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  • LAST CHANCE FOR GLORY. by Solomita, Stephen,
    Solomita, Stephen,
    LAST CHANCE FOR GLORY.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Otto Penzler Books / Macmillan, 1994. First edition - "Attempting to clear their homeless and retarded client of a murder charge, criminal lawyer Maxwell Steinberg and Marty Blake, a private eye down on his luck, team up to prove the case was a frame job" - and then they run into real trouble. 310 pp.

    Condition: Fine in pale blue printed wrappers.

    Book ID: 73236
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  • BURIED ONIONS. by Soto, Gary.
    Soto, Gary.
    BURIED ONIONS.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1997.) dj. Hardcover - A young adult novel of a Mexican American kid trying to survive in a violence invested neighborhood in Fresno.SIGNED on the title page with the words "Best wishes." List of Spanish words, 148 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 53380
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  • BETTER TO REST. by Stabenow, Dana.
    Stabenow, Dana.
    BETTER TO REST.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: New American Library - NAL, (2002.). SIGNED first edition - Mystery featuring Alaska state trooper Liam Campbell, a mystery involving a plane crash 60 years earlier during World War II. SIGNED on the title page. 263 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in printed white wrappers.

    Book ID: 82651
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  • DONE DEAL. by Standiford, Les.
    Standiford, Les.
    DONE DEAL.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: HarperCollins, (1994.). SIGNED first edition - The author's second mystery set in South Florida, and the first featuring Johnny Deal, a small contractor feeling the economic squeeze. A look at the underside of life in Miami. Bound into this advance issue is a letter from Stephen King praising the book. While this has the glossy illustrated covers associated with an ARC, it is in typescript, as is more common with uncorrected proofs. SIGNED by the author on the title page. .375 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 59220
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  • PERFECT CIRCLE. A Novel. by Stewart, Sean.
    Stewart, Sean.
    PERFECT CIRCLE. A Novel.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    Northhampton, MA: Small Beer Press, (2004.). First edition - Eighth novel by this award-winning author (the Arthur Ellis, Aurora, and World Fantasy Awards, as well as having two books selected as NY Times Notable books. ) "Sometimes a guy is haunted for a really good reason." 236 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in printed white wrappers (sticker ghost on front cover.)

    Book ID: 44417
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  • COLD WATER BURNING. by Straley, John.
    Straley, John.
    COLD WATER BURNING.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Bantam, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Cecil Younger mystery, set in Sitka, Alaska. 194 pp. plus author's note.

    Condition: Very near fine in printed blue wrappers with cover art bound in.

    Book ID: 74919
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  • THE DARKLING WIND: Chronicles of the High Inquest. by Sucharitkul, Somtow (S. P. Somtow)
    Sucharitkul, Somtow (S. P. Somtow)
    THE DARKLING WIND: Chronicles of the High Inquest.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof / bound galley.

    New York: Bantam, 1985. First edition - The fourth book in the High Inquest series, in the earliest pre-publication format. Measures 8 1/2 by 11 inches, pad bound, cardboard backing as rear cover. Proof of the cover of the mass market paperback edition laid in. 384 pp.

    Condition: Very good in pale blue printed wrappers (some minor soiling and fading to the covers)

    Book ID: 66682
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  • BOILING ROCK. by Sutton, Remar.
    Sutton, Remar.
    BOILING ROCK.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    Latham, NY: British American Publishing, 1991. First edition - "On Grand Bahama island , around the tiny village of Boiling Rock, strange doings are afoot. Dolphins swim ashore to die, a body disappears from a graveyard and several tourists drown inexplicably--all within a few terrifying days. Amateur sleuth and genteel Southern lady Evelyn Wade, seen before in Long Lines , is convinced that the incidents are related and sets out to discover how. In this literate, well-crafted mystery, Sutton incorporates such disparate dark elements as voodoo, head-hunting, biological warfare and drug-running without once straining credibility. "(Publishers Weekly) 261 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in printed pale yellow wrappers.

    Book ID: 71812
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  • A HUNDRED SECRET SENSES by Tan, Amy
    Tan, Amy
    A HUNDRED SECRET SENSES

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Putnam, (1995.). SIGNED first edition - Third novel by this Chinese American writer, the story of the relationship between two half-sisters, one who grew up in San Francisco, and the older sister who was born and lived in a remote village in China until she was brought to California to be a caretaker for her sister. SIGNED on the title page. 358 pp.

