Gregory Maguire

Rare signed first edition in excellent condition. Dust jacket missing. Inscribed. Collectible. 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New York

"A brilliant, perceptive, and deeply moving fable."
--Boston Sunday Globe

 

Publishers Weekly calls Gregory Maguire's Lost "a deftly written, compulsively readable modern-day ghost story." Brilliantly weaving together the literary threads of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, and the Jack the Ripper stories, the bestselling author of The Wicked Years canon creates a captivating fairy tale for the modern world. With Lost, Maguire--who re-imagined a darker, more dangerous Oz, and inspired the creation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway blockbuster Wicked--delivers a haunting tale of shadows and phantoms and things going bump in the night, confirming his reputation as "one of contemporary fiction's most assured myth-makers" (Kirkus Reviews).

Lost—Signed

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Stephen King

Rare first edition in excellent condition. Collectible. 

Cycle of the Werewolf

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 *** This is a FIRST EDITION!!!

A witty and winning new voice comes alive in this infectious road-trip adventure with a rock-and-roll twist. Shapiro's debut blends the emotional nuance of Elena Ferrante with the potent nostalgia of High Fidelity, in a story of two women--one rich and alluring, the other just another planet in her dazzling orbit--and their fervid and troubled friendship.

From the distance of a few yards, there might be nothing distinctive about Lee Parrish, nothing you could put your finger on, and yet, if she were to walk into a room, you would notice her. And if you were with her, I'd always thought, you could walk into any room.

For quiet, cautious, and restless college freshman Vivian Feld, real life begins the day she moves in with the enigmatic Lee Parrish--daughter of died-too-young troubadour Jesse Parrish and model-turned-fashion designer Linda West--and her audiophile roommate Andy Elliott.

When a one-night stand fractures Lee and Andy's intimate rapport, Lee turns to Viv, inviting her into her glamorous fly-by-night world: an intoxicating mix of Hollywood directors, ambitious artists, and first-class everything. It is the beginning of a friendship that will inexorably shape both women as they embark on the rocky road to adulthood.

More than a decade later, Viv is married to Andy and hasn't heard from Lee in three years. Suddenly Lee reappears, begging for a favor: she wants Viv to help her find the lost album Jesse was recording before his death. Holding on to a life-altering secret and ambivalent about her path, Viv allows herself to be pulled into Lee's world once again. But the chance to rekindle the magic and mystery of their youth might come with a painful lesson: while the sun dazzles us with its warmth and brilliance, it may also blind us from seeing what we really need.

What begins as a familiar story of two girls falling under each other's spell evolves into an evocative, and at times irrepressibly funny, study of female friendship in all its glorious intensity and heartbreaking complexity. #hardcover #fiction #firstedition #novel #contemporary #literaryfiction

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Novel

A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice

The Wall Street Journal calls The Sun in Your Eyes one of "the season's most exciting fiction reads."

One of Vulture's "7 Books You Need to Read this July"

Harper's Bazaar picked it as one of "Spring's Hottest Breakout Novels."

Ann Hood says it's "the perfect summer book."

A witty and winning new voice comes alive in this infectious road trip adventure with a rock-and-roll twist.  Shapiro's debut blends the emotional nuance of Elena Ferrante with the potent nostalgia of High Fidelity, in a story of two women--one rich and alluring, the other just another planet in her dazzling orbit--and their fervid and troubled friendship.

From the distance of a few yards, there might be nothing distinctive about Lee Parrish, nothing you could put your finger on, and yet, if she were to walk into a room, you would notice her. And if you were with her, I'd always thought, you could walk into any room.

For quiet, cautious and restless college freshman Vivian Feld real life begins the day she moves in with the enigmatic Lee Parrish--daughter of died-too-young troubadour Jesse Parrish and model-turned-fashion designer Linda West--and her audiophile roommate Andy Elliott.

When a one-night stand fractures Lee and Andy's intimate rapport, Lee turns to Viv, inviting her into her glamorous fly-by-night world: an intoxicating mix of Hollywood directors, ambitious artists, and first-class everything. It is the beginning of a friendship that will inexorably shape both women as they embark on the rocky road to adulthood.

