Search Results: Stories from Black Cat Hill Books

New York, NY Knopf, 1998. Hardcover First Edition USA; so stated First Edition USA; so stated. Fine in Near Fine DJ: Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows only the faintest soiling; price intact; mylar-protected. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 306pp. Translated from the German by John E. Woods. Hardback with DJ. Ever since the 1830s, when Pushkin immortalized St. Petersburg in "The Bronze Horseman," the city has been the capital of the Russian imagination. It also seems to have exerted a powerful influence on the young German writer Ingo Schulze, who celebrates this swampy metropolis in his English-language debut, 33 Moments of Happiness. Not that the author is invariably enchanted by his subject. His 33 slices of Slavic life include some definite downers, not least a bloody (yet oddly comical) shootout in a disco. For one of Schulze's narrators, in fact, St. Petersburg encapsulates all the defects of an entire… Read More

New York, NY Harper & Row, 1984. Hardcover First Edition [1984]; First Printing indicated. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. First Edition [1984]; First Printing indicated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. Book shows very mild wear to lower extremities. Binding square and secure; text clean. Dustwrapper shows the mildest rubbing; price intact; mylar-protected. Very close to 'As New'. This is a REMAINDER, showing publisher's stamp at bottom edge. Not a Book-Club or Ex-Library. 8vo. 226pp. Hardcover with DJ. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.

London, UK Bloomsbury Publishing, 1995. Hardcover First Ed UK, so stated. First Ed UK, so stated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Book shows tiny smudge and tiny dent at outside edge of page block; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows just a touch of wear; mildest rubbing to its sheen; price unclipped; mylar-protected. Overall, very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 261pp. Ribbon bookmark. Hardback with DJ. A collection of stories where women fight against family, past and age. An elderly family find joy and recognition; a middle-aged physician tries to mould a lover into the image of his dead wife; children kidnap their mother to prevent her having a facelift; and a woman remembers her true love.

New York, NY Henry Holt & Company, Inc., 1996. Hardcover First Edition [1996]; First Printing indicated. First Edition [1996]; First Printing indicated. Very Near Fine in Very Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. Book shows very light wear along bottom edge of boards; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows mild rubbing to sheen; price intact; mylar-protected. Overall, very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 340pp. Hardback with DJ. Anything is possible in Maitland's weird world: sirens, dwarves, transvestites, talking seals and princesses make regular appearances amidst recipes for baked apples, tips on how to recognize a true fag hag, even a brief disquisition on the moons of Neptune. Maitland's reach is breathtaking, her prose as liquid and potent as a witch's brew.

New York, NY Henry Holt & Company, Inc., 1999. Hardcover First Ed; First Printing indicated. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Near Fine in Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. Book shows slightest spine lean, though binding remains perfectly secure; text clean. DJ unclipped; mylar-protected. Overall, very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 179pp. Hardback with DJ. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

Baton Rouge, LA Louisiana State Univ Pr, 1985. Hardcover First Edition (1985), unstated, but implied: no subsequent printings noted and same date at the title and copyright pages, in accordance with Louisiana State University Press's customary practice at the time of publication. First Edition (1985), unstated, but implied: no subsequent printings noted and same date at the title and copyright pages, in accordance with Louisiana State University Press's customary practice at the time of publication. Very Near Fine in Fine DJ: Book shows small bump at top edge front cloth-covered board; very slight spine lean; binding remains perfectly secure; text clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a couple of unobtrusive imperfections. Bright and clean. Corners… Read More

Toronto, ON, Canada Viking Penguin, 1995. Hardcover First Ed; First Printing indicated. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. Book shows shows mild shelfwear along bottom edge of boards; barely discernible spine lean, though binding remains perfectly secure; text clean. DJ shows mild rubbing to sheen; very light wear to extremities; price unclipped; mylar-protected. Overall, very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 199pp. Hardback with DJ. The author of The Blue Afternoon and Brazzaville Beach confirms his mastery of story with this wide-ranging collection. Traveling from Lisbon and London to contemporary Hollywood, from World War I to the present, these stories are singular and eclectic, each wholly distinct from the other. Their range of reference is also sweeping and varied, from Ludwig Wittgenstein to David Hockney, burgeoning fascism to burgeoning… Read More

New York, NY The Viking Press, 1990. Hardcover First Edition [1990]; First Printing indicated. First Edition [1990]; First Printing indicated. Near Fine in Fine DJ: Book shows only minute indications of use; some minute dings at bottom edge of boards; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ unclipped; mylar-protected. Virtually 'As New'. REMAINDER, showing a mark at top edge of text block. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 240pp. Hardback with DJ.

New York, NY Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Hardcover First Ed, so stated. First Edition, so stated. Very Good+ in Near Fine DJ: Book shows indications of light use: shows bumps at mid-point, bottom edge of boards, causing a half-inch split in the paper at that point of the front board, exposing a thin line of board beneath; else only minimal wear; binding secure; text clean. DJ shows very mild rubbing to sheen; price intact. Overall, remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 190pp. Hardback with DJ. The vagaries of human relationships form the warp and woof of these complex, well-crafted stories. Boswell's characters balance on the razor-sharp edge where conflicting emotions meet, struggling toward an understanding of themselves and the abiding mystery of their lives. In "Rain," the thirtyish Linda discovers a lost part of herself through her friend Orla as they search the woods for a missing boy. "The… Read More

New York, NY E. P. Dutton, Inc., 1997. Hardcover First Edition; first impression INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR. First Edition; first impression. Very Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Book shows just a hint of shelfwear; barely discernible spine lean, but binding remains perfectly secure; text clean. DJ shows tiny snag at top edge rear face; mild rubbing to sheen; price intact; mylar-protected. Overall, very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 85pp. Illustrated by Lloyd Bloom.Pale green cloth spine with green paper over boards. Hardback with DJ. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR.