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  • THE SERPENT OF VENICE. by Moore, Christopher.
    Moore, Christopher.
    THE SERPENT OF VENICE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2014). SIGNED first edition - "Moore channels William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe in this satiric Venetian gothic." Afterword. SIGNED on the title page. 326 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue, and especially so signed.

    Book ID: 63467
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  • THE SERPENT OF VENICE. by Moore, Christopher.
    Moore, Christopher.
    THE SERPENT OF VENICE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2014). First edition - "Moore channels William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe in this satiric Venetian gothic." Afterword. 326 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.

    Book ID: 76431
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  • BLAMELESS IN ABADDON. by Morrow, James.
    Morrow, James.
    BLAMELESS IN ABADDON.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Was God truly dead as the nihilists and The New York Times believes?" Abaddon is another name for Hell, and god-hunting is not a sport for amateurs. Sequel to Morrow's award winning "Towing Jehovah." 404 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1886563.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 76348
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  • TOWING JEHOVAH. by Morrow, James.
    Morrow, James.
    TOWING JEHOVAH.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1994.) dj. Hardcover - A combination of satire, black comedy and science fiction. 371 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1909199.

    Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket. (tear with associated creasing to dj.)

    Book ID: 53107
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  • BLAMELESS IN ABADDON. by Morrow, James.
    Morrow, James.
    BLAMELESS IN ABADDON.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Was God truly dead as the nihilists and The New York Times believes?" Abaddon is another name for Hell, and god-hunting is not a sport for amateurs. Sequel to Morrow's award winning "Towing Jehovah." NIcely INSCRIBED on the title page to the late noted Oklahoma collector Larry Owens, Laid in is a promotional postcard with a handwritten note from Morrow SIGNED "Jim." 404 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1886563.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80605
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  • BLAMELESS IN ABADDON. by Morrow, James.
    Morrow, James.
    BLAMELESS IN ABADDON.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1996) dj. Hardcover - "Was God truly dead as the nihilists and The New York Times believes?" Abaddon is another name for Hell, and god-hunting is not a sport for amateurs. Sequel to Morrow's award winning "Towing Jehovah." 404 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1886563.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 62471
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  • WAITING FOR THE ELECTRICITY. by Nichol, Christina.
    Nichol, Christina.
    WAITING FOR THE ELECTRICITY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Overlook Press, (2014) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel - "In the republic of Georgia, the Communists are long gone, replaced by . . . well, by what? . . theres one man in Georgia who remains unseduced by corruption, unfazed by nostalgia, and unable to abandon chivalry, no matter how antiquated a notion it may be. When Slims discovers an application for an American small business internship program sponsored by Hillary Clinton, he knows that he has found his calling. In his letters to Senator Clinton, Slims dreams of bringing efficiency, opportunity, and the American dream to his homeland, even as his friends and relatives embrace decadence, lethargy, and…

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    New York: The Overlook Press, (2014) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel - "In the republic of Georgia, the Communists are long gone, replaced by . . . well, by what? . . theres one man in Georgia who remains unseduced by corruption, unfazed by nostalgia, and unable to abandon chivalry, no matter how antiquated a notion it may be. When Slims discovers an application for an American small business internship program sponsored by Hillary Clinton, he knows that he has found his calling. In his letters to Senator Clinton, Slims dreams of bringing efficiency, opportunity, and the American dream to his homeland, even as his friends and relatives embrace decadence, lethargy, and a staggering array of unsavory business practices. But when he finally gets to America - specifically to utopian San Francisco, Slims sees what reform and progress look like up close. And suddenly, his loud, bickering family and his anguished, joyful country no longer seem so grim. . . a visionary satire, and a work of extraordinary empathy and imagination." 330 pp. ISBN: 978-1468306866.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 86385
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  • MY SISTER, MY LOVE. by Oates, Joyce Carol.
    Oates, Joyce Carol.
    MY SISTER, MY LOVE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Ecco Press (Harper Collins), (2008.). First edition - A dark, satirical story inspired by an unsolved true-crime mystery - the murder of a 6 year old girl, as told by the 19 year-old "survivor" of a family torn apart by intense media scrutiny. 562 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 59383
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  • Ortego, Felipe and David Conde, compilers. Sylvia Alicia Gonzales, Guillermo Rojas, Juan Bruce-Novoa, Jose Reyna and Nasario Garcia, contributors.
    THE CHICANO LITERARY WORLD 1974: The First National Symposium on Chicano Literature and Critical Analysis.

    Edition: First printing.

