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LETTERS TO ALICE ON FIRST READING JANE AUSTEN.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Carroll & Graf, 1990. A series of letters from Weldon to an imaginary niece who cannot understand why she should read Jane Austen's books. Both funny and wise, this is a wonderful book for all those who love Austen - and for those who haven't learned to yet. ISBN: 0-88184-599x.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 76311More details Price: $11.50 -
TROUBLE (original title: Affliction)
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Viking, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Another witty, vengeful and enticing look at the institution of marriage. ISBN: 0-670-84148x.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 27233More details Price: $16.50 -
THE CLONING OF JOANNA MAY.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Viking, 1990. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in the near future - a woman discovers the four daughters, sisters, cloned from her whom she had never known about - SIGNED by author on title page. ISBN: 0-670-830909.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (a tight and unread copy with slight signs of handling or shelfwear, remainder line.)
Book ID: 19286More details Price: $35.00 -
WORDS OF ADVICE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Random House, 1977. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her fifth novel, an ironic pitting of a romantic 19 year old against the more wealthy and more wordly - SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-394-405471.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (some crinkling to the bottom edge of the back cover of the dj.)
Book ID: 19290More details Price: $50.00 -
REMEMBER ME.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Random House, 1976. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her fourth novel. ISBN: 0-394-405544.
Condition: Very good- in a very good-dustjacket (stains on front endpaper, crease on spine of dj.)
Book ID: 19960More details Price: $16.00 -
PRAXIS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Summit Books, 1978. dj. Hardcover first edition -. ISBN: 0-671-400614.
Condition: Very good in a good dustjacket ( rem mark, price-clipped, some soling and edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 19961More details Price: $13.00 -
THE HEARTS AND LIVES OF MEN.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Viking, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-670-820989.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 19965More details Price: $35.00 -
LEADER OF THE BAND.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Viking, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Another witty, irreverent, charming and acerbic look at marriage, love, growing up and fantasies. SIGNED on the title page by Weldon. ISBN: 0-670-824402.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (appears unread, remainder line.)
Book ID: 19966More details Price: $35.00 -
DARCY'S UTOPIA.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Viking, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A look, both satirical and funny, at a woman who, given the chance, is determined to rip apart the old order and start fresh. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-670-836451.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 19967More details Price: $35.00 -
DARCY'S UTOPIA.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Viking, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - A look, both satirical and funny, at a woman who, given the chance, is determined to rip apart the old order and start fresh. ISBN: 0-670-836451.
Condition: Near fine in a like dustjacket (appears unread, but remainder line bottom edge, a little shelfwear to dj)
Book ID: 19968More details Price: $15.00 -
LIFE FORCE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Viking, 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel of art, sex and love. SIGNED on the title page. Dustjacket designed by Michael Ian Kay and Melissa Hayden features a photograph of Michaelangelo's David, with a discreetly placed wraparound band. ISBN: 0-670-841463.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 19969More details Price: $35.00 -
PRAXIS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Summit Books, 1978. dj. Hardcover first edition -. ISBN: 0-671-400614.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 26359More details Price: $18.00 -
THE CLONING OF JOANNA MAY.
Edition: First American edition.
New York: Viking, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in the near future - a woman discovers the four daughters, sisters, cloned from her whom she had never known about -. ISBN: 0-670-830909.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dustjacket (price-clipped.)
Book ID: 17095More details Price: $12.50 -
PRAXIS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Summit Books, 1978. dj. Hardcover first edition -. ISBN: 0-671-400614.
Condition: Very good in a very good dustjacket (neat prev owner's name, rem mark, some edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 17096More details Price: $15.00 -
SPLITTING
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995. First edition - A wickedly incisive picture of modern divorce.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 5562More details Price: $15.00 -
REMEMBER ME.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Random House, 1976. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her fourth novel. ISBN: 0-394-405544.
Condition: Very good in a very good dustjacket (some soiling to the upper edge of the textblock.)
Book ID: 13786More details Price: $18.00 -
PARTY PUDDLE
Edition: First printing.
London: Collins, 1989. Hardcover first edition - Author'shard-to-find book for younger children, the story of Roger who was in such a bad mood that he tore up his party invitation, stamped in a puddle and splashed his little sister, and then crawled under his bed like a bear in his den. Colorful illustrations by Carol Wright.
Condition: F/NF (price clipped with a sticker with dollar price added.)
Book ID: 6879More details Price: $30.00 -
THE ANNOTATED "HERE" and Selected Poems.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, (2000). First edition - An award-winning collection of poems by this innovative writer - an Academy of American Poets Lenore Marshall Prize finalist and Village Voice Best Book of the Year, a book which "...maps and annotates a world we can almost touch and see, yet which is clearly a space of the mind."(Rosemarie Waldrop) Slightly oversized format, 148 pp. ISBN: 1-566890985.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers. (some upper corners lightly creased)
Book ID: 86206More details Price: $17.50 -
LOST WORLDS OF AFRICA.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket. (minor wear to edges of dj.)
Book ID: 37006More details Price: $18.00 -
BALLADS OF ELDORADO.
Edition: Limited first edition.
