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  • BLACK WATER. by Allyn, Doug.
    Allyn, Doug.
    BLACK WATER.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: St Martin's, (1996). First edition - Second novel in the interesting series by this Edgar award winning writer featuring Michelle "Mitch" Mitchell, deep sea diver and marine oilfield construction worker and single mother, who has returned to Northern Michigan upon the death of her father, taking over running the combination dive shop and bar-restaurant, and sometimes doing some recovery diving for the Sheriff's department. SIGNED on the title page. 217 pp.

    Condition: Fine in printed blue wrappers.

    Book ID: 82086
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  • A DANCE IN DEEP WATER. by Allyn, Doug.
    Allyn, Doug.
    A DANCE IN DEEP WATER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third novel in this interesting series by this Edgar award winning writer featuring Michelle "Mitch" Mitchell, diver and former marine oilfield construction worker and single mother, who has returned to Northern Michigan upon the death of her father, taking over running the combination dive shop and bar-restaurant. In this book, she is trying to forge better relations with her 11 year old son, at the same time as she finds out about the grandfather she never knew and more about her mother. SIGNED on the title page. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-312168071.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82082
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  • ICEWATER MANSIONS. by Allyn, Doug.
    Allyn, Doug.
    ICEWATER MANSIONS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery introducing Michelle "Mitch" Mitchell, deep sea diver and marine oilfield construction worker and single mother, who returns to Northern Michigan upon the death of her father, leaving behind her diving work in the Gulf of Mexico. After she takes over running the combination dive shop and bar-restaurant, she begins to discover that maybe her father's death was not an accident after all. SIGNED on the title page. An interesting new series by this Edgar award winning author. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-312118295.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82080
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  • BLACK WATER. by Allyn, Doug.
    Allyn, Doug.
    BLACK WATER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel in this interesting series by this Edgar award winning writer featuring Michelle "Mitch" Mitchell, deep sea diver and former marine oilfield construction worker and single mother, who has returned to Northern Michigan upon the death of her father, taking over running the combination dive shop and bar-restaurant, and sometimes doing some recovery diving for the Sheriff's department. SIGNED on the title page. 217 pp. ISBN: 0-312139322.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82081
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  • BONNY LESLEY OF THE BORDER. Pioneer Series 2. by Blanchard, Amy E. (1856 -1926)
    Blanchard, Amy E. (1856 -1926)
    BONNY LESLEY OF THE BORDER. Pioneer Series 2.

    Edition: First edition.

    Boston: W. A. Wilde, 1904. Hardcover first edition - "From 1836-1838 a young woman finds a home with her grandfather in the Michigan frontier settlement of Woodstock, located North of Detroit. Illustrated by William F. Stecher with a glossy frontispiece with a tissue guard and four inserted plates. 336 pp plus 4 pp of publisher's ads for other books by Blanchard.

    Condition: Fair condition only (missing front endpaper, binding is broken and text block is beginning to separate from the covers - the text block itself is in good condition and the illustrated tan boards are also in good condition) A rather uncommon book.

    Book ID: 67109
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  • Curtis, Christopher Paul.
    BUD, NOT BUDDY.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Delacorte, (1999.) dj. Hardcover - This story , set in 1936 in Flint Michigan, of a 12 year old black boy's escape from an abusive foster home, and search for the jazz musician he believed to be his father won both the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King award, as well as several other honors. Early book club edition with no mention of the awards. 243 pp. ISBN: 0-385-323069.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 34408
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  • Curtis, Christopher Paul.
    BUD, NOT BUDDY.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Scholastic, (2000.) dj. Hardcover - This story , set in 1936 in Flint Michigan, of a 12 year old black boy's escape from an abusive foster home, and search for the jazz musician he believed to be his father won both the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King award, as well as several other honors. 243 pp. ISBN: 0-439-227534.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards, no dj as issued.

    Book ID: 37080
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  • BUD, NOT BUDDY. by Curtis, Christopher Paul.
    Curtis, Christopher Paul.
    BUD, NOT BUDDY.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Delacorte, (1999.) dj. Hardcover - This story, set in 1936 in Flint Michigan, of a 12 year old black boy's escape from an abusive foster home, and search for the jazz musician he believed to be his father won both the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King award, as well as several other honors. 243 pp. ISBN: 0-385-323069.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (gift inscription mostly underneath front flap, price-clipped.) Newbery gold award sticker on front cover.

