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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1932. Very Good in the publisher's full crimson cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in gilt. 291pps. No dustjacket. Stated First Edition (G-G). Modest rubbing wear to the boards, particularly the tips and spine-ends; the gilt on the spine is dulled, on the front board it's still brilliant. There is a tidy gift inscription on the ffep and a pencil-erasure on the title-page. Otherwise clean and bright; the text is in very nice condition with several pages dog-ear-undone. The binding is slightly shaken, though sound. A nice copy of a scarce title. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. First Edition. Cloth. MA CINDERELLA HAROLD BELL WRIGHT AMERICAN LITERATURE OZARKS MISSOURI ARKANSAS.… Read More

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 1958. (1958). Near Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Gray cloth over lilac-colored boards. The spine is stamped in purple and yellow; the decorative front panel in the same. Octavo. 214pps. Stated First Printing. A previous owner's name is neatly penned on the ffep., otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is sunned at the spine and the folds and has faint touches of crinkling at the top of each flap; no chips, no tears. The original price (3.75) is intact. A very nice, collector's-quality copy of Malamud's first book of short stories.<br><br><font color=#003366><b> "Bernard Malamud's first book of short stories, 'The Magic Barrel,' has been recognized as a classic from the time it was published in 1959. The stories are set in New York and in Italy (where Malamud's alter ego, the struggleing New York… Read More

London: Secker & Warburg, 1961. [1961]. Very Good in a Fair dustjacket. Green boards. The spine is stamped in silver. Octavo. 244pps. There is light wear to the boards, with the front and rear panels having a very slight splay. There is also faint browning to the endpapers and a previous owner's name is neatly penned on the front pastedown. Otherwise clean, tight, and bright. The textblock is immaculate with no apparent reading wear. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has dampstaining on the rear panel and considerable wear and tear along the edges; the original price (16s. net) is intact. A nice copy in a flawed jacket. "...The magician of the title is Yasha Mazur, an atheistic circus performer who skates on the high wire, eats fire, reads minds, and performs hypnotic experiments. Lublin, a manufacturing town a hundred miles from Warsaw, boasts a sixteenth-century cathedral and a rabbinical school. But although it is Mazur's home, he never performs there, and regularly goes… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958. [1958]. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Blue cloth over boards with a black cloth backstrip. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in silver. Octavo. 205pps., with a number of plates and diagrams. There is mild bumping to the upper tips, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has a 1/2" closed tear at the top of the front panel and modest rubbing wear at the extremities; the original price (3.50) is intact.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. X03-C.. Cloth.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1957. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Bound in green cloth with silver lettering. A beautiful volume: clean, tight, and bright. The dustjacket, glossy in mylar, has a touch of soiling and edgewear with a 1/8" and a 1/16" chip at the head of the spine. The spine is slightly faded, as is common. The original price (3.50) is intact on the front flap.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth.

New York: Knopf, 1951. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Fully-bound in green cloth. The spine is stamped in silver and gilt. Yellow topstain. 212pp. Mild bumping to the spine-ends. Faint touches of dustiness. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The pages are immaculate. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light chipping and rubbing to the extremities; overall, it is in splendid shape. The original price of $3.00 is intact on the front flap. Warmly inscribed by the author, including the question: "If man had been left alone in this world? Impossible thought!" Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Money back guarantee. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. Signed by Author on the Ffep.. First Edition, First Printing. Bel Air Pennsylvania Ormsby Lipido Dinardo U.S. Navy. Catalogs: SIGNED, Literature, U.S.A..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, 1995. Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Black boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. 198pp. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket is rubbed in spots, with a crinkle at the heel of the spine; no chips, soiling, or tears. The original price of $20.95 is intact on the front flap. "The mysterious protagonist is known only as the Advisor -- an American intelligence officer who has assumed so many false identities that he has lost touch with his own. He arrives in Oman, a desolate and remote country lying between Arabia's Empty Quarter and the Indian Ocean, at the end of a long, bitter guerrilla war; he is haunted by thoughts of a woman named Ellen, about whom there are the darkest of secrets.By the end of the day, all the threads of the Adviser's life will come together, and Ellen's full story is revealed." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are… Read More

