FICTION from Barbara Bilson Books

Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 1993. Very good paperback copy of the uncorrected proofs (light edgewear, insect damage to first page--the varmints are now gone!). While Nan A. Talese and Doubleday are shown on the cover, the title page indicates the publisher as Jonathan Cape, London. The back cover indicates it is scheduled for publication in October 1993, and describes the contents… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1992. Near fine copy of this presentation edition, "prepared for the friends of the author and publisher" and signed by the author on the first free endpaper. Paperback edition but with stiff paperback covers. Slight edgewear at corners and some toning of page edges although the cover has obviously not been exposed to sunlight… Read more about this item

Portland, Maine: Thomas Bird Mosher, 1917. A special limited edition of 450 copies, beautifully printed. (Originally published in 1890.) The inside is near fine with slightly browned page edges, but the covers are very worn with the backstrip (cover over the spine) loose at one side, revealing the glued binding at the spine which is still quite strong and secure.… Read more about this item

New York: Viking, 1975. SIGNED by Durrell on half title and dated 1982. Interior fine (including the beginning of Durrell's signature on the last free endpaper when he must have realized he had the book upside-down and then corrected to get to the half-title page). Overall very good (lightly sunned and edgeworn at spine and rear corners) in very good… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Canongate, 2003. Near fine paperback copy of this immense and moving novel of Victorian England (some cover wear, interior fine). 835 pages and you won't want it to end.. Soft Cover.

New York: Harper & Row, 1988. Very good (nice-looking copy, marred by a few light foxing spots on the page edges and the cloth part of the cover, still suitable as a gift) in fine dust jacket. I wouldn't ordinarily bother listing a book which is so inexpensive and readily available, but this is a real winner. Spence and Lila… Read more about this item

New York: Viking, 1951. Very good (beautifully and colorfully bound but with one bumped corner, a few light spots on the top page edges; tight and clean interior) in fair dust jacket (lots of edgewear especially at the top of the spine; now in Brodart cover). A novel of Goya by the esteemed German novelist. Translated by H.T. Lowe-Porter and… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1976. Good only (primarily because of foxing spots on page edges; interior clean and bright; some sunning of cover edges and a couple of nicks to the bottom cover edges; small bookstore sticker on rear pastedown). Dust jacket is very good (light edgewear, price-clipped; small pinhole on one fold). INSCRIBED by author on first free endpapper..… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1980. Very good (light spots on page edges, browning on cover edges, interior clean other than a little browning on front and rear pastedowns) in very good + dust jacket (lightly rubbed, light edgewear). 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Random House, 1979. SIGNED by author on the title page. Very good (some faint spots on top page edges, five small darker ones on the side page edges, otherwise fine) in near fine dust jacket (very slight edgewear along the top). Novel set in the Catskills, explores the relationship between adulthood and responsibility and childish behavior. By the… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown, 1938. Very good first edition (stated) (a few light spots on top page edges, rubbed or spotted lower front cover) in fair dust jacket (heavily edgeworn inclluding a few small missing at top and bottom of spine; price-clipped; sunned or browned). . 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

Boston: Beacon, 1957. Near fine in fair dust jacket (heavily edgeworn with missing chips, sunned). Notable edition because of (1) the illlustrations by Gobin Stair, and (2) the text used for this edition (Faulkner text of Dublin, 1735). Examples of illustrations furnished on request.. 1st Edition thus. Hard Cover. Illus. by Gobin Stair.

Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1994. Near fine (a few barely visible flecks on the top page eges) in fine dust jacket. A translation (by Judith Sollosy) into English of this novel by the popular Hungarian writer. A novel of life in Hungary as communism disintegrates featuring a husband who is so intent on celebrating the famous Czech story-teller Bohumil… Read more about this item

New York: Sun, 1984. Very good (a bit of edgewear and a couple of wrinkles on the rear cover, otherwise near fine). Paperback first edition. Novel is set in France involving "sexual intrigue, political machination, and terrorist activity in the heart of what seems to be a typical middle-class French family," according to the book blurb on the back cover..… Read more about this item

Mansfield, Texas: Latitudes, 1988. INSCRIBED by Richard Turner: "Hope to see you next time we're in S.F." Very good paperback first edition (edgewear, otherwise fine). Imaginative novel of two Americans' experience of "the dream-reality" of India.. Signed by Author. 1st paperback edition. Soft Cover.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1974. Very good (foxed page edges, text clean; one tiny dent on top cover edge) in very good dust jacket (light edgewear). Author's third novel. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1974. Very good (foxed page edges, text clean; light edgewear to covers) in very good dust jacket (some edgewear, one deep scratch on back panel; lightly sunned spine and back panel). Author's third novel. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

London: Viking Penguin, 1988. Very good+ (browning of pages typical with this edition, one slightly bumped corner, otherwise near fine) in near fine dust jacket (very light edgewear, one short fold on an inside flap). . 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Poseidon Press, 1983. Near fine (very light edgewear, NO remainder marks) in near fine lightly rubbed dust jacket (NOT price-clipped, now in Brodart cover). Terrific book, among the nominees for the Booker Prize. . 1st American edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Knopf, 1996. Fine in fine dust jacket. New condition. No remainder marks.. 1st American edition. Hard Cover.