FICTION / General from Barbara Bilson Books

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1965. Fine in Very good dust jacket (sunned spine--see scans). The world of New York, rising men, war between the sexes, in three novelas: A Promising Career; The Clever One; The Fall and Rise of Mrs. Hapgood. 221 pages. Crisp, clean, fine copy. . 1st printing. Hard Cover.

New York: Knopf, 1971. Very good (heavily foxed covers and less foxed page edges; interior clean) in fair dust jacket (bright colors but marred by a heavy tear on the front panel--across the word "INTO" see scan--and moderate edgewear; foxing on inside of jacket; looks better in Brodart clear jacket). See scans. 308 pages. A brilliant evocation of mental illness,… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1962. Very good (certainly not pristine but still presentable: sunned edges of binding and two bumped corners, interior clean) in poor dust jacket (foxed and very edgeworn). See scans: I have uploaded several pictures that show the book under different lighting and with one picture showing the book with its protective cover which improves its… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Viking, 2001. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page and dated in Los Angeles 6 June 2001. Witty exploration of a philandering university professor at the "University of Gloucester" which, as Lodge tells us, "is an entirely fictitious institution. At least, it was at the time of writing.". Signed by Author. 1st… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Henry Holt, 1998. Near fine (shelf wear at spine top and bottom) in fine dust jacket. The intriguing fictional story of a giant Irishman, ill in London, whose hoped-for remains are lusted after by a Scottish "doctor," for purposes of research, of course. 192 pages.. 1st American edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Doubleday, 2001. Very good+ (two heavy creases on front soft cover). No dust jacket. This is a bound galley proof of Jenny McPhee's first novel, a "sexy, smart, captivating first novel...about movies, science, and meeting Mr. Right." 245 pages.. 1st edition - bound galley proof. Soft Cover.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1912. Very good (edge worn covers, fine interior with all 24 color plates present and in fine condition with tissue overlays). Top-edge gilt. 518 pages. Our wanderer, Peter Vibart, must marry the Lady Sophia Sefton of Cambourne within one calendar year to inherit the 500,000 pounds his uncle has provisionally left him. You might suspect that Peter… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1998. Near fine (faint sunning visible on a few page edges) in fine dust jacket. The story is told by Philip whose older brother disappeared at 16. This book won the Hackney Literary Award for a first novel. 201 pages. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Knopf, 2009. Near fine (edgewear at spine top and bottom) in very good + dust jacket (light edgewear). SIGNED by author on title page without inscription. Second printing of first edition. Translated from the Turkish by Maureen Freely. 536 pages including index to characters (Ah, the Russian novel). Author won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2006.. Signed… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Random House, 1997. Very good (faint faxing spots on top edges and on rough-cut side edges; otherwise fine) in fine dust jacket. Roy was trained as an architect, and this is her first book. Set in Kerala, India in the 1960s, it won the Man Booker Prize for 1997.. 1st American edition. Hard Cover.

New York: J. B. Ford & Company A early reprint of this 1871 book, containing what appear to be the original illustrations. Very good- condition (edgeworn covers at top and bottom of spine, bumped corners; interior clean). 474 pages plus advertisements for other books published by J. B. Ford, including an ad for the sequel to My Wife and I.… Ler mais sobre este item

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1905. Good to very good first edition of this novel, Mary Austin's third book. Covers are worn with considerable edgewear at top and bottom of spine and corners. Pages are clean with some minor spotting. All Eric Pape illustrations are present and securely attached. See scans.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Eric Pape.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1999. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Translated from the original Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa. 51 pages. A fable--for adults.. 1st Edition thus. Hard Cover. Illus. by Peter Sis.

Boston: Little, Brown, 2000. Very good (spotless inside and out except for a few light spots on top page edges) in fine dust jacket (price-clipped). Author's first novel focuses on abusive small-town sheriff and his heart-throb son. Inscribed and signed by author on title page. Book store appearnance card laid in. . Inscribed and Signed by Author. 1st Edition.… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: New American Library, 1966. A first printing of Ozick's first novel. Very good (small dent in bottom front cover--see scan--former owner's ink name on front pastedown, very slightly wrinkled upper-right page corners, unmarked and clean and tight otherwise) in good+ dust jacket (chipped especially at spine, edgeworn, soiled in a few places -- see scan -- now in… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Viking, 1940. Very good (some sunning to spine and cover edges and irregular browning to page edges; our scanning of the inscription page shows some of that faint browning on the eges, and also shows the publisher's sheet laid in). A thirty-page short story, beautifully printed and bound, in a signed and numbered edition of 350 copies. The… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Vintage, 1995. Very good+ (light edgewear and rubbing on covers; interior clean) paper-back book. . Soft Cover.

New York: Knopf, 1987. Very good (some light foxing on page edges; interior clean and firm) in near fine dust jacket (light top edgewear). An inventive novel about a Survivor. 144 pages.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Harper & Row, 1983. SIGNED by the author on the half-title. First edition, first printing: number line shows "1" and copyright page states "First Edition." Very good+ (small remainder stamp on bottom page edges) in very good-- dust jacket (edgeworn and scratched, sunned on spine and top edges but fully intact, now in Brodart to preserve and improve… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Little, Brown, 1998. SIGNED by author on title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. A departure for Mosley--bordering on science fiction but with the same searching for one's place.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.