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41 Storiesby O. HenryISBN 0451518780 (0-451-51878-0)
Softcover, New American Library
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› Find signed collectible books: '41 Stories'Book summary:One of the most famous pseudonym's in history, the name O. Henry evokes wordplay that is dazzling, inventive, wry, and humorous. This anthology includes forty-one stories that continue to captivate generation after generation of readers, including "The Gift of the Magi," "The Furnished Room," and those which demonstrate the technical genius and wide range of O. Henry's world. [via]
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark TwainISBN 0451526503 (0-451-52650-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'Book summary:A seminal work of American Literature that still commands deep praise and still elicits controversy, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is essential to the understanding of the American soul. The recent discovery of the first half of Twain's manuscript, long thought lost, made front-page news. And this unprecedented edition, which contains for the first time omitted episodes and other variations present in the first half of the handwritten manuscript, as well as facsimile reproductions of thirty manuscript pages, is indispensable to a full understanding of the novel. The changes, deletions, and additions made in the first half of the manuscript indicate that Mark Twain frequently checked his impulse to write an even darker, more confrontational book than the one he finally published. [via]
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- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: ISBN 0486280616 (0-486-28061-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: ISBN 0451519124 (0-451-51912-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: ISBN 0451523733 (0-451-52373-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: ISBN 0451526503 (0-451-52650-3)
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- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: ISBN 0486280616 (0-486-28061-6)
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark Twain, James DickeyISBN 0451522729 (0-451-52272-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Aesop's Fablesby Aesop, Pat Ronson StewartISBN 0486280209 (0-486-28020-9)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aesop's Fables'Book summary:Scores of entertaining and instructive tales delightfully illustrated include "The Fox and the Grapes," "The Ant and the Grasshopper," "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse," "The Crow and the Pitcher," "The Fox and the Stork," "The Hare and the Tortoise," and many more. 35 illustrations.[via] -
Aesop's Fablesby Zipes, Jack David (AFT), Aesop, Jack David Zipes, Sam PickeringISBN 0451529537 (0-451-52953-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aesop's Fables'Book summary:[via]203 of Aesop's most enduring and popular fables, translated into readable, modern American English and beautifully illustrated with 50 classic woodcuts by the great French artist J.J. Grandville.
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Aesop's Fablesby Jack ZipesISBN 0451525655 (0-451-52565-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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The Age of FableISBN 0451624440 (0-451-62444-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Age of Fableby Thomas BulfinchISBN 0460004727 (0-460-00472-7)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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Age of Fable or Beauties of Mythologyby Thomas BulfinchISBN 0451628144 (0-451-62814-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Alfred Lord Tennysonby Michael BaronISBN 0460878026 (0-460-87802-6)
Softcover, Everyman
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alfred Lord Tennyson'Book summary:One of the great Victorians poets, Tennyson's genius is expressed through the precision and delicacy of the language of his lyrical poems. [via]
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The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopinby Kate Chopin, Barbara H. SolomonISBN 0451524489 (0-451-52448-9)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin'Book summary:The Awakening tells of a wife who discovers the strength of her own sexuality and tries to wrench it from the hands of a patriarchal society- and her upper-class Cajun family.This and Chopin's other short stories are standard-setting masterpieces. [via]
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The Best of Sakiby Saki, Martin StehpenISBN 0460873407 (0-460-87340-7)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best of Saki'Book summary:Part of the "Everyman" series which has been re-set with wide margins for notes and easy-to-read type. Each title includes a themed introduction by leading authorities on the subject, life-and-times chronology of the author, text summaries, annotated reading lists and selected criticism and notes. [via]
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Bordertownby Terri Windling, Mark A. ArnoldISBN 0451145275 (0-451-14527-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Breakfast at Tiffany'sby Truman CapoteISBN 0451166515 (0-451-16651-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'Book summary:In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Truman Capote created a woman whose name has entered the American idiom and whose style is a part of the literary landscape. Holly Golightly knows that nothing bad can ever happen to you at Tiffany's; her poignancy, wit, and naïveté continue to charm.
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This volume also includes three of Capote's best-known stories, House of Flowers, A Diamond Guitar, and A Christmas Memory, which the Saturday Review called one of the most moving stories in our language. It is a tale of two innocentsa small boy and the old woman who is his best friendwhose sweetness contains a hard, sharp kernel of truth.More editions of Breakfast at Tiffany's:
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Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology: The Age of Fableby Thomas BulfinchISBN 0486411079 (0-486-41107-9)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology: The Age of Fable'Book summary:Vivid, classic retellings of the myths of Greece and Rome, along with stories of the Norse gods and heroes. Zeus and Hera, Apollo, Jason and the golden fleece, the wanderings of Ulysses and Aeneas, the deeds of Thor, many more seminal stories underlying Western culture.[via]More editions of Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology: The Age of Fable:
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Bulfinch's Mythologyby BulfinchISBN 0452011523 (0-452-01152-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bulfinch's Mythology'Book summary:Here are the world's most-loved stories, in a dynamic visual tour de force for today's readers. Each timeless myth is superbly presented in story form and enhanced with original art work by world-renowned artist Giovanni Caselli. Though Bulfinch's has been heralded for more than a century, it has never been published in so beautiful and accessible a format. Evocative four-color illustrations, many full-page, bring to life key events and characters of these universal tales and sagas -- from the Greek and Roman pantheon of gods to the heroes of the Crusades, from the exploits of Robin Hood to the feats of Richard the Lionheart. As enjoyable now as when Bulfinch first assembled them, these selections come from a variety of works -- Ovid's classic Metamorphoses, Egyptian myths, Eastern mythology, and Hindu, Norse, and Celtic sources. Together they form a remarkable tapestry of human endeavor: dreams, illusions, adventures, loves lost and loves found. In this handsome series, they speak to us afresh, across the ages, vivified through Caselli's inspired art. Original footnotes, indexes, and prefaces make this series not only entertaining, but completely authoritative as well. [via]
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Christmas Storiesby Charles Dickens, Ruth GlancyISBN 0460877127 (0-460-87712-7)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Christmas Stories'Book summary:Charles Dickens (1812-70) published his Christmas Stories in the weekly period- ical Household Words,which was incorporated into All The Year Round in 1859, and which Dickens continued to edit until his death. [via]
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Christmas Booksby Charles Dickens, Michael Slater, Sally LedgerISBN 0460879529 (0-460-87952-9)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Christmas Books'Book summary:This anthology, described by Dickens himself as "a whimsical sort of masque intended to awaken loving and forebearing thoughts" contains his Prefaces, "A Christmas Carol", "The Chimes", "The Cricket on the Hearth", "The Battle of Life" and "The Haunted Man". This is a study edition. [via]
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Chronicles of Avonleaby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 0451522338 (0-451-52233-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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The Collectionby Bentley LittleISBN 0451206096 (0-451-20609-6)
Softcover, Signet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Collection'Book summary:He's been hailed by Dean Koontz for his "rock-'em, jolt-'em, shock-'em contemporary terror fiction." Now Little presents a 32-story collection that could only have come from an author with "a deft touch for the terrifying" (Publishers Weekly). [via]
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The Complete John Silence Storiesby S. T. Joshi, Algernon BlackwoodISBN 0486299422 (0-486-29942-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete John Silence Stories'Book summary:From a master storyteller of supernatural tales come 6 horror stories that launched the career of "psychic doctor" John Silence: "A Psychical Invasion," "Ancient Sorceries," "Secret Worship," "The Nemesis of Fire," "The Camp of God," and "A Victim of Higher Space." Edited and with an introduction by occult fiction authority S. T. Joshi.[via]More editions of The Complete John Silence Stories:
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Country of the Pointed Firsby Sarah Orne JewettISBN 0451527577 (0-451-52757-7)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Country of the Pointed Firs'Book summary:A classic of American fiction, memorializing the traditions, manners, and dialect of Maine coast natives at the turn of the 20th century. In luminous evocations of their lives, Maine-born Jewett created startlingly real portraits of individual New Englanders, and a warm, humorous, and compassionate vision of New England character.[via]More editions of Country of the Pointed Firs:
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Death in Venice And Other Storiesby Thomas Mann, Swales, Martin (AFT), Jefferson S. ChaseISBN 0451530322 (0-451-53032-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death in Venice And Other Stories'Book summary:This translation of Nobel Laureate Thomas Mann's work includes his masterpiece, Death in Venice, plus six of the author's short stories: Tristan, Tonio Kroger, Man and Dog: An Idyll, Hour of Hardship, Tobias Mindernickel, and The Child Prodigy.[via]
@GustavaelJackson While walking in the hotel lobby, saw a little kid dressed in a sailors uniform. Went from six to midnight. No Viagra needed.
