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  • THE FERRYMAN WILL BE THERE. by Aubert, Rosemary.
    Aubert, Rosemary.
    THE FERRYMAN WILL BE THERE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Bridgehampton, NY: Bridge Works Publishing, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third novel in the uncommon and award-winning Ellis Portal series featuring a disgraced judge, the son of Italian immigrants, who was homeless and living in a makeshift shelter in a river valley that is a wilderness preserve running through the center of Toronto. In this, he is recruited by the Toronto police after a movie director is gunned down and his teenage daughter disappears. SIGNED on the title page. 258 pp. ISBN: 1-882593448.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84593
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  • FEAST OF STEPHEN. by Aubert, Rosemary.
    Aubert, Rosemary.
    FEAST OF STEPHEN.

    Edition: First printing.

    Bridgehampton, NY: Bridge Works Publishing, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel in the uncommon and award-winning Ellis Portal series featuring a disgraced judge, the son of Italian immigrants, who is now homeless and living in a makeshift shelter in a river valley that is a wilderness preserve running through the center of Toronto. In this, his friend Queenie tells him of a person who apparently froze to death. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the 1999 Arthur Ellis Award. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. 321 pp. ISBN: 1-882593278.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83863
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  • CLOSE YOUR EYES, HOLD HANDS. by Bohjalian, Chris.
    Bohjalian, Chris.
    CLOSE YOUR EYES, HOLD HANDS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel of the power of friendship, narrated by a teenage runaway - "Emily Shepard is a homeless teen living in an igloo made of ice and trash bags filled with frozen leaves. Half a year earlier, a nuclear plant in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom had experienced a cataclysmic meltdown, and both of Emily's parents were killed. Devastatingly, her father was in charge of the plant, and the meltdown may have been his fault." SIGNED on a blank preliminary page. 271 pp,. ISBN: 978-0385534833.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 88964
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  • THE HISTORY OF LUMINOUS MOTION. by Bradfield, Scott
    Bradfield, Scott
    THE HISTORY OF LUMINOUS MOTION.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Bradfield's highly praised first novel, told in the voice of an eight-year old boy, one with no permanent home, as he travels with his mother across Southern California. 274 pp. ISBN: 0-394-578759.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83312
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  • THE CHILDREN OF HAM. by Brown, Claude.
    Brown, Claude.
    THE CHILDREN OF HAM.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Stein & Day, (1976.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of a group of teenagers who have been squatting for two years in an abandoned tenement in Harlem. A moving picture of some of the forgotten members of our society, including their battles with the drug addicts who infest the neighborhood, by the author of the acclaimed 'Manchild in the Promised Land.' His second book. 224 pp. In a first issue dust jacket. ISBN: 0-8012-18377.

    Condition: Near fine in a good dust jacket (corners slightly bumped, dj has some short tears, minor edgewear, price of 10.00 still present)

    Book ID: 51232
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  • WAY HOME. by Hathorn, Libby; illustrated by Gregory Rogers.
    Hathorn, Libby; illustrated by Gregory Rogers.
    WAY HOME.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Crown, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at life on the streets of a big city, dedicated to the "largely unsung, mostly unseen workers for young people in need." Shane "heads home past broken windows, graffiti-scribbled walls, dilapidated fences, and alleys strewn with trash. On the way, he avoids a group of tough boys and encounters a fierce dog, talking all the while to the stray kitten snuggled safely inside his jacket. Finally he crawls through a jagged hole in a chainlink fence and into the cozy, sheltered corner of an alley that he calls home.. . Soft, double-page, charcoal-pencil drawings [by Gregory Rogers] in muted shades of blue, brown, gray, and terra cotta on…

