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LAUGHING IN THE HILLS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: The Viking Press, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, an account of a season when - at a bleak moment in his life - he dropped out and left home for a season at the racetrack - Golden Gate in Northern California. . Part meditation on life and nature, and part a classic on horse racing and on life at the track and on the people who are drawn to racing, this is a fascinating book. Afterword. 228 pp. ISBN: 0-670419974.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (a hint of sunning to the edges of the boards, some discoloration in the gutters)
Book ID: 66540More details Price: $50.00 -
LAUGHING IN THE HILLS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: The Viking Press, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, an account of a season when - at a bleak moment in his life - he dropped out and left home for a season at the racetrack - Golden Gate in Northern California. . Part meditation on life and nature, and part a classic on horse racing and on life at the track and on the people who are drawn to racing, this is a fascinating book. Afterword. 228 pp. ISBN: 0-670419974.
Condition: Good only in a good dust jacket (spine slant, date on front endpaper, tape repair to upper edge of dj)
Book ID: 66541More details Price: $16.50 -
VERY OLD BONES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which forms part of Kennedy's acclaimed and award-winning Phelan cycle, set in Albany, New York in 1958. 292 pp. Family tree on endpapers. ISBN: 0-670-83457-2.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (rem line.)
Book ID: 16509More details Price: $18.00 -
ROSCOE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Viking, 2002. First edition - A novel in his prize-winning Albany series - this is set just after the end of World War II.
Condition: Fine.
Book ID: 21898More details Price: $18.00 -
VERY OLD BONES.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Viking, 1992. A novel which forms part of Kennedy's acclaimed and award-winning Phelan cycle, set in Albany, New York in 1958.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 31503More details Price: $10.00 -
LEGS.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Penguin, (1987.). First book in his prize-winning and acclaimed Albany novels series - set in the 1920's and the 1930's, this recreates the career of legendary gangster Jack 'Legs' Diamond who was finally murdered in Albany . ISBN: 0-14-0064842.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 31948More details Price: $11.50 -
VERY OLD BONES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which forms part of Kennedy's acclaimed and award-winning Phelan cycle, set in Albany, New York in 1958. 292 pp. Family tree on endpapers. ISBN: 0-670-83457-2.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 37876More details Price: $21.00 -
THE INK TRUCK.
Edition: Reprint.
New York: The Viking Press, (1984.) dj. Hardcover - Hardcover reissue of the first novel by this Pulitzer prize winning author, set in a city strongly resembling Albany, New York, and originally published in 1969. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-670-39825x.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (stamp on bottom edge, lower corner of dj flap clipped, price still present in upper corner, a tight copy, appears unread.)
Book ID: 37879More details Price: $12.50 -
QUINN'S BOOK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: The Viking Press, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in upstate New York in the turbulent, mid 19th century years - a period that included the Underground Railroad, battles between nativist Americans and immigrant Irish, the Civil War and draft riots. A title in his award-winning Albany series, told in the voice of Billy Quinn, orphan and seeker of true love. 289 pp. ISBN: 0-670-804371.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 40035More details Price: $16.50 -
VERY OLD BONES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which forms part of Kennedy's acclaimed and award-winning Phelan cycle, set in Albany, New York in 1958. 292 pp. Family tree on endpapers. ISBN: 0-670-83457-2.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dust jacket (a new copy, but with a remainder line.)
Book ID: 40375More details Price: $20.00 -
ROSCOE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, (2002.). Hardcover first edition - A novel in his prize-winning Albany series - this is set just after the end of World War II. ISBN: 0-670-03295.
Condition: Fine.
Book ID: 41437More details Price: $18.00 -
LEGS.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Penguin, (1987.). First book in his prize-winning and acclaimed Albany novels series - set in the 1920's and the 1930's, this recreates the career of legendary gangster Jack 'Legs' Diamond who was finally murdered in Albany . ISBN: 0-14-0064842.
Condition: Good overall (short tear at bottom of spine, usual toning to pages.)
Book ID: 43071More details Price: $10.00 -
IRONWEED
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Penguin Books, (1984). Set in 1938, Francis Phelan - ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger and full-time drunk - is back in town. The third novel in his Albany cycle. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. 227 pp. ISBN: 0-14-00-70206.
Condition: Very good (usual toning to the pages)
Book ID: 58817More details Price: $11.25 -
RIDING THE YELLOW TROLLEY CAR: Selected Nonfiction.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line)
Book ID: 79126More details Price: $18.50 -
RIDING THE YELLOW TROLLEY CAR: Selected Nonfiction.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 84031More details Price: $24.50
