Recent Arrivals from Grimalkin Books

This 151-page paperback by Deborah Hautzig dares to ask the question, "Just how far do the bounds of friendship go?" This book is geared toward teenaged readers who may be questioning their own sexuality and who may be fearful of expressing their own feelings. Needless to say that nowadays it's on many banned book lists. According to Norma Klein of… Read more about this item

New York: New American Library, 1988. This Stated First Printing from August 1988 (and unless it's stated, it's not) also has the required "number line" starting with a "1". Baker's second published novel is a satire on Hollywood and the life of a manic mogul. The book is in Fine condition, with a Fine unclipped dust jacket but with… Read more about this item

New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1903. The complete 12-volume set is in Very Good condition. The books are bound in a powder-blue cloth with gilt spine titles. Each book has a single black-and-white frontis illustration. The bindings are tight and the pages are clean without foxing. Volume 11 (Whittier) has some scratch marks on the rear cover. They all… Read more about this item

New York: Universe Publishing, 2009. Dracula: Bram Stoker: Classic Pop-Up Tales / Stoker, Bram; Bampton, Claire New York: Universe Publishing, 2009. Anthony William's exquisite artwork of this pop-up retelling by Claire Bampton of Bram Stoker's Dracula will delight children of all ages (although it's not suitable for children of less than 36 months, due to small parts). Children of all… Read more about this item

New York: Ballantine Books, 1995. This Stated First Edition from March 1995 (and unless it's stated, it's not) has a "number line" ending in a "1" to indicate First Printing. The book is in close to Fine condition, with a close to Fine unclipped dust jacket. (Click on photo.) This monumental anthology traces the history and culture of African American… Read more about this item

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1992. This Jack Aubrey-Stephen Maturin series adventure is in Very Good condition. It is a First Printing Thus oversized paperback from Norton. The book has edge rubbing and a corner crease on the bottom of the front panel (shown in photo), as well as several marks on the rear panel where the text is… Read more about this item

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1953. This Stated First Edition is in Fine condition, with a Good Plus unclipped dust jacket. (See photo.) This monumental work is based on a lifetime of study by Professor Dickinson. According to the dust jackey, "Each of the book's six parts dealing with the land and its people, the physical and political geography and economy,… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. This is a handsome First Edition, Second State (Manhattan Press), of Edith Wharton's first novel, published February, 1902. It's also her only historical novel, set during the Italian Renaissance, yet contains some of the themes she would explore in her later Society novels. This two-volume set is in very good condition, with… Read more about this item

New York: Barnes & Noble, 1992. For Barnes & Noble, this is a First Edition Thus with the appropriate "Number Line" ending in a "1" to indicate first printing. This non-fiction work from Sherlock Holmes' famous creator was originally published in 1930 and deals with the author's exploration of spirituals, psychic investigations, mediums, and the occult world over several decades'… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992. This particular copy was given as a complimentary gift by the San Francisco-based publisher. It is in As New, unread condition and comes with the original price-unclipped front and rear flaps. The book includes 28 authors, some with as many as three contributing stories on life in San Francisco, from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1991. This Stated First Edition includes a complete "number line" starting with a "1" to indicate First Printing. The author of The War of the Roses outdoes himself in this new novel of love and betrayal, sexual passion, and emotional obsession within relationships. The book is in As New, unread condition with an… Read more about this item

Holbrook MA: Adams Media Corporation, 1999. This First American Edition includes the "letter line" starting with an "A" that indicates First Printing. Beautifully illustrated in period photos both in color, tinted, or in black-and-white, the author presents Agatha Christie's life, sometimes itself a mystery, her career, her world, and filmed productions of her stories and novels, often featuring Hercule Poirot… Read more about this item

Edison, New Jersey: Chartwell Books, 2006. This exquisitely photographed book opens up the unique worlds of the Arctic and Antarctic regions. "These are the lands of the midnight sun, of the aurora borealis -- the northern and southern lights --of the polar bear and the penguin, of glaciers and icebergs." With global warming, the ice is melting, but here the… Read more about this item

New York: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1996. This oversized paperback edition, with wraps that include front and rare panels with flaps, is in fine As New, unread condition. With the exception of a modern Introduction by Mark Helprin, the book is a facsimile of the original 1909 hardcover and features the Kate Douglas Wiggin text as well as the 12… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1949. This book club edition is in Fine condition with a Very Good+ dust jacket (click on photo). This science fiction classic concerns earth's last days as it's about to collide with another planet, and how individuals as well as nations prepare for the end, regaining their values and humanity in the… Read more about this item

New York: Scholastic Press, 2007. This 4th Printing is in New, unread condition, with a New, price-unclipped dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into a Brodart protective sleeve. This popular children's fantasy adventure finds Gregor and Queen Luxa embroiled in a mystery involving the disappearance of mice from the kingdom and a sinister prophecy. The book is bound in… Read more about this item

New York: Thomas Dunne Books, St Martin's Press, 2008. You may remember Adrienne Barbeau as "Maude's" daughter, or, in keeping with the horror theme, as a star in the original "The Fog" and as the former wife of the horror-meister himself, John Carpenter. But here, Adrienne strikes out on her own as a talented, sexy, funny, but gory-inclined author… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. These handsome volumes would embellish anyone's bookshelves. This complete four-volume set is in Near-Fine condition with only minimal wear. The Pulitizer-Prize winning author, Geoffrey Parsons (1879-1956) provides a history from the beginnings of the planet and early man through the first quarter of the Twentieth Century. Each volume runs approximately 330 through 370… Read more about this item

New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1905. This handsome set of American short stories contains work by prominent 19th Century authors, many of whom, like Booth Tarkington, still had many years of productivity before them in the new century. These books include both title and author indexes in the fifth volume. The pages are consecutively numbered for a total… Read more about this item

Geneva, Switzerland: Editions Ferni, 1977. This beautiful set of four volumes dealing with ancient Egypt is in As New, Fine, unread condition. Each volume is bound in a uniform turquoise pseudo-leather, with elaborate ancient Egyptian designs showing a pharaoh and hieroglyphs on the front panel as well as an illustrated spine. The colors are die-stamped gilt, black and brown. (Click… Read more about this item