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Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (Advance Reading Copy)
Celtic Fairy Tales (Collected by Joseph Jacobs)
Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Treasury (2 Vols in 1, HB)
Hobbits, Elves, and Wizards: Exploring the World of LOTR
The Lonely Planet Guide to Experimental Travel (Hardbound)
Collected Poems by Paul Auster
The Daring Book for Girls by Miriam Peskowitz & Andrea J. Buchanan (HB)
The Matrix and Philosophy
Faust: Fiction and Manga from the Cutting Edge of Japanese Pop Culture
Why People Believe Weird Things by Michael Shermer
Slumdog Millionaire by VIkas Swarup (Q&A)
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates (Movie Cover)
Anne Sexton: The Complete Poems (1982)
Why People Believe Weird Things by Michael Shermer
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Three Classics in the Aesthetic of Music
Seven Theories of Human Nature by Leslie Stevenson

Like Life by Lorrie Moore
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
America Is In The Heart by Carlos Bulosan
William Faulkner: Three Decades of Criticism
Stuff White People Like by Christian Lander
Dubliners by James Joyce
A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman
Anne Sexton: The Complete Poems (1982)
The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (Signed, Limited edition)
100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories
Shadow & Claw by Gene Wolfe (World Fantasy Award)
The New Science Journalists (Ackerman Gleick Ferris, etc)
The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
Twinkie, Deconstructed by Steve Ettlinger
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen (Movie Cover)
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
Douglas Adams’s Starship Titanic by Terry Jones
The Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
The Collected Traveler: Paris (2000)

The Thinking Fan’s Guide to the World Cup
Push by Sapphire
Slightly Chipped: Footnotes in Booklore by Lawrence & Nancy Goldstone
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will Cuppy
The Lore of the Unicorn by Odell Shepard
Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm
The Areas of My Expertise by John Hodgman (HB)
The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant by Jeffrey Ford
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain
The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
Nana Vol. 6 (Shojo Beat Manga)
Nana Vol. 11 (Shojo Beat Manga)
Nana Vol. 12 (Shojo Beat Manga)
Nana Vol. 14 (Shojo Beat Manga)
Nana Vol. 16 (Shojo Beat Manga)
UNO: The Golden Compass (Game Cards)
The Tao Box: Book and 50 Meditation Cards (Sealed box)

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A painstakingly produced limited edition of a beloved classic by #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman. Limited to a single edition of just 1,000 copies, the limited edition of Neverwhere is an example of bookmaking at its finest.

- Each volume is hand-numbered–limited to 1,000 copies

- Each volume is signed by the author

- Each volume and its accompanying slipcase is hand-bound in rich midnight blue cloth

- Volume front case and spine are gold-stamped

- Slipcase features a die-cut aperture through which is seen the gold-stamped door illustration on volume front case

- Elegant two-color interior design

- Printed endpapers feature map of the London Underground, faithfully reproduced from the book’s original trade edition

- Large 7″x10″ format

- Text is the “Author’s Preferred Text”; this volume includes a special introduction to the book by the author

- Special addendum to this limited edition: “The Neverwhere Files”–material from the author’s files that give a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the evolution of Neverwhere

- Each volume comes in its own protective cardboard case–labeled with title, author, price, publisher information, and barcode.

Price: Php12,000.00

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Hard-to-find copy of Haruku Murakami’s Norwegian Wood, translated by Alfred Birnbaum instead of Jay Rubin. Comes in 2 books. Kondasha International, softcover.

Price is Php2,400.00 for both. – Update: sold after 30 minutes of post.

