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  • Greene, Graham.
    THE COMEDIANS.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Viking, 1966. dj. Hardcover -

    Condition: Very good in a fair dj (tears to dj on spine.)

    Book ID: 17301
    Keywords: fiction
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  • THE MAN WITHIN. by Greene, Graham.
    Greene, Graham.
    THE MAN WITHIN.

    Edition: Reprint.

    New York: Viking, 1981. Hardcover - An attractive reissue in a small format uniform edition of Greene's first novel, originally published in 1929. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-670-453838.

    Condition: Very near fine in beige cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, lacking the dj.

    Book ID: 42798
    Keywords: Fiction
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  • Greene, Graham.
    TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Viking, 1970. dj. Hardcover -. ISBN: 0-670-72524-2.

    Condition: Very good in very good + dust jacket (spine slant, sunning to spine of dj.)

    Book ID: 37613
    Keywords: Fiction
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  • THE HONORARY CONSUL. by Greene, Graham.
    Greene, Graham.
    THE HONORARY CONSUL.

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

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1973. dj. Hardcover - Novel set in a provincial Argentinian town, just over the border from Paraguay and populated with refugees from the dictatorship there. 315 pp. ISBN: 0-671-215698.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (toning to the pages, stain to the top edge.)

    Book ID: 41465
    Keywords: argentina, Fiction
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  • TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT. by Greene, Graham.
    Greene, Graham.
    TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT.

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    New York: Viking, (1970.) dj. Hardcover - A rather lighthearted novel by Greene - 244 pp. ISBN: 0-670-72524-2.

    Condition: Fine in a very good + dust jacket ( sunning to spine of dj.)

    Book ID: 41519
    Keywords: Fiction
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  • Greene, Graham.
    DOCTOR FISCHER OF GENEVA or THE BOMB PARTY.

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

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1980.) dj. Hardcover - A novel which is both a black entertainment and a study of human greed. 196 pp. ISBN: 0-671-254677.

    Condition: Fine in a near fine dustjacket (light crease to front cover of dj.)

    Book ID: 41552
    Keywords: Fiction
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  • THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE. by Greenfield, Jeff.
    Greenfield, Jeff.
    THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A Cautionary Tale" - A very funny, 'what-if' novel about presidential politics. 309 pp. ISBN: 0-399-138129.

    Condition: Very good in a fine dust jacket. (remainder line, remnant of bookplate on front pastedown.

    Book ID: 47485
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  • HUNGER WAS THEIR HERITAGE. by Grein, Ludwig (1896-1966)
    Grein, Ludwig (1896-1966)
    HUNGER WAS THEIR HERITAGE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pageant Press, (1952). Hardcover first edition - A novel loosely based on the author's experiences in Germany after the first World War and his immigration to America in 1925. Partially written to show the circumstances in Germany which helped to lead to the rise of Hitler and the Nazis. Review copy stamped on front endpaper with "publication date Feb 4, 1953" Uncommon. 207 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in gray cloth with gold lettering on spine, no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 75931
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  • Haase, John.
    THE NOON BALLOON TO RANGOON.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1967. dj. Hardcover first edition - A brief humorous novel which satirizes both the 'pukka memsahib' tradition of British imperialism and the sun-loving culture of Southern California.

    Condition: Near fine in a somewhat edgeworn, but overall very good dustjacket.

    Book ID: 15719
    Keywords: fiction
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  • Hamilton, Patrick
    THE CHARMER

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Penguin Books, 1989.

    Condition: G (creases in cover, edge wear)

    Book ID: 10797
    Keywords: fiction
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  • WATCH YOUR MOUTH. by Handler, David.
    Handler, David.
    WATCH YOUR MOUTH.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: HarperPerennial, (2002). SIGNED - The second novel for adults, written under his own name, by the author best known for his Lemony Snicket books. SIGNED on the title page. 232 pp. ISBN: 0-06-093817X.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages).

