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1066 And All Thatby W. C. Sellar, R.J. YeatmanISBN 1850891796 (1-85089-179-6)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Address Unknownby Kathrine Kressmann TaylorISBN 1884910173 (1-884910-17-3)
Hardcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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Akenfield: Portrait of an English Villageby Ronald BlytheISBN 1585790095 (1-58579-009-5)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village'Book summary:This colourful, perceptive portrayal of English country life reverberates with the voices of the village inhabitants, from the reminiscences of survivors of the Great War evoking days gone by, to the concerns of a younger generation of farm-workers and the fascinating and personal recollections of, among others, the local schoolteacher, doctor, blacksmith, saddler, district nurse and magistrate. Providing insights into farming, education, welfare, class, religion and death, Akenfield forms a unique document of a way of life that has, in many ways, disappeared. [via]
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Aloneby Richard E. ByrdISBN 1885283075 (1-885283-07-5)
Hardcover, Adventure Library
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Amazing Adventures Of The Escapistby Michael ChabonISBN 1593071655 (1-59307-165-5)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Amazing Adventures of the Escapist'Book summary:Leaping onto center stage from the wings of comics history comes that dazzling Master of Elusion, foe of tyranny, and champion of liberation - the Escapist. Operating from a secret headquarters under the boards of the Empire Theater, the Escapist and his crack team of associates roam the globe performing amazing feats of magic and coming to the aid of all those who languish in the chains of oppression. The history of the Escapist's creators Joe Kavalier and Sam Clay was recently chronicled in Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. Now the best of the Escapist's adventures are collected into one volume for all to enjoy. [via]
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The Amazing Adventures Of The Escapistby Brian VaughanISBN 1593071728 (1-59307-172-8)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Amazing Adventures Of The Escapist'Book summary:Following in the footsteps of the massively successful Volume One, the second volume of Michael Chabon Presents. . .The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist collects issues three and four of the likewise popular quarterly series. Among the stories in this volume: Critically acclaimed writer Brian Vaughan (Y: The Last Man) pens "To Reign in Hell" in a classic 1940s spirit, richly illustrated by former Swamp Thing artist Roger Petersen. Marv Wolfman writes "Heil and Fear Well," a shocking and chilling tale of nefarious post-war Nazis in the infamous 1950s EC comics horror style, brought to life by veteran cartoonist Joe Staton and indie stalwart Bob Sikoryak. Also, the mysterious powers of Luna Moth may be up for grabs - is our favorite mild-mannered librarian worthy of them? Kevin McCarthy and Dean Haspiel serve up a tribute to Jack Kirby's 1960s Marvel work in "The Trial of Judy Dark!". [via]
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Art Deco 1910-1939by Tim Benton, Ghislaine Wood, Victoria and Albert Museum, Charlotte BentonISBN 1851773886 (1-85177-388-6)
Hardcover, V&A Publications
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Banana Bottomby Claude McKayISBN 1874509743 (1-874509-74-3)
Softcover, X-Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Banana Bottom'Book summary:In the early 1900s, Bita Plant returns to Jamaica after seven years of European education to live with Malcolm and Priscilla Craig - the white missionary benefactors who helped her become a cultivated young woman. They have Bita's future mapped out: training at the mission and marrying a dedicated theological student. Reluctant to accept this fate, she is drawn back to the festivals, superstitious faith and passionate love affairs of her West Indian culture. Such antics are not deemed fitting for a refined lady and Bita must choose between the evangelical guidance of the Craigs and the sensual vitality of her roots. First published in 1933, the richly lyrical Banana Bottom is often regarded as McKay's finest novel. His innovation lies in the directness with which he speaks of social and political injustice for Afro-Caribbeans and in his choice of the working class as his focus. Claude McKay was an instrumental figure in the Harlem Renaissance. [via]
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Baudelaireby Charles Baudelaire, G. ChestersISBN 1853993441 (1-85399-344-1)
Softcover, Duckbacks
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Blandings Castleby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1585673382 (1-58567-338-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blandings Castle'Book summary:Fans of P. G. Wodehouse's comic genius are legion, and their devotion to his masterful command of hilarity borders on obsession. Overlook happily feeds the obsession with four more antic selections from the master.
