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PRESENTLY DISCOUNTED 35%. WAS $585. A Near Fine copy (fading to spine and adjacent areas, otherwise Fine with a tiny bump at lower right corner of the front wrapper and a touch of surface wrinkling to rear wrapper), with the Crane Duplicating Services Inc. stamp to the recto of the rear wrapper. Mark Helprin's debut book, a collection of short stories. Helprin has authored a number of books including three collections of short stories, three children's books, each illustrated by Chris van Allsburg ("Swan Lake", 1989; "The Veil of Snows", 1993; and "A City in Winter", 1996), and five novels. His "Winter's Tale" was among 22 books to receive multiple votes in a 1996 "The New York Times Book Review" survey of approximately 200 prominent authors, editors, critics, and other "literary sages" asking them to name "the single best work of American fiction published in the last 25 years". The first edition of this book is not terribly common, and this, the uncorrected proof, is exceedingly uncommon. An about Fine copy of the difficult to find, but here easy to obtain, UNCORRECTED PROOF OF MARK HELPRIN'S FIRST BOOK.

A Dove of the East [Rare uncorrected Proof]
Helprin, Mark
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975.
Price: $380.25
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A Near Fine copy of the rare Uncorrected Page Proof (tiny crease line to bottom front corner of front wrapper, crease line and tiny bump to front corner of rear wrapper, otherwise Fine), SIGNED BY DENNIS LEHANE. Lehane's highly-acclaimed debut novel, the first of his novels featuring private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, which won the 1995 Shamus Award (given by the Private Eye Writers of America) for the Best First P. I. Novel of the year. Lehane signed the Proof on the half-title as follows: "Susan, / Enjoy / Dennis Lehane". The Uncorrected Page Proof is quite scarce, and signed copies are extremely so. A Near Fine copy of the Rare Uncorrected Page Proof, SIGNED BY DENNIS LEHANE.

a drink before the war [Signed Uncorrected Page Proof]
Lehane, Dennis
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1994.
Price: $335.00
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A Fine copy (minute bump at side of spine tail), in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY JULIA ALVAREZ. A Fine copy of this award-winning author's debut children's book, SIGNED BY JULIA ALVAREZ. Signed copies in this condition are quite scarce.

A Gift of Gracias [Signed]
Alvarez, Julia (author) and Vidal, Beatriz (illustrator)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
Price: $55.00
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A Fine copy (spine head gently pushed), in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY MICHAEL DORRIS on the title page. Michael Dorris' debut novel, a story centered on three generations of Native American women on a Montana reservation. Signed copies in a condition this nice are not common. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY MICHAEL DORRIS.

A Yellow Raft in Blue Water [Signed]
Dorris, Michael
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1987.
Price: $115.00
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A Very Good + or better copy of the first UK edition, first printing (spine ends pushed, a couple small dents to board edge), in a Very Good dust jacket (rubbing to spine, to spine edges, and to panel edges, small chip with associated short tear at top of rear panel, corner clipped - presumably by the Publisher, but not price-clipped), SIGNED BY MARY LEE SETTLE on the title page as follows: "with best belated wishes / Mary Lee Settle", thus apparently a gift copy from Settle with the gift being made after the occasion to which it related. In 1942, Settle, an American from West Virginia, joined Great Britain's Women's Auxiliary Air Force and in the book remembers the time of Britain during the War. (Thus, the UK edition is rather desirable.) Signed copies are quite scarce, and signed copies of the first UK edition are especially so. A Very Good + or better copy of the debut nonfiction work from the author of the famed "Beulah Quintet", ( consisting of "Prisons", "O Beulah Land", "Know Nothing", "The Scapegoat", and "The Killing Ground"), SIGNED AND GIFTED BY MARY LEE SETTLE.

All the Brave Promises [Signed Gift Presentation from Mary Lee Settle]: The Memories of Aircraft Woman 2nd Class 2146391
Settle, Mary Lee
London: Heinemann, 1966.
Price: $135.00
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A rather Near Fine copy of Ted Lewis' rare debut book (some mild offsetting to free endpapers from dust jacket flaps, modest foxing to free endpapers and a light touch of foxing to the half-title, touch of soiling to page block edges, gentle yawn to the boards) in a Very Good dust jacket (neatly repaired closed tear to front panel, two fold lines to lower left of front panel, some crease lines to flaps, front flap's lower corner clipped ---- but not price clipped ---- light edge wear, nevertheless, a rather bright and attractive dust jacket). Lewis later authored "Jack's Return Home" (a/k/a "Get Carter"), "The Rabbit", "Plender", and a number of other novels. A nice copy of a very hard book to find.

