The People in the Trees: A Novel by Hanya Yanagihara - 2013-08-13

Brand: Doubleday, 2013-08-13. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

new york: doubleday, 2013. first edition, 2013. the author's debut novel, a set of fictional memoirs of dr. abraham norton perina, a scientific researcher who discovers a turtle with life-prolonging qualities on the fictional island of ivu'ivu. yanagihara recieved positive reviews, and the new york times called her "a writer to marvel at." new york: doubleday. isbn: 9780385536776. hardcover. book condition: water damage throughout, mild toning to leaves. good-. jacket condition:s ome water damage and staining else fine and intact. unclipped ($26.95). good-.

New York: Doubleday, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. Hardcover. 368 pp. Yanagihara's debut novel. In the 1950's, a budding scientist on an expedition in search of a lost tribe discovers rare turtles, whose meat is rumored to contain life-prolonging qualities. He proves his thesis, earning fame and a Nobel prize, but soon discovers his research came at a terrible price.

New York: Doubleday, 2013. First Edition, Stated. Octavo. Olive quarter cloth over olive paper boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. 370 pp. Near Fine, light bumping to head and tail of spine./Very Good jacket, edge wear, lightly rubbed, and 1/2in x 3/4 in area of adhesive residue on rear panel.. Jacket illustration and design by Rodrigo Corral Design.. First Edition, Stated. An anthropological expedition in the Micronesian Islands turns predatory in Hanya Yanagihara's first novel. Young doctor, Norton Perina is determined to learn the secrets of a lost tribe, the "dreamers", who defy societal norms and scientific standards with ever lasting life. Perina smuggles three members and one corpse from the tribe to a secret laboratory in the United States. Soon after Perina earns a Nobel prize for his scientific discoveries, Pharmaceutical companies circle in hopes of capitalizing on the allure of ever lasting life. The "dreamers" are harvested, their environment and culture are destroyed before the… Read More

US: Doubleday. A near fine US first edition, first printing hardback (slight wear, pushing to spine ends) - in a near fine dustjacket - fitted with a removable clear mylar sleeve - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED, LINED & DATED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures available upon request. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Printing. 2013.

New York: Doubleday, 2013-08-12. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Signed by Author. Doubleday, 2013; stated First Edition with full number line. Warmly inscribed by Yanagihara on title page to her former co-worker at Conde Naste Traveler, author and editor Jim Baker, and 'signed' with a small self-portrait. Laid-in is a printed excerpt from an email from Baker to us which gives some background for Yanagihara's inscription and their relationship. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very minor wear to edges of boards; text very good. Minor wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws. SIGNED by the author on the title page with a unique message "I give you my heart". An outstanding copy of this first novel by the critically acclaimed author of "A Little Life" and "To Paradise"; this is the first hardcover edition, very scarce signed. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in archival protection and shipped in a sturdy box."Driven by Yanagihara's gorgeously complete imaginary ethnography on the one hand and, on the other, by her brilliantly detestable narrator, this debut novel is compelling on every level—morally, aesthetically, and narratively. Yanagihara balances pulpy adventure tale excitement with serious consideration in unraveling her fantastical premise: a scientist, Norton Perina, discovers an island whose inhabitants may somehow have achieved immortality."

1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve

2014 - 1st ed stated ("1" in number line) - INSCRIBED - authors debut book - "Fourteen-year-old Audrey martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she'll never get out of Kentucky - but when her fingers touch the pion keys, the whole church trembles." - book: very good (like new) - dj: very good (like new) - dj in protective mylar sleeve

First edition. Spine ends lightly rubbed, spine has small nick, small reddish stain to front cover and rear cover, otherwise very good or better. Lacks dust jacket.

New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478

This book is in very good condition. There is little to no wear on the front, back and spine of the cover boards and there is no wear on the edges of the cover boards.There is some bumping on the cover boards. The previous owners name is written on the front end page. The pages are white, crisp and claen of any markings. "William Thomson, famous nineteenth century missionary, traveler, and author, described twenty-five years of surface study of Palestine as it relates to the Bible in his two-volume work, The Land and the Book. When he comes to describe Jerusalem he makes this remarkable statement; Do not set out...resolved to make discoveries. There is not a foot of ground that has not been already scrutinized by a thousand eyes as keen as yours, and the old adage, "If new not true," may be applied to Jerusalem and her monuments with more propriety than to any other place on earth...." - Introduction from Poet and Peasant: A… Read More

Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.

Paris Editions Denoel, 1992, First Edition. paperback. First edition, Paris 1992, one of 3443 printed. -- Text (the cartoon captions) in FRENCH. -- Softcover, 8.3x10.8 inches, stiff cover with flaps. Condition: near fine (small surface scratch rear cover). -- Nice collectible example of Sempe's classic cartoon work, familiar to New Yorker readers. ISBN 220723861X

New York: Periscope-Holliday, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine-. First American Edition of two early novels. 8vo: [4],328pp. Publisher's quarter-bound black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slate grey paper-covered boards; dust jacket, priced $4.75, replicating (separately, on front and back panels) Osbert Lancaster's illustrations for the original wrappers. Near Fine (top edge soiled and stained, gilt a bit faded, gift inscription on fly-leaf); about Fine jacket. Lilley A.10. First collected in 1952 by Rinehart for the Periscope Book Shop and Holliday Bookshop in New York; the unsold stock was reissued in 1965 by Little, Brown, Powell's then American publisher (our copy), with publisher's label pasted to jacket's spine panel. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions… Read More

First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author on a tipped-in page. A pristine copy of this novel from the Pulitzer winning author of "A Visit From the Good Squad". Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.

Random House, 1947. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Book has some toning to the edges; one word previous owner's name to the front free endpaper. The unclipped jacket ($2.50) has light wear to the spine ends /corners and toning to the rear panel. A very good or better copy.