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  • LIKE LIFE: Stories. by Moore, Lorrie
    Moore, Lorrie
    LIKE LIFE: Stories.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her fourth book, 2nd collection of short stories. Moore was selected as one of the 20 best young American writers by Granta magazine. 178 pp. ISBN: 0-394-58101-6.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 65872
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  • LIKE LIFE: Stories. by Moore, Lorrie
    Moore, Lorrie
    LIKE LIFE: Stories.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her fourth book, 2nd collection of short stories. Moore was selected as one of the 20 best young American writers by Granta magazine. 178 pp. ISBN: 0-394-58101-6.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. A beautiful copy, appears unread, but one small chip is missing from bottom edge of acknowledgements page.

    Book ID: 16276
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  • BONE. by Ng, Fae Myenne.
    Ng, Fae Myenne.
    BONE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Hyperion, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - This novel, the story of two generations of Chinese Americans, set in San Francisco's Chinatown, was called a "stunning debut"; much advance praise from other authors, including Tillie Olsen, Gretel Ehrlich, Edmund White and others . A Granta 20 author. 194 pp. ISBN: 1-562829440.

    Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a near fine dj.

    Book ID: 40948
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  • BONE. by Ng, Fae Myenne.
    Ng, Fae Myenne.
    BONE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Hyperion, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - This novel, the story of two generations of Chinese Americans, set in San Francisco's Chinatown, was called a "stunning debut"; much advance praise from other authors, including Tillie Olsen, Gretel Ehrlich, Edmund White and others . A Granta 20 author. 194 pp. ISBN: 1-562829440.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 34087
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  • Ng, Fae Myenne.
    BONE.

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    New York: Hyperion, 1993. dj. Hardcover - This novel, the story of two generations of Chinese Americans, set in San Francisco's Chinatown, was called a "stunning debut"; much advance praise from other authors, including Tillie Olsen, Gretel Ehrlich, Edmund White and others . A Granta 20 author. 194 pp. ISBN: 1-562829440.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 47755
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  • BONE. by Ng, Fae Myenne.
    Ng, Fae Myenne.
    BONE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Hyperion, (1993.). First edition - This novel, the story of two generations of Chinese Americans, set in San Francisco's Chinatown, was called a "stunning debut"; much advance praise from other authors, including Tillie Olsen, Gretel Ehrlich, Edmund White and others . A Granta 20 author. 194 pp. ISBN: 1-562829440.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 47549
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  • BONE. by Ng, Fae Myenne.
    Ng, Fae Myenne.
    BONE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Hyperion, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - This novel, the story of two generations of Chinese Americans, set in San Francisco's Chinatown, was called a "stunning debut"; much advance praise from other authors, including Tillie Olsen, Gretel Ehrlich, Edmund White and others . A Granta 20 author. 194 pp. ISBN: 1-562829440.

    Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (some toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 36546
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  • BONE. by Ng, Fae Myenne.
    Ng, Fae Myenne.
    BONE.

    Edition: Book Club edition.

    New York: Hyperion, 1993. dj. Hardcover - This novel, the story of two generations of Chinese Americans, set in San Francisco's Chinatown, was called a "stunning debut"; much advance praise from other authors, including Tillie Olsen, Gretel Ehrlich, Edmund White and others . A Granta 20 author. 194 pp. ISBN: 1-562829440.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 1921
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  • BUFFALO SOLDIERS. by O'Connor, Robert.
    O'Connor, Robert.
    BUFFALO SOLDIERS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Granta 20 author's very highly praised first novel - "Set on a luxuriously appointed and hopelessly corrupt Army base in Mannheim, Germany, where the soldiers prefer real-life race riots to mock combat, [this] viciously funny novel is conclusive proof that peace is hell and the U.S. Army is its ninth circle. Specialist Ray Elwood is the ultimate survivor: a high-stakes drug dealer, bureaucratic con artist, and shrewd collector of other people's secrets. . . With its impeccably rendered cast of sycophants, drug burn-outs, and uniformed sociopaths, [this is] a scabrous, haunting vision of a military idled by the New World Order and at all-out war with itself." Basis…

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    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Granta 20 author's very highly praised first novel - "Set on a luxuriously appointed and hopelessly corrupt Army base in Mannheim, Germany, where the soldiers prefer real-life race riots to mock combat, [this] viciously funny novel is conclusive proof that peace is hell and the U.S. Army is its ninth circle. Specialist Ray Elwood is the ultimate survivor: a high-stakes drug dealer, bureaucratic con artist, and shrewd collector of other people's secrets. . . With its impeccably rendered cast of sycophants, drug burn-outs, and uniformed sociopaths, [this is] a scabrous, haunting vision of a military idled by the New World Order and at all-out war with itself." Basis for the 2001 film starring Ed Harris, Joaquin Phoenix, and Anna Paquin. Cover praise from J. G. Ballard, James Ellroy and more. 324 pp. ISBN: 0-67941508.

