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Owings Mills, Maryland, USA: Stemmer House Publishers, Incorporated, 1984. CF4 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear plus there are the usual library stamps, labels, and pocket on the top outside paper edges, front endpaper, title page, copyright page, and back endpaper plus there is some light tape staining on the boards from where the dust jacket endflaps were taped down to the boards. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus there is the usual library label on the spine plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A novel about the precarious lives of a group of people living in slightly down-at-heels lives in the environs of the Titirangi Area of New Zealand. The author is a winner of the Katherine Mansfield Award, the Freda Buckland Literary Award, and a Scholarship in Letters by the Literary Fund of the Government of New Zealand. By the author of "Dark Places, Deep Regions and Other Storeis." 173p.. Later Printing. Hard Cover.… Read More

New York, New York, USA: Grove Weidenfeld, 1989. CG5 - An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in turquoise paper covered boards quarter bound in turquoise cloth with silver lettering and a silver graphic on the spine with only very minor overall shelf wear. The dust jacket shows only very minor overall shelf wear. Translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt. A novel set in China and set in an auto plant in Beijing. The story is a microcosm of the ongoing struggle between reformers promoting more freedom and party hardliners clinging to the centrally managed economy and aats ideology which justifies their privilege and power. The author is a winner of the Mao Dun Prize. 308p. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1976. CA1 - A hard cover first editon withdrawn ex-library book in very good condition. Stated first edition with no additional printings indicated on the copyright page. A tight, clean, sound copy in white paper covered boards with a large gold and red graphic on the front and gold lettering on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear with the dust jacket mylar sleeve endflaps glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library stamps, marks, and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, the front and back free endpapers, and the title page plus there is some very light skattered staining a the extreme bottom right edges the last pages starting at page 25. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with a library label on the spine plus there is some very, very light edge wear at the inside corner edges of the front and back endflaps plus there is some very light, scattered yellowing on the front and… Read More

Rutland, Vermont, USA: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1971. BC1 - A tight, clean, sound copy in red cloth covered boards with tape staining on the outside surfaces of the front and back boards and front and back free endpapers from where the dust jacket was taped to the boards plus there are the usual library stamps and pocket on the top outside paper edges, the front free endpaper, the title page, the dedication page, and the back free endpaper plus there is some light yellowing on the outside paper edges. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear with some fading on the spine plus it is price clipped plus there is a library label on the spine plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A survey of modern Indian literature. Select bibliography, indexed, 131p.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1995. BC1 - An advance reader's edition paperback book in very good condition that has some bumped corners, light tanning and shelf wear. A ferociously witty family saga in modern India. Author is winner of the Booker Prize. This novel was sellected as the New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice of the Year. 9"x6", 434 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is a British Indian novelist and essayist. His second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be "the best novel of all winners" on two separate occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize. Much of his fiction is set on the Indian subcontinent. He combines magical realism with historical fiction; his work is concerned with the many connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations. His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), was the subject of a major controversy, provoking… Read More

Hawaii, USA: University Press of Hawaii, 1973. BF6 - A trade paperback book in good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound coyp in red wraps with minor overall shelf wear plus there is some very, very light edge wear around the covers' outside edges plus there is a label stain (about 0.75"x1") on the front cover plus there is some very light soiling on the spine and on the outside paper edges plus there is some very, very light foxing on the top outside paper edges. A bibliography of southeast Asian literature primarily based on the holdings of the University of Hawaii library system but also including sources from multiple sources. 198p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Columbia University Press, 1999. BH1 - A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in very good- condition. A sequence of numbers appears on the copyright page with the "1" present and no additional printings indicated. A tight, clean, sound copy in red paper covered boards quarter bound in red cloth with metallic blue lettering and a graphic on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear plus the dust jacket endflaps are glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library stamps and label on the top outside paper edges, front free endpaper, and title page. The dust dust jacket shows no visible signs of wear plus the front and back endflaps are glued to the fixed endpapers plus there is a library label on the back plus it is still in the origiinal library mylar sleeve. This is a title in the publisher's Modern Literature from Taiwan series. Edited by Pang-yuan Chi. A collection of twelve short stories about Taiwan and its people… Read More