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Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf (Borzoi), New York, NY., 1949
Anbieter: river break books, Fort benton, MT, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Rental library copy. Blue clothbound with dustjacket and mylar sleeve. Exterior is clean and square. Gilt print and embossed image on exterior are clear and highly presentable. Water stains and damage to top edges of pages, bleeding slightly into page margins. Interior is marked at front and rear endpapers, but text is very clean. Highly readable with a strong, tight binding.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, New York, NY, 1990
ISBN 10: 0394583256ISBN 13: 9780394583259
Anbieter: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, USA
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Hardcover. First Edition (1990), so stated. First Edition (1990), so stated. Fine in Near Fine DJ: The Book is flawless. The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome, like-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing no discernible imperfections. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Virtually "As New". The DJ shows only the mildest rubbing and a short, superficial scar at the head of the back strip; else flawless; the price is intact. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.5 x 6.65 x 1 inches. viii, 245 pages. Language: English. Weight: 22.2 ounces. Deckle fore-edge. Hardback with DJ.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, New York, NY, 2007
ISBN 10: 0307263649ISBN 13: 9780307263643
Anbieter: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, USA
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Hardcover. First Ed, so stated. First Ed, so stated. Fine in Fine DJ: Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ unclipped. As New. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 247pp. Appears Unopened. Hardback with DJ. "Send" is smart, timely, entertaining, a good investment -- and, as a reference book, a keeper. It combines the pithy good sense of Strunk & White's "Elements of Style" with the tongue-in-cheek humor of H. W. Fowler's "Modern English Usage" to produce the equivalent of Amy Vanderbilt's "Etiquette" for the e-set. While most of us take emailing for granted (and, unfortunately, never -- or only rarely -- think about how our message might be received at the other end), David Shipley and Will Schwalbe take us behind the electronic curtain to show us that digital yellow-brick roads might well conceal oodles of anti-personnel devices, most of them of our own unconscious design. "All ye who enter here." might do well to stand at the portal to the World Wide Web. Unfortunately, there's no such warning. And so, all of us -- too glibly, too happily, too unreflectively -- bound through without first taking the time to learn some basic do's and don't's. Shipley and Schwalbe have compiled such a list -- and have provided anecdotes and illustrations aplenty to make digesting that list an eminently enjoyable undertaking. If, for example, you should ever experience "a sudden chill in the ether," you need only turn to page 131 to discover a possible source of the temperature drop between you and your pretended e-pal(s). While "Five Words That Almost Everyone Misuses" (p. 121) certainly wasn't necessary to any reader who's spent a pleasantly sardonic afternoon with Mr. or Mrs. Malaprop, "This Is Annoying How" is the kind of literary circus act that leaves us gasping with delight. If you're one of those readers who enjoyed Lynn Truss's "Eats(,) Shoots & Leaves" -- not only for its usefulness, but also for its moxy -- "Send" is your kind of book. If you're NOT that kind of reader, buy it anyway -- it may save (you) a friend.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, New York, NY, 1979
ISBN 10: 0394319540ISBN 13: 9780394319544
Anbieter: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, USA
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Paperback. Neat, light, PENCIL UNDERLINING to about page 100. Else, Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of careful use: a crease near the lower corner of the front panel; just a touch of wear to the extremities; moderate rubbing to the wrapper covers; the pages have tanned slightly, due to aging; the binding remains square and secure. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing light wear - and of course the underlining. No longer 'As New', but remains a clean, sturdy, presentable reading copy. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.25 x 5.5 x 0.85 inches). xiv, 368 pages. Language: English. Weight: 13.9 ounces. First Edition Thus (1979); First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Paperback. First Edition Thus (1979); First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc./Borzoi, New York, NY, 1988
ISBN 10: 0394757939ISBN 13: 9780394757933
Anbieter: Prairie Creek Books LLC., Torrington, WY, USA
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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG/none, used but looks like new, color illustrated stiff paper wraps, 192pp. Interior clean no marks, pages near bright, binding tight. Slight shelf rubbing to wraps, no chips or tears, wraps are clean near bright, corners are square.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, New York, NY, 1988
