Foss, Michael:
The Search for Cleopatra - exemplaire signée
2015, ISBN: b15deef4c9f11c1ddbf01bd4da5dfda7
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Seatttle: Eros Comix, 2000. First Printing. Saddle-stapled comic. Light shelfwear; minor rubbing to cover. Very good. 24 pp. Witchcraft, lesbianism and Victorian debauchery feature in t… Plus…
Seatttle: Eros Comix, 2000. First Printing. Saddle-stapled comic. Light shelfwear; minor rubbing to cover. Very good. 24 pp. Witchcraft, lesbianism and Victorian debauchery feature in this ongoing saga of adult comics erotica. This issue of The Eternal Dream features appearances by Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson, Sigmund Freud - and Lilian and Agatha in mystical (and very physical!) adventures, including a lesbian bathtub scene, the appearance of the goddess Ishtar in she-male form (taking advantage of Agatha!), Freud's colleague Dr. Fester having sex with a buxom young serving woman, Agatha in a scene with Sherlock Holmes, and more mystical and carnal debauchery., Eros Comix, 2000, 3, Putnam Pub Group, March, 1994. Hardcover. Like New. Never read. Very light shelf wear on dustjacket. Price clipped inside. Clean & tight pages. From Publishers Weekly\nAiming to blend a family saga with a coming-of-age drama, this first novel fails to provide either a saga's sweep or a bildungsroman's lucid resolution. Still, the episodic story--narrated by various members of the Malloy clan in Troy, N.Y., over the years 1964-1982--has its interesting moments. In strong, clear prose, Clement portrays Mike Malloy, his wife Clare and their daughters Margie and Maureen (Mo). Opening with the discovery of Mike's brother's frozen corpse, the book includes many other deaths and closes with a final fatality. Much of the text is devoted to honor student and family beauty Mo's experiments with sex and her romance with the Jewish David Markovitch, which ends predictably with an unwanted pregnancy. An earlier development shows Clare and Mike losing a premature baby; the tragedy shakes Clare's faith, which upsets her devout husband. Peripheral characters include Mike's religious bigot of a sister, Bridey, their politician brother Paul and German sister-in-law Hildy. The different points of view sometimes prove interesting, but repetition and faulty sequencing lessen the tale's momentum. \nCopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. \n\nFrom Library Journal\nSimplistic writing, one-dimensional characters, and a well-worn plot doom this first novel, set in the 1960s, about the Malloys, a large Irish-Catholic clan in Troy, New York. Told from multiple viewpoints and in different voices, the book centers on working-class ""shanty Irish"" Mike; his better-educated, ""lace curtain"" wife, Clare; and their two daughters: beautiful, intelligent Mo, just starting high school in 1964, and her younger sister, Margie, who tries to puzzle through the meaning of the deaths, pregnancies (wanted and unwanted), love, and mysteries of marriage that all play a part in the lives of the extended Malloy family. Far better novels detailing the Irish-Catholic experience are Alice McDermott's At Weddings and Wakes ( LJ 4/1/92) and Anna Quindlen's Object Lessons ( LJ 3/1/91). Not recommended.\n- Nancy Pearl, Washington Ctr. for the Book, Seattle\nCopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc., Putnam Pub Group, 5, U.S.A.: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2008. Hardback novel, 1st Edition Book condition is near new, no wear, writing or stamps, Dust Jacket has light edge wear, otherwise looks new..........WRAPPED IN PLASTIC BAG TO PROTECT CONDITION OF BOOK............We have other titles in this genre in stock and give discounts in shipping on additional books, please contact us for more iinformation**...... SUMMARY - Do twins begin in the womb? Or in a better place? Kaeleigh and Raeanne are identical down to the dimple. As daughters of a district-court judge father and a politician mother, they are an all-American family -- on the surface. Behind the facade each sister has her own dark secret, and that's where their differences begin. For Kaeleigh, she's the misplaced focus of Daddy's love, intended for a mother whose presence on the campaign trail means absence at home. All that Raeanne sees is Daddy playing a game of favorites -- and she is losing. If she has to lose, she will do it on her own terms, so she chooses drugs, alcohol, and sex. