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THE AUNT LUTE ANTHOLOGY OF U. S. WOMEN WRITERS, VOLUME 2: THE 20TH CENTURY.
Edition: First printing, a very thick trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (lower corner bumped.) Review copy with publisher's material laid in.
Book ID: 55350More details Price: $60.00 -
WOMEN ON HUNTING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ecco Press, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of fiction, poetry and essays by women writers on the subject of hunting. Edited with an introduction by Houston (who had worked as a hunting guide in Alaska.) SIGNED by Houston on the title page. Includes contributions from Antonya Nelson, Jane Hirshfield, Susan Griffin, Ann Beattie , Francine Prose. Annie Dillard, Louise Erdrich, Joyce Carol Oates, Jane Smiley, Margaret Atwood, Kim Barnes, Mary Clearman Blew, Tess Gallagher, Alice Hoffman and others. 336 pp. ISBN: 0-88001-332X.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 80507More details Price: $35.00 -
BAD GIRLS: 26 Writers Misbehave.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, (2007). SIGNED hardcover first edition - An anthology of essays by women writers with an uncommon premise. As Sussman states: "I behave badly to set myself apart. To test myself. To push myself. To prove something. To shock someone....I behave badly because I can." and she invited 25 other "bad girls" to share their stories. SIGNED by THREE authors - INSCRIBED on the title page by Sussman and SIGNED by Ann Hood at her essay "Lying" and by Pam Houston at "Executrix." Also includes essays by Elizabeth Benedict, Mary Roach, Kim Addonizio, Susan Straight, M. J. Rose and more. Notes on contributors. 304 pp. ISBN: 978-0393064636.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 75492More details Price: $40.00 -
THE FOURTH WOMANSLEUTH ANTHOLOGY: Contemporary Mystery Stories by Women.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Freedom, California: Crossing Press, (1991.). SIGNED first edition - Collects 15 stories by women writers. SIGNED by S, J. Rozan at her story 'Prosperity Restaurant.' Also includes stories by Caroline Stafford, Barbara Wilson, Judith Post and others. Notes on contributors. 194 pp. ISBN: 0-89594-5215.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (corners slightly bumped)
Book ID: 56059More details Price: $18.00 -
HERS: Brilliant New Stories by Lesbian Writers.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 78648More details Price: $16.50 -
WHORE.
Edition: First US printing, a trade paperback original.
New York: Grove Press / Black Cat, (2005). First edition - Canadian author's semi-autobiographical first novel, a look at the world's oldest profession by a writer who worked within it. "Cynthia," as the nameless narrator calls herself professionally, is a French-Canadian Catholic who escapes her strict upbringing and schooling by the nuns, and moves to Montreal where she finds work in a bar. One day she answers the ad of an escort agency, and so she is found by new calling. Translated from the French by Bruce Benderson. Finalist for both the Prix MŽdicis and the Prix FŽmina. 172 pp. ISBN: 0-802170021.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 79690More details Price: $25.00 -
BAD GUYS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her third book, but her first novel in a comic mode, interwoven with tragedy and combined with her lyrical descriptions of the far Northern wilderness. Set against the backdrop of the Gulf of Alaska, this is the story of the inhabitants of an island work camp for juvenile delinquents. ISBN: 0-394-55442-6.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, some spine slant, in a near fine dj.
Book ID: 24866More details Price: $9.50 -
ANTARCTIC NAVIGATION
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Arthur's fourth, and most powerful, novel - the story of an expedition to Antarctica led by a young American woman inspired by Scott's tragic journey 80 years before. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 798 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-679418954.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 80683More details Price: $40.00 -
BINDING SPELL.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Bantam, (1990.). An aspiring witch, an Hungarian herbalist, the town's sheriff, and two visiting professors from Russia are only some of the characters that come together in this novel set in America's heartland. ISBN: 0-553-348051.
Condition: Very good+.
Book ID: 27139More details Price: $8.00 -
OCTAVIA.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1928. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel by this English noblewoman, best known for her very controversial autobiography. A glimpse of life among the upper classes in the 1920's.
Condition: Very good+ in a very good dustjacket - dustjacket is of embossed gold foil, with purple bands at the top and bottom, has some edgewear, including several small chips, but is overall quite striking. (prev owner's name.)
Book ID: 20590More details Price: $30.00 -
IT'S RAINING IN MANGO
Edition: First American edition.
New York: Putnam, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - Subtitled "Pictures from a family album," this is the story of one Australian family, spanning over a century starting in 1861 when Cornelius Laffey slipped ashore.
Condition: Very good in a very good- dustjacket (toning to pages, dj is priced clipped and has some edgewear, one closed tear.)
Book ID: 13000More details Price: $10.00 -
CODA.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Putnam, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - A brief novel by this award-winning Australian novelist in which old age is looked at with both irony and grief.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (some toning to the pages, slight fading on the spine of the dj.)
Book ID: 15711More details Price: $15.00 -
CODA.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Putnam, 1994. dj. Hardcover - A brief novel by this award-winning Australian novelist in which old age is looked at with both irony and grief.
Condition: Near fine in a like dustjacket (some toning to the pages, slight fading on the spine of the dj.)
Book ID: 15740More details Price: $10.00 -
BEACHMASTERS.
Edition: First American edition.
New York: Viking, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Tenth novel by one of Australia's most noted writer (ther-time winner of the prestigious Miles Franklin Award.) Review copy with publisher's material laid in.
Condition: F/VG (fading to dj spine, top edge)
Book ID: 6924More details Price: $25.00 -
IT'S RAINING IN MANGO
Edition: First American edition.
New York: Putnam, 1987. Hardcover first edition - Subtitled "Pictures from a family album," this is the story of one Australian family, spanning over a century starting in 1861 when Cornelius Laffey slipped ashore.
