Armadillo Alley Books

Hardcover. Condition: New. Andrew Rae (illustrator). This unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings, not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Illustrations by Andrew Rae. No dust jacket, as issued. 80 pages. Pages. 6¾ x 9" tall. Salvador Dalí is one of the most popular artists in the world, known for his lavish lifestyle, gravity-defying mustache, and bizarre art. This book tells the story of Dalí's life and explores the meaning of his Surrealist paintings. It goes beyond his fine art practice and discusses his venture into the commercial world from his extravagant jewelry to his cheeky design for the Chupa Chups lollipops. Surrealism is revealed as a way of life; illustrations bring to life the extraordinary Dream Ball at the Coq Rouge, his fabulous home at Port Lligat, and his underwater fantasy at the World Fair's Surrealist pavilion. Fun, provoking, and endlessly frustrating, Dalí is brought under the spotlight. Catherine Ingram brings her specialized knowledge to the book, while Andrew Rae, an award-winning illustrator, vividly portrays the text.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. John Lawrence (illustrator). Stated First American Edition. Book is tight and square with solid hinges, good tips and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($18.95) with light shelf-wear and faint crinkles to spine ends. Seven stories plus a preface with 40 B&W illustrations by John Lawrence. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. The sweet scents of rural life infuse this beautifully crafted collection of Roald Dahl's country stories, but there is always something unexpected lurking in the undergrowth. Whether it is taking a troublesome cow to be mated with a prime bull; dealing with a rat-infested hayrick; learning the ways and means of maggot farming; or describing the fine art of poaching pheasants using nothing but raisins and sleeping pills, Roald Dahl brings his stories of everyday country folk and their strange passions wonderfully to life. Lacing each tale with dollops of humor and adding a sprinkling of the sinister, Dahl ensures that this short story collection celebrates the sweet mysteries of life.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED twice by the author. 1st/1st. Like New. Stated First Edition, first printing with complete 10 number line ending in 1. Signed by George Pelecanos on the title page and also on a "tipped-in" page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, sharp tips and clean boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($23.95) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. Marcus Clay's record store is at the epicenter of the drug trade in Washington, D.C., in the mid-1980s. Dimitri Karras, his best friend and store manager, is rapidly developing a nasty drug habit. But things get worse when the two men witness the theft of the bag of a local drug lord who is willing to destroy the entire neighborhood to get it back. "A detailed and emotionally powerful crime novel." -- Chicago Tribune. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. John Dismukes (jacket) (illustrator). SIGNED EDITION. Stated First Edition. First printing with complete number line ending in 1. Signed by Kendare Blake on publisher's bound-in page. Book is tight and square with solid hinges, good tips and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($18.99 on back panel) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. One of two different variants of issued-signed editions. Author of the bestselling 'Three Dark Crowns'. The battle for the crown has begun, but which of the three sisters will prevail? Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. DOUBLE SIGNED. First edition, first printing with complete 10 number line starting with 1. SIGNED by Melissa de la Cruz & Michael Johnston on the title page. Unread book is tight and square with solid hinges, sharp corners and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($17.99) and fine. Protected in a new Brodart cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. New.This small, hardback pocket edition presents Virginia Woolf's classic work. Featuring a luxurious gold embossed cover design, gilded gold page edges, and patterned endpapers. This unread, small book has solid hinges and sharp tips. Includes the classic, unabridged text. Introduction by Brian Busby. 127 pages. 4¼ x 6½". "A Room of One's Own" is a foundational feminist essay by Virginia Woolf that argues women need financial independence and a private space to write and create art. The book-length essay, based on lectures Woolf gave in 1928, explores how societal and economic disadvantages have historically stifled women's creative potential. Woolf argues that the lack of resources and a space free from domestic duties and patriarchal judgment has limited women's literary output.