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THE AMAZING PAPER CUTTINGS OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
by Beth Wagner Brust. B&W photos-repros of Andersen's work. Condition: NEW 2003 Houghton Mifflin soft cover, 5th printing. Content: As a storyteller, Andersen relied on simple language and dramatic gestures to tap the imagination of his listeners. Sometimes, it seems, he also supplemented his tellings with the making of paper cuttings, a popular craft in the mid-19th century. Brust provides a skeleton biography of Andersen using anecdotal reports of some of the occasions when he employed his handicraft to entertain children, capture a scene during his travels, and even as a sort of universal language when in a foreign country. The more than 20 reproductions demonstrate his imaginative use of materials. While none illustrate any of his stories, many cuttings demonstrate his skill in liberating intricate shapes and in designing complex, interlocking compositions. Nevertheless, the use of "amazing" in the title is a bit of an exaggeration. Rather, the book's value is in showing a little-known facet of the man's personality. The writing is direct and informative and uses quotations from letters and diaries to spice up the simple prose; the chapter on the art of paper cutting is a useful presentation of the technical processes. An unusual book that combines biography and creativity. Grades 6 - 9. [1 copy available]
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ANTHOLOGY OF KOREAN LITERATURE: From Early Times to the Nineteenth Century
compiled and edited by Peter H. Lee. Condition: UNREAD 1983 University of Hawaii Press Trade Paperback, no printing given. 2 small rubbing spots bottom cover hinge. Content: This books offers a comprehensive sampling of the major genres of poetry and prose written from about A.D. 600 to the end of the nineteenth century. The book contains a dazzling array of myths and legends, essays and biographies, love poems and Zen poems, satirical tales and tales of wonder, stories of adventure and of heroism, as well as quieter works treating the farmer's works and days and the pleasures and sorrows of the simple life. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE BLACK LIZARD ANTHOLOGY OF CRIME FICTION
edited by Edward Gorman. Condition: UNREAD 1987 Creative Arts/Book of the Month Club Trade Paperback. Edgewear to thecover bottom and fore edges with rubbings back cover. Interior clean & tight. Content: Crime fiction entries by Loren Estleman, Bill Pronzini, Harry Whittington, William Campbell gault, Robert Randisi, John Lutz, Jim Thompson, the great Harlan Ellison, Dennis Lynds, Max Allan Collins, Barbara Beman, Joe Hensley, James Reasoner, Robert Edmond Alter, Michael Seidman, Clark Howarad, Wayne Dundee, Joe Lansdale, Edward Gorman, and Joe Gores. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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BOUNTY HUNTER BLUES
by John Leslie. Cover art by Ron Barbagallo. Condition: NEW 1990 Pocket paperback original, first edition, first printing. Tiny, tiny edgewear. Content: "Your brother's been murdered. You've gotten the son of a Mafia boss killed. It's time to sing the Bounty Hunter Blues." This book is a good time! Reviewer: "I have become a John Leslie fan via his Key West PI Gideon Lowry series. A nifty collection of characters, some of whom are most Runyonesque. A twisty plot where the bad guys get their due. The good guys get their rewards, some rather unique." A fun read. [1 copy available]
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CHIMERA
by John Barth. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1973 Fawcett Crest paperback, first printing. Tanning to white cover edges with moderate to dark tanning to page edges. Tiny edgewear. Content: John Barth injects his signature wit into the tales of Scheherezade of the Thousand and One Nights, Perseus, the slayer of Medusa, and Bellerophon, who tamed the winged horse Pegasus. In a book that the Washington Post called "stylishly maned, tragically songful, and serpentinely elegant," Barth retells these tales from varying perspectives, examining the myths" relationship to reality and their resonance with the contemporary world. A winner of the National Book Award, this feisty, witty, sometimes bawdy book provoked Playboy to comment, "There's every chance in the world that John Barth is a genius." [1 copy available]
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CORN WOMAN (MUJER MAIZ) (SIGNED Bilingual copy)
