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New York: Doubleday, 1994. ARC . Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is an Advance Reading Copy, or ARC (similar to, but not the same as an "Uncorrected Proof" or an "Unedited, Uncorrected Page Proof") - a publishing state fast becoming an attractive "collectible", as it precedes the First Edition. Houston Criminal Intelligence Division head Marcus Graver discovers an international consortium involved in selling private computerized information as well as illegal drugs and arms trafficking (activities largely financed by legitimate businessmen). 519 pages, with a promotional letter from the author laid-in. CONDITION: a bright, tight, square, unmarked, uncreased copy with negligible shelf-wear (just tiny scuffs at two spine-end corners). This beautiful, highly collectible copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.

New York: DAvis Publications, Inc., 1982. Side-Stapled Wraps. Very Good Minus. 5.25" x 7.5. An outstanding issue of one of the most popular vintage detective/mystery digest magazines. CONTENTS: (see accompanying scan image of the Table of Contents).160 pages. CONDITION: a bright, solid, unmarked copy with moderate shelf-wear and a couple light cover creases, compromised only by a slanted spine and evidence of a removed mailing label on the front cover. This attractive copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board.

New York: Poseidon Press, 1987. Advance Reading Copy (ARC) . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is the limited Advance Uncorrected Proof state - not quite the same as, but often referred to as an Advance Reading Copy, or ARC - fast becoming an attractive "collectible", as it precedes the First Edition. This trade paperback appears to have the same size page-block as the subsequent hardcover First Edition. It's Campbell's second novel featuring the down-on-his-luck detective Whistler, set in a dark, sleazy Los Angeles. "Here we find Whistler staring out the window of his favorite coffee shop, watching the freak show and waiting for a miracle, when into his life steps Nell Twelvetrees, looking for a bodyguard." 279 pages. CONDITION: a solid, square, unmarked copy with minimal shelf-wear, compromised only by a touch of sunning on the spine, a light bump to the rear corner of the spine top, and a gentle bend (not quite a… Read More

New York: Pocket Books, 1993. ARC . Large Softcover. Near Fine. This is an Advance Reading Copy, or ARC - a publishing state fast becoming an attractive "collectible", as it precedes the First Edition. When Nancy Kincaid comes into work, an unfamiliar woman tells her to leave. This is Nancy Kincaid's office, the woman says, but you are not Nancy Kincaid. As Nancy protests, her memory grows fuzzy and her reason seems to slip away. None of her workmates recognize her, and she is distracted by a voice in her head that suggests she shoot them all. Ejected from her office, she collects herself in the park. A homeless man pesters her, mumbling that at eight o'clock-the animal hour-there is someone she has to kill. Over and over she tells him to leave, until she finds the pistol in her purse. She kills the bum and sets off a whirlwind of insane violence that will not stop until the animal hour comes to pass. 322 pages, a publisher's "review" card laid-in. CONDITION: a bright, tight, square, unmarked,… Read More

Barrytown, New York: Station Hill Press, 1980. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. From a Limited Edition of 1,300 copies, an early masterpiece by the recently-deceased avant-garde writer/composer/pianist. CONTENTS: The Long Windows, Yellow Room, Non-Tek Essay on Gorppling, Black New York, A Ritual Embedding of the Spider's Risk into non-Hausdorff M-Space, The Spaghetti Phallaxy, 5 Breathing Moments for Eve Rosenthal on her Birthday, Cobordon, Distance Function, A Ritual Embedding of the Spider's Risk into non-Hausdorff M-Space (Kelly expansion), PreTextS (seven pieces, including "Mac Low"), Kotext, Rugugmool/Love of Moon. 90 pages. CONDITION: a solid, square copy with moderate shelf-wear, unmarked but for the author's inscription on the title page, compromised by some cover creases and a thin vertical cut in the lower right corner of the front cover (visible in the accompanying scan image - repaired on the back with… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, 1990. Uncorrected Proof . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. THE NEW COLLECTIBLE! This is the limited (advance) Uncorrected Proof state - not quite the same as, but often referred to as an Advance Reading Copy, or ARC - fast becoming an attractive "collectible", as it precedes the First Edition. Leila Sand - artist, mother, celebrity - is addicted to a narcissistic younger man. The novel follows her on an odyssey of bizarre escape routes as she tries to free herself from self-chosen emotional enslavement. 356 pages. CONDITION: a bright, square, uncreased copy with minimal shelf-wear, compromised only by a small marked-out price in the upper right corner of the front cover (see accompanying scan image) and a red "remainder" line on the page-block top, with faint touches of rubbing on the back cover. This excellent copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.

