Fiction / Family

New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc., 1996. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. It is the autumn of 1991, the beginning of war in the former Yugoslavia. As a mass exodus empties Belgrade of those trying to evade the conflict just beyond the border, a young couple awaits the birth of their first child. This is the story of their family and those close to it - people desperately trying to carry on with their modern lives in a world increasingly ruled by primitive passions. It is a brutal story, by turns nightmarish and comical, giving us a generation caught in circumstances not of their making, but refusing nevertheless to share the visions of their country's rulers. It is a haunting tale of family life in surreal dissaray - a singular literary debut. 128 pages; the ffep has a pocket, 'withdrawn', and a bar code on it. The title page has a library stamp, and the spine has the library call letters on a label. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: P. F. Collier & Son, Inc., 1937. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Temple Bailey (1885 - 1953) was a prolific American novelist and short story writer. This is one of her later stories, a travel romance. 330 pages, maroon cover with gold lettering on the spine and embossed author name an decorations on the cover. Edges lightly worn, corners moderately worn. Spine ends are lightly worn, and there is a damp stain on the inside back cover and last few blank pages in the upper corner. Signed by prior owner inside front cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: P. F. Collier & Son, Inc., 1935. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Temple Bailey (1855 - 1953) was and novelist and short story writer. She also wrote articles for many magazines of the day. This novel involves family and romance. 315 pages, there is light wear to the edges and corners, with gold lettering on the spine (not faded) and her name and decorations embossed on the front of the maroon cover. Prior owner's name written on the inside front cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: P. F. Collier & Son, Inc., 1929. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. There were three people besides the chauffeur in the great motor car which swept along the road from Baltimore, crossed the big bridge which spanned the Severn, and came at last into the streets of the ancient capital. Annapolis was steeped in the wine of an October day." And so this family story with a romantic twist begins. 318 pages, maroon cloth. The spine edges are moderately worn; the spine ends are lightly worn, along with the corners. The prior owner's name is written on the inside cover. Spine is tight. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: P. F. Collier & Son, Inc., 1930. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. This novel begins as our seventeen-year-old's lover goes overseas to war. "So she kissed Christopher good-bye, and told him how brave he was, and how handsome in his ensign's uniform, and how glad she was that he wouldn't have to fight in the trenches." 316 pages, maroon cloth binding. Light wear at the edges, corners, and spine ends. Moderate wear along the front spine edge. Embossed decoration on the front. Spine is tight. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 294 pages, no tears. Spine is tight. DJ has slight scuffs on the back. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. John Gregory Brown's luminous first novel takes on the enduring themes of great Southern fiction: Family, race, and faith - in a heartbreaking tale of identity, devotion, and regret. At its rich emotional center is the Eagen family of New Orleans, Irish Catholics of "mixed blood" in a city where race defines destiny. It is a sad, wise, and lovely story. 244 pages, no marks or tears. Price not clipped. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. John Gregory Brown's luminous first novel takes on the enduring themes of great Southern fiction: Family, race, and faith - in a heartbreaking tale of identity, devotion, and regret. At its rich emotional center is the Eagen family of New Orleans, Irish Catholics of "mixed blood" in a city where race defines destiny. It is a sad, wise, and lovely story. 244 pages, no marks or tears. Price not clipped. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Charles Scribner's Sons. 1947; HB. Cover is very good. Edges bent at the spine and slight wear at one corner. 471 pages, no marks or tears. 5.5" x 8.25" high. more information

