Structure, Verses, Agency Books

The Lifters

Eggers, Dave · 2018

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Illustrated quite fancifully by Aaron Renier. Bound in blue cloth over boards, title blind-stamped to fr...

Fair Maiden

Oates, Joyce Carol · 2010

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Boston, An Otto Penzler Book / Houghton Mifflin, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A typically horror-filled Oatesean tale of "mounting suspense" that develops between a rich old man artist and a young working-class woman. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bou...

Stay Awake

Chaon, Dan · 2012

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Ballantine Books, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, First Printing, another fine novel from the author of You Remind Me of Me and I Await Your Reply. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear ther...

The Hired Man

Forna, Aminatta · 2013

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Bound handsomely in pumpkin-brown ...

On Going to Bed

Burgess, Anthony · 1982

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Abbeville Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. If you've got about an hour before bed, read Anthony Burgess's insights about sleep and bed, rest and relaxation, from art and literature. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" in "num...

In the Land of Armadillos: Stories

Shankman, Helen Maryles · 2016

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, Scribner, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" in "number" line present. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, i...

Memento Park

Sarvas, Mark · 2018

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" or "a" in "number" line present. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright ...

The Reluctant Prophet

Kirsch, James · 1973

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Los Angeles, California, Sherbourne Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, worn and lightly chipped along spine hea...

The Language of Paradise

Barbara Klein Moss · 2015

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, though with very sunning along spine bottom, bright and shiny dust jacket, no discernible wear to it, either. ...

The Land of Steady Habits

Thompson, Ted · 2014

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, Little, Brown, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, no discernible wear to it, either. Bound handsomely in light brown cloth over boards, sha...

The World without You

Henkin, Joshua · 2012

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, Pantheon Books, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, though with very sunning along spine bottom, bright and shiny dust jacket, no discernible wear to it, either. Bound h...

Smile

Doyle, Roddy · 2017

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, Viking, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, though with very sunning along spine bottom, bright and shiny dust jacket, no discernible wear to it, either. Bound handsomel...

The Sport of Kings

Morgan, C. E. · 2016

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, no discernible wear to it, either. Bound handsomely in burgundy cloth over b...

Oragenitalisme: Techniques de L'Amour Oral

Legman, Gershon · 1970

$41.60 (€37.74 | £31.49 | ¥6,643)

Paris, France, Truong, 1970. First French Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. #6680 of 7000 copies printed. Translated into French from the original English by Daniel Mauroc, and drawn once from the shelves near his former work-desk, says his widow, Judith Evans Legma...

The Theatre in Israel

Shakow, Zara · 1963

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, Herzl Press, 1963. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Small, skinny, measuring 4 1/4" x 7...

The Case Against the Wind, and Other Stories

Peretz, I.L. · 1975

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, Macmillan Publishing Co., 1975. First English Translation. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound handsomely in light green cloth stamped in black illustration to front c...

Das Judentum Und Seine Feinde

Walter Pohlmann · 1893

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Berlin, Germany , Heuser's Verlag (Louis Heuser), 1893. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete, sunned and chipped a bit along the edges, tape-repaired at spine, rear panel having been detached. Pr...

Haggadah Shel Pesach

1920

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

Poland, Simche Freund, Ksiegarnia i Wydawnictwo (bookstore and publishing house), . . Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A difficult item to catalogue properly, but appears not to be otherwise available on-line or listed in WorldCat dot org or on the Passover Haggodot in the ...

California Jewish History: A Descriptive Bibliography

Stern, Norton B. · 1967

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Glendale, California, Arthur H. Clark, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound in blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. "Over 550 works for the perio...

Auschwitz, 1940-1945

Smolen, Kazimierz · 1961

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Sarego, Poland, Panstwowe Muzeum of Oswiecimiu, 1961. First English Translation. . Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of illustrated covers, in gate-fold, less to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly...