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New York. 1972. Penguin Books. Reprinted Penguin Classic Paperback Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0140441506. Translated from the Latin by Kenneth Wellesley. 336 pages. paperback. The cover shows a detail from a frieze in the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii. keywords: Penguin Classic Paperback Latin History Literature Roman Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In the surviving book of THE HISTORIES, the great Roman historian, Tacitus, writing some thirty years after the events, reconstructs the anarchy of A.D. 69, ‘that long but single year', during which the Emperors Galba, Otho and Vitellius briefly held power and the Emperor Vespasian established a new dynasty. Though occasionally partisan, or perhaps merely malicious, Tacitus is notable for the general accuracy with which he records a sudden, violent eruption which shook the whole edifice of the Roman Empire. His earlier works, the monographs AGRICOLA and GERAMNIA, and the later ANNALS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE are also available in the Penguin… Read More

New York. 1965. Charles Frank. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Worn and Scuffed Dustjacket. A rare book in this edition. 120 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature Translated Arabic . FROM THE PUBLISHER - It's a wise child - or a wise adult, for that matter - who has read and assimilated what this quietly wise book has to say. Which doesn't mean that this charming book lectures - nothing could be further from the truth. It tells human, winning, enchanting stories, and if they happen also to illustrate some of that fabled ‘wisdom of the East' - well, so much the better. MAKTUB is intended for children but adults should also enjoy its style and humor. The stories that make up this volume vary widely in locale - from Marrakech to Peking - and theme - from the imperfections of earthly beauty and the limitations of earthly knowledge to the worthiness of the earthly virtues like charity, honesty and generosity. Their characters range from the three exceptional men of Baghdad, all of whom… Read More

Comptche. 2019. Tahjanjoki Press. 1st Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780933391475. 6 x 9, full color cover, 105 black & white photographs, 2 maps, 4 other illustrations, bibliography, index. $22.00. 166 pages. paperback. keywords: History Mendocino Northern California. FROM THE PUBLISHER - For the first time in more than 100 years there is a new engaging history of Mendocino County. This history of the County covers all the basic facts but allows for exploring topics like herds of white deer, tobacco production during the Civil War, Winston Churchill's 1929 visit, worthy roadside attractions, local authors, and stagecoach robbers. Mendocino County historian Tahja fills the book with photos and engaging facts explaining the who, what, when, where, and why of local history from 1852 to 2002. inventory #46536 ISBN: 9780933391475.

Berkeley. 2010. April 2010. University of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780520262263. 216 pages. paperback. keywords: South Asian History Memoir Gender Studies. FROM THE PUBLISHER - This is the incredible story of Bao Luong, one of Vietnam's first woman freedom fighters, and the author's aunt. In 1920, when Bao Luong was just 18, she left her village home in South Vietnam to join the underground fight against French colonial rule. After traveling as a stowaway to Guannngzhou, China, where she trained in revolutionary work, Bao returned to Saigon only to get caught up in one of the most infamous political crimes of Vietnam's history -- the Barbier Street murder of 1927. The crime resulted in a sensational trial that captivated national attention and resulted in Bao's eight year imprisonment. Relying on family memoirs, press accounts, police interrogation records, and court transcripts, Hue-Tam Ho Tai pieces together a fascinating story of political… Read More

New York. 1990. Viking Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. Remainder Mark On Bottom Edge. 0670824623. Translated from the Spanish by William I. Neuman. 230 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Jacket illustration by Mark Harrison. keywords: Literature Mystery Mexico Latin America Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER - AN EASY THING marks the English-language debut of Paco lgnacio Taibo II, Mexico's leading detective novelist and a writer world renowned for his atmospheric and highly innovative crime fiction. Set in the chaotic urban heart of Mexico City, a place where the ghosts of Old Mexico constantly eat away at all pretense of modernity, An Easy Thing is distinguished by the vulnerable human presence of its jaded detective hero, Hector Belascoarán Shayne. Already weary from coping with his mother's death and his lover's flight, Hector finds himself reluctantly involved in three perplexing cases: a murder at a capitalist- and corruption-riddled factory;… Read More

New York. 1990. Viking Press. Unrevised & Unpublished Proofs. Very Good in Wrappers . 0670824623. Translated from the Spanish by William I. Neuman. 230 pages. paperback. keywords: Literature Mystery Mexico Latin America Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER - AN EASY THING marks the English-language debut of Paco lgnacio Taibo II, Mexico's leading detective novelist and a writer world renowned for his atmospheric and highly innovative crime fiction. Set in the chaotic urban heart of Mexico City, a place where the ghosts of Old Mexico constantly eat away at all pretense of modernity, An Easy Thing is distinguished by the vulnerable human presence of its jaded detective hero, Hector Belascoarán Shayne. Already weary from coping with his mother's death and his lover's flight, Hector finds himself reluctantly involved in three perplexing cases: a murder at a capitalist- and corruption-riddled factory; disturbingly violent threats against the innocent teenage daughter of a former porn star;… Read More

New York. 1994. October 1994. Mysterious Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0892965185. Translated from the Spanish by Beth Henson. 209 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Jose Ortega & Rachel McClain. Jacket illustration by Jose Ortega. keywords: Mystery Translated Mexico Literature Latin America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Jose Daniel Fierro is Mexico's most celebrated author of police thrillers. He's about to become something more. In the graffiti-festooned mining city of Santa Ana, three hundred years of oppression had led to a radical people's government. The brutal ruling class waits for its chance to crash back in - while the town's police chiefs keep getting killed. On the theory that Jose Daniel is too well-known to be murdered, the man of letters is invited by the city leaders to be the latest chief. On a whim, he accepts. Jose Daniel knows what Robert Mitchum would say when confronted by a beautiful amoral woman. He knows how Ross MacDonald might describe an… Read More

New York. 1994. July 1994. St Martin's Press. Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in Wrappers . 0312109873. Translated from the Spanish by Laura C. Dail. 378 pages. paperback. Jacket illustration by Marty Blake. Jacket design by Henry Sene Yee. keywords: Literature Translated Mexico Latin America . FROM THE PUBLISHER - This is the first English translation of a major literary novel by Paco Ignacio Taibo II, whose previous appearances in this country have been this leading Mexican author's crime novels. The ‘Four Hands' are those of two world-ranging journalists, one Mexican and one American. It is these two men who provide the initially improbable links between such disparate elements of Taibo's amazing novel as Stan Laurel's witnessing the assassination of Pancho Villa; the disinformation operation of an anonymous group in New York who approach their dingy office up a fire escape; the discovery of Leon Trotsky's notes for the crime novel he was writing when he was murdered in… Read More

New York. 1992. July 1992. Viking Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. Remainder Mark On Bottom Edge. 067083825x. Translated from the Spanish by William I. Neuman. 163 pages. hardcover. JACKET DESIGN BY NEIL STUART. JACKET ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHRIS GALL. AUTHOR PHOTOGRAPH BY JERRY BAUER. keywords: Mystery Translated Mexico Literature Latin America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In SOME CLOUDS, master crime writer Paco Ignacio Taibo II serves up another Belascoarán Shayne caper, set once again in the chaotic heart of Mexico City, involving two inexplicable murders and a mysterious fortune worth millions, Before his case is ended, Belascoarán Shayne must negotiate an intricate labyrinth of corruption and cover-up that bears an unsettling resemblance to Mexico City's real-life scandals. Hector Belascoardn Shayne had two exotic last names, a degree in engineering from the National University, and one eye less than most people. He was thirty-five years old, with an… Read More

New York. 1995. September 1995. Mysterious Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0892965894. Translated from the Spanish by Martin Michael Roberts. 453 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Jackie Merri Meyer. Jacket illustration by Jose Ortega. keywords: Literature Translated Mexico Latin America Mystery. FROM THE PUBLISHER - September 1995. In 1994 LEONARDO'S BICYCLE won the Latin American Dashiell Hammett Award for the best crime novel of the year - the third Hammett Award for the exceptional Paco Ignacio Taibo II. In this story, Taibo soars over the genre much as Leonardo himself floats above the violent plot - imbuing its twists and turns with the artist's obsessions with painting, sculpture, war machines, submarines, and a two-wheeled conveyance that would not be invented for another four hundred years . In smog-shrouded, pastel-hued Mexico City, the famous writer of crime fiction, Jose Daniel Fierro, falls in love with the televised image of a young woman basketball… Read More

New York. 1994. July 1994. St Martin's Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0312109873. Translated from the Spanish by Laura C. Dail. 378 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Marty Blake. Jacket design by Henry Sene Yee. keywords: Literature Translated Mexico Latin America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - This is the first English translation of a major literary novel by Paco Ignacio Taibo II, whose previous appearances in this country have been this leading Mexican author's crime novels. The ‘Four Hands' are those of two world-ranging journalists, one Mexican and one American. It is these two men who provide the initially improbable links between such disparate elements of Taibo's amazing novel as Stan Laurel's witnessing the assassination of Pancho Villa; the disinformation operation of an anonymous group in New York who approach their dingy office up a fire escape; the discovery of Leon Trotsky's notes for the crime novel he was writing when he was murdered in… Read More

New York. 1998. Soho Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket With Slightly Faded Spine. 0569471088. Translated from the Japanese by Deborah Boliver Boehm. 324 pages. hardcover. Jacket photo by Sandi Fellman. Tattoo art - 'Phoenix' by Horiyoshi III. keywords: Mystery Translated Japan Asia . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Miss Kinue Nomura survived World War II only to be murdered in Tokyo, her severed limbs left behind. Gone is that part of her that bore one of the most beautiful full-body tattoos ever rendered by her late father. Kenzo Matsushita, a young doctor, must assist his detective brother who is in charge of the case, because he was Kinue's secret lover and the first person on the murder scene. inventory #24915 ISBN: 0569471088.

New York. 1999. Soho Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 156947155x. Translated from the Japanese by Sadako Mizuguchi. 259 pages. hardcover. keywords: Mystery Japan Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER - When the Tokyo stock market crashes, adultery and industrial espionage lead to murder. Segawa had a good job as a stock market trader, but the 'private' hedge fund he operated suffered big losses and he was fired. He is down and out when he is approached with an offer of highly paid work. How can he resist? He agrees to become an industrial spy, even when he discovers the target is his old schoolmate-who married Segawa's girlfriend-and his company. Ogino, the old friend, is murdered, and Segawa seems to have been the last person to visit him. He panics, fakes an easily disproved alibi, then tries to flee. He would seem to be the obvious culprit. Who else could have done it? The widow? Segawa's other girlfriend? The dead man's uncle or some of the other ambitious… Read More

Boston. 1995. August 1995. Little Brown. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0316831220. 194 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Steve Snider. keywords: Hiroshima History America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The bombing of Hiroshima was one of the pivotal events of the twentieth century, yet this controversial question remains unresolved. At the time, General Dwight Eisenhower, General Douglas MacArthur, and chief of staff Admiral William Leahy all agreed that an atomic attack on Japanese cities was unnecessary. All of them believed that Japan had already been beaten and that the war would soon end. Was the bomb dropped to end the war more quickly? Or did it herald the start of the Cold War? In his probing new study, prizewinning historian Ronald Takaki explores these factors and more. He considers the cultural context of race - the ways in which stereotypes of the Japanese influenced public opinion and policymakers - and also probes the human dimension. Relying on top secret military reports,… Read More

Boston. 1978. South End Press. 1st Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0896080439. 370 pages. paperback. Cover design by Kevin O'Callaghan. keywords: Politics Hollywood America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Examining the lives of 16 people working in the entertainment industry, the authors review the limits of Hollywood and reveal a commercial environment that destroys people's spirit and integrity. inventory #36874 ISBN: 0896080439.

