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Warner, New York, 11th paperback printing. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, creasing along spine, slight bowing, well read book.The year is 1327. Benedictines in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective. His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, the empirical insights of Roger Bacon—all sharpened to a glistening edge by wry humor and a ferocious curiosity. He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey, where "the most interesting things happen at night."

Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. A few slight nicks at edges.From the publisher: In this collection of essays and addresses delivered over the course of his illustrious career, Umberto Eco seeks "to understand the chemistry of his passion" for the word.

Mariner, New York, 2012. First trade paperback edition. Condition: Near fine, light edge and corner wear, price sticker on rear cover.19th-century Europe—from Turin to Prague to Paris—abounds with the ghastly and the mysterious. Conspiracies rule history. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian republicans strangle priests with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate Black Masses at night. Every nation has its own secret service, perpetrating forgeries, plots, and massacres. From the unification of Italy to the Paris Commune to the Dreyfus Affair to The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Europe is in tumult and everyone needs a scapegoat. But what if, behind all of these conspiracies both real and imagined, lay one lone man? What if that evil genius created its most infamous document?　Eco takes his readers here on an unforgettable journey through the underbelly of world-shattering events. This is Eco at his most exciting, a book immediately hailed as his masterpiece.

Harvest/Harcourt, 2003. First trade paperback printing. Condition: Very good edge wear and corner bumps, bottom edge has small tears, spine crease and nicks.It is April 1204, and Constantinople, the splendid capital of the Byzantine Empire, is being sacked and burned by the knights of the Fourth Crusade. Amid the carnage and confusion, one Baudolino saves a historian and high court official from certain death at the hands of the crusading warriors and proceeds to tell his own fantastical story.Born a simple peasant in northern Italy, Baudolino has two major gifts-a talent for learning languages and a skill in telling lies. When still a boy he meets a foreign commander in the woods, charming him with his quick wit and lively mind. The commander-who proves to be Emperor Frederick Barbarossa-adopts Baudolino and sends him to the university in Paris, where he makes a number of fearless, adventurous friends.Spurred on by myths and their own reveries, this merry band sets out in search of Prester John, a… Read More

Del Rey, New York, 1990. First paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear.Troubles and delays continued to mount as Garion, Belgarath, Polgara, and the company pursued Zandramas across the known world. Possessed by the Dark Destiny, she had stolen Garion's infant son for a ritual that would destroy all that men valued.She was always one step ahead, taunting and spying on them, flying over in the form of a great dragon. Her armies, led by a Demon Lord, threatened on one side; on the other were the forces of Emperor Zakath, seeking to capture them.Somehow, as the Seeress of Kell had warned, they had to be at the Place Which Is No More for the ritual at the same time as Zandramas, or face disaster. But where that might be they still had no clue.

Del Rey, New York. 6th paperback printing. Condition: Very good minus, light edge wear, top right corner has creasing, spine creases and nicks.Captives of His Imperial Majesty.Zandramas had stolen King Garion's infant son and fled to use the child in some ritual that would make the Dark Destiny supreme. Garion and his friends had followed, but now they were captives of Zakath, Emperor of Mallorea, who, while friendly, stubbornly refused to let them leave.Meanwhile, a horde of demons was ravaging the cities through which they must travel. Zandramas was escaping further toward her goal. And the Seeress of Kell revealed that they must be at the ancient palace of Ashaba within a matter of days or Zandramas would win by default. Then a horrible, fatal plague struck the city of Mal Zeth. closing it against all traffic in or out.

Del Rey, New York, 1993. First US paperback printing. Condition: Very good plus, light edge and corner wear, light nicks at spine, slight wrinkling at spine.Danger stalked Queen Ehlana's realm. When an ambassador from the far-off Tamul Empire begged for help, Sparhawk, Ehlana's champion and Prince Consort, was the Emperor's last hope. For surely the knight who had killed the evil God Azash could prevail against the terror in Tamul. But waiting for him was a glittering court seething with corruption, treachery--and the greatest danger Sparhawk would ever face.

