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  • SCANDAL ON RINCON HILL. by Tallman, Shirley.
    Tallman, Shirley.
    SCANDAL ON RINCON HILL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in 1880s San Francisco, this is the third mystery featuring Sarah Woolson, the daughter of a judge who is herself an attorney with her own practice, defying the expectations of a woman's "proper" role in society. 340pp. ISBN: 978-0312386979.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 71973
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  • SOUTH PHOENIX RULES. by Talton, Jon.
    Talton, Jon.
    SOUTH PHOENIX RULES.

    Edition: First printing.

    Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The sixth mystery set in Phoenix, Arizona, featuring David Mapstone, former history professor, now a consultant and deputy in the Sheriff's department, working on cold cases that become very hot. SIGNED on the title page. This series is especially interesting for the picture it paints of modern Phoenix, a city which literally exploded in size from a city of 100,000 in 1950 to over 4 million now. 213 pp. ISBN: 978-1590588147.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 75043
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  • DRY HEAT. by Talton, Jon.
    Talton, Jon.
    DRY HEAT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third mystery set in Phoenix, Arizona, featuring David Mapstone, former history professor, now a consultant and deputy in the Sheriff's department, working on cold cases that become very hot. SIGNED on the title page. This series is especially interesting for the picture it paints of modern Phoenix, a city which literally exploded in size from a city of 100,000 in 1950 to over 4 million now. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-312-333854.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 75045
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  • CAMELBACK FALLS. by Talton, Jon.
    Talton, Jon.
    CAMELBACK FALLS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second mystery set in Phoenix, Arizona, featuring David Mapstone, former history professor, now a consultant and deputy in the Sheriff's department, working on cold cases that become very hot. SIGNED on the title page. This series is especially interesting for the picture it paints of modern Phoenix, a city which literally exploded in size from a city of 100,000 in 1950 to over 4 million now. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-312-304048.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 77728
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  • ARIZONA DREAMS. by Talton, Jon.
    Talton, Jon.
    ARIZONA DREAMS.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Mystery set in Phoenix, Arizona, featuring David Mapstone, part-time history professor, now a consultant and deputy in the Sheriff's department, working on cold cases that become very hot. SIGNED on the title page. This series is especially interesting for the picture it paints of modern Phoenix, a city which literally exploded in size from a city of 100,000 in 1950 to over 4 million now. 206 pp. ISBN: 1-590583183.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 75164
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  • POWERS OF ARREST: A Cincinnati Casebook. by Talton, Jon.
    Talton, Jon.
    POWERS OF ARREST: A Cincinnati Casebook.

    Edition: First printing.

    Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second book in Talton's Cincinnati series, where he makes the Cincinatti come alive - and revels in it it beauty - just as the Mapstone series created a vivid picture of Tucson. "Thanks to spinal tumor surgery, Cincinnati Homicide Detective Will Borders now walks with a cane and lives alone with constant discomfort. . . When a star cop is brutally murdered, he's assigned to find her killer. The crime bears a chilling similarity to killings on the peaceful college campus nearby, where his friend, pain nurse Cheryl Beth Wilson, is now teaching nursing." SIGNED on the title page. 262 pp. ISBN: 978-1590589991.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 75433
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  • MNEMONICA : SYMPHONY IN MNEMONIC MAJOR: Bewitched Music II. by Tamariz, Juan.
    Tamariz, Juan.
    MNEMONICA : SYMPHONY IN MNEMONIC MAJOR: Bewitched Music II.

