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  • Erdrich, Louise.
    THE SENTENCE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2021) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which takes on "takes on covid-19, the George Floyd protests, the effects of incarceration, and a haunted bookstore" with humor and compassion. Includes 8 pages with Tookie's reading list. Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. 386 pp. ISBN: 978-0062671127.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 90043
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  • THE PARIS DAUGHTER. by Harmel, Kristin.
    Harmel, Kristin.
    THE PARIS DAUGHTER.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Gallery Books / Simon & Schuster, (2023). SIGNED first edition - Novel set against the backdrop of World War II. SIGNED on the title page with the word "Enjoy!" Author's note. 372 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (upper corner of rear cover and a few leaves creased).

    Book ID: 87836
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  • BRIDES OF THE GOLD RUSH: The Nevada County Chronicles 1851-1859. by Comstock, David Allan
    Comstock, David Allan
    BRIDES OF THE GOLD RUSH: The Nevada County Chronicles 1851-1859.

    Edition: First printing.

    Grass Valley, CA: Comstock Bonanza Press, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second volume in this history of Nevada County during its exciting and tumultuos mining days, when the three largest cities in California were San Francisco, Sacramento and Nevada City. Includes the stories of Tallman Rolfe, a young printer and apostate Mormon, of Charles Mulford, a prospector who opened a bookstore in Nevada City - both of whom married their hometown sweethearts and brought them West. Also includes an account of Lola Montez, who settled for a while in Grass Valley. In researching this book, the author had access to more than 1000 letters, many written by the young women who would become the brides and…

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    Grass Valley, CA: Comstock Bonanza Press, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second volume in this history of Nevada County during its exciting and tumultuos mining days, when the three largest cities in California were San Francisco, Sacramento and Nevada City. Includes the stories of Tallman Rolfe, a young printer and apostate Mormon, of Charles Mulford, a prospector who opened a bookstore in Nevada City - both of whom married their hometown sweethearts and brought them West. Also includes an account of Lola Montez, who settled for a while in Grass Valley. In researching this book, the author had access to more than 1000 letters, many written by the young women who would become the brides and wives. SIGNED by the author on the first page. The first edition was limited to 2000 copies. Maps, illustrations, bibliography, index. xvi, 440 pp. plus colophon. ISBN: 0-933994052.

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    Condition: Fine in black cloth boards with gilt titling in a very near fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 86165
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  • BROOKLYN FOLLIES. by Auster, Paul.
    Auster, Paul.
    BROOKLYN FOLLIES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Henry Holt, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Nathan Glass has come to Brooklyn to die. This is only the latest in a long line of follies." 306 pp. ISBN: 0-805077146.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 85116
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  • BROOKLYN FOLLIES. by Auster, Paul.
    Auster, Paul.
    BROOKLYN FOLLIES.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Henry Holt, (2006). SIGNED first edition - "Nathan Glass has come to Brooklyn to die. This is only the latest in a long line of follies." SIGNED on the title page. 306 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 80851
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  • EIGHT PERFECT MURDERS. by Swanson, Peter.
    Swanson, Peter.
    EIGHT PERFECT MURDERS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2020). First edition - A novel of psychological suspense, set in Boston on Beacon Hill, and featuring bookseller Malcolm Kershaw. "Years ago, Kershaw compiled a list of the genre's most unsolvable murders, those that are almost impossible to crack - which he titled 'Eight Perfect Murders' - chosen from among the best of the best including Agatha Christie's A. B. C. Murders, Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train, Ira Levin's Death Trap, A. A. Milne's Red House Mystery, Anthony Berkeley Cox's Malice Aforethought, James M. Cain's Double Indemnity, John D. Macdonald's The Drowner, and Donna Tartt's A Secret History." Now a serial killer is using that list, and the FBI is on his doorstep. 270 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 78948
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  • TANGO. by Judd, William ( pseudonym of Alan Edwin Petty)
    Judd, William ( pseudonym of Alan Edwin Petty)
    TANGO.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Summit Books, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - A satirical novel in which a sedate, overweight Englishman is sent to a South American country to run a moribund bookstore - and winds up being recruited into the British Special Information Service... While this might be satire, the author (like Le Carre) worked for the Briitsh Foreign Office and knows what he is writing about. Judd named as one of the Best Young British Novelists by Granta Magazine. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-671707108.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 69400
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  • BROOKLYN FOLLIES. by Auster, Paul.
    Auster, Paul.
    BROOKLYN FOLLIES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Henry Holt, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Nathan Glass has come to Brooklyn to die. This is only the latest in a long line of follies." 306 pp. ISBN: 0-805077146.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.(tiny tear to dj at side of spine)

    Book ID: 67592
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  • THE LOVE LETTER. by Schine, Cathleen.
    Schine, Cathleen.
    THE LOVE LETTER.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005, dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A newly divorced woman owns a tiny bookstore in a small town, and finds herself pleased with the life she has created - and then an anonymous love letter arrives, and it becomes her obsession. Basis for the movie of the same name. SIGNED on the title page. 257 pp. ISBN: 0-395-689961.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 50158
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