The Wild Muse

Medieval Russia's Epics, Chronicles and Tales: Revised and Enlarged Edition

Zenkovsky, Serge A. · 1974

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Dutton Second edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Dutton, 1974, fifth printing. Thick 8vo. wrappers, xv+526pp., illustrated. Very good. Very Good No Jacket, As Issued 2nd Edition 5th or later Printing NY 8vo 526

Montaigne's Travel Journal

Montaigne, Michel De; Frame, Donald Murdoch (Trans. and Intro.) · 1983

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

North Point Pr First edition, trade softcover in dust jacket. Published San Francisco: North Point Pr, 1983, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, xxxix+175pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with uniform sun fade at the spine. Montaigne's observations on society during a seventeen...

High Tartary (Kodansha Globe)

Lattimore, Owen; Schell, Orville · 1994

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Kodansha USA First edition thus, trade softcover. Published NY: Kodansha USA, 1994, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, xxxix+386pp., illustrated with b/w photos. Fine. An insightful and recondite chronicle of a journey through Chinese Turkestan retracing the ancient routes that w...

Leisure of an Egyptian Official (Century Travel Classic) (Lives & Letters)

Cecil, Lord Edward · 1984

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Century Publishing First edition thus, trade softcover. Published London: Century Publishing, 1984, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 314pp. Light rub at the folds. Very good. Very Good No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing London 8vo 320

The Naturalist in La Plata

Hudson, W. H. · 1988

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Dover Publications First edition thus, trade softcover. Published NY: Dover, 1988, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, x+394pp., with 27 illustrations by J. Smit. Pristine, as new. Celebrated nature classic offers unusual perspective on treeless grasslands of Argentina. Detaile...

A House to Let (Hesperus Classics)

Dickens, Charles · 2004

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Hesperus Press First edition thus, trade softcover. Published London: Hesperus Press, 2004, first printing. 8vo. wrappers with French flaps, 97pp. As new. Compiled by Charles Dickens, and including chapters by Elizabeth Gaskell and Wilkie Collins, A House to Let is a compos...

The Nun (Penguin Classics)

Diderot, Denis · 1974

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Penguin Classics Trade softcover. Published Middlesex: Penguin Classics, 1974, reprinted 1985. 8vo. wrappers, 189pp. Paper age toned. Very good. In 1758 Diderot's friend the Marquis de Croismare became interested in the cause célèbre of a nun who was appealing to be allowed ...

The Cheltenham Square Murder (British Library Crime Classics)

Bude, John · 2016

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Poisoned Pen Press First U.S. trade paperback edition. Published Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 2016, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 246pp. Fine. Book 12 of 107 - British Library Crime Classics. In the seeming tranquility of Regency Square in Cheltenham live the divers...

The Sussex Downs Murder (British Library Crime Classics)

Bude, John · 2015

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Poisoned Pen Press First U.S. trade paperback edition. Published Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 2015, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, viii+232pp. As new. 'Already it looked as if the police were up against a carefully planned and cleverly executed murder, and, what was ...

The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont

Barr, Robert · 1985

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Dover Pubns First edition thus, reprint of the 1906 edition. Trade softcover. Published NY: Dover, 1985, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 183pp. Near fine. A vain, French private detective working in London solves mysterious cases involving international intrigue, counterfeitin...

Death in Seville

Hewson, David · 2010

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Pan Macmillan First edition thus, trade softcover. First published in 1996 as Semana Santa. Published London:Pan Macmillan, 2010, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 457pp. Mild age tone to the paper, else as new. The author of the Nic Costa mysteries presents a rewritten versio...

Converging Parallels (Inspector Trotti)

Williams, Timothy · 2014

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Soho Crime First edition, trade softcover. Published NY:Soho Crime 2014, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 305pp. Flattened crease on one page corner, small bump, else near fine. Book 1 of 6 - A Commissario Trotti Investigation. Northern Italy, 1978: Commissario Piero Trotti, t...

Christmas at Candleshoe

Innes, Michael · 2001

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

House of Stratus First edition thus, trade softcover. Published North Yorkshire:House of Stratus, 2001, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 181pp. As new. When an American multi-millionaire is keen to buy an Elizabethan manor, she comes up against fierce opposition from a young ...

The Lost Heart of Asia

Thubron, Colin · 1995

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Harper Perennial First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Harper, 1995, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 374pp. Fine. In The Lost Heart of Asia, award-winning writer Colin Thubron travels by train, bus, car and foot through Central Asia's five republics. Thubron takes rea...

Paradise of Cities: Venice in the Nineteenth Century

Norwich, John Julius · 2003

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Vintage First edition, trade softcover. Published NY:Vintage, 2003, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, xxiv+336pp. Fine. Fine No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing NY 8vo 400

Constantinople (Hesperus Classics Series)

De Amicis, Edmondo · 2005

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Hesperus Pr First edition, trade softcover. Published London: Hesperus Pr, 2005, first printing. 8vo. wrappers with French flaps, xiv+301pp. Fine. Journeying to Constantinople by boat, Edmondo De Amicis is initially dismayed to discover that his first glimpse of this much-aw...

The Pathfinders: The Saga of Exploration in Southern Africa

Becker, Peter · 1987

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Penguin Books First edition thus, trade softcover. Published London: Penguin Books, 1987, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 282pp., illustrated. Some age toning to the paper. Very good. Describes the early hunters, traders, sailors, prospectors, missionaries, scientists, and a...

The Ardis Anthology of Russian Romanticism

Christine Rydel · 1984

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Ardis First edition, trade softcover. Published Ann Arbor: Ardis, 1984, first printing. 4to. wrappers, 7" x 9 1/4", 536pp., illustrated. Near fine. Near Fine No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing Ann Arbor 4to

No Uncertain Terms

Dittrick, Mark; Kender, Diane · 1984

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Facts on File First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Facts on File, 1984, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 109pp., illustrated. Near fine. Sixty entries, enhanced by thirty line drawings, delineate the subtle differences between seemingly simple and familiar words, such...

Bitter Lemons

Durrell, Lawrence · 1970

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Faber & Faber Trade softcover. Published London: Faber & Faber, 1970. Small 8vo. wrappers. 256pp. Very good. Very Good No Jacket, As Issued London 8vo 255