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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN: The Complete and Authoritative Edition, Volume 1.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86683More details Price: $45.00 -
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN: The Complete and Authoritative Edition, Volume 1.
Edition: First printing.
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - First edition of the first volume of Twain's autobiography, assembled by the Mark Twain Project of The Bancroft Library and first published on the 100th anniversary of the author's death based on his strict instructions, uncensored and exactly as he wrote it, brimming with humor, ideas and opinions. Includes list of manuscripts, black and white photographs, explanatory notes and appendices, index. A massive volume - xix, 736 pp. Despite its size, this monumental work went into several printings, and the true first with a complete number line is quite uncommon. The first printing was reported as only 7500 copies, a very small number for a book which was unexpectedly very popular. ISBN: 978-0520267190.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 85989More details Price: $75.00 -
MISSISSIPPI PILOT: With Mark Twain on the Great River.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1954. dj. Hardcover first edition - A title in the Cavalcade series for older children. 253 pgs, illustrated endpapers.
Condition: Near fine in a very good- dustjacket (partially price-clipped, chip on front cover, other edgewear.)
Book ID: 12989More details Price: $18.00 -
OUT OF THE BLEACHERS: Writings on Women and Sport
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
New York: Feminist Press & McGraw-Hill, 1979. First edition - An interesting anthology of 20 historical and contemporary selections, including essays, journalism, biography and autobiography, including selections by professional athletes like Althea Gibson and Wyllye B. White, Paul Gallico on Gertrude Ederle's record breaking Channel swim, Frances Willard on learning to ride a bicycle, and more. Photographs, index. 229 pp.
Condition: Very good - (fading to spine and edges of covers).
Book ID: 23458More details Price: $12.00 -
THE DOUBLE EAGLE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, featuring art thief Tom Kirk and FBI agent Jennifer Brown. 386 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0762098.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 47676More details Price: $18.00 -
HAWAII AND ITS PEOPLE: The Land of Rainbow and Palm.
Edition: First edition.
Boston: Silver, Burdett, (1899). Hardcover first edition - Written for older children, this is part of the Series of Geographical Readers: The World and Its People. Map frontispiece, illustrated with many black and white photographs. Index. 384 pp.
Condition: Near fine in teal cloth with burgundy lettering (bookplate, bit of rubbing to spine).
Book ID: 76271More details Price: $30.00 -
WINGS OF STONE.
Edition: First printing.
New York & London: Reader's International, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in the Philippines in the last years of Marcos rule. Cover painting by Filipino artist Ben Cabrera.
Condition: Usual browning to the pages as is common with publisher's books, one short closed tear to dj, overall near fine in a near fine dj.
Book ID: 12669More details Price: $20.00 -
AWAITING TRESPASS (A PASION.)
Edition: First printing.
New York & London: Reader's International, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which could not be published in the author's native Philippines - but the first of her novels to be published in the US or UK. ISBN: 0-930523-113.
Condition: Usual browning to the pages as is common with publisher's books, otherwise very near fine in a fine dj.
Book ID: 18351More details Price: $25.00 -
A LITTLE TOO MUCH IS ENOUGH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised first novel, the story of a young girl growing up in a Hawaiian-Chinese family in the years after World War II. 226 pp. ISBN: 0-374-189501.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dustjacket (one nick to top edge.)
Book ID: 12650More details Price: $20.00 -
MAKAI.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1999.). First edition - Story of two Chinese-Hawaiian women, who come of age in the years after Pearl Harbor, and live very different lives - one remaining in Honolulu, the other going 'makai' - towards the sea - all the way to Florida. 289 pp
Condition: Fine in glossy white illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 62980More details Price: $21.50 -
A LITTLE TOO MUCH IS ENOUGH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised first novel, the story of a young girl growing up in a Hawaiian-Chinese family in the years after World War II. SIGNED on the title page with the word "Aloha." 226 pp. ISBN: 0-374-189501.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 49309More details Price: $30.00 -
A LITTLE TOO MUCH IS ENOUGH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised first novel, the story of a young girl growing up in a Hawaiian-Chinese family in the years after World War II. INSCRIBED on the title page. 226 pp. ISBN: 0-374-189501.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 36633More details Price: $30.00 -
MAKAI.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Story of two Chinese-Hawaiian women, who come of age in the years after Pearl Harbor, and live very different lives - one remaining in Honolulu, the other going 'makai' - towards the sea - all the way to Florida. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-374-200009.
Condition: Good only in very good dust jacket (missing front endpaper, otherwise contents would be fine).
Book ID: 43500More details Price: $12.50 -
STAR WARS: THE TRUCE AT BAKURA
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bantam, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition -. ISBN: 0-553-095412.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (gift inscription on half title page.)
