Grabbing a good read
These are a few great books I found on eBay recently.
Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol
A Christmas classic for the kids and in durable hardback. In great condition a great Christmas present rrp $35, published 1997
H.G. Wells The War of the Worlds
The night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common near London. At first, naive locals approach the cylinder armed just with a white flag - only to be quickly killed by an all-destroying heat-ray as terrifying tentacled invaders emerge. Soon the whole of human civilization is under threat, as powerful Martians build gigantic killing machines, destroy all in their path with black gas and burning rays, and feast on the warm blood of trapped, still-living human-prey. The forces of the Earth, however, may prove harder to beat than they at first appear.
The first modern tale of alien invasion, The War of the Worlds remains one of the most infuential of all science-fiction works. Part of a brand new Penguin seris of H.G. Wells' works, this edition includes a newly established text, a full biographical essay on Wells, a futher reading list and detailed notes. The introduction, by Brian Aldiss, considers the novel's view of religion and society.
David Gutterson Snow Falling on Cedars
This is the kind of book where you can smell and hear and see the fictional world the writer has created, so palpably does the atmosphere come through. Set on an island in the straits north of Puget Sound, in Washington, where everyone is either a fisherman or a berry farmer, the story is nominally about a murder trial. But since it's set in the 1950s, lingering memories of World War II, internment camps and racism helps fuel suspicion of a Japanese-American fisherman, a lifelong resident of the islands. It's a great story, but the primary pleasure of the book is Guterson's renderings of the people and the place.
Ernest Hemingway The Old Man and the Sea
Published by Granada Publishing Limited in 1976. Reprinted 1984.
109 pages.
Good condition, considering it was used as a school book.
It is covered in contact and has a couple of pencil, pen marks.
Irving Stone The Agony And The Ecstasy
We are clearing out part of our library and have a few classic hardcovers & paperbacks (@300)that we'll be auctioning over the coming weeks. The one up for auction is by Irving Stone and is his best-selling novel about the life of Michelangelo titled "The Agony And The Ecstasy". This 769 page 'hard-to-find' paperback is in good condition (see scan above). Payment by cash/cheque/postal money order/ direct deposit within 7 days of auction closing or appropriate feedback will be left. Allow cheque to clear if preferred method of payment. Buyer to pay actual postage and packaging costs.
Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol
A Christmas classic for the kids and in durable hardback. In great condition a great Christmas present rrp $35, published 1997
H.G. Wells The War of the Worlds
The night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common near London. At first, naive locals approach the cylinder armed just with a white flag - only to be quickly killed by an all-destroying heat-ray as terrifying tentacled invaders emerge. Soon the whole of human civilization is under threat, as powerful Martians build gigantic killing machines, destroy all in their path with black gas and burning rays, and feast on the warm blood of trapped, still-living human-prey. The forces of the Earth, however, may prove harder to beat than they at first appear.
The first modern tale of alien invasion, The War of the Worlds remains one of the most infuential of all science-fiction works. Part of a brand new Penguin seris of H.G. Wells' works, this edition includes a newly established text, a full biographical essay on Wells, a futher reading list and detailed notes. The introduction, by Brian Aldiss, considers the novel's view of religion and society.
David Gutterson Snow Falling on Cedars
This is the kind of book where you can smell and hear and see the fictional world the writer has created, so palpably does the atmosphere come through. Set on an island in the straits north of Puget Sound, in Washington, where everyone is either a fisherman or a berry farmer, the story is nominally about a murder trial. But since it's set in the 1950s, lingering memories of World War II, internment camps and racism helps fuel suspicion of a Japanese-American fisherman, a lifelong resident of the islands. It's a great story, but the primary pleasure of the book is Guterson's renderings of the people and the place.
Ernest Hemingway The Old Man and the Sea
Published by Granada Publishing Limited in 1976. Reprinted 1984.
109 pages.
Good condition, considering it was used as a school book.
It is covered in contact and has a couple of pencil, pen marks.
Irving Stone The Agony And The Ecstasy
We are clearing out part of our library and have a few classic hardcovers & paperbacks (@300)that we'll be auctioning over the coming weeks. The one up for auction is by Irving Stone and is his best-selling novel about the life of Michelangelo titled "The Agony And The Ecstasy". This 769 page 'hard-to-find' paperback is in good condition (see scan above). Payment by cash/cheque/postal money order/ direct deposit within 7 days of auction closing or appropriate feedback will be left. Allow cheque to clear if preferred method of payment. Buyer to pay actual postage and packaging costs.
