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THIRTEEN STORIES AND THIRTEEN EPITAPHS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Pantheon, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 13 short stories, each followed by a brief epitaph - another even shorter story - by one of the most extraordinary of contemporary writers. Steven Moore in reviewing his books in the Washington Post described his books as' tower[ing] over the works of his contemporaries by virtue of their enormous range, huge ambition, stylistic daring, wide learning, audacious innovation and sardonic wit...' While Vollmann, one of the most fascinating and interesting of modern writers, had long been a cult favorite, in 2005 he received the prestigious National Book Award for fiction. ISBN: 0-679-404392.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new, unread copy.)
Book ID: 31450More details Price: $25.00 -
BUTTERFLY STORIES.
Edition: First printing.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1993. SIGNED first edition - The true first edition, preceding the US edition, and only issued as a trade paperback in the UK. Typically indescribable novel by Vollmann - 'Butterfly Boy' is searching for love, in the company of a hedonistic photographer, in Cambodia and Thailand where 'Bendadryl and prostitutes with AIDS are his ever-present companions.' Illustrated with drawings by the author. While Vollmann, one of the most fascinating and interesting of modern writers, had long been a cult favorite, in 2005 he received the prestigious National Book Award for fiction. ISBN: 0-233-988084.
Condition: SIGNED by the author on first page. Fine in stiff illustrated wrappers with self- flaps. (a new copy.)
Book ID: 31251More details Price: $60.00 -
A PLAYDATE WITH DEATH.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Berkley, 2002. dj. SIGNED hardcover - The 3rd 'mommy-track' mystery featuring former public defender Juliet Applebaum. ISBN: 0-425-184730.
Condition: INSCRIBED on the title page. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy)
Book ID: 29409More details Price: $20.00 -
HARLAN'S RACE.
Edition: 2nd printing.
Beverly Hills, CA: Wildcat Press, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover - Sequel to her classic gay novel, 'The Front Runner' published in 1974. ISBN: 0-964109905.
Condition: SIGNED on the title page by the author. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 29589More details Price: $20.00 -
STONE TIME: Southern Utah: Portrait and a Meditation.
Edition: First printing.
Santa Fe: Clear Light Publishers, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - More than 50 striking black and white photographs of the ancient weathered landscape of the canyon country of southern Utah, one of the most beautiful and threatened places on the continent. Large format, 104 pp. ISBN: 0-940666-537.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 25285More details Price: $30.00 -
ALMOST HEAVEN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Crown, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in the American South by this award-winning writer. SIGNED on the title page. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-517-707624.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 32709More details Price: $27.50 -
THE FRACTURE ZONE: A Return to the Balkans.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: SIGNED by the author on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (a new, unread copy but with lower corners bumped)
Book ID: 51758More details Price: $25.00 -
NURSE LUGTON'S CURTAIN
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - A new edition, illustrated by Julie Vivas, of one of Woolf's most charming stories, probably written for her niece in 1924, but lost among the papers of "Mrs Dalloway" and not actually published until 1965. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-15-2005455.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 23004More details Price: $25.00 -
CARLYLE'S HOUSE AND OTHER SKETCHES.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback original)
London: Hesperus Press, 2003. First edition - The first publication of 7 short pieces by Woolf recently found in an early notebook among some personal papers. Promotional band on book.
Condition: Fine in wrappers with French flaps.
Book ID: 26760More details Price: $19.50 -
ONE HUNDRED AND ONE WAYS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bantam, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - ÔAn extraordinary debut novel ... the story of a woman, who, finding herself torn between two men and two cultures, turns for answers to an unknown Japanese grandmother, once a famous geisha.Õ Dust jacket praise from Lisa See, Jean Hegland and Chita Divakaruni (who called it Ôa thoughtful and magnetic taleÕ). ISBN: 0-553-110993.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy)
Book ID: 30029More details Price: $22.00 -
THE ANGELIC DARKNESS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, 1999. dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in the 1980's San Francisco, this is the third book by the author of 'The Last Kabalist of Lisbon', a highly praised historical mystery. ISBN: 0-393-048179.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 26037More details Price: $16.50