by Sue Littleton. Wonderful color and B&W photos illustrate. Condition: SIGNED by Author. NEW 1999 Catalogos (Buenos Aires) Trade Paperback, first edition, first printing. Bilingual edition - Spanish on the left; English on the right. Content: An enthralling epic poem that honors the importance of a small seed to countries around the world, with ironic twists of plot as a vengeful captive in foreign land. Historically correct adventures in the Ancient Americas. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE EAGLE HAS LANDED: A Poetic History of Americans on the Moon (SIGNED COPY)
by Estelle Gifford Jackson. B&W NASA photos & drawings illustrate. Condition: Very good+ gently pre-read Dorrance & Company slim hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket). No major flaws. Interior clean & tight. Inscribed and dated on loose endpage. Content: All phases of the Apollo program are treated in poetry from the first crew (a moving tribute to Grissom, White & Chaffee) through the 1972 Skylab crews. Mrs. Jackson's husband was with NASA. Questions encouraged. [1 copy available]
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ENGLAND BELONGS TO ME
by Steve Goodman. Siaga cover art. Condition: NEW 1977 Low Life (Scotland) Trade Paperback, no edition or printing given. Tiny edgewear bottom edge. Pale tanning to interior page edges. Content: "Title taken from an old Cocksparrer tune. This book follows the tradition of Richard Allen, describing the early Rude-Boy, Skinhead, Punk scene in Britain." "This is possibly the best fictional account of the London punk and skinhead scene of the late '70s. The book is best at giving a feel for the specific time and place, and Goodman ends it all with a lighter and more honest touch than might be expected." [1 copy available]
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THE FATHER CHRISTMAS LETTERS
by J.R.R. Tolkien. Color illustrations by Tolkien. Condition: Good+, 1979 Houghton Mifflin soft cover, first paperback printing. While it appears the book is unread - or at worst gently pre-read, it is problems with the cover that move it into the Good+ category. There is a light hinge crease with edgewear and light rubbings on the black portion of the front cover panel. Content: A collection of the letters Tolkien wrote to his children every year from Father Christmas, filled with tales about life at the North Pole and illustrated with Tolkien's drawings. The first letter is from 1925 and ends with his last letter (undated) but after 1938. Lovely.4 [1 copy available]
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FIFTY FABLES OF LA FONTAINE
by Jean La Fontaine. Translated by Norman Shapiro. Clever B&W illustrations by Alan James Robinson. Condition: NEW 1997 University of Illinois Press Trade Paperback, first printing. Content: "This volume contains a good sampling of the all-time favorites from the 1668 collection . . . in a rhyming English verse that imitates the witty caprices of the original French. Robinson's 25 illustrations add to the considerable charm of the book." Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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FINDING GOD IN THE LORD OF THE RINGS
by Kurt Bruner and Jim Ware. Condition: NEW 2001 Tyndale small hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. Content: There's more to Middle-earth than meets the eye, argue Kurt Bruner and Jim War. J.R.R. Tolkien, a devout Christian, helped bring C.S. Lewis into the faith and met weekly with Lewis and Charles Williams at an Oxford pub for heated religious and literary discussions that informed The Lord of the Rings. Although Bruner and Ware avoid any simplistic claim that Tolkien's saga is "a covert allegory of the Gospel," the authors assert that the books have evangelistic power because they "can open the heart's back door when the front door is locked." Twenty-one short chapters describe various scenes and themes from Tolkien's work in order to illustrate truths of Christian life. For instance, Frodo and Sam's awareness that their adventures are part of a larger story "reflects the Christian understanding of providence, that we are all part of a story being written by the creator of all that is." Finding God successfully clarifies the ways that Tolkien's Christian worldview influenced the creation of his fantasy world, while respecting the artistic integrity of his achievement. [1 copy available]
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FLOWERS FROM HELL: A Satanic Reader
