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  Ref #   Author   Title   Publisher/Description Price  
 
  0466   Maass, Edgar   The Queen's Physician Scribner's Sons 1948, ed not stated, no dj, top spine damagd, bindg is tight & signatures intact, great reading copy, 405pp, fair 2.00  
      An historical novel of one of the most dramatic chapters of European history brought to life. The story of Johann Friedrich Struensee, 1737-1772, an eighteenth-century Danish physician who rose to almost absolute power in the office of prime minister in the court of Christian VII of Denmark and Norway, who cared less about ruling his country than his nightly revels.
 
  0465   MacMillan, Ian   Proud Monster North Point 1987, 1st ed, 140pp, sl toning along top inside dj edge, else vy fine 7.50  
      A collection of vignettes set in World War II Europe creating a fictional mosaic of horrors and exploring the human capacity to inflict and endure cruelty. Forms the first of a trilogy of works focusing on World War II.
 
  0467   Maillet, Antonine   The Devil is Loose
   (Tr. by Philip Stratford)
Lester & Orpen Dennys 1986, 1st ed (Canadian), # 32 Intl Fiction List series, 310pp, dj spine sl faded, else vy fine 7.50  
      Blonde-haired, blue-eyed female sea captain tries to out-fox the new shrewd and handsome constable. A seafaring novel of rum-running and piracy, and of real and concocted ghosts.
 
  0468   Malory, Thomas, Sir   The Romance of King Arthur & His Knights of the Round Table (Illus.) Weathervane 1977, 2nd pr (reprint of 1917 ed), 502pp, some edgewear top dj edge, bksellrs stickr underside frnt dj flap, else nr fine 9.50  
      Lancelot and Guinevere, Tristan and Isolde--the definitive account of the Arthurian legends. Abridged from Malory's Morte D'Arthur, by A.W. Pollard; illustrated by Arthur Rackham, w/16 tipped in color plates.
 
  Ref #   Author   Title   Publisher/Description Price  
 
  0469   Malraux, Andre   Man's Fate
    (La Condition Humaine) [Illus.]
Random Hse 1984, reprint of 1934 ed, 359pp, RM, else vy fine 4.50  
      "There have been many novels of revolution. Man's Fate, by virtue of its specific subject, makes a bid for an important place, for it deals with a crucial episode in the Chinese Revolution (1925-27) which, in the history of world revolution, forms a brilliant and tragic chapter: brilliant because of the will and courage of those who fought in it, tragic because of the mass murders which ended it."
 
  0470   Mann, Thomas   Buddenbrooks
    (Tr. by H.T. Lowe-Porter)
Vintage 1984, QP, 5¼ x8", 604pp, prev ownrs embossed blind stamp on 1st pg & title pg, vy sl yellowg on pg edges, else good 2.75  
      Thomas Mann's first novel, the massive history of four generations of the wealthy Buddenbrooks family as it devolves from self-assured men of affairs to a final enfeebled aesthete. Pervading Mann's early work is his tragic sense that the imagination is a force essentially hostile - or inimical to - the crude vitality of life. Buddenbrooks thus inaugurates a theme which reaches its culmination in Death In Venice.
  0471   Mann, Thomas   The Magic Mountain
    (Tr. by H.T. Lowe-Porter)
Franklin Library 1981, no dj as issued, gilt pg edges, uniform ed, 724pp, vy fine 9.50  
      Mann's magnum opus, an atmospheric novel of ideas set in the famed sanitorium at Davos, in which the explicit philosophical contents, particularly the numerous discussions of the nature of time, are subtly reproduced in the rhythm & flow of the narrative. This volume is a uniform brown, simulated leather binding with gold stamped decoration on boards and spine.
  0472   Mann, Thomas   Royal Highness
    (Tr. by Cecil Curtis)
Knopf 1965, reprint of 1939 ed, RM, in mylar cvr, 338pp, dj price clippd, 15mm dj tear btm rear, else nr fine 11.50  
      "It is Klaus Heinrich, the younger brother of Albrecht II, and heir presumptive to the throne. There he goes, he is still in view. Known and yet a stranger, he moves among the crowd-people all around him, and yet as if alone, He goes his lonely way and carries on his narrow shoulders the burden of his Highness!"
 
  Ref #   Author   Title   Publisher/Description Price  
 
  0486   Marryat, Frederick   Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet Literature House 1970, fold-out map, 929pp, no dj, bksellrs stickr inside frnt cvr, else vy fine 12.50  
      Facsimile reprint of three volume 1843 Longman, Brown, Green edition; completely titled as The Travels and Romantic Adventures of Monsieur Violet Among the Snake Indians and Wild Tribes of the Great Western Prairies. In its time, an immensely popular fictional account of the fictional adventures of a fictional Frenchman in an interesting part of North America.
 
