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  • A SMALL DEATH IN LISBON. by Wilson, Robert.
    Wilson, Robert.
    A SMALL DEATH IN LISBON.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Harper Collins, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The death of a young girl in modern Portugal is discovered to have its roots in Nazi wartime deals in 1941. A complex mystery, linking past and present, winner of the CWA Golden Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel. 440 pp. ISBN: 0-00232668x.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 87682
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  • DARWINIA. by Wilson, Robert Charles.
    Wilson, Robert Charles.
    DARWINIA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An early novel by this author who has won both the Philip K. Dick and the Hugo for best novel (in 2006), among other awards. An alternate history with a vision of "a very different twentieth century, haunted, wonderful and strange. In 1912 history was changed by the Miracle, when the old world of Europe was replaced by Darwinia, a strange land of nightmarish jungle and antediluvian monsters. young Guildford Law travels. on a mission of discovery.'' Nominated for the Hugo and Locus awards. 320 pp. Wraparound dust jacket art by Jim Burns. ISBN: 0-312860382.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (over-opened before the title page).

    Book ID: 69964
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  • SPIN. by Wilson, Robert Charles.
    Wilson, Robert Charles.
    SPIN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Winner of the 2006 Hugo Award. An artificial barrier has been placed around the Earth by aliens, the moon and stars disappear (the Great Blackout), and scientists discover that time is passing faster outside the barrier than it is on the planet. One review called this a combination of a tender love story, science fiction thriller, ecological parable and apocalyptic fable; it is a novel at once thought-provoking and entertaining. 362 pp. ISBN: 0-765309386.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (very short tear at upper corner of fold of dj) . Hard to find in the first edition.

    Book ID: 73742
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  • AXIS. by Wilson, Robert Charles.
    Wilson, Robert Charles.
    AXIS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sequel to his Hugo award-winning novel "Spin." In this novel, he takes us to the 'world next door' - a planet engineered by mysterious Hypotheticals to support human life, and connected to Earth by an arch. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-7653-09394.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 48826
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  • TESSERACTS TEN: A Celebration of New Canadian Speculative Fiction. by Wilson, Robert Charles and Edo van Belkom, editors.
    Wilson, Robert Charles and Edo van Belkom, editors.
    TESSERACTS TEN: A Celebration of New Canadian Speculative Fiction.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Calgary, Alberta: EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, (2006). First edition - Includes stores by Scott McKay, Victoria FIsher, Matthew Hughes and others. Introduction by Wilson and a final essay on Canadian SF comes of age by van Belkom. Notes on contributors. 301 pp. ISBN: 978-1894063364.

    Condition: Ex-library with spine label, stamp on first page, but overall tight and clean in glossy wrappers (wrappers have been laminated to protect them)

    Book ID: 73204
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  • DEATH BY DEGREES. by Wilson, Robin.
    Wilson, Robin.
    DEATH BY DEGREES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery - set in the academia at a university in Monterey, California - a world the author knows well, as a former college president. Wilson was also the founder of the Clarion Writers' Workshop. 216 pp. ISBN: 0-312-134622.

    Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (several edge tears to dj).

    Book ID: 63858
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  • DANCING FOR MEN. by Wilson, Robley.
    Wilson, Robley.
    DANCING FOR MEN.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Ecco Press, (1985). SIGNED - The atuhor's third collection of short stories, winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, 1982, SIGNED in full on the title page and personally INSCRIBED and dated on the first page. 153 pp. ISBN: 0-88001-0738.

    Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 70721
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  • THIS IS SYLVIA. by Wilson, Sandy.
    Wilson, Sandy.
    THIS IS SYLVIA.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Dutton, (1955.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The "autobiography" of the author's cat, written as a satire of the showbiz world. Wilson is best known as the author of the lyrics and music for 'The Boy Friend.' Illustrated with 54 drawings by the author. 125 pp.

    Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket (tear and associated creasing on front cover, 2 small peeled spots on spine of dj.)

    Book ID: 51021
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  • THE SLOW FARM. by Wilson, Tarn.
    Wilson, Tarn.
    THE SLOW FARM.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Port Townsend, WA: Ovenbird Books, (2014). SIGNED first edition - The author's account of her early years on a Gulf island north of Vancouver in British Columbia - an attempt to look back and understand them, and also an account of revisiting this island - reconnecting with her father. "In the early 1970s, Tarn Wilson's father quit his job as the Brookings Institution's first computer programmer, packed his family into a converted school bus with 'Suck Nixon' painted on the side, and headed for the Canadian wilderness. He planned to give his two young children an Edenic childhood, free from the shadows of war, materialism, and middle class repression. Between each lyric chapter, told from the child's point of…

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    Port Townsend, WA: Ovenbird Books, (2014). SIGNED first edition - The author's account of her early years on a Gulf island north of Vancouver in British Columbia - an attempt to look back and understand them, and also an account of revisiting this island - reconnecting with her father. "In the early 1970s, Tarn Wilson's father quit his job as the Brookings Institution's first computer programmer, packed his family into a converted school bus with 'Suck Nixon' painted on the side, and headed for the Canadian wilderness. He planned to give his two young children an Edenic childhood, free from the shadows of war, materialism, and middle class repression. Between each lyric chapter, told from the child's point of view, Wilson incorporates 'artifacts' that reveal larger cultural forces shaping her parents' decisions: letters, photographs, timelines, newspaper clippings, excepts from radical approaches to child rearing." INSCRIBED on the title page. Foreword by Judith Kitchen. Photographs. 367 pp. ISBN: 978-1940906065.