ISBN 10: 0394570405ISBN 13: 9780394570402
Anbieter: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, USA
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Hardcover. First Ed, so stated. First Edition, so stated. Fine in Near Fine DJ: Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows only the mildest rubbing; price intact; mylar-protected. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 215pp. Deckle Fore-edge. Hardback with DJ. Intelligent, thoughtful and lucidly expressed, Engle's new novel portrays a man trying to come to terms with a void in his life. After selling his small chain of bookstores around Boston, Ben Morrison looks forward to a promised administrative position at a fledgling community college, with the possibility of a teaching job, too. But he has a strong feeling that his good fortune hasn't been earned, that catastrophe is waiting to strike, and he experiences a disquieting lack of direction as each day dawns. Ben feels distanced from his familyhis wife Lucky seems self-absorbed; his sons live far from home; his daughter Sarah, a lawyer, is having difficulty in her relationship with her lover Carl, a former activist with an uncertain future. In addition, Lucky's mother Faith, whose spirit Ben has long admired and whose insights he has relied upon, is dying. When Carl's past appears to imperil his application for a government-funded grant, Ben attempts to intervene and, in the process of untangling some consequences of Carl's actions, uncovers the roots of his own hopes and convictions. As Lucky plans her mother's 85th birthday celebration, Sarah announces she is pregnant, and Faith's condition worsens. Engel, head of Harvard's writing program and author of Fish and Voyager Belsky, conveys the subtle shifts of his characters' emotional equilibrium with respect and attention. Their conversation, in particular, is luminous, as carefully wrought and revealing as discourse in the novels of Henry James.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, New York, NY, 1992
ISBN 10: 0394589165ISBN 13: 9780394589169
Anbieter: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, USA
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Hardcover. First Edition [1992], so stated. First Edition [1992], so stated. Very Good+ in Near Fine DJ: Book shows indications of very careful use: very slight spine lean; just a hint of shelving wear along the bottom edge; the binding remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. The DJ shows only the mildest rubbing; the price is intact. Overall, remains a handsome copy: clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to. 506 pages. Deckle Fore-Edge. Hardback with DJ.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf/Borzoi Book, New York, NY, 2010
ISBN 10: 1400042445ISBN 13: 9781400042449
Anbieter: Book Catch & Release, HULL, IA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. "A spirited, urgent book that reveals the costs and benefits of being connected --how, from ancient Rome to the present, roads have played a crucial role in human life, advancing civilization even as they set it back." Ted Conover's travels to Peru, East Africa, the West Bank, Ladakh (India), China, and Lagos, Nigeria.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc./Borzoi, New York, NY, 1977
ISBN 10: 0394414101ISBN 13: 9780394414102
Anbieter: Prairie Creek Books LLC., Torrington, WY, USA
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Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Photographs, Illustrations (illustrator). 1st Edition. G/none, used, red colored plastic cover, 855pp. Interior clean, no marks, binding tight. Slight shelf rubbing to exterior, no chips or tears. The center section is all color images of the various birds with reference to page.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Bks, New York, NY, 2007
ISBN 10: 0307263533ISBN 13: 9780307263537
Anbieter: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, USA
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Hardcover. First Edition [2007]; Second Printing. Fine in Fine DJ: Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ unclipped; mylar-protected. As New. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. xv, 268 pages. First Edition [2007]; Second Printing. Hardback with DJ.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Bks, New York, NY, 1996
ISBN 10: 0679450912ISBN 13: 9780679450917
Anbieter: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, USA
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Hardcover. First Edition [1996], so stated. First Edition [1996], so stated. Very Good+ in Good+ DJ: The Book shows indications of very careful use; just a touch of shelving wear to the lower extremities; the binding leans slightly, but remains secure; the text is clean. The DJ shows fairly heavy smudging and soiling to the front panel; some inventory sticker remains at the lower rear panel; pretty much free of wear to the extremities; mild overall rubbing and faint soiling; the price is unclipped; free of ownership marks. A handsome, if lightly used copy in a soiled, but intact DJ. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 372 pages. Deckle Fore-Edge. Hardback with DJ.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, New York, NY, 1991
