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GRANTA 11, 1983: MILAN KUNDERA.
Edition: Trade paperback (although this does not state it is a later printing, the subscription info refers t
Cambridge, UK: Granta, (1984). "A Paperback Magazine of New Writing. " This issue features several new works by Kundera and an interview with Kundera by Ian McEwan. It also includes contributions from Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Salman Rushdie, Martha Gelhorn, Jay McInerney and others. Ads. 255 pp. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line. ISBN: 0-14-0073833.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 75333More details Price: $12.00 -
CITY OF DARK MAGIC.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Penguin, 2012. SIGNED first edition - The first book published by these authors under this psuedonym - "Once a city of enormous wealth and culture, Prague was home to emperors, alchemists, astronomers, and, as its whispered, hell portals. When music student Sarah Weston lands a summer job at Prague Castle cataloging Beethovens manuscripts, she has no idea how dangerous her life is about to become. Prague is a threshold, Sarah is warned, and it is steeped in blood." INSCRIBED on the title page and SIGNED by both authors as Magnus Flyte with their initials underneath. 448 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (light toning to the edge of the textblock)
Book ID: 68410More details Price: $25.00 -
THE TOWN PARK: And Other Stories.
Edition: First English language printing.
New York & London: Verso, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - A work originally published in 1935 and set in Prague during the first World War and published here in English for the first time. In addition to the short novel this includes ten other stories. "With its delicate irony, Proustian introspection and interplay of time and memory, and exquisitely crafted style inspired by Grab's theory of 'dissonant harmonies', The Town Park has rightly been hailed as a work of genius." Translated by Quintin Hoare with a foreword by Thoedor Adorno. Afterword by Peter Staengle. 250 pp. ISBN: 0-860911896.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 55527More details Price: $20.00 -
THE FIFTH SERVANT.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2011). SIGNED - Mystery set in 1592 in the Jewish ghetto in Prague, featuring Benyamin Ben-Akiva, a Talmudic scholar from Poland. SIGNED on the title page. 398 pp. ISBN: 978-0061725388.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy)
Book ID: 60308More details Price: $19.50 -
THE FIFTH SERVANT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set in 1592 in the Jewish ghetto in Prague, featuring Benyamin Ben-Akiva, a Talmudic scholar from Poland. SIGNED on the title page. 387 pp. Promotional postcard laid in. ISBN: 9780061725371.
Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (a new copy but with a tiny tear at fold of dj flap.)
Book ID: 60310More details Price: $31.50 -
THE FIFTH SERVANT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set in 1592 in the Jewish ghetto in Prague, featuring Benyamin Ben-Akiva, a Talmudic scholar from Poland. SIGNED on the title page. 387 pp. Promotional postcard laid in. ISBN: 9780061725371.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (toning to the pages)
Book ID: 62078More details Price: $28.50 -
THE FIFTH SERVANT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set in 1592 in the Jewish ghetto in Prague, featuring Benyamin Ben-Akiva, a Talmudic scholar from Poland. INSCRIBED on the title page "For -- Who knows what I am talking about. Enjoy." 387 pp. ISBN: 9780061725371.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 65094More details Price: $35.00
