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  • BLACKBOX: A Novel in 840 Chapters. by Walker, Nick.
    Walker, Nick.
    BLACKBOX: A Novel in 840 Chapters.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harper Collins, (2003). First edition - The author's first novel published as a trade paperback original in the US. The Guardian called it "Highly skilful, original black comedy in 841 chapters presenting fractions of lives in tiny sections that connect in a confusing and enthralling manner that is intriguing and compulsive." 311 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 76083
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  • BLACK WHITE AND JEWISH: Autobiography of a Shifting Shelf. by Walker, Rebecca.
    Walker, Rebecca.
    BLACK WHITE AND JEWISH: Autobiography of a Shifting Shelf.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Riverhead Books, 2001. First edition - By the daughter of Alice Walker, her first book, an exploration of growing up bi-racial and multi-cultural in the US.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 17318
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  • BLACK WHITE AND JEWISH: Autobiography of a Shifting Shelf. by Walker, Rebecca.
    Walker, Rebecca.
    BLACK WHITE AND JEWISH: Autobiography of a Shifting Shelf.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Riverhead Books, 2001. SIGNED first edition - By the daughter of Alice Walker, her first book, an exploration of growing up bi-racial and multi-cultural in the US. INSCRIBED on the title page with a drawing of a flower.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 17319
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  • BLACK WHITE AND JEWISH: Autobiography of a Shifting Shelf. by Walker, Rebecca.
    Walker, Rebecca.
    BLACK WHITE AND JEWISH: Autobiography of a Shifting Shelf.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Riverhead Books, 2001. SIGNED first edition - By the daughter of Alice Walker, her first book, an exploration of growing up bi-racial and multi-cultural in the US. SIGNED on the title page with a drawing of a flower.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 17426
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  • A CRIME OF PRIVILEGE. by Walker, Walter.
    Walker, Walter.
    A CRIME OF PRIVILEGE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Ballantine, (2013). SIGNED first edition - A thriller about power, corruption and the law in America. A murder on Cape Cod - a rape in Palm Beach - and what they have in common is the presence of a member of one of America's most powerful families. SIGNED on the title page. 413 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 58783
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  • Walker, Walter.
    A CRIME OF PRIVILEGE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Ballantine, (2013). SIGNED first edition - A thriller about power, corruption and the law in America. A murder on Cape Cod - a rape in Palm Beach - and what they have in common is the presence of a member of one of America's most powerful families. INSCRIBED on the title page. 413 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 58784
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  • PUERTO VALLARTA SQUEEZE. by Waller, Robert James.
    Waller, Robert James.
    PUERTO VALLARTA SQUEEZE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Warner, (1995). First edition - Novel by the author of 'Bridges of Madison County.' An American author in Mexico is dealing with writer's block as his money runs low. But then "he was in the right place, or the wrong one, to be the sole witness when a shooter gunned down an American naval officer. At a cafe table with Luz, Danny Pastor saw it all, and saw the possibility of a story, a surefire, prizewinning account that could restore his pride and make him famous. And when the killer approached him, the only other Anglo around, and asked for a ride across the border, Danny, bold with tequila, said yes." 214 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 84347
    Keywords: arc, Fiction, mexico, proof, thriller
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  • MY SUNSHINE AWAY. by Walsh, M. O.
    Walsh, M. O.
    MY SUNSHINE AWAY.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Putnam, (2015). SIGNED first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, both a mystery and a coming-of-age story. In the summer of 1989, a quiet Baton Rouge neighborhood is rocked by a violent crime when a fifteen-year-old girl, a free spirit and track star, is attacked late one evening near her home. "As the dark side of this idyllic stretch of Southern suburbia is revealed, the close-knit neighborhood is irreversibly transformed.. . [a book which] brilliantly juxtaposes the enchantment of a charmed childhood with the gripping story of a violent crime." SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2014, that is, before publication. 303 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 85060
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  • MY SUNSHINE AWAY. by Walsh, M. O.
    Walsh, M. O.
    MY SUNSHINE AWAY.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Putnam, (2015). SIGNED first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, both a mystery and a coming-of-age story. In the summer of 1989, in a quiet Baton Rouge neighborhood where a fifteen-year-old girl, a free spirit and track star, is attacked late one evening near her home. "As the dark side of this idyllic stretch of Southern suburbia is revealed, the close-knit neighborhood is irreversibly transformed.. . [a book which] brilliantly juxtaposes the enchantment of a charmed childhood with the gripping story of a violent crime." SIGNED on the title page. 303 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 85100
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  • CITIZEN VINCE. by Walter, Jess.
    Walter, Jess.
    CITIZEN VINCE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Regan Books (Harper Collins), (2005.). SIGNED first edition - The author's third novel, set in Spokane, Washington in the fall of 1980, eight days before the presidential election pitting Ronald Reagan against Jimmy Carter - a story of witness protection, petty thievery, local politics, and murder. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in October 2004 - tha is before publication - and uncommon thus. 293 pp plus author's referendum.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 86642
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  • CITIZEN VINCE. by Walter, Jess.
    Walter, Jess.
    CITIZEN VINCE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Regan Books (Harper Collins), (2005.). SIGNED first edition - The author's third novel, set in Spokane, Washington in the fall of 1980, eight days before the presidential election pitting Ronald Reagan against Jimmy Carter - a story of witness protection, petty thievery, local politics, and murder. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel. SIGNED on the title page and uncommon thus.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 40033
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  • LOSS OF INNOCENCE: A Novel of the French Revolution. by Walther, Anne Newton.
    Walther, Anne Newton.
    LOSS OF INNOCENCE: A Novel of the French Revolution.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    San Francisco: Tapestries Publishing, (2007.). First edition - Romantic novel of an attempt to save the life of Marie Antoinette during the French Revolution. Appendix. 363 pp.

    Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (some curling to the edges of the covers.).

    Book ID: 54142
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  • Wambaugh, Joseph.
    HOLLYWOOD STATION.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Boston: Little Brown, 2006. SIGNED first edition - A novel of the LAPD - those who deal with the underbelly of a "glamour city" - from drug dens to dirty street corners. SIGNED by author. Laid in is a bookmark with the LAPD shield and a list of Wambaugh's books. 338 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 36021
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  • HOLLYWOOD CROWS. by Wambaugh, Joseph.
    Wambaugh, Joseph.
    HOLLYWOOD CROWS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Boston: Little Brown, (2008.). First edition - Gritty crime novel set in Los Angeles by this former LAPD detective sergeant. 343 pp.

    Condition: Nea fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. A surprisingly uncommon advance issue.

    Book ID: 60479
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  • THE BORDER OF PARADISE. by Wang, Esme Weijun.
    Wang, Esme Weijun.
    THE BORDER OF PARADISE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Los Angeles: The Unnamed Press, (2016). SIGNED first edition - The author's very highly praised intergenerational first novel about the inheritance of madness, and told from multiple perspectives. Author Adrienne Celt described it as a "magnificent achievement, an exhortation for human tenderness and individual dignity in the most difficult of circumstances. Wang explores identity and family with a sense of drama that borders on gothic, without ever sacrificing the psychological texture that connects us to her characters." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication, and uncommon thus. 275 pp. ISBN: 978-1939419699.

    Condition: Fine in printed wrappers.

    Book ID: 87628
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  • FAMILY TRUST. by Wang, Kathy.
    Wang, Kathy.
    FAMILY TRUST.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2018). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, set in California's Silicon Valley, this is the story of a first generation Chinese American family as the father is approaching death. A "tale of cultural expectations, career ambitions and our relationships with the people who know us best, [this] skewers the ambition and desires that drive Silicon Valley and draws a sharply loving portrait of modern American family life." SIGNED and dated on the title page. 383 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 75003
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  • FAMILY TRUST. by Wang, Kathy.
    Wang, Kathy.
    FAMILY TRUST.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2018). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, set in California's Silicon Valley, this is the story of a first generation Chinese American family as the father is approaching death. A "tale of cultural expectations, career ambitions and our relationships with the people who know us best, [this] skewers the ambition and desires that drive Silicon Valley and draws a sharply loving portrait of modern American family life." SIGNED on the title page. 383 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 76139
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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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  • THE DISTANCE FROM THE HEART OF THINGS. by Warlick, Ashley.
    Warlick, Ashley.
    THE DISTANCE FROM THE HEART OF THINGS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. SIGNED first edition - Young Southern author's first novel - returning home to her grandfather's vineyard in Carolina after college, Mavis becomes aware of the emotional distance from those who were once closest to her. SIGNED on the title page. At just 23, Warlick was the youngest ever to win Houghton Mifflin's Literary Fellowship. 256 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Cover art is very different from the trade edition.

    Book ID: 76303
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  • Warloe, Constance.
    THE LEGEND OF OLIVIA COSMOS MONTEVIDEO.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Grove, 1994. SIGNED first edition - Author's first novel. SIGNED and dated 10/94 on title page.

    Condition: As new, in glossy illustrated wrappers, with publisher's postcard laid in.

