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The 39 Steps: Alfred Hitchcock Classicsby John BuchanISBN 1419151126 (1-4191-5112-6)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 39 Steps: Alfred Hitchcock Classics'Book summary:He told me some queer things that explained a lot that had puzzled me - things that happened in the Balkan War, how one state suddenly came out on top, why alliances were made and broken, why certain men disappeared, and where the sinews of war came from. [via]
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Adam and Eve and Pinch Meby Ruth RendellISBN 1400031184 (1-4000-3118-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Anatomy of Melancholyby Holbrook Jackson, Robert Burton, William H. GassISBN 0940322668 (0-940322-66-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Anatomy of Melancholy'Book summary:One of the major documents of modern European civilization, Robert Burton's astounding compendium, a survey of melancholy in all its myriad forms, has invited nothing but superlatives since its publication in the seventeenth century. Lewellyn Powys called it "the greatest work of prose of the greatest period of English prose-writing," while the celebrated surgeon William Osler declared it the greatest of medical treatises. And Dr. Johnson, Boswell reports, said it was the only book that he rose early in the morning to read with pleasure. In this surprisingly compact and elegant new edition, Burton's spectacular verbal labyrinth is sure to delight, instruct, and divert today's readers as much as it has those of the past four centuries. [via]
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Any Human Heartby William BoydISBN 1400031001 (1-4000-3100-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Any Human Heart'Book summary:Logan Gonzago Mountstuart, writer, was born in 1906, and died of a heart attack on October 5, 1991, aged 85. William Boyd's novel Any Human Heart is his disjointed autobiography, a massive tome chronicling "my personal rollercoaster"--or rather, "not so much a rollercoaster", but a yo-yo, "a jerking spinning toy in the hands of a maladroit child." From his early childhood in Montevideo, son of an English corned beef executive and his Uraguayan secretary, through his years at a Norfolk public school and Oxford, Mountstuart traces his haphazard development as a writer. Early and easy success is succeeded by a long half-century of mediocrity, disappointments and setbacks, both personal and professional, leading him to multiple failed marriages, internment, alcoholism and abject poverty.
Mountstuart's sorry tale is also the story of a British way of life in inexorable decline, as his journey takes in the Bloomsbury set, the General Strike, the Spanish Civil War, 1930s Americans in Paris, wartime espionage, New York avant garde art, even the Baader-Meinhof gang--all with a stellar supporting cast. The most sustained and best moment comes mid-book, as Mountstuart gets caught up in one of Britain's murkier wartime secrets, in the company of the here truly despicable Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Elsewhere author William Boyd occasionally misplaces his tongue too obviously in his cheek--the Wall Street Crash is trailed with truly crashing inelegance--but overall Any Human Heart is a witty, inventive and ultimately moving novel. Boyd succeeds in conjuring not only a compelling 20th century but also, in the hapless Logan Mountstuart, an anti-hero who achieves something approaching passive greatness. --Alan Stewart, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Armadaleby Wilkie CollinsISBN 1417911972 (1-4179-1197-2)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Armadale'Book summary:Can a dream foretell the future? That is one of the central questions of Armadale, one of Wilkie Collins' lesser-known novels. But even though it is not as famous as The Woman in White or The Moonstone, it is still written with the psychological awareness and piercing character studies of the best of Collins' work. [via]
Artists in Crimeby Ngaio MarshISBN 0884114716 (0-88411-471-6)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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At the Back of the North Windby George MacDonald, Elizabeth LewisISBN 1406814326 (1-4068-1432-6)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'At the Back of the North Wind'Book summary:Yes, yes," answered Diamond, eagerly. "Our window opens like a door, right over the coach-house door. And the wind -- you, ma'am -- came in, and blew the Bible out of the man's hands, and the leaves went all flutter, flutter on the floor, and my mother picked it up and gave it back to him open. [via]
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- At The Back Of The North Wind: ISBN 141910800X (1-4191-0800-X)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co - At the Back of the North Wind: ISBN 155661196X (1-55661-196-X)
Hardcover, Baker Pub Group - At the Back of the North Wind: ISBN 1557480249 (1-55748-024-9)
Hardcover, Barbour - At the Back of the North Wind: ISBN 0882705563 (0-88270-556-3)
Softcover, Bridge Logos Pub - At the Back of the North Wind: ISBN 0891911952 (0-89191-195-2)
Softcover, David C Cook - At the Back of the North Wind: ISBN 1406814326 (1-4068-1432-6)
Softcover, Echo Library
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Barry Lyndonby William Makepeace ThackerayISBN 1406808466 (1-4068-0846-6)
Softcover, Echo Library
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A Blunt Instrumentby Georgette HeyerISBN 0891906401 (0-89190-640-1)
Hardcover, Aeonian Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Blunt Instrument'Book summary:"Ranks alongside such incomparable whodunnit authors as Christie,
Marsh, Tey, and Allingham."
