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A Fine copy of the First Edition, first printing, SIGNED BY JOYCE CAROL OATES on the title page. The book contains a collection of Oates' essays on a wide range of topics, among them Moby Dick, Emily Dickinson, Robert Louis Stevenson, Charlotte Bronte, Ernest Hemingway, Franz Kafka, Mike Tyson, and boxing. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY JOYCE CAROL OATES.
(Woman) Writer [Signed]
Oates, Joyce Carol
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1998.
Price: $55.00
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A Fine copy (minute wear, a little age toning at the edges) in a Fine dust jacket (almost without wear) of the second novel, and third book, by this enormously influential writer. A very nice copy of an early Elkin work.
A Bad Man
Elkin, Stanley
New York: Random House, 1967.
Price: $95.00
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A Fine copy (very minor age fading at spine ends, barest trace of wear to the bottom of board corners), in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY JOYCE CAROL OATES on the title page. The tale is Joyce Carol Oates' version of a 19th Century Romance. The book is quite uncommon when both signed and in a condition this nice. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY JOYCE CAROL OATES.
A Bloodsmoor Romance [Signed]
Oates, Joyce Carol
New York: E. P. Dutton, Inc., 1982.
Price: $65.00
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A Very Near Fine copy of the first printing, first edition, in a Fine dust jacket (wrapped very slightly to the left), SIGNED BY JOAN DIDION on the half-title. Joan Didion's third novel, set in a fictional Central American country and centered around an American woman living temporarily in that country and whose daughter has run away to a Marxist group and committed a terrorist act. The book is rather uncommon when both signed and in a condition this nice. A Very Near Fine copy, SIGNED BY JOAN DIDION.
A Book of Common Prayer [Signed]
Didion, Joan
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977.
Price: $200.00
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A Fine copy of the Franklin Library Limited Edition, SIGNED BY JOAN DIDION on a leaf tipped in by the Publisher (as is typical with the Franklin Library Limited Editions), with a special message to subscribers written by Joan Didion and not included in the trade edition. Joan Didion's third novel, set in a fictional Central American country and centered around an American woman living temporarily in that country and whose daughter has run away to a Marxist group and committed a terrorist act. The book is rather uncommon when both signed and in a condition this nice. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY JOAN DIDION.
A Book of Common Prayer [Signed]
Didion, Joan
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1981.
Price: $45.00
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A Fine copy (upper right corner very lightly tapped) of the First Edition, first printing, in a Fine dust jacket (tiny pushing at top of front flap), SIGNED BY MICHAEL DORRIS on the title page. A collection of photographs and writings by Native American artists and authors reflecting contemporary Indian live viewed from the Native perspective. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY MICHAEL DORRIS.
A Circle of Nations [Signed] Voices and Visions of American Indians: North American Native Writers & Photographers
Silko, Leslie Marmon [Foreword]; Dorris, Michael [Introduction]; Gattuso, John [Editor]
Hillsboro, OR: Beyond Words Publishing, Inc., 1993.
Price: $75.00
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A Fine copy (light age toning at extremities, very minor pushing at spine ends), in a Fine dust jacket. A very nice copy of Don Carpenter's uncommon fifth novel, and quite difficult to find in a condition this nice. A Fine copy.
A Couple of Comedians
Carpenter, Don
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979.
Price: $115.00
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A Very Good copy of the first US edition (spine a bit askew, bottom corners bumped, page block edges foxed, pages mildly age toned, light shelf wear), in a Very Good dust jacket (a bit of rubbing at stress points, color variation at front panel through spine), SIGNED BY MURIEL SPARK on the title page. While one can obtain the signed UK limited edition (of which 150 copies were printed) signed copies of the trade edition are, in our experience, hens' teeth. A Very Good copy, SIGNED BY MURIEL SPARK.
A Far Cry from Kensington [Signed]
Spark, Muriel
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988.
Price: $145.00
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A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing (expected toning to pages, expected light fading at board extremities), in a Fine dust jacket (tiny chip at bottom of rear flap), SIGNED BY ANITA BROOKNER on the title page; an unusually nice copy of the 7th book from this Booker Prize-winning author. Signed copies in a condition this nice are rather uncommon. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY ANITA BROOKNER.
A Friend from England [Signed]
Brookner, Anita
London: Jonathan Cape, 1987.
Price: $115.00
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A Very Near Fine copy (wrinkle near spine tail), in a Fine dust jacket. A very nice copy of Gaddis' fourth book, his second to win the National Book Award. The book also won the 1994 American Book Award. The last of Gaddis' novels to be published during his lifetime. A Very Near Fine copy.
A Frolic of His Own
Gaddis, William
New York: Poseidon Press, 1994.