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near New/Near New., Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2008, 6, UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,pink photographic illustrated dw/dj,with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf- wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Pages coloured pink and top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain white cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain maroon eps.UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-230pp [paginated] includes a foreword by Graham Norton,profuse trivia,facts etc.,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and 2pp blanks at the rear. Homosexuality has gone mainstream on both sides of the Atlantic in recent years - 'civil partnerships' and gay marriage continue to grab headlines,while our television screens have brought us successes like V Graham Norton,Queer As Folk,Will & Grace and the US hit The L Word. In 'Queer Facts',Michelle Baker and Stephen Tropiano collect tidbits, statistics and anecdotes from across the entire spectrum of gay culture,from film and fashion to literature,politics and history. Who was the first openly gay politician elected to office? The first lesbian soap character? What's the most successful gay novel of all time? And just why did the Village People think it was 'fun to stay at the YMCA'? 'Queer Facts' answers these questions and more - with inimitable style! Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.ARCANE/SANCTUARY PUBLISHING LIMITED,2004., 5, London: The Book Club Mailer was a novelist, journalist, politician, celebrity and founder of "The Village Voice," among many other things. Steven Rojack, protagonist of Mailer's fourth novel, "An American Dream," is a war hero, a politician, a celebrity, and, one suspects, how Mailer imagined himself when he wrote the book in a very short time frame in 1964 for serial publication in "Esquire." Rojack murders his wife, lies to the police about his crime and then careens wildly through New York's dark under-side, challenging the Devil himself. This copy is the 1965 London Book Club edition, first edition thus. About 5 x 7 1/2 inches, 256 pages in blue cloth-covered boards with black lettering on the spine. The front panel and spine of the dustjacket show a pictorial montage featuring a beautiful woman, a gold icon with a human eye, and a snake. Title and author in white letters across the top edge. Back panel lists five other selections from The Book Club. Top edge of text shows a trace of soiling, o/w boards and text are complete, clean and unmarked, with no significant flaws. Not ex-library. DJ shows only touch of soiling on back panel and very light edge wear. No tears, no creasing or chipping. A collectable copy for a completist collector or simply a very decent reading/study copy.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine., The Book Club, 4.5, USA: DUTTON, 1987. 1ST EDITION. HARDCOVER. FINE/FINE. USA: DUTTON, 1987. 1ST EDITION. FINE/FINE. Dutton Adult November 1987, 1987. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine (F). Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Print. The story of a sex scandal in New York in the 1920's, culminating in a sensational murder trial. Famed for non-fiction such as 'Helter-Skelter' and 'The Sea Will Tell' the author brings to life America's wildest decade in the capital of sin, sex, and crime of the 1920s, New York City, and the tale of a beautiful girl who hopes for fame on the stage, but winds up married to a ruthless politician and involved with Judge Crater, Polly Adler, Mayor Jimmy Walker, and others. remainder marked, not bookclub or library, mylar cover, unmarked, unclipped jacket. 1ST PRINTING, DUTTON, 1987, 5, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Glossy reproductions of paintins. Tall 8vo (9 1/4" x 5 3/4"), black cloth with gold lettering on spine & blind-stamped "Fleur" on cover, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) detail from Bronzino's "An Allegory with Venus and Cupid,"illustrated with 6 glossy full color plates reproducing suggestive paintings by artists such as the Peruvian painter Fernando de Szyszlo and Flemish master Jacob Jordaens, [x] + 149 pages. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquis of Vargas Llosa (born March 28, 1936), more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa; Spanish: is a Peruvian writer, politician, journalist, essayist and college professor. Vargas Llosa is one of Latin America's most significant novelists and essayists, and one of the leading writers of his generation. Some critics consider him to have had a larger international impact and worldwide audience than any other writer of the Latin American Boom. Vargas Llosa rose to fame in the 1960s with novels such as The Time of the Hero (La ciudad y los perros, literally The City and the Dogs, 1963/1966[6]), The Green House (La casa verde, 1965/1968), and the monumental Conversation in the Cathedral (Conversación en la catedral, 1969/1975). In Praise of the Stepmother is an erotic novel by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa. Published in 1988, it is about a sexually open couple whose fantasies lead them to the edge of morality. It also has vivid descriptions and analysis of famous art representing erotic scenes, in particular from the Peruvian painter Fernando de Szyszlo and the Flemish master Jacob Jordaens. In 2010, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat.", Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990, 5, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.Gift presentation inscrptn+date to ffe,but no price-clip (£18.