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THE SHADOW MAN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A memoir about her search to discover the truth about her father, who died when she was just seven. INSCRIBED on the title page "For -- with thanks for your intelligence and care." xiv, 274 pp. ISBN: 0-679428852.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 64226More details Price: $30.00 -
THE ECSTASY OF OWEN MUIR.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Cameron & Kahn, (1954.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "An unorthodox novel about orthodoxy ... a comic and pungent dissection [of] such incidental phenomena as thought control in the McCarthy era, modern business ethics, racial intolerance" and more. By the third son of American author Ring Lardner, who was an Oscar-winning screenwriter, a member of the Hollywood Ten who was imprisoned for refusing to answer questions before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. 302 pp.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (usual toning to the pages, but overall a tight and clean copy.)
Book ID: 47748More details Price: $20.00 -
THE COLOR OF BLOOD
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in an Eastern European country where a cardinal has maintained an uneasy balance between his religion and the totalitarian government, until one day there is an unsucessful attempt on his life, and he is spirited away against his will. 182 pp. ISBN: 0-525-245391.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 9475More details Price: $18.00 -
CALLED OUT OF DARKNESS: A Spiritual Confession.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. SIGNED first edition - Rice's first work of nonfiction, an account of her Catholic upbringing in New Orleans, and of how she lost her faith - and found it again. SIGNED on the half title page and dated May 31, 2008 (that is, preceding the publication date of this book.) 245 pp.
Condition: Fine in plain printed white wrappers (as new, and unread.)
Book ID: 55659More details Price: $150.00 -
DAYS OF OBLIGATION: An Argument with My Mexican Father.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of essays, many dealing with the intersection and conflict of Mexican and United States culture in California. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-670-813966.
Condition: INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 32931More details Price: $35.00 -
DAYS OF OBLIGATION: An Argument with My Mexican Father.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of essays, many dealing with the intersection and conflict of Mexican and United States culture in California. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-670-813966.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 38368More details Price: $16.50 -
THE QUESTION OF HU.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 83361More details Price: $24.50
