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  • SUDER. by Everett, Percival.
    Everett, Percival.
    SUDER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, (1983) dj. Hardcover first edition - African American writer's first book, a comic novel about a baseball player, an elephant he wins, and a 9 year old runaway who adopts them both. The three friends hole up in a cabin and outfox all intruders, including the local sheriff, a drug smuggler, and a taxidermist with his eye on Renoir, the elephant. Although Everett has received many awards - including an award for lifetime achievement by the National Book Critics Circle - and the Washington Post described him as one of the most adventurously experimental of modern American novelists. he remains not nearly as well-known or read as he should be - although the movie "American Fiction"…

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    New York: Viking, (1983) dj. Hardcover first edition - African American writer's first book, a comic novel about a baseball player, an elephant he wins, and a 9 year old runaway who adopts them both. The three friends hole up in a cabin and outfox all intruders, including the local sheriff, a drug smuggler, and a taxidermist with his eye on Renoir, the elephant. Although Everett has received many awards - including an award for lifetime achievement by the National Book Critics Circle - and the Washington Post described him as one of the most adventurously experimental of modern American novelists. he remains not nearly as well-known or read as he should be - although the movie "American Fiction" based on his novel "Erasure" has finally begun to change that, as has the acclaim given to his 2024 novel "James." 171 pp. ISBN: 0-670-681105.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (bit of sunning to edges of boards, spine of dj)

    Book ID: 86598
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  • Fericano, Paul.
    COMMERCIAL BREAK.

    Edition: First printing.

    Millbrae, California: Poor Souls Press / Scaramouche Books, (1982.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Uncommon hardcover edition of this collection of poems by this San Francisco satirist, activist and poet.: "his effort to add a valid and outrageous dimension to the word 'poetry' .... it pokes and prods our imagination like an informal history... squeezes anger into wit, absurdity into concern." SIGNED on the last page and dated in the year of publication (6-4-82. ) 55 pp. ISBN: 0-916296-075.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (old inked price on endpaper, dj has some creasing to upper edge, price-clipped.)

    Book ID: 37743
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  • COMMERCIAL BREAK. by Fericano, Paul.
    Fericano, Paul.
    COMMERCIAL BREAK.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    Millbrae, California: Poor Souls Press / Scaramouche Books, (1982.). First edition - A collection of poems by this San Francisco satirist, activist and poet.: "his effort to add a valid and outrageous dimension to the word 'poetry' .... it pokes and prods our imagination like an informal history... squeezes anger into wit, absurdity into concern." 55 pp. ISBN: 0-916296-083.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 42093
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  • CAUSE CELEB. by Fielding, Helen.
    Fielding, Helen.
    CAUSE CELEB.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, (2001). Hardcover first edition - The first novel by the author of the Bridget Jones books, originally published in the UK in 1994, but not appearing in the US until this edition. A novel which "skewers the world of celebrity fundraising." 342 pp. ISBN: 0-670894508.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 78883
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  • THE SCANDAL PLAN: Or: How to Win the Presidency by Cheating on Your Wife. by Folman, Bill.
    Folman, Bill.
    THE SCANDAL PLAN: Or: How to Win the Presidency by Cheating on Your Wife.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a wild satire on political campaigns: A candidate will go to outrageous lengths to land the American presidency, but things get out of hand. SIGNED on the title page. . 448 p. ISBN: 0-06-144765X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 45611
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  • BILLY LYNN'S LONG HALFTIME WALK. by Fountain, Ben.
    Fountain, Ben.
    BILLY LYNN'S LONG HALFTIME WALK.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Ecco Press / Harper Collins, (2012) dj. Hardcover - The author's first novel (second book) a satire set in Texas during America's war in Iraq, one which "explores the gaping national disconnect between the war at home and the war abroad.. It follows the surviving members of the heroic Bravo Squad through one exhausting stop in their media-intensive 'Victory Tour' at Texas Stadium, football mecca of the Dallas Cowboys, their fans, promoters, and cheerleaders." Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award. 307 pp. ISBN: 978-0060885595.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 90260
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  • QU'EST CE QUE JE FOUS LA? (What Am I Doing Here?) by Gebe (George Blondeaux,1929 - 2004)
    Gebe (George Blondeaux,1929 - 2004)
    QU'EST CE QUE JE FOUS LA? (What Am I Doing Here?)

    Edition: Reprint.

    Paris: Dargaud Editeur (1983.). Hardcover - 80 pages de bandes dessines et dessins noirs et blancs. Couverture rigide. Texte en francais (text in French). ISBN: 2-205022881.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated boards.

