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  • Amis, Kingsley.
    STANLEY AND THE WOMEN.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster (Summit Books), 1984. Hardcover first edition - Highly acclaimed darkly comic novel - Burgess called this "Amis at his best."

    Condition: F/F (rem mark)

    Book ID: 3957
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  • Amis, Kingsley.
    JAKE'S THING.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Viking, 1978. dj. Hardcover first edition -

    Condition: NF/G (approx 1" piece missing from top edge of rear cover of dj)

    Book ID: 3958
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  • Amis, Kingsley.
    STANLEY AND THE WOMEN.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster (Summit Books), 1984. Hardcover first edition - A good reading copy of this book, considered one of Amis's best black comedies.

    Condition: G/VG (rem mark, spine slant, prev owners name)

    Book ID: 3963
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  • Amis, Martin
    THE INFORMATION.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Critically aclaimed and savagely satiric tale of a failed novelist, who wants to hurt his best friend because he is successful in all the things Richard is failing at. Ironically, considering the theme of the book, Amis caused a storm of controversy when he demanded a large advance for this novel. 494 pp. ISBN: 0-00-2253569.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 34456
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  • THE INFORMATION. by Amis, Martin
    Amis, Martin
    THE INFORMATION.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Flamingo (HarperCollins), (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - Critically aclaimed and savagely satiric tale of a failed novelist, who wants to hurt his best friend because he is successful in all the things Richard is failing at. Ironically, considering the theme of the book, Amis caused a storm of controversy when he demanded a large advance for this novel. 494 pp. ISBN: 0-00-2253569.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (tiny remainder dot, small nick to top of dj spine)

    Book ID: 65493
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  • THE INFORMATION. by Amis, Martin
    Amis, Martin
    THE INFORMATION.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harmony, (1995.). SIGNED first edition - Critically aclaimed and savagely satiric tale of a failed novelist, who wants to hurt his best friend because he is successful in all the things Richard is failing at. Ironically, considering the theme of the book, Amis caused a storm of controversy when he demanded a large advance for this novel. SIGNED on the title page. 386 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy wrappers.

    Book ID: 80773
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  • Amis, Martin
    THE INFORMATION.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harmony, (1995.). First edition - Critically aclaimed and savagely satiric tale of a failed novelist, who wants to hurt his best friend because he is successful in all the things Richard is failing at. Ironically, considering the theme of the book, Amis caused a storm of controversy when he demanded a large advance for this novel. 386 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy wrappers.

    Book ID: 35027
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  • HOUSE OF MEETINGS. by Amis, Martin.
    Amis, Martin.
    HOUSE OF MEETINGS.

    Edition: First North American printing.

    New York & Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly praised novel which begins in 1948 in a slave labor camp above the Arctic Circle in Stalin's Soviet Union. The Sunday Times called this 'a slender. moving novel, streaked with dark comedy. . . Amis's best novel since London Fields.' 242 pp. ISBN: 978-1400044559.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80677
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  • HEAVY WATER and Other Stories. by Amis, Martin.
    Amis, Martin.
    HEAVY WATER and Other Stories.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Harmony, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Collection of nine satirical short stories originally published between 1979 and 1997. 208 pp. ISBN: 0-609-601296.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80715
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  • YELLOW DOG. by Amis, Martin
    Amis, Martin
    YELLOW DOG.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Miramax / Hyperion, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in the vicious London of the tabloid journals. 340 pp. ISBN: 1401352030.

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

    Book ID: 53722
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  • YELLOW DOG. by Amis, Martin
    Amis, Martin
    YELLOW DOG.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Jonathan Cape, (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in the vicious London of the tabloid journals. Short listed for the Booker Prize. 340 pp. ISBN: 0-224050613.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80667
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  • HEAVY WATER and Other Stories. by Amis, Martin (1949-2023)
    Amis, Martin (1949-2023)
    HEAVY WATER and Other Stories.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Harmony, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collection of nine satirical short storiesby this award-winning writer praised for his bleakly comic vision, and originally published between 1979 and 1997. SIGNED on the title page. 208 pp. ISBN: 0-609-601296.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 52178
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  • YELLOW DOG. by Amis, Martin (1949-2023)
    Amis, Martin (1949-2023)
    YELLOW DOG.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Miramax / Hyperion, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in the vicious London of the tabloid journals. SIGNED on the title page. Short listed for the Booker Prize. 340 pp. ISBN: 1-401352030.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 60574
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  • NIGHT TRAIN. by Amis, Martin (1949-2023)
    Amis, Martin (1949-2023)
    NIGHT TRAIN.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Jonathan Cape, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A very different novel from Amis - a "gritty, credible, totally captivating mystery about an American female homicide detective." SIGNED on the title page. 149 pp. ISBN: 0-224050184.

    Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket (sign of sticker removal on dj).

