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I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE: Rumor in African-American Culture.
Edition: First edition.
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Folklorist Turner covers the prevalent rumors of the African -American community, from whispers of cannibalism in the 1600s to conspiracy theories today. Includes a bibliography whose sources range from anthropologists to contempory songs and movies. Notes, index. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-520-081854.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 5515More details Price: $25.00 -
THE MORMON ESTABLISHMENT.
Edition: 2nd printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966. dj. Hardcover - Described as 'a friendly, yet frank and critical examination' of the Mormons - or, to use their preferred name - the Latter-Day Saints - as they stand today. Includes chapters devoted to the Mormon doctrine on the inferiority of Negroes and also on polygamy, once a central doctrine of the church, now officially outlawed, yet still practiced. the history of the Mormons in the US is inextricably linked with the history of the westward movement. Illustrated, index. 343 pp.
Condition: Very good in good dust jacket (chip on back cover of dj, other edgewear.)
Book ID: 30890More details Price: $12.50 -
PAUL BUNYAN, THE WORK GIANT.
Edition: Early printing.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated boards (previous owner's name) in a very good dust jacket with some toning, especially to the spine and front flap, and a few small chips to the edges. Laid in ephemera is fine.
Book ID: 85573More details Price: $30.00 -
GREAT ARTISTS: 26 Master Painters.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Abelard, (1953) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book written for older children to introduce them to 26 artists over the centuries from DaVinci and Michelango to El Greco, Goya, Millet, Whistler, Van Gogh and others. 286 pp.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (discoloration from tape on the dj flaps and endpapers)
Book ID: 84096More details Price: $15.00 -
FLAXEN BRAIDS: A Chapter from a Real Swedish Childhood.
Edition: First thus.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, (1959.) dj. Hardcover - Originally published in 1937, this charming story about a family moving to northern Sweden was based on the childhood experiences of the author's mother. Written for older children, this is a revised version with new illustrations by Polly Jackson. 197 pp.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (some toning to the spine of the dj.) Uncommon in this condition.
Book ID: 49641More details Price: $18.00 -
HEARTS ARE THE FIELDS.
Edition: Family Bookshelf edition.
New York: David McKay Company, (1962.) dj. Hardcover - The author's third book. "Set in the farm country of Minnesota in the early 1900s, this is a novel about a domineering father and the interplay of his will and the wills of his children, who turn out to have minds of their own." Illustrated with decorations by Vera Bock. 183 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 74170More details Price: $15.00 -
INNOCENT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The long awaited sequel to his first novel, "Presumed Innocent." SIGNED on the title page. 406 pp. ISBN: 978-0446-562423.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (usual toning to edges of textblock, initials on front endpaper).
Book ID: 72033More details Price: $25.00 -
PERSONAL INJURIES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A legal thriller by one of the masters of the genre -"a novel about corruption, deceit, and love. Robbie Feaver is a charismatic personal injury lawyer with a high profile practice, a way with the ladies, and a beautiful wife (whom he loves), who is dying of an irreversible illness. He also has a secret bank account where he occasionally deposits funds that make their way into the pockets of the judges who decide Robbie's cases"- that is, until he is caught by the Feds and agrees to wear a wire in exchange for leniency. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 403 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-374281947.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 72036More details Price: $25.00 -
IDENTICAL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2013( dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel of "murder, sex, and betrayal. State Senator Paul Giannis is a candidate for Mayor of Kindle County. His identical twin brother Cass is newly released from prison, 25 years after pleading guilty to the murder of his girlfriend, Dita Kronon." When an ex-FBI agent, Evon Miller, who is the head of security for the Kronon family business, and private investigator Tim Brodie reopen the investigation of Dita's death, they discover that things are not as they seem. SIGNED and dated on the title page. Author's note. 371 pp. ISBN: 978-1455527205.
Condition: Fine in near fine gold foil dust jacket.
Book ID: 72539More details Price: $30.00 -
REVERSIBLE ERRORS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2002. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Taut legal thriller about death penalty litigation. SIGNED on the title page. 433 pp. ISBN: 0-374-281602.
Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (nick at top edge of dj).
Book ID: 70309More details Price: $27.50 -
INNOCENT.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2010.). SIGNED first edition - The long awaited sequel to his first novel, "Presumed Innocent." SIGNED on the title page. 406 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (a new copy.) An uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 47802More details Price: $35.00 -
BURDEN OF PROOF.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1990.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second legal thriller by one of the masters of the form. SIGNED on the title page. 513 pp. ISBN: 0-374-117349.
Condition: Good in good dust jacket (bookstore stamp on front endpaper, edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 48915More details Price: $21.50 -
REVERSIBLE ERRORS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2002. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Taut legal thriller about death penalty litigation. SIGNED by Turow on the title page. 433 pp. ISBN: 0-374-281602.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 26073More details Price: $30.00 -
PRESUMED INNOCENT.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 1987. dj. SIGNED hardcover - Author's second novel, a powerful courtroom thriller involving the rape and murder of an ambitious deputy prosecutor. SIGNED on the title page. 431 pp. ISBN: 0-374-237131.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (spine slant, toning to pages, prev owner's initials.)