  0474   Martorell, Joanot &
  de Galba, Marti Joan
  Tirant Lo Blanc
    (Tr. by David Rosenthal
Schocken 1984, 1st ed US, notes, bibliog, 642pp, vy fine 8.50  
      First published in the Catalan language in 1490, written by a Valencian knight [Martorell] and completed after his death by another knight, this first English translation introduces us to a classic of mediaeval literature, a novel of chivalry, courtship and war. Translated and with a foreword by David H. Rosenthal.
 
  0071   Mason, Bobbie Ann   In Country Harper 1985, BC, 247pp, dj spine faded, else vy fine 6.50  
 
  0623   Matthee, Dalene   Circles in a Forest Knopf 1984, 1st ed US, RM, 305pp, vy fine 6.50  
      South African novelist Dalene Matthee's story of a young Dutch settler coming of age in the South African setting of the Knysna forest.
 
  0475   Matthews, Greg   The Further Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Crown 1983, 1st ed US, 500pp, dj spine & top edge sun faded, else fine+ 8.50  
      A captivating continuation of America's favorite novel. Taking up where Mark Twain left off, the funny, touching story continues the exploits of Huck Finn and his best friend, Jim, as they "light out for the territory."
 
  0534   Matthiessen, Peter   At Play in the Fields of the Lord Vintage 1987, QP, 1st pr, RM, 5¼ x8", 373pp, minor scuffs frnt cvr, else nr fine 3.50  
      Basis for powewrful 1991 Tom Berenger film of two missionaries (one fake, one sincere) who end up doing equal damage to natives.
  0535   Matthiessen, Peter   Far Tortuga Vintage 1988, QP, 1st pr, RM, 5¼ x8", 408pp, cornr crease lwr frnt cvr + 1st 20 pgs, spine sl sun faded, else vy good 3.00  
      Nine men aboard an old Caribbean schooner drift in search of the fishing grounds of their forefathers, only to find a modern world in which they have no place.
  0536   Matthiessen, Peter   On the River Styx and Other Stories Random House 1989, 1st ed US, RM, in mylar cvr, 208pp, dj lightly soiled, dj spine sun faded, else nr fine 8.50  
      A collection of ten short stories by a highly regarded, award-winning writer.
  0537   Matthiessen, Peter   Partisans Vintage 1987, QP, 1st pr, RM, 5¼ x8", 184pp, nr fine 3.00  
      "Psychological thriller of ideas and a man trying to reach through present confusions and distress to a future in which he will be living and breathing for others."
  0538   Matthiessen, Peter   Race Rock Vintage 1988, QP, 1st pr, RM, 5¼ x8", 306pp, spine vy sl sun faded, else nr fine 3.50  
      "A probing novel of today's rootless generation." Peter Matthiessen's first novel.
  0539   Matthiessen, Peter   Raditzer Vintage 1987, QP, 1st pr, RM, 5¼ x8", 152pp, spine vy sl sun faded, else nr fine 3.00  
      Peter Matthiessen's second book, a powerful novel about a WW II Army transport corrupted by a strange and evil man. Makes "The Caine Mutiny" sound like a pleasure cruise, and evoked comparisons with Conrad and Melville from the critics.
      Additional titles by this author
 
  Ref #   Author   Title   Publisher/Description Price  
 
  0624   May, Karl   Canada Bill Neville Spearman (UK) 1971, 1st ed UK, vy minor foxing to dj rear, 192pp, fine+ 79.50  
      Written in Germany, Karl May's stories are set in the American West and are crammed with adventure and suspense. This book, illustrated by Elizabeth Clarke, contains three of May's stories, "Canada Bill," "The Talking Leather," and "'One-Eye' Joe Burkers."
 
  0625   McCaffrey, Anne   All the Weyrs of Pern Del Rey/Ballantine 1991, 1st ed, 404pp, vy fine 7.50  
      The dragonriders had dedicated themselves for generations to fighting Thread, the hellish spores that rained every so often from the sky to spoil the earth... Now it looked as if that might be possible when the people uncovered the remains of the planet's original settlement. They uncovered the early people's voice-activated artifical intellignece system which still worked! This meant that it could be used to wipe out Thread for all time. From Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series.
  0626   McCaffrey, Anne   Killashandra Del Rey/Ballantine 1985, 1st ed, 303pp, dj spine sl sun faded, else vy fine 8.50  
      Killashandra Ree's life was one of catastrophic changes. She had joined the Heptite Guild to become a Crystal Singer, get rich, and forget her past. But then a devastating storm turned her claim to useless rock. In short order she was broke, she had crystal sickness so bad she thought she'd die, and the only way she could be true to the man she loved was to leave him.
 
