New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 2015. CA5 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by Grace Lin on her page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. The contributing authors include: The contributing authors include Julia Alvarez, Karen Cushman, Margarita Engle, Dee Garretson, Nathan Hale, Matthew J. Kirby, Claire Legrand, Grace Lin, Kate Messner, Linda Sue Park, Adam Rex, Caroline Starr Rose, Chris Rylander, Gary D. Schmidt, Alan Lawrence Sitomer, Heidi E. Stemple, Rita Williams-Garcia, Tracy Edward Wymer, Lisa Yee, and Jane Yolen. 9.5"x6.5", 279 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Iowa City, Iowa, USA: University of Iowa Press, 1987. BG1 - A hard cover first edition book in very good+ condition. Stated first edition with no additional printings indicated. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in light blue cloth covered boards quarter bound in dark blue cloth with white lettering and a graphic on the spine with only very minor overall shelf wear. The dust jacket shows only very minor overall shelf wear. This is a title in the publisher's The Iowa Short Fiction Award series. A collection of short stories that portray the lifes of a cross section of contemporary life. The author is a winner of the Iowa Short Fiction Award and the PEN syndicated Fiction Award. 152p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1990. F6 - DJ is mylar protected. "Fred Gipson is best remembered as a children's writer, as the uthor of Old Yeller, the novel that sold three million copies during his lifetime.... Gipson's "boys' books" have been compared to those of Mark Twain and made him TExas' most widely read author before the advent of Larry McMurtry ".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Dallas, TX, U.S.A.: Southern Methodist University Press, 1996. I5 - A collection of eleven stories continue the adventures of Silas Ermineskin and his sidekick Frank DJ is mylar protected. Fencepost as Kinsella returns to the Cree Indian reserve in Hobbema, Alberta, where his cast of zany characters, last seen in "The Fencepost Chronicles" and "The Hobbema Pageant", ist at its wry best. "Clever, entertaining stories, often tender, skillfully written... Edmonton Journal. Published the first time in the United States by SMU.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press, 1991. BX4 - A first edition first printing hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket and book have some light discoloration and shelf wear. A collection of short stories punctuated with wierdly comic moments. The world is a slightly strange place with shifting, dubious boundaries. The author's characters respond to the ordinary in extraordinary ways. Winner of the John Simmons Short Fiction Award. 8.75"x5.75", 158 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. BI2 - A first edition hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by author/editor to previous owner in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and boiok have some light discoloration and shelf wear. Illustrated by Don Hazlitt. The stories in this collection date from 1897 through 1941. 9.5"x6.5", 244 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
New York: Riverhead Books, 2006. CM1 - A first edition hardcover book SIGNED by author in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Book has tanning, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners and light shelf wear. A novella and collection of short stories set in Panama. They range from the streets of Panama City to the heart of the rainforest and provide a picture of a country in transition. This is the first book by a noted short story writer. 8.25"x5.5", 307 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Paris, France: Editions Joelle Losfeld, 2000. A3 - A French language edition trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated white wraps with minor overall shelf wear with some rubbing and light soiling of the covers and some very slight edge wear of the covers. The author dedicated 'Effroyables Jardins' (Strange Gardens), this bright, moving and metaphorical anti-war short story to the memory of his grandfather, a veteran of Verdun, and to his father, a former fighter in the French resistance. They opened wide their memory of the horror of war and is yet learned German, because they felt that Manichaeism in history is nonsense. A sequel to 'Effroyables Jardins' (Strange Gardens) was published in 2002 by Editions Joelle Losfeld under the title 'Aimer à peine' (Just Love). Michel Quint was born in 1949. He has published twenty books (crime novels and short stories) including 'Sanctus', 'Cake-Walk' and 'Lundi perdu' (Lost Monday) published by Rivages Noir. He received the Grand Prize for crime fiction in 1989. 'Effroyables Jardins' (Strange Gardens) was adapted for film by Jean Becker in 2003. L'auteur dédie ce court texte lumineux, émouvant et métaphorique à la mémoire de son grand-père, ancien combattant à Verdun et de son père, ancien résistant. Ils ont ouvert en grand leur mémoire de l'horreur de la guerre et fait pourtant apprendre la langue allemande, parce qu'ils sentaient bien que le manichéisme en histoire est une sottise. La deuxième volet d'Effroyables Jardins a paru en 2002 aux éditions Joëlle Losfeld sous le titre 'Aimer à peine'. Michel Quint est né en 1949. Il a publié une vingtaine d'ouvrages (romans noirs et nouvelles) parmi lesquels 'Sanctus', 'Cake-Walk' et 'Lundi perdu' publiés chez Rivages noir. Il a obtenu la Grand prix de la littérature policière en 1989. 'Effroyables Jardins' a fait l'objet d'une adaptation cinématographique par Jean Becker en 2003. 4.9"x7.3", 63 pages. Satisfaction garantie (satisfaction guaranteed).. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003. X4 - A first edition hardcover book signed and inscribed by author to previous owner in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have some light discoloration and shelf wear. The stories in Fabulous Small Jews are small worlds writ large, and Epstein's observant eye and engaging voice bring them alive on the page. 8.5"x5.75", 340 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. CX6 - A limited edition hardcover book in very good condition that has some light scuffing on the page edges with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Betty Maxey. 9.25"x5.75", 467 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1972. CX2 - A first printing trade paperback book in very good condition that has crease on some sides, foxing on the page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. Introduction by Robert L. Hough. 8"x5.25", 247 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: .Latin American Literary Review Press, 1991. CO6 - An ex-library trade paperback book in very good condition that has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), some wrinkling, chipping, and crease, light discoloration and shelf wear. Introduction by Kathleen Ross. Latin American Liteary Review Press Series: Discoveries, Yvette E. Miller, Editor. 9"x6", 218 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008. BT2 - An advance uncorrected reader's proof trade paperback book in near fine condition that has light shelf wear. Translated from the German by Anthea Bell. 8.5"x5.5", 216 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).
