Hardcover. NY, Basic Books, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 280 pages. On the night of March 26, 1938, nuclear physicist Ettore Majorana boarded a ship, cash and passport in hand. He was never seen again. In A Brilliant Darkness, theoretical physicist Joao Magueijo tells the story of Majorana and his research group, "the Via Panisperna Boys," who discovered atomic fission in 1934. As Majorana, the most brilliant of the group, began to realize the implications of what they had found, he became increasingly unstable. Did he commit suicide that night in Palermo? Was he kidnapped? Did he stage his own death?A Brilliant Darkness chronicles Majorana's invaluable contributions to science -- including his major discovery, the Majorana neutrino -- while revealing the truth behind his fascinating and tragic life.

Hardcover. Chicago, Monarch Book Company, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 166 pages. Sixteen color plates by Louis Betts. Yellow cloth cover with title and illustration on front. Spine very slightly darkened. Private library sticker on inner front cover, no other markings. First published by Herbert Stone in 1900, this edition undated but appears to be soon after as quality color plates appear to be from that printing. Clean.

Hardcover. Nairobi Kenya:, East African Publishing House, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 206 pages. 5 maps, biblio., index. "The Abaluyia are the third largest ethnic group in Kenya, numbering about 1,086,409 people." Previous owner's name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Softcover. NY, Mulholland Books, reprint, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 208 pages. It was supposed to be only a temporary job -- something to pay the bills until Dusty could get his feet back on the ground and raise enough money for medical school. After all, there's nothing wrong with being a bellboy at a respectable hotel like the Manton -- that is, until she came along. Marcia Hillis. The perfect woman. Beautiful. Experienced. Older and wiser. The only woman to ever measure up to that other her -- the one whose painful rejection Dusty can't quite put from his mind. A richly-imagined crime narrative of the Oedipal and betrayal, A Swell-Looking Babe is Thompson at his very best -- a cornerstone in Thompson's enduring legacy as the Dimestore Dostoyevsky of American fiction. Clean copy.

New York , Knopf, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrated by Marjorie Priceman. Fans of Poems of A. Nonny Mouse will rejoice in this effervescent sequel containing more than 50 wittily illustrated short verses. In an introductory letter, Ms. Mouse acknowledges that since the successful publication of her first volume, she's "been able to afford the occasional wedge of imported cheese" and "put away something for her old age." Along with traditional offerings, tongue twisters, limericks and four unlabeled poems by Prelutsky--identified as the editor of Ms. Mouse's scribblings--the book includes the familiar poem about infamous "Ooey Gooey," the worm who ends up squashed on a railroad track, and a subversive rendition of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" that concludes with "Throw your teacher overboard / And listen to her scream." Priceman's watercolors, like those she executed in Prelutsky's For Laughing Out Loud , are frolicsome and frisky, mischievously expressive.

London, Morley & Mitchell Kennerley, 1st, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth, 3 black & white plates. 32 pages. Green cloth covers.

Hardcover. Garden City NY, Doubleday & Company,, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in worn dust jacket. First edition of Tony Palazzo's charmingly illustrated rendition of Aesop's Fables. 9 X 12 1/2" original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers. Dust jacket with original price on flap ($2.50), chipped and short tears repaired on reverse. Clean, no marking.

Hardcover. NY, P.J. Kenedy & Sons, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark blue cloth, 242 pages. The history of a Catholic mission to Uganda and how in 1886 its native converts were executed. No dustjacket. Front fly leaf clipped otherwise very good, clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 133 pages. William Collins is very handsome, very polite, and very friendly. He is also dangerous when aroused. Now Collins, a one-time boxer with a lethal "accident" in his past, has broken out of his fourth mental institution and met up with an affable con man and a highly arousing woman, whose plans for him include kidnapping, murder, and much, much worse. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, pages. The best-selling author of Listening to Prozac examines depression from a historical and scientific perspective, challenging cultural beliefs that depression is a noble or romantic disorder linked to soulful or creative achievements, and calling for a greater awareness of depression's devastating impact, as well as renewed efforts to provide curative treatments.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 108 pages. Hardcover. Full color illustrations by Barry Moser. Dust jacket with spine fade, light edgewear. Clean, tight copy. Stories of the trickster hero Jahdu retold by Virgina Hamilton.

