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  • STILL LIFE WITH OYSTERS AND LEMON. by Doty, Mark.
    Doty, Mark.
    STILL LIFE WITH OYSTERS AND LEMON.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Boston: Beacon Press, (2001). SIGNED first edition - His eighth book, one which is part memoir, part art history and part meditation. This a 17th century Dutch still life painting as a starting point for his exploration of our attachment to things. SIGNED on the title page. 70 pp plus list of works cited.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 64974
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  • WHITE ON BLACK ON WHITE by Dowell, Coleman (1925-1985)
    Dowell, Coleman (1925-1985)
    WHITE ON BLACK ON WHITE

    Edition: First printing.

    Woodstock, VT: Countryman Press, 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifth and last novel by this Kentucky-born author (who lived most of his life in New York City) to be published in his lifetime. Edmund White called this the "most penetrating novel we have ever had about black and whites in the United States. He has chosen to approach this subject through an examination of sexual obsession, thereby exposing racist hypocrisy.. . " 251 pp. ISBN: 0-881500003.

    Condition: Very good in a very good dust jacket slight spine slant, edgewear, short closed tears.)

    Book ID: 76099
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  • WHITE ON BLACK ON WHITE by Dowell, Coleman (1925-1985)
    Dowell, Coleman (1925-1985)
    WHITE ON BLACK ON WHITE

    Edition: First printing.

    Woodstock, VT: Countryman Press, 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifth and last novel by this Kentucky-born author (who lived most of his life in New York City) to be published in his lifetime. Edmund White called this the "most penetrating novel we have ever had about black and whites in the United States. He has chosen to approach this subject through an examination of sexual obsession, thereby exposing racist hypocrisy.. . " Review copy with publisher's promotional sheet laid in. 251 pp. ISBN: 0-881500003.

    Condition: Very near fine in a very good dust jacket (some wear to the dj at the top of the spine)

    Book ID: 76100
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  • EQUAL AFFECTIONS. by Leavitt, David.
    Leavitt, David.
    EQUAL AFFECTIONS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly praised author's second novel, third book, an "intimate story of a family and its struggle to come to terms with the death of its independent, defiant and sharp-tongued and matriach." 268 pp. ISBN: 1-55584202x.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 66047
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  • Monette, Paul.
    TAKING CARE OF MRS. CARROLL.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, 1978. dj. Hardcover first edition - Gay poet's first novel. Written as a Hollywood screwball comedy involving wealthy estate owner who dies without signing a will. ISBN: 0-316-578215.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (slight crack in binding before half title page. Very minor rubbing to fragile black dj, but otherwise tight and clean).

    Book ID: 27609
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  • THE LONG SHOT. by Monette, Paul.
    Monette, Paul.
    THE LONG SHOT.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Avon, (1981). First edition - Accidental sleuth, R. Greg Cannon, an out-of-work screenwriter and memorabilia supplier, finds himself in a murder mystery set on Hollywood where two men were found dead in an apparent double suicide on the eve of the Oscars. 324 pp. ISBN: 0-380768283.

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

    Book ID: 76170
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