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Book of Dreams by Jack Kerouac
Introducing Postmodernism (Comic Book Form)
Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
The Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce (Hardbound, Ralph Steadman)
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell (HB)
Up In The Air by Walter Kirn (Movie Cover)
Light in August by William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Why We Suck by Denis Leary
Cirque Du Freak: A Living Nightmare
The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury
Emily L. by Marguerite Duras
The Lady and the Monk by Pico Iyer
Forbidden Colors by Yukio Mishima
The Guy Not Taken: Stories by Jennifer Weiner
Strange Pilgrims: Stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Hardbound)
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse

Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley
Believing is Seeing: Creating the Culture of Art
Artists on Art: from the XIV to the XX Century
Frances Mayes: The Discovery of Poetry
Dragonology: Tracking & Taming Dragons (Includes Ready-to-Assemble Dragon)
Source Book of Medical History by Logan Clendening
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Personae by Ezra Pound
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
The Gastronomical Me by MFK Fisher
The Twilight Companion: The Unauthorized Guide to the Series by Lois H. Gresh
Different Dances by Shel Silverstein (25th Anniversary, Hardbound)
The Wolverine Files by Mike Barr (Hardbound in slipcase)
Writing for Comics & Graphic Novels with Peter David
The Tenth Garfield Treasury by Jim Davis (Comics TPB)
Will and Abe’s Guide to the Universe by Matt Groening
Simpsons Comics Madness (Comics TPB)
Simpsons Bartman: The Best of the Best! (Comics TPB)
Family Guy: Brian Griffin’s Guide To Booze… (Comics TPB)
Family Guy: It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One (Comics TPB)
Sleeping Beauty by K.Y. Craft (Hardbound)
Puss in Boots: A Tale by Charles Perrault (Hardbound)
Musical Notes: 18 assorted greeting cards & envelopes

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Fiction:

Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller
Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake (Book One, Gormenghast)
Best Gay Asian Erotica edited by Joel B. Tan
A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes: Stories from Latin America
Satori in Paris and Pic: Two Novels by Jack Kerouac
The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories (Hardbound)
The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers
The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl
Full Frontal Fiction: The Best of Nerve.com
The Icewind Dale Trilogy: Collector’s Edition by R.A. Salvatore
Legacy of the Drow: Collector’s Edition by R.A. Salvatore

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka
The Arabian Nights (Translated by Husain Haddawy)
Love is a Dog from Hell by Charles Bukowski
Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski
Ulysses by James Joyce
The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye by A.S. Byatt
Dangerous Angels by Francesca Lia Block (Weetzie Bat)
East of Eden by John Steinbeck -Centennial Edition
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
Saturday by Ian McEwan
Eragon by Christopher Paolini

Non-Fiction:

A Third Treasury of Kahlil Gibran
How to Read a Poem by Edward Hirsch
The Best of the Best American Poetry 1988-1997 (Harold Bloom)
Rimbaud: Arthur Rimbaud Complete Works
A Book of Women Poets: From Antiquity to Now
Inventions of the March Hare: Poems 1909-1917 by T.S. Eliot
Dear, Dear Brenda – The Love Letters of Henry Miller to Brenda Venus
The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
The Masks of God: Creative Mythology (IV) by Joseph Campbell
The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell (2nd edition)
Aristotle: Poetics
The Will to Power by Friedrich Nietzsche
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms by Chris Baldick
Companion to Narnia by Paul F. Ford (The Chronicles of Narnia)
The Face of Battle by John Keegan
The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare by John Keegan
The Lizard King: The Essential Jim Morison (Jerry Hopkins)
Heavens to Betsy! & Other Curious Sayings
Bitchfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine
Woman: An Intimate Geography by Natalie Angie
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
French Women Don’t Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano
Sex in History by Reay Tannahill
New Ideas From Dead Economists: An Introduction to Modern Economic Thought
Reefer Madness by Eric Schlosser
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat by Oliver Sacks
Why Darwin Matters by Michael Shermer
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell (HB)
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity by David Lynch (HB)
Wonder Woman – The Golden Age by Les Daniels (HB)
Disco Duck and Other Adventures in Novelty Music by Ace Collins
Our Dumb World: The Onion’s Atlas of The Planet Earth (Hardbound)
Napalm & Silly Putty by George Carlin
Getting Lost: J.J. Abrams TV Series (Edited by Orson Scott Card)

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