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Book is Very Good. Stated First Edition. Tightly bound and straight. Some soiling to toned top edges and staple perforations to upper FFEP. Otherwise book is clean with no writing, bookplate and not a BC, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is Good. $5.00 price intact. There is wear, including small chips and tears to edges and creases of jacket. Please review photos to assess condition. Protected in Brodart. Basis for the 1962 film starring Steve McQueen and Robert Wagner.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Like New. Slipcase is near Fine. The book is tight with solid hinges and bindings, good corners and clean gilt decorated boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings, and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. With an introduction by Catherine Taylor. 132 pages. 5¼ x 7¾" tall. Slipcase has very faint shelf wear. The contents include: - TIM PARKS on ?The Prince? by Niccolo Machiavelli - RICHARD HOLMES on ?Travels with Robert Louis Stevenson? by R. L. Stevenson - PHILIP PULLMAN on ?The Anatomy of Melancholy? by Robert Burton - ROY FOSTER on ?Collected Poems? by W. B. Yeats - IAIN SINCLAIR on ?The War of the Worlds? by H. G. Wells - HELEN DUNMORE on ?Anna Karenina? by Leo Tolstoy - COLM TOIBIN on ?The Golden Bowl? by Henry James - A.S. BYATT on ?The Pink Fairy Book? by Andrew Lang - FRANCES WILSON on ?Adventure of Casanova? by Giacomo Casanova - PETER ACKROYD on ?Oliver Twist? by Charles Dickens - WILLIAM TREVOR on ?A Dance to the Music of Time? by Anthony Powell - FERGAL KEANE on ?Woodbrook? by David Thomson - JOHN SUTHERLAND on ?Slaughterhouse-Five? by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. - JONATHAN COE on ?The History of Tom Jones? by Henry Fielding - JULIAN BARNES on ?The Good Soldier? by Ford Madox Ford.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Maude White; Laura Glazer (photographer) (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition. First printing with full number line ending in 1. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. No dust jacket, as issued. 160 pages. 7 x 8" tall. Cut-paper artist and writer Maude White presents an entirely new collection of sixty-five stunning cut-paper birds. Each bird is paired with an original message of kindness and strength associated with its particular traits to encourage bravery and perseverance. Inside, you'll find birds for experiencing Joy, Creativity, Patience, Kindness, Resilience, Communication, Strength, Awareness, Action, and Transformation, and each composition, beautifully photographed by Laura Glazer, reflects thousands of intricate cuts, lending an astounding level of texture to these delicate and ethereal creatures. Appealing to any bird lover or collector of bird art, "Brave Birds" is a beautiful resource for those wishing to practice a life of kindness and empathy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Nicholas Forder, Sebastian Quigley (illustrator). Like New. Fourth printing. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. No dust jacket as issued. $19.99 price on back panel. 11 1/2" X 8" tall. This is the slide-out, lift-up, see-through story of world-famous trains and railroads! Legendary Journeys: Trains unfolds the enthralling history of trains and railroads as they spread across the globe, and takes you from the invention of the first steam engines to the latest magnetic suspension Maglev train. Five two-stage sliders with die-cuts and flaps make dramatic features that pull out to reveal amazing details of the world's iconic trains. You can also share the experience of passengers traveling the world's great railroads, including famous names such as Mark Twain and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi.

Hardcover. Condition: New. London: Arcturus, 2024. NEW. This hardback gift edition presents Hawthorne's classic novel, The Scarlet Letter. Features an embossed cover design, patterned endpapers and gilded page edges. This unread, small book has solid hinges, sharp tips and clean boards. Includes the classic, unabridged text, 222 pages. 4¼ x 6½" tall. Nathaniel Hawthorne?s classic is set in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years 1642 to 1649. The novel tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter with a man to whom she is not married and then struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. As punishment, she must wear a scarlet letter 'A' (for "adultery").

