{"title":"fiction - literature","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"alchemist-by-paulo-coelho-first-printing-hardcover-signed-by-coelho-on-the-title-page","title":"Alchemist by Paulo Coelho First printing Hardcover, Signed by Coelho on the title page","description":"Author signature on title page; 8vo; VG; Not Remainder; Not book club; Not ex-lib; HB- Blue paper over board w\/dark blue cloth spine, gilt lettering to spine, minimal edgewear, dampstain to lower spine(approx .5” at highest from bottom, running along lower front edge) does not involve publisher’s device or extend into text block, spine slightly cocked; DJ- Multi-colored pictorial w\/black lettering, minimal edgewear, blue offset reflecting book dampstain, brodart protected; 177 pp- deckle edged, dark blue rear endpage slightly dampstained w\/offset on last two RFEP’s, approx last half of text block shows damp exposure (slight stiffness\/, occasional dampstain, slight \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaulo Coelho's The Alchemist (Portuguese: O Alquimista) is a short (163 pages), inspirational parable about the importance of pursuing one's dreams. 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Potter has garnered a unique reputation for relying upon altered photographs to produce strikingly bizarre or grotesque images which often \"morph\" disparate elements, like a human head emerging from a disembodied hand playing the piano, his cover for the Winter 1985 issue of Night Cry, or the woman with octopus's tentacles for hair on the cover of Poppy Z Brite's collection Are You Loathsome Tonight?-S.F.E.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Matheson, American author \/screenwriter of fantasy, horror +science fiction is best known for his ‘I Am Legend’,(four times adapted for screen.) Also adapted were ‘Shrinking Man’, ‘Hell House’, ‘What Dreams May Come’, ‘Bid Time Return’ etc. \u003cbr\u003e Headed by Jeff Connor, Scream\/Press specialized in quality horror fiction by Ramsey Campbell, Dennis Etchison, Richard Matheson, Michael McDowell etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJeff Conner's \u003c\/span\u003eScream\/Press began in 1982, w\/the publication of Dennis Etchison's ‘The Dark Country.’ Its books contained inviting, eye-pleasing typeface, suggesting they were intended to be read. 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Nowhere is that more apparent in ‘Visions of Heaven and Hell’ a compilation of his paintings and drawings from his monstrous collection. The 300 images(over 250 full color plates)in the book are divided into thematic sections each forwarded by Barker with an anecdote or explanation. His artistic styles range from simple pen-and-ink drawings to near-abstract scribbles to hyper-rendered surrealism to fantastic landscapes bursting with color. The oil paintings are where he really shines, not just accepting color, but embracing it, with a hyperactive style that incorporates impossibly thick layers of oil, sometimes with thin lines scraped out with a steak knife, all using such a broad palette of colors that one's eyes practically go into overload just looking at them. 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The long lasting influence of the Kelmscott Press, including his own literary and artistic contributions, on the book publishing and the modern fantasy genre cannot be under estimated. \u003cbr\u003eEarthly Paradise, a collection of retellings of various myths + legends from Greece + Scandinavia, established his reputation as one of the foremost poets of his day. The resulting fame + popularity led to Morris being offered the position of British Poet Laureate after the death of Tennyson in 1892, which he declined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUtilizing the frame story device similar to Canterbury Tales, Earthly Paradise centers on a group of medieval wanderers searching for a land of everlasting life. After much disillusion, they discover a surviving colony of Greeks with whom they exchange stories. The poem is divided into twelve sections, each section representing one month of the year. Each month consists of two tales told in verse, drawn largely from classical mythology + Icelandic sagas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4160975428,"sku":"","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/114.JPG?v=1439255090"},{"product_id":"dance-dance-dance-by-haruki-murakami-first-edition-signed-by-murakami","title":"Dance, Dance, Dance by Haruki Murakami first edition signed by Murakami","description":"Dance, Dance, Dance; Haruki Murakami, Kodansha(1994); Signed; 1st\/1st; HB 8vo; VGVG; Not Ex-Library, Not Book Club, Not Print on Demand; Hb-Black trade cloth w\/rubbed gilt lettering to spine, very minimal edgewear, very minimal rubbing\/bumping, rear board very slightly splayed ; DUST JACKET-Multi-colored pictorial w\/multi-color lettering, very minimal edgewear\/rubbing to tips, brodart protected; 393ppg- No markings, pages white, flat, smudging\/ tiny spotting to edges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this impressive sequel to A Wild Sheep Chase , Murakami displays his talent to brilliant effect. The unnamed narrator, a muddled freelance writer, is 34 and no closer to finding happiness than he was in the previous book. Divorced, bereaved and abandoned by his various lovers, he is drawn to the Dolphin Hotel--a strange and lonely establishment where Kiki, a woman he once lived with, ``upped and vanished.'' Kiki and the Sheep Man, an odd fellow who wears a sheepskin and speaks in a toneless rush, visit the narrator in visions that lead him to two mysteries, one metaphysical (how to survive the unsurvivable) and the other physical (a call girl's murder). In his searchings, he encounters a clairvoyant 13-year-old, her misguided parents and a one-armed poet. All the hallmarks of Murakami's greatness are here: restless and sensitive characters, disturbing shifts into altered reality, silky smooth turns of phrase and a narrative with all the momentum of a roller coaster. 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Morris(Illust.); Scream Press(1985); Signed by Author+Illustrator(JK Potter); 1st\/1st; VG\/VG; Not Ex-Library, Not Book Club, Not Print on Demand; Hb-Maroon w\/stamped black lettering to spine, blind-stamped lettering to front, almost no apparent edgewear; Dj-Blank red w\/silver lettering to spine, almost no apparent edgewear, brodart protected; 455ppgs- Each story leads w\/black+white illustration, pgs flat, binding tight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese stories are not for the faint of heart or anyone with a weak stomach; they are graphic, brutal, and disturbing. I really can’t remember the last time I had such a gut-wrenching experience reading horror. Books of Blood Vol. 1 is a must read for fans the horror genre and is a promising start to the Books of Blood collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Books of Blood Vol. 1 opens with the story “The Book of Blood” which serves as a framing device and sets the tone for the rest of the book. Right away Barker lets the reader know that this will be a violent, other-worldly experience. These are the tales of the dead, the damned, and the wronged. Before any of the stories begin Barker starts the book with the clever phrase: “Everyone is a book of blood; wherever we’re opened, we’re red.” This isn’t just a hokey play on words; Barker intends it to pertain quite literally to the stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach story has its own strengths and weaknesses, but all are highly original and extremely enjoyable. Books of Blood Vol. 1 skillfully demonstrates Barker’s mastery of the genre and has given him a seat next to the greatest horror authors of all time. 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Not Ex-Library, Not Facsimile, Not Print on Demand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is Neal Stephenson's first published book. \"If George Orwell had written a novel more like Animal House (the movie) than like Animal Farm (the book), and if Orwell were a young American whose early twenties were spent in the 1980's, and if Orwell counted among his concernsthe origins of consciousness in the brakdown of the bicameral mind, Dungeons \u0026amp; Dragons, computer piracy, and heavy-metal rock verses Bach fugues, the result would perhaps have been comparable to the Big U. (the back cover of the book)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePAperback with one crease at the bottom edge of the front cover. The tips of the cover and pages slightly bumped. Very light edge wear. There is slight dust soiling on the top edge of the pages. There are some surface scrapes to the back cover. Now the plus: This book has never been read. Binding is absolututely tight with lots of spring and absolutely NO CREASING TO THE SPINE, no looseness to the pages or binding. Ordinarily, Iwould take a picture of the title and copyright page of the book, but it is too problematic to hold this book open far enough for such photographs. AH23b\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4500950980,"sku":"","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/IMG_20150823_194402.jpg?v=1440385357"},{"product_id":"vintage-bradbury-by-ray-bradbury-the-scarce-buckram-bound-edition","title":"Vintage Bradbury by Ray Bradbury. The Scarce Buckram bound edition","description":"Vintage Bradbury by Ray Bradbury. 