Graduation Day is Just Around The Corner…Give the Gift of Books!

Posted on 05/30/2016 by Sue Cohen

Surprise Your Graduate with a Book that Has Been Turned into One of the Most Popular Films of 2015 & 2016…

All At Bren-Books.com!

THE DANISH GIRL – SIGNED First Edition/First Printing

The Danish Girl on AbeBooks

HOW TO BE SINGLE – SIGNED First Edition/First Printing or Unsigned

How to Be Single

ROOM-SIGNED First Edition/First printing or Unsigned

ROOM

THE 5th WAVE — SIGNED 1st Edition/3rd Printing or Unsigned 1st Edition/1st Printing

The 5th Wave on Abebooks

DIVERGENT, INSURGENT, ALLEGIANT — ALL 1st Edition/1st Printings

The Divergent Trilogy on our AbeBooks Site

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvq6cMtT5nA

A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING — SIGNED 1st Edition, 1st Printing

A Hologram For The King at our AbeBooks Site

PAPER TOWNS — 1st Edition, 1st Printing

Paper Towns

Farewell Nelle Harper Lee

Posted on 02/19/2016 by Sue Cohen

Harper Lee

We mourn the passing of a great author. She created a work is that people hold close to their hearts.

You can find her fitting obituary on the New York Times: Farewell Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird signed by Harper and Alice Lee

Bren-Books.com is proud to offer her true and unique one-of-a-kind 1960 J.B. Lippincott First Book Club edition.

Here are the “points” that make this book a great find and superb addition to your collection:

It is signed and inscribed directly on the first front page ” To Jane Kansas with best wishes, Harper Lee.”
On the dedication page is the rare signature of her sister, the late Alice Lee.
The first state Book Club dust jacket has Truman Capote’s quote on the inside front and Jonathan Daniels’ quote on the rear inside cover.
Truman Capote took the photo of Harper Lee on the back of the dust jacket.

Now Available at Bren-Books.com

Bookseller Inventory # 008803 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

HOLIDAY MOVIES OF 2015! Read these Books First!

Posted on 09/07/2015 by Sue Cohen

Most of our Books are First Edition/First Printing and SIGNED

Star Wars by George Lucas
1976 Ballantine Books FIRST BOOK CLUB, First printing (which is how it first appeared in print)
with the S27 mark in the gutter of page 183. In VG/G condition. Other tan some surface dirt
on the outer boards the HB is clean and tight. The dJ shows wear and minor tears along the
edges, corners & spine ends but the colors are bright. Now repaired and in mylar.
Click Here to See the Official Trailer for Episode VII The Force Awakens

The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff
A book about the first transgender person and her struggles in the 1920s.
The film starring Oscar Winner Eddie Redmayne is sure to be a hit!
Click Here To See the Official Trailer

Black Mass Dick Lehr & Gerard O'Neill

Black Mass by Dick Lehr & Gerard O’Neill
About the infamous Whitey Bulgur. No doubt Johnny Depp’s star turn will generate a great deal of attention.
Click Here to See the Official Trailer

Brooklyn Colm Toibin

Brooklyn by Colm Toibin

This novel takes place in the 1950’s, when after Ellis Lacey emigrates from Ireland to New York, she must choose between two men and two countries.
Nick Hornby adapted the novel for the screen.
Click Here to See the Official Trailer

The Scorch Trials James Dashner

The Scorch Trials by James Dasher

The 2nd part of The Maze Runner Trilogy. Bren-Books.com carries all 3 installments in Fine First Editions.

Click Here to See the Official Trailer

Mockingjay Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay: Part 2

The final installment of Suzanne Collins’ trilogy. Bren-Books.com carries all 3 in FINE First editions as well.

Click Here to See the Official Trailer

Be sure to check out our Rare Book Room for one of a kind Holiday Gifts

Featuring…

Version 2

The Godfather by Mario Puzo
1969 G. P. Putnam’s FIRST Edition, stated second impression in VG+/G condition.
With a **SIGNED** bookplate and small photo of Puzo laid in. The Hardback is
unmarked within with just a bit of space in spine. The outer boards have a bit of
foxing and dirt. The DJ is not clipped with 6903 on the inside leaf. Tape ghosts
are on the inside flyleaves with wear and now repaired tears at the edges, corners
and spine ends.
Click Here to see the Official Trailer

The Awakening and the Legacy of New Orleans: 10 Years After Katrina

Posted on 09/06/2015 by Sue Cohen

As we mark the 10th anniversary since Hurricane Katrina, Bren-Books.com features one of the most pivotal Women’s Novels, a treasure from New Orleans:

Kate Chopin’s 1899 THE AWAKENING

BREN-BOOKS.COM OFFERS A TRUE FIRST EDITION OF THIS AMAZINGLY RARE CLASSIC WORK

Publisher: Herbert S. Stone & Co., Chicago and New York, 1899
Used – Very Good Condition.

Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle to reconcile her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South. It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women’s issues without condescension. It is also widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism, generating a mixed reaction from contemporary readers and critics.

The novel’s blend of realistic narrative, incisive social commentary, and psychological complexity makes The Awakening a precursor of American modernist literature; it prefigures the works of American novelists such as William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway and echoes the works of contemporaries such as Edith Wharton and Henry James. It can also be considered among the first Southern works in a tradition that would culminate with the modern masterpieces of Faulkner, Flannery O’Connor, Eudora Welty, Katherine Anne Porter, and Tennessee Williams. (from Wikipedia: http://bit.ly/1NciFBx)

Bren-Books.com offers a gorgeous copy in VERY GOOD+ condition. The boards still have the lovely bright designs with just a bit of darkening along the edges and spine ends. The interior is clean and tight with just a bit of browning to the end pages. there is gilt still bright along the top page ends and the pages themselves are rough cut so the outer and bottom ends are irregular.

