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  • THE CONVERT'S SONG. by Rotella, Sebastian.
    Rotella, Sebastian.
    THE CONVERT'S SONG.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2012). SIGNED first edition - His second international thriller - a former federal agent has started over as a private investigator in Buenos Aires, but then he runs into a long lost friend - who has converted to Islam - and who is soon the chief suspect in a terrorist attack. SIGNED on the title page. 324 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (an unread copy, but crinkling to the upper corner of the rear cover).

    Book ID: 66469
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  • THE BALLADS OF A BOHEMIAN by Service, Robert.
    Service, Robert.
    THE BALLADS OF A BOHEMIAN

    Edition: Early printing.

    New York: Barse & Hopkins, (1921). Hardcover - Poems which chronicle Service's life as a bohemian in Paris and into the trenches as he served with the British Army on the Western Front during the first World War and back to a Paris full of 'les grand mutiles'. Frontispiece portrait, 249 pp. Small format, measuring just 4 x 6 inches, bound in flexible dark red boards with gilt lettering in a vertical rectangle on cover and gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt. 249 pp.

    Condition: Very good (some rubbing to lettering on spine)

    Book ID: 82363
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  • 13 RUE THERESE. by Shapiro, Elena Mauli.
    Shapiro, Elena Mauli.
    13 RUE THERESE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York & Boston: Little Brown, 2011. SIGNED first edition - The author's debut novel, the story of an American professor in Paris, who falls in love with two women - one of them a woman he can only imagine, who survived both World Wars and whose live is gradually revealed through a box full of artifacts left in his office. SIGNED by the author on the title page, and dated in October 2010 - before publication. Illustrated in color with pictures of the various artifacts and old photos. 274 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 68366
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  • THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKLAS. by [Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946]
    [Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946]
    THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKLAS.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1933). Hardcover first edition - Although written in the conversational voice of Gertrude Toklas (1877-1967), this was actually by her friend and lover Gertrude Stein. It recounts 25 years of their friendship from Toklas's arrival in Paris in 1907 to 1932, a period when they established Paris's most influential literary salon. Frontispiece photograph by Man Ray and fifteen other black and white photographs. Listed by the Modern Library as one of the greatest English-language nonfiction books of the 20th century. 310 pp.

    Condition: Good plus condition - some toning to the covers, but the print on the spine and the "A rose is a rose is a rose" circle on the front cover are quite legible, a bit of fraying to the top of the spine and toning to the pages. Hinges are intact, book is straight and tight. No dust jacket.

    Book ID: 77955
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  • THEY NAMED ME GERTRUDE STEIN: A Biography. by [Stein, Gertrude] Wilson, Ellen.
    [Stein, Gertrude] Wilson, Ellen.
    THEY NAMED ME GERTRUDE STEIN: A Biography.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - Photographs, index, bibliography. ix, 134 pp. ISBN: 0-374-374678.

    Condition: Good overall in near fine dust jacket (many penciled marginal notations, some underlining in pencil.)

    Book ID: 63428
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  • THEY NAMED ME GERTRUDE STEIN: A Biography. by [Stein, Gertrude] Wilson, Ellen.
    [Stein, Gertrude] Wilson, Ellen.
    THEY NAMED ME GERTRUDE STEIN: A Biography.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - Photographs, index, bibliography. ISBN: 0-374-374678.

    Condition: Ex-library with usual stamps, remains of pocket, in a fine, unmarked dustjacket.

    Book ID: 16644
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  • THE CORAL THIEF. by Stott, Rebecca.
    Stott, Rebecca.
    THE CORAL THIEF.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Spiegel & Grau, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, third book, set in Paris in 1815, right after Napoleon surrendered at Waterloo, and featuring a young medical student from Edinburgh. A "mix of history, philosophy and suspense." Author's note, suggestions for further reading. 286 pp. ISBN: 978-0385531467.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 76209
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  • UNDER THE GYPSY MOON. by Thornton, Lawrence.
    Thornton, Lawrence.
    UNDER THE GYPSY MOON.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1990.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His second novel, set in Paris under the Nazi occupation during World War II. INSCRIBED on the title page to the noted Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-385-247060.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 60990
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  • UNDER THE GYPSY MOON. by Thornton, Lawrence.
    Thornton, Lawrence.
    UNDER THE GYPSY MOON.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - His second novel, set in Paris under the Nazi occupation during World War II. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-385-247060.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 53543
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  • WHAT IS REMEMBERED. by Toklas, Alice B.
    Toklas, Alice B.
    WHAT IS REMEMBERED.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1963.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Thirty years after Stein wrote "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas," Toklas herself has "provided her own entertaining account of her life with Gertrude Stein, recapturing not only the essence of her friend's remarkable personality but the essence of a remarkable time." Photographs. Index. 186 pp.

    Condition: Just about fine in a near fine dustjacket (a bit of edgewear to the top of the spine of the dj.).

    Book ID: 48041
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  • A SAINT FROM TEXAS. by White, Edmund.
    White, Edmund.
    A SAINT FROM TEXAS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Bloomsbury, (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel by this noted gay American author, a self-proclaimed 'archaeologist of gossip', the story of twin sisters fleeing a dried up oil town in 50s Texas, one to a convent, the other to a glitzy life in Paris. 287 pp. ISBN: 978-1635572551.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 89228
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  • STARRY NIGHTS. by Whitney, Daisy.
    Whitney, Daisy.
    STARRY NIGHTS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Bloomsbury, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in Paris, this is a book about the magic of art and the magic of love. SIGNED on the title page with the words "Believe in the magic of art!" Author's note. Illustrated endpapers. 275 pp. ISBN: 9781619631335.

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

    Book ID: 58516
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  • Wiser, William.
    BALLADS, BLUES & SWAN SONGS

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atheneum, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first collection of short stories & fourth book - twelve spare and memorable stories of sailors, drifters and losers - some set in France were Wiser chose to live. Recommended. 182 pp. ISBN: 0-689111886.

    Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket (2 short closed tears to upper edge of dj - dj now protected by an archival copy.)

    Book ID: 32873
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  • A HOMEMADE LIFE: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table. by Wizenberg, Molly.
    Wizenberg, Molly.
    A HOMEMADE LIFE: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - An account of "a life with the kitchen at its center. From her mother's pound cake, a staple of summer picnics during her childhood in Oklahoma, to the eggs she cooked for her father during the weeks before his death, food and memories are intimately entwined." Full of great recipes. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Illustrations by Camilla Engman. Recipe index. 320 pp. ISBN: 1416551050.

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

    Book ID: 58905
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  • PANAMA by Zencey, Eric
    Zencey, Eric
    PANAMA

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1995. SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, one which combines intrigue and history. Set in Paris in 1892, a city embroiled in a political scandal involving the French Panama Canal Company; the protagonist is the American historian and author Henry Adams, grandson and great-grandson of President Adams. SIGNED on the title page. Editor's letter bound in at the front of the book. 375 pp. .

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 68364
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  • PANAMA by Zencey, Eric
    Zencey, Eric
    PANAMA

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, one which combines intrigue and history. Set in Paris in 1892, a city embroiled in a political scandal involving the French Panama Canal Company; the protagonist is the American historian and author Henry Adams, grandson and great-grandson of President Adams. SIGNED on the title page. 375 pp. . ISBN: 0-374229430.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Laid in is a brief handwritten and signed note from the author to the noted collector Larry Owens.

    Book ID: 68365
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