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Granta The Magazine of New Writing / 124

By: N/A

Price: $14.00

Publisher: New York, Granta Publications: summer 2013

Seller ID: 21619

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

Various writers writing about places that had effects on them...Dave Eggers, Haruki Murakami, Siddhartha Mukherjee Lina Wolff, Ellen Bryant Voight, Fine/ As New . Travel Series. Vol. 124. 256 pp
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Granta: The Magazine of New Writing (No. 118)

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Granta Publications: N.D.

Seller ID: 21621

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: As New with no dust jacket

Some of the featured writers in this issue include Ann Beattie, Adrienne Rich, Anne Tyler, Aleksandar Hemon, Alice Munro, and Claire Messud; with a Photo essay by Stacy Kranitz . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. AS NEW.. Granta Magazine Series. Vol. 118. B&W & Color Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 256 pp
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Celebrated Short Stories Being the most Famous Series of Stories ever Published Especially Selected for this Edition

By: N/A

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Leslie-Judge Company: 1915

Seller ID: 22696

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Publisher's quarter black cloth over marbled boards, foredge deckle, top edge black, some pages uncut. Illustrated with B&W illustrations by Jess Emily Brangs . Spines sunned and slightly stained, ffeps foxed, title page of volume III loose, else tight, square, unmarked, and clean. GOOD . B&W Illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall
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The Arabian Nights' Entertainments

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Chicago, W. B. Conkey Company: N.D.

Seller ID: 22778

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, embellishment of a compass on cover, . Spine sunned, previous owner's signatuer on ffep, else tight, square, unmarked, and clean. VERY GOOD. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 771 pp
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Almost Perfect

By: Adams, Alice

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1993

Seller ID: 26444

ISBN: 0679423982

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Quarter bound in white cloth over white boards, gilt lettering on spine, fore edge deckle. . Volume shows only mild shelf wear, former owner's name written on ffep, else fine. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly sunned, also shows mild shelf wear. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (vii), 243, (4) pp
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Superior Women

By: Adams, Alice

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1984

Seller ID: 26461

ISBN: 0394536320

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Stated First Edition. Quarter bound in blue cloth over blue boards, gilt lettering on spine, fore edge deckle. . Volume shows only mild shelf wear, former owner's name written on fep, else fine. Unclipped dust jacket shows mild wear around corners and head and heel of spine, small closed tear at bottom of front panel. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (vii), 367, (4) pp
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The Education of Henry Adams

By: Adams, Henry

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, The Modern Library: 1931

Seller ID: 23344

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Publisher's full grey cloth, top edge green, gilt lettering on spine and cover, illustrated endpapers. . Spine faded, rear covers soiled, else tight, square, unmarked, and clean. GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 301 pp
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SHARDIK

By: Adams, Richard

Price: $5.00

Publisher: NY, Avon Books: 1976

Seller ID: 4571

ISBN: 0380005166

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Publisher's glossy pictorial wraps. 12mo. 620 pp. Unmarked, rear covers has fold, else very good. GOOD+.. Mass Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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De Coverley Papers

By: Addison, Joseph; Samuel Thurber (ed)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, Allyn and Bacon: 1892

Seller ID: 25567

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Publisher's full paper-covered boards, lettering on spine and cover. In the second number of Addison and Steele’s SPECTATOR papers eighteenth-century readers were introduced to the members of “The Club.” Heading the list of those characters who, among them, were intended to represent the entire range of public opinion and enlightened bias for the London of 1711 was “a gentleman of Worcestershire, of ancient descent, a baronet, his name Sir Roger de Coverley.” Sir Roger was initially conceived of as an aging Restoration rake. In the old days he. . . was what you call a fine gentlema...
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Artie and Pink Marsh: Two Short Novels by George Ade

By: Ade, George

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Chicago, The University of Chicago Press: 1963

Seller ID: 10061

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Full red cloth, black lettering and decoration on cover and spine. Illustrated with B&W drawings throughout. . Only slight wear to corners and spine, top right corner of ffep clipped off, fore and bottom edge only slightly soiled, else fine. The unclipped dust jacket moderately chipped and worn. VERY GOOD+/GOOD+ . B&W Drawings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xi), 224 pp
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Only in London

By: Al-Shaykh, Hanan

Price: $8.00

Publisher: NY, Pantheon Books: 2001

Seller ID: 19710

ISBN: 0375421335

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Publisher's quarter bound red over red boards, silver gilt lettering on spine. . Hinge starting, cover has some shelf-wear, ink and pencil underlining and annotations on few pages throughout. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 276 pp
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Jack and Jill

By: Alcott, Louisa M.

