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Judge Dee Mysteries by Robert van Gulik “Judge Dee belongs in that select group of fictional detectives headed by the renowned Sherlock Holmes. I assure you it is a compliment not given frivolously.” —Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times
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The Writer’s Map
An Atlas of Imaginary Lands
Edited by Huw Lewis-Jones “One of life’s great treats, for a lover of books (especially fantasy books), is to open a cover to find a map secreted inside and filled with the details of a land about to be discovered. . . . The Writer’s Map contains dozens of the magical maps writers have drawn or that have been made by others to illustrate the places they’ve created.”—Atlas Obscura 2018 256 p. 81/4 x 113/4 220 color plates 543 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-59663-1 $45.00 Your Price: $36.00
The Daily Jane Austen A Year of Quotes
The Chinese Maze Murders
1957 336 p. 51/4 x 8 12 line drawings 531 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-84878-5 $13.00 Your Price: $10.40
The Emperor’s Pearl
1963 192 p. 51/4 x 8 9 line drawings 532 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-84872-3 $12.00 Your Price: $9.60
The Haunted Monastery
1961 208 p. 51/2 x 81/2 10 line drawings 533 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-84879-2 $12.00 Your Price: $9.60
Judge Dee at Work
1967 184 p. 51/4 x 8 534 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-84866-2 $12.00 Your Price: $9.60
The Lacquer Screen
1962 194 p. 4 3/4 x 7 14 line drawings 535 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-84867-9 $15.00 Your Price: $12.00
The Monkey and The Tiger 1967 152 p. 51/4 x 8 8 line drawings 536 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-84869-3 $12.00 Your Price: $9.60
Murder in Canton
1966 216 p. 51/4 x 8 12 line drawings 537 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-84874-7 $20.00 Your Price: $16.00
Necklace and Calabash 1967 152 p. 51/4 x 8 10 line drawings 538 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-84870-9 $15.00 Your Price: $12.00
The Phantom of the Temple
1966 214 p. 5 1/4 x 8 11 line drawings 539 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-84877-8 $13.00 Your Price: $10.40
Poets and Murder
1968 184 p. 51/4 x 8 540 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-84876-1 $12.00 Your Price: $9.60
The Red Pavilion
1964 185 p. 51/4 x 8 6 line drawings 541 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-84873-0 $12.00 Your Price: $9.60
The Willow Pattern
1965 192 p. 51/2 x 81/2 16 line drawings 542 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-84875-4 $12.00 Your Price: $9.60
Edited by Devoney Looser It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen is eminently, delightfully, and delectably quotable. Looser has drawn 378 passages from across the canon, resulting in an anthology that is compulsively readable and repeatable. “Delightful. . . . Some [quotations] are the briefest little bons mots, others provide a satisfying chunk of Austen to illuminate your day.”—Jane Austen’s Regency World 2019 208 p. 41/2 x 71/4 544 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-65544-4 $14.00 Your Price: $11.20
The Daily Sherlock Holmes
A Year of Quotes from the Case-Book of the World’s Greatest Detective
Edited by Levi Stahl and Stacey Shintani The Daily Sherlock Holmes is the perfect bedside companion for fans of the world’s only consulting detective. Within these pages readers will find a quotation for every day of the year, drawn from across the Arthur Conan Doyle canon. Moriarty and Mycroft, Lestrade and Mrs. Hudson . . . It’s all here—anchored, of course, in that unforgettable duo of Holmes and Watson. 2019 208 p. 41/2 x 71/4 545 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-65964-0 $14.00 Your Price: $11.20
A River Runs through It and Other Stories
Norman Maclean “A masterpiece. . . . This is more than stunning fiction: It is a lyric record of a time and a life, shining with Maclean’s special gift for calling the reader’s attention to arts of all kinds—the arts that work in nature, in personality, in social intercourse, in fly-fishing.” —Village Voice
2017 240 p. 51/2 x 81/2 546 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-47206-5 $15.00 Your Price: $12.00
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Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth
Edited by Catherine McIlwaine “Reveals [Tolkien’s] painstaking creative process. . . . Reflect[s] a literary mind almost obsessed with perfecting each and every detail.” —New York Times Book Review “For anyone who grew up in the Tolkien universe, seeing the original artwork—the death of Smaug, for instance . . . will be like meeting an old friend.”—Country Life Distributed for the Bodleian Library
2018 416 p. 91/4 x 10 300 color plates 547 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-85124-485-0 $65.00 Your Price: $52.00
Tolkien: Treasures
Catherine McIlwaine “Probably the finest reproduction of Tolkien’s art (and maps) published to date. The true glory of this book is the illustrations, all of which seem to be in true colour, often accompanied by enlarged details.” —Beyond Bree Distributed for the Bodleian Library
2018 144 p. 73/4 x 73/4 100 color plates 548 Paper ISBN: 978-1-85124-496-6 $20.00 Your Price: $16.00
Reynard the Fox
Retold by Anne Louise Avery “This is marvelously spirited and adroit storytelling and an exciting example of innovative translation. . . . Adding mischievous contemporary twists, [Avery] has wonderfully refreshed and revivified the medieval collection and shows how these traditional animal fables, with their large and lively cast of characters and their wicked and seductive protagonist, have lost none of their truth-telling power.” —Marina Warner Distributed for the Bodleian Library
2020 480 p. 5 3/4 x 7 3/4 549 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-85124-555-0 $30.00 Your Price: $24.00
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
In a Modern English Version with a Critical Introduction
Translated, Edited, and with an Introduction by John Gardner Besides the tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, this edition includes two allegorical poems, “Purity” and “Patience”; the beautiful dream allegory “Pearl”; and the miracle story “Saint Erkenwald.” “Gardner has translated into modern English and edited a text of these five poems that could hardly be improved. . . . The entire work is preceded by a very fine and complete general introduction and a critical commentary on each poem.”—Library Journal
1965 218 p. 51/2 x 81/2 550 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-28328-9 $18.00 Your Price: $7.00