More than a decade later, Viv is married to Andy and hasn't heard from Lee in three years. Suddenly, Lee reappears, begging for a favor: she wants Viv to help her find the lost album Jesse was recording before his death.  Holding on to a life-altering secret and ambivalent about her path, Viv allows herself to be pulled into Lee's world once again.  But the chance to rekindle the magic and mystery of their youth might come with a painful lesson: While the sun dazzles us with its warmth and brilliance, it may also blind us from seeing what we really need.

What begins as a familiar story of two girls falling under each other's spell evolves into an evocative, and at times irrepressibly funny, study of female friendship in all its glorious intensity and heartbreaking complexity.

The Sun in Your Eyes

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Fritz Wegner

Emma Curzon

A showstopper and unique gift for your favorite astrology buff. Lusciously illustrated by the great Fritz Wegner. With hand-lettered text, every inch of this book is joyfully illustrated. A must for any novelty book collector. 1990 First American edition.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Massachusetts

An Astrological Entertainer with Slides, Wheels, and Changing Pictures

A two-page spread for each sign of the Zodiac includes illustrations, interactive turning wheels, and pull tabs that conceal promising nuggets of information about the future.

Heaven on Earth

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#paperback #fiction #youngadult #fantasy #scifi #youngadultsciencefiction #fairytale #firstedition

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Utah

FIRST EDITION 

Cinder

#hardcover #romance #fiction #delirium #dystopia #dystopian #firstedition

Michigan

Delirium

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#hardcover #firstedition #OwlCrate #fiction #authorsigned Author's letter included.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

These Violent Delights.

Peter Gay

Signed first edition with a library cover on sleeve. Some spine damage. 

Connecticut

The Bourgeois Experience: Victoria to Freud

Pleasure Wars

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Tennessee

Plantation Life In The Ante-Bellum South

The Slave Community (First Edition)

Sarah J. Maas

Ex-Library book, first edition and printed upside down! Underneath the library jacket it is in great condition other than writing on the top. 

Texas

Kingdoms collide in Sarah J. Maas's epic fifth installment in the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series. The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those who don't. With her heart sworn to the warrior-prince by her side, and her fealty pledged to the people she is determined to save, Aelin will delve into the depths of her power to protect those she loves. But as monsters emerge from the horrors of the past, and dark forces become poised to claim her world, the only chance for salvation will lie in a desperate quest that may mark the end of everything Aelin holds dear. In this breathtaking fifth installment of the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series, Aelin will have to choose what -- and who -- to sacrifice if she's to keep the world of Erilea from breaking apart.

Empire of Storms - First Edition UPSIDE DOWN PRINTING 

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Aleksandar Hemon

Signed first edition
Crumpled corners and damage to dust cover but pages and binding are good

Illinois

Aleksandar Hemon, author of The Question of Bruno,one of the most celebrated debuts in recent American fiction, returns with the mind- and language-bending adventures of his endearing protagonist Jozef Pronek. This is what we know about Jozef Pronek: He is a young man from Sarajevo who left to visit the United States in 1992, just in time to watch war break out at home on TV. Stranded in the relative comfort of Chicago, he proves himself a charming and frankly perceptive observer of – and participant in – American life. WithNowhere Man,Pronek, accidental urban nomad, gets his own book. Aleksandar Hemon lovingly crafts Pronek into a character who is sure to become an enduring literary icon. From the grand causes of his adolescence – principally, fighting to change the face of rock and roll and, hilariously, struggling to lose his virginity – up through a fleeting encounter with George Bush (the first) in Kiev, to enrollment in a Chicago ESL class and the glorious adventures of minimum-wage living, Pronek’s experiences are at once touchingly familiar and bracingly out-of-the-ordinary. But the story of his life is not so simple as a series of global adventures. Pronek is continually haunted by an unseen observer, his movements chronicled by narrators with dubious motives–all of which culminates in a final episode that upends many of our assumptions about Pronek’s identity, while illustrating precisely what it means to be a Nowhere Man. With all the literary verve ofThe Question of Bruno,but with an engrossing narrative, engaging warmth, and refreshing humor,Nowhere Manbrings to life a protagonist whose very way of looking at and living in the world provokes an exhilarating sense of seeing everything new again. And all the while, the inspired freshness of the prose reminds the reader why Aleksandar Hemon earned such extraordinary recognition after just one book.

Nowhere Man

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J. R. R. Tolkien

First Edition, 4th print. Dust cover has some damage. Book itself is in good shame. Some writing on the inside with a stamp. The map is included in the back. 

