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THE NATURE OF TRUTH.
Edition: First printing.
Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second book, first novel - 'Intelligent and literate, [this is] a convention-challenging philosophical thriller' - this story of a young researcher of Mexican-German heritage working for a renowned Yale professor who comes upon a letter he wrote decades before mocking the Holocaust. SIGNED on the title page. A title in the Latino Voices series. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-810119919.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 37968More details Price: $35.00 -
THE EXCEPTION.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Carroll & Graf, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - Another rather quirky and offbeat novel set in Northern California. 279 pp. ISBN: 0-88184-6260.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 35792More details Price: $15.00 -
TAINTED MILLION.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover.
San Francisco: Russian Hill Press, (1998.). First edition - A rather uncommon and decidedly offbeat novel by the author of "The Holy Man" and others. Jenny only wants the simple things in life, but when her former lover takes a dive off the Golden Gate bridge and leaves her an ill-gotten million dollars, things get very complicated. 204 pp. ISBN: 0-9653524-12.
Condition: Good overall - some minor wear to covers, small stain to the upper margin of several pages at the end.
Book ID: 45395More details Price: $15.00 -
PURSUED BY THE CROOKED MAN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper & Row, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A witty and informal novel of a woman 'lying low but living high in Marin County' but the humorous tone belies the fact that her life is being threatened. Warmly INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "To J... On the occasion of our meeting & the feeling of being with an old friend" dated in Mill Valley, California in the year of publication. 239 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0158530.
Condition: Good only in near fine dust jacket - notations on the endpapers, scattered ink underlining, marginal comments.
Book ID: 39584More details Price: $20.00 -
CRANE SPREADS WINGS: A Bigamist's Story.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Molly Giles described this book using adjectives I agree with completely: 'Trott writes with sweet ebullience and gentle humor. Crane spreads WIngs is her best novel so far: mischievous, fresh, wise and charming.' Warmly and personally INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "Warm wishes to Judy. I hope you enjoy your new position. There is no better life than the life of books!" 222 pp. ISBN: 0-385-49234-0.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 50152More details Price: $25.00 -
THE HOUSEWIFE AND THE ASSASSIN.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1987.). The author's first novel, set in Marin County, California - both appealing and humorous and very much Marin County! 264 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0971185.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (usual light toning to the pages).
Book ID: 54328More details Price: $12.00 -
THE HOLY MAN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Riverhead Books, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Suffering from insomnia, Trott imagined a line of pilgrims waiting to see a guru, the holy man. Each chapter tells the story of a pilgrim and his troubles. Small square format. 173 pp. ISBN: 1-57322-002-7.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (prev owner's name obscured on front endpaper, price-clipped dj - but otherwise tight and clean.)
Book ID: 56743More details Price: $12.50 -
THE EXCEPTION.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Carroll & Graf, 1990. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Another rather quirky and offbeat novel set in Northern California. SIGNED by author on title page. 279 pp. ISBN: 0-88184-6260.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (appears unread, but some handling wear to dj)
Book ID: 77483More details Price: $21.50 -
MR. PRIVACY.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, 1972. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's hard to find first book, illustrated by Marsha Guminski. ISBN: 0-316-853003.
Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, closed tear to dj at top of spine.)
Book ID: 24022More details Price: $30.00 -
PURSUED BY THE CROOKED MAN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper & Row, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A witty and informal novel of a woman 'lying low but living high in Marin County' but the humorous tone belies the fact that her life is being threatened. SIGNED on the title page. 239 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0158530.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 24672More details Price: $35.00 -
CRANE SPREADS WINGS: A Bigamist's Story.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - Molly Giles described this book using adjectives I agree with completely: 'Trott writes with sweet ebullience and gentle humor. Crane spreads WIngs is her best novel so far: mischievous, fresh, wise and charming.'. ISBN: 0-385-49234-0.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 31981More details Price: $16.00 -
SIGHTINGS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - California author's 5th novel - Martin Cruz Smith described this book as "a mystery, a muddle, an emotional house of mirrors, and it has one of the most satisfying ends of any book you will read this year.". ISBN: 0-671-638041.
Condition: Very near fine in like dj.
Book ID: 11428More details Price: $17.00 -
MR. PRIVACY.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, 1972. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's hard to find first book, illustrated by Marsha Guminski. ISBN: 0-316-853003.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dustjacket (light edgewear, previous owner's name on flap.)
Book ID: 16822More details Price: $27.50 -
WEATHER REPORTS, New and Selected Poems
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harlem River Press, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The relatively uncommon hardcover issue of this collection by this award-winning African American poet and writer, who was chosen poet laureate of California and resigned that position amidst controversy. SIGNED on the title page by the author. ISBN: 0-86316-0034.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dustjacket (light edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 10236More details Price: $65.00 -
AVALANCHE: Poems.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1996. SIGNED first edition - A collection of poems by this African American writer, illustrated with art by Jose Bedia. Warmly INSCRIBED on the title page- "Here's to the power of language sluicing through poetry. Hope you enjoy some of these poems" - and dated in 2002, by this award winning poet and writer, who was, briefly, the first poet laureate of California. 126 pp. Tipped inside the front cover and on the first page are articles related to his resignation as poet laurate of California. Laid in is the newsletter "Poetry Now" with two poems by Troupe, and announcing his appearance the Sacramento Poetry Center's annual writer's conference. ISBN: 1-56689-0446.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 68651More details Price: $20.00 -
WEATHER REPORTS, New and Selected Poems
Edition: First printing in wrappers, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
New York: Harlem River Press, 1991. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED on the title page by this award winning poet and writer, who was, briefly, the first official poet laureate of California. ISBN: 0-86313-0034.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (corners just slightly curling.)