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Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1945. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Navy binding with gold lettering. Bends at spine and light wear at spine and corners. Back top of spine has watermark, the dye ran onto the top of a few pages. Spine is somewhat loose but all pages intact. 401 pages, a few have small tears at the bottom, otherwise fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London, England: Penguin Books, 1994. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Set in Ireland, this is the story of a young boy's growing up. He has a love-hate relationship with his father, a frustrated sargeant in their almost crime-free village. He adores his tender, doting mother; his parents are the focus of his daily life growing up, highlighted in a series of poignant, humorous and at times frightening, but always absorbing, discoveries. 165 pages, no marks or tears. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London, England: Penguin Books, 1994. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Set in Ireland, this is the story of a young boy's growing up. He has a love-hate relationship with his father, a frustrated sargeant in their almost crime-free village. He adores his tender, doting mother; his parents are the focus of his daily life growing up, highlighted in a series of poignant, humorous and at times frightening, but always absorbing, discoveries. The back cover is torn about 1" from the top at the spine. 165 pages, no marks or tears. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Beautiful illustrations on inside front & back covers, excellent condition. Prior owners's stamp on title page. Reprinted review by Book of the Month Club attached to front pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2001. First American Edition. Hard Bound, Cloth. New/New. This novel is a grand and comic story of midlife crises and dubious spiritual quests. World-weary Frank Kaufmann is in the midst of a classic midlife crisis. Long abandoning his dreams, he settled for marriage to a tidy-minded, thoroughly competent Claudia. She finds solace in her guru while their sullen teenager, Franka, falls for a lama and plans to move to India. Hoping to dissuade her, Frank takes her to a meditation center in the south of France, hoping that closer acquaintance with the Buddhist way of life will bring her to her senses. Fred is in for all sorts of surprises as one twist after another brings him face to face with himself. 242 pages, no marks or tears. Includes an attached woven bookmark. Price is not clipped. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2001. First American Edition. Hard Bound, Cloth. New/New. This novel is a grand and comic story of midlife crises and dubious spiritual quests. World-weary Frank Kaufmann is in the midst of a classic midlife crisis. Long abandoning his dreams, he settled for marriage to a tidy-minded, thoroughly competent Claudia. She finds solace in her guru while their sullen teenager, Franka, falls for a lama and plans to move to India. Hoping to dissuade her, Frank takes her to a meditation center in the south of France, hoping that closer acquaintance with the Buddhist way of life will bring her to her senses. Fred is in for all sorts of surprises as one twist after another brings him face to face with himself. 242 pages, no marks or tears. Includes an attached woven bookmark. Price is not clipped. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2001. First American Edition. Hard Bound, Cloth. New/New. This novel is a grand and comic story of midlife crises and dubious spiritual quests. World-weary Frank Kaufmann is in the midst of a classic midlife crisis. Long abandoning his dreams, he settled for marriage to a tidy-minded, thoroughly competent Claudia. She finds solace in her guru while their sullen teenager, Franka, falls for a lama and plans to move to India. Hoping to dissuade her, Frank takes her to a meditation center in the south of France, hoping that closer acquaintance with the Buddhist way of life will bring her to her senses. Fred is in for all sorts of surprises as one twist after another brings him face to face with himself. 242 pages, no marks or tears. Includes an attached woven bookmark. Price is not clipped. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atlantic Monthly Pr, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Nw/New. This is the author's debut novel in which the lives of an obese Englishman, a Slovakian shoemaker, an ice-cream man, and a young girl converge in the Arizona desert. Theobald Moon lives in a lonely corner of the Arizona desert, tending his spectacular cactus garden, his tiny mobile home, and his astounding appetite. A refugee from the life of south London, Theo has moved to this unfamiliar country and is raising Josephine, who has known no other life than their cheerful yet isolated American one. The only breaks in their peculiar routine come with visits of a Marlboro Man-like cowboy named Jersey who has quietly, and for reasons of his own, assumed the role of protector of this little family. Brought up on Theo's fairy stories and his belief in an ordered universe, Josephine is at first content with her child's life of ice cream and cactus watering. But as disaffected youth sets in she starts asking questions about her mysterious birth that Theo refuses to answer - until the secret reveals itself in a dramatic and surprising conclusion. 