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THE YELLOW HOUSE.
Edition: Later printing.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. (light toning to pages)
Book ID: 91362More details Price: $16.50 -
THE CHILDREN OF PRIDE: A True Story Of Georgia And The Civil War.
Edition: First printing in a first issue dustjacket.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket - corners bumped, chip to bottom edge of front cover of dj, plus some short closed tears. Pre-publication price of 14.95 still present on dj.
Book ID: 91023More details Price: $45.00 -
THE ROUND HOUSE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2012.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A moving novel which begins in 1988 when an Ojibwe woman is attacked on the reservation, an event which leaves her traumatized and her family devastated. Her most powerful novel, the recipient of the National Book Award for fiction. SIGNED on the title page. Afterword. 321 pp. ISBN: 978-0062065247.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (minor edgewear to dj, esp at base of spine).
Book ID: 90583More details Price: $60.00 -
HOLES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A darkly humorous tale of crime, punishment and redemption, winner of the Newbery Award and the National Book Award, among many other awards, and the basis of the 2003 Disney movie of the same name, featuring Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight and Shia La Beouf. SIGNED and dated on the title page. A great book, which can be read on many levels, and which has already become a classic. In 2012 it was ranked number six among all-time children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal and it was included in Time's 100 best young adult novels since the 1800s. 233 pp. ISBN: 0-374-332657.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (name on front endpaper, dj has National Book Award sticker, but not the Newbery sticker.) Uncommon in the first edition, and especially so signed.
Book ID: 90129More details Price: $325.00 -
SOUTH TO AMERICA: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 90000More details Price: $65.00 -
PARIS TROUT
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's powerful third novel - the story of a brutal killing (of a 14 year old black girl by a white man,named Paris Trout) and its effects on a small Georgia town. National Book Award winner. SIGNED on the front endpaper. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-394-563700.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (small spot on top edge of textblock, some wear to top edge of dj, but a tight straight copy, 17.95 price on dj flap)
Book ID: 88636More details Price: $40.00 -
CHIMERA.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1972.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Story of Dunyazade, younger sister of Scheherazade, Perseus and others from mythology and ancient tales. Winner of the National Book Award. 308 pp. Dust jacket by George Giusti. ISBN: 0-394-49139-9.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (light H on front endpaper, tear to dj at top of spine.)
Book ID: 88483More details Price: $24.50 -
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Random House Large Print, (2016). Hardcover first edition - Whitehead's sixth novel and winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction, and the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence - a book which "seamlessly weaves the saga of America from the brutal importation of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day. The Underground Railroad is at once a kinetic adventure tale of one woman's ferocious will to escape the horrors of bondage and a shattering, powerful meditation on the history we all share." Large print edition. 417 pp. ISBN: 978-1524736309.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 88390More details Price: $16.50 -
GOING AFTER CACCIATO.
Edition: 2nd printing.
Condition: Near fine in teal cloth in a very good dust jacket (price-clipped, some short edge tears).
Book ID: 88386More details Price: $28.50 -
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Doubleday, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Whitehead's sixth novel and winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction, and the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence - a book which "seamlessly weaves the saga of America from the brutal importation of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day. The Underground Railroad is at once a kinetic adventure tale of one woman's ferocious will to escape the horrors of bondage and a shattering, powerful meditation on the history we all share." SIGNED by the author directly on the title page. 306 pp. ISBN: 978-0385542364.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 88069More details Price: $65.00 -
THE ROUND HOUSE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2012.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A moving novel which begins in 1988 when an Ojibwe woman is attacked on the reservation, an event which leaves her traumatized and her family devastated. Her most powerful novel, the recipient of the National Book Award for fiction. SIGNED on the title page. Afterword. 321 pp. ISBN: 978-0062065247.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (appears unread) .