New York. 1999. April 1999. Scribner. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 068483359x. 400 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Paul Smith. keywords: Biography America Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In TARZAN FOREVER: THE LIFE OF EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS, CREATOR OF TARZAN, John Taliaferro vividly recounts the remarkable life and career of the originator of Tarzan. Drawn extensively from Burroughs's own correspondence, memos, and manuscripts, Taliaferro's richly detailed narrative reveals how Burroughs, a down-on-his-luck Chicago pencil-sharpener salesman, first wrote about his most famous character, how he grasped the appeal of this ‘feral god,' and how he spent the rest of his life nurturing and protecting it. Important as Tarzan was to Burroughs, Taliaferro makes clear that Burroughs's life was at least as colorful as the life of his jungle creation. Burroughs was a cavalryman in the Arizona Territory, a cowboy in Idaho, a speculator in Southern California real estate, a Hollywood… Read More

New York. 1996. Collier Books. 1st Collier Books Paperback Edition. Good in Worn Wrappers. 253 pages. paperback. AS 481. Cover design by Peter Max. keywords: Voodoo New Orleans. FROM THE PUBLISHER - A SPELLBINDING ACCOUNT OF THE BIZARRE PRACTICES OF A STRANGE, AND CULT. Marié Laveau was the Voodoo Queen who bewitched and bemused New Orleans with black magic and Voodoo rites, the likes of which had never been witnessed before and have never been seen since. As no true story of Voodoo would be complete Without a full account of the incredible Laveau, Robert Tallant combed the streets of New Orleans, gathering together fragments of her story and those of the other memorable Voodooiennes who were responsible for promoting and preserving the cult. The author traces the history of Voodoo from its origins with the snake worshipers of Africa through its heyday in nineteenth-century New Orleans to the flourishing practices of the present day. The truths and the legends, handed down from generation to… Read More

New York. 1975. Holt Rinehart Winston. 1st Edition. Good in Worn Dustjacket With a Large Tear Near The Bottom Spine. 0030144310. unpaginated. hardcover. Cover art by Robert Tallon. keywords: Children’s Books Alphabet Rotten Kids. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Here, in dazzling full color, are kids from A to Z. To enjoy. To laugh at. To reform, if you can. Meet Horrible Hanna, Litterbug Lena, Piggy Pearl, Yowling Yankel, and a host of others. It is a great parade, an oom-pa-pa of deliciously unlovable characters, a bookful of fun. The list is not closed. Turn it into a game. Add your own rotten kidphabets And compound the fun. inventory #35209 ISBN: 0030144310.

Bowling Green. 1993. Bowling Green State U Popular Press. 1st Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0879726326. 166 pages. paperback. Cover design by Gary Dumm. keywords: Mystery India England. FROM THE PUBLISHER - H.R.F. Keating: Post-Colonial Detection examines the entire oeuvre of the prolific and award-winning writer, but focuses on the novels set in India in which the bumbling but always human Inspector Ghote manages to solve crimes with a post-colonial mix of inherited Scotland Yard/Holmesian deductive methods and his understanding of his native country's cultural contradictions. This book is based on the premise that successful sleuths have much in common with cultural anthropologists - indeed the latter have often been termed detectives of cultures. In this respect, Keating's Ghote novels are in the tradition of Tony Hillerman's Navajo Indian and James McClure's South African novels which serve up the human, experiential aspects of the cultural and ethnic conflicts that newspaper… Read More

New York. 1981. New American Library. 1st Printing. Some Foxing to Top Edge, Otherwise Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0453004016. Translated from the Hebrew by Kim Parfitt & Mildred Budny. 210 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature Translated Israel . FROM THE PUBLISHER - He first sees her on a bus in London. With her dark copper hair, dark honey eyes, refined looks and aristocratic bearing, she is clearly the mysterious young woman he has been searching for as long as he can remember. She is Thea, a beautiful young girl, imaginative and romantic, sheltered and untouched. He is her phantom suitor, a top secret agent, unseen and unknown except through the torrent of love letters with which he is slowly bewitching her heart and soul. Thus begins an extraordinary novel of obsessive desire and quietly accelerating suspense that moves through Europe and the Middle East and takes the reader through a strange labyrinth of relationships and into hidden recesses of the human heart and mind. With… Read More