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IONA MOON.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Poseidon, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Granta award winning author's third novel. ISBN: 0-671-796879.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 20961More details Price: $25.00 -
GIRLS IN THE GRASS: Stories.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1991) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Highly praised young author's first collection of short stories (her second book). INSCRIBED on the title page to noted book collector Larry Owens and Monica. Laid in are two brief handwritten notes, one in an envelope. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-394576632.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 80731More details Price: $45.00 -
GIRLS IN THE GRASS: Stories.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly praised young author's first collection of short stories (her second book). 272 pp. ISBN: 0-394576632.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (spine slant, prev owner's gold seal)
Book ID: 64047More details Price: $15.00 -
CAT'S PAW, INC.: Brown Bag Mystery Series.
Edition: First printing.
Tulsa, OK: Council Oak Books, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a title in the Brown Bag Mystery Series." Hired to track down a fourteen-year-old runaway named Jessica Finney, Oregon private eye Zachariah Smith leaves the small town of Mackie, heading to Portland to follow his clues. Not far down the road, he picks up a young woman named Allison, who is also clearly on the run - . . In Portland, Zachariah checks into a motel with one runaway and sets out to track down the other." SIGNED on the title page. Small hardcover format. 440 pp. ISBN: 0-933031416.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 84929More details Price: $30.00 -
WALKING DISTANCE
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second book, and first novel, by a highly praised young author. ISBN: 0-394-551478.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 3370More details Price: $25.00 -
THESE THINGS HAPPEN
Edition: First trade paperback printing.
New York: Washington Square Press Books, 1990. Her second collection of short stories, described as 'passionate, witty, domestic puzzles of American life.' Praise from such writers as Alice Hoffman and Michael Dorris.
Condition: Some rubbing to the covers, otherwise near fine.
Book ID: 12348More details Price: $9.00 -
HENRY IN LOVE
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Bantam, 1990. A title in the Bantam New Fiction series.
Condition: Near fine in glossy printed wrappers. (crease on lower corner of front cover.)
Book ID: 19054More details Price: $14.00 -
HENRY IN LOVE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bantam, 1990. dj. First edition - A title in the Bantam New Fiction series.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 24284More details Price: $18.00 -
HENRY IN LOVE.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
New York: Bantam, 1990. First edition - A title in the Bantam New Fiction series.
Condition: As new.
Book ID: 24285More details Price: $9.00 -
THESE THINGS HAPPEN
Edition: First printing.
New York: Poseidon Press, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her third book and second collection of short stories, described as 'passionate, witty, domestic puzzles of American life.' Praise from such writers as Alice Hoffman and Michael Dorris. ISBN: 0-671-649248.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (the usual bleeding of the purple lettering on the dj.)
Book ID: 30021More details Price: $19.00 -
CAST IN DOUBT.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Poseidon Press / Simon & Schuster, (1992). First edition - A literary mystery, set in an eccentric community of expats living in Crete in 1975 - including Horace, a gay American writer of crime novels. 239 pp
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 76158More details Price: $15.00 -
WINGING IT: a Tale of Turning Thirty.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Riverhead Books, 1996. Author's first book, a series of interconnected short stories.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 14460More details Price: $12.00 -
THE BEST THING I EVER TASTED: The Secret of Food.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Riverhead Books, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book by an award winning essayist which explores the complicated American relationship with food - it ranges over hundred of years of American and European history,looking at the rise of "time-saving" refinements in life - what are we giving away simply to have convenient food? Included in the discussion is how white sugar and white flour were sold to the public as good, and the ways in which advertisers get the public to use products they don't really need and might not even want if they took the time to think about alternatives. A book which is informative, fun to read and also thought-provoking. SIGNED on the title page. Bibliography. 311 pp. ISBN: 1-573221309.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 83532More details Price: $30.00 -
WHAT IS REMEMBERED.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1963.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Thirty years after Stein wrote "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas," Toklas herself has "provided her own entertaining account of her life with Gertrude Stein, recapturing not only the essence of her friend's remarkable personality but the essence of a remarkable time." Photographs. Index. 186 pp.
Condition: Just about fine in a near fine dustjacket (a bit of edgewear to the top of the spine of the dj.).
Book ID: 48041More details Price: $45.00 -
BY CECILE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1963. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel suggested by the early years in the life of Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette, known throughout the world as the great French novelist Colette.
Condition: Very good in very good- dust jacket. (rem stamp, dj- edge wear, few tears taped inside cover)
Book ID: 15225More details Price: $20.00 -
GHOST CHILDREN.
Edition: First printing.