edited by Nikolas Schreck. Condition: NEW 2001 Creation Books, first edition. Content: Reviewer: This is an anthology tracing the development of Satan as a literary character in fiction and poetry. Most selections are excerpts from longer works (novels, plays, epic poems), beginning with Dante's Inferno and culminating in Michael A. Aquino's The Diabolicon (1970). Short stories and poems are reprinted in their entirety. As an anthology of old classics (Aquino is the only living contributor), the sole original content is Schreck's lengthy Introduction, which is instructive, if opinionated. Schreck provides historical context for each selection, but also critiques them from an iconoclastic perspective. One senses that Schreck admires Satan -- or at least the Satan concept. Schreck views Satan as a celebration of rebellion, individual liberation, courage, inspiration to artistic creation. And he argues that many authors and artists, throughout the centuries, have had "sympathy for the Devil." [1 copy available]
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GENTLEMAN BEAR
by William Pene Du Bois. Adorable color illustations by the Author. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1985 Farrar, Straus soft cover, stated first edition (but I 'm not sure about that). The covers have been laminated and reinforced. Several pages show water mark at bottom corner tip. Content: According to this spoof on British upper-class eccentricities, there are plenty of closet Teddy bear lovers among the bluebloods. Bayard has been Sir Billy Browne-Browne's bosom bear since toddler days, and readers follow them through public school, World War II and Bayard's kidnapping and ransom. Du Bois's focus on small and large events creates intimacy, and the events are well-accompanied by ample full-page color illustrations of roly-poly Bayard and rosy Billy being fitted for identical suits, at school with five other boys and bears (the soon-to-be-famous Teddy-Bear Six) or pole-vaulting at the Olympics. Dry humor adds interest: "Bayard was difficult to see because he was tucked under Billy's blazer. This made Billy look curiously lumpy for an athlete. . . ." This silliness is justified in the final chapter, when Sir Billy (now ancient and lethargic) takes a vigorous stand on Bayard's worth as friend, matchmaker, companion and financial wizard. All told, this is rarified stuff. The type of humor, built largely on the contrast between what one expects and what one sees, it's a witty, gives us a droll book. This is recommended for ages 4 to 8, but boy is that off the mark. Perhaps sophisticated junior high school readers or even high school students could enjoy it, but I think at least 16 + is the right age level. [1 copy available]
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GITANJALI: Song Offerings
by Rabindranath Tagore. Introduction by William Butler Yeats. Condition: UNREAD 1992 International Pocket Library small soft cover, 6th printing. Tiny edgewear and there is a slight "lift" to the front cover fore edge. Interior clean & tight. Content: Reviewer: "Gitanjali is a sweet collection of poems and songs from Nobel Prize winning poet Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941). These are songs that touch on love, faith, truth, life in general. Tagore has written from the heart. The wisdom contained in these works is startling. This is Eastern poetry that is a wonder to behold. Tagore embraces the personal as well as the universal. He encourages his people to transcend. Its alluring beauty has not faded in any way." This book also contains the 1912 intro by Yeats. [1 copy available]
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GOOD OLD INDEX: The Sherlock Holmes Handbook - (A Guide to the Sherlock Holmes Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle : Persons, Places, Themes, Summaries of All the Tales)
by Thomas W. Ross. Condition: NEW 1996 Camden House trade paperback, first edition. Content: This book makes easily available a fascinating collection of information about the Great Detective and his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Through its entries, readers can study Holmes's garb; evaluate the character of Dr Watson;assess Doyle's writing habits; or discover the astonishing variety of weapons employed in the stories, from life-preservers through chairs and poison gas to an arsenal of knives and pistols. The author has included thousands of Sherlockian facts, arranging alphabetically into categories which allow the reader both to dip into the book and instantly find what is required, or browse through at leisure. The book as a whole is an indispensable (and humorous)reference work for anyone interested in Holmesiana. [1 copy available]
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THE INCREDIBLE BRAZILIAN
