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Subterranean Press, Burton MI, 2012. First edition. Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. A signed, numbered, and limited edition: number 891 of 1000 copies.From the publisher: A collection of 10 stories based on the world of The Old Races, created by C. E. Murphy which delves into the past and future of two of her most beloved characters from her urban fantasy trilogy The Negotiator: Dragonlord Janx and master vampire Eliseo Daisani.

Vintage, New York. 3rd trade paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear.Author of the bestselling Dhalgren and winner of four Nebulas and one Hugo, Samuel R. Delany is one of the most acclaimed writers of speculative fiction.Babel-17, winner of the Nebula Award for best novel of the year, is a fascinating tale of a famous poet bent on deciphering a secret language that is the key to the enemy's deadly force, a task that requires she travel with a splendidly improbable crew to the site of the next attack. For the first time, Babel-17 is published as the author intended with the short novel Empire Star, the tale of Comet Jo, a simple-minded teen thrust into a complex galaxy when he's entrusted to carry a vital message to a distant world. Spellbinding and smart, both novels are testimony to Delany's vast and singular talent.

Scribner, New York. 13th trade paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear.Written between 1920 and 1937, when F. Scott Fitzgerald was at the height of his creative powers, these ten lyric tales represent some of the author's finest fiction. In them, Fitzgerald creates vivid, timeless characters -- a dissatisfied southern belle seeking adventure in the north; the tragic hero of the title story who lost more than money in the stock market; giddy and dissipated young men and women of the interwar period. From the lazy town of Tarleton, Georgia, to the glittering cosmopolitan centers of New York and Paris, Fitzgerald brings the society of the "Lost Generation" to life in these masterfully crafted gems, showcasing the many gifts of one of our most popular writers.

Putnam, New York, 6th hardcover printing. Condition: very good plus, light edge wear and corner bumps, slight scuffing. No dust jacket.Frank Pollard is afraid to fall asleep. Every morning when he awakes, he discovers something strange--like blood on his hands--a bizarre mystery that tortures his soul. Two investigators have been hired to follow the haunted man. But only one person--a young man with Down's Syndrome--can imagine where their journeys might end. That terrible place from which no one ever returns.

Grove/Evergreen E-130, New York, 1958. First trade paperback edition. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, creasing at corners, tape repair at interior corners, spine creases and light nicks, light soiling on white area of rear cover.The setting of Jean Genet's celebrated play is a brothel that caters to refined sensibilities and peculiar tastes. Here men from all walks of life don the garb of their fantasies and act them out: a man from the gas company wears the robe and mitre of a bishop; another customer becomes a flagellant judge, and still another a victorious general, while a bank clerk defiles the Virgin mary. These costumed diversions take place while outside a revolution rages on which has isolated the brothel from the rest of the rebel-controlled city. In a stunning series of macabre, climactic scenes, Genet presents his caustic view of man and society.

Subterranean Press, Burton MI, First edition. Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket. The slightest of edge nicks on dust jacket else fine.From the publisher: When a private envoy of the queen and member of Lord Carmichael's discreet service goes missing, Balfour and Meriwether are asked to look into the affair. They will find a labyrinth of dreams, horrors from hell, prophecy, sexual perversion and an abandoned farmhouse on the moors outside Harrowmoor Sanitarium. The Earth itself will bare its secrets, and the Empire will tremble in the face of the hidden dangers they uncover, but the greatest peril is the one they brought with them. This is the first novella length work in the Balfour and Meriwether stories by Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award nominated author Daniel Abraham.

Alan Wingate, London, 1946. First edition. Condition: Very good in good dust jacket. Some age-toning to the pages and page-edges, previous booksellers markings in pencil on inside front page, very light wrinkling of top corner of pages, dust shadow and several tears and nicks on dust jacket.Poems selected by Andre Deutsch and Mervyn Savill. Limited to 5000 copies.

Berkley, New York, 1984. First paperback printing. Condition: Very good plus, light edge and corner wear, small nick at top edge, light wrinkling at spine, light age toning on interior pages.The Eternal Champion. In which Stormbringer is brought home. Elric returns to Yishana and finds peace at last. Meanwhile, at the world's rim, dragging a red horror in its wake, a horde unimaginably moves on the fabled, gentle, impossible city of Tanelorn.

