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Philadelphia:: Lippincott,, (1971.). Hardcover -. Just about fine in fine dust jacket.. 5th printing. Life at Still Cove, overlooking Mill Pond in Orleans on the Cape - including information on the old houses on Cape Cod, whaling, and much more. Illustrated with photographs by John Schram. 251 pp.

Philadelphia:: Lippincott,, (1971.). Hardcover -. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (prev owner's name). Family Bookshelf edition. Life at Still Cove, overlooking Mill Pond in Orleans on the Cape - including information on the old houses on Cape Cod, whaling, and much more. Illustrated with photographs by John Schram. 251 pp.

Philadelphia:: Lippincott,, (1976.). Hardcover -. Good in a good dust jacket. (blacked out spot on front endpaper, some edgewear to dj). Family Bookshelf edition. 'My Years Before Stillmeadow.' Reminiscences of her life before she moved to Stillmeadow, her family, her childhood in the mining country of Mexico and the southwest, her education, including college at Wellesley during World War I, her marriage to music instructor Frank Taber, and her life as a writer in New York City during World War II, and much more. Illustrated with sketches by Pamela Johnson. 224 pp.

London:: A. C. Black, , (1986). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated boards, no dust jacket.. First printing. Charming almost wordless book - large illustrations with brief captions at the bottom - about what happens when Billy misunderstands two construction workers (working on a high-rise) They say "stay there, we'll be down for a cuppa" and he thinks they said "come on up." Small oblong format. Unpaginated.

Honolulu,: Island Heritage Press,, (1987.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a near fine dust jacket (short closed tear at top of dj spine.). First printing. Photo essay of Hawaii's children, celebrating the blending of East, West and Polynesia found in the 'ohana' - the family group - and the very special life of the islands. Color photographs throughout - including some double page spreads - by Peter French. Large format, unpaginated. Wraparound dust jacket painting by Mary Koski.

Paris: : Chez Francois Fournier, , 1722.. Hardcover first edition -. Good overall in original brown leather with hubbed spine, decorations and title in gilt on spine, marbled endpapers. . First edition. Engravings on title page and the first page of the letter dedicating this to Cardinal DuBois. The preface refers to this as the third translation of 'Dialogue des Orateurs' with the earlier ones appearing in 1630 and 1710 respectively. 2 pp of errata at rear of volume. In addition to being a translator of the classic, Morabin was also "one of the most noted and popular historians of the times" [blank] [8], lvii, [3], 262, [2] p. [blank] 17 cm. 12mo.

New York:: Warner,, (2007.). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers with self-flaps.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The author's second novel, the story of the "Riot of Colfax" on April 13, 1873 or more accurately a massacre set in the small Louisiana town during the early Reconstuction era. A blending of fact and fiction, this is illustrated by photographs from the author's own family. Map, family tree. 418 pp.

New York:: St Martin's Minotaur, , (2014). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The third thriller by this Philadelphia born author. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 322 pp.

New York & Lincoln NE:: iUniverse, , (2005). SIGNED -. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Trade paperback. A thriller which "spans the globe: from the Suez Canal and Christmas Island to Istanbul, Turkey; to Monterey, California and Washington, DC; and finally to Bermuda. . . . With time running out and the environmental catastrophe unfolding, [Silverstein and Kipling] must survive a terrifying ride through the eyewall of a hurricane. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 2006. Glossary, cast of characters. 306 pp.

Los Angeles:: Kalimat Press,, (2004). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.) Brochure for Kalimat Press laid in. . First printing. "Tahirih's poetry, astonishing and beautiful, stands as a monument to this remarkable 19th-century Iranian woman." The translator and editor of this book, Amin Banani, provides an introduction that discusses Tahirih in the context of the literary history of Persia. Tahirih and Qurrat al-Ayn are both titles of Fatimah Zarin Taj (1814 or 1817 1852), an influential poet, women's rights activist and theologian of the Babi faith in Iran. Best remembered for unveiling herself at a conference of men, she was soon arrested, placed under house arrest, and executed in 1852. Before her death she declared: "You can kill me as soon as you like, but you cannot stop the emancipation of women." Bilingual edition with the original Persian and English translations. English poems by Jascha Kessler and Anthony A Lee. Frontispiece.… Read More

New York:: St Martin's,, (2003). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. A Novel of Mexico, 1941, during the Second World War - a book which revisits the characters in 'The Shadow of a Shadow,' but set nearly 20 years later. Translated from the Spanish by Ezra E. Fitz. Roger L. Simon calls this "another brilliant work by Paco Taibo, the man who brought 'magic realism' to the mystery form." 455 pp.

