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Corvallis: Calyx, 2000. Paperback Revised and expanded edition of the poet's second book. 106 pp. Review copy (stamped as such twice) with two pages of printed material laid in. The trade paper issue. Fine. ... more information

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New York: Knopf, 2000. First edition Very Good in Wraps An uncorrected proof copy in plain gray wrappers of this first novel which was a New York Times Notable Book, and a finalist for the Stephen Crane First Fiction Award. Like his protagonist the author is a judge; I hope in real life he has an angel like the one in his novel, and a bet he does too. More Hiassen than Grisham, but I bet both would be fans. Back cover creased, otherwise about fine. ... more information

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New York: Delacorte, 1991. First edition 83 pp. Uncorrected proofs in gray wrappers printed in red. A children's book by the author of the Newbery Medal-winning Sarah, Plain and Tall. Light soiling, small chips, about very good. ... more information

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New York: Ballantine Books, 1992. First American edition 222 pp. Uncorrected proof in glossy illustrated wrappers. No text on back cover. Author's third novel, like his SHOELESS JOE about baseball and much more. ... more information

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Chicago: 1990. Paperback Contains Levine's long poem "Burned" which is central to his NBA winning collection WHAT WORK IS. A number of minor variations in the text of the poem, including two final lines, not published in book collection. Also, poems by Kinnell, Neal Bowers, and Brendan Gavin among others. About fine in wraps. ... more information

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New York: Grove Press, 2004. Paperback First edition Review copy with press release laid in of this trade paperback original. A first book, with blurb from Eamon Grennan on the back cover. About fine in illustrated wrappers. ... more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983. First edition 211 pp. Uncorrected proof in plain gray printed wrappers. Spine tanned else about fine copy of the author's second book, first novel. ... more information

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New York: Vintage Books, 1981. Paperback First edition. The simultaneously published trade paper edition of this long poem in the tradition of Robert Penn Warren's AUDUBON. A long poem about William Penn using historical documents. An internal review slip laid in. Near Fine in Wraps. ... more information

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Corvalis: CALYX Books, 1998. First edition thus. 79 pp. New, revised and expanded edition; uncorrected proofs with promotional material laid in. Introduction by Joy Harjo. Poems from a woman of Onondaga/Mic Mac and French Canadian ancestry. Three sheets with visible dampstaining, otherwise about fine in orange wrappers. ... more information

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New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1967. Hardcover First edition 70 pp. Cloth-backed paper over boards. First printing of the poet's second book. Noll taught for many years at Beloit College. Some spotting to top edge else about fine in a lightly soiled and rubbed else fine dust jacket. ... more information

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New York: One World/Ballantine, 1996. First edition thus 194 pp. Unrevised proofs in glossy illustrated wrappers of the poet's first novel. Back cover blurbs by Alice Walker and Barbara Kingsolver. A novel about the "disappeared", originally published by a small press in 1994 when it won the Western States Book Award for Fiction. Fine. ... more information

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New York: Knopf, 1983. Softcover First edition Uncorrected proof in blue printed wrappers. Second book, first novel. Publisher info. in pencil, extremities faded, about very good clean unread interior. ... more information

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New York: Pantheon, 2001. First American edition Very Near Fine in Wraps An advanced copy in wrappers consisting solely of the story "The Other Man": after his wife's death by cancer the husband receives a letter from her lover and begins a correspondence with him. Translated from the German. Schlink's first book THE READER, a novel, was an international success, as was this collection about the sons and daughters of Germans who in one way or the other participated in the atrocities of... more information

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New York: Knopf, 1990. Hardcover First edition Cloth. 75 pp. Published simultaneously with his Collected Early Poems. About fine else fine in very good dust jacket which is lightly toned, and with residue from bookstore inventory sticker on back cover. Designed by Harry Ford and published in Knopf's 75th year, nicely printed and bound by Halliday Lithographers (an unusually nice production for a large NYC publisher, even one like Knopf known for the quality of their production, but typical of many o... more information

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New York: Norton, 1996. Hardcover First American edition. A bibliomystery, that "continues the strange tale of Julian Ramsay, chronicler of that distinguished literary family, the Limpitts". The fourth book about the Limpitts. Lightly rubbed dust jacket, still about fine. ... more information

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New York: Knopf, 1990. First edition The simultaneously published trade paper issue of this second book of poems. Her third book was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. About fine. ... more information

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New York: Random House, 2000. First edition Near Fine in Wraps The Advanced Reader's Edition of this first novel about an A&R (artists and repertoire)man at a record company. With consolidation and the music business run by accountants, the A&R job once about finding the real thing becomes about just making money. Flanagan who knows the business nails the industry. With a printed letter on the author's VH1 (where he is listed as Senior VP/Editorial Director) stationary to the publisher&... more information

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New York: Knopf, 1992. Fine in Wraps First edition thus. Reprinting two early books and a chapbook published about the same time. There was no hardcover issue. ... more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Hardcover First printing. The author's fifth book, signed on the title page. Two impressions on the back dust cover with light corresponding marks on the boards. Still, about fine in dust jacket. ... more information

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Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1998. First edition 56 pp. Uncorrected proof in plain blue printed wrappers of the poet's first regularly published book (after a chapbook). Publicity sheet laid in. About fine. ... more information

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