What’s New Here at Bren-Books.com — December 2014

Posted on 12/07/2014 by Sue Cohen

Two Signed Autobiographies

Pavarotti: My Own Story 1981 Doubleday First/First **BOLDLY SIGNED & DATED** on the ffep. Book Condition: Very Good+ Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+, with only a price clip

Arthur Ashe: Portrait in Motion 1975 Houghton Mifflin 1st Edition. **SIGNED & INSCRIBED** Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Two Vintage Mysteries

The Deep Blue Good-by by John MacDonald 1975 J.B. Lippincott 1st Edition. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This is a 1st edition printing of a very early Travis McGee mystery.

Crows Can’t Count, by AA. Fair (Erle Stanley Gardner) 1946 William Morrow and Company. 1st Edition Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is an early Gardner mystery, written as A A Fair.

Rare Signed Presidential Books | Available Here at Bren-books.com

Posted on 12/07/2014 by Sue Cohen

Bren-Books.com is proud to offer a selection of books signed by our Presidents. A lasting part of anyone’s collection or a great gift for a special person.

John F. Kennedy’s Profiles in Courage

http://youtu.be/P8l64P-GO4Q

Barak Obama’s Dreams From My Father

Lyndon Baines Johnson’s The Vantage Point

Jimmy Carter’s Turning Point, plus many other signed books

Books Made into Films: Coming to a Theater near you in 2014 or 2015 | Great holiday gifts here at Bren-books.com

Posted on 12/07/2014 by Sue Cohen

There are a store of promising films on their way, based on best-selling books. Read it first, or see it first. Or purchase one today for that perfect holiday gift!
And while you’re waiting, here are the trailers for each of these upcoming films. All Available at Bren-Books.com

Mockingjay (Brenbooks even has all 1st editions of the trilogy)

Annie

The Hobbit

Paddington

http://youtu.be/olf4StiBnmY

Wild (Bren-Books.com has the signed book)

50 Shades of Gray

Remembering P.D. James, the “Queen of Crime”

Posted on 11/28/2014 by Sue Cohen

Phyllis Dorothy James White “was one of those rare authors whose work stood up to the inevitable and usually invidious comparisons with classic authors of the detective genre, like Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and Margery Allingham.”

(NY Times Obituary, By Marilyn Stasionov November 27, 2014. http://nyti.ms/1rrRHxW )

Bren-Books.com has a wide selection of Ms. James works, including signatures on many of her works.

Unnatural Causes
1967 Scribner’s TRUE FIRST AMERICAN Edition in FINE/FINE condition. A gorgeous unmarked copy with a **SIGNED** Card laid in. Her 3rd mystery!

The Children of Men

1992 Knopf First American Edition **SIGNED** on the title page. A near MINT copy in Fine/Fine condition.

Highly collectible First Edition and First Printing “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Posted on 04/18/2013 by Sue Cohen

In it’s 5th incarnation (including the lost 1926 silent version) will Baz Lurhman’s version of The Greay Gatsby finally succeed where the other 4 have failed? Always in the top 5 of every list of the great English novels of the 20th century, F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s classic story has yet to get a film treatment worthy of it’s gorgeous words and uniquely American tale. Being a Lurhman movie we know it will be opulently staged and filmed. But at it’s core the love story between Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. Critics that panned the 1974 version with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow in those roles almost unanimously criticized the lack of chemistry between the two. So how will Leonardo Di Caprio and Casey Mulligan fare?

Before the Baz Lurhman film opens May 2013 do yourself a favor and read or reread this astonishing novel.

Now, for a sneak peek of the upcoming film, enjoy this video of the newest TV spot released by Warner Bros.

James Bond is Back and he’s at Bren-Books.com — everyone wants a piece of Bond… (video)

Posted on 11/13/2012 by Sue Cohen

Here at Bren-Books.com one of our specialties is Books into Films. So, in light of the big splash James Bond made in U.S. theaters this weekend with “Skyfall“, it only seems fitting to share a video book trailer of our first edition Ian Fleming, James Bond collectible novels, currently available here at Bren-Books.com. Just think how happy a first edition James Bond collectible novel would make that special someone in your life this holiday season. Books make great gifts, and collectible books make even better gifts! Bren-Books.com ships worldwide. Enjoy the book trailer.

Ian Fleming James Bond books currently available for purchase are “Diamonds Are Forever“, “Goldfinger“, “Live and Let Die“, “Moonraker“, “Octopussy“, “The Man With the Golden Gun” and “You Only Live Twice“. These are very special and collectible Ian Fleming books and would make any James Bond fan very happy this holiday season. Bren-Books.com ships worldwide.

I hope you enjoyed our James Bond Book Trailer and please share it with your friends and family who have grown up enjoying James Bond like we have. This also happens to be the 50th Anniversary of the first James Bond film, “Dr. No.” So, for you diehard James Bond fans you might enjoy the “Bond 50” Blu-ray boxed set which contains all 22 James Bond films. “Bond 50“commemorates this milestone of an anniversary.

Enjoy browsing our shelves and happy reading.