    Book ID: 67314
    Keywords: Fiction, humor, incest, parody
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  • AN END AND A BEGINNING. by Hanley, James (1897-1985)
    Hanley, James (1897-1985)
    AN END AND A BEGINNING.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    London: Andre Deutsch, (1990). The final book in his five novel sequence, The Furys, considered some of his finest work - In the previous novel, young Peter Fury, confused by his mother's ambition for him, was driven to commit a crime for which he was sent to prison for fifteen years. This story opens with his release, still a relatively young man, and as Peter gropes his way back to normal life, taking refuge in the girlhood home of his brother's wife, the extraordinary circumstances of his past are revealed and we observe his coming to terms with the future. 315 pp. ISBN: 0-233985875.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 85549
    Keywords: Fiction
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  • ATTICUS. by Hansen, Ron.
    Hansen, Ron.
    ATTICUS.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: HarperPerennial, (1997.). SIGNED - The story of a Colorado rancher who goes to Mexico to uncover the mystery that lay behind the murder of his son there. Finalist for the National Book Award. SIGNED on the title page. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0927868.

    Condition: Very good- (prev owner's address label, usual light toning to pages.)

    Book ID: 47008
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  • MARIETTE IN ECSTASY. by Hansen, Ron.
    Hansen, Ron.
    MARIETTE IN ECSTASY.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: HarperPerennial, (1992.). SIGNED - This novel about a beautiful 17 year old postulate in a 1906 upstate New York convent who begins to bleed from stigmata raises provocative questions about the nature of faith. It is "a stunning immersion into the society of a small convent at the turn of the century, where a mysterious and ultimately harrowing world lies beneath the lovely, placed surface of everyday life." SIGNED on the title page. 179 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0981180.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 45439
    Keywords: convent life, Fiction
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  • KAMPONG. by Hardy, Ronald.
    Hardy, Ronald.
    KAMPONG.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    London: Frederick Muller. (1957) dj. Hardcover - A novel set on the island of Java in 1950, in the newly independent country of Indonesia, where there is still hostility and resentment against the Dutch colonists. A medical unit, formed by the United Nations, is involved in a desperate fight against the disease of yaws where 10 million had been stricken. 240 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (light toning to the pages, price-clipped)

    Book ID: 81593
    Keywords: Fiction, indonesia, java, yaws
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  • THE WINK: A Novel of Modern India. by Harter, Evelyn.
    Harter, Evelyn.
    THE WINK: A Novel of Modern India.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third novel, a thoughtful look at America and India, and at the clash between cultures, between old traditions and the new world. Glossary. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-312-882335.

    Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket. (short tear to upper edge of dj near spine)

    Book ID: 58285
    Keywords: ex-pats, Fiction
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  • NORTH OF HOPE by Hassler, Jon
    Hassler, Jon
    NORTH OF HOPE

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Ballantine, 1990. dj. Hardcover - 6th novel by this award-winning writer, set in the scrubby pine landscape of Northern Minnesota. 518 pp. ISBN: 0-345-369106.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 44244
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  • Hassler, Jon,
    ROOKERY BLUES.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Ballantine, 1995. dj. Hardcover - A novel full of "deadpan humor" - the story of 5 faculty members, who in 1969, start a jazz band at a small Minnesota state college. 484 pp. ISBN: 0-345-393562.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 25278
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  • Hassler, Jon.
    THE LOVE HUNTER.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Morrow, 1981. dj. Hardcover - Third novel by this highly praised Minnesota writer. This story is one of suspense, as a man plans to murder his best friend who is terminally ill with cancer - but also, a story of love, of friendship, and of decent people caught by circumstances they cannot control. ISBN: 0-688-004830.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (glue remnants under dj flaps.)

    Book ID: 27015
    Keywords: Fiction, minnesota
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  • Hassler, Jon.
    THE STAGGERFORD FLOOD.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Plume, (2003.). Another in his wonderful series of novels set in the fictional small Minnesota town of Staggerford. In this one, Hassler brings back the irrepressible former schoolteacher, 80-year-old Agatha McGee, as she offers refuge to seven of her neighbors, friends and former students, when the rising waters force them from their homes. 199 pp. ISBN: 0-452-284627.

    Condition: Very good+ in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 41468
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  • Heimer, Mel.
    WEST WIND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Trident Press, 1964. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel - set in the world of film-making.

    Condition: Good in a good dustjacket (rubbing to the black background of the dj, some edgewear.)

    Book ID: 16203
    Keywords: Fiction
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  • PACO'S STORY by Heinemann, Larry
    Heinemann, Larry
    PACO'S STORY

    Edition: First paperback printing.

