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Discrepancies and Apparitions
New York: Doubleday, 1966. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. As part of the 'Deep Image' movement in the field of poetry, this is the author's first major volume of poetry published by a major publisher preceded by her small press collection ' Coins and Coffins.' SIGNED by the author on the title page accompanied by a small drawing. A hint of sunning to text block and to edges of flaps.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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The Same River Twice: Honoring the Difficult
By using journal entries, letters from fans and critics, media commentary, and fragments of her own script, Alice Walker recounts and appraises the years surrounding the making of THE COLOR PURPLE into the Steven Spielberg film.
New York: Scribner, 1996. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Chronicles of the sauthor's journey from private writer to public figure during the making of the movie based on her novel The Color Purple, inclusing the oauthor's original scrrenplay not used for the movie. DJ price clipped, remander dot to bottom page edge.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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The Red Scream
Molly believes that an accused serial killer is about to be wrongly executed, while the real one may still be on the loose.
New York: Doubleday, 1994. In a clear protective Brodart Cover Author's first novel and winner of the Edgar Award. Light bump to spine end and two corners.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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Under the Beetle's Cellar
In Walker's second 'Molly Cates' novel, a school bus driver and 11 of his young charges are kidnapped by a cult of religious fanatics and held underground at the group's highly fortified compound. Crime reporter Molly Cates steps in to help the authorities, and her ex-husband, negotiate with Samuel Mordecai, the cult's iron-willed leader.
New York: Doubleday, 1995. In a clear protective Brodart Cover. From the author of Zero To The Bone comes this novel of psychological suspense featuring reporter Molly Cates, who's drawn into the case of a religous fanatic nd his charges who've been holding a bus load of children hostage in thier underground lair. Minor rubbing to flaps.. First Edition- First Printing. Hard Cover. As New/Fine. ... (more information)
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All the Dead Lie Down
Molly has a hard time focusing on her work as a journalist as she becomes increasingly preoccupied with proving that her father's suicide was, in fact, a murder. At the same time, though, she must move ahead on an article she is writing on gun control, an article that pulls her into a world of political extremists and homeless people, one of whom has key information on a planned terrorist attack.
New York: Doubleday, 1998. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Author's fourth novel. While Molly Cates,a true-crime reporter, tries to prove her father's death twenty-five years before wasn't a suicide, she uncovers a plot to kill everyone in the Texas Legsislature. Light creae to rear flap and wear to one corner.. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC). Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. ... (more information)
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All the Dead Lie Down
Molly has a hard time focusing on her work as a journalist as she becomes increasingly preoccupied with proving that her father's suicide was, in fact, a murder. At the same time, though, she must move ahead on an article she is writing on gun control, an article that pulls her into a world of political extremists and homeless people, one of whom has key information on a planned terrorist attack.
New York: Doubleday, 1998. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Author's fourth novel. While Molly Cates,a true-crime reporter, tries to prove her father's death twenty-five years before wasn't a suicide, she uncovers a plot to kill everyone in the Texas Legsislature. Light rubbingto rear flap, light spine slant.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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Girl With Curious Hair
Wallace's innovative stories include a lesbian love story involving a JEOPARDY winner and a researcher for the show; a memoir by a fictional aide to LBJ; and a rich kid who hangs out with rock stars and tells his tale in the voice of a proper English schoolboy.
New York: Avon Books, 1989. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Author's first colection of short fiction after his much talked about debut novel 'The Broom of the System'. Light wear to spineends of dj, bump to head od spine and one corner, a touch of soiling to top text block.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend
A romance erupts on a Iowa campus between rebellious economics professor Michael Tillman and Jellie Braden, who is married to the new professor in town. Although they quickly realize that they were destined for one another, Michael must follow Jellie to India in in order to be with her. Jellie has gone there in an attempt to resolve some dark secrets from her past.
NY: Warner Books, 1993. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. In his first novel after the acclaimed Bridges of Madison County, Robert James Waller explores the once-in-a-lifetime love between Michael Tillman, an economics professor, who's willing to travel the world in search of the love of his life, a woman he met briefly during his tenure at college. What ensues is an intelligent, captivating tale of love, loss, and choices. A great read for the romantic in all of us.. Boldly SIGNED By Author on Ti... (more information)
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The Zero : A Novel
2006. Unread. Only five days after 911, Brain Remy wakes up not knowing where he got where he is with aself-inflcited bullet wound to his head he realizes he works for a government agency who's tracking the most elusive target of them all - himself.. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC). As New. ... (more information)
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The Scold's Bridle
When the miserable old nag Mathilda Gillespie is found dead in a bathtub with her wrists slit, it looks like suicide. At least until it is revealed that her new doctor, Sarah Blakeney, was recently made heir to her fortune. Sarah must prove her innocence by delving into Mathilda's sad past.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Minette Walter's third novel concern's the death of Mathilda Gillespie, a wealthy old woman found dead in a bathtub, a knife within reach, and a scold's bridle, a medieval instrument of torture used to silence nagging women, over her head. Was it suicide or murder? For Sarah Blakeney, Mathilda's doctor, and one of the few who actually liked the elderly woman, it's a question that starts to nags her. Small stain on bottom edge, t... (more information)
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The Sculptress
Did Olive Martin really hack her mother and sister to death? In the prison where she resides, Olive is known as "the sculptress" for the strange figurines she carves. But a journalist is not sure that the tormented, disturbed woman really committed the crime. Winner of the 1993 Edgar Award.