Eugene, Oregon: Pulphouse Publishing, 1990. First Thus . Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. George Barr (cover portrait). An excellent collection of Shiner's early stories, all written before his first novel (Frontera), and revised for this compilation. CONTENTS: nine stories [titles gladly supplied on request] and an Introduction by the author; 120 pages. CONDITION: a solid unmarked, uncreased copy with negligible shelf-wear - now in a clear, snug, protective polypropylene bag.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1989. Advance Reading Copy (ARC) . Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. THE NEW COLLECTIBLE! This is the limited (advance) Uncorrected Proof state - not quite the same as, but often referred to as an Advance Reading Copy, or ARC - fast becoming an attractive "collectible", as it precedes the First Edition. It is a story of love and high adventure, set in the Caribbean. Pilot Winston Riviere, soon to be respectably married after a living a rather wild life, finds a small plane abandoned at the St. Thomas airport by dope smugglers. A terrible hurricane complicates his attempt to take possession of the plane, while linking his fate with that of a young, disenchanted tourist. 235 pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, square, unmarked, uncreased copy with nieglgible shelf-wear - now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. Advance Reading Copy (ARC) . Large Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The sequel to Wilhelm's best-selling Death Qualified, in a scarce, highly collectible LIMITED EDITION ADVANCE READING COPY or ARC (similar to, but not the same as an "Uncorrected Proof" or an "Unedited, Uncorrected Page Proof") - a publishing state fast becoming an attractive "collectible", as it precedes the First Edition and is generally limited to just a few hundred copies. NOTE: A photocopy promotional letter from Kate Wilhelm to booksellers is laid in. 342 pages. CONDITION: a bright, solid, square, unmarked, possibly unread copy with negligible shelf-wear, compromised only by some light creasing in the lower left corner of the back cover. This handsome copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.

New York: Summit Books, 1989. Uncorrected Proof . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [NOTE: scan is of the BACK cover, with an arresting photo of the author.] This is the limited (advance) Uncorrected Proof state - not quite the same as, but often referred to as an Advance Reading Copy, or ARC - fast becoming an attractive "collectible", as it precedes the First Edition. Bicycle Days, the author's first novel, chronicle's a young, recently-Yale-graduated American's coming of age in Japan, amidst an atmosphere of cultural differences and incongruities. 290 pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, square, unmarked copy with minimal shelf-wear, compromised only by the faint ghost of a coffee-cup ring on the front cover (for which a scan will gladly be supplied on request - really, it's very faint) and a near-crease on the back cover. This handsome, collectible copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.

New York: Viking Press, 1993. Uncorrected Proof . Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is an Uncorrected Proof - not quite the same as, but often referred to as an Advance Reading Copy, or ARC - fast becoming an attractive "collectible", as it precedes the First Edition. It is a harrowing debut novel by this gifted African-American writer and Vietnam veteran - the story of 10-year-old Billy, who is arrested, convicted, and executed for murdering a white girl in 1930s Mississippi. French's style has been compared to that of Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright. 214 pages. CONDITION: a bright, square, unmarked, uncreased copy with no apparent shelf-wear - now enfolded in a promotional wrap-around (featuring the enthusiastic remarks of John Edgar Wideman) and stored in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.

New York: Harper Collins, 1994. ARC . Large Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is an Advance Reading Copy, or ARC - a publishing state fast becoming an attractive "collectible", as it precedes the First Edition. At the crossroads of his life, Lipsha Morrissey is summoned by his grandmother to return to the reservation. There, he falls in love for the very first time - with the beautiful Shawnee Ray, who's already considering a marriage proposal from Lipsha's wealthy entrepreneurial boss, Lyman Lamartine. But when all efforts to win Shawnee's affections go hopelessly awry, Lipsha seeks out his great-grandmother for a magical solution to his romantic dilemma - on sacred ground where a federally sanctioned bingo palace is slated for construction. 246 pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, square, unmarked, uncreased, likely unread copy with light edge- and corner-wear. This handsome, collectible copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994. ARC . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is an Advance Reading Copy, or ARC - a publishing state fast becoming an attractive "collectible", as it precedes the First Edition. Howard Norman's The Bird Artist, the first book of his Canadian trilogy, begins in 1911. Its narrator, Fabian Vas is a bird artist: He draws and paints the birds of Witless Bay, his remote Newfoundland coastal village home. In the first paragraph of his tale Fabian reveals that he has murdered the village lighthouse keeper, Botho August. Later, he confesses who and what drove him to his crime - a measured, profoundly engrossing story of passion, betrayal, guilt, and redemption between men and women. 289 pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, unmarked, uncreased, possibly unread copy with minimal shelf-wear. This attractive, collectible copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1988. Advance Reading Copy (ARC) . Large Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This pre-first edition Advance Uncorrected Proof copy is signed by the author on a label pasted onto the inside front cover making it very highly collectible. 306 pages. CONDITION: a bright, solid, square unmarked copy with minimal shelfwear, compromised only by a touch of sunning on the spine and a tiny cover corner bump-crease, This attractive copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.

