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  • THE BEAR COMES HOME. by Zabor, Rafi.
    Zabor, Rafi.
    THE BEAR COMES HOME.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Amazing first novel by this jazz musician and journalist - the hero is "an alto saxophone virtuoso trying to evolve a personal style out of Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Ornette Coleman. He also happens to be a walking, talking, Shakespeare- and Blake-quoting bear whose keen sense of irony protects him from the double loneliness of the artist and animal in an underappreciative metropolis." Surprise winner of the 1998 PEN/Faulkner Prize for fiction. A lyrical, funny, and also realistic portrait of a jazz musician. Small first printing (reportedly of only 5000 copies.) 480 pp. ISBN: 0-393040372.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (corners slightly bumped, bit of sunning to spine of dj.)

    Book ID: 40996
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  • Zafris, Nancy.
    THE METAL SHREDDERS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Blue Hen (Penguin - Putnam), (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very enjoyable, and suprisingly different, first novel - a story which starts with the discovery of thousands of dollars stashed in the trunk of a car, the remains of a drug deal gone bad. Dust jacket praise from Alyson Hagy, Lewis Nordan (who called this a 'dazzling novel, exceeding all my expectations... this book will stay near your heart and mind for a long time.') and others. ISBN: 0-399149228.

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

    Book ID: 31652
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  • MOTHER, MOTHER. by Zailckas, Koren.
    Zailckas, Koren.
    MOTHER, MOTHER.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Crown, (2013). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, second book, a psychological thriller. "Josephine Hurst has her family under control. With two beautiful daughters, a brlliantly intelligent son, a tech-guru of a husband, and a historical landmark home, her life is picture perfect. But living in this matriarch's determinedly cheerful yet subtly controlling domain hasn't been easy for her family." SIGNED on the title page. 360 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 80864
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  • THE COLONEL. by Zec, Donald.
    Zec, Donald.
    THE COLONEL.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: W. H. Allen, 1979. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first novel by this award-winning journalist and biographer, set in England during World War II where the Colonel's regiment is waiting to be sent to France and into action. Warmly INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "For my dear friends ---- just so you will know how I suffered. Love and good luck to your book" and dated in the year of publication. 256 pp.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 63093
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  • THE COST OF LIVING. by Zenowich, Christopher.
    Zenowich, Christopher.
    THE COST OF LIVING.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel about the effects of working in the "service economy" - of the conflicts between personal values and corporate manipulation. Cover praise from Madison Smartt Bell, Douglas Unger and Robert Olmstead. 267 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0160446.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped)

    Book ID: 61503
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  • THE SLOUCHING TIGERS. by Zook, Stephanie.
    Zook, Stephanie.
    THE SLOUCHING TIGERS.

    Edition: First printing.

    Rockville, MD: Ariadne Press, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Prize-winning coming-of-age story of a young Chinese American girl. SIGNED on the title page. 199 pp. ISBN: 0-918056136.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 62299
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