Del Rey, New York, 1994. First paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear.Book Two of The Tamuli. The New York Times Bestseller.Years ago, the Child-Goddess Aphrael had hidden Bhelliom, the Stone of Power, at the bottom of the sea. Yet now it is needed again to stop a malign force from spreading evil and destruction across the lands. Sparhawk, Queen's champion, sets out to retrieve the Stone. But others seek the gem for their own diabolical ends. Most fearsome of these are the Shining Ones, whose mere touch melts human flesh from bone. Now Sparhawk finds himself stalked by these creatures out of myth . . . whose touch is all too real.

Del Rey, New York, 1991. 15th paperback printing. Condition: Very good plus, light edge and corner wear, light crease at spine.Here, in the eagerly awaited sequel to David Edding's bestselling The Belgariad, is the first book of The Malloreon, an epic quest across strange lands and among stranger peoples - a magnificent fantasy of men. Kings, sorcerers, and gods caught up in the culmination of the seven thousand year war between two opposing destinies to determine the fate of all creation.

Del Rey, New York, 1992. First paperback edition. Condition: Very good plus, light edge and corner wear, light spine creases and nicks, back cover has scuffing at edges.Now in the final stages of their quest for his son, Garion and his companions travel to Kell to consult the only undamaged copy of the Malloreon Gospels. For centuries the Seers have guarded this book from the Grolims and even had their wizards put a curse of blindness on any Grolim who tried to enter Kell.So, as proclaimed in Guardians of the West, Belgarion the Godslayer sets out with those who must join him: the Eternal Man, the Guide, the Man with Two Lives, the Bearer of the Orb and the Silent Man, and the rest of his companions to The Place Which Is No More to make the final choice - darkness or light.But Zandramas the Sorceress will not be outdone. Though she may not enter Kell she still has young Geran and should she reach the final meeting place with him, then Garion must slay his son or the world will be no more.

Del Rey, New York, 1992. 4th paperback printing. Condition: Very good minus, light edge and corner wear, spine crease, light nicks at spine ends.Ehlana, Queen of Elenia, has been poisoned. A deep enchantment sustains her life, but it will end soon. Then Sparhawk, Pandian Knight and the Queen's Champion, learns where to get to cure for the poison. He and his companions set forth on a dangerous quest to find the antidote before the queen should perish and the peace ends....

Del Rey, New York, 1992. 9th paperback printing. Condition: Very good, light edge and corner wear, very small creases at corners, light nicks at spine.After a long spell of exile, Sparhawk, Pandion Knight and the Queen's champion returns to his native land to find it overrun with evil and intrigue - and his young queen grievously ill. Indeed, Ehlana lies magically entombed within a block of crystal, doomed to die unless a cure can be found within a year.

Del Rey, New York, 1991. 8th paperback printing. Condition: Very good plus, very light edge and corner wear, faint spine crease, small indentation on rear cover.In this second book of The Malloreon, Garion and Ce'nedra continue the quest begun in Guardians of the West. In their party travel the immortal Belgarath the Sorcerer, his daughter Polgara the Sorceress, and the little Drasnian, Silk.Garion knows that it is the mysterious figure Zandramas who is responsible for the abduction of his infant son, and he and his companions journey many miles and encounter many strange beings in their search for him.Their way leads through the foul swamps of Nyissa, ruled over by the Snake-Queen, and on into the dark kingdom of the Murgos, where human sacrifices are still made to the dead god Torak. Further on, however, even beyond those forbidding lands, they must face the ultimate danger - not only to themselves but to all mankind.