Blandings Castle is a collection of tales concerning Lord Emsworth and the Threepwood clan, while Jeeves in the Offing finds Bertie Wooster in yet another scrape-with the peerless Jeeves out of sight, on vacation! Poor Bertie nearly becomes unstuck! Young Men in Spats is Wodehouse at his most sparkling: stories concerning members of the inimitable Drones Club-they may be small of brain and short on cash but they are always good for ingenious adventures. And in The Luck of the Bodkins, the action spans London, New York, Hollywood, and several transatlantic liners, as three dapper young men find themselves in various Wodehousian predicaments concerning their love lives and finances.
Each volume has been reset and printed on Scottish cream-wove, acid-free paper, sewn and bound in cloth. These novels are elegant and essential additions to any Wodehouse fan's library. [via]More editions of Blandings Castle:
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The Book of Disquietby Fernando Pessoa, Richard Zenith, Margaret Jull CostaISBN 1852427582 (1-85242-758-2)
Softcover, Serpent's Tail Limited
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The Book of Disquietby Alfred MacAdam, Fernando Pessoa, Alfred Mac AdamISBN 1878972278 (1-878972-27-8)
Softcover, Distributed Art Pub Inc
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The Book of Disquietudeby Fernando Pessoa, Richard ZenithISBN 1878818651 (1-878818-65-1)
Softcover, Univ Pr of New England
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The Bottomsby Joe R. LansdaleISBN 189228460X (1-892284-60-X)
Hardcover, Subterranean
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Burying Caesar: The Churchill and Chamberlain Rivalryby Graham StewartISBN 1585671304 (1-58567-130-4)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Case of Comrade Tulayevby Willard R. Trask, Victor Serge, Susan SontagISBN 1590170644 (1-59017-064-4)
Softcover, New York Review of Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Case of Comrade Tulayev'Book summary:The Case of Comrade Tulayev One cold Moscow night, Comrade Tulayev, a high government official, is shot dead on the street, and the search for the killer begins. In this panoramic vision of the Soviet Great Terror, the investigation leads all over the world, netting a whole series of suspects whose only connection is their innocence--at least of the crime of which they stand accused. But "The Case of Comrade Tulayev," unques... Full description [via]
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Castle Gayby John BuchanISBN 1842327623 (1-84232-762-3)
Softcover, House of Stratus, Incorporated
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Charles Baudelaire: Complete Poemsby Charles BaudelaireISBN 1857549392 (1-85754-939-2)
Softcover, Carcanet Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Charles Baudelaire: Complete Poems'Book summary:Including all poems published in the previous three editions, this comprehensive new translation of Baudelaire's poetry is both vivid and authoritative. This dual-language volume presents both the original French poems as well as their translations.[via]More editions of Charles Baudelaire: Complete Poems:
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The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton: The Father Brown Storiesby Not Available, John PetersonISBN 1586170937 (1-58617-093-7)
Hardcover, Ignatius Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton: The Father Brown Stories'Book summary:G.K. Chesterton The Innocence of Father Brown The Wisdom of Father Brown The Donnington Affair G.K. Chesterton, one of the most prolific writers of the 20th century, is most famous for a series of mystery stories and novelettes that feature the Roman Catholic priest, Fr. Brown. Adapted for stage, radio and film, the Fr. Brown stories have proved to be enduringly popular. But like Chesterton's other work, what to many may seem like trivial short stories contain profound observations of the world, human character, philosophy, morality and religion. John Peterson, the editor of Father Brown of the Church of Rome, takes the reader through this first group of stories, giving valuable annotations as well as an introduction that gives a fascinating look at Chesterton's detective fiction. Fans of Father Brown and Chesterton will be delighted by this latest volume in the Collected Works. Sewn Hardcover [via]