-San Francisco ChronicleWho would kill the perfect gentleman?
When Ernest Fletcher is found bludgeoned to death in his study, everyone is shocked and mystified: Ernest was well liked and respected, so who would have a motive for killing him?
Superintendent Hannasyde, with consummate skill, uncovers one dirty little secret after another, and with them, a host of people who all have reasons for wanting Fletcher dead. Then, a second murder is committed, giving a grotesque twist to a very unusual case, and Hannasyde realizes he's up against a killer on a mission...
"Given the chance I could happily devour a stack of her novels one after the other."
-A Work In Progress"A few things that you are guaranteed when you pick up a Georgette Heyer novel of any kind are unique characters and a fast-paced plot."
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Captains Courageousby Rudyard KiplingISBN 1421808668 (1-4218-0866-8)
Hardcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Captains Courageous'Book summary:Bring The Classics To Life Series - Reading Level 4.0-5.0. This novel has been adapted into 10 short reading chapters. Ages 7+ and English Language Learners of all ages. 8.5""x11"" ""worktext"". Abridged with excersice acitivities built in along with answer keys. [via]
Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiressby Frances BurneyISBN 1421994291 (1-4219-9429-1)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
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The Collected Stories Of Elizabeth Bowenby Elizabeth BowenISBN 1400096561 (1-4000-9656-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Commodore Hornblowerby Cecil Scott ForesterISBN 0884119289 (0-88411-928-9)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Commodore Hornblower'Book summary:These thrilling tales of high-seas adventure in the Napoleonic era, which Winston Churchill found "vastly entertaining" and Ernest Hemingway recommended to "every literate I know", are being eagerly embraced by a new generation of readers. Back Bay takes pleasure in reissuing these classic tales in handsome new trade paperback editions.
-- The Hornblower renaissance is in full sail with a nearly tenfold increase in sales: more than I5O, OOO Hornblower books sold in the first six months of 1999.
-- The A&E television network's series of original movies based on Hornblower's adventures have been tremendously successful -- praised by critics, enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of viewers, and winner of the Emmy Award for best miniseries.
-- Two new movies will be premiering in the spring on A&E.
