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This beautiful hardcover first edition of The Gazebo by Emily Grayson is in very good condition. The boards are pristine and unmarked, the dust jacket likewise unmarked, and the pages are clean and unmarked throughout. There is, however, a binding issue near the front of the book, close to the title page. This appears most consistent with a manufacturing flaw. First edition, first printing. Published by William Morrow and Company, Inc., New York, 1999. Emily Grayson's debut novel tells the story of a fifty-year love affair between two people, Martin Rayfiel and Claire Swift, who never married each other but who met every year at the gazebo in the town square of Longwood Falls, New York. Compared in the tradition of The Notebook.

This handsome hardcover edition of Amy Tan's second novel, The Kitchen God's Wife, is in fine condition, almost new, with a fine dust jacket. First printing, confirmed by the full number line on the copyright page. Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1991; published simultaneously in Canada. Designed by MaryJane DiMassi. Amy Tan's second novel deals extensively with Chinese-American female identity and draws closely on the story of her own mother's life. a deeply personal book for Tan. The title refers to an old Chinese folktale. Tan's novel uses this legend as a frame for the story of Winnie Louie, who at last reveals to her American-born daughter Pearl the secrets of a difficult marriage and the hardships she endured in China during the Japanese occupation. The novel reached the New York Times Best Seller list within its first month of publication and remained there for thirty-eight weeks. A review in Time magazine declared that the novel exceeded the high expectations raised by Tan's magnificent first novel. I've read this one myself and would recommend it without hesitation.

Hardcover, fine condition, almost new. Dust jacket likewise fine, almost new. Pages clean and unmarked, and the copy appears unread. Published by Berkley Books, The Berkley Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., New York, 2003, all artwork by Thomas Kinkade. Katherine Spencer, the bestselling author of more than forty books, wrote the Cape Light and Angel Island novels for Kinkade, drawing on the warmth and small-town charm of his paintings to build the fictional New England seaside town of Cape Light.

Hardcover, fine condition, almost new. Boards clean and unmarked. Pages entirely unmarked and appear unread. Dust jacket likewise unmarked. Published by St. Martin's Press, New York, 1987. First published in the United States in 1987 by St. Martin's Press, this novel quickly became a major international bestseller, selling over 10 million copies and being translated into more than 40 languages. Rosamunde Pilcher had a long and distinguished career as a novelist and short story writer, but it was this novel, written in her early sixties, that captured the hearts of readers worldwide and won her international recognition as one of the best-loved storytellers of her time. This listing includes one additional Rosamunde Pilcher hardcover title as a bonus item.

Hardcover in good condition. boards shows some staining. Pages are fine, and the copy reads beautifully throughout. Dust jacket in good condition, bright and intact, with light tears to the top and bottom edges. Printing not stated on copyright page. A solid reading copy of a substantial and deeply satisfying novel. Published by St. Martin's Press, 1995. Rosamunde Pilcher was a British novelist born in Cornwall, best known for her sweeping novels set in Cornwall and Scotland, whose books sold over 60 million copies worldwide. Her best-known novel, The Shell Seekers, was published in 1987, with Coming Home following in 1995 as one of her most ambitious works. Set between 1935 and 1945, the novel spans Cornwall, Scotland, Singapore, and the theatres of the Second World War, following young Judith Dunbar from her boarding school years through her service in the Women's Royal Naval Service and beyond, as she searches for family, love, and a home to call her own.

A German edition in very good condition. Pages are crisp and bright, free of marks or annotations. Boards are square and tight. No dust jacket.