New York: Random House, 1959. [1959]. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Bound in full blue cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt and gray. Octavo with gold topstain. Blue endpapers. 436pps. Stated First Printing. There is mild rubbing to the tips and the spine-ends, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The textblock is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has light edgwear and a faint touch of soiling on the front flap; the original price (4.75) is intact. A very nice, collector's-quality copy. ".This completes the great trilogy of the Snopes family in Yoknapatawpha and traces the downfall of this indomitable post-bellum family." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist… Read More

London, United Kingdom: Dent & Sons, 1939. In Very Good+ condition. Bound in full mauve cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt (still brilliant). Octavo. Purple topstain. [viii] + 116pps, with a frontispiece of the author by Augustus John. No dustjacket. First issue binding. There are modest touches of soiling to the half-title page and a soil-mark on the closed edge (only) of several sheets. Otherwise clean and soundly bound, with the cloth, itself, in fine condition. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. A very nice, collector's-quality copy of the poet's third book.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. First Edition. Cloth.

Near Fine in full black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. xx + 364 pages, with numerous color illustrations (maps). First Printing of the color edition. There is a mild bump to the lower front tip, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. Absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. No dust jacket. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks of Books. 42-C.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Delacorte Press, 1974. Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full black cloth. The spine and the front board are stamped in copper and silver. Bright red topstain. Marbeled red endpapers. 309pps. There is light shelfwear. Overall clean, tight, square, and bright. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has modest wear to the extremities --particularly at the head of the spine, where there are a couple of 1/16" chips as well as a 1/4" closed tear. There is a small remnant of label adhesive on the front panel. The original price (7.95) is yet intact on the front flap.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth.

London, United Kingdom: Fourth Estate Ltd, 2005. [2005]. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Bound in full red cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Quarto. 280pps. First Printing. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dust jacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is equally fine; the original price (12.99, British) is intact. Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "...As the North reels under a series of unexpected defeats during the dark first year of the American Civil War, one man leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause. His experiences will utterly change his marriage and challenge his most ardently held beliefs. Riveting and elegant, 'March' is an extraordinary novel woven out of the lore of American history. From Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic, 'Little Women,'… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 2005. Uncorrected Proofs. Fine in pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 279pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "...As the North reels under a series of unexpected defeats during the dark first year of the American Civil War, one man leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause. His experiences will utterly change his marriage and challenge his most ardently held beliefs. Riveting and elegant, 'March' is an extraordinary novel woven out of the lore of American history. From Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic, 'Little Women,' Geraldine Brooks has taken the character of the absent father, March, who has gone off to war, leaving his wife and daughters to make do in hard times. To… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. Very Good in the publisher's tan boards. Both the spine and the decorative, floral front board are stamped in gilt and light blue. Top edge gilt. 409pps., plus nearly fifty pages of illustrations and a frontispiece of the author. This edition is limited to 500 copies, of which this example -- likely being of the publisher's overrun -- is unnumbered. Modest rubbing and bumping to the tips and the board-edges. Faint, light soiling. Both hinges are cracked (webbing revealed), though the binding is still square and sound. Also, there is the sporadic fox-mark -- principally in the area of the endpapers; the pages are, nonetheless, exceptionally clean and bright overall. No previous ownership markings. A nice copy of this uncommon limited edition by the grandfather of Daphne Du Maurier. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be… Read More

