Brev Från Klara (Letters from Klara) - First Printing, Signed by Jansson, Tove - 1991

Softcover with flaps. Publisher: Förlaget M | Utg. 2019 | Softcover with flaps | 137 p. | This book is brand new. | Language: Svenska --- Information regarding the book: Titelnovellen i novellsamlingen Brev från Klara tecknar bilden av en barsk, sanningssägande äldre kvinna. Den genomträngande blicken som ser alla människans skiftningar, även de mindre klädsamma, är också författarens blick, men till skillnad från Klara ser Tove Jansson alltid sina karaktärer också med en lågmäld humor och förståelse, även i deras mörkaste stunder. Flera av novellerna behandlar ålderdom här finns Titelnovellens Klara som har tänkt ut ett sinnrikt system för att få god service på ålderdomshemmet en löpande donation som fortgår endast så länge hon är vid liv. Novellen I augusti skildrar en annan sensommar än den mjuka, silkeslena som beskrivs i Muminböckerna här är man närmare Höstvisans melankoli, eller till och med skräck inför döden. Novellens två äldre systrar har svårt… Read More

1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve

Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1986. 1st Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 144 pp. First printing of the author's first book, a collection of stories. Iowa School of Letters Award for Short Fiction. Spine very slightly cocked at crown, just a hint of foxing to top edge, otherwise Fine. In bright, very lightly edgeworn jacket. Size: 8vo

2014 - 1st ed stated ("1" in number line) - INSCRIBED - authors debut book - "Fourteen-year-old Audrey martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she'll never get out of Kentucky - but when her fingers touch the pion keys, the whole church trembles." - book: very good (like new) - dj: very good (like new) - dj in protective mylar sleeve

This book is in very good condition. There is little to no wear on the front, back and spine of the cover boards and there is no wear on the edges of the cover boards.There is some bumping on the cover boards. The previous owners name is written on the front end page. The pages are white, crisp and claen of any markings. "William Thomson, famous nineteenth century missionary, traveler, and author, described twenty-five years of surface study of Palestine as it relates to the Bible in his two-volume work, The Land and the Book. When he comes to describe Jerusalem he makes this remarkable statement; Do not set out...resolved to make discoveries. There is not a foot of ground that has not been already scrutinized by a thousand eyes as keen as yours, and the old adage, "If new not true," may be applied to Jerusalem and her monuments with more propriety than to any other place on earth...." - Introduction from Poet and Peasant: A… Read More

New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478

New York: Doubleday, 2003. First printing. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Fine copy of the author's wildly best-selling and controversial novel. In a like dust jacket. First state, with "skitoma" on p 243 and price on jacket flap marked as $24.95.

200 copies were published by Quill & Brush for the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. Features Octavia E. Butler, Michael Chabon, Maxine Clair, Annie Proulx and Jane Smiley.

Charlie Fink, who covers VR & AR for Forbes, brings thirty-five years of experience as an entertainment and technology executive to what he calls "the greatest business and technology story of our time". He and his collaborators have created a guide to emerging VR & AR that is engaging to professionals, accessible to non-technical readers, and relentlessly entertaining to everyone. The book features original character animation, presented through our free app, "Fink Metaverse", available in the App Store and Google Play.This copy is elaborately inscribed to a fan by Fink from SW/SX in 2018."The Bible for VR & AR is an AR Book. I love this idea!" - Nolan Bushnell, Founder of Atari"The most entertaining non-fiction book about computers ever written." - Ted Leonsis, Vice Chairman Emeritus of AOL"A must read for anyone concerned about where the future is headed." - Alvin Graylin, President HTC Vive, China"Charlie gets that blending the physical and digital worlds in mixed reality is the future of… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Mylar-wrapped cream dust jacket with black, green, blue, and yellow text to front and spine, and color illustration of a fisherman in a creek to front; not price-clipped; light age toning; spine heavily toned, text not faded; red cloth boards with blind stamped willow branch illustration to front; gilt stamped lettering and black stamped willow illustration and border to spine; yellow top edge and deckled fore-edge of text block; small water stain to bottom right corner of front board; bottom corners slightly rubbed; else clean; previous owner inscription on front paste-down; else interior book clean; tight binding; numerous B&W illustrations throughout. Arnold Gingrich (1903 - 1976) was the co-founder and editor of Esquire magazine; he was also an accomplished violinist and avid fly fisherman, authoring several books on the subject. The Well-Tempered Angler is both a how-to manual and a… Read More

This book is an antique and is in fair condition. The binding is loose and cracked on the inside of the front board. Dark green cloth covered boards that have significant wear on the edges, spine and corners. The previous owners signature is written on the inside of the front board. The pages are tanned and yellowed, but are still readable.Also a Life Sketch of Theodore Roosevelt and "memorial tributes by statesmen, ministers, orators and rulers of all countries"; profusely illustrated with photos, drawings and "special pictures of the Family by Express Permission from the Owners"