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New York HarperTorch 2006 Paperback Later printing as New 400 pp. Mass market paperback. Black illustrated covers. Fat Charlie Nancy's normal life ended the moment his father dropped dead on a Florida karaoke stage. Charlie didn't know his dad was a god. And he never knew he had a brother.Now brother Spider's on his doorstep - about to make Fat Charlie's life more interesting... and a lot more dangerous.... more information

New York Harper Perennial 2003 Paperback Later printing as New 592 pp. Octavo. Green illustrated covers. Released from prison, Shadow finds his world turned upside down. His wife has been killed; a mysterious stranger offers him a job. But Mr. Wednesday, who knows more about Shadow than is possible, warns that a storm is coming - a battle for the very soul of America... and they are in its direct path.One of the most talked-about books of the new millennium, American Gods is a kaleidoscopic journey d... more information

New York Harper Perennial 2003 Paperback Later printing as New 370 pp. Octavo. Pictoral covers. Richard Mayhew is a young man with a good heart and an ordinary life, which is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. His small act of kindness propels him into a world he never dreamed existed. There are people who fall through the cracks, and Richard has become one of them. And he must learn to survive in this city of shadows and darkness, monsters and saints, mu... more information

New York Harper Collins 2008 Hardcover Later printing NEW 312 pp. Octavo. Black on blue boards with illustrated black and blue dust jacket. John Newbery Medal.Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead.There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy - an anci... more information

New York Vertigo / DC Comics 2008 Leather bound First edition 616pp. Large quarto [32 cm] Full black leather with silver stamped titles, and an illustrated paper label on the front cover. Fine. In a matching slipcase, which is also in fine condition. Featuring characters created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg. From the slipcase- "One of the most popular and critically acclaimed comic book titles of all time. New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman's masterpiece THE SANDMAN s... more information

New York Harper 2007 Paperback Later printing as New 379 pp. Octavo. Illustrated covers. The world will end on Saturday. Next Saturday. Just before dinner, according to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies written in 1655. The armies of Good and Evil are amassing and everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except that a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon are not actually looking forward to the comi... more information

Salt Lake City, UT The University of Utah Press 2006 Hardcover First Edition As NEW Tan cloth spine and boards. "The life of I. J. "Izzi" Wagner mirrors the development of Salt Lake City during the twentieth century - from poverty and obscurity to affluence and prominence. Wagner was born in poverty, but through hard work, wise management, and good luck, he built a fortune. He also changed the city for the better . . ." Dust Jacket. New book with no flaws. SIGNED by Author ... more information

New York W. W. Norton 1992 Hardcover First American Edition NF/VG+ Black cloth spine and boards. Light bumping at the tail of the spine. Contents "drawn from a speech delivered by Eduardo Galeano in support of democracy in Chile in 1988. It eloquently states the case that by saying no to a global system of greed, repression, and exploitation one says yes to the universal values of equality, freedom, and love." Dust Jacket - has just a trace of rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at t... more information

New York Pantheon Books 1985 Hardcover First American Edition VG+/VG+ Brown boards quarterbound in black cloth. Light bumping at the tail of the spine and at the tips of the lower corners. Dust Jacket - has light rubbing at its corners. Upper corner of the front inside flap has been price clipped. ... more information

New York Pantheon Books 1985 Hardcover First American Edition NF/VG+ Green boards quarterbound in magenta cloth. Very light bump at the head and tail of the spine. Dust Jacket - has light rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the tips of the corners. ... more information

New York Pantheon Books 1985 Hardcover First American Edition VG+/VG+ Green boards quarterbound in magenta cloth. Light bumping at the tail of the spine and at the tips of the corners, particularly the upper corners. Dust Jacket - has light rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and all around the outside edges. ... more information

London Quartet Books 1987 Hardcover First UK Edition NF/NF Bright red cloth spine and boards. Light bumping at the head and tail of the spine. Dust Jacket - has just a trace of rubbing at the tip of the lower rear corner. ... more information

London Quartet Books 1987 Hardcover First UK Edition NF/NF Bright red cloth spine and boards. Light bumping at the head and tail of the spine. Small, square discolor on the upper corner of the free front endpaper from sticker. Dust Jacket - has just a trace of rubbing at the tip of the rear corners and a light crease on the lower edge of the rear cover. ... more information

New York W. W. Norton & Company 1991 Hardcover First American Edition NF/NF Black boards halfbound in ochre colored cloth. Light bumping at the head and tail of the spine and at the tip of the upper rear corner. Illustrations by Galeano. Dust Jacket. ... more information

New York W.W. Norton 1998 Paperback Later printing NEW 290pp. Octavo [21cm]. Paperback. NEW. From back cover: "The second volume of Eduardo Galeano's Memory of Fire trilogy, Faces and Masks is an astonishing Latin American-eye view of the New World in the making. Here is the tangled, cataclysmic history of our hemisphere from the 1700s up to the dawn of our present century, told through characters as resonant and compelling as simon Bolivar, Toussaint L'Ouverture, and Billy the Kid."... more information

New York W.W. Norton 1998 Paperback Later printing NEW 306pp. Octavo [21cm]. Paperback. NEW. From back cover: "Genesis, the first volume in Eduardo Galeano's Memory of Fire, is both a meditation on the clashes between the Old World and the New and, in the author's words, an attempt to 'rescue the kidnapped memory of all America.' A fierce, impassioned, and kaleidoscopic historical experience that takes us from the creation myths of the Makiritare Indians of the Yucatan to Columbus'... more information

New York Picador 1998 Paperback Later printing NEW 358pp. 21 cm. Red wrappers with yellow backstrip. Translated by Mark Fried. With engravings by José Guadalupe Posada. Includes bibliographical references and an index. "In a series of mock lesson plans, the author of the incomparable Memory of Fire trilogy provides an eloquent, passionate, funny and shocking exposé of our first-world priveleges and assumptions. From a master class in 'The Impunity of Power' to a seminar on &... more information

New York W.W. Norton 1997 Paperback First edition NEW 328pp. Octavo [20cm]. NEW. Paperback. From the publisher: "In Walking Words world-renowned author Eduardo Galeano draws on the folklore of rural and urban Latin America to discover and retell "the stories of ghouls and fools that Id like to write." These tales are beautifully illustrated by his collaborator, the Brazilian woodcut artist José Francisco Borges, and become testaments to the power of stories to make and remake and ench... more information

Burtonsville, MD The Depot 1977 Paperback First Edition VG+ Two point saddle staple binding in light blue paper covers. Light soiling along the rear edge of the spine and just a trace along the lower edge of the rear cover. Nearly unnoticable trace of sun along the outside edge of the front cover. Illustrated with maps and photographs. 83 pages. ... more information

Burtonsville, MD The Depot 1977 Paperback First Edition 83pp. Octavo [21 cm.] Light blue stapled grained wrappers. Title printed in black on front panel. Near fine. Minor sunning to extremities. Illustrated with photographs and maps. ... more information