GASKIN, CATHERINE

The File on Devlin

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1965. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. 3-ring binder. 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 beginning rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is clean and bright, however, there is one small semi-closed tear to the bottom front panel, along with some spots of rubbing. "Gaskin was born in Dundalk Bay, County Louth, Ireland in 1929. When she was only three months old, her parents moved to Australia, settling in Coogee, a suburb of Sydney, where she grew up. Her first novel This Other Eden, was written when she was 15 and published two years later. After her second novel, With Every Year, was published, she moved to London. Three best-sellers followed: Dust in Sunlight (1950) , All Else is Folly (1951) , and Daughter of the House (1952). " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 47518

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GEORGE, NINA

The Little French Bistro

New York: Crown, 2017. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0451495586. 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. "Nina George (30 August 1973) is a German writer, best known as the author of The Little Paris Bookshop, an international bestseller, that has been translated in more than 28 languages as of 2015, and sold in more than 500.000 copies. She has published 26 books (novels, mysteries and non-fiction) as well as over hundred short stories and more than 600 columns. George has worked as a cop reporter, columnist and managing editor for a wide range of publications, including Hamburger Abendblatt, Die Welt, Der Hamburger, as well as TV Movie and Federwelt. George writes also under three pen-names. She writes non-fiction about issues of love, sexuality and eroticism, under the pseudonym Anne West. Under her married name Nina Kramer she wrote a thriller in 2008. She also wrote detective novels with her husband and co-writer Jo Kramer, their pseudonym being Jean Bagnol. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 41810

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GEORGE, MARGARET

Mary, Called Magdalene

New York: Viking Adult, 2002. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670030961. 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 generally crisp and clean, but has some light bumping to the bottom edges of the dust jacket. "Her other books show the same key characteristics: careful research almost qualifying for non-fiction standards, enough length to give perspective to the subject's life, and colorful imagery. She says she aims to be on paper what David Lean's films are in visual terms: elegant, detailed, and panoramic. Mary, Called Magdalene (2002) was published a year before Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code and was based on the historic facts as far as we know them. Both books struck a chord with a public eager to know more about the enigmatic Mary of Magdala, a close companion of Jesus. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 41687

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GERRY, MARGARITA SPALDING

The Toy Shop a Romantic Story of Lincoln the Man

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1908. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket and the accompanying box. The front cover has a rectangular pictorial pastedown illustration, that has edge wear, rubbing and some beginning nicks. The bottom front corner of the book cover have noticeable rubbing. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There is some light scratching to the rear cover of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page which features an illustration of Abraham Lincoln. ""I started to write stories because I realized that they were marketable products for which I could receive money", Gerry explained to an interviewer in 1917. Novels by Margarita Spalding Gerry include The Toy Shop (1908) , The Masks of Love (1914) , The Sound of Water (1914) , Philippa's Fortune (1921) , Philippa at the Chateau (1922) , and Philippa's Experiments (1923). Her serialized The Flowers appeared in Harper's Magazine in 1908, with illustrations by Elizabeth Shippen Green. Similarly, Gerry's As Caesar's Wife appeared in Harper's Magazine in 1911, with illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg, before being published as a volume in 1912. Most of her short stories appeared between 1905 and 1925, in Harper's, though some were instead published in Scribner's and The Smart Set. A collection of her early short stories, Heart and Chart, was published in 1911. Gerry also wrote a non-fiction work, Through Five Administrations: Reminiscences of Colonel William H. Crook, Body Guard to President Lincoln (1910)." (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 42815

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GHOSE, ZULFIKAR

Figures of Enchantment

New York: Harpercollins, 1986. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0060155752. 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 mostly clean and bright, but has fading to the spine and spine ends / edges and both dust jacket flaps have toning. "Ghose’s first novel, The Contradictions (1966) , explores differences between Western and Eastern attitudes and ways of life. In The Murder of Aziz Khan (1967) a small farmer tries to save his traditional land from greedy developers. The trilogy The Incredible Brazilian—comprising The Native (1972) , The Beautiful Empire (1975) , and A Different World (1978) —presents the picaresque adventures, often violent or sexually perverse, of a man who goes through several reincarnations. Ghose’s other novels include Crump’s Terms (1975) , Hulme’s Investigations into the Bogart Script (1981) , A New History of Torments (1982) , Don Bueno (1983) , Figures of Enchantment (1986) , The Triple Mirror of the Self (1992) , and Shakespeare’s Mortal Knowledge: A Reading of the Tragedies (1993)." (from Britannica). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 41421

