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  • ONE DAY OF LIFE by Argueta, Manlio
    Argueta, Manlio
    ONE DAY OF LIFE

    Edition: A trade paperback original .

    New York: Aventura/Vintage, (1983). First edition - The first publication in the US of this novel which was banned in El Salvador, and which result in the author being forced into exile. It describes one day in the life of a typical peasant family caught up in the terror and corruption of the civil war in El Salvador. The author is a winner of the Casa de las Americas Prize. Translated by Bill Brow. 215 pp. ISBN: 0-394722167.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers, as issued.

    Book ID: 93554
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  • BUNKER 13. by Bahal, Aniruddha.
    Bahal, Aniruddha.
    BUNKER 13.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "A brilliant international thriller, set in contemporary Kashmir, about an investigative journalist, espionage, and the temptations of drugs, sex, and corruption in the Indian Army Our hero, known as MM, is a pleasure-seeking journalist working for an upstart Indian newsweekly." The first novel by this investigative journalist. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 340 pp. ISBN: 0-374-117306.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 60659
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  • BUNKER 13. by Bahal, Aniruddha.
    Bahal, Aniruddha.
    BUNKER 13.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2003). First edition - "A brilliant international thriller, set in contemporary Kashmir, about an investigative journalist, espionage, and the temptations of drugs, sex, and corruption in the Indian Army Our hero, known as MM, is a pleasure-seeking journalist working for an upstart Indian newsweekly." The first novel by this investigative journalist. 340 pp. ISBN: 0-374-117306.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 60660
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  • RED NOTICE: How I Became Putin's No 1 Enemy. by Browder, Bill.
    Browder, Bill.
    RED NOTICE: How I Became Putin's No 1 Enemy.

    Edition: Later printing.

    London: Bantam, (2015) dj. SIGNED hardcover - "Bill Browder, founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, was the largest foreign investor in Russia until 2005. Since 2009, when his lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was murdered in prison after uncovering a $230 million fraud committed by Russian government officials, Browder has been leading a campaign to expose Russias endemic corruption and human rights abuses." Lee Child commented that this "reads like a classic thriller, but it is all true and a story that needs to be told." SIGNED by Browder on the title page with the words "Best wishes." Index. 373 pp. ISBN: 978-0593072950.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 92603
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  • THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. by Busch, Niven (1903-1991)
    Busch, Niven (1903-1991)
    THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1965) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel which covers the period from 1924 to the near future of 1972, one which reminds us that politics is a dirty game, with the Republican candidate for the Presidency loosely based on Richard Nixon. Although he wrote many novels in his long career, he is probably best known for his screenplays, including The Postman Always Rings Twice and Duel in the Sun, adapted from his own novel. SIGNED on the front endpaper. Dust jacket art by Paul Bacon. 347 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (light toning, crease to rear flap of dj, but a tight straight copy)

    Book ID: 91459
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  • Disch, Thomas M.
    THE M.D. : A Horror Story.

    Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).

    New York Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. dj. Hardcover - 'A mesmerizing novel of suspense and supernatural horror-set in the recent past and a near future grislier than anyone could possibly imagine-in which the caduceus, the winged, serpentine emblem of the physician's healing art, becomes the ultimate instrument of corruption and death.' Finalist for the 1992 Bram Stoker Award for best novel. Dustjacket praise from Dean Koontz and Stephen King (who says 'The M.D. is simply one of the best novels of horror-fantasy I've ever read.') 401 pp. ISBN: 0-394-58662X.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 28463
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  • HOMELAND. by Doctorow, Cory.
    Doctorow, Cory.
    HOMELAND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - Continues the story of Marcus Yallow from "Little Brother." A few years later, California's economy is collapseing, but Marcus's "hacktivist past lands him a job as webmaster for a crusading politician who promises reform. Soon his former nemesis Masha emerges from the political underground to gift him with a thumbdrive containing a Wikileaks-style cable-dump of hard evidence of corporate and governmental perfidy. It's incendiary stuff - and if Masha goes missing, Marcus is supposed to release it to the world. Then Marcus sees Masha being kidnapped by the same government agents who detained and tortured Marcus years earlier." 390 pp. ISBN: 978-0765333698.

    Condition: Ex-library with relatively few markings, overall tight and clean, but with some toning, in a near fine dj.

    Book ID: 90750
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  • JIVE TOWN. by Hinton-Tucker, Martha.
    Hinton-Tucker, Martha.
    JIVE TOWN.

    Edition: First printing.

    Los Angeles: The Universal House, (1976) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel set in 1968 in Southern California where two African American men are competing to become the first Black mayor of Sunset (a thinly disguised Compton) - a story of "lies, deception, hate and finally murder in order to reach their goal." Hinton-Tucker's husband, Warren Tucker was one of the two candidates, and although he lost then, in 1981 he did become mayor, and was succeeded after his death by their son, Walter Tucker III. Warmly INSCRIBED by author on the front endpaper. 231 pp.

    Condition: Good only in black cloth (signifcant shelfwear to bottom edge of boards) in a poor dust jacket with creasing and several large chips (now in an archival protector)

    Book ID: 90421
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  • THE DEVIL SHE KNOWS. by Loehfelm, Bill.
    Loehfelm, Bill.
    THE DEVIL SHE KNOWS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third novel, a thriller set on Staten Island, featuring bartender Maureen Coughlin. SIGNED on the title page. 322 pp. ISBN: 978-0374136529.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 62134
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  • THE DEVIL SHE KNOWS. by Loehfelm, Bill.
    Loehfelm, Bill.
    THE DEVIL SHE KNOWS.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Picador / Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2012). SIGNED - The author's third novel, a thriller set on Staten Island, featuring bartender Maureen Coughlin. SIGNED on the title page. 322 pp. ISBN: 978-1250007599.

    Condition: Good overall in illustrated wrappers - usual toning to pages, some wear to covers.

    Book ID: 87898
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  • DAUGHTERS by Marshall, Paule
    Marshall, Paule
    DAUGHTERS

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atheneum, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Complex novel about the relationship between a father and daughter, set in the Caribbean and in New York City, by this writer who was born and raised in Brooklyn. Writing in the NY Times, Susan Fromberg Schaeffer called this "Flawless in its sense of place and character, remarkable in its understanding of human nature, a triumph in every way." SIGNED on the title page by the author. Publisher's promotional postcard laid in 408 pp. ISBN: 0-689-121393.

    Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (foxing to edges of textblock)

    Book ID: 93233
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  • SINGING INTO THE PIANO. by Mooney, Ted.
    Mooney, Ted.
    SINGING INTO THE PIANO.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third novel - When Santiago Diaz, a former soccer star and candidate for president of Mexico, observes an overt act of sexual display as he is speaking from the stage, he becomes intrigued and "draws the couple into his world of Mexican politics, economics, and danger. Invited to visit Diaz and his wife at their home in Mexico, Andrew and Edith find themselves first seduced by the glamour of a political campaign and then increasingly endangered by a skein of conspiracy, violence, and death." INSCRIBED on the half title page to the noted Oklahoma book collector, Larry Owens and dated in the year of publication. 357 pp. ISBN: 0-679416927.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 85118
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