New York:: Mysterious Press,, (1995). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. Latin noir by this writer, born in Spain, but who lived in Mexico since 1958. Second novel featuring his investigator-novelist Jose Daniel Ferro, who is stuck, with a deadline for a new book looming. He becomes obsessed with a young Texan basketball player, whom he sees on stateside TV in his slummy Mexico City apartment. When she disappears after a teammate is murdered, he learns she has been found in Ciudad Juarez, near death after having had one kidney removed. Also included is the saga of a CIA man who escapes from Saigon and searches for a Bulgarian with whom he left a trunkload of heroin; 1920s Barcelona, with anarchists and cops shooting it out in the street; and of course Leonardo's apparent invention of the bicycle. Violent, surrealistic, and told at a headlong pace. Winner of the Latin American Dashiell Hammett Award for the best crime novel of the year (the third time Taibo… Read More

New York:: St Martin's,, (1994). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. The four hands of the title refer to the hands of two investigative journalists, one Mexican and one American, and this novel travels back and forth in time, weaves together several seemingly disparate stories set in Mexico- from Stan Laurel witnessing the assassination of Pancho Villa, finding Trotsky's notes for a crime novel, to a miner's takeover of a coal mine in the 1930s and more. Translated from the Spanish by Laura C. Dail. 378 pp.

New York:: Viking,, (1991.). Hardcover first edition -. Good in very good dust jacket (remainder line, underlining on the first couple of pages) .. First US printing. Novel set in 1922 in post-revolutionary Mexico, described as "a blending of roman noir with magic realism, a cross between Raymond Chandler and Gabriel Garcia Marquez." Translated by William I. Neuman. 228 pp.

New York:: Viking,, (1992.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy, but with a remainder line.). First US printing. Translated by William I. Neuman. The third mystery featuring Mexico City private investigator Hector Belascoaran Shayne to be published in the US. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2007. He has been awarded the International Dashiell Hammett prize for three of his novels. 163 pp.

New York:: Mysterious Press,, (1994.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. The sixth novel by this award-winning Mexican writer to appear in English. INSCRIBED on the title page ("para John") and dated in 2007. Translated from the Spanish by Beth Henson. 209 pp.

El Paso, TX:: Cinco Puntos Press,, (2000.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First US printing. Translated from the Spanish by Martin Michael Roberts. An elegant and literate adventure novel set in 1920Õs post-revolutionary Mexico. Striking dust jacket art from Diego Rivera's "Dia de muertos". SIGNED by Taibo on the title page and dated 2007, uncommon signed. 173 pp.

New York:: Viking,, 1990.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (tight, clean copy, bookstore stamp on endpaper). First US edition. First novel of Taibo to appear in English - praised by such diverse writers as Lawrence Block, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Ross Thomas, etc. Introduces his jaded, one-eyed, half Basque detective, Hector Belascoran Shayne; set in Mexico City, this is a combination of irony, black humor and Latin fabulism. Translated from the Spanish by William I. Neuman. Recommended. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2007. He has been awarded the International Dashiell Hammett prize for three of his novels. 231 pp.

El Paso, TX:: Cinco Puntos Press,, (2000.). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Translated from the Spanish by Martin Michael Roberts. An elegant and literate adventure novel set in 1920Õs post-revolutionary Mexico. 161 pp.

New York:: Viking,, 1990.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket. (as new, but with a remainder line.). First US edition. First novel of Taibo to appear in English - praised by such diverse writers as Lawrence Block, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Ross Thomas, etc. Introduces his jaded, one-eyed, half Basque detective, Hector Belascoran Shayne; set in Mexico City, this is a combination of irony, black humor and Latin fabulism. Translated from the Spanish by William I. Neuman. Recommended. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2007. 231 pp.