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GHOSE, ZULFIKAR

The Incredible Brazilian

Woodstock, NY: Overlook Books, 1983. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0879512008. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ to 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 clean and bright, but has some light fading to the spine. "In the 1970s, Ghose gained international repute with his trilogy The Incredible Brazilian, which American writer Thomas Berger called "a picaresque prose epic of Brazilian history." [citation needed] American travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux called the work "a considerable feat of imagination." [citation needed]Ghose has written many poems as well as prosaics , fictional and non-fictional works. His books of poetry include The Violent West, A Memory of Asia and Selected Poems. He has written short stories, novels and five books of literary criticism. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 41423

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GIBSON, EDWARD

Reach a Novel

New York, NY: Doubleday, 1989. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385261500. Illustrated by Michael Carroll. Cover Art; 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 mostly crisp and clean, but has one tiny tear to the top spine end, along with some beginning bumping. This is the author's first book. "Gibson was the science pilot of Skylab 4. The third and final crewed visit to the Skylab space station, it launched November 16, 1973, and concluded February 8, 1974. This was the longest crewed flight (84 days 1 hour 15 minutes) in the history of crewed space exploration at that time. Gibson was accompanied on the record-setting 34.5-million-mile flight by Commander Gerald P. Carr and Pilot William R. Pogue. They successfully completed 56 experiments, 26 science demonstrations, 15 subsystem detailed objectives, and 13 student investigations during their 1,214 revolutions of the Earth. They also acquired a wide variety of Earth resources observations data using Skylab's Earth resources experiment package camera and sensor array. Dr. Gibson was the crewman primarily responsible for the 338 hours of Apollo Telescope Mount operation, which made extensive observations of solar processes. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 45588

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GIBSON, MILES

The Sandman

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0434291307. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a 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. "Upon leaving school he migrated to London and worked in advertising as a copywriter at J. Walter Thompson after winning a place in their Ten Most Ingenious Undergraduate Writers in Britain Today competition, despite lacking the primary qualification - a university education. Gibson later flirted with Fleet Street as a regular contributor to The Daily Telegraph Magazine under the editorship of the renowned John Anstey. He was the Telegraph's runner-up Young Writer of the Year 1969. Gibson has written fiction and science fiction, drama for BBC Radio 4, including 'The Church of the Cosmic Church' set in 16th century Italy, and starring Leslie Phillips and Hugh Dennis. His essays, poetry and short stories have appeared in various newspapers, journals and anthologies, including Echoes, Twenty-five years of the Telegraph Magazine, first published by WH Allen in 1989. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 39246

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Keywords: 0434291307 Modern Fiction First Edition Miles Gibson Horror Nightmares Modern Fiction Firsts

GILMAN, LASELLE

The Red Gate

New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1952. 1st Edition; 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book Number H-9 in the Ballantine Books series. This book is an early Bantam Books Hardback editions (published simultaneously with the paperback editions). A Very Good+ copy of the book in a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright, but noticeably toned due to the acid content of the paper. The dust jacket has several small edge tears, nicks and wrinkles. There is one one + inch long mostly closed tear to the top front edge of the dust jacket. "LaSelle Gilman started out his writing career at the Daily Nebraskan, where he penned a ditty titled “Four of the reasons why the author is going to leave the Middle West after graduation. ” The reasons correspond to the four seasons. Spring features “eternal drizzling rain, ” Summer “blaring, blinding heat” and Winter “icy winds that blow/without redeeming snow. ” Autumn repeats the Spring verse." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 45938

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Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Laselle Gilman Korean War China Soviet Union World History spies Suspense

GLASGOW, ELLEN

Vein of Iron

New York, NY: Penguin Books, 1946. 1st Paperback Edition; 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Mass Market PB. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good condtiion and ws issued thus without a dust jacket. The book is in generally clean, bright condition. The book covers have some light edge wear and rubbing, along with the beginning of a curl to the top front corner. The laminate on the book cover has started pulling at the edges. The text pages are clean and bright, though with generalized light toning.. Very Good .

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Book number: 46683

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Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Ellen Glasgow Virginia Women Generational Fiction

GOLD, GLEN DAVID

Carter Beats the Devil

New York, NY: Hyperion Books, 2001. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0340794976. 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. "Gold writes in a narrative style. His first novel Carter Beats the Devil (2001) received significant critical acclaim, and his second novel, Sunnyside (2009) was well received for presenting fully rounded, emotional characters. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 45944

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Keywords: 0340794976 Modern Fiction First Edition Glen David Gold Magic Warren G. Harding American History Illusions

GOLDING, WILLIAM

The Double Tongue a Draft of a Novel

New York, NY: Farrar Straus & Giroux (T), 1995. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0374143293. Illustrated by James Victore. Cover Art; 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. "Golding's 1967 novel, The Pyramid, consists of three linked stories with a shared setting in a small English town based partly on Marlborough where Golding grew up. The Scorpion God (1971) contains three novellas, the first set in an ancient Egyptian court ("The Scorpion God") ; the second describing a prehistoric African hunter-gatherer group ("Clonk, Clonk") ; and the third in the court of a Roman emperor ("Envoy Extraordinary"). The last of these, originally published in 1956, was reworked by Golding into a play, The Brass Butterfly, in 1958. From 1971 to 1979, Golding published no novels. After this period he published Darkness Visible (1979) : a story involving terrorism, paedophilia, and a mysterious figure who survives a fire in the Blitz, and appears to have supernatural powers. In 1980, Golding published Rites of Passage, the first of his novels about a voyage to Australia in the early nineteenth century. The novel won the Booker Prize in 1980 and Golding followed this success with Close Quarters (1987) and Fire Down Below (1989) to complete his 'sea trilogy', later published as one volume entitled To the Ends of the Earth. In 1984, he published The Paper Men: an account of the struggles between a novelist and his would-be biographer." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 45385

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GOLDING, WILLIAM

The Pyramid

London, England: Faber & Faber, 1967. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0571080111. Illustrated by Leonard Rosoman. Cover Art; 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 beginning bumping and fading to the spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has some beginning wear to the spine ends and corners. The cover art is by Leonard Rosoman. "Oliver, the dispenser's son, adolescent in the England of two-seaters, the silent screen, the Savoy Orpheans. And round him, in the small huddle of houses by a minimal river that is Stillbourne, are woven the complicated, recurring yet never identical patterns of existence; patterns compounded of sex and calf love, rebellion and submission, dottiness, class distinction, tragedy and near-farce." "Sir William Gerald Golding CBE (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet. Best known for his novel Lord of the Flies, he won a Nobel Prize in Literature, and was also awarded the Booker Prize for literature in 1980 for his novel Rites of Passage, the first book in what became his sea trilogy, To the Ends of the Earth. Golding was knighted by Elizabeth II in 1988. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In 2008, The Times ranked Golding third on their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 45939

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GOLDMAN, WILLIAM

The Color of Light

New York: Warner Books, 1984. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0446512745. 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. There is a bit of light, scattered foxing to the top edge of the text block. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "His brother James Goldman was a playwright and screenwriter, and they shared an apartment in New York with their friend John Kander. Kander was working on his PhD in music, and the Goldman brothers wrote the libretto for his dissertation. Kander was the composer of more than a dozen musicals, including Cabaret and Chicago, and all three of them eventually won Academy Awards. [8] On 25 June 1956, Goldman began writing his first novel The Temple of Gold, completing it in less than three weeks. [10] He sent the manuscript to agent Joe McCrindle, who agreed to represent him; McCrindle submitted the novel to Knopf, who agreed to publish it if he doubled the length. It sold well enough in paperback to launch Goldman on his career. [11] He wrote his second novel Your Turn to Curtsy, My Turn to Bow (1958) in a little more than a week. It was followed by Soldier in the Rain (1960) , based on Goldman's time in the military. It sold well in paperback and was turned into a film, though Goldman had no involvement in the screenplay." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 39283

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GOLDMAN, WILLIAM

Control

New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 1982. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0340283602. 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. "According to his memoir Adventures in the Screen Trade (1983) , Goldman began to write when he took a creative-writing course in college. His grades in the class were "horrible". He was an editor of Oberlin's literary magazine. He submitted his short stories to the magazine anonymously; he recalls that the other editors read his submissions and remarked, "We can't possibly publish this shit." He did not originally intend to become a screenwriter. His main interests were poetry, short stories, and novels. In 1956, he completed a master's thesis at Columbia University on the comedy of manners in America. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 43686

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Keywords: 0340283602 Modern Fiction First Edition William Goldman New York City