Literature

Boston, Mass USA: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. Cover shows wear, creased, crinkled, dog-ear, & light stain, previous owner name in pen, edges light soil & yellowing, front fly-leaf crinkeld, else fine. "In this futuristic fantasy, the Republic of Gilead--formerly the United States--is a fundamentalist regime that has reduced women to a state of servitude and suppressed all civil rights. The protagonist, a woman called Offred, becomes the Handmaid of the Commander, expected to bear him a child in exchange for her freedom.". Trade Paperback. Fair. 6" x 9". more information

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London: Pan Books, 1973. Cover has marks and creases, cover edges worn, title page and first pages are loose and unbound, first few pages slight dog-ear, else fine, inside is clean without markings. "A delightful adventure about freedom and flight. A unique book.". Trade Paperback. Good. Illus. by Munson, Russell (Photographer). 5" x 6.75". more information

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New York: WW Norton & Company, 2000. NOTE: Likely requires $2 or $3 more in shipping costs. Very few markings inside, edges show some wear and a bit of soiling, slight dog-ear, else fine., Clean throughout. "Includes the "Writers on Writing" section, offers 9 commentaries, 65 stories by 62 authors, 17 contemporary stories.. Very Good. more information

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Lexington, Mass: DC Heath and Company, 1996. Light dog-ear, cover corners curled; else fine, inside is clean, tight & unmarked. "More than 500 poems and an introduction to poetry and a brief history of each period.". Fifth. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6" x 9". more information

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New York, NY USA: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. Missing jacket, black cloth with gold lettering on front & spine, rough-cut edges, age-yellowing, small bookstore stamp on back fly-leaf, edges light soil - esle fine. "Each generation discovers anew the poetry and the wisdom of Kahlil Gibran's "The Prophet", as he addresses the major themes of our daily lives. ... philosophy on love, marriage, joy and sorrow, time, friendship and more. Originally published in 1923 - translated into more than 20 languages. With 12 full page drawings by Gibran." . 55th Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gibran, Kahlil. 5.75" x 8.5". more information

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New York: Penguin Academics, 2002. NOTE: May requires $2 or $3 more in shipping costs. Very few (if any) markings inside, edges show some wear and a bit of soiling, slight dog-ear, else fine., Clean throughout. "Compact yet complete, classic & contemporary stories.. Very Good. more information

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Great Britain: Sphere Books, 1985. Label removal stain on back cover, slight dog-ear here 'n there - else fine. "Beautiful, full-color facsimile reproduction of a naturalist's diary - observations on wildlife, poems and exquisite paintings of bees, butterflies, flowers.". Trade Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Holden, Edith. 5.75" x 7.25". more information

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New York: Riverhead Books, 1995. Jacket edges creased a little, jacket has a few light marks, else fine, nice clean copy. "The Seven Deadly Sins are antholgized in this volume. The contributors include Dante on Avarice, Twain on Sloth, Dickens on Envy, Dostoyevsky on Anger, Milton on Pride, and Chaucer on Lust." . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 5.5" x 7.34". more information

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Sag Harbor, NY: Second Chance Press, 1982. Pen mark on Title Page, a few crease marks on cover & pages but nothing serious - clean & tight. "Laxness describes the popular reaction to an attempt by the U.S. to buy land for a nuclear base near Reykjavik. He contrasts corruption and decadence in the capital with the simple life of peasants in the north. Rich, lyrical prose, all expertly interpreted in the translation.". Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5.5" x 8.5". more information

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New York, NY USA: Barnes & Noble Books, 1993. Cover edges show some wear, else fine. Nice looking book, clean & tight. "The actors, singers, and patrons of the Paris Opera House say that a ghost haunts the labyrinthine chambers beneath its stage. Part horror story, part historical romance, and part detective thriller, the timeless tale of a masked, disfigured musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House. Underlying theme: The relationship between outward appearance and the beauty of darkness of the human soul.". Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6" x 8.5". more information

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New York: Pantheon Books, 1997. Previous owner name, cover edges & page corners show a little wear, else fine, clean & fairly tight. "A modern-day classic. Gift from the Sea is like a shell itself in its small and perfect form . . . It tells of light and life and love and the security that lies at the heart". Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5.25" x 8". more information

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Toronto, ON, Canada: Gage, 1980. Cover edges show some wear, edges slightly yellowed - else fine, clean & tight. "A collection of short stories by Canadian writers such as Pierre Berton, Farley Mowatt, Mordecai Richler, Alice Munro, Margaret Lawrence, W.O. Mitchell and others". . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5" x 8". more information

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Toronto, ON, Canada: McClellan and Stewart, 1999. Cover edges show a little wear & curling, inside is clean & unmarked. " As a young boy during the Second World War, Jakob Beer is rescued from the mud in Poland by the scientist Athos Roussos, and he is taken to Greece, then, at war’s end, to Toronto. It is here that his loss gradually surfaces, as does the haunting question of his sister’s fate. Later in life, as a translator and a poet, Jakob meets Ben, a young professor whose own legacies of the war kindle within him a fascination with the older man and his writing." . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5.5" x 8.5". more information

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Toronto, ON, Canada: McClellan and Stewart, 1974. Cover creased and marked, edges light soil, some age yellowing, else fine: clean & unmaaked inside. "Happy Adventure was a schooner with one fatal flaw. It leaked like a sieve. So why would anyone repeatedly expose himself and his friends to the elements of the North Atlantic in a treacherous, stubborn, uncomfortable, unfloatable boat which at last count, has sunk eight times? Any explanation of this appalling narative seems outrageously unlikely. But the story is true. All too true. Funny." . Trade Paperback. Good. Illus. by Berthier, GP. 5.25" x 8.25". more information

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New York, NY USA: Vintage International a Division of Random House, Inc.. Not much wear. "Set in postwar Germany, The Reader is a provocative, morally challenging, and deeply moving novel about a young boy's erotic awakening in a clandestine love affair with a mysterious older woman and a surprising outcome years later.". Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5" x 9". more information

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New York, NY USA: Vintage International a Division of Random House, Inc.. Very little wear, cover has small smudge, inside is clean, tight & unmarked. "Set in postwar Germany, The Reader is a provocative, morally challenging, and deeply moving novel about a young boy's erotic awakening in a clandestine love affair with a mysterious older woman and a surprising outcome years later.". Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5" x 8". Oprah Book Club. more information

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Boulder, Colorado: Blue Mountain Press, 1982. Previous owner gift inscription - else fine, clean & tight. "A collection of poems with simple graphics. Contributors include: Leonard Nimoy, Cheryl Ladd, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Helen Keller among many others.". 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5.75" x 8.5". more information

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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982. Cover creased, cover edges chipped & slight dog-ear, slight dog-ear inside, else fine: clean, tight & unmarked. "Celie is a black woman whose letters tell a story of abuse, hardship and, ultimately, self-awakening. The Color Purple is the book that made Alice Walker a major voice in modern fiction. Stephen Spielberg transformed the novel into an Oscar-nominated film.". Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5.5" x 8.5". more information

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London: Flamingo, 2001. Very little wear; clean, tight & unmarked. "... an intoxicating memoir of Ireland and being Irish (and Anglo-Irish as well) from one of literature's most flamboyant characters. ".. and about the way the Irish see the English and vice versa; and how it feels to fall in between." . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5" x 7.75". more information

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