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  • Hiaasen, Carl
    NATURE GIRL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. dj. Hardcover first edition - Another Florida based, and very funny, thriller from this highly praised author: Hillerman called him 'the Mark Twain of the crime novel' 306 pp. ISBN: 978-0307262998.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 90791
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  • Barry, Dave.
    TRICKY BUSINESS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel by this Pulitzer prize winning journalist and member of the Rock Bottom Remainders, a satire on just about everything in Florida. A hint of the plot as described on the dj flap: 'The 'Extravaganza of the Seas' is a five-thousand-ton cash cow, a top-heavy tub whose sole function is to carry gamblers three miles from the Florida coast, take their money, then bring them back so they can find more money. In the middle of a tropical storm one night, these characters are among the passengers it carries: Fay Benton, a single mom and cocktail waitress desperate for something to go right for once; Johnny and…

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    New York: Putnam, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel by this Pulitzer prize winning journalist and member of the Rock Bottom Remainders, a satire on just about everything in Florida. A hint of the plot as described on the dj flap: 'The 'Extravaganza of the Seas' is a five-thousand-ton cash cow, a top-heavy tub whose sole function is to carry gamblers three miles from the Florida coast, take their money, then bring them back so they can find more money. In the middle of a tropical storm one night, these characters are among the passengers it carries: Fay Benton, a single mom and cocktail waitress desperate for something to go right for once; Johnny and the Contusions, a ship's band with so little talent they are . . . well, the ship's band; Arnold and Phil, two refugees from the Beaux Arts Senior Center; Lou Tarant, a wide, bald man who has killed nine people, though none recently; and an assortment of uglies whose job it is to facilitate the ship's true business, which is money-laundering or drug-smuggling or . . . something.' INSCRIBED on the title page ("for Chris, my idol")and dated 10/5/02, in the year of publication. 320 pp. ISBN: 0-399-149244.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 90777
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  • FLASHBACK. by Barr, Nevada.
    Barr, Nevada.
    FLASHBACK.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Putnam, (2003.). First edition - The 11th mystery featuring Ranger Anna Pigeon - this one is set in the Dry Tortugas National Park, a series of small islands 70 miles off Key West in Florida, which served as a prison during the Civil War and later housed the Lincoln assassination conspirators. An interesting blend of modern mystery and historical fiction. 430 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 89863
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  • THE YEARLING. by Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnans
    Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnans
    THE YEARLING.

    Edition: First ML edition stated, but a very early printing

    New York: Modern Library, (1946) dj. Hardcover - Rawlings' classic story about a boy and a young deer in the piney woods of Florida, originally published in 1938. Pulitzer prize winner. Dust jacket has 322 titles on verso (versus 316 for 1st issue) 400 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in green cloth (lower bumped, Christmas 1948 on verso of front endpaper) in a very good dust jacket with only minor edgewear.

    Book ID: 89856
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  • WHITEWASH. by Kava, Alex.
    Kava, Alex.
    WHITEWASH.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: MIRA, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - A stand-alone novel on the cutting edge of alternative energy - Sabrina Galloway is the top scientist at EcoEnergy, leading the company's research team to a successful breakthrough in the quest for an alternative fuel. Then she makes an alarming discovery: someone has tampered with the production process, resulting in toxic waste leaking into the Florida waterways and the Gulf of Mexico."429 pp. ISBN: 978-0778324409.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (toning to edge of textblock)

    Book ID: 88836
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  • GLOW OF CANDLIGHT: The Story of Patricia Murphy. by Murphy, Patricia (1905Ð1979)
    Murphy, Patricia (1905Ð1979)
    GLOW OF CANDLIGHT: The Story of Patricia Murphy.

    Edition: Hardcover.

    Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, (1961) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Autobiography of a woman who became one of the most successful restaurateurs of her time in the New York City and Ft Lauderdale areas - Born in Newfoundland, she left in 1928 to study music in New York City, but after the crash of 1929, she gambled on taking over a restaurant which was closing in Brooklyn - naming it the Candlelight since her improvised and modest decor included candles on the tables. Also included in this book is are sections of menus and recipes, and on gardens and flowers. SIGNED on the half title page with the words "with personal regards" and dated in Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1966. Illustrated…

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    Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, (1961) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Autobiography of a woman who became one of the most successful restaurateurs of her time in the New York City and Ft Lauderdale areas - Born in Newfoundland, she left in 1928 to study music in New York City, but after the crash of 1929, she gambled on taking over a restaurant which was closing in Brooklyn - naming it the Candlelight since her improvised and modest decor included candles on the tables. Also included in this book is are sections of menus and recipes, and on gardens and flowers. SIGNED on the half title page with the words "with personal regards" and dated in Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1966. Illustrated with color photographs. Index. Possible first edition with no additional printings shown, original price of 3.95 on dust jacket flap. 260 pp.

