Fiction from Classic Books and Ephemera

Munich: C. H. Beck, 2005. Paperback. Near Fine. 335, [1] p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Text is in German. A study of post-modern novels. In Near Fine Condition: edges are rubbed; clean and tight.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. xix, [1], 385, [1] p., color frontispiece and 3 leaves of black-and-white illustrations, all with captioned tissue guards; 23 cm. Orange-brown cloth spine with dark brown paper over boards; dark brown paper spine label printed in gilt. Frontispiece is color plate within decorative border. The 3 black-and-white plates are from… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good +. vi, [4], 396, [2] p., color frontispiece, 2 leaves of color plates, and 2 leaves of black-and-white illustrations, all with captioned tissue guards: in-text drawings; 23 cm. Orange-brown cloth spine with dark brown paper over boards; dark brown paper spine label printed in gilt. Color plates are within decorative… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good +. 2 volumes: vii, [5], 389, [1] p., color frontispiece and 7 leaves of black-and-white illustrations, all with captioned tissue guards: music; [8], 370, [2] p., color frontispiece and 5 leaves of black-and-white illustrations, all with captioned tissue guards; 23 cm. Orange-brown cloth spine with dark brown paper over boards;… Read more about this item

New York: Stein and Day, 1976. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. Second Printing. 224, [1] pages; 24 cm. Orange and green cover with gilt spine title and author's facsimile signature on front cover. Illustrated dust jacket. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good+ Condition: 2 closed tears of less than 1 cm.… Read more about this item

New York: Carlton Press, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine -/very good -. A Geneva Book." 370 p.; 21 cm. Light blue cloth with black spine title. Dust jacket with a portrait of the author on the back section. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper from the author to Mildred Easton, with additional notes presumably by the recipient. "This… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953. Hardcover. Near Fine/good. [4], 314, [2] p.; 21 cm. Black cloth spine with white and red spine title; light blue paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket in mylar cover. Stated First Edition. The story of young lovers in southern Italy who find themselves at odds with the local Communist party. Book is… Read more about this item

New York: Berkley Publishing; G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1979. Hardcover. Fine/very good -. [8], 277 p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Grey and beige cover with green spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. "Orange Graphics" --stamped on back free endpaper. "Book Club Edition" -- on front dust jacket flap. The first book in the author's Gaea Trilogy. It won the 1980… Read more about this item

New York & London: Harper & Brothers Pubishers, 1934. Hardcover. Good +. vii, [3], 274 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Red cloth with black spine and cover titles. Illustrated endpapers. No dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. "Gramma E. Florrance" written at upper edge of half title page. "Wiley" written on front free endpaper.… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good/good. [12], 861 p.21 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket with price $4.50 in mylar cover. An early printing of the book that was the basis of the popular movie of the same title. Book is in Very Good Condition: cover is lightly soiled; pages are… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, 2023. Hardcover. Fine/fine. [12], 319, [3] p.; 24 cm. Black cover with silver spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Stated First Edition. A "kaleidoscopic portrait of Harlem" in the 1970s -- dust jacket. Book and dust jacket are in Fine Condition: clean and bright.

New York: The Modern Library, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. xviii, 332 pages; 18 cm. Green cloth with gilt-on-dark-green spine and cover titles. Blind-stamped Kent torchbearer above spine title; gilt Kent torchbearer below cover title. Top page edges green. Grey and white endpapers with Kent torchbearer. No dust jacket. Introduction copyrighted by Modern Library in 1934. This binding style… Read more about this item

New York: Minotaur Books, 2023. Hardcover. Very Good +/near fine. [12], 383 p.: map; 24 cm. Pale purple cover with blue spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. A Detective Matthew Venn novel. Book is in Very Good+ Condition: cover is lightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: ends of spine slightly rubbed; clean… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin & Co, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes: ix, [5], 265, [1] p., frontispiece and 9 leaves of plates; [6], 277, [1] p., frontispiece and 9 leaves of plates; 22 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt spine titles and decorations, and gilt cover titles. Top page edges gilt. This is no. 193… Read more about this item

Delft, NL: 1960, W. D. Meinema. Hardcover. Very Good. 249, [1] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Hardback with illustrated cover. Text is in Dutch. Gift inscription on half title page. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; upper corner of front cover bumped; one page corner creased; clean and tight.

London / New York: John Lane, 1899. Hardcover. Good +. [8], 264 p., tissue-guarded frontispiece and 6 tissue-guarded leaves of plates; 30 cm. Leather binding copying a binding produced about 1775 by Derome le jenue. Gilt decoration around an armorial center medallion. Contents include: A Miniature Moloch by Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler -- A Garden and a Farm in… Read more about this item

London / New York: John Lane, 1899. Hardcover. Good. [6], 255, [1] p., tissue-guarded frontispiece and 6 tissue-guarded leaves of plates; 30 cm. Leather binding (originally dark green) copying a binding produced about 1604 for Thevet's Vies des Hommes Illustrés for James I. Gilt decoration around a Royal armorial center medallion. A few unopened pages. Small piece of… Read more about this item

London / New York: John Lane, 1899. Hardcover. Good. [8], 256 p., tissue-guarded frontispiece and 6 tissue-guarded leaves of plates; 30 cm. Leather binding copying a binding done for Charles I. Gilt decoration around a royal armorial center medallion. Some pages are unopened. First appearance of War Memories by Stephen Crane. Contents also include: Talbot of Ursula by… Read more about this item

London / New York: John Lane, 1900. Hardcover. Good. [8], 267, [4] p., tissue-guarded frontispiece and 5 tissue-guarded leaves of plates; 30 cm. Leather binding copying a 16th-century binding featuring a center medallion showing Apollo standing in a golden chariot driving two horses with a silver Pegasus on the left. Contents include: Humplebee by George Gissing -- Angling… Read more about this item

Ann Arbor, MI: Borders Classics, 2003. Hardcover. Fine/very good. [4], 370, [2] pages; 22 cm. Black cover with silver spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good Condition: slightly rubbed; both flaps are creased; clean and bright.