    Condition: Very good in printed blue wrappers (some minor wear to covers, lower corner a bit bumped, straight uncreased spine)

    Book ID: 66979
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  • BADGE OF THE ASSASSIN. by Tanenbaum, Robert and Philip Rosenberg.
    Tanenbaum, Robert and Philip Rosenberg.
    BADGE OF THE ASSASSIN.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Dutton, (1979.). First edition - True story of the manhunt following a brutal double murder of 2 off-duty policemen at a Harlem housing project - the shooting was by members of the Black Liberation Army and the search led from the underground in San Francisco to small towns in the South. Tanenbaum, now a sucessful mystery novelist, was then the young district attorney prosecuting the cases, and this is his first book.

    Condition: Near fine in orange printed wrappers (light crease to edge of front cover.)

    Book ID: 49353
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  • A HOODED CROW. by Thomas, Craig.
    Thomas, Craig.
    A HOODED CROW.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harper Collins, (1992). First edition - A novel of international espionage as Sir Kenneth Aubrey and tough Patrick Hyde as they race across Africa in an attempt to thwart an evil and greedy man. 425 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 78279
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  • ELOISE IN MOSCOW. by Thompson, Kay (Knight, HIllary, illustrator).
    Thompson, Kay (Knight, HIllary, illustrator).
    ELOISE IN MOSCOW.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (unbound paperback. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000.) dj. This is the advance issue for the new "revised jacket edition" issued in 2000. The fourth (and final) book featuring 6 year old Eloise, although now she has traveled far from her home at the Plaza Hotel. Lively rhymes and delightful illustrations by Hillary Knight, mostly in gold and black and white, but with a large double fold-out center illustration in full color. Large format, unpaginated and unbound (six sections laid into a proof dust jacket..

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Very uncommon

    Book ID: 51759
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  • THE ADVENTURES OF INSPECTOR LESTRADE. by Trow, M. J.
    Trow, M. J.
    THE ADVENTURES OF INSPECTOR LESTRADE.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    [Washington, D.C.]: Gateway Mystery, 1998. Victorian era mystery set in 1891, in an England still reeling from the horror of the Jack the Ripper murders. The first offering in this series of 16 titles, and the inaugural book in Gateway's new line of mysteries. 224 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in printed red wrappers (light crease on front cover.)

    Book ID: 50563
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  • THE ADVENTURES OF INSPECTOR LESTRADE. by Trow, M. J.
    Trow, M. J.
    THE ADVENTURES OF INSPECTOR LESTRADE.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    [Washington, D.C.]: Gateway Mystery, 1998. Victorian era mystery set in 1891, in an England still reeling from the horror of the Jack the Ripper murders. The first offering in this series of 16 titles, and the inaugural book in Gateway's new line of mysteries. 224 pp.

    Condition: Fine in printed red wrappers (publisher's letter laid in.)

    Book ID: 50564
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  • REDEMPTION. by Turner, Frederick.
    Turner, Frederick.
    REDEMPTION.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2006). First edition - Novel by this award-winning writer, best known for his non-fiction, set in New Orleans in 1913. "Francis Muldoon is a special policeman in the notorious Storyville District of New Orleans in 1913. His job is to see that the DistrictÕs volatile mixture of sex, alcohol, and gambling doesnÕt boil over but instead rolls along at a continuous simmer. Once a member of the cityÕs regular police force, he now works for the DistrictÕs vice lord, Tom Anderson, patrolling his patronÕs honky-tonks and saloons and whorehouses - both the high-priced bordellos and the coffinlike cribs where the girls work with only a cot and a washbasin." An uncommon advance issue. 348 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in printed orange wrappers (some sunning to spine).

    Book ID: 84588
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  • NOAH'S COMPASS. by Tyler, Anne.
    Tyler, Anne.
    NOAH'S COMPASS.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. dj. First edition - A novel by this author whom John Updike called "wickedly good" - the story of a schoolteacher, forced to retire at 61, coming to terms with the rest of his life. With an announced first printing of 300,000 copies, this advance issue is much less common than the trade edition. 276 pp.

    Condition: Fine in printed blue wrappers with the art from the dust jacket cover bound in.

    Book ID: 66982
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  • THE FEVER OF BEING. by Urrea, Luis Alberto.
    Urrea, Luis Alberto.
    THE FEVER OF BEING.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    Albuquerque: West End Press, (1994.). SIGNED first edition - Mexican American writer's second book and first collection of poetry - most in English, but some in Spanish. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the 1994 Western States Book Award for Poetry. 82 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in cream printed wrappers.

