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  • Adamson, Lydia.
    A CAT ON JINGLE BELL ROCK: An Alice Nestleton Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring professional actress, semi-pro cat-sitter and amateur detective Alice Nestleton. ISBN: 0-525-943757.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 15806
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  • THE CARDBOARD HOUSE by Adan, Martin. Translated by Katherine Silver.
    Adan, Martin. Translated by Katherine Silver.
    THE CARDBOARD HOUSE

    Edition: First printing.

    St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, (1990.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The great Peruvian poet's first book and his only complete work of prose (although described as a novel, it is more a long prose-poem), written between 1924-27 and first published in Spanish in 1928 when Adan was only 20 years old. Translated and with an introduction by Katherine Silver. SIGNED on the title page by the translator, Kathleen Silver. (Silver commented that this was her favorite book among all that she translated) A title in the Palabra Sur Series. 103 pp. ISBN: 1-55597-1296.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 75480
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  • GRIEF STREET: A Neil Hockaday Mystery. by Adcock, Thomas.
    Adcock, Thomas.
    GRIEF STREET: A Neil Hockaday Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pocket Books, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The seventh novel in the Edgar award series featuring NYC police detective Neil Hockaday set in Hell's Kitchen. SIGNED on title page. 326 pp. ISBN: 0-671519867.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 88098
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  • DROWN ALL THE DOGS: A Neil Hockaday Mystery. by Adcock, Thomas.
    Adcock, Thomas.
    DROWN ALL THE DOGS: A Neil Hockaday Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pocket Books, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third novel in the Edgar award series featuring NYC police detective Neil Hockaday who journeys to Ireland twith Ruby Flagg to try and get more information about his father who disappeared in World War II. He visits "his last remaining relative, terminally ill Uncle Liam. But as Neil and Ruby fly into Dublin airport, back home in Hell's Kitchen, explosive events occur. A retired priest, a family friend from Neil's youth, shoots himself; a young Irish copper plunges naked to his death from an apartment; and Neil's cop pal Davy Mogaill, being interrogated about the bombing death of his Irish wife, answers by placing his own handgun…

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    New York: Pocket Books, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third novel in the Edgar award series featuring NYC police detective Neil Hockaday who journeys to Ireland twith Ruby Flagg to try and get more information about his father who disappeared in World War II. He visits "his last remaining relative, terminally ill Uncle Liam. But as Neil and Ruby fly into Dublin airport, back home in Hell's Kitchen, explosive events occur. A retired priest, a family friend from Neil's youth, shoots himself; a young Irish copper plunges naked to his death from an apartment; and Neil's cop pal Davy Mogaill, being interrogated about the bombing death of his Irish wife, answers by placing his own handgun to his ear. While Hockaday dreams about a heroic father he never met (he died in WW II), his flesh-and-blood da's past is gradually revealed, disclosing how the Irish hatred for England allowed a group of wartime academics to embrace fascist principles." (PW) SIGNED on title page. 341 pp. ISBN: 0-671770411.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84170
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  • THROWN AWAY CHILD: A Neil Hockaday Mystery. by Adcock, Thomas.
    Adcock, Thomas.
    THROWN AWAY CHILD: A Neil Hockaday Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pocket Books, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fifth novel in the Edgar award series featuring NYC police detective Neil Hockaday who has traveled to New Orleans, the hometown of his new wife, black actress Ruby Flagg. SIGNED on title page 340 pp. ISBN: 0-671519859.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81201
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  • DEVIL'S HEAVEN. by Adcock, Thomas Larry.
    Adcock, Thomas Larry.
    DEVIL'S HEAVEN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pocket Books, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A gritty novel in the Edgar award series featuring NYC police detective Neil Hockaday who is now, he hopes, a recovering alcoholic. Still on furlough, he investigates a series of grisly murders in the gay community. SIGNED on title page 322 pp. ISBN: 0-671897780.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 81084
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  • A CENTENNIAL READER. by Addams, Jane (1960-1935)
    Addams, Jane (1960-1935)
    A CENTENNIAL READER.

    Edition: Hardcover.

    New York: Macmillan, 1960. dj. Hardcover - A selection of the writings of this social reformer, founder of Hull House, and peace activist, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, published on the 100th anniversary of her birth. Prefatory note on Addams' life by William Neuman; introduction by William O Douglas. Glossy frontispiece photograph. xix, 330 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (minimal pencil underlining, edgewear to the dj, especially at the ends of the spine.)