    Book ID: 80714
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  • THE FAITHFUL NARRATIVE OF A PASTOR'S DISAPPEARANCE. by Anastas, Benjamin.
    Anastas, Benjamin.
    THE FAITHFUL NARRATIVE OF A PASTOR'S DISAPPEARANCE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2001). SIGNED first edition - The author's second book, a satire of adultery, real estate, religion and intrigue in suburban Boston. SIGNED on the title page. 277 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 81339
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  • THE FAITHFUL NARRATIVE OF A PASTOR'S DISAPPEARANCE. by Anastas, Benjamin.
    Anastas, Benjamin.
    THE FAITHFUL NARRATIVE OF A PASTOR'S DISAPPEARANCE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second book, a satire of adultery, real estate, religion and intrigue in suburban Boston. SIGNED on the title page. 277 pp. ISBN: 0-374152144.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84171
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  • THE PROPHETEERS. by Apple, Max.
    Apple, Max.
    THE PROPHETEERS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harper & Row, (1987). First edition - The author's fourth book - "a mock-epic fantasy and satire of entrepreneurial capitalism and popular culture" pitting Howard Johnson against Walt Disney, fighting over the same piece of land in Orlando, Florida, as the site for their versions of the American dream -land owned by Marjorie Post Merriweather, the cereal heiress. 308 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (some creasing to the spine, usual toning to pages)

    Book ID: 86503
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  • SHELTER. by Asher, Marty.
    Asher, Marty.
    SHELTER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Arbor House, (1986). Hardcover first edition - A fantasy about a rock concert that saves the world. Billy grew up in the 60s but is now stranded in the 80s and so depressed by the threat of nuclear war that he leaves his wife and children, takes off for San Francisco, to solve the problem all by himself, by decoding the messages John Lennon left for him in song lyrics. Cover praise from Stephen King ("Shelter made me laugh so hard I cried. It puts the entire nuclear circus in exactly the mad perspective it deserves"), Douglas Adams and others. 136 pp. ISBN: 0-87795772X.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 83542
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  • A GOD IN RUINS. by Atkinson, Kate.
    Atkinson, Kate.
    A GOD IN RUINS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2015). First edition - A companion novel to her "Life after Life." This tells the story of the 20th century through Ursula's beloved younger brother Teddy - would-be poet, heroic pilot, husband, father, and grandfather - as he navigates the perils and progress of a rapidly changing world. Winner of the 2015 Costa Prize for best novel (the same award her first novel won) Author's note, sources. 395 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.

    Book ID: 67239
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  • WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? by Atkinson, Kate.
    Atkinson, Kate.
    WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS?

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Boston: Little Brown, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - Third novel featuring Jackson Brodie, ex-cop, ex-private detective, retired millionaire. SIGNED on the title page. 390 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (lower corner of front cover creased)

    Book ID: 80668
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  • WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? by Atkinson, Kate.
    Atkinson, Kate.
    WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS?

    Edition: First US printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel featuring Jackson Brodie, ex-cop, ex-private detective, retired millionaire. SIGNED on the title page. 388 pp. ISBN: 0-316-154857.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80670
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  • A GOD IN RUINS. by Atkinson, Kate.
    Atkinson, Kate.
    A GOD IN RUINS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - A companion novel to her "Life after Life." This tells the story of the 20th century through Ursula's beloved younger brother Teddy - would-be poet, heroic pilot, husband, father, and grandfather - as he navigates the perils and progress of a rapidly changing world. Winner of the 2015 Costa Prize for best novel. Author's note, sources. 468 pp. ISBN: 978-0316176538.

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

    Book ID: 71940
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  • WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? by Atkinson, Kate.
    Atkinson, Kate.
    WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS?

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Boston: Little Brown, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - Third novel featuring Jackson Brodie, ex-cop, ex-private detective, retired millionaire. SIGNED on the title page. 390 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 80669
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  • A GOD IN RUINS. by Atkinson, Kate.
    Atkinson, Kate.
    A GOD IN RUINS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2015). First edition - A companion novel to her "Life after Life." This tells the story of the 20th century through Ursula's beloved younger brother Teddy - would-be poet, heroic pilot, husband, father, and grandfather - as he navigates the perils and progress of a rapidly changing world. Winner of the 2015 Costa Prize for best novel (the same award her first novel won) Author's note, sources. 395 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (crease on back cover, but otherwise an unread copy). An uncommon advance issue.

    Book ID: 67240
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  • THE LADY OF SITUATIONS. by Auchincloss, Louis.
    Auchincloss, Louis.
    THE LADY OF SITUATIONS.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - Susan Cheever wrote about Auchincloss that he is "one of the best writers alive...He writes about moey, crime, sex, adultery and ambition in a prose do deft, so elegant and calera, that it's often only after you finish an Auchincloss novel that you think about it - before that you've been caught up in the pleasure of reading it.."274 pp. ISBN: 0-395-544114.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 20838
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  • Auchincloss, Louis.
    EXIT LADY MASHAM.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983. Hardcover first edition -

    Condition: NF/NF (pc)

    Book ID: 2728
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  • Auchincloss, Louis.
    A WORLD OF PROFIT.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1968. Hardcover first edition - Novel about an old New York family - leaders of society and wealth for 300 years. 265 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in blue cloth, no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 39231
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  • BROOKLYN FOLLIES. by Auster, Paul.
    Auster, Paul.
    BROOKLYN FOLLIES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Henry Holt, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Nathan Glass has come to Brooklyn to die. This is only the latest in a long line of follies." 306 pp. ISBN: 0-805077146.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 85116
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  • HAND TO MOUTH: A Chronicle of Early Failure by Auster, Paul.
    Auster, Paul.
    HAND TO MOUTH: A Chronicle of Early Failure

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Henry Holt, (1997). First edition - The author's memories of surviving in New York City and Paris before success came - or as the cover says this "is essentially an autobiography about money and what it means not to have it." Includes some previously unknown early writings - three plays, a tabletop baseball game, a pseudonymous mystery and more - all of which testify to his efforts to make money. 449 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 49516
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  • ORACLE NIGHT. by Auster, Paul
    Auster, Paul
    ORACLE NIGHT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Henry Holt, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His eleventh novel. Covering a period of just 9 days, in Brooklyn in 1982, this is a meditation on the nature of time - but also a book which can be described as 'reading like an old-fashioned ghost story.' SIGNED on the title page. 243 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-73205.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81028
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