    Las Vegas, NM: New Mexico Highlands University, Division of Ethnic Studies, 1975. First edition - Includes five of the papers (4 in English, 1 in Spanish) presented at this symposium which was sponsored by the National Education Task Force de la Raza, Albuquerque, NM.; New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM; Eric Clearing House on Rural Education, and La Luz Publications. From the overview by David Conde: Over 200 participants from 10 states and 17 universities attended. The papers cover Chicano poetry, novel, drama, and popular folklore humor. "National Character vs Universality in Chicano Poetry" by Sylvia Alicia Gonzales sets forth the notion that national traditions are adaptations of universal styles and national character is or should be but…

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    Las Vegas, NM: New Mexico Highlands University, Division of Ethnic Studies, 1975. First edition - Includes five of the papers (4 in English, 1 in Spanish) presented at this symposium which was sponsored by the National Education Task Force de la Raza, Albuquerque, NM.; New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM; Eric Clearing House on Rural Education, and La Luz Publications. From the overview by David Conde: Over 200 participants from 10 states and 17 universities attended. The papers cover Chicano poetry, novel, drama, and popular folklore humor. "National Character vs Universality in Chicano Poetry" by Sylvia Alicia Gonzales sets forth the notion that national traditions are adaptations of universal styles and national character is or should be but a step toward universality. The new "space" (identity) of Chicano art or literature is related to the definition of the Chicano national character in "The Space of Chicano Literature." by Juan Bruce-Novoa. In "La Prosa Chicano: Tres Epigones de la Novela Mexicana de la Revolucion" by Guillermo Rojas, three novels are reviewed - Tomas Rivera's "Y no se lo trago la tierra", Rolando R. Hinojosa-S. "Estampas del valle y otras obras", and Miguel Mandez-M.'s "Peregrinos de Aztlan." Humor as a tool of artistic expression is the topic of "Chicano Folklore: Raza Humor in Texas." by Jose Reyna. Although the title indicates a Texas context, many of the situations and expressions are part of the national Chicano experience. "Satire: Techniques and Devices in Luis Valdez''Las Dos Caras del Patroncito' by Nasario Garcia traces the exchange of roles between the oppressor and the oppressed. Notes at the end of each paper.Printed in typescript on recto of pages only, large format, 11.5 inches tall, 8.5 wide. 94 pp.

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    Condition: Very good in printed brown wrappers with black cloth spine (some damage to the ends of the spine, usual toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 84654
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  • HEAD TO TOE. by Orton, Joe.
    Orton, Joe.
    HEAD TO TOE.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - Posthumously published novel by this young playwright who was murdered in 1967 at the age of 34. "Head to Toe is like a modernized 'Alice in Wonderland' - but for adults.Proceeding with the fantastic but implacable logic of a dream, peopled by comic and dangerous grotesques, and primed with the twin charges of satire and eroticism, [this] is a tour-de-force from a brilliant writer." Originally published in England in 1971. 187 pp. ISBN: 0-312-007183.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (an unread copy but with some signs of handling or shelfwear.)

    Book ID: 18749
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  • HEAD TO TOE. by Orton, Joe.
    Orton, Joe.
    HEAD TO TOE.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - Posthumously published novel by this young playwright who was murdered in 1967 at the age of 34. "Head to Toe is like a modernized 'Alice in Wonderland' - but for adults.Proceeding with the fantastic but implacable logic of a dream, peopled by comic and dangerous grotesques, and primed with the twin charges of satire and eroticism, [this] is a tour-de-force from a brilliant writer." Originally published in England in 1971. 187 pp. ISBN: 0-312-007183.

    Condition: Very good in near fine dust jacket (stain to bottom edge of textblock)

    Book ID: 85401
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  • THE MULTICULTIBOHO SIDESHOW. by Pate, Alexs D.
    Pate, Alexs D.
    THE MULTICULTIBOHO SIDESHOW.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Avon, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - African American writer's third novel - a "provocative satire about art, race, murder, and the culture of subsidized culture." Set in Minneapolis. ISBN: 0-380-976781.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (sunning to spine of dj.)

    Book ID: 57798
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  • FINAL SOLUTION. by Peck, Richard E.
    Peck, Richard E.
    FINAL SOLUTION.

