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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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  • SOME THINGS THAT STAY. by Willis, Sarah.
    Willis, Sarah.
    SOME THINGS THAT STAY.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2000). First edition - Set in Sherman, New York in the spring of 1954 , Tamara and her family begin to settle into their farmhouse. The author's first novel, the story of a young girl's coming to age and the fears she encounters with a mother ill with tuberculosis and a father who escapes into his art. 275 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 61307
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  • ANTIPODES JANE: A Novel of Jane Austen in Australia. by Wilson, Barbara Ker.
    Wilson, Barbara Ker.
    ANTIPODES JANE: A Novel of Jane Austen in Australia.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: The Viking Press, (1985.). First edition - Interesting premise that Jane Austen might have accompanied her aunt (who really was arrested for shoplifting some lace) when she was deported to Australia. First adult novel by this Australian author. Notes on the real-life characters. 330 pp.

    Condition: Fine in pale blue printed wrappers.

    Book ID: 55303
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  • IMPLANT by Wilson, F. Paul
    Wilson, F. Paul
    IMPLANT

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Doherty, (1995.). SIGNED first edition - A novel of medical suspense. SIGNED on the title page. 348 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 5589
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  • SELECT. by Wilson, F. Paul
    Wilson, F. Paul
    SELECT.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Morrow, (1994.). First edition - A medical thriller which draws upon Wilson's years of experience as a medical practicioner. According to the publisher's comments on the back cover, this was originally submitted anonymously. 332 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 49020
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  • THE KING OF COLORED TOWN. by Wimberley, Darryl.
    Wimberley, Darryl.
    THE KING OF COLORED TOWN.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New Milford, CT: Toby Press Ltd, (2007.). First edition - Intertwined stories of two black teenagers which "put courage, cowardice, loyalty and betrayal side by side in an eloquent, evocative narrative where the demons and angels of a time and place are portrayed in black and white. There are good people and bad on both sides of the tracks that divide Laureate from 'Coloured Town'. .... Cilla will emerge from her ordeal carrying scars and grace to become a widely travelled classical musician. Joe Billy will be found hanging from the bars of his cell in a Florida penitentiary." Winner of the Willie Morris Award for Fiction. 351 pp. ISBN: 1592641814.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 58785
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  • FIRST COMES LOVE. by Winik, Marion.
    Winik, Marion.
    FIRST COMES LOVE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Pantheon, (1996.). First edition - Winik's frank and unsentimental account of her love affair and marriage with an openly gay man, of their drug use, the brief happiness of the birth of their two children, and the gradual deterioration of his health as his AIDS progressed. 271 pp.

    Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (corners of a few pages bumped).

    Book ID: 76018
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  • SARAH WINNEMUCCA. by [Winnemucca, Sarah, ca 1844 to 1891) Zanjani, Sally.
    [Winnemucca, Sarah, ca 1844 to 1891) Zanjani, Sally.
    SARAH WINNEMUCCA.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2001. First edition - An extensively researched and sensitive portrait of Sarah, daughter of Chief Winnemucca in north western Nevada, and the granddaughter of Chief Truckee. A pioneering educator, interpretor, author of what is believed to be the first book by a Native American woman, she worked tirelessly on behalf of her people. Illustrated with photographs.A title in the American Indian Lives series. Map,notes, bibliography. xi, 356 pp.

    Condition: Fine in printed orange wrappers.

    Book ID: 66112
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  • THE DEATH AND LIFE OF BOBBY Z. by Winslow, Don.
    Winslow, Don.
    THE DEATH AND LIFE OF BOBBY Z.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    London: Century, (1997). SIGNED first edition - The true first edition of this novel about a 3 strike loser, who happens to kill a Hell's Angel - and is offered a deal by the DEA. Great desert survival story - and a really good read! SIGNED on the title page. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-7126-77542.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wraps with self-flaps (some light toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 70609
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  • AN INCOMPLETE REVENGE. by Winspear, Jacqueline.
    Winspear, Jacqueline.
    AN INCOMPLETE REVENGE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Henry Holt, (2007 - c 2008.). SIGNED first edition - The fifth in the prize-winning Maisie Dobbs mystery series, this one set in a small village still suffering from a Zeppelin raid during the Great War.SIGNED on the title page. 306 pp.

