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2005ABE-3698016737Pan London 2005 SIGNED first printing a new and unread copy signature on the title page. A Richard & Judy Finalist a book club favourite. Radio 4 featured. SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Soft cover. New. Pan London paperback
2014ABE-15014632117U.S.A.: Penguin Books 2014 Penguin Drop Caps have been developed in the USA for Penguin and the result is stunning. Created by Penguin's Paul Buckley and illustrated by Jessica Hische this series of 26 rainbow-hued hardcover editions features literature's finest treasures. An edition for each letter of the alphabet the series is seriously collectible. These first printings are already RARE and are being sought after. Each letter is represented by one revered writer. This one is X for Xinran and the selected book is 'Sky Burial'. Each unique book is in startling bright livery which extends to the text edges. In this volume the cover is a powerful cerise and the edges are in a dark tone of this colour. The large initial on the front is highly individual. Splendid idea beautifully designed and a dream for collectors. FIRST PRINTINGS LIKE THIS ARE LONG SOLD OUT. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Illus. by Hische Jessica. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New. U.S.A.: Penguin Books hardcover
2008ABE-1622203344677Ecco 2008 A massively praised novel that is now rare in this perfect collectable NEW & UNREAD state. Signed by the author on the title page no dedication. This is the FIRST PRINTING with no accolades from reviewers on the cover. Stephen King gave this a rapturous review; as did Mark Doty Richard Russo and others. A fine literary debut. Superb example of book production from this American publisher it has two colour binding an untrimmed leading edge and it is printed on beautiful acid free paper so it won't go brittle and yellow. NEW UNREAD SIGNED HARDBACK FIRST EDITION>. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Ecco hardcover
2001ABE-3409151752Knopf New York 2001 PERFECT SIGNED US FIRST PRINTING. Very superior edition from this fine publisher. Bought direct on publication signed on the title page without dedication just a signature. Stored in a low light book room. Perfect jacket is protected. Ragged leading edge acid free paper this is a superb example of contemporary book production. And let's not forget this is a wonderful novel. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Knopf New York hardcover
2004003484Victor Gollancz Ltd 2004 Perfect hardback first printing of the world first edition signed on the title page a new unread copy. 0.0 0.0 0.0. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Victor Gollancz Ltd hardcover
200429698ABLuzern, Faksimile-Verlag/Edition Bel-Libro, 2004. 4°. 32 cm. 125 (1) Seiten, 1 Blatt. Original-Leinenband. Pappschuber. (= Die Galerie der schönsten Bücher. Buchmalerei erleben).
2008ABE-1659027906959Hamish Hamilton 2008 A simply wonderful novel. And this is a clean collectable unread looking copy. Slight foxing to the text block which clearly reveals the bad decision by this publisher regarding the cheap stock paper. Protected jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/As New. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
2009ABE-17823457120Faber & Faber 2009 Near 'As New' and certainly unread first printing of the first hardback edition. A riveting history of the 20th Century fascinating and at times appalling. Beautifully written. Protected perfect jacket. No owner marks. Not ex library. Very slightly machine marked on the base of the text block. Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Dust Jacket Included. Faber & Faber hardcover
2011ABE-6891653795HarperCollins New York 2011 A widely praised novel undergoing screen treatment and a stunning nerve jangling story. An unread copy of the US first hardback SIGNED on the title page. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. HarperCollins New York hardcover
2010DADAX1163640964Kessinger Publishing 2010-09-10. paperback. New. 6.00x1.39x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing paperback
2007DADAX0548303959Kessinger Publishing 2007-06-25. paperback. New. 6.00x1.50x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing paperback
2007DADAX0548361169Kessinger Publishing 2007-06-25. hardcover. New. 6.00x1.63x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing hardcover
2010ABE-2676800439Penguin London 2010 SEALED PENGUIN CLASSICS EDITION.David Lodge wrote a brilliant review of this essential book. I would like to quote a section from it and I hope David Lodge will not mind me doing so: "The way the manuscript has been ingeniously edited and reproduced overcomes to a large extent the disappointment and frustration inherent in reading an unfinished and disconnected narrative and achieves an interesting aesthetic effect unintended by the author. If the manuscript had been printed in the conventional way we would have hurried through it vainly seeking some coherent plot or hint of its ultimate direction. As it is the book invites us to linger over the text's quiddity relishing not just its stylistic feats but also the physical marks on the index cards the poignantly shaky hand of an ailing author his revisions and insertions and smudged rubbings out and the tantalising space he left to be filled in later when he found the right word. 'The only way he could posse! ss her was in the most position of copulation'. Few readers will probably read the whole text continuously from the cards but the matching printed text underneath also has a defamiliarising effect on the act of reading when quite often the last line does not extend to the margin. Page 7 for instance ends 'when they and their dog do not happen' and by habit one's brain tries to make sense of this as a complete clause before turning the page to find 'to need it.' This is an effect akin to a caesura in poetry and indeed the structure of the work as a whole is more akin to modern poetry of the Eliot-Pound kind than a conventional novel shifting from one voice to another without explanatory links. Towards the end these jump cuts become more abrupt and there are more cards which bear just a few lines sometimes evidently Nabokov's notes to himself. A line from The Waste Land 'These fragments I have shored against my ruins' might have been a suitable epigraph for The Original of Laura but the last lines of page 21 would make a better one: 'Only by identifying her with an unwritten half-written rewritten difficult book could one hope to render what'. Is it as the blurb claims Nabokov's 'final great book' No. Does it contain brilliant funny astonishing sentences only Nabokov could have written Yes. Should it have been preserved and published Definitely." This new copy is still sealed. It is a heavy volume and it is undoubtedly a typical Nabokov conundrum. To all addicts of this extraordinary writer this is utterly essential. Extra postage may be needed depending on destination. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Penguin London hardcover
2009R320029823MAME IMPRIMEURS. 2009. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 97 pages - Nombreuses photos en noir et blanc hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 686.2-Imprimerie
2005500091740ALTERNATIVES 2005 160 pages 15x1 8x23 2cm. 2005. Broché. 160 pages.
