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CITY OF GOD: A Novel.
Edition: Full size book club edition.
New York: Random House, (2000) dj. Hardcover - Novel set in New York City. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-679-447830.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 61488More details Price: $12.50 -
THE BOOK OF DANIEL.
Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).
New York: Random House, (1971) dj. Hardcover - A novel about a young man whose parents were executed for conspiring to steal atomic secrets for Russia - a fictionalized version of the Rosenberg case. A very nice early printing of this early novel by Doctorow. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-394-432718.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 61098More details Price: $13.50 -
BEOWULF
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Norton, 1966.
Condition: Very good (some underlining)
Book ID: 10183More details Price: $8.50 -
CARRIE DUMAIN.
Edition: First printing.
Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1966. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel of a woman who searches for her brother in the bars and seamy side of Harlem.
Condition: Near fine in a somewhat rubbed, but otherwise near fine, dustjacket.
Book ID: 11521More details Price: $25.00 -
CARRIE DUMAIN.
Edition: First printing.
Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1966. Hardcover first edition - Novel of a woman who searches for her brother in the bars and seamy side of Harlem.
Condition: Just about fine, no dj.
Book ID: 11852More details Price: $12.50 -
A STATE OF FEAR.
Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.
London: Pandora, (1987.). First edition - The author's prize-winning first novel, originally published in South Africa in 1983, and set there during the turbulent winter of 1980 - a young white teacher at a 'coloured' high school shelters two of her students from arrest. 190 pp. ISBN: 0-86358-1684.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 39752More details Price: $12.00 -
THE TIMES ARE NEVER SO BAD: A Novella & Eight Short Stories.
Edition: 2nd printing.
Boston: Godine, (1983.) dj. Hardcover - Dubus was arguably one of the best writers of short fiction in 20th century America, and this book, his fifth, was one of his most powerful collections. ISBN: 0-87923-4598.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a very good and unmarked dust jacket.
Book ID: 55660More details Price: $12.50 -
DANCING AFTER HOURS: Stories.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Vintage Books, (1997.). A collection of fourteen stories by this award winning author. This book was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award. 234 pp. ISBN: 0-679-751149.
Condition: Fine.
Book ID: 52851More details Price: $9.00 -
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Vintage Books, (2000.). SIGNED - Author's second novel, National Book award finalist and basis for the movie of the same name starring Ben Kingsley. SIGNED on the title page. 365 pp. Oprah's book club selection. ISBN: 0-375-727345.
Condition: Good condition.
Book ID: 43364More details Price: $15.00 -
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Vintage Books, (2000.). SIGNED - Author's second novel. Movie tie-in edition with photograph of Ben Kingsley on front cover. SIGNED on title page. 363 pp. ISBN: 1-400077354.
Condition: Very near fine.
Book ID: 42443More details Price: $16.50 -
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG.
Edition: Large format trade paperback.
New York: Norton, 1999. SIGNED - Basis for the movie of the same name. SIGNED on the title page. 365 pp. ISBN: 0-965-024027.
Condition: Good condition - signs of having been read, spine slant, but still a good reading copy.
Book ID: 22480More details Price: $16.00 -
BORROWED LIVES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Warner, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel under this pseudonym - described as being witty, saucy, eccentric and naughty and satisfying at the same time. ISBN: 0-446-51702x.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 17425More details Price: $18.00 -
WELCOME TO HIGBY.
Edition: First thus- large print edition.
San Francisco: Doubleday - MacAdam/Cage, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, one which "follows the hilarious goings-on in a small town in Northern Mississippi over Labor Day Weekend." A Doubleday Large Print Home Library Edition. 583 pp. ISBN: 0-7394-4104-3.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 83507More details Price: $17.50 -
SAUVE QUI PEUT.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Dutton, 1967 dj. Hardcover - Stories of life in the diplomatic corps.
Condition: Ex-library with the front endpaper removed, in a dj with tape repairs to the interior of the spine, fading to the dj spine, etc.
Book ID: 17072More details Price: $12.50 -
MIRRORS
Edition: First printing.
New York: Methuen, 1978. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's fifth novel.
Condition: VG- in a somewhat edgeworn dj. (prev owner's initials.)
Book ID: 11264More details Price: $12.50 -
THE BOOK OF EBENEZER LE PAGE.
Edition: Trade paperback.
Wakefield, RI: Moyer Bell Ltd, (1995). A very unusual book, written in a variant of Guernsey English, but one which captures the reader from the very first sentence. Little is known about the author, other than that he was a professor of literature and drama in England, born in 1899 on the Island of Guernsey, and his friends included John Middleton Murray, Frieda and D.H. Lawrence, Tagore and Annie Besant. The manuscript for this book was found among his papers after his death, and is his only known book. It tells the story of a Guernsey man who lived through the Nazi occupation of Britain's Channel Islands into garrulous old age. Introduction by John Fowles. Map, notes on Guernsey English, glossary. xiv, 400 pp. ISBN: 1-559211423.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 74157More details Price: $15.00 -
SKIRT AND THE FIDDLE.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Grove Press, (2002). The author's second novel - a love story filled with humor featuring a violinist embittered by a truly horrific gig. . Kirkus Review called it a novel of "bite and raging intellect . . from a mean and lean fabulist." 199 pp. ISBN: 0-802140424.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 85805More details Price: $14.50 -
WAITING FOR CHILDHOOD
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Harper & Row, 1988. A powerful moving story of an Australian family and its gradual disintegration, beginning with the years just before the first World War and continuing through the decades after. Set in Sydney.