    New York: Penguin, (1987.). Author's highly praised second novel - about the nightmares that haunt Paco Sullivan, the only survivor of a vicious firefight in Vietnam - and the horrors that continue to affect his life. Winner of the National Book Award. This edition includes a new foreword by the author. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-14-0100857.

    Condition: Near fine (no creases, usual toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 49610
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  • PICTURE THIS. by Heller, Joseph.
    Heller, Joseph.
    PICTURE THIS.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Putnam, (1988.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Novel by the author of Catch-22, SIGNED on the front endpaper. 351 pp.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 52257
    Keywords: Fiction
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  • Helwig, David.
    THE ONLY SON.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Penguin, 1988.

    Condition: Very good-. (some edge wear, couple creases along spine)

    Book ID: 14450
    Keywords: Fiction
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  • THE BLACK SPANIEL and Other Stories. by Hichens, Robert.
    Hichens, Robert.
    THE BLACK SPANIEL and Other Stories.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, (1905.). Hardcover first edition - Includes the long title novella and eleven short stories, illustrated with a frontispiece and seven glossy plates (one illustration is missing from the list at the front) by A. Forestier. 380 pp.

    Condition: Good in red cloth with black stamping - spine somewhat faded and fraying at the ends, bookplate.

    Book ID: 55624
    Keywords: Fiction
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  • Highwater, Jamake (Jackie Marks, 1931-2001).
    DARK LEGEND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Grove Press, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel. ISBN: 0-8021-1477-6.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 17081
    Keywords: Fiction
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  • Hijuelos, Oscar
    OUR HOUSE IN THE LAST WORLD

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Washington Square Press Books, 1990. The saga of a family who came to New York city from rural Cuba. His first novel, originally published in 1983, and now issued in trade paperback after his second book, 'The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love' won the Pulitzer Prize.

    Condition: Near fine (few small creases in cover, slight edge wear)

    Book ID: 10801
    Keywords: fiction
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  • Hillmer, Timothy.
    THE HOOKMEN.

    Edition: Trade paperback - first thus.

    New York: Scribner's, 1996. The author's first novel, a portrait of a young man coming to terms with the natural forces around him, in the high mountain canyons of California's Kern River. The 'hookmen' are those who search rivers for the drowned. Winner of the Colorado Fiction Award.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 13914
    Keywords: fiction
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  • JAMES HILTON'S THREE FAMOUS NOVELS: LOST HORIZON; GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS; RANDOM HARVEST. by Hilton, James.
    Hilton, James.
    JAMES HILTON'S THREE FAMOUS NOVELS: LOST HORIZON; GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS; RANDOM HARVEST.

    Edition: Original book club edition.

    Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, nd (ca 1957) dj. Hardcover - Omnibus edition of three of Hilton's best known and most popular novels - Lost Horizon; Good-Bye, Mr. Chips; and Random Harvest - originally published between 1933 and 1941. An original "special edition" for members only. 438 pp.

    Condition: Very good in gray boards with green lettering on the spine in a good dust jacket (toning to spine of dj).

    Book ID: 84090
    Keywords: Fiction
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  • ZYZZYVA 43/44: STRANGE ATTRACTION: : The Best of Ten Years of ZYZZYVA.The Last Word: West Coast Writers and Artists, Volume XI, Number 3/4, Fall/Winter 1995 by (Hirshfield, Jane, signed) Junker, Howard, editor.
    (Hirshfield, Jane, signed) Junker, Howard, editor.
    ZYZZYVA 43/44: STRANGE ATTRACTION: : The Best of Ten Years of ZYZZYVA.The Last Word: West Coast Writers and Artists, Volume XI, Number 3/4, Fall/Winter 1995

    Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.

    Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press, (1995.). SIGNED first edition - A book which is both a celebration of ten years of survival for this 'anti-canonic and quirky' literary journal and an introduction to the quality and the breadth of the material it publishes. This copy is SIGNED by Jane Hirshfield at her poem 'Justice Without Passion') . Other contributors include Gary Snyder, Sherman Alexie, Robert Haas, Philip Levine, Michelle Clinton, Jess Mowry, Kate Braverman, Po Bronson, William Vollmann, Lois-Ann Yamanaka, Tess Gallagher, Dennis Cooper, Karen Karbo and many others. Introduction by Junker. Notes on the contributors. A title in the Western Literature series.). xii, 335 pp. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line. ISBN: 0-87417-2756.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy white and black covers (crease to back cover.)

    Book ID: 39772
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