310 pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1999. First Edition. Hard Bound, Cloth. New/New. This wonderful book is the author's first novel. Hanako Shimodo feels that Luciano Pavarotti is a god. To her daughter, Emily, this fixation is a harmless fantasy, the by-product of her mother's loneliness. Emily tells this story about what happens when her mother acts on her fantasy and invites the opera star to a post-performance supper at their Westchester County home. Emily is home after college working her summer job, which she dislikes almost as much as living back at home. At first Hanako seems pretty much her old self, still reliving her Japanese childhood, still adoring Pavarotti. But when it becomes clear that she is renovating the house in preparation for the visit from Pavarotti, Emily is suddenly confronted with a familiar quandry: How to deal with a parent who might be losing it! The binding is an attractive light green speckled paper. 243 pages, no marks or tears. Price not clipped. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1922. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. This novel was the basis for the movie of the same name, from 1929. The son and heir to a family business travels to Paris to try to stop his youth-obsessed mother from squandering the family fortune with her new husband, who has married her for her money. Eventually, she is abandoned by her gigolo husband and has lost her fortune. Her son, who had tried to save her, begins accomanying rich old women around Paris' nightlife, becoming a gigolo himself. 291 pages, bound in green cloth. There is a damp stain near the bottom front; the spine ends are a bit worn and at the spine edge near the top is a tiny hole. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 1998. Hard Bound, Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. This novel is funny serious, and compelling. Once again, Flagg's humor, respect and affection for her characters shine forth. Many inhabit small-town or suburban America. But this time, her heroine is urban: a brainy, beautiful, and ambitious rising start of 1970's television. Dena Nordstrom, pride of the network, is a woman whose future is full of promise, her present rich with complications, and her past marked with mystery. The dust jacket has a few chips and small tears and the top and bottom of spine. 467 pages, no marks or tears. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. First Edition. Hard Bound, Cloth. Fine/Fine. This is the author's debut novel of growing up absurd. Lorna Persons's tale is wrested from the shadows cast by her sister, Lonnie, whose rages command full attention of her mother and father. Their home is off-key and out-of-kilter, a place where Lonnie sees evil in the morning toast and runs into the Burbank hills to join the animals that seem more like her kin. Lorna, though, is an acutely sensitive girl who can't relate to Barbie. Her childhood is spent as a failed Sugarplum Fairy, dancing around her living room for an audience of none, hoping to transcend her parents' inadvertent neglect and her own awkwardness. 334 pages, no marks or tears. An absorbing read. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Berkley Publishing Group, 2005. First Printing. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket. All of her life, Kathy Little Bird has heard stories of her grandmother, Mrs. Mike, from her own mother, a Cree Indian nurse who married a wounded Austrian soldier during the waning years of World War II. Living with her mother and stepfather on the plains of St. Alban's, Kathy takes the tradition of Cree music to heart - "singing" the wilderness and the people she knows so well. But Kathy longs for freedom from her sheltered life and takes her first chance to get away, marrying a charming con artist who promises her the world-and leaving behind her childhood sweetheart. Staying in seedy hotels and singing in run-down clubs, she slowly finds the fame she craves. But screaming fans and hit songs cannot fulfill the hole within her heart - the aching need she has for the native people she left behind, the father she never knew, and a love that will calm her restless soul. . . . 362 pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Scribner, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/Near Fine. In life Polly Baymiller was a fierce and passionate woman ardently in love with her husband and her three sets of twins. Why should she be any different in death? The story begins when Polly, an ethereal, glimpses her nine-year-old son, Tip, for the first time since she died giving to birth to him. He's the only baby she never got to hold, to kiss, or to guide from one uncertain moment into the next deliberate one, and it is Tip she has missed most fervently in the years she has spent learning to be a ghost. Love, Polly comes to realize is, a way of being. One must act on the feeling in order to make it count. And act she does, taking bold steps from "above" to make sure that Tip has the courage and curiosity he needs to make his own precious way on Earth. Meanwhile Polly - drawn into and out of the earthly stories of the unfolding lives of other people - follows her own path, away from a tormented ghostliness toward an abundant peace. 362 pages, the jacket has a small bend on the back inside flap and at the spine bottom. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1988. No Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Price has not been clipped. Jacket is very good, scuffed but no tears. The binding is fine. This book focuses basically on four characters and their interrelationships. 271 pages, 6.5 x 9. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Riverhead Books, 1998. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. This book was first published in Isreal, in Hebrew. It was awarded one of the country's most prestigious literary prizes, esablishing Michal Govrin as a singular new voice in comtemporary Jewish literature. This is the story of Amalia, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, named for her father's first wife, a concert pianist who perished in a Nazi death camp and whose sanctified memory haunts Amalia's youth. In a decisive, rebellious break from the culture of remembrance in which she was raised, Amalia grows into a wild, defiant young woman who attempts, unsuccessfully, to remake her life, to change her identity, to redefine herself as a woman stripped of history. But she is unable to escape her cultural legacy and is plagued by troubling questions of faith. The DJ has a few scuffs on it. The price is not clipped. This book was translated from the Hebrew by Barbara Harshav. 375 pages, including glossary. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dell Publishing, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Even though she is a young widow with three children, has a dilapidated Victorian house in constant need of repair, and no steady job, lighthearted Becky Wexham has always had a knack for stretching a dollar, and so she is more than willing to make her newly orphaned nine-year-old nephew a member of her family. 232 pages, no marks or tears. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Putnam Pub Group, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. In the Middle Eastern village of Transjordan, that traces its history back to Abraham, the men gather nightly beneath a tree named Moses' Finger, and the women meet where "the earth breathes." In this divided place, Faridah posesses transcedent wisdom and a dangerous scorn for tradition. Jammana, granddaughter of a seer and village outsider, struggles between the allure of the ancient world and the tensions of a modern age. Through an ancestral gift, Jammana experiences the memories of those closest to her. But as she unwittingly uncovers the village's secrets - including a forbidden love affair - old grudges move like a slow burn across the fields and ignite. 274 pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1919. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. The love story of a young man, who, though reared in vicious surroundings, develops and retains the highest ideals of manhood. He falls in love with the daughter of a religious fanatic, who discovers certain facts in his family history and interfered between the man and his daughter. The binding has wear on the bottom corners and spine. The jacket has wear at the flaps, slight shelf wear on the edges, and wear at the top and bottom spine. The top has about a 1" tear at the spine and top and bottom are chipped. 427 pages, a spot on one page, all other clean with no spots or tears. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 164 pages, DJ is very good, has some scuffs but no tears or chips. The binding is black with an indentation of the gold sun on the front. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Jacket has an approx.1-3/4" tear that was repaired long ago. All else is fine. This is the author's first novel since Catch-22. Bob Slocum is have troubles; family always complaining, wife blaming. Work isn't much better. He remembers when he was young and eager, ready to grow into the "good life." He feels, at 40, no "good life" and begins to wonder what happened.(?) Something. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: William Morrow & Company, 1974. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Joan Hemingway is the granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway. Dust jacket with light wear, taped to the book top & bottom; pages fine. Rosebud is a yacht. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 246 pages, slightly yellowed on the edge but otherwise fine. Dustjacket is very good, one 1/2" tear on the bottom front and two 3/8" tears on the back, one is on the flap and the other is 1/4" away. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam Publishing Group, The, 2001. Soft Bound. Near Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected proof. In this luminous and spellbinding debut, Nicholas Hershenow weaves the epic but very personal story of a young American couple navigating a tenuous new love through the mystical labyrinth of Central Africa. The cover has two closed tears on the spine and light shelf wear at the top edge. 520 pages, no marks or tears. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Bantam Books, 1996. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Novel about the bonds between sisters, and the shifting tides of love and of loyalty that push them apart and pull them together again. When Josie's sister comes back to town, she needs to reconcile her feelings for her estranged older sister as well as their parents. She realizes that her daughters have inherited the legacy of sister rivalry that she and her sister have confronted. Slight shelf wear on the top front cover. 275 pages, all clean with no tears. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Simon and Schuster, 1980. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. HB with DJ; DJ very good with slight bend at spine top, binding fine. 726 pages, fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Story of a reporter, set in 1935 Texas; she comes home w/new husband to take over dad's newspaper business. While she's out finding stories she uncovers the "Texas Murder Machine." The discovery and a personal tragedy leads her to strip bare the secrets of her hometown. 396 pages. Jacket is protected by a plastic that is fine in the front but scratched on the back. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 2000. First Edition. Hard Bound, Cloth. Fine/Fine. Fresh from school, Patrizia Orman, twenty-two, works as a gallery assistant in SoHo, and dreams of success in the art world when her mother is killed in a car acident. Patrizia returns home for the funeral and her emotional shock is compounded when her godmother presents her with a cache of letters from her father - a man she has never known. He godmother reveals that this man had been her mother's great love, a charismatic art dealer she met when she studied in Rome. Hurt and confused by the revelations but longing to know the truth, she travels to Rome to find her father while pretending to be just another American art student. 244 pages, no marks or tears. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Julian Messner, 1945. Unknown. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Kohs, Lester; Andry, Margaret Wendt. This is a fictionalized account of a family in Louisiana who owned a large plantation of sugar cane. Built on historial fact and stories told to him, the author writes of The River Road that was the main thoroughfare between Baton Rouge and New Orleans until the air line cut through, diverting traffic and trade. Most plantation owners didn't feel they could hold on to their livelihood, but this is the story of one who did. This book is notable among Keyes' books for the tragic endings of two out of the three marriages chronicled in the novel. Most characters do not experience a 'happy ending'. 622 pages with decorated endpapers. Wear to the corners, spine ends, bottom edges, and a bump to one corner. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Julian Messner, 1945. Unknown. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Kohs, Lester; Andry, Margaret Wendt. This is a fictionalized account of a family in Louisiana who owned a large plantation of sugar cane. Built on historial fact and stories told to him, the author writes of The River Road that was the main thoroughfare between Baton Rouge and New Orleans until the air line cut through, diverting traffic and trade. Most plantation owners didn't feel they could hold on to their livelihood, but this is the story of one who did. This book is notable among Keyes' books for the tragic endings of two out of the three marriages chronicled in the novel. Most characters do not experience a 'happy ending'. 622 pages with decorated endpapers. Very light wear to the corners and spin ends. The spine is somewhat lightened; green cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. A young heiress in mourning for her mother's death, Lady Kimberly has been abandoned by her lifelong fiance. But Kimberly's father, the recently widowed Earl of Ambourough, is intent upon marrying her off as quickly as possible - to please the jealous lover HE longs to wed. So the rather indelicate business of matchmaking begins. 338 pages, no marks or tears. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Rinehart and Company, Inc., 1948. Hard Bound. Good/No Jacket. The cover is black with white lettering; the spine has no reinforcement and is folded under on the top and bottom. Pages slightly yellowed. Mailer's first novel. 721 pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, 1991. First American Edition. Hard Bound, Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Three women - Rachel, her daughter Phoebe, and Phoebe's daughter Maggie, share a house but inhabit different worlds. Rachel is a seventy-four-year-old paleontologist on the brink of relinquishing a long-held scientific theory. Phoebe is a gardener and once-promising mathematician and is struggling with breast cancer; her fifteen-year-old daughter is preparing to throw off childhood. During the course of a wakeful night each woman determines she must face her crisis alone, free of pretenses and untruths, looking at death, error, adulthood and life straight on. The dust jacket has a diagonal 1" closed tear on the front, another small closed tear near that, and the spine top is wrinkled with a small tear. 216 pages, no marks or tears. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1962. Hard Bound. Fine/Very Good. The dust jacket has a small amount of wear at edges. 159 pages, slight yellowing at page edges. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, 1998. First Edition. Hard Bound, Cloth. New/New. Esther, a rebellious 17-year-old, is sent to live with her hardheaded uncle Sicourelle, who is charged with straightening her out. But Esther resists his plans - which include marriage to a cousin - and she looks to the past instead. With sepia portraits and scraps of letters, Esther pieces together the history of her family, a once-grand Egyptian Jewish clan, and its dispersal from Cairo in the 1950's to Israel, Africa, and New York. Esther uncovers a rich tale of wives, ex-wives, revolving mistresses and crushing marriages, desperate intrigues and disappointments. 296 pages, no marks or tears. Includes photographs scattered throughout the book. Jacket not clipped. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: E P Dutton, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. In 19th century China, "Wooden Fish Songs" were the laments sung by Chinese women for their men who went looking for a better life on "Gold Mountain" - America. In this novel, the voices of three extraordinary women speak across the decades to tell the story of one such real-life pioner - Lue Gim Gong ("Double Brilliance"). 384 pages, short black line on the bottom. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Boston, MA: Little Brown and Company, 1997. First Edition. Hard Bound, Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A son is summoned home to care for his mother, who has long been sick, after she is abandoned by her husband. The story arrives in the voices of son Hex Raitliffe, his mother, stepfather, and others whose paths they cross this night. Through their thoughts and memories we see also, amazingly, a portrait of a family in its heyday; young families, and the optimism that brings people together with the idea of creating something new. The jacket front is slightly folded over at the top. 298 pages, no marks or tears. Remainder. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2001. First Edition. Hard Bound, Cloth. New/New. This is a gripping story of two brothers struggling against each other and the confines of their 1920's Appalachian Mountain world. The Powell brothers are as different as can be. One is an innocent, shy young man with big dreams and no idea what to do about them. The other is older and wilder - and embittered by the death of his father, years of fighting his mother, and his jealousy of his brother, he takes to moonshine and gambling, and turns his anger on his brother. Through it all their mother tries to steer them right, but when the younger brother discovers his purpose in life, a community threatens to tear itself apart and his family is forever changed. 323 pages, no marks or tears. Price not clipped. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2001. First Edition. Hard Bound, Cloth. New/New. This is a gripping story of two brothers struggling against each other and the confines of their 1920's Appalachian Mountain world. The Powell brothers are as different as can be. One is an innocent, shy young man with big dreams and no idea what to do about them. The other is older and wilder - and embittered by the death of his father, years of fighting his mother, and his jealousy of his brother, he takes to moonshine and gambling, and turns his anger on his brother. Through it all their mother tries to steer them right, but when the younger brother discovers his purpose in life, a community threatens to tear itself apart and his family is forever changed. 323 pages, no marks or tears. Price not clipped. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Perennial, 2001. First Softcover Edition. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket. The Boston Globe said of this book "Ingenious storytelling . . . resonant . . . entertaining . . . . (A) splendidly accomplished novel." First published in Holland to international critical acclaim, In Babylon is a story of storytelling, a novel of universal inescapable power. When Nathan Hollander and his niece Sophie find themselves trapped by snow in a house in the mountains, Nathan passes the time by recounting their family history. In this story within the story, Nathan's tale spans generations of a Jewish family as it wanders the globe: from Magnus, who began a twenty-one-year walk from Poland to Holland in 1648, to the intinerant clockmakers who followed him, to Nathan's parents in turn-of-the-century Rotterdam, to the family's role in the Manhattan Project. Here are comic embarrassments, mystical puzzles, and grand adventure rolled together. Gloriously rich, quirky, and endlessly inventive, Marcel Moring's novel is epic on a very human scale. 417 pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Garden City NY: Sun Dial Press, 1940. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. This is the story of two sisters, the Washburtons, their husbands, their loves, their homes and children. The day before Sheila Washburtons' marriage to Link Baker, Sheila told her younger sister Gwen that she had had a pasionate love affair with her former employer. Gwen could not reconcile this revelation with her ideas of love and marriage; but the time was to come when out of her own experience she would understand and defend Sheila's point of view. 339 pages. The cover is brown with a black decorative border on the front and on the spine. Very light wear to the corners and spine ends. The spine bottom is folded over. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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