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
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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
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
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
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
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 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
BEHIND THE GLASS. A Novel
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. A major novel about the student riots in France in 1968 by the author of THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN..... #27841
LAUGHTER IN THE DARK. A Novel
New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition, first state of the binding. It is stated on the copyright page that this novel was previously published in Britain..... #27677
THE LEOPARD.
London: Harvill Secker, 2010. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. A Novel. Translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett. SIGNED by the author on the title page. 8vo cloth. #28763
THE WHITE CASTLE. A Novel
New York: George Braziller, 1991. Second Printing. Hardcover. Stated second printing on copyright page. Translated from the Turkish by Victoria Holbrook. Pamuk won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006..... #27625
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CHILDREN OF THE MIRE [SIGNED]. Modern Poetry from Romanticism to the Avant-Garde. The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, 1971-1972.
New York: Harvard University Press, 1974. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Paz on the half-title page. Translated from the Spanish by Rachel Phillips. Paz (1914-1998) was a major Mexican..... #27547
THE PATAPHARIS AFFAIR. A Novel.
New York: Henry Regnery, 1970. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Translated from the French by Milton Stansbury. The author is from Marseille. This novel about the deteriorating sanity of an old..... #25996
OLD-FASHIONED LOVE POEM.
Menominie, Wisconsin: Ox Head Press, 1967. First Edition. Softcover. Third in this interesting series ("Ox Head 3"). One of 325 copies. Small format sewn wrappers. #22352
THE DISTANT FRIEND. Translated from the French by Hugh A. Harter. Introduction by Jack Kolbert. A Novel.
New York: Holmes and Meier, 1990. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed & dated April 11, 1991 in New York by Roy to translator Harter on the front flyleaf..... #29022
SIBERIA. Its Conquest and Development. Translated from the German by J.R. Foster.
Montreal: International Publishers' Representatives (Canada) Ltd, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Solid, readable, standard work on Siberia. 400 pages with photos, fold-out map, index and 8-page selective bibliography. Thick 8vo cloth..... #28915
MAIGRET AND THE BLACK SHEEP.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1976. First U.K. Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. A Novel. Translated from the French by Helen Thomson. 8vo cloth. #28584
THE SWELL SEASON. A Novel
Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Skvorecky emigrated to Toronto, where he taught and kept Czech literature alive. Plenty of jazz here, too. Skvorecky was nominated for..... #27558
THE FUNERAL PARTY. A Novel
NY: Schocken Books, 2001. First Edition. Softcover. Proof copy in wrappers. An immigrant lies dying in Manhattan against the backdrop of the attempted coup against Gorbachev. Translated by Cathy Porter..... #15261