-- Readers and booksellers who admire Patrick O'Brian's novels delight in discovering this "new" series of nautical adventure stories. [via]More editions of Commodore Hornblower:
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The Dark Is Risingby Susan CooperISBN 1416949968 (1-4169-4996-8)
Softcover, Aladdin Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dark Is Rising'Book summary:Joined by destiny, the lives of the Drew children, Will Stanton, and a boy named Bran weave together in an exquisite, sometimes terrifying tapestry of mystery and quests. In the five-title series of novels known as The Dark Is Rising Sequence, these children pit the power of good against the evil forces of Dark in a timeless and dangerous battle that includes crystal swords, golden grails, and a silver-eyed dog that can see the wind. Susan Cooper's highly acclaimed fantasy novels, steeped in Celtic and Welsh legends, have won numerous awards, including the Newbery Medal and the Newbery Honor. Now all five paperback volumes have been collected in one smart boxed set. These classic fantasies, complex and multifaceted, should not be missed, by child or adult. The set includes Over Sea, Under Stone, The Dark Is Rising, Greenwitch, The Grey King, and Silver on the Tree. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Death at the Barby Ngaio MarshISBN 0884114767 (0-88411-476-7)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Death in a White Tieby Ngaio MarshISBN 0884114791 (0-88411-479-1)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Death of a Peerby Ngaio MarshISBN 0884114813 (0-88411-481-3)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Domestic Manners of the Americansby Frances TrollopeISBN 1417975431 (1-4179-7543-1)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Domestic Manners of the Americans'Book summary:This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. [via]
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Doors of Perception & Heaven And Hellby Aldous HuxleyISBN 1417628596 (1-4176-2859-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Doors of Perception & Heaven And Hell'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Two classic texts in one volume reveal Huxley's explorations into the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human consciousness. [via]
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The Duke's Childrenby Anthony TrollopeISBN 1404362487 (1-4043-6248-7)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com
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East Lynneby Andrew Maunder, Henry WoodISBN 1551112345 (1-55111-234-5)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'East Lynne'Book summary:Lady Isabel Carlyle, a beautiful and refined young woman, leaves her hard-working but neglectful lawyer-husband and her infant children to elope with an aristocratic suitor. After he deserts her, and she bears their illegitimate child, Lady Isabel disguises herself and takes the position of governess in the household of her husband and his new wife. East Lynne is the archetypal sensation novel, filled with disaster, guilt and repentance. It also documents the growing protest against the rigid roles prescribed for Victorian women. Among the many appendices included are a selection of Victorian medical views on men, women, and sexuality. [via]
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The Enchanted Castleby Edith NesbitISBN 1406835005 (1-4068-3500-5)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Enchanted Castle'Book summary:A plot summary makes this story sound ordinary by children's literature standards: the summer adventures of four children who discover an enchanted castle and a magic ring. But Edith Nesbit's adored classic (written in 1907) is so much more than the description suggests. Right from the start, the author plays with the idea of magic, teasing us with a sleeping princess who turns out to be a fake. Elsewhere, the magic is "real" as can be--in fact, though written nearly 100 years ago, The Enchanted Castle prefigures the magical realism of modern novels in the matter-of-fact way it weaves the uncanny into the children's everyday life. And, while few authors are confident enough to parody bad writing, Nesbit does it hilariously (and ever so gently) through one character's tendency to "talk like a book": "'To brush his hair and his clothes... was to our hero but the work of a moment,' said Gerald." Things turn scary when the Ugly Wuglies, fake people made from painted cardboard masks, old clothes, and broomsticks, come to life. But on the whole this book about enchantment--much praised by such luminaries as H.G. Wells and Noel Coward--is, simply, enchanting. (Ages 6 and older) --Richard Farr [via]
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Enchanted Castleby E. NesbitISBN 1404349766 (1-4043-4976-6)
Hardcover, IndyPublish.com
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Far Cry from Kensingtonby Muriel SparkISBN 0896212319 (0-89621-231-9)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Fashion in Shroudsby Margery AllinghamISBN 0891901949 (0-89190-194-9)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Game of Kingsby Dorothy DunnettISBN 0899663184 (0-89966-318-4)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Game of Kings'Book summary:Praised for her historical fiction by critics and devoted fans alike, author Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles took the romance world by storm some 30 years ago, firmly fixing Dunnett's reputation as a master of the historical romance. The Game of Kings, the first story in The Lymond Chronicles, sets the stage for what will be a sweeping saga filled with passion, courage, and the endless fight for freedom. The setting is 1547, in Edinborough, Scotland. Francis Crawford of Lymond returns to the country despite the charge of treason hanging over his head. Set on redeeming his reputation, He leads a company of outlaws against England as he fights for the country he loves so dearly. Dangerous, quick-witted, and utterly irresistible, Lymond is pure pleasure to watch as he traverses 16th-century Scotland in search of freedom. The Game of Kings is a must-have for the historical romance connoisseur. [via]