Del Rey, New York, 1992. First paperback printing. Condition: Good plus, edge and corner wear, spine creasing and nicks, creases at back cover.David Eddings returns to The Elenium, the splendid fantasy series that began with the thrilling novels Diamond Throne and Ruby Knight.Finally the knight Sparhawk had come to possess Bhelliom, legendary jewel of magic that alone could save Queen Ehlana from the deadly poison that had felled her father. Sparhawk and Sephrenia, ageless instructor in Styric magics, made haste to free Ehlana from the crystalline cocoon that had preserved her life while they desperately sought a cure.But Bhellion carried dangers of its own. Once the stone came into his hands, Sparhawk found himself stalked by a dark, lurking menace. Whether the foul Zemoch God Azash was behind this threat, or some other enemy, even Sephrenia could not say—only that the sapphire rose held powers too dangerous for any mortal to bear.Restoring Queen Ehlana would be only the beginning of Sparhawk's… Read More

Scribner, New York. 15th trade paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, light edge and corner wear, light spine bowing.Today F. Scott Fitzgerald is better known for his novels, but in his own time, his fame rested squarely on his prolific achievement as one of America's most gifted writers of stories and novellas. Now, a half-century after the author's death, the premier Fitzgerald scholar and biographer, Matthew J. Bruccoli, has assembled in one volume the full scope of Fitzgerald's best short fiction: forty-three sparkling masterpieces, ranging from such classic novellas as "The Rich Boy," "May Day," and "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" to his commercial work for the Saturday Evening Post and its sister "slicks."For the reader, these stories will underscore the depth and extraordinary range of Fitzgerald's literary talents. Furthermore, Professor Bruccoli's illuminating preface and introductory notes establish the literary and biographical settings in which these stories now shine anew with… Read More

Spilogale Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2009. First edition.
Condition: Near fine, very light creasing on spine, very light edge wear.
Includes stories and articles by Dean Whitlock, Charles Coleman Finlay, Carol Emshwiller, Barry B. Logyear, Jerry Oltion, Albert E. Cowdrey, Michael Meddor, Jim Aikin, Patricia Ferrara, Chris Moriarty, Charles de Lint, Kathi Maio, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre. Art by Tom Cheney, J.P. Rini, Bill Long, Arthur Masear, and Max Bertolini.

Spilogale Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2005. First edition. Condition: Very good plus, very light edge wear, light wrinkling near spine and on rear cover.Includes stories and articles by Peter S. Beagle, Terry Bisson, Elizabeth Hand, Jeffrey Ford, Joe Haldeman, Gene Wolfe, Paolo Bacigalupi, Matthew Hughes, Esther M. Friesner, Dale Bailey, Jaye Lawrence, Steven Utley, Terry Pratchett, Charles de Lint, Michelle West, Lucius Shepherd, Paul Doherty, Pat Murphy, and Douglas A. Anderson. Art by Bill Long, Joseph Farris, Danny Shanahan and Arthur Masear.

Spilogale Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2008. First edition.

Condition: Very good plus, light edge wear, light wrinkling near spine and on rear cover.
Includes stories and articles by Rachel Pollack, Albert E. Cowdrey, Alex Jeffers, M. Rickert, George Tucker, Robert Reed, S.L. GIlbow, Paul Di Filippo, Charles de Lint, Elizabeth Hand, Kathi Maio, and David Langford. Art by Bill Long, Danny Shanahan and Arthur Masear.

Spilogale Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2006. First edition.
Condition: Near fine, very light creasing on spine.
Includes stories and articles by Bruce McAllister, Terry Bisson, Matthew Hughes, Robert Reed, Micaela Roessner, Tony Sarowitz, Matthew Corradi, Charles de Lint, Kathi Maio, Elizabeth Hand, Bud Webster. Art by Max Bertolini.

Spilogale Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2008. First edition.
Condition: Near fine, very light creasing on spine.
Includes stories and articles by Richard Boews, James L. Cambias, Ron Goulart, Matthew Hughes, Steven Popkes, Ann Miller, Debra Doyle, James D. Macdonald, Charles de Lint, Elizabeth Hand, Lucius Shepard, Peter Tremayne. Art by Arthur Masear and Kent Bash.