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New York:: Macmillan,, (1974.). Hardcover -. Near fine in brown cloth boards with silver lettering in very good dust jacket. (gold award medallion affixed to front cover, rubbing to back cover of dj.). 2nd printing. One of the best young adult stories by this prize-winning African American writer, the story of an imaginative boy whose life is changed when he meets two strangers who make their way past his home. Winner of the Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Fiction, and an ALA Notable Book. From the front flap: 'Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits on his gleaming, forty-foot steel pole, towering over his home on Sarah's Mountain. Stretched before him are rolling hills and shady valleys. But behind him lie the wounds of strip mining, including a mountain of rubble that may one day fall and bury his home. M.C. dreams of escape for himself and his family. And, one day, atop his pole, he thinks he sees it -- two strangers are making their way toward… Read More

New York:: Macmillan,, (1974.). Hardcover -. Near fine in cream boards with beige cloth spine in near fine dust jacket. (gift inscription, price-clipped). Later printing. One of the best young adult stories by this prize-winning African American writer, the story of an imaginative boy whose life is changed when he meets two strangers who make their way past his home. Winner of the Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Fiction, and an ALA Notable Book. From the front flap: 'Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits on his gleaming, forty-foot steel pole, towering over his home on Sarah's Mountain. Stretched before him are rolling hills and shady valleys. But behind him lie the wounds of strip mining, including a mountain of rubble that may one day fall and bury his home. M.C. dreams of escape for himself and his family. And, one day, atop his pole, he thinks he sees it -- two strangers are making their way toward Sarah's Mountain.' Set in the author's… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1991.. Hardcover -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition). 'A mesmerizing novel of suspense and supernatural horror-set in the recent past and a near future grislier than anyone could possibly imagine-in which the caduceus, the winged, serpentine emblem of the physician's healing art, becomes the ultimate instrument of corruption and death.' Finalist for the 1992 Bram Stoker Award for best novel. Dustjacket praise from Dean Koontz and Stephen King (who says 'The M.D. is simply one of the best novels of horror-fantasy I've ever read.') 401 pp

New York:: St Martin's,, (2008.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First printing. A tale of 'violent men.. of missing friends, of loss and discovery.' 292 pp.

New York:: Henry Holt,, 1996.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. 13th in the popular Kinsey Millhone mystery series. INSCRIBED on the title page.

New York:: Henry Holt,, (1996). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. 13th in the popular Kinsey Millhone mystery series. SIGNED on the title page. 300 pp.

New York:: Henry Holt,, (1996). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. 13th in the popular Kinsey Millhone mystery series. SIGNED on the title page. 300 pp.

Chelsea, MI:: Sleeping Bear Press,, (2006). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. One of a series of thematic alphabet books - this one uses text and illustrations by Will Bullas to highlight artists - Georgia O'Keefe, Picasso, Van Gogh - and artistic techniques - impressionism, watercolors, etc. SIGNED on the title page by Domeniconi. Oblong format, unpaginated.

New York:: Henry Holt,, (1998.). First edition -. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (one corner slightly bumped.). Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Australian writer Peter Robb's massive, complex and provocative biography of the post-Renaisance artist who revolutionized painting at the end of the 16th century, and whose works were as violent and dark as the turbulent times he lived in. Notes, index. 576 pp. This advance issue does not contain the plates found in the trade edition.

New York:: Harmony,, (1988.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. The author's second book, a "funny, bizarre, and compelling story about family and religion in modern guise " featuring husband and wife Dot and Dash, who star on the UFO circuit as self-proclaimed descendants of aliens from the galaxy M31. Dustjacket praise from Russell Banks (who called this a 'wicked book, as if Thomas Pynchon had collaborated with J. D. Salinger'), Lucius Shepard, Joyce Carol Oates and others.

New York:: Plume,, (1985.). Good in illustrated wrappers.. Trade paperback. Drama set in a run-down recording studio in Chicago in 1927 where legendary blues singer Ma Rainey is due to arrive -111 pp.

New York:: Scholastic / Orchard Books,, (2018). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in illustrated boards.. First printing. The first book in a humorous new series of early chapter books - "Before Mac Barnett was an author, he was a kid. And while he was a kid, he was a spy. Not just any spy. But a spy...for the Queen of England. . . with fascinating historical facts masterfully sprinkled throughout, this series offers adventure, intrigue, absurdity, history and humor." SIGNED by Mac Barnett on the title page. Tri-color (orange and blue) illustrations by Mike Lowery throughout. 150 pp.

New York:: Morrow,, 1989.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. The second fantasy novel by this author.

New York:: Physical Culture Publishing,, c, 1899.. Hardcover -. Very good in brown cloth (spine slightly slanted.). Advice on caring for your hair for both men and women from one of the leading proponents of physical fitness of his time. Photographs. 140 pp. A small volume measuring just 4 3/4 by 6 3/4 inches.

Austin, TX:: University of Texas Press,, (1999.). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Four essays that discuss the writing and major novels of the noted 19th century Brazilian author Machado de Ass’s - who despite all obstacles - he was the son of a mulatto house painter, educated primarily in "the kitchen of a girl's school" where his stepmother worked, suffered from illness and epilepsy since childhood, never travelled outside Brazil and rarely left his native Rio de Janeiro - became one of the greatest Brazilian writers, known for his psychological insights and his literary brilliance. This book includes "Dom Casmurro: Realism and Internationalism Revisted" by John Gledson, "Dom Casmurro: Simulacrum and Allegory" by Jo‹o Adolfo Hansen, "Dependents Play Chess: Political Dialogues in Machado de Ass’s" by Sidney Chalhoub, and "Machado in… Read More

New York:: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates,, (2007). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. An epic international thriller, with roots reaching back to the Renaissance.. SIGNED on the title page. 554 pp.

New York:: Grove Press,, (1993). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some signs of handling, light toning) . First US printing. A gripping thriller by this award winning French novelist. "Marc Lacroix, a psychotherapist, develops a computer that allows two people to exchange personalities. He chooses as his first subject Michel Zyto, his prize patient - a psychopathic sex offender and suspected serial killer. This is the point of departure in a chillingly realistic novel, the ultimate story of switched and stolen identity. What begins as a cutting-edge experiment in mind-body exploration spirals into a nightmare of page-turning suspense when, in his therapist's body, the patient escapes. Savagely sophisticated and intellectually cunning, Zyto uses his newfound incarnation to full advantage with Lacroix's colleagues, wife, and young son. Hidden in the perfect disguise, he plots one perfect crime after another." Translated from the French by Lanie Goodman. 359 pp. Read More

New York:: Dutton,, (1984.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Her very highly praised first novel, set in rural West Virginia. SIGNED on the title page. Chosen as one of the best books of the year by the New York Times, nominated for the National Book Award. 331 pp.

New York:: Dutton,, (1984.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fine dustjacket (an apparently unread copy but with the previous owner's name.). First printing. Her very highly praised first novel, set in rural West Virginia. Chosen as one of the best books of the year by the New York Times, nominated for the National Book Award. 331 pp.

New York:: Dutton,, (1984.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (an apparently unread copy but with a remainder dot.). First printing. Her very highly praised first novel, set in rural West Virginia. SIGNED on the title page. Chosen as one of the best books of the year by the New York Times, nominated for the National Book Award. 331 pp.