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A Game of Youby Neil Gaiman, Bob Kahan, Dick Giordano, Shawn MacManusISBN 1563890895 (1-56389-089-5)
Softcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Game of You'Book summary:You may have heard somewhere that Neil Gaiman's Sandman series consisted of cool, hip, edgy, smart comic books. And you may have thought, "What the hell does that mean?" Enter A Game of You to confound the issue even more, while at the same time standing as a fine example of such a description. This is not an easy book. The characters are dense and unique, while their observations are, as always with Gaiman, refreshingly familiar. Then there's the plot, which grinds along like a coffee mill, in the process breaking down the two worlds of this series, that of the dream and that of the dreamer. Gaiman pushes these worlds to their very extremes--one is a fantasy world with talking animals, a missing princess, and a mysterious villain called the Cuckoo; the other is an urban microcosm inhabited by a drag queen, a punk lesbian couple, and a New York doll named Barbie. In almost every way this book sits at 180 degrees from the earlier four volumes of the Sandman series--although the less it seems to belong to the series, the more it shows its heart. --Jim Pascoe [via]
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High Wind in Jamaicaby Richard HughesISBN 0940322153 (0-940322-15-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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I Am the Only Running Footmanby Martha GrimesISBN 0896217744 (0-89621-774-4)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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An Ideal Husbandby Oscar WildeISBN 140650243X (1-4065-0243-X)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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John Locke: Second Treatise of Governmentby John LockeISBN 0882951246 (0-88295-124-6)
Hardcover, Harlan Davidson
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Man And Supermanby George Bernard ShawISBN 1421807467 (1-4218-0746-7)
Hardcover, 1st World Library
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Man And Superman a Comedy And a Philosophyby George Bernard ShawISBN 1417930950 (1-4179-3095-0)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Man And Superman a Comedy And a Philosophy'Book summary:How tantalizing to hear Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient, Schindler's List) but not be able to see him! And hear him one does in his role as Jack Tanner, the antihero of Shaw's 1905 classic drama Man and Superman. Fiennes is a veritable mouthpiece--and a frequently sarcastic one at that--for the burning issues on Shaw's philosophical and social laundry list: the state of the English working class, the arms race, women's rights, unwed mothers, the evils of industry and capitalism, and English morality in general. The seriousness of the discussions is tempered by delightful Shavian wit ("There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it."), which prevents the dialogue from collapsing under its own weight, although it does teeter at times. The four-act play, directed by the esteemed Peter Hall for BBC Radio, begins in the English countryside and ends in the mountains of Spain after a curious detour to Hell, where, in act 3, the famous dream sequence unfolds and the main characters take on such roles as Don Juan and the Devil to further hash out the meaning of existence, the definition of life force, and the power of the female sex. This is a spirited production of Shaw's imperfect but intellectually challenging work. (Running time: 225 min; four cassettes) [via]
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Mary Queen of Scots and the Historiansby Antonia FraserISBN 0950244376 (0-9502443-7-6)
Hardcover, Royal Stuart Society
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A Month in the Countryby J. L. Carr, Michael HolroydISBN 0940322471 (0-940322-47-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Month in the Country'Book summary:Any good reader has, well, had it with novels of healing. The culture of confession has given rise to novels that begin with an unspeakable act (graphically described) and end in redemption (this part is usually more vague). That's not how it works in J.L. Carr's quiet, brief, dreamy A Month in the Country. Writing in 1978, Carr's narrator, Tom Birkin, recalls the summer of 1920. A veteran of the Great War and a cuckold, Tom arrives in Oxgodby to restore a medieval mural in the church. His single season in this town in the north of England passes quickly: he sleeps in the belfry, makes a friend or two, falls secretly in love with the vicar's wife, and, chipping away at plaster and dirt, uncovers a lost masterpiece. These events seem to melt past Tom in the heat of the perfect, fleeting English summer: "The front gardens of cottages were crammed with marjoram and roses, marguerites, sweet William, at night heavy with the scent of stocks. The Vale was heavy with leaves, motionless in the early morning, black caves of shadow in the midday heat, blurring the sound of trains hammering north and south."