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    Condition: Near fine (over-opened before half title page) in a very good dust jacket with some small chips to ends of dj spine.

    Book ID: 88294
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  • RISING and Other Stories. by Massey, Gale.
    Massey, Gale.
    RISING and Other Stories.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    Beverly Hills, CA: Bronzeville Books, (2021). SIGNED first edition - Award winning Florida author's first collection of short fiction. Alafair Burke commented that her "insight and empathy resonate throughout this beautifully written collection. She has just the right words to make us feel the pain and hardships affecting her characters, but always with hope." SIGNED on the title page and INSCRIBED on the half title page. 128 pp. ISBN: 978-1952427190.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 87837
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  • SHOOT THE MOON. by Klempner, Joseph T.
    Klempner, Joseph T.
    SHOOT THE MOON.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second thriller - "It's not that nobody dies in former Federal Bureau of Narcotics agent Joseph T. Klempner's antic, upbeat new thriller - it's just that they're almost all bad guys. Aside from the fact that he's out of work, a recent widower, and the father of a 6-year-old daughter with mysterious, recurrent headaches, New York accountant Michael Goodman leads a charmed life. The spare tire on the car he rents while on a futile job hunt in Florida just happens to hold enough high-grade heroin to jump start anyone's life. When various law enforcement agencies ignore his attempts to turn it in, Goodman decides to…

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    New York: St Martin's, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second thriller - "It's not that nobody dies in former Federal Bureau of Narcotics agent Joseph T. Klempner's antic, upbeat new thriller - it's just that they're almost all bad guys. Aside from the fact that he's out of work, a recent widower, and the father of a 6-year-old daughter with mysterious, recurrent headaches, New York accountant Michael Goodman leads a charmed life. The spare tire on the car he rents while on a futile job hunt in Florida just happens to hold enough high-grade heroin to jump start anyone's life. When various law enforcement agencies ignore his attempts to turn it in, Goodman decides to unload it himself. Joseph Klempner's former employer probably won't find the dueling posses of bumbling drug agents as funny as other readers. . " SIGNED on the title page. 341 pp. ISBN: 0-312154240.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 87420
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  • FLASHBACK. by Barr, Nevada.
    Barr, Nevada.
    FLASHBACK.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 11th mystery featuring Ranger Anna Pigeon - this one is set in the Dry Tortugas National Park, a series of small islands 70 miles off Key West in Florida, which served as a prison during the Civil War and later housed the Lincoln assassination conspirators. An interesting blend of modern mystery and historical fiction. 387 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-399-149759.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 87271
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  • THE PROPHETEERS. by Apple, Max.
    Apple, Max.
    THE PROPHETEERS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harper & Row, (1987). First edition - The author's fourth book - "a mock-epic fantasy and satire of entrepreneurial capitalism and popular culture" pitting Howard Johnson against Walt Disney, fighting over the same piece of land in Orlando, Florida, as the site for their versions of the American dream -land owned by Marjorie Post Merriweather, the cereal heiress. 308 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (some creasing to the spine, usual toning to pages)

    Book ID: 86503
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  • NATIVE TONGUE. by Hiaasen, Carl
    Hiaasen, Carl
    NATIVE TONGUE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. SIGNED first edition - The fourth Florida based thriller from this highly praised author: Hillerman called him "the Mark Twain of the crime novel". SIGNED on the half title page. 325 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 86366
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  • TATHAM MOUND. by Anthony, Piers
    Anthony, Piers
    TATHAM MOUND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: William H. Morrow, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel based on early 16th-century artifacts found at the North Florida Indian burial mound, called Tatham Mound. Combining myth, fantasy and history, this follows the 15-year quest of a young 16th-century Florida Indian, Throat Shot and recounts the history of the Conquistadors from a Native American perspective. 522 pp. ISBN: 0-688101402.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 86070
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  • THE LUCKIE STAR. by Waldron, Ann.
    Waldron, Ann.
    THE LUCKIE STAR.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her third book for older children - unlike the rest of her family, Quincy didn't draw or act or write. She wanted to be a scientist, and set up her telescope while everyone else swam and played on vacation in Florida - but when a hurricane hit, and gold pieces washed up from a sunken Spanish galleon, everything changed. 166 pp. Wraparound cover art by Richard Cuffari.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 85940
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  • EGRETS TO THE FLAMES by Anton, Barbara.
    Anton, Barbara.
    EGRETS TO THE FLAMES