by Zulfikar Ghose. Condition: UNREAD 1973 Bantam paperback, no printing given. Tiny edgewear & binder's glue sttring top spine. Interior perfect - not even any light tanning. Content: Reviewer: "Zulfikar Ghose is without question the greatest Pakistani Latin American magical realist. This is probably the reason he is not better known, and the reason that this, his masterpiece, is sadly out of print. He is too hard to categorize. Set in 16th century Brazil, the novel is a brilliant exploration of ambition, greed, deception and lust. Lust perhaps being the most important of these, as the desire to possess a new and virgin continent is conflated with, and sometimes identical to, sexual desire. The language is beautiful, precise, sometimes arcane and always compelling. And although this novel contains serious reflections on important philosophical themes, the narrative drive never flags. As you read the ending, you will want to flip to Page One and begin again." Fascinating! [1 copy available]
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IN A PERSIAN MIRROR: Images of the West and Westerners in Iranian Fiction
by M. R. Ghanoonparvar. Condition: NEW 1993 University of Texas Press Trade Paperback, stated first edition, first printing. Content: The extreme anti-Western actions and attitudes of Iranians in the past decade have astonished and dismayed the West, which has characterized the Iranian positions as irrational and inexplicable. In this groundbreaking study of images of the West in Iranian literature, however, M. R. Ghanoonparvar reveals that these attitudes did not develop suddenly or inexplicably but rather evolved over more than two centuries of Persian-Western contact. Notable among the authors whose works Ghanoonparvar discusses are Sadeq Hedayat, M. A. Jamalzadeh, Hushang Golshiri, Gholamhoseyn Sa'edi, Simin Daneshvar, Moniru Ravanipur, Sadeq Chubak, and Jalal Al-e Ahmad. This survey significantly illuminates the sources of Iranian attitudes toward the West and offers many surprising discoveries for Western readers, not least of which is the fact that Iranians have often found Westerners to be as enigmatic and incomprehensible as we have believed them to be. Questions welcome. [2 copies available]
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JOHN LENNON 1940 - 1980: IN HIS OWN WRITE & A SPANIARD IN THE WORKS
by John Lennon. Cute B&W drawings by Lennon illustrate. Condition: UNREAD 1967 Signet paperback, 7th printing. Light to moderate tanning to page edges. Great, clever B&W drawings. Content: Contains the "short stores" "In His Own Write" and "A Spaniard in the Works." That's about all I can tell you. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE LORE OF THE UNICORN
by Odell Shepard. B&W plates illustrate. Condition: UNREAD 1988 Avenel hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), 11th printing. Tiny edge wear to DJ. Content: Fascinating, delightfully readable book traces development of various aspects of the unicorn legend in mythology, folklore, magic, medicine, literature, art and commerce. "It is a book rich with curious lore, the product . . . of careful and intensive research; yet it is written with charm and with affection for the elusive animal which for milleniums has entranced men’s imagination. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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MORITURI
by Yasmina Khadra. Translation by David Herman. Condition: NEW 2003 Toby Crime Trade Paperback, first English translation, first printing. Content: The stars of this novel are Superintendent Llob and his devoted lieutenant Lino and the novel follows Llob in his search for the missing daughter of Ghoul Malek, one of the top power brokers in Algiers. In his search, LIob must traverse the fear-filled streets of Algiers, from the dens of the drug pushers to those of the cruel and fanatical Islamic fundamentalists. The poverty and constant terror and suspicion endemic to Algiers, torn apart by civil war, is set against contrasting glimpses of the corrupt and luxurious high society. The memory of the serene and beautiful Algiers that was makes the current situation all the more heartbreaking. More than just an outstanding mystery novel. Worth the read! [1 copy available]
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NO ONE HEARS BUT HIM
by Taylor Caldwell. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1967 Fawcett Crest paperback, first printing. Edgewear with moderate tanning to page edges. This is an old book! Content: ". . .an inspired story about the Man Who Listens - and the troubled strangers who seek comfort within his sanctuary." Reviewer: "Even though this book was written in the early sixties it is still relevant today. The souls all come for different reasons but it is clear that all leave with true faith. All expected someone quiet different than who they found. I see myself in them all at different times throughout my life. I first read this book over ten years ago and find it is still one that I will reread quit often. I highly recommend all Caldwell books." [1 copy available]