Price: $27.00

Publisher: Boston, Little Brown and Company: 1903

Seller ID: 24423

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Brown cover with title and author on front decorated cover and spine with square in gilt also showing titles and author. BEige endpapers and on front page is written "Year Prize June 12 "06". Black and White illustrations within book. VERY GOOD + . Spine ends show wear, book tips show slight wear. Book has pulled very slightly away from back cover. Otherwise square clean tight VERY GOOD PLU . 5 3/4 x 6/3/4. 325 pp
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Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys

By: Alcott, Louisa May

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Garden City, Long Island, NY, Nelson Doubleday, Inc.: 1955

Seller ID: 27865

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine with No dust jacket as issued

Quarter bound in Publisher's green cloth over cream booards, gilt lettering on green panel, gilt decoration and black lettering on spine, black border and green embossed medallion on cover, fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with color frontispiece and numerous B&W drawings in text by Ruth Ives.. The volume shows only the slightest shelf-wear, and is otherwise in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. FINE.. Color Frontispiece and B&W Drawings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (ii), 384 pp
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The Last Carousel

By: Algren, Nelson

Price: $42.00

Publisher: NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1973

Seller ID: 21915

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Publisher's full white linen cloth with shiny red and blue lettering on the spine. . Head and heel of spine have very slight shelf-wear, one tiny smudge on front endpaper, else unmarked, tight, square and clean. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly rubbed on the spine and one small spot on the front cover. NEAR FINE/ VERY GOOD+. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 435 pp
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Toward the Morning

By: Allen, Hervey

Price: $12.00

Publisher: NY, Rinehart & Company: 1948

Seller ID: 7517

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Publisher's full tan cloth, gilt lettering on blue label on spine, T.e.g. (blue), fore-edge deckle. Dust jacket illustrated by Andrew Wyeth. . Former owner's name and address neatly stamped on ffep, else near fine. Dust jacket chipped with minor loss at head and heel of the spine. VERY GOOD/GOOD.. Book Club Edition. Cover Art. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 458 pp
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The Swallow and the Tom Cat: A Love Story

By: Amado, Jorge

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Delacorte Press/Eleanor Friede: 1982

Seller ID: 15155

ISBN: 0440083257

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket

Full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, tan endpapers. Illustrated with B&W drawings througout. . Front board slightly bowed, former owner's inscription on ffep, else near fine. The unclipped dust jacket shows only light shelf-wear. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD+. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 94, (2) pp
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The Schirmer Inheritance

By: Ambler, Eric

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1953

Seller ID: 10761

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Full black cloth, yellow lettering on spine, t.e.g. (yellow), fore-edge deckle.. Corners bumped and moderately worn, mild wear to head and heel of spine, front hinge starting, writing of rfep, rfep lightly soiled, else very good. GOOD+ . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (iv), 219 pp
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The Information

By: Amis, Martin

Price: $100.00

Publisher: NY, Harmony Books: 1995

Seller ID: 26796

ISBN: 0517585162

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

Signed by the author on the half-title. Stated first edition, first printing. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over black boards, gilt lettering on spine, black endpapers. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, pristine condition; unread, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. NEW/NEW.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 374 pp. Signed by Author
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Der Apfel Und Eva

By: Ammers-Kuller, Jo Van

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Bremen, Carl Schunemann: 1932

Seller ID: 21833

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

In German. . FAIR. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 324 pp
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Turn of the Century

By: Andersen, Kurt

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1999

Seller ID: 21212

ISBN: 0375500081

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Quarter bound in black cloth over blue boards, green lettering on spine. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in excellent, unmarked condition. FINE/FINE.. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (viii), 659, (5) pp
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Turn of the Century

By: Andersen, Kurt

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1999

Seller ID: 24453

ISBN: 0375500081

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Quarter bound in black cloth over blue boards, green lettering on spine. . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (viii), 659, (5) pp
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Image for The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche: The story as first set down by Lucius Apuleius in his "Transformations" which is called "The Golden Ass" and then re-told by Walter Pater in the pages of his novel, "Marius the Epicurean"

The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche: The story as first set down by Lucius Apuleius in his "Transformations" which is called "The Golden Ass" and then re-told by Walter Pater in the pages of his novel, "Marius the Epicurean"

By: Apuleius, Lucius; Walter Pater

Price: $50.00

Publisher: NY, The Heritage Press: 1951

Seller ID: 22851

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

Publisher's full brick cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering and embossed gilt medallion on cover, AEG (red). Illustrated with full-page, full-color plates by Edmind Dulac. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The gold slipcase has some light smudges and is rubbed on the extremities. FINE. . Color Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 64 pp
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The Golden Ass

By: Apuleius; Jack Lindsay (Translator)

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Bloomington, Indiana University Press: 1962

Seller ID: 25605

ISBN: 0253200369

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Publisher's glossy wraps. . Volume shows mild shelf-wear, some light notes and underlining in pencil throughout. VERY GOOD. . Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall. 254, (1) pp
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