Modern World Literature from The Brooklyn Bookman

PASTERNAK, Boris: Doctor Zhivago: A Novel. New York, Pantheon, 1958. (Originally published in Italy in 1957.) First American Edition. Subject: Novel/Fiction & Literature/Historical Fiction-Russian Revolution, 1917-1921. Hardcover with dust jacket, 559 pp. English translation by Max Hayward and Manya Harari. ("The Poems of Yurii Zhivago" by Bernard Guilbert Guerney.) Book &… Read more about this item

BELLAMY, Edward: Looking Backward. New York, Dover Publications,Inc., 1996. Originally published in 1888. Softcover, 165 pp. Subject: Novel / SF Fiction & Literature / Speculative Fiction / Utopias-Fiction. Condition: Very Good Minus. Some age toning to the pages but all unmarked and the text readable. Corner crease to one of the extremities.… Read more about this item

LESSING, Doris: The Summer Before the Dark. New York, Vintage Books, 1983. Stated First Vintage Books Edition, March 1983. Paperback, 247 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature. Condition: Good. Evident wear to the covers and pages. Pen-marked, but readable text found on pages 163 and 194. All remaining pages clean… Read more about this item

DOCTOROW, E.L.: The Book of Daniel. New York, Plume, 1996. Later Printing. Softcover, 303 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature / Anticommunist Hysteria – U.S., 1950's-Fiction / Ethel & Julius Rosenberg and Their Children -Fictional Accounts. Condition: Good Plus. Some underlining and marking of text but quite negligible. A bit of… Read more about this item

JOYCE, James: Dubliners. New York, Dover Publications, Inc., 1991. Dover Thrift Edition: 1991. (Originally published: 1914.) Softcover, 152 pp. Subject: Fiction / Literature / Short Story Collections / Dover Thrift Edition Series. Condition: Good Plus. Some light underlining and marking of text, but very much readable. One corner crease found. Otherwise a copy in above-averaged condition. Now hailed by many… Read more about this item

FURMAN, Laura (Editor): The PEN/O.Henry Prize Stories: 2009. New York, Anchor Books, 2009. First Edition, softcover, 435 pp. Subject: Fiction / Annual Awards Short Story Anthologies. Condition: Good Plus. Some bumping and wear to the corners. Former owner's inscription found on the interior of the front cover. All pages clean and unmarked. Acclaimed prize-winning short short anthology edited with an… Read more about this item

WALTER, Jess: Beautiful Ruins: A Novel. New York, Harper Perennial, 2013. Originally published in 2012. Stated First Harper Perennial Edition 2013 (later printing). Softcover, 337 pp. (with an appendix). Subject: Novel / Fiction and Literature. Condition: Good Plus. Relative wear to covers (not too excessive). Some toning to pages, but unmarked and clean overall. Bestselling novel of deft social satire… Read more about this item

ALLENDE, Isabel: Portrait in Sepia: A Novel. New York, HarperCollins, 2001. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 304 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature / Historical Fiction-Chile, 19th-early 20th Centuries. Book & jacket condition: Good Plus / Good. Some wear to the book's extremities, especially at the corner tips; small dent… Read more about this item

COULTER, Catherine: Prince of Ravenscar: A Sherbrooke Novel. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2011. Hardcover, 403 pp. Subject: Novel / Romance & Historical Fiction / Sherbrooke series. Book & jacket condition: Very Good. Some edge-wear to the jacket's corner extremities. A bit of rub to the book-spine's edges. Otherwise a nice copy with clean, unmarked pages and an attractive dust… Read more about this item

McMAHON, Jennifer: The Winter People: A Novel. New York, Anchor Books, 2015. Originally published: 2015. Softcover, 382 pp. Subject: Novel / Psychological Thriller / Fiction and Literature. Condition: Good Plus. Evidence of verticle creasing on the front cover with attendant edge-wear along its bottom extremity. Otherwise a copy in near-fine condition with all pages clean and unmarked. Chilling and effective… Read more about this item

HADDON, Mark: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nigh-Time. New York, Vintage Books, 2004. Originally published: 2003. Trade Paperback, 226 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature / Autism & Savants-Fiction. Condition: Very Good. A bit of wear to a couple of the book corners. Otherwise no other… Read more about this item

BROWN, Dan: Angels & Demons. New York, Pocket Star Books, 2001. Originally published: 2000. Paperback, 572 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature-Thrillers / Robert Langdon Series. Condition: Very Good. Paperback copy has a slightly tilted spine with a lightly foxed top-side. Still a copy in top shaped condition with unmarked pages. Worthy prequel to the author's best-selling thriller The… Read more about this item

PICOULT, Jodi: Picture Perfect. New York, Berkley Books, 2002. Originally published in 1995. Softcover, 369 pp. Subject: 9780425185506. Condition: Very Good. Tiny wear to the lower right-hand corner of the front cover. All pages clean and not marked. Scenes from a troubled marriage between an anthropologist and a Hollywood star. Compelling fictional mediation on the complexity of human relationships. ISBN:… Read more about this item

HAN, Jenny: Shug. New York, Aladdin Mix/Simon & Schuster, 2007. Originally published in 2006. Paperback, 248 pp. Subject: Novel / Children's Fiction & Literature / Friendships. Condition: Good Plus. A bit of edge-wear to the corners with creasing and edge-wear to the spine. Some toning to pages evident, but clean and unmarked. … Read more about this item

JACK, Ian (Editor): Granta: Best of Young American Novelists (Issue 54, Summer 1996). London & New York, Penguin Books, 1996. Softcover, 320 pp. Subject: Fiction / Anthology Collections / Literature. Condition: Very Good Minus. Small pen marking found at the lower corner of the final page. A bump or two and light creasing… Read more about this item

PAYTON, Belle: It Takes Two: Two Cool for School. New York, Simon Spotlight, 2014. Stated First Edition. Softcover, 151 pp. Subject: Novel / Children's Fiction & Literature/ It Takes Two Series, Book 2. Condition: Very Good. A bump found at the top right hand corner of front cover. Otherwise a copy in first-rate… Read more about this item

PROULX, E. Annie: The Shipping News : A Novel. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1994. Originally published in 1993. Paperback, 337 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature. Condition: Very Good Minus. Some bumps to the book corners. A sticker pull near the upper right hand corner. All pages unmarked. "A vigorous, darkly comic, and at times magical portrait of… Read more about this item

BELLOW, Saul: Mr. Sammler's Planet. Greenwich, CT., Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1971. Originally published in 1970. Paperback, 286 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature. Condition: Good Plus. Some evidence of wear, chipping to the front cover's extremities. Large corner crease on the reverse. Former owner's name inscribed on the upper right hand corner of the half-title page. Otherwise a decent… Read more about this item

GAY, Roxane (Editor): The Best American Short Stories 2018. Boston & New York, Mariner Books / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018. First Paperback Edition. Softcover, 322 pp. Subject: Fiction / Annual Short Story Anthologies. Condition: Used, Like New. A gently-used copy with hardly a blemish (there's a small ding at the lower left hand… Read more about this item

HAMILL, Pete: Forever: A Novel. New York & Boston, Back Bay Books, 2003. Originally published in 2002. Softcover, 613 pp. Subject: Novel / Fantasy / Historical Fantasy – New York City. Condition: Very Good. A bump or two to the lower corners. Slight creases to the lower right-hand corner. Some sunning to… Read more about this item