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Ipswich, MA: Oceanview Publishing, (2007). First edition - A family saga by this award winning writer, published posthumously. It opens with a flock of egrets diving into South Florida sugar cane fires in the early 1980s. "Hampton, the tough-talking but well-intentioned patriarch of the family sugar cane plantation Hampton House, near Belle Glade, feuds with the local environmentalists and cane cutters' union to keep his lucrative enterprise thriving as he struggles to hold together his dysfunctional family."(Publisher's Weekly) Includes vivid scenes of harvesting and processing the sugar cane and the hot subtropical setting, as well as of the continuing destruction of the environment and the exploitation of the workers - many Jamaican - in a world where growers, politicians…

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    Ipswich, MA: Oceanview Publishing, (2007). First edition - A family saga by this award winning writer, published posthumously. It opens with a flock of egrets diving into South Florida sugar cane fires in the early 1980s. "Hampton, the tough-talking but well-intentioned patriarch of the family sugar cane plantation Hampton House, near Belle Glade, feuds with the local environmentalists and cane cutters' union to keep his lucrative enterprise thriving as he struggles to hold together his dysfunctional family."(Publisher's Weekly) Includes vivid scenes of harvesting and processing the sugar cane and the hot subtropical setting, as well as of the continuing destruction of the environment and the exploitation of the workers - many Jamaican - in a world where growers, politicians and lobbyists reap millions. Promotional card laid in. 301 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 85704
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  • DEADLY SWEET. by Watson, Sterling.
    Watson, Sterling.
    DEADLY SWEET.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Mysterious Press, 1994. First edition - Florida noir. Eddy Priest, a non-practicing lawyerm is aiming for the simple life as a sailboat salesman on Florida's west coast, until a woman contacts him asking for help - and after he turns her down, she is found dead in her car in a canal beside the road. 350 pp.

    Condition: Fine in printed red wrappers.

    Book ID: 85611
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  • SKIN TIGHT by Hiaasen, Carl
    Hiaasen, Carl
    SKIN TIGHT

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third Florida based thriller from this highly praised author: Hillerman called him "the Mark Twain of the crime novel" and Elmore Leonard described this book as "the funniest I've read in a long,long time." In this book, he skewers the cosmetic surgery industry. 339 pp. ISBN: 0-399134891.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (light toning to edges of textblock, some creasing and minor wear to dj, original price of 18.95 still present)

    Book ID: 85491
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  • BULOW HAMMOCK: Mind in a Forest. by Wallace, David Rains.
    Wallace, David Rains.
    BULOW HAMMOCK: Mind in a Forest.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - Described as a "beautifully proportioned mix of personal reminiscence and natural history" this is an intensive study of a single ecosystem. "Hammock" refers to a hardwood grove in Florida's open marshes and pine woods, and Bulow Hammock, north of Daytona, is one of the last stands of these groves on the East Coast, a woodland-marsh where sub-tropical and north-temperate vegetation meet. Conservationists saved it from developers, and it is now a State Park. Bibliography. 170 pp. ISBN: 0-871566761.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84358
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  • RED GRASS RIVER: A Legend. by Blake, James Carlos
    Blake, James Carlos
    RED GRASS RIVER: A Legend.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Avon, (1998). Hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's fourth novel, set in the Everglades in the early twentieth century. This follows the feud between two men - -outlaw John Ashley and lawman Bobby Baker - based on real events of the Ashley gang, who were involved in rum-running, turf battles with the Chicago mob, as they became the most notorious family in southern Florida. 374 pp. ISBN: 0-380974932.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84349
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  • A HOUSE NAMED BRAZIL. by Schulman, Audrey.
    Schulman, Audrey.
    A HOUSE NAMED BRAZIL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: William H. Morrow, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third novel by this highly acclaimed writer. "A series of long telephone conversations make up the bulk of this beguiling, episodic novel. One evening in 1977, 19-year-old Fran receives an unexpected call from her mother, Gloria, who has been gone for four and a half years, leaving Fran alone in their Ontario farmhouse. Barely saying hello, Gloria launches into the beguiling history of the Mourne family, back to her mysterious great-grandmother, who never married yet bore 14 children on the Ontario farm. . . Like the immense titular house, the novel sprawls untidily but its absurd charms, entrancing characters and sumptuous language more than make up…

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    New York: William H. Morrow, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third novel by this highly acclaimed writer. "A series of long telephone conversations make up the bulk of this beguiling, episodic novel. One evening in 1977, 19-year-old Fran receives an unexpected call from her mother, Gloria, who has been gone for four and a half years, leaving Fran alone in their Ontario farmhouse. Barely saying hello, Gloria launches into the beguiling history of the Mourne family, back to her mysterious great-grandmother, who never married yet bore 14 children on the Ontario farm. . . Like the immense titular house, the novel sprawls untidily but its absurd charms, entrancing characters and sumptuous language more than make up for its shapelessness. Contributing to the inventive spirit, b&w photographs of "family members" and increasingly annotated family trees accompany the text." (PW review) SIGNED on the title page. Laid in is a promotional postcard with a handwritten signed brief note from Schulman. 301 pp. ISBN: 0-380977990.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83451
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  • WEEP NO MORE MY BROTHER. by Watson, Sterling.
    Watson, Sterling.
    WEEP NO MORE MY BROTHER.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Delta, (1989). The author's first novel, the story of a young man who waits for ten years to exact revenge on the man who killed his older brother. Nominated for the Rosenthal Award. 300 pp. ISBN: 0-440550254.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (toning to pages, but otherwise a tight and apparently unread copy).

