Published by Mercury House, Inc., San Francisco, California, USA, 1995
ISBN 10: 1562790749 ISBN 13: 9781562790745
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. BG4 - A tight, clean, sound copy in black paper covered boards quarter bound in green cloth with silver lettering and a graphic on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear with the dust jacket mylar sleeve endflaps glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there are the ususal librar stamps, labels, and pocket on the top outside paper edges, the title page, and the back free endpaper. The dust jacket shows only very minor overall shelf wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. This is the author's first novel. A novel about a woman who has been searching for an understanding of her family's past as well love for herself. The story moves from her small hometown in rural Virginia to the Arizona desert. The author is a winner of a NEA Creative Writing Fellowship. 245p. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Published by Mercury House, Inc., San Francisco, California, USA, 1989
ISBN 10: 0916515516 ISBN 13: 9780916515515
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. BF5 - A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear with some very, very lgiht tape staining on the outside surfaces of the front and back boards from where the dust jacket mylar sleeve endflaps were taped to the boards plus there are the usual library stamps and pocket on the top, bottom, and right outside paper edges, the front free endpaper, and the title page plus there is some light yellowing of the paper edges. The dust jacket shows minor oveall shelf wear with some very light edge wear and chipping on the top and bottom spine edges and the front and back right corners plus there is a small closed tear (about 0.5") at the front top left corner plus it is price clipped. Translated from the French by Jeremy Leggatt. An adventure novel is about a writer ho has lost his inspiration. In despair, he decides to become a character in his own novel and he persuades two friends to accompany him on an adventure in a remote Caribbean island with the intent to write the story of their experiences as a novel. They set of, ostensably to explore an ancient slave trail, and their friendship dissolves in conflict as theey uncover the barbaric cruelty of a man called Colonel Paradise. The author is a winner of the Bourse Goncourt de la Nouvelle and the Grand Prix du Roman de la Ville de Paris. By the author of "Rumor of an Elephant" and "The Short Happy Life of Mister Ghichka." 138p. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Published by Mercury House, Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A., 1994
ISBN 10: 1562790668 ISBN 13: 9781562790660
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. CH4 - A trade paperback book in near fine condition with minor shelf wear. An as new, unread, tight,clean, sound copy in color wraps. A collection of short stories that give the reader a view of Appalachian life full of unexpected revelations. The author was raised in West Virginia. She is a two-time winner of the PEN Syndicated Fiction Contest and the recipient of literary fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. 171p. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Mercury House, Inc., San Francisco, California, USA, 1995
ISBN 10: 156279079X ISBN 13: 9781562790790
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. BC2 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear plus the front endpaper has been removed as part of the library's withdrawal process plus there is the usual library label on the dedication page. This is a trade paperback book that has been library rebound into a hard cover format. Translated from the French by Judith Radke. A novel set in Paris and war-torn Lebanon in the 1980s. The main character is a child of war and peace who has the power and vision of Oskar of "The Tin Drum" and the gentle wisdom of "The Little Prince." He is sent to live with relatives in Paris where he breathes new life into a carousel that has fallen into disrepair. The author is a winner of the Prix Paul Morand, Morocco's Prix Hassan II, the Prix Louise Labé, the Aigle d'Or de la Poésie, the Grand Prix des lettres of the Académie Royale de Belguique, the Prix de l'Académie Mallarmé, and the Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle. By the author of "From Sleep Unbound," "The Sixth Day," "The Prose and Poetry of Andrée Chedid," and "The Return to Beirut." 177p. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Published by Mercury House, Inc. San Francisco: (1998). (1998)., San Francisco:, 1998
Seller: Biblioceros Books, Warrenville, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Am Ed. First Am Ed. Near Fine in Good (some edge tears & chips) DJ. ISBN: 0916515451 Near Fine in Good (some edge tears & chips) DJ.
