from Books of the World

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1994. Hardcover. First Edition Thus / full number line. Fine book in pictorial covers / no jacket. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 94 pages. Profusely illustrated glossy hardcover. Abridged version for younger readers. An orphan sent to live with her grandfather learns to love both the old man and the… Read more

New York: Assouline, December 2021. Hardcover. Pictorial linen over boards in a thick luxury slipcase. As New book in an As New slipcase. Pristine inside and out. 304 pages, 280 color illustrations. 12.3 x 10.6 x 2.3 inches. 6.8 pounds. Heavy item: extra charges for expedited or international shipping. Lavishly illustrated coffee-table book that accompanies Jane Campion's film… Read more

London: The Bibliophilist Society, [n.d.]. Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards. Faded gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Faded red dye to top edge. No publication date, but translator's preface stating "the present is the first English version ever brought before the public" is dated January 1874. With 462(!) engravings by Gustave Doré. A Fair book with no dust jacket. Prior… Read more

Philadelphia: Gebbie Publishing Co., 1899. Hardcover. Gray linen over boards, spine faded to a handsome beige. Crimson leather title band with gold lettering and border design; gilded top edge. Frontis and eight B&W plates. Very Good book / no jacket. No markings. Corners and spine ends bumped. Not from a library. Very handsome on the shelf. Two volumes in one.… Read more

Philadelphia: Gebbie Publishing Co., 1899. Hardcover. Gray linen over boards, spine faded to a handsome beige. Crimson leather title band with gold lettering and border design; gilded top edge. Frontis and eight B&W plates. Very Good+ book / no jacket. No markings. Spine ends bumped. Not from a library. Very handsome on the shelf. Two volumes in one. Contents: Volume… Read more

Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 1985. Paperback. Third Printing, 1988. Very Good. Interior unmarked. Spine cocked and creased. Reading wear to covers and edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 379 pages. Translation of: Bidāyah wa-nihāyah. This is a powerful portrayal of a middle-class Egyptian family confronted by material, moral, and spiritual problems during World War II.

Philadelphia: The Rittenhouse Press by arrangement with George Barrie's Sons, n.d. [c. 1895-1896]. Hardcover. Rittenhouse Edition. Matching Set. Black cloth over boards with blindstamped gilt lettering and decoration to front board and spine. Frontis to each volume. Good. Unmarked. Pages evenly toned. Bindings square. Gilt top edge dust soiled. Lettering and decoration to spine completely faded. Spine ends and some… Read more

New York: Simon & Schuster / Scribner, November 2001. Mass Market Paperback. First Printing of the Movie Tie-In Paperback Edition / full number line. Near Fine. Interior unmarked, but lightly tanned. Spine straight, tight and lightly creased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 364 pages. A vigorous, darkly comic, and at times magical… Read more

London: HarperCollins / Flamingo, May 2000. Paperback. Near Fine. Asia Books stamp to first page, otherwise Unmarked. Pages lightly tanned. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light reading wear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 198 pages. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, this stunning debut collection of short stories unerringly charts the emotional… Read more

New York: Hyperion, May 2009. Trade Paperback. First Edition (stated) / full number line. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 402 pages. A deeply moving debut novel set amid the perilous world of Nigerian email scams, I Do Not Come to You by Chance tells the story of one young… Read more

Boston: Houghton Mifflin / Mariner, June 1999. Trade Paperback. First Edition, later printing. Very Good. Prior owner's name inked inside front cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 198 pages. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, this stunning debut collection of short stories unerringly charts the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of… Read more

New York: Harcourt Brace, September 1997. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition (stated) / full number line. Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Prior owner's name to front pastedown. Text block unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Light reading wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 281 pages.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, September 2003. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Near Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 288 pages. Calcutta in 1836: an uneasy mix of two worlds-the patient, implacably unchangeable India and the tableau vivant of English… Read more

New York: Bantam, July 1999. Trade Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 270 pages. Perched right on the Mason-Dixon line, tiny Runnymede, Maryland, is ripe with a history almost as colorful as the women who live there-from Celeste Chalfonte, headstrong and aristocratic, who murders for… Read more

New York: Puffin Books, June 2002. Mass Market Paperback. Second printing. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean with light shelfwear. Not from a library. 218 pages. Working as a mother's helper to a wealthy family that's surrounded by lavish houses and beautiful swimming pools is about as far from her working-class neighborhood in New… Read more

New York: St. Martin's Griffin, July 2019. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition, second printing. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 304 pages. MEET HANNA: Seven-year-old Hanna is a sweet-but-silent angel in the eyes of her adoring father Alex. He's the only person who understands her. But her… Read more

New York: Vintage, June 2010. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright with light reading wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 435 pages. It's 1988 and Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley have only just met. But after only one day together, they cannot stop thinking about one another. Over… Read more

New York: Penguin, January 2013. Trade Paperback. Full number line. Very Good. A few notes on first page, but text is unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 171+21 pages. The breakthrough story collection that established A. M. Homes as one of the most daring writers of her generation. This… Read more

New York: William Morrow, September 2014. Trade Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. A touch of reading wear to lower front corner. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 274 pages + 27 page reader's guide. A novel of love, risk, and self-discovery. Angela can feel the clock ticking. She is single… Read more

New York: St. Martin's Press, July 2009. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends slightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright with slight wear to top edge. No tears, creases, or folds. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 470 pages. Confidante of Nostradamus, scheming… Read more