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ANOTHER ROADSIDE ATTRACTION.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Bantam, (2003.). Robbins' indescribable first novel, an underground classic. 337 pp. ISBN: 0-553-349481.
Condition: Very good+.
Book ID: 60879More details Price: $12.00 -
AFTERLOVE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: New American Library - NAL, (2003). First edition - "Kate Weyland loses a lucky earring on the morning of an important job interview. Running late, she asks her husband to drive their seven-year-old twin daughters to school. He and the girls end up in the path of a speeding police car, and all three of them die. While she's still reeling from grief, Kate goes on a trip to Nantucket Island to help a friend close her cottage, and she hears of a local recluse. Kate is normally skeptical, but in her vulnerable state the idea of communicating with her family beyond the grave captures her imagination, and she consults the mysterious Gabriel Farr." (PW)
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (light crease to upper corner of back cover)
Book ID: 88170More details Price: $17.50 -
OPERATION SHYLOCK: A Confession.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1993.). A novel which purports to be an account of how the writer became involved with Israel's intelligence gathering agency - the Mossad - in the 1980's - based on his notebook entries at the time. 399 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in wrappers.
Book ID: 36096More details Price: $11.00 -
BRIDGE OF SIGHS.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Vintage Books, (2008.). SIGNED - Epic novel by the Pulitzer Prize winning author of 'Empire Falls.' 642 pp. ISBN: 9781400030903.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 46228More details Price: $17.50 -
LYING AWAKE.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Vintage Books, 2001. SIGNED - His extraordinary third novel, set in a Carmelite convent just outside modern Los Angeles. 8 illustrations by Stephanie Shieldhouse. ISBN: 0-375-706062.
Condition: Near fine. SIGNED on title page by the author.
Book ID: 27348More details Price: $17.00 -
THE SOLOIST.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Vintage Books, (1995.). Second novel, third book, by this highly praised young writer. This story of a cellist, a child prodigy who loses his gift abruptly at age 18, and 17 years later finds his life once again unexpectedly disrupted, is a brief but powerful novel. Salzman himself plays the cello. 284 pp. ISBN: 0-679-759263.
Condition: Very near fine (usual light toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 41393More details Price: $8.50 -
LYING AWAKE.
Edition: 4th printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. dj. SIGNED hardcover - Novel set in a Carmelite convent just outside modern Los Angeles. 8 illustrations by Stephanie Shieldhouse. SIGNED on the title page. 181 pp. ISBN: 0-3754052328.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket (as new)
Book ID: 59979More details Price: $18.50 -
TIME IN ITS FLIGHT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, 1978. dj. Hardcover first edition - Epic novel of a hundred years in the lives of a New England family.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket - in extremely good condition for such a massive book (782 pgs.)
Book ID: 11657More details Price: $20.00 -
THE LOVE PAVILION.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Morrow, 1960. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of mystery and exoticism set in Malaya in the years after the war - when the violence was not yet at an end.
Condition: Fair condition only (some water damage to the rear board) in a quite worn dj. Contents are good.
Book ID: 11111More details Price: $14.50 -
THE CHINESE LOVE PAVILION.
Edition: First printing.
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1960. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of mystery and exoticism set in Malaya in the years after the war - when the violence was not yet at an end - and where a search for a friend turns into a manhunt. 326 pp.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (faint bookstore stamp on front endpaper, original price of 18s net still present)
Book ID: 84315More details Price: $28.50 -
BLACK MAN OF SHADWELL: Four Stories.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in near fine dust jacket. (initials on first page, price-clipped.)
Book ID: 37702More details Price: $25.00 -
CHOICES
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 20th century as seen and lived by a woman of the South - joining the Red Cross after making her debut at the beginning of the depression, she becomes embroiled in a miners' strike in Kentucky - later she volunteers for the war in Spain, and returning to the US in the 60's, she becomes involved in the Civil Rights movement. 376 pp. ISBN: 0-385-47699x.
Condition: INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 33072More details Price: $45.00 -
ORDEAL: A Novel.
Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition, but with no price on the dus
New York: Morrow, 1939. dj. Hardcover - A prophetic novel , originally titled What Happened to the Corbetts. and written before World War II broke out in 1939, and before German bombs fell on London and England's south, but partly as a protest against the preparations being made by the English authorities (they were focusing on possibly gas attacks, rather than on the more mundane but likely effects of loss of phones, gas, electricity, water and other services modern life has come to depend upon.) Described as "not so much a study of war as of the human spirit, of its infinite capacity to endure and to re-shape the world to its destiny." 280 pp plus an author's note.
Condition: Very near fine in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering, dark blue tinting to top edge, in a near fine dust jacket (minor edgewear to dj.) Laid in is the 4 pp BOMC brochure with review of book by Christopher Morley and a bookstore account postcard from Paul Elder's Books in San Francisco.
Book ID: 40109More details Price: $35.00 -
THE CLIFF.
Edition: 2nd printing.
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1994. dj. A novel "savage and funny and true, about sham poets and literary breadlines." (Elman.). ISBN: 0-871-17811.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 4279More details Price: $10.00 -
THE FINAL FIRE.
Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).
New York: Saturday Review Press - Dutton, 1975. dj. Hardcover - First novel, and 2nd book, by this New York City fireman. ISBN: 0-8415-03850.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (some rubbing to the dj.)
Book ID: 27539More details Price: $12.50 -
THE NEW MEN
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Scribner's, 1954.
Condition: VG
Book ID: 10159More details Price: $10.00 -
CARTOGRAPHIES.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Ecco Press, 1990. Author's first book, a collection of short stories which was the winner of the Drue Heinze Literature Prize for 1989.
Condition: Very good+
Book ID: 15239More details Price: $14.00 -
THE RETURN.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2020) dj. Hardcover - The story of an injured Navy doctor, who returns to a cabin in North Carolina which he inherited from his grandfather and begins to put his life back together. Review copy with publisher's letter laid in. 355 pp. The dust jacket is reversable with a spring cover on the front and a Christmas cover on the back. ISBN: 978-1538728574.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 84652More details Price: $16.50 -
THE RANCH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Delacorte, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A story of friendship, as three women, friends who took very different paths in life, meet again at the ranch. 421 pp. ISBN: 0-385-316348.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 47794More details Price: $12.50 -
A SHOOTING STAR.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Viking, (1961.) dj. Hardcover - The story of a wealthy and attractive California woman whose marriage no longer brings her satisfaction - 411 pp.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 19757More details Price: $13.50 -
SHOOTING STAR.
Edition: 2nd printing (before publication).
New York: Viking, (1961.) dj. Hardcover - The story of a wealthy and attractive California wife whose marriage no longer brings her satisfaction - 433 pp.
Condition: Ex-library with markings and significant reading wear, but in a good dustjacket (no markings to exterior of dj, but tape ghosts to interior).
Book ID: 34696More details Price: $12.50 -
THE SPECTATOR BIRD.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Penguin, (1990.). Winner of the 1977 National Book Award for best novel. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-14-0139400.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (spine sunned, usual light toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 53678More details Price: $8.50 -
A SHOOTING STAR.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Viking, (1961.) dj. Hardcover - The story of a wealthy and attractive California woman whose marriage no longer brings her satisfaction - 411 pp.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (previous owner's name, wear to dj at ends of spine and rubbing along folds).
Book ID: 55837More details Price: $12.50 -
PARIS REVIEW 197, Summer 2011.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Paris Review, 2011. SIGNED first edition - Includes interviews with William Gibson and Samuel Delany as number 210 and 211 in their ongoing 'Art of Fiction' series.. SIGNED by Jonathan Lethem at his story "The Empty Room. Also includes fiction by Robert Bolano, David Gates and William Wei; poetry by Cathy Park Hong, Iman Mersal and others, a portfolio of full color photographs by Laurel Nakadate and Mike Rottenberg and more. Illustrated. Notes on contributors. 238 pp plus ads.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 88875More details Price: $30.00 -
CHILDREN OF LIGHT.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. dj. Hardcover - A novel of Hollywood, of disintegration, and of the lure of cocaine and alcohol - reportedly based upon Stone's own experiences there when he was working on the screenplay for the movie based on his award-winning 'Dog Soldiers.'. ISBN: 0-394-525736.
Condition: Very good in a dustjacket with approx 1/2 inch missing from top edge.
Book ID: 16541More details Price: $12.50 -
OUTERBRIDGE REACH.
Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1992. dj. Hardcover - Novel of the sea, involving a long distance race, nominated for the National Book award. Rockwell Kent illustration on title page and dustjacket. Map endpapers. 409 pp. ISBN: 0-395-587816.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 46944More details Price: $12.50 -
THE WAR ZONE.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (usual light toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 56340More details Price: $12.50 -
DESERT OASES: Places in the Sun.
Edition: First printing.
Chapel Hill, NC: Professional Press, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Three novellas set in three different fictional desert oases - Covington's Cave, Cave Springs near Death Valley and Anasazi Canyon. SIGNED on the illustrated title page with the word "Enjoy." x, 298 pp. ISBN: 978-1570878039.
Condition: Good only in a near fine dust jacket - missing front endpaper, and the top of the title page.
Book ID: 73773More details Price: $20.00 -
SOPHIE'S CHOICE.
Edition: First paperback printing.
New York: Bantam, (1980.). Novel of the Holocaust, and its effects on a woman who survived the death camps. Winner of the National Book Award and the basis for the Oscar award winning movie of the same name, featuring Meryl Streep. 626 pp. ISBN: 0-394-461096.
Condition: Very good (one crease in spine)
Book ID: 46420More details Price: $10.00 -
THE IMMORTAL MOUTH AND OTHER STORIES.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
Berkeley, CA: Creative Arts Book Co., (2003.). SIGNED first edition - San Francisco's author's first collection of short stories, on classic American themes - rollercoaster relationships, fathers and sons, and hitting the road. SIGNED on the half title page. 190 pp. ISBN: 0-88739-3101.
Condition: Fine (a new copy)
Book ID: 30300More details Price: $16.00