New titles: The Joy of Sets

Proust, Marcel, Remembrance of Things Past (Random House, 2 vols, 1932, 1934). Introduction by Joseph Wood Krutch. Vol. 1 (1141 pp., Swann’s Way, Within A Budding Grove, The Guermantes Way) trans. by C.K. Scott Moncrieff); Vol 2 (1124 pp, Cities of the Plain, The Captive, The Sweet Cheat Gone, The Past Recaptured) trans. by Frederick A. Blossom). Hardcover, octavo, no dust jackets, very good condition; slight sunning and shelfwear. HBB price: $75.

Teacher, Lawrence, ed., The Unabridged Mark Twain (Running Press, 1976, 1997). ISBN 0-7624-0180-X; 0-7624-0181-8. Leather bound with gilt titling and fore edges; missing the dust jackets. Introduction by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Assemblage of the collected works, drawn from first published editions, each entry with a brief introduction and publication history. Vol. 1, 1289 pp. Vol. 2, 1118 pp.

Bantock, Nick, The Griffin & Sabine Trilogy (Chronicle Books,

Vol. 1, Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence, (1991, 1st ed., 6th printing), ISBN 0-87701-788-3; Vol. 2, Sabine’s Notebook, (1992, 1st ed., 2nd printing), ISBN 0-8118-0180-2; Vol. 3, The Golden Mean (1993, 1st ed., 1st printing), 0-8118-0298-1. The first set of Bantock’s two Griffin & Sabine trilogies, in which- he says-  he presents “a new genre in publishing, a marriage of word and image embedded within a mysterious alchemical love story of postcards and letters.” Lavishly illustrated, these books were a publishing sensation. Hardcover dust jacket, very good condition. HBB price: $60.

Bantock, Nick, The Venetian’s Wife (Chronicle Books, 1st ed., 1st printing, 1996). ISBN 0-8118-1140-9. A mysterious art connoisseur, communicating only by email, hires a museum curator for an equally mysterious task. Hardcover, dust jacket, very good condition. HBB price: $29.95.

Bantock, Nick, The Forgetting Room (Byzantium Books/HarperCollins, 1st ed., 1st printing, 1997). ISBN 0-00-225176-0. Another of Bantock’s mysterious tales interweaving text and illustration, this one involving a man who inherits a house in Spain from his grandfather. Hardcover, dust jacket, very good condition. HBB price: $49.95.