ISBN 10: 0679406573ISBN 13: 9780679406570
Anbieter: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, USA
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Hardcover. First Edition (1991), so stated. First Edition (1991), so stated. Very Good+ to Near Fine in Very Good+ to Near Fine DJ: The Book shows only minute indications of use: light shelving wear along the bottome edge of the quarter-cloth boards and a tiny nick at the bottom edge of the rear panel; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tighly bound, showing a couple of very minor flaws. Virtually 'As New'. The 21DJ shows notceable rubbing; a tiny rough spot at the place where the book shows a nick; else flawless; the price is unclipped; mylar-protected. No longer pristine but remains close to it. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.5 x 6.5 x 1.25 inches). 309 pages. Language: English. Weight: 1 pound, 9.7 ounces. Hardback with DJ. Author's first novel.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, New York, NY, 1993
ISBN 10: 0394584872ISBN 13: 9780394584874
Anbieter: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, USA
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Hardcover. First Edition USA (1993), so stated. First Edition USA (1993), so stated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. The Book shows a hint of shelving wear along the bottom edge of the boards and two tiny, faint stains to the lower deckle fore-edge; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, very nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the very mildest wear and a single unobtrusive cosmetic flaw. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to "As New". The DJ shows the barest tick of wear ot the lower corner tips; else flawless; the price unclipped. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.95 x 1.05 inches). 260 pages. Language: English. Weight: 18.5 ounces.Hardback with DJ.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, New York, NY, 2007
ISBN 10: 0307266362ISBN 13: 9780307266361
Anbieter: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, USA
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Hardcover. First Edition [2007]; so stated. First Edition [2007]; so stated. Very Near Fine in Fine DJ: The Book shows a mild crimping to the heel of the backstrip and the mildest bump to the upper rear corner tip; tiny, very faint smudge to the lower fore-edge; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome very nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a couple of minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Bright and clean. Very close to "As New". The DJ is flawless; the price is unclipped. Like New. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.5 x 5.85 x 1.35 inches). xii, 443 pages. Language: English. Weight: 25.5 ounces. Hardback with DJ.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. [Borzoi Books], New York, NY, 1996
ISBN 10: 0394443691ISBN 13: 9780394443690
Anbieter: knew_4_you, San Jose, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1996 HARDBACK. 47th Print [Feb. 1996]. DJ in Clear, ARCHIVAL MYLAR WRAP. NO remainder mark. | SHIPS AIRMAIL INTERNATIONALLY!.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, New York, NY, 1997
ISBN 10: 0679454764ISBN 13: 9780679454762
Anbieter: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, USA
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Hardcover. Very Near Fine in Very Good DJ. The Book shows only the faintest foxing to the top edge; else flawless. The binding is square and secure; the text clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a minor, unobtrusive imperfection. Bright and Clean. Corners sharp. Not perfect, but very close to 'As New'. The DJ shows considerable rubbing to the panels; a touch of wear to the upper front corner tips and to the heel of the backstrip; the price is intact. Remains intact and not unattracitive but shows some wear. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.75 x 6 x 1 inches). 236 pages. Language: English. Weight: 16.5 ounces. Deckle fore-edge. First Edition [1997]; Sixth Printing in the same year. Hardback with DJ. Ruth Puttermesser, a highly educated, unlucky-in-love but rather mystical existence as a Jewish woman in New York City, has been chronicled in previously published stories appearing occasionally through the years. The Puttermesser Papers collects the old stories, along with several new ones, combined to create a funny and surreally picaresque narrative, touching upon Puttermesser's job at a blueblood law firm, her creation and intellectual sparring with the golem she makes out of soil from her flowerpots, her term as mayor of New York, her own death by murder, and, yes, beyond. First Edition [1997]; Sixth Printing in the same year.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, New York, NY, 1998
ISBN 10: 0375403957ISBN 13: 9780375403958
Anbieter: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, USA