All the way home and all the night through [1st Book by Author of Jack's Return Home a/k/a Get Carter]
Lewis, Ted
London: New Authors Limited [Hutchinson Group], 1965.
Price: $1,525.00
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A Fine copy, in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY BARBARA KINGSOLVER. Barbara Kingsolver's debut book of Poetry, with Spanish translations by Rebeca Cartes---each poem being presented in English and in Spanish. The first edition had a small first printing and signed copies in a condition this nice are quite uncommon. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY BARBARA KINGSOLVER.

Another America / Otra America [Signed]
Kingsolver, Barbara [Cartes, Rebeca]
Seattle, WA: The Seal Press, 1992.
Price: $125.00
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A Near Fine copy (slight bumping at spine ends, some lean, small surface rug to upper inner edge of front board), in a Fine dust jacket (light age toning at flap extremities), SIGNED BY JAMAICA KINCAID on the title page. A Fine copy of her debut book containing 10 short stories, most of which previously appeared in the New Yorker. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY JAMAICA KINCAID.

At the Bottom of the River [Signed]
Kincaid, Jamaica
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983.
Price: $90.00
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A Fine copy, in a Fine dust jacket (tiny bump to bottom front corner of board and jacket), SIGNED BY SUSAN STRAIGHT and SIGNED BY DELPHINE (the author's daughter who also is one of the book's characters). Susan Straight's debut children's book. Very uncommon signed, and especially when thusly double signed. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY SUSAN STRAIGHT AND BY DELPHINE.

Bear E. Bear [Signed]
Straight, Susan
New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1995.
Price: $50.00
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A Very Good + copy (age toning at board extremities, a few tiny indentations to board bottoms), in a Fine dust jacket (light age toning to rear panel and flaps, very minor soiling to rear panel), SIGNED BY ALICE ADAMS. Alice Adam's fourth book, her debut collection of short stories. Adams, both novelist and short story writer, is best known for her short stories. Signed copies of his book are rather uncommon. The debut short story collection from this highly-regarded author, SIGNED BY ALICE ADAMS.

Beautiful Girl [Signed]
Adams, Alice
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979.
Price: $35.00
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A Fine copy, in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY WALTER MOSLEY on the title page. Departing from his famed Easy Rawlins character, Mosley writes of an imagined world where human potential is suddenly fulfilled. A Fine copy of Walter Mosley's debut science fiction novel, SIGNED BY WALTER MOSLEY.

Blue Light
Mosley, Walter
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1998.
Price: $50.00
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A Fine copy (spine ends gently pushed), in a Fine dust jacket. A collection of photographs of Caroline Vaughan, and the debut book of this photographer. Reynolds Price provides the Introduction.

Borrowed Time
Vaughan, Caroline; Price, Reynolds, Foreword
Durham, NC: Duke Press, 1996.
Price: $40.00
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Breath, Eyes, Memory [Signed]
Danticat, Edwidge
New York: SoHo Press, 1994.
Price: $70.00
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A Fine copy, in a Fine dust jacket; Aniruddha Bahal's debut book. Great Britain's principal Literary Monthly, "Literary Review's", gave the novel its 2003 "Bad Sex in Fiction Award". (Other winners included Sebastian Faulks, Philip Kerr, Tom Wolfe, and Norman Mailer.) A Fine copy of Bahal's debut book.

Bunker 13
Bahal, Aniruddha
London: Faber and Faber, 2003.
Price: $35.00
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A Fine copy of the Uncorrected Proof; Aniruddha Bahal's debut book. Great Britain's principal Literary Monthly, "Literary Review's", gave the novel its 2003 "Bad Sex in Fiction Award". (Other winners included Sebastian Faulks, Philip Kerr, Tom Wolfe, and Norman Mailer.) A Fine copy of the Uncorrected Proof.