Published by Mercury House, Inc, San Francisco, California, 1987
ISBN 10: 0916515214 ISBN 13: 9780916515218
Seller: Inga's Original Choices, Piggott, AR, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Pages clean, unmarked, binding tight, very slight lean to spine. Light green boards, green cloth spine, bright silver lettering, a little shelf-wear to extremities. NON price-clipped DJ [$15.95] mostly clean, colors bright, heavy edge wear. A lawyer from the midwest gets shanghaied by an evil botanist and becomes the guest of a series of Indian tribes. Unfortunately, he's no Indiana Jones. The book explores the conflict between civilization and nature, resolving the paradox of their merging. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described.
Published by San Francisco: Mercury House, Inc. 1990, 1990
ISBN 10: 0916515834 ISBN 13: 9780916515836
Seller: Virtuous Volumes et al., Wilson, WI, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Very Good+ to Near Fine/Near Fine d/j. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-916515-83-4. Lower rear corner has a couple of crease lines near tip. 176 pages.
Published by Mercury House, Inc., San Francisco, 1989
Seller: Blue Moon Books, Stevens Point, WI, U.S.A.
Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Near fine condition. Trade paperback. The lively arts. 1989. Mercury house. Very nice copy.
Published by Mercury House, Inc. San Francisco 1989, 1989
ISBN 10: 0916515613 ISBN 13: 9780916515614
Seller: Table of Contents, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Reprint Paperback Good+. 8vo, 408, Trade paperback. General wear to edges/corners. ISBN:0-916515-61-3.
Published by Mercury House, Inc., San Francisco, 1987
ISBN 10: 0916515192 ISBN 13: 9780916515195
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First US Edition.
Published by Mercury House Inc, San Francisco, 1991
ISBN 10: 1562790153 ISBN 13: 9781562790158
Seller: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 212 pp.+ Map Plt at Frontis & 16 Photo Plts, Illus e.p., Blk & Red Hardback, Gilt title (Bright), Fine in Fine DJ, 1st ed.
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Published by Mercury House, Inc., San Francisco, 1987
ISBN 10: 0916515230 ISBN 13: 9780916515232
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition.
Published by Mercury House, Inc. San Francisco 1989, 1989
ISBN 10: 0916515524 ISBN 13: 9780916515522
Seller: Table of Contents, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Hardbound Good+/Good+., DJ 8vo, 230, General wear to book and DJ. DJ has a couple tiny edge tears. DJ is not price clipped. ISBN:0-916515-52-4.
Published by Mercury House, Inc., San Francisco, 1990
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Advance Reading Copy/Proof. Slight sticker residue on front cover. Slight fading to spine and adjacent edges. ; Uncorrected page proof. "First Time in English" label.
Published by Mercury House Inc, San Francisco, 1990
ISBN 10: 0916515788 ISBN 13: 9780916515782
Seller: Eastleach Books, Newbury, BER, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Cloth spined boards, dj, F/F. xii+495pp, b/w map, a fine copy in a fine dustjacket. A series of extracts essays & papers on the democratic, bloodless revolutions which took place in Central Europe in the 1990s. 800 grams.
Published by Mercury House Inc (1987), San Francisco, 1987
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition. 213p octavo. Remainder stripe on bottom edge.otherwise a fine copy in dust jacket.
Published by Mercury House Inc, San Francisco, 1990
ISBN 10: 0916515761 ISBN 13: 9780916515768
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Photographic (illustrator). First Edition. introduction by author. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography. 1/4 blue coloured cloth covered back strip with silver coloured titles. 3/4 blue coloured boards. Photographic dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and white and orange coloured titles to the back strip. As the author says from the front fold over panel blurb "To enjoy old age one must never be impatient with fingers grown clumsy or bladder unreliable. To grow old gracefully is not always easy; to grow old ungratefully is always unforgivable." Softening to the back strip edges with rubbing of the top book corners and lower book edges. Offset tanning to the end pages. Creasing of the back strip edges with rubbing of the panels. Sunning of the back strip. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 159, [1] pages, Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Humour; Britain/UK; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 0916515761. ISBN/EAN: 9780916515768. Inventory No: 0126874. Hardcover (1/4 Cloth 3/4 Boards).
