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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1997. In Fine condition. Bound in colorful hardboards with the full numberline on the rear board. Square octavo. There is a mild bump to the lower rear tip, otherwise as new with all pop-ups working well.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "A mouth-watering book of lavish surprises -- a baker's bounty of ten pop-up spreads. Award-winner Robert Sabuda's intricate paper engineering, along with his whimsical art, creates a book that will be counted as a family favorite for years to come."</b></font><br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover.

PA: The Franklin Library, 1988. As New in rich blue leather, lushly stamped in copper and gilt on all sides. Raised hubs on the spine. All page-edges gilt. Marbled gray endpapers and a sewn-in silk ribbon bookmark. A flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. Recently removed from its shrink-wrap, there is not so much as a rub to the edge-gilt. SIGNED by the author exclusively for members of the Signed First Edition Society. Includes an introduction by the author that is not in the trade issue. The frontispiece, by Ronald De Felice, has been specially commissioned by The Franklin Library. The publisher's notes are laid in. "...Here I describe the America to which I returned from Russia in the mid-fifties, of the New York I explored, of national issues -- Washington, Eisenhower, Stevenson, the Kennedy's, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, civil rights, Vietnam, the revolutionary ferment of the 1960s and 1970s, and finally China..."… Read More

New York: Putnam's, 1991. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Red boards with a black, silver-stamped backstrip. Octavo. Red endpapers. 318pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed -- otherwise Fine. The original price is intact. The third book in Sandford's Prey series. ".The death of a doctor's wife horrifies the Twin Cities, especially with what the killer did to her eyes. A report comes in of a troll-like man near the murder scene, his face a patchwork of scars, but that bizarre clue is all the Lieutenant Lucas Davenport has to go on as he attempts to sort out the murder. Still trying to recover from a pair of particularly brutal cases, bone-weary, his nerves fraying, Davenport isn't sure he's up to it -- until it happens again, the same savagery, the same mutilation of the eyes, and he realizes that he has… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam's, 2002. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Gray boards with a black, silver-stamped backstrip. Octavo. Gray endpapers. 354pps. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is very lightly rubbed; the original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the second fep. ".Years ago, Davenport almost died at the hands of Clara Rinker, a pleasant, soft-spoken, low-key southerner, and the best hit woman in the business. Now retired and living in Mexico, she herself nearly dies when a sniper kills her boyfriend, the son of a local druglord, and while the boy's father vows vengeance, Rinker knows something he doesn't: The boy wasn't the target -- she was -- and now she is going to have to disappear to find the killer herself. The FBI drafts Davenport to help track Rinker down, and his fiancee, deep in wedding… Read More

New York: Harcourt, 1999. [1999]. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Mustard-yellow boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. Yellow endpapers. 238pps. First Printing. There is a mild bump to the head of the spine, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new; the original price is intact. SIGNED by the Nobel Laureate -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. An excellent, collector's-quality copy with an elusive signature.<br><br><b><font color= #003366> "Senhor José is a low-grade clerk in the city's Central Registry, where the living and the dead share the same shelf space. A middle-aged bachelor, he has no interest in anything beyond the certificates of birth, marriage, divorce, and death that are his daily preoccupations. In the evenings, and on weekends, he works on bringing up to date his… Read More

Paris: Editions Correa, 1949. Very Good in pictorial wraps, trade sized (pb). 343pps., plus numerous black-and-white photos. Includes the original promotional wrap-around band. Text in French. Modest rubbing wear to the wraps (now protected in a glassine jacket). There is a 2" closed tear at the top of the rear wrap at the spine-fold. Also, there is a line of soiling along the rear wrap near to the spine. Internally in excellent shape (with the expected yellowing); this is, in fact, an unread copy as the leaves are unopened, still joined at the folds. All photos are fine -- on bright white stock. Overall, a nice copy of a scarce edition. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. First Edition. Original Wraps.

