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  • THE LAST BEST HOPE. by Tauber, Peter.
    Tauber, Peter.
    THE LAST BEST HOPE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel (second book), set in the Vietnam era, described as a love story, a war story, a political story, with settings ranging from Arizona to Vietnam to Washington DC to Berkeley, ending in a college town in Ohio. 628 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-151483779.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 86485
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  • WHITE STAR. by Thayer, James.
    Thayer, James.
    WHITE STAR.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1995). SIGNED first edition - Formerly America's best military sniper with a record kill in Vietnam, Owen Gray just wants to live out his life peacefully as an assistant U.S. attorney in New York with his three adopted children, but now, 25 years later, he finds himself hunted by a sniper. Clive Cussler described this as a "compelling yet thoughtful thriller." INSCRIBED on the title page. 303 pp. .

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 70472
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  • Van, Muon, Illustrated by April Chu.
    IN A VILLAGE BY THE SEA.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    Creston Books, (2015). Hardcover - The author's first book - although she left Vietnam as a child with the exodus of boat people, this story is inspired by her ancestral village of An Bang. Beautifully illustrated in full color by artist April Chu, this storyÕs poetic language brings emotion and longing to the simple tale of a fishermanÕs family, who wait for him by the sea. Slightly oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 978-1939527156.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated boards with a blue cloth spine, no dust jacket, as issued.

    Book ID: 68467
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  • IN A VILLAGE BY THE SEA. by Van, Muon, Illustrated by April Chu.
    Van, Muon, Illustrated by April Chu.
    IN A VILLAGE BY THE SEA.

    Edition: First printing.

    Creston Books, (2015) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book - although she left Vietnam as a child with the exodus of boat people, this story is inspired by her ancestral village of An Bang. Beautifully illustrated in full color by artist April Chu, this storyÕs poetic language brings emotion and longing to the simple tale of a fishermanÕs family, who wait for him by the sea. SIGNED on the title page by both the author and the illustrator. Slightly oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 978-1939527156.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated boards with a blue cloth spine, no dust jacket, as issued.

    Book ID: 66325
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  • Vollmann, William T.
    BUTTERFLY STORIES.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Andre Deutsch, 1993. First edition - The true first edition, preceding the US edition, and only issued as a trade paperback in the UK. Typically indescribable novel by Vollmann - 'Butterfly Boy' is searching for love, in the company of a hedonistic photographer, in Cambodia and Thailand where 'Bendadryl and prostitutes with AIDS are his ever-present companions.' Illustrated with drawings by the author. While Vollmann, one of the most fascinating and interesting of modern writers, had long been a cult favorite, in 2005 he received the prestigious National Book Award for fiction. ISBN: 0-233-988084.

    Condition: Fine in stiff illustrated wrappers with self- flaps. (as new.)

    Book ID: 31453
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  • Vollmann, William T.
    BUTTERFLY STORIES.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Andre Deutsch, 1993. SIGNED first edition - The true first edition, preceding the US edition, and only issued as a trade paperback in the UK. Typically indescribable novel by Vollmann - 'Butterfly Boy' is searching for love, in the company of a hedonistic photographer, in Cambodia and Thailand where 'Bendadryl and prostitutes with AIDS are his ever-present companions.' Illustrated with drawings by the author. While Vollmann, one of the most fascinating and interesting of modern writers, had long been a cult favorite, in 2005 he received the prestigious National Book Award for fiction. ISBN: 0-233-988084.

    Condition: SIGNED by the author on first page. Fine in stiff illustrated wrappers with self- flaps. (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 31251
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  • ON THE 7TH DAY GOD CREATED THE CHEVROLET. by Wilkinson, Sylvia.
    Wilkinson, Sylvia.
    ON THE 7TH DAY GOD CREATED THE CHEVROLET.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Algonquin Books, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in North Carolina in 1963, two brothers' lives revolve around drag racing in Chevrolets - even as things in the world around them begin to change. Racial tensions are running high, and the Vietnam war is looming. 410 pp. ISBN: 0-945575-130.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (appears unread, but with a remainder line)

    Book ID: 59808
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