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Virago Book of Erotic Myths and Legends
by Shahrukh Husain
ISBN 0-7858-2087-6
5 x 7 3/4, 294 pages. $9.99

Kathryn In The City
by Mary Anne Mohanraj
ISBN 1-592-40030-2
$4.99

The Classics Professor
by Michael Hemmingson
ISBN 1-592-40031-0
$4.99

Giant Book of Erotica
Edited by Maxim Jakubowski
ISBN 1-84529-201-4
5 1/4 x 8 1/2, 488 pages.$7.99

Walden
Or, Life In The Woods
by Henry David Thoreau
5 x 7 5/8, 528 pages
ISBN-10: 0-7858-222-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-7858-222-6
$9.99

Dante's Divine Comedy
by Dante Alighieri
9 1/4 x 11 1/2, 384 pages
ISBN-10: 0-7858-2120-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-7858-2120-4
$24.99

Milton's Paradise Lost
by John Milton
9 1/4 x 11 1/2, 384 pages
ISBN-10: 1-84193-251-5
ISBN-13: 978-1-84193-251-4
$24.99

Poems
by Emily Dickinson
ISBN 0785821597
$9.99

The Great Modern Poets
Edited by Michael Shmidt
ISBN 1-90520-432-9
7 1/2 x 10 1/2, 208 pages, $12.99

The Boozy Bard
Shakespeare on Drinking
ISBN 0-7858-2131-7
5 1/4 x 8 1/4, 208 pages, $7.99

Pushkin
by T.J. Binyon
ISBN 1-4000-4110-4
6 1/2 x 9 1/4, 759 pages, $9.99

The Writer and the World
Essays by V.S. Naipaul
ISBN 0-375-40739-1
6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 544 pages, $7.99

The Art of Burning Bridges
by Geoffrey Wolff
ISBN 0-679-42771-6
6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 400 pages, $9.99

The Treasured Writings of Kahlil Gibran
by Kahlil Gibran
ISBN 0-89009-389-X
6 x 9, 902 pages, $12.99

Virago Book of Erotic Myths and Legends
by Shahrukh Husain
ISBN 0-7858-2087-6
5 x 7 3/4, 294 pages. $9.99

The Technique of the Love Affair

By a Gentlewoman

Edited with notes and commentary by Norrie Epstein

ISBN 0-7858-1615-1
Originally published anonymously in 1928 by Doris Langley Moore, this masterly-written dialogue between the worldly “Cypria” and the sentimental “Saccharissa” instructs readers how to conduct a successful love affair.
7 x 8. Orig. $19.95, Sale $9.99

Life with Father
1935 Bestseller
by Clarence Day
ISBN 1-57912-432-1
$9.99

Plain Speaking
1971 Bestseller
by Merle Miller
ISBN 1-57912-437-2
$9.99

Moby Dick
ISBN 0-7858-1913-4
6 1/2 x 9 1/4, 760 pages, $9.99

Origin Of The Species
By Charles Darwin
ISBN 0-7858-1911-8
5 1/2 x 8, 703 pages, $9.99

Algernon Blackwood
By Mike Ashley
ISBN 0786709286
$9.99

Tales of Gaslight New York

Edited by Frank Oppel

ISBN 0-89009-872-7
This collection of illustrated turn-of-the-century articles from Harper’s magazine form the text of this exciting look back at early New York City. Writings from 1898 to 1907 depict immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, finding their places among the neighborhoods, the construction of the city, and life on the streets.
6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 469 pages. $9.99

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Tales Of the Great Lakes
Frank Oppel
ISBN 1-55521-120-8
Here are the stories of men and women who built the Midwest of seafarfers, tycoons, Chicago and Minneapolis, farmers and hunters. A hundred years ago comes to life in these portraits of drive and courage. Hundreds of original illustrations.
6 x 9 480 pages. $9.99.

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Tales Of Old Florida
Frank Oppel
ISBN 1-55521-225-5
When Florida was a wilderness and only the brave chanced swamps, alligators, hurricanes and the lush tropical forests. An amazing contrast to the vacation paradise of today!
6-1/2 x 9-1/2 480 pages. $9.99

The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes
By Arthur Conan Doyle
ISBN 0-8900-9057-2
Here are the original Sherlock Holmes detective stories as they first appeared in the famed British magazine “The Strand.” Illustrating the stories are the drawings by Sidney Paget, which are as immortal as the stories themselves. Included are 37 short stories plus the complete novel of The Hound of the Baskervilles.
9 x 6, 636 pages. $9.99

TALES OF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST TALES OF OLD NEW ENGLAND TALES OF NEW ENGLAND PAST
ISBN 0-89009-873-5 ISBN 1-55521-113-5 ISBN 1-55521-229-8
472 pages 474 pages 479 pages

Compiled by Frank Oppel

From the wharves of Gloucester to the sugar maple groves of New Hampshire, from the orchards of Vermont to the bustle of downtown Boston, this three-volume set of collected articles—reproduced with illustrations from the original turn-of-the-century magazines in which they first appeared—bring the past magic of New England and its beloved coast to life.

9 1/2 x 6 3/4 $9.99

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by Herman Melville
ISBN 0-7858-1282-2
6 x 9, 192 pages, $8.99

Edgar Allan Poe
Complete Tales & Poems
ISBN 0-7858-1453-1 (Hardcover)

This collection of 73 short stories and 48 poems includes such masterpieces as The Fall of the House of Usher, The Purloined Letter, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, and The Murders in the Rue Morgue.

6 1/2 x 9, 842 pages. $12.99 (Hardcover)