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THRESHOLDS / UMBRALES.
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Willimantic: Curbstone Press , (1996). First edition - A bilingual edition of this collection of poetry by this award-winning Nicaraguan writer -"a lyric meditation in nine parts, reflecting on her life and her art" - with the original Spanish on the verson, the English translated by Darwin (Bud) Flakol (her late husband to whom she dedicated this book. Published as a paperback original. 69 pp.
Condition: Near fine in printed pale blue wrappers (spot on front cover).
Book ID: 85437More details Price: $15.00 -
SHOW WORLD.
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New York: St Martin's, (1998). First edition - Author's third novel, much of it written in the form of journal entries by Samantha, a young woman trying to establish a career as a writer or publicity agent who finds her dreams turning into nightmares.
Condition: Near fine in gray printed wrappers
Book ID: 85199More details Price: $16.50 -
DEATH FROM THE SNOWS.
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New York: Welcome Rain Publishers, (2001). SIGNED first edition - The authpr's second crime novel - her first won the 1997 Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere, the equivalent of the Edgar Allan Poe Award - once again featuring Elise Andrioli who was left blind, mute, and quadriplegic after a terrorist bomb explosion in Northern Ireland that killed her fiance. and told in the first person. Now, after several surgeries, which have only restored some movement in her left arm, she is leaving for Switzerland to stay at her uncle's chalet in a small ski town. SIGNED on the title page with the words "Bien Cordialement." Translated from the French by David L. Koral. 248 pp.
Condition: Fine in printed cream wrappers with a black cloth spine.
Book ID: 84191More details Price: $30.00 -
CONS.
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New York: SOHO Press, (1992). First edition - Uncommon advance issue of this author's first book -set in North Carolina, this is a noir novel about an ex-con trying to go straight. 231 pp.
Condition: Fine in printed lime green wrappers.
Book ID: 83429More details Price: $25.00 -
TALKING IN THE DARK: Stories.
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New York: Harcourt, (2001). First edition - The author's first book, a collection of eight stories, including two stories -
"Fur" and "Her Slow and Steady" - which were selected for the Best American Short Stories in 1994 and 1997. In addition, she won the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in 1990 for her first published short story. Born in Macao, she emigrated with her family from Hong Kong at the age of six and now lives in the US. 210 pp.Condition: Fine in printed yellow wrappers.
Book ID: 82573More details Price: $16.50 -
NIAGARA FALLS ALL OVER AGAIN.
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New York: Dial Press, (2001). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Highly praised author's second novel, third book, the story of the 'flawed passionate friendship' between two halves of a comedy team, spanning 30 years from the waning days of vaudeville to the golden age of Hollywood. SIGNED on the title page. 308 pp.
Condition: Fine in printed cream colored wrappers. Full color cover art bound in. Card with compliments of Dial Press laid in.
Book ID: 81976More details Price: $35.00 -
BARN BLIND.
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New York: Harper & Row, (1980). SIGNED first edition - The first novel by this Pulitzer prize winning author, described as a psychological thriller. The story of a woman whose obsession with the horses she raises and the son whom she expects to be an Olympic champion - after all, they are the Karlsons, the most envied family in the county - leads her to be blind to the dangers foreshadowed in this book. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-449-908747.
Condition: Very good in printed red wrappers (upper corner slightly bumped) A very uncommon advance issue, especially so signed.
Book ID: 80803More details Price: $400.00 -
THE CROSSING GUARD.
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New York: Hyperion, 1995. First edition - Novelization by this award winning playwright of the screenplay written by Sean Penn and published in conjunction with the film of the same title, directed by Sean Penn and starring Anjelicka Huston and Jack Nicholson. 310 pp.
Condition: Near fine in printed wrappers. A rather uncommon advance issue.,
Book ID: 78280More details Price: $18.00 -
LITTLE BOY BLUES: A Camilla McPhee Mystery.
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Toronto: RendezVous Press, (2002). First edition - The third mystery set in Ottawa and featuring Camilla McPhee who runs a law office specializing in justice for victims of violent crimes. 338 pp plus 1 pp ad.
Condition: Fine in light blue printed wrappers.
Book ID: 77900More details Price: $15.00 -
LEAP YEAR.
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New York: Poseidon Press, (1989.). First edition - A Political Journey. In 1988, Erickson follows the presidential campaign across the country by train and car in 1988, a trip in which he is joined by "a deathless wanderer named Sally Hemings, who at the age of fifteen in Paris in 1789 chose to remain the slave of Thomas Jefferson, and thus changed the meaning and consequence of America forever." 192 pp.
Condition: Very good in printed light blue wrappers. (creasing to lower corner, some toning to the pages) A rather uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 60975More details Price: $20.00 -
THE HOUSE OF THE STAG.
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New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - A fantasy novel set in the world of 'The Anvil of the World.' SIGNED on title page and dated 6/1/08 before publication . 350 pp. Nominated for the World Fantasy award for best novel.
Condition: Fine in plain printed white wrappers (a new copy.)
Book ID: 55646More details Price: $40.00 -
FURIOUS GULF
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New York: Bantam, (1994.). SIGNED first edition - Nebula award winning writer, physicist and astronomer, Benford is best known for his ability to combine hard science and speculation with fully realized characters. This is the tale of 'Argo' hurtling through space with the remnants of humanity from the planet Snowglade. SIGNED on the title page. 290 pp.
Condition: Near fine in printed red wrappers (a bit of rubbing to the covers.) An uncommon advance issue, and especially so signed.
Book ID: 45076More details Price: $35.00 -
A LANDING ON THE SUN.
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New York: Viking, 1992. First edition - Fifth novel by this playwright and 1999 Booker finalist.
Condition: Fine in printed yellow wrappers (printed from the original English edition.)
Book ID: 11439More details Price: $20.00 -
HASTY RETREAT: A Mother Lavinia Grey Mystery
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New York: Delacorte, 1997. First edition - The fourth in this series of mysteries featuring the Vicar of the "ever embattled St Bede's Episcopal Church" in a small town in New Jersey.
Condition: Fine in printed yellow wrappers.
Book ID: 5561More details Price: $16.50