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WHAT WE NEVER HAD.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Los Angeles: Rare Bird Books, A Vireo Book, (2016). SIGNED first edition - A smart and funny coming-of-age novel set in today's world. "Meet Josh, a paragon for the modern postcollegiate. He has a job with no upward path, and a dysfunctional relationship with his ex. . . After two shiftless friends take up residence in his apartment, using his couch as a podium to rail against the world, he takes stock of who he is versus who he wants to be." SIGNED on the title page. 222 pp. ISBN: 978-1942600688.
Condition: Fine in black wrappers.
Book ID: 76723More details Price: $25.00 -
NEGRO WHO'S WHO IN CALIFORNIA - 1948 EDITION.
Edition: First edition.
Who's Who in California Publishing Co, (lithographed by Wm. Westerfield), 1948. Hardcover first edition - The first and apparently the only edition of this uncommon reference work. Includes biographies of approximately 500 notable California African Americans. Book is divided into seven sections: The Pioneers, The Church and Pulpit, The Professions, Business and Industry, Art and Music, Civic and Social, and In Memorium. Illustrated with many individual and group photographs. Index. Large format. 133 pp.
Condition: Very good in burgundy boards with gilt lettering (prev owner's name, some minor rubbing and wear to the covers.)
Book ID: 54239More details Price: $300.00 -
THE TIDES IN THE BAY OF FUNDY: A Vazzle.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Hong Kong: Opium Books, 1969. First edition - An early novel by this fantasy writer who is best known for his books in the World of Oz, continuing the series begun by Frank Baum. In the introduction, he describes this as "a story of if. It is a tale of what might happen if one man's dreams of what a world might be come true." Opium series #9. Printed on light orange paper. 187 pp. Cover drawing by Kam Cheong Ling.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 75675More details Price: $21.50 -
![JOHN XANTUS: The Fort Tejon Letters 1857 -1 by [Xantus, Janos / John.] Zwinger, Ann.](https://images.bookfever.com/production/11/28095---200.jpg?v=1519342260)
JOHN XANTUS: The Fort Tejon Letters 1857 -1
Edition: First printing.
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Previously unpublished letters of this Hungarian immigrant who joined the US Army under an assumed name, a charlatan who managed to alienate most of the people he met, and yet one of the Smithsonian's most successful collectors of natural history specimens in the mid-19th century. From his station at Ft Tejon in California's Tehachapi Mountains, Xantus carried on a lengthy correspondence with Spencer Baird at the Smithsonian. Illustrated with drawings and photographs, notes, index. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-8165-09417.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 28095More details Price: $20.00 -
ENIGMA OF CHINA.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel in the award winning series featuring Shanghai Police Inspector Chen Cao. 262 pp. ISBN: 978-1250025807.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 75767More details Price: $19.50 -
THE MAO CASE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel in the award winning series featuring Shanghai Police Inspector Chen Cao. 289 pp. ISBN: 9780312538743.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 62040More details Price: $20.00 -
A LOYAL CHARACTER DANCER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: SOHO Press, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel feauturing Shanghai Police Inspector Chen Cao. SIGNED on the title page in both English and Chinese characters. 351 pp. ISBN: 1-56947-3013.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 65792More details Price: $45.00 -
A CASE OF TWO CITIES.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Sceptre, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth novel in the award winning series featuring Shanghai Police Inspector Chen Cao. 307 pp. ISBN: 978-0340898529.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (some light toning to the pages)
Book ID: 66104More details Price: $17.50 -
ENIGMA OF CHINA.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel in the award winning series featuring Shanghai Police Inspector Chen Cao. 262 pp. ISBN: 978-1250025807.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder dot, small peeled spot under dj flap)
Book ID: 66106More details Price: $15.00 -
A CASE OF TWO CITIES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth novel in the award winning series featuring Shanghai Police Inspector Chen Cao. 307 pp. ISBN: 978-0312359850.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 74875More details Price: $18.50 -
RED MANDARIN DRESS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifth novel in the award winning series featuring Shanghai Police Inspector Chen Cao. 310 pp. ISBN: 978-0312371074.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 70471More details Price: $18.00 -
WHEN RED IS BLACK.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: SOHO Press, (2002). First edition - The third novel in the award winning series featuring Shanghai Police Inspector Chen Cao. 310 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 67682More details Price: $30.00 -
THE WORLD OF 'MESTRE' TAMODA.
Edition: First English language printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
New York: Reader's International, 1984. First edition - Novel originally published in 1974 by this Angolian writer and revolutionary leader, who was imprisoned by the Portuguese for more than a decade. ISBN: 0-930523-431.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 20491More details Price: $10.00 -
DAUGHTER OF CHINA: A True Story of Love and Betrayal.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., (1999). A memoir of a woman "trained as an elite soldier in the Chinese army, her forbidden love for an American, and her seemingly impossible escape - with his help - from the nation to which she had pledged her life. . . a compelling look at life inside the rigid walls of Communist China." 349 pp. ISBN: 0-471390194.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 71889More details Price: $17.50 -
THE LOST AND FORGOTTEN LANGUAGES OF SHANGHAI.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (some light toning to the edges of the textblock).
Book ID: 72223More details Price: $18.50 -
THE STORY OF JUNK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her first book, a novel about a 'nice girl's' descent into the world of heroin dealing. Dustjacket praise from John Waters and Michael Cunningham, among others. SIGNED opposite the title page with the words "Knock, knock." 325 pp,. ISBN: 0-374-270244.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 64232More details Price: $30.00 -
IN GOD'S NAME: An Investigation into the Murder of Pope John Paul I.
Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).
New York: Bantam, (1984.) dj. Hardcover - A story of corruption within the Vatican, and of the sudden and unexpected death of a humble and well-loved pope just 33 days after he became Pope. Photographs, index. 333 pp. ISBN: 0-553-050737.
