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The Sentimentalists
by Skibsrud, Johanna
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First American
- Published
- 2011
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0393082512
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$20.00
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New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2011. Stated First American Edition with full numberline Winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 208 pages From dust jacket: "Haunted by the vivid horrors of the Vietnam War and exhausted from years spent battling his memories, Napoleon Haskell leaves his North Dakota trailer… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00

The King in the Tree
by Millhauser, Steven
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2003
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0375415408
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$5.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. Stated First Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 242 deckle edged pages From dust jacket: "(This volume) contains three novellas about the many shapes of love. 'Revenge' is a tour de force about erotic love and betrayal, told through the voice of a woman showing her home to a… Read more about this item Item Price
$5.00

The Swan Kingdom
by Marriott, Zoe
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Published
- 2008
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$5.00
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Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2008. Advance Reading Copy/Uncorrected Proof 8vo size trade paperback; 253 pages plus unpaginated epilogue (we've never seen that combination before) Covers are unique to proof with front cover stating Advance Reading Copy. The spine also says Advance Reading Copy. Back cover states Uncorrected Proof. It provides an overview of the book,… Read more about this item Item Price
$5.00

Sap Rising
by Lincoln, Christine
- Condition
- As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2001
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0375421408
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$6.00
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New York: Pantheon Books, 2001. First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 164 deckle edged pages From dust jacket: "In this spare and mesmerizing debut work of fiction, (the author) takes us inside the hearts and minds of African Americans whose lives unfold against a vividly evoked Southern rural landscape. As they navigate… Read more about this item Item Price
$6.00

Huntingtower
by Buchan, John
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- Used - Acceptable
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First American
- Published
- 1922
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$10.00
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New York: George H. Doran Company, 1922. Probable First American Edition 8vo size brown clothbound hardcover with black borders and titles; 316 pages. John Buchan (1875 - 1940) (also 1st Baron Tweedmuir) was the author of more than 100 works including novels, short stories and biographies. When he was Governor General of Canada, he and his wife… Read more about this item Item Price
$10.00

Spiderweb
by Lively, Penelope
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670869066
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$9.00
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London: Viking, 1998. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 218 pages From dust jacket: "(Stella Brentwood's) retirement plans signify a new phase of stability, but (she) finds life in the West Country as subtle and elaborate a social system as any other she has encountered. She is absorbed by the emotions aroused by new and old relationships… Read more about this item Item Price
$9.00

Numbers #3 Infinity
by Ward, Rachel
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Uncorrected Proof
- Published
- 2012
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$5.00
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New York: Scholastic, 2012. This is the concluding volume of the Chilling Trilogy 8vo size trade paperback; Covers are unique to proof. Front and back covers both state Uncorrected Proof. Inside covers may replicate content of dust jacket on finished book. Fep contains information on final book. From back cover: "Mia's trusting eyes fix… Read more about this item Item Price
$5.00

House of Leaves
by Danielewski, Mark Z
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 2nd
- Published
- 2000
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0375703764
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$17.00
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New York: Pantheon Books, 2000. 8vo size trade paperback with French flap on front cover only; 708 pages From front flap: "This astonishing novel is made available in book form, complete with the original colored words, vertical footnotes, and newly added second and third appendices. The story remains unchanged, focusing on a young family that moves into… Read more about this item Item Price
$17.00

The Potsdam Protocol
by Clovis, Al
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0943861241
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$30.00
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Topeka, Kansas: Lone Tree Publishing Company, 1993. Rare Title. First Edition with full numberline 8vo size black clothbound hardcover with dust jacket; 412 pages From dust jacket: "It is the mid-1990s, and a secret plot with the German military high command is nearing completion. Those involved realize that the Americans are blindly trusting their… Read more about this item Item Price
$30.00

The Testing
by Charbonneau, Joelle
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2013
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0547959109
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$15.00
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2013. Flat Signed on Title Page First Edition with full numberline From dust jacket: The Seven Stages War left much of the planet a charred wasteland. The future belongs to the next generation's chosen few, who must rebuild it. But to enter this elite group, candidates must first pass The Testing -… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00