Book ID: 87686More details Price: $75.00 -
TRUST EXERCISE.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Henry Holt, (2019). First edition - Her fifth novel, winner of the National Book Award, among other honors. The Washington Post commented "Choi's voice blends an adolescent's awe with an adult's irony. It's a letter-perfect satire of the special strain of egotism and obsession that can fester in academic settings. . . . [she is] a master of emotional pacing: the sudden revelation, the unexpected attack. . . . How cunningly this novel considers the way teenage sexuality is experienced, manipulated, and remembered. . . . The result is a dramatic exploration of the distorting forces of memory, envy, and art." 222 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in white printed wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 86950More details Price: $65.00 -
THE GREAT FIRE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 'great fire' of the title is World War II, which swept Europe and Asia - in the aftermath, Leith, a war hero, is sent to occupied Japan to record the effects of the bomb at Hiroshima. Dustjacket praise from Michael Cunningham (who calls Hazzard 'purely and simply, one of the greatest writers working in English today') and Ann Patchett (who says it is 'brilliant and dazzling... worth a twenty year wait.') Winner of the 2003 National Book Award. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-374-166447.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (gold award sticker on dj)
Book ID: 86129More details Price: $20.00 -
BIRDY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An extraordinary first novel, the story of a boy - and later a man's - obsession with flight, an obsession that both liberates him and drives him to madness. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the National Book Award. Basis for the film of the same name starring Nicholas Cage. 310 pp. Dust jacket by Fred Marcellino. ISBN: 0-394-425693.
Condition: Good in good dust jacket (discoloration from glue to endpapers and underneath dj flaps, remainder line, hint of spine slant, etc. Original price of 8.95 on dj flap)
Book ID: 85594More details Price: $85.00 -
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (2016) dj. Hardcover first edition - Whitehead's sixth novel and winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction, and the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence - a book which "seamlessly weaves the saga of America from the brutal importation of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day. The Underground Railroad is at once a kinetic adventure tale of one woman's ferocious will to escape the horrors of bondage and a shattering, powerful meditation on the history we all share." Basis for the innovative and powerful Amazon series of the same name. 306 pp. ISBN: 978-0385542364.
Condition: Fine in a very near fine first issue dust jacket.
Book ID: 84484More details Price: $65.00 -
SABBATH'S THEATER.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975. First edition - Roth's 21st book, the story of Mickey Sabbath, an "aging, raging powerhouse." Winner of the National Book Award. 451 pp.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (crease on back cover).
Book ID: 84483More details Price: $25.00 -
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Doubleday, (2016) dj. Hardcover - Whitehead's sixth novel and winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction, and the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence - a book which "seamlessly weaves the saga of America from the brutal importation of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day. The Underground Railroad is at once a kinetic adventure tale of one woman's ferocious will to escape the horrors of bondage and a shattering, powerful meditation on the history we all share." 306 pp. ISBN: 978-0385542364.
Condition: Very near fine in near fine dust jacket (top and bottom of spine slightly pushed in)
Book ID: 84298More details Price: $21.50 -
BIRDY.
Edition: Paperback.
UK: Penguin, (1980). An extraordinary first novel, the story of a boy - and later a man's - obsession with flight, an obsession that both liberates him and drives him to madness. Winner of the National Book Award. Basis for the film of the same name starring Nicholas Cage. 282 pp. ISBN: 0-394-425693.
Condition: Very good.
Book ID: 83168More details Price: $10.00 -
SHIP FEVER and Other Stories.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of short fiction, much of it (including the title novella) set in the nineteenth century. Winner of the National Book Award. SIGNED on the title page. 254 pp. ISBN: 0-393-03853X.
Condition: Fine in fine first issue dust jacket without the seal on the cover.