    Edition: First printing.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by an author who spent many years in academia, an "amusing but grim tale" set mostly 50 years in the future. "For years universities have been restive sounding boards for those who talk of revolution. . . Robert Kiley, a member of the faculty, seems to endorse the change but his efforts at reform have brought him near death, saved only by a colleagues experimental research in cryogenics. Awakening years in the future, Kiley finds that he is still on the university campus . . in a new era when everyone speaks in distorted versions of todays ghetto jargon, everyone (literate or not) has a PhD,…

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    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by an author who spent many years in academia, an "amusing but grim tale" set mostly 50 years in the future. "For years universities have been restive sounding boards for those who talk of revolution. . . Robert Kiley, a member of the faculty, seems to endorse the change but his efforts at reform have brought him near death, saved only by a colleagues experimental research in cryogenics. Awakening years in the future, Kiley finds that he is still on the university campus . . in a new era when everyone speaks in distorted versions of todays ghetto jargon, everyone (literate or not) has a PhD, and the university has become a miniature hell, isolated from the new paradise of America. But the money still comes from Washington and as the new 'leader,' Kiley goes to fetch it, a journey across America which reveals just how alien he - or his world - has become." 189 pp. ISBN: 0-385087446.

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    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (remainder spray to bottom edge of textblock)

    Book ID: 78202
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  • THE LIFE OF INSECTS. by Pelevin, Victor.
    Pelevin, Victor.
    THE LIFE OF INSECTS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1998). Hardcover first edition - The second novel by this Russian author, one which follows the adventures and misadventures of two Russians and a khaki-clad visiting American. Set in "a sleazy Crimean resort town, where his characters eat, drink, make merry, make love... and turn into insects. This is no soft-focus allegory: the author is superbly specific about his entomological creations. 'Arthur and Arnold had turned into small mosquitoes,' he writes, "of that miserable hue of gray familiar from prerevolutionary village huts, a color that in its time had reduced many a Russian poet to tears." (William Davies) Sometimes the trio is depicted as human with buggy characteristics, and at other times as…

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    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1998). Hardcover first edition - The second novel by this Russian author, one which follows the adventures and misadventures of two Russians and a khaki-clad visiting American. Set in "a sleazy Crimean resort town, where his characters eat, drink, make merry, make love... and turn into insects. This is no soft-focus allegory: the author is superbly specific about his entomological creations. 'Arthur and Arnold had turned into small mosquitoes,' he writes, "of that miserable hue of gray familiar from prerevolutionary village huts, a color that in its time had reduced many a Russian poet to tears." (William Davies) Sometimes the trio is depicted as human with buggy characteristics, and at other times as insects that walk and talk. Translated from the Russian by Andrew Bromfield. In 1988 Pelevin was selected by The New Yorker as one of the best European writers under thirty-five. 179 pp. ISBN: 0-374186251.

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

    Book ID: 76455
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  • A WEREWOLF PROBLEM IN CENTRAL AISA and Other Stories. by Pelevin, Victor.
    Pelevin, Victor.
    A WEREWOLF PROBLEM IN CENTRAL AISA and Other Stories.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: New Directions, (1998). Hardcover first edition - A collection of eight short stories by this award-winning "dark-comic Russian fabulist." One review commented that his work "may be grounded in the grubby realities of contemporary Russia, but the food shortages, decaying apartment blocks, and political chaos serve him as a kind of naturalistic springboard from which he launches into one antic leap after another." Translated from the Russian by Andrew Bromfield. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-811213943.

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

    Book ID: 76456
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  • OMON RA. by Pelevin, Victor.
    Pelevin, Victor.
    OMON RA.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1994). First edition - The first novel (preceded by books of short stories) by this award-winning Russian fabulist, the story of a young man who has dreamed of space flight since he was a boy, who enrolls as a cosmonaut, a devasting satire of the Soviet space program. George Saunders comments that "Pelevin is a brilliant satirist of things Soviet, but also of things human, our petty squabbles, haff-assed inventions and, above all, our corruptible dreams." Translated from the Russian by Andrew Bromfield. 139 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in printed gray wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.

    Book ID: 76457
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  • THE THANATOS SYNDROME. by Percy, Walker.
    Percy, Walker.
    THE THANATOS SYNDROME.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1987.). First edition - Percy's last novel, a satiric look at our culture, which is at once very funny and very serious: when Dr. Thomas More returns to his psychiatric practice in his small Louisiana parish, he notices bizarre changes in both his patients and his wife - changes brought about by a well-meaning attempt to regulate behavior by drugging the drinking water. With a planned first printing of 75,000 copies, this advance issue is much more uncommon than the trade edition. 388 pp.

    Condition: Fine in printed red wrappers with additional publisher's material laid in.