New York: Payson & Clarke, 1928. Very Good in the publisher's full purple cloth. The spine is stamped in yellow. 345pps. For purposes of presentation, this volume has been supplied with a beautiful facsimile dustjacket of the Payson & Clarke original. There is modest rubbing wear to the tips and spine-ends and the spine (including the lettering) is considerably sunfaded. A small, incidental pen-mark is on the bottom of the textblock. The text is clean and bright, with no previous ownership markings. The binding, though quite sound, is slightly shaken: there are separations (with narrow disclosures of the webbing) is at pgs. 122 - 123 and at 344 - 345. In all, a nice, clean copy of this Sayers classic, scarce in the first printing.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "...The death of old General Fentiman in his usual seat before the fire in the Bellona Club only added to the reputation of that establishment as something of a dignified morgue. Yet on that particular… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full navy-blue cloth. The spine is stamped in silver. Octavo. Blue topstain. 264pps. Stated First Edition. There is very light rubbing to the cloth and faint touches of tanning to the endpapers. Otherwise clean, bright, square, and soundly bound. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is lightly rubbed and scratched and has shallow chipping at the extremities; the original price is intact. Perhaps best known for his 'Bucks County Trilogy,' this is a nice copy of the author's first novel -- scarce in jacket. "...This is the fast-paced, realistic novel of attractive young people in their twenties, who, without advantage of connections, are making their way by brains and personality in the hard-living, apparently superficial, but superbly vigorous environment of New York in the 1930's. Few novels which cut so perceptively beneath the surface have the drive and… Read More

New York: Sylvan Press, 1947. This edition is limited to 1500 copies, of which this is #313. Fine in a Good glassine dustwrapper. Decorative black leatherette binding. Green endpapers and topstain. This volume is clean, tight, and square with only minimal wear. The wrapper has a couple of tears as well as a 2" chip at the spine-head and a 1/2" chip at the foot of the spine. Lavishly and beautifully illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. First Thus. Hard Cover. ARTHUR SCHNITZLER CASANOVA S HOMECOMING FIRST EDITIONS ROCKWELL KENT ART ARTISTS COLLECTIBLE USED BOOKS. Catalogs: Art, Limited Editions, Literature & Fiction, World.

Nordlingen, Germany: Franz Greno, 1988. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full green cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in black. Quarto. 99pps., plus six double-page photos (including the endpapers) by Thomas Becker. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a small closed tear at the top of the front panel. A long poem in three sections. Sebald's first book-length, literary publication -- issued at a time when he had little public profile, with only a couple of academic pieces to his credit along with poems in various periodicals. ".Der Text, der dank seiner besonderen sprachlichen Qualitat, wenn gleich ohne Metrik und Reim, den Charakter eines langen Gedichts hat, beschreibt in der Form weitgespannter Denkbilder jene schmerzhaften Stellen, an denen die Koordinaten von Natur, Kunst… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 2001. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Brown boards with a black, silver-stamped backstrip. Octavo. Fore-edge untrimmed. 298pps. Stated First Edition. First Printing. There is mild bumping to the heel of the spine, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no apparenty reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new; the original price is intact. SIGNED and dated by the author (in the year of publication), without further inscription, on the half-title page. An excellent, collector's-quality copy of the late author's highly-regarded novel. "Over thirty years, in the course of conversations that take place across Europe, a man named Jacques Austerlitz tells a nameless companion of his ongoing struggle with the riddle of his identity. A small child when he immigrates alone to England in the summer of 1939, Austerlitz is told nothing of his real family by… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little, Brown & Company, 2002. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Light and dark blue boards. The spine is stamped in white. Octavo. 328pp. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The first-state dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new; the original price is intact. "...When we first meet Susie Salmon, she is already in heaven. As she looks down from this strange new place, she tells us, in the fresh and spirited voice of a fourteen-year-old girl, a tale that is both haunting and full of hope. In the weeks following her death, Susie watches life continuing without her -- her school friends trading rumors about her disappearance, her family holding out hope that she'll be found, her killer trying to cover his tracks..." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little, Brown & Company, 2002. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Light and dark blue boards. The spine is stamped in white. Octavo. 328pps. A half-dozen page-edges have been imperfectly trimmed at the bindery, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new; the original price is intact. SIGNED and inscribed by the author to the previous owner's (along with 'Viva!') on the half-title page. Also SIGNED by Sebold's husband, the author Glen David Gold, underneath her address to him on the dedication page. A very nice copy of the author's first novel which went on, of course, to become a mammoth bestseller. "...When we first meet Susie Salmon, she is already in heaven. As she looks down from this strange new place, she tells us, in the fresh and spirited voice of a fourteen-year-old girl, a tale that is both haunting and full of hope. In the… Read More