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NORTHCOAST HONDURAS: Tropical Karma and Other Stories
by Guillermo Yuscaran. Cover Art By Rafael Molina. B&W Drawings By Author. Condition: UNREAD 1993 Nuevo Sol Trade Paperback, no edition given. Light rubbings front cover fore edge with light edgeear. Interior clean & tight. Content: ". . . a potent and versatile blend of drama, humor, reality and fantasy . . . exploring the depths and the fascination of Northcoast - Bay Island culture, as well as the roots of the author's "gringo" rites of passage. . ." Most of the stories here were previously printed in magazines. 8 short stories including "Half an Iguana." By the author of Blue Pariah. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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ONE CHRISTMAS
by Truman Capote. Photo of Capote and his father on the DJ. Condition: NEW 1995 Randon House hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), second printing. Two tiny loss-of-color spots top DJ edge. Content: One unforgettable Christmas, young Truman Capote is sent from his childhood home and his beloved cousin Miss Sook to New Orleans, to a father he's never met. Far from the warmth and familiarity of small town dreams and family traditions, Truman learns the painful truths about his father, about Santa Claus, and about love lost and found. The 1994 Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie was directed by Tony Bill and starred Katharine Hepburn, Henry Winkler, Swoosie Kurtz, T.J. Lowther, Tonea Stewart, and Pat Hingle. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
by Gaston Leroux. Condition: UNREAD 1995 Barnes & Noble hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), 5th printing. Content: This is Leroux's famous gothic novel of intrigue and romance beneath the Paris Opera House. It tells, of course, of the beautiful opera singer Christine and the choice she must make between the disfigured Phantom, who taught her her craft, and the Viscount she has long loved. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE PROVERBIAL BESTIARY
by Warren Chappell.(color drawings) and Rick Cusick (calligraphy). Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1982 TBW Books (Maine) small hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), no printing given. Tiny edgewear to top DJ edge. Inscription loose end page. Content: The "A through Z" aphorisms from around the world provide the text for this lovely little book featuring the lively drawings of Warren Chappel and the exquisite calligraphy of Rick Cusick. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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RAGE IN HEAVEN
by James Hilton (Losr Horizon). Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1943 New Avon paperback, no printing given. Binder's glue string down spine, light edge wear. Interior clean & tight but tanned. Light rubbings bottom front cover. Content: I have not read this book. I can't tell you the plot. I can't find any one who has read this book or knows anything about it - even online. Hilton wrote some of the best books of last century - Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr. Chips are just two. I can't help but believe this would be a worthwhile read. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN: A Memoir in Books
by Azar Nafisi. Condition: Gently pre-read 2004 Random House Trade Paperback, 17th printing. Tiny edgewear with pale hinge crease. Had not been shelved well before I got it. Content: Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher named Azar Nafisi secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. As Islamic morality squads staged arbitrary raids in Tehran, fundamentalists seized hold of the universities, and a blind censor stifled artistic expression, the girls in Azar Nafisi's living room risked removing their veils and immersed themselves in the worlds of Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, and Vladimir Nabokov. In this extraordinary memoir, their stories become intertwined with the ones they are reading. This is a remarkable exploration of resilience in the face of tyranny and a celebration of the liberating power of literature. [1 copy available]
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RENAISSANCE LITERATURE (Literary Movements & Genres series)
