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Hardcover. Condición: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: New. Hardcover. Publisher overstock, may contain remainder mark on edge.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Condición: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Signed by the author. 1st printing. VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents.

Condición: New.

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. New hardcover in like DJ. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. 496 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. An enchanting book about books: a beautiful hardcover Pocket Classics anthology of stories that testify to the irresistible power of the written word The characters in the delightful stories collected here range all the way from the ink-stained medieval monks in Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose to the book-besotted denizens of Ali Smith's Public Library and Other Stories. In these pages readers are invited to enter the interior lives of librarians in Lorrie Moore's "Community Life" and Elizabeth McCracken's "Juliet" and are ushered into a host of unusual libraries, including the infinite rooms of Jorge Luis Borges's "The Library of Babel" and a secret library in Helen Oyeyemi's "Books and Roses." Books exert their power in mysterious ways: an attempt by the military leaders of an imaginary nation to censor all of literature goes awry in Italo Calvino's "A General in the Library" and Julio Cortázar's mesmerizing "The Continuity of Parks" dramatizes the merging of the world inside and outside of a book. In Stories of Books and Libraries, a dazzling array of writers including Evelyn Waugh, Colette, Walter Benjamin, Isaac Babel, Teffi, and Ray Bradbury pay tribute to books and the magical places that house them. Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket.

Condición: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. An enchanting book about books- a beautiful hardcover Pocket Classics anthology of stories that testify to the irresistible power of the written wordAn enchanting book about books- a beautiful hardcover Pocket Classics anthology of stories that testify to the irresistible power of the written wordThe characters in the delightful stories collected here range all the way from the ink-stained medieval monks in Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose to the book-besotted denizens of Ali Smith's Public Library and Other Stories. In these pages readers are invited to enter the interior lives of librarians in Lorrie Moore's "Community Life" and Elizabeth McCracken's "Juliet" and are ushered into a host of unusual libraries, including the infinite rooms of Jorge Luis Borges's "The Library of Babel" and a secret library in Helen Oyeyemi's "Books and Roses."Books exert their power in mysterious ways- an attempt by the military leaders of an imaginary nation to censor all of literature goes awry in Italo Calvino's "A General in the Library" and Julio Cortazar's mesmerizing "The Continuity of Parks" dramatizes the merging of the world inside and outside of a book. In Stories of Books and Libraries, a dazzling array of writers including Evelyn Waugh, Colette, Walter Benjamin, Isaac Babel, Teffi, and Ray Bradbury pay tribute to books and the magical places that house them.Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. "A collection of short fiction on the subject of books and libraries, by great writers from the past two centuries"-- Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardback. Condición: New.

Softcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. "A history of Grand Traverse County, Michigan libraries, beginning with an early Traverse Township Library and a Ladies' Library Association established in 1869." The author, Heather Shumaker, is a Traverse City resident and author of several books. Original publishers paper covers blue spine lettering and pictorial cover. This book has been shelved since new and never read. The edition is not stated-- it is most likely a first edition.; Color & B&W Photos, Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 232 pages.

Condición: New.

