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New York: HarperCollins,, (1995). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in glossy illustrated boards in a like dust jacket with a window cut out in the front. . First printing. Maguire's first novel for adults, a fantasy based on the Oz stories - but told from the viewpoint of the vanquished Wicked Witch of the West.… Read more about this item

New York:: HarperPerennial,, (2013). First edition -. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. A rather uncommon advance issue. . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) First collection of short stories by this award-winning author, which "veer from comic tales of love to social satire to suspenseful crime fiction, from hip Portland to once hip Seattle to… Read more about this item

New York:: Fourth Estate - Harper Collins,, (2004.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in near fine dust jacket (some rubbing to folds of dj). First US printing. A novella that re-imagines the classic detective story of the 19th century - set in 1944, this is a puzzle involving a mute 9 year old boy who escaped from… Read more about this item

Jackson: : University Press of Mississippi, , (1999). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. An account by an award-winning writer of conversations that took place between 1980 through October 1997, just days before Michener's death. "The two discussed topics of both a personal and professional nature and touched on subjects Michener… Read more about this item

New York:: Doubleday,, (2014). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. A novel of the power of friendship, narrated by a teenage runaway - "Emily Shepard is a homeless teen living in an igloo made of ice and trash bags filled with frozen leaves. Half a year earlier, a nuclear… Read more about this item

New York:: W. W. Norton & Company,, (2016). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A thought-provoking novel and one of the best books by an author who "is not as popular as she should be." Although marketed as a "thriller" this is much more. Author Lisa Zeidner in reviewing this book commented… Read more about this item

New York:: W. W. Norton & Company,, (2016). First edition -. Very near fine in glossy printed wrappers. . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A thought-provoking novel and one of the best books by an author who "is not as popular as she should be." Although marketed as a "thriller" this is much more. Author… Read more about this item

New York:: Ecco Press,, (2020). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine first issue dust jacket.. First printing. The author's disturbing third novel - the title ostensibly refers to a comment in an airbnb rental on Long Island, but of course it also refers to facing a post-apocalyptic world - with some insights into racial attitudes, class… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY:: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc.,, 1943.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. The author's powerful first novel, one which looks at Black life in wartime America - in fact, the back cover of the dust jacket expands on this theme, as it is promoting "Buy war bonds,"… Read more about this item

New York:: Scribner,, (2001). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.. First US printing. A novel by this award-winning writer. "Gabriel's father, a washed-up rock musician, has been chucked out of the house. His mother works nights in a pub and sleeps days. Navigating his way through the shattered world of his… Read more about this item

New York:: Riverhead Books,, 2014.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. A thought provoking final novel, by this award winning author, one in which "he confronts the legacy of evil, and our unquenchable desire to wrest good from it. ,. . One week in late autumn of 1996,… Read more about this item

Los Angeles:: Vireo Book/ Rare Bird Books,, (2018). SIGNED first edition -. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (holes punched in bar code on back cover, with a tape over it noting "for promo only") . First printing, a trade paperback original. A book which "takes on the absurdity of publishing, narrated through the lens of a young… Read more about this item

New York:: Random House,, (1963). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in blue cloth with a gilt and dark blue title panel on the spine, in a good dust jacket (previous owner's name, price-clipped, wear to ends of spine of dj,). First printing. A later novel by O'Hara and a bestseller in its time - An… Read more about this item

Dallas TX:: Baskerville Publishers,, (1994). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Fifth novel by the author best known for the literate thriller 'Tony and Susan'. "Sometimes indecipherable, often intriguing, this literary and existential mystery-within-a-novel opens with a man writing about his life. The man reveals that he was formerly known as Peter… Read more about this item

New York:: Random House,, 1998.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fine dustjacket with the notation 'signed first edition' on the front cover of the dj. . First printing. One of an undisclosed number of copies SIGNED by Mailer on a tipped in page. A giant retrospective of Mailer's work, selected and edited by… Read more about this item

New York:: Random House,, 1988.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (small spot on top edge of textblock, some wear to top edge of dj, but a tight straight copy, 17.95 price on dj flap). First printing. Author's powerful third novel - the story of a brutal killing (of a 14… Read more about this item

Boston:: Little Brown,, (1983). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First US printing. Two years after World War II, an RAF bomber crew regroups for a seemingly ordinary commercial mission - a map making survey of some Antarctic islands - that turns out to be a dangerous treasure hunt led by the… Read more about this item

New York:: Random House,, (1969) . Hardcover first edition -. Fine in black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in a very near fine dustjacket.. First printing. The author's eighth novel set in San Francisco in the 60s- among those whose stories are told are a black professor (with a white wife) who decides to join… Read more about this item

New York:: Henry Holt,, (1989). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. The author's award-winning fifth novel. Publisher's Weekly called it "a passionate, hilarious, God-infused novel [which] centers on Yussell Fetner, Hasidic rabbi turned rich insurance salesman. His clients think he has the gift of prophecy, inherited from his rabbi father,… Read more about this item

New York:: Random House,, (1972.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (light H on front endpaper, tear to dj at top of spine.). First printing. Story of Dunyazade, younger sister of Scheherazade, Perseus and others from mythology and ancient tales. Winner of the National Book Award. 308 pp. Dust jacket by George Giusti.… Read more about this item