    Condition: Good in illustrated wrappers (prev owner's name, some scattered underlining, mostly in pencil.) Publisher's letter laid in.

    Book ID: 41557
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  • BREATH. by Winton, Tim.
    Winton, Tim.
    BREATH.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2008.). First edition - An unusual coming of age story - one about testing the limits - set in a small Australian town and along the coastline, where surfing provides a dangerous challenge. 205 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers. Letter from publisher bound in.

    Book ID: 58891
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  • THE PLUM TREE. by Wiseman, Ellen Marie.
    Wiseman, Ellen Marie.
    THE PLUM TREE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Kensington, (2013). First edition - The author's first novel, set in Germany during the Nazi era. "A Holocaust story told from the unlikely perspective of a German teenage girl in love with a Jewish boy, it explores the horrors and fears of innocent citizens on the homefront, as well as the risks they were willing to take to do the right thing. Ultimately a story of human survival and enduring love despite insurmountable odds, it's an original and important addition to the World War II canon."(RT Book Reviews Top Pick)

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers with self flaps.

    Book ID: 77565
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  • Wolf, S. K.
    THE HARBINGER EFFECT.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1989.). First edition - Her second novel, an international espionage thriller which begins when a Soviet photojournalist sneaks into an American embassy in West Africa asking for asylum. 322 pp.

    Condition: Fine in printed yellow wrappers.

    Book ID: 48946
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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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  • THE POSITION. by Wolitzer, Meg.
    Wolitzer, Meg.
    THE POSITION.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Scribner, (2005.). First edition - A "take on sex and the suburban American family at the height of the sexual revolution" of the 1960s and "throughout the 30 year hangover that followed."307 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers. (toning to edges of textblock)

    Book ID: 88945
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  • THE BLESSING STONE. by Wood, Barbara.
    Wood, Barbara.
    THE BLESSING STONE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: St Martin's, (2002). First edition - An ambitious novel, which follows a blue stone thru the ages, as it changes hands and affects the lives of those who touch it. 450 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (crease to lower corner of back cover)

    Book ID: 64699
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  • WRECKER. by Wood, Summer.
    Wood, Summer.
    WRECKER.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Bloomsbury, (2011). SIGNED first edition - The author's second novel, set in the early 1970s among the giant redwood trees of California's Lost Coast in Humboldt County, the story of a nearly broken and abandoned boy who finds a new home. SIGNED on the title page. 287 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 66560
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  • KEROSENE. by Wooding, Chris.
    Wooding, Chris.
    KEROSENE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Scholastic, (2002). First edition - Young adult novel about a boy obsessed with fire (issued as a trade paperback original). 195 pp. ISBN: .

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 62054
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  • THE MAID'S VERSION. by Woodrell, Daniel.
    Woodrell, Daniel.
    THE MAID'S VERSION.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2013). First edition - The story of a deadly dance hall fire in 1929 and its impact on several generations - 164 pp.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (some toning to the pages and edges of textblock)

    Book ID: 67724
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  • THE MAID'S VERSION. by Woodrell, Daniel.
    Woodrell, Daniel.
    THE MAID'S VERSION.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2013). First edition - The story of a deadly dance hall fire in 1929 and its impact on several generations - 164 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 76429
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  • THE RUN. by Woods, Stuart.
    Woods, Stuart.
    THE RUN.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harper Collins, (2000.). SIGNED first edition - Novel of suspense. SIGNED on the title page. 356 pp.

    Condition: Very good+ in printed aqua wrappers (minor wear to covers.) An uncommon advance issue, and especially so signed.

    Book ID: 45577
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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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  • THE WINDS OF WAR (Special Preview Edition.) by Wouk, Herman.
    Wouk, Herman.
    THE WINDS OF WAR (Special Preview Edition.)

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (mass market paperback format. )

    Norman, OK: Pocket Books, (1973.). First edition - Special preview edition for the first paperback version of this massive historical novel of the events leading up to America's involvement in World War II - from the siege of Warsaw, the Battle of Britain, the march on Moscow to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Laid in is a clipping about the coming 18 hours television series based on this novel and starring Robert Mitchum. 1047 pp.