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. For everyone who loves to read, a joyous bibliofest of stories about books and libraries (with authors, collectors, booksellers and even the odd publisher thrown in for good measure).Here are libraries modest, mobile, mystical (Borges of course) and magical (Helen Oyeyemi's enchanting 'Books and Roses'); public and private, provincial and prestigious. Little that happen in Elizabeth McCracken's eccentric library did not happen in real life - even down to the murder; and it is rumoured that on 3 June 1997 the British Museum Reading Room really was visited by the ghost of Max Beerbohm's obscurest of poets, Enoch Soames.Fiction and reality merge in Cortazar's 'A Continuity of Parks'. Characters step out of their books in Fay Weldon's 'Lily Bart's Hat Shop', while Jasper Fforde's Jurisfiction operatives enter Wuthering Heights to deliver a Rage-Counselling session. Charles Lamb muses on the annoying book-borrowing habits of Samuel Taylor Coleridge; the teenage Teffi is overawed by Tolstoy; Helene Hanff in Manhattan launches her famous correspondence with a London antiquarian bookshop at 84 Charing Cross Road.Reading, as the Queen informs an appalled private secretary, is 'untidy, discursive and perpetually inviting'. And also, of course, a lot of fun. Sit comfortably, then, and begin. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardback. Condición: New. Here are libraries modest, mobile, mystical (Borges of course) and magical (Helen Oyeyemi's enchanting 'Books and Roses'); public and private, provincial and prestigious. Little that happen in Elizabeth McCracken's eccentric library did not happen in real life - even down to the murder; and it is rumoured that on 3 June 1997 the British Museum Reading Room really was visited by the ghost of Max Beerbohm's obscurest of poets, Enoch Soames.Fiction and reality merge in Cortazar's 'A Continuity of Parks'. Characters step out of their books in Fay Weldon's 'Lily Bart's Hat Shop', while Jasper Fforde's Jurisfiction operatives enter Wuthering Heights to deliver a Rage-Counselling session. Charles Lamb muses on the annoying book-borrowing habits of Samuel Taylor Coleridge; the teenage Teffi is overawed by Tolstoy; Helene Hanff in Manhattan launches her famous correspondence with a London antiquarian bookshop at 84 Charing Cross Road.Reading, as the Queen informs an appalled private secretary, is 'untidy, discursive and perpetually inviting'. And also, of course, a lot of fun. Sit comfortably, then, and begin.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. James Branch Cabell (1879 - 1958) was a highly regarded American writer of fantasies. He was admired by such renowned authors as Mark Twain, H. L. Mencken, Edmund Wilson, Ellen Glasgow, Theodore Dreiser, and Sinclair Lewis. He was influential on many subsequent authors of the fantastic, such as Robert Heinlein (who described his own novel, "Stranger in a Strange Land" as "a Cabellesque satire"), James Blish, Charles G. Finney, Clark Ashton Smith, and Jack Vance. Indeed, in more recent times, fantasy author Neil Gaiman said that Cabell was a major influence. In the book here offered, "Chivalry", originally published in 1909, the stories are set in a far distant past time when proud kings, haughty queens, and errant 'knights in shining armor' bestrode the earth. Many of the characters are historical persons. These are no simple tales, and the language demands the reader's close attention, Indeed, in my own opinion, Cabell, in these stories, seems to outdo William Morris in fanciful romance. Cabell (rhymes with rabble) is considered by many to be a major cult author - and quite collectable. CONTENTS ** Precautional ** The Story of the Sestina ** The Story of the Tenson ** The Story of the Rat-Trap ** The Story of the Choices ** The Story of the Housewife ** The Story of the Satraps ** The Story of the Heritage ** The Story of the Scabbard ** The Story of the Navarrese ** The Story of the Fox-Brush ** The Epilogue This copy, A CLEAN X-LIBRARY VOLUME, is the 1970 reprint published by Books For Libraries Press, out of Lockport, New York. The publisher issued the book as one of its "Short Story Index Reprint Series" . There are library labels on the spine and on the end-papers, else the book is free of library markings. There are no markings or writing through the text. The rear free end-paper has been neatly replaced. SERIES : Short Story Index Reprint Series TITLE : Chivalry AUTHOR : James Branch Cabell (1879 - 1958) IMPRINT : Books For Libraries Press PLACE : Lockport, New York DATE : (1970) EDITION : Reprint STATUS : Out of Print - OP PROVENANCE : Deaccessioned library book DETAILS : CLEAN X-LIBRARY HARDCOVER BOOK; cloth-covered boards and spine; x + 224 pages; approximately 4 7/8" x 7 4/4"; light blue cloth covered boards and spine; spine has lettering in gilt surrounded by deep blue embellishment; dust-jacket not issued . CONDITION -- GOOD PLUS ONLY This is a previously owned book, and is , in fact, an X-LIBRARY VOLUME; however it is clean and solid with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR : Modest compression and a touch of fraying to spine extremities; spine gilding and decoration is bright; spine has catalog label attached with clear tape; a slight touch of weathering (or scuff) at the bottom edge of the front board, else exterior clean and presentable. Text-block edges have no library marking, and are mildly toned, else clean. BINDING : Solid INTERIOR : Front free end-paper has library stamps; final page has deaccession stamp; rear free end-paper has been neatly replaced. No writing, marginalia, or markings appear in the book. Paper is clean and not toned.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. This copy of "Roads to Glory" by Richard Aldington (1892 - 1962), is a reprint issued by Books for Libraries Press as part of their 'Short Story Index Reprint Series'. The book is now Out of Print (OP). Richard Aldington was one of the main Imagist poets, and a novelist, biographer and literary critic. Married to Hilda Doolittle (HD) he was, for the greater part of his life at the center of English literature. He had many friends and associates among the noted literary elites of the day, including T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, Ezra Pound, W. B. Yeats, Lawrence Durrell, C. P. Snow, ? and of course Hilda Doolittle, whose poetry he championed. His influence on things literary was notable. In 1946 he was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Aldington fought in the First World War (WWI), was exposed to gas during the war, which experience - indeed the entire, stupendous imbroglio that marked that war - made a huge impact on him. The book here offered is a collection of stories and sketches that was originally issued in 1930. The stories, which were often flavored by his own experiences, are : ** Meditation on a German Grave ** Victory ** At All Costs ** Deserter ** Of Unsound Mind ** Killed in Action ** A Bundle of Letters **Booby Trap **Sacrifice Post ** The Lads of the Village ** Love for Love ** The Case of Lieutenant Hall ** Farewell to Memories. It's an excellent grouping of stories - quite satisfying. For an interesting read, and a greater understanding of Aldington, I suggest one read the Wikipedia article on him. SERIES : Short Story Index Reprint Series TITLE : Roads to Glory AUTHOR : Richard Aldington (Born Edward Godfree Aldington ,1892 - 1963) IMPRINT : Books For Libraries Press PLACE : Freeport, New York DATE : (1970) EDITION : Reprint STATUS : Out of Print - OP PROVIDENCE : X - LIBRARY BOOK DETAILS : Hardcover; 317 pages; approximately 4 7/8" x 7 3/4"; light green cloth covered boards and spine; gilt lettering and dark green embellishment to spine; no dust-jacket issued CONDITION -- GOOD ONLY -- This is an officially deaccessioned library book, with labels on the spine, stamped on front end-papers and final page. The book is clean and quite serviceable, with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR : Compression and fraying to head of spine; foot of spine is slightly compressed and displays just a touch of fraying.There is a bit of contact weathering along the fore-edge of the front board; rear board has a touch of scuffing, else the binding is clean. Corner tips are solid. Text-block edges have no library marks, but display light weathering, else clean. BINDING : Solid. INTERIOR : The aforementioned library stamps; the end papers are toned. The rear free end-paper has been neatly replaced. No writing, marginalia or underlining. No signatures.

HRD. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.