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Bloomsbury , 1994. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. There is a protective mylar cover. 1ST UK EDITION.

Knopf , 1986. 1st edition . Hardcover. Fine. There is a protective mylar cover. 1ST TRADE EDITION, 2ND PRINTING.

Knopf, 1953. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good. There is a protective mylar cover.

Doubleday, 1985. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Owner's signaure. There is some chipping to the dust jacket. There is a protective mylar cover.

Allen, Towne & Heath Inc, NY , 1948. 3rd edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Historical novel about the life of Tchaikovsky written by the son of Thomas Mann.

Salem House Publishers, Topsfield. Massachusetts, 1987. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. "In the spring of 1983 the BBC TV series 'Yes Minister' became the first program ever to win the British Academy award for the Best Comedy Series for three years running." [Pub. Info] First published by the British Broadcasting Corporation. Some very minor wear to dust jacket edges. 1ST… Read more about this item

Harper Collins, NY, 1993. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "During a kachina ceremony at the Tano Pueblo, the antics of a dancing koshare fill the air with tension. Moments later, the clown is found bludgeoned to death, in the same manner a reservation schoolteacher was killed only days before. Officer Jim Chee and Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn believe that answers lie… Read more about this item

Harper & Row, NY, 1989. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "As Navajo Tribal Police Lt. Joe Leaphorn seeks the identity of a murder victim, Officer Jim is arresting Smithsonian conservator Henry Highhawk for ransacking the sacred bones of his ancestors. As the layers of each case are peeled away, it becomes clear that they are connected, and that Leaphorn and Chee… Read more about this item

G. P. Putnam, Hurd and Houghton, NY, 1866. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No jacket. Arranged and edited by Pierre M. Irving. Scarce first of two volumes. Prior owner's signature. Chipping to top of spines. 1st edition.

Knopf, NY, 1999. 1st ed.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 900 pages.

W W Norton, NY, 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. "The Broken Tower' reads with all the drama of a psychological novel and the inexorable force of a Greek tragedy. Few poets have lived as extraordinary and fascinating a life as Hart Crane, the American poet who made his meteoric rise in the late 1920s and then as suddenly flamed… Read more about this item

HarperCollins, NY, 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. "In this mesmerizing chronicle of Poe's short and disorderly life (1809-1849), Silverman incorporates fresh discoveries about the poet/storyteller's travels, relationships and literary works. After publishing Tamerlane and Other Poems in 1831, Poe was hired as a 'magazinist' and began building his reputation as critic and writer of macabre tales. With scholarship… Read more about this item

St. Martin's Press, NY, 1986. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "The leisurely life of intellectual contemplation enjoyed by the Fellows of Sheepshanks College, Cambridge is shattered when the eminent Pryevian Librarian, Ernest Garmoyle, collapses and dies over his port at dinner. When arsenic is discovered in his drink, Inspector Bunce of the Cambridge police is called in. A tangled web… Read more about this item

Walker and Company, NY, 1994. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "Lauded by 'The New York Times Book Review', this sizzling mystery explores crime on an Indian reservation. The victim, Monday Brown, is a white man who pillaged the Native American culture for profit. The suspect is Matthew Wolf, a young Crow traditionalist who'd do anything to preserve his heritage. Investigator Phoebe… Read more about this item

Knopf, NY, 1987. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st edition, 2nd printing. "Bailyn's Pulitzer Prize-winning book uses an emigration roster that lists every person officially known to have left Britain for America from December 1773 to March 1776 to reconstruct the lives and motives of those who emigrated to the New World." [Pub. Info] "Voyagers to the West is a superb… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, NY, 1963. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "John Innes Mackintosh Stewart was a Scottish novelist and academic. He is equally well known for the works of literary criticism and contemporary novels published under his real name Michael Innes. 'Eight Modern Writers' includes a set of eight writers to go with the period from 1880 to 1940… Read more about this item

Dutton, NY, 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. "The citizens of the small town of Blakesburg see the aurora borealis and decide Judgment Day has come in this 1946 best-seller."" [Pub. Info] A compelling novel by Kentucky's master story-teller.

Sleepy Hollow Press, NY, 1978. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists, A Medley was written by Washington Irving in 1821, and published in 1822. This episodic novel was originally published under his pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon. As this is a location-based series of character sketches, there are a number of individual plots. The tales centre on the… Read more about this item

Sleepy Hollow Press, NY, 1981. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "Diedrich Knickerbocker was created in 1809 by a young Washington Irving, who used the character to narrate his classic satire, 'A History of New York.' According to Irving's partisan narrator, everything good and distinctive, proud and powerful, about New York City - from the doughnuts to the twisting streets of lower… Read more about this item

John B. Alden, NY, 1887. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good. "Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American author of the early 19th century. Best known for his short stories 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and 'Rip Van Winkle,' he was also a prolific essayist, biographer and historian. He travelled on the Western frontier in the 1830s and recorded his glimpses of… Read more about this item