Condition: NF/NF (rem mark, bump to lower edge of front board.)
Book ID: 6925More details Price: $14.00 -
TWO BY ASTLEY: A Kindness Cup & The Acoylyte
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Putnam, 1988. Hardcover first edition - First publication in the United States of two of Astley's early (1974 and 1972) award-winning novels.
Condition: NF/F (rem mark, some browning to pages.)
Book ID: 6926More details Price: $15.00 -
AMERICAN WIVES AND ENGLISH HUSBANDS.
Edition: Reprint.
New York: Internation Association of Newspapers, 1901. Hardcover - A rather appealing early reprint of this novel of a San Francisco girl who marries a British aristocrat, a friend of her childhood in San Francisco, before his father inherited the title. Small format. 339 pp.
Condition: Very good in illustrated dark green cloth (some rubbing and wear to the spine).
Book ID: 46345More details Price: $15.00 -
BLACK OXEN.
Edition: 6th printing in March, just 2 months after the first printing in Jan.
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1923. Hardcover - Although not a first printing, this was obviously used as a review copy - there are several stamps on the front endpapers stating 'advance copy/ not for resale.'
Condition: Very good in black cloth with some spine slant, marbelized edges on the text block.
Book ID: 14973More details Price: $15.00 -
THE HORN OF LIFE.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Appleton- Century, 1942. dj. Hardcover first edition - One of the later titles in the group of novels which she wrote, each focusing on a different decade, known as the 'San Francisco Series.' This is set in the 1920's.
Condition: Very good in a good only dustjacket (edgewear and chipping)
Book ID: 27465More details Price: $30.00 -
BLACK OXEN.
Edition: 2nd printing in February, just 1 months after the first printing in Jan.
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1923. dj. Hardcover - A novel set in New York in the world of the "Sophisticates" in the very uncommon, and attractive dustjacket with an art deco illustration on the front cover and the words "second large printing" on the spine.
Condition: Very good+ in black cloth with the previous owner's name on the front endpaper, marbelized edges on the text block. The dustjacket has some rubbing and wear and the folds and the edges, is somewhat faded on the spine, but is overall in good condition.
Book ID: 15844More details Price: $50.00 -
THE CRYSTAL CUP
Edition: 3rd printing, in the same month as the first.
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. dj. Hardcover - Novel of the 'jazz age' by this San Francisco area writer -Frontispiece drawing of Atherton. 315 pp. Unusual green marbled edges, striking art nouveau dustjacket art by Ty Mahon.
Condition: Very good+ in a very good dustjacket (neat previous owner's name, some edgewear and small chips to the edgewear to the dj)
Book ID: 34789More details Price: $25.00 -
JULIA FRANCE AND HER TIMES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Macmillan, 1912. Hardcover first edition - Novel which begins on St Kitts with the introduction of 18 year old Julia Edis to society - Julia was the youngest daughter of the redoubtable Mrs Edis who had for years been suspected of dabbling in the black arts with the assistance of an old Creole from Martinique. 533 pp plus 2 pp of advertisements.
Condition: Missing front endpaper, but otherwise near fine in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering - covers bright and clean, with almost no wear, spine and binding tight and straight.
Book ID: 32700More details Price: $25.00 -
THE HOUSE OF LEE.
Edition: First printing ("1" on the last page as required.)
New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1940. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of three generations of women in an old San Francisco family which has been declining in wealth over the years - and how they, untrained in financial affairs as they were, managed to come to grips with the new world they found themselves in. One of her Calilifornia novels, set "in the present." 302 pp. Dust jacket art by E. H. Suydam.
Condition: Near fine in a good only dust jacket (price clipped, some foxing and sunning to the spine of the dj, minor edgewear.) Uncommon in the first edition and in dust jacket.
Book ID: 53527More details Price: $35.00 -
LOS CERRITOS: A Romance of the Modern Time.
Edition: First printing.
New York: John W.Lovell Company, (1890). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Scarce early novel by Gertrude Atherton, a story of the Californios, using their dialect, and featuring Carmelita, the daughter of the notorious bandit Joaquin Murietta. INSCRIBED on a blank preliminary page and dated in 1936. 304 pp.
Condition: Very good in black cloth with gilt lettering (some shelfwear to bottom edge, corners slightly bumped, but a tight and sturdy copy)
Book ID: 69522More details Price: $450.00 -
HUMAN CROQUET.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Picador, 1997. SIGNED first edition - Her second novel - her first won the Whitbread Book of the Year award. SIGNED on the title page. 350 pp plus final illustration.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 17002More details Price: $35.00 -
HUMAN CROQUET.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Picador, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her second novel - her first won the Whitbread Book of the Year award. Includes instructions for playing the game at the end of the book, complete with a picture of the game in progress. SIGNED on the title page. 349 pp. ISBN: 0-385-4093516.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 75265More details Price: $40.00 -
WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS?
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Boston: Little Brown, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - Third novel featuring Jackson Brodie, ex-cop, ex-private detective, retired millionaire. SIGNED on the title page. 390 pp.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (lower corner of front cover creased)
Book ID: 80668More details Price: $28.50 -
WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS?
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Boston: Little Brown, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - Third novel featuring Jackson Brodie, ex-cop, ex-private detective, retired millionaire. SIGNED on the title page. 390 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 80669More details Price: $35.00 -
WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS?
Edition: First US printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel featuring Jackson Brodie, ex-cop, ex-private detective, retired millionaire. SIGNED on the title page. 388 pp. ISBN: 0-316-154857.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 80670More details Price: $40.00 -
THE BLIND ASSASSIN.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Doubleday, 2000. dj. Hardcover -. ISBN: 0-385-475721.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award.
Book ID: 25722More details Price: $10.00