edited by Stephen Thompson. Condition: NEW 2001 Greenhaven Press Trade Paperback, assumed first printing. Content: During the transitional period in Europe between the medieval and modern eras, the rise of humanism inspired new forms of poetry and prose. Prominent authors and poets of the time include Dante Aligheri, Petrarch, Geoffry Chaucer, Miguel de Cervantes, Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare. [1 copy available]
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THE ROMANCE OF THE MILKY WAY AND OTHER STUDIES AND STORIES
by Lafcadio Hearn. B&W decorations. Condition: Good+, c. 1974 Charles Tuttle paperback, no printing given. Small edgewear with small stain bottom pages, last 10 pages of book - pale but there. Small smudge fore edges (working on that). Content: Stories based on Japanese mythology and folklore: The Romance of the Milky Way; Goblin Poetry; "Ultimate Questions"; The Mirror Maiden' The Story of It- NORISUKÉ; Stranger Than Fiction; A Lettter From Japan; Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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SATAN'S DAUGHTER
by Wray Hunt. Condition: Very good 1976 Pocket Books paperback, first printing. Pale spine & hinge crease, with small edgewear, interior clean & tight. Content: A novel of demonic intrigue in the tradition of Burnt Offerings. [1 copy available]
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THE RUNE POEM: Wisdom's Fulfillment, Prophecy's Reach
translated and annotated by Jim Paul. Christopher Steinhour color rune carvings. Condition: UNREAD 1996 Chronicle Books hardcover (pictorial boards) and DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. Content: n the dark forests of medieveal Europe, runes--symbols inscribed on jewelry, tools, weapons, and boundary stones -- served as talismans in a mysterious time. The Rune Poem, originally wirtten in Anglo-Saxon during the early Middle Ages, gives modern-day romantics, medieval history enthusiasts, and spiritual seekers an alphabet verse for these ancient mystical inscriptions. 40 color illustrations. [1 copy available]
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A SEASON OF SWANS (The "Swan" Trilogy")
by Celeste De Blasis. Condition: UNREAD 1989 Bantam Books hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), no edition given. This MAY be a BCE, but I am not sure. DJ has very light edgewear. Content: The third in the "Swan Trilogy", this final volume of a trilogy takes the Falconer family from California's Sonoma Valley to Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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SHADOW SONG (INSCRIBED COPY)
by Terry Kay. Condition: Inscribed on flyleaf by Kay dated 10/10/96. New but does have very very pale shelfwear diagonal crease bottom back corner. Pale tanning to page edges. Content: In the summer of 1955, Madison Lee "Bobo" Murphy was a waiter at the Catskills' Pine Hill Inn. A rural Southerner, he had never heard the word meshugge until Avrum Feldman -- a retired New York City furrier -- became his unlikely friend. For Bobo, nothing about that special time and place ever lost its glow: Avrum's obsession with the haunting voice of a famous opera diva, music that no one else could hear; the exotic mingling of Yiddish and German in the dining room; and the girl he met and loved. In everyone's life, Avrum claimed, there is one grand, undeniable moment that never stops mattering. For Bobo, it was his first glimpse of beautiful Amy Lourie. But, for a wealthy Jewish girl and a Georgia farm boy, the summer had to end, leaving Bobo with the pain of lost love. Nearly forty years later, his children grown and marriage comfortably routine, Bobo comes north once more; there, amidst the haunting hints of Amy's presence, she unexpectedly appears. Nothing has dimmed the passion of their youth, yet two lifetimes and a thousand Catskills sunsets stand between who they were and who they have become. The barriers between them are different now. But mysteriously, miraculously, Bobo reawakens the dream of a love larger than himself. [1 copy available]
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SHAKESPEARE: HIS WORK & HIS WORLD
