ACKROYD, PETER

Chatterton

New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc, 1988. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0802100414. This book is in Near Fine condition with a Near Fine dust jacket. This is a First American Edition. This is Peter Ackroyd's third novel and nominated on the short list for the Booker Prize. "In today's London, a young poet and an elderly female novelist engage the mystery of Chatterton by trying to decode the clues foudn in an old manuscript, only to discover that their investigation discloses other riddles for which there are no solutions. They are not alone in their quest: the mystery is also being revived in an earlier age, as in the mid-nineteenth century Henry Wallis paints his celebrated portrait of Chatterton lying dead in an attic room.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 46215

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ACKROYD, PETER

First Light

London, England: Hamish Hamilton, 1989. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0241124980. Illustrated by Craig Dodd. Cover Art; The book is in Very Good+ condition with a Near Fine Dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean, however, there is some generalized toning to the pages due to the acid content of the paper. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "In his novels he often contrasts historical settings with present-day segments (e. G. The Great Fire of London, Hawksmoor, The House of Doctor Dee). Many of Ackroyd's novels are set in London and deal with the ever-changing, but at the same time stubbornly consistent nature of the city. Often this theme is explored through the city's artists, especially its writers: Oscar Wilde in The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983) , a fake autobiography of Wilde; Nicholas Hawksmoor, Sir Christopher Wren and Sir John Vanbrugh in Hawksmoor (1985) ; Thomas Chatterton and George Meredith in Chatterton (1987) ; John Dee in The House of Dr Dee (1993) ; Dan Leno, Karl Marx, George Gissing and Thomas De Quincey in Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem (1994) ; John Milton in Milton in America (1996) ; Charles Lamb in The Lambs of London. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 40379

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Keywords: 0241124980 General Fiction Fiction Archaeological Digs Archaeology Peter Ackroyd Speculative Fiction Modern Fiction Firsts

ALARCON, DANIEL

War By Candlelight Stories

New York: Harpercollins, 2005. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0060594780. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean with the exception of a small round spot of glue residue where a sticker was removed. "Daniel Alarcón (born March 5,1977 in Lima, Peru) is a novelist, journalist and radio producer. He is co-founder, host and Executive Producer of Radio Ambulante, an award-winning Spanish language podcast distributed by NPR. Currently, he is an assistant professor of broadcast journalism at the Columbia University Journalism School and writes about Latin America forThe New Yorker. He began his career writing fiction, publishing stories in magazines like The New Yorker, Granta, Virginia Quarterly Review and elsewhere, and his short stories have been widely anthologized. He served as Associate Editor of the Peruvian magazine Etiqueta Negra until 2015. He is a former Fulbright Scholar to Peru, and a 2011 Artist in Residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts. His novel At Night We Walk in Circles was published by Riverhead Books in October 2013." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 40223

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ALDRIDGE, JOHN W.

The Pary at Cranton

London, England: Constable, 1960. 1st British Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There are a couple of small spots of a brownish color to the very bottom edge of the spine end. The text pages are clean and bright. All edges of the text block have some light foxing. The dust jacket is mostl clean and bright. There are several spots of rubbing to the dust jacket. "Using American Modernist writing of the 1920s as his lofty standard, Aldridge wrote of the creative dilemmas faced by those writers who arrived on the literary scene a generation later, yet still hoped to create fresh depictions of their experience. Reviewing new work as it appeared, he could be merciless in his evisceration of those who, in his view, failed to measure up. As he wrote memorably in 1951, the new writers "have learned that after the innovators come the specialists and after the specialists the imitators and that after a movement has spent itself there can only come the incestuous, the archaeologists, and the ghouls." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 40997

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ALI, MONICA

Brick Lane

New York: Scribners, 2003. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 038560484X. Signed Edition. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Monica Ali (born 20 October 1967) is a Bangladeshi-born British writer and novelist. In 2003, she was selected as one of the "Best of Young British Novelists" by Granta magazine based on her unpublished manuscript; her debut novel, Brick Lane, was published later that year. It was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. It was adapted as a 2007 film of the same name. She has also published three other novels. "; Signed by Author. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 39940

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ANDREWS, JOHN

A Viking's Daughter

New York: Doubleday, 1989. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385249713. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 40612

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ATHERTON, GERTRUDE (GERTRUDE FRANKLIN HORN ATHERTON)

The Conqueror Being the True and Romantic Story of Alexander Hamilton

New York, NY: Macmillan Company, 1902. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author with an inscription on the half title page. First Edition, First Issue, with page numerals at the top left corner on page 546. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the accompanying dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. The endpapers have some light but noticeable foxing and toning. There is a previous owner's book plate adhered to the front pastedown page. The inner hinges are a bit loose. "Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was a prominent and prolific American author. Many of her novels are set in her home state of California. Her bestseller Black Oxen (1923) was made into a silent movie of the same name. In addition to novels, she wrote short stories, essays, and articles for magazines and newspapers on such issues as feminism, politics, and war. She was strong-willed, independent-minded, and sometimes controversial...In London, she had the opportunity through Jane Wilde to meet Oscar Wilde, her son. She recalled in her memoir Adventures of a Novelist (1932) that she made an excuse to avoid the meeting because she thought he was physically repulsive. In an 1899 article for London's Bookman, Atherton wrote of Wilde's style and associated it with "the decadence, the loss of virility that must follow over-civilization." She returned to California in 1890 at the death of her grandfather Franklin and her mother-in-law Dominga Atherton, and she resumed taking care of Muriel. In 1891, she wrote for The San Francisco Examiner where she met Ambrose Bierce, with whom she carried on a taunting, almost love-hate friendship. When Kate Field remarked on California writers' neglect of the picturesque and romantic old Spanish life of the state, Atherton explored the history and culture of Spanish California in Monterey, San Juan Bautista, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara. " (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 46198