London: Methuen, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - The title refers to an unwanted child, aborted, but living on to haunt the memories and lives of its parents. ISBN: 0-413-69810-7.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 16416More details Price: $18.00 -
MEN AT WORK
Edition: First American edition.
New York: Random House, 1966. dj. Hardcover first edition - A witty, satirical novel by one of the masters of the form.
Condition: Very good+ in very good dust jacket (slight spine slant.)
Book ID: 12346More details Price: $18.00 -
TEMPLES OF DELIGHT
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her third highly praised novel: "a strange and magical story that parallels the plot of Mozart's opera 'The Magic Flute.'....complex and ambitious with much to say about friendship, family and growing up.". ISBN: 0-8021-14229.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 11943More details Price: $25.00 -
THE TRAVELLING HORN PLAYER.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Viking, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's fifth novel, one which shift from Scotland to Rome, from London to the Cotswolds. It begins with the accidental death of a young woman, an event that touches many lives in sometimes surprising ways, a book both funny and touching. 245 pp. ISBN: 0-670-883573.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (not very noticeable peeled spot to the dj, rem line.)
Book ID: 19705More details Price: $17.00 -
TEMPLES OF DELIGHT
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her third highly praised novel: "a strange and magical story that parallels the plot of Mozart's opera 'The Magic Flute.'....complex and ambitious with much to say about friendship, family and growing up.". ISBN: 0-8021-14229.
Condition: Good only in a good dust jacket (some bleeding from cloth spine to interior of dj.)
Book ID: 23052More details Price: $12.50 -
NOAH'S ARK.
Edition: First printing.
London: Gollancz, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her second novel, a wry account of a mismatched marriage and the survival of love at all odds. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-575-035013.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 59009More details Price: $25.00 -
THE TRAVELLING HORN PLAYER.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Viking, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's fifth novel, one which shift from Scotland to Rome, from London to the Cotswolds. It begins with the accidental death of a young woman, an event that touches many lives in sometimes surprising ways, a book both funny and touching. 245 pp. ISBN: 0-670-883573.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 88654More details Price: $20.00 -
THE COLONEL'S DAUGHTER and Other Stories.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Summit Books, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's fourth book - her first collection of short stories. In 1983, Tremain was one of 20 writers chosen as the "Best of Young British Novelists." 174 pp. ISBN: 0-671-504630.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket. A tight copy, but some spotting to the rear cover.
Book ID: 48039More details Price: $19.50 -
THE COLONEL'S DAUGHTER and Other Stories.
Edition: First American edition.
New York: Summit Books, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's fourth book - her first collection of short stories. In 1983, Tremain was one of 20 writers chosen as the "Best of Young British Novelists." 174 pp. ISBN: 0-671-504630.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped, rem line - a nice tight copy.)
Book ID: 20290More details Price: $17.50 -
SACRED COUNTRY.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Atheneum, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of Mary, who - at age 6 - realizes with perfect clarity and conviction that she is a boy, not a girl, and of the struggles of Mary/Martin in the years to come. A highly praised novel by a writer who is not as appreciated as she should be. ISBN: 0-689-121709.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 23711More details Price: $16.00 -
THE GUSTAV SONATA.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Norton, (2016) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel which opens in Switzerland in the years after World War II, where Gustav, the only child of a single mother who treats him severely becomes friends with Anton, a young Jewish boy his age and a talented pianist, despite his mother's anti-Semitism. A story which moves back and forth in time. one in which friendship is lost, regained and transformed. 240 pp. ISBN: 978-0393246698.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 75833More details Price: $17.50 -
MUSIC AND SILENCE.
Edition: First printing.
London: Chatto & Windus, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award winning author's eigth novel, set in Denmark in 1629. SIGNED on the title page. 454 pp. ISBN: 1-86056027X.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 81272More details Price: $35.00 -
ROCOCO.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An often very funny novel about the making over of a small Italian American town in New Jersey. SIGNED and dated on the title page. 267 pp. ISBN: 1400060079.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 56868More details Price: $30.00 -
THE RECTOR'S WIFE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Random House, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel by this author to be published in the US, basis of the PBS Masterpiece Theater series with a promotional sticker on the dust jacket. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 1994. 287 pp. ISBN: 0-679-437029.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 50742More details Price: $25.00 -
THE OTHER FAMILY.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster, (2010). First edition - Advance issue for the trade paperback edition. A once famous pianist dies leaving behind two families - a wife and son in the North of England whom he had long abandoned and his partner and three children in London, but the terms of his will force the families to confront each other, 321 pp,
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 62771More details Price: $18.00