The Wild Muse

The Red Queen: A Haunting Historical Mystery - A Korean Princess's Lost Memoir Across Centuries

Drabble, Margaret · 2005

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Harcourt First edition thus, trade softcover. Published NY: Harcourt, 2005, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, xii+334pp. Milt age tone to the paper, else fine. Barbara Halliwell, on a grant at Oxford, receives an unexpected package-a centuries-old memoir by a Korean crown princ...

The Red Thumb Mark: A Dr. Thorndyke Mystery

Freeman, R. Austin · 2016

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Skyhorse First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Skyhorse, 2016, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, vi+236pp. Fine. Before Kathy Reichs's Temperance Brennan and Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta, there was Dr. Thorndyke, the first ever fictional forensic scientist. The onl...

The Mammoth Book of the Adventures of Professor Moriarty: 37 Short Stories about the Secret Life of Sherlock Holmes's Nemesis

Jakubowski, Maxim · 2016

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Skyhorse First edition, trade softcover. Published NY:Skyhorse, 2016, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, xiii+577pp. Fine, crisp copy. While "the Napoleon of crime" appeared in only two of Conan Doyle's original stories, Moriarty's enigma is finally revealed in this diverse antho...

Refiner's Fire: The Life and Adventures of Marshall Pearl, a Foundling

Helprin, Mark · 1990

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Harcourt Trade softcover. Published NY: Harcourt, 1990, sixth printing. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", 373pp. As new. Marshall Pearl is orphaned at birth on an immigrant ship off the coast of Palestine in 1947, then brought to americanca. His experiences take him from the Hu...

Life on the Mississippi (Illustrated Classic): 100th Anniversary Collection

Twain, Mark · 2018

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

SeaWolf Press First edition thus, trade softcover. Published Orinda, CA: SeaWolf Press, 2018, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", xii+475pp., with illustrations taken from the 1883 first edition. As new. A beautiful edition with the formatting and more than 300 illustrat...

The Great Prince Shan

Oppenheim, E. Phillips · 2015

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Leopold Classic Library Leopold Classic Library reprint. Trade softcover. Published Middletown, DE: Leopold Classic Library, 2015. 8vo. printed wrappers, 6" x 9", 228pp. As new. As New No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing Middletown, DE 8vo

Helsinki: Architectural Guide

Meyer, Ulf · 2018

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

DOM Publishers Second Edition, trade softcover. Published Berlin: DOM Publishers, 2018. 4to. wrappers, 5 3/8" x 9 5/8", 292pp., illustrated throughout with color photos, plans, maps. Fine. Fine No Jacket, As Issued 2nd Edition Berlin 4to 288

Venice for Pleasure (Pallas for Pleasure)

Links, J.G. · 2000

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Pallas Athene Trade softcover. Published London: Pallas Athene, 2000, reprinted 2006. Oblong 8vo. wrappers, 275pp., illustrated with color and b/w photos. Very good plus. Very Good Plus No Jacket, As Issued London 8vo 275

Murder on Safari

Huxley, Elspeth · 1988

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

J. M. Dent & Sons First edition, trade softcover. Published London: Dent, 1988, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 203pp. Age toning to paper. Very good. Lord and Lady Baradale, on a posh safari in Kenya, anticipate splendid photo trophies for their luxurious labors. But rather ...

Murder At Government House

Huxley, Elspeth · 1987

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Dent First edition, trade softcover. Published London: Dent, 1987, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 231pp. Age toning to paper. Very good. Life at Government House in the African colony of Chania seems relaxed and booming though Olivia Brandeis, a young anthropologist, senses ...

Jackson's Dilemma

Murdoch, Iris · 1997

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Penguin Books Third printing. Trade softcover. Published UK: Penguin Books, 1997. 8vo. wrappers, 249pp. Very good. In a psychological drama, a mysterious and charismatic English butler derails the marriage of his master, a young aristocrat, and his fiance+a7e, sending them b...

Lotte in Weimar: The Beloved Returns

Mann, Thomas · 1968

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Penguin Books Trade softcover. Published UK: Penguin Books, 1968 reprinted 1982. 8vo. wrappers, 331pp. Age toning to paper. Very good. Thomas Mann, fascinated with the concept of genius and with the richness of German culture, found in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe the embodime...

Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man: The Early Years (Vintage International)

Mann, Thomas · 1992

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Vintage Trade softcover. Published NY: Vintage, 1992. 8vo. wrappers, 384pp. Very good. Recounts the enchanted career of the con man extraordinaire Felix Krull--a man unhampered by the moral precepts that govern the conduct of ordinary people. Very Good No Jacket, As Issued 4...

Dubin's Lives (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)

Malamud, Bernard · 1994

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Penguin Books Fourth printing. Trade softcover. Published UK: Penguin Books, 1994. 8vo. wrappers, 400pp. Very good. Dubin is middle-aged, a distinguished biographer seeking increased accomplishment and the key to his inner feelings. His marriage is stable if unexciting, and ...

Germinie Lacerteux (Classics)

Edmond De Goncourt; Jules .De Goncourt · 1984

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Penguin Books First edition, trade softcover. Published UK: Penguin Books, 1984, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 170pp. Age toning to paper. Very good. Very Good No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing UK 8vo 176

Ah King and Other Stories

Maugham, W. Somerset · 1986

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Oxford University Press First edition, trade softcover. Published Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 339pp. Near fine. Set in Malaya, this collection of short stories brilliantly captures the essence of colonial life. Maugham paints a keen ...

Babbitt (Modern Library Classics)

Lewis, Sinclair · 2002

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Modern Library First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Modern Library, 2002, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, xx+404pp. Near fine. In the fall of 1920, Sinclair Lewis began a novel set in a fast-growing city with the heart and mind of a small town. For the center of his ...

The New York Stories of Edith Wharton (New York Review Books Classics)

Wharton, Edith · 2007

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.25 | ¥2,795)

NYRB Second printing. Trade softcover. Published NY: NYRB, 2007. 8vo. wrappers, xxviii+452pp. Presentation card taped inside front cover, light staining on bottom edge of last 10 sheets, else near fine. The New York Stories of Edith Wharton gathers twenty stories of the city...

The Works of The Earl of Rochester

Rochester, J. · 1995

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Wordsworth Editions Ltd First edition, trade softcover. Published UK:Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1995, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, lxix+256pp. Age toning to paper. Very good. Much of Rochester's work remained unpublished for many years, as it was considered too sexually bold...

Let the Great World Spin: A Novel

McCann, Colum · 2009

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Random House Fifth printing. Trade softcover. Published NY: Random House, 2009, 8vo. wrappers, 375pp. Very good. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER . Colum McCann's beloved novel inspired by Philippe Petit's daring high-wire stunt, which is also depicted in the film The Walk starring...