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2666 - Three Volumes
by Bolano, Roberto
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- Published
- 2008
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780374531553
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$37.50
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New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2008. The first paperback edition in three volumes in publisher's matching slipcase. Great copies of the three volumes and the slipcase. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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First Love and Other Sorrows
by BRODKEY, Harold
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- Published
- 1957
- Condition
- Very Good ++
- Edition
- First Edition
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$110.00
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NY: Dial Press, 1957. Dust jacket is price clipped and shows some rubbing to front panel. Overall, though, a well above average copy of the first edition of the author's first book. A book of nine short stories -- all but one of which were published in the New Yorker. A classic collection. 223 pp..… Read more
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$110.00

The Butcher Boy
by MCCABE, Patrick
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- Published
- 1993
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780880641470
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$19.00
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Fromm Intl, 1993. Tight, clean copy of the first edition of this popular novel by McCabe, Winner of the Irish Times- Aer Lingus Prize and shortlisted for the Booker Prize in the year of publication. Also, made into a movie of the same name. 215 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near… Read more
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Street 8: A Novel
by Fairbairn, Douglas
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- Published
- 1977
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780440061670
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$65.00
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NY: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1977. Bound in gold cloth and magenta boards. A tight, clean copy of this scarce book (especially so in this protected condition). The author's fifth novel. 204 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Doctor of Desire
by Wheelis, Allen
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- Published
- 1987
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780393024258
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$45.00
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NY: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1987. Scarce first edition of this novel by Mr. Wheelis. 192 pp. Tight, clean copy in bright dust jacket. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Breakfast on Pluto
by McCabe, Pat;McCabe, Patrick
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- Published
- 1999
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN
- 9780060193409
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$19.00
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NY: HarperCollins, 1999. Tight, clean and presumably unread copy of the first U.S. edition of this book that was a Booker Prize Finalist. By the author of the Butcher Boy. 202 pp. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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The Final Solution; A Story of Detection
by CHABON, Michael
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- Published
- 2004
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- ISBN
- 9780060763404
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$18.00
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New York: Fourth Estate, 2004. By the prize winning author of Kavalier and Clay. Remainder mark on bottom edge; black & white illustrations; 131pp.. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Ratner's Star (Signed)
by DELILLO, Don
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- Published
- 1976
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780394400839
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$225.00
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Knopf, 1976. One crease to the back flap of the dust jacket. Book is bound in white cloth and bright white boards. A beautiful copy of the first edition of this, the author's fourth book. Signed by the author on a bookplate affixed to the second free endpaper. 438 pp. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard… Read more
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$225.00

Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner
by Toole, F. X
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- Published
- 2000
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780060198206
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$65.00
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Ecco Press, 2000. The first edition of this collection of true boxing stories, basis for Clint Eastwood's acclaimed 2004 film, Million Dollar Baby (which is the title of one of the stories in the collection). Without the seemingly ubiquitous remainder mark. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine.
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Portrait of a Father
by WARREN, Robert Penn
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- Published
- 1988
- Condition
- VG++
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780813116556
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$24.50
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Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1988. Previous owners inscription on ffep. Overall, a tight, clean copy of this Warren first. . First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/VG++.
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The Little Lady of the Big House
by LONDON, Jack
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- Published
- 1916
- Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- First Edition
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$195.00
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NY: Macmillan & Co., 1916. Endpapers professionally restored and book tightened. The true first edition. Bound in pictorial blue cloth stamped in dark blue, orange and white. An early copy of this title with the copyright date of 1915 on the copyright page. With four-pages of ads at the back of the book. Tight, clean copy that shows… Read more
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Desert Rose
by MCMURTRY, Larry
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- Published
- 1983
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780671461430
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$27.50
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1983. Price-clipped dustwrapper but withouth the seemingly ubiquitous remainder mark. 254pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine / Price-clipped.
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Carlito's Way
by TORRES, Edwin
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- Published
- 1975
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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$225.00
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NY: Saturday Review Press, 1975. Tiny chip to dust jacket at top of spine. Overall, this is a great copy of this scarce title, in a dayglo pink, purple and yellow dustwrapper with none of the usual fading to the spine. Basis for the 1993 film directed by Brian DePalma, that starred Al Pacino. 152 pp. . First… Read more
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Vanished
by MORRIS, Mary McGarry
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- Published
- 1988
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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$24.00
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NY: Viking, 1988. This is a very nice copy of the first edition of the author's first book. This book has both the U.S. price at the upper flap of the d.w. and the British price at the bottom of the d.w. flap. 246 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Portrait of a Father
by WARREN, Robert Penn
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- Published
- 1988
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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$35.00
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KY: U. of Ky., 1988. Overall a tight, clean copy of the first edition of this somewhat hard-to-find book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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The Geography of Desire
by BOSWELL, Robert
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- Published
- 1989
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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$19.00
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NY: Knopf, 1989. The first edition of this, the author's third book. Boswell is the author of "Crooked Hearts". 310 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Hoopla
by STEIN, Harry
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- Published
- 1983
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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$22.00
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NY: Knopf, 1983. The first edition of Stein's second book - Highly acclaimed baseball novel re: the 1919 Black Sox scandal. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
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$22.00