    Book ID: 45762
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  • BUCKING THE SARGE. by Curtis, Christopher Paul.
    Curtis, Christopher Paul.
    BUCKING THE SARGE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House - Wendy Lamb Books, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel by this Newbery and Coretta Scott King award winning writer - "Luther T. Farrell has got to get out of Flint, Michigan." 259 pp. ISBN: 0-385-323077.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 50143
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  • BUD, NOT BUDDY. by Curtis, Christopher Paul.
    Curtis, Christopher Paul.
    BUD, NOT BUDDY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Delacorte, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - This story, set in 1936 in Flint Michigan, of a 12 year old black boy's escape from an abusive foster home, and search for the jazz musician he believed to be his father won both the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King award, as well as several other honors. SIGNED by the author on the title page and dated in 1999, in the year of publication, (and before it won all the awards) . Uncommon in the first printing, especially in the first issue dustjacket with original price of $15.95. ISBN: 0-385-323069.

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

    Book ID: 51750
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  • BUD, NOT BUDDY. by Curtis, Christopher Paul.
    Curtis, Christopher Paul.
    BUD, NOT BUDDY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Delacorte, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - This story, set in 1936 in Flint Michigan, of a 12 year old black boy's escape from an abusive foster home, and search for the jazz musician he believed to be his father won both the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King award, as well as several other honors. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Uncommon in the first printing, especially in the first issue dustjacket with original price of $15.95. ISBN: 0-385-323069.

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

    Book ID: 51751
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  • TOM HARMON AND THE GREAT GRIDIRON PLOT. by Dender, Jay.
    Dender, Jay.
    TOM HARMON AND THE GREAT GRIDIRON PLOT.

    Edition: First edition.

    Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., (1946) dj. Hardcover first edition - Authorized edition. " "An original story featuring Tom Harmon, famous football star as the hero", illustrated by Henry E. Vallely. Heisman trophy winner Tom Harmon, when at the University of Michigan, had what was then the best scoring record in the Big Ten. He later went on to play for the Rams. 251 pp plus 2 pp publisher's ads. Illustrated endpapers.

    Condition: Good in a good dust jacket (rather severe toning to the pages, some creases and edgewear to the dj)

    Book ID: 67439
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  • GENERAL MURDERS: Amos Walker Mysteries. by Estleman, Loren D.
    Estleman, Loren D.
    GENERAL MURDERS: Amos Walker Mysteries.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1988) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Ten short stories set in Detroit and featuring detective Amos Walker. SIGNED and dated on the title page. 232 pp. ISBN: 0-395410711.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (crease to rear flap of dj)

    Book ID: 79196
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  • THE BEAST GOD FORGOT TO INVENT. by Harrison, Jim.
    Harrison, Jim.
    THE BEAST GOD FORGOT TO INVENT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of three novellas, "stories of humans and beasts, of culture and wilderness, of men driven crazy by longing and of men who dream that they are becoming bears." 274 pp. Dust jacket illustration by Russell Chatham. ISBN: 0-871138212.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 73998
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  • ISLAND SCHOOLMARM: Memories of the One-room Schools on the St. Marys River. by Kabatek, Anna B.
    Kabatek, Anna B.
    ISLAND SCHOOLMARM: Memories of the One-room Schools on the St. Marys River.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Marquette, MI: Lake Superior Press, (1996). First edition - The author's account of her experiences as a teacher in one room school houses in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, for eight years beginning in 1939 when she was a 19 year old, recent graduate of normal school. Illustrated with photographs. Double page map. 60 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (a bit of rubbing to the covers)

    Book ID: 83808
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  • Labiner, Norah.
    OUR SOMETIME SISTER.

    Edition: First printing.

    Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - In this great debut novel, the author 'combines the seemingly disparate worlds of suburban eighties America with Shakespeare's Court of Denmark. ISBN: 1-56689-0721.

    Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket.(some edgewear to the jacket , which is made of thin, translucent paper.)

    Book ID: 28451
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  • SCRAPBOOK ON AMERICA. by Line, Frances Raymond, assisted by Helen E. Line.
    Line, Frances Raymond, assisted by Helen E. Line.
    SCRAPBOOK ON AMERICA.