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

    Book ID: 86724
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  • THE NAMES OF THE DEAD. by O'Nan, Stewart.
    O'Nan, Stewart.
    THE NAMES OF THE DEAD.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel which is both a contempary thriller and a powerful story of the Vietnam war by this prize-winning author, who was selected by Granta magazine as one of the 20 best young writers in the US. Dustjacket praise from Tim O'Brien, Alice McDermott and Tobias Wolff. SIGNED on the title page. 399 pp. ISBN: 0-385-481926.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 43401
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  • GRANTA 54, Summer 1996: The Best of Young American Novelists. by (Simpson, Mona and Edwidge Danticat, signed.) Jack, Ian, editor.
    (Simpson, Mona and Edwidge Danticat, signed.) Jack, Ian, editor.
    GRANTA 54, Summer 1996: The Best of Young American Novelists.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Granta USA, (1996.). SIGNED first edition - A paperback magazine of new writing. This is the famous "Granta 20" issue, featuring new work by twenty American writers, all under the age of 40, chosen by a panel of established writers - including Robert Stone, Anne Tyler, and Tobias Wolff - as the best young American novelists. The writers selected were Sherman Alexie, Madison Smartt Bell, Ethan Canin, Edwidge Danticat, Tom Drury, Tony Earley, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Franzen, David Guterson, David Haynes, Allen Kurzweil, Elizabeth McCracken, Lorrie Moore, Fae Myenne Ng, Robert O'Connor, Chris Offutt, Stewart O'Nan, Mona Simpson, Melanie Rae Thon and Kate Wheeler. Introduction by editor (and judge) Ian Jack.This copy is SIGNED by TWO authors:…

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    New York: Granta USA, (1996.). SIGNED first edition - A paperback magazine of new writing. This is the famous "Granta 20" issue, featuring new work by twenty American writers, all under the age of 40, chosen by a panel of established writers - including Robert Stone, Anne Tyler, and Tobias Wolff - as the best young American novelists. The writers selected were Sherman Alexie, Madison Smartt Bell, Ethan Canin, Edwidge Danticat, Tom Drury, Tony Earley, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Franzen, David Guterson, David Haynes, Allen Kurzweil, Elizabeth McCracken, Lorrie Moore, Fae Myenne Ng, Robert O'Connor, Chris Offutt, Stewart O'Nan, Mona Simpson, Melanie Rae Thon and Kate Wheeler. Introduction by editor (and judge) Ian Jack.This copy is SIGNED by TWO authors: Mona Simpson at her story 'The Driving Child' and by Edwidge Danticat at "The Revenant." Each story is preceded by brief comments on the writer and a small photograph and inserted into the center of the issue is a section of glossy plates - Portraits of the writers by Marion Ettlinger. Advertisements, 320 pp. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line. ISBN: 0-140141359.

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    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 39992
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  • Thon, Melanie Rae.
    METEORS IN AUGUST.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly praised first novel, set in Montana, by this Granta award winning writer (selected as one of the 20 best young novelists in the US.) 275 pp. ISBN: 0-394-576640.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 33256
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  • SWEET HEARTS. by Thon, Melanie Rae.
    Thon, Melanie Rae.
    SWEET HEARTS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. First edition - Novel set in Montana by this Granta 20 author, the story of a 16 year-old boy, a runaway from a detention center where he has already spent half his life, and his younger sister who steal a car and take off on a trip leading to violence and death. 240 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 46429
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  • METEORS IN AUGUST. by Thon, Melanie Rae.
    Thon, Melanie Rae.
    METEORS IN AUGUST.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: Viking, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly praised first novel, set in Montana, by this Granta award winning writer (selected as one of the 20 best young novelists in the US.) 275 pp. ISBN: 0-670-83064x.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket. (toning to the pages as is common with some UK editions.)

    Book ID: 44390
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  • Thon, Melanie Rae.
    METEORS IN AUGUST.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly praised first novel, set in Montana, by this Granta award winning writer (selected as one of the 20 best young novelists in the US.) 275 pp. ISBN: 0-394-576640.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped.)

    Book ID: 14637
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