Dark blue cloth with gold lettering, 259 pp. Corners bumped, slight edge wear, small circular indentation near top of front board (like a blind stamp). Jacket in new Brodart, a little edge wear and chipping. An attractive copy. ; 12 pages of b/w photographs, index. ; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; 259 pages; Georges Simenon, creator of Inspector Maigret, author of 500 books, lover of 10,000 women, insists he is a man like any other. But few would agree with him. His life has been mysterious, traumatic, and laced with tragedy. It is full of contradictions and drama; it is a clear case of life imitatin... View More...
Corners bumped, slight edge wear, small tear at bottom corner of front end paper where it is attached to pastedown, a discrete bookstore sticker inside front board. Jacket has a little edge wear primarily at base of spine, a little darkening. End papers and pastedown have dynastic family tree is Israel and Judah in the 9th century BC. An attractive copy.
"This is the story of Jezebel, who, coming from a foreign land, married Ahab and served him and their children, the Kings Ahaziah and Jethoram, loyally until her terrible death outside the walls of Jezreel."; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall View More...
Spine slightly slanted, minor bumping. A clean, attractive copy.
"In this book Clifford Dyment recalls his childhood in provincial England during the 1920s and 1930s. Like many poets, he has an uncanny memory for detail, whether of sight, sound or smell, and his almost unfailing choice of the right image to describe these things makes for a vivid narrative."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
0156010860 Corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. An attractive copy. ; xxiii + 467 pp. Index. Introduction by Robert Giroux. ; 7 ¾" X 9 ¾"; 467 pages; "The Seven Storey Mountain is one of the most famous books ever written about a man's search for faith and peace. While still in his early twenties, Merton, an intensely passionate and brilliant man, found that nothing in his worldly life assuaged a growing restlessness. "His curiosity about spiritual matters led him first to baptism as a Catholic and ultimately to entry into a Trappist monastery - 'the four walls of my ... View More...
Ex-library with stamps on top and bottom edges, front end paper has glue residue from pocket along with some dates stamped on it. Edges are browned with a little foxing, corners bumped, minor edge wear. Jacket in protective wraps and glued to pastedowns, minor edge wear, some darkening. Overall, a nice copy. "'The only thing worse than a woman who can cook and won't is one who can't cook and will' Irma Lee Emmerson could cook and she was willing - because when a girl is over thirty with no job and no man in her life, something has to be done. Irma Lee did it. She took a job as second c... View More...
Dark brown boards with gold lettering. Ex-library with the usual markings and stamps. Some edge wear and a little chipping. Jacket in new Brodart, spine sunned, minor edge wear and scuffing. Overall, a nice copy. ; xv + 175 pp, bibliography, index. ; Ex-Library; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; 175 pages; "Ursula K. Le Guin has delighted readers with her charming and highly literate inventions in fantasy and science fiction, for which she has received many awards. "Her best-known works are concerned with magic, sex, and politics. Like the Taoist philosophy that has so deeply influenced her, muc... View More...
Black quarter cloth over beige boards, xii + 383 pp, 23 b/w photos. Corners bumped, slight edge wear. Jacket in new Brodart, a little edge wear and rubbing. Inscribed by author on title page. An attractive copy. "Priest Marries Former Nun," the Boston headlines announced - neither the beginning of a joke nor the start of a scandal. When Peter Manseau's parents wed in 1969 they were certain the Catholic Church was on the verge of allowing priests to marry. In this stirring memoir, Manseau tells their courageous story, and weaves in how their decision has affected his own spiritual jour... View More...
viii + 584 pp., black cloth with gold lettering, red backing to title on spine. Index, appendices, 16 pages of b/w photos. Corners bumped, minor edge wear and rubbing, leading edge of a couple pages has been bumped. Jacket shows some edge wear, a little soiling and darkening. A nice copy of the first volume of Macmillan's memoirs. "Harold Macmillan's 'Winds of Change' is an indispensable contribution to the history of the twentieth century. Humane in spirit, perceptive in its analysis, candid in its judgment, it is a rich and fascinating portrayal of the vicissitudes of British life from... View More...
Spine slanted, corners bumped, some edge wear/chipping. Blue boards with cartoon insert on front and gold lettering on spine, slightly sunned. Back board has separated from the text block, leaving some webbing exposed. Owner's name on ffep, pencil marks on bfep. Text is clean and unmarked. 278 pp.
The author describes in journal form her time before the Second World War in England, Paris, Norway and Sweden as the wife of a professor with caustic wit.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
