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  • THE WITCHES: SALEM 1692. by Schiff, Stacy.
    Schiff, Stacy.
    THE WITCHES: SALEM 1692.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2016). First edition - A fresh and comprehensive look at the Salem Witch trials, and their aftermath, by this Pulitzer Prize winning historian. Notes, bibliography. xiv, 482 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 67368
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  • RESERVATION ROAD. by Schwartz, John Burnham.
    Schwartz, John Burnham.
    RESERVATION ROAD.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. SIGNED first edition - The author's second novel, set in a small Connecticut town, a thriller about a man determined to hunt down the hit-and-run driver who killed his ten year old son. SIGNED on the title page. 301 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 61269
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  • TESTIMONY. by Shreve, Anita.
    Shreve, Anita.
    TESTIMONY.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Boston: Little Brown, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - "At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking that the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. . . the tape triggers as chorus of voices--those of the men, women, teenagers, and parents involved in the scandal--that detail the ways in which lives can be derailed or destroyed in one foolish moment." INSCRIBED on the title page. 305 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 42941
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  • TESTIMONY. by Shreve, Anita.
    Shreve, Anita.
    TESTIMONY.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking that the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. . . the tape triggers as chorus of voices--those of the men, women, teenagers, and parents involved in the scandal--that detail the ways in which lives can be derailed or destroyed in one foolish moment." 305 pp. ISBN: 9780316059862.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 55583
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  • A COUNTRY LAWYER. by Shute, Henry Augustus (1856Ð1943)
    Shute, Henry Augustus (1856Ð1943)
    A COUNTRY LAWYER.

    Edition: First edition.

    Toronto & Boston: William Briggs / Houghton Mifflin, 1911. Hardcover first edition - Shute was a judge in Exeter, New Hampshire, as well as a farmer, author and musician, best known for the many novels and stories he wrote about a gang of "bad boys" - many which were published in the Saturday Evening Post and collected into 18 novels. He named his main character after himself, using his childhood nickname of Plupy and the gang of rambunctious boys who surrounded Plupy had names like Newt, Beany, Pewt, Nibby, Bug, Fuzzy, Skinny, Whack and Boog many were based on real Exeter personalities. Although this novel begins melodramatically with the fatal shooting of a blackguard named Tarantula in a tavern…

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    Toronto & Boston: William Briggs / Houghton Mifflin, 1911. Hardcover first edition - Shute was a judge in Exeter, New Hampshire, as well as a farmer, author and musician, best known for the many novels and stories he wrote about a gang of "bad boys" - many which were published in the Saturday Evening Post and collected into 18 novels. He named his main character after himself, using his childhood nickname of Plupy and the gang of rambunctious boys who surrounded Plupy had names like Newt, Beany, Pewt, Nibby, Bug, Fuzzy, Skinny, Whack and Boog many were based on real Exeter personalities. Although this novel begins melodramatically with the fatal shooting of a blackguard named Tarantula in a tavern in a mining camp, it quickly returns to New England and is partially based on his own experiences as a country lawyer. Illustrated with a colored frontispiece with a tissue guard and seven glossy plates with black and white drawings by Irene Deremeax. 431 pp.

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    Condition: Very good in olive green cloth with gilt lettering (previous owner's name on front endpaper, lettering somewhat rubbed on the spine)

    Book ID: 83012
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  • WHEN BUNNIES GO BAD: A Pru Marlowe Pet Noir. by Simon, Clea.
    Simon, Clea.
    WHEN BUNNIES GO BAD: A Pru Marlowe Pet Noir.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2016). First edition - The sixth novel in this "pet noir" series featuring Pru Marlowe. "Winter is hard in Beauville, where the melting snow can reveal much more than last seasons dead leaves. So when a wealthy, obnoxious tourist and his ski bunny girlfriend surface in Pru Marlowes little Berkshire town, she knows she should stay out of their way." 255 pp. ISBN: 978-1464205354.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 67582
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  • ERIC SLOANE'S AMERICA. by Sloane, Eric.
    Sloane, Eric.
    ERIC SLOANE'S AMERICA.

    Edition: Reprint.

    New York: Promontory Press, (1982.) dj. Hardcover - Omnibus edition containing three works written and illustrated by Sloane and originally published in 1954-1956: American Barns and Covered Bridges; Our Vanishing Landscape, and American Yesterday. Each work is paginated separately as follows: 112, 107 and 123 pp. Somewhat oversized format. ISBN: 0-88365-6485.