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    Seattle: Hermetic Press, (2004) dj. Hardcover - "Juan Tamariz is most recognized for his trailblazing work with the memorized deck - a tool with extraordinary potential for creating utterly baffling magic. Over the past two decades, Tamariz has been the recognized leader in its use and, with Simon Aronson in the United States (who contributes an introduction to this book), the most influential. Tamarizs memorized deck stack, Mnemonica, has become a legend with card magicians throughout the world, and within this book he reveals at last its complete workings, as well as teaching the reader how to memorize the stack-forever - in as little as three hours. Accompanying this information are more than a hundred tricks and routines that…

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    Seattle: Hermetic Press, (2004) dj. Hardcover - "Juan Tamariz is most recognized for his trailblazing work with the memorized deck - a tool with extraordinary potential for creating utterly baffling magic. Over the past two decades, Tamariz has been the recognized leader in its use and, with Simon Aronson in the United States (who contributes an introduction to this book), the most influential. Tamarizs memorized deck stack, Mnemonica, has become a legend with card magicians throughout the world, and within this book he reveals at last its complete workings, as well as teaching the reader how to memorize the stack-forever - in as little as three hours. Accompanying this information are more than a hundred tricks and routines that radically expand the range of effects commonly thought possible with a memorized deck, and an annotated bibliography that leads the reader to an amazing body of additional material on the memorized deck, making Mnemonica the most complete study of its subject ever done. Mnemonica is a virtual encyclopedia on the subject of memorized-deck magic, by the worlds leading exponent and one of magics acknowledged masters." Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Translated from the Spanish by Rafael Benatar. Slightly oversized format. Illustrated endpapers. 408 pp. ISBN: 0-945296479.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 86970
    Keywords: Occult and magic
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  • THE JOY LUCK CLUB by Tan, Amy
    Tan, Amy
    THE JOY LUCK CLUB

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Tan's wonderful first novel, the basis for the movie of the same name. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-399-134204.

    Condition: Near fine in a very near fine first issue dustjacket (usual toning to the textblock, original price of $18.95 on dj)

    Book ID: 86341
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  • THE VALLEY OF AMAZEMENT. by Tan, Amy.
    Tan, Amy.
    THE VALLEY OF AMAZEMENT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ecco Press, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - An historical epic, spanning more than forty years from 1897-1937 and two continents - Asia and North America, this is an account of two women's (a mother and daughter) search for identity. Set against "pivotal episodes in history: from the collapse of Chinas last imperial dynasty, to the rise of the Republic, the explosive growth of lucrative foreign trade and anti-foreign sentiment, to the inner workings of courtesan houses and the lives of the foreign 'Shanghailanders' living in the International Settlement, both erased by World War II." 589 pp. ISBN: 978-0062107312.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 74049
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  • THE KITCHEN GOD'S WIFE. by Tan, Amy.
    Tan, Amy.
    THE KITCHEN GOD'S WIFE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel by the author of 'The Joy Luck Club', a story of the gradual unfolding of secrets between sisters and between mother and daughter, secrets stretching back in time to a small village near Shanghai in the 1920s and to China during World War II. SIGNED on the title page. 415 pp. Dust jacket illustration by Gretchen Shields. ISBN: 0-399-135782.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 72023
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  • THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER. by Tan, Amy.
    Tan, Amy.
    THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, 2001. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in contemporary San Francisco and in a small village in China. SIGNED on the title page. Photograph of Amy Tan signing laid in. 353 pp. ISBN: 0-399-146431.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 72024
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  • A HUNDRED SECRET SENSES by Tan, Amy
    Tan, Amy
    A HUNDRED SECRET SENSES

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Putnam, (1995.). SIGNED first edition - Third novel by this Chinese American writer, the story of the relationship between two half-sisters, one who grew up in San Francisco, and the older sister who was born and lived in a remote village in China until she was brought to California to be a caretaker for her sister. SIGNED on the title page. 358 pp.

    Condition: Very good in printed blue wrappers (some minor wear to covers, lower corner a bit bumped, straight uncreased spine)

    Book ID: 66979
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  • A HUNDRED SECRET SENSES by Tan, Amy
    Tan, Amy
    A HUNDRED SECRET SENSES

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel by this Chinese American writer, the story of the relationship between two half-sisters, one who grew up in San Francisco, and the older sister who was born and lived in a remote village in China until she was brought to California to be a caretaker for her sister. 358 pp. ISBN: 0-399-14114-6.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 41350
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  • Tan, Amy.
    THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, 2001. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in contemporary San Francisco and in a small village in China. 353 pp. ISBN: 0-399-146431.

    Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket. (some spine slant.)

    Book ID: 37400
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  • A HUNDRED SECRET SENSES by Tan, Amy
    Tan, Amy
    A HUNDRED SECRET SENSES

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third novel by this Chinese American writer, the story of the relationship between two half-sisters, one who grew up in San Francisco, and the older sister who was born and lived in a remote village in China until she was brought to California to be a caretaker for her sister. INSCRIBED on the title page. 358 pp. ISBN: 0-399-14114-6.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 33989
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  • A HUNDRED SECRET SENSES by Tan, Amy
    Tan, Amy
    A HUNDRED SECRET SENSES

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel by this Chinese American writer, the story of the relationship between two half-sisters, one who grew up in San Francisco, and the older sister who was born and lived in a remote village in China until she was brought to California to be a caretaker for her sister. 358 pp. ISBN: 0-399-14114-6.

    Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket (price-clipped.)

    Book ID: 34767
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  • THE KITCHEN GOD'S WIFE. by Tan, Amy.
    Tan, Amy.
    THE KITCHEN GOD'S WIFE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel by the author of 'The Joy Luck Club', a story of the gradual unfolding of secrets between sisters and between mother and daughter, secrets stretching back in time to a small village near Shanghai in the 1920's and to China during World War II. 415 pp. Dust jacket illustration by Gretchen Shields. ISBN: 0-399-135782.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 35285
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  • THE KITCHEN GOD'S WIFE. by Tan, Amy.
    Tan, Amy.
    THE KITCHEN GOD'S WIFE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel by the author of 'The Joy Luck Club', a story of the gradual unfolding of secrets between sisters and between mother and daughter, secrets stretching back in time to a small village near Shanghai in the 1920's and to China during World War II. SIGNED on the title page. 415 pp. Dust jacket illustration by Gretchen Shields. ISBN: 0-399-135782.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 16893
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  • WHERE THE PAST BEGINS: A Writer's Memoir. by Tan, Amy.
    Tan, Amy.
    WHERE THE PAST BEGINS: A Writer's Memoir.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ecco Press, (2017) dj. Hardcover first edition - A memoir on her "life as a writer, her childhood, and the symbiotic relationship between fiction and emotional memory." Photographs. 357 pp. ISBN: 978-0062319296.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (crease to the outer margin of one page, very short tear to back cover of dj, otherwise appears unread).

    Book ID: 76504
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  • THE VALLEY OF AMAZEMENT. by Tan, Amy.
    Tan, Amy.
    THE VALLEY OF AMAZEMENT.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Ecco Press, (2013). First edition - An historical epic, spanning more than forty years from 1897-1937 and two continents - Asia and North America, this is an account of two women's (a mother and daughter) search for identity. Set against "pivotal episodes in history: from the collapse of Chinas last imperial dynasty, to the rise of the Republic, the explosive growth of lucrative foreign trade and anti-foreign sentiment, to the inner workings of courtesan houses and the lives of the foreign 'Shanghailanders' living in the International Settlement, both erased by World War II." 589 pp. ISBN: 978-0062107312.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 81116
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  • SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING. by Tan, Amy
    Tan, Amy
    SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A very enjoyable novel of twelve American tourists who join an art expedition in "the true Shangri-La" bound for Burma through the jungle. The tour goes bad when the leader dies; .then eleven of the travelers take a boat across a lake on Christmas morning and completely disappear. 447 pp. ISBN: 0-399-153012.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 48289
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  • Saving Fish from Drowning by Tan, Amy
    Tan, Amy
    Saving Fish from Drowning

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Putnam, (2005.). A very enjoyable novel of twelve American tourists who join an art expedition in "the true Shangri-La" bound for Burma through the jungle and the tour goes bad when the leader dies..then eleven of the travelers take a boat across a lake on Christmas morning and completely disappear. 447 pp. ISBN: 0-7394-67263.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 46984
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  • Tan, Amy.
    THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Harper Collins / Flamingo, (2001.). Hardcover first edition - Novel set in contemporary San Francisco and in a small village in China. 339 pp. ISBN: 0-399-146431.

