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BOTH ONE.
Edition: First printing.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1925) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel of a Jewish boy, living in a gentile neighborhood in a suburb of San Francisco, who discovers both love with a gentile girl and racial prejudice. The rather hard-to-find third novel by this California born author who is probably best known for his pulp fiction, much of it set in the Orient. 302 pp.
Condition: Near fine in brown cloth with orange lettering on spine and front cover in a good only dust jacket with significant rubbing to the folds, wear to ends of dj spine, original price of 2.00 still present. Dust jacket now protected by archival cover.
Book ID: 78238More details Price: $65.00 -
THE ACCIDENTAL.
Edition: First printing.
London: Hamish Hamilton, (2005). SIGNED hardcover first edition - An award winning novel by this highly praised Scottish writer about "the ways that seemingly chance encounters irrevocably transform our understanding of ourselves." This was shortlisted for the 2005 Man Booker Prize, the Orange Prize for Fiction, and won the 2005 Whitbread Novel of the Year award. SIGNED on the title page. Frontispiece. 303 pp plus final 2 pp. ISBN: 0-241141907.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 80273More details Price: $50.00 -
BUSTED FLUSH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Henry Holt, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Civil war buffs and con men collide in this wickedly funny story of old-time relics and modern greed." SIGNED on the title page. 308 pp. ISBN: 9780805076509.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 61185More details Price: $30.00 -
THE DIVINE COMEDY OF JOHN VENNER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel - a fast-paced morality tale featuring John Venner, professor of religion at a small New England college, who becomes obsessed with the nearby Shaker community of New Eden and especially one young woman, the last of her kind, still living there. "Witty prose, a bizarre scenario, and a compelling story distinguish this funny, outlandish, irreverent fiction." (The Library Journal) 268 pp. ISBN: 0-67178854X.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line)
Book ID: 84373More details Price: $16.50 -
THE DELPHINIUM GIRL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper & Row, 1980. dj. Hardcover first edition - Fifth novel by this National Book Award nominee.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (stamp on front endpaper, crease to dj flap.)
Book ID: 12825More details Price: $18.00 -
SMOKE STREET
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly praised writer's seventh novel, described as "using the madness and chaos of war as a ground for the illogicality and fragility of the human mind." 191 pp. ISBN: 0-688-004806.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket, tight and clean, appears unread.
Book ID: 17310More details Price: $18.00 -
RAW: A Love Story.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Black Cat - Grove / Atlantic, (2013). First edition - Satirical novel issued as a trade paperback original - a "super-fun, super-wild and sneakily thoughtful take on American literary and entertainment excesses." 276 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 87111More details Price: $18.00 -
DELICIOUS.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2005). SIGNED first edition - The author's second novel, a story about the problems which ensue when the greedy owner of a Las Vegas catering service tries to muscle in on a small family owned business in Hawaii. David Liss called this "an addictive and engaging page turner that is both hilarious and unexpectedly touching." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 320 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 82412More details Price: $25.00 -
STILL LIVES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - Fifth book by this highly praised young writer - set in New York city where things are not going well of Thom, who has just lost his job as a photographer - and not well for two life-long friends eithe. Mary Robinson calls this "knowing, compassionate and clever on every page - a really funny novel, really funny." 272 pp. ISBN: 0-670-825816.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. (remaiinder line)
Book ID: 79174More details Price: $18.00 -
LAST RESORT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1982) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel (third book) by this writer who has been described as "a cross between Salinger and Vonnegut, with a prose style lanced with slang and drug argot."(author Tom Miner) A "scathing look at the nuclear family and the rock-and-roll clubland." 240 pp. ISBN: 0-394-522907.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (corners slightly bumped, few light spots on top edge textblock)
Book ID: 80164More details Price: $16.50 -
STILL LIVES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Fifth book by this highly praised young writer - set in New York city where things are not going well of Thom, who has just lost his job as a photographer - and not well for two life-long friends eithe. Mary Robinson calls this "knowing, compassionate and clever on every page - a really funny novel, really funny." 272 pp. ISBN: 0-670-825816.
Condition: Near fine in very good+ dust jacket. (remainder line, slight edge wear)
Book ID: 13973More details Price: $16.50 -
LAST RESORT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1982) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel (third book) by this writer who has been described as "a cross between Salinger and Vonnegut, with a prose style lanced with slang and drug argot."(author Tom Miner) A "scathing look at the nuclear family and the rock-and-roll clubland." 240 pp. ISBN: 0-394-522907.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (previous owner's name, short closed tear on lower edge.)
Book ID: 18493More details Price: $18.00 -
ABERRATION OF STARLIGHT.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Random House, 1980. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in a boardinghouse in rural New Jersey in the summer of 1939 -one which revolves around four people and one day of their vacation from Brooklyn and the Depression. 211 pp. ISBN: 0-394-511891.
Condition: Very good+ in very good+ dust jacket. (remainder mark.)
Book ID: 15305More details Price: $16.50 -
STEELWORK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pantheon, (1970) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second novel - "Like a series of snapshops, this novel presents a picture of a particular Brooklyn neighborhood between the years 1935 and 1951, covering the Depression, World War II, the beginnings of the Cold War, and the Korean War." 177 pp. ISBN: 0-394447107.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (usual sunning to the spine of the dj)
Book ID: 74620More details Price: $24.50 -
ODD NUMBER.