I worry that his parents have noticed me. They might issue an amber alert if the child goes missing. Look out for gondola and child.
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Death in Venice and Other Talesby Thomas Mann, Jefferson S. ChaseISBN 0451526090 (0-451-52609-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death in Venice and Other Tales'Book summary:"Death In Venice" tells the tragic story of a man who falls into foolish, forbidden love, only to reap his own ruin. While on holiday in Venice, a dignified older gentleman notices a teenage boy playing on the shore. The boy soon comes to represent the sleek perfection of youth, and the older man finds himself overwhelmed and obsessed with this ideal. Rich in imagery, and exploring the themes of beauty and decay, this book is a disturbing yet memorable work. Also included are seven of Mann's short stories, including "Tristan", "The Child Prodigy", and "Man and Dog". [via]
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Decameronby Giovanni BoccaccioISBN 0460008455 (0-460-00845-5)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Decameron'Book summary:To escape the outbreak of the plague that ravished Europe in the 1340s, ten friends enclosed themselves in a castle outside Florence. To pass the time, they entertained one another with a series of stories: Ten stories over a period of ten days... [via]
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Decameronby Mark Musa, Giovanni Boccaccio, Peter BondanellaISBN 0451528662 (0-451-52866-2)
Softcover, Signet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Decameron'Book summary:Set against the background of the Black Death of 1348, the hundred linked tales in Boccaccio's masterpiece are peopled by nobles, knights, nuns, doctors, lawyers, students, artists, peasants, pilgrims, servants, spendthrifts, thieves, gamblers, police-and lovers, both faithful and faithless. [via]
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Robert Louis Stevenson, Vladimir Vladimirovich NabokovISBN 0451523938 (0-451-52393-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'Book summary:The young Robert Louis Stevenson suffered from repeated nightmares of living a double life, in which by day he worked as a respectable doctor and by night he roamed the back alleys of old-town Edinburgh. In three days of furious writing, he produced a story about his dream existence. His wife found it too gruesome, so he promptly burned the manuscript. In another three days, he wrote it again. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was published as a "shilling shocker" in 1886, and became an instant classic. In the first six months, 40,000 copies were sold. Queen Victoria read it. Sermons and editorials were written about it. When Stevenson and his family visited America a year later, they were mobbed by reporters at the dock in New York City. Compulsively readable from its opening pages, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is still one of the best tales ever written about the divided self.
This University of Nebraska Press edition is a small, exquisitely produced paperback. The book design, based on the original first edition of 1886, includes wide margins, decorative capitals on the title page and first page of each chapter, and a clean, readable font that is 19th-century in style. Joyce Carol Oates contributes a foreword in which she calls Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde a "mythopoetic figure" like Frankenstein, Dracula, and Alice in Wonderland, and compares Stevenson's creation to doubled selves in the works of Plato, Poe, Wilde, and Dickens.