Austin, Texas: Nortex Press, 1985. As New in an As New dustjacket. Glazed and marbled maroon boards. The spine is gilt-stamped. 112pps., with numerous illustrations and a full-color frontispiece of the author, Seele, in 1851. A flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has very light touches of crinkling at the extremities; no chips, soiling, or tears. SIGNED and inscribed by Gish on the ffep. "...The many thousands of German immigrants who helped to settle Texas in its formative years around the middle of the nineteenth century and then again in the decades after the Civil War, brought with them a cultural heritage unique in its variety and richness. The visual, in a folkloric sense, 'material' aspects of this transplanted German culture have long been admired in the Lone Star State. Much less accessible, but no less important and… Read More

London: Bloomsbury, 2000. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full black cloth. The spine is stamped in silver. Octavo. Map-endpapers. 404pps., with a sewn-in black ribbon bookmark. There is mild bumping to the spine-ends, otherwise flawless: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has touches of crinkling to the spine-ends; the original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. ".Lily Bloom is an aging American transplanted to England who has lost her battle with cancer and lies wasting away at the Royal Ear Hospital. As her two daughters -- lumpy Charlotte, who runs a hugely successful chain of stationery stores called Waste of Paper, and beautiful Natasha, a junkie -- buzz around her and the nurses pump her full of morphine, Lily slides in and out of the present, taking us on a surreal, opinionated, stage-by-stage trip through a lifetime of lust and rage. A career girl… Read More

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1926. In Very Good condition. Bound in full navy-blue cloth with paper title-labels on both the spine and the front panel. Duodecimo. 140pps. No dustjacket. First Printing of this edition ('The Yale Shakespeare' series). There is modest rubbing wear to the extremities and the spine-label is sunned. Also, a previous owner's name is neatly penned on the ffep. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. A very nice copy.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. X03-D.. First Edition. Hardcover.

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1921. In Very Good condition. Bound in full navy-blue cloth with paper title-labels on both the spine and the front panel. Duodecimo. 149pps. No dustjacket. This is the first printing of this edition ('The Yale Shakespeare' series). There is mild rubbing to the cloth and a touch of sunning to the spine-label. Also, a previous owner's name is neatly penned near the top of the ffep and there are some pencilled notations on the rear pastedown. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright with the text in excellent condition.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. X03-D.. First Edition. Hardcover.

New York: Morrow, 1938. Very Good+ in the publisher's pebbled maroon cloth. Both the spine and the decorative front board are stamped in gilt. 641pps., plus numerous black-and-white plates. Stated First Edition. No dustjacket. There is modest rubbing wear to the spine-ends and to the upper tips. The date 12-2-39 is neatly penned in the upper corner of the ffep. and some lower page-corners are mildly bent. Otherwise excellent: clean and bright. The binding is square and tight; both hinges are fine. SIGNED by the author with 'Greetings, Mr. Shooter' on the ffep. With an introduction by Julian S. Hatcher. "...To every red-blooded American the rifle is a weapon with a deep and romantic appeal. The rifle was developed from a mechanical monstrosity into a marvel of precision by our pioneer forefathers of colonial days, and had no small share in gaining them their freedom. In fact, it was the War of the American Revolution that first brought the rifle prominently before the eyes of the world as… Read More

San Francisco: Arion Press, 1993. Fine in cherry-red and white paper over boards with in a blue goatskin spine. The spine is stamped in white. Large quarto. 142pps., plus a colophon and 14 half-page illustrations by Washburn. This is a flawless, as new collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. Comes in a clear ascetate sleeve that has a slight crease in the front flap. This edition is limited to 300 copies, of which this is #202: signed by Shepard, Washburn, and by Andrew Hoyem who directed the designing, printing, and binding of the volume. Produced on French mouldmade Lana Royal stock. Accompanying the book is a sealed, as new, compact disc, "The Music of Sam Shepard's A Lie of The Mind" by the Red Clay Ramblers. In short, this is a beautiful item for fans of the playwright and director.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care… Read More

New York: The Dial Press, 1975. Fine in Very Good+ dustjackets. Orange boards. The spine is stamped in red. Octavo. Burgundy endpapers. 258pps. Stated First Printing. This is an excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, bright, square, and soundly bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjackets (which include two of three varients: the purple one and the jacket with the cigar-smoking Pope Francesco I), are slightly yellowed on their white rear panels and each has a small crease in the rear flap. The original price (7.95) is intact on both jackets.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "The Principal Cast: General Mackenzie Hawkins, legend, hero, rogue. Sam Devereaux, bright young lawyer from Harvard, now in the army, can't wait to get out. General Hawkin's four ex-wives, a quartet of incredibly endowed women who've formed a club: Hawkin's Harem. The Premise: Kidnap… Read More