Fiction from Ghost River Books

N.Y.: Philosophical Library, 1973, 1973. HC and DJ. Presumed First. Signed by Author. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4. 134 pp. This copy, signed by the author in red ink, is in very nice condition. A very plain white dustjacket with red lettering has min wear to front bottom edge. Clean and bright. new mylar protector. Not price clipped. Brick red… Read more about this item

N. Y.: Alfred A. Knopf Hard Cover. Unknown. 8 1/4 x 7 1/8. 28 pp. This book is a presentation of Weekly Reader Books. A Borzoi Book. The story begins, "Miss Tibbett lived in the city. She lived in a small room with a large sweet-potato plant, a striped cat, and an old typewriter." A charming tale that is largely… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Hyperion, 2001. 130 pp. A book about a shopgirl who embarks on a relationship with a businessman almost twice her age. Steve Martin's writing is witty, ".melancholy and tart, achingly innocent and astonishingly ironic." Softcover has very little wear. Bright and clean. Fold over flaps Endpapers are very clean, no former owner's name. Text is clean,… Read more about this item

London: Hurst & Blackett, LTD Hard Cover. 7 1/8 x 4 5/8. 284 pp. Subtitled; a romantic novel. In the author's notes he states that although his characters are not based on real people, ".just such people are to be found in the So uth Seas." At the conclusion of the book there is a brief glassary and a recipe… Read more about this item

N. Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913 Hard Cover. First Edition. 7 1/2 x 5 1/10. 266 pp. A superb collection of Richard Harding Davis's short stories. Beautiful brown cloth binding with paste on illustration in full colour: Young woman in riding skirt, boots, riding crip tucked under her arm. Gilt lettering on front and spine, rose motif. Min wear to… Read more about this item

N.Y.: Ballantine, 1974, 1974. Soft Cover. First Paperback Edition. 4 3/ 16 x 7. 281 pp. . The story of ".a cybong.part organic whate, part-mechanized ship." Contains 11 chapters, each titled. Entire book is bright, tight and cl ea n. Two very slight creases, otherwise mint. Exceptional cover illust. wraps around book. Overall cond: v. good.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Faber & Faber, Incorporated, 1989. 232 pp. The first novel in the trilogy, Quiet Are the Mountains, set in rural China at the beginning of the communist revolution. The lives of the Chinese people as seen through the eyes of a young village boy. Softcover has a few faint creases. No former owner's name. Text is… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1995, 1995. HC and DJ. A Boulevard/Putnam Book. 9 5/16 x 6 5/16. ISBN:0-399-14105-7. The sequel to "Spider-Man The Venom Factor." Story based on characters from Marvel Comics. 12 chapters - each chapter distingui shed by a full-page black and white comic strip like drawing. Book begins with a prologue that sets the stage for… Read more about this item

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1955. 255 pp. "To an old Alberta farmhouse comes a succession of occupants whose lives and those of their neighbors, are linked in a deeply moving drama of tragedy and happiness." Signed by author on ffep. Dustjacket has a tear to front on edge and a chip to spine top. Some moisture stain to back flap.… Read more about this item

N.Y. And London: Vincent Parke and Company, 1911. 413 pp. Includes: The Robinson Crusoe School, The Star of the South, Purchase of the North Pole. All illustrated plates are present with glassine protectors intact. Red cloth on boards binding has wee bumps to corners and a slight bit of fraying but generally quite nice. Spine has a bit of sun… Read more about this item

Carson, CA, U.S.A.: Jalmar Press, 1988, 1988. Soft Cover. First. 11 x 8 3/4. ISBN:0-915190-49-4. Subtitled: Squib Meets the Teen Creature. "Aliens in My Nest" is the fourth volume in the series quib comes home from summer camp to find that his ol der brother, Andrew, has turned into a snarly, surly, defiant and non-communicative adolescent. Aliens explores the effect… Read more about this item