New York: Poseidon Press, 1988. Advance Reading Copy (ARC) . Trade Paperback. Fine Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. THE NEW COLLECTIBLE: A Fine Minus copy of the Advance Uncorrected Proofs. [This state is also sometimes referred to - appropriately or not - as an Advance Reading Copy, or ARC.] A stunning collection of disturbing tales by "the first postmodern-gothic storyteller". CONTENTS: The Angel, The Explorer, The Black Hand of the Raj, Lush Triumphant, Ambrose Syme, The Arnold Crombeck Story, Blood Disease, The Skewer, Marmilion, Hand of a Wanker, The Boot's Tale, The E(rot)ic Potato, Blood and Water; 184 pages. CONDITION: a solid, square, unmarked, uncreased copy with negligible shelf-wear, compromised only by a touch of sunning on the spine. This handsome and very collectible copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.

New York: Doubleday, 1992. Uncorrected Proof . Large Softcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. THE NEW COLLECTIBLE! This is a Limited Edition Uncorrected Proof copy, often designated as an Advance Reader's Copy/ARC (though they are usually not technically the same.) As such, this small-print-run state precedes the First Edition - hence its collectibility. This large paperback edition appears to have the same size page-block as the subsequent hardcover. This thriller, set in Guatemala, follows detective Jim Fossler and Stuart Haydon as they try to locate the missing daughter of a wealthy businessman. The story is populated by American expatriates, corrupt military officials, and Guatemalan guerillas, plus an elusive woman quite different from who her parents thought she was. 417 pages. CONDITION: a solid, square, unmarked Very Good Plus copy with light shelf-wear, a hint of spine sunning, and a couple very faint creases on the cover. This attractive,… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. Advance Reading Copy (ARC) . Trade Paperback. Fine Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. THE NEW COLLECTIBLE! This is a Limited Edition special Advance Reader's Copy, also designated as an Uncorrected Proof (though they are technically not the same.) As such this state precedes the First Edition - thus its collectibility. This large paperback edition appears to have the same size page-block as the hardcover. "A smorgasbord of irresponsible, unprotected sexual relations, this attention-grabbing novel by the Reagans' rebellious daughter (The Way I See It) seeks to show that bondage doesn't always mean S & M." quoted from Publisher's Weekly. 338 pages. CONDITION: a bright, square, unmarked copy with negligible shelf-wear, conpromised only by a bend (not quite a crease) in the upper right region of the front cover, faintly evident as well in the outer margins of the first couple chapters. (I'm very clinical in my… Read More

New York: Pocket Books, 1993. Advance Reading Copy (ARC) . Large Softcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. THE NEW COLLECTIBLE: A copy of the Advance Uncorrected Proofs. [This state is also sometimes referred to - appropriately or not - as an Advance Reading Copy, or ARC.] SYNOPSIS: "From their well-stocked wine cellar to the sunlit terraces of their New Hampshire lakeside home, Skip and Gamble Whitney share a golden life, and the best part of it all is their ten-year-old son, Justin. Then one bright autumn afternoon, they break bad news to him: they are filing for divorce. As his parents mouth words of reassurance, one question burns its way through Justin's pain and confusion: What can I do to stop them? Hire a lawyer and sue his parents not to divorce." 305 pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, unmarked, uncreased, apparently unread copy with negligible shelf-wear (just a light bump to the lower left cover corner). This attractive copy is now in a clear,… Read More

New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1994. Uncorrected Proof . Paperback. Fine Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is the limited (advance) Uncorrected Proof state - not quite the same as, but often referred to as an Advance Reading Copy, or ARC - fast becoming an attractive "collectible", as it precedes the First Edition. A sensitive, humorous tale of a young woman coming into her own rescued by music. 294 pages and including a laid-in promotional letter from Doubleday publisher and editorial director Nan Talese. CONDITION: a bright, tight, square, unmarked, uncreased Fine Minus copy with minimal shelf-wear. This handsome, highly collectible copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.

New York: Viking Press, 1995. 1985 Reprint . Trade Paperback. Fine Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is an "Advance Uncorrected Proofs" copy - often referred to as an "Advance Reading Copy" [or ARC] and an "Unedited, Uncorrected Page Proof" - fast becoming an attractive collectible, as it precedes the First Edition. "The violent death of a psychiatrist sends his wife on a journey into her hidden self." 322 pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, square, unmarked, likely unread Fine Minus copy with negligible shelf-wear - just a single small near-crease on the cover. This handsome, collectible copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.