This edition also features 12 full-page wood engravings by renowned illustrator Barry Moser. Moser is a skillful reader and interpreter as well as artist, and his afterword to the book, in which he explains the process by which he chose a self-portrait motif for the suite of engravings, is fascinating. For the image of Edward Hyde, he writes, "I went so far as to have my dentist fit me out with a carefully sculpted prosthetic of evil-looking teeth. But in the final moments I had to abandon the idea as being inappropriate. It was more important to stay in keeping with the text and, like Stevenson, not show Hyde's face." (Also recommended: the edition of Frankenstein illustrated by Barry Moser) --Fiona Webster [via]
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Emily Dickinsonby Emily Dickinson, Helen McNeilISBN 0460878956 (0-460-87895-6)
Softcover, Everyman
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The Essential Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hydeby Robert Louis Stevenson, Leonard WolfISBN 0452269695 (0-452-26969-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Essential Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde'Book summary:Stevenson's masterpiece of the duality of good and evil in man's nature has given voice to our own fears of the depravity within all of us. Wolf's extensive annotations throughout the text reveal the psychological depths of the Jekyll and Hyde story and bring the tale's intricate details to light. [via]
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The Essential Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Leonard Wolf, Christopher BingISBN 0452269687 (0-452-26968-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Essential Frankenstein'Book summary:Horror expert Wolf's sublime edition of this literary masterpiece features in-depth and extensive notes on all the novel's most interesting aspects, plus biographical information revealing how Mary Shelley's turbulent personal life influenced her work. Beautifully illustrated with original line drawings. [via]
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Walter James MillerISBN 0451527712 (0-451-52771-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein'Book summary:Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image & but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. [via]
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- Frankenstein: ISBN 0460875280 (0-460-87528-0)
Softcover, Everyman - Frankenstein: ISBN 0486282112 (0-486-28211-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - Frankenstein: ISBN 0451183770 (0-451-18377-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library - Frankenstein: ISBN 0460871498 (0-460-87149-8)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub - Frankenstein: ISBN 0451527712 (0-451-52771-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
- Frankenstein: ISBN 0460875280 (0-460-87528-0)
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheusby Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyISBN 0451523369 (0-451-52336-9)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus'Book summary:Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image & but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. [via]
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Frankenstein/Dracula/Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Bram StokerISBN 0451523636 (0-451-52363-6)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein/Dracula/Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'Book summary:Three horror classicswith an introduction by Stephen King[via]
Some of literatures most popular and enduring horror icons in one indispensable tome.
@NotoriousDOC Just did a bit-torrent-style grave robbery. My new man will be an artful collage. Also, good conversation starter.
Its alive! Id better beat it over the head repeatedly with a fire extinguisher.
So sometimes you build something, and it gets away. Theyre gonna can me at the university if they find out about this.
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Giant Bonesby Peter S. BeagleISBN 0451456513 (0-451-45651-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Giant Bones'Book summary:Nominated for the World Fantasy Award
Six breathtaking stories set in the bestselling world of The Inkeeper's Song.
The "best work yet" (Locus) from the award-winning author of The Last Unicorn
"Beagle is the class act of fantasy writing, the only contemporary to remind one of Tolkien, and, in his darker moments, Dineson...Beagle's fairy tales invoke comparison with yet another great name, the Brothers Grimm."--Booklist (starred review)
* Nominee, The Mythopoeic Awards
* Nominee, World Fantasy Award (Best Collection)
* Nominee, 1998 Best Books for the Teen Age
* Beagle is one of the most beloved, respected, and award-winning authors in fantasy today
* A selection of the Science Fiction Book Club
* Beagle is the bestselling author of The Innkeeper's Song, The Last Unicorn, and A Fine & Private Place [via]More editions of Giant Bones:
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Great Expectationsby Charles DickensISBN 0451526716 (0-451-52671-6)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Expectations'Book summary:An absorbing mystery as well as a morality tale, the story of Pip, a poor village lad, and his expectations of wealth is Dickens at his most deliciously readable. The cast of characters includes kindly Joe Gargery, the loyal convict Abel Magwitch and the haunting Miss Havisham. If you have heartstrings, count on them being tugged. [via]