Book ID: 83035More details Price: $85.00 -
SHIP FEVER and Other Stories.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of short fiction, much of it (including the title novella) set in the nineteenth century. Winner of the National Book Award. SIGNED on the title page. Interestingly, this has a seal on the front cover noting that it was a finalist, but it went on to actually win the award! 254 pp. ISBN: 0-393-03853X.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket,
Book ID: 83034More details Price: $65.00 -
TEN NORTH FREDERICK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1955) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of three generations of a family of the "best people", who live in the "best" old section of Gibbsville, Pennsylvania. Winner of the 1956 National Book Award for fiction. Basis for the 1958 20th Century Fox film starring Gary Cooper. 408 pp, Dust jacket by Sam Sugar.
Condition: Near fine in blue cloth with a gilt and light blue title panel on the spine, in a near fine dust jacket (bookplate on front pastedown, a bit of wear to ends of spine of dj, original price of $3.95 still present on dust jacket flap)
Book ID: 82692More details Price: $45.00 -
TEN NORTH FREDERICK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1955) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of three generations of a family of the "best people", who live in the "best" old section of Gibbsville, Pennsylvania. Winner of the 1956 National Book Award for fiction. Basis for the 1958 20th Century Fox film starring Gary Cooper. 408 pp, Dust jacket by Sam Sugar.
Condition: Near fine in blue cloth with a gilt and light blue title panel on the spine, in a very near fine dust jacket (bit of offsetting on the front endpaper, but ooriginal price of $3.95 still present on dust jacket flap)
Book ID: 82691More details Price: $50.00 -
IN AMERICA.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A "kaleidoscopic portrait of America on the brink of modernity." Winner of The National Book Award, and Sontag's last novel. SIGNED on the title page. 387 pp. ISBN: 0-374-175403.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81989More details Price: $65.00 -
THREE JUNES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pantheon, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's critically acclaimed debut novel, which was the surprise winner of the 2002 National Book Award. SIGNED on the title page. Dust jacket praise from Richard Russo, John Casey and Michael Cunningham ('almost threatens to burst with all the life it contains... it's extraordinary.') Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 353 pp. ISBN: 0-375421440.
Condition: Fine in a fine first issue dustjacket (the uncommon true first printing with the correct ISBN in both the book and on the dust jacket.)
Book ID: 81987More details Price: $50.00 -
THREE JUNES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pantheon, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's critically acclaimed debut novel, which was the surprise winner of the 2002 National Book Award. SIGNED on the title page. Dust jacket praise from Richard Russo, John Casey and Michael Cunningham ('almost threatens to burst with all the life it contains... it's extraordinary.') 353 pp. ISBN: 0-375421440.
Condition: Fine in a fine first issue dustjacket (the uncommon true first printing with the correct ISBN in both the book and on the dust jacket.)
Book ID: 81986More details Price: $45.00 -
THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 80634More details Price: $100.00 -
SING, UNBURIED, SING.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine first issue dust jacket without the award sticker.
Book ID: 79642More details Price: $28.50 -
COLLECTED POEMS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Macmillan, 1951. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection by this important modernist poet, one which won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Includes poems from 'Selected Poems' (1935), 'What Are Years' (1941), and 'Nevertheless (1944)' plus nine previously uncollected poems. Notes, notes on notes and an index of first lines. 180 pp.
Condition: Near fine in navy blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine in a very good dust jacket (previous owner's name, price-clipped, chip to top of dj spine and toning to spine)
Book ID: 79017More details Price: $40.00 -
LORD OF MISRULE.
Edition: 2nd printing.
Kingston, NY: McPherson & Company, (2010) dj. Hardcover - Set in West Virginia, this is a novel about "the ruthless and often violent world" of cheap horse racing where everyone is struggling for an edge - or just to survive. Winner of the National Book Award. 225 pp. ISBN: 978-0929701837.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 78712More details Price: $16.50 -
SELECTED POEMS.
Edition: Trade paperback.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1982). SIGNED - Poems selected by Kinnell as representative of his work from 1946 through the early 1980s. INSCRIBED on the title page to another poet. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and co-winner of the National Book Award. 148 pp. ISBN: 0-395320461.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 78429More details Price: $21.50