Carr devotes many fewer words to Tom's time in the war. The vicar's wife tries to ask him about it. "'What about hell on earth?' she said. I told her I'd seen it and lived there and that, mercifully, they usually left an exit open." His healing consists of not talking about his past--perhaps a revolutionary notion these days. A Month in the Country, with its paean to a lost, good place, oddly recalls Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes. But where that novel was elliptical, Carr's work values clarity and simplicity above all. These are rare enough qualities, but to find them in a novel of romance and healing is a rarer pleasure still. --Claire Dederer [via]
The Old Silent: A Richard Jury Novelby Martha GrimesISBN 0896219909 (0-89621-990-9)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Oroonoko Or The Royal Slaveby Aphra BehnISBN 1419139312 (1-4191-3931-2)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Phineas Reduxby Anthony TrollopeISBN 1419141449 (1-4191-4144-9)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Phineas Redux'Book summary:Phineas, on the other hand, made two or three great speeches every evening, and astonished even Mr Ruddles by his oratory. He had accepted Mr Ruddles's proposition with but lukewarm acquiescence, but in the handling of the matter he became zealous, fiery, and enthusiastic. He explained to his hearers with gracious acknowledgment that Church endowments had undoubtedly been most beneficent in past times. [via]
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The Poetical Works of William Blake: A New and Verbatim Text from the Manuscript Engraved and Letterpress Originalsby William Blake, John SampsonISBN 0893411981 (0-89341-198-1)
Hardcover, Longwood Press
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The Portrait of a Ladyby Henry JamesISBN 1404325794 (1-4043-2579-4)
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Precious Baneby Mary WebbISBN 1406794724 (1-4067-9472-4)
Softcover, Read Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Precious Bane'Book summary:1924. A novel by Mary Webb (Mrs. Henry Bertram Law Webb), the Shropshire Novelist. Her beautifully crafted characters are set against a timeless landscape that Webb knew intimately. Her finest achievement was the award of the Prix Femina, a coveted literary prize, for this her fifth novel, Precious Bane, a story of rural Shropshire in the early nineteenth century. This book was greatly admired by the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, who sent the author a letter of appreciation. [via]
Provincial Lady in Londonby E.M. Delafield, Arthur WattsISBN 0897330854 (0-89733-085-4)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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The Queen and Iby Sue TownsendISBN 0939149974 (0-939149-97-4)
Hardcover, Soho Pr Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Queen and I'Book summary:When the British government evicts the royal family, they move into housing flats and learn, the hard way, about life outside Buckingham Palace. By the author of the children's book, The Secret Life of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4. [via]
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Queen Luciaby E. F. BensonISBN 1419143603 (1-4191-4360-3)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Queen Lucia'Book summary:Though the sun was hot on this July morning Mrs Lucas preferred to cover the half-mile that lay between the station and her house on her own brisk feet, and sent on her maid and her luggage in the fly that her husband had ordered to meet her. [via]
The Rover: Aphra Behnby Anne RussellISBN 1551110377 (1-55111-037-7)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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The Rover or the Banished Cavaliersby Aphra BehnISBN 1419181211 (1-4191-8121-1)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rover Or The Banished Cavaliers'Book summary:Increasingly Aphra BehnÃÂthe first woman professional writerÃÂis also regarded as one of the most important writers of the 17th century. The Rover, her most famous and most accomplished play, is in many ways firmly in the tradition of Restoration drama; Willmore, the title character, is a rake and a libertine, and the comedy feeds on sexual innuendo, intrigue and wit. But the laughter that the play insights has a biting edge to it and the sexual intrigue an unsettling depth. As Anne Russell points out in her introduction to this edition, there are three options for women in the society represented in The Rover: marriage, the convent, or prostitution. In this marriage economy the witty and pragmatic virgin Hellena learns how to survive, while the prostitute Angellica Bianca can retain her autonomy only so long as she remains free from romantic love. It seems that in this world women can only be free by the anonymity of disguiseÃÂyet the mask is also the mark of the prostitute. And, paradoxically, disguise is the device that in many ways drives the plot towards marriage.
