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  • THE DREAM OF HEROES. by Bioy Casares, Adolfo (1914-1999)
    Bioy Casares, Adolfo (1914-1999)
    THE DREAM OF HEROES.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Dutton, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Although originally published in 1954, this novel of the Carnival in Buenos Aires in 1927 and 1930 is just now being published in the US. Translated by Diana Thorold with a translator's preface. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-525-246878.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (rem line)

    Book ID: 17742
    View cart More details Price: $18.00
  • VENETIAN MASK. by Friedman, Mickey.
    Friedman, Mickey.
    VENETIAN MASK.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1987). Hardcover first edition - Suspense novel set during Carnival time in Venice, where six friends have devised a perfect game. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-684187833.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 68724
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  • Guillermoprieto, Alma.
    SAMBA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - An examination of the history and culture of black Braziliams and of the social and spirtitual energies in the rhthyms and ritual of the samba. The story of Rio's carnival by this Mexican journalist and dancer. 244 pp. ISBN: 0-394-571894.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 29293
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  • TWILIGHT EYES. by Koontz, Dean and Phil Parks.
    Koontz, Dean and Phil Parks.
    TWILIGHT EYES.

    Edition: Limited, signed first edition.

    Plymouth, Michigan: Land of Enchantment, Christopher Zavisa, Publisher, (1985) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A beautiful copy of this horror novel in a carnival setting, the story of a 17 year old boy who discovers, along with the carnies who befriended him, that the earth is shared by something more deadly than humankind. Illustrated throughout in both full color, full page paintings and soft black and white drawings by Phil Parks. Full color double title page. #217 from the Signature Edition (out of a total of 250 copies), individually numbered and SIGNED by Dean Koontz and illustrator Phil Parks on the colophon page. While this is not one of the 50 copies Collector's Edition which featured a special…

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    Plymouth, Michigan: Land of Enchantment, Christopher Zavisa, Publisher, (1985) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A beautiful copy of this horror novel in a carnival setting, the story of a 17 year old boy who discovers, along with the carnies who befriended him, that the earth is shared by something more deadly than humankind. Illustrated throughout in both full color, full page paintings and soft black and white drawings by Phil Parks. Full color double title page. #217 from the Signature Edition (out of a total of 250 copies), individually numbered and SIGNED by Dean Koontz and illustrator Phil Parks on the colophon page. While this is not one of the 50 copies Collector's Edition which featured a special inscription by Koontz, this copy does have personalized SIGNED INSCRIPTIONS by both Koontz and Parks on the verso of the front free endpaper - the inscription from Koontz is great: "This tale of darkness from a guy who's really a pussycat!" Large format, bound in black leatherette with a gilt carousel horse on the front cover, gilt lettering on the spine. Illustrated endpapers. 263 pp plus colophon. ISBN: 0-960382836.

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    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket in a very near fine black slipcase (as new.)

    Book ID: 85255
    View cart More details Price: $600.00