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GIVE THEM STONES.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Morrow (Beech Tree Books), (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Irish author's very highly praised second book, first novel, a simple but moving view of the strife in Belfast over a period of almost 60 years as shown through the eyes of an ordinary woman trying to raise her four sons and keep her family safe. ISBN: 0-688-075622.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 30345More details Price: $20.00 -
MY FATHER IN THE NIGHT.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
San Francisco: Mercury House, (1991). First edition - A coming-of-age novel set in 1950s San Francisco's bohemian North Beach. The story of three generations of an Irish family - 11 year old Pearce, his father Joe, and Joe's father MJ. Haunted by his past with the IRA, MJ hides his crimes - and condemns his son for supporting the IRA, driving a wedge into the family. 273 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 70161More details Price: $15.00 -
A STAR CALLED HENRY: Volume one of The Last Roundup.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: The Viking Press, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel about the making of an IRA terrorist by this Booker-prize winning author. 342 pp. ISBN: 0-670-887579.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 59241More details Price: $17.50 -
MAELSTROM.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pocket Books, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Thriller featuring retired environmental activist Fred Hope - when he receives word that his colorful Uncle Ernie has died - a dedicated pacifist who has been accused of gun-running for the IRA - Fred is "drawn into a maelstrom of revenge, deception, and lust for power involving Nazis, the IRA, and a beautiful widow." 402 pp. ISBN: 0-671789953.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line)
Book ID: 87908More details Price: $17.50 -
FATHER AND SON.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel about an IRA gun-running plot. ISBN: 0-671-631721.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, short closed tear.)
Book ID: 20638More details Price: $16.50 -
BLOOD SISTERS: An Examination of Conscience.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1982.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in England in the 1970s focusing on the relationship of two women, cousins - one whose mother remained in Ireland and who is involved in the IRA and the other the daughter of the sister who emigrated to California and who is involved in the women's rights movement. This 'combines several themes within the tense format of a thriller.' 206 pp. ISBN: 0-312-084617.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 48314More details Price: $16.50 -
BLOOD SISTERS: An Examination of Conscience.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
New York: St Martin's, (1982.). First edition - Novel set in England in the 1970s focusing on the relationship of two women, cousins - one whose mother remained in Ireland and who is involved in the IRA and the other the daughter of the sister who emigrated to California and who is involved in the women's rights movement. This 'combines several themes within the tense format of a thriller.' 206 pp. ISBN: 0-312-084625.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 83988More details Price: $12.50 -
BLOOD SCENARIO.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, (1980.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel written using this pseudonym - The "troubles" of Ireland have crossed the sea to New York on St. Patrick's Day as Irish terrorists explode bombs during the parade. 331 pp. ISBN: 0-698110293.
Condition: Very good in a good only dust jacket. (edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 36392More details Price: $12.50 -
BLOOD SCENARIO.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, (1980.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel written using this pseudonym - The "troubles" of Ireland have crossed the sea to New York on St. Patrick's Day as Irish terrorists explode bombs during the parade. 331 pp. ISBN: 0-698110293.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 36419More details Price: $12.50 -
THE ASSAULT ON MAVIS A.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a thriller - Mavis A., an immense oil platform fueling all of Britain, is the target of IRA guerillas who have seized the American Enterprise supertanker. As a storm rages, tje tanker is steered powerfully toward the legs of the platform. Map frontispiece. 2 pp of sketches of the oil platform and the tanker. 258 pp. Wraparound dust jacket art by Peter Cox. ISBN: 0-394501969.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 85957More details Price: $18.50