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Coming Up for Airby George OrwellISBN 1595404317 (1-59540-431-7)
Softcover, 1st World Library
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Conversation Pieceby Molly KeaneISBN 1853813478 (1-85381-347-8)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Dashiell Hammettby Josephine Hammett, Steven MarcusISBN 1883011671 (1-883011-67-1)
Hardcover, Library of America
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Dusty Answerby Rosamond Lehmann, Jonathan CoeISBN 1844082946 (1-84408-294-6)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dusty Answer'Book summary:'Mamma was fast asleep at home, her spirit lapped in unconsciousness. Her dreams would not divine that her daughter had stolen out to meet a lover. And next door also they slept unawares, while one of them broke from the circle and came alone to clasp a stranger ...' Judith Earle, over-earnest and inexperienced, has always been a little in love with each of the four cousins who come to stay next door and, on her return from Cambridge, becomes madly in love with one of them - Roddy, a 'sensation-hunter'. "Dusty Answer" traces with delicate nostalgia childhood friendships and the pangs of thwarted young love. "Dusty Answer", Lehmann's first novel, was published to sensational acclaim in 1927, and became a landmark book of the inter-war period, shocking in its time, capturing the voice of the younger generation. [via]
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East of Eden: An Easy Guide to Car Maintenance And Repairby John SteinbeckISBN 1587245620 (1-58724-562-0)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families -- the Trasks and the Hamiltons -- whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. [via]
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The English Eccentricsby Edith Sitwell, Richard IngramsISBN 1873429738 (1-873429-73-8)
Softcover, Pallas Athene Pub
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Erotique Legsby Carlton Books StaffISBN 1858688701 (1-85868-870-1)
Hardcover, Carlton Books, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Erotique Legs'Book summary:In this series, Objects of Desire, each book is individually celebrated with exquisite and erotic photography. [via]
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Exodusby Leon UrisISBN 2221098625 (2-221-09862-5)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Exodus'Book summary:Exodus is an international publishing phenomenon--the towering novel of the twentieth century's most dramatic geopolitical event. Leon Uris magnificently portrays the birth of a new nation in the midst of enemies--the beginning of an earthshaking struggle for power. Here is the tale that swept the world with its fury: the story of an American nurse, an Israeli freedom fighter caught up in a glorious, heartbreaking, triumphant era. Here is Exodus --one of the great best-selling novels of all time.
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Exquisite Corpseby Robert IrwinISBN 1585673862 (1-58567-386-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Exquisite Corpse'Book summary:Exquisite Corpse is a novel, a survey of World War II history, and a commentary on surrealist art, all in one; and due to author Robert Irwin's immense skill, it does a crackerjack job with all three. The story opens in 1930s England, where Caspar, an ardent devotee of surrealism, leads a happily bohemian life. He paints his mediocre pictures, meets with his fellow surrealists in the Serapion Brotherhood, and generally subscribes to the belief that the anarchy of surrealism will lead to liberation of the imagination. Then he meets Caroline, a woman so relentlessly ordinary that she is nothing short of exotic to Caspar. He falls instantly in love with her and for a time revels in her middle-class life: her job as a secretary, her passion for amateur theatricals, her shopping excursions into department stores. When Caroline disappears from Caspar's life, he is thrown into--dare we say it?--a surreal search for her that will take him to Nazi Germany, into a mental hospital, through the war years, and eventually into the concentration camps and out again.