Enormously popular through the eighteenth century, The Rover is now once again widely performed. Filled with the play of ideas, it is one of the most amusing, entertaining -- and unsettling -- of comedies. [via]
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Rumpole of the Baileyby John MortimerISBN 0922890811 (0-922890-81-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Sandman 5: A Game of Youby Neil GaimanISBN 1417686146 (1-4176-8614-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sandman 5: A Game of You'Book summary:You may have heard somewhere that Neil Gaiman's Sandman series consisted of cool, hip, edgy, smart comic books. And you may have thought, "What the hell does that mean?" Enter A Game of You to confound the issue even more, while at the same time standing as a fine example of such a description. This is not an easy book. The characters are dense and unique, while their observations are, as always with Gaiman, refreshingly familiar. Then there's the plot, which grinds along like a coffee mill, in the process breaking down the two worlds of this series, that of the dream and that of the dreamer. Gaiman pushes these worlds to their very extremes--one is a fantasy world with talking animals, a missing princess, and a mysterious villain called the Cuckoo; the other is an urban microcosm inhabited by a drag queen, a punk lesbian couple, and a New York doll named Barbie. In almost every way this book sits at 180 degrees from the earlier four volumes of the Sandman series--although the less it seems to belong to the series, the more it shows its heart. --Jim Pascoe [via]
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The Sandman Libraryby Neil Gaiman, Bryan TalbotISBN 1563891050 (1-56389-105-0)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sandman Library'Book summary:One might think that the climax of the 10-volume Sandman series would come in the last book, or even the second to last. But indeed the heart and soul of Neil Gaiman's magnum opus lies here in Brief Lives. It could be because one of the most central mysteries--that of the Sandman's missing brother--is revealed here (in fact, the plot of this volume is the search for this member of the Endless). It could be because everything that comes after this volume, however surprising or unexpected, is inevitable. But it's more because this is a story about mortality and loss, the difficulty of change, the purpose of remembering, the purpose of forgetting, and the importance of humanity. If you have wanted to find out what all the good buzz on this great comic book series is about and haven't read any Gaiman before, don't be turned off by this volume's pivotal position in the larger story of the Sandman series. This book might actually operate better as a stand-alone story, in that its depth and compassion are more condensed, pure, and brief. --Jim Pascoe [via]
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- The Sandman Library: ISBN 1563891387 (1-56389-138-7)
Softcover, Dc Comics - The Sandman Library: ISBN 1563890933 (1-56389-093-3)
Hardcover, Dc Comics - The Sandman Library: ISBN 1563891379 (1-56389-137-9)
Hardcover, Dc Comics - The Sandman Library: ISBN 1563892871 (1-56389-287-1)
Hardcover, Dc Comics - The Sandman Library: ISBN 1563891050 (1-56389-105-0)
Softcover, Dc Comics
- The Sandman Library: ISBN 1563891387 (1-56389-138-7)
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The Sandman: The Wakeby Neil GaimanISBN 1563891069 (1-56389-106-9)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sandman: The Wake'Book summary:Featuring the popular characters from the award-winning Sandman series by Neil Caiman, THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS reveals the legend of the Endless, a family of magical and mythical beings who exist and interact in the real world. Born at the beginning of time, Destiny, Death, Dream, Desire, Despair, Delirium, and Destruction are seven brothers and sisters who each lord over their respective realms. In this highly imaginative book that boasts a diverse styles of breathtaking art, these seven peculiar and powerful siblings each reveal more about their true being as they star in their own tales of curiosity and wonder. THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS was the first comic graphic novel to be listed on the "NY Times Best-seller list. SUGGESTED FOR MATURE READERS. [via]
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The Scarlet Pimpernelby Emmuska OrczyISBN 1404332154 (1-4043-3215-4)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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The School for Scandalby Richard Brinsley Butler SheridanISBN 1419181556 (1-4191-8155-6)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The School for Scandal'Book summary:"The School for Scandal" is Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classic comedy that pokes fun at London upper class society in the late 1700s. Often referred to as a "comedy of manners", "The School for Scandal" is one Sheridan's most performed plays and a classic of English comedic drama. [via]
