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ACHEBE, CHINUA.
A Man of the People.
New York:
The John Day co.
1966.
First U.S. edition.
A fine book in a close to near fine dust jacket. Some wear at the extremities. The fourth novel by the Nigerian author of Things Fall Apart. This is a Burgess 99 novel and considered one of the best books to come out of West Africa. [Book #24162]
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ADIGA, ARAVIND.
The White Tiger.
London:
Atlantic.
2008.
First British edition.
A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The true first edition. The White Tiger is the story of two Indias, told in Adiga's mordant wit. Winner of the Man Booker Prize. Signed by the author on a laid in bookplate. [Book #24339]
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AKUNIN, BORIS.
The Winter Queen.
London:
Weidenfeld and Nicholson.
2003.
First British edition.
Fine in fine dust jacket. A Russian mystery translated into English. Signed by the author and the translator, Andrew Bromfield. Akunin's signature, scarce indeed, is on a Weidenfeld & Nicholson bookplate laid into the book. Boris Akunin is a pseudonym of critic and essayist Grigory Chkhartshvili who published his first mysteries in 1998. [Book #18149]
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ALTSHELER, JOSEPH.
The Quest of the Four: A Story of the Comanches and Buena Vista.
New York:
Appleton Century
1938.
Later printing.
A near fine book in a very good plus (original) dust jacket. Jacket is clipped at four corrners of the front and rear flaps, but price of $2.00 is present. Slight darkening to the jacket spine and some wear at the head. This book is from the files of the publisher, D. Appleton Century Co. The front endpaper has stamping showing that it had been withdrawn from the library. A nice collectible copy. [Book #22342]
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ALVAREZ, JULIA.
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents.
Chapel Hill, NC:
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
1991.
Hardcover.
First edition, first printing.
Fine in fine dust jacket. A fine, unread copy. Signed by the author. [Book #20969]
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(ANTHOLOGY) EDITED BY ANN BEATTIE.
The Best American Short Stories. 1987.
Houghton Mifflin
1987.
Hard Cover.
First edition.
Fine in a close to fine dust jacket. Price clipped. Signed by Susan Sontag, John Updike, Madison Smartt Bell, Alice Munro and Charles Baxter. [Book #14231]
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BALDWIN, JAMES.
Nobody Knows My Name.
New York:
Dial Press.
1961.
First edition.
A fine book in a close to fine dust jacket. Slight darkening to the jacket spine. Signed by Baldwin on the title page. [Book #22039]
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BARTHELME, DONALD.
Snow White.
New York:
Atheneum.
1967.
First edition, first printing.
A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Light toning to the rear panel. The author's first novel. [Book #25070]
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BERRIAULT, GINA.
The Descent.
New York:
Atheneum.
1960.
First edition.
Shallow, thin scratch to the front panel of the dust jacket and front cover of th book, else fine in fine dust jacket. This is an advance review copy with the publisher's dated review slip laid in. Also laid into this copy is a 1983 TLS of 200 words from Berriault to a publisher in which she recommends the work of author/screenwriter Jeremy Larner. [Book #25084]
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BERRIAULT, GINA.
The Descent.
London:
Arthur Barker.
1960.
First British edition.
A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Some soiling to the rear panel. The author's first novel set oin 1964 amid the arms race between the U.S. and Russia. [Book #25085]
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BERRY, WENDELL (DRAWINGS BY BEN SHAHN.).
November Twenty-Six Nineteen Hundred Sixty Three.
New York:
George Braziller
1964.
First edition.
A limited edition book that commemorated the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The text is a poem by Wendell Berry that first appeared in The Nation. There are striking black and white drawings by Ben Shahn. Fine in fine slipcase. Signed by both Berry and Shahn on a limitation page. Additionally, Shahn has signed this on the title page. This edition also has a tipped-in color illustration not found in the trade edition. i [Book #19683]
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BERRY, WENDELL.
The Hidden Wound.
Boston:
Houghton Mifflin.
1970.
First edition.