    Book ID: 54028
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  • Gibson, Tanya Egan.
    HOW TO BUY A LOVE OF READING.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's unusual - and charming - first novel. "To Carley Wells, words are the enemy. Her tutor's innumerable SAT flashcards. Her personal trainer's 'fifty-seven pounds overweight' assessment. When English teacher Nagel reports to her parents that she has answered the question 'What is your favorite book?' with 'Never met one I liked,' they decide to fix what he calls her 'intellectual impoverishment.' They will commission a book to be written just for her..." 392 pp. ISBN: 978-0525951148.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some toning to the edges of the textblock, remainder line)

    Book ID: 85315
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  • POINT COUNTER POINT. by Huxley, Aldous.
    Huxley, Aldous.
    POINT COUNTER POINT.

    Edition: First American edition.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1928. dj. Hardcover first edition - Huxley's longest and most complex novel, A story of 1920s intellectual life in which the characters are based on artists, politicians, and socialites of the time including D. H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Nancy Cunard, and John Middleton Murray. Included in the Modern Library's 100 Best English-language novels of the 20th century. Basis for a BBC television series in 1968. First edition stated on copyright page, with Doubleday device, date of 1928 on title page. Very pale green cross-hatched endpapers. 432 pp.

    Condition: Good overall in red cloth with red tinting to the top edge - spine is slightly faded and creased, label is very faded, but this is straight, clean and sturdy copy

    Book ID: 81972
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  • THE LECTURER'S TALE. by Hynes, James.
    Hynes, James.
    THE LECTURER'S TALE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Picador, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third book, a "pitch-perfect blend of satire and horror, a Faustian tale of the terrors of academe." 388 pp. ISBN: 0-312203322.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 65768
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  • THE TWELVE CHAIRS. by Ilf, Ilya (1897 - 1937) and Evgeny Petrov (1903 - 1942)
    Ilf, Ilya (1897 - 1937) and Evgeny Petrov (1903 - 1942)
    THE TWELVE CHAIRS.

    Edition: First thus.

    London: Frederick Muller, (1965) dj. Hardcover first edition - The dust jacket proclaims this as "The Great Russian Satirical Novel" originally published in 1928, but then suppressed during the Stalin regime. The authors who met in Moscow in 1925, were born in Odessa, "the humor capital of the Russian Empire (now Ukraine). Thieves and resourceful conmen are the object of secret admiration and pride in Odessa, and the stuff of legends. One such conman, by the name of Ostap Bender, is the hero of the two writers' main work." (Russia Beyond) Basis for several movies - both in Russia and in the US in Mel Brooks 1970 film. Translated from the Russian by John Richardson. Introduction by Maurice Freidberg. 322 pp.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (tear to upper edge of front cover of dj)

    Book ID: 88286
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  • Ionesco, Eugene.
    HUGOLIAD: Or the Grotesque and Tragic Life of Victor Hugo

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Grove Press, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - Originally written when Ionesco was just 26 and published in a Rumanian literary journal of the 1930s, this "anti-biography" "drips with sarcasm" as he paints Hugo as "a very unromantic charlatan, an intellectual lightweight who rose to success thanks to ruthless tactics." Includes a postscript, notes, and a chronology of Ionesco and Romania. 126 pp. ISBN: 0-394560922.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 86696
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  • NAM-A-RAMA. by Jennings, Phillip.
    Jennings, Phillip.
    NAM-A-RAMA.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Forge Book, (2005). First edition - The author's first novel, a wild satire on the Vietnam War by a former Marine who flew more than 300 helicopter missions during that war - a combination of horror and hilarity. 332 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 61282
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  • CHRISTIE MALRY'S OWN DOUBLE-ENTRY. by Johnson, B.S. (Bryan Stanley Johnson, 1933-73)
    Johnson, B.S. (Bryan Stanley Johnson, 1933-73)
    CHRISTIE MALRY'S OWN DOUBLE-ENTRY.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - The last novel published before his death by this "most original of the English experimental writers of his generation. Combining a bellicose avant-gardism with pointed social concerns, he won the praise of critics and fellow writers as well as a readership not usually gained by a literary maverick. [This] is Johnson's most broadly humorous book, though his humor has a bite. Christie is a simple man. His job in a bank puts him next to but not in possession of money. He encounters the principles of Double-Entry Bookkeeping and adapts them in his own dramatic fashion to settle his account with society. Under the column headed 'Aggravation' for…

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    New York: The Viking Press, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - The last novel published before his death by this "most original of the English experimental writers of his generation. Combining a bellicose avant-gardism with pointed social concerns, he won the praise of critics and fellow writers as well as a readership not usually gained by a literary maverick. [This] is Johnson's most broadly humorous book, though his humor has a bite. Christie is a simple man. His job in a bank puts him next to but not in possession of money. He encounters the principles of Double-Entry Bookkeeping and adapts them in his own dramatic fashion to settle his account with society. Under the column headed 'Aggravation' for offenses received from society (the unpleasantness of the bank manager is the first on an ever-growing list), debit Christie; under 'Recompense,' for offenses given back (scratching the faade of an office block), credit Christie. All accounts are to be settled in full, and they are in the most alarming way." Basis for the 2002 film of the same name. 180 pp plus "the final reckoning.". ISBN: 0-670220132.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (some small chips at the ends of the dj spine, original price of 5.95 still present) .

