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London: Penguin Classics, 1957. 206 pp. The cover features the death of Roland from a manuscript in the Chantilly Museum. Light wear with a crease on the spine; store stamped. . ISBN: 0140440755. Later Printing. Paperback. Very Good. song of roland; old french epic; epics; saracen saracens; charlemagne; roncevaux; chivalry; medieval;. ... more information

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New York: Mercury Press, 1976. 162 pp. Digest. Light edge and corner wear; no creasing. Cover art by Chesley Bonestell. This issue contains: Hero's Moon by Marion Zimmer Bradley; Where the Woodbine Twineth by Manly Wade Wellman; The Ladies of Beetlegoose Nine by R. Bretnor; The Hertford Manuscript by Richard Cowper; Out of Dickinson by Poe (verse) by Ray Bradbury; A Case of the Stubborns by Robert Bloch; The Barrow by Ursula K. Le Guin; and From A to Z in the Chocolate Alphabet by Harlan Ellison; alo... more information

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New York: Bantam Books, 1965. 279 pp. First Thus. Bantam Book S3006. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; not store stamped. Cover art by James Bama. The Chapters are: Meet Gerard Croiset; Seven Cases; Early Dutch Days; Murders and Sex Crimes; Thefts; Missing Children; Missing Adults and Animals; Lost Objects; Problems and Puzzles; Fossils and Manuscripts; Chair Test; The Professor; and Summary. Scans are available for all books.. First Printing. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by ... more information

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London: Penguin Classics, 1986. 164 pp. First Thus. Light edge and corner wear with a faintly creased spine and a crease on the upper left of the back cover; previous owner's name on the front endpaper; no other interior markings. The cover features a detail of a manuscript, courtesy of the Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal, Paris. This new edition contains: Guigemar; Equitan; Le Fresne; Bisclavret; Lanval; Les Deux Amanz; Yonec; Laustic; Milun; Chaitivel; Chevrefoil; and Eliduc; followed by notes; a bi... more information

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New York: Ballantine Books, 1976. 216 pp. Edge and corner wear with a crease on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Murray Tinkleman. This collection contains: The House on Curwen Street being the Manuscript of Andrew Phelan; The Watcher from the Sky being the Deposition of Abel Keene; The Gorge Beyond Salapunco being the Testament of Claiborne Boyd; The Keeper of the Key being the Statement of Nayland Colum; and The Black Island being the Narrative of Horvath Blayne. . ISBN: 0345250176. Secon... more information

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New York: Carroll and Graf, 1996. 248 pp. First Thus. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This collection contains: The House on Curwen Street being the Manuscript of Andrew Phelan; The Watcher from the Sky being the Deposition of Abel Keene; The Gorge Beyond Salapunco being the Testament of Claiborne Boyd; The Keeper of the Key being the Statement of Nayland Colum; and The Black Island being the Narrative of Horvath Blayne. . ISBN: 0786703415. First Printing.... more information

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New York: Ballantine Books, 1976. 216 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Murray Tinkleman. This collection contains: The House on Curwen Street being the Manuscript of Andrew Phelan; The Watcher from the Sky being the Deposition of Abel Keene; The Gorge Beyond Salapunco being the Testament of Claiborne Boyd; The Keeper of the Key being the Statement of Nayland Colum; and The Black Island being the Narrative of Horvath Blayne. . ISBN: 0345250176... more information

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Middlesex, England: Penguin Classics, 1988. 404 pp. Edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; previous owner's name on the front endpaper; slight discolouration on the lower edge of the text block. The cover features a detail from The Hundeshagen Codex, courtesy of the Stiftung Preussicher Kulturbesitz. This prose translation contains: Foreword; The Nibelungenlied; An Introduction to a Second Reading; A Note on the Translation; and Apprendices: The Status of the Poet; The Manuscript Trad... more information

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Los Angeles: Renown Publications, 1981. 130 pp. Digest format. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine. This issue contains: The Stalker of Biscayne Bay by Brett Halliday; Assassination - Middle East by Joseph Commings; In the Key of Murder by Hal Charles; Whistle by Mignon Glass; Don't Dare Reject This Manuscript by William Schoell; Animal Sounds by Don Wall; Delayed Verdict by R. C. Tuttle; Saturday Night Special by Terry Black; and Doc Savage by Michael Avallone and Frank Hamilton; along... more information

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New York: Vintage Books - Random House, 1975. (ix) 447 pp. First Thus - first appearance in this format. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Heritage: The Golden Leopards; Academic: The Hidden Tutors; Adventure: A Taste for Trouble; Medical: The Respectable Top-Hat. With Manuscripts; Disillusionment: The Thinning of the Dreams; Sunrise: The Triumph of Detection; Tragedy: We Must Take What Fate Sends; Exile: Boney's Warriors - and the Der... more information

