Narrativa e romanzi

Various Lives of Keats and Chapman and the Brother

O'Brien, Flann · 2003 · The Wild Muse

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Townhouse First edition, trade softcover. Published London:Scribner Townhouse, 2003, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 166pp. Some age tone to the paper, else fine. Fine No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing London 8vo 192

The Noise of Time : The Prose of Osip Mandelstam

MANDELSTAM, Osip, Clarence Brown (Trans). · 1986 · The Wild Muse

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

North Point Press First edition, trade softcover. Published San Francisco: North Point Press, 1986, first printing. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", 249pp., illustrated. Light foxing on edges, else near fine. Near Fine No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing San Francisco 8...

Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses

Musil, Robert · 1994 · The Wild Muse

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

University of Chicago Press Trade softcover. Published Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994. 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", 299pp. Near fine. Best known as author of the novel The Man without Qualities, Robert Musil wrote these essays in Vienna and Berlin between 1911 and 1937...

The Cruellest Month

Louise Penny · 2011 · The Wild Muse

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,995)

Sphere First edition thus, trade softcover. Published London: Sphere, 2011, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 454pp. Some wrinkling at bottom edge, else very good. Very Good No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing London 8vo 464

Antonia Saw The Oryx First

Maria Thomas · 1988 · The Wild Muse

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Soho Press First edition thus, first paperbound edition. Trade softcover. Published NY: Soho Press, 1998, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 296pp. Some wrinkling, page corners creased. Good. Good No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing NY 8vo 298

The Red Queen: A Haunting Historical Mystery - A Korean Princess's Lost Memoir Across Centuries

Drabble, Margaret · 2005 · The Wild Muse

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Harcourt First edition thus, trade softcover. Published NY: Harcourt, 2005, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, xii+334pp. Milt age tone to the paper, else fine. Barbara Halliwell, on a grant at Oxford, receives an unexpected package-a centuries-old memoir by a Korean crown princ...

The Red Thumb Mark: A Dr. Thorndyke Mystery

Freeman, R. Austin · 2016 · The Wild Muse

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Skyhorse First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Skyhorse, 2016, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, vi+236pp. Fine. Before Kathy Reichs's Temperance Brennan and Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta, there was Dr. Thorndyke, the first ever fictional forensic scientist. The onl...

The Mammoth Book of the Adventures of Professor Moriarty: 37 Short Stories about the Secret Life of Sherlock Holmes's Nemesis

Jakubowski, Maxim · 2016 · The Wild Muse

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Skyhorse First edition, trade softcover. Published NY:Skyhorse, 2016, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, xiii+577pp. Fine, crisp copy. While "the Napoleon of crime" appeared in only two of Conan Doyle's original stories, Moriarty's enigma is finally revealed in this diverse antho...

Refiner's Fire: The Life and Adventures of Marshall Pearl, a Foundling

Helprin, Mark · 1990 · The Wild Muse

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Harcourt Trade softcover. Published NY: Harcourt, 1990, sixth printing. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", 373pp. As new. Marshall Pearl is orphaned at birth on an immigrant ship off the coast of Palestine in 1947, then brought to americanca. His experiences take him from the Hu...

Life on the Mississippi (Illustrated Classic): 100th Anniversary Collection

Twain, Mark · 2018 · The Wild Muse

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

SeaWolf Press First edition thus, trade softcover. Published Orinda, CA: SeaWolf Press, 2018, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", xii+475pp., with illustrations taken from the 1883 first edition. As new. A beautiful edition with the formatting and more than 300 illustrat...

The Great Prince Shan

Oppenheim, E. Phillips · 2015 · The Wild Muse

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

Leopold Classic Library Leopold Classic Library reprint. Trade softcover. Published Middletown, DE: Leopold Classic Library, 2015. 8vo. printed wrappers, 6" x 9", 228pp. As new. As New No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing Middletown, DE 8vo

The Listening House [Popular Library Mystery #69]

Seeley, Mabel · 0 · Barter Books Ltd

£12.60 (€15.10 | $16.65 | ¥2,657)

G: in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Pages browned. Inner hinges starting New York Popular Library First Edition thus 190mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). 219pp.

Beloved Traitor

Janson, Hank [Frances, Stephen D] · 1960 · Barter Books Ltd

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,640)

G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Spine creased. Pages age-toned London Roberts & Vinter Ltd First Edition 180mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). 159pp.

The God with Four Arms and Other Stories. Signed copy

Bousfield, H T W · 1939 · Barter Books Ltd

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,341)

VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown London Arthur Barker Ltd First Edition 190mm x 140mm (7" x 6"). 248pp. Signed and dedicated on the fep by the author Bousfield is noted for dark, macabre stories which frequently in...

SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES: January, Jan. 1939

Spicy Adventure Stories (Lew Merrill - aka Victor Rousseau; Jose Vaca - aka Edwin Truett Long; Robert Leslie Bellem; E. Hoffman Price; Clayton Maxwell - aka Max Plaisted; Colby Quinn; Clark Nelson; Jerome Severs Perry - aka Robert Leslie Bellem; William B · 1937 · Books from the Crypt

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.08 | ¥47,891)

Good+ to Very Good- First Edition Culture Publications West Newton. MA Vol. 9, no. 3. Pulp magazine. Cover art by Harry Lemon Parkhurst (used on Bob Dylan's "Knocked Out Loaded" album). Includes "Sea Raiders" by Lew Merrill [Victor Rousseau]; "Hunter of Men" by Jose Vaca [Edwi...

HIGH ADVENTURE No. 75 (Spine Incorrectly States #74)(Double Detective; May 1940)

High Adventure (John Gunnison, Editor)(Richard Foster; H. W. Corley; Hugh B. Cave; Prentice Agnew; John Earl Davis; Fredric Brown; Robert Wallace) · 2004 · Books from the Crypt

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Fine First Edition Adventure House Silver Spring, MD [1st printing] Mar. 2004. Cover art by Emmett Watson. Includes "Croesus of Murder" by Richard Foster; "The Thumb Tack Mystery" by H. W. Corley; "Murder Me Him" by Hugh B. Cave; "A Dick's Duty" by Prentice Agnew; "Little Gun"...

THE SHADOW #19: VOODOO TRAIL & DEATH'S HARLEQUIN

Grant, Maxwell [Walter B. Gibson] (Shadow) · 2008 · Books from the Crypt

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Fine First Edition Nostalgia Ventures Encinitas, CA 1st printing, June 2008. Pulp-sized paperback. Cover art by George Rozen. 2 complete Shadow novels with illustrations by Edd Cartier.

The Rag Nymph. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

COOKSON Catherine · 0 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Bantam, [1991]. 8vo., First Edition; olive green cloth, gilt back, patterned endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

The Flame Trees of Thika. Memories of an African Childhood. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

HUXLEY Elspeth · 1959 · Island Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,399)

Chatto & Windus, 1959. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, top lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned at fold-ins and on (pre...

Oryx and Crake [with] The Year of the Flood [with] Maddaddam. [First UK Editions.] THE MADDADDAM TRILOGY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

ATWOOD Margaret · 20030913 · Island Books

£425.00 (€509.42 | $561.49 | ¥89,634)

Bloomsbury, [2003-09-13]. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus; pictorial boards/black cloth/green cloth respectively, coloured endpapers, first and second volumes with ribbon markers, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The trilogy comprises: Oryx and Crake (2003); The Yea...