Arkansas

Set in a time far earlier than Tolkien's master works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, this is the epic history of the elves, and the grand story of the creation of Tolkien's magical world. The Lord of the Rings narrated the great events at the end of the Third Age; but the tales of The Silmarillion are legends deriving from a much deeper past, when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils. Never published in the author's lifetime, The Silmarillion is an essential compendium for all Tolkien fans. It will be published in five consecutive volumes, each completely unabridged. The series contains not only the Quenta Silmarillion, but four other short works: the Ainulindale, Valaquenta, Akallabeth and Of the Rings of Power.

The Silmarillion

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Shipped by Amazon to me… I don’t see any other misprints. However the dust jacket is marred (right side of point) from Im assuming shipping. Has not been read. 

Iron flame with sprayed edges

#hardcover #fiction #fantasyfiction #stephenking #dark #darktower #firstedition #bookseries 

Indiana

The final installment in the epic series completes the quest of Roland Deschain, who works to outmaneuver the increasingly desperate acts of his adversaries and confronts losses within his circle of companions.

The Dark Tower

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Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth book in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny's beloved series.

It's spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant should reemerge.

But something has.

As the villagers prepare for a special celebration, Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir find themselves increasingly worried. A young man and woman have reappeared in the Sûreté du Québec investigators' lives after many years. The two were young children when their troubled mother was murdered, leaving them damaged, shattered. Now they've arrived in the village of Three Pines.

But to what end?

Gamache and Beauvoir's memories of that tragic case, the one that first brought them together, come rushing back. Did their mother's murder hurt them beyond repair? Have those terrible wounds, buried for decades, festered and are now about to erupt?

As Chief Inspector Gamache works to uncover answers, his alarm grows when a letter written by a long dead stone mason is discovered. In it the man describes his terror when bricking up an attic room somewhere in the village. Every word of the 160-year-old letter is filled with dread. When the room is found, the villagers decide to open it up.

As the bricks are removed, Gamache, Beauvoir and the villagers discover a world of curiosities. But the head of homicide soon realizes there's more in that room than meets the eye. There are puzzles within puzzles, and hidden messages warning of mayhem and revenge.

In unsealing that room, an old enemy is released into their world. Into their lives. And into the very heart of Armand Gamache's home.

A World of Curiosities

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In pretty good shape but some overall wear around the edges and cover and some small pencil writing on back page (see pictures).

Paul Sheldon, author of a series of historical romances, wakes up in a secluded farmhouse in Colorado with broken legs and Annie Wilkes, a disappointed fan, hovering over him with drugs, ax, and blowtorch and demanding he bring his heroine back to life

Misery (First Edition/First Printing)

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Pierce Brown

New Jersey

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

***The explosive fifth novel in the Red Rising Series***


The Number One New York Times bestselling author of Morning Star returns to the Red Rising universe with the thrilling sequel to Iron Gold.

He broke the chains
Then broke the world....

A decade ago Darrow led a revolution, and laid the foundations for a new world. Now he's an outlaw.

Cast out of the very Republic he founded, with half his fleet destroyed, he wages a rogue war on Mercury. Outnumbered, outgunned but not out thought. Is he still the hero who broke the chains? Or will he become the agent of the world's destruction?

Is it time for another legend to take his place?

Lysander au Lune, the displaced heir to the old empire, has returned to the Core. First he must survive Gold backstabbing, then Darrow. Will he bring peace to mankind at the edge of his sword?

And on Luna, Mustang, the embattled sovereign of the Republic, must save both democracy and her exiled husband millions of kilometres away.

The only thing certain in the Solar System is treachery. And that the Rising is entering a new Dark Age.

PRAISE FOR THE RED RISING SERIES:

'Pierce Brown's empire-crushing debut is a sprawling vision . . . Ender, Katniss, and now Darrow' - Scott Sigler, New York Times bestselling author of Pandemic

'[A] top-notch debut novel . . . Red Rising ascends above a crowded dystopian field' - USA Today

'[A] spectacular adventure . . . one heart-pounding ride . . . Pierce Brown's dizzyingly good debut novel evokes The Hunger Games, Lord of the Flies, and Ender's Game. . . . [Red Rising] has everything it needs to become meteoric' - Entertainment Weekly

Dark Age (SIGNED FISRT EDITION, No. 41 of 500 Goldsboro) *RARE*

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Kathleen Lane

Only read once; unbroken spine with minor damage to the dustjacket from the shelf as well as the tiny mouth-shaped indention from the sweet orange kitty in the photo taking a nibble he seemingly decided it was a not-a-food after all.