    Book ID: 54311
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  • A WALK ACROSS THE SUN. by Addison, Corban.
    Addison, Corban.
    A WALK ACROSS THE SUN.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York & London: SilverOak, (2012. SIGNED first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, interwoven stories of two young Indian girls who are swept up into the international sex trade and the young American lawyer who becomes involved in trying to rescue them. INSCRIBED on the half title page. 370 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 54938
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  • Addison, Corban.
    A WALK ACROSS THE SUN.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York & London: SilverOak, (2012. SIGNED first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, interwoven stories of two young Indian girls who are swept up into the international sex trade and the young American lawyer who becomes involved in trying to rescue them. SIGNED on the half title page. 370 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 54939
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  • MY DREAMS OUT IN THE STREET. by Addonizio, Kim.
    Addonizio, Kim.
    MY DREAMS OUT IN THE STREET.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel by this award winning poet, a follow up to her National Book Award finalist 'Little Beauties.' The story of a young woman on the skids, spending her time in shelters and on the streets of late 1990s San Francisco. Cover praise from Andre Dubois III who calls this 'one of the finest American novels I've read in some time. A night blooming flower you will not be able to put down.' SIGNED on the title page. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-97725.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (some light toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 54562
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  • FIVE FINGERS REVIEW: No. 4, 1986. by Addonizio, Kim and Lisa Bernstein, editors.
    Addonizio, Kim and Lisa Bernstein, editors.
    FIVE FINGERS REVIEW: No. 4, 1986.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Five Fingers Review. 1986. First edition - A journal of poetry and prose. Includes Dorianne Laux's poem "The Garden" and Kevin Killian's his story "T Rex." Also features "Meaningful Work: Seven Writers on Writing," "A Chicano Travelogue" by Juan Felipe Herrera, "This is Not Democracy: Essay on the New El Salvadoran Poetry" by Ruben Martinez. Fiction by Laura Beausoleil, Mark Greenside, Jill Kelly, Kevin Killian.; drama by Roberto Bedoya, poetry by Philip Levine, Cole Swenson, Charles Simic and much more. 110 pp. Cover by Mark Trousdale.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 81712
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  • FIVE FINGERS REVIEW: No. 5, 1987. by Addonizio, Kim and Lisa Bernstein, editors. Laux, Dorianne and Juan Felipe Herrerra, signed.
    Addonizio, Kim and Lisa Bernstein, editors. Laux, Dorianne and Juan Felipe Herrerra, signed.
    FIVE FINGERS REVIEW: No. 5, 1987.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Five Fingers Review. 1987. SIGNED first edition - A journal of poetry and prose, SIGNED by TWO poets at their contributions - Dorianne Laux and Juan Felipe Herrerra. Other contributors include Clark Coolidge, Stan Rice, Jack Marshall, Cole Swenson, Carol Dorf, Sara Vogan and more. Notes on contributors. 138 pp plus ads. Cover by Chris Biddle.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 76076
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  • POETRY, Volume 200 (CC) Number 3, June 2012. by Addonizio, Kim, signed; Di Piero, W. S. and others, contributors. Christian Wiman, editor.
    Addonizio, Kim, signed; Di Piero, W. S. and others, contributors. Christian Wiman, editor.
    POETRY, Volume 200 (CC) Number 3, June 2012.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chicago: Poetry Foundation, 2012. SIGNED first edition - Includes a selection of poems by W. S. di Piero as the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize Portfolio and also new poems by Stuart Dybek, Kim Addonizio, and others plus a selection of poems from 100 years (all women), comments and reviews.SIGNED by Addonizio at her poem "Heraclitean." Notes on contributors. Cover art by Yuko Shimizu..

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 55378
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  • POETRY, Volume 186 (CLXXXVI) Number 5, September 2005. by Addonizio, Kim, signed; Williams, C. K; Meghan O'Rourke, Phyllis Rose and others, contributors. Christian Wiman, editor.
    Addonizio, Kim, signed; Williams, C. K; Meghan O'Rourke, Phyllis Rose and others, contributors. Christian Wiman, editor.
    POETRY, Volume 186 (CLXXXVI) Number 5, September 2005.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chicago: Poetry Foundation, 2005. SIGNED first edition - Includes poetry by C. K Williams, Meghan O'Rourke, Marilyn Nelson, Kim Addonizio,and others, comments by Phyllis Rose, Daniel Hoffman and more, reviews. SIGNED by Kim Addonizio at her poem "Verities." Notes on contributors. Cover art by Marcel Dzama.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 47884
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  • LAST MAN IN TOWER. by Adiga, Aravind,
    Adiga, Aravind,
    LAST MAN IN TOWER.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. dj. Hardcover first edition - The third novel by this Booker Prize winning author. One man stands in the way of real estate developer Dharmen Shah's luxury high- rise: Masterji, a retired schoolteacher who will not leave his home in Vishram's Tower A. As the demolition deadline gets closer, Masterji's neighbors and former friends become enemies, determined to make sure that nothing will block their payday - a story of money and power, luxury and deprivation set in modern India. 382 pp. ISBN: 978-0307594099.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 88606
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  • THE BIG ADVENTURES OF MR. SMALL. by Adinolfi, JoAnn.
    Adinolfi, JoAnn.
    THE BIG ADVENTURES OF MR. SMALL.