Book ID: 40633More details Price: $17.50 -
PLEADING GUILTY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A legal thriller by one of the masters of the form. SIGNED on the title page. 386 pp. ISBN: 0-374-234574.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 41344More details Price: $30.00 -
BURDEN OF PROOF.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1990.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A legal thriller by one of the masters of the form. SIGNED on the title page. 513 pp. ISBN: 0-374-117349.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 59963More details Price: $27.50 -
THE LAWS OF OUR FATHERS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His fourth legal thriller. SIGNED on the title page. 534 pp. ISBN: 0-374-184232.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 59964More details Price: $30.00 -
PLEADING GUILTY.
Edition: First trade edition.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A legal thriller by one of the masters of the form. SIGNED bookplate laid in. 386 pp. ISBN: 0-374-234574.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 61581More details Price: $27.50 -
REVERSIBLE ERRORS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2002. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Taut legal thriller about death penalty litigation. SIGNED by Turow on the title page with the words "Best wishes" and dated in 2003. 433 pp. ISBN: 0-374-281602.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 62213More details Price: $30.00 -
WHO WATCHETH.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: SOHO Press, (2016). An Inspector Irene Huss investigation, translated from the Swedish by Marlaine Delargy. 291pp plus 15 pp preview of 'Protected by the Shadows.". ISBN: 978-1616958657.
Condition: Fine (a new copy.)
Book ID: 72192More details Price: $12.00 -
WORLDWAR: STRIKING THE BALANCE.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Ballantine, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The fourth and final book in this alternate history of World War II. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 2000. 465 pp. Dust jacket by Stan Watts. ISBN: 0-345405501.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 69038More details Price: $17.50 -
WORLDWAR: TILTING THE BALANCE.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Ballantine, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The second book in this alternate history of World War II. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 2000. 478 pp. Dust jacket by Stan Watts. ISBN: 0-345389972.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 69039More details Price: $17.50 -
WORLDWAR: IN THE BALANCE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ballantine, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in this alternate history of World War II. - Germany, Russia, France, China and Japan were engaged in a titanic struggle - and then the real enemy came - inhuman invaders with technology far beyond that found on earth. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 2000. 488 pp. Dust jacket by Bob Eggleton. ISBN: 0-345382412.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 69040More details Price: $27.50 -
COUP D'ETAT: The War That Came Early, #4.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ballantine, (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth volume in this alternate history of World War II. SIGNED on the title page. 416 pp. ISBN: 978-0-345-524652.
Condition: Fine in a very good dust jacket (tear at fold of dj on rear cover)
Book ID: 67993More details Price: $28.50 -
THE UNITED STATES OF ATLANTIS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: New American Library - ROC. (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Novel Of Alternate History - "England has driven the French from Atlantis. . . The Redcoats have seized the continent's eastern coastal towns, depriving the Atlanteans of the markets where they sell their goods as part of a strategy to bend the colonists to their will.Instead, England's tactics have only strengthened the Atlanteans' resolve to be free." SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 978-0451462367.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 70668More details Price: $30.00 -
SUPERVOLCANO: THINGS FALL APART.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: New American Library - ROC, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Novel of the aftermath of a supervolcano's eruption in Yellowstone Park - America is covered with ash, farmers can no longer produce food, and the climate is growing colder everyday. SIGNED on the title page. 405 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 73364More details Price: $25.00 -
OPENING ATLANTIS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: New American Library - ROC. (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in an epic new trilogy of a world where the 8th continent - Atlantis - has been discovered. SIGNED on the title page. 440 pp. Jacket art by Steve Stone. ISBN: 978-0451461742.
Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (remainder line, some light toning to the pages).
Book ID: 73797More details Price: $25.00 -
COLONIZATION: Down to Earth.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Del Rey - Ballantine, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Book Two in the Colonization epic, a blend of speculative historical fiction in which the Nazis were triumphant in World War II until the alien invasion. SIGNED on the title page. 489 pp. Dust jacket art by Tim O'Brien. ISBN: 0-345-430204.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 57714More details Price: $23.50 -
COLONIZATION: Second Contract.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Del Rey - Ballantine, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The first book in the Colonization epic, a blend of speculative historical fiction in which the Nazis were triumphant in World War II until the alien invasion. SIGNED on the title page. 489 pp. Dust jacket art by Tim O'Brien. ISBN: 0-345-430204.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 57715More details Price: $21.50 -
The Great War: WALK IN HELL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ballantine, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Book Three in the epic Great War series. An alternate history of the War to end all Wars, which in 1915 has exploded onto American soil - an America still divided between the United States and the Confederate States. INSCRIBED on title page by author "for --- best" and dated in 2009. Maps. 484 pp. ISBN: 0-345-405617.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 57717More details Price: $25.00
