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A peck of pepper
HARRIS, John · 1974 · Cotswold Internet Books
£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)
London Chatto & Windus Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket 1st edition thus, with illustrations by Faith Jaques. First published 1820. Dust jacket price-clipped & slightly yellowed. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/orig_125513_jpg.jpg
When the Wind Blows
Hare, Cyril · 2009 · The Wild Muse
$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)
Faber & Faber First edition, trade softcover. Published London: Faber & Faber, 2009, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 254pp. Wrinkle at top edge of last 10 sheets, else fine. Famous solo violinist Lucy Carless is making a guest appearance with the provincial Markshire Orchestr…
The Damascened Blade (Joel Gustafsson Series)
Cleverly, Barbara · 2005 · The Wild Muse
$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)
Delta Fourth printing. Trade softcover. Published NY: Delta 2005. 8vo. wrappers, 304pp. Very good. Book 3 of 13 - Joe Sandilands. Scotland Yard Detective Joe Sandilands has been given the unenviable mission of guarding a spirited young American woman with far more wealth than …
The Bee's Kiss (Joe Sandilands)
Cleverly, Barbara · 2007 · The Wild Muse
$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)
Random House Publishing Third printing. Trade softcover. Published NY: Random House Publishing, 2007. 8vo. wrappers, 320pp. Near fine. Book 5 of 13 - Joe Sandilands. At midnight she was ravishing: a tall redhead wearing emeralds and a low-cut dress. An hour later, in her room a…
Hav (New York Review Books Classics)
Morris, Jan · 2006 · The Wild Muse
$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)
NYRB First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: NYRB, 2006, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, xvi+301pp. Fine. Hav is like no place on earth. Rumored to be the site of Troy, captured during the crusades and recaptured by Saladin, visited by Tolstoy, Hitler, Grace Kelly, and Pr…
The Haunted Hotel
Collins, Wilkie · 1982 · The Wild Muse
$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)
Dover First edition thus, trade softcover. Published NY: Dover, 1982, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 127pp. Very good plus. Collins' much-loved Venice provides the scenery and fatal beauty, the grim waterways and palaces the author will haunt with mysterious women, grotesques,…
Ill Met By Moonlight
Moss, W. Stanley · 2010 · The Wild Muse
$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)
Paul Dry First edition thus, trade softcover. Published Philadelphia: Paul Dry, 2010, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 212pp., illustrated. As new. Ill Met By Moonlight is the gripping account of the audacious World War II abduction of a German general from the island of Crete.…
To Peking: A Forgotten Journey from Moscow to Manchuria (Tauris Parke Paperbacks)
Fleming, Peter · 2009 · The Wild Muse
$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)
Tauris Parke First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Tauris Parke, 2009, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 190pp., illustrated. As new. When in 1934 at the age of twenty-seven, Peter Fleming set out for the Far East, his ultimate goal was to return from China to India overl…
Brazilian Adventure
Peter Fleming · 1999 · The Wild Muse
$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)
The Marlboro Press/Northwestern First edition thus, second printing. Trade softcover. Published Evanston: The Marlboro Press/Northwestern, 1999, 8vo. wrappers, 376pp. As new. "Beyond the completion of a 3,000-mile journey, mostly under amusing conditions, through a little-kno…
A Dog's Ransom
Highsmith, Patricia · 2002 · The Wild Muse
$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)
W. W. Norton & Company First edition thus, trade softcover. Published NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2002, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 271pp. Fine. Long out of print, this Highsmith classic resurfaces with a vengeance. The great revival of interest in Patricia Highsmith contin…
A Suspension of Mercy
Highsmith, Patricia · 2001 · The Wild Muse
$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)
W. W. Norton & Company First edition thus, trade softcover. Published NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 235pp. As new. A major new reissue of the work of a classic noir novelist. With the acclaim for The Talented Mr. Ripley, more film projects i…
The Animal Lover's Book of Beastly Murder
Highsmith, Patricia · 1988 · The Wild Muse
$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)
Mysterious Pr First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Mysterious Pr, 1988, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 230pp. As new. Thirteen murder stories feature a jealous Siamese cat, a truffle-hunting pig, rebellious chickens, an elderly cockroach, a playful goat, and a brave …
Holy Russia: An Historical Companiion to European Russia
MacLean, F. · 1985 · The Wild Muse
$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)
Century Publishing Trade softcover. Published London: Century Publishing, 1982, second printing (1985). 8vo. wrappers, 347pp. Fine. Traces Russia's blood-stained and tumultuous history from the earliest times and describes the magnificent countryside, the splendid cities and th…
A Dragon Apparent: Travels in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
Lewis, Norman · 2003 · The Wild Muse
$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)
Eland Publishing First edition thus, trade softcover. PublishedLondon: Eland Publishing, 2003, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, illustrated, 333pp. Fine. Originally published in 1951, it is said that A Dragon Apparent inspired Graham Greene to go to Vietnam and write The Quiet Am…
The Siege at Peking (Oxford in Asia Paperbacks)
Fleming, Peter · 1986 · The Wild Muse
$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)
Oxford University Press First edition, trade softcover. Published Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1986, second printing. 8vo. wrappers, 273pp., illustrated. Fine. In June 1900, the foreign Legations at Peking were attacked by Imperial Chinese troops, with the support of t…
The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke
Rilke, Rainer Maria · 1985 · The Wild Muse
$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)
Graywolf Pr First edition, trade softcover. Published Saint Paul: Graywolf Pr, 1985, first printing. 12mo. wrappers, 66pp. Fine. Describes the experiences of a young cavalry officer, whose courage is challenged in battle Fine No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing Sain…
The Way of the World (New York Review Books Classics)
Bouvier, Nicolas · 2009 · The Wild Muse
$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)
NYRB First edition thus, trade softcover. Published NY: NYRB, 2009, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 318pp., illustrated. Fine. In 1953, twenty-four-year old Nicolas Bouvier and his artist friend Thierry Vernet set out to make their way overland from their native Geneva to the…
The Pantheon: Design, Meaning, and Progeny, With a New Foreword by John Pinto, Second Edition
MacDonald · 2002 · The Wild Muse
$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)
Harvard University Press Second edition, trade softcover. Published Cambridge, MA:Harvard University Press, 2002, first printing. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9 1/4", 160pp., illustrated. Fine. The Pantheon in Rome is one of the grand architectural statements of all ages. This r…
Victoria Ocampo: Against the Wind and the Tide (Texas Pan American Series)
Meyer, Doris · 1990 · The Wild Muse
$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)
University of Texas Press First edition thus, trade softcover. Published Austin:University of Texas Press, 1990, first printing. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", xvii+314pp. Minor narrow stain on edge of page block. Very good, bright, binding tight. The "first lady of Argentine …
The Traveller's Tree
Fermor, Patrick Leigh · 2001 · The Wild Muse
$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)
Narrative Pr First edition, trade softcover. Santa Barbara: Narrative Prs, 2001, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 424pp. As new. The Caribbean as Fermor experienced it in the 1940's was a world of incredible fusions and contradictions that didn't exist anywhere else in the worl…