  0627   McCarthy, Cormac   All the Pretty Horses Vintage 1993, QP, 1st pr, 5¼ x8", 302pp, nr fine 4.50  
      Cormac McCarthy's landmark novel, a modern-day Western full of horses, gunplay and romance from Texas to Mexico, that won both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction, and propelled its author to literary celebrity after nearly three decades of writing well-received literary novels in relative obscurity.
  0628   McCarthy, Cormac   Suttree Vintage 1986, QP, 1st pr, 5¼ x8", 471pp, front lwr corner of cvr neatly taped, else vy good 4.00  
      The story of Cornelius Suttree, who has forsaken a life of privilege with his prominent family to live in a dilapidated houseboat on the Tennessee River near Knoxville. Remaining on the margins of the outcast community there - a brilliantly imagined collection of eccentrics, criminals, and squatters - he rises above the physical and human squalor with detachment, humor, and dignity." By the author of All the Pretty Horses and Blood Meridian.
 
  0151   McCullough,
    Colleen
  The First Man in Rome Morrow 1990, BC, 896pp, dj spine sl faded, else vy fine 4.50  
 
  0629   McEwan, Ian   The Child in Time Houghton Mifflin 1987, 1st ed, 263pp, dj spine sun faded, else vy fine 9.50  
      Ian McEwan's novel that explores the nature of time, our perception of it, and its relation to the loss of a child.
 
  Ref #   Author   Title   Publisher/Description Price  
 
  0001   Melville, Herman   Pierre, Israel Potter, Piazza Tales, Confidence Man, Uncollected Prose, Billy Budd Library of America 1984, 1st pr dj ed, 1478pp, vy fine 14.50  
  0002   Melville, Herman   Redburn, White-Jacket, Moby Dick Library of America 1983, 1st pr dj ed, 1437pp, fine+ 13.50  
  0003   Melville, Herman   Typee, Omoo, Mardi Library of America 1982, 1st pr dj ed, 1333pp, fine+ 12.50  
 
  0109   Michener, James A.   Alaska Random Hse 1988, 1st ed, 868pp, bindg sl concave at top, else nr fine 7.50  
  0111   Michener, James A.   Centennial Random Hse 1974, BC, 909pp, vy sl fading along top edges of bindg, else fine+ 4.50  
  0112   Michener, James A.   Chesapeake Fawcett 1979, PB, 9th pr, 1083pp, prev ownr's name inside frnt cvr, binding sound, good 1.50  
  0113   Michener, James A.   Journey Random Hse 1989, 1st ed US, 244pp, RM, else fine 7.50  
  0114   Michener, James A.   Poland Fawcett 1984, PB, 1st pr, 616pp, near fine 2.50  
  0115   Michener, James A.   Space Random Hse 1982, 1st ed, 622pp, vy good 8.50  
  0116   Michener, James A.   Tales of the South Pacific Macmillan 1986, 1st pr of Hudson Rvr Ed (reprint of 1947 ed), 326pp, RM, else fine 7.75  
  0117   Michener, James A.   Texas Random Hse 1985, 1st ed, 1096pp, 10mm dj tear top spine, else fine 8.50  
 
  0121   Miller, Henry   Tropic of Cancer
    (1st of 3 vol trilogy orig
      banned in the U.S.
)
Grove 1961, reprint ed, 318pp, sl yellwg at pg edges, sevrl dj tears, moisture stain dj spine, else vy good 7.50  
  0122   Miller, Henry   Tropic of Capricorn
    (2nd of 3 vol trilogy...)
Grove 1961, reprint ed, 346pp, dj spine faded, 3mm dj tear top spine, else vy fine 9.50  
  0120   Miller, Henry   Black Spring
    (3rd of 3 vol trilogy...)
Grove 1963, reprint ed, 243pp, vy fine 8.50  
 
  0632   Momaday, N. Scott   House Made of Dawn Perennial 1984, PB, RM, 191pp, vy sl toning at pg edges, else nr fine 1.75  
      Scott Momaday's magnificent Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of a young Native American, home from a foreign war and his straddling two worlds.
 
  0633   Montgomery, Jean   Passage to Drakes Bay Morrow 1972, 1st ed, 192pp, imprinted by publr "Library Edition", tho never marked or circulated, dj price clipped with light damp stain on btm dj edge (does nt effect book), else nr fine 6.50  
      A fictionalized account of Sir Francis Drake's voyage of 1577-1579 to northern California, focusing particularly on European interactions with the native peoples of that region. For younger readers; illustrated by Anne Siberell.
 