Discover an "absurd, funny, and thought-provoking" book perfect for "anyone who has ever felt socially awkward or inadequate" (Louis Sachar, author of Holes and the Wayside School series).

Dear weird toes, crooked nose, stressed out, left out, freaked out

Dear missing parts, broken hearts, picked-on, passed up, misunderstood,

Dear everyone, you are cordially invited, come as you are, this party's for you

Welcome to Pity Party, where the social anxieties that plague us all are twisted into funny, deeply resonant, and ultimately reassuring psychological thrills.

There's a story about a mood ring that tells the absolute truth. One about social media followers who literally follow you around. And one about a kid whose wish for a new, improved self is answered when a mysterious box arrives in the mail. There's also a personality test, a fortune teller, a letter from the Department of Insecurity, and an interactive Choose Your Own Catastrophe.

Come to the party for a grab bag of delightfully dark stories that ultimately offers a life-affirming reminder that there is hope and humor to be found amid our misery.


Pity Party

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Andrew Tudor

A Cultural History of the Horror Movie

Monsters and Mad Scientists (First published 1989)

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David Blackbourn

No dusrjacket and the hardcover has dirtied over time.

Water, Landscape and the Making of Modern Germany

A history of Germany from the mid-eighteenth century to the present documents its rise as reflected by the nation's water and landscape developments, covering such topics as Frederick the Great's transformation of previously uninhabitable marshlands, the Rhine engineering projects, and the developments of hydroelectric power.

The Conquest of Nature (First Edition)

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John W. Kingdon

First Edition, 1999; yellowing vintage quality.

A book about why the United States is different from other industrialized countries.

America the Unusual (First Edition)

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Nicholas Wapshott

First Edition, 2011, w/ pen mark on first page or so.  Scuffings are minimal.

The Clash That Defined Modern Economics

Provides a history of the diverging economic viewpoints that emerged after the 1929 stock market crash, one from Cambridge economist John Maynard Keynes, the other from Austrian economics professor Freidrich Hayak and discusses their relevance on today's economic situation. 15,000 first printing.

Keynes Hayek (1st ed, 2011)

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Excellent condition, clean first edition signed copy. 

(First Edition, Signed, 1972)

Seventh Heaven

J. K. Rowling

Selling a box set of books 1-4 of the Harry Potter series with the OG covers! They are the First Scholastic Trade Printing. Only book 1 was read and has any signs of wear (crease on spine—see picture), but the others were never read and are in excellent condition. The box does have some damage in the back (see picture). 

Huge Paperback (6 to 8 lbs)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

The first four Harry Potter books in one amazing paperback box set. Fabulous box set containing HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE, HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, and HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE!

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Gregory Maguire

Lost—Signed

Stephen King

Cycle of the Werewolf

Deborah Shapiro

The Sun in Your Eyes

Fritz Wegner; Emma Curzon

Heaven on Earth

Marissa Meyer

Cinder

Lauren Oliver

Delirium

Chloe Gong

These Violent Delights.

Peter Gay

Pleasure Wars

John W. Blassingame

The Slave Community (First Edition)

Sarah J. Maas

Empire of Storms - First Edition UPSIDE DOWN PRINTING

Aleksandar Hemon

Nowhere Man

J. R. R. Tolkien

The Silmarillion

Rebecca Yarros

Iron flame with sprayed edges

Stephen King; Michael Whelan (Illustrator)

The Dark Tower

Louise Penny

A World of Curiosities

Stephen King

Misery (First Edition/First Printing)

Pierce Brown

Dark Age (SIGNED FISRT EDITION, No. 41 of 500 Goldsboro) *RARE*

Kathleen Lane

Pity Party

Andrew Tudor

Monsters and Mad Scientists (First published 1989)

David Blackbourn

The Conquest of Nature (First Edition)

John W. Kingdon

America the Unusual (First Edition)

Nicholas Wapshott

Keynes Hayek (1st ed, 2011)

Patti Smith

Seventh Heaven

J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter 1-4 Boxed Set (1st printing)

Dark Age (SIGNED FISRT EDITION, No. 41 of 500 Goldsboro) RARE