Unmarked. First published in 1884 and written pseudonymously by "A Square".
The book uses the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to comment on the hierarchy of Victorian culture, but its more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions. 16 illustrations by the author. 156p. • • • View More...
Finalist for the 2022 Pen/Faulkner Award for fiction, Finalist for the Publishing Triangel's Edmund White Debut Fiction Award, Winner of the 2022 Gina Berriault Award.
An examination of family, sacrifice, and empathy. • • • View More...
Donald Antrim (b. 1958) is an American novelist. In 1999 The New Yorker named him as among the twenty best writers under the age of forty. In 2013, he was named a MacArthur Fellow. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Age tanning. Rubbed edges and edge wear. Measures 4.25x7 inches. Asimov's take on the discoveries made in the twentieth century and their impact on the world. 160p. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Copyright 1900. 315p. Measures 5x7.5 inches. Text in English. Introduction by W. P. Trent. Le Cousin Pons is one of the last of the 94 novels and short stories that make up Honoré de Balzac's Comédie humaine.
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was a French novelist and playwright. • • • View More...
This book is a complete, unsettling, and frequently exhilarating vision of the world, starting with the voyage of Noah's ark and ending with a sneak preview of heaven. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Black-and-white illustrations. 368p. Measures 5.5x8.25 inches. In book 4 in the fantasy series from Marie Brennan, the glamorous Lady Trent takes her adventurous explorations to the deserts of Akhia. • • • View More...
Unmarked. 4 small color images. Burghley House, a grand 16th-century country house, was one of the filming locations for the da Vinci Code. This 12-sided pamphlet is based on the filming scenes. There are 12 clues based on paintings in the house. The answer to to code is based on the subject matter of The da Vinci Code. • •• View More...
Unmarked. Text in German. Ein Italienisches Marchen Nacherzahlt von Italo Calvino. Aus dem Italienischen von Burkhart Koreber. Mit Bildern von Susanne Janssen. 32p. French flaps. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Remainder dot on bottom. Translated, introduction by Maria Bloshteyn. Illustrated by Nikolay Chekhov. 114p. Measures 5x8 inches. Chekhov assembled this book in 1882, with illustrations by Nikolay Chekhov. At the time, the censor denied approval. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Tanned pages. Dust jacket (unclipped and with small closed tear) under clear mylar cover. 650p. Measures 6.25x9.5 inches.
Includes The Mirror Crack'd, A Caribbean Mystery, Nemesis, What Mrs McGillicuddy Saw! (a.k.a The 4:50 from Paddington), and The Body in the Library. • • • View More...
Unmarked. This novella follows an imaginary actuary and his family into the 21st century. An actuary is a person who compiles and analyzes statistics and uses them to calculate insurance risks and premiums.
This book speaks to how the dramatic changes around them alter lives. Tackles the thorny issues surrounding the aging population of the industrialized nations and introduces some interesting ideas. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Unclipped dust jacket. 472p. Third novel in a series that explores the life and influence of Francis Cornish (The Cornish Trilogy), an art expert and collector. The plot in the third book revolves around a production of an unfinished opera by the 19th century composer E.T.A. Hoffmann. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Creases and tears on unclipped dust jacket. 436p. Second novel in the Cornish Trilogy. A portrait of an art expert and collector of international renown woven into a spellbinding tale of artistic triumph and heroic deceit. • • • View More...
This novel is a sequel of a sort to his 1940 book Captain Jan, though not having the same characters as the earlier book. This book centers around the specialized Ocean tugboat trade during World War II. • • • View More...
Introduction by James Tiptree, Jr. This volume includes Dick's earliest short and medium-length ficiton, including several previously unpublished stories covering the years 1954-1964. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Closed tear on dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom.
Edited and with an Introduction by Angus Wilson. Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Remainder dot on bottom. Introduction by Gunter Grass. Selected and translated from the German by Damion Searls. 200p. Measures 5x8 inches.
Includes all of Doblin's first book, The Murder of a Buttercup as well as two longer stories composed in the 1940s, when he lived in exile in Southern California. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Translated from the German by Joel Agee. Foreword by Theodore Ziolkowski. Originally published in 1986, this novel explores topics found in today's headlines: terrorism, revolutionary activities, border clashes, secret weapon tests, spy satellites, and more. 129p. • • • View More...