Hardcover. NY, Jewish Opinion Publishing Corporation, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 285 pages+ portrait frontis. Original full cloth binding, edges browned. Original dust jacket, chipped, tanning. First Edition. Stephen S. Wise (1874-1949) was born in Budapest and as a child emigrated to New York, where he received his Jewish and secular education. He was ordained as a rabbi in the New Jewish Theological Seminary and went on to become a Reform rabbi and ardent Zionist and Anti-fascist. This book was published to mark Rabbi Wise's 70th birthday. his comments on Zionism, Hitlerism, the fate of the Jews - as WW2 was drawing to a close - were enormously influential.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 7th pr., 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated in 3-colors by Leo Politi. Running through the streets of Lima went Paco, the nine year old Indian boy from the hill country of Peru. He was an orphan and, when his boss-man was hurt and had to go to the hospital, the "Public Welfare" said that Paco must come and live with them. But not Paco! Paco gets himself some city clothes, makes his bed of theater posters in a niche of an old building, and sets himself up as a shoeshine boy in front of the most handsome building he has ever seen, the palace of the President of Peru. Dust jacket with edgewear, otherwise clean.

Softcover. NY, Mysterious Press,, reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 204 pages. Mass market paperback

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st , 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Barry Moser. Tight copy. A collection of poems about Biddy Early, the Wise Woman of Clare, and her animal, human, and supernatural associates.

Hardcover. NY, E P Dutton & Co., 1st US, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with pictorial boards, Illustrated in color by Derrick Sayer. First American edition. Delightfully witty and utterly absorbing tales about Nichols' three cats, Four, Five, and Oscar. No dust jacket, Clean, bright copy.

NY, Bloomsbury, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Tim Raglin.Poor Bill! He is a bull with a passion for fine china. But, as we all know, bulls and china don't really go together too well - or is that just prejudice? In fact, Bill is a perfect collector of the most charming china cups, and only starts to break things when he is made to feel nervous. This is a delightful book about a bull, a china shop and three very kind old ladies. Clean copy.

NY, Bloomsbury, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Tim Raglin.Poor Bill! He is a bull with a passion for fine china. But, as we all know, bulls and china don't really go together too well - or is that just prejudice? In fact, Bill is a perfect collector of the most charming china cups, and only starts to break things when he is made to feel nervous. This is a delightful book about a bull, a china shop and three very kind old ladies. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 131 pages. The story is set in Philadelphia in a 1950's winter. The protagonist, Al Hart, wanders the city streets and steals an overcoat from a clothing store. He is running away from New Orleans where he is wanted for the murder of his older brother. The motive of the murder, it appears, is to inherit the large wealth his brother had earned. As the story unfolds, it develops that Hart was well educated and had gifts as an artist. Goodis' words "He had no idea of where he was going and he didn't care" describe Hart's life.Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press., 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The classic, unforgettable memoir of a young girl's coming of age, Bronx Primitive recalls the vitality of an immigrant neighborhood through the unsentimental eyes of a child. With an unerring eye for detail and an iridescent, clear-eyed prose, Kate Simon captures the particular world of her childhood as well as the universal uncertainties and triumphs of a young girl on the threshold of womanhood.

New York, Brockhampton/William R. Scott, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 40 pages. Many black & white and color detailed illustrations of buildings by the Leacrofts. Dust jacket with mild wear. Clean copy.

Softcover. Manchester University Press , 1st pbk, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 416 pages, b&w illustrations. During the Algerian War the French army engaged in the 'emancipation' of Muslim women as part of a strategy of subverting the nationalist movement whilst also inflicting widespread violence. First comprehensive study in English of the role of Muslim women during the Algerian war, bringing a unique interdisciplinary approach to the subject. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped in black. Color frontispiece, b&w illustrations by Henry Pitz. Previous owner's inscription, name on half-title page. "Edward Morrell suddenly steps from the freshman class at Harvard into the interior of Brazil where, he has heard, a young man may earn money provided he has courage. A jealous rancher intends to destroy the foreigner's lumber business, killing if necessary the owner and young Morrell"

Hardcover. New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 196 pages.One night out of the blue, Ratchet Clark's ill-natured mother tells her that Ratchet will be leaving their Pensacola apartment momentarily to take the train up north. There she will spend the summer with her aged relatives Penpen and Tilly, inseparable twins who couldn't look more different from each other. Staying at their secluded house, Ratchet is treated to a passel of strange family history and local lore, along with heaps of generosity and care that she has never experienced before. Clean copy.