London: Hutchinson, 1993. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dustjacket. Purple boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 375pps. First Printing (full numberline). There is a bit of faint dustspotting to the closed page-edges and the text is slightly and uniformly yellowed due to the acid content of the paper (endemic to this title). Otherwise clean, square, and tight. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a touch of crinkling at the top of the front panel; the original price is intact. A very nice, presentable copy; the 6th book in the Redwall series. ".A shadow has fallen on the shore of the Eastern sea, a shadow called Marshank. In this cold stone fortress a stoat named Badrang holds dozens of innocent creatures as slaves, part of his scheme to build an empire where he will rule as unquestioned tyrant. Among those slaves is a mouse named Martin who has a warrior's heart, and a burning desire for freedom -- freedom not ony for himself, but for… Read More

New York: The Dial Press, 2001. Fine in A Fine dustjacket. Blue and gray boards. The spine is stamped in metallic green. Octavo. 243pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has a small rub to the rear flap-fold. The original price is intact.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "...Mary and O'Neil frequently marveled at how, of all the lives they might have led, they had somehow found this one together. When they met at the Philadelphia high school where they'd come to teach, each had suffered a profound loss that had not healed. How likely was it that they could learn to trust, much less love, again?<br> Like the works of Alice Hoffman, Cronin's fiction resonates with magical nuance and unexpected encounters -- a beautiful young girl who appears to Mary one night, draped in a cloud of stars; an autistic child who reveals a… Read More

New York: The Dial Press, 2001. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Blue and gray boards. The spine is stamped in metallic green. Octavo. 243pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is also as new; the original price is intact.<br><br><font color=#003366><b> "Mary and O'Neil frequently marveled at how, of all the lives they might have led, they had somehow found this one together. When they met at the Philadelphia high school where they'd come to teach, each had suffered a profound loss that had not healed. How likely was it that they could learn to trust, much less love, again? Like the works of Alice Hoffman, Cronin's fiction resonates with magical nuance and unexpected encounters -- a beautiful young girl who appears to Mary one night, draped in a cloud of stars; an autistic child who reveals a life-changing secret; a woman O'Neil mistakenly… Read More

New York: The Dial Press, 2001. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Blue and gray boards. The spine is stamped in metallic green. 243pp. There is a small remainder dot atop the textblock, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is lightly rubbed at the flap-folds; no chips or tears. The original price is intact.<br><br><font color=#003366><b> "Mary and O'Neil frequently marveled at how, of all the lives they might have led, they had somehow found this one together. When they met at the Philadelphia high school where they'd come to teach, each had suffered a profound loss that had not healed. How likely was it that they could learn to trust, much less love, again? Like the works of Alice Hoffman, Cronin's fiction resonates with magical nuance and unexpected encounters -- a beautiful young girl who appears to Mary one night, draped in a cloud of stars; an autistic child who… Read More

New York: Morrow, 1980. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Beige boards quarterbound in brown cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Quarto. Beige endpapers. 292pps. There are eight small check-marks sporadically placed in the margins of pages, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No names or inscriptions. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has faint toning to the white panels; no chips, soiling, or tears. The original price (10.95) is intact. A very nice copy of the author's first novel. "...It is the spring of 1945, and the Nazis are eliminating all the witnesses to their horrible crimes, including Jews and foreigners remaining in the prison camps. Kommandant Repp, who is known as a master sniper, decides to hone his sniping abilities by taking a little target practice at the remaining laborers in his own prison camp. But one man escapes and becomes the key to solving the mystery of the cold, calculating Kommandmant Repp and his plans for ending the war. Repp was the master… Read More

New York: Villard Books, 2002. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Black boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 228pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. The textblock is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a small crinkle on the front panel; the original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. ".Roy and Frankie are matchstick men -- con artists. Partners in elegant crimes for years, they know each other like brothers and have perfected the rules of the game. Roy is the careful one. Saves every penny. Takes his medication regularly. Without the pills, his obsessive-compulsive disorder kicks in and he is too nauseated to do anything but stare at the dirt on the carpet. Frankie is the adventurous one, hungry for a big score. He wants Roy to join him in running a tricky game, but Roy is distracted -- for good reason. Roy has just… Read More