    Condition: Near fine in a good dust jacket (some edgewear to the dj, especially at the base of the spine).

    Book ID: 51967
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  • THE DIVINE COMEDY OF JOHN VENNER. by Smith, Gregory Blake.
    Smith, Gregory Blake.
    THE DIVINE COMEDY OF JOHN VENNER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel - a fast-paced morality tale featuring John Venner, professor of religion at a small New England college, who becomes obsessed with the nearby Shaker community of New Eden and especially one young woman, the last of her kind, still living there. "Witty prose, a bizarre scenario, and a compelling story distinguish this funny, outlandish, irreverent fiction." (The Library Journal) 268 pp. ISBN: 0-67178854X.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line)

    Book ID: 84373
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  • Stone, Abigail.
    RECIPES FROM THE DUMP.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York & London: Norton, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - a humorous and heart-warming story with recipes to fill your soul and warm your stomach, the story of a young single mother who lives next the dump in Leadbelly, Vermont.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 13441
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  • THE VOYEUR. by Sutton, Henry (pseudonym of David Slavitt.)
    Sutton, Henry (pseudonym of David Slavitt.)
    THE VOYEUR.

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    New York: Bernard Geis Associates, (1969.) dj. Hardcover - Second novel written under this pseudonym by the poet, translator and novelist, David R. Slavitt. The story of the publisher of a men's magazine, this novel balances the sensational - murder, suicide, and more - against notions of censorship and the freedom of the press, the issue of privacy, and other issues of our time. 345 pp. Striking dust jacket art.

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

    Book ID: 84585
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  • BEFORE SHE KNEW HIM. by Swanson, Peter.
    Swanson, Peter.
    BEFORE SHE KNEW HIM.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2019). First edition - A quietly developing thriller set in a suburban neighborhood where a young wife, with a history of pyschological instability, becomes convinced that their neighbor is a serial killer. 312 pp

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 85078
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  • THE VULGAR BOATMAN. by Tapply, William G. (1940-2009)
    Tapply, William G. (1940-2009)
    THE VULGAR BOATMAN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The sixth mystery featuring Boston lawyer Brady Coyne. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 1989. ISBN: 0-684187922.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81758
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  • DEAD MEAT. by Tapply, William G. (1940-2009)
    Tapply, William G. (1940-2009)
    DEAD MEAT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fifth mystery featuring Boston lawyer Brady Coyne. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 1989. 213 pp. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. ISBN: 0-684187922.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 81763
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  • FOLLOW THE SHARKS: A Brady Coyne Mystery. by Tapply, William G. (1940-2009)
    Tapply, William G. (1940-2009)
    FOLLOW THE SHARKS: A Brady Coyne Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1985.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring this Boston attorney, this one involving the kidnapping of the son of a former Red Sox pitcher. SIGNED and dated on the title page, 228 pp. ISBN: 0-68418446X.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 81780
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  • THE MARINE CORPSE. by Tapply, William G. (1940-2009)
    Tapply, William G. (1940-2009)
    THE MARINE CORPSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1986.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth mystery featuring Boston attorney Brady Coyne. A drunken bum found frozen to death is considered routine for the police - until it turns out the "bum" is really a wealthy heir masquerading as a bum to gather material for a book - and he was brutally murdered. SIGNED and dated on the title page. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-684-186810.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81781
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  • CAPE COD BLUES. by Ulin, David L.
    Ulin, David L.
    CAPE COD BLUES.

    Edition: First printing, a slim chapbook.

    New York: Red Dust, (1992). First edition - A collection of 34 interconnected brief poems. SIGNED on the title page. 15 pp. Cover photograph by Richard I. Ulin. ISBN: 0-873760727.

    Condition: Fine in white illustrated stapled wrappers (as new)

    Book ID: 66866
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  • OUT ON THE MARSH. by Updike, David.
    Updike, David.
    OUT ON THE MARSH.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - First collection of short stories by this author, the son of writer John Updike. The settings of these fifteen stories range from New England to New York and Italy; many focus on the passage from youth to adulthood. 168 pp. ISBN: 0-879237287.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 76011
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  • THE WORDY SHIPMATES by Vowell, Sarah.
    Vowell, Sarah.
    THE WORDY SHIPMATES

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Riverhead Books, 2008. dj. Hardcover first edition - An exploration of the Puritans and their journey to America as only Vowell can write it. 251 pp. ISBN: 978-1594489990.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (name on front endpaper, inconspicuous slit to dj)