Journeys such as Caspar's are often labeled picaresque, and indeed, if Don Quixote had been a surrealist, his adventures might have resembled these. What makes Exquisite Corpse so enjoyable is the confidence with which Irwin threads history and art criticism through this comic romp. [via]
Eyes of the Nation: A Visual History of the United Statesby Alan Brinkley, Vincent VirgaISBN 1593730357 (1-59373-035-7)
Softcover, Bunker Hill Pub Inc
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Father Brownby G. K. ChestertonISBN 1853260037 (1-85326-003-7)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Father Brown'Book summary:Father Brown, one of the most quirkily genial and lovable characters to emerge from English detective fiction, first made his appearance in The Innocence of Father Brown in 1911. That first collection of stories established G.K. Chesterton's kindly cleric in the front rank of eccentric sleuths. This complete collection contains all the favourite Father Brown stories, showing a quiet wit and compassion that has endeared him to many, whilst solving his mysteries by a mixture of imagination and a sympathetic worldliness in a totally believable manner. [via]
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion Of Freedomby Conrad BlackISBN 1586482823 (1-58648-282-3)
Softcover, Public Affairs
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion Of Freedom'Book summary:Franklin Delano Roosevelt stands astride American history like a colossus, having pulled the nation out of the Great Depression and led it to victory in the Second World War. Elected to four terms as president, he transformed an inward-looking country into the greatest superpower the world had ever known. Only Abraham Lincoln did more to save America from destruction. But FDR is such a large figure that historians tend to take him as part of the landscape, focusing on smaller aspects of his achievements or carping about where he ought to have done things differently. Few have tried to assess the totality of FDR's life and career.[via]
Conrad Black rises to the challenge. In this magisterial biography, Black makes the case that FDR was the most important person of the twentieth century, transforming his nation and the world through his unparalleled skill as a domestic politician, war leader, strategist, and global visionary--all of which he accomplished despite a physical infirmity that could easily have ended his public life at age thirty-nine. Black also takes on the great critics of FDR, especially those who accuse him of betraying the West at Yalta. Black opens a new chapter in our understanding of this great man, whose example is even more inspiring as a new generation embarks on its own rendezvous with destiny.More editions of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion Of Freedom:
Frost in Mayby Antonia WhiteISBN 1844083780 (1-84408-378-0)
Softcover, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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G.K. Chestertonby Cecil ChestertonISBN 1586170945 (1-58617-094-5)
Softcover, Ignatius Pr
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G.K. Chesterton, one of the most prolific writers of the 20th century, is most famous for a series of mystery stories and novelettes that feature the Roman Catholic priest, Fr. Brown. The stories have proved to be enduringly popular, containing profound observations of the world, human character, philosophy, morality and religion.
John Peterson, the editor of Father Brown of the Church of Rome, takes the reader through this group of stories, giving valuable annotations as well as an introduction that gives a fascinating look at Chesterton s detective fiction. Fans of Father Brown and Chesterton will be delighted by this latest volume in the Collected Works. [via] 
The Ghost Pirates and Other Revenants of the Seaby William Hope Hodgson, Jason Van HollanderISBN 189238941X (1-892389-41-X)
Hardcover, Night Shade Books
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Gilgameshby Joan LondonISBN 1843541823 (1-84354-182-3)
Hardcover, Atlantic Books
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Grab Bag: 2 storiesby Derek McCormackISBN 1888451599 (1-888451-59-9)
Softcover, Akashic Books
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Grey Seas Underby F. MowatISBN 1585742406 (1-58574-240-6)
Softcover, Lyons Pr
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Heavy Weatherby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1585672300 (1-58567-230-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heavy Weather'Book summary:Fans of P. G. Wodehouse's comic genius are legion, and their devotion to his masterful command of the hilarity borders on an obsession.[via]
It's Heavy Weather for Lord Emsworth and the Empress, especially with the appalling Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe snooping around with designs on the prize pig.More editions of Heavy Weather:
The House of the Four Windsby John BuchanISBN 1842327720 (1-84232-772-0)
Softcover, House of Stratus, Incorporated
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Independent Peopleby Halldor LaxnessISBN 1860466869 (1-86046-686-9)
Softcover, Harvill Pr
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Isolationism in America 1935-1941by Manfred JonasISBN 1879176017 (1-879176-01-7)
Softcover, Imprint Pubns
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Jamaica Innby Lisa Evans, Daphne Du MaurierISBN 1840024097 (1-84002-409-7)
Softcover, Oberon Books, Limited
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Kit's Story Collectionby Valerie Tripp, Walter RaneISBN 1593690525 (1-59369-052-5)
Hardcover, Amer Girl Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kit's Story Collection'Book summary:Girls can enjoy all six beloved Kit stories in one keepsake volume. Set in 1934, each story reveals more of this resourceful girl who has bright hopes during the dark days of the Great Depression. The richly illustrated hardcover offers a glimpse into Kit's world. Inside, this book features even more full-color illustrations and words of inspiration that will delight girls who love Kit. [via]