Price: $65.00
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A Very Good + (a little age fading to board extremities, corners lightly bumped, spine ends gently pushed), in a Very Good + dust jacket (some soiling and gentle edge wear, short indentation line on front panel, a little age toning to flap edges and rear panel), INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED (April 21, 1969) BY REYNOLDS PRICE. Reynolds Price's second novel. Signed copies are quite uncommon, and signed copies of the First UK edition are especially so. Signed copies of this novel are scarce, and signed copies of the first UK edition are quite so. A Very Good + copy, INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED BY REYNOLDS PRICE.
A Generous Man [Signed]
Price, Reynolds
London: Chatto & Windus, 1967.
Price: $145.00
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A Very Near Fine copy of the first edition, first printing (lower right corner of front board tapped, otherwise Fine with some fading at the extremities, as expected,), in a Fine, unusually bright, dust jacket, SIGNED BY REYNOLDS PRICE on the title page. This is a superior copy of Reynolds Price's second novel, a sequel to his debut book, "A Long and Happy Life". The book is uncommon signed and especially difficult to find when both signed and in a condition this nice. A superior copy, SIGNED BY REYNOLDS PRICE.
A Generous Man [Signed]
Price, Reynolds
New York: Atheneum, 1966.
Price: $245.00
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A Fine copy, in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED AND CONTEMPORARILY DATED BY MARIO DE CARVALHO on the title page, and SIGNED BY GREGORY RABASSA on the title page as well. A story set in Ancient times of a good man living in a Roman city situated in what is now Portugal during the Moor's invasion. A bestseller when originally published in Portugal (1994) and the 1996 winner of The Pegasus Prize for Literature which resulted in the work being published in English for the first time in 1997. A Fine copy, SIGNED AND DATED "OcT / 97" BY MARIO DE CARVALHO and further signed by GREGORY RABASSA. Quite Scarce signed.
A God Strolling in the Cool of the Evening
de Carvalho, Mario [Rabassa, Gregory, Translator]
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1997.
Price: $100.00
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A Fine copy of the first American edition, first printing (small push to spine head), in a Fine dust jacket.
A Manual for Manuel
Cortazar, Julio
New York: Pantheon, 1978.
Price: $35.00
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A Very Good + copy (tiny rubs at base of spine, tiny spots on front board where the dye apparently did not take, very mildly canted), in a Fine dust jacket. A novel centered around the moral and mental dissolution of a British Secret Agent, written in a memoir format. A Nice copy.
A Perfect Spy
le Carre, John
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1986.
Price: $35.00
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A Very Near Fine copy (Spine head pushed, otherwise Fine) of the first American edition, in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY KEN FOLLETT. A work of historical fiction, set in 1767. Signed copies of the first American edition are relatively uncommon.
A Place Called Freedom [Signed]
Follett, Ken
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1995.
Price: $35.00
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A Near Fine copy of the trade edition (spine head gently pushed, some soiling to rear board, a couple of tiny bumps to bottom of front board), in a Fine dust jacket (with tiny corner rubs), SIGNED BY ROBERT PENN WARREN on the front free endpaper (which, as with other First Edition Circle books, has been tipped in by the publisher). Warren is the only author to have won the Pulitzer Prize for both Poetry and Literature. This copy is part of the Kroch's and Bretano's First Edition Circle of signed first editions, with the special bookmark (toned at the upper fourth) loosely laid in. A Near Fine copy, SIGNED BY ROBERT PENN WARREN.
A Place to Come [Signed]
Warren, Robert Penn
New York: Random House, 1977.
Price: $100.00
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A Near Fine copy (rear board's upper front corner tapped, spine ends lightly pushed, minor mark to rear board, minor surface rubbing at spine tail), in a Fine dust jacket (minor toning to flaps, priced at $19.95), SIGNED BY WALTER MOSLEY on the title page. Walter Mosley's second book and, of course, his second Easy Rawlins mystery. The award-winning Mosley is well-known for his crime fiction. His Easy Rawlins series of novels features a World War II veteran black private investigator, Easy Rawlins, who resides in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. A Near Fine copy, SIGNED BY WALTER MOSLEY.
A Red Death [Signed]
Mosley, Walter
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999.
Price: $65.00
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A Regular Guy [Signed]
Simpson, Mona
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.
Price: $30.00
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A Fine copy (spine ends gently pushed, slightly askew, very light touch of foxing to the page block) in a Near Fine dust jacket (a bit of wrinkling at spine ends). The book is Caputo's memoir of his Vietnam War experiences, and provided the basis for a 1980 television mini-series of the same name. An excellent copy. The book and the dust jacket are in much better condition than usually seen. An Excellent, rather sharp copy.
A Rumor of War
Caputo, Philip
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1977.
Price: $135.00
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