    Edition: First printing.

    Stevens Point, WI: Creston Books, (2016). Hardcover first edition - A story in words and pictures. Mr Small is a hamster with a big hunger for adventure, who leaves his cozy cage. Unpaginated. ISBN: 978-1939547262.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards.

    Book ID: 68793
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  • TAMARIND AND MANGO WOMAN. by Adisa, Opal Palmer.
    Adisa, Opal Palmer.
    TAMARIND AND MANGO WOMAN.

    Edition: First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition.

    Toronto: Sister Vision Press, 1992. SIGNED first edition - Collection of poetry by this Afro-Caribbean writer, born in Jamaica. INSCRIBED by Adisa on title page - For --- "May the words transport you to my land" - and dated in1993. 118 pp. ISBN: 0--20813712.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 74903
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  • Adisa, Opal Palmer.
    IT BEGINS WITH TEARS.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. Part of the Caribbean Writers Series.

    Oxford: Heinemann, 1997. SIGNED first edition - Jamaican born poet and short story writer's first novel, rooted in the folk tradition of the Caribbean villages. SIGNED by author on title page and dated 8/28/97. ISBN: 0-435-989464.

    Condition: As new in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 20090
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  • TRAVELING WOMEN. by Adisa, Opal Palmer and Devorah Major, Daughters of Yam.
    Adisa, Opal Palmer and Devorah Major, Daughters of Yam.
    TRAVELING WOMEN.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Oakland, CA: Jukebox Press. (1989). First edition - A joint poetry collection by the "Daughters of Yam," a performance and literary collaboration of two African American writers and poets - Jamaican born Opal Palmer Adisa and Devorah Major - who have worked together in Northern California since 1984. 103 pp. ISBN: 0-932693016.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 75533
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  • GREEN CANE AND JUICY FLOTSAM, Short Stories by Caribbean Women. by (Adisa, Opal Palmer; Kincaid, Jamaica; Cliff, Michelle and others) Esteves, Carmen C. and Paravisini-Gebert, Lizabeth, editors.
    (Adisa, Opal Palmer; Kincaid, Jamaica; Cliff, Michelle and others) Esteves, Carmen C. and Paravisini-Gebert, Lizabeth, editors.
    GREEN CANE AND JUICY FLOTSAM, Short Stories by Caribbean Women.

    Edition: 2nd printing, a trade paperback.

    New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1991. In addition to the contributors shown above, this includes selections by Hilda Contreras, Maryse Conde, Rosario Ferre, Hazel Campbell, Olga Nolla, Ana Lydia Vega, Olive Senior and many others. Selected bibliography. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-8135-17389.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 73412
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  • Adkins, Jan.
    STORM WITHOUT RAIN.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (1983) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of a young boy who goes sailing in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, and slips through time, where he is befriended by the boy who was his grandfather. Great time travel story, the first full-length work of fiction by this author who is best known for his book, 'The Craft of Sail.' Illustrated by the author. ISBN: 0-316010847.

    Condition: Just about fine in a very good dj (very minor discoloration on dust jacket background) Uncommon, especially in the first printing, and in such good condition.

    Book ID: 23153
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  • Adkins, Jan.
    COOKIE.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Harper & Row, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of a "tough, sexy & spirited" woman who owns a ranch in the high country of Washington State.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 3944
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  • MURDER IN MANHATTAN. by Adler, Bill, Jr., editor. ; Thomas Chastain, Mary Higgins Clark, and others, contributors.
    Adler, Bill, Jr., editor. ; Thomas Chastain, Mary Higgins Clark, and others, contributors.
    MURDER IN MANHATTAN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: William H. Morrow, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - "The talents of eight great mystery writers" - Thomas Chastain, Mary Higgins Clark, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Lucy Freeman, Joyce Harrington, Warren Murphy, Bernard St. James, and Whitley Strieber - conspire to create a stories of suspense set in New York City. Notes on the authors. 305 pp. ISBN: 0-688064752.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (some toning to the pages).