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New York: Tor Books, 1999. 333 pp. First Thus. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Profusely illustrated with line drawings by the author. Story collection containing: Phyllis; Leavings; Sea Gulls; The Casino Mirago; The Frog Prince; The Manuscript of Dr Arness; Hansel and Grettel; The Sea Was as Wet as Wet Could Be; Mister Ice Cold; Traps; Yesterday's Witch; Them Bleaks; The Marble Boy; End Game; A Gift of the Gods; It Twineth Round Thee in Thy Joy; The Boo... more information

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New York: Tor Books, 1999. 333 pp. First Thus. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Profusely illustrated with line drawings by the author. This collection contains: Phyllis; Leavings; Sea Gulls; The Casino Mirago; The Frog Prince; The Manuscript of Dr Arness; Hansel and Grettel; The Sea Was as Wet as Wet Could Be; Mister Ice Cold; Traps; Yesterday's Witch; Them Bleaks; The Marble Boy; End Game; A Gift of the Gods; It Twineth Round Thee in Thy Joy; The Book; M-I;... more information

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Middlesex, England: Penguin Classics, 1983. 256 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the upper right of the front cover and a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with maps. The cover features an illumination from a twelfth-century manuscript of The Life of St Cuthbert, courtesy of the Master and Fellows of University College, Oxford. This collection contains: Bede: Life of Cuthbert; Eddius Stephanus: Life of Wilfrid; Bede: Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow;... more information

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Toronto: Unfinished Monument Press, 1987. 74 pp. Light rubbing on the corners; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs and reproductions of manuscript pages. Poetry contributions to this anthology by: Gwendolyn MacEwen; Al Purdy; Margaret Atwood; Dennis Lee; Bruce Meyer; Ralph Gustafson; Chris Faiers; Michael Wurster; Ted Plantos; Bev Daurio; Mark Gordon; Richard Harrison; Jennifer Footman; Fred Cogswell; Pam Oxendine; Gail Fox; bill bisset; Gerry Shikatani; Michael Dudley; Way... more information

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Middlesex, England: Penguin Classics, 1985. 710 pp. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; previous owner's name inside. The cover features St Martin dividing his cloak with the Beggar from a fifteenth century manuscript, courtesy of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. The Contents are: Gregory of Tours; Genealogical Table: the family of Gregory of Tours. The Times in which Gregory Lived; Genealogical Table: the Merovingians down to Dagobert. Gregory's Writings. The History of the... more information

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New York: Villard Books, 1990. 212 pp. Quarter-bound in turquoise cloth on black boards; lettered in silver on the spine; headband; illustrated with reproductions of manuscript pages. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; price intact; previous owner's name on the front free endpaper; no other interior markings. This collection contains: An American Prayer; Poems from Tape Noon; Celebration of the Lizard; The Soft Parade; Poems from The Village Reading; The Hitchhiker; Poems from Dry Water; L... more information

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New York: William Morrow, 1985. 372 pp. Quarter-bound in pale gray cloth on pale gray boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; green endpapers; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners with two small nicks on the edges of the dustjacket; no interior markings. This anthology contains: The Missing Shakespeare Manuscript by Lillian de la Torre; The Man Who Collected Poe by Robert Bloch; A Penny-a-Worder by Cornell Woolrich; Clerical Error by James Gould Cozzens; Murder Walks in Marble Halls by Lawrence G. Bloch... more information

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New York: Schocken Books, 1971. (xxi) 486 pp. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. This story collection contains: Before the Law; An Imperial Message; Description of a Struggle; Wedding Preparations in the Country; The Judgment; The Metamorphosis; In the Penal Colony; The Village Schoolmaster - The Giant Mole; Blumfeld - an Elderly Bachelor; The Warden of the Tomb; A Country Doctor; The Hunter Gracchus; The Hunter Gracchus: a Fragment; The Great Wall of China; The New... more information

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Winston-Salem, North Carolina: John F. Blair - Publisher, 1986. (viii) 264 pp. Light rubbing on the corners with a some fading on a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Early Life of Blackbeard; Creation of an Image; Searching for Prizes; Blockade at Charleston; Treachery at Beaufort Inlet; Blackbeard Settles in Bath Town; Refuge in North Carolina; Seafaring Activities of a Pardoned Pirate; Virginia Trial of Blackbeard's Quartermaster; Preparations in Virginia for the Capture ... more information

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London: Penguin Books, 2001. (xxi) 448 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a faintly creased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with maps and drawings. The cover features The Lewis Chessmen from the British Museum. The Chapters are: An Immigrant Society: Language and the Term Viking; Leadership; Mord the Fiddle: A Leader and the Law; The Sagas: An Ethnography of Medieval Iceland; Resources and Subsistence: Life on a Northern Island; Turf Housing; Curdled Milk and Calamities: An Inward-looking Farm... more information

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