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New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1939. Rare volume. Includes: The Green Bay Tree: 341 pages; originally published in 1924 Possession: 493 pages; originally published in 1925 Early Autumn: 307 pages; originally published in 1926 8vo size red clothbound hardcover; about 1, 141 pages. Each novel is individually paginated as detailed above. These are… Read more

Beverly Hills, CA: Dove Audio, 1993. Movie-Tie In edition with photo illustrated cover of Christopher Reeve and Deborah Raffin on front cover and movie information on back cover Performed by Deborah Raffin Abridged about 3 hours on two cassettes From back cover: "Set in the sleepy Southern town of Whitney, Georgia, on the eve of World… Read more

Burlington, VT: Fomite, 2012. 342 pages From back of book: "Thirty-year old Manhattan bachelor Ariel Zinsky is still recovering from his abusive childhood when he realizes no one - including his few living relatives - is truly interested in his narrative. While they numb themselves with the latest celebrity rehab story or the third-world atrocities replayed without… Read more

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1960. 8vo size black clothbound hardcover with silver foil titles on spine and purple and lavender foil tree illustration on front cover. 306 pages. Signed and inscribed by author on fep. This book was privately printed before this volume, so we'll call this edition a First Thus. This is a novel set in Hollywood. Bumped head… Read more

New York: Kensington Books, 2011. 312 deckle edged pages. Covers are unique to Proof and have interior flaps like a dust jacket. Back cover details National Marketing Campaign. Spine gives the publication date. From flap: "When 7-year-old Bethany meets her 6-year-old cousin Reana Mae, it's the beginning of a kinship of misfits that saves both from a… Read more

New York: Pocket Books, 1991. First Edition with full numberline. 309 pages. From jacket flap: "When the (murder) case lands in court...the tough minded judge presiding at his trial is heading for the most shattering experience of his career... Now a federal investigator (Neil Roemer) needs a point man for a sting operation designed to (snare) corrupt judges (he)… Read more

Hammersworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1984. 205 pages. From back of book: "Young Blore-Smith, just down from Oxford, views life with about as much confidence as a non-swimmer about to walk the plank. Even deciding how to spend his large private income seems a baffling problem. So lucky for him to be run over by Maltravers...and to… Read more

New York: Random House, 2008. Unabridged on 4 CDs. 4.5 hours playing time. From package: "After the bloody confrontation in Apaloosa, Everett Hitch heads into the afternoon sun and ends up in Roseulation, an Old West town so new the dust has yet to settle... Hitch takes a job as a lookout at Amos Wolfson's Blackfoot Saloon… Read more

New York: Harper & Row, 1988. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Library binding. 275 pages. From jacket: "Franny Yeager's family is driving her crazy... Grandma is the only one who is interested in Franny's new job at a florist and in her study of ikebana, Japanese flower arranging... Things Japanese are not welcome topics for… Read more

London: Penguin, 1984. 248 pages. From back of book: "Hugo Arlington's widow, Alice, is not the only person to be haunted by the celebrated writer's death - and life. Even from the grave Hugo has the power to destroy people. Gradually, the disquieting truth about the dangerous games Hugo played surfaces - and the past comes to… Read more

Boston: Little Brown, 1960. Green hardcover with gilt titles on spine; 672 deckle edged pages. Contents include: Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, Lieutenant Hornblower and Hornblower and Atropos. Rubbing to covers, bumped and worn head and heel of spine and corners. Stain on blank reverse of half title page, small spot on bottom of contents page. Bottom fore-edge has… Read more

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. Book Club Edition (BCE) 8vo size clothbound hardcover with photo illustrated dust jacket; 404 deckle edged pages. Photograph of author is on back of dust jacket. From jacket: "The scene is an American bomber base in England sometime before D-Day. The characters are the crew of a Flying Fortress… Read more

Bloomington, IN: Author House, 2005. 8vo size trade paperback; 329 pages From back cover: "An old-fashioned page turned about the coming of age in the 1950s of Lara Laughton, a pretty and intelligent young American woman who falls in love with Peter Landon, a handsome playboy. Lara and Peter marry impulsively, and more to Africa where Peter… Read more

New York: William Morrow, 2006. 8vo size trade paperback; 258 pages Covers are unique to proof. Both front and back covers state Uncorrected Proof. Back cover also provides an overview of the book, quotes from authors Anita Shreve and Tom Perrotta and details on the final book. From back cover: "Everything changes for Abby Randolph… Read more

London: Orion, 2003. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 264 pages From jacket: "When his childhood friend, Verity, is found at the foot of Beachy Head, barely alive, Harry's life is thrown into turmoil... As Verity's life hangs in the balance, Harry is haunted by memories of their childhood and by the knowledge that what they once… Read more

New York: TOR, 1997. Stated First Edition of this novel written in 1936 and not published until after the author's death in 1992 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 125 pages with some full page black and white illustrations and color illustrated jacket. From jacket: "...this short novel of cosmic dread and Lovecraftian horror. … Read more

Chile, 2005. The Stars of Babylon by Barbara Wood. This novel is in Spanish. 12mo size paperback; 428 pages From back: "Candice Armstrong, arqueologa experta en el antiguo Egipto, recibe la visita inesperada del detective Glenn Masters cuyo padre, ex professor de Candice, ha sufrido un grave accidente. Glenn requiere la ayada de… Read more

Second Chance Press, 1986. Introduction by Mark Harris, author of the novel Bang the Drum Slowly. Harris and his wife once shared a house in Denver with Donald Wetzel. 8vo size maroon clothbound hardcover with dust jacket; 185 pages From jacket: "...the story of John and Rodney, two boys whose innocence, honor and integrity is tested… Read more

Dufour Editions, 1987. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 213 bright, white pages Translated from the French by Violet Schiff and Esme Cook From jacket: "Philippe Marcenat is a man who becomes quickly bored and disillusioned by his easy success with women. For him the quest is everything, possession mere idle victory. He recounts the story… Read more

Oasis Audio, 2009. A Triple Threat Novel New, Shrinkwrapped Unabridged on 7 compact discs From back: "While home on Christmas break, a 17-year-old Senate page takes her dog out for a walk and never returns. Reporter Cassidy Shaw is the first to break the story. The resulting media firestorm quickly ensnares Federal Prosecuter Allison… Read more