The Wild Muse

The Old Man at the Railroad Crossing and Other Tales: Selected and Introduced by Aimee Bender

Maxwell, William · 2016

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Catapult First edition, trade softcover. Published Berkeley: Catapult, 2016, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 164pp. Fine. In these tales, with one foot firmly planted in the present, Maxwell brings a certain sophisticated urbanity to the oral traditions of the fable and fairy...

Malaria Dreams: An African Adventure

Stevens, Stuart · 1989

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Atlantic Monthly Press First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 236pp. Fine. Malaria Dreams is a tale of high adventure across Africa, recounted with the wit and humor that delighted readers of Night Train to T...

Marius the Epicurean

Pater, Walter · 1985

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

Soho First edition, trade softcover. Published London: Soho, 1985, first printing. Thick 8vo. wrappers, 467pp. Age tone to paper, else very good plus, straight, tight copy. It was as a critic and a humanist that Pater (1839-1894), a teaching fellow at Oxford, became a powerf...

Guy Deverell

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan · 1984

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Dover Pubns Trade softcover. Published NY: Dover, 1984. 8vo. wrappers, 414pp., illus. frontis. Fine. Fine No Jacket, As Issued NY 448

Homer's Daughter

Graves, Robert · 1982

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Academy Chicago Publishers First edition thus, trade softcover. Published Chicago:Academy Chicago Publishers, 1982, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 283pp. Near fine, clean, bright copy. Near Fine No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing Chicago 8vo 283

The One from the Other: A Bernie Gunther Novel

Kerr, Philip · 2009

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.24 | ¥2,795)

Penguin First edition thus, trade softcover. Published NY: Penguin, 2009, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 400pp. Spine a bit turned. Very good. Book 4 of 14 - Bernie Gunther. In the fourth mystery in Philip Kerr's New York Times bestselling series, Bernie Gunther-a former pol...

Re Joyce

Burgess, Anthony · 2000

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

W. W. Norton & Company Trade softcover. Published NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000, second printing. 8vo. wrappers, 276pp. Fine. Arguing that "the appearance of difficulty is part of Joyce's big joke," Burgess provides a readable, accessible guide to the writings of James Joy...

Thousand Cranes (Vintage International)

Kawabata, Yasunari · 1996

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Vintage Trade softcover. Published NY: Vintage, 1996. 8vo. wrappers, 147pp. As new. While attending a traditional tea ceremony in the aftermath of his parents' deaths, Kikuji encounters his father's former mistress, Mrs. Ota. At first Kikuji is appalled by her indelicate nat...

Simonetta Perkins (Hesperus Classics)

Hartley, L. P. · 2004

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

Hesperus Press First edition, trade softcover. Published London: Hesperus Press, 2004, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, x+87pp. As new. Considered by Hartley to be the most accomplished of his works, Simonetta Perkins is a brilliantly observed tale of desire and guilt. Set agai...

The Black Swan

Mann, Thomas; Straus, Nina Pelikan (intro.); Trask, Willard R. (trans.) · 1990

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

University of California Press Trade softcover. Published Berkeley: University of California Press 1990, fourth printing. 8vo. wrappers, xiv+141pp. As new. Thomas Mann's bold and disturbing novella, written in 1952, is the feminine counterpart of his masterpiece Death in Ven...

Anatolian Tales

Kemal, Yasar · 1983

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Writers & Readers First edition, trade softcover. Published London and New York: Writers & Readers, 1983, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 160pp. Mild age tone to the paper. Fine. Seven somber short stories depicting the lives of oppressed Anatolian peasants are compassionatel...

Lost Mars: The Golden Age of the Red Planet (British Library Science Fiction Classics)

Mike Ashley; H. G. Wells; W. S. Lach-Szyrma; George C. Wallis; P. Schuyler Miller; Stanley G. Weinbaum; Ray Bradbury; Marion Zimmer Bradley; E. C. Tubb; Walter M. Miller; Jr.; J. G. Ballard · 2018

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

British Library Publishing First edition, trade softcover. Published London :British Library Publishing, 2018, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 302pp., illus frontis. As new. Book 1 of 12 - British Library Science Fiction Classics. These ten short stories from the golden age of...

Titles and Forms of Address: A Guide to Their Correct Use (Reference)

Editors of Who's Who · 1997

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

A & C Black Publishers Ltd Trade softcover. Published London: A & C Black, 1997. 8vo. wrappers, xxxi+191pp. As new. New No Jacket, As Issued London 8vo 208

Vasari on Technique (Dover Art Instruction)

Giorgio Vasari · 2011

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Dover Publications Trade softcover. Published Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, no date. 8vo. wrappers, xxiv+328pp., illustrated. from the 1907 translation by Louisa S. Maclehose. Complete and unabridged. Fine. SynopsisGiorgio Vasari (1511-1571) is well known for his celebr...

The Corpse Steps Out (John J. Malone Mysteries)

Craig Rice · 2012

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

Rue Morgue Press First edition, trade softcover. Published Lyons: Rue Morgue Press, 2012, first printing. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", 158pp. As new. Book 2 of 14 - The John J. Malone Mysteries. Lawyer John J. Malone and pals Jake and Helene chase a corpse that won't stay...

THE GAZETTE, The Journal of the Wolfe Pack (8 issues, 1988-1990)

Levy, Joel (Ed.) · 1988

$195.00 (€176.92 | £147.58 | ¥31,143)

The Wolfe Pack Broken run of 8 issues of THE GAZETTE, The Journal of the Wolfe Pack, 1988-1990. Volume VI, Numbers 1, 3, 4; Volume VII, Numbers 1, 2, 4; Volume VIII, Numbers 1, 4. Each limited to 350 numbered copies. Published NY: The Wolfe Pack, 1988-1990. 8vo. stapled wrappe...

Stout Fellow: A Guide Through Nero Wolfe's World

Owens, Ron · 2003

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

iUniverse, Inc. First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: iUniverse, Inc., 2003, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", xiii+249pp. Fine. Fine No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing NY 8vo 264

Philo Vance: The Life and Times of S.S. Van Dine

Tuska, Jon · 1971

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Bowling Green University Popular Press First edition, trade softcover. Published Bowling Green OH: Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1971, first printing. Stapled 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", 63pp., illustrated with b/w stills from the films. Slight age toning to covers, else...

The Adventures of Telemachus, the Son of Ulysses (The Works of Tobias Smollett)

De La Mothe Fénelon, François De Salignac · 2014

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.41 | ¥9,582)

University of Georgia Press First edition, trade softcover. Published Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2014, first printing. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", xxxv+383pp., illustrated. Fine. The Adventures of Telemachus is the first critical edition of Tobias Smollett's ...

Conversations With Eckermann

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von · 1984

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

North Point Pr First edition, trade softcover in dust jacket. Published San Francisco: North Point Pr, 1984, first printing. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6"x9", 345pp., illus frontis. Translated by John Oxenford. Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine Fine 1st Edition 1st Printing San Francis...