Search Results: European Fiction

Garden City, NY Doubleday: Anchor Books, 1955. Paperback First Edition Thus [1955]; so stated. First Edition Thus [1955]; so stated [no subsequent printings indicated]. Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of light use: the slightest spine lean; very light wear to extremities; moderate rubbing and faint soiling to wrapper covers; the back strip is considerable tanned; tiny soil spot at the bottom corner of the text block; binding secure; text clean. No longer 'As New', but remains clean, sturdy, presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. 297pp. Mass Market Paperback.

New York: St. Martin's Press. 1983 1st ed. 282pp. hardback 8vo: Very Good+ in a Good+ dj. Another inventive and suspenseful page turner from the Irish novelist McGinley (b. 1937).

New York: Arcade, 1994 advance reading copy. 157pp. paperback 8vo: Fine.

London: Readers International, 1985 1st ed. thus. 131pp. hardback 8vo: Good in a Fine dj [text is age browned owing to acidic paper; else a clean, complete & tight copy] Stories by the Polish writer Anderman (b. 1949), originally published in 1983.

New York: Europa Editions, 2012 advance reading copy. 124pp. paperback 8vo in French flaps: Fine. Publisher's red spine label denoting an ARC.

New York: Europa Editions, 2012 1st ed. thus. 357pp. paperback 8vo in French flaps: near Very Good [some pages are rippled; else a clean, complete & tight copy] A dark comedy featuring a mediocre lawyer and the Naples mob.

New York: Fawcett Crest, 1957 1st ed. thus. 207pp. paperback: fair [text is age browned; small loss @ bottom edge of front cover carrying onto the bottom blank margins of some pages near the beginning of the text; text is untroubled; else a clean and complete reading Richter copy] World War II action fiction by the German writer (1908-93).

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927 1st ed. 205pp. navy cloth sm 8vo w/gilt titles: Good/no dj [half-title p. is neatly slit in gutter near bottom margin; couple of torn pages in blank margins not affecting test; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] A novel in English translation by the prolific German Jewish writer Wassermann (1873-1934).

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1966 1st ed. 221pp. hardback 8vo: Good+ in a Very Good+ dj [top & fore edges are age foxed; endpp are age browned; else G+] A critically acclaimed novel that first appeared in East Germany. Beiler (1934-2002) later emigrated to the West.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990 1st Am. ed. 213pp. hardback 8vo: Very Good in a Fine dj [short rem. line top edge; light foxing to edges; else a nice clean and crisp copy]

Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, 1959. 61pp. pictorial hardback 12mo: Very Good in a near Fine dj [tiny ink inscrip. ffep; else VG; dj = p-c; else nrF] An attractive little Peter Pauper Press specialty title drawing from the works of the great French realist Balzac (1799-1850).

Paris: Sotheby's, 2003. This is a good softcover reference copy with some wear. Very clean inside and out, but some yellowing and creasing to the bottom edge. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's Paris on June 24, 2003. Sale code: PF 3021 "MAIGRET". The sale consisted of a single owner private collection of works by Georges Simenon. Essay by Jean Toulet. 186 lots in the sale. Many illustrated in color. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 110 pages. . Soft Cover. Good.

Stuttgart: J. B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung , 1964. This is a good hardcover reference copy in a very good dust jacket. Underlining and checks in the margins of about 50 pages throughout the book. Text in German. Illustrated in black & white. 9" high X 6" wide, 263 pages. A good reference copy of a scarce and important critical work. Could probably be cleaned up a little, but most marks are a light brown ink. . Hard Cover. Good/Very Good.

New York: E.P.Dutton & Co., Inc., 1973. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. Very clean inside and out. This is the 2nd revised edtion. Illustrated in black & white. Select bibliography. 9" high X 5 1/2" wide, 207 pages. . 2nd Edition. Revised.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Glenn Horowitz Bookseller This is a very good softcover copy with light wear to the covers. Completely clean inside and out. A bookseller catalogue consisting of the Wayne Hugo Green collection of Wyndham Lewis material. 196 items in the catalog. Several illustrated in black & white. 9" high X 6" wide, 71 pages. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. This is a very good hardcover copy in pale green paper-covered boards and a cream-colored vellum spine and corners. Titles in gilt to front cover and spine. Covers lightly soiled, internally very clean. 20 black & white illustrations. 8" high X 5" wide, 82 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Limited Edition. 1280 Copies.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Sotheby's, 2007. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's London on November 28, 2007. Sale # L07409. The sale consisted of half Continental or European history and science, half Russian books. 113 lots in the sale. All illustrated, many in color. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 120 pages. . Soft Cover. Fine.

Paris: Tajan, 2007. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Tajan in Paris on May 15, 2007. The sale consisted of the Pierre Pruvost library of manuscripts and books. This catalog is for Part 5 only. 178 lots in this part of the sale. Many illustrated in color. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 45 pages. . Soft Cover. Fine.

Paris: Tajan, 2007. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean.This is a sale catalog for an auction held at the Druout in Paris on March 15, 2007. There were 203 lots in the sale. A number of them illustrated in black & white. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot. 11" high X 8" wide, 19 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Fine.

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a BRITISH FIRST EDITION with an AMERICAN PRICE and AMERICAN SHIPPING--MASTERCLASS by MORRIS WEST. 6 1/8" x 9 1/4", 330 pages, featuring the ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET, this copy announces itself as the FIRST EDITION without displaying any date. FINE/VERY GOOD PLUS. The dust jacket has large photo of the author on the back--no reviews. "The Unusual Hero Of Morris West's New Novel Is A Young American Art Historian, Maxwell Mather, Lover Of Pia Palombini, Millionairess Scion Of A Noble Italian Family." Book is FINE, with crisp, tight, white pages containing no marks except an owner's emboss on first fep; blue cloth cover with gold gilt particulars has worn top and bottom of spine, else tight, clear and colorful. ORIGINAL BLUE DUST JACKET with gold, white and blue particulars, is VERY GOOD PLUS, with light chipping to top and bottom of spine, some foxing to reverse, else colorful, whole, sharp.