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  • GIRL IN THE AFTERNOON. by Burdick, Serena.
    Burdick, Serena.
    GIRL IN THE AFTERNOON.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in the male-dominated art world of Belle Epoque Paris. "Out of The Gilded Age comes this glittering canvas of a novel, full of light and life, shadow and darkness, stillness and movement. A rich portrait of a world and one unconventional familys place in it, . . a love story, a mystery, a tragedy, and a moving study of the human capacity to contain both reckless error and surprising redemption. (author Carrie Brown). SIGNED on the title page. 280 pp. ISBN: 978-1250082671.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 90666
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  • BLUE LADIES. by Burr, Bettz
    Burr, Bettz
    BLUE LADIES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Seaview Books, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the story of a group of wealthy East Side women who serve on the board of a small art museum in New York City and of three staff members who find themselves under attack when the museum receives a huge donation which catapults it into the public eye. As a first time author at age 40, Burr feels like she write from the perspective of mid-life women. 313 pp. ISBN: 0-872235858.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (creasing to front flap of dj)

    Book ID: 83598
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  • THE FLAMETHROWERS by Kushner, Rachel.
    Kushner, Rachel.
    THE FLAMETHROWERS

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Scribner, (2013.). SIGNED first edition - Kushner's highly praised second novel (both her first novel and this one were nominated for the National Book Award). Christina Garcia calls this a "frequently dazzling novel [which] thrusts us into the white-hot center of the 1970s conceptual art world, motorcycle racing, upper-class Italy and the rampant kidnappings and terrorism that plagued it. It's an irresistible, high-octane mix . . Kushner's insights into place, society and the complicated rules of belonging, and unbelonging, can be mordantly brilliant." SIGNED on the title page. 385 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 61046
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