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  • POCKETFUL OF NAMES. by Coomer, Joe.
    Coomer, Joe.
    POCKETFUL OF NAMES.

    Edition: First printing.

    St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set on an island off the rugged coast of Maine. 413 pp. ISBN: 1555974236.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 58709
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  • KASHTANKA. by Moser, Barry, illustrator, signed. Anton Chekhov.
    Moser, Barry, illustrator, signed. Anton Chekhov.
    KASHTANKA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (1991) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A children's story well known in Russia, originally published in 1889. Separated from her master, Kashenka (Little Chestnut), half dachsund and half mutt, is taken in by a stranger who introduces her to life in a traveling circus. The human world, as seen through the eyes of a little dog, is fill of complexity and she finds herself torn between the excitement of her new life and her yearning for the one left behind. Beautifully illustrated with full-page watercolors by Barry Moser. SIGNED by Moser on the title page. Translated from the Russian by Richard Pevear. Large format. 47 pp. ISBN: 0-399219056.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (small bookplate on front pastedown, sunning to the spine of the dj.)

    Book ID: 86823
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  • THE TRURO BEAR AND OTHER ADVENTURES: Poems and Essays. by Oliver, Mary.
    Oliver, Mary.
    THE TRURO BEAR AND OTHER ADVENTURES: Poems and Essays.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Beacon Press, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book by this National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winning poet which includes "ten new poems, thirty-five of her classic poems, and two essays, all about mammals, insects, and reptiles. The award-winning poet considers beasts of all kinds: bears, snakes, spiders, porcupines, humpback whales, hermit crabs, and, of course, her beloved and disobedient little dog, Percy, who appears and even speaks in thirteen poems, the closing section of this volume." 80 pp. ISBN: 978-0807068847.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84299
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  • RIN TIN TIN: The Life and the Legend. by Orlean, Susan.
    Orlean, Susan.
    RIN TIN TIN: The Life and the Legend.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2011) dj. Hardcover first edition - Spanning more than ninety years, this is an account of "Rin Tin Tin's journey from orphaned puppy to movie star and international icon.It begins on a battlefield in France during World War I, when a young American soldier, Lee Duncan, discovered a newborn German shepherd in the ruins of a bombed-out dog kennel." Photographs. Notes on sources. 324 pp. ISBN: 978-1439190135.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 64124
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