The Wild Muse

The Way of the World (New York Review Books Classics)

Bouvier, Nicolas · 2009

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

NYRB First edition thus, trade softcover. Published NY: NYRB, 2009, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 318pp., illustrated. Fine. In 1953, twenty-four-year old Nicolas Bouvier and his artist friend Thierry Vernet set out to make their way overland from their native Geneva to t...

The Pantheon: Design, Meaning, and Progeny, With a New Foreword by John Pinto, Second Edition

MacDonald · 2002

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Harvard University Press Second edition, trade softcover. Published Cambridge, MA:Harvard University Press, 2002, first printing. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9 1/4", 160pp., illustrated. Fine. The Pantheon in Rome is one of the grand architectural statements of all ages. This...

Victoria Ocampo: Against the Wind and the Tide (Texas Pan American Series)

Meyer, Doris · 1990

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

University of Texas Press First edition thus, trade softcover. Published Austin:University of Texas Press, 1990, first printing. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", xvii+314pp. Minor narrow stain on edge of page block. Very good, bright, binding tight. The "first lady of Argentin...

The Traveller's Tree

Fermor, Patrick Leigh · 2001

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Narrative Pr First edition, trade softcover. Santa Barbara: Narrative Prs, 2001, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 424pp. As new. The Caribbean as Fermor experienced it in the 1940's was a world of incredible fusions and contradictions that didn't exist anywhere else in the wo...

Bayonets to Lhasa: The First Full Account of the British Invasion of the Tibet in 1904

Peter Fleming · 1986

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Oxford Univ Pr First edition thus, trade softcover. Published Hong Kong: Oxford Univ Pr, 1986, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, xiv+319pp., illustrated with b/w photos, maps. Introduction by Brian Shaw. Near fine. Near Fine No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing Hong Kong...

The Purple Parrot

Clyde B. Clason · 2012

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Rue Morgue Press First edition, trade softcover. Published Lyons: Rue Morgue Press, 2012, first printing. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", 191pp. Fine. The only door open to Hezekiah Morse's study was under observation when someone slipped in and stabbed the bibliophile to deat...

The Man from Tibet: A Theocritus Lucius Westborough Mystery

Clason, Clyde B.; Schantz, Enid · 1998

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Rue Morgue First edition, trade softcover. Published Boulder: Rue Morgue Press, 1998, first printing. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", 220pp. As new. As New No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing Boulder, CO 8vo

Tenant for Death

Hare, Cyril · 2008

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Faber and Faber First edition, trade softcover. Published London: Faber and Faber, 2008, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 206pp. Fine. Originally published in 1937, Tenant for Death is the first novel by Cyril Hare, one of the best-loved Golden Age crime writers. Two young esta...

The Two Faces of January

Highsmith, Patricia · 1994

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,996)

Atlantic Monthly Press First edition thus, trade softcover. Published NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 284pp. Some age toning to paper. Very good minus. Very Good Minus No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing NY 8vo 288

Man and Wife

Collins, Wilkie · 1983

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Dover Publications First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Dover, 1983, first printing. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6 1/8" x 9 1/4", 242pp., double column text, illustrated with period engravings. A few sheets have flattened corner creasing. Very good, clean, bright. Man and W...

Little Novels

Collins, Wilkie · 1981

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Dover Pubns First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Dover, 1977, first printing. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6 1/2" x 9 1/4", 244pp., double column text. Very good. Collins's 1889 collection of fourteen short stories includes "Miss Morris and the Stranger," about a young gove...

The Case of the Curious Bride (Thorndike Press Large Print Paperback Series)

Erle Stanley Gardner · 2001

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.25 | ¥2,795)

G K Hall & Co First edition thus. Trade softcover Large Print Edition. Ex-library. Published Bath, UK: G K Hall & Co, 2001, first printing. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", 319pp. Some soiling. Text clean. Good. Good No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing Bath, UK 8vo 319

The Purple Land: Being The Narrative Of One Richard Lamb's Adventures In The Banda Oriental, In South America, As Told By Himself (1904)

Hudson, William Henry · 2010

$37.50 (€34.02 | £28.38 | ¥5,988)

Kessinger Publishing Softcover. Kessinger Legacy Reprint. Published Kessinger Publishing, 2010. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", 355pp. As new. As New No Jacket, As Issued 8vo 366

Kilims: A Buyer's Guide

Allane, Lee · 1995

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Thames & Hudson First edition, trade softcover. Published London: Thames & Hudson, 1995, first printing. 4to. wrappers, 7" x 10", 144pp., illustrated with full page, full color plates, drawings and reproductions, map. Fine. In recent years kilims have become sought after both...

On Horseback Through Asia Minor

Burnaby, Frederick · 1996

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Oxford University Press First edition, trade softcover. Published Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, x+366pp. Age tone to the paper, mild stain on flyleaf. Very good. In the savage winter of 1876 Captain Frederick Burnaby rode 1,000 miles e...

The Winter Queen: A Novel (An Erast Fandorin Mystery)

Akunin, Boris · 2004

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Random House First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Random House , 2004, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, viii+249pp. Fine. Book 1 of 13 - The Fandorin Mysteries. Fine No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing NY 8vo 264

The Wreck of the Golden Mary (Hesperus Classics)

Dickens, Charles · 2006

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Hesperus Press First edition, trade softcover. Published London: Hesperus Press, 2006, first printing. 8vo. wrappers with French flaps, xv+127pp. As new. Ingeniously conceived and brilliantly rendered, and set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush, The Wreck of t...

A Journey Around My Room (Hesperus Classics)

De Maistre, Xavier · 2004

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Hesperus Press First edition, trade softcover. Published London: Hesperus Press, 2004, first printing. 8vo. wrappers with French flaps, xvi+138pp. As new. What do you do when you find yourself imprisoned in your room for 6 weeks? Xavier de Maistre, a 27-year-old Frenchman fou...

The Way of the Kings (Hesperus Modern Voices)

Malraux, André · 2005

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

Hesperus Press First edition, trade softcover. Published London: Hesperus Press, 2005, first printing. 8vo. wrappers with French flaps, xvii+172pp. As new. One of Malraux's most exotic novels, The Way of Kings is a perfect companion to Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Whe...

Smara, the Forbidden City: Being the Journal of Michel Vieuchange While Travelling Among the Independent Tribes of South Morocco and Rio De Oro (Ecco Travels)

Vieuchange, Michel; Vieuchange, Jean · 1987

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Ecco Pr First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Ecco Pr, 1987, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, viii+276pp. Fine. Book 1 of 8 - Ecco Travels. Fine No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing NY 8vo 276