Novels

Hardcover. NY, St Martins Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Harry Gainesborough, a children's book author who has written nothing since his daughter's death, fears that his weirdest book, "Zod Wallop," is actually coming to life when a series of horrible coincidences occur. Sly humor and eccentric characters raise Spencer's third novel (following Resume, with Monsters) far above run-of-the-mill fantasy fare. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1st US, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Full number line down to and including 1. In grey boards with blue type to spine. Searching for an inn, the enigmatic traveler Hans stops in a small city on the border between Saxony and Prussia. The next morning, Hans meets an old organ-grinder in the market square and immediately finds himself enmeshed in an intense debate-on identity and what it is that defines us-from which he cannot break free. Indefinitely stuck in Wandernburg until his debate with the organ-grinder is concluded, he begins to meet the various characters who populate the town, including a young freethinker named Sophie. Though she is engaged to be married, Sophie and Hans begin a relationship that defies contemporary mores about female sexuality and what can and cannot be said about it. Traveler of the Century is a deeply intellectual novel, chock-full of discussions about philosophy, history, literature, love, and translation. It is a book that looks to the past in order to have us reconsider the conflicts of our present. The winner of Spain's prestigious Alfaguara Prize and the National Critics Prize, Traveler of the Century marks the English-language debut of Andres Neuman, a writer described by Roberto Bolano as being "touched by grace." Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket with mild edgewear. Stated First Edition on copyright page. SIGNED BY WELTY in her small, dainty hand on the front fly leaf, which has some age-tanning to the paper. Losing Battles was Welty's fourth novel and her longest. She worked over fifteen years on it.

Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins , 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 216 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Previous owner's embossed stamp on front-fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Softcover. London, Granta, 1st UK, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 255 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Spotless and clean copy.

Softcover. Dalkey Archive Press, reprint, 2003, Softcover, 399 pages. The Inquisitory consists entirely of the interrogation of an old, deaf servant regarding unspecified crimes that may or may not have taken place at his master's French chateau. The servant's replies - which are by turns comic, straightforward, angry, nostalgic, and disingenuous - hint at a variety of seedy events, including murder, orgies, tax fraud, and drug deals. Of course, the servant wasn't involved with any of these activities - if the reader chooses to believe him. In trying to convince the inquisitor of his innocence, the servant creates a web of half-truths, vague references, and glaring inconsistencies amid "forgotten" details, indicating that he may know more than he's letting on.

Hardcover. Brattleborough, William Fessenden, 2nd, 1813, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 180 pages. Miniature hardcover with heavy rubbing to leather covers. Pages browned by age, moderate soil. Ex-Library with sticker on spine, and embossed stamp on front fly leaf. Tight copy for age. Previous owner's name on sticky note.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1st, 1887, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 260 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Brief notes in pencil on front endpaper. Clean, tight copy. Habberton spent nearly twenty years as the literary and drama critic for the New York Herald, but he is best known for his stories about early California life and for his hugely successful book 'Helen's Babies.'

Hardcover. Edinburgh, Canongate Books Ltd, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 122 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf. Very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 383 pages, red cloth covers with black lettering. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping. Scarce novel about the War of 1812.

Hardcover. Philadelphia , J.B .Lippincott, 1st, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 281 pages, light blue-green covers with two color plus gilt decoration. Color frontispiece by Douglas Duer. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, The Macaulay Company, First Edition, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 290 pages. Hardcover. Frontis illustration in bw, "At the sharp crack of the rifle, Moran stopped short." Brown cloth boards with orange printed titles to cover & spine. Previous owner's signature to front flyleaf. Light foxing to a few pages. Otherwise clean & unmarked.

hardcover. London, Faber & Faber, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY FRAYN on title-page.

Hardcover. NY, Atlantic Monthly , 1st US, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY SELF on title page. Clean, tight copy in excellent condition.

Hardcover. London, Headline Book Publishing, London, Reprint, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 533 pages. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page, supplemented with an interview of the author, a short story by the author, and discussion questions. Very slight corner and edge wear, otherwise, spotless and tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 368 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white illustrations. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1986, Hardcover, 372 pages, a classic adventure of the early American frontier. 14 color plates including title page and endpapers illustration by N.C. Wyeth. The definitive edition of the Scribner's Illustrated Classic with the original canvases newly photographed. While not a First Edition it is superior in every way considering the quality of the color plates. Bright, clean copy in a similar dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1983, Hardcover, 368 pages, a classic adventure of a shipwreck and survival. 14 color plates including title page and endpapers illustration by N.C. Wyeth. The definitive edition of the Scribner's Illustrated Classic with the original canvases newly photographed. While not a First Edition it is superior in every way considering the quality of the color plates. Bright, clean copy in a similar dust jacket.