Condition: Very good in near fine dust jacket (prev owner's name, triangular missing pieces on the upper inside edge of the last few blank leaves, toning to these pages from newspaper clippings laid in).
Book ID: 62381More details Price: $17.50 -
IN GOD'S NAME: An Investigation into the Murder of Pope John Paul I.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bantam, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A story of corruption within the Vatican, and of the sudden and unexpected death of a humble and well-loved pope just 33 days after he became Pope. Photographs, index. 333 pp. ISBN: 0-553-050737.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (some edgewear to the dj, now protected by an archival cover.)
Book ID: 46174More details Price: $30.00 -
IN GOD'S NAME: An Investigation into the Murder of Pope John Paul I.
Edition: Book club edition (full size)
New York: Bantam, (1984.) dj. Hardcover - A story of corruption within the Vatican, and of the sudden and unexpected death of a humble and well-loved pope just 33 days after he became Pope. Photographs, index. 333 pp. ISBN: 0-553-050737.
Condition: Good in a good dust jacket - a very unique copy - ink brackets throughout, and some edgewear to the dj - but pasted onto blank prelim and endpages, where ever there is room, are photocopies of news clippings from 1982 and 1983 related to this scandal - at least 15 clippings in all, with the last one stating that "Vatican denounces book on Pope 'killing.'"
Book ID: 38597More details Price: $18.50 -
IN GOD'S NAME: An Investigation into the Murder of Pope John Paul I.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bantam, (1984.). Hardcover first edition - A story of corruption within the Vatican, and of the sudden and unexpected death of a humble and well-loved pope just 33 days after he became Pope. Photographs, index. 333 pp. ISBN: 0-553-050737.
Condition: Very good+ in black boards, no dust jacket.
Book ID: 50107More details Price: $15.00 -
BLOOD SISTERS: The French Revolution In Women's Memory.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Basic Books (HarperCollins), (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "The promises of 'Liberty, equality, and fraternity' did not extend to women, but with the publication of Blood Sisters, the voices of the women who witnessed the French Revolution are finally restored to history. The memoirists portray themselves as active participants cheering the Revolution on its course or, more frequently, resisting it." Based on 80 accounts of the Revolution left by women, from the 16 page testimonial by the wife of the concierge in Marie-Antoinette's prison to the 10 volume memoirs of Mme de Genlis. Illustrated, notes, index. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-465-092632.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread, but with a remainder line.)
Book ID: 46485More details Price: $20.00 -
WOMEN WRITERS OF THE WEST COAST Speaking of Their Lives and Careers.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, (1983). First edition - Among the writers who are featured in this book are Maxine Hong Kington, Joyce Carol Thomas, Susan Griffin, Tillie Olsen, Ursula LeGuin, Judy Grahm and more. Illustrated with photographs by Margo Davis. Notes on contributors. Photographer's note. 141 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 78679More details Price: $14.50 -
TRASH
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Kodansha International, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this Japanese novelist - Japan's most liberated woman writer - to appear in English in the US. Translated by Sonya L. Johnson. 372 pp. ISBN: 1-56836-0185.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 35789More details Price: $20.00 -
TRASH
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Kodansha International, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this Japanese novelist - Japan's most liberated woman writer - to appear in English in the US. Translated by Sonya L. Johnson. 372 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 8586More details Price: $18.00 -
ALWAYS DREAM.
Edition: First printing.
Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 1992 Olympic gold medal winner in figure skating tells of her early life in California, the importance of her Japanese heritage, and how she fell in love with the ice. SIGNED on a special bookplate on the front endpaper with a small drawing of a flower. Photographs and illustrations by Doug Keith. Oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-87833-9965.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 50773More details Price: $40.00 -
ROY`S FEASTS FROM HAWAII.
Edition: First printing.
Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "A feast for the senses that mirrors the richness of the Hawaiian cuisine." Roy Yamaguchi is known for using only the freshest grown or harvested local ingredients and combining them in a unique style that combines the best flavors and techniques of European and Asian cooking. Wonderful recipes beautifully illustrated in full color (including many scenic photographs of Hawaii) Photographs by Franco Salmoiraghi and Lois Ellen Frank. SIGNED opposite the dedication page with "Aloha and keep in cooking!" and dated in 1996. Oversized oblong format, index. 232 pp. ISBN: 0-89815-6378.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 55345More details Price: $35.00 -
WILD MEAT AND THE BULLY BURGERS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel (second book) by this highly praised young Hawaiian writer, set on the big island of Hawai'i. 277 pp. Small square format. ISBN: 0-374-290202.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 46975More details Price: $18.00 -
BLU'S HANGING.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997. First edition - Second novel by this highly praised young Hawaiian writer, the story of a ragtag group of orphans trying to stay together.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 10746More details Price: $20.00 -
BLU'S HANGING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel by this highly praised young Hawaiian writer, the story of a ragtag group of orphans trying to stay together despite the odds against them. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-374-114994.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 80839More details Price: $30.00 -
CITY UNDER ONE ROOF.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Berkley, (2023) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first thriller by this Oscar nominated screenwriter, set in a fictionalized version of Whittier, Alaska, a town with a year round population of about 280, most of whom live in the winter in one building. Told in the alternating voices of three women - Cara Kennedy, a detective from Anchorage who finds herself trapped in the town when a landslide closes the only access; a teenager named Amy Lin, who discovered the first body parts, and Lonnie, a 30-something woman with a pet moose. Cover praise from such diverse writers as C. J. Box, Ann Cleeves, Naomi Hirahara and more. SIGNED on the title page. 298 pp. ISBN: 978-0593336670.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 87976More details Price: $85.00
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