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Beatriz Castro (illustrator). Illustrated Edition. Illustrated Classic. 1st/1st thus. New. First Edition. First printing with complete 10 number line ending with 1. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges, good tips and clean unmarred textured boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Satin ribbon bookmark. Original color illustrations throughout by Beatriz Castro. The dust jacket is unclipped (£17.99 / $24.95) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 8 1/4" X 11 1/4" tall. "No wonder it is still," she whispered again. "I am the first person who has spoken here in ten years." First published in 1911, "The Secret Garden" did not gain immediate public interest as Burnett's previous novels "Little Lord Fauntleroy" and "A Little Princess." Today, "The Secret Garden" is hailed as one of the greatest books ever written for children, and its popularity has been adapted for both stage and screen. The plot centers round Mary Lennox, a young English girl who returns to England from India, having suffered the immense trauma of losing both her parents in a cholera epidemic. Mary is given to the care of her uncle Archibald Craven, whom she has never met. She travels to his home, Misselthwaite Manor located in gloomy Yorkshire. When she arrives, she is rude, stubborn and given to stormy temper tantrums. However, her nature undergoes a gradual transformation when she learns of the tragedies that have befallen her strict and disciplinarian uncle whom she earlier feared and despised. Once when he's away from home, Mary discovers a charming walled garden which is always kept locked. The mystery deepens when she hears sounds of sobbing from somewhere within her uncle's vast mansion. The kindly servants ignore her queries or pretend they haven't heard, spiking Mary's curiosity.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Miles Kelly (illustrator). Collector's Edition. Purchased New. First printing of this edition with number line ending in 1. The unread oversized book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Full color illustrations by Miles Kelly throughout. Satin ribbon bookmark. The dust jacket is unclipped (£17.99/$24.95) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 160 pages. 8¾ x 11½ " tall. Follow Alice on her journey through Lewis Carroll's brilliantly odd and highly inventive Wonderland - a world where (to Alice's great dismay) nothing happens as one might expect it to.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Andrew Rae (illustrator). The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings, not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Black and white photographs. Specially commissioned illustrations by Andrew Rae. No dust jacket as issued. 80 pages. Pages. 6¾ x 9" tall. Andy Warhol said, "If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings, and there I am. There's nothing behind it." This book penetrates that surface and explores Warhol's art from his beginnings as a commercial artist to his apotheosis as a society portrait painter. Vivid illustrations reveal the sphere of Warhol: his childhood in Pittsburgh, his chaotic Manhattan mansion, and the famous Factory.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. First printing with full number line ending in 1. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips and clean unmarred boards. Light creases to spine top. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($14.99) with faint wear to spine head. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 169 pages. 7 ¼ x 10¼" tall. No one better captures the warmth and sacredness of the spirit of Christmas than Dickens does through his memorable characters and stories. While "A Christmas Carol" is NOT included, this beautifully bound gift collection contains several other Christmas-related selections from a variety of his novels and stories, as well as his classic retelling of the life of Christ, "The Life of Our Lord," written for his own children.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Scholastic, 2018. NEW. F/NF. New. F/F. First Edition. First printing with a number line ending in 1. The unread book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($18.99) with tiny rubbing spots on the top back cover, else Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 405 pages. 6 x 8½". Deception. Risk. Betrayal. Redemption. Master storyteller Scott Westerfeld is at the top of his game, and back to his most famous realm. This is a spin-off of the Uglies series. They take place in the Uglies future, after Tally's revolution has changed everything. As she once said, ?Freedom has a way of destroying things.? The Impostors series is about dealing with the consequences of ending the Pretty Regime.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Heath Robinson (illustrator). New. In shrinkwrap. Deluxe slipcase edition with thirty-five of his best-known tales. First Edition/First Printing with number line ending in 1. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips and clean, unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Black and white illustrations by Heath Robinson. The slipcase is Fine. 384 pages. 7¾ X 9 ½" tall. Images from an opened book in the photo display. The fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen are renowned the world over, entertaining children and adults since he began publishing them in 1835. This classic collection includes some of his most famous stories, such as ?The Ugly Duckling?, ?The Little Mermaid?, ?The Emperor?s New Suit?, and ?The Princess and the Pea? Filled with a cavalcade of wonderful characters and enchanted objects - from elves to talking animals to bewitched shoes and toys - these magical stories contain messages that resonate beyond the realms fantasy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. London: The Folio Society, 1999. Near Fine. Slipcase. Second printing. Tight with solid hinges, sharp tips and gold cloth. Faint soiling to spine. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. The slipcase is near fine with faint wear. 272 pages. 5½ x 9. Punch was a satirical and humorous magazine produced in London from 1841 to 2002 (with a break from 1992-1996). It was immensely popular for a century until it started a fatal decline in the 1950s. The editors poked fun at everyone from politicians to actors, and social mores to sport. It was particularly famous for its humorous cartoons, which accompanied many articles. Miles Kington has gone to a great deal of trouble to pick out what he believes are the 67 best skits, accompanied by 57 black and white cartoons. Many articles in Punch are very specific to the time in which they were published, and a knowledge of current affairs of a century or more ago was necessary to understand them. The selection mainly avoids this trap, and is very readable, usually with a gentle smile upon the lips mixed with the occasional guffaw, by anyone in the 21st. century.

Hardcover. Condition: New. New. In shrinkwrap. Deluxe slipcase edition. Collector's Edition. First published in 1898. Arcturus First Edition/First Printing with number line ending in 1. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips and clean, unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Black and white illustrations. Prose translation by classical scholar and novelist Samuel Butler. The slipcase is Fine. 384 pages. 7 3/4" X 9 1/2" tall. Images from an opened book in the photo display. A cornerstone of Western literature, Homer's "Iliad" is the epic tale of the siege of Troy. After nine years, the Greeks are still fighting to reclaim the beautiful Helen and it is hardly the time for their supreme warrior, Achilles, to drop out of the war. But he does, in revenge against overload Agamemnon for seizing the concubine, Briseis. Only the death of his best friend, Patroclus, persuades Achilles to return to battle and confront the Trojan leader Hector in single combat.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Purchased New. Fourth printing. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred, illustrated boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. No dust jacket, as issued. Illustrated. 224 pages. 8¼ x 10¼" tall. The ideal reference for any modern witch, "Spells for a Magical Year" gives a month-by-month guide to spells, rituals, and enchantments. Using planetary, solar, and other natural influences, as well as the ancient power of pagan holidays, goddess energy, and traditional festive dates?draw upon beneficial universal energy at any time in the year to maximize your spell success. This comprehensive almanac includes all the important celebrations. Discover which spells work best on Sabbats, Halloween, and All Soul's Day; as well as days devoted to deities from world spiritual traditions such as Greek Demeter, Hindu Durga, or Persian god, Baal.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. First printing with a number line starting with 1. The book is tight with solid hinges and good tips. Crease/indentation to the top front board. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($17.95) with light wear and mild crease to the top front flap (see photos). Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 269 pages. 6½ x 9½". Carl Hausman stumbles into the underworld and is led by Morpheus, the genial master of that realm, on a mesmerizing tour through the pleasures and sorrows of art, love, illusion, and reality.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. New York: Viking Press, 1980. VG/VG-. First Edition. First printing with Published in 1980 by The Viking Press on the copyright page. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean boards. Spine head gently pushed. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($10.00) with tiny chips to the spine ends, light soiling, sunning to spine, and faint removed price sticker shadow. (See photos). Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 154 pages. 5½ x 8" tall. Kingsley Amis?s poetry tackles all the grimly humorous subjects he tackled in his novels?lust, lost love, booze, money and the lack of it, old age, death. A master of both traditional and unconventional meters with a perfect ear for parody, Amis wrote satires, epigrams, and rueful and scornful songs that are remarkable not only for their virtuosity and humor but for their harsh realism.