School for Scandal, Theby Richard Brinsley SheridanISBN 1404331905 (1-4043-3190-5)
Hardcover, IndyPublish.com
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The Second Part of Henry IVby William ShakespeareISBN 1404309039 (1-4043-0903-9)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Second Part of Henry IV'Book summary:Written in 1598, hard on the heels of the massive popular success of Henry IV Part One, Henry IV Part Two takes up where the first part finished, and completes Shakespeare's portrayal of the troubled reign of Henry IV. Rebellion has apparently been quelled, but dissension still permeates the country, and Henry is disillusioned, sick and dying. After the pace and comedy of Part One., Part Two is a much more subdued and gloomy affair. The tone is set by the early appearance of Falstaff, who relishes the possibilities of easy picking in the face of more civil unrest with his sinister quip that "I will turn diseases to commodity".
The drama focuses on Henry IV's difficult relationship with his son Prince Hal, and the latter's gradual emergence as a charismatic sovereign. In the process he sheds his image as a prodigal wastrel dramatised in the first half of Part One, assuming the title of King Henry V in the closing scenes of Part Two. Perhaps the most poignant moment of the whole play remains Henry's cold-blooded rejection of Falstaff, his surrogate father for much of Part One. "I know thee not, old man" he tells the crushed Falstaff as he assumes the royal crown, preparing the audience for the type of monarch they will see in Shakeseare's subsequent dramatisation of English history, Henry V. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Second Treatise of Governmentby John Locke, Richard Howard CoxISBN 0882951254 (0-88295-125-4)
Softcover, Harlan Davidson
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Selected Poems of Robert Browningby Robert BrowningISBN 0882950193 (0-88295-019-3)
Softcover, Harlan Davidson
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Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day Peopleby Charles DickensISBN 1414210566 (1-4142-1056-6)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
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Dickens first attracted attention with these descriptive essays and tales, originally written for newspapers; facts noted down as they occurred "by an intelligence of quite exceptional vivacity"; and farces, romances, stories with a poetical justice - it is with these two types of narrative that the young Dickens enters English literature. [via]
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Sonnets from the Portuguese And Other Poemsby Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edwin A. AbbottISBN 142092575X (1-4209-2575-X)
Softcover, Digireads.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sonnets from the Portuguese And Other Poems'Book summary:Referring to her olive-skinned complexion Robert Browning called his wife, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "his little Portuguese." It is from this nickname that the title "Sonnets from the Portuguese" is derived. Sonnets from the Portuguese, a series of love poems from Elizabeth to her husband, is combined here with a collection of 60 of her other poems. [via]
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The Thirty-Nine Steps: Level 4by John BuchanISBN 1425001254 (1-4250-0125-4)
Softcover, Read How You Want.Com
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Trilbyby George Du MaurierISBN 1417902418 (1-4179-0241-8)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Troilus and Criseydeby Geoffrey Chaucer, R.A. ShoafISBN 0937191108 (0-937191-10-8)
Hardcover, Michigan State Univ Pr
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Why Shoot a Butler?by Georgette HeyerISBN 0891906495 (0-89190-649-5)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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William Wordsworthby William WordsworthISBN 0882951033 (0-88295-103-3)
Softcover, Harlan Davidson
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Obsessionby Ruth Rendell, Bettina Blanch TyrollerISBN 1400059240 (1-4000-5924-0)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
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Por los Pelosby Marian KeyesISBN 1400002214 (1-4000-0221-4)
Softcover, Plaza & Janes Editories, S.A.
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