The Wild Muse

The green gene

Dickinson Peter · 1973

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Pantheon Books First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Pantheon Books, 1973. 8vo., 192pp. Fine in fine, mylar protected dust jacket. CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson is back: An Indian doctor joins the English underground to fight racial...

The Lords of Akchasaz. Murder in the Ironsmiths Market

Kemal, Yashar · 1980

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Morrow First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Morrow, 1980. 8vo., 448pp. Translated from the Turkish by Thilda Kemal. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. In this independent first part of a new trilogy, Yasar Kemal returns to the scene of man...

The Years of Bloom: James Joyce in Trieste, 1904-1920

Mccourt, John · 2000

$80.00 (€72.58 | £60.55 | ¥12,775)

University of Wisconsin Press First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2000. 8vo., xi+306pp. As new in as new dust jacket. The Years of Bloom is arguably the most important work of Joyce biography since Ellma...

The Price of Butcher's Meat (Dalziel and Pascoe)

Hill, Reginald · 2008

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

HarperCollins First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: HarperCollins, 2008. 8vo., 519pp. Minor nicking at front cover corners with matching small tear/abrasions on dust jacket. Book 21 of 22 - The Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries Near Fine Very Go...

A Visit from the Goon Squad

Egan, Jennifer · 2010

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Knopf First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Knopf, 2010. 8vo., 274pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Book 1 of 2 - Goon Squad NATIONAL BESTSELLER . NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE WINNER . With music pulsing on every page, this startling...

The Stranger House

Hill, Reginald · 2005

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Harper First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Harper, 2005. 8vo., viii+470pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. In The Stranger House, Reginald Hill takes a break from his Dalziel and Pascoe series, and delivers a stunning stand-alone novel...

Salvation of a Saint: A Detective Galileo Novel (Detective Galileo Series)

Higashino, Keigo · 2012

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Minotaur Books First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Minotaur Books, 2012. 8vo., 330pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Book 2 of 5 - Detective Galileo. Salvation of a Saint is Keigo Higashino at his mind-bending best, pitting emotion against fact...

The Thief of Venice: A Homer Kelly Mystey

Langton, Jane · 1999

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Viking First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Viking, 1999. 8vo., 247pp., with illustrations by the author. Fine in fine dust jacket. During a trip to Venice for a conference on rare books, Homer Kelly and his wife Mary stumble into a mystery...

The Lies That Bind: A Neil Hamel Mystery

Van Gieson, Judith · 1993

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

HarperCollins First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: HarperCollins, 1993. 8vo.,259pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Albuquerque lawyer Neil Hamel begins her new case by confronting a unique problem--her client cannot remember whether or not she i...

The Cross and the Pear Tree: A Sephardic Journey

Perera, Victor · 1995

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Knopf First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Knopf, 1995. 8vo., 282pp., illustrated with b/w photos. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a short, closed tear at the rear flap fold. Fine Near Fine 1st Edition 1st Printing NY 282

To Asmara

Keneally, Thomas · 1989

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Warner First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Warner, 1989. 8vo., 290pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. This national bestseller by the highly-acclaimed author of "Schindler's List" tells the deeply moving and spellbinding story of an alienated Au...

Winter's Tale

Helprin, Mark · 1983

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich First edition, second printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983. 8vo., xii+672pp. Very good plus, clean, bright in good dust jacket with a chip at the crown and edge wear/closed tears. A bestseller that takes ...

Now and Then: From Coney Island to Here

Heller, Joseph · 1998

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Alfred A. Knopf First trade edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. 8vo., 259pp., illustrated with endpaper photos. Fine in fine dust jacket. Heller gives us his life. Here is his Coney Island childhood, down the block from t...

A Case of Curiosities

Kurzweil, Allen · 1992

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Harcourt First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Harcourt, 1992. 8vo., ix+358pp. Author's first novel. Near fine in very good dust jacket with mild creasing at the top edge. Near Fine Very Good 1st Edition 1st Printing NY 8vo 358

George Orwell: Animal Farm, Burmese Days, A Clergyman's Daughter, Coming Up for Air, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Nineteen Eighty-Four: Complete & Unabridged

George Orwell · 1980

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Octopus/Heinemann First U.S. edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Octopus/Heinemann, 1980. Thick 8vo., xviii+922pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with uniform sun fade at the spine.. Near Fine Fine 1st Edition 1st Printing NY 8vo 925

Chez Panisse Pasta, Pizza, & Calzone: A Cookbook (Chez Panisse Cookbook Library)

Waters, Alice · 1995

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Random House First edition thus, trade softcover. Published NY : Random House, 1995. 4to wrappers, 196pp., slight sweating/waviness at top corner rear pages, else near fine, clean, crisp. Very Good Plus No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing NY 4to 224

The Cambridge Theorem

Cape, Tony · 2005

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Felony & Mayhem Press First edition thus, trade softcover. Published : Felony & Mayhem Press, 2005. 8vo. wrappers. 424pp. Fine. Fine No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing 8vo 432

The Dumb Gods Speak

Oppenheim, E. Phillips · 1938

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Triangle Books Triangle Books reprint. Second printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Triangle Books, 1938. 8vo., 311pp. Green cloth with black titles and cover design. Paper aged toned. "Editorial Library Copy Do Not Remove From Office Must Be Returned To Library"...

The Nero Wolfe Companion (5 Volumes); The Nero Wolfe Handbook; Archie Goodwin's New York City Walkabout

Gotwald, Frederick G. · 1980

$850.00 (€771.20 | £643.38 | ¥135,734)

Privately Published Seven volumes of Gotwald's privately printed Nero Wolfe series. Published 1980's, 1990's. Includes: The Nero Wolfe Companion : Annotations of Some Buried Caesar, Over My Dead Body, Where There's A Will, Bitter End, Black Orchids, Not Quite Dead Enough; Th...

The Man Who Changed His Plea

Oppenheim, E. Phillips · 1942

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Little, Brown, and Company First edition, first printing. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1942. 8vo., 291pp. Red cloth with black titles. Near fine, clean attractive copy. Near Fine No Jacket 1st Edition 1st Printing Boston 8vo