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Author: James MelvilleBinding: HardbackPublished: ANDRE DEUTSCH, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Imperial Way plunges readers into a gripping mystery set aboard a...

The book titled A Tarnished Phoenix by the author James Melville. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Author: James MelvilleBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg London, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsSayonara, Sweet Amaryllis transports readers to the intricate world of Japanese crime, where...

Author: James MelvilleBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis gripping mystery, The Death Ceremony, plunges readers into a meticulously crafted world of...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA classic entry in the British detective fiction tradition, A Sort of Samurai chronicles the investigations of Superintendent...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the elegant, ceremonious world of contemporary Japan, where tradition and modernity exist in uneasy tension, Superintendent Tetsuo Otani of the Hyogo...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Binding remains tight. Clean and bright copy. This gripping espionage thriller, A Sort...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis gripping mystery, The Chrysanthemum Chain, plunges readers into the intricate world of international espionage and cultural clashes....

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the rain-slicked streets and serene temple gardens of modern Japan, Superintendent Tetsuo Otani of the Hyogo Prefectural Police finds himself entangled...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Creased spine ith minor creasing on cover. Part of the renowned Writers and Critics series, this...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024! 'Percival Everett is a giant of American letters, and James is a canon-shatteringly great book' - Hernan Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Trust From...

Author: Herman MelvilleBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron BooksCondition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis classic adventure narrative transports readers to the lush, untamed Marquesas Islands, recounting the captivating experiences of a young sailor...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Slipcase: goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsOmoo is a sequel to Melville's first novel, Typee, and follows the adventures of a sailor who escapes from a South...

An exploration of the "Pacific Rim" in the American imagination and of how the concept has been variously adapted and resisted in Hawaii, the Pacific Islands, New Zealand and Australia....

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingFrom the pen of one of Britain's most beloved comic writers comes Merely Melville, a sparkling collection of witty observations, comic sketches,...

Author: Professor Aaron Sachs Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 472 Up from the Depths tells the interconnected stories of two of the most important writers in American history-the novelist and...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A compelling work of political non-fiction, Guatemala: Another Vietnam? presents a searing...

For the centennial of its original publication, a beautiful Deluxe Edition of one of Joyce's greatest works A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with flaps and deckle-edged paper For the centennial...

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Edition: First Edition.Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsFrank Clune’s Captain Melville recounts the thrilling escapades of...

Directing Herbert White is the debut poetry collection by the actor, director, and writer James Franco I'm a nocturnal creature, And I'm here to cheat time. You can see time...

Author: James SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Centennial Publishing Co., 1888Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed...

"Melville at his best invariably wrote from a sort of dream self, so that events which he relates as actual fact have indeed a far deeper reference to his own...

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Poe found the germ of the story he would develop into ARTHUR GORDON PYM in 1836 in a newspaper account of the shipwreck and subsequent rescue of the two men...

The book behind the BBC documentary Loaded: Lads, Mags and MayhemBetween 1994 and 1997, James Brown's loaded magazine became the must-buy and must-be-in publication of the decade. It won every...

This study investigates the importance of theatre in the works of Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, William Dean Howells, Louisa May Alcott and Henry James. Whether as critics, playwrights, actors or...

Author: James Ivory Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 'Over 20 films. Over 40 years. What collaboration in any medium has lasted so long, been so successful, so personal, so...

Author: Robert MelvilleBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition with light bumping on corners. All...

In his introduction, Stephen Matterson discusses Melville's literary career, the role of the trickster in American literature, and themes of satire and religious allegory in this unusual novel Onboard the...

A landmark in Boswell and Johnson studies In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality, in a...

Author: James Ivory Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 In Solid Ivory, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker James Ivory, a partner in the legendary Merchant Ivory Productions and director of A...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsA work of Australian historical biography, this volume chronicles the remarkable...

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James McAuley brings the work of this poet and critic face to face with a range of deconstructive and feminist readings. It is a contentious work, not at home with...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Slipcase: WornPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. All plates intact. A landmark volume in Australian art history, Masterpieces of Australian...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Some damage to mylar sleeve. Creased jacket.One of the twentieth century's most revolutionary...

Author: Roy H. GoddardBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne, Georgian House, 1955Condition:Book: Fair, ex-libraryJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsThis biographical work chronicles the life and career of James Milson, a...

For the centennial of its original publication, an irresistible Graphic Deluxe Edition of one of the most beloved books of the 20th century, featuring a new foreword by National Book...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedCondition remarks: Jacket now in mylar sleeve. Few writers have reshaped the landscape of modern literature as profoundly as James...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to Very Good. Jackets: Present on all three volumes — worn with some fading and minor edge wear. Pages: Yellowed. Markings: (in description). Binding: Appears intact...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew literary figures have cast as long a shadow over the twentieth century as James Joyce — and Stan Gebler Davies's James Joyce: A...