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Laughing Gasby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1585672327 (1-58567-232-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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When a bratty Hollywood child star and an English aristocrat exchange souls at the dentist in Laughing Gas, the result is transatlantic mayhem at its funniest.More editions of Laughing Gas:
Les Fleurs Du Malby Charles BaudelaireISBN 2040283129 (2-04-028312-9)
Softcover, Schoenhofs Foreign Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Fleurs Du Mal'Book summary:Maîtriser les connaissances et les outils nécessaires à l'étude d'une Suvre intégrale, voilà l'objectif de cette collection. L'élève doit avoir une vision synthétique de l'Suvre : connaître sa genèse et sa structure, appréhender les personnages à travers leur portrait, leur rôle et leur dimension symbolique, retenir les différents thèmes évoqués. Par ailleurs, l'ouvrage procure des informations d'ordre paratextuel qui enrichissent la culture du lecteur : détails sur la vie de l'auteur et le contexte dans lequel il s'inscrit, remarques sur son style, sur ses écrits théoriques, jugements de critiques contemporains. Enfin, le souci des auteurs est de montrer à l'élève comment ces informations peuvent être utilisées efficacement dans les exercices du bac : des études d'extraits et des sujets d'entretien sont proposés à titre d'exemples. L'intérêt de cette collection est donc de baliser chaque Suvre de sorte que l'élève dispose des éléments indispensables pour réussir l'écrit comme l'oral. L'étude n'est pas exhaustive mais elle a le mérite d'être claire et structurée. --Claire Mazurel [via]
Lester Dent's Zeppelin Talesby Lester Dent, Will Murray, Matthew GoodmanISBN 1930658206 (1-930658-20-6)
Softcover, Hellograph Inc
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The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolfby Vita Sackville-West, Virginia Woolf, Louise A. Desalvo, Mitchell Alexander LeaskaISBN 1853815055 (1-85381-505-5)
Hardcover, Virago Press
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Look to the Ladyby Margery AllinghamISBN 1933397578 (1-933397-57-8)
Softcover, Felony & Mayhem
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The Lord of the Ringsby J. R. R. Tolkien, SparkNotes StaffISBN 1586637908 (1-58663-790-8)
Softcover, Spark Publishing Group
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Love in a Cold Climateby Nancy MitfordISBN 185089003X (1-85089-003-X)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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The Man Who Watched Trains Go Byby Georges Simenon, Marc Romano, D. Thin, Luc SanteISBN 1590171497 (1-59017-149-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Man Who Watched Trains Go By'Book summary:Kees Popinga is a solid Dutch burgher whose idea of a night on the town is a game of chess at his club. Or so it has always appeared. But one night this model husband and devoted father discovers his boss is bankrupt and that his own carefully tended life is in ruins. Before, he had looked on impassively as the trains to the outside world swept by; now he catches the first train he can to Amsterdam. Not long after that, he commits murder.
Kees Popinga is tired of being Kees Popinga. He's going to turn over a new leafthough there will be hell to pay. [via]More editions of The Man Who Watched Trains Go By:
Memoirs of Vidocq: Master of Crimeby Francois Eugene Vidocq, Eugene Francois VidocqISBN 1902593715 (1-902593-71-5)
Softcover, A K Pr Distribution
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The Mighty Hoodby Ernle BradfordISBN 1841450391 (1-84145-039-1)
Softcover, Motorbooks Intl
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mighty Hood'Book summary:The life and death of the Royal Navys proudest ship HMS Hood was commissioned in 1920 and was described as the greatest and most graceful ship of her time. She was the last of the Leviathans those mighty ships, whose movement upon the high seas had assured the supremacy of Britains Royal Navy and determined policy since the last quarter of the 19th Century.During the twenties and thirties she had been the flag ship of a number of admirals and could be found flying-the-flag for Britain in the far-flung regions of the world from the North Sea to the Mediterranean, from South America and the West Indies to Africa and the Indian subcontinent.In early 1939 HMS Hood was refitted and rearmed prior to her joining the Home Fleet. As one of the British ships engaged in the hunt for the German battleship Bismarck and the Prinz Eugen, northwest of Iceland in May 1941, she was accompanied by HMS Suffolk and HMS Norfolk. During the ensuing battle HMS Hood received several hits from the Bismarck, the last a direct hit in the ammunition magazine. The mighty Hood blew up and soon disappeared from view. A total of ninety-four officers and 1,321 ratings were lost within those brief moments, with only three survivors recovered from the sea.A generation of British seamen had been trained in her. To millions of people she had represented British power and imperial might. With her passed not only a ship, but a whole era of naval history.[via]More editions of The Mighty Hood:
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Mrs Dallowayby Virginia WoolfISBN 1853261912 (1-85326-191-2)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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As Mrs. Dalloway prepares for the party she is giving that evening, a series of events intrudes on her composure. Her husband is invited, without her, to lunch with Lady Bruton (who, Clarissa notes anxiously, gives the most amusing luncheons). Meanwhile, Peter Walsh appears, recently from India, to criticize and confide in her. His sudden arrival evokes memories of a distant past, the choices she made then, and her wistful friendship with Sally Seton.