San Francisco: Book Club of California. 1940. Hardcover first edition - Anthology of poems about early California arranged in three sections: The Period of Spain and Mexico, Days of the 'Forty-nine, and San Francisco. Among the poets included are Ambrose Bierce, Bret Harte, Gelett Burgess, Bayard Taylor, Joaquin Miller and others. Very attractively illustrated by Barse Miller with hillside scenes of San Francisco on the endpapers continued on double facing pages preceding the title page and after the final page of text. Issued in a limited edition of 300 copies by the Ward Ritchie Press. x, 46.
Condition: Fine in beige boards with dark brown illustrations.
Book ID: 82169More details Price: $35.00 -
FIRST INTO NAGASAKI: The Censored Eyewitness Dispatches on Postatomic Japan and Its Prisoners of War.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Crown, (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - George Weller was a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who covered World War II across Europe and then set out to explore the devastation inflicted on Nagasaki. Censored by General MacArthur in 1945, lost for 60 years, these never-before-published reports provide a moving, unparalleled look at the bomb that killed more than 70,000 people and ended WWII. Also includes other published reports on the horrors of Japan's Pow Camps. Foreword by Walter Cronkite. Edited with an essay by Anthony Weller, the son of George Weller. Photographs. 320 pp. ISBN: 0-307-342018.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 45137More details Price: $18.00 -
SOUTH AFRICAN TOWNSHIP BARBERSHOPS & SALONS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Mark Batty Publisher, (2011). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of color photographs of some of the most vibrant South African businesses - barbershops & salons, and their painted signs, advertisements, interiors and decoration - in Johannesburg, the rural townships, Durban and Capetown. Striking and very visually appealing, as well as a close look at a part of South Africa often overlooked. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. Slightly oversized format. Promotional card laid in. 128 pp. ISBN: 978-1935613046.
Condition: Fine in illustrated boards.
Book ID: 86207More details Price: $40.00 -
TATU AND THE HONEY BIRD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, 1972. dj. Hardcover first edition - A story of the woodlands in Angola, West Africa, the land where the author spent her childhood. This story of Tatu, who would rather be free to cause mischief than to go to school, and of his sister Lovola, who is not allowed to go because she is 'only a girl' is illustrated with soft sepia toned drawings by Dale Payson. ISBN: 0-399-607560.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated boards with a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 13794More details Price: $20.00 -
PATTY'S SUMMER DAYS.
Edition: Reprint.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca 1935.) dj. Hardcover - A title in the "Patty" series, originally published in 1906.
Condition: Near fine in a very good+ dustjacket. Hint of spine slant to an otherwise unusually clean copy, with bright blue covers, red top stain, red and white illustrated endpapers. Silver dustjacket with blue lettering and picture on front cover has light overall edgewear. Ads on rear flap of dj for the Judy Bolton series, enabling us to date this reprint.
Book ID: 11867More details Price: $30.00 -
MARJORIE AT SEACOTE (#6 in series.)
Edition: Reprint.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1912.). Hardcover - The sixth book in the "Marjorie" series (by the author of the "Patty" series. Glossy frontispiece, purple and cream illustrated endpapers. 288 pp plus advertisements.
Condition: Good condition in yellow cloth with purple lettering and a small illustration on the front cover (minor soiling to covers, prev owner's name.).
Book ID: 41487More details Price: $12.50 -
MARJORIE AT SEACOTE (#6 in series.)
Edition: Reprint.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1912.). Hardcover - The sixth book in the "Marjorie" series (by the author of the "Patty" series. Glossy frontispiece, purple and cream illustrated endpapers. 288 pp plus 8 pp advertisements.
Condition: Very good condition in yellow cloth with purple lettering and a small illustration on the front cover (lower corner bumped.).
Book ID: 72481More details Price: $12.50 -
PATTY'S SUMMER DAYS.
Edition: Reprint.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca 1935.). A title in the "Patty" series. 294 pp. Red and white illustrated endpapers.
Condition: Good in blue cloth (severe toning to the pages, some discoloration to the cloth on the spine.)
Book ID: 53554More details Price: $10.00 -
DICK AND DOLLY (#1.)
Edition: Reprint.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, nd (c 1909.) dj. Hardcover - First book in series about a sometimes mischievous brother and sister, written for younger children. Illustrated with a glossy frontispice and 3 glossy internals by Ada Budell. 289 pp plus 6 pp of publisher's advertisements.
Condition: Near fine in light blue cloth with dark blue lettering in a very good dust jacket. with only minor edgewear.
Book ID: 53824More details Price: $25.00 -
BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, (1934). Hardcover first edition - A rather uncommon mystery anthology, selected and with an introduction by Carolyn Wells. Includes 'The Farewell Murder' by Dashiell Hammett, "The Ax" by Ben Hecht, and contributions by Ben Ames Williams, Melville Post, Jerome Beatty, Faraday Keene, McKinley Kantor and more. xvii, 533 pp.
Condition: Very good in green cloth (bookplate on front endpaper), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 78257More details Price: $25.00 -
MEANWHILE, The Picture of a Lady.
Edition: First US edition.
New York: George H. Doran, 1927. dj. Hardcover first edition -
Condition: Fairly minimal wear, overall very good - no dj.
Book ID: 2985More details Price: $18.00