Hardcover. London/New York, J.M. Dent/E.P. Dutton, 1st Revised Ed., 1909, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 291 pages, 12 color plates plus b&w drawings by Arthur Rackham. Red cloth covers with ornate gilt decoration to front and spine. A revision of Rackham's 1899 Ed. New color plates. Excellent condition. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New York, Covici-Friede, 2nd pr., 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 269 pages. Previous owners name and the number "10" on front endpaper. Top edge stained black. Price clipped dust jacket with light chipping along edges. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Dial Books, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The House with a Clock in Its Walls; The Figure in the Shadows and The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring are three magically eerie tales gathered in this one-volume edition. Illustations by Edward Gorey, Mercer Mayer and Richard Egielski. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Jonathan Cape, 1st UK, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 146 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 2nd Printing, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 273 pages, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half-title page. Very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Lamson Wolffe, reprint, 1896, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 126 pages, with illustrations by Henry Sandham throughout. Gilt top edge and titles. Minor corner and edge wear, previous owner's bookplate and pencil marking on front endpaper, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped jacket, 247 pages. SIGNED BY PROSE on title page. The author offers a sharp-eyed consideration of how men and women differ in their pursuit - and avoidance - of power, sex, and competition. A satire of the pieties of New Age religion and knee-jerk feminism.

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped jacket, 247 pages. SIGNED BY PROSE on title page. The author offers a sharp-eyed consideration of how men and women differ in their pursuit - and avoidance - of power, sex, and competition. A satire of the pieties of New Age religion and knee-jerk feminism.

Hardcover. New York, Norton, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, INSCRIBED BY SARTON on front end paper. Clean, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Norton, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY SARTON on half-title page. light soil to rear panel of dust-jacket otherwise VG/VG.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st US, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 183 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. DJ has light edgewear, chipping. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st US, 1889, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 127 pages, plus 8 pages of publisher's advertisments. Illustrated by C.S. Reinhart, Green cloth covers with dark green and gilt decoration and spine gilt lettering. Dated previous owner's inscription front end paper. Light edgewear to spine, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st , 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, 306 pages. The author's first book. The dust jacket has a big chunk out of front (takes out A-H in last name of author & CE in title). $3.50 on front dj flap. Stated first edition with code B-D. Light wear, chips to spine.

Hardcover. Boston, Estes & Lauriat, 1st, 1896, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 676 pages. Hardcover. International Limited Edition #959 out of 1000 printed sets. B/w illustrations/plates with tissue guards. Covers bound in dark green cloth (Some rubbing to front and back, and slight fraying top and bottom of spine). Paste down title label on spine (some tanning and chipping to label, but in good shape and legible). Gilt top edge. Deckled fore and bottom edges. Tanning to pages and edges due to advanced age. Beautiful collector's item over 120 years old.

Hardcover. Boston, Estes & Lauriat, 1st, 1894, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pages: (1) 312, (2) 321. Hardcovers. 2 VOLUME SET. International Limited Edition Set: #959 out of 1000 printed sets. All volumes: B/w illustrations/plates throughout, each with tissue guard, bound in green cloth (slight fraying at top of spine), paste down title label on spine (some tanning and chipping to labels, but both are in good shape and legible). Gilt top edges. Deckled fore and bottom edges. Tanning to pages and edges due to advanced age. Beautiful collector's item over 120 years old.

Hardcover. NY, Hyperion, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 500 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Clean, tight copy.

NY , Ticknor & Fields, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped jacket. SIGNED BY BELL on title page.

Hardcover. New York, Summit, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, SIGNED by NORMAN on title page. Remainder dot on bottom edge. Dust jacket price clipped

Hardcover. NY, Dutton, 1st , 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 309 pages. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition.

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., First Edition, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 239 pages. Tan cloth boards with black titles & horse decorative illustration to spine. Light scuff mark bottom rear edge. Green top edge. Toning throughout. Original dust jacket with moderate wear to edges, light toning, now protected with a plastic cover. Pages untrimmed. Clean, unmarked copy.

Hardcover. New York, Viking , 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 276 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Small half inch chunk missing from rear dust jacketpanel at bottom edge, otherwise, spotless and tight copy.

Hardcover. London, Bloomsbury, 1st UK, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 249 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. London, Picador, 1st UK, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 277 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. London, HARVILL, 1st UK, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 233 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. London, Secker & Warburg, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 215 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Spotless copy.

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 253 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. London, Harvill Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 431 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. Pittsburgh, Pa., University of Pittsburgh Press, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 145 pages, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page. Spotless and tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row , 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 201 pages. B&w drawings by Brad Holland.

Hardcover. New York , Frederick A. Stokes, 1st, 1909, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 419 pages, dark blue covers with two color decoration. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. London, Jonathan Cape, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY DOYLE on title-page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY SCHULMAN on title page.