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This book may have never been fully opened let alone read, but that may be an irrelevancy given the rest of the condition of the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNaked Lunch (sometimes The Naked Lunch) is a novel by American writer William S. Burroughs, originally published in 1959. The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes. Burroughs stated that the chapters are intended to be read in any order.[1] The reader follows the narration of junkie William Lee, who takes on various aliases, from the US to Mexico, eventually to Tangier and the dreamlike Interzone. 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Later he did produce his first feature film entitltled 'Homesteader', but that was based on his first book 'The Conquest'. from Wikipedia","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":17603283588,"sku":"","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/IMG_20160409_172326.jpg?v=1460250538"},{"product_id":"safe-and-sound-by-lucia-berlin-poltroon-press-hard-cover","title":"Safe and Sound by Lucia Berlin.  Poltroon Press Hard cover","description":"Safe and Sound by Lucia Berlin. Poltroon Press (1988). Tipped in color illustrations by Frances Butler who is one of the founders of the press and still an active artist. Hard cover with no dust jacket. isbn 10: 0918395054. In correspondence with the publisher there was only one printing of this hard cover edition and while there was no limitation stated, the publisher said there were only 200 copies printed.  Berlin did much, but not most of the typesetting for this book. Pages numbered to page 101. The tipped in plates uniquely printed on a tissue paper. There is the remnant of a price sticker on the front cover and a former bookseller discrete pencil marking on the first blank page. I can't tell if the multi-colored embossment on the front cover is worn or faded, but is still very attractive. The gilt lettering on the spine is bright and unfaded. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings in the book (highlighting or otherwise) no creases or folds to the pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Not ex-Library, Not Facsimile, Not Print-on-demand. BE19b\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLucia Brown Berlin (November 12, 1936 – November 12, 2004)[1] was an American short story writer. She had a small, devoted following, but did not reach a mass audience during her lifetime. She rose to sudden literary fame eleven years after her death, in August 2015, with Farrar, Straus and Giroux's publication of a volume of selected stories, A Manual For Cleaning Women, edited by Stephen Emerson. It hit The New York Times bestseller list in its second week, and within a few weeks, had outsold all her previous books combined.-wikipedia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBerlin was never a bestseller, but was widely influential within the literary community. She aspired to Chekhov's objectivity and refusal to judge. She has also been widely compared to Raymond Carver and Richard Yates. One of her most memorable achievements was the stunning one-page story \"My Jockey,\" which captured a world, a moment and a panoramic movement in five quick paragraphs. It won the Jack London Short Prize for 1985. Berlin also won an American Book Award in 1991 for Homesick, and was awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.-Goodreads","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":19277401796,"sku":"","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20160519_170355.jpg?v=1463719970"},{"product_id":"mouse-that-roared-by-leonard-wibberley-first-printing","title":"Mouse That Roared by Leonard Wibberley. first printing?","description":"Mouse That Roared by Leonard Wibberley. Little, Brown and Company. Boston, Massachusetts (1955). 280 pages. . Copyright listed as 1955 with no statement of later printing. Usually Little Brown states \"first edition\". This may be an exception. Hard cover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Has chipping, rubbing and bumping on the edges. Some staining to the edges. Not price-clipped. Original price $3.50. Now protected in mylar dj cover. BOOK: Tan colored spine with green paper colored boards. Light cover edge wear. Dust spoiling to the top of the page block. A light staining on the front and back end papers, with some bleeding to the very edge of the page inside the back end paper. A pin-point sized stain on the leading edge of the page block. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings. Pages are flat without creases, folds or dog-earing. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. Photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BK02a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1956, the country of Gran Fenwick, population 6000 citizens declares open war on the United States of America. Gran Fenwick's invasion army of twenty-odd archers defeats the super power. The basis of the 1959 movie of the same name starring Peter Sellers.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":27039521416,"sku":"","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161102_215933.jpg?v=1478150712"},{"product_id":"shepherd-of-guadaloupe-by-zane-grey-first-edition","title":"Shepherd of Guadaloupe by Zane Grey FIRST EDITION","description":"Shepherd of Guadaloupe by Zane Grey. Harper \u0026amp; Brothers Publishers. 1930. \"FIRST EDITION\" stated with a Harper date code of c-e indicating printing of March, 1930. Hard cover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Has chips, wear and tears. Price corner was torn off. Now protected by mylar dj cover. BOOK: Light cover edge wear. A stain is on the top of the leading edges of both front ond back cover. Some dust soiling to the top of the page block with perhaps some foxing to the other edges of the page block. A previous owner signature inside front cover. Illustrated endpapers show some tanning. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings. Pages are clean with no unusual folds, creases or dog-earing. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. Photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BK06c","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":27290533064,"sku":"","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161106_155433.jpg?v=1478533269"},{"product_id":"razors-edge-by-w-somerset-maugham-first-trade-edition","title":"Razor's Edge by W Somerset Maugham first trade edition","description":"Razor's Edge by W Somerset Maugham. 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Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. Photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BK10b\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Razor's Edge tells the story of Larry Darrell, an American pilot traumatized by his experiences in World War I, who sets off in search of some transcendent meaning in his life. The story begins through the eyes of Larry's friends and acquaintances as they witness his personality change after the War. His rejection of conventional life and search for meaningful experience allows him to thrive while the more materialistic characters suffer reversals of fortune. The book was twice adapted into film, first in 1946 starring Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney, and Herbert Marshall as Maugham and Anne Baxter as Sophie, and then a 1984 adaptation starring Bill Murray.\" - Wikipedea","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":27439982792,"sku":"","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161110_172633.jpg?v=1478828942"},{"product_id":"dispossessed-an-ambiguous-utopia-by-ursula-k-le-guin-first-printing","title":"Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin. First Printing","description":"Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin. Harper \u0026amp; Row Pub., NY 1974 - Stated first edition, with corresponding full number line on last page-74 75 76 77 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Hard cover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Some soiling to the front panel. Light sun-fading to the spine. Front flap has a vertical fold. Light edge wear. No clips or missing pieces. Not price-clipped. Now protected with a mylar dj cover. BOOK: Light edge wear. Foxing to the top edge and leading edge of the page block. It looks like then front end paper had been stapled creating a slight indentation on the next few pages. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings. Pages are flat without creases, folds or dog-earing. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. Photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BK20a \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ursula K. Le Guin, winner of the National Book Award in children's literature and of science fiction's Nebula and Hugo awards for her novel \"The Left Hand of Darkness\", has here produced a stunning tour de force.\" - Promo from the front flap.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia is a 1974 utopian science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, set in the same fictional universe as that of The Left Hand of Darkness (the Hainish Cycle). The book won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1974,[1] won both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1975,[2] and received a nomination for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1975.[2] It achieved a degree of literary recognition unusual for science fiction works due to its exploration of many ideas and themes, including anarchism and revolutionary societies, capitalism, individualism and collectivism, and freedom versus imprisonment.\" - Wikipedia","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":27701960721,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161120_134516.jpg?v=1479689516"},{"product_id":"confederacy-of-dunces-by-john-kennedy-toole-second-printing","title":"Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.  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BK22a\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"John Kennedy Toole (\/ˈtuːl\/; December 17, 1937 – March 26, 1969) was an American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana, whose posthumously published novel A Confederacy of Dunces won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He also wrote The Neon Bible. Although several people in the literary world felt his writing skills were praiseworthy, Toole's novels were rejected during his lifetime. After suffering from paranoia and depression due in part to these failures, he committed suicide at the age of 31.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDunces is a picaresque novel featuring the misadventures of protagonist Ignatius J. Reilly, a lazy, obese, misanthropic, self-styled scholar who lives at home with his mother. It is hailed for its accurate depictions of New Orleans dialects. Toole based Reilly in part on his college professor friend Bob Byrne. Byrne's slovenly, eccentric behavior was anything but professorial, and Reilly mirrored him in these respects. The character was also based on Toole himself, and several personal experiences served as inspiration for passages in the novel.\" - Wikipedia\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":27734551697,"sku":"","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161122_104236.jpg?v=1479841278"},{"product_id":"desert-solitaire-a-season-in-the-wilderness-by-edward-abbey-first-edition","title":"Desert Solitaire. A Season in the Wilderness by Edward Abbey. FIRST EDITION","description":"Desert Solitaire. A Season in the Wilderness by Edward Abbey. Drawings by Peter Parnall. McGraw-Hill Book Company. (1968) \"FIRST EDITION\" stated, with no listings of subsequent printings. Hard cover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Has edge wear. Bumping and minor chipping to the top and bottom of the spine. 1\/2\" tear on the top of the front panel. 1\/4\" tear on the top of the back panel with a couple of much smaller tears. No large missing pieces. Not price-clipped. Now protected with a mylar dj cover. BOOK: Slightly cocked. Bumping to the to and bottom of the spine and some cover tips. Previous owner's name inside the front cover written in black felt pen. A light stain is inside the back cover. Does not appear to effect other pages.  Some light notations in pencil on the last blank page. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Pages are flat without creases, folds or dog-earing. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. More photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BL19a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Illustrations are based on the author's drawings of petroglyphs and pictographs found in southern Utah and Arizona. Introspective and poetic observations about nature from Abbey's desert seasons as a Park Ranger.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":28149649233,"sku":"","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161219_222715.jpg?v=1482217362"},{"product_id":"house-of-leaves-by-mark-z-danielewski-uncorrected-proof-copy","title":"House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski - uncorrected proof copy","description":"\u003cp\u003eHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. NY, Pantheon, (2000). The uncorrected proof copy of his first book (which states \"2nd edition\" on the title page, but has \"first edition\" and full number line on the copyright page). Blue wrappers with DUST WRAPPER. Reportedly, one of 293 copies printed. DUST JACKET: Has rubbing and bumping to the edges. No tears or clips. Has the cover price of the hard cover book. BOOK: Has light soiling on the top of the page block. The front cover seems to be creased along the spine. A light corner crease is on nthe front cover. some pages are bumped on the bottom corner with perhaps a light dog-earing on the bottom tips. Light gouging on the bottom of the page block. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. More photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BL20a\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":28159516561,"sku":"","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161220_191724.jpg?v=1482292460"},{"product_id":"pigboats-by-commander-edward-ellsberg-dodd-mead-company","title":"Pigboats by Commander Edward Ellsberg. Dodd, Mead \u0026 Company.","description":"Pigboats by Commander Edward Ellsberg. 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More photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. CE06a\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePigboats is a WW1 novel of submarine warfare in the Adriatic. Made into the movie Hell Below in 1933. Ellsberg was commissioned in the navy in 1914 and served on active duty until 1926. He became an expert in undersea salvage and rescue. In 1926, he raised the navy submarine, S-51. For that success he was promoted to the rank of commander by an Act of Congress and awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by the Navy Department, since which time he has been popularly known as \"Commander Ellsberg\", regardless of his rank. Ellsberg described the raising of the S-51 in his 1929 book, On the Bottom. Ellsberg was sent to England in time for the Normandy Invasion, where he was instrumental in setting up the Mulberry harbour off the Normandy Beach. He also prepared 89 damaged or superannuated ships for scuttling to make artificial harbors. That operation gained him great admiration in Britain where he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). Ellsberg described his experiences in his book, The Far Shore.- Wikipedia.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34092632209,"sku":"","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20170506_153910.jpg?v=1494111865"},{"product_id":"asimovs-annotated-paradise-lost","title":"Asimov's Annotated Paradise Lost","description":"Asimov's Annotated Paradise Lost with text by John Milton and notes by Isaac Asimov. Doubleday \u0026amp; Company, Inc. New York. 1974. First Edition stated with no subsequent printings listed. 761 pages. ISBN-10: 0385079923. Hard cover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Some edgew wear and bumping. A bit sun-faded on the spine. Light wear on the edges of the spine. No major pieces missing. Not price-clipped. Now protected in mylar dust jacket cover. BOOK: A bit of dust on the top edge of the page block. I find one page with a tiny tip fold. Otherwise pages are clean with no previous owner markings that I find, and without tears, folds or creases. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages and appears to have never been fully opened, let alone read. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. More photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. CF18a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\" Paradise Lost has always been difficult reading. It is packed with allusions to the Bible, classical mythology, and history - allusions that are, for the most part, lost on the twentieth-century reading. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this latest edition of the Asimov \"Guides,\" the author comes to the reader's aid. Relying on his vast store of knowledge, Asimov explains all the references to astronomy, alchemy,astrology. He tells the reader, inclear language, the origin and meaning of god, demons, names, and place tha t are mentioned in the poem; fo instance: \"'Pandemonium,' a word coined by Milton, means 'all demons' and is an appropriate name for the capital of Hell\"\" from the blurb on the dust jacket.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35921380113,"sku":"","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20170618_183450_1.jpg?v=1497837698"},{"product_id":"don-quixote-by-miguel-de-cervantes-first-modern-library-edition-with-dust-jacket","title":"Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. First Modern Library Edition. with Dust Jacket","description":"Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. First Modern Library Edition. Ozell's Revision Of Translation By Peter Motteux; Intro By Herschel Brickell. Stated 1st Modern Library Edition. Modern Library #174. Dust jacket illustration by Wuyts. I don't know who Wuyts is. This person appears to have done other Modern Library dust jackets during about the same period of time. DUST JACKET: Has a number of fairly large chips on the edges. Edge wear. Not price-clipped. Discolored spine. Front joint of the dj appears to have been reinforced by scotch tape. Now protected in mylar dust jacket cover. BOOK: Light bumping to cover tips. Bright gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Light cover edge wear. Pages lightly tanned, but no sign of brittleness. Two light spots 1\/4\" in diameter on the back cover. Star rubber stamped inside back cover. Otherwise pages are clean with no previous owner markings that I find, and without tears, folds or creases. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. More photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. CF21a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Modern Library is an American publishing company. Founded in 1917 by Albert Boni and Horace Liveright as an imprint of their publishing company Boni \u0026amp; Liveright, it was purchased in 1925 by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. Random House began in 1927 as a subsidiary of the Modern Library but eventually overtook its parent to become the parent company of what then only became an imprint of Random House.\" - Wikipedia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eModern Library, while all reprints, has been collected because of the quality of translations chosen, the quality of binding and printing, and the compactess of the books. - My own opinion. I do not know if this particular copy is a first state, but as of time of this listing, this appears to be the earliest state listed on the common websites.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36015384593,"sku":"","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20170621_175621.jpg?v=1498095080"},{"product_id":"time-of-man-by-elizabeth-madox-roberts-first-modern-library-edition","title":"Time of Man by Elizabeth Madox Roberts. First Modern Library Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eTime of Man by Elizabeth Madox Roberts. The Modern Library. (1935) \"First Modern Library Edition\" stated. with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: \"268 Titles\" stated on dust jacket. 95 cent price on dj. Illustration on front of dust jacket by somebody named 'Newman'. \"DISCONTINUED TITLE\" rubber stamped on the front panel (from the publisher?). Significant edge wear. Dj has a 1\" tear on the back panel and a greater than 1\" tear on the front panel. Number 24 in pencil on the front panel. Now protected in mylar dust jacket cover. BOOK: Gilt decoration and lettering on front cover and spine seems somewhat faded. Light cover edge wear. A star rubber is stamped inside back cover. Otherwise pages are clean with no previous owner markings that I find, and without tears, folds or creases. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. More photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. CF21b\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"...its vividness and lyrical flow give to this chronicleof the American soila distinction shared by few novels of our time. The story of Ellen Chase is an American idyl that captures the grim and exalted meaning of the pioneer's struggle with the land. It is a book that has earned its own and its author's eminence.\" - from the blurb on the dust jacket.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Modern Library is an American publishing company. Founded in 1917 by Albert Boni and Horace Liveright as an imprint of their publishing company Boni \u0026amp; Liveright, it was purchased in 1925 by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. 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CH06a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes is a play in two parts by American playwright Tony Kushner. The work won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play. Part one of the play premiered in 1991[1] and its Broadway opening was in 1993.\" Wikipedia","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37592818193,"sku":"","price":800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20170806_143019.jpg?v=1502059722"},{"product_id":"pear-shaped-man-by-george-r-r-martin","title":"Pear-Shaped Man by George R.R. Martin","description":"Pear-Shaped Man by George R.R. Martin. Pulphouse Publishing. Pulphouse Short Story Paperbacks, SSP #37. (1991) 46 pages plus 2 pages ads. First appearance in book form. ISBN-10: 1561465372. Paperback. Cover wear. A pinhead sized stain on the top of the page block, with minimal bleeding onto the page surfaces. Erasure marks on the first page. No creases, tears or folds to covers or pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. This book may have never been fully opened, let alone read. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. CH13a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He lives in the darkness beneath the stairs, in the apartment closet to the garbage cans. He eats Cheez Doodles. He tells Jesse he has things to show her, and he creeps into her days and into her dreams.\u003cbr\u003e He doesn't do anything wrong, really. He just lurks near doorways, leaving a trail of Cheez Doodles crumbs. So why does he scare Jessie? And why can't she get him out nof her head?\" - blurb on the cover of the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the same George R.R.Martin of Game of Thrones and numerous other horror and science fiction books.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37860811729,"sku":"","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20170813_125107.jpg?v=1502654499"},{"product_id":"goodbye-mr-chips-by-james-hilton-first-british-printing","title":"Goodbye Mr Chips! by James Hilton. First British printing","description":"Goodbye Mr Chips! by James Hilton. Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton Ltd. 1934. 128 pages. First British printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Has wear and tears along the edges. 1\/8\" loss of paper to parts of the top and bottom of the spine and joints of the flaps. Otherwise, no missing pieces or clips. Discolorationon the white parts of the dj, probably from rubbing. I find a bit of creasing on front panel and spine. A few spots of soiling. Price of 5'-NET published on the spine. Dj is now protected in a mylar dj cover. BOOK: Light cover edge wear. Book is cocked. Some soiling on the leading edge of the page block. Otherwise no previous owner markings. No folds, creases or tears to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. CH24a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGoodbye, Mr. Chips is a novella about the life of a schoolteacher, Mr. Chipping, written by the English writer James Hilton and first published by Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton in October 1934. The novel has been adapted into two cinema films and two television presentations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The story was originally issued in 1933, as a supplement to the British Weekly, an evangelical newspaper. It came to prominence when it was reprinted as the lead piece of the April 1934 issue of The Atlantic. The success of the Atlantic Monthly publication prompted a book deal between the author and the US publisher Little, Brown and Company, who published the story in book form for the first time in June 1934. The Great Depression had elevated business risks for most publishing houses, and Little, Brown were no exception. They cautiously released a small first print run. Public demand for more was immediate, and Little, Brown went into an almost immediate reprinting the same month. Public demand remained strong, and Little, Brown continued to reprint the book in cautious lots for many months, with at least two reprintings per month.