  0124   Morrison, Toni   Beloved
    (1988 Pulitzer Prize winner)
Knopf 1987, 1st ed, 275pp, dj spine faded, else vy fine 17.50  
 
  0637   Mosher, Frank Howard   A Stranger in the Kingdom Doubleday 1989, 1st ed, 421pp, vy fine 7.50  
      Frank Howard Mosher's deeply engrossing story of a community torn apart by fear and prejudice after the murder of a seventeen-year-old girl in Kingdom County, Vermont, the spring of 1952.
  0638   Mosher, Frank Howard   Where the River Flows North (Stories) Penguin 1985, QP, 5 x7¾", 205pp, fr cvr has a few edge nicks & has corners taped, else good 3.00  
 
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  Ref #   Author   Title   Publisher/Description Price  
 
  0126   Nabokov, Vladimir   Ada Weidenfeld (UK) 1969, 2nd pr, 589pp, boards vy sl bowed, remnant of 20x20mm bkseller stckr inside frnt cvr, dj spine faded & chippd top rear, else vy good 7.50  
  0127   Nabokov, Vladimir   Lolita
    (new intro Lolita Turns 30, by Erica Jong 10pp laid in)
Putnam 1988, BC, 319pp, dj spine sl discolord w/3mm tear btm spine, else vy fine 8.50  
 
  0072   Neider, Charles   Overflight New Horizon 1986, 1st ed, 218pp, incl publshrs orig press rel, sevrl vy minor dj tears, else vy fine 7.50  
 
  0649   Neidle, Alan   Fables for a Nuclear Age (Illus) Paragon House 1989, 1st ed, 207pp, vy fine 8.50  
 
  0125   New, Christopher   Shanghai Summit (S&S) 1985, 1st ed US, RM, 869pp, 8mm dj tear top rear, dj sl faded, else vy fine 7.00  
 
  0657   Nin, Anais   Cities of the Interior:
    Collected Writings
Peter Owen (UK) 1978, appears as 1st ed UK (nt stated), 589pp, price clippd (lwr crnr) w/new price stickr, else vy fine 17.50  
      A collection of five Anais Nin novels published during the 1940s and 1950s, including Ladders to Fire, Children of the Albatross, The Four-Chambered Heart, A Spy in the House of Love, and Seduction of the Minotaur.
 
  0140   Nkosi, Lewis   Mating Birds
    (author's 1st novel)
St. Martin's 1986, 1st ed, 184pp, dj spine sl discolord, else vy fine 8.50  
 
  0178   Nooteboom, Cees   In the Dutch Mountains
    (tr. by Adrienne Dixon)
LSU 1987, QP, BC, 5½ x8½", 128pp, vy fine 3.50  
  0180   Nooteboom, Cees   A Song of Truth and Semblance
    (tr. by Adrienne Dixon)
LSU 1987, appears as 1st ed US, 83pp, dj spine sl faded, sl wrinkld spine edges + sm crease top frnt flap, else vy fine 22.50  
 
  0141   Norman, Howard   Northern Lights
    (National Book Award nominee)
Summit 1987, 1st ed, 236pp, author's 1st novel, vy fine 59.50  
 
  0261   Nourse, Alan E.   The Blade Runner Balantine 1975, PB, 1st pr, 213pp, 5mm tear top back covr, yellowg at pg edges, else vy good 4.50  
 
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  Ref #   Author   Title   Publisher/Description Price  
 
  0184   O'Brien, Dan   Eminent Domain
    Short Stories
Crown 1987, QP, 6x9", 1st pr, RM, 135pp, fine+ 3.50  
 
  0185   O'Brien, Tim   The Nuclear Age Knopf 1985, 1st ed, 312pp, dj spine faded, else vy fine 7.50  
 
  0399   O'Dell, Scott   Island of the Blue Dolphin
    Newberry Award winner.
Houghton Mifflin 1960, 11th pr, 184pp, btm spine sl bumped, several sm tears top/btm dj spine, price clipped, else fine 5.00  
 
  0186   O'Flaherty, Liam   The Wilderness Dodd, Mead 1987, 1st ed US, 196pp, dj spine sl faded, else vy fine 7.50  
 
  0190   O'Hara, John   Appointment in Samarra, Butterfield 8, Hope of Heaven Random House 1934, 448pp, BC stated on dj but bk does not hve usual markgs, btm corners sl bumpd, dj spine sl faded, worn w/tiny chips at spine edges & 10mm tear top front, else vy good 3.00  
 
