Some edgewear and creasing of spine and covers, otherwise still a good reading copy. From OCLC:"A successful caterer in Bascomb, North Carolina, Claire has always remained tied to the legacy of the Waverley family, until her peaceful life is transformed by Tyler Hughes, an art teacher and new next-door neighbor, and by the return of her prodigal sister, Sydney." View More...
BRAND NEW -Just a hint of shopwear otherwise pristine - from OCLC:"In this short story collection set in the Indian city of Kittur sometime between the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984 and that of her son Rajiv in 1991, Adiga creates a cast of characters--from a twelve-year old boy to a Marxist-Maoist Party member--who are immersed in class struggles and their own personal denouements." View More...
Some slight edgewear, spine crease, sticker remnant on spine, minor age toning of pages, slight rubbing of covers; otherwise a clean and tight copy. View More...
Minor edgewear and faint creasing of spine and covers, the covers (front and back) have light discolouration, the page edges have minor discolouration and the interior contains faint age-toning and a gift inscription on the FFEP, otherwise a good reading copy./ View More...
APPEARS UNREAD! Just a touch of edgewear otherwise pristine. From the back cover :"His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as a mausoleum. During the night, too, he'd somehow been on a cross-country run and then been expertly beaten up by secret police. He felt bad.' Jix Dixon has a terrible job at a second-rate university. His life is full of things he could happily do without: the tedious and ridiculous Professor Welch, a neurotic and unstable girlfriend, Margaret, burnt sheets, medieval recorder music and over-enthusiastic students. If he can... View More...
Very slight edgewear and faint creasing of spine and covers, otherwise a fine clean tight and bright copy - from the publisher:"The hero of Kingsley Amis's comedy is Stanley Duke. Attractive, prosperous and happily remarried, Stanley leads a life that is positively enviable--that is, until it becomes apparent that his teenage son, Steve, is going mad.It isn't that Steve suddenly tears up a copy of Bellow's Herzog, or cranks his stereo to ear-shattering levels...that's normal. It's his pursuit by cosmic forces that concerns his father. Stanley's confrontation with his son's madness give Am... View More...
Hardcover, stated 1st edition. Very minor shelfwear otherwise a fine clean sturdy copy. Dust jacket is slightly chipped and has a small circle of sticker residue, otherwise it too is fine View More...
Very slight edgewear and faint creasing of spine and covers,as well some light age toning, otherwise a fine clean tight copy - from the publisher:"It is 1972 and circumstances carry Ellen Grier and her family back to Holly's Field, Wisconsin, to the home of her in-laws, a loveless house infused with the settling dust of bitterness and routine, where calculated cruelty is a way of life preserved in the service of an angry God. " - an Oprah Winfrey short list pick View More...
Faint edgewear and light creasing of spine and covers, the covers (front and back) have some discolouration the spine has a slight lean, the interior pages have significant age-toning, otherwise a fair reading copy only. View More...
Rescued from a library cull, presents usual stamps and stickers along with general creasing of spine. Still a reasonably good reading copy View More...