    Book ID: 72334
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  • WATCHWORD ONE, Summer 2001. by Adler, Dean; Nina Schuyler, Jana Rotescu, Saviana Stanescu and others.
    Adler, Dean; Nina Schuyler, Jana Rotescu, Saviana Stanescu and others.
    WATCHWORD ONE, Summer 2001.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Watchword, 2001. First edition - First issue of this "nearly quarterly" journal specializing in East European translations and emerging American authors. Includes poetry and short fiction by Nina Schuyler, Jana Rotescu, Saviana Stanescu, Rebekah Eppley, Randy Lyman, Sam Tsitrin and others. Notes on contributors. 58 pp. Cover art by Helene Poulshock

    Condition: Fine (as new) in stapled illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 55563
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  • THE WALL. by Adler, H. G. (1910-1988)
    Adler, H. G. (1910-1988)
    THE WALL.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Random House, (2014.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first appearance in English of this, the final book in Adler's Holocaust trilogy, based on his experiences as a survivor of the death camps. Originally published in German in 1989, translated by Peter Filkins. List of characters and principle events. 630 pp. ISBN: 978-0812993066.

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

    Book ID: 72519
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  • HERETIC'S HEART: A Journey Through Spirit & Revolution. by Adler, Margot.
    Adler, Margot.
    HERETIC'S HEART: A Journey Through Spirit & Revolution.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    Boston: Beacon Press, (1997) dj. Hardcover - The second book, a memoir, by the author of "Drawing Down the Moon." A look back at the 1960s and their impact on American history and culture, when Adler was a free speech advocate at Berkeley during the sixties, a woman who helped register black voters, and an anti-war activist who began a friendship with a soldier in Vietnam. Index. xiii, 309 pp. ISBN: 0-80707098X.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 83980
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  • DRAWING DOWN THE MOON: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, Other Pagans in America Today. by Adler, Margot (1946-2014)
    Adler, Margot (1946-2014)
    DRAWING DOWN THE MOON: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, Other Pagans in America Today.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which remains the best comprehensive guide to Neo-paganism and one which sparked increased interest in the movement. Adler, a practicing Wiccan herself, felt a close affinity to the earth-centered worship of the Pagan ceremonies - this opened to her a spiritual world that did not require a catechism of belief but instead allowed her to suspend rationalism and give herself over to something more akin to art, poetry and music. As preparation for this book,in the 1970s Adler interviewed hundreds of people and gathered a wide variety of documents in order to capture and describe the full range of contemporary and historical Pagan practices, including touring…

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    New York: The Viking Press, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which remains the best comprehensive guide to Neo-paganism and one which sparked increased interest in the movement. Adler, a practicing Wiccan herself, felt a close affinity to the earth-centered worship of the Pagan ceremonies - this opened to her a spiritual world that did not require a catechism of belief but instead allowed her to suspend rationalism and give herself over to something more akin to art, poetry and music. As preparation for this book,in the 1970s Adler interviewed hundreds of people and gathered a wide variety of documents in order to capture and describe the full range of contemporary and historical Pagan practices, including touring England where she interviewed Druids, witches, and Pagans. Illustrated with photographs. Appendices on rituals, proclamations and resources. Notes, index. xi, 455 pp. ISBN: 0-670283428.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (price-clipped, short edgetear). Uncommon in the first edition.

    Book ID: 86484
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  • PITCH DARK. by Adler, Renata.
    Adler, Renata.
    PITCH DARK.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. dj. Hardcover - A novel of "perceptions, refrains, inventions and cadences," by a writer whom Updike called "amazing .. honest and direct .. ingenious and thoughtful." 144 pp. ISBN: 0-394-503740.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket .

    Book ID: 40765
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • PITCH DARK. by Adler, Renata.
    Adler, Renata.
    PITCH DARK.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of "perceptions, refrains, inventions and cadences," by a writer whom Updike called "amazing .. honest and direct .. ingenious and thoughtful." 144 pp. ISBN: 0-394-503740.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (prev owner's last name.)

    Book ID: 3935
    Keywords: Women Authors
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  • Adler, Selig
    THE UNCERTAIN GIANT: 1921-1941, American Foreign Policy Between the Wars.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Collier, 1971.

    Condition: Underlining and notations in the text, some wear to covers, otherwise good.

    Book ID: 12300
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