The Sixteen Pleasures

Soho Press, 1994. First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page, with an inscription to a named individual. Crisp, clean pages except for a fingerprint-sized oil mark and ink spot at the top of the front free endpaper, reciprocated on the fixed endpaper and persisting through the half-title… Read more about this item

New York: Soho. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1569470065 . Signed by Hellenga on the title page. An American book conservator's discovery of a volume of 16 sensual drawings with erotic sonnets leads her to a romantic encounter. ; 327 pages; Signed by Author .

Soho Pr Inc, 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. AN unmarked copy in a good dust jacket. Book has clearly been read but a solid copy; dust jacket (price intact) has some small creases on flaps, wear along top and bottom edges. Light stain on bottom edges. We ship all books promptly, carefully, and securely in… Read more about this item

New York: Soho Crime, 1994. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. First printing of the first edition. Novel about research into forbidden erotic poetry, presumed lost in a Venice flood. Jacket has light rubbing and crease. Ironically for a book about flood damage, this may have gotten damp once--a littlle of… Read more about this item

New York: Soho Press, 1994. An American volunteer, expert at book conservancy, is charged with discreetly selling a unique volume of erotic drawings and sonnets to save a convent in Italy, while exploring love with an older, married man. First printing of Hellenga's first novel. Spine ends gently bumped. Jacket faintly rubbed and crimped with a short crease to the… Read more about this item

A little wear at the corners and edges. Pages are clean, tight and intact, and the spine has no creases. An American woman goes to Italy in the 1960s to help save books inundated by the floodwaters of the Arno. There she finds a surprising book and other stuff, too.

[New York]: Soho. Very Good. 1994. First Edition. Trade paperback. 1569470065 . Edge wear, creasing to covers ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 327 pages; Ps 156 .

SOHO. NY 1994. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0340618183 . First edition. Near fine in fine dust jacket. (Couple page corners lightly creased in text. Light foxing at top & fore edges. ) Author's widely praised FIRST book. .

Hardback. Good.

New York: SOHO, 1994. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. First printing of the first edition. Novel about research into forbidden erotic poetry, presumed lost in a Venice flood. Jacket has light rubbing. Not price-clipped, a very nice copy, perhaps read once.

The Italians called them Mud Angels, the young foreigners who came to Florence in 1966 to save the city's treasured art from the Arno's flooded banks. American volunteer Margot Harrington was one of them, finding her niche in the waterlogged library of a Carmelite convent. For within its walls she discovered a priceless Renaissance masterwork: a sensuous volume of sixteen… Read more about this item

Delta. Used - Good. A sound copy with only light wear. Overall a solid copy at a great price!

London: Sceptre, 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, VG in VG dustjacket with a small tear at side of spine.

U.S.A.: Delta, 1995. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some shelf wear; pages are beginning to tone; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice SIGNED used copy! Color illustrated wrapper with white lettering. 369 historical and suspense-filled pages! "Chapter One: Where I Want to Be I… Read more about this item

New York: Warner Books, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. This is an ex-lib edition. Graceful, assured prose, a wry but empathetic view of the human character and an authoritative command of fascinating background detail are among the distinguishing features of this deeply satisfying first novel. Set in Florence after the terrible Arno flood of 1966, it… Read more about this item

(NY): Soho. (1994). A complimentary copy of the first edition, sent to booksellers. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with promotional sheet laid in. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine.

Delta, 1995-04-30. paperback. Very Good. 5x0x6. Has moderate shelf and/or corner wear. Great used condition. A portion of your purchase of this book will be donated to non-profit organizations.Over 1,000,000 satisfied customers since 1997! Choose expedited shipping (if available) for much faster delivery. Delivery confirmation on all US orders.

(n.p.): Soho. (1994). The uncorrected proof copy, marked "Advance Reading Copy." Signed by the author. Tiny bump to spine heel; else fine in printed blue wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine.

NY, Soho, ©1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. [vii], 327 p.; 24 cm. The adventure of Margot Harrington, an American book conservator saving treasures after the 1966 Florence flood. She is asked by the mother superior of a convent to help secretly sell a banned book to raise money for the convent. It's the only copy of The Sixteen Pleasures,… Read more about this item

(New York: Soho [Press], 1994). First edition. "An erotic book about an erotic book." -- Maxine Kumin (jacket blurb). INSCRIBED BY HELLENGA on title page, "To Joel - best wishes - Bob Hellenga." Spine ends a little pushed otherwise fine in dust jacket with flattened vertical crease to rear flap (otherwise bright and fine).