by Michael Rosen. Wonderful detailed color illustrations by Robert Ingpen. Condition: NEW 2006 Candlewick large soft cover, no printing given. Content: Rosen's compelling text and Ingpen's dramatic paintings invite readers into the "extraordinary and dangerous times" in which the Bard wrote his famous plays. The narrative and design divide into distinct sections ideal for browsing. To set the stage, Rosen introduces "A Plot!" and details how, in 1598, to avoid paying their landlord, actors covertly pulled down the timber from the Curtain theater to reconstruct the Globe (a portion of which Shakespeare owned) on the opposite side of the Thames. Most chapters begin with engaging, chatty rhetorical questions (relayed, however, in a sometimes distracting typeface) such as "What's So Special About Shakespeare?" and "So How Does Someone Stay That Famous?" Some metaphors, such as comparing Shakespeare's plays to a "house full of many amazing rooms," become a bit strained, but the narrative benefits from liberal quotation of Shakespeare's plays. Rosen effectively sets the historical context and reconstructs and imagines the events and circumstances of Shakespeare's life, while also demonstrating the surprising and pervasive extent of his linguistic legacy. Ingpen's atmospheric paintings evoke the romance of the era and capture the pageantry of the plays. A strong and worthy companion for readers exploring Shakespeare. Ages 12-15. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE SONNETS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
by - well - William Shakespeare. B&W decorations. Condition: NEW 1961 Avnel Books hardcover (brown boards with gilt lettering). No DJ issued. Interior clean & tight with just a hint of light tannig to page edges. Content: Introduction by Robert Ballou and includes "the famous Temple notes." 1961 is simply the edition year - no printing date given. Brown leatherette binding with gilt lettering. Nothing special, just a nice copy of the sonnets. [1 copy available]
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SONS
by Evan Hunter. Condition: Gently pre-read 1970 Signet paperback, first printing. Edgewear with pale spine crease. Interior clean & tight with moderate to heavy tanning to page edges. Content: The story of three generations and the wars in which they fought - the thoughts and dreams of Bert, Will, and Wat Tyler as each in turn tells of his participation in his time of violence - World War I, World War II, and Vietnam. The cover states that this book is to become a movie, but I can find no movie that claims to have this book as a source. If you know of one, please let me know? [1 copy available]
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THE TONY HILLERMAN COMPANION:
A Comprehensive Guide to His Life and Work
edited by Martin Greenberg. B&W photo section. Condition: NEW 1994 HarperCollins hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Tiny edgewear top DJ edge only flaw. Content: Hillerman fans should find this comprehensive, well-researched guide interesting and informative, and scholars will appreciate the helpful background it provides on one of today's most popular mystery authors. Greenberg, who has compiled similar volumes on Tom Clancy and Robert Ludlum, uses his previous experience to advantage. In addition to a Hillerman chronology listing highlights of the writer's life, the guide includes an interview with the author and a lengthy critical essay on his works by Jon Breen, noted mystery critic and longtime Hillerman fan. The volume also contains a short, informative essay on Navajo culture, detailed listings and explanations of the Native American clans and characters featured in Hillerman's fiction, and excerpts from some of Hillerman's most popular works, both fiction and nonfiction. Neither dry nor scholarly, this valuable sourcebook provides a readable overview of Hillerman's life and art. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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TOTTO-CHAN: The Little Girl at the Window
by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi. Translated by Dorothy Britton. B&W illustrations by Chihiro Iwasaki. Condition: UNREAD 1987 Kodansha International (Tokyo) paperback. Content: This book encompasses the child's view of what education should be, so has a deeper meaning for educators, parents, and even younger readers with a broad understanding. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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TOO MANY GHOSTS
by Paul Gallico. Condition: Very gently pre-read 1988 International Polygonics hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), Book Club Edition. The DJ shows edgewear with a short "repaired" tear bottom DJ edge at spine. Interior clean & tight. Content: The special magic of Gallico has never been more apparent than in this suspense novel about an English castle and it's too many thosts. Lord paradine's lovely ancestral home had become a tax-blighted burden, and a haunted one as well. What whimsical poltergeist amused himself by depositing dead rabbits on plates at dinnertime? Who was the footloose nun who paid unnerving nocturnal visis to the guests's rooms? And what about the harp that played only when disaster was imminent? A call went out to Alexander Hero, psychic investigator, to remove the ghosts. This book can be called a lovely ghost story or a ghostly love story - you decide after you have read it. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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TREASURE ISLANDS: A Robert Louis Stevenson Centenary Anthology