Condition: VG+ (left corners of binding slightly torn, little edge wear)
Book ID: 10789More details Price: $11.50 -
MIDDLESEX.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Picador, (2002.). Author's second novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Eugenides was chosen by Granta Magazine as one of the top 20 young writers in the United States. Basis for the movie of the same name. ISBN: 0-312-427735.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 47037More details Price: $9.50 -
MIDDLESEX.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Picador, (2002.). Author's second novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Eugenides was chosen by Granta Magazine as one of the top 20 young writers in the United States. Basis for the movie of the same name. ISBN: 0-312-422156.
Condition: Very good.
Book ID: 41253More details Price: $8.50 -
THE LOCKET.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1998.) dj. Hardcover - From the dust jacket: "The Locket, like all of my novels, is a love story. A story about the young love of Michael and Faye and the challenges they face. It is also a story of old love, between Esther and the man she lost so many years before. But, ultimately, it is a story of the love between generations, and the nurturing and forgiveness those relationships always require." SIGNED on the title page. 282 pp. ISBN: 0-684-834731.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (prev owner's name.)
Book ID: 53194More details Price: $12.50 -
TIMEPIECE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His second novel, and like all his novels, a story about love, and learning how to love. SIGNED on the title page. Small format. 236 pp. ISBN: 0-684-815761.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 53197More details Price: $30.00 -
SAINT JOHN OF THE FIVE BOROUGHS.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Denver: Unbridled Books, (2009). First edition - A novel about the way violence twists character, but also about the possibilities for redemption and change, for achieving a kind of personal grace. 423 pp. ISBN: 978-1932961881.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 65291More details Price: $18.00 -
DAGO RED.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, 1940. Hardcover first edition - His scarce third book, a collection of short stories illustrated by Valenti Angelo.
Condition: Some wear to the sturdy cloth covers and fading to the lettering on the spine, lacking the dustjacket. On the front endpapers is a bookplate with the name removed and a couple of stamps - one of which is of the type usually described as 'previous owner's name and address stamp' - in this case, interestingly enough, the name and address is that of John Fante in Malibu, California! According to his son, this indicates that it was Fante's personal copy.
Book ID: 21018More details Price: $500.00 -
THE DINNER PARTY.
Edition: Book club edition.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1987.) dj. Hardcover - A novel by a writer known for his explorations of questions of ethics and morality in his books - the entire action takes place in just one day at the home of a US Senator. " It all sounds like a gracious and well-ordered affair, but as events unfold, the reader is battered from all sides by one startling revelation after another." 187 pp.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 47629More details Price: $14.50 -
TO SEE OURSELVES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Macmillan, 1937. dj. Hardcover first edition - Uncommon Hollywood novel - the story of a young couple from Idaho who arrive in town sure that they will quickly get a screen writing contract.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket. Extensive fading to green cloth binding, and a little fading to the spine of the dj. Overall a very attractive copy of this book. Interesting dustjacket design by Vera Bock.
Book ID: 19867More details Price: $85.00 -
CARNIVAL
Edition: First printing.
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1953. dj. Hardcover first edition - A relatively uncommon short novel by this writer - while many of his books are finally being brought back into print, he is still surprisingly unknown to modern readers.
Condition: Ex-library with usual stamps, in overall good condition in a good dj.
Book ID: 11234More details Price: $12.50 -
HOWARDS END AND OTHER STORIES (with a critical review from 1910.)
Edition: First thus.
Philadelphia: Running Press Books 1997 dj. Hardcover -. ISBN: 0-7624-01761.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (an unread copy with some signs of handling or shelfwear.)
Book ID: 17703More details Price: $15.00 -
THE CORRECTIONS.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Franzen's massive novel, winner of the National Book Award winner, finalist for Pulitzer Prize and a controversial Oprah pick, when he declined to appear on the Oprah show. 567 pp. ISBN: 0-374-129983.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (name on front endpaper, crinkling to lower edge of rear cover of dj.)
Book ID: 87619More details Price: $35.00 -
HEADLONG.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Henry Holt, 1999. dj. Hardcover - The discovery of a possible lost Grand Master painting causes Martin to fall from domestic heaven to a comic hell, as he wagers all he owns and some he does not, on an attempt to obtain the painting. Dj praise from Kurt Vonnegut and Alison Lurie, among others. ISBN: 0-8050-62858.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (prev owner's name.)
Book ID: 47739More details Price: $14.50