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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, NY. 1995. First edition., 1995. 8vo. 481 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. Frontis and text illustrations by Miles Hyman. Set in 1900, Dr. Gustav Uyterhoeven leaves his wife and their chess garden in Ohio to serve in the British concentration camps of the Boer War in South Africa. In a series of letters and chess pieces sent to his wife, he describes an imaginary land called Antipodes, where all the game pieces of the garden come to life to guide the doctor through his last adventure. A blending of history and allegory within the context of game pieces which come to life in the chess garden. ISBN 0374160155. #553.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Miles Hyman. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Hyperion Books, 1997. 288 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, clean, unmarked, pristine. James Lee Burke introduces a new series set in the American West. ISBN 0786862580. #1763. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Victor Weaver, Dave Henderson. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1994. 344 pgs. Sept. 1994 First Edition, first printing. Debut novel of James Elliott, pseudonym for author and screenwriter J.C. Pollock. Intricate procedural and psychological suspense novel starring former CIA agent Mike Culley reenlisted by the CIA to capture serial killer on a Virginia campus. Other titles written by Pollock under this pseudonym include: Nowhere to Hide (1997) and Endgame (2000). ISBN 0385313292. #2498.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall.

New York: G.P.Putnam's Sons, 1995. 8vo. 307pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. Red boards, purple with red lettering at spine. Clean, crisp, unmarked. Edgar Award for best mystery novel of the year. ISBN 0399140824. #124.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1991. 8vo. 320 pgs. Near Fine hardcover in Very Good jacket. Very light rubbing to top spine edge of jacket, else fine. Book is clean, unmarked. ISBN 0399136703. #494.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper& Row, 1990. 8vo. 292 pgs. Near Fine hardcover first edition in Near Fine jacket, clean and and unmarked. Slight wear to jacket paper at upper spine edge. Gold boards, dark brown cloth, gold lettering, dark brown endpapers. An Officer Jim Chee mystery. ISBN 0060163704. #205. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The Modern Library xii.250pgs. Very Good condition. Dark Green leatherette binding no. 4, Bernhard endpapers [circa 1925-1929] with gilt to spine. Light wear to edges, bottom spine edge frayed, spine slightly crinkled. Owner names on front blank. List of Modern Library titles after text. #1937.. Leatherette. Very Good. 16mo - 5¾ Inches - 6 3/4 Inches Tall.

New York: Warner Books, 1994. 8vo. 384 pgs. Fine condition hardbound in Fine dust jacket. Clean and bright. First Edition, First Printing May 1994. An adulterous school teacher, a prosecutor and a Mafia boss cross paths in this of psychosexual suspense novel by the man behind Ed McBain. Evan Hunter [aka Ed McBain] was born in NYC. His family moved to a house on Gun Hill Road in The Bronx when he was twelve. He was art editor of the art and literary magazine at Evander Childs High School and a cartoonist for the school paper. He has written numerous novels, short stories, plays, and film scripts and is widely known under his pseudonym, Ed McBain, author of the 87th Precinct detective series. His writings include Privileged Conversation, The Blackboard Jungle, Strangers When We Meet, Mothers and Daughters, and Last Summer. ISBN 04460517550. #514.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Hyperion, 1996. 8vo. 404 pgs. Fine Hardcover in Near Fine jacket, SIGNED by author on title page. Book is clean, crisp, unmarked. Jacket has faint shallow wear to paper at spine ends, not rubbed or chipped. A thirty year segment in the life of a female judge, flavored by the pervasive effects of domestic violence in both her courtroom and her personal life. ISBN 0786861177. #1281.. Signed by Author. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

