ZENO'S

Carnival more books like this

by Rathbone, Julian other copies of this book

Description: New York. 1976. St Martin's Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good In Dustjacket. 15. 221 pages. hardcover. Jacket by Milas. keywords: February 10. inventory # 3379. FROM THE PUBLISHER-Azure-winged magpies are beautiful and rare. Disturbed by a pair of them on a Spanish hill-side near the Portuguese frontier, Colin Shedfield and his beautiful young mistress follow the flight of the birds across a valley — and discover four men digging a grave. A Spanish trades unionist is assassinated and, in ... Read More

Cry, the Beloved Country more books like this

by Paton, Alan other copies of this book

Description: London. 1954. Jonathan Cape. 23rd Impression. Very Good In Dustjacket. 6. hardcover. keywords: January 11. inventory # 6027. FROM THE PUBLISHER-CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY is a novel by South African author Alan Paton. It was first published in New York City in 1948 by Charles Scribner's Sons and in London by Jonathan Cape; noted American publisher Bennett Cerf remarked at that year's meeting of the American Booksellers Association that there had been ‘only three novels published since the first ... Read More

Raditzer

by Matthiessen, Peter other copies of this book

Description: New York. 1961. Viking Press. 1st Edition. Very Good In Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 90. hardcover. keywords: May 22. inventory # 5579. FROM THE PUBLISHER-‘Technically Matthiessen's neatest explication of character occurs in RADITZER. The figure who gives his name to the book is a passive-aggressive, physically weak and socially a parasite, yet able to strike through the mask of civilized respectability and mastery to reveal in those he victimizes a deep-seated guilt and bewildering remorse. The ... Read More

The Death of Tragedy more books like this

by Steiner, George other copies of this book

Description: Very good. New York. 1961. Knopf. 1st Edition. Fine In Worn Dustjacket. 24. hardcover. keywords: April 23. inventory # 11690. FROM THE PUBLISHER-THE DEATH OF TRAGEDY (1961) originated as George Steiner's doctoral thesis at the University of Oxford and examined literature from the ancient Greeks to the mid-20th century. ‘This book is important--and portentous--for if it is true that tragedy is dead, we face a vital cultural loss. The book is bound to start controversy. The very passion and ... Read More

The Wanderers

by Mphahlele, Ezekiel other copies of this book

Description: New York. 1971. Macmillan. 1st Printing. Very Good In Dustjacket. 15. 351 pages. hardcover. keywords: . inventory # 22222. FROM THE PUBLISHER-The ‘wanderers' of the title are political exiles, both black and white, who have to flee their native countries to survive, who, like the author himself was forced to leave South Africa, and taught for several years in Nigeria. This is a powerful story about outcasts on their own continent, Africans both black and white, in search of a home they cannot ... Read More

Judge Dee at Work

by Van Gulik, Robert other copies of this book

Description: New York. 1967. Scribners. 1st American Edition. Very Good In Dustjacket. 90. 174 pages. hardcover. keywords: . inventory # 7114. FROM THE PUBLISHER-Following novels and short stories were published in English by van Gulik. The short story collection JUDGE DEE AT WORK (published in 1967) contains a ‘Judge Dee Chronology' detailing Dee's various posts in specific years and stories set in these times. Van Gulik's last two books, POETS AND MURDER and NECKLACE AND CALABASH, were not listed in the ... Read More

The Leopard more books like this

by Reid, Victor Stafford other copies of this book

Description: New York. 1958. Viking Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good In Dustjacket. 21. 159 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Roberta Moynihan. keywords: May 1. inventory # 6275. FROM THE PUBLISHER-This is a strange, magical tale of the haunted and the hunted — the story of a double chase: a black man's pursuit of a white man with whom he has been deeply involved and who is now quite mad, and a leopard's pursuit of the black man. Written by a West Indian, The Leopard evokes the mystery, the beauty, ... Read More

What Now My Love more books like this

by Salas, Floyd other copies of this book

Description: New York. 1969. Grove Press. 1st Printing. Very Good In Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 15. hardcover. keywords: . inventory # 25298. FROM THE PUBLISHER-This novel set in 1960s California charts the flight of three people-a writer, his girlfriend and Sam, a big-time drug dealer-from a San Francisco drug factory where a plain-clothes policeman has been shot in the midst of a narcotics bust. Read More

Funeral in Berlin more books like this

by Deighton, Len other copies of this book

Description: New York. 1965. Putnam. 1st American Edition. Very Good In Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 24. hardcover. keywords: February 18. inventory # 18364. FROM THE PUBLISHER-FUNERAL IN BERLIN is a spy novel by Len Deighton. The protagonist, who is unnamed, travels to Berlin to arrange the defection of a Soviet scientist named Semitsa, this being brokered by Johnny Vulkan of the Berlin intelligence community. Despite his initial scepticism the deal seems to have the support of Russian security-chief Colonel ... Read More