    Book ID: 78592
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  • TANGO. by Judd, William ( pseudonym of Alan Edwin Petty)
    Judd, William ( pseudonym of Alan Edwin Petty)
    TANGO.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Summit Books, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - A satirical novel in which a sedate, overweight Englishman is sent to a South American country to run a moribund bookstore - and winds up being recruited into the British Special Information Service... While this might be satire, the author (like Le Carre) worked for the Briitsh Foreign Office and knows what he is writing about. Judd named as one of the Best Young British Novelists by Granta Magazine. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-671707108.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 69400
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  • Kunstler, James Howard.
    MAGGIE DARLING: A Modern Romance.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2004.). First edition - from the back cover: "She's the goddess of hearth and home, America's millionaire media maven of domesticity, Connecticut's most dazzling hostess, and everything in her world must be perfect - except that Maggie Darling's enviable life has suddenly gone off the rails. ..A rolicking, timely and perfectly refreshing comedy of manners." 324 pp.

    Condition: Fine in printed white wrappers.

    Book ID: 35389
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  • THE DEBT TO PLEASURE. by Lanchester, John.
    Lanchester, John.
    THE DEBT TO PLEASURE.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Picador, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a combination of novel, cookbook, and epicurian philosophy. A book narrated by "Tarquin Winot as he embarks on a journey of the senses, regaling us with his wickedly funny, poisonously opinionated meditations on everything from the erotics of dislike to the psychology of a menu, from the perverse history of the peach to the brutalization of the palate, from cheese as 'the corpse of milk' to the binding action of blood." SIGNED on the title page. 232 pp. ISBN: 0-330344544.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 82755
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  • THE DEBT TO PLEASURE. by Lanchester, John.
    Lanchester, John.
    THE DEBT TO PLEASURE.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Henry Holt, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a combination of novel, cookbook, and epicurian philosophy. A book narrated by "Tarquin Winot as he embarks on a journey of the senses, regaling us with his wickedly funny, poisonously opinionated meditations on everything from the erotics of dislike to the psychology of a menu, from the perverse history of the peach to the brutalization of the palate, from cheese as 'the corpse of milk' to the binding action of blood." 232 pp. ISBN: 0-805043888.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (discoloration to back cover of dj from sticker removal)

    Book ID: 83583
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  • Langbein, Julia.
    AMERICAN MERMAID.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (2023) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a story within a story which is satirical, thought-provoking and a brutal send-up of Hollywood. "Broke English teacher Penelope Schleeman is as surprised as anyone when her feminist novel 'American Mermaid' becomes a bestseller. Lured by the promise of a big payday, she quits teaching and moves to LA to turn the novel into an action flick with the help of some studio hacks. But as she's pressured to change her main character from a fierce, androgynous eco-warrior to a teen sex object in a clamshell bra, strange things start to happen." 329 pp. ISBN: 978-0385549677.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 88670
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  • Lapham, Lewis (1935-2024)
    LAPHAM'S RULES OF INFLUENCE: A Careerist's Guide to Sucess, Status, and Self-Congratulation.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author, an editor for Harper's Magazine, writes a tongue-in-cheek guide of how to advance in life . Witty guidelines cover everything from what to wear, and whom to befriend, what to say, and what not to say. 131 pp. ISBN: 0-679-426051.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 60166
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  • LA COURSE DU RAT. by Lauzier, GŽrard, 1932-2008.
    Lauzier, GŽrard, 1932-2008.
    LA COURSE DU RAT.

    Edition: First edition.

    Neuilly-sur-Seine & Montreal: Dargaud Editeur & Dargaud Canada, (1978.). Hardcover first edition - A story told in cartoons by this French comics author and movie director, best known as one of the leading authors in the more adult-oriented French comics scene of the 1970s and 1980s. Texte en francais (text in French) 61 pages de bandes dessinŽes en couleurs. Mise en couleur Johnny Coca. Couverture rigide. ISBN: 2205012819.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated boards.

    Book ID: 54027
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  • Lauzier, GŽrard, 1932-2008.
    CHRONIQUES DE L'ILE GRANDE.

    Edition: First edition.

    Neuilly-sur-Seine & Montreal: Dargaud Editeur & Dargaud Canada, (1977.). Hardcover first edition - A story told in cartoons by this French comics author and movie director, best known as one of the leading authors in the more adult-oriented French comics scene of the 1970s and 1980s. Texte en francais (text in French) 60 pages de bandes dessinŽes en couleurs. Mise en couleur Johnny Coca. Couverture rigide. ISBN: 2205011464.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated boards.