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story was originally issued in 1933, as a supplement to the British Weekly, an evangelical newspaper. It came to prominence when it was reprinted as the lead piece of the April 1934 issue of The Atlantic. The success of the Atlantic Monthly publication prompted a book deal between the author and the US publisher Little, Brown and Company, who published the story in book form for the first time in June 1934. The Great Depression had elevated business risks for most publishing houses, and Little, Brown were no exception. They cautiously released a small first print run. Public demand for more was immediate, and Little, Brown went into an almost immediate reprinting the same month. Public demand remained strong, and Little, Brown continued to reprint the book in cautious lots for many months, with at least two reprintings per month.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first British edition went to press in October 1934. The publishers were Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton, who had observed the success of the book in the United States, and they released a much larger first print run. It sold 15,000 copies on the day of publication\".- Wikipedia \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38148277137,"sku":"","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20170824_151439.jpg?v=1503613838"},{"product_id":"catcher-in-the-rye-by-j-d-salinger-first-uk-printing","title":"Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger.   First UK printing.","description":"Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger. Hamish Hamilton. (1951) First UK printing. \"First published in Great Britain 1951\" stated. 253 pages. Hard cover with no dust jacket. Some wear to cover edges, heavy on the bottom of the spine. Spine is sun-faded. Staining (water?) on cover with light soiling. Several pinhead sized spots of staining on the edges of the page block, nothing bleeding to the pages. Bookstore sticker inside the front cover with previous owner name in ball point pen on the first blank page. Otherwise no previous owner markings. No folds, creases or tears to pages, although there are 2 pages with tips bumped. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. CH24b","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38149275345,"sku":"","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20170824_172137.jpg?v=1503622880"},{"product_id":"dark-tower-the-gunslinger-by-stephen-king-first-edition-1982","title":"Dark Tower: The Gunslinger by Stephen King. FIRST EDITION. 1982.","description":"Dark Tower: The Gunslinger by Stephen King. Donald M. Grant Publishing. (1982) ISBN 10: 093798650x. \"FIRST EDITION\" stated. First trade edition released simultaniously with a limited signed edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Has some edge wear. A 1\" long tear from the top edge of the back panel with a corresponding large bump. Some surface gouging, not breaking covering ink. Light waterstaining would be visible on inside of dj if it weren't protected by removable mylar dj cover. No missing pieces or clips. BOOK: Light cover edge wear with light dust soiling on the top of the page block. Otherwise no previous owner markings. No folds, creases or tears to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. CJ16a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first book publication of nthe famous 'Dark Tower' series at least some of which had appeared in'The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction' published by Mercury Press in 1978-1981. Recently released as a movie.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":2978679160859,"sku":"","price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20171016_202210.jpg?v=1508211813"},{"product_id":"fables-antient-and-modern-translated-into-verse-from-homer-ovid-boccace-and-chaucer-with-original-poems-by-mr-john-dryden-1734","title":"Fables Antient and Modern; translated into Verse from Homer, Ovid, Boccace and Chaucer: with Original Poems by Mr. (John) Dryden. 1734.","description":"Fables Antient and Modern; translated into Verse from Homer, Ovid, Boccace and Chaucer: with Original Poems by Mr. Dryden. Printed for Jacob Tonson, at Shakespeare Head over-against Katherine Street in the Strand., London: 1734. Printed for Jacob Tonson, at Shakespeare Head over-against Katherine Street in the Strand., 347 pages. Full leather binding which is very delicate, beginning to separate at the top and bottom of the spine. Overall wear to the cover. Gilt decorations to the spine, with gilt outline on front and bac covers. Label on spine partially removed. Heavy foxing or moisture staining on the edges of the age block with some of the same on the first and last few pages of the book, but not so evident on the page surfaces in the body of the book. Previous owner markings on both pages inside front cover. It looks like there is an ink initial on the title page. Otherwise, no tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. CJ22a","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":3488748175387,"sku":"","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20171022_170811.jpg?v=1508718342"},{"product_id":"chronicles-of-narnia-complete-set-by-c-s-lewis-full-leather-easton-press-like-new","title":"CHRONICLES OF NARNIA [COMPLETE SET]  by C.S.Lewis. Full Leather Easton Press. LIKE NEW","description":"CHRONICLES OF NARNIA [COMPLETE SET-seven volumes] The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; the Voyage of the Dawn Treader; Prince Caspian; the Silver Chair; the Horse and His Boy; the Magician's Nephew; the Last Battle by C.S.Lewis. Easton Press. Collector's Edition. Bound in full, genuine leather with gilt accents, 22kt gold page edges and a hubbed spine. High-quality smyth sewn binding, the interior vaunts moire end papers, acid-neutral paper (won't yellow or become brittle over time) and a silk ribbon page marker. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrivately published by Easton Press with the permission of HarperCollins Publishers. Each volume with a frontispiece by Chris Van Allsburg and illustrated by Pauline Baynes. I hesitate to use this description, but I believe this set is truly 'LIKE NEW'. I find no blemishes to covers or pages, particularly to the gilt edges of the page blocks, when I find it common on Easton Press editions to have scratches and spots in those places. Also, I have not done extensive photographing of the insides of these books, because the bindings are all tight as in a new book. I have wrapped these in plastic to preserve the newness. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. CK02a EASTON","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":3917091209243,"sku":"","price":1100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20171102_173310.jpg?v=1509672386"},{"product_id":"hard-winter-un-rude-hiver-by-raymond-queneau","title":"Hard Winter (Un Rude Hiver) by Raymond Queneau.","description":"Hard Winter (Un Rude Hiver) by Raymond Queneau. Translated from the Frenchby Betty Askwith. John Lehmann Ltd. Modern European Library. (1948) 128 pages. Hard cover with no dust jacket. Cloth covers show light cover edge wear. Gilt lettering on the spine is somewhat faded. Two 1\/4\" long bits of soiling on the spine. Some pin-point sized bits of soiling. Two 1\/8\" spots on bottom edge of cover. Edges of some pages are frayed, apparently because they were not separated upon publication and previous ownner tore them apart. No tears effect text. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. DD28a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Raymond Queneau (French: [ʁɛmɔ̃ kəno]; 21 February 1903 – 25 October 1976) was a French novelist, poet, critic, editor[1] and co-founder and president of Oulipo[2] (Ouvroir de littérature potentielle), notable for his wit and cynical humour.\" - wikipedia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"By far the hardest of Raymond Queneau's fictional works to find--the action of 'A Hard Winter' is set during the First World War in the Northern French port of Le Havre--where Queneau grew up. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story revolves around an embittered wounded French soldier Bernard Lehameau who has doubts about France's participation in the war and whose patriotism is questionable when compared to the positive vibes of his other fellow Le Havreans. And he falls in love with a younger English nurse--Helena Weeds. As it happens he is also a widower and has been celibate for many years. And as it happens he makes friends with a young 14 year old girl who is rather smitten with him.\" - Librarything.com","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8128721223789,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20180428_154353.jpg?v=1524958689"},{"product_id":"house-that-jack-built-after-jacks-had-proved-a-failure-by-e-c-gardner-1882","title":"House That Jack Built After Jack's had Proved a Failure by E.C. Gardner. 