    Book ID: 83130
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  • HEARTBREAKER by Ferrigno, Robert
    Ferrigno, Robert
    HEARTBREAKER

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Pantheon, 1999. SIGNED first edition - His fifth suspenseful novel set in Florida and Southern California. An undercover cop is forced to witness the killing of his partner by a drug kingpin, and that sets him off on the run.SIGNED on the title page. 282 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82989
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  • THE STINGRAY SHUFFLE. by Dorsey, Tim.
    Dorsey, Tim.
    THE STINGRAY SHUFFLE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His fifth novel, a wildly funny, takedown of all things Florida - Serge is back and he it taking on the Russian mob, the Jamaican mob, the cocaine cartels and the spoiled frat boys, while providing information on his newest interest - trains and the role they played in developing Florida, SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0520450.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82703
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  • A KING'S RANSOM. by Grippando, James.
    Grippando, James.
    A KING'S RANSOM.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harper Collins, (2001). SIGNED first edition - A legal thriller featuring Miami attorney Nick Rey whose father kidnapped and held for ransom by Columbian revolutionaries. SIGNED on the title page. 425 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82696
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  • A KING'S RANSOM. by Grippando, James.
    Grippando, James.
    A KING'S RANSOM.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A legal thriller featuring Miami attorney Nick Rey whose father kidnapped and held for ransom by Columbian revolutionaries. SIGNED on a blank preliminary page. 426 pp. ISBN: 0-060192410.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82695
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  • WORLD GONE BY. by Lehane, Dennis.
    Lehane, Dennis.
    WORLD GONE BY.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2015). SIGNED first edition - A complex novel which continues the story of Joe Coughlin, during the years of World War II, as he tries to raise his son in peace, and also to navigate the criminal underworld between Bautista's Cuba and Ybor City, Florida. SIGNED on the title page and dated 2015. 308 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers with wraparound band.

    Book ID: 82544
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  • DARK HOMECOMING. by Lustbader, Eric.
    Lustbader, Eric.
    DARK HOMECOMING.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - Ex-NYPD detective Lew Croaker, has left the force for Florida. a fishing boat and his family, but when his niece is desperately ill and needing a kidney transplant to survive, he is confronted with the moral dilemma of his life when he given the choice to murder a man in exchange for a compatible kidney. 353 pp. ISBN: 0-671003291.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 82192
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  • BEFORE WOMEN HAD WINGS. by Fowler, Connie May.
    Fowler, Connie May.
    BEFORE WOMEN HAD WINGS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's third novel, the story of a young girl who moves from an abandoned citrus grove in Florida to a transient motel in the city where she meets Miss Zora, a healer. SIGNED on the title page. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-399141294.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82185
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  • BEFORE WOMEN HAD WINGS. by Fowler, Connie May.
    Fowler, Connie May.
    BEFORE WOMEN HAD WINGS.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Putnam, (1996.). First edition - Author's third novel, the story of a young girl who moves from an abandoned citrus grove in Florida to a transient motel in the city where she meets Miss Zora, a healer. 272 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in pale grey printed wrappers.

    Book ID: 82184
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  • ALL FAMILIES ARE PSYCHOTIC. by Coupland, Douglas.
    Coupland, Douglas.
    ALL FAMILIES ARE PSYCHOTIC.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Bloomsbury, (2001). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel described as "the most disastrous family reunion in the history of fiction. The Drummond family descends upon the state of Florida, cutting a swath through Disney World, Cape Canaveral, the swamps and the highways, gathering to watch the launch into space of their beloved daughter and sister, Sarah. What should be a cause for celebration becomes instead the impetus for a series of mishaps and coincidences that place them in constant peril." SIGNED on the title page. Ribbon marker bound in. 279 pp. ISBN: 1-582341656.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80776
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  • RED MONEY. by Janson, Ron
    Janson, Ron
    RED MONEY.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Pittsburgh, PA: SterlingHouse Publisher, (2008). SIGNED first edition - The author's second novel, issued as a trade paperbaock, a suspense thriller set in Florida in the 1970s where a ruthless faction of the Russian Mob has infiltrated Florida's high society and takes over the lucrative drug trade." INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in May 2008, that is before publication. Promotional cards laid in. 223 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 80168
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