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Naarden, The Netherlands, Europe: Arcade Publishing, Incorporated, 1997. CC6 - A hard cover withdrawn ex-library book in good- condition with a dust jacket in good+ to very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in blue paper covered boards quarter bound in dark blue paper with silver lettering and a graphic on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear plus the usual library label and stamps on the front and back endpapers, half title page, and top outside paper edges plus the dust jacket endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards plus there is a piece (about 4.75"x5") cut out of the front endpaper as part of the library's withdrawal process. The dust jacket shows only very minor overall shelf wear plus the usual library label on the spine wrapping around onto the back plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve plus the endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. Translated from the French by Geoffrey Strachan. A story that traces a… Read More

Paris, France: Editions Joelle Losfeld, 2000. A3 - A French language edition trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated white wraps with minor overall shelf wear with some rubbing and light soiling of the covers and some very slight edge wear of the covers. The author dedicated 'Effroyables Jardins' (Strange Gardens), this bright, moving and metaphorical anti-war short story to the memory of his grandfather, a veteran of Verdun, and to his father, a former fighter in the French resistance. They opened wide their memory of the horror of war and is yet learned German, because they felt that Manichaeism in history is nonsense. A sequel to 'Effroyables Jardins' (Strange Gardens) was published in 2002 by Editions Joelle Losfeld under the title 'Aimer à peine' (Just Love). Michel Quint was born in 1949. He has published twenty books (crime novels and short stories) including 'Sanctus', 'Cake-Walk' and 'Lundi… Read More

Chicago, Illinois, USA: Southern Illinois University Press, 1968. CF4 - An unread, tight, clean, sound copy with only very minor overall shelf wear. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of light edge wear along the front left and right edges and at the right corners plus some rubbing on the back plus some very light edge wear mainly on the spine top and bottom edges plus it is price clipped. A book about the various changes in French literary criticism shown through a review of major critics to the 20th century with a concentrated examination of mid to late 1960s critics. The earliest critics worked to prove that the French language equal in dignity to Greek and Latin and that modern critics pursued a criticism based on surrealism and psychoanalysis. Bibliography, indexed, 184p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Black Cat, 2006. AN4 - Translated from the French by Frank Wynne. Piecing together a portrait of a modern Everyman, Mammals is a caustic, comic, unflinching bestiary of modern banality.. First English Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC, 2000. BU3 - A hard cover first American edition withdrawn ex-library book in good- condition with a dust jacket in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in green paper covered boards quarter bound in burgandy paper with gold lettering and a graphic on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear plus the usual library stamps on the half-title page and top outside paper edges plus the dust jacket endflaps have been glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards plus the front endpaper has been removed as part of the library's withdrawal process. The dust jacket shows only very minor overall shelf wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve with the usual library label on the spine that wraps around onto the back plus the endflaps have been glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. Translated from the French by Linda Coverdale. A novel about a girl trapped working in the cane fields of Martinique. She is later… Read More

San Francisco, California, USA: Mercury House, Inc., 1995. BC2 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear plus the front endpaper has been removed as part of the library's withdrawal process plus there is the usual library label on the dedication page. This is a trade paperback book that has been library rebound into a hard cover format. Translated from the French by Judith Radke. A novel set in Paris and war-torn Lebanon in the 1980s. The main character is a child of war and peace who has the power and vision of Oskar of "The Tin Drum" and the gentle wisdom of "The Little Prince." He is sent to live with relatives in Paris where he breathes new life into a carousel that has fallen into disrepair. The author is a winner of the Prix Paul Morand, Morocco's Prix Hassan II, the Prix Louise Labé, the Aigle d'Or de la Poésie, the Grand Prix des lettres of the Académie Royale de Belguique, the Prix de l'Académie… Read More

New York, New York, USA: Arcade Publishing, 1994. BC5 - A trade paperback book in near fine condition. An as new, unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very, very minor overall shelf wear. Translated from the French by Barbara Wright. A story about a son's ache for the loss of his father, a traveling salesman who died at 49 and left a family in shock behind him. He had been a hero, warrior, and legend of the Resistance during World War II. As a mature man himself his son has come to realize that his father's illustriousness was not just in wartime glory but in moments of domestic tranquillity. This is the author's first novel. Winner of the Prix Goncourt. By the author of "Fields of Glory." Translator's notes, 152p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, England: Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd., 1963. BE1 - A hard cover reprint edition book in very good- condition with a dust jacket in good+ to very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in textured dark blue paper covered boards with silver lettering and a graphic on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear plus there is a very, very light bumping on the front board at the bottom right corner plus there is the original owner's name stamped in black ink on the front free endpaper plus there is a bookstore label on the front free endpaper. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of some light yellowing on the spine puls the front endflap is clipped at the bottom right corner. This is a title in the publisher's Studies in French Literature series. A literary study of a classic French play by Racine about Roman history which was originaly performed in 1669. For further reading, 48p.. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over… Read More

Paris: Gallimard, 1938. BS1 - Book has rubbing and wear on some cover edges, sides, and corners, label on the spine, lightly bumped on some corners, some rubbing, library stamping on the page edges and some inside pages, library stamping, cardholder, library plate ahdered, and pencil writing on the front endpapers, tears and open tears on some inside pages, discoloration, and light shelf wear otherwise good. Text in French.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Gainesville, Florida, USA: University of Florida Press, 1966. BG3 - A trade paperback book in good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound coy in white wraps with minor overall shelf wear plus there is some light yellowing on the covers and spine plus there is a very, very light bump along the top book edge. A book that examines the work of the 17th century French dramatist, Tristan L'hermite. The author focuses on character analysis in L'Hermite's works. 76p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: North Point Press, 1982. BG3 - A tight, clean, sound copy in yellow wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus some fading of the spine and fading along the spine edges plus some very light creasing of the cover plus a remainder mark on the top outside paper edges plus some light foxing of the top outside paper edges. Translated from the French by Phyllis Johnson. A continuation of "The Horseman on the Roof." The main character, the patriot Angelo, is set wandering through the epidemic of revolution that swept northern Italy in the spring of 1848. He is a pationate but somewhat anive Italian nobleman who plots to overthrow the Austrian yoke upon Italy. This is a novel of adventure told with subtlety and vitality that also looks at human ambitions and passions against a broad canvas of an epic tale. By the author of "The Horseman on the Roof," the basis for the movie by the same name. 461p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over… Read More

San Diego, CA, U.S.A.: Harcourt Trade Publishers, 1986. BI6 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear plus some very light soiling on the top outside paper edges plus "not for resale" stamped in black ink on the top outside paper edges and title page. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of some overall very light edge wear on the top and bottom edges plus some heavier edge wear on the front for a 1"patch near the bottom right corner. Translated from the French by Lydia Davis. The story of a French seismologist who arrives to study Nicaragua's volcanic region and then becomes involved with the Sandinistas as the country is plunged into a revolution. The author is a winner of the Prix Renaudot. By the author of "A Weed for Burning." 305p.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.