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ATHERTON, GERTRUDE

Rezanov

New York: Authors and Newspaper Association, 1906. Special edition. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; This is a Powers Special Edition (Minneapolis, MN) which includes a facsimile page of the manuscript from Rulers of Kings. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the accompanying dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright with the exception of page 118-119 which has a small toned area where something was placed. There is an inked name and date on the reverse of the frontispiece . This book includes three full page, full color illustrations along with a full color frontispiece. "Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was a prominent and prolific American author. Many of her novels are set in her home state of California. Her bestseller Black Oxen (1923) was made into a silent movie of the same name. In addition to novels, she wrote short stories, essays, and articles for magazines and newspapers on such issues as feminism, politics, and war. She was strong-willed, independent-minded, and sometimes controversial." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 46193

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Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Gertrude Atherton San Francisco, CA Special Edition Romance

ATHERTON, GERTRUDE

The White Morning a Novel of the Power of the German Women in Wartime

New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1918. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Arnold Genthe. B&W Illustrations; The frontispiece and front cover illustration are from a photograph by Arnold Genthe. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is missing the accompanying dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is some toning / darkening between pages 8 and 9 at the spine joint. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the front endpaper. "Countess Gisela Niebuhr sat in the long dusk of Munich staring over at the beautiful park that in happier days had been famous in the world as the Englischer Garten, and deliberately recalled on what might be the last night of her life the successive causes that had led to her profound dissatisfaction with her country as a woman." "Atherton's first publication was "The Randolphs of Redwood: A Romance", serialized in The Argonaut in March 1882 under the pseudonym Asmodeus. When she revealed to her family that she was the author, it caused her to be ostracized. In 1888, she left for New York, leaving Muriel with her grandmother. She traveled to London, and eventually returned to California. Atherton's first novel, What Dreams May Come, was published in 1888 under the pseudonym Frank Lin." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 46197

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Keywords: Modern Fiction First Editions Gertrude Atherton War Fiction World War I Arnold Genthe

ATWOOD, MARGARET

Life Before Man

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771008074. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The top front corner of the book cover has one small bump. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, though both flaps have some toning to the edges." Margaret Eleanor Atwood CH CC OOnt CH FRSC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, inventor, teacher, and environmental activist. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of non-fiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, and two graphic novels, as well as a number of small press editions of both poetry and fiction. Atwood has won numerous awards and honors for her writing, including the Booker Prize (twice) , Arthur C. Clarke Award, Governor General's Award, Franz Kafka Prize, and the National Book Critics and PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Awards. A number of her works have been adapted for film and television, increasing her exposure." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 40261

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ATWOOD, MARGARET

The Robber Bride

New York: Doubleday / Nan Talese, 1993. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385260083. First US Trade Edition. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 40263

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ATWOOD, MARGARET

The Robber Bride

London, England: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1993. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0747516138. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and edge wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has some beginning bumping and edge wear to the spine ends and corners. The text block includes a sewn in ribbon book marker. "In her captivating new novel, Margaret Atwood reports from the farthest reaches of the sex wars. The group of women and men at the centre of this wise, unsettling, drastic, funny and wholly involving story all fall prey to a chillingly recognisable menace, which is given its power by their own fantasies and delusions." "Margaret Eleanor Atwood, CC OOnt FRSC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. She is a winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and Prince of Asturias Award for Literature, has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times, winning once, and has been a finalist for the Governor General's Award several times, winning twice. In 2001, she was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 46216

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ATWOOD, MARGARET

Wilderness Tips

New York: Doubleday / Nan Talese, 1991. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385421060. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Margaret Eleanor Atwood CH CC OOnt CH FRSC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, inventor, teacher, and environmental activist. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of non-fiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, and two graphic novels, as well as a number of small press editions of both poetry and fiction. Atwood has won numerous awards and honors for her writing, including the Booker Prize (twice) , Arthur C. Clarke Award, Governor General's Award, Franz Kafka Prize, and the National Book Critics and PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Awards. A number of her works have been adapted for film and television, increasing her exposure. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 39973

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AUEL, JEAN M.

The Mammoth Hunters

New York: Crown Publishers, 1985. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0340349344. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "In 1977, Auel began extensive library research of the Ice Age for her first book. She joined a survival class to learn how to construct an ice cave, and learned primitive methods of making fire, tanning leather, and knapping stone from the aboriginal skills expert Jim Riggs. The Clan of the Cave Bear was nominated for numerous literary awards, including an American Booksellers Association nomination for best first novel. It was also later adapted into a screenplay for the film of the same name. After the sales success of her first book, Auel has been able to travel to the sites of prehistoric ruins and relics, and also to meet many of the experts with whom she had been corresponding. Her research has taken her across Europe from France to Ukraine, including most of what Marija Gimbutas called Old Europe. In 1986, she attended and co-sponsored a conference on modern human origins at the School of American Research, Santa Fe. She has developed a close friendship with Doctor Jean Clottes of France, who was responsible for the exploration of the Cosquer Cave discovered in 1985 and the Chauvet Cave discovered in 1994. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 39252

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AUSTIN, MARY

Isidro

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1905. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Eric Pape. Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light wear, rubbing and nicking to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is some beginning fraying to the spine ends and corners and some rubbing to the front and rear panels. The spine of the book cover has some darkening / toning. The text pages are clean and bright. The front and rear free pages have heavy toning. "Mary Hunter Austin (September 9, 1868 – August 13, 1934) was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Rain (1903) describes the fauna, flora and people – as well as evoking the mysticism and spirituality – of the region between the High Sierra and the Mojave Desert of southern California. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 42271

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Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Mary Austin Western Americana Californiana Spanish America