Recent Arrivals from Books of the World

New York: Penguin, December 2011. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Interior pristine. Spine straight with a light crease. Covers clean with reading wear to corners and edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 592 pages. The definitive biography of Malcolm X, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History. Filled with startling new information and shocking revelations, Malcolm X unfolds a… Read more about this item

New York: Fall River Press, 2014. Hardcover. As New book in an As New jacket. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xvi + 731 pages. Two of the greatest adventure stories of all time, these timeless epics of war, duty, honor, and revenge are filled with magic, mystery, and an assortment of gods… Read more about this item

Hauppauge, New York: Barron's Educational Series, February 2014. Near Fine. Flash cards As New. Corner wear to box. Not from a library.

Karatu, Tanzania: Kibuyu Partners, 1996. Staple-Bound Paperback. Near Fine. Unmarked. Securely bound by two clean staples. Covers clean with rubbing at spine. Not from a library. 84 pages. Illustrated with black & white drawings and maps. This guidebook describes the whole of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Separate chapters give general information on the NCA, its geology and history, all its major… Read more about this item

London: Reaktion Books, September 2009. Hardcover. First Edition. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 136 pages. The authors recount the history of chocolate, which from ancient times has been associated with sexuality, sin, blood, and sacrifice. The… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan, May 1982. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. First printing review copy laid-in with publisher's press release. Appears unmarked. Spine straight and tight, tail lightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxx + 466 pages. Examines how the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations manipulated the 1960-1963 Congo crises and… Read more about this item

RARE! New York: Viking Press, 1968. Trade Paperback. Viking Compass Book, C221; Second Printing, April 1968. Very Good+. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean with reading and shelf wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. vi + 160 + 170 + 175 pages. Rare copy of the 1968 (25th anniversary) paperback edition of Greene's finest… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1970. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Interior unmarked, but slightly tanned. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light reading wear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 230 pages. First published in 1941, this vivid and poetic family saga was the first modern novel to focus on the lives of immigrants from India in the British Caribbean colonies. Set… Read more about this item

London: Bloomsbury, April 1997. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Black cloth over boards with gilt lettering to spine and bound-in black ribbon bookmark. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright with slight reading wear to edges and corners. No tears. Not from a library.… Read more about this item

New York: Bantam Books, 2011. Mass Market Paperback. Later Printing. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, with light creases. Covers clean and bright. Light reading wear to bottom corners. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 1061 pages. It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing… Read more about this item

New York: Pantheon, September 1991. Hardcover. First American Edition (stated). Near Fine book in a Fine jacket. Dust stains to top edge, otherwise As New. Unread. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 164 pages. Winner of the Guardian Prize, the Guyana Prize, and the Macmillan Silver Pen Award. In this startling debut collection hard-luck Londoners and Caribs… Read more about this item

Rare! London: Collier / Grafton Books, February 1986. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. No ownership markings. Text clean. Spine creased. Covers clean. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 304 pages. Originally published in 1954 under the title The Harrowing of Hubertus. Featuring quick-to-strip heroines, magic, and insanity on a colonial British Guiana sugar plantation.

Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1951. Hardcover. First Edition (no additional printings listed). Blue and red cloth over boards with black decoration on front cover and black lettering to spine. Top edge died red. Very Good+ book in a Very Good jacket. Old price penciled to FFEP, otherwise unmarked. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. Jacket clean with… Read more about this item

New York: Bloomsbury, April 1999. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition (stated) / full number line. Bound-in ribbon bookmark. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and very tight. Jacket clean and bright with slight shelf wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 224 pages. Spirits are on the move in Pauline Melville's second short story collection.… Read more about this item

Dakar: Codesria, 2004. Trade Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Not damaged. x + 263 pages

Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997. Trade Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. x + 213 pages.

New York: Soho, December 2011. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and very tight. Spine ends lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. Remainder mark. Not clipped. Dr. Siri might finally be allowed to retire (again). Although he loves his two morgue assistants, he's tired… Read more about this item

New York: Soho, 2013. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Light stain to top edge. Spine straight and very tight. Spine ends lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. Remainder mark. Not clipped.

New York: Soho, August 2016. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Red remainder dot to bottom edge. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Jacket has scratches to rear panel, otherwise clean and bright. Not from a library. Not clipped. Laos, 1979: Retired coroner Siri Paiboun and his wife,… Read more about this item

Berkeley Springs, West Virg: Cold Run Books. Trade Paperbac. 2007. First Edition. As New. Berkeley Springs, West Virginia: Cold Run Books, February 2007. Trade Paper back. First Edition (stated). As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a l ibrary. No remainder mark. 223 pages: ill., map. An account of the tragic revolution in Sierra Leone from 1991… Read more about this item