CHICAGO. A Novel
London: Fourth Estate, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Aswany on the title-page. First edition, first printing, with full number line on copyright page. Translated from the Arabic by Farouk..... #24487
World Literature
THE PLAY OF THE EYES.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986. First U.S. Edition. Softcover. Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim. Third volume in the memoirs by the Nobel Prize Winner for Literature..... #28502
HOMAGE TO CAVAFY. Ten Poems by Constantine Cavafy. Ten Photographs by Duane Michals.
Danbury, NH: Addison House, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Copy #420 of 1,000 special numbered copies, this copy inscribed by noted photographer Michals. The poems and the photos do not exactly..... #23400
CASTLE TO CASTLE.
London: Anthony Blond, 1969. First English Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Translated by Ralph Manheim. First English Edition of the first novel in Céline's post-war trilogy. Originally published in French..... #50273
ALEPH. Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa. A Novel.
New York: Knopf, 2011. First U.S. Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Stated first American edition. By the author of THE ALCHEMIST, BRIDA, THE WALKYRIES, and others. 8vo boards & cloth..... #29058
WE LOVE GLENDA SO MUCH AND OTHER TALES.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First American Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. First American edition of this collection of stories by the Argentine author. Translated from the Spanish by..... #50350
DANESHVAR'S PLAYHOUSE. A Collection of Stories. A Novel.
Washington DC: Mage Publishers, 1989. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition, first printing, with no later printing noted. Translated from the Persian by Maryam Mafi. Daneshvar was born in..... #25999
CHRISTOPHER UNBORN. A Novel
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1989. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Translated by Alfred MacAdam. 8vo boards & cloth. #3925
CONSTANCIA & Other Stories for Virgins.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1990. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Stated first American edition, first printing, with no mention of a subsequent printing. Translated from the Spanish..... #25869
CONSTANCIA & Other Stories for Virgins.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1990. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Fuentes on the title-page. Review copy with slip & publicity sheets. Stated first American edition, first printing..... #26009
LES CARNETS INTIMES DE FRANCIS REEVES [LANDSCAPE WITH TRAVELER: The Pillow Book of Francis Reeves]. Roman
New York: Presses de la Renaissance, 1983. First French-Language Edition. Softcover. Translated by Brice Matthieussent. First novel by the author of WILD AT HEART and others. An interesting copy, from..... #22944
PORT TROPIQUE.
Paris: rivages/noir, 1989. First French Edition. Softcover. Briefly but warmly inscribed by Gifford in French near time of publication to his close friend Marshall Clements on front flyleaf. Also laid..... #22843
LIKENESSES. Translations
Francestown, NH: Typographeum, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. One of 75 numbered copies signed by Golffing. Heine, Regnier, Eich, Giordano Bruno, Montale, Rilke, Georg Heym, Trakl, Von Hoffmannsthal, others. Translations facing..... #8110
FROM THE DIARY OF A SNAIL. A Novel
New York: HBJ, 1973. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Boldly signed by Grass on the front flyleaf. Stated first edition, first printing with "BCDE" on copyright page (note: HBJ did not..... #27621
DEBURAU (INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY of the 1918 French Trade Edition, and a copy the 1921 English Translation Edition) Comedie en vers libres
Paris: Fasquelle, [1918]. First Edition. Softcover. Trade edition. Signed & inscribed by Guitry in March 1918 to Edmond Roze, theatre impresario and producer of this play. An extraordinarily NICE ASSOCIATION..... #28533
CHINA IN TEN WORDS. Translated from the Chinese by Allan H. Barr.
New York: Pantheon, 2011. First American Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Stated first American edition, first printing, with full number line. Translated from the Chinese by Allan H. Barr. A...... #29049
CHRONICLE OF A BLOOD MERCHANT. A Novel.
New York: Pantheon, 2003. First American Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Stated first American edition, first printing, with full number line. Translated from the Chinese by Andrew F. Jones. By..... #29048
THE ADVENTURES OF SAYF BEN DHI YAZAN. Introduction by Harry Norris. An Arab Folk Epic
Bloomington & Indianapolis: University of Indiana Press - A PROTA Book, 1996. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. One of the finest of the Medieval Arabic Romantic Folk Tales in..... #29401
THE SUCCESSOR. A Novel.
New York: Arcade Publishing, 2005. First U.S. Edition. Softcover. Advance reading copy in wrappers. Translated from the French by Tedi Papavrami and David Bellos. Albania's most famous novelist, who divides..... #22753
LITTLE NOVELS OF ITALY by Giovanni Verga. Translated from the Italian by D.H. Lawrence.
New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first issue binding. Roberts A30. Note: There were 8 variant bindings, black, purple, orange, etc. but this is the dark..... #29402
THE MIRROR MAKERS. Stories and Essays
New York: Schocken Books, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. Proof copy in printed red wrappers. Translated from the Italian by Raymond Rosenthal. Interesting selection by the noted Italian Holocaust survivor. #26558
DEATH IN THE ANDES. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. A Novel
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996. First U.S. Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Llosa on the title-page. Llosa was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010..... #29223
BEFORE THE THRONE, Dialogues with Egypt's Great, from Menes to Anwar Al-Sadat. A Modern Arabic Novel.
Cairo, Egypt & New York: American University in Cairo Press, 2009. First U.S. Edition. Softcover. "Uncorrected Proof Copy". By the Egyptian writer who was awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize for..... #26186
DREAMS OF DEPARTURE. The Last Dreams Published in the Nobel Laureate's Lifetime.
Cairo, Egypt & New York: American University in Cairo Press, 2007. First U.S. Edition. Softcover. "Advance uncorrected page proofs, for review purposes only". By the Egyptian writer who was awarded..... #25843
THE THIEF AND THE DOGS. A Novel
New York: Doubleday, 1989. First U.S. Edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof copy in printed blue wrappers. A stream-of consciousness novel by this Egyptian writer who was awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize..... #25827