Hardcover. Condition: New. London: Amber Books, 2025. NEW. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The unread book is Chinese-bound, which refers to a publishing method that folds the page with writing on the front and back. Holes are created along the sides, and the pages are then stitched together. No dust jacket, as issued. 96 pages. 7¾ x 10½ tall. This complete edition of the Analects, which is made up of 20 books of brief passages from Confucius and his disciples, is presented with a new introduction and new editorial notes. Beautifully produced in traditional Chinese binding and with a timeless design, Confucius: The Analects will appeal to anyone interested in philosophy, spirituality and Chinese culture.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. New. Stated First Edition. First Printing with number line ending 1. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Fully Illustrated with more than 120 black and white and color images, including maps, sketches, and letters. No dust jacket, as issued. 159 pages. 8¾ x 11" tall. This volume also features removable reproductions at the back of the book of Lincoln's original handwritten copy of the Emancipation Proclamation and a broadside/poster offering rewards for the capture of Lincoln's assassination conspirators. A beautifully illustrated celebration of the life of Abraham Lincoln, from his childhood, through his political career, historic presidency, and tragic assassination.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Double Signed. Like New. F/F. First Edition. First printing with a number line starting with 1. Signed on the publisher's bound-in page. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings, and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($17.99) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 218 pages. 5¾ x 8½". Bett and Avery are both 12 years old and very different. When their dads fall in love, Bett and Avery are sent, against their will, to the same sleepaway camp. Their dads hope that they will find common ground and become friends--and possibly, one day, even sisters. But things soon go off the rails for the girls (and for their dads, too), and they find themselves on a summer adventure that neither of them could have predicted. Told entirely through emails and letters, the story follows the girls' adventure as they bond over their shared experience, eventually becoming close friends who are like sisters. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Clauss (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st UK edition, 1st printing with "First published 1954 by Rodale Books, Emmaus, PA and London, England" on copyright page. Book is tight and square good corners and solid hinges. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Pages lightly tanned. Dust jacket is unclipped (4s. 6d.) with some soiling, wear to tips and extremities and three tears to the top edge (see photos). Sun fading to spine. Illustrated by Clauss and translated by Roland Grant. Protected in a Brodart cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. First Printing with E-Z code. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding and black cloth boards with bright stamping. Light creases to spine ends. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Moderate page tanning with heavier tanning to front and rear free endpapers and pastedowns. The dust jacket is unclipped ($3.75) with mild soiling, chipping and some tape repair on the back side. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 410 pages, including index and bibliography. 5½ x 8½" tall. John Gunther was one of the best known and most admired journalists of his day, and his series of "Inside" books, were immensely popular profiles of the major world powers. This work about FDR, written in 1950 just 5 years after the great man's death, still stands as one of the best overviews of the subject. It was the first overall and objective appraisal of Roosevelt as a human being. The book is split into sections dealing with each part of Roosevelt's life before becoming a president, as president, creating the New Deal, and as a wartime president.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line starting with 1. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean boards. Spine ends rubbed and pushed. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($12.50) with light shelf wear (see photos). Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 255 pages. 5¾ x 8½" tall. The debut novel by the first female director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. The story of two boys who meet in Venice in 1939. Sammy is ?homely, dumpy, and a screw-up? while Alvise is handsome and intelligent with a genius for life and art. Their lives and fates become intertwined in a voyage that brings them through the ordeal of a Polish concentration camp and a flight that takes them eventually to America where, forty years later, they meet again.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st American Edition. Stated First Edition. The book is tight with solid hinges and clean boards. Light wear to extremities. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Pages lightly toned. The dust jacket is unclipped ($4.95) with chipping to spine ends and sunning to spine. Protected in a new Mylar cover. 269 pages. 6 x 8½". This is the first American edition. In a novel as subtle and compelling as a mystery, Elizabeth Bowen explores the buried revelations?and the dangers?that attend the summoning up of childhood and the long-concealed scars of the past. In 1914, three eleven-year-old girls buried a box in a thicket on the coast of England, shortly before World War I sent their lives on divergent paths. Nearly fifty years later, a series of mysteriously worded classified ads brings the women reluctantly together again.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED. Purchased New. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line ending with 1. Signed by Bill Fitzhugh on the title page. The unread small book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding and good tips. Spine head pushed and creased. Boards clean and unmarred. The textblock has indentations to middle of top on pages 189-221, else clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($20.00) with light crease to spine head, else fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 368 pages. 5¼ x 8" tall. Paul Symon is an environmentalist who's out to make the world a better place, but he faces too much disjointed information, public apathy, and self-serving talk. Not to mention greedy despoiler Jerry Landis, a venture capitalist dying of a rare disease that accelerates the aging process. Landis cares only about making more money and finding a way to arrest his medical condition. That brings him and his fortune to the wild frontier of biotechnology, where his people are illegally experimenting with cross-species organ transplantation in California while breeding genetically altered primates at a secret site in the piney woods of south-central Mississippi. There's also an eco-terrorist on the loose, bent on teaching hard lessons to people who think the Earth and its creatures are theirs to destroy. These forces, together with fifty thousand extra-large chacma baboons, collide in an explosion of laughter and wonder. Signed by Author(s).