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Hardcover. First Edition (1998), so stated. irst Edition (1998), so stated. Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ: The Book shows only a little crimping to the heel of the backstrip and milder crimp to the head of same; the binding leans ever so slightly; else flawless; the binding remains secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the mildest wear and a couple of minor, unobtrusive cosmetic imperfections. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Close to "As New". The DJ shows a hint of sunning to the brown toned background field of the backstrip (the white titles thereon remain bold and clearly legible); the price is unclipped. No longer 'As New', but remains close to it. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.7 x 6 x 1.25 inches). 340 pages. Language: English. Weight: 21 ounces. Hardback with DJ.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, New York, NY, 1974
ISBN 10: 0394491300ISBN 13: 9780394491301
Anbieter: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, USA
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Paperback. First Ed, so stated. First Ed, so stated. Very Good+ in Very Good DJ: Book shows a small patch of sticker shadow at the front paste-down end paper; just a hint of shelf-rubbing along the bottom edge of the cloth-covered boards; the binding shows the slightest lean, but remains perfectly secure; text clean. DJ shows light wear to extremities; mild rubbing; light sunning at the back strip and the upper corner of the front panel, near the hinge, but the titles remain unaffected: Bold and clearly legible; price unclipped. Remains clean, sturdy, tightly bound and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 249 + xix pages. Hardback with DJ.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf/Borzoi, New York, NY, 1976
Anbieter: Lucky Panther Books, Leonia, NJ, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Stated 1st ed. Award-winning poet Hacker's second book. Book is tight and clean, undamaged and unmarked. Jacket has 2 closed tears at top edge, very lightly soiled with age.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, New York, NY, 1988
ISBN 10: 0394568656ISBN 13: 9780394568652
Anbieter: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, USA
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Hardcover. First Edition, so stated. First Edition, so stated. Near Fine in Very Near Fine DJ: Book shows only very minor indications of us: two tiny dots of stain at the top edge and the slightest shelf rubbing at the bottom edge of the boards, which also show three superficial dents; the binding remains square and secure; text clean. The DJ shows barely discernible sunning to the background field of the backstrip; the price is unclipped. No longer pristine, but remains virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 291pp. Hardback with DJ. Set in Alaska in the late 19th century, this novel is the story of a diverse group of people - Eskimos, Irish, Japanese and North American - brought together by the gold rush and strangely influenced by the alien landscape in which they find themselves. Richard Wiley has also written "Soldiers in Hiding", the recipient of the Pen/Faulkener Prize. Wiley's second novel is a subdued, reflective portrait of the adventurers and fortune-seekers who journeyed to the barely settled town of Nome, Alaska, in 1899, hoping to ride the crest of a gold rush. What many found instead was a harsh Arctic climate that offered little in the way of sustenance, let alone wealth. Coming from worlds as distant and different as America, Ireland and Japan, the explorers had to learn to trust one another's cultural rituals and those of the indigenous Eskimo population. The author interweaves several stories as they unfold over the course of a year. Some of them are straight and vivid: an old Japanese man keeps himself company through the long freeze by recounting the entire history of his country; a young woman opens the town's first bathhouse, later using it as a political base; a preacher holds his flock by creating Bible stories with such characters as Andrew the Suicidal.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, New York, NY, 2008
ISBN 10: 0307266915ISBN 13: 9780307266910
Anbieter: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, USA
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Hardcover. First Ed, so stated. First Ed, so stated. Fine in Very Near Fine DJ: Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows only the mildest rubbing at the top and bottom of the frong hinge; else flawless; price intact; mylar-protected. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 306pp. Hardback with DJ. This is an excellent novel: sly, sophisticated, funny, contemporary. It evokes a wonderful sense of place, reveals characters and their relationships in all their ambiguity and complexity (and what relationship is not complex and ambiguous?) and begins with the glorious premise: just how far can a misunderstanding unravel a marriage? It's worth reading just for the wise asides. I could not put this book down.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, New York, NY, 1929