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Published by San Francisco. 1985. Mercury House, Inc., 1986
ISBN 10: 0916515036 ISBN 13: 9780916515034
Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
biege full cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first american edition. first printing (nap). xxii+242p. bibliography. index of names. psychic phenomena. true crime. criminology. psychology. archaeology. theosophy. spiritualism. swedenborg. rudolf steiner. hp blavatsky. ~ "We are wrong;' writes Colin Wilson, "to accept normal consciousness as the unchangeable basis of human existence. It has a thousand different levels; and, what is more, we can move from one level to another." In this fascinating new book, Wilson continues his investigation into the mysteries of the conscious mind~and confronts head~on the controversy that has for centuries surrounded the occurrence of psychic phenomena. Scientists and scholars have long struggled with the existence of "extrasensory" perception, and have been unable to come up with satisfactory explanations. Evidence of paranormal occurrences is abundant; what is also abundant is the skepticism with which such evidence is greeted in scientific circles. The Psychic Detectives is sure to challenge that skepticism: this is a fact~filled, in~depth survey of documented accounts of paranormal phenomena of all kinds, from psychic crime detection and telepathy to psychic archaeology and split~brain research. It is a provocative study of people for whom extraordinary consciousness is the norm ~ people whose inexplicable psychic talents appear with stunning regularity to solve crimes, move backward or forward in time, commune with the dead and the unknown. Wilson has put together an irresistible collection of incidents of the paranormal ~ some so exciting they could be short stories ~ to illustrate his exploration of different levels of consciousness. The Psychic Detectives is Colin Wilson at his best: lucid, entertaining, challenging the status quo.
Published by Mercury House, Inc., San Francisco, 1987
ISBN 10: 091651529X ISBN 13: 9780916515294
Seller: H. W. Gumaer, Bookseller, Canandaigua, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Large Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Sanford "Sandy" Roth was an internationally known portrait photographer who photographed many of the celebrities of the 1950s. This book, containing photos of movie stars, musicians, writers, artists, were selected by his wife as a homage to Roth after his death in 1962. There are over 100 portraits ranging from Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor to Louis Armstrong and Igor Stravinsky to Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. The dustjacket shows James Dean, Grace Kelly, Collete and Albert Einstein. Included is an introduction by Aldous Huxley. 11 x 11" softcover; black, light card covers with glossy pictorial dustjacket; 108 pages of 128 gsm matte art stock. Includes a preface by Roth's wife, Beulah, and an index of the photos. Covers, text and dustjacket show only a touch of wear at the spine ends, a bumped upper corner that left a light crease in the margins. No tears, not remaindered. The text is clean and unmarked, tight and square. The dustjacket is not price-clipped. A scarce photographic record of the creative personalities of the mid-20th century.
Published by Mercury House, Inc, San Francisco, 1987
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Edition. In dustjacket. Half binding with green fabric and white paper. Stamped, gilt lettering to spine. Review copy that includes slip and author's photo. Mystery novel set in Martinique. A "haunting tale of passion and vengeance." Very Good in Very Good dustjacket.
Published by SAN FRANCISCO CA MERCURY HOUSE, INC. PUB 1987., 1987
ISBN 10: 0916515206 ISBN 13: 9780916515201
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
First Edition
FINE IN FINE D.J. REMAINDER DOTS. AN EXCELLANT COPY. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.
Published by Mercury House, Inc. San Francisco, 1991
Seller: Aesthete's Eye Books, West Jordan, UT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Near Fine, 1st thus, Mercury House Edition. this copy #11 of a limited edition of 150. Large octavo size, 394 pp. Both of Lewis Carroll's children's Silvie and Bruno novels collected in one volume, in a limited edition of 150, each with an illustrated plate pasted in and signed by the illustrator, Renee Flower. Powder blue fine buckram boards with a locket design stamped in blind, with a pale green linen spine and titles in black. All edges stained in pine green, with whimsical woodcut illustrations and devices throughout in matching green. Fully illustrated endpapers. The spine heel has slight shelf crimping, and the fore edge has a very small spot where the stain has smudged, but otherwise the volume is fine, very tight, bright, and virtually unread. In a fine DJ further protected by a mylar jacket. With the promotional mailing for this edition from Mercury House to the members of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America laid in. This volume from the Farber Lewis Carroll collection.