A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A lovely copy with just a hint of sunning to the jacket spine. Signed by the author on a laid in bookplate. [Book #24547]
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BERRY, WENDELL.
Watch with Me.
New York:
Pantheon
1994.
Hardcover.
First edition, first printing.
Fine in a nearly fine dust jacket. A couple of creases to the front jacket flap. Signed by the author on the title page. [Book #24556]
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BOWLES, PAUL.
Let It Come Down.
New York:
Random House.
1952.
Hard Cover.
First U.S. edition.
A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Minor creasing to the rear panel and a couple of nicks to the extremities. The author's second novel following The Sheltering Sky. [Book #24746]
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BOWLES, PAUL.
THE SHELTERING SKY.
New York:
Scribner.
1990.
First edition.
A fine book in illustrated wrappers. A large oversize book with stiff covers containing many color photos. This is about the filming of ""The Sheltering Sky"" by Paul Bowles that starred Debra Winger and John Malkovich and was directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Stills and candids and interviews and material on Paul Bowles and all the major players in the making of the film. This is signed by Paul Bowles on the title page and uncommon thus. [Book #22432]
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BOYD, WILLIAM.
A Good Man in Africa.
London:
Hamish Hamilton
1981.
First British edition.
Fine in dust jacket (one tiny, internally mended tear) with almost none of the usual fading to the background color on the spine. The author's first book, set in a mythical West African country. [Book #24144]
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BOYD, WILLIAM.
An Ice Cream War.
London:
Hamish Hamilton Ltd
1982.
Hardcover.
First British edition.
A nearly fine book in a fine dust jacket. Price clipped. Slight spine lean. The author's second novel about the first World War in British East Africa. [Book #24343]
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BOYD, WILLIAM.
An Ice Cream War.
London:
Hamish Hamilton Ltd
1982.
Hardcover.
First British edition.
A close to fine book in a near fine dust jacket. The third book by the author of A Good Man in Africa and On the Yankee Station. [Book #24705]
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BROOKS, GERALDINE.
March: A Novel.
New York:
Viking
2005.
Hardcover.
First edition, first printing.
Fine in a fine dust jacket. A pristine, unread copy. Signed by the author on the title page. The surprise winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this second novel is a richly imagined tale of the father of Louisa May Alcott set during the Civil War. [Book #23963]
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BURROUGHS, WILLIAM S.
The Ticket That Exploded.
New York:
Grove Press.
1962.
First U.S. edition.
A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Light foxing to the top edges. Orange boards and white dustjacket, clean and bright. Signed by Burroughs on the title page. [Book #22335]
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CALDWELL, ERSKINE.
God's Little Acre.
New York.:
Grosset & Dunlap
1933.
First edition thus.
One of the highlights of the illustrious career of Erskine Caldwell. This is a very good book in a very good dust jacket. Wear at the jacket spine ends and at the extremities. This is a special ""autograph edition"" of Caldwell's controversial storyof Georgia dirt farmers. Signed by the the author on the front free endpaper. Signed by the author. [Book #25371]
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CAMPBELL, BEBE MOORE.
Successful Women, Angry Men.
Random House
1986.
First edition.
Fine in a fine dust jacket. The author's first book, a non-fiction account of the relationships between men and women. [Book #16305]
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CANIN, ETHAN.
Emperor of the Air.
Boston:
Houghton Mifflin
1988.
First edition, first printing.
Fine in a close to fine dust jacket. Slight sunning to the jacket spine. The author's first book and winner of the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship. Canin was selected by Granta magazine as one of the 20 best young novelists in America. He is the author of America America, just published to excellent reviews. Signed by Canin on the title page. [Book #24143]
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CARTER. FORREST.
The Education of Little Tree.
New York.:
Delacorte
1976.
First edition.
Fine in fine dust jacket. [Book #17528]
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CARVER, RAYMOND.
Cathedral.
New York:
Knopf
1973.
Hard Cover.
First edition.
Fine in fine dust jacket. The author's third collection of stories. [Book #13955]
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