compiled & edited by Jenni Calder. Beautiful color photos & maps. B&W drawings. Condition: NEW 1994 National Museums of Scotland Trade Paperback, first printing. B&W drawings are from the original illustrations for Stevenson's books. Content: This book accompanied museum exhibit for centenary of the death of Robert Louis Stevenson. It uses color photos and paintings as well as B&W drawings to draw attention to Stevenson's love is islands of all kinds - anywhere in the world. Informative & pretty! Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE UNICORN
by Nancy Hathaway. Beautiful color and B&W photos, art masterpieces, drawings illustrate. Condition: NEW 2005 Tess Press hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), second printing. Content: Of all the legendary animals of art, folklore, and literature, the unicorn is the one with the greatest hold on our imaginations. In this magnificently illustrated book, the author takes us on a tour of unicorn lore - from China and Japan to India, the Near East, and Europe - from ancient times through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and into the present. Tapestries, illuminated manuscripts, sculptures and paintings, zoological illustrations, advertisements, and original art especially commissioned for this book will captivate all of us who are willing to submit to the magical charms of this fabulous and irresistible creature. Questions welcome. [2 copies available]
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THE USES OF ENCHANTMENT: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
by Bruno Bettelheim. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1977 Vintage Books Trade Paperback, no printing given. Interior clean & tight. Cover has some light edgewear with a pale diagonal crease top back cover corner. Light tanning to white cover edges. None to pages. Content: The great child psychologist gives us a moving revelation of the enormous and irreplaceable value of fairy tales - how they educate, support and liberate the emotions of children. He argues convincingly that fairy tales provide a unique way for children to come to terms with the dilemmas of their inner lives. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
by Oliver Goldsmith. Wonderful color & B&W illustraitons by Arthur Rackham. Condition: Gently pre-read, IF at all, 1995 Harrap Illustrated Classics (UK), first printing. Pale bookstore embossed seal bottom front cover corner. Why do they do that? Content: Parson Primrose and his wife, Deborah, must manage the lives of their children--scholars George and Moses, the attractive and sensual Olivia and Sophia, as well as two younger sons. Betrothals, betrayals, loss and gain of fortune, catastrophe, vanity, pretension, and providence pepper this novel that Henry James called "the spoiled child of our literature." Originally perceived as a sentimental pastoral account, it is now regarded as a satire on that very type of novel. [1 copy available]
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THE VISION OF PIERS PLOWMAN: A Critical Edition of the B-Text Based on Trinity College Cambridge MS B.15.17
by William Langland. Edited by A. V. C. Schmidt. Condition: NEW 1998 Everyman (Dent-Tuttle) large Trade Paperback, reprint. Content: Piers Plowman is the greatest poem of the Middle English Alliterative Revival. Langland (perhaps c. 1330-c. 1386) writes passionately about social justice and religious integrity, weaving into the dream of a weary wanderer the whole of humanity's struggle against sin. This edition of the B-Text has been described as "a landmark in Langland studies." 550 pages. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE WOMEN'S ROOM
by Marilyn French. Condition: UNREAD 1983 Jove paperback, 23rd printing. Tiny, tiny edgewear. Interior perfect. Content: The classic feminist novel that awakened both women and men speaks to everyone about the deep feelings at the heart of love and relationships. A biting social commentary of an emotional world gone silently haywire, this is a modern allegory that offers piercing insight into the social norms accepted so blindly and revered so completely. [1 copy available]
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