Recent Arrivals from Books of the World

London: The Folio Society, 1984. Hardcover. Illustrated cloth over boards. Second printing, 1985. Pink cloth covers with watercolor illustrations of pigs and gold lettering to spine. Fine book in a Fine slipcase. One slight dog-ear, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 104 pages. A satirical look at Soviet totalitarianism using animals on a farm as… Read more

London: Penguin, 1980. Trade Paperback. Ninth printing. Very Good+. Interior unmarked, but lightly tanned. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Crease to rear cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 250 pages. Map. A travelogue by Graham Greene, about a 350-mile, four-week walk through the interior of Liberia in 1935. It was Greene's first trip outside of Europe. He… Read more

New York: AMACOM, October 2011. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Good book in a Very Good jacket. Occasional notes and dog-ears. Not from a library. 270 pages.

New York: Free Press, October 1994. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing. Very Good book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior Pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail bumped. Prior owner's name to top and fore-edge. Light rubbing to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxxix + 529 pages. The special assistant to Boris Yeltsin radically alters… Read more

Chicago: Playboy Press, and New York: Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books, 1967. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. A very lightly used book. Interior lightly tanned, otherwise pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. A single, slight, one-inch reading crease in center of front cover is the only indication the book has ever been opened. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not… 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.

New York: Twelve, July 2018. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. Soiling to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xvi + 494 pages. A candid and comprehensive oral history of Silicon Valley's secrets traces the disruptions and… Read more

Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 1975. Paperback. Fourth Printing, 1988. Very Good. Gift inscription to title page. Text unmarked. Spine cocked. Heavy reading wear to covers and edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. xi + 246 pages. Translation of: Zuqāq al-Midaqq.

Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 1987. 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. 126 pages. Translation of: al-Ṭarīq.

New York: Delta, 1970. Trade Paperback. Delta 440-08029, seventh printing. No ISBN. Near Fine book. Lightly tanned. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light toning and reading wear to cover. Lower read corner creased. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. See photos. 186 pages. One of the world's great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of… Read more

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, September 2007. Trade Paperback. Third Edition. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 386 pages.

New York: Ballantine Books, January 1999. Trade Paperback. First Ballantine Books Editions (stated) / full number line. Fine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 505 pages.

New York: Miramax, September 2003. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. Light wear to upper corners. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiv + 562 pages.

New York: Welcome Rain, January 2000. Trade Paperback. First U.S. Edition / full number line. New. No remainder mark. Not damaged. xiii + 332 pages

New York: Basic Books, March 2008. Trade Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 496 pages.

New York: PublicAffairs, October 2018. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Inscribed by author on title page. Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Spine ends bumped. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. x + 394 pages. Hunter S. Thompson was a fearless opponent of corruption and fascism, one who sacrificed his future… Read more

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, April 1994. Hardcover. First Printing / full number line. Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright with light rubbing and reading wear at spine tail. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 912 pages. The seminal work on foreign policy… Read more

New York: Basic Books, 1953-1957. Three-volume Hardcover Set in Slipcase. First Edition (stated); 1962 printings (17th, 12th, and 6th). Many B&W plates in vols. 2 and 3. Near Fine books in a Very Good slipcase. No jackets. Interiors pristine. Spines straight and tight, but faded; head of vol. 1 bumped. Corner and edgewear to slipcase. Not from a library. Heavy… Read more

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Sarah Crichton Books, February 2007. Hardcover. First Edition (stated), later printing. Fine book in a Fine Jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. Not clipped. 229 pages. In A Long Way Gone Beah tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve, he… Read more