Woolf then explores the relationships between women and men, and between women, as Clarissa muses, "It was something central which permeated; something warm which broke up surfaces and rippled the cold contact of man and woman, or of women together.... Her relation in the old days with Sally Seton. Had not that, after all, been love?" While Clarissa is transported to past afternoons with Sally, and as she sits mending her green dress, Warren Smith catapults desperately into his delusions. Although his troubles form a tangent to Clarissa's web, they undeniably touch it, and the strands connecting all these characters draw tighter as evening deepens. As she immerses us in each inner life, Virginia Woolf offers exquisite, painful images of the past bleeding into the present, of desire overwhelmed by society's demands. --Joannie Kervran Stangeland [via]
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My Fifteen Minutesby Sybil JasonISBN 1593930232 (1-59393-023-2)
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My Home Is Far Awayby Dawn PowellISBN 1883642434 (1-883642-43-4)
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Mystery Mileby Margery AllinghamISBN 1933397446 (1-933397-44-6)
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A Nation Lost and Found: 1936 Remembered by Ordinary and Extraordinary Peopleby Frank Pierson, Stanley K. Sheinbaum, Frank R. Pierson, Mamie MitchellISBN 1931290040 (1-931290-04-0)
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Novels, 1942-1952by John Steinbeck, Robert DemottISBN 1931082073 (1-931082-07-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Novels, 1942-1952'Book summary:This third volume in The Library of America's authoritative edition of John Steinbeck's writings shows one of America's most enduring popular writers continuing restlessly to explore new subject matter and new approaches to storytelling.[via]
The Moon Is Down (1942), set in an unnamed Scandinavian country under German occupation, dramatizes the transformation of ordinary life under totalitarian rule and the underground struggle against the Nazi invaders. In Cannery Row (1945) Steinbeck paid tribute to his closest friend, the marine biologist Ed Ricketts, in the central character of Doc, proprietor of the Western Biological Laboratory and spiritual and financial mainstay of a cast of philosophical drifters and hangers-on. The comic and bawdy evocation of the main street of Monterey's sardine-canning district has made this one of the most popular of all Steinbeck's novels. Steinbeck's long involvement with Mexican culture is distilled in The Pearl (1947). Expanding on an anecdote he had heard about a boy who found a pearl of unusual size, Steinbeck turned it into an allegory of the corrupting influence of sudden wealth. The Pearl appears here with the original illustrations by José Clemente Orozco.