MacMillan, London, 1988. First softcover edition. Condition: Very good, light edge wear, slight creasing at corners and spine, rear cover has light wear, previous owners name and address on inside front cover.This work reveals many aspects of the historical relationship between Barbados and Carolina, throwing a light on the history and architecture of both places, on the people - both distinguished and notorious - and on the two dialects.

Condition: Very good book in good minus dust jacket, book has light corner bumps, dust jacket has tears and nicks, fading. This is a large book and may require additional postage.

Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket, light edge wear, spine nicks and creasing, slight bumps at corners. This is a large, heavy book and may require additional postage.

Lyrick Publishing. Condition: Very good, light edge and corner wear, slight scuffing on covers, NO writing anywhere on the book.

DC Comics, New York. 8th softcover printing. Condition: Very good plus, light edge wear and corner bumps, slight creasing at spine.Introduction by Alan Moore. Basis of the Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale movie.This masterpiece of modern comics storytelling brings to vivid life a dark world and an even darker man. Together with inker Klaus Janson and colorist Lynn Varley, writer/artist Frank Miller completely reinvents the legend of Batman in his saga of a near-future Gotham City gone to rot, ten years after the Dark Knight's retirement.

Random House, New York, 2001. First edition. Condition: Very good plus, very light edge and corner wear, price sticker on rear cover.In our supposedly secular age governed by reason and technology, fundamentalism has emerged as an overwhelming force in every major world religion. Why? This is the fascinating, disturbing question that bestselling author Karen Armstrong addresses in her brilliant new book The Battle for God. Writing with the broad perspective and deep understanding of human spirituality that won huge audiences for A History of God, Armstrong illuminates the spread of militant piety as a phenomenon peculiar to our moment in history.Contrary to popular belief, fundamentalism is not a throwback to some ancient form of religion but rather a response to the spiritual crisis of the modern world. As Armstrong argues, the collapse of a piety rooted in myth and cult during the Renaissance forced people of faith to grasp for new ways of being religious--and fundamentalism was born. Armstrong… Read More

Applause Books, New York, 1998. First trade paperback edition. Condition: Good plus, light edge and corner wear, spine has nicks and creases, slight spine adhesive separation but book is intact.The totally restored, revamped and researched blow-by-blow recounting of the most spectacular title bout in the blood-soaked history of Hollywood. "This book documents in rare detail the back-room haggling and the attempted ego-bashing that is part of the movie business." Gene Siskel; "Told with the passion of an advocate yet with the objectivity of a crack reporter, The Battle of Brazil is a chilling, inevitably hilarious account of a great film that almost got away." USA Today.

John Murray, London. 1994. First edition. Condition: Near fine in a very good plus dust jacket. Slight edge wear on dust jacket. Price clipped.A massive illumination of the life of Baudelaire, French poet extraordinaire.

New Directions, Norfolk, 1958. First edition. Condition: Good in good minus dust jacket. Price clipped with several tears and creases on dust jacket.An account and an interpretation of Baudelaire's work; of his life; of his times. And it is a biography not of his outward life alone but of that inner personality which is reflected so intimately in poetry such as Les Fleurs du Mal.

Harvest/Harcourt, 2003. First trade paperback printing. Condition: Very good edge wear and corner bumps, bottom edge has small tears, spine crease and nicks.It is April 1204, and Constantinople, the splendid capital of the Byzantine Empire, is being sacked and burned by the knights of the Fourth Crusade. Amid the carnage and confusion, one Baudolino saves a historian and high court official from certain death at the hands of the crusading warriors and proceeds to tell his own fantastical story.Born a simple peasant in northern Italy, Baudolino has two major gifts-a talent for learning languages and a skill in telling lies. When still a boy he meets a foreign commander in the woods, charming him with his quick wit and lively mind. The commander-who proves to be Emperor Frederick Barbarossa-adopts Baudolino and sends him to the university in Paris, where he makes a number of fearless, adventurous friends.Spurred on by myths and their own reveries, this merry band sets out in search of Prester John, a… Read More

Condition: Very good, light edge wear, small corner creases, spine has tiny nicks at ends.In today's fast-moving, fiercely competitive markets, sales is more than a job, it is a career, a profession requiring special knowledge and specific skills. You have to be your own boss, take on the responsibilities--and reap the rewards--of sales management. Be Your Own Sales Manager puts the most up-to-date management techniques at your fingertips, offering smart strategies designed to give you a competitive edge.

Scholastic, Toronto, 2010. First softcover edition. Condition: Very good plus, light edge and corner wear, light nicks at spine.