New York: Villard Books, 1995. 8 vo. 324 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. Authors first book featuring forensic psychiatrist Dr. Sylvia Strange. ISBN 067943559X. #554.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York and Cleveland: Alfred A. Knopf, NY. 1994. First trade edition., 1994. 8vo. 481 pgs. Fine hardcover in near fine jacket, clean and unmarked. First trade edition. Dust jacket has very faint rubbing to paper edge at back top spine corner. Black boards and cloth, gold lettering on spine and front. ISBN 0679425241. #200.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York and Cleveland: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1994. 8vo. 481 pgs. Near Fine hardcover in Near Fine jacket, jacket with tiny rub at upper right corner, shallow corner crease to one page. First trade edition 11/94. Black boards and cloth, clean and unmarked. ISBN 0679425241. #151.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1995. 8vo.384 pgs. Near Fine hardbound in Very Good jacket. Very light general wear to gloss of dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked. Serial killing thriller set in southern California. ISBN 0399140255. #495.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: W.W. Norton Co., 1998. 8vo. 281 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, SIGNED by author on half-title page. Author's first novel. Removable "Autographed Copy" sticker on front cover. A young couple's world starts to unravel when their eighteen month old child is accidentally burned, and the report of an emergency room physician prompts the state to take temporary custody. ISBN 0393046257.#491.. Signed by Author. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. 121 pgs. Very Good condition blue cloth hardcover in Fair jacket. Fading to spine along lower spine and edges, jacket present in fragments held acceptable intact by a clear removable archival cover.Small bookstore ticket [Aberdeen Book Company, 65-69 Fourth Ave, New York 3, New York] affixed to lower corner of front endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked. Not dated. For those who would like to read Rilke in the original German language, Contents: Archaischer Torso Apollos,Kretische Artemis, Leda, Delphine, Die Insel Der Sirenen, Klage Um Antinous, Der Tod Der Geleibten, Klage Um Jonathan, Trostung Des Elia, Saul Unter Den Propeten, Samuels Ercheinung Vor Saul, Ein Prophet, Jeremias, Eine Sibylle, Absaloms Abfall, Esther, Der Aussatzige Konig, Legende Von Den Drei Lebendigen Und Den Drei Toten, Der Konig Von Munster, Totentanz, Das Jungste Gericht, Die Versuchung, Der Alchimist, Der Reliquienschrein, Das Gold, Der Stylit, Die Agyptische Maria, Kreuzigung, Der… Read More

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1918. vi.62pgs.Very Good condition hardcover in a fragmented jacket, preserved as intact by a clear archival cover. Published as World War I was winding down, this portaiture, a journal of love letters which are a combination of poignant, endearing and humorous, provides a standpoint of what it was like to be a soldier stationed on the ground in France during WWI. 60 illustrations by Bill Breck bring life to each letter. Book#2582.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor. Illus. by G. William Breck, Bill Breck. Small 8vo. 7.5 Inches Tall.

Munchen/Munich: Verlag C.H. Beck, 1933. 7887 pgs. Red cloth, bright gilt lettering and decoration to spine and front board. Very light foxing of endpapers, else clean and unmarked throughout. Binding tight. Small paper bookshop sticker on rear endpaper (G.F. Stechert & Co., ALfred Hafner, New York) Jacket is Good with several small edge chips, light general soiling and several one inch closed tears at bottom edge. Text is in the German language. A historical study of poetry, drama and intellectual literature in German Switzerland. Printed in Germany, publishers slip laid in. Contents are divided into seven sections followed by a reference section and index of names: Die Zeit Der Acht Alten Orte Bis Zur Ablosung Vom Reiche (1300-1500), Humanismus und Reformation (1500-1580), Das Zeitalter des Absolutismus (1580-1700), Das Zeitalter der Aufklarung (1700-1798), Umsturz und Wiederaufbau (1798-1848), Das Zeital des Materialismus (1848-1914), AusblickAuf de Gegenwart (1914-1932). Note: book weight… Read More

NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. 8vo. 264 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, clean and unmarked. First printing of authors first novel. The history of chocolate is interwoven within this historical fantasy tale of a Spanish conquistador. ISBN 0060184817. #2631.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Rodale Press , 1955. 8vo. 44 pgs. Very good hardcover with very good glassine jacket as issued. Printed in England at The Chiswick Press. Scarce. Printed translucent glassine jacket has a few small closed edge tears and tiny chips, slight age toning along edges, with British price on front flap. Bi-toned Illustration on front board, very slight fading to board and spine edges, light foxing to text block edges and endpapers. Internally clean and unmarked. #1025.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Alistair Grant. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons., 1992. 8vo. 224 pgs. Fine condition hardcover in Fine jacket. Green cloth and boards, gray endpapers. Crisp and clean. Hawk enlists Spensers aid when he is hired by tenants of a gang-plagued Boston neighborhood to investigate the deaths of a teenage girl and her baby. ISBN 0399137211. #206. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.