Anbieter: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, USA
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Hardcover. First Edition; later printing. Very Good+: shows light wear to extremities; mild rubbing; slight spine lean; faint soiling. Binding secure; text clean. Despite these minor flaws, remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 394pp. Bibliography. Indices. Navy Blue cloth over boards with orange titles at the front panel and backstrip; embossed designs at same. First Edition; later printing. Hardback: Lacks DJ.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, New York, NY, 2008
ISBN 10: 030726887XISBN 13: 9780307268877
Anbieter: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, USA
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Hardcover. First Ed USA, so stated. First Ed USA, so stated. Fine in Fine DJ: Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ unclipped; mylar-protected. As New. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 193pp. Hardback with DJ. This story is told in short chapters, narrated by the two main characters - by Chris, a lonely man who lives with a passionless wife and by Roza, a young woman he meets on the street and propositions, under the mistaken belief that she was working as a prostitute. This unlikely couple end up meeting and having regular talks at Roza's dilapidated home, where she tells him stories about her life. We wonder if Roza is an unreliable narrator, but we want to believe her, and so does Chris. Her stories charm Chris, so much so that he begins to fall for Roza, and he craves her company and fantasizes about making her his lover. He is falling in love with her, and she seems to be caring for him, too, despite her tales getting wilder and more sordid. We learn early on that these characters do not end up together, and that this is the cause of quite a bit of regret. By the end of the book, we find out why, and what happened. I enjoyed the book a great deal. It can be very funny at times, and yet there are also some horrendous passages. This story tells us something about lost opportunities, and about living life to the fullest.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf/Borzoi Books, New York, NY, 1969
Anbieter: Books by White/Walnut Valley Books, Winfield, KS, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1969. Hardcover. Stated 16th Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for gift inscription on the second blank page. Book Condition: Near Fine; light dust soiling to edges. DJ: Very Good +; Price Clipped; closed tears on bottom of front panel and at front flap fold bottom; slight chipping to head and tail. Black cloth boards and spine with bright gold lettering on spine gilt prophet hand holding dancing figures on front board. 77 pp 8vo. This book is entirely a translation from poems written in Arabic during his early years and taken from one or another of the volumes of Arabic poems. Translated into English by Andrew Ghareeb in the magic style of the original Arabic. A beautiful, clean, and pristine copy in Brodart mylar jacket.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, New York, NY, 1989
ISBN 10: 0394573730ISBN 13: 9780394573731
Anbieter: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, USA
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Hardcover. First Edition, so stated. First Edition, so stated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. The Book shows no discernible wear at all, but the binding is ever-so-slightly cocked, while remaining perfectly secure; the text is clean. The DJ shows just a hint of rubbing; the price is unclipped. Overall, very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 148pp. Hardback with DJ. Troubled by ghosts of the past, the asthmatic, solitary narrator of this psychosexually chilling short novel has totally repressed a shocking secret. Triggered by current sensory images, it emerges slowly in fragmentary memories that have blocked full awareness. Finally she remembers the crime she committed against a schoolmate, which now haunts her until she can face its memory. "No man is an island," said John Donne, but Kohler believes in the privacy of "islands." A bizarre, cerebral memoir that unfolds slowly and deliberately in a series of almost impressionistic sensory images. Recommended.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Bks, New York, NY, 1992
ISBN 10: 0394573986ISBN 13: 9780394573984
Anbieter: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, USA
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Hardcover. First Edition USA [1992], so stated. First Edition USA [1992], so stated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. The Book shows a short gift inscription at the upper corner of the front free endpaper; a small, rather faint smudge at the bottom edge of the text block; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. The DJ shows only mild rubbing and a bit of faint wrinkling at the head of the backstrip; the price has not been clipped. Not perfect, overall, but remains very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 478 pages. Hardback with DJ.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, New York, NY, 1976