    Book ID: 62784
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  • Watkins, Paul
    CALM AT SUNSET, CALM AT DAWN.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. dj. Hardcover - His second book, the story of a young man growing up in a family who worked fishing boats of the coast of New England for generations and who has the lure of the sea in his blood, despite the brutality and treacherousness of this life. Winner of the Encore Prize in England. Watkins spent several seasons working on trawlers himself. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-395-509599.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 20259
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  • Watkins, Paul
    CALM AT SUNSET, CALM AT DAWN.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - His second book, the story of a young man growing up in a family who worked fishing boats of the coast of New England for generations and who has the lure of the sea in his blood, despite the brutality and treacherousness of this life. Winner of the Encore Prize in England. Watkins spent several seasons working on trawlers himself. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-395-509599.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 35769
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  • THE STORY OF MY DISAPPEARANCE. by Watkins, Paul
    Watkins, Paul
    THE STORY OF MY DISAPPEARANCE.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Faber & Faber, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel which is at once a thriller, a love story, and an exploration of identity by one of the best young American novelists. Although Watkins is an American writer, this is the true first edition, preceding the US publicatiion, INSCRIBED on the title page to the late noted collector Larry Owens. 188 pp. ISBN: 0-312-179952.

    Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (usual toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 80733
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  • CALM AT SUNSET, CALM AT DAWN. by Watkins, Paul
    Watkins, Paul
    CALM AT SUNSET, CALM AT DAWN.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His second book, the story of a young man growing up in a family who worked fishing boats of the coast of New England for generations and who has the lure of the sea in his blood, despite the brutality and treacherousness of this life. INSCRIBED on the half title page to noted collector Larry Owens. Winner of the Encore Prize in England. Watkins spent several seasons working on trawlers himself. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-395-509599.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80735
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  • MACKEREL BY MOONLIGHT. by Weld, William F.
    Weld, William F.
    MACKEREL BY MOONLIGHT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first novel - a story of Boston politics - by this former governor of Massachusetts. SIGNED on the title page. 238 pp. ISBN: 0-684853469.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 68996
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  • GOOD AS ANY: Stories. by Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    GOOD AS ANY: Stories.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of eight short stories set in rural New England and rural Texas, which "explore the reality of life among the ill, the dying and the disadvantaged people who seem to exist at the margins." A presentation copy, SIGNED on the title page, and very warmly INSCRIBED on the half title page to another writer, and dated in 2004. ISBN: 0-15-1008523.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 48913
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  • GOOD AS ANY: Stories. by Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    GOOD AS ANY: Stories.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2002.). First edition - The author's first book, a collection of eight short stories set in rural New England and rural Texas, which "explore the reality of life among the ill, the dying and the disadvantaged people who seem to exist at the margins."274 pp.

    Condition: Fine in very light gray printed wrappers.

    Book ID: 59246
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  • GOOD AS ANY: Stories. by Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    GOOD AS ANY: Stories.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of eight short stories set in rural New England and rural Texas, which "explore the reality of life among the ill, the dying and the disadvantaged people who seem to exist at the margins." A presentation copy, SIGNED on the title page, and very warmly INSCRIBED on the half title page to another writer, and dated in 2004. ISBN: 0-15-1008523.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81292
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  • Wetherell, W.D..
    WHEREVER THAT GREAT HEART MAY BE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Hanover,NH: University Press of New England, 1996 dj. Hardcover first edition - Collection of short stories by this highly praised New England writer. ISBN: 0-874817214.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 23165
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  • A LITTLE GIRL OF LONG AGO. by White, Eliza Orne (1856-1947).
    White, Eliza Orne (1856-1947).
    A LITTLE GIRL OF LONG AGO.

    Edition: First or early printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1896). Hardcover - A child's adventures in New England in the early nineteenth century. The characters of Marietta and Leonara are based on White's mother Margaret and Lucretia P. Hale. Frontispiece with tissue guard. 151 pp.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated cream boards (toning to spine)

    Book ID: 87010
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  • PROVIDENCE. by Wolff, Geoffrey
    Wolff, Geoffrey
    PROVIDENCE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, (1986.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which describes the effect of violence on five people - but also a novel in which the setting, the city of Providence, Rhode Island, plays a large part. Providence is a city "big enough to have neighborhoods, small enough so that everyone knows overone. . . steeped in history and corruption, [a] rough and pretty old Yankee port. . . the biggest organized crime operation in New England jostles with and sometimes runs the action at City Hall." 217 pp. ISBN: 0-670804614.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 63912
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