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STIR-FRY
Edition: Uncorrected proof.
New York: HarperCollins, 1994. First edition - Irish playwright's first novel, a Lesbian coming of age story.
Condition: Very good+ in printed green wrappers.
Book ID: 19035More details Price: $20.00 -
FIREBIRD: A Memoir.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Harper Collins, (1999). First edition - An account of his childhood and his coming of age by this award-winning poet. 198 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in printed yellow wrappers (appears unread, but the ink of the title is smeared, a printing flaw.)
Book ID: 70438More details Price: $20.00 -
IRENE'S LAST WALTZ.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1994.). SIGNED first edition - The fifth novel in the award-winning series featuring Irene Adler, the beautiful opera singer who once outwitted Sherlock Holmes. SIGNED on the title page. 488 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in printed green wrappers.
Book ID: 68504More details Price: $35.00 -
THE SEVEN SISTERS.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2002). First edition - A novel about starting over late in life - "Candida Wilton - a woman recently betrayed, rejected, divorced, and alienated from her three grown daughters - moves from a beautiful Georgian house in Suffolk to a two-room walk-up flat in a run-down building in central London. Is the move perversity, she wonders, a survival test, or is she punishing herself? How will she adjust to this shabby, menacing, but curiously appealing city? And yet, as she climbs the dingy communal staircase with her suitcases, she feels both nervous and exhilarated." 307 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in pale blue printed wrappers (minor wear to covers)
Book ID: 90698More details Price: $21.50 -
SKELETON DANCE.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Morrow, (2000.). SIGNED first edition - Mystery involving forensic anthropology and featuring Gideon Oliver by the Edgar wlnning author - set in a small French village which is home to a large concentration of prehistoric fossils. SIGNED on the title page. 246 pp.
Condition: Near fine in plain printed tan wrappers.
Book ID: 58990More details Price: $30.00 -
HOLLYWOOD NOCTURNES.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Otto Penzler Books, (1994). SIGNED first edition - A novella - "Dick Contino's Blues" - and five short stories. SIGNED on the title page. 228 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in printed gray wrappers.
Book ID: 49356More details Price: $30.00 -
HOLLYWOOD NOCTURNES
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Otto Penzler Books, (1994.). SIGNED first edition - A novella - "Dick Contino's Blues" - and five short stories. SIGNEd on the title page. 228 pp.
Condition: Near fine (an unread copy, but with a closed tear on the upper edge of front cover.)
Book ID: 49355More details Price: $25.00 -
PERILOUS RELATIONS.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Walker, 1997. First edition - The second Barbara Simons mystery, set in Montreal, Canada. When a police ride-along that she won at a charity auction takes her to the home of her former boss at the airline, she finds herself more and more involved in investigating - unofficially - his murder. 266 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in printed violet wrappers (upper corner slightly bumped) A rather uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 69090More details Price: $16.50 -
SHADOW CATCHER.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: SOHO Press, (1991.). First edition - "An Indian Bureau stenographer from Washington, a photographer, and the Indian agent James McLaughlin are on an expedition to photograph the last redmen. . . a fictionalized story of the Wanamaker Expedition of 1913, about Indians, the power of images, and about truth." Illustrated with 32 photographs. 302 pp.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated tan wrappers.
Book ID: 57662More details Price: $18.00 -
REMEMBER THE MORNING.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: FORGE / Tom Doherty Associates, (1998). First edition - An historical novel set in pre-Revolutionary America - it centers on two women, one black and one white, who were captured by Seneca Indians as girls, adopted into the tribe, but when they were returned to a white world at the age of seventeen, they realize that the black woman is the slave of the white woman's slave. Even though she frees her, their lives remained entwined. One of a series of narratives based on the archives of the Stapleton family. 379 pp plus afterword.
Condition: Very near fine in printed gold wrappers.
Book ID: 71690More details Price: $18.50 -
BEFORE WOMEN HAD WINGS.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Putnam, (1996.). First edition - Author's third novel, the story of a young girl who moves from an abandoned citrus grove in Florida to a transient motel in the city where she meets Miss Zora, a healer. 272 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in pale grey printed wrappers.
Book ID: 82184More details Price: $16.50 -
ARTIFICIAL THINGS
Edition: Uncorrected proof / bound galley.
New York: Bantam, 1986. First edition - Fowler's rather uncommon and highly praised first book, a collection of short stories, in the earliest pre-publication format. Measures 8 1/2 by 11 inches, pad bound, cardboard backing as rear cover.
Condition: Very good in pale blue printed wrappers.
Book ID: 66681More details Price: $30.00 -
10 LB PENALTY.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Putnam, 1997. First edition - Mystery set in the world of horse racing, but also, in this case a coming of age story of a young man whose main ambition is to be an amateur steeplechase jockey, while his father's ambition is to become prime minister. 273 pp.
Condition: Very good in printed gray wrappers.
Book ID: 49978More details Price: $18.00 -
AL FRANKEN, GIANT OF THE SENATE.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Twelve, 2017
(2017). First edition - The personal account of "an award-winning comedian who decided to run for office and then discovered why award-winning comedians tend not to do that. . . about our deeply polarized, frequently depressing, occasionally inspiring political culture, written from inside the belly of the beast" (that is while Franken was still the Senator from Minnesota) "Flips the classic born-in-a-shack rise to political office tale on its head. I skipped meals to read this book - also unusual - because every page was funny. It made me deliriously happy." (Louise Erdrich, NY Times) 395 pp.Condition: Fine in printed gold and black covers, with full color cover bound inside. .