Bunker 13 [Uncorrected Proof]
Bahal, Aniruddha
London: Faber and Faber, 2003.
Price: $20.00
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A Very Good copy of the first UK edition, first printing, in the Publisher's original black cloth with the spine lettered in green; George Orwell's debut novel, inspired by his early days as a policeman in Burma. [His essays "A Hanging" (1931) and "Shooting an Elephant" (1936) also were based on his Burmese days. Interestingly he also acquired in Burma a small circular tattoo on each knuckle, believed by the Burmese believed to protect against bullets and snake bites.] This is a Very Good copy of this important work, with the volume quite mildly askew, some general edge wear and corner rubbing, a quite small split to the spine's left edge as well as to the leading edge of the front board, and rubbing to the boards as is common for this title. The hinges are solid, and a prior seller's small sticker is present at the lower inside corner of the front pastedown. The novel reveals the British Empire's local corruption and its bigoted view that the Burmese were a people inferior to the British. The work thus was a disappointment to his fellow British who lived, or had lived, in Burma, and a number of the character names were changed for British publication in order to avoid libel suits from the individuals who inspired some of the novel's characters. The book is quite scarce and copies in the Publisher's original cloth are not easy to find. A Very Good copy. SCARCE.

Burmese Days
Orwell, George [Blair, Eric Arthur]
London: Victor Gollancz, 1935.
Price: $1,650.00
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A Very Good copy of the Rare Uncorrected Proof (spotting and fading to spine and adjacent areas, modest handling soil, short notice about the book taped to the front wrapper's verso), SIGNED BY LEE SMITH on the first leaf: "Best Wishes / Lee"; Lee Smith's debut collection of short stories. The Uncorrected Proof is quite scarce, and signed copies are, of course, even more so. A Very Good copy, SIGNED BY LEE SMITH.

Cakewalk [Signed Uncorrected Proof]
Smith, Lee
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1981.
Price: $200.00
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A Very Good + copy of the "Uncorrected Manuscript" (bottom right corner of spine bumped, slight nudge to upper front corner of front wrap, otherwise Fine), SIGNED AND CONTEMPORARILY DATED ("9-2-97") BY CHARLES FRAZIER on the title page. Charles Frazier's highly-regarded debut book which follows the journey of a wounded Confederate Soldier who has deserted that Army near the end of the American Civil War. The book won the 1997 National Book Award and provided the basis for the 2003 movie of the same name starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, with Natalie Portman, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Melora Walters, Jena Malone, and Giovanni Ribisi. The First Printing of the book was a modest 25,000 copies after which the book went into numerous reprintings. Accordingly, we would not expect the preceding "Uncorrected Proof" printing to have been very extensive. Signed copies are even more uncommon. A Very Good + copy, SIGNED BY CHARLES FRAZIER SOON AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE BOOK.

Cold Mountain [Signed "Uncorrected Manuscript"]
Frazier, Charles
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997.
Price: $155.00
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A Very Good copy (spine ends gently pushed and with some tiny surface rubs), in a Very Good dust jacket (modest rubbing at the spine ends, panel corners, and flap turns, some tiny and short closed tears at the bottom of the front panel and at the spine panel edges, evidence of a prior price sticker to the front flap's upper corner), SIGNED BY OLIVE ANN BURNS on the half-title. Nearly a decade in the writing, "Cold Sassy Tree" is the debut, and only completed, novel from this southern writer. Based on family stories told to Burns by her parents, the tale is centered on a recently widowed grandfather's marriage to a much younger woman, and his grandson's transition from childhood to adolescence. At the request of readers, Burns began a sequel to the popular book but died before completing the new work. (The incomplete sequel, "Leaving Cold Sassy", along with Burns' notes, was published in 1992.) A Very Good copy, SIGNED BY OLIVE ANN BURNS.

Cold Sassy Tree [Signed]
Burns, Olive Ann
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1984.
Price: $65.00
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A Fine copy (spine ends gently pushed) in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY AMY BLOOM, author, social worker, Yale lecturer, and psychotherapist. Bloom also was the creator and co-executive producer of, and a writer for, the TV series "State of Mind". A wonderful collection of 12 short stories, two of which were included in the annual publication "Best American Short Stories". A very nice copy of Amy Bloom's debut book, SIGNED BY AMY BLOOM.

Come to Me [Signed]
Bloom, Amy
New York: HarperCollins, 1993.
Price: $50.00
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