1882","description":"House That Jack Built After Jack's had Proved a Failure by E.C. Gardner. (A book of home architecture, with illustrations by E.C. Gardner. Fords, Howard, \u0026amp; Hulbert. New York. 1882. Our Continent Publishing Co.5\"x7\". 249 pages plus advertisements. 76 illustrations - house plans, exterior and interior illustrations. Green cloth cover with black ink lettering and decoration, and silver lettering on spine and front cover. Some wear to cover edges. Light soiling to cover. Cover tips are bumped. Light soiling on the top of the page block but some of this might be faded gilt.  A 1\/4\" hole on the front fly leaf apparently an attempt to remove an ink mark. That page also has a corner crease. A light pencil notation on the first white blank page. Paper is lightly tanned, but still quite flexible. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. DE17a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book's short-comings include ommision of where to put your plasma tv and how to install the automatic dishwasher. Indeed the book seems devoid of any discussion of electricity. I don't see how anybody could have used this book. Actually this book gives a good illustration of what home life was like in the late 19th Century and the considerations involved with building a home then. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A charming book to read, and an admirable, practical guide to building a home.\" - publisher's blurb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Eugene Gardner's The House That Jack Built After Jack's had Proved a Failure (1882) ...written by design professionals. Gardner's book was destinguished from professional works...in that it attempted to realize a houskeeper's notions as to what a house should be, at least in terms of its interior arrangements. Significantly, the tale begins with Jack and Jill recoieving as a wedding gift, a blank check from Jill's father to finance the construction of a house. The house that Jack builds proves so unsatisfactory to Jill that she refuses to marry him until he gives his promise to \"to make the house over\" once they wed....the newlywed couple spend their wedding journey visiting houses to study their internal arrangements....Jill...insisting that they draw up plans on the lot to ensure that their house is oriented to the best views...she proves herself to be a competent, even inspired interior designer. \"- 'Newlyweds on Tour: Honeymooning in Nineteenth-century America' By Barbara Penner. (The book implies that Jack does't have a clue.)","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12102413090925,"sku":"","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20180517_151726.jpg?v=1526597634"},{"product_id":"alchemist-by-paulo-coelho-first-u-s-printing-inscribed-by-coelho","title":"Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. First U.S. Printing. SIGNED by Coelho","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Harper Collins, San Francisco, 1993. First Edition. First US printing with complete number line from 1- 10 and year line starting at 93. ISBN 10: 006-250217-4. Signed on the half-title page, \"Paulo Coelho\". Hardcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: A circular label on the front panel stating \"This Book is Autographed....\" Bumping and wear to the top of the dj. Light wear on the bottom edge. A bit of wrinkling on the back flap. Dj has a light crease down the spine. No tears. No missing pieces. No clips.  Not price-clipped with dj price of $16.00. BOOK: Bright gilt lettering on spine. Very light wear on the bottom of the spine. Some reddish soiling on the bottom of the page block with no real bleeding to the page surfaces. There is a small bit of soiling inside the back cover. There seems to be a little wear to the surface  of the boards. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages.  Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. JF22a\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaulo Coelho's The Alchemist (Portuguese: O Alquimista) is a short (163 pages), inspirational parable about the importance of pursuing one's dreams. Originally published in 1988 in the Brazilian author's native Portuguese, it has since been translated in close to 70 languages and has become one of the best-selling books in history. The Alchemist is a quick and enjoyable reminder for anyone who feels they have become distracted from pursuing their own Personal Legend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12470959833197,"sku":"","price":1650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/files\/20240622_183020.jpg?v=1719106686"},{"product_id":"dr-sevier-by-george-w-cable-inscribed-by-geo-cable","title":"Dr. Sevier by George W Cable. Inscribed by Geo.  Cable","description":"Dr. Sevier by George W Cable. James R. Osgood and Company. 1885. Inscribed, \"To Harold Anderson\/ from Go.W.Cable\/ New York Oct 10, 1884.\" in Cable's handwriting. Some wear to cover edges with a 1\/4\" nick on the leading edge of the front cover. Pages lightlly tanned but still quite flexible. There is slight separation at page 286, but wih that, the binding is still tight. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. DH11b\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been called \"the most important southern artist working in the late 19th century\", as well as \"the first modern southern writer.\"[1] In his treatment of racism, mixed-race families and miscegenation, his fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe also wrote articles critical of contemporary society. Due to hostility against him after two 1885 essays encouraging racial equality and opposing Jim Crow, Cable moved with his family to Northampton, Massachusetts.\" - Wikipedia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Dr. Sevier, by George W. Cable (1882), is one of the author’s group of stories of life in New Orleans. The time of the action is just before the war, when the city was at the height of its prosperity. Dr. Sevier, the brusque, laconic, skillful, kind-hearted physician, is less the central figure than his young beneficiary, John Richling, the son of a rich planter, who having estranged his family by marrying a Northern girl, has come to the metropolis of the South to earn his living. The struggle of the Richlings, unequipped for the battle of life, against poverty and sickness, forms the plot of the story, which is glowing with local color and filled with personages peculiar to the place and time. There is no plot in the sense of a complicated play of forces, or labyrinth of events; but the interest lies in the development of character under conditions supplied by an untried environment. The scope of the book is wide and the detail extremely minute.\" - Bartleby.com","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12820803813485,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20180811_180709.jpg?v=1534036819"},{"product_id":"watership-down-by-richard-adams-signed-by-richard-adams-1st-u-s-printing","title":"Watership Down by Richard Adams. SIGNED BY RICHARD ADAMS. 1st U.S. printing","description":"Watership Down by Richard Adams. SIGNED BY RICHARD ADAMS on the title page. Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. [1974]. Complete number line from 1-10. '70003' on the rear cloth. Maroon end papers. First state dust jacket with $6.95 price on front flap, '70003' and all blurbs from British publications on back panel. DUST JACKET: Has some discoloration at the top of the front panel, on the spine and on the edges of the back panel. Light rubbing to the top edge of the front flap. Otherwise, no unusual folds or creases. No tears. No clips. No missing pieces. Now protected by a removable mylar dj cover. BOOK: Light bumping and light wear to bottom cover edge. Slightly cocked. Previous owner book plate on the front end paper, causing some ripple to the paper. There is a little separation inside the front endpaper, even so, the binding is still tight. Light tanning to the edges of the page block. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. DH12a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Watership Down is a survival and adventure novel by English author Richard Adams, published by Rex Collings Ltd of London in 1972. Set in southern England, the story features a small group of rabbits. Although they live in their natural environment, they are anthropomorphised, possessing their own culture, language, proverbs, poetry, and mythology. Evoking epic themes, the novel follows the rabbits as they escape the destruction of their warren and seek a place to establish a new home, encountering perils and temptations along the way.