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

    Irvine, CA: Wide Horizons Press, 1990. First edition - A portrayal of the author's boyhood days at Lake Howell in Michigan and of more than 60 years of traveling across the United States - mostly in the West. Illustrated with photographs. 163 pages plus index. ISBN: 0-938109-073.

    Condition: Fine (as new.)

    Book ID: 19646
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  • STILL LIFE IN MILFORD: Poems. by Lynch, Thomas.
    Lynch, Thomas.
    STILL LIFE IN MILFORD: Poems.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection by this award-winning poet-undertaker of Milford, Michigan, finalist for the National Book Award. One reviewer described it as "haunted by death. . . Lynch finds abundant material in the vacant eyes of corpses, in the pages of small-town obituaries, even in the autopsy notes from Dr. Kevorkian's patients. Yet throughout, Lynch maintains a sturdy, undertaker's stoicism in the face of the cruelest ironies death has to offer." Poems in which "the ordinary becomes a celebration" but underneath the orderly surfaces is chaos. SIGNED on the title page. Notes. 139 pp. ISBN: 0-393046591.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84180
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  • Polacco, Patricia
    SOME BIRTHDAY!

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1991.) dj. Hardcover - An early title by this award-winning children's author - a colorful and humorous story of a very different birthday which includes a trip to one of the scariest places on earth - the home of the Clay Pit Bottoms Monster. Inspired by the author's summering as a child in Williamstown Michigan where sightings of the monster are still reported. ISBN: 0-671-727508.

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

    Book ID: 31428
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  • HIGH WALK. by Roat, Ronald Clair.
    Roat, Ronald Clair.
    HIGH WALK.

    Edition: First printing.

    Brownsville, OR: Story Line Press, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - The third Stuart Mallory mystery, set in the woodlands of Wisconsin and the Upper Michigan peninsula. 246 pp. ISBN: 1885266162.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.(remainder line, price-clipped.)

    Book ID: 47854
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  • ISLAND MAGIC. by Stiles, Martha Bennett; Daniel San Souci, illustrator.
    Stiles, Martha Bennett; Daniel San Souci, illustrator.
    ISLAND MAGIC.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atheneum, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - An appealing story which "recounts a boy's efforts to get his grandfather to feel at home when he comes to live with the boy's family. The boy remembers all the fine times he had at his grandfather's dairy farm - how the two of them would walk to the barn and the grandfather would regale him with interesting tidbits - and he wants his grandfather to feel the same excitement and pleasure in his new home, an island [Grosse Ile] in the Detroit River. . . The boy is a masterful psychological strategist, gently nudging his grandfather toward joy in his new surroundings, yet never demanding a commitment. Gradually, quietly,…

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    New York: Atheneum, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - An appealing story which "recounts a boy's efforts to get his grandfather to feel at home when he comes to live with the boy's family. The boy remembers all the fine times he had at his grandfather's dairy farm - how the two of them would walk to the barn and the grandfather would regale him with interesting tidbits - and he wants his grandfather to feel the same excitement and pleasure in his new home, an island [Grosse Ile] in the Detroit River. . . The boy is a masterful psychological strategist, gently nudging his grandfather toward joy in his new surroundings, yet never demanding a commitment. Gradually, quietly, as befits San Souci's elegant winter-spare landscapes, the grandfather discovers a new life - often through the boy's associating various elements of the island with the dairy farm. It is a subtle drift, and all the better for it, as the boy, the grandfather, and the island home meld into a give-and-take that marks a fruitful, abiding relationship." (Kirkus) Illustrated throughout with lovely watercolor paintings by Daniel San Souci. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-689805888.

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    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated boards (initials stamped on corner of front endpaper) in a fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84952
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  • NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. by Stowe, Rebecca.
    Stowe, Rebecca.
    NOT THE END OF THE WORLD.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Pantheon, (1992). First edition - The author's first novel, originally published in England by a New York writer. The story of an angry young girl struggling to grow up in `60s Michigan suburbia. Although her affluent family tells her that she is the "luckiest girl in North Bay," she's experienced so much trauma that she claims six different personalities, and most of them are very angry. 152 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (light crease on front cover).

    Book ID: 84165
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