Editore: Serpent's Tail, London, England, 1993
ISBN 10: 1852422564 ISBN 13: 9781852422561
Da: Renaissance Books, Riverside, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: New. First Paper. ".gently ironic stories about the US Southwest.where the country is wide-open and weirdness flourishes." 202 pages. Published @ 8.99 Pounds/$12.99.
Editore: Serpent's Tail, London, England, 1992
ISBN 10: 1852422297 ISBN 13: 9781852422295
Da: Renaissance Books, Riverside, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: New. First Paper. Three Americans in love with London and famous Londoners move to the city they worship. "Celebrates the triumph of the unfashionable value of friendship in an age when fashion is everything." 205 pages. Published @ 7.99 Pounds/$12.99.
Editore: Serpent's Tail, London, England, 2001
ISBN 10: 1852427132 ISBN 13: 9781852427139
Da: Hourglass Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good+. First Thus. Complete number line from 1 to 10; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition. Book.
Editore: Serpent's Tail, London, England, 2002
ISBN 10: 185242737X ISBN 13: 9781852427375
Da: Hourglass Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. First Thus. Complete number line from 1 to 10; a bit of edge wear to card covers; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition. Book.
Editore: Serpent's Tail, London, England, UK, 1998
ISBN 10: 1852427825 ISBN 13: 9781852427825
Da: Books & Salvage, Ocean Gate, NJ, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book is in Good condition. Cover is clean with no marks or stains. Binding is tight, edges are square, corners are sharp. Pages are clean with no writing or high lighting. Book shows general shelf wear and use. An Awesome Copy! A Great Buy!. None.
Editore: Serpent's Tail, London, England, 1998
ISBN 10: 1852424346 ISBN 13: 9781852424343
Prima edizione
Trade Paperback. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. First Thus, First Printing; orig. pub. 1927. Trade PB in illustrated wraps. As New and unread. 183pp. Book.
Editore: Serpent's Tail, London, England, 2005
ISBN 10: 1852427817 ISBN 13: 9781852427818
Prima edizione
Trade Paperback. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Trade PB in illustrated wraps. Fine. 151pp. Book.
Editore: Serpent's Tail, London, England, 1998
ISBN 10: 1852424494 ISBN 13: 9781852424497
Trade Paperback. Condizione: Fine. Reprint. Reprint; orig. pub. 1983. Trade PB in illustrated wraps. Fine and unmarked. 183pp. 192 p. Book.
Editore: Serpents Tail, London, England, 1998
ISBN 10: 1852425563 ISBN 13: 9781852425562
Da: LONG BEACH BOOKS, INC., Long Beach, NY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Soft Cover. Condizione: Very Good. First Trade Paperback. The editor has gathered together a collection of 20 short stories from a new generation of British writers who are blurring the boundaries between high-brow literature and pulp fiction. Wear at edges, reading creases, lightly rubbed. Size: 5" x 7 3/4". TRADE PAPERBACK.
Editore: Serpent's Tail, London, England, 2014
ISBN 10: 1846689457 ISBN 13: 9781846689451
Da: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Condizione: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
Editore: Serpents Tail, London England, 2007
ISBN 10: 1852428414 ISBN 13: 9781852428419
Da: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, Regno Unito
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Uk Paperback Edition. Paperback. Starting with a memory of his father Leroy's experiences in World War 2, Walter Mosley writes passionately about the need for Black people to become active in the struggle for world peace. He argues that because of their experience of oppression Black people are crucially placed to build bridges between the affluent first world and the impoverished third world. 120 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).
Editore: Serpents Tail, London England, 1991
ISBN 10: 1852421797 ISBN 13: 9781852421793
Da: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, Regno Unito
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Paperback Printing. PaperbackAs England declines into post-imperial senility, its idiosyncracies become affection. The country is fast becoming one big theme park whose visitors are thrilled to be brushed by the past. The thirty-three contributors all have first-hand experience of the vagaries of English life.and their insights provide a truth that is, in the best sense, fictional." This book has 288 pages.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).