Book ID: 25565More details Price: $35.00 -
AVALANCHE: Poems.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1996. SIGNED first edition - Nicely INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 1999, by this award winning poet and writer, who was, briefly, the first poet laureate of California. ISBN: 1-56689-0446.
Condition: Fine (as new.)
Book ID: 25883More details Price: $16.00 -
THE ARCHITECTURE OF LANGUAGE: Poems.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2006. First edition - A collection of poems by this African American writer inspired by contemporary music, art, literature, sports and the peace of the Caribbean. Glossary. 103 pp. ISBN: 978-1566891905.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (crease to lower corner of front cover).
Book ID: 76906More details Price: $15.00 -
THE MONKEY SUIT and Other Short Fiction on African Americans and Justice.
Edition: First printing.
New York: The New Press, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book by this African American law professor - a collection of 10 stories based on classic legal cases involving black Americas during slavery and after - an imaginative combination of legal research and literature.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket (as new.)
Book ID: 13401More details Price: $20.00 -
THE ADVENTURES OF INSPECTOR LESTRADE.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
[Washington, D.C.]: Gateway Mystery, 1998. Victorian era mystery set in 1891, in an England still reeling from the horror of the Jack the Ripper murders. The first offering in this series of 16 titles, and the inaugural book in Gateway's new line of mysteries. 224 pp.
Condition: Near fine in printed red wrappers (light crease on front cover.)
Book ID: 50563More details Price: $12.50 -
THE ADVENTURES OF INSPECTOR LESTRADE.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
[Washington, D.C.]: Gateway Mystery, 1998. Victorian era mystery set in 1891, in an England still reeling from the horror of the Jack the Ripper murders. The first offering in this series of 16 titles, and the inaugural book in Gateway's new line of mysteries. 224 pp.
Condition: Fine in printed red wrappers (publisher's letter laid in.)
Book ID: 50564More details Price: $18.50 -
MARTIN MERRIVALE HIS X MARK.
Edition: Reprint.
New York: Hurst and Company, nd (ca 1910, c 1854). Hardcover - Juvenile novel originally published in 1854 by this Northern writer best known for his nonfiction balanced and fair studies of the South after the Civil War, and as a friend of Mark Twain and Walt Whitman. Glossy frontispiece. 384 pp.
Condition: Very good in illustrated boards (usual noticeable age-toning to the pages)
Book ID: 65967More details Price: $13.50 -
MOURNING DOVES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a collection of stories set in the West, South and Southwest. 178 pp. ISBN: 0-684193698.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 41761More details Price: $18.00 -
FLOATING
Edition: First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition.
New York: Pocket Books, 1998. SIGNED first edition - Author's first book, and winner of the first MTV fiction contest. Advance praise from Larry Watson, among others. The story of Ruby, 25 years old, with a husband in prison and an 8 year old son, who is determined to break free of a life going nowhere - and to leave Whitticker AZ, pop 641. INSCRIBED on title page.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers, as issued.
Book ID: 8556More details Price: $18.00 -
STILL A FEW BUGS IN THE SYSTEM : A Doonesbury Book
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974.
Condition: VG (some writing on front cover)
Book ID: 10146More details Price: $10.00 -
ASK FOR MAY, SETTLE FOR JUNE: A Doonesbury Book.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1982.). First edition - Black and white Doonesbury cartoons - political satire and commentary on the foibles of modern life. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-030617316.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (sunning to spine and edge of cover, crease on front cover).
Book ID: 39366More details Price: $10.00 -
THE BUSY LITTLE HONEYBEE.
Edition: First or early edition.
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, (1936). Hardcover - An appealing introduction to bees and a basic guide to beekeeping, written for children and illustrated with photographs and drawings by Jane Gleason. Small oblong format. 63 pp.
Condition: Fair condition only in illustrated boards (the endpapers have been decorated with drawings by a previous owners, tear to margin of last leaf, some wear to the covers - but contents are clean.)
Book ID: 84282More details Price: $14.50 -
THE SPERM DONOR'S DAUGHTER and Other Tales of Modern Family.
Edition: First printing.
Sag Harbor, NY: The Permanent Press, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book. In addition to the title novella, this includes five short stories. SIGNED on the title page. 166 pp. ISBN: 1-57962006X.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81550More details Price: $28.50 -
A HISTORY OF WEST AFRICA, AD 1000-1965.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
Nairobi, Kenya: East African Publishing House, (E.A.P.H.), (1975). First edition - While this is a good general history of West Africa, it was also written to cover the syllabus and examination requirements for the West Africa paper as part of the East African Certificate Illustrated with photographs and maps. Includes a glossary, sources, suggestions for further reading, revision notes, questions and an index. 274 pp.
Condition: Very good - previous owner's name stamped, some minor wear to covers - uncommon.
Book ID: 82871More details Price: $27.50 -
FRANCISCA REINA And Other Poems.
Edition: First thus.
Condition: Very good in pale gray paper-covered boards with a cloth spine, dark blue and gold lettering and decorations (corners slightly bumped, slight fraying to side of the spine.)
Book ID: 36951More details Price: $20.00
