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Published by London: Harvill/Secker (2012)., 2012
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First UK edition. 257 pp. Very slight lean to spine, else very near fine in like dust jacket. Translated from the original French by Sam Taylor.
Published by Harvill Secker, Random House, London, 2012., 2012
Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
8vo (22.5x14cm), hardback, prelims + 310pp. Very good condition in very good dustwrapper (light wear only). Mild wear. Pictures available on request. " 'When you touch a Lipizzaner,' Frank Westerman was told as a child, 'you are touching history'. The author explores the history of these unique creatures over four generations. .But what begins as a fairy tale becomes a chronicle of the quest for racial purity.
Published by London, Harvill Secker, 2012., 2012
First Edition Signed
[vi]+458pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. Black and white map. A fine copy. First edition. Signed copy.
First edition. First U.K. edition. Originally published in Norway in 2011. Translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett. Fine in fine dust jacket. The murder has been solved but has justice been done? Harry Hole is back in Oslo. He's been away for some time, but his ghosts have a way of catching up with him. The case that brings him back is already closed. There is no room for doubt: the young junkie was shot dead by a fellow addict. Denied permission to reopen the investigation, Harry strikes out on his own. Beneath the city's eerie tranquillity, he discovers a trail of violence and mysterious disappearances seemingly unnoticed by the police. At every turn Harry is faced with a conspiracy of silence. Harry is not the only one who is interested in the case. From the moment he steps off the plane, someone is watching his every move and tracing his every call.
Published by London Harvill Secker, 2012, 2012
Seller: Pali, Roma, RM, Italy
Hard Cover.in dj. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 8vo, hardcover in dj, Here is the remarkable true story of the real Count of Monte Cristo - a stunning feat of historical sleuthing that brings to life the forgotten hero who inspired such classics as "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "The Three Musketeers." The real-life protagonist of "The Black Count," General Alex Dumas, is a man almost unknown today yet with a story that is strikingly familiar, because his son, the novelist Alexandre Dumas, used it to create some of the best loved heroes of literature. Yet, hidden behind these swashbuckling adventures was an even more incredible secret: the real hero was the son of a black slave -- who rose higher in the white world than any man of his race would before our own time. Born in Saint-Domingue (now Haiti), Alex Dumas was briefly sold into bondage but made his way to Paris where he was schooled as a sword-fighting member of the French aristocracy. Enlisting as a private, he rose to command armies at the height of the Revolution, in an audacious campaign across Europe and the Middle East - until he met an implacable enemy he could not defeat. The Black Count is simultaneously a riveting adventure story, a lushly textured evocation of 18th-century France, and a window into the modern world's first multi-racial society. But it is also a heartbreaking story of the enduring bonds of love between a father and son.