\" - wikipedia\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12825093439597,"sku":"","price":700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20180812_135641.jpg?v=1534109039"},{"product_id":"good-omens-the-nice-and-accurate-prophecies-of-agnes-nutter-witch-by-neil-gaiman-and-terry-pratchett-signed-by-gaiman-and-pratchett","title":"Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. SIGNED BY GAIMAN AND PRATCHETT","description":"Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. SIGNED BY GAIMAN AND PRATCHETT on title page with statement to \"BURN THIS BOOK!\". Workman Publishing, New York. \"First printing-September, 1990\" stated with complete number line from 1-10. ISBN 10: 0894808532. HArdcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Rubbing and wear to top edge of dj. Otherwise, no unusual folds or creases. No tears. No clips. No missing pieces. Not price-clipped. BOOK: Light dust soiling to top of page block. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. DH12c\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter-the world's onlt totally reliable guide to the future, the world will end on a Saturday.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNext Saturday, in fact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust before dinner.\" from a dust jacket blurb.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12825605832813,"sku":"","price":700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20180812_170914.jpg?v=1534119868"},{"product_id":"slaughterhouse-five-by-kurt-vonnegut-first-printing","title":"Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. FIrst Printing","description":"Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. Delacorte Press, 1969. Stated \"first printing\" on copyright page. Hardcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Publishers first state dust jacket, $5.95 on front flap, 0369 on back flap. The $5.95 is pencil line out with a bookseller's price of 3.50 written underneath. Light edge wear. Light tanning. Otherwise, no unusual folds or creases. No tears. No clips. No missing pieces. Now protected by a removable mylar dj cover. BOOK: One or two spots of light wear to the bottom edge of the cover. Slight bowing to the boards. Slightly cocked. Very light shelf soiling. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. EE23a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSlaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death (1969) is a science fiction-infused anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut about the World War II experiences of Billy Pilgrim. It follows his time as an American soldier and chaplain's assistant, to postwar and early years - occasionally traveling through time itself. The text centers around Pilgrim's survival of the Allies' firebombing of Dresden as a prisoner-of-war, an event which Vonnegut himself lived through as a captured serviceman. The work has been called an example of \"unmatched moral clarity\"[2] and \"one of the most enduring antiwar novels of all time\".- Wikipedia","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":15659156144237,"sku":"","price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20190523_170916.jpg?v=1558657883"},{"product_id":"secret-by-sean-kelly-and-ted-mann-first-printing","title":"Secret by Sean Kelly and Ted Mann. FIrst printing","description":"The Secret by Sean Kelly and Ted Mann. Sculpture by JoEllen Trilling. Developed and edited by Byron Preiss. Illustrations by John Jude Palencar, John Pierard and Overton Loyd. Photographed by Ben Asen. Designed by Alex Jay. Bantam Books. ISBN-10: 0553014080. Stated: A Bantam Book\/ November1982. Complete number line from 1-9 ending with 0 (Probably meaning '10'). 224 pages. 6\" x 9\". Paperback. Light cover edge wear. Moderate wear on the spine. A light bend to the front cover corner and the first few pages. Light speckles of spotting (maybe dust soiling) on the top and leading edge of the page block. No creasing to spine or covers. No previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with some 'snap'. It is possible this book has never been fully opened, let alone read. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. EK23a\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"THE TALE - The tale begins over three-hundred years ago, when the Fair People--the goblins, fairies, dragons, and other fabled and fantastic creatures of a dozen lands--fled the Old World for the New, seeking haven from the ways of Man. With them came their precious jewels: diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pearls. But then the Fair People vanished, taking with them their twelve fabulous treasures. And they remained hidden until now... THE TWELVE TREASURES - Across North America, these twelve treasures, over ten-thousand dollars in precious jewels in 1982 dollars, are buried. The key to finding each can be found within the twelve full-color paintings and verses of THE SECRET.\" blurb from the book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Are you smart enough?THE SECRET: A TREASURE HUNT was published in 1982. The year before publication, the author and publisher Byron Preiss had traveled to 12 locations in the continental U.S. (and possibly Canada) to secretly bury a dozen ceramic casques. Each casque contained a small key that could be redeemed for one of 12 jewels Preiss kept in a safe deposit box in New York. The key to finding the casques was to match one of 12 paintings to one of 12 poetic verses, solve the resulting riddle, and start digging. Since 1982, only three of the 12 casques have been recovered. The first was located in Grant Park, Chicago, in 1984 by a group of students. The second was unearthed in 2004 in Cleveland by two members of the Quest4Treasure forum, and the third was found in Boston in 2019 by a father and his two children. Preiss was killed in an auto accident in the summer of 2005, but the hunt for his casques continues.\" from another book seller on ABEbooks. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31387621195885,"sku":"","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20191123_160315.jpg?v=1574554830"},{"product_id":"adventures-of-tom-sawyer-by-mark-twain-illustrated-by-norman-rockwell-signed-by-rockwell","title":"Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Illustrated By Norman Rockwell. SIGNED by Rockwell","description":"Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Illustrated By Norman Rockwell. SIGNED, \"Sincerely Norman Rockwell\" on the half title page. The Heritage Press, 1936. Hard cover in slipcase. I do not believe this is a reprint. Unlike many Heritage Press editions, I find no previously issued Limited Editions Club version of this book. Seven full page color illustrations plus frontispiece and other black and white illustrations by Norman Rockwell. No Sandglass paper laid in. SLIPCASE: Heavy wear and seperation on one back edge. On a bottom or top edge there is more than an inch of seperation. One corner shows some looseness. BOOK: The linen cover is slightly discolored on the spine. There might be light cover edge wear on the bottom. It is kind of hard to tell given the nature of the cloth cover. Inside the back cover is a sticker from the New Rochelle Book Store. Rockwell was living in New Rochelle at the time of the publication of this book. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. FA16a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Norman Rockwell illustrations in this book are perhaps the most iconic of his book illustrations. This includes the frontispiece of Tom Sawyer convincing his frends that it is fun to paint a fence white. \"Does a boy get na chance to whitewash a fence everyday?\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31813056725101,"sku":"","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20200117_184938.jpg?v=1579316512"},{"product_id":"imaginary-letters-by-ezra-pound-40-in-an-edition-of-50-copies-signed-by-ezra-pound","title":"Imaginary Letters by Ezra Pound. #40 in an edition of 50 copies signed by Ezra Pound","description":"Imaginary Letters by Ezra Pound. Black Sun Press, Paris, 1930. Original cream covers, titles to front cover in black and red, Harry Crosby black sun design to rear cover. With the original tissue jacket. With what I believe is original slipcase. #40 of 50 printed on Japanese vellum, signed by Pound. SLIPCASE: Has general wear and soiling. There are no cracks or separation in the joints. TISSUE DUST JACKET: Has discoloration to the spine and the area exposed by the notch in the slipcase that allows the book to be pulled effortlessly from the slipcase. 