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SMALL FRY: A Memoir.
Edition: 3rd printing.
New York: Grove Press, (2018) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The author's first book, a memoir by the daughter of Steve Jobs described as a coming of age story which is partially a portrait of a complex family and partly a love letter to California in the 70s and 80s. SIGNED on the title page by the author. Named one of the best books of the year by the NY Times, the New Yorker, NPR and many others. Illustrated with photographs. ISBN: 978-0802128232.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Book ID: 74383More details Price: $45.00 -
WHEN CAPTAIN FLINT WAS STILL A GOOD MAN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Riverhead Books, 2012. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, a coming of age story set in the Bering Sea off Alaska: "Part mystery, part lament, part coming-of-age drama, this novel will stay with you long after you turn the last page. . . . Fascinating and powerful." (Daniel Alarcon) and "Robert Louis Stevenson would be proud of Nick Dybek. . . . He delivers a page-turner full of danger, secrets, and betrayals." (Stewart O'Nan) and more. A Booklist Top 10 First novel of 2012. 304 pp. ISBN: 9781594488092.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 64573More details Price: $15.00 -
SKATING IN THE DARK.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Pantheon, 1991. First edition - Author's second book and first novel, a coming-of-age story. 230 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 58824More details Price: $21.00 -
BUCKING THE SARGE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House - Wendy Lamb Books, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel by this Newbery and Coretta Scott King award winning writer - "Luther T. Farrell has got to get out of Flint, Michigan." 259 pp. ISBN: 0-385-323077.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 50143More details Price: $15.00 -
BIG MAN AND THE BURN-OUT.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A warm and intelligent story of learning about friendship and responsibility, INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page and dated in 1998. 197 pp. ISBN: 0-395-361737.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 49913More details Price: $30.00 -
SKATING IN THE DARK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pantheon, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second book and first novel, a coming-of-age story. 226 pp. ISBN: 0-679-405178.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (as new, but with a remainder dot.)
Book ID: 17397More details Price: $16.50