Ambitious in scale and original in structure, East of Eden (1952) recounts the violent and emotionally turbulent history of a Salinas Valley family through several generations. Drawing on Biblical parallels, East of Eden is an epic that explores the writer's deepest and most anguished concerns within a landscape that for him had mythic resonance.More editions of Novels, 1942-1952:
On Classic Ground: Picasso, Leger, De Chirico and the New Classicism 1910-1930by Elizabeth Cowling, Jennifer Mundy, Tate GalleryISBN 185437043X (1-85437-043-X)
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Out of Egyptby Andre AcimanISBN 1860463487 (1-86046-348-7)
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Persian Picturesby Gertrude Bell, Liora LukitzISBN 1843311690 (1-84331-169-0)
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Police at the Funeral: The 4th Albert Campion Mysteryby Margery AllinghamISBN 1933397640 (1-933397-64-0)
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PUBLIC ENEMIES: Americas Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34by Bryan BurroughISBN 1594200211 (1-59420-021-1)
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Quiet Days in Clichyby Henry MillerISBN 1596541121 (1-59654-112-1)
Softcover, Disruptive Pub
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The Shadow of the Wind: A Novelby Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Lucia GravesISBN 1594200106 (1-59420-010-6)
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Barcelona, 1945just after the war, a great world city lies in shadow, nursing its wounds, and a boy named Daniel awakes on his eleventh birthday to find that he can no longer remember his mothers face. To console his only child, Daniels widowed father, an antiquarian book dealer, initiates him into the secret of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a library tended by Barcelonas guild of rare-book dealers as a repository for books forgotten by the world, waiting for someone who will care about them again. Daniels father coaxes him to choose a volume from the spiraling labyrinth of shelves, one that, it is said, will have a special meaning for him. And Daniel so loves the novel he selects, The Shadow of the Wind by one Julian Carax, that he sets out to find the rest of Caraxs work. To his shock, he discovers that someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book this author has written. In fact, he may have the last one in existence. Before Daniel knows it his seemingly innocent quest has opened a door into one of Barcelonas darkest secrets, an epic story of murder, magic, madness and doomed love. And before long he realizes that if he doesnt find out the truth about Julian Carax, he and those closest to him will suffer horribly.
As with all astounding novels, The Shadow of the Wind sends the mind groping for comparisons The Crimson Petal and the White? The novels of Arturo Pérez-Reverte? Of Victor Hugo? Love in the Time of Cholera?but in the end, as with all astounding novels, no comparison can suffice. As one leading Spanish reviewer wrote, The originality of Ruiz Zafóns voice is bombproof and displays a diabolical talent. The Shadow of the Wind announces a phenomenon in Spanish literature. An uncannily absorbing historical mystery, a heart-piercing romance, and a moving homage to the mystical power of books, The Shadow of the Wind is a triumph of the storytellers art.More editions of The Shadow of the Wind: A Novel:
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Southern Daughter: The Life of Margaret Mitchell and the Making of Gone With the Windby Darden Asbury PyronISBN 1588180972 (1-58818-097-2)
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Thank You, Jeevesby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1585674346 (1-58567-434-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thank You, Jeeves'Book summary:A full cast of Wodehouse creations--including tyrannical relatives, beastly acquaintances, demon children, and literary fatheads--return for further near catastrophes and sparkling comedy Overlook is proud to present four more antic selections from comic genius, P.G. Wodehouse. A Damsel in Distress is an early novel about Belpher Castle, the idyllic home of the aristocratic Marshmoreton family and a precursor to the Blandings series. Leave it to Psmith is a comedy adventure involving crime and gunplay, all set into motion by an umbrella in the Drones Club and Mulliner Nights is a series of stories about the inimitable Mr. Mulliner, his extraordinary relations, and the tipsy bishops, angry baronets, lady novelists, and haughty dowagers who frequent the bar-parlor of the Angler's Rest. Meanwhile, Lord Chuffy' Chuffnell borrows the services of Jeeves in Thank You, Jeeves, while pursuing the love of his life, but when he finds out that Jeeves's employer, Bertie Wooster, was once engaged to Pauline himself, fearsome complications develop. [via]
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They Shoot Horses Don't They?by Horace McCoyISBN 185242401X (1-85242-401-X)
Softcover, Serpents Tail
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They Were Countedby Miklos Banffy, Patrick Thursfield, Kathy Banffy-JelenISBN 190085015X (1-900850-15-X)
