Recent Arrivals from Books of the World

New York: Ecco / HarperCollins, April 2006. First U.S. Edition / full number line. Fine book with pictorial cover in a Fine half jacket. Not from a library. As New but for a black remainder mark on the bottom edge. xiv + 478 pages. In response to a declaration by the last royal governor of Virginia that any rebel-owned slave who… Read more

New York: Knopf, April 2020. Hardcover. First Edition, fifth printing. Fine book in an As New Cover. Spine tail lightly bumped, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Not damaged. 178 pages.

Toronto: Random House Canada, November 2016. Trade Paperback. Fine. Black remainder dot to bottom edge. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. 304 pages. The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and twenty Cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world's most secretive… Read more

London: Arrow, 2016. Paperback. First Printing / full number line. Fine. Black remainder dot to bottom edge, otherwise As New. Not from a library. 490 pages. When Tiro, the confidential secretary of a Roman senator, opens the door to a terrified stranger on a cold November morning, he sets in motion a chain of events which will eventually propel his… Read more

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin / Mariner, 1995. Trade paperback. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Stains to top edge. Not from a library. Red remainder dot to bottom edge. 244 pages. My Ántonia is one of eight classic American novels featured in the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read initiative, designed to restore… Read more

New York: Penguin, 2015. Paperback. Very Good. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Small tear to front cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 270 pages + 16 page reader's guide. Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction. Loosely inspired by a true story, this tender portrait of marriage asks: What do you do when the… Read more

New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux / Sunburst, 1990. Paperback. Second printing, 1992. Very Good. Interior unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Reading wear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 170 pages. Translation of Trollkarlens hatt. It is spring in the valley and the Moomins are ready for adventure! Moomintroll and his friends Snufkin and… Read more

Boston: Beacon Press, 2003. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light wear to corners. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 287 pages including reading guide. This masterpiece pulls us--along with the Black female hero--through time to face the horrors of slavery and explore the impacts of racism, sexism, and white supremacy then… Read more

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1956. Paperback. Second (Revised) Edition. 24th printing, 1981. Good. Some highlighting and underlining. Not from a library. 70 pages. In these four superb dialogues, Plato provides the classic account of the trial and death of Socrates which has a central place in the European philosophical tradition.

Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks Landmark, February 2019. Trade Paperback. First American Edition / full number line. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light crease and curl to front cover. Not from a library. Not remainder mark. Not clipped. 404 pages.

London & New York: Crown / Hogarth, July 2016. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition (stated) / full number line. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean. Light edgewear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 359 pages. Dazzling, poignant, and lyrical interwoven stories about family, sacrifice, the legacy of war, and the redemptive… Read more

New York: Grand Central, November 2017. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light reading wear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 527 pages including reading group guide.

New York: Vintage International, June 2001. Paperback. Fine. Crease to top inch of spine, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 448 pages. Winner of the Whitbread Award. 2001. At the center of this invigorating novel are two unlikely friends, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal. Hapless veterans of World War II,… Read more

New York: HarperPerennial, 1989. Paperback. Good. Interior pristine. Spine creased. Wear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 270 pages. A searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order-all at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps… Read more

New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1957. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition. Harper Torchbooks, TB19. Very Good. Inked name and date inside front cover. Text pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased, but faded. Covers clean. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 8vo. xiv + 266 pages. Preface, 21 chapters with footnotes, selected letters of Erasmus, list of 32 b&w… Read more

New York: Picador, October 2013. Trade Paperback. First Target Book Club Edition (stated) / full number line. Very Good. Interior pristine. Slight spine crease. Light reading wear to covers. 292 pages + reading guide.

Chatsworth, California: Flickback Media, 2011. Hardcover. Very Good. Gift inscription on title page, otherwise As New. 160 pages. What A Year 1962 Was! The Cuban Missile Crisis played out while the world watched. First lady Jackie Kennedy is a fashion symbol. Marilyn Monroe is found dead from a drug overdose while the Beatles recorded "Love Me Do" and made… Read more

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, May 2007. Trade Paperback. New. Pristine inside and out. Not a remainder. 350 pages with readers guide.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Sarah Crichton Books, January 2016. Hardcover. First American Edition (stated) / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. Jacket clean and bright with slight edgewear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 357 pages.

New York: Simon & Schuster / Touchstone, March 2014. Trade Paperback. Good+. A few physics notes to text. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean. No tears or creases. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 373 pages plus a reader's guide. The true story of the top-secret World War II town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and… Read more