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    Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (some curling to the edges of the covers) .

    Book ID: 79578
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  • Wilson, Wayne.
    LOOSE JAM.

    Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.

    New York: Washington Square Press, Pocket Books, 1992.

    Condition: As new, but cover slightly creased

    Book ID: 1536
    Keywords: fiction
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  • Wilson, Wayne.
    EDDIE AND BELLA.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 2001. First edition - Author's offbeat second novel, a love story of two people separated then brought back together later in life, only to fall in love all over again. 304 pp

    Condition: Fine in printed white wrappers.

    Book ID: 27371
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  • THE DECLINING SIGNIFICANCE OF RACE: Blacks and Changing American Institutions. by Wilson, William Julius.
    Wilson, William Julius.
    THE DECLINING SIGNIFICANCE OF RACE: Blacks and Changing American Institutions.

    Edition: Second edition, trade paperback.

    Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (c 1980). Winner of the Sydney M. Spivak award. This edition includes a new essay by Wilson on the controversy surrounding this book when it was first published in 1978, and on the intersection of race, class and social policy. Extensive notes, index. xii, 249 pp. ISBN: 0-226901297.

    Condition: Good overall - some scattered underlining, peeled spot on back cover from sticker removal.

    Book ID: 77661
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  • THE QUICK AND THE DEAD by Wilson, Z. Vance.
    Wilson, Z. Vance.
    THE QUICK AND THE DEAD

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Arbor House, (1986) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel set in the rural South of the 1940s and 1950s which "explores one family's convoluted history. Physical and emotional violence, religious fanaticism, and pot-boiling love and hate combine to define one of those bizarre families, seemingly exaggerated but all too familiar to most Southerners. The Treadwells, headed by the certifiably insane Robert and long-suffering Mattie, repeatedly sacrifice themselves and each other for no apparent good reasons but always with some father-against-son motivation that makes sense to the individual at the time. Descriptions of places and events are perfectly on target (Publishers Weekly) INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication. 405 pp. ISBN: 0-877958017.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 88862
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  • OUTSIDE CHILD: A Novel of Murder and New Orleans by Wilson-Fried, Alice
    Wilson-Fried, Alice
    OUTSIDE CHILD: A Novel of Murder and New Orleans

    Edition: First printing.

    Walnut Creek, California: Komenar Publishing, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery novel, a gripping story set in pre-Katrina New Orleans, by a woman who grew up in the Magnolia Housing Project and later worked at the Delta Queen Steamboat Company, and whose background lends authenticity to the story, SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 305 pp. ISBN: 978-0977208128.

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

    Book ID: 39393
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  • OUTSIDE CHILD: A Novel of Murder and New Orleans by Wilson-Fried, Alice
    Wilson-Fried, Alice
    OUTSIDE CHILD: A Novel of Murder and New Orleans

    Edition: First printing.