    Condition: Very good- in bright yellow printed covers (usual toning to the pages, creasing to spine.) An uncommon edition of this best-selling novel.

    Book ID: 44983
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  • AMERICAN POP. by Wright, Snowden.
    Wright, Snowden.
    AMERICAN POP.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2019). SIGNED first edition - Southern author's second novel. "Moving from Mississippi to Paris to New York and back again, a saga of family, ambition, passion, and tragedy that brings to life one unforgettable Southern dynasty - the Forsters, founders of the worlds first major soft-drink company - against the backdrop of more than a century of American cultural history." SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2018, that is, before publication. 384 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 77788
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  • GOING NATIVE. by Wright, Stephen.
    Wright, Stephen.
    GOING NATIVE.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Delta, (1995.). Advance issue for the trade paperback edition of his third novel, a story of the darkness that is at the heart of the American dream. This novel was praised by Toni Morrison (who called it 'astonishing-brilliantly executed') and by Don DeLillo who said Wright is 'a demon novelist who has written an ambitious American tale of the highway, the motel, and the floating identity. Going Native is strange, dark and funny, a slasher classic.' 305 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in printed gold wrappers.

    Book ID: 43745
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  • WHEN RED IS BLACK. by Xiaolong, Qiu.
    Xiaolong, Qiu.
    WHEN RED IS BLACK.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: SOHO Press, (2002). First edition - The third novel in the award winning series featuring Shanghai Police Inspector Chen Cao. 310 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.

    Book ID: 67682
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  • Yamanaka, Lois-Ann
    BLU'S HANGING.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997. First edition - Second novel by this highly praised young Hawaiian writer, the story of a ragtag group of orphans trying to stay together.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 10746
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  • KAFKA IN BRONTELAND and Other Stories. by Yellin, Tamar.
    Yellin, Tamar.
    KAFKA IN BRONTELAND and Other Stories.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New Milford, CT: The Toby Press, (2006). First edition - A collection of thirteen short stories, issued as a trade paperback original. 163 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 85909
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  • THE WISDOM OF PERVERSITY. by Yglesias, Rafael.
    Yglesias, Rafael.
    THE WISDOM OF PERVERSITY.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (2015). First edition - A novel that tells the stories of three childhood friends - Brian, Jeff and Julie, Jeff's cousin - who come together as adults to acknowledge how their lives were altered by the actions of a sexual predator, one who now, many years later, has been exposed by more recent victims yet is on the verge of escaping punishment - thanks to his wealth and influence. Joyce Carol Oates called this "A painful and candid new novel about the consequences, seemingly irremediable, of childhood sexual molestation. . . From the perspective of three child victims, [it] bravely dramatizes and confronts these issues in the plainest language possible. . . Yglesias has…

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    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (2015). First edition - A novel that tells the stories of three childhood friends - Brian, Jeff and Julie, Jeff's cousin - who come together as adults to acknowledge how their lives were altered by the actions of a sexual predator, one who now, many years later, has been exposed by more recent victims yet is on the verge of escaping punishment - thanks to his wealth and influence. Joyce Carol Oates called this "A painful and candid new novel about the consequences, seemingly irremediable, of childhood sexual molestation. . . From the perspective of three child victims, [it] bravely dramatizes and confronts these issues in the plainest language possible. . . Yglesias has known the real thing, and has chosen not to refashion it into anything other than itself.Ó 356 pp.

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    Condition: Very near fine in red wrappers with white lettering (some toning to fore-edge of textblock).

    Book ID: 83743
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  • ONLY CHILDREN. by Yglesias, Rafael.
    Yglesias, Rafael.
    ONLY CHILDREN.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Morrow, (1988). SIGNED first edition - An intimate look at the lives of two young couples in New York City, both of whom have a baby boy born the same year - a provocative look at the challenges of parenthood in the 1980s. SIGNED on the title page. 523 pp.

    Condition: Several black lines on bottom edge, otherwise just about fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (no creasing to the spine,etc - appears unread) .

    Book ID: 62974
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