The Funeral Party
by Ulitskaya, Ludmila
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First American
- Published
- 2001
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 080524185X
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$6.00
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New York: Schocken Books, 2001. Shortlisted for the Russian Booker Prize Translated into English by Cathy Porter Stated First American Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 154 pages From dust jacket: "In a sweltering New York City apartment, a group of Russian emigres gathers around the deathbed of an artist named… Read more about this item Item Price
$6.00

The Mosaic of Shadows
by Harper, Tom
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2004
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1844130274
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$25.00
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London: Century, 2004. Signed and inscribed on title page First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 275 pages From dust jacket: "Byzantinium, 1096. When a mysterious assassin looses his arrow at the Emperor... Aware of the stakes, the Emperor hires Demetrious Askiates, the unveiler of mysteries, to catch the would-be-killer. … Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00

The Choice
by Reed, Barry
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0517581248
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$18.00
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New York: Crown Publishers, 1991. A Frank Galvin novel Signed, First Edition Signed, name only on half title page, and inscribed to Dick Stated First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 358 pages From dust jacket: "Galvin is back, facing another crisis of conscience: His sense of honor and… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00

Cy Whittaker's Place
by Lincoln, Joseph C.
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- Used - Acceptable
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1908
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$9.00
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1908. 8vo size than clothbound pictorial hardcover with green illustrations; 403 pages with more than a dozen black and white illustrations throughout the text, some full page Author Joseph C. Lincoln (1870 - 1944) was best known for his more than 40 novels, many of which were set in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. … Read more about this item Item Price
$9.00

The Equalizer
by Sloan, Michael
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 2014
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1427239266
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$22.00
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New York: Macmillan Audio, 2014. Read by Jeff Gurner Unabridged on 17 CDs. Running time 21 hours. From back of package: "(The author) co-creator of the classic 1980s TV Series, reinvents the story of the mysterious former cover intelligence officer who helps desperate people in need of his unique and deadly skills... Aided… Read more about this item Item Price
$22.00

Coming Out
by Hamilton, Wallace
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0451099729
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$15.00
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New York: Signet, 1977. 12mo size mass market paperback; 271 pages with yellow finished outside pages. From back cover: "Roger Thornton was a vital, handsome, successful man his forties, newly divorced, the father of two teenage daughters, the lover of many women. He told himself he was simply curious about this extraordinarily good looking, frankly gay young… Read more about this item Item Price
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Great English Short Novels
by Connolly, Cyril (editor)
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Published
- 1953
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$23.00
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New York: Dial Press, 1953. Edited and with an introduction by Cyril Connolly 8vo size clothbound hardcover with dust jacket; 879 pages with light green topstain Contents include: Life of Richard Savage Castle Rackrent The Room in the Dragon Volant Cousin Phillis The Lifted Veil The Secret Sharer The Farcical History of Richard Greenow THe Case of General… Read more about this item Item Price
$23.00

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Four Complete Novels: Touch Not the Cat, The Gabriel Hounds, This Rough Magic & My Brother Michael
by Stewart, Mary
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1983
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0517412969
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
- Item Price
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$10.00
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New York: Avenel Books, 1983. Mary Stewart Omnibus: Four Complete Novels Includes: Touch Not the Cat The Gabriel Hounds This Rough Magic My Brother Michael 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 694 pages From dust jacket: "Each of the four novels collected in this volume is an edge-of-the-chair thriller and engrossing romance… Read more about this item Item Price
$10.00

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The Saving Graces
by Gaffney, Patricia
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060191929
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$6.00
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New York: Harper Collins, 1999. Signed, First Edition Signed and inscribed on title page Stated First Edition; 7th printing From dust jacket: "Friendship sustains and enriches women's lives in ways no romantic or family relationship ever can... For 10 years, Emma, Rudy, Lee and Isabel have shared a deep affection that has helped them deal with the ebb and flow… Read more about this item Item Price
$6.00

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Testimony
by Shreve, Anita
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2008
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0316059862
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
- Item Price
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$15.00
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Boston: Little Brown, 2008. Signed, First Edition Signed and inscribed on title page Stated First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket and dark blue endpapers; 305 pages From dust jacket: "At Avery Academy, a prestigious New ENgland boarding school, the headmaster finds himself in possession of a videotape. More shocking than the sexual acts recorded ont… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00