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SKY MASTERS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifth techno-thriller by this former Air Force captain - set in what was the near future at the time it was written. Glossary. 510 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 1-55611-060x.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 60364More details Price: $17.50 -
DOGEATERS
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pantheon, 1990. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel by this Filipina poet and playwright - set in Manila in the late 50's where Hollywood dreams collide with the violence of living under a dictatorship. SIGNED on the title page. Nominated for National Book Award. 250 pp. ISBN: 0-394-574982.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (inconspicuous previous owner's name.)
Book ID: 21444More details Price: $35.00 -
DREAM JUNGLE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: The Viking Press, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in the Philippine Islands by this award-winning writer, born in the Philippines herself, who 'chronicles the clash between American and Filipino culture.' SIGNED on the title page. Dust jacket praise from Maureen Howard, Ruth Ozeki and Junot Diaz who said "As beautiful as summer, as unforgettable as heartbreak, and Zamora de Legazpi is one of the most troubled and fascinating protagonists in recent memory. Another luminous performance by a writer who soars from strength to strength." 325 pp. ISBN: 0-670-884588.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (hint of bumping to lower corners.)
Book ID: 47589More details Price: $30.00 -
THE GANGSTER OF LOVE.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel by this award-winning Filipina writer, alternating in setting between the Philippines and New York and Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page. 311 pp. ISBN: 0-395-754127.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (highlighting scattered throughout.)
Book ID: 50594More details Price: $19.50 -
THE GANGSTER OF LOVE.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second novel by this award-winning Filipina writer, alternating in setting between the Philippines and New York and Los Angeles. 311 pp. ISBN: 0-395-754127.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 58695More details Price: $20.00 -
CORAZON AQUINO: The Story of a Revolution.
Edition: First printing.
New York: George Braziller, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - Biography of the woman, wife of the exiled and then asssassinated opposition leader, Begnino Aquino, who became president of the Philippines. Maps, index, 290 pages. ISBN: 0-8076-11719.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 18922More details Price: $20.00 -
WHISPER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second Manila Bay mystery - an unusual setting in the Philippines.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dust jacket (remainder line)
Book ID: 4040More details Price: $18.00 -
THE MASTERMIND: Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (a new copy but binding flaw affecting the index and rear endpaper - creasing to pages, but text still readable, short closed tear to rear fold of dj)
Book ID: 76091More details Price: $18.00 -
THE MASTERMIND: Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82306More details Price: $23.50 -
WINGS OF STONE.
Edition: First printing.
New York & London: Reader's International, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in the Philippines in the last years of Marcos rule. Cover painting by Filipino artist Ben Cabrera.
Condition: Usual browning to the pages as is common with publisher's books, one short closed tear to dj, overall near fine in a near fine dj.
Book ID: 12669More details Price: $20.00 -
AWAITING TRESPASS (A PASION.)
Edition: First printing.
New York & London: Reader's International, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which could not be published in the author's native Philippines - but the first of her novels to be published in the US or UK. ISBN: 0-930523-113.
Condition: Usual browning to the pages as is common with publisher's books, otherwise very near fine in a fine dj.
Book ID: 18351More details Price: $25.00 -
LITTLE BROWN BROTHER: America's Forgotten Bid for Empire Which Cost 250,000 Lives.
Edition: First UK edition..
London: Longmans, (1961). Hardcover first edition - The story of the United States's annexation of the Philippines - in 1898, the US, with the help of Filipino patriots under Emilio Aguinaldo, had driven out the Spanish - only to find themselves betrayed and once again under domination. The result was a bloody three year war in which a quarter of a million Filipinos and Americans were killed. Illustrated with photographs. Bibliography, index 383 pp. Map endpapers.
Condition: Good overall in orange boards, no dust-jacket (synopsis from dj flap taped to verso of front endpaper and half title page, tape over final lines of copyright info)
Book ID: 78480More details Price: $15.00