1\/8\" chip missing from top, and 1\/16\" chip from bottom of spine of dj. VELLUM COVER: has tears at top and bottom of spine, and some corresponding wear there, smaller than the size of the dj chips. BOOK: No previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. FB10a","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31935299944557,"sku":"","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20200210_190205.jpg?v=1581390857"},{"product_id":"suttree-by-cormac-mccarthy-first-edition-first-printing","title":"Suttree by Cormac McCarthy. First Edition, First Printing","description":"Suttree by Cormac McCarthy. Random House, 1979. First Edition, First Printing with \"First Edition\" stated on the copyright page and number line 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3. Hardcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Light edge wear. Top corner of the front flap and bottom corner of the back flap have corner creases. Otherwise, no tears, clips or missing pieces. Now protected by a removable mylar dj cover. BOOK: Lght cover edge wear. Light foxing to the edges of the page block. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. FB12a","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31944412102765,"sku":"","price":900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20200212_192456.jpg?v=1581565295"},{"product_id":"music-at-night-and-other-essays-by-aldous-huxley-limited-edition-signed-by-aldous-huxley","title":"Music At Night and Other Essays by Aldous Huxley. Limited edition signed by Aldous Huxley.","description":"Music At Night and Other Essays by Aldous Huxley. The Fountain Press. 1931. 146 opages. Cloth backed marbled boards. Limited edition. Number 40 of 842 copies. Signed by Aldous Huxley. Wear to cover edges, heavy on the bottom tips of the cover. Hardcover with no dust jacket. No previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Bi, who would go on to write books about nding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. FC18b","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32104564752493,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20200318_173748.jpg?v=1584579998"},{"product_id":"requiem-for-a-nun-by-william-faulkner-first-edition-number-119-of-750-copies-signed-by-faulkner","title":"Requiem for a Nun by William Faulkner. First edition. Number 119 of 750 copies signed by Faulkner.","description":"Requiem for a Nun by William Faulkner. First edition. Number 119 of 750 copies signed by Faulkner. Random House. 1951. Gilt lettering on spine has faded, but is still legible. A 1\/2\" long gouge near the top of the spine. About a 1\/2\" long area wear near th the front top of the spine. Wear to the marbling on front and back covers, cover edges and tips. Light soiling and staining to page edges. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. FE20a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRequiem for a Nun \"was first published in 1951. It is a sequel to Faulkner's early novel Sanctuary, which introduced the characters of Temple Drake, her friend (later husband) Gowan Stevens, and Gowan's uncle Gavin Stevens. The events in Requiem are set in Faulkner's fictional Yoknapatawpha County and Jackson, Mississippi, in November 1937 and March 1938, eight years after the events of Sanctuary. In Requiem, Temple, now married with a child, must learn to deal with her violent, turbulent past as related in Sanctuary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRequiem, originally published in book form, was later adapted for the stage. It was also a co-source, along with Sanctuary, for the 1961 film Sanctuary.\"-Wikipedia","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32545737834605,"sku":"","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20200520_145541.jpg?v=1590024157"},{"product_id":"the-wizard-of-oz-by-l-frank-baum-illustrated-by-dale-ulrey-dust-jacket-illustrated-by-d-martin","title":"The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Illustrated by Dale Ulrey. Dust jacket illustrated by D. Martin.","description":"The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Illustrated by Dale Ulrey. Illustrations in black and one other color each, illustration being a different color. Reilly \u0026amp; Lee. Copyright 1956. No later printings listed. Dust jacket illustrated by D. Martin. Hardcover with dust jacket. An appreciation of the Wizard of Oz at the end of the book by Edward Wagenknecht. DUST JACKET: Dust jacket on this book is very scarce. Wear, small tears and chips on the top and bottom of the spine. 1\/2\" tear on the bottom edge of the front panel. Is price-clipped with pencil bookseller markings on the front flap next to where there may have been a price. BOOK: Light cover edge wear. New bookseller sticker inside the front cover. A thread sticking out from the binding inside the front cover. Previous owner information in pencil on the first blank page. Slight separation in front of the title page. Used bookseller notations in pencil on the title page. A couple of black ink spots on page 49. No other previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. GA04a\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Dale Conner Ulrey (4 January 1904 – 14 October 1989) was an early member of the \"second generation\" of Oz artists, those like Evelyn Copelman who re-interpreted the Oz books after the original editions. Ulrey was a professional graphic artist those first experience was in comics.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdward (Charles) Wagenknecht (March 28, 1900 – May 24, 2004) was an American literary critic and teacher who specialized in 19th century American literature. 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First American Edition","description":"Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami. Alfred A. Knopf. (1997). \"First American Edition\" stated with no statement of subsequent printings. ISBN-10:0679446699. Hardcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Light edge wear. Bumping to the top of the dj. A small crease to the top corner of the front flap. No tears. No clips. No missing pieces. Now protected by a removable mylar dj cover. BOOK: Light cover edge wear. Light erasure mark on first blank page. No other previous owner marks. A couple of small dings to the top of the page block. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. GK02","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39667656753261,"sku":"","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20211102_173756.jpg?v=1635901052"},{"product_id":"play-it-as-it-lays-by-joan-didion-first-printing","title":"Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion.  First printing","description":"Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion. Farrar Straus \u0026amp; Giroux. \"First printing, 1970\" stated with no listing of subsequent printings. Hardcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Light edge wear. A light crease on front dj flap, which also seems to have some curl, and heavier crease on rear dj flap. No tears. No clips. No missing pieces. BOOK: Very light cover edge wear. Light dust soiling, or maybe foxing on the top of the page block. No other previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. GL26a\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJoan Didion's third book and second novel.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39756631900269,"sku":"","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20211226_160309.jpg?v=1640564110"},{"product_id":"a-gypsy-good-time-by-gustav-hasford","title":"A Gypsy Good Time by Gustav Hasford","description":"A Gypsy Good Time by Gustav Hasford. Washington Square Press. \"First Washington Square Press trade paperback printing March 1992\" stated with a complete number line from 1-10. It is probable this was the only printing of this book. ISBN-10:0671729179. 5 1\/4\" x 8 1\/4\". 177 pages. Paperback. Moderate cover edge wear. Light indentations to covers, nothing breaking the cover ink. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eErasure marks on the first page, which includes reviews of 'Shortimers', Hasford's first book. Light tanning to pages, not effecting flexibility of paper. No other previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with some 'snap'. It is possible this book has never been fully opened, let alone read. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. HA16a\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is Hasford's third and last book, the first being 'Shortimers', the book that became the Stanley Kubrick film 'Full Metal Jacket'. 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'Case Dexter Ward' has some glue to the top of the spine, perhaps from publication. 'The Tomb' and 'Lurking Fear' have some wrinkling to the spine, again possibly from publication. There are no previous owner markings to the interiors of the books. HB05a\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39837888905325,"sku":"","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20220205_164236.jpg?v=1644190392"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandcobooks.com\/collections\/fiction-literature.oembed?page=14","provider":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","version":"1.0","type":"link"}