New York: Viking, 2007. BT6 - An advance uncorrected proof trade paperback book in near fine condition that has some bumped corners and light shelf wear. Eight funny and poignant stories of immigrant experience in contemporary Ireland. 8.25"x5.5", 242 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).
New York: Da Capo Press, 2009. BT4 - A first printing trade paperback book in very good condition that has wrinkling and crease on the back and some last pages, some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. SIGNED by Lucha Corpi, Jimmy Santiago Baca and Russell Banks on their respective story page. Contributions by Wajahat Ali, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Russell Banks, Mitch Berman, Cecil Brown, Conyus, Nash Candelaria, Wanda Coleman, Robert Coover, Lucha Corpi, Stanley Crouch, Fielding Dawson, Vivian Demuth, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Stanley Elkin, James T. Farrell, Benjamin Franklin, Ellen Geist, Anna Nelson Harry, Robert Hass, Hillel Heinstein, Roberta Hill, Chester Himes, Langston Hughes, Kristin Hunter, Zora Neale Hurston, Yuri Kageyama, William Melvin Kelley, John O. Killens, Susanne Lee, Minjon LeNoir-Irwin, Russell Charles Leong, Walter K. Lew, Paule Marshall, James Alan McPherson, Nancy Mercado, Bharati Mukherjee, Alejandro Murguia, Aphrodite Desiree Navab, Ty Pak, Grace Paley, Ishmael Reed, Danny Romero, Corie Rosen, Floyd Salas, George S. Schuyler, Victor Sejour, Ntozake Shange, Ray Smith, Gertrude Stein, Leon Surmelian, Mary TallMountain, Mark Twain, E. Donald Two-Rivers, Gerald Vizenor, John A. Williams, Sholeh Wolpe, Charles Wright, Wakako Yamauchi, Frank Yerby, Al Young, Edgardo Vega Yunque. 9"x6", 503 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
New York: Anchor Books, 2007. CM5 - A bound galley trade paperback book in near fine condition that has tiny tear on the back upper left side and very light shelf wear. With an introduction by Andre Dubus III. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1969. BU5 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ price clipped, wrinkling and chipping on some edges and corners, label on the spine, inside flaps adhered to the fixed endpapers, discoloration, and light shelf wear otherwise good. Book has rubbing on the cover edges, library stamping on the page edges, title page, and back loose endpaper with label and cardholder adhered, some peeling and chipping on the bottom of the front endpapers, discoloration, and light shelf wear otherwise good.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Freeport, New York: Books for Libraries Press, 1970. AJ1 - Book has label residue and couple of small square peeling of the spine cloth cover on the lower spine, paper and glue residue on the front upper left corner, small white stain on the back, wrinkling with some wear on the spine edges, foxing on the page edges and endpapers, library stamping on the bottom and title page with writing, red check mark and cardholder adhered on the back looese endpaper, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise good. Translated by George Burnham Ives. With an Introduction by Frederic-Cesar De Sumichrast. Short Story Index Reprint Series.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Dallas, Texas: Texas Center for Writers Press, 1974. BW5 - DJ has couple of tears on the top spine, wrinkling and crease on some edges and corners, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise good. Book has label and library stamping on the last couple of pages, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Copy Number 150.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
New York, New York, USA: St. Martin's Press, 1996. CE3 - A tight, clean, sound copy in ivory paper covered boards quarter bound white cloth with gold lettering and a graphic on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear with the dust jacket endflaps are glued to the front and back fixed endpaepers plus there are the usual library stamps and labels on the top and bottom outside paper edges, the front fixed and free endpapers, and the copyright page. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with library label on the spine and on the back plus the front and back endflaps are glued to the fixed endpapers plus it is still in the original librayr mylar sleeve. A collection of nine short stories about the lives of America's young and affluent Jews. 205p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