Book ID: 8292More details Price: $14.50 -
BREATHING LESSONS.
Edition: 1st trade edition.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Tyler's 11th novel, and one of her best - Pulitzer Prize winner. ISBN: 0-394-572343.
Condition: Just about fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 7783More details Price: $20.00 -
SAINT MAYBE
Edition: First trade edition.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in Baltimore - as many of her novels are - this is the story of a young man who, as an attempt to attone for the wrong he thinks he has done his brother, finds himself raising his brother's three children. Reviewer Lee Lescaze commented on Tyler's extraordinary talent which 'can crush the heart with the hopelessness on one page and liftit with love and humor on the next.'. ISBN: 0-679-403612.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 7784More details Price: $15.00 -
BREATHING LESSONS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Tyler's 11th novel, and one of her best - Pulitzer Prize winner. ISBN: 0-394-572343.
Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (crease on dj flap)
Book ID: 7785More details Price: $17.50 -
SAINT MAYBE
Edition: First trade edition.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in Baltimore - as many of her novels are - this is the story of a young man who, as an attempt to attone for the wrong he thinks he has done his brother, finds himself raising his brother's three children. Reviewer Lee Lescaze commented on Tyler's extraordinary talent which 'can crush the heart with the hopelessness on one page and liftit with love and humor on the next.'. ISBN: 0-679-403612.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (prev owner's first name stamped on front endpaper.)
Book ID: 7786More details Price: $12.50 -
LADDER OF YEARS.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. A 40 year old woman, vacationing at the beach with her family, decides to walk away from it all. Chosen by Time Magazine as one of the10 best books of the year.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (reading creases and slant to spine).
Book ID: 8559More details Price: $12.00 -
SAINT MAYBE
Edition: First trade edition.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in Baltimore - as many of her novels are - this is the story of a young man who, as an attempt to attone for the wrong he thinks he has done his brother, finds himself raising his brother's three children. Reviewer Lee Lescaze commented on Tyler's extraordinary talent which 'can crush the heart with the hopelessness on one page and liftit with love and humor on the next.'. ISBN: 0-679-403612.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dust jacket (remainder mark)
Book ID: 8977More details Price: $12.50 -
BREATHING LESSONS.
Edition: 1st trade edition.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Tyler's 11th novel, and one of her best - Pulitzer Prize winner. ISBN: 0-394-572343.
Condition: Very near fine in like dustjacket.
Book ID: 10652More details Price: $18.00 -
PATCHWORK PLANET.
Edition: First trade edition.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her 14th novel, set in Baltimore - the story of a lovable loser trying to get his life back together. 287 pp. ISBN: 0-375-40256x.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 15861More details Price: $15.00 -
LADDER OF YEARS.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 7024More details Price: $20.00 -
LADDER OF YEARS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - A 40 year old woman, vacationing at the beach with her family, decides to walk away from it all. Chosen by Time Magazine as one of the10 best books of the year.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 7025More details Price: $20.00 -
A SLIPPING-DOWN LIFE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. dj. Hardcover first edition - Tyler's rather elusive third novel.
Condition: Ex-library, with missing front endpaper, but in a near fine dustjacket. While much of the value in the dustjacket, this is a reasonably straight and clean copy, and the overall appearance is attractive.
Book ID: 16969More details Price: $85.00 -
THE AMATEUR MARRIAGE.
Edition: First printing.
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel about a mismatched couple, and its consequences spanning three generations. 306 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 68727More details Price: $16.50 -
NOAH'S COMPASS.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. dj. First edition - A novel by this author whom John Updike called "wickedly good" - the story of a schoolteacher, forced to retire at 61, coming to terms with the rest of his life. With an announced first printing of 300,000 copies, this advance issue is much less common than the trade edition. 276 pp.
Condition: Fine in printed blue wrappers with the art from the dust jacket cover bound in.
Book ID: 66982More details Price: $30.00 -
A SPOOL OF BLUE THREAD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her twentieth novel, the story of generations of the Whitshank family, set (as are most of her books) in Baltimore. Shortlisted for the Man-Booker award (only the 2nd US author to be on that list) 358 pp. ISBN: 978-1101874271.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 69441More details Price: $18.50 -
THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST.
Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. dj. Hardcover - Her 'break-through' novel, and the basis for the award-winning movie of the same name. ISBN: 0-394-54689x.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 52539More details Price: $12.50 -
BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. dj. Hardcover first edition - Perhaps it is women who relate most to the wonderful opening sentence of this novel:'Once upon a time there was a woman who discovered she turned into the wrong person.' but I think the dilemmas faced by her characters are much more universal. A wise, sometimes funny book, set in her hometown of Baltimore, basis for the recent movie of the same name. ISBN: 0-376-412530.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 32150More details Price: $15.00
