Search Results: Books from Quercus Rare Books

Lyon: Presso SAVY, 1822. Tasso's great epic presented here in miniature. Two volumes, just 4" tall, in Italian. Marbled paper-covered boards with red leather spines. Titled in English in gilt on the spine. Clean text; 328 pages and 335 pages. Very Good (Plus) condition; very light wear, mainly on the edges of the boards. Easily carried when on a quest. . First Thus. Quarter-Bound. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

Woodstock, Vermont: Foul Play Press, 1995. A Detective Colin Harpur novel. Fine copy in Fine dustjacket (As New condition). Reprint. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1911. The sequel to Wister's prototype novel of the American West, "The Virginian." This is a Good only copy of the First Edition. Tan decorative cloth binding with red, black and gold (matches design of "The Virginian"). Spine has darkened, and the corners are bumped. 317 pages, with 4 pages of publisher's adverts in the rear; text clean. Unfortunately, the front gutter is splitting and although holding, the binding is loose. Due to the condition issue, Quercus offers this as a BINDING COPY, in need of repair or restoration. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Greenwich: Fawcett, 1973. Fawcett Gold Medal #P2744 (number 14 in the Travis McGee series). "July 1973" on Copyright Page. Last Fawcett paperback that was the True First Edition. This copy has light diagonal creasing & typical surface soiling, some spotting beginning on top edge.. First Edition.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

New York: Picador USA, 1996. Gadol's third book, a dark novel set in a "golden" California. Fine copy in unclipped Fine DJ (As New condition); in a plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: St. Martin's, 1997. "Newly discovered" stories by the Nobel Prize winner. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition (stated). Small octavo; 164 pages. Black paper-covered boards with a red spine; gilt lettering. The dustjacket is unclipped. Fine, in a plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Dutton, 1973. An anthology edited by SF author Robert Silverberg's wife. Profusely "illustrated with old prints." This copy is the Second Printing and is in Fine condition. The DJ has some slight wrinkling beginning and a 1/4" closed tear to the top front. Plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second Printing.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Arco Publishing Company, Inc., 1978. This is a fun read for anyone interested in the world of British booksellers. A Fine copy; Black cloth binding withgilt titling on the spine. Clean text; 200 pages, with index. The dustjacket is unclipped; it has a chip at the head of the spine; else Fine. In an archival plastic protector.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 2001. Author of the Regeneration Trilogy, has won the Booker Prize. Fine copy in unclipped Fine DJ. Plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Canadian Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Pocketbooks, 1995. Lipman is a talented and humorous author. This copy in very close to As New condition; in plastic cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Henry Holt, 1996. Australian author's thrird book is set in 1892, features historical figures of the time in a "noirish" atmosphere. Fine in Fine DJ. Plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Grove Press, 2000. Butler has won the Pulitzer Prize. Fine in Fine DJ. Plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Viking, 2002. Fine copy in DJ (Unread condition). In plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York et.al.: Doubleday, 1990. Mahfouz is considered the most prominent modern Egytian writer; winner of the Nobel Prize. A novel of ambition, oriinally published in 1975. This is a Fine copy of the First American Edition. Translation by Rasheed El-Enany. Light yellow paper boards with red cloth spine & black lettering. The dustjacket is unclipped; in a plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York et.al.: Doubleday, 1991. Mahfouz is considered Egypt's most prominent modern writer; winner of Nobel Prize. Originally published in 1964, this novel was critical of the Egytian revolution. This is a Fine copy of the First American Edition. Translated from the original Arabic by Mohamed Islam and Edited by Magdi Wahba. Light yellow paper boards with red cloth spine & black lettering. The dustjacket is unclipped. In a plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Chapel Hill: Algonquin, 1993. Nordan could be described as"a Surrealist of the Mississippi Delta." One of America's original and fine writers. This copy has a remainder mark to the bottom, else Fine. In plastic protector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine.

New York: Henry Holt, 1994. Butler won the Pulitzer in 1993. Originally published 1982; this is the reissue. Fine in unclipped Near Fine DJ. Plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1990. This is a Near Fine copy opf the Second Printing of the First Edition. Large format. Clean text;; 306 pages, indexed; numerous illustrations. Minor edgewear; small crease on rear panel. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Later Printing.. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

New York: Picador, 2001. Comic author's fourth novel. Fine in an unclipped, Near Fine DJ. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 1990. Russian author. Introduction by Joseph Brodsky. In plastic cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.