  0187   Olson, Toby   Seaview
   Author winner of 1983
    PEN-Faulkner Award
.
Marion Boyars 1985, 1st ed UK, 251pp, dj spine sl discolord, else vy fine 7.50  
 
  0188   Orton, Joe   Head to Toe St Martin's 1987, 1st ed US, 187pp, dj spine sl discolord, else vy fine 8.50  
 
  0400   Orwell, George   Animal Farm New Amer Lib 1983, QP, 1st pr, 5¼ x8", 128pp, spine sl faded, else vy fine 3.75  
  0401   Orwell, George   Burmese Days Harvest/HBJ 1973, PB, 6th pr, 287pp, spine sl faded, else vy fine 2.75  
  0402   Orwell, George   A Clergyman's Daughter
    Orwell's first novel.
Secker & Warburg (UK) 1979, repr of 1960 ed, 320pp, remnant of booksellr's sticker frnt ep, 10mm tear btm/back dj, else vy fine 7.50  
  0403   Orwell, George   Coming Up for Air Harvest/HBJ n.d., PB, 278pp, no prntg hist stated, vy good 2.50  
  0404   Orwell, George   Down and Out in Paris and London Harvest/HBJ 1965, PB, 11th pr, 213pp, fine+ 2.75  
  0405   Orwell, George   Keep the Aspidistra Flying Harvest/HBJ n.d., QP, 8th pr, 5¼ x8", 248pp, fine+ 3.50  
  0659   Orwell, George   Nineteen Eighty-Four The Observer (UK) 1981, Classic of the Month Library ed, 241pp, 5mm dj tear top spine, else vy fine 4.50  
  0337   Orwell, George   Nineteen Eighty-Four Signet (NAL) 1961, PB, 35th pr, 267pp, sl yellowg at pg edges, else good 1.75  
      Additional titles by George Orwell and about George Orwell
      Also, see 1985: What Happens After Big Brother Dies
 
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  Ref #   Author   Title   Publisher/Description Price  
 
  0073   Padilla, Heberto Heroes are Grazing in My Garden
   (Tr. by Andrew Hurley)
FSG 1984, 1st ed US, 250pp, fine+ 6.50  
 
  0191   Penner, Jonathan   Private Parties
   Short Stories. Winner of
    1983 Drue Heintz Award
.
Univ Pittsburgh 1983, 1st ed, 197pp, dj vy sl faded on spine, else fine+ 6.50  
 
  0235   Perec, Georges   W or The Memory of Childhood
  (Tr. by David Bellos)
Godine 1988, 1st ed US, 164pp, dj spine sl faded, else fine+ 6.50  
 
  0148   Phillips, Jayne Anne   Black Tickets
    Short Stories
Delta 1982, QP, 5½ x8", 3rd pr, RM, 265pp, fine+ 4.00  
 
  0142   Pineda, Cecile   Face
    (Author's 1st novel)
Viking 1985, 1st ed, 194pp, fine+ 6.50  
  0143   Pineda, Cecile   Frieze Viking 1986, 1st ed, 225pp, fine+ 7.50  
 
  0236   Plimpton, George   The Curious Case of Sidd Finch Macmillan 1987, 1st ed tr, 275pp, dj spine sl discolord, else fine+ 6.50  
 
  0575   Poe, Edgar Allan   The Works of Edgar Allan Poe Avenel 1985, 1st pr, 753pp, vy fine 6.50  
      An unabridged edition of all Edgar Allan Poe's short stories, one complete novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, and "The Raven" and other poems.
 
  0238   Portis, Charles   Norwood Vintage 1985, QP, 5¼ x8", reprint of 1966 S&S ed, 190pp, vy fine 3.50  
 
  0501   Proust, Marcel   Remembrance of Things Past
    (Tr. by C.K. Scott Moncrieff, et.al.)
Random House 1932, 2 vols, ed not stated, no dj, pages vy clean, 2265pp, owners named inked & neatly blackd out on frnt fep (both vols), frnt fep detachd frm bindg bt nt frm paste down (v1), else good 13.50  
      This is an autobiographical novel told mostly in a stream-of-consciousness style. The work collected pieces from Proust's childhood, observations of high class life-style, gossips, recollections of the closed world where he never found his place. The key scene is when a madeleine cake (a small, rich cookie-like pastry) enables the writer to experience the past completely as a simultaneous part of his present existence. This is a two volume edition of the seven novels, tan cloth spines and blue paper over boards w/author's monogram, lacking original slipcase.
 
  0240   Pynchon, Thomas   Vineland Little, Brown 1990, 1st ed, 385pp, dj spine faded w/5mm tear & sm wrinkle btm spine, else vy fine 7.50  
 
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