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  • West, Rebecca.
    THE BIRDS FALL DOWN.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Viking, (1966) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set at in the early years of the twentieth century, based on actual events which helped pave the way for Lenin to rise to power in Russia. Told from the point of a view of a young girl, half-English, and the granddaughter of an exiled Russian aristocrat living in Paris. A book which combines the elements of a spy thriller with a thoughtful probing into human motives. 435 pp.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 18434
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  • West, Rebecca.
    THE JUDGE.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: George H. Doran, 1922. Hardcover first edition - The theme of this novel is hinted at in the epigraph: 'every mother is a judge who sentences the children for the sins of the father.'

    Condition: Good in red cloth with gold lettering on the spine, gold pane on front cover (lettering rubbed and faded on spine, binding defect caused puckering to the cloth along the sides of the spine.)

    Book ID: 27331
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • SUNFLOWER. by West, Rebecca.
    West, Rebecca.
    SUNFLOWER.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Viking, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Thinly disguised autobiographical novel written by West in the 1920's about her obsessive love affair with Lord Beaverbrook and the disintegration of her relationship with H. G. Wells, and not published until after her death. With an afterword by Victoria Glendenning. 276 pp. ISBN: 0-670-813869.

    Condition: Very good in near fine dust jacket (prev owner's name, remainder line)

    Book ID: 46458
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • SUNFLOWER. by West, Rebecca.
    West, Rebecca.
    SUNFLOWER.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Viking, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Thinly disguised autobiographical novel written by West in the 1920's about her obsessive love affair with Lord Beaverbrook and the disintegration of her relationship with H. G. Wells, and not published until after her death. With an afterword by Victoria Glendenning. 276 pp. ISBN: 0-670-813869.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 46459
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • SUNFLOWER. by West, Rebecca.
    West, Rebecca.
    SUNFLOWER.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Viking, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Thinly disguised autobiographical novel written by West in the 1920's about her obsessive love affair with Lord Beaverbrook and the disintegration of her relationship with H. G. Wells, and not published until after her death. With an afterword by Victoria Glendenning. 276 pp. ISBN: 0-670-813869.

    Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (remainder mark.)

    Book ID: 47488
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • SURVIVORS IN MEXICO. by West, Rebecca; Bernard Schweizer, editor.
    West, Rebecca; Bernard Schweizer, editor.
    SURVIVORS IN MEXICO.

    Edition: First printing.

    New Haven & London: Yale University Press, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - West's exploration of Mexican history, religion and culture - including the lives of such figures as Cortes, Montezuma, the Reclus brothers, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Dr. Atl, and Leon Trotsky. Although not completed before her death, she left a series of extensive drafts and revisions that Bernard Schweizer has meticulously assembled and edited. Introduction by Schweizer. Appendix with three book reviews by Rebecca West, notes, index. 264 pp. ISBN: 0-300-098863.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 57564
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  • CROCKER ART GALLERY: Handbook of Paintings. by West, Richard Vincent, Director, E. B. Crocker Art Gallery.
    West, Richard Vincent, Director, E. B. Crocker Art Gallery.
    CROCKER ART GALLERY: Handbook of Paintings.

    Edition: First printing, a large square trade paperback

    Sacramento, CA: Crocker Art Gallery, 1979. First edition - A catalogue designed to show a cross-section of the paintings held by this art museum, the oldest west of the Mississippi. Includes a foreword and an article on the Crockers and their collection by the Director, Richard V, West. Notes on the paintings, with many reproduced on glossy stock in both color and black and white. Index. 202 pp.

    Condition: Very good in light blue wrappers with gilt lettering (light creasing to the spine, upper corner of a few pages with a tide mark.)

    Book ID: 56874
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  • HEROES ON HORSEBACK: The Story of the Pony Express. by West, Tom.
    West, Tom.
    HEROES ON HORSEBACK: The Story of the Pony Express.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Four Winds Press (Scholastic Press), (1969). Hardcover first edition - An account of the Pony Express written for older children. Illustrated with vintage photographs and drawings. Index. Slightly larger size. 160 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated boards, no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82279
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  • THE CATS OF SEROSTER. by Westall, Robert.
    Westall, Robert.
    THE CATS OF SEROSTER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Greenwillow Books, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - In 16th century France, in a story rooted in myth, legend and history, a young English jack-of-all-trades becomes a legendary hero called the Seroster by means of a magic dagger and a group of powerful telepathic felines. The author, Robert Westall, was awarded the Carnegie medal twice. 306 pp. Dust jacket art by Bob Marstall. ISBN: 0-688039448I.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket. (prev owner's name, some wear to the dj, especially at the ends of the spine)

    Book ID: 86573
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  • THE PROMISE. by Westall, Robert.
    Westall, Robert.
    THE PROMISE.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Scholastic, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - A young adult novel by this award-winning writer. A teenage boy makes a promise to a dying girl but now he doesn't know how to deal with her death. 170 pp. ISBN: 0-590437607.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. A rather hard-to-find title.