Edition: First printing.
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which gives the concept of the seamless Mobius strip literary form. . . an early novel by this award winning writer. 159 pp. ISBN: 0-865472122.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 63774More details Price: $20.00 -
AIDING AND ABETTING.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Doubleday, (2000). First edition - A "wickedly amusing and subversive novel in years, a savagely witty tale of murder and escape based on the notorious real-life case of Lord Lucan.' If you are a fan of Spark, as I am, you will love this. 182 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 61301More details Price: $18.50 -
ARE WE NOT MEN?
Edition: First printing.
New York: Arcade, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly praised first collection of short stories (his second book) - called "hilarious, bittersweet and brilliant.". ISBN: 1-55970-3571.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 13853More details Price: $17.50 -
ARE WE NOT MEN?
Edition: First printing.
New York: Arcade, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Highly praised first collection of short stories (his second book) - called "hilarious, bittersweet and brilliant.". ISBN: 1-55970-3571.
Condition: SIGNED and warmly INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Fine in fine dust jacket. Author's card laid in.
Book ID: 31474More details Price: $35.00 -
MEN IN BLACK.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 47317More details Price: $20.00 -
WILLING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ecco Press, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The ninth novel by this highly praised and creative writer (twice short listed for the National Book Award) : a 'journey inside the world of international sex tourism' which 'explores the limits of male restraint, the intoxications of privilege, and the maddening dangers of freedom.' 244 pp. ISBN: 0-06-076015X.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 47607More details Price: $19.50 -
WAKING THE DEAD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's fourth novel, and the basis for the 2000 movie. 396 pp. ISBN: 0-394-543564.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (book appears unread, but has a remainder line, dust jacket has some signs of handling, now in an archival protector..
Book ID: 63707More details Price: $18.50 -
ENDLESS LOVE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1979.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third novel, the story of a young boy's overwhelming and enduring love for a young girl and her family, a love which turns into obsession when he sets a 'safe fire' to their house. Shortlisted for the National Book Award. Basis of the 1981 Franco Zeffirelli film of the same name starring Brooke Shields and Tom Cruise. 418 pp. ISBN: 0-394-506057.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (corners slightly bumped, dj folded slightly off-center.)
Book ID: 88178More details Price: $25.00 -
AGENT OF CHAOS
Edition: First hardback edition.
New York: Franklin Watts 1988 dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's 2nd novel. The hero fights for democracy against a totalitarian state using many disguises on many planets, but is thwarted at every turn by a mysterious group of renegades. Ultimately he must choose between the failing democracy movment or the Brotherhood of Assassins as an agent of chaos.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket with slightest wear to edges.
Book ID: 11363More details Price: $16.50 -
BONE FIRE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. Hardcover first edition - A novel set in the modern West, in Wyoming, a story of family relationships, of caring and of hardships met and shared. 244 pp. ISBN: 978-0307272751.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 70253More details Price: $17.50 -
THE DISSOLUTION OF NICHOLAS DEE: His Researches.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly praised young author's darkly comic second novel - 'both a compelling mystery and a meditation on written history.' 325 pp. ISBN: 0-684-193523.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder mark)
Book ID: 76279More details Price: $16.50 -
THE DISSOLUTION OF NICHOLAS DEE: His Researches.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Highly praised young author's darkly comic second novel - 'both a compelling mystery and a meditation on written history.' SIGNED on the title page. 325 pp. ISBN: 0-684-193523.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82694More details Price: $31.50 -
THE DISSOLUTION OF NICHOLAS DEE: His Researches.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly praised young author's darkly comic second novel - 'both a compelling mystery and a meditation on written history.' 325 pp. ISBN: 0-684-193523.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 29231More details Price: $19.50 -
SIGMUND FREUD.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Near fine in a very good minus dust jacket. (several short tears and other edgewear to the dj, original price of $17.95 on flap)
Book ID: 81275More details Price: $40.00 -
ALL THE LITTLE LIVE THINGS.
Edition: Hardcover.
New York: Viking, (1967.). Hardcover - Novel set in the California foothills, where two retired Easterners have moved in search of peace; they find their paradise invaded by parasites and preyers - not just gophers and rose blight, but a neighbor with a bulldozer intent on development and a young cultist who builds a tree house on their property. 345 pp.
Condition: Very good in light blue cloth with dark blue lettering, no dustjacket.
Book ID: 56349More details Price: $13.50 -
A SUDDEN LIGHT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His fourth book: "In the summer of 1990, fourteen-year-old Trevor Riddell gets his first glimpse of Riddell House. Built from the spoils of a massive timber fortune, the legendary family mansion is constructed of giant whole trees and is set on a huge estate overlooking Seattle's Puget Sound. . . as Trevor explores the house's secret stairways and hidden rooms, he discovers a spirit lingering in Riddell House whose agenda is at odds with the family plan. Only Trevor's willingness to face the dark past of his forefathers will reveal the key to his family's future." SIGNED on the title page. 396 pp. ISBN: 9781439187036.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.) Wraparound promotional band present.
Book ID: 61827More details Price: $35.00