    Book ID: 1486
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  • OTHER SORROWS, OTHER JOYS: The Marriage of Catherine Sophia Boucher and William Blake. by Warner, Janet.
    Warner, Janet.
    OTHER SORROWS, OTHER JOYS: The Marriage of Catherine Sophia Boucher and William Blake.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: St Martin's, (2003). First edition - The author begins this novel with "This is the imagined life of a woman who really lived in the late Eighteenth Century - Catherine Sophia Boucher, called Kate - wife of the English poet and artist, William Blake. If you read between the lines of his poetry and letters, this is a story you might find." Illustrated. Biographical notes and author's note. 371 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (crease to upper corners of the first 2 pages).

    Book ID: 82155
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  • ARCHANGEL. by Watkins, Paul.
    Watkins, Paul.
    ARCHANGEL.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Random House, (1995). SIGNED first edition - When a lumber baron tries to clear-cut the part of the Algonquin Forest he considers his own, and in the remote Maine town of Abenaki Juntion, only Madeleine Cody, the owner of a small newspaper, The Forest Sentinel, tries to stand up to him. SIGNED on the title page. Cover praise from Tobias Wolff (who calls Watkins "one of the most gifted writers of his generation") among others. 284 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 80742
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  • DOWN SAND MOUNTAIN. by Watkins, Steve.
    Watkins, Steve.
    DOWN SAND MOUNTAIN.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, (2008). First edition - The author's first book for young readers, set in a small town in 1966, one which deals with issues like race and segregation, the reality of the Vietnam War, abuse, sexuality and even death, in a thoughtful and affecting way. 327 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 65126
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  • ORCHARD. by Watson, Larry.
    Watson, Larry.
    ORCHARD.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Random House, (2003). SIGNED first edition - Novel by this award winning writer set in 1950s Wisconsin. "Ned Weaver, an internationally acclaimed painter, is famous in Door County, Wisconsin, for his luminous work - and for his affairs with his models. His wife, Harriet, has learned to accept these dalliances in the belief that his immense talent will ultimately make up for his shortcomings as a husband. Sonja Skordahl, a Norwegian immigrant, came to America looking for a new life. Instead, she married Henry House, only to find herself defined, like so many other mid-twentieth-century women, by her roles as wife and mother." SIGNED on the title page. 239 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 83026
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  • SECOND LIFE. by Watson, S. J.
    Watson, S. J.
    SECOND LIFE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harper Collins, (2015). First edition - Award winning author's second novel, a psychological thriller. "When Julia learns that her sister has been violently murdered, she wants to know why.. . As she becomes entangled with a dangerous stranger online, shes losing herself . . . losing control . . . perhaps losing everything. This search for answers will jeopardize her marriage, her family, and her life." 415 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 76441
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  • DEADLY SWEET. by Watson, Sterling.
    Watson, Sterling.
    DEADLY SWEET.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Mysterious Press, 1994. First edition - Florida noir. Eddy Priest, a non-practicing lawyerm is aiming for the simple life as a sailboat salesman on Florida's west coast, until a woman contacts him asking for help - and after he turns her down, she is found dead in her car in a canal beside the road. 350 pp.

    Condition: Fine in printed red wrappers.

    Book ID: 85611
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  • CONS. by Watts, Timothy.
    Watts, Timothy.
    CONS.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    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: 83429
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  • Weber, Carl.
    PLAYER HATERS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Kensington, 2004. SIGNED first edition - New novel about family relationships and conflicts by this #1 'Essence' best-selling author, who is also a bookseller. Introduces the Duncan family.

    Condition: SIGNED on the title page. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 27464
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  • OFF ARMAGEDDON REEF. by Weber, David.
    Weber, David.
    OFF ARMAGEDDON REEF.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2006.). SIGNED first edition - Epic stand-alone science fiction novel by the author of the Honor Harrington series. It is 2378 and earth is dead; humanity is in hiding; progress, change and invention are all forbidden - and it is time to change that. SIGNED on the title page and dated by the author. Glossary. 605 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 36023
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  • NO CHEATING, NO DYING: I Had a Good Marriage. Then I Tried to Make It Better. by Weil, Elizabeth.
    Weil, Elizabeth.
    NO CHEATING, NO DYING: I Had a Good Marriage. Then I Tried to Make It Better.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Scribner, (2012. SIGNED first edition - A book which "investigates one of the most universal human institutions--marriage. Elizabeth Weil and her husband Dan have two basic ground rules for their marriage: no cheating, no dying. For ten years it's worked fine, but Elizabeth started to wonder if it could be better.. . In this book, Weil examines the major universal marriage issues--sex, money, mental health, in-laws, children--through bravely recounting her own hilarious, messy, and sometimes difficult relationship." SIGNED on the title page. Selected bibliography. 177 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 54931
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