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Thirteen Months to Go: The Creation of the Empire State Buildingby Geraldine B. WagnerISBN 1592231055 (1-59223-105-5)
Hardcover, Advantage Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thirteen Months to Go: The Creation of the Empire State Building'Book summary:The Empire State Building, a construction feat that to this day invokes awe and wonder, began as a contest between two industrial moguls who craved the status of constructing the tallest building in the world. The building was the center of a "race to the skies" competition between Walter Chrysler, of the Chrysler Corporation, and John Jakob Raskob, creator of General Motors, and coincided with the onset of one of the worst economic downturns in American history the Great Depression. Thirteen Months to Go encompasses the optimism and potential of 1920s New York. It is a wonderful tribute to the perseverance of New Yorkers and an amazing story of fortitude and ambition. 150 photographs are featured. [via]
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Ulyssesby James JoyceISBN 1874675996 (1-874675-99-6)
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Uncle Fred in the Spring Timeby P.G. WodehouseISBN 158567527X (1-58567-527-X)
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Walt Disney's Mickey And the Gang: Classic Stories in Verseby David Gerstein, David R. SmithISBN 1888472065 (1-888472-06-5)
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The War of the Worldsby H. G. WellsISBN 1593080859 (1-59308-085-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The War of the Worlds'Book summary:Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. 1st World Library-Literary Society is a non-profit educational organization. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter. It is possible that the infusoria under the microscope do the same. No one gave a thought to the older worlds of space as sources of human danger, or thought of them only to dismiss the idea of life upon them as impossible or improbable. It is curious to recall some of the mental habits of those departed days. At most terrestrial men fancied there might be other men upon Mars, perhaps inferior to themselves and ready to welcome a missionary enterprise. Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us. And early in the twentieth century came the great disillusionment. [via]
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The War Of The Worldsby Edward Gorey, H. G. WellsISBN 1590171586 (1-59017-158-6)
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White Stains - Anais Nin & Friendsby C.J. ScheinerISBN 1897767110 (1-897767-11-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'White Stains - Anais Nin & Friends'Book summary:This collection of six sensual, yet explicit short stories is thought to have been written for an Oklahoma oil millionaire, Roy M. Johnson. Anais Nin is said to have paid a dollar per page to produce typescripts of explicit erotica for his own private amusement. In 'Alice' a couple spying on another couple screwing in a public park become involved in a steamy group sex scene. In 'Florence', a New York office girl enjoys sex for the first time sleeping with two men in quick succession! In 'Memories' a man recounts his youth and his teenage initiation into sex by a variety of older women.
This facsimile reproduction also contains an explicit sex manual, Love's Cyclopaedia, originally published with the stories. The intorduction by Dr. C.J. Schiener tells the story of the book's first clandestine edition by New York publisher Samuel Roth during the 1940s and all the evidence for attributing this anonymous work to Anais Nin. [via]
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Les Fleurs du Malby Charles BaudelaireISBN 2038717141 (2-03-871714-1)
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Le Pur Et L'impurby ColetteISBN 2010061063 (2-01-006106-3)
Hardcover, Hachette
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Terre des Hommesby Antoine de Saint-ExupéryISBN 2070360210 (2-07-036021-0)
Softcover, Flammarion et Cie
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Terre des Hommes'Book summary:"Nous habitons une planète errante." Saint-Exupéry, qui vient d'être nommé pilote de ligne, découvre, admire, médite notre planète. Assurant désormais le courrier entre Toulouse et Dakar, il hérite d'une vaste responsabilité à l'égard des hommes, mais surtout de lui-même et de son rapport au monde. Tout en goûtant "la pulpe amère des nuits de vol", il apprend à habiter la planète et la condition d'homme, lit son chemin intérieur à travers les astres. En plus du langage universel, il jouit aussi chaque jour de la fraternité qui le lie à ses camarades du ciel. Il rend hommage à Mermoz ou à Guillaumet, à qui est dédicacé le roman, et dont il rappelle les célèbres paroles : "Ce que j'ai fait, je le jure, jamais aucune bête ne l'aurait fait."
Dès Courrier Sud et Vol de nuit, l'homme d'action a su admirablement se mettre au diapason de l'homme de pensée et de l'humaniste qu'était tout à la fois Saint-Exupéry. Dans Terre des hommes, l'aviateur-écrivain s'intéresse particulièrement à la rigueur qu'exigent les relations humaines. --Laure Anciel [via]
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