The Wild Muse

Gogol (English and Russian Edition)

Gippius, V. V. · 1989

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Duke University Press First edition, trade softcover. Published Durham:Duke University Press, 1989, first printing. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6" x9", 224pp., illus. Fine. Fine No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing Durham 8vo 224

Lights Out for the Territory: 9 Excursions in the Secret History of London

Sinclair, Iain · 1998

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Granta Books Trade softcover. Published London: Granta Books, 1998, fifth printing. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", 386pp, illus. Fine. Fine No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 5th or later Printing London 8vo 386

Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia

Meyer, Karl E.; Brysac, Shareen Blair · 1999

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Counterpoint First edition, trade softcover. Published Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 1999, first printing. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", xxv+646pp., illustrated with b/w plates, maps. Clean, bright, near fine. The original Great Game (1800-1917), the clandestine struggle b...

The Three-Arched Bridge (Vintage International)

Kadare, Ismail · 1998

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Vintage First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Vintage, 1998, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 184pp. Near fine. Near Fine No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing NY 8vo 192

Season In Purgatory: A British Surgeon's Journey of Love and Survival with Partisans in WWII Yugoslavia

Keneally, Thomas · 1985

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

HBJ First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: HBJ, 1985, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 206pp. Short marker stripe on bottom edge, else fine. Near Fine No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing NY 8vo 216

Master of Go

Kawabata, Yasunari · 1981

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Perigee First edition thus, trade softcover. Published NY: Perigee, 1981, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 188pp. Very good. Very Good No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing NY 8vo 187

yes I said yes I will Yes.: A Celebration of James Joyce, Ulysses, and 100 Years of Bloomsday (Vintage Original)

Tully, Nola · 2004

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Vintage First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Vintage, 2004, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, xiii+144pp. As new. As New No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing NY 8vo 160

Victim of the Aurora

Keneally, Thomas · 1985

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

HBJ Trade softcover. Published NY: HBJ, 1985, second printing. 8vo. wrappers, 219pp. Short Marker stripe on top edge, else fine. A mystery set in the Antarctic in the winter of 1910. Near Fine No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 2nd Printing NY 8vo 219

The Straw Man

Giono, Jean; Johnson, Phyllis · 1983

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

North Point Pr First edition, trade softcover. Published San Francisco: North Point Pr, 1983, first printing. 8vo. wrappers in dust jacket,viii+461pp. Translated from the French by Phyllis Johnson. Band of toning on verso of front cover from newspaper clipping, else near fine ...

The Late Summer Passion of a Woman of Mind (Vintage Contemporaries)

Goldstein, Rebecca · 1990

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Vintage First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Vintage, 1990, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 261pp. Mild toning to paper, some edge curl to covers. Very good. A sensual love story, drawing on Plato and Spinoza to examine the conflicting claims of reason and desire.Eva...

The Vatican Cellars (Modern Classics)

Gide, Andre · 1973

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Penguin Trade softcover. Published London: Penguin, 1973, reprinted 1986. 8vo. wrappers, 237pp. Paper age toned. Very good. Very Good Fine London 8vo 240

Five Tales (English and Russian Edition)

Leskov, N. S. · 1984

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Ange Books First edition, trade softcover. Published London: Ange Books, 1984, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 189pp. Fine, clean, bright. The most perfectly 'Russian' writer of the nineteenth century, Leskov conveys a unique, memorable image of the Russia he wayward and undi...

Why Aren't Black Holes Black?

Hazen, Robert M. · 1997

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Anchor First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Anchor, 1997, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, xix+309pp. Some toning to the paper. Near fine. In Why Aren't Black Holes Black? scientists Robert M. Hazen and Maxine Singer (President of the Carnegie Institution) take us int...

Ingenious Pursuits: Building the Scientific Revolution

Jardine, Lisa · 2000

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Anchor First edition, trade softcover. Published NY:Anchor, 2000, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, xx+444pp., illustrated. Light wear. Very good. Very Good No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing NY 8vo 464

James Joyce

O'Brien, Edna · 2000

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Phoenix First edition, trade softcover. Published London: Phoenix, 2000, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 182pp. Near fine. Near Fine No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing London 8vo 192

Voyage: The Coast of Utopia, Part I

Tom Stoppard · 2002

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Faber & Faber First edition, trade softcover. Published London:Faber & Faber, 2002, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 114pp. Paper lightly toned, else fine. This play is one of three sequential, self-contained plays which tell the story of some of the main actors in the drama o...

The Real Inspector Hound

Stoppard, Tom · 1969

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Grove Press First edition thus, trade softcover. Published NY: Grove Press,1969, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 59pp. Author's second play. Rubber stamp of letter "R" on fly leaf. Very good, clean. Very Good No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing NY 8vo

The Silent Traveller in London

Chiang Yee · 2002

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Signal Books First edition, trade softcover. Published Oxford: Signal Books Ltd, 2002, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 216pp., illustrated. As new. As New No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing Oxford 8vo

The Silent Traveller in Oxford

Chiang Yee · 2003

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Signal Books Ltd First edition, trade softcover. Published Oxford: Signal Books Ltd, 2003, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 209pp., illustrated. As new. Looking at the city and its historic university with the curiosity and oppenness of a complete stranger. Yee paints a reveal...

Appleby Talks Again (15) (Inspector Appleby)

Innes, Michael · 2001

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

House of Stratus First edition, trade softcover. Published North Yorkshire: House of Stratus, 2001, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 185pp. As new. Ralph Dangerfield, an Edwardian playwright who belonged to the smartest young set of his day, kept a scandalous diary recording t...