European Fiction from Auldfarran Books, IOBA

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1993 2nd ptg. 453pp. hardback tall 8vo: near Very Good in a Fine dj [spine is creased; ink name ffep; else a clean, complete & tight copy] A Scandinavian thriller made into a 1997 film.

New York: Arcade, 1994 advance reading copy. 157pp. paperback 8vo: Fine.

New York: Putnam's, 1869 1st ed. 487pp. green cloth 12mo w/gilt spine decorations: a complete reading copy only [name stamp blacked out on pastedown; front hinge is cracked but attached; foxing and age browning; else a complete and tight copy] A novel by the German writer Bolte (1811-91).

New York: John W. Lovell Co., 1882. 331pp. decorated green cloth 12mo: about Good/no dj [age browning; a shelf worn but complete & tight copy]

New York: Fawcett Crest, 1957 1st ed. thus. 207pp. paperback: fair [text is age browned; small loss @ bottom edge of front cover carrying onto the bottom blank margins of some pages near the beginning of the text; text is untroubled; else a clean and complete reading Richter copy] World War II action fiction by the German writer (1908-93).

Brunswick, ME: Bowdoin College. 1984. 64pp. frontis. paperback 8vo: near Fine [blue cover paper is slightly faded; else a nice crisp copy]

New York: Europa Editions, 2012 advance reading copy. 124pp. paperback 8vo in French flaps: Fine. Publisher's red spine label denoting an ARC.

New York: Europa Editions, 2012 1st ed. thus. 357pp. paperback 8vo in French flaps: near Very Good [some pages are rippled; else a clean, complete & tight copy] A dark comedy featuring a mediocre lawyer and the Naples mob.

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927 1st ed. 205pp. navy cloth sm 8vo w/gilt titles: Good/no dj [half-title p. is neatly slit in gutter near bottom margin; couple of torn pages in blank margins not affecting test; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] A novel in English translation by the prolific German Jewish writer Wassermann (1873-1934).

The Bibliophilist Society. undated. 640pp. illus. black cloth sm 4to w/gilt spine titles & decoration: Good+ in a worn dj now protected in a Brodart poly cover [front hinge is cracked but firm; else a clean and complete copy] A nice copy of this massive edition of the works of French Renaissance genius Rabelais (ca. 1494-1553) with nice clear Gustave… Read more about this item

London: Readers International, 1985 1st ed. thus. 131pp. hardback 8vo: Good in a Fine dj [text is age browned owing to acidic paper; else a clean, complete & tight copy] Stories by the Polish writer Anderman (b. 1949), originally published in 1983.

New York: Viking. 1967 1st ed. 256pp. burgundy cloth 8vo: near Fine in a Good dj with some edge tears & nicks, now in Brodart cover. A nice copy of English writer and Joycean John Burgess Wilson’s ("Anthony Burgess," 1917-93) merciful reduction (by two-thirds) of Joyce’s (1882-1941) impenetrable "comic" final novel, originally published in 1939.

New York: Random House, 1962 1st ed. 172pp. russet cloth 8vo: near Fine in a Good+ dj in poly cover. A comic satiric novel in the tradition of "The Prevalence of Witches," this novel is Indian-Irish writer Aubrey Clarence Menen's (1912-89) 11th book.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990 1st Am. ed. 213pp. hardback 8vo: Very Good in a Fine dj [short rem. line top edge; light foxing to edges; else a nice clean and crisp copy]

Copenhagen: Westermann, 1946. 379pp. marbled paper 8vo half bound in morocco w/gilt spine titles & raised bands: near Fine/no dj. A beautiful binding of this historical novel by the Polish writer Zofia Kossak (1889-1968), translated into Danish. Even if you don’t read Danish, this copy will be among the most attractive books on your shelves.

New York: Taplinger, 1982 1st ed. SIGNED by author on ffep; also inscribed humorously by both translators and signed "Susan" & "Robert." 254pp. hardback 8vo: near Fine in a near Very Good dj in Brodart poly cover [light foxing to top edge; else nrF; dj = couple of closed short tears top edges; else nrVG] A novel set in Israel by… Read more about this item

Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1987 1st ed. thus. 216pp. paperback: Very Good. A satirical novel by the prolific Estonian writer Beekman (1929-2009), originally published in 1978.

New York: Simon & Schuster/Trident Books, 1961 1st Am. ed. 281pp. hardback 8vo: Good+ in a Good dj in Brodart poly cover [some smudges & foxing on fore edge; else G+; dj = p-c; spine strip is darkened; some smudging, foxing & edge nicks; else G] A novel set in World War II era Italy by the Italian novelist and… Read more about this item

Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, 1959. 61pp. pictorial hardback 12mo: Very Good in a near Fine dj [tiny ink inscrip. ffep; else VG; dj = p-c; else nrF] An attractive little Peter Pauper Press specialty title drawing from the works of the great French realist Balzac (1799-1850).

London: Methuen, 1930 1st ed. 246pp. + 8pp. of ads. cloth sm 8vo: Good/no dj [green cover cloth is spine faded; very brief ink inscrip. on half-title p. (Vienna, 1934); edges are lightly age browned; else G] A nice copy of Robert Michel's (1876-1957) novel, whose German title is "Jesus in Bohmerwald."