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- Great Expectations: ISBN 0460012347 (0-460-01234-7)
Softcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd - Great Expectations: ISBN 0460002341 (0-460-00234-1)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd - Great Expectations: ISBN 0451517598 (0-451-51759-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Great Expectations: ISBN 0451525248 (0-451-52524-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Great Expectations: ISBN 0460873350 (0-460-87335-0)
Softcover, Dent & Sons (Canada), Limited, J. M. - Great Expectations: ISBN 0451523598 (0-451-52359-8)
Hardcover, New Amer Library - Great Expectations: ISBN 0451526716 (0-451-52671-6)
Softcover, Signet Classic
- Great Expectations: ISBN 0460012347 (0-460-01234-7)
Haunted : Tales of the Grotesqueby Joyce Carol OatesISBN 0452273749 (0-452-27374-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Huckleberry Finn / Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark Twain, Robert Blaisdell, John GreenISBN 0486403491 (0-486-40349-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Huckleberry Finn / Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'Book summary:A seminal work of American Literature that still commands deep praise and still elicits controversy, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is essential to the understanding of the American soul. The recent discovery of the first half of Twain's manuscript, long thought lost, made front-page news. And this unprecedented edition, which contains for the first time omitted episodes and other variations present in the first half of the handwritten manuscript, as well as facsimile reproductions of thirty manuscript pages, is indispensable to a full understanding of the novel. The changes, deletions, and additions made in the first half of the manuscript indicate that Mark Twain frequently checked his impulse to write an even darker, more confrontational book than the one he finally published. [via]
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The Iliadby Homer, W. H. D. RouseISBN 0451527372 (0-451-52737-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iliad : The Story of Achilles'Book summary:Focusing on the closing days of the Trojan War, this novel incorporates the same epic cast of gods and warriors from The Odyssey. From the kidnapping of Helen from her Greek home to the death of Achilles's companion, the battle rages between two warring nations and the gods which protect both sides. Thrilling in content, but literate and subtle in its meaning, The Iliad remains a classic among classics. [via]
The Illiad: Homerby HomerISBN 0486408833 (0-486-40883-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Little Womenby Louisa May Alcott, Susan StraightISBN 0451529308 (0-451-52930-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Women'Book summary:Little Women is one of the best-loved children's stories of all time, based on the author's own youthful experiences. It describes the family life of the four March sisters living in a small New England community, Meg, the eldest, is pretty and wishes to be a lady; Jo, at fifteen is ungainly and unconventional with an ambition to be an author; Beth is a delicate child of thirteen with a taste for music and Amy is a blonde beauty of twelve. The story of their domestic adventures, their attempts to increase the family income, their friendship with the neighbouring Lawrence family, and their later love affairs remains as fresh and beguiling as ever. Good Wives takes up the story of the March sisters, some three years later, when, as young adults, they must face up to the inevitable trials and traumas of everyday life in their search for individual happiness. [via]
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- Little Women: ISBN 0460012487 (0-460-01248-7)
Softcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd - Little Women: ISBN 0486296342 (0-486-29634-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - Little Women: ISBN 0486410234 (0-486-41023-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - Little Women: ISBN 0460050028 (0-460-05002-8)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd - Little Women: ISBN 0451523415 (0-451-52341-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Little Women: ISBN 0451529308 (0-451-52930-8)
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- Little Women: ISBN 0460012487 (0-460-01248-7)
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Little Women and Good Wivesby Louisa May AlcottISBN 0460871412 (0-460-87141-2)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Women and Good Wives'Book summary:Chronicles the humorous and sentimental fortunes of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies and marry in nineteenth-century New England. [via]
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Lord Peter Views the Bodyby Dorothy Leigh SayersISBN 0450017095 (0-450-01709-5)
Hardcover, New English Library
