Darbytown Books

Darbytown Books The custodian of forgotten and new literature. Exclusively an online bookstore. We offer new, gently read, modern firsts, collectable and out of print books.

You will also find a fine selection of small press books & signed copies. We believe in the timeless value of books and recognize that by owning and passing them on, they enrich our lives with the values that they embody.

Looking to add Pulitzer Prize winning novels to you bookcase, we have some suggestions.
07/14/2019

Looking to add Pulitzer Prize winning novels to you bookcase, we have some suggestions.

A wonderful two volume edition of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize winner. Volumes are fine, clean, crisp, no wear, slight bumping to slipcase edges. Acclaimed as a quiet triumph and a brutally moving work of art, the first volume of Art Spieglman's Maus intro...

What are you reading at the beach or by the pool this week? we have some suggestions. https://buff.ly/2JFf3w2
07/13/2019

What are you reading at the beach or by the pool this week? we have some suggestions. https://buff.ly/2JFf3w2

Nice First Edition/First Printing hardcover, pages are clean, crisp, binding tight. Cover boards fine in fine dust jacket. An excellent and fresh copy of 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novel. --Startling, unusual, and yet irresistably readable, Among Others is...

Looking for signed award winning books to add to your shelves we have some suggestions https://buff.ly/2q7vV50 Del...
07/13/2019

Looking for signed award winning books to add to your shelves we have some suggestions https://buff.ly/2q7vV50
Delicious Foods tells the gripping story of three unforgettable characters: a mother, her son, and the drug that threatens to destroy them. In Darlene's haunted struggle to reunite with Eddie, and in the efforts of both to triumph over those who would enslave them, Hannaham's daring and shape-shifting prose not only infuses their desperate circumstances with grace and humor, but also wrestles with timeless questions of love and freedom.

Fine First Edition hardcover, pages are crisp, binding tight. An excellent unread copy. Pen/Faulkner award winner, signed by author on title page. --Delicious Foods tells the gripping story of three unforgettable characters: a mother, her son, and ...

Finding forgotten books on shelves of independent bookstores, why we love books in print. https://buff.ly/2KeRGrR
07/13/2019

Finding forgotten books on shelves of independent bookstores, why we love books in print. https://buff.ly/2KeRGrR

Very good or better First Edition hardcover, no marking in text block, pages and illustrations are crisp, minor soiling to end papers, binding tight. Cover boards green cloth, gilt lettering, sunning along top edge. Dust jacket, minor rubbing along spin...

“Above all, he is a poet of intersections and crossings”: Read a profile of Akhil Katyal, a Delhi-based poet whose work ...
07/13/2019

“Above all, he is a poet of intersections and crossings”: Read a profile of Akhil Katyal, a Delhi-based poet whose work navigates experiences of queerness, bilingualism, and economic privilege in India.

Poetic licence

Read it before you watch it. In the early eighties, Stephen King and Peter Straub embarked on the ultimate coming-of-age...
07/13/2019

Read it before you watch it. In the early eighties, Stephen King and Peter Straub embarked on the ultimate coming-of-age tale. The Talisman easily solidified the collaboration's super status. Then, nearly two decades later, they returned to their literary roots. Black House portrays a different Jack Sawyer, now a semi-retired Los Angeles detective. He won't remain there much longer, though. https://buff.ly/2NTOrwx

Nice First Edition hardcover, pages are clean, crisp, binding tight. Cover boards fine original black cloth, dust jacket near fine, slight ghost sticker to back panel. An excellent copy. --In the early eighties, Stephen King and Peter Straub embarked ...

Jack the (Book) Ripper? Well, someone is systematically ripping used books in half in the seaside town of Herne Bay.
07/13/2019

Jack the (Book) Ripper? Well, someone is systematically ripping used books in half in the seaside town of Herne Bay.

Hundreds of volumes in the library and bookshops of Herne Bay have had pages torn in half, but police remain baffled

The last novel from one of Americas great authors, you want this, you need this book in your collection.
07/13/2019

The last novel from one of Americas great authors, you want this, you need this book in your collection.

Fine First Edition hardcover, in fine dust jacket. An excellent unread copy. -- New York Times bestselling author Jim Harrison is one of our most beloved and acclaimed writers, adored by both readers and critics. In The Ancient Minstrel , Harrison d...

The theatrical adaptation of Joan Didion’s National Book Award-winning memoir The Year of Magical Thinking, about the un...
07/13/2019

The theatrical adaptation of Joan Didion’s National Book Award-winning memoir The Year of Magical Thinking, about the untimely deaths of her husband and daughter, is returning to stage in a Seattle run.

In 2003, Didion lost her husband and sometime literary collaborator John Gregory Dunne and witnessed the sudden, catastrophic illness of their only child. Emerging from that experience, Didion forged "The Year of Magical Thinking,” a potent 2005 memoir that she...

Every book collector want Pulitzer Prize winning books on their shelves, you know you want one. View here for our offers...
07/13/2019

Every book collector want Pulitzer Prize winning books on their shelves, you know you want one. View here for our offers. https://buff.ly/2laHc5n

The Little Friend by Donna Tartt. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2002. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. ...

Lilliet Berne is a sensation of the Paris Opera, a legendary soprano with every accolade except an original role, every ...
07/13/2019

Lilliet Berne is a sensation of the Paris Opera, a legendary soprano with every accolade except an original role, every singer's chance at immortality. When one is finally offered to her, she realizes with alarm that the libretto is based on a hidden piece of her past. Only four could have betrayed her: one is dead, one loves her, one wants to own her. And one, she hopes, never thinks of her at all.https://buff.ly/2D6yXjs

Fine First Edition/First Printing hardcover, pages clean, crisp, binding tight. Cover boards fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author on title page. A pristine and unread copy. -- Lilliet Berne is a sensation of the Paris Opera, a legendary soprano ...

Meet the man who is writing 365 children’s books in 365 days as a gift to his daughter. Yes, he also has a day job.
07/13/2019

Meet the man who is writing 365 children’s books in 365 days as a gift to his daughter. Yes, he also has a day job.

Matt Zurbo’s challenge, named after his daughter, Cielo, is an unconventional labor of love.

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