    Book ID: 72774
    Keywords: Young adult books
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  • AFTERWORLDS. by Westerfeld, Scott.
    Westerfeld, Scott.
    AFTERWORLDS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A stand-alone novel by this award winning writer, a "thought-provoking novel-within-a-novel" Darcy has put college on hold to go to New York and publish her teen novel. Woven into her story of learning to navigate in New York city is her novel, Afterworlds, a "thriller about a teen who slips into the Afterworld to survive a terrorist attack. The Afterworld is a place between the living and the dead. . ." SIGNED on the title page. 599 pp. ISBN: 978-1481422345.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 72718
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  • THE LAST DAYS. by Westerfeld, Scott
    Westerfeld, Scott
    THE LAST DAYS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Razorbill / Penguin, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - Dark fantasy for young adults, the sequel to the highly acclaimed 'Peeps.' "The summer is stifling and strange things are happening in New York City. A weird, black, oily substance is oozing from fire hydrants and faucets. A mysterious epidemic is turning people into raving cannibals. And the signs say that worse is coming.'' 286 pp. plus Author's note on the band names used for each chapter. ISBN: 159514062X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 68140
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  • BEHEMOTH. by Westerfeld, Scott.
    Westerfeld, Scott.
    BEHEMOTH.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon Pulse / Simon & Schuster, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second book in the Leviathan Trilogy, a steampunk adventure series for young adults, set in a world modeled on that of World War I. Illustrated with black and white drawings and full color endpapers by Keith Thompson. Afterword by the author. 485 pp. ISBN: 978-1416971757.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 71156
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  • MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF HAWAII. by Westervelt, W. D.; foreword by A. Grove Day.
    Westervelt, W. D.; foreword by A. Grove Day.
    MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF HAWAII.

    Edition: First thus- a pocket paperback.

    Honolulu, Mutual Publishing, (1987.). A selection of ancient Hawaiian legends, selected and edited by A. Grove Day from the four volumes of collected tales of ancient Polynesian lore. 267 pp. ISBN: 0-935180-435.

    Condition: Very near fine.

    Book ID: 54551
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  • Westfall, Vicki Villegas.
    ALMOST LOVE, ALMOST DEATH.

    Edition: Trade paperback original.

    1stBooks, (2001.). SIGNED - Warmly INSCRIBED on the title page by this Northern California author. A novel of romance and suspense, involving Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. 376 pp. ISBN: 0-759604894.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 35931
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  • A QUEST FOR EDUCATION AND THE EXPERIENCES THAT FOLLOWED (title on cover "It Was Slow Going but I Finally Made It" by Westlake, A Byron.
    Westlake, A Byron.
    A QUEST FOR EDUCATION AND THE EXPERIENCES THAT FOLLOWED (title on cover "It Was Slow Going but I Finally Made It"

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.

    Cassville, Missouri: By the author, (1994). First edition - Memoirs of a retired educator, from his own college days to his years of teaching in Oregon and California, as District Superintendent of Amador County and in the Mojave. Photographs. 209 pp plus an 8 pp epilogue. Laid in is a preface to the preface.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated tan wrappers.

    Book ID: 66556
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  • THE ROAD TO RUIN. by Westlake, Donald.
    Westlake, Donald.
    THE ROAD TO RUIN.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (2004) dj. Hardcover - A caper novel, featuring the unlucky lawbreaker Dortmunder and his gang of thieves. 342 pp. ISBN: 0-89296801X.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 61617
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  • HIGH ADVENTURE. by Westlake, Donald.
    Westlake, Donald.
    HIGH ADVENTURE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1985.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Comic adventure story set in the jungles of Belize in Central America. SIGNED on the title page. Map frontispiece. Interior drawings by Sean Westlake. 326 pp. Dust jacket art by David Tamura. ISBN: 0-89296-1236.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 52163
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  • SMOKE. by Westlake, Donald E.
    Westlake, Donald E.
    SMOKE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Freddy was a liar. Freddy was a thief." and when Freddie broke into a cancer research lab, Freddie had a third claim to fame: he was invisible. Westlake at his very funny best. 454 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-5347.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 49271
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  • TOMORROW'S CRIMES. by Westlake, Donald E.
    Westlake, Donald E.
    TOMORROW'S CRIMES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1989.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Includes the novella "Anarchaos" and nine short stories of criminous science fiction, originally published in science fiction magazines. Although "Anarchaos" is a grim story - Anarchy/chaos is the condition of society on the planet where Rolf Malone arrives from Earth after serving time for murder, bent on avenging the death of his brother - other stories show Westlake's sense of humor, including a sendup of Hammett's fat man seeking the fabled bird and Poe's detective spotting the missing paper, "The Ultimate Caper: The Purloined Letter." SIGNED on the title page. 263 pp. ISBN: 0-892962992.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 42364
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  • BABY, WOULD I LIE? A Romance of the Ozarks. by Westlake, Donald E.
    Westlake, Donald E.
    BABY, WOULD I LIE? A Romance of the Ozarks.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1994). First edition - A crime thriller - or maybe this is more accurately described as a humorous caper novel - set in Branson, Missouri, the new home of country music. 291 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated covers.

