Mel's Black Bag Books

My Year Abroad , by Chang-Rae Lee, 2021. Hardcover, first edition, 1st printing. SIGNED by author. Finalist for the Nobel Prize in literature. Condition: Dust jacket with slight rubbing on back, bottom edge with mild shelf wear. Spine tight and pages pristine, though tail square has some bumping and 1-2 mm tear. (See photos.) • Stories are fundamental to our humanity, and light a way through our wonderful, tumultuous world. "Endeavor to persevere." - Lone Watie. "Everything is true." - Rick Deckard. We aim to foster.

Cooked , by Michael Pollan, 2013. Hardcover, with dust jacket. First edition, 1st printing (1ed/1pr). SIGNED by author on title page, no inscription. Condition: like new. https://venmo.com/code?user_id=4589714778621217965&created=1777928627.105444&printed=1 "Don't write if you know the answer."

The Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks, 1996. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED by author on the title page without  dedication or other inscription.  Condition: very fine / like new, both book and dust jacket, noting that dust jacket has a minute bend at the tip of the upper back corner. Identified as a Book Club Edition by black cover boards (lettered in gold-colored foil), absence of number line on the copyright page, absence of price/s on the inside front cover flap, and absence of a second bar code on the back of the dust jacket. (While there is no mention of "Book Club Edition" per se, it would be unlikely to be a "limited first edition".) The 2004 movie "The Notebook" was based on Mr. Sparks' book.

2026 Catch-22, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Fahrenheit-182, Fourteen Ways to Die, London Falling, Orbital, The Outsiders 2025 The Goldfinch, Lord of the Flies,  xxxx

The Lost World, by Edwin McDowell, 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket. First edition, 1st printing (1ed/1pr). Condition: Very Fine.