London: L. Upcott Gill, 1894. Hardcover. Second edition. 92, [2], 88, [2], 84, 12, [4] p.: illustrations; 19 cm. Dark green publisher's cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and cover title; red, light green, and black decoration on spine and front board. Red-brown patterned endpapers. No year of publication; includes publisher's..... More
Berlin: Volksverband der Bücherfreunde -- Wegweiser-Verlag, 1928. Hardcover. 381, [2] p.; 19 cm. Half polished calf with gilt-stamped spine title; pink and blue paper over boards. Top page edges red. Pink ribbon bookmark. This was the second volume issued in the tenth year to members of the Volksverband der Bücherfreunde..... More
London: Paul Breman, 1975. Paperback. Second edition. 20, [2] p.; 22 cm. Stiffened wrappers; wrapper photograph (of the author?). Heritage series, v. 24. The author, Dolores Kendrick was named Poet Laureate of the District of Columbia in 1999. Her book The Women of Plums: Poems in the Voices of Slave..... More
Edinburgh: William Oliphant, 1829. Hardcover. Fourth edition. Edinburgh: Published by William Oliphant; and Hamilton, Adams, & Co. London. 2 volumes: [2], 371, [1] p.; 342 p., 1 leaf of a plate; 19 cm. Contemporary maroon half polished calf with marbled paper over boards. Red leather spine labels in the center..... More
Phoenix Mill, Eng. Alan Sutton Publishing, 1996. Paperback. [2], xxii, 298 p.; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. An "engrossing anthology, the first truly comprehensive study of women's letters" -- back cover. Includes index. Gift inscription on half title page. In Near Fine Condition: gift inscrption; otherwise, clean and tight..... More
Philadelphia, Pa. Keystone Publishing Co., 1890. Hardcover. Vol. I. xxvii, [1], 373 p., frontispiece, 4 leaves of plates: illustrations; 24 cm. Half leather with marbled paper over boards. Endpapers are dark brown printed with a floral pattern. Top page endges are gilt. Frontispiece is tissue-guarded. The author, Sarah H. Killikelly..... More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2003. Paperback. x, 74 p.; 23 cm. Paperback. Suji Kwock Kim's first published book of poetry, this won the 2002 Walt Whitman Award. The Korean-American poet and playwright is working on an opera with composer Mark Grey. In Fine Condition: clean and bright... More
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. Paperback. [8], 195 p.; 20 cm. Paperback with color illustrated front cover. Uncorrected Proof. The back cover notes that the tentative publication date [for the hardcover] was May 2002, while the first page, a publisher's blurb, indicates that the book would be 144..... More
Boston: Bedford Books, 1997. Paperback. xiii, [3], 252 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Part of The Bedford Series in History and Culture. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. More
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New York: TOR Books, 1996. Hardcover. xi, [3], 303 p.; 22 cm. Black paper over boards with gilt stamped spine title. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Carol Russo with jacket art by Tom Canty. "A Tom Doherty Associates book." Former owner's embossed stamp on half title page. The third title..... More
New York: TOR Books, 1998. Hardcover. 255 p.; 22 cm. Black paper over boards with gilt stamped spine title. Illustrated dust jacket designed and with jacket art by Tom Canty. "A Tom Doherty Associates book." Former owner's embossed stamp on half title page. Book is in Fine Condition. Dust jacket..... More
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New York: TOR Books, 2001. Hardcover. 348 p.; 22 cm. Black paper over boards with gilt stamped spine title. Illustrated dust jacket with jacket art by Bob Eggleton. "A Tom Doherty Associates book." The second novel in the author's Probability series, also known as Faller's War. Set on the same..... More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1984. Hardcover. "A Del Rey Book." xviii, 364 p.: map; 22 cm. Light blue cloth spine with pink spine title; pink paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket with cover art by Darrell K. Sweet. First Edition: October 1984. Former owner's embossed stamp on half title page..... More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1986. Hardcover. "A Del Rey Book." [12], 207, [3] p.: map; 22 cm. Black paper over boards with red spine title. Illustrated dust jacket with cover art by Daniel R. Horne. "Book Club Edition"--at lower edge of front dust jacket flap. "10350" at lower edge of..... More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1989. Hardcover. "A Del Rey Book." [14], 384, [2] p.: map, genealogical tables; 22 cm. Black cloth spine with yellow spine title; black paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket with cover art by Michael Herring. "Book Club Edition" -- at lower edge of front dust jacket..... More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1985. Hardcover. "A Del Rey Book." ix, [3], 303, [3] p.: map; 22 cm. Light grey paper spine with blue spine title; blue paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket with cover art by Darrell K. Sweet. "Book Club Edition" -- at lower edge of front dust..... More
Greenwich, Conn. Fawcett Publications, 1972. Paperback. 352 p.; 18 cm. Paperback with illustrated front cover. Fawcett Crest P1698 -- at head of front cover. "Fawcett World Library" -- on back cover. "DL74" in red ink inside front cover. In Good+ Condition: edges rubbed; upper corner of front cover lacking; old..... More
New York: Viking Penguin, 1995. Hardcover. [10], 262 p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Black paper spine with silver spine title; dark green paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Book and Dust jacket are in Fine Condition: clean and bright. More
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1899. Hardcover. [6], 556 p., frontispiece and 29 leaves of plates with captioned tissue guards, folded map of Paris in red and black tipped in following index; 21 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles and elaborate decoration. Top page edges..... More
New York: Ace Books, 1962. 133, [2], 120, [1] p.; 16 cm. Paperback printed in dos-a-dos style, containing two science fiction novels, each with its own front cover illustration and pagination, the pages starting at opposite ends of the book. Two pages of publisher's advertisements follow Worlds of the Imperium..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. Hardcover. vii, [3], 227 p.; 22 cm. Blue cover with silver spine title. Dust jacket with jacket illustration by Tristan A. Elwell, in mylar cover. Stated First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page, dated Nov. 18, 1995. The series..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998. Hardcover. xvi, 445, [1] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Blue cloth with silver spine title. Black endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Part of the series Women in Culture and Society, edited by Catharine R. Stimpson. "In this pathbreaking study, Micaela di Leonardo reveals the face of..... More
New York: New American Library, 1970. Paperback. 4 volumes; 20 cm. Paperback. "Plume Books." The four-volume semi-autobiographical novel series by Doris Lessing (1919-2013), the British-Zimbabwean novelist, follows the life of Martha Quest, a woman in Southern Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. A fifth volume The Four-Gated City, a dystopian science fiction set in London..... More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Universty Press, 1999. Hardcover. [10], 90 p.; 24 cm. Purple cloth spine with red paper over boards; yellow-stamped spine title. Grey endpapers. Dust jacket cover illustration is the painting Afternoon Fixing by Ken Sofer. Winner of the 1998 Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American..... More
New York: Charles Boni Paper Books, 1930. Paperback. "Published April, 1930." 247, [3] p.; 19 cm. Paperback with cover design by Rockwell Kent; illustrated endpapers, possibly also designed by Kent. The Rockwell Kent-designed emblem of Charles Boni Paper Books on the title page. Second unpaginated page following text contains subscription..... More