2005ABE-6982096487Harvill Secker London 2005 FIRST printing and RARE as a signed first edition even rarer in this new unread state. Stored in a book room after publication this is a supreme quality first edition SIGNED. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Harvill Secker London hardcover
2003406922003. United States Reports Official Edition. Volume 535. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court at October Term 2001. Beginning of Term October 1 2001 March 4 Through June 3 2002. Frank D. Wagner Reporter of Decisions. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office 2003. cviii 1317 pp. Hardcover. Cloth. New. $95. Released February 2004 by the Government Printing Office. Standing order service available for future volumes as published. Odd volumes or complete sets of this title are also available. unknown books
2007Q-100JWestminster MD: Heritage Books 2007. Paperback. Used Very Good. 5.5"" x 8.5"". The Bureau of Navigation published this list of the noble men that willingly gave their lives in the Naval Service during World War I. The magnitude of this list is a reminder of the sacrifices that have been made to keep this country safe. Is the name of your relative proudly displayed on one of these pages Records are grouped under Officers Regular and Reserves; and Enlisted Men the majority of the book. Entries are arranged alphabetically by surname and contain the full name rank place of death date of death cause of death and next of kin complete with their residence. Entries for Enlisted Men additionally include the place and date of their enlistment or enrollment. Heritage Books paperback
2003406922003. United States Reports Official Edition. Volume 535. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court at October Term 2001. Beginning of Term October 1 2001 March 4 Through June 3 2002. Released February 2004 by the Government Printing Office. Frank D. Wagner Reporter of Decisions. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office 2003. cviii 1317 pp. Hardcover. Publisher's tan cloth with red and black gilt stamped spine labels. New. $125. Some major decisions reported in this volume are: TrafFix Devices Inc. v. Marketing Displays Inc. 532 U.S. 23 2001 was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in the field of trademark law. The case determined that a functional design could not be eligible for trademark protection and it established a presumption that a patented design is inherently functional. Egelhoff v. Egelhoff 532 U.S. 141 2001 is a major decision of the Supreme Court of the United States on federalism specifically with regards to the preemption powers of federal law over state laws. It sets the precedent that any state statutes having a "connection with" ERISA plans are superseded by ERISA or any future substantially similar law that takes its place. In essence this decision is a reaffirmation of the right and ability of the federal government to at least in some instances pre-empt state laws. unknown
2005459342005. United States Reports Official Edition. Volume 539. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court at October Term 2002. June 2 Through October 2 2003Together with Opinion of Individual Justice in Chambers. End of Term. Frank D. Wagner Reporter of Decisions. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office 2005. lii 1311 pp. Hardcover. Cloth. New. $85. unknown books
2017674962017. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court. United States Reports Official Edition. Volume 567. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court at October Term 2011. June 11 Through September 25 2012. Christine Luchok Fallon Reporter of Decisions. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office 2017. Reprint W.S. Hein. xxxvi 1313 pp. Hardcover. New. $95. unknown books
2017678112017. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court. United States Reports Official Edition. Volume 568. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court at October Term 2012. October 1 2012 Through March 25 2013. Christine Luchok Fallon Reporter of Decisions. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office 2017. Reprinted W.S. Hein 2018. ccxvii 1414 pp. Hardcover. New. $125. unknown books
2018687092018. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court. United States Reports Official Edition. Volume 569. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court at October Term 2012. March 26 2013 Through June 13 2013. Released from the GPO March 2018. Christine Luchok Fallon Reporter of Decisions. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office 2018. Reprint W.S. Hein. lxxxv 1182 pp. Hardcover. New. $95. unknown books
2018707892018. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court. United States Reports Official Edition. Volume 570. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court at October Term 2012. June 17 Through October 1 2013. Released from the GPO December 2019. Christine Luchok Fallon Reporter of Decisions. Washington: U.S. Government Publishing Office 2018. Reprint W.S. Hein 2020. xxxi 957 pp. Hardcover. Tan buckram with upper red and lower black gilt letttered spine labels. New. $95. unknown books
2019711102019. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court. United States Reports Official Edition. Volume 571. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court at October Term 2013. October 7 2013 Through March 4 2014. Released from the GPO December 2019. Christine Luchok Fallon Reporter of Decisions. Washington: U.S. Government Publishing Office 2019. Reprinted W.S.Hein 2020. cci 1253 pp. Hardcover. Tan buckram with upper red and lower black gilt letttered spine labels. New. $95. unknown books