Editore: Serpent's Tail, London England, 2004
ISBN 10: 1852428651 ISBN 13: 9781852428655
Da: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, Regno Unito
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very small crease to corner back cover. Billie is in her forties, running a little jewellery shop in Bradford, watching over her godson Natty, trying to live a quiet life, trying to forget the past. Because Billie has a lot of past to forget. She was a bike chick, one of the Devil's Own, real hardcore seventies Angels, speed and acid-fuelled road demons. She lived a life that was hurtling out of control and it ended in murder. Now, years later, she has to face the consequences. Dark but never despairing, Billie Morgan is a blistering thriller that takes you to the edge. 280 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).
Editore: Serpents Tail, London England, 1994
ISBN 10: 1852422637 ISBN 13: 9781852422639
Da: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, Regno Unito
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Reprint. The Pillow Boy of Lady Onogaro.contemporary British fiction of a Japanese poet, Onogoro, as she seeks to escape a world of concubinage and female suppression.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).
Editore: Serpents Tail, London England, 1990
ISBN 10: 185242169X ISBN 13: 9781852421694
Da: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, Regno Unito
Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Grizelda Holderness (illustratore). 1st Paperback Edition. Paperback. Slight foxing to edge. Slight shelf wear to edges of cover. Seven women writers sharpen their satrical pens and take virture as their target. The result is a wicked delight. 208 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).
Editore: Serpents Tail, London England, 2003
ISBN 10: 1852428317 ISBN 13: 9781852428310
Da: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, Regno Unito
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Paperback Printing. Zacarias Moussaoui : The Making of a Terrorist 144pp.Zacarias Moussaoui was arrested in the United States in August 2001. He is currently in a federal prison in Virginia, charged with "conspiring with Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda to murder thousands of innocent people in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania". Zacarias Moussaoui, who trained to be a pilot in Oklahoma, admits to being a member of Al-Qaeda but denies involvement in the events of September.9/11.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).
Editore: Serpents Tail, London England, 2013
ISBN 10: 1846688507 ISBN 13: 9781846688508
Da: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, Regno Unito
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Reprint. Paperback. Dirty Wars. The World is a Battlefield. In this shocking expose of America's copvert foreign policy operations, the author uncovers the 'dirty wars' sanctioned by the US president. Wars in which military units operate domestically and globally, with direct orders from the White House to hunt down, capture or kill those designated as enemies in the 'War on Terror'. These elite soldiers - including Navy SEALs, Delta Force, former Blackwater and other private security contractors, the CIA's Special Activities Division and the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) - conduct missions in more than one hundred countries. They engage is targeted killings, the snatch and grab of individuals, and directing drone and cruise missle strikes. While the Bush administration edployed these ghost militias, President Obama has gone further, expanding their operations and giving them unprecedented freedoms. Amassing an extraordinary wealth of evidence from Afghanistan to Yemen, Somalia and Beyond, this book uncovers the most important foreign policy scandal of our time. Illustrated. 642 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.).
Editore: Serpent's Tail, London, England, 2014
ISBN 10: 184668966X ISBN 13: 9781846689666
Da: Reading Habit, Buttaba, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Medium Softcover. Condizione: Good. Reprint. Medium softcover, reprint, 294gms, 323 pages. What if you grew up to realise that your father had used your childhood as an experiment? Book is in good condition with only minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout. There is a small pen marking from a previous owner on the inside front page, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
Editore: Serpent's Tail, London, England, 1996
ISBN 10: 1852423706 ISBN 13: 9781852423704
Da: Reading Habit, Buttaba, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Medium Softcover. Condizione: Good. First Thus. Medium softcover, first thus, 276gms, 266 pages. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and heavy page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
Editore: Serpent's Tail, London, England, 2001
ISBN 10: 1852428082 ISBN 13: 9781852428082
Da: Reading Habit, Buttaba, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Reprint. Soft cover, reprint edition, 256g, 317pgs. This shocking memoir by Cuban writer, Reinaldo Arenas, is a book about sexual, political and artistic freedom. Arena recounts his childhood in poverty-stricken rural Cuba to his death in New York 4 decades later. He tells of his time as a young rebel fighting for revolution, through his suppression as a writer, his imprisonment and torture and his eventual flight from Cuba. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
Editore: Serpent's Tail, London, England, 2018
ISBN 10: 1846689597 ISBN 13: 9781846689598
Da: West End Editions, Burlington, ON, Canada
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. A signed and dated copy of the UK first edition and second printing. This copy was purchased new and is unread, dated Nov 5, 2018, by the author on he title page. Scotia Bank Giller Prize winner and shortlisted for the 2018 Booker Prize. Tanning to the page block is evident. Purchased new and unread. Signed by Author(s).