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Moby Dickby Herman Melville, Elizabeth RenkerISBN 0451526996 (0-451-52699-6)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moby Dick'Book summary:'Command the murderous chalices!...Drink ye harpooners! drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow - Death to Moby Dick!'. So Captain Ahab binds his crew to fulfil his obsession - the destruction of the great white whale. Under his lordly but maniacal command the Pequod's commercial mission is perverted to one of vengeance. To Ahab, the monster that destroyed his body is not a creature, but the symbol of 'some unknown but still reasoning thing'. Uncowed by natural disasters, ill omens, even death, Ahab urges his ship towards 'the undeliverable, nameless perils of the whale'. [via]
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Moby-Dick, Or, The White Whaleby Herman MelvilleISBN 0451524551 (0-451-52455-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moby-Dick, Or, The White Whale'Book summary:Avec Moby Dick, Melville a donné naissance à un livre-culte et inscrit dans la mémoire des hommes un nouveau mythe : celui de la baleine blanche. Fort de son expérience de marin, qui a nourri ses romans précédents et lui a assuré le succès, l'écrivain américain, alors en pleine maturité, raconte la folle quête du capitaine Achab et sa dernière rencontre avec le grand cachalot. Véritable encyclopédie de la mer, nouvelle Bible aux accents prophétiques, parabole chargée de thèmes universels, Moby Dick n'en reste pas moins construit avec une savante maîtrise, maintenant un suspense lent, qui s'accélère peu à peu jusqu'à l'apocalypse finale. L'écriture de Melville, infiniment libre et audacieuse, tour à tour balancée, puis hachée au rythme des houles, des vents et des passions humaines, est d'une richesse exceptionnelle. Il faut remonter à Shakespeare pour trouver l'exemple d'une langue aussi inventive, d'une poésie aussi grandiose. --Scarbo [via]
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Partners in Crimeby Agatha ChristieISBN 0451201175 (0-451-20117-5)
Softcover, Signet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Partners in Crime'Book summary:Tommy and Tuppence Beresford adopt the methods and manners of every major literary detective from Hercule Poirot to Sherlock Holmes to piece together an increasingly complex series of delightfully different-and deadly-misdeeds. [via]
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Poems by Robert Frostby Robert Frost, William PritchardISBN 0451527879 (0-451-52787-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Poems by Robert Frost'Book summary:100th Anniversary Edition
Poems by Robert Frost A Boys Will and North of Boston
The publication of A Boys Will (1913) and North of Boston (1914) marked the debut of Robert Frost as a major talent and established him as the true poetic voice of New England. Four of his volumes would win the Pulitzer Prize before his death in 1963, and his body of work has since become an integral part of the American national heritage.
This is the only edition to present these two classics in their original form. A Boys Will introduced readers to Frosts unmistakable poetic voice, and in North of Boston, we find two of his most famous poems, Mending Wall and The Death of the Hired Man. With an introduction by distinguished critic and Amherst professor William H. Pritchard and an afterword by poet and critic Peter Davison, this centennial edition stands as a complete and vital introduction to the work of the quintessential modern American poet.
Introduction by William H. Pritchard
Afterword by Peter Davison
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The Small Assassinby Ray BradburyISBN 0450006492 (0-450-00649-2)
Hardcover, New English Library
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0486266885 (0-486-26688-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'Book summary:The young Robert Louis Stevenson suffered from repeated nightmares of living a double life, in which by day he worked as a respectable doctor and by night he roamed the back alleys of old-town Edinburgh. In three days of furious writing, he produced a story about his dream existence. His wife found it too gruesome, so he promptly burned the manuscript. In another three days, he wrote it again. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was published as a "shilling shocker" in 1886, and became an instant classic. In the first six months, 40,000 copies were sold. Queen Victoria read it. Sermons and editorials were written about it. When Stevenson and his family visited America a year later, they were mobbed by reporters at the dock in New York City. Compulsively readable from its opening pages, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is still one of the best tales ever written about the divided self.
This University of Nebraska Press edition is a small, exquisitely produced paperback. The book design, based on the original first edition of 1886, includes wide margins, decorative capitals on the title page and first page of each chapter, and a clean, readable font that is 19th-century in style. Joyce Carol Oates contributes a foreword in which she calls Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde a "mythopoetic figure" like Frankenstein, Dracula, and Alice in Wonderland, and compares Stevenson's creation to doubled selves in the works of Plato, Poe, Wilde, and Dickens.