Book ID: 90457More details Price: $17.50 -
THE CAVALIER CASE
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Bantam, 1991. First edition - A Jemima Shore mystery.
Condition: Near fine in printed blue wrappers.
Book ID: 5556More details Price: $15.00 -
THE PHARMACIST'S MATE.
Edition: Advance Galley,
San Francisco: McSweeney's Books, (2001). First edition - The author's first book, one which juxtaposes her own story with excerpts from her father's World War II journal, written while he was the Pharmacist's Mate on the Liberty Ship "George E. Pickett." Scarce advance galley consisting consisting of tapebound 8.5 by 11 inch sheets printed on rectos only. Laid in are seven loose sheets which were the basis for a promotional flyer for the book - "a very sad and very moving and very great book." 92 pp.
Condition: Very near fine (name on front cover)
Book ID: 81838More details Price: $35.00 -
DOGFACE.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
San Francisco: McAdam / Cage, 2008. First edition - The author's first novel, a "sharp, humorous debut about a teenage commando wannabe who runs amok in a boot camp for juvenile delinquents." 360 pp.
Condition: Fine in printed orange wrappers.
Book ID: 69797More details Price: $20.00 -
PACIFIC CROSSING.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1992.). SIGNED first edition - Young adult novel - two 'barrio brothers from San Francisco' go to Japan for the summer. SIGNED on the title page. Glossaries of Spanish and Japanese words and phrases. 126 pp.
Condition: Fine in pale blue printed wrappers.
Book ID: 49416More details Price: $30.00 -
COLORED PEOPLE. A Memoir.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First edition - The distinguished scholar's recollection of his boyhood in West Virginia in the 1950s and '60s. 216 pp
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (some spine slant).
Book ID: 35037More details Price: $15.00 -
COLORED PEOPLE. A Memoir.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First edition - The distinguished scholar's recollection of his boyhood in West Virginia in the 1950s and '60s. 216 pp
Condition: Fine.
Book ID: 20233More details Price: $22.00 -
URBAN ROMANCE. A Novel of New York in the 80s.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Putnam, 1993. SIGNED first edition - African American critic, journalist and screenwriter's first novel. SIGNED by the author.
Condition: Fine in printed red wrappers.
Book ID: 5386More details Price: $30.00 -
GLASS TIGER.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2006.). SIGNED first edition - INSCRIBED on the title page "To S--- Sell them books, baby!" and dated in the year of publication. A thriller featuring an ex-Ranger, ex-sniper for a CIA front who is brought back from the life of peace he was living in Kenya to help track down an assassin who has vowed to kill the President of the US. 306 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in printed gray wrappers.
Book ID: 50938More details Price: $30.00 -
NEARER THAN THE SKY.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: St Martin's, (2000). SIGNED first edition - Award winning author's second novel, one which brings to life Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, the often ignored mental disorder which causes afflicted mothers to make their own children ill. SIGNED on the title page. 306 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in light blue printed wrappers (crease to upper corner of back cover)
Book ID: 82745More details Price: $30.00 -
TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001) dj. First edition - A young adult novel about a family in turmoil.
Condition: Fine in green printed wrappers with a copy of the dust jacket.
Book ID: 58114More details Price: $15.00 -
NATIVE STRANGER: A Black American's Journey into the Heart of Africa.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1992.). First edition - A rather unexpected account of the author's year long journey in search of himself in Africa, the land of his ancestors. 230 pp.
Condition: Fine in yellow printed wrappers.
Book ID: 80228More details Price: $25.00 -
BREAK AND ENTER.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Crown, 1990. First edition - Author's first novel - a psychological thriller about a young assistant DA. This is the earlier of two different advance issues: the front cover describes it as an 'advance manuscript' and the appearance is that of type-written pages. It also is a much thicker book at 489 pgs.
Condition: Very near fine in printed wrappers.
Book ID: 13202More details Price: $18.00 -
DEATH TO GO.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Scribner's, 1994. First edition - Author's third mystery - featuring Detective Inspector Bill Slider.
Condition: As new - sticker removal spot on front cover - in printed tan wrappers.
Book ID: 1573More details Price: $17.50 -
THE CHRISTIE CAPER.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Bantam, (1991)
. SIGNED first edition - A murder set at a convention for fans of Agatha Christie's mysteries - a bibliomystery featuring bookstore owner Annie Laurance Darling. The author's special SIGNED bookplate pasted onto the first page (underneath the printed name is the notation 'Agatha, Anthony and Macavity winner.')Condition: Near fine in glossy printed wrappers (hint of spine slant).
Book ID: 4194More details Price: $25.00 -
VINCENT AND THEO: The Van Gogh Brothers
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Henry Holt, (2017). First edition - Written for young adults, and based on over 600 letters that Vincent wrote to his brother Theo, this is story of a deep and enduring friendship between these brothers - and also of Jo, Theo's widow, who perserved Vincent's paintings, believing in their importance, and eventually organized a successful exhibition. A Printz Honor Book, YALSA Nonfiction Award Winner, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner and more. Include a list of the people, a timeline, bibliography and notes. 451 pp.
Condition: Fine in dark blue wrappers with white printing (not the final cover). An uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 84493More details Price: $21.50 -
YEAR OF THE TIGER.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
London: Michael Joseph, (1996). First edition - International thriller set in the Himalayas in 1961 featuring Paul Chavasse, the dramatic tale of the rescue of a scientist from Chinese soil who held information vital to the West. 248 pp.
Condition: Fine in printed red and white wrappers (sticker of literary agency on first page)
Book ID: 82948More details Price: $20.00