Narrativa e romanzi

Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man: The Early Years (Vintage International)

Mann, Thomas · 1992 · The Wild Muse

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Vintage Trade softcover. Published NY: Vintage, 1992. 8vo. wrappers, 384pp. Very good. Recounts the enchanted career of the con man extraordinaire Felix Krull--a man unhampered by the moral precepts that govern the conduct of ordinary people. Very Good No Jacket, As Issued 4...

Dubin's Lives (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)

Malamud, Bernard · 1994 · The Wild Muse

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Penguin Books Fourth printing. Trade softcover. Published UK: Penguin Books, 1994. 8vo. wrappers, 400pp. Very good. Dubin is middle-aged, a distinguished biographer seeking increased accomplishment and the key to his inner feelings. His marriage is stable if unexciting, and ...

Germinie Lacerteux (Classics)

Edmond De Goncourt; Jules .De Goncourt · 1984 · The Wild Muse

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Penguin Books First edition, trade softcover. Published UK: Penguin Books, 1984, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 170pp. Age toning to paper. Very good. Very Good No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing UK 8vo 176

Ah King and Other Stories

Maugham, W. Somerset · 1986 · The Wild Muse

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Oxford University Press First edition, trade softcover. Published Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 339pp. Near fine. Set in Malaya, this collection of short stories brilliantly captures the essence of colonial life. Maugham paints a keen ...

Babbitt (Modern Library Classics)

Lewis, Sinclair · 2002 · The Wild Muse

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Modern Library First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Modern Library, 2002, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, xx+404pp. Near fine. In the fall of 1920, Sinclair Lewis began a novel set in a fast-growing city with the heart and mind of a small town. For the center of his ...

The New York Stories of Edith Wharton (New York Review Books Classics)

Wharton, Edith · 2007 · The Wild Muse

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.25 | ¥2,795)

NYRB Second printing. Trade softcover. Published NY: NYRB, 2007. 8vo. wrappers, xxviii+452pp. Presentation card taped inside front cover, light staining on bottom edge of last 10 sheets, else near fine. The New York Stories of Edith Wharton gathers twenty stories of the city...

The Works of The Earl of Rochester

Rochester, J. · 1995 · The Wild Muse

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Wordsworth Editions Ltd First edition, trade softcover. Published UK:Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1995, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, lxix+256pp. Age toning to paper. Very good. Much of Rochester's work remained unpublished for many years, as it was considered too sexually bold...

Let the Great World Spin: A Novel

McCann, Colum · 2009 · The Wild Muse

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Random House Fifth printing. Trade softcover. Published NY: Random House, 2009, 8vo. wrappers, 375pp. Very good. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER . Colum McCann's beloved novel inspired by Philippe Petit's daring high-wire stunt, which is also depicted in the film The Walk starring...

A Long Finish

Dibdin, Michael · 1998 · The Wild Muse

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Vintage Third printing. Trade softcover. Published NY: Vintage,1998. 8vo. wrappers, 261pp. Very good. Book 6 of 11 - Aurelio Zen Mystery Series. From the award-winning author of Ratking and Dead Lagoon comes a delicious new Aurelio Zen mystery in which wine and truffles figu...

The Infatuations (Vintage International)

Marías, Javier · 2013 · The Wild Muse

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Vintage Second printing. Trade softcover. Published NY: Vintage, 2013. 8vo. wrappers, 338pp. Fine. INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER . NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE FINALIST . From the award-winning, internationally bestselling Spanish author of A Heart So White comes an immersive, p...

The Spy's Wife

Hill, Reginald · 2006 · The Wild Muse

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Felony & Mayhem First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Felony & Mayhem Press, 2006, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 296pp. Near fine. Molly Keatley is content with her comfortable life in a London suburb. But that changes one morning when her husband rushes home, grabs ...

Money in the Morgue (Inspector Roderick Alleyn, 33)

Marsh, Ngaio · 2018 · The Wild Muse

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Felony & Mayhem Press First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Felony & Mayhem Press, 2018, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 294pp. Two mild splash stains on edge, else near fine. Book 33 of 33 - Inspectr Roderick Alleyn. The last book of the series. Inspector Alleyn just...

Black as He's Painted (Inspector Roderick Alleyn, 28) (Volume 28)

Marsh, Ngaio · 2015 · The Wild Muse

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Felony & Mayhem Press First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Felony & Mayhem Press, 2015, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 248pp. As new. Book 28 of 33 - Inspectr Roderick Alleyn. Inspector Alleyn's old school chum, the "Boomer," is now president of the new African natio...

Death at the Bar (Inspector Roderick Alleyn, 9) (Volume 9)

Marsh, Ngaio · 2013 · The Wild Muse

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Felony & Mayhem Press First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Felony & Mayhem Press, 2013, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 274pp. As new. Book 9 of 33 - Inspectr Roderick Alleyn. It's true, darts is nobody's idea of a low-risk amusement, yet it is rarely lethal. Tell tha...

Photo Finish (Inspector Roderick Alleyn, 31) (Volume 31)

Marsh, Ngaio · 2016 · The Wild Muse

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Felony & Mayhem Press First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Felony & Mayhem Press, 2016, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 248pp. As new. Book 31 of 33 - Inspectr Roderick Alleyn. Photo Finish's dead diva, the soprano Isabella Sommita, was so widely loathed that the prob...

Last Ditch (Inspector Roderick Alleyn, 29) (Volume 29)

Marsh, Ngaio · 2016 · The Wild Muse

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Felony & Mayhem Press First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Felony & Mayhem Press, 2016, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 288pp. As new. Book 29 of 33 - Inspectr Roderick Alleyn. Astonishingly, this "Inspector Alleyn" mystery was written in 1977, and Inspector Alleyn ha...

The Nursing Home Murder

Marsh, Ngaio · 2011 · The Wild Muse

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Felony & Mayhem Press First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Felony & Mayhem Press, 2011, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 224pp. Fine. Book 3 of 33 - Inspectr Roderick Alleyn. For one unlucky Member of Parliament, a simple visit to the hospital (the "nursing home" of th...

Death in Ecstasy (Inspector Roderick Alleyn, 4) (Volume 4)

Marsh, Ngaio · 2012 · The Wild Muse

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Felony & Mayhem Press First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Felony & Mayhem Press, 2012, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 273pp. Fine. Book 4 of 33 - Inspectr Roderick Alleyn. Ahhh, prussic acid, that hallmark of classic Golden Age mysteries. Did lovely Cara Quoyne get ...

Tied Up in Tinsel (Inspector Roderick Alleyn, 27) (Volume 27)

Marsh, Ngaio · 2015 · The Wild Muse

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Felony & Mayhem Press First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Felony & Mayhem Press, 2015, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 248pp. Fine. Book 27 of 33 - Inspectr Roderick Alleyn. It's murder at a country-house party; a Christmas party, in fact, where all the guests are ec...

Colour Scheme (Inspector Roderick Alleyn, 12)

Marsh, Ngaio · 2012 · The Wild Muse

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Felony & Mayhem Press First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Felony & Mayhem Press, 2012, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 296pp. Short, hairline stain on edge of rear flyleaf, else as new. Book 12 of 33 - Inspectr Roderick Alleyn. Colour Scheme is set during World War ...