    Book ID: 57160
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  • THE MIND-MURDERS. by van de Wetering, Janwillem.
    van de Wetering, Janwillem.
    THE MIND-MURDERS.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. First edition - Mystery novel featuring Detectives Grijpstra and de Gier of the Amsterdam police. 186 pp.

    Condition: Fine in printed salmon-colored wrappers. Publisher's slip laid in.

    Book ID: 66748
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  • THE LAKE. by Villasenor, Daniel.
    Villasenor, Daniel.
    THE LAKE.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Viking, (2000). First edition - Poet's first novel - "a story about identity and meaning, and the difficult journey two damaged people make toward each other." The Lake is the name of an ad hoc orphanage in the middle of the Louisiana wildernes.. 326 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in printed white wrappers.

    Book ID: 58077
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  • HOW TO BE LOST. by Ward, Amanda Eyre.
    Ward, Amanda Eyre.
    HOW TO BE LOST.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    Denver: McAdam / Cage, (2004). First edition - The author's highly praised second novel - The seemingly perfect lives of the affluent Winters family in suburban New York begin to unravel when their five-year-old daughter, Ellie, mysteriously vanishes. 15 years later, Caroline, Ellie's older sister, working as a cocktail waitress in New Orleans, sees a photograph in People magazine, and convinced it is her sister, now grown, embarks for a search for her - through the New Mexico desert, the Colorado mountains, Montana and more. Andrew Sean Greer commented that Ward "shines her with the same brilliance and humor she showed in her first novel." 291 pp.

    Condition: Fine in printed red wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.

    Book ID: 88800
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  • GOOD AS ANY: Stories. by Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    GOOD AS ANY: Stories.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2002.). First edition - The author's first book, a collection of eight short stories set in rural New England and rural Texas, which "explore the reality of life among the ill, the dying and the disadvantaged people who seem to exist at the margins."274 pp.

    Condition: Fine in very light gray printed wrappers.

    Book ID: 59246
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  • MAZEWAY. by Williamson, Jack.
    Williamson, Jack.
    MAZEWAY.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Ballantine, (1990). First edition - A novel set in the far reaches of the solar system by the writer who was just the second to be named Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America (Heinlein was the first). A scarce advance copy. 293 pp.

    Condition: Fine in plain dark red printed wrappers.

    Book ID: 83418
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  • LIGHT RAID by Willis, Connie and Felice, Cynthia
    Willis, Connie and Felice, Cynthia
    LIGHT RAID

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Ace Books, 1989. dj. SIGNED first edition - Second collaboration between these two highly acclaimed authors. SIGNED on the title page by both Willis and Felice. 229 pp. A fairly uncommon advance issue, and especially so signed by both authors.

    Condition: Very good in pale blue printed wrappers in a near fine dustjacket (some creasing the dj since is larger than the proof copy) Letter from publisher to editor at Publishers' Weekly laid in.

    Book ID: 58580
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  • THE BARRACKS THIEF. by Wolff, Tobias.
    Wolff, Tobias.
    THE BARRACKS THIEF.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format) for the UK edition.

    London: Jonathan Cape, (1987.). SIGNED first edition - Wolff's second novel (or perhaps more accurately, a novella), a PEN Faulkner award winner, the story of three young paratroopers waiting to be shipped to Vietnam who forge bonds of friendship when they confront a fire near an ammunition dump, only to see those bonds break under the stress of suspicion when there is a series of thefts. SIGNED on the title page, and dated in 1988. 101 pp.

    Condition: Fine in printed terra cotta wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.

    Book ID: 65856
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  • GUINEVERE: The Legend in Autumn. by Woolley, Persia.
    Woolley, Persia.
    GUINEVERE: The Legend in Autumn.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Poseidon Press, (1990.). First edition - Uncommon advance issue of the third book in her highly acclaimed Arthurian trilogy , which she spent 11 years researching and writing. 432 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in printed light blue wrappers (corner on back cover slightly bumped, but overall it appears unread.)

    Book ID: 49084
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  • SONG OF THE SEALS. by Yorke, Christy.
    Yorke, Christy.
    SONG OF THE SEALS.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: The Berkley Publishing Group, (2003). First edition - A novel of life, loss, and learning and experiencing loving with one's whole heart. Set in a old Northern California fishing town, called Seal Bay, where superstious tales of superstitious sixty foot sea monsters are told. Issued as a trade paperback original. 208 pp.

    Condition: Fine in printed yellow wrappers.

    Book ID: 59853
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