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Press, 1993. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Author's second riveting novel. Journalist Rosalind Leigh accepts a commision to write a book Olive Martin, a woman who murdered her sister and mother. Bumping to spine ends, light rubbing to flaps. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. ... (more information)
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The Shape of Snakes
After 20 years abroad, Mrs. Ranelagh returns to England intent on securing justice for "Mad Annie," a local woman who, Ranelagh is convinced, was murdered by someone who felt that the Tourettes-afflicted Annie was a distasteful nuisance. When she voiced her suspicions 20 years before, nobody believed Mrs. Ranelagh. But this time, she vows, it's going to be different.
New York: Penguin, 2001. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. In November 1978 in Britain a black woman known as "Mad Annie" is found dead in West London in a gutter. She was despised by her neighbors and her death would have gone unnoticed if it weren't for a young woman who found her and believes she was murdered. Something passed between them at the time of her death and Mrs. Ranelagh spends the next twenty years trying to uncover the truth. Light bumping to spine ends.. Signed by Autho... (more information)
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The Shape of Snakes
After 20 years abroad, Mrs. Ranelagh returns to England intent on securing justice for "Mad Annie," a local woman who, Ranelagh is convinced, was murdered by someone who felt that the Tourettes-afflicted Annie was a distasteful nuisance. When she voiced her suspicions 20 years before, nobody believed Mrs. Ranelagh. But this time, she vows, it's going to be different.
New York: Penguin, 2001. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. In November 1978 in Britain a black woman known as "Mad Annie" is found dead in West London in a gutter. She was despised by her neighbors and her death would have gone unnoticed if it weren't for a young woman who found her and believes she was murdered. Something passed between them at the time of her death and Mrs. Ranelagh spends the next twenty years trying to uncover the truth. Some rubbing to front and rear flaps of dj.. ... (more information)
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Fox Evil
Despite being cleared by the coroner's investigation, the reclusive Colonel James Lockyer-Fox is the townspeople's number one suspect in the death of Ailsa Lockyer-Fox. When that suspicion begins turning into outright aggression, life becomes more and more difficult for the widower and his long-suffering attorney.
E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Putnam Pub Group, 2003. \In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. In this novel of psychological suspense, an elderly woman is found dead in her garden and all clurs point to her husband. Small letter inked to free front endpaper, small erasure to title page. . First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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Ice House
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Press, 1992. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Author's highly-praised debut novel. In this pyschological novel of suspense, the body of a sadistic master of Streech Grange is discoverd inside an ice house. Ex-Library book with: stamp to top text block and flyleaf, rear flyleaf is missing, spine slant. The dj is not glued to the boards, though there is light wear/chipping to spine ends of dj.. Ex-library, First Edition, First Printin. Hard Cover. ... (more information)
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Salvage Rites and Other Stories
United Kingdom: Victor Gollancz, 1989. Unread. In a clear protective mylar cover. A collection of short stories from a cutting edge writer of science fiction and fantasy. Very minor wear to spinne ends.Light scuffto rear board and rear flap.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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Queenmagic, Kingmagic
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. In this inventive novel, light and dark kingdoms are locked in a timeless battle according to thestrict rules of chess. Light soiling/wear to flaps, chipping/creasing to spine ends of dj, a touch of sunningto edges offlaps, light bumping to spineends. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. ... (more information)
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Diamond Dogs
Little, Brown, 2000. Pictorial Wraps. An Unread Copy, As New/Near Fine. ARC. Slight shelf wear on one corner of back of wrapper, otherwise fine. Alan Watt's finely-honed first novel explores the trinity of a father, a son and the love that binds them in this novel about a deadly crime, and the aftermath of its cover-up that threatens to tear their worlds apart. A stunning debut and a writer to watch.. ... (more information)
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Diamond Dogs
Little, Brown, 2000. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. An Unread Copy. Alan Watt's finely-honed first novel explores the trinity of a father, a son and the love that binds them in this novel about a deadly crime, and the aftermath of its cover-up that threatens to tear their worlds apart. A stunning debut and a writer to watch.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. As New/As New. ... (more information)
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Uncle Ovid's Exercise Book
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.: Fc2/Black Ice Books, 1988. Excellent colllage of stylistic short short fiction that's a cross between William S Burroughs and H.P. Lovecraft.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. ... (more information)
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