    Walnut Creek, California: Komenar Publishing, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery novel, a gripping story set in pre-Katrina New Orleans, by a woman who grew up in the Magnolia Housing Project and later worked at the Delta Queen Steamboat Company, and whose background lends authenticity to the story, INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 305 pp. ISBN: 978-0977208128.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 64325
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  • HEARTLAND. by Wiltse, David.
    Wiltse, David.
    HEARTLAND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Thriller by this award winning writer set in Falls City, Nebraska - in the American heartland - where Secret Service agent and Falls City native Billy Tree is recovering from a botched operation that left his partner dead and Billy severely traumatized. SIGNED on the title page. 291 pp. ISBN: 0-312269579.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82930
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  • Wiltz, Chris [Christine]
    A DIAMOND BEFORE YOU DIE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring private investigator Neal Rafferty. Set in New Orleans. 198 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-1929.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 53421
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  • Wiltz, Christine.
    GLASS HOUSE.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1988. dj. Hardcover - Set in New Orleans - although the author of 3 previous mysteries this is the novel which attracted critical attention, and the first printing sold out quickly.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 4047
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  • POETRY, Volume 203 (CCIII) Number 3, December 2013. by Wiman, Christian editor.
    Wiman, Christian editor.
    POETRY, Volume 203 (CCIII) Number 3, December 2013.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chicago: Poetry Foundation, 2013. First edition - Includes a selection of poems by Louise Gluck, Eileen Myles, Tomas Q Morin, Douglas Kearney and more. Notes on contributors, ads. Cover art by Jen Stark.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 83750
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  • POETRY, Volume 191 (CXCI) Number 2, November 2007. by Wiman,, Christian editor.
    Wiman,, Christian editor.
    POETRY, Volume 191 (CXCI) Number 2, November 2007.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chicago: Poetry Foundation, 2007. First edition - Includes poetry by Heather McHugh, Elfriede Jelineck, Peter Campion, Dean Young and others, reviews. Notes on contributors. Advertisements. Cover art by David Byrne.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 84254
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  • POETRY, Volume CLXXXVIII, Number 5, September 2006. by Wiman, Christian, editor.
    Wiman, Christian, editor.
    POETRY, Volume CLXXXVIII, Number 5, September 2006.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, 2006. First edition - Includes poems by D.A. Powell, Anne Stevenson, Galway Kinnell, Linda Bierds and others; commentary by John Barr and more.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 81946
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  • POETRY, Volume CLXXXIX, Number 5, February 2007. by Wiman, Christian, editor.
    Wiman, Christian, editor.
    POETRY, Volume CLXXXIX, Number 5, February 2007.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, 2007. First edition - Includes poems by Billy Collins, Alice Oswald and others; a commentary section on Valentines with contributions by Kay Ryan, Phyllis Rose, Thylias Moss, Sandra Gilbert and more.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 81948
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  • POETRY, Volume CXC, Number 1, April 2007: Translation. by Wiman, Christian, editor.
    Wiman, Christian, editor.
    POETRY, Volume CXC, Number 1, April 2007: Translation.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, 2007. First edition - Includes poems Novida Tanic translated by Charles Simic, Rimbaud translated by Reynolds Price, Dante translated by Robert Pinsky, Jin Eun-Young translated by Peter Campion and much more.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 81949
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  • POETRY, Volume CXCII, Number 5, September 2008. by Wiman, Christian, editor.
    Wiman, Christian, editor.
    POETRY, Volume CXCII, Number 5, September 2008.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, 2008. First edition - Includes poems by Kay Ryan, Jim Harrison and others; a special section on Philip Larkin, commentary by Clive James and more.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 81950
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  • POETRY, Volume CXCIV, Number 4, July / August 2009. by Wiman, Christian, editor.
    Wiman, Christian, editor.
    POETRY, Volume CXCIV, Number 4, July / August 2009.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, 2009. First edition - Includes poems by Jane Hirshfield, Charles Simic, Tony Hoagland, David Bottoms, W. S. Merwin and many more.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 81951
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  • POETRY, Volume CXCVI, Number 4, July / August 2010. by Wiman, Christian, editor.
    Wiman, Christian, editor.
    POETRY, Volume CXCVI, Number 4, July / August 2010.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, 2010. First edition - Includes poems by Robert Pinsky, Lynda Barry, Cyrus Cassells, Elizabeth Arnold and many more.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 81952
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  • POETRY, Volume CXCIX, Number 6, March 2012. by Wiman, Christian, editor.
    Wiman, Christian, editor.
    POETRY, Volume CXCIX, Number 6, March 2012.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, 2012. First edition - The translation issue with poems by Borges translated by Tony Barnstone, Roberto Sosa translated by Michael Reese, Edith Sodergran translated by Averill Curdy and more. Includes a section with eight poems by Marina Tsvetaeva translated by Ilya Kaminsky and Jean Valentine and another section on the Poetry of the Kaballah with contributions by Peter Cole, Yahuda Halavi and others. Cover notes 100 years,

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82345
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  • POETRY, Volume CXCIII, Number 1, October 2008. by Wiman, Christian, editor.
    Wiman, Christian, editor.
    POETRY, Volume CXCIII, Number 1, October 2008.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, 2008. First edition - Includes poems by Sarah Lindsay, D. A. Powell, Laura Kaschiske and others; a special section on Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop, commentary by William Logan on reviewing Hart Crane and more. We specialize in literary journals and have many back issues of this magazine and others in stock.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82449
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  • POETRY, Volume CXCI, Number 4, January 2008. by Wiman, Christian, editor.
    Wiman, Christian, editor.
    POETRY, Volume CXCI, Number 4, January 2008.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, 2008. First edition - Includes poems by Kay Ryan, D. A. Powell, Steven Edgar and others; commentary by Stuart Dybeck, Jumpha Lahiri and more. We specialize in literary journals and have many back issues of this magazine and others in stock.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82450
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  • POETRY, Volume CXCII, Number 3, June 2008. by Wiman, Christian, editor.
    Wiman, Christian, editor.
    POETRY, Volume CXCII, Number 3, June 2008.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, 2008. First edition - Includes poems by A. R. Ammons, Peter Cole, W. S. Di Piero, Charles Simic, Geoffrey Bock and many others. We specialize in literary journals and have many back issues of this magazine and others in stock.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82451
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