The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke = Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke; translated by Stephen Mitchell and illustrated by Warren Chappell [unbound review copy] by Rilke, Rainer Maria - 1983

Norton & Company Limited, W. W. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Norton & Company Limited, W. W. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Norton & Company Limited, W. W. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., 1963. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., 1963. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Norton, 1959. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

W.W. Norton & Company, 1963. Soft cover. Very Good. BILINGUAL EDITION GERMAN-ENGLISH. 93 pages. First Norton Library edition of translation first published 1932, revised 1959, of vignettes written 1899 and first published in German 1904. Includes one-page biographical note and three-page translator's Foreword. Printed with German original and English translation facing. Small trade paperback (5" x 7-3/4") with soil but scant shelf wear to wraps, foxing to top edge. Notes in pencil by former owner Prof. Ann E. Berthoff on approximately five pages and underscoring in the lists of Norton Library titles at the end.

W. W. Norton & Company, 1963-06-17. paperback. Used: Good.

Norton, 1959. First edition, first printing. Bilingual. Near fine decorative boards in very good illustrated dustjacket with gentle use.

London, Eng: Lindsay Drummond, 1948. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Copy No. 215 out of an edition of 500 numbered copies; bound in dark blue decorated cloth with white spine and corner tips; some edge wear to boards; previous owner's book plate on inside front cover and place and date written on front end paper; lacks slipcase; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition.

New York: Norton, 1992. NF; 277 pages; Uncorrected proof; near Fine in glossy stiff pictorial paper boards, crease down the back (publisher's error), small triangular stain on front endpaper. Third and easily the least common Easy Rawlins mystery, it was nominated for the 1993 Edgar Award for Best Novel. . First Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Uncorrected Proof.

NY: Hyperion, 1993. FINE condition in FINE covers. NY. Hyperion. SOFTCOVER. 1993. UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOF as issued by pubisher for the hardcover edition, Spring 1993. AS NEW, bound in dust jacket image stiff paper wraps. Square and tight, UNREAD, NO spine crease. Very thin light rub top of cover, see image, else FINE. Sixth in the series featuring Dave Robicheaux. Stored in Archival sleeve.. Uncorrected Proof. Soft Cover. Fine/Fine Original Wraps.

NY: Putnam, 1989. FINE condition in FINE covers. NY. Putnam. SOFTCOVER. 1989. UNCORRECTED ADVANCE READING copy as issued by publisher for the hardcover edition, February 1989. AS NEW, bound in dust jacket image cobalt-blue stiff paper wraps. Square and tight, UNREAD, NO spine crease. Stored in Archival sleeve.. Uncorrected Proof. Soft Cover. Fine/Fine Original Wraps.

016MacLeod, Charlotte. THE RECYCLED CITIZEN, by popular Canadian author Charlotte MacLeod. Mysterious Press ISBN 96187-2.1988. Published January 21, 1988. Softcover. Advance Uncorrected Proof. 199 numbered pages. Signed." The reigning queen of the whimsical whodunit brings back amateur sleuth Sarah Kelling and her art detective husband, Max Bittersohn, in this tasty mystery involving a black-tie charity auction, scandal, and more than one murder." Stated First Printing January, 1988. Number line 1090807060504030201 . Flat-Signed by the author on title page. Used VG Condition.

NY: Arbor House, 1988. FINE condition in FINE covers. NY. Arbor House. SOFTCOVER. 1988. UNCORRECTED PAGE PROOFS as issued by publisher for the hardcover edition, April 1988. AS NEW, bound in red stiff paper wraps. Square and tight, UNREAD, NO spine crease. Author's first novel. Features LAPD Detective Jack Gold. Stored in Archival sleeve.. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. Fine/Fine Original Wraps.

New York: Farber Brothers, 1941. First Edition, First Printing. Staplebound Wraps. Near Fine. 47 pp. primarily illus. 31 cm. Folio. Softcover. Staplebound stiff wraps in shiny silver and aqua, lettering in black, watercolor decorations to upper cover. [Title from cover]. Book Condition: Near fine with bits of salt and pepper wear to extremities. A very handsome copy. The original Krome Kraft product catalog with a profusion of half-tone illustrations, depicting hundreds of named and numbered Krome Kraft pieces in all their chromium plated hollowware glory. This product catalog is further distinguished by a constant stream of flowery prose: "Make drinking a joy! Make hospitality a delight! Welcome becomes double welcome when offered in these sparkling hostess sets of fine glass and finest quality Chromium Plate." Lacking any laid-in price lists but otherwise an exhaustive survey of the Krome Kraft product line from the days when they manufactured at the factory on 15 Crosby Street in New York City… Read More

London, United Kingdom: Faber and Faber, 1989 UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOF BOUND COPY for the cased and paperback editions (actually copied by Faber from corrected page proofs). Prepublication first edition. [Probable publication date: 18 September 1989.] 55pp. Green soft cover. Clean text pages. "Wolfwatching" was Hughes' 14th collection of poetry - he digs deeply into his own childhood and his family history, as well as writing about nature's violence and the meaning he finds in it. Included in the collection is the poem "The Black Rhino" written for the purpose of raising funds to save this endangered animal. The Library Journal considered reading Wolfwatching was "like visiting a zoo envisioned by Hieronymus Bosch: we're caught between fright and fascination". He was married to the American poet Sylvia Plath until her death in 1963. Ted Hughes is considered one of England's finest modern poets - winning the Whitbread Book of the Year in two… Read More

London, Hutchinson, 1969. 1st edition. Uncorrected proof copy on proofing paper and the property of the publisher. Provisional price 27/6. Provisional date 3rd March 1969. Second book in Douglas Reeman's new Richard Bolitho series. Map of the Mediterranean Sea inside front and rear boards. In paper covers, slightly soiled and with spine slightly pulled at top left, otherwise in very good condition.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Unrevised, Uncorrected Proofs in plain, mustard-yellow wrappers. Kincaid's first book, a collection of short stories. Uncommon in this format, and in excellent condition other than what was done to it in FSG's mailroom: a small photocopy of the dustjacket copy proof, with ISBN, publication date, and price, was taped to the inner front cover. Once FSG would get these proofs from Crane Duplicating Service, they'd put an ink stamp on the cover in which they would fill in the price and publication date, which they did here in red ballpoint pen. A couple of small smudges to the rear cover and light toning to the edges, else Fine. In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!

New York: Random House, 1994. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Near Fine, front cover crease (visible only on inside)..1st page excised by publisher, as with all other copies of this advance edition.. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Uncorrected Proof.