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with b/w lettering to front; with negligible shelf- wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges with minimal,faint sporadic foxing/spotting,fore-edges brighter and clean but also with minimal foxing - two spots - a continuation from spots on the top edges,right at the fore-edge of same; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white eps - ffe inscrptn excepted.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viipp+1-304pp [paginated] includes 39 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, dedication with blank reverse,acknowledgements also with blank reverse and to rear a 1pp b/w advert for DVD's availability,based on Brennan novels and 6pp blanks. Charlotte,North Carolina.One of the town's oldest neighbourhoods. An underground chamber is exposed in a seedy,dilapidated house with sagging trim and peeling paint . . . Called to the scene is forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan.Fighting her claustrophobia,and the unmistakeable sweet,fetid odour of rotting flesh,Tempe descends the precariously steep,makeshift steps. What awaits her below is a ritualistic display: slain chickens and a goat - and a skull,ghostly pale,rests on a pedestal,the lower jaw missing,the empty orbits staring back at her.Two cauldrons stand nearby, beads and antlers suspended overhead. Age,race and sex indicators confirm the skull as that of a young, black female - but how did she die,and when? Then,just as Tempe is working to determine the post-mortem interval,another body is uncovered.The corpse is headless,the torso carved with satanic symbols.Led by a preacher-turned-politician,citizen vigilantes blame Devil-worshippers and begin a witch-hunt, intent on revenge. As Tempe struggles to keep her emotions and imagination from running away with her,she makes another chilling discovery. Even she couldn't have predicted where this case would lead,or the shocking secrets it would eventually uncover.And the more Tempe learns,the more she seems to be putting herself in danger . . .Since April 2013 and again in March 2015,and in this year too, the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template, altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.WILLIAM HEINEMANN,2008., 5, N.Y.: Viking, 1998. 1st ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY. " Blanche White--she does not brook snide comments about her name--is definitely the working woman's heroine, and the only thing that is domesticated about her is the work she does. Queen-sized, sensible about her own dignity and that of others, Blanche can read the Boston homes she cleans like the open books they are. But when she pinch-hits for the cook of a local politico's family, she sees Mr. Brindle's wife's brittle sorrow and a son's estrangement. When the cook's son is killed, and other deaths follow in Blanche's Roxbury neighborhood, the strands connecting them lead back to the Brindles' house. Blanche does her work and methodically goes about resolving what turns out to be several murders tied to scandal, sex, and heartbreak. She does it all while raising her teenage niece and nephew as her own, trying to keep their hopes and their future safe.." --Booklist. Boston setting. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book., Viking, 1998, 5, New York: St. Martin's Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1971. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. There is some beginning wrinkling to the spine ends of the dust jacket. "Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (20 October 1926 – 31 August 2015) , was an English Conservative politician well known in Great Britain for founding the National Motor Museum, as well as for a pivotal cause célèbre in British gay history following his 1954 conviction and imprisonment for homosexual sex, a charge he denied. Having inherited his title at the age of two, he held his peerage for the third longest time (86 years and 155 days) anyone has held a British peerage (the others being The 7th Marquess Townshend at 88 years, and The 13th Lord Sinclair at 87 years)." ., St. Martin's Press, 1971, 5, London: Michael O'Mara, 1997. 1st edition. New book. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 192pp., col. pls., text ills., maps, index, ÔA new biography debunking many of the current myths, and showing that far from being just a frivolous sex-symbol Cleopatra was a shrewd politician who ruled by her own meritÕ, Michael O'Mara, 1997, 6<