    Book ID: 54026
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  • UN CERTAIN MALAISE. by Lauzier, GŽrard, 1932-2008.
    Lauzier, GŽrard, 1932-2008.
    UN CERTAIN MALAISE.

    Edition: Early printing.

    Neuilly-sur-Seine & Montreal: Dargaud Editeur & Dargaud Canada, (1977.). Hardcover - The first book of erotic cartoons by the cartoonist, screenwriter and film director GŽrard Lauzier who was described by the Times as epitomizing "a certain vision of France during the prosperous Sixties and Seventies.. . he explored the contradictions and ironies of an epoch that was liberated and anti-materialist in its discourse and, more often than it liked to admit, hung up and rapacious in behaviour. Anti-PC before political correctness had even been thought of," Text is in French (en francais) but the humor shines through regardless of the language. Large format, in color throughout. 64 pp. ISBN: 2-205007068.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated boards.

    Book ID: 54025
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  • FRESH EGGS. by Levandoski, Rob.
    Levandoski, Rob.
    FRESH EGGS.

    Edition: First printing.

    Sag Harbor, NY: Permanent Press, (2002). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third novel set on a family farm in Ohio, a story which is both an exploration of a father/daughter relationship and a satiric look at industrialized farming, animal cruelty, Reaganomics and the fads of the late 20th century. SIGNED on the title page. 252 pp. ISBN: 1-579620485.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 82807
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  • THE INCORPORATION OF ERIC CHUNG. by Lo, Steven C.
    Lo, Steven C.
    THE INCORPORATION OF ERIC CHUNG.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very funny first novel, the story of a Chinese immigrant student who encounters the American Dream, Texas-style. 199 pp. ISBN: 0-945575-181.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new, an unread copy with some pages still unopened.)

    Book ID: 57676
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  • THINKS. . . by Lodge, David.
    Lodge, David.
    THINKS. . .

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A satirical comedy, the 11th in his series of academic novels, in which a young widow who teaches creative writing at a provincial university is is relentlessly pursued by the sexually predatory (although married) Ralph Messenger, who heads the Center for Cognitive Science. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. 340 pp. ISBN: 0-670-899844.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (prev owner's name, mostly hidden by dj flap)

    Book ID: 56775
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  • THE WEIGHER OF SOULS & THE EARTH DWELLERS. by Maurois, Andre (1885-1967)
    Maurois, Andre (1885-1967)
    THE WEIGHER OF SOULS & THE EARTH DWELLERS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Macmillan Company, (1963) dj. Hardcover first edition - Two ironical science fiction novellas by this noted French author best known for his biographies. This edition includes an autobiographical introduction "In the Twilight of My Life" in which he talks about how he came to write these stories and he notes that 'The Weigher of Souls' (first published in English in 1931) was one of his few works of fiction which found success. Epilogue by Jacques Choron; translated from the French by Hamish Miles, and illustrated with seven black and white plates by Leonard Everett Fisher. Includes a bibliography listing Maurois' works with both their first French and first English publication. 187 pp.

    Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, some reading wear in a good dj with wear to top edge, spine label.

    Book ID: 85410
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  • THE BEDBUG and Selected Poetry. by Mayakovsky, Vladimir (1893-1930)
    Mayakovsky, Vladimir (1893-1930)
    THE BEDBUG and Selected Poetry.

    Edition: First US printing.

    Cleveland, Ohio & New York: The World Publishing Company, (1970) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of the most significant works of this Russian Revolution's tragic poet, from his earliest pre-revolutionary lyrics to a poem found in a notebook after his death. A bilingual edition, selected, edited, and introduced by Patricia Blake with the original Russian on the verso, the English translation by Max Hayward and George Reavey on the recto. The title poem is a long dramatic extravaganza in nine scenes, a satire of the Soviet system. Notes. 318 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in orange cloth with gilt titles on spine and title in Russian blind-stamped on front in a near fine dustjacket. (few spots of foxing to edges of textblock, light crease to front cover of dj)

    Book ID: 86266
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  • ZOMBIES OF THE GENE POOL. by McCrumb, Sharyn.
    McCrumb, Sharyn.
    ZOMBIES OF THE GENE POOL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery writer's second satirical science fiction novel, and the first in this series featuring the reluctant detective / author Jay Omega to be issued in hardcover. 208pp. ISBN: 0-671705261.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (name crossed out on front endpaper)

    Book ID: 80506
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  • THE SERPENT OF VENICE. by Moore, Christopher.
    Moore, Christopher.
    THE SERPENT OF VENICE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2014) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Moore channels William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe in this satiric Venetian gothic." Afterword. Illustrated endpapers. All edges tinted royal blue. 326 pp. ISBN: 978-0061779763.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (short closed tears)

    Book ID: 82218
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