This edition also features 12 full-page wood engravings by renowned illustrator Barry Moser. Moser is a skillful reader and interpreter as well as artist, and his afterword to the book, in which he explains the process by which he chose a self-portrait motif for the suite of engravings, is fascinating. For the image of Edward Hyde, he writes, "I went so far as to have my dentist fit me out with a carefully sculpted prosthetic of evil-looking teeth. But in the final moments I had to abandon the idea as being inappropriate. It was more important to stay in keeping with the text and, like Stevenson, not show Hyde's face." (Also recommended: the edition of Frankenstein illustrated by Barry Moser) --Fiona Webster [via]
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Softcover, Tuttle Pub - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: ISBN 0460877925 (0-460-87792-5)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: ISBN 0450018431 (0-450-01843-1)
Hardcover, New English Library - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: ISBN 0486266885 (0-486-26688-5)
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To Ride Pegasusby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0460042181 (0-460-04218-1)
Hardcover, Dent
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War and Peaceby Leo Tolstoy, Ann DunniganISBN 0451521161 (0-451-52116-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'War and Peace'Book summary:Details the invasion of Russia by Napoleon and his army. [via]
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The Waste Landby T. S. Eliot, Helen Hennessy VendlerISBN 0451526848 (0-451-52684-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Waste Land'Book summary:This all-new Signet Classic contains many of T.S. Eliot's most important early poems, leading to perhaps his greatest masterpiece, The Waste land, which has long been regarded as one of the fundamental texts of modernism. By combining poetic elements from many diverse sources with bits of popular culture and common speech linked in a fragmented narrative, Eliot recreated the chaos and disillusionment of Europe in the aftermath of WWI. The Waste Land is a modernist literary masterpiece. Contains a number of early poems, including Spleen, The Death of St. Narcissus, The Love Song of J. Prufrock, Preludes, Gerontion, The Hippopotmaus, and Sweeny Among the Nightingales. T.S. Eliot is the winner of the 1948 Nobel Prize for Literature, and is one of America's greatest poets. Edited and with an Introduction by Helen Vendler, a foremost scholar of moderism at Harvard University who writes regularly for the New Yorker and The New Republic. Vendler is also the author of books on other essential poets, including W.B. Yeats, Wallace Stevens, John Keats, George Herbert, and the forthcoming The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnete. @DeadFlowers Note From Ezra Pound: Maybe cut 75%? From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less [via]
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The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poemsby T. S. EliotISBN 0486400611 (0-486-40061-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poems'Book summary:After sitting through T.S. Eliot's reading of "The Waste Land," listeners may be inclined to hang up the earphones for a spell. There are no flaws to Eliot's steady-toned interpretation; in fact, his delivery is quite remarkable in its ability to match the poem's constant, somber mood. It's just that 25-plus minutes of Eliot's desolate landscapes--rendered even more real by the author's incessant tones--can wear on the emotions.
In addition to the full-length version of "The Waste Land," this recording includes Eliot's stirring narration of "The Hollow Men," "Sweeney Among the Nightingales," and "Macavity the Mystery Cat." Listen to Eliot read from "The Waste Land." Visit our audio help page for more information. (Running time: 47 minutes, 1 cassette) --Rob McDonald [via]
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White Fang and Call of the Wildby Jack LondonISBN 0451525582 (0-451-52558-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'White Fang and Call of the Wild'Book summary:The biting cold and the aching silence of the far North become an unforgettable backdrop for Jack London's vivid, rousing, superbly realistic wilderness adventure stories featuring the author's unique knowledge of the Yukon and the behavior of humans and animals facing nature at its cruelest. [via]
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Wuthering Heightsby Emily Bronte, Alice HoffmanISBN 0451529251 (0-451-52925-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wuthering Heights'Book summary:Classic novel of consuming passions, played out against the lonely moors of northern England, recounts the turbulent and tempestuous love story of Cathy and Heathcliff. A masterpiece of imaginative fiction, the story remains as poignant and compelling today as it was when first published in 1847. [via]
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Softcover, Dover Pubns - Wuthering Heights and Poems: ISBN 0460002430 (0-460-00243-0)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd - Wuthering Heights: ISBN 0451516508 (0-451-51650-8)
Softcover, Signet Classic - Wuthering Heights: ISBN 0451519582 (0-451-51958-2)
Softcover, Signet - Wuthering Heights: ISBN 0451521196 (0-451-52119-6)
Softcover, Signet - Wuthering Heights: ISBN 0451523385 (0-451-52338-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Wuthering Heights: ISBN 0451525833 (0-451-52583-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Wuthering Heights and Poems: ISBN 0460873113 (0-460-87311-3)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub - Wuthering Heights: ISBN 0460012436 (0-460-01243-6)
Hardcover, E P Dutton - Wuthering Heights: ISBN 0451529251 (0-451-52925-1)
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The Yellow Wall-Paper: A Sourcebook and Critical Editionby Charlotte Perkins GilmanISBN 0486298574 (0-486-29857-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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