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    New York: Crown, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at life on the streets of a big city, dedicated to the "largely unsung, mostly unseen workers for young people in need." Shane "heads home past broken windows, graffiti-scribbled walls, dilapidated fences, and alleys strewn with trash. On the way, he avoids a group of tough boys and encounters a fierce dog, talking all the while to the stray kitten snuggled safely inside his jacket. Finally he crawls through a jagged hole in a chainlink fence and into the cozy, sheltered corner of an alley that he calls home.. . Soft, double-page, charcoal-pencil drawings [by Gregory Rogers] in muted shades of blue, brown, gray, and terra cotta on black backgrounds sharply contrast the brightness of signs, buildings, and rush-hour traffic with the secluded loneliness of dark alleys." (School Library Journal). A powerful collaboration between this Australian author and award-winning Australian illustrator. Large format unpaginated. ISBN: 0-517599090.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 86686
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  • VETERANS OF WAR, VETERANS OF PEACE. by Kingston, Maxine Hong, editor. Larry Heinemann, Grace Paley and others, contributors.
    Kingston, Maxine Hong, editor. Larry Heinemann, Grace Paley and others, contributors.
    VETERANS OF WAR, VETERANS OF PEACE.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover.

    Kihei, Hawaii: Koa Press, (2006). SIGNED first edition - A collection of pieces - fiction and non-fiction by the survivors of five wars, including combatants, war widows, spouses, children, conscientious objectors, as well as gang members, drug abusers and veterans of domestic abuse. All struggle with trauma - PTSD, substance abuse, and other consequences of war and violence but through their writings, readers can witness worlds coming apart and being put back together again through liberating insight, community, and the deep transformation that is possible only by coming to grips with the past. SIGNED on the title page by Kingston. 630 pp. ISBN: 9780977333837.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 58093
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  • THE SOLOIST: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music. by Lopez, Steve.
    Lopez, Steve.
    THE SOLOIST: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music.

    Edition: Trade paperback - movie tie-in edition.

    New York: Berkley, (2008.). SIGNED - A powerful - and moving - account of a chance encounter with a homeless street musician changed both the lives of Lopez, a journalist who at first saw only a column in the story, and that of the violinist. Basis for the movie of the same name with Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx. Boldly SIGNED by Lopez on the title page. 289 pp. ISBN: 9780425226001.

    Condition: Very good+ in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 50869
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  • THE SOLOIST: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music. by Lopez, Steve.
    Lopez, Steve.
    THE SOLOIST: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A powerful - and moving - account of a chance encounter with a homeless street musician changed both the lives of Lopez, a journalist who at first saw only a column in the story, and that of the violinist. SIGNED on the title page. Basis for the movie of the same name with Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx. 273 pp. ISBN: 978-0399155062.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 69791
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  • THE SOLOIST: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music. by Lopez, Steve.
    Lopez, Steve.
    THE SOLOIST: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music.

    Edition: Early printing.

    New York: Putnam, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A powerful - and moving - account of a chance encounter with a homeless street musician changed both the lives of Lopez, a journalist who at first saw only a column in the story, and that of the violinist. Basis for the movie of the same name with Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx. Boldly SIGNED by Lopez on the title page. 273 pp. ISBN: 9780399155062.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy. but with a remainder mark.) Uncommon signed.

    Book ID: 50837
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  • CURED BY FIRE. by McLaurin, Tim.
    McLaurin, Tim.
    CURED BY FIRE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third novel (fourth book) by this North Carolina writer. SIGNED on the title page. 236 pp. ISBN: 0-399-140034.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 47677
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  • EITHER YOU'RE IN OR YOU'RE IN THE WAY: Two Brothers, Twelve Months, And One Filmmaking Hell-ride To Keep A Promise To Their Father. by Miller, Logan and Noah Miller.
    Miller, Logan and Noah Miller.
    EITHER YOU'RE IN OR YOU'RE IN THE WAY: Two Brothers, Twelve Months, And One Filmmaking Hell-ride To Keep A Promise To Their Father.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - When their homeless father died alone in a jail cell twin brothers Logan and Noah vowed to make a film in his honor - this is the story of how they succeeded despite all obstacles. INSCRIBED on the title page " Dear . . . Enjoy the ride" and SIGNED by both authors. 281 pp. ISBN: 978-0061763144.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.) Promotional book mark laid in.

    Book ID: 45579
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  • MILICENT LE SUEUR. by Moseley, Margaret.
    Moseley, Margaret.
    MILICENT LE SUEUR.