    Condition: Very good.

    Book ID: 47048
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  • THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER. by Tan, Amy.
    Tan, Amy.
    THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Putnam, 2001. dj. SIGNED hardcover - Novel set in contemporary San Francisco and in a small village in China. SIGNED on the title page. 353 pp. ISBN: 0-399-146431.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 23758
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  • Tan, Amy (illustrated by Gretchen Shields)
    THE MOON LADY

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Macmillan, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Tan's first book for children, adapted from her novel "The Joy Luck Club" illustrated in gorgeous full color by Gretchen Shields. SIGNED by Tan on the title page. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-02-788304.

    Condition: Fine in a near fine dustjacket (crinkling to upper edge.) A beautiful copy of a lovely book.

    Book ID: 18437
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  • THE MOON LADY by Tan, Amy (illustrated by Gretchen Shields)
    Tan, Amy (illustrated by Gretchen Shields)
    THE MOON LADY

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Macmillan, 1992. Hardcover first edition - Tan's first book for children, adapted from her novel "The Joy Luck Club" illustrated in full color by Gretchen Shields. SIGNED on the title page. Large format. ISBN: 0-02-788304.

    Condition: Very good in red cloth covered boards, no dj.

    Book ID: 72143
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  • Tan, Amy (illustrated by Gretchen Shields)
    THE MOON LADY

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Macmillan, 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Tan's first book for children, adapted from her novel "The Joy Luck Club" illustrated in gorgeous full color by Gretchen Shields. SIGNED by Tan on the title page. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-02-788304.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 8100
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  • EROTIC FANTASTIC: The Best of Circlet Press, 1992-2002. by Tan, Cecilia, editor. Francesca Lia Block, signed.
    Tan, Cecilia, editor. Francesca Lia Block, signed.
    EROTIC FANTASTIC: The Best of Circlet Press, 1992-2002.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Cambridge, MA: Circlet Press, 2003. SIGNED first edition - An anthology containing 23 of the best stories, published by Circlet Press in the first 10 years of its existence - among the contributors are Francesca Lia Block, Evan Hollander, Laura Antoniou, Catherine Asaro and others. SIGNED by TWO authors: on the title page by editor and founder of the press, Cecilia Tan, and by Francesca Lia Block at her story "Milagro." Laid in is a catalogue of the press's offerings. Notes on the contributors. 344 pp. ISBN: 1885865449.

    Condition: Fine (as new) in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 26056
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  • EROTIC FANTASTIC: The Best of Circlet Press, 1992-2002. by Tan, Cecilia, editor. Francesca Lia Block, signed.
    Tan, Cecilia, editor. Francesca Lia Block, signed.
    EROTIC FANTASTIC: The Best of Circlet Press, 1992-2002.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Cambridge, MA: Circlet Press, 2003. SIGNED first edition - An anthology containing 23 of the best stories, published by Circlet Press in the first 10 years of its existence - among the contributors are Francesca Lia Block, Evan Hollander, Laura Antoniou, Catherine Asaro and others. SIGNED by TWO authors: INSCRIBED on the title page by editor and founder of the press, Cecilia Tan, and SIGNED by Francesca Lia Block at her story "Milagro." Laid in is a catalogue of the press's offerings. Notes on the contributors. 344 pp. ISBN: 1-885865-449.

    Condition: Fine (as new) in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 26057
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  • Tan, Maureen.
    AKA JANE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel featuring MI5 agent Jane Nicols - described as 'more daring than James Bond, sexier than Emma Peel...'. ISBN: 0-89296-6580.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 33263
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