    Book ID: 55863
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  • THE THANATOS SYNDROME. by Percy, Walker.
    Percy, Walker.
    THE THANATOS SYNDROME.

    Edition: Limited, signed first edition.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1987.). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Percy's last novel, a satiric look at our culture, which is at once very funny and very serious: when Dr. Thomas More returns to his psychiatric practice in his small Louisiana parish, he notices bizarre changes in both his patients and his wife - changes brought about by a well-meaning attempt to regulate behavior by drugging the drinking water. The limited edition issued by the trade publisher - #13 out of 250 numbered copies signed by Percy on the limitation page. 372 pp.

    Condition: Fine in burgundy cloth in a very near fine blue-grey slipcase (hint of sunning to case.)

    Book ID: 55864
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  • A GUEST IN THE JUNGLE. by Polster, James.
    Polster, James.
    A GUEST IN THE JUNGLE.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Mercury House, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this journalist and explorer, who was involved in several Amazon expeditions - the story of a young attorney who decides to take some time off to explore the world, but when he wanders into the Amazon jungle and gets lost, he finds himself "shanghaied by evil botanist and the unwitting guest of a series of Indian tribes." 194 pp. ISBN: 0-916515214.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (toning to the pages, some edgewear and short closed tears to back cover of dj)

    Book ID: 79451
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  • Powell, Anthony
    WHAT'S BECOME OF WARING.

    Edition: First US printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (1963) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first American publication of this early comic novel by Powell (originally published in 1939, and preceding his "The Music of Time" series.) Upon publication in England this novel received enthusiastic reviews - from Punch: "His dry, detached irony, his inspired reporting of detail and dialogue, his wit and his ability to suggest character and his complete avoidance of padding all show to great advantage in this story of a travel book writer whom nobody knew and everybody wondered about.".236 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (some toning to the dj).

    Book ID: 61741
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  • BLOOD OF MY BONE: The First Born of Egypt: Volume V. by Raven, Simon.
    Raven, Simon.
    BLOOD OF MY BONE: The First Born of Egypt: Volume V.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Frederick Muller Limited, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - "The demise of the provost of Lancaster sets off a chain of disgraceful doings. A novel set in the world of Academe which is one of scurrilous intrigue, plagued by incompetence, senility, fanaticism, atrophy and casual lust - though nevertheless 'a decent kind of place'." 197 pp. ISBN: 0-091738393.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 78623
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  • BEFORE THE COCK CROW: The First Born of Egypt: Volume III. by Raven, Simon (1907-2001)
    Raven, Simon (1907-2001)
    BEFORE THE COCK CROW: The First Born of Egypt: Volume III.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Muller, Blond and White, Ltd, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third novel in this saga by this English novelist, essayist, and dramatist, who was also controversial amusing and offensive - a series whose theme is "the purposes, beliefs and ways of life of the growing young as observed, encouraged or deplored by their elders." Written primarily for money (Raven was for many year's on Blood's payroll), in these he also had "fun killing off many of the survivors from the earlier sequence, usually in absurd and/or humiliating circumstances." 250 pp. Wraparound dust jacket painting by Lawrence Toynbee. ISBN: 0-58431177x.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (slight crease to laminate of dj, a publishing flaw)

    Book ID: 85454
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  • THE FACE OF THE WATERS: The First Born of Egypt: Volume II. by Raven, Simon (1907-2001)
    Raven, Simon (1907-2001)
    THE FACE OF THE WATERS: The First Born of Egypt: Volume II.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Muller, Blond and White, Ltd, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second novel in this saga by this English novelist, essayist, and dramatist, who was also controversial amusing and offensive - a series whose theme is "the purposes, beliefs and ways of life of the growing young as observed, encouraged or deplored by their elders." Written primarily for money (Raven was for many year's on Blood's payroll), in these he also had "fun killing off many of the survivors from the earlier sequence, usually in absurd and/or humiliating circumstances." 250 pp. Wraparound dust jacket painting by Lawrence Toynbee. ISBN: 0-856341762.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 85695
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  • SATIRE AGAINST HUSBANDS by Regnard, J. F. (Jean Francois, 1655-1709); Translated by Roland Gant; illustrated by Clauss.
    Regnard, J. F. (Jean Francois, 1655-1709); Translated by Roland Gant; illustrated by Clauss.
    SATIRE AGAINST HUSBANDS

    Edition: First printing.