    Edition: First printing.

    Dallas, Texas: Three Forks Press, (2001). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in a small New England town, where she is the only bag lady, this story is told by Milicent herself. After she witnesses the murder of a high school girl near one of her hangouts, she decides she is going have to figure out herself who did it. SIGNED on the title page. 167 pp. ISBN: 1-893451054.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 77160
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  • WHEN SHE FLEW. by Shortridge, Jennie.
    Shortridge, Jennie.
    WHEN SHE FLEW.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Penguin, (2009.). SIGNED first edition - When a homeless Iraq war vet is discovered living in the Oregon woods with his young daughter, a 'by the book' police officer - Jessica Villard - finds herself breaking the rules so the father and child will not be separated. SIGNED on the title page. 322 pp plus an interview with the author. ISBN: 0-451-227981-0.

    Condition: Fine (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 45668
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  • WHEN SHE FLEW. by Shortridge, Jennie.
    Shortridge, Jennie.
    WHEN SHE FLEW.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Penguin, (2009.). SIGNED first edition - When a homeless Iraq war vet is discovered living in the Oregon woods with his young daughter, a 'by the book' police officer - Jessica Villard - finds herself breaking the rules so the father and child will not be separated. SIGNED on the title page. 322 pp plus an interview with the author. ISBN: 0-451-227981-0.

    Condition: Fine (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 45336
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  • WEST OF THEN: A Mother, a Daughter, and a Journey Past Paradise. by Smith, Tara Bray.
    Smith, Tara Bray.
    WEST OF THEN: A Mother, a Daughter, and a Journey Past Paradise.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book - "A dazzling, devastating memoir about one woman's search for her homeless mother, whose past is inextricably linked with the bittersweet history of the paradise from which she hails, Hawaii." 319 pp. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. ISBN: 0-7432-36793.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 43131
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  • GRAND CENTRAL WINTER: Stories from the Street. by Stringer, Lee. Foreword by Kurt Vonnegut.
    Stringer, Lee. Foreword by Kurt Vonnegut.
    GRAND CENTRAL WINTER: Stories from the Street.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Seven Stories Press: (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover - In a tunnel beneath Grand Central Terminal, Lee Stringer, homeless and a crack addict, had created a nest of cardboard, blankets and books. And then one day, when his pipe was empty, he began to use the pencil he carried around to run through his crack pipe to write instead - and the result is this powerful collection of stories about what it is like to be struggling to survive on the streets. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper. Foreword by Kurt Vonnegut. 239 pp. ISBN: 1888363576.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 64023
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  • GLASS CASTLE. by Walls, Jeannette.
    Walls, Jeannette.
    GLASS CASTLE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribner, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, an account of growing up in a family with two eccentric and nomadic parents - "Rose Mary, her frustrated-artist mother, and Rex, her brilliant, alcoholic father. As Rose Mary and Rex, motivated by whims and paranoia, uprooted their kids time and again, the youngsters (Walls, her brother and two sisters) were left largely to their own devices. But while Rex and Rose Mary firmly believed children learned best from their own mistakes, they themselves never seemed to do so, repeating the same disastrous patterns that eventually landed them on the streets. Despite the difficulty she suffered, Walls respects her parents' knack for making hardships feel like…

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    New York: Scribner, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, an account of growing up in a family with two eccentric and nomadic parents - "Rose Mary, her frustrated-artist mother, and Rex, her brilliant, alcoholic father. As Rose Mary and Rex, motivated by whims and paranoia, uprooted their kids time and again, the youngsters (Walls, her brother and two sisters) were left largely to their own devices. But while Rex and Rose Mary firmly believed children learned best from their own mistakes, they themselves never seemed to do so, repeating the same disastrous patterns that eventually landed them on the streets. Despite the difficulty she suffered, Walls respects her parents' knack for making hardships feel like adventures, and her love for them - despite their overwhelming self-absorption - resonates from cover to cover." 288 pp. ISBN: 0-743247531.

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    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (general reading wear, tear to dj at corner fold)

    Book ID: 89118
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