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The Third Level
by FINNEY, Jack
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- Published
- 1957
- Condition
- Very Good ++
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- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
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$29.00
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NY: Rinehart, 1957. Bound in black boards, stamped in red. A tight, clean copy of the Book Club Edition of this book of short stories by the noted author. 188 pp. Some yellowing to extremes. . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good ++.
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The End of Pity
by Macauley, Robie
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- Published
- 1957
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
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$21.00
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NY: McDowell-Obolensky, 1957. Bound in black cloth, stamped in yellow and white in matching dust jacket. A book of 11 autobiographical short stories. Previous owner's name to ffep., some chipping to extremes, but an acceptable first edition. 246 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Fen Country
by CRISPIN, Edmund
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- Published
- 1980
- Condition
- Very Good ++
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780802754240
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$21.00
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Walker & Company, 1980. Bound in black boards, stamped in yellow, in matching black dust jacket that shows a lit bit of toning to back panel. . Tight clean copy of this book of twenty six stories by the one of the masters of the mystery genre. 160 pp. . First Edition. Hard… Read more
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The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
by CAPOTE, Truman
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- Published
- 2004
- Condition
- Very Good ++
- Edition
- First Edition
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$20.00
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NY: Random House, 2004. Bound in maroon and gray cloth, stamped in gold in matching dust jacket. The first edition of this collection of short stories. Previous onwer's neat name label on front end paper. 300 pp. Intro. by Reynolds Price. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Near Fine.
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Dubliners
by JOYCE, James
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- Published
- 2003
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
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$45.00
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UK: Folio Society, 2003. The first Folio printing. Bound in tan cloth, staped in gold and white. In matching slipcase that has sepia photographs of Southern Ireland. An "as new" copy of the first Folio Society printing. 230 pp. . First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket - As Published.
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Werewolves in the Youth (Signed)
by CHABON, Michael
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- Published
- 1999
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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$29.00
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NY: Random House, 1999. Bound in black and green boards, stamped in gold in matching dust jacket. Signed and dated (in 2005) by the author on the title page. 212 pp. book of short stories. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (Signed)
by MURAKAMI, Haruki
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- Published
- 2006
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN
- 9781400044610
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$745.00
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NY: Knopf, 2006. Bound in red and gray boards, stamped in silver in matching dust jacket. The first edition of this book of 21 short stories by the author. Signed by Murakami (signature only) with his chop mark -- on the title page. Handsome copy with no discernible flaws. 334 pp. . Signed by Author.… Read more
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Taking Care (Signed)
by WILLIAMS, Joy
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- Published
- 1982
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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$395.00
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NY: Random House, 1982. Bound in green cloth over tan boards, stamped in gold in matching dust jacket. The first edition of the author's third book -- a collection of 16 short stories. This book is signed on the title page by Ms. Williams with a little hand drawn palm tree on a beach next to the Random… Read more
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Portrait of a Judge and Other Storied
by CECIL, Henry
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- Published
- 1964
- Condition
- Very Good ++
- Edition
- First British Edition
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$18.00
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London: Michael Joseph, 1964. Bound in black cloth, stamped in gold and white in illustrated dust jacket. A tight, clean copy of this 202 pp. book of short stories. Offsetting to rear end paper. . First British Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good ++ - Price Clipped.
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Sweet Land Stories (Signed)
by DOCTOROW, E.L.
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- Published
- 2004
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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$32.50
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New York: Random House, 2004. Bound in gold and tan boards, stamped in gold in illustrated dust jacket. A tight, clean, presumably unread copy of a book of five short stories, signed (signature only) on title page. 272pp. One of Doctorow's scarcer titles.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Sing to it (Signed)
by HEMPEL, Amy
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- Published
- 2019
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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$40.00
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NY: Scribner, 2019. Bound in blue cloth over tan boards, stamped in gold, in matching dust jacket. The first edition of this, Ms. Hempel's sixth book. Signed on the title page by the author. 146 pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Tumble Home (Signed)
by HEMPEL, Amy
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- Published
- 1997
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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$30.00
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NY: Scribner, 1997. in Fine dustwrapper. The first edition of this book that contains one novella and seven short stories. Bright as new copy despite the remainder stripe to bottom edge. 154 pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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At The Gates Of The Animal Kingdom (Signed)
by HEMPEL, Amy
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- Published
- 1990
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780394571744
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$37.50
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NY: Knopf, 1990. Bound in orange cloth over black boards, in matching dust jacket. The first edition of this, the author's second book -- a 137 pp. book of short stories. Signed by the author (signature only) on the title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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The Way That Water Enters Stone
by DUFRESNE, John
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- Published
- 1991
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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$22.50
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NY: Norton, 1991. Bound in tan cloth over green cloth, stamped in green. Overall, a crisp, unread first edition of the author's scarce (1 of 5000) first book. Dustwrapper blurbs by Rick Bass, Dybek, Lewis Nordan and Herlihy. 251 pp. book of short stories.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
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In the Garden of North American Martyrs
by WOLFF, Tobias
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- Published
- 1981
- Condition
- Very Good ++
- Edition
- First Edition
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$32.50
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NY: Ecco Press, 1981. Bound in full tan cloth, stamped in gold in matching price-clipped dust jacket. A very acceptable copy of this, the first edition of his first book of Wolff's to be published in the U.S., but actually his second book. Mild spotting to book. 174 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very… Read more
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The Early Stories of Truman Capote
by CAPOTE, Truman
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- Published
- 2015
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780812998221
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$24.50
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NY: Random House, 2015. Bound in black boards stamped in silver in an orange dustjacket (reminiscent of A Breakfast at Tiffany's jacket). Minor scrape to dust jacket at bottom of front panel. 177 pp. Presumably unread copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good ++.
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Granta -- Best of Young British Novelists #2 - (Signed By K. Ishiguro)
by BUFORD, Bill (Ed.); ISHIGURO, Kazuo
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- Published
- 1993
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition
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$160.00
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London: Granta - Viking Penguin, 1993. This is the Granta Magazine #43 -- Spring 1993. It contains a short story by Ishiguro -- "The Gourmet" and that intro page is signed by the author. 320 pp. One corner lightly bumped. . Signed by Ishiguro. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket.
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Dance of the Happy Shades and Other Stories (Signed)
by MUNRO, Alice
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- Published
- 1973
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780070440487
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$595.00
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NY: McGraw-Hill, 1973. Bound in black cloth, stamped in gold in tan and black illustrated dust jacket. The first edition of the Nobel-Prize Winning author's second book. A 224 pp. book of short stories. Signed (signature only) on the title page. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near… Read more
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Who do you think you are?: (Signed)
by MUNRO, Alice
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- Published
- 1978
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Canadian Edition
- ISBN
- 9780770517120
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$325.00
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Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1978. Bound in green patterned boards, stamped in gold in matching green, illustrated dust jacket. This copy is signed (signature only) on the title page by Ms. Munro. 206 pp. The author won the Nobel Prize in 2013. Two tiny closed tears to top edge of dust jacket -- one on… Read more
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Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You (Signed)
by MUNRO, Alice
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- Published
- 1974
- Condition
- Very Good ++
- Edition
- First Canadian Edition
- ISBN
- 9780070777606
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$350.00
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Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1974. Bound in green cloth, stamped in silver in illustrated white dust jacket that shows a pencil-eraser sized chip to top edge of spine (not affecting any text). Overall, a most acceptable copy of this book of 13 short stories by the noted Nobel-Prize winning author. 246 pp. Signed (signature only) on the title… Read more
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$350.00