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Editore: Serpent's Tail, London, England, 2018
ISBN 10: 1788160657 ISBN 13: 9781788160650
Da: Dartmouth Books, West Molesey, Regno Unito
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. This Signed First Edition and first printing hardback was published in the UK in 2018 by Profile Books under their Serpent's Tail imprint. The ABE Stock Image photograph is accurate for this copy. The condition of both the book and dust-jacket is 'Fine'. The book signing appears to have taken place at Foyles bookshop as the book has one of their Signed First Edition stickers. The book is bound with matt black binding paper on stiff boards. The spine titles and front cover design are in gilt. The endpapers are nicely decorated. The book has 270 numbered pages. The size of the book in inches is 8.7 x 5.8 and it weighs 0.56 kg. As with all our sales of books within the UK, we only ever charge a flat standard delivery cost of £3.35. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: Serpents Tail, London England, 2017
ISBN 10: 1781257973 ISBN 13: 9781781257975
Da: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Broken River. Following a string of affairs, Karl and Eleanor are giving their marriage one last shot; they're moving with their twelve-year-old daughter Irina from Brooklyn to a newly renovated, apparently charming old house near the upstate New York town of Broken River. This new novel by America's master of literary rule-breaking is part thriller, part family drama, part Gothic horror - and like all J. Robert Lennon's novel, it shows the consequences of human deceitfulness, and the dreadful force the past can exert on the present. Ist UK Printing. 279 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.).
Editore: Serpent's Tail, London, England, 2016
ISBN 10: 178125544X ISBN 13: 9781781255445
Da: Dartmouth Books, West Molesey, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. This signed, 16th impression, First Edition hardback was published by Serpent's Tail in 2016. The author has simply signed the title page. The book has the 'Signed by the Author' wrap of Toppings of Bath to indicate its source. The ABE Stock Image photograph is accurate for this copy. The condition of both book and dust-jacket is 'New'. The book is bound with dark blue binding paper on stiff boards. The spine titles are in gilt. The endpapers have a design of yellow flower wallpaper of the Victorian era. The main text of the book has 416 numbered pages, although other content follows on unpaginated pages. The size of the book in inches is 8.8 x 5.6 and it weighs 0.60 kg.
Editore: London, England: The Serpent's Tail, 1989, 1989
ISBN 10: 1852421398 ISBN 13: 9781852421397
Da: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 95 pages. Published in 1989. The author's first novel to be translated into English. One of the greatest literary debuts of the 20th century. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United Kingdom. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only. There is no American Edition. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Herta Muller's "Der Mensch ist ein Grosser fasan auf der Welt" in a felicitous English translation. A fable-novel on her beloved fellow Romanians of German descent. They were persecuted twice in Ceausescu's totalitarian regime: As a despised and mistrusted minority and as implacable anti-Communists. The defiance takes its toll as the close-knit community is "breaking up, a dying village whose German inhabitants all seek to emigrate. A chilling, far-sighted, and lyrical graveside speech for a sad village in a sad land". Regarded as a national icon in Germany, "a living Goethe" (rhymes with Herta), Muller was awarded the Nobel Prize on the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of Communism: "The Committee has recognized an author who refuses to let the inhumane side of life under Communism be forgotten". That is a direct rebuke of Milan Kundera's famous (and frivolous) statement that "the condemnation of totalitarianism doesn't deserve a novel". Yes, it does, and in Muller's writing, what being human means in the context of a totalitarian system has a metaphysical lyricism. An absolute "must-have" title for Herta Muller collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Herta Muller. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Muller made a rare and historic appearance at the 2012 PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, during which her signature was obtained. Laid-in is a pristine copy of Philip Boehm's translation of her Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, which was distributed during the Festival. This title is a late-modern classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Edition/First Printing (British) available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: There is NO American Edition. Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of The Kleist Prize, one of the most prestigious prizes given to writers in German, in 1994. Winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1998 for "The Land of Green Plums". Winner of the European Literature Prize in 2006. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2009. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER HERTA MULLER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 1852421398. Signed by Author.