    Emmaus, Pa., and London: Miniature Books / Rodale Books, (1954) dj. Hardcover first edition - A long satirical- and mischievous - poem originally published in the seventeenth century which lists the shortcomings of men and warns women against them. Translated from the French by Roland Gant with a translator's note. Delightful color illustrations by Clauss. A title in the the publisher's Miniature Books series. 30 pp.

    Condition: Near fine with a beige and lavender spine over illustrated paper covered boards in a very good dust jacket original price, of 4s. 6d., still present (toning to the dj)

    Book ID: 83370
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  • Robillard, G. Xavier.
    CAPTAIN FREEDOM: A Superhero's Quest for Truth, Justice, and the Celebrity He So Richly Deserves.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy for this trade paperback original.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel - "a wicked satire about politics, office life, the fashion world, NPR, celebrity, Hollywood, superheroes, villains, and much more." SIGNED on the title page with the words "To Freedom!" 258 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 57209
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  • CAPTAIN FREEDOM: A Superhero's Quest for Truth, Justice, and the Celebrity He So Richly Deserves. by Robillard, G. Xavier.
    Robillard, G. Xavier.
    CAPTAIN FREEDOM: A Superhero's Quest for Truth, Justice, and the Celebrity He So Richly Deserves.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy for this trade paperback original.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2008.). First edition - The author's first novel - "a wicked satire about politics, office life, the fashion world, NPR, celebrity, Hollywood, superheroes, villains, and much more." 258 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 58605
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  • SEEING. by Saramago, Jose.
    Saramago, Jose.
    SEEING.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sequel to his powerful novel 'Blindness.' A satire on government by this Nobel Prize winning author. Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jill Costa. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1012385.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 54754
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  • BLACK NO MORE: Being an Account of the Strange and Wonderful Working of Science in the Land of the Free, A.D. 1933-1940. by Schuyler, George S. (1895-1977)
    Schuyler, George S. (1895-1977)
    BLACK NO MORE: Being an Account of the Strange and Wonderful Working of Science in the Land of the Free, A.D. 1933-1940.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, (2011). A humorous work of speculative fiction, the first novel, originally published in 1931, by this African American journalist and author, perhaps best known for his autobiography "Black and Conservative." A "biting satire which not only debunks the myths of white supremacy and racial purity but also lampoons prominent leaders of the NAACP and the Harlem Renaissance. [It] offers a hilarious take on the hypocrisy and demagoguery surrounding America's obsession with skin color. According to Max Disher, an ambitious young black man in 1930s New York, someone of his race has only three alternatives: 'Get out, get white, or get along.' Incapable of getting out and unhappy with getting along, Max leaps at the remaining…

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    Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, (2011). A humorous work of speculative fiction, the first novel, originally published in 1931, by this African American journalist and author, perhaps best known for his autobiography "Black and Conservative." A "biting satire which not only debunks the myths of white supremacy and racial purity but also lampoons prominent leaders of the NAACP and the Harlem Renaissance. [It] offers a hilarious take on the hypocrisy and demagoguery surrounding America's obsession with skin color. According to Max Disher, an ambitious young black man in 1930s New York, someone of his race has only three alternatives: 'Get out, get white, or get along.' Incapable of getting out and unhappy with getting along, Max leaps at the remaining possibility. Thanks to a certain Dr. Junius Crookman and his mysterious process, Max and other eager clients develop bleached skin that permits them to enter previously forbidden territory. What they discover in white society, however, gives them second thoughts." vi, 151 pp. ISBN: 978-0486480404.

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    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 78136
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  • THE GREAT APES. by Self, Will.
    Self, Will.
    THE GREAT APES.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Grove Press, (1997). SIGNED first edition - "After a night of routine debauchery in London's clubland, the artist Simon Dykes falls asleep - only to wake up to find his girlfriend has been transmogrified into a chimp. Indeed the whole of London, though functioning normally, is run and inhabited by chimps. Can the great chimp-doctor, Zack Busner, cure him of his illusion that he's human?" SIGNED on the title page. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. 404 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers in a fine folded slipcase with a wraparound cardboard band.

    Book ID: 67172
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  • THE BOYS OF SUMMER. by Sheed, Wilfrid.
    Sheed, Wilfrid.
    THE BOYS OF SUMMER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - A "perfect comic novel about art, life and sex in a literary hamlet in the Hamptons" in which two rivals race to be the first to write the perfect comic novel about art, life and sex in a literary hamlet in the Hamptons, as they also struggle to ready the writers' softball team for a match against a movie crew. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-39455874x.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket. (embossed name of previous owner on front endpaper)

    Book ID: 87325
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