ISBN 10: 0394490584ISBN 13: 9780394490588
Anbieter: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, USA
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Hardcover. First Edition USA [1976], so stated. First Edition USA [1976], so stated. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ: Both book and DJ show indications of very careful use. The Book shows just a touch of wear to extremities; the binding shows very slight lean, but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. The DJ shows only a touch of wear to the outside edges: a bit of a wrinkle at the lower rear corner tip and a quarter-inch, closed tear at the top edge of the front panel; else only mild rubbing; the price has not been clipped. Overall, shows minor wear to both the book and DJ, but no major flaws. Structurally sound and tightly bound: this volume remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. 8vo. xx, 352. Six-page Index. Deckle Fore-Edge. Tinted Top Edge. Hardback with DJ.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, New York, NY, 2007
ISBN 10: 1400043158ISBN 13: 9781400043156
Anbieter: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, USA
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Hardcover. First Edition USA [2007], so stated. First Edition USA [2007], so stated. Near Fine in Fine DJ: Book shows only minute indications of use: binding shows slight lean, while remaining perfectly secure; text clean. DJ price unclipped; mylar-protected. Else flawless. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.9 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches). 146 pages. Translated from the French by Geoffrey Strachan. Weight: 9.8 ounces. Hardback with DJ. French playwright and novelist Reza wryly channels the thoughts of the titular depressed, unhappily married 47-year-old writer: he has just been diagnosed by his optometrist with partial thrombosis and probable glaucoma, while his wife, Irene, an engineer, seems to no longer love or care for him. With obsessions about his mortality, marriage, and failed book crashing about his head, Adam finds himself watching the ostriches in Paris's Jardin des Plantes, periodically cell-phoning his contentedly-coupled friend Albert. Recognizing Adam in the park, Marie-Thérèse Lyoc, with her bags full of the merchandise she sells to zoos and amusement parks, is energetic and talkative; in lycée, she was the invisible, faceless slave to another girl Adam loved. Out of grim resignation, Adam agrees to drive back with this open, talkative "nauseatingly robust ghost from the past" to her apartment in the suburbs while Marie-Thérèse cooks dinner for him, and eventually shares with him a letter that reveals how she once pined for him. This revelation, 30-years-ripe, paralyzes him. In her penetrating, repetitive monologue, Reza collapses Adam's entire sense of himself, and renders his ordinariness touching, even majestic.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf/Borzoi Book, New York, NY, 1984
ISBN 10: 0394459822ISBN 13: 9780394459820
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Cloth/Boards w/DJ. Zustand: VG/G. Not Illustrated (illustrator). Book Club Edition. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf/Borzoi Book. VG/G. 1984. Book Club Edition. Cloth/Boards w/DJ. BC Edition . 8vo., 562 pp., DJ rubbed, untrimmed foredge .
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, New York, NY, 1993
ISBN 10: 0679413995ISBN 13: 9780679413998
Anbieter: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, USA
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Hardcover. First Edition USA, so stated. First Edition USA, so stated. Fine in Fine DJ: Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ unclipped; mylar-protected. As New. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 187pp. Translated from the Spanish by Alfred Mac Adam. Hardback with DJ. Soriano has written an Argentine road-novel that, in muted comic tones, seems to yearn to be allegory--to suggest perhaps that post-Falklands-War Argentina is a vast wasteland, piled-on by absurdities, in which only the scammer and confidence-man will do okay. The narrator finds himself lost in the middle of nowhere when a train he's been riding on breaks down. Penniless, he hitches a ride with an ex-circus-star, Coluccini, on his own way to Bolivia--and in due course the two will pick up and accumulate Lem, a gambler; the fortuneteller Nadia; a two-bit entrepreneur named Barrante, as well as a freelance priest. The story climaxes with a rigged poker game that is meant to solve the problems of the whole off-center crew--to predictably chaotic results. The anti-hero, being an interesting character himself, interacts with many interesting (sometimes weird) people including a rich man looking for an non-existant casino, a fortuneteller, crooked and dangerous priests, and an army official who is looking for his lost army thinking they are still at war. It is a captivating story, highty descriptive and very well written, and includes some effective elements of black humor. It is one of those books that you can read over and over again. So.magical realism of a slightly different leaning. A quick read that'll stay with you for years.