerpts and drawing from Kafka's diaries during the period when he wrote this novel. One of a series of specially produced editions of Kafka's works in uniform design, cover design by Monica Elias, cover illustration by Paola Piglia. 281 pp.

New York:: Schocken Books,, (1947). Hardcover first edition -. Poor condition in light green cloth in a good only dust jacket (both hinges cracked, dj has tear and associated creasing to lower edge of front cover, other wear, price-clipped). First US printing. Collection of Kafka's mythological tales, from his short pieces diaries, letters and an excerpt from 'The Trial.' Includes some appearing in English for the first time. Bilingual edition with text in English and German on facing pages. Schocken Library 7. 127 pp.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1996.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Novel about three women - Mollie; her daughter, Gilliana; and Gilliana's daughter, Clare. "These loving women: the generous, sweet-tempered, domestic Mollie; the ardent, wisecracking Gilliana; the cool, straightforward, "modern" Clare. Their lives, their feelings, their richly articulated voices are the heart of this moving, embracing novel that catches the essence of family love, sexual love, and the sheer love of life."

New York:: Harcourt Brace & Company,, (1995). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. Collects fourteen provocative essays by Ann Patchett, Mary Morris, Ellen Gilchrist, Ann Hood, Francine Prose, Jane Shapiro, Alix Kates Shulman, Carol Shields and more. SIGNED by Ann Hood at her essay "It's a Wonderful Divorce." Introduction by the editors, notes on contributors. xx, 195 pp

New York:: Harlequin Teen,, (2018). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The first novel in a new epic trilogy for young adults, one which uses elements of Japanese mythology and folklore. "One thousand years ago, the great Kami Dragon was summoned to grant a single terrible wishand the land of Iwagoto was plunged into an age of darkness and chaos. Now, for whoever holds the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers, a new wish will be granted. A new age is about to dawn." 399 pp.

Berkeley, CA:: I. Reed Books,, 1988.. First edition -. Fine in stiff white wrappers.. First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition. Yuri Kageyama's first book of poems. Yuri's translations from Japanese into English include works by poets Shuntaro Tanikawa and Hiromi Ito. Subjects include eroticism, racism, and motherhood.

Princeton, NJ:: Princeton University Press,, 1973.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a very good dustjacket (pc, spine faded.). First US printing. A study of the process of man drawing the contents of a more and more complex world into 'inner space' beginning with the epic Gilgamesh and continuing through the 18th century novels, Gulliver's Travels, Robinson Crusoe and Tristam Shandy. Translated by Richard and Clara Winston. Foreword by Joseph Frank.

New York:: Triangle Books, , (1942.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket. (some toning to the pages, but relatively minor - dj has edgewear and a closed tear on the front cover, but is still bright and striking.). First UK printing. A novel about one of the most dangerous jobs in the world - that of putting out oil well fires - or, as stated on the great vintage dustjacket "a blistering tale of two oil-well fighters, a redhead with a sporting proposition and a blonde with money in her stocking." 248 pp.

New York:: Junior Literary Guild / Random House., 1938.. Hardcover -. Good overall in green cloth with yellow lettering and a small illustration of a parrot on the front cover. Previous owner's name, spine slightly slanted but a sturdy copy. . Book club edition. Lupe is a poor country girl determined to get an education and Teresa - la senorita -is the daughter of a wealthy hacienda owner. When Teresa has to return to Puerto Rico after a year and a half of college in the United States, she is resentful and unhappy, not the kind and helpful advisor Lupe had been expecting. A story of cultural differences, education, and romance set in early 20th century Puerto Rico, when it was just a territory of the US. Illustrated with drawings by Norman Reeves. Includes several pages of explanation and pronunciation of Spanish words. 276 pp. Yellow and green illustrated endpapers.

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, 1962.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a good dustjacket (chip on upper edge of front cover of dj.). First US printing. A unique portrait of the great Russian ballerina, Galina Ulanova, consisting of over 300 photographs taken in Russia between 1959 and 1961. Introduction by Arnold L. Haskell. INSCRIBED by Kahn on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Large format book.