    Book ID: 45916
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  • MONEY FOR NOTHING. by Westlake, Donald E.
    Westlake, Donald E.
    MONEY FOR NOTHING.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press / Warner, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An offbeat, stand-alone novel: "Once a month they came in the mail. As regular as clockwork. Addressed to Josh Redmont. Issued by something called 'United States Agent.' Each check for the exact same amount: $1000. At first, Josh tried to find out if some mistake had been made. After a while, he simply accepted that for unknowable reasons some obscure, untraceable branch of the U.S. government was paying him $1000 a month. . . . That is, until a smiling stranger approaches Josh with words that chill him to the spine: 'I'm from United States Agent. You are now active.' Josh has been paid for a…

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    New York: Mysterious Press / Warner, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An offbeat, stand-alone novel: "Once a month they came in the mail. As regular as clockwork. Addressed to Josh Redmont. Issued by something called 'United States Agent.' Each check for the exact same amount: $1000. At first, Josh tried to find out if some mistake had been made. After a while, he simply accepted that for unknowable reasons some obscure, untraceable branch of the U.S. government was paying him $1000 a month. . . . That is, until a smiling stranger approaches Josh with words that chill him to the spine: 'I'm from United States Agent. You are now active.' Josh has been paid for a job that he now must do." INSCRIBED on the title page. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-892967870.

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    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 68254
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  • LEVINE. by Westlake, Donald E.
    Westlake, Donald E.
    LEVINE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1984). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of six novellas - most written between 1959-1964, but including one first published in this book- which examine the life of a Brooklyn cop. SIGNED on the title page. 182 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-0639.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 68682
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  • THE BUSY BODY. by Westlake, Donald E.
    Westlake, Donald E.
    THE BUSY BODY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1966) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Another Joyous Comedy of Peril" - Aloysius Eugene Engel was mob boss Nick Rovito's right hand man, and up until now it had been a pretty easy life, but when a big-shot in the organization is mistakenly buried in a suit stuffed with herion, Al is given the job of digging up the body and removing the jacket. Basis for the 1967 film starring Sid Caesar. SIGNED on the title page. 176 pp. ISBN: my18.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 71696
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  • BABY, WOULD I LIE? A Romance of the Ozarks. by Westlake, Donald E.
    Westlake, Donald E.
    BABY, WOULD I LIE? A Romance of the Ozarks.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A crime thriller - or maybe this is more accurately described as a humorous caper novel - set in Branson, Missouri, the new home of country music. SIGNED on the title page. 291 pp. ISBN: 0-892965320.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82967
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  • GOOD AS ANY: Stories. by Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    GOOD AS ANY: Stories.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of eight short stories set in rural New England and rural Texas, which "explore the reality of life among the ill, the dying and the disadvantaged people who seem to exist at the margins." A presentation copy, SIGNED on the title page, and very warmly INSCRIBED on the half title page to another writer, and dated in 2004. ISBN: 0-15-1008523.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 48913
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  • GOOD AS ANY: Stories. by Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    GOOD AS ANY: Stories.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of eight short stories set in rural New England and rural Texas, which "explore the reality of life among the ill, the dying and the disadvantaged people who seem to exist at the margins." A presentation copy, SIGNED on the title page, and very warmly INSCRIBED on the half title page to another writer, and dated in 2004. ISBN: 0-15-1008523.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81292
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  • GOOD AS ANY: Stories. by Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    GOOD AS ANY: Stories.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2002.). First edition - The author's first book, a collection of eight short stories set in rural New England and rural Texas, which "explore the reality of life among the ill, the dying and the disadvantaged people who seem to exist at the margins."274 pp.

    Condition: Fine in very light gray printed wrappers.

    Book ID: 59246
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  • Weston, Carolyn
    DANJU GIG

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, 1969. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first solo book - suspense and adventure in West Africa when a movie scout is asked to look for something more.

    Condition: NF/NF (prev bookseller's red dot top edge, creases on dj flaps.)

    Book ID: 7409
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  • THE HIDDEN PORTAL. by Weston, Garnett.
    Weston, Garnett.
    THE HIDDEN PORTAL.

    Edition: Reprint.

    New York: P. F. Collier and Sons, Ltd, (1946.). Hardcover - A "Crime Club" edition. A vintage mystery. 284 pp.

    Condition: Good condition in a rather attractive dark blue binding with stylized tree on front, gilt titles on the spine. (prev owner's name stamp.)

    Book ID: 56130
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