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MOOMINPAPPA'S MEMOIRS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book in the delightful Moomintrolls series, originally published in 1968, illustrated by the author and translated by Thomas Warburton. Moominpappa remembers his life and adventures before he had a family. 162 pp.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (gift inscription, price-clipped, but otherwise a tight and clean copy, appears unread). Surprisingly uncommon.
Book ID: 76601More details Price: $40.00 -
AFTER THE FLOOD.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: William H. Morrow, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Post apocalyptic novel set in 2023, thirty years after a nuclear holocaust has destroyed the world as we know it. "A powerful, deeply disturbing book.bleak, uncompromising."--Harry Stein. Translated from the Swedish by Lone Thygesen Blecher and George Blecher. 251 pp. ISBN: 0-688-049028.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 56224More details Price: $21.00 -
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, originally published as "Man Som Hatar Kvinnor" in 2005 and translated from Swedish by Reg Keeland. "An international sensation, an immediate best-seller across Europe, . . Lisbeth Salander, a twenty-four-year-old pierced and tattooed genius computer hacker with a vulnerable heart and a terrifying capacity -- if anyone tries to take advantage -- for sudden ruthlessness." Cover design by Peter Mendelsund. Basis for the movie of the same name. 463 pp.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (small remainder dot)
Book ID: 64800More details Price: $24.50 -
MERAB'S BEAUTY and Other Stories.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of powerful short stories, including 'The Way Of A Serpent' originally published in Sweden between 1982 and 1986, and translated from the Swedish by Mary Sandbach and Tom Geddes. The second book by this prize winning author to be translated into English. 243 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0162295.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 33657More details Price: $15.00