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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 -
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 -
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 -
VIEW TO THE SOUTHEAST.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1957) dj. Hardcover first edition - An informal introduction to the countries of South-East Asia, which the author revisited in the 1950s with her husband and young son. They spent over a year living in Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Bali, Burma and Ceylon (Sri Lanka). While she tells something of the history of each country, she focuses more on their way of life - a way which for most is now gone. Map, index. 240 pp. Map endpapers.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (name stamped to verso of front endpaper, some sunning to spine of dj)
Book ID: 89553More details Price: $21.50 -
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 -
THE ANCHORED ANGEL: The Writings of Jose Garcia Villa.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 93702More details Price: $65.00
