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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Scribner's, 1996. [1996]. Uncorrected Proof. In Near Fine condition. Bound in glossy, pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 358pps. There is a slight bump to the lower rear tip, otherwise as new: clean, tight, and bright. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. An excellent, pre-publication, collector's-quality copy of this highly-regarded memoir: winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. ".'Angela's Ashes' is Frank McCourt's sad, funny, bittersweet memoir of growing up in New York in the 30s and in Ireland in the 40s. It is a story of extreme hardship and suffering, in Brooklyn tenements and Limerick slums -- too many children, too little money, his mother Angela barely coping as his father Malachy's drinking bouts constantly brought the family to the brink of disaster. It is a story of courage… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1989. Uncorrected Proofs. Fine in glossy pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 294pps. There is very slight exterior rubbing. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. A very nice, collector's-quality, advance copy of the third Robicheaux novel. ".Sweeps up from the lush, misty bayou country of southern Louisiana to the rugged landscape of Montana, where Robicheaux confronts Indians, oil company roughnecks, Mafia honchos, and a woman he could grow to love. James Lee Burke delivers a remarkable novel that shows him to be one of our most soulful, self-assured, and satisfying writers." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To… Read More

Boston: Mariner Books / Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Uncorrected Proofs. Fine in glossy pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 210pps. Essentially as new with very light rubbing to the wraps, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. Yet to be read. An excellent copy. Winner of The Pen/Faulkner Award. "...Set against the backdrop of the Pacific Campaign of World War II, 'The Caprices' is a history told through individual lives. Two American soldiers lost in New Guinea, divided by prejudice, discover what holds them together. A young Indian officer of mixed blood fights for the British in Malaysia. Amelia Earhart experiences her last days as the Japanese prepare for war. Influenced by family stories of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, Sabina Murray brings to light a complex cast of civilians, soldiers, survivors, and conquerors. In stories that follow the reach of the United States into the heart of Asia and the pieces of war brought back through memory, 'The Caprices' makes us reflect on… Read More

Boston: Mariner Books / Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Uncorrected Proofs. Fine in glossy pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 210pps. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. Yet to be read. Winner of The Pen/Faulkner Award. "...Set against the backdrop of the Pacific Campaign of World War II, 'The Caprices' is a history told through individual lives. Two American soldiers lost in New Guinea, divided by prejudice, discover what holds them together. A young Indian officer of mixed blood fights for the British in Malaysia. Amelia Earhart experiences her last days as the Japanese prepare for war. Influenced by family stories of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, Sabina Murray brings to light a complex cast of civilians, soldiers, survivors, and conquerors. In stories that follow the reach of the United States into the heart of Asia and the pieces of war brought back through memory, 'The Caprices' makes us reflect on how our world has been shaped by this crucial period of history..."… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated, 1997. Uncorrected Manuscript. Fine in glossy, pictorial wraps, trade-sized. 367pps. There is a slight, superficial impression in the front wrap, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. An excellent, collector's-quality copy of the scarce pre-publication issue. ".A magnificent love story in the tradition of Ernest Hemingway's 'A Farewell To Arms', 'Cold Mountain' is a breathtaking account of one man's voyage home from the front at the end of the Civil War. Based on true stories passed down by the author's great-great-grandfather, Cold Mountain is the tale of a wounded soldier, Inman, who walks away from the ravages of the war and back home to his pre-war sweetheart, Ada. Inman's odyssey through the devastated landscape of the soon-to-be-defeated South interweaves with Ada's struggle to revive her father's farm with the help of an intrepid young drifter named… Read More

Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1987. Uncorrected Proofs. In Near Fine condition. Tan wraps, interestingly produced of stitched signatures. A label bearing the publisher's information about the forthcoming novel is affixed to the front wrap. 146pps. There are a couple of slight ripples in the front wrap, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. A very nice, collector's-quality copy of an uncommon item. ".'When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy.' With that opening sentance we are introduced to the eleven-year-old heroine of 'Ellen Foster.' Ellen tells her own story, with an honesty, a perceptivity, and a quite un-selfconscious heroism. Her mother dies. She stays with her father until it becomes too dangerous. She lives with a teacher, a grandmother who blames her for her… Read More

Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1987. Uncorrected Proofs. In Near Fine condition. Tan wraps, interestingly produced of stitched signatures. A label bearing the publisher's information about the forthcoming novel is affixed to the front wrap. 146pps. There are two faint and unobtrusive specks to the fore-edge, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. ".'When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy.' With that opening sentance we are introduced to the eleven-year-old heroine of 'Ellen Foster.' Ellen tells her own story, with an honesty, a perceptivity, and a quite un-selfconscious heroism. Her mother dies. She stays with her father until it becomes too dangerous. She lives with a teacher, a grandmother who blames her for her father's marriage, then with an aunt. At the close she… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Uncorrected Proof. Near Fine in glossy pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 302pps. The top corners of the front wrap and the first several pages are very slightly curled. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. SIGNED and dated ('98) by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. Includes the Review Slip from the publisher, laid in. A very nice, collector's-quality copy. ".When Tom Baker dies of a possible drug overdose, Kinky Friedman, who knew Baker probably better than anyone, suspects foul play. Adding to his suspicions is the fact that a documentary Baker had been making on Elvis impersonators has disappeared, along with the only person who has actually seen the film, Baker's assistant, Legs." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1996. Uncorrected Proofs. Fine in glossy pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 240pps. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. ".To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. After feigning his own death to escape from prison, Compton makes his way to the United States with the sole ambition of bringing his 'art' to new heights. Tortured by his own perverse desires, and drawn to possess and destroy young boys, Compton inadvertently joins forces with Jay Byrne, a dissolute playboy who has pushed his 'art' to limits even Compton hadn't previously imagined. Together, Compton and Byrne set their sights on an exquisite young Vietnamese-American runaway. Tran, whom they deem to be the perfect victim. Swiftly moving from the grimy streets of London's Piccadilly Circus to the decadence of the New Orleans French Quarter, and punctuated by rants from radio talk show… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1993. Uncorrected Proofs. Fine in glossy white wraps, trade-sized (pb). 280pps. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. There is very slight curling to the upper corner of the opening pages. No previous ownership markings. SIGNED and inscribed by the author -- 'To Scott, Who showed me a great time in Seattle!' -- on the title-page. ".In Free Fall Elvis gets caught up in his hottest case yet, a case that tests the limits of the human heart as Elvis uncovers a world of cops gone wrong in L.A.'s most explosive neighborhood. Jennifer Sheridan has a good job, a great future, and an engagement ring from the man she loves, a member of an elite LAPD plainclothes unit operating in the war zone known as South Central Los Angeles. But her great future is suddenly in jeopardy -- and it's her cop fiance who's the problem. Jennifer is certain that Mark Thurman is in some kind of trouble, and she wants Elvis Cole to find out what it is. Elvis… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Hyperion, 2001. As new and unread in glossy pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 355pps. The first novel by this author. ".Fourteen-year-old Ellis is getting ready to leave the Southwest for a boarding school in the East. This means leaving behind his mother, and the only real father figure he has ever known, Goat Man. Goat Man has done more for Ellis than giving him his first bong hit. He has maintained a home on Ellis's mom's property rent-free since Ellis was a child, taking care of small tasks and raising a herd of goats-all the while teaching Ellis the meaning of stability, caretaking and commitment. While Ellis is in boarding school, making the grade while staying (mostly) high, Goat Man rehearses for a journey he and Ellis will take during Ellis's spring break, across the border with his pet goats. When they embark on their cross-desert trek, they are forced to reevaluate a relationship they thought was the only thing that would never change in their crazy… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little, Brown & Company, 2002. Uncorrected Proofs. Fine in glossy pictorial wraps, large trade-sized (pb). 342 + 332pps. There is a very mild bump to one end of the spine, otherwise as new: clean, tight, square, and bright. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. SIGNED TWICE by the author -- without further inscription -- once on either title-page. This is an advance copy of both titles, bound back-to-back. "...'Hell To Pay': Derek Strange and Terry Quinn, a team of investigators, are hired to find a fourteen-year-old girl who's run away from her home in the suburbs. It's easy for Strange and Quinn to learn that the girl is now working as a prostitute in one of D.C.'s most brutal neighborhoods. Getting her to leave is harder. The two ex-cops think they know this world -- but nothing in their experience has prepared them for the vengeance of Worldwide Wilson, the ruthless operator whose territory they are intruding upon. Their mission is fractured by a violent… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1999. Uncorrected Proofs. As New in pink, pictorial wraps, trade-sized. 250pps. A flawless copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Money back guarantee. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. First Edition. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

Novato, CA: Underwood-Miller, 1991. Advance Review Copy. Near Fine in plain yellow cardstock wraps, trade-sized (pb). 276pps. There is a bit of faint exterior spotting and a crease at the lower tip of the rear wrap. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. With an Introduction by Jay Kinney and an Afterword by Terrence McKenna. A very nice, collector's-quality copy of the rare advance issue.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "Rumors have circulated for years about the strange contents of a huge unpublished work by Philip K. Dick. 'In Pursuit of Valis' is the first publication of portions of the legendary 'Exegesis'. Dick's 'Exegesis' was the greatest undertaking of his life: some eight thousand pages written (mostly in longhand) during the last years of his life, when he was wrestling with a series of spiritual visions. These same 'mystical experiences'… Read More

New York: HarperCollins, 1993. Uncorrected Proofs. Fine in pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 380pp. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. Yet to be read. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page; this signature is accompanied by the author's usual flower-doodle. "...In her first book to be set in the United States and portray American characters, Isabel Allende offers a powerful narrative that transforms one man's story into a universal tale of lonliness and love, betrayal and defeat, joy and intimacy, and eventual acceptance and reconciliation. It is the story of Gregory Reeves, the son of a self-styled preacher of 'The Infinite Plan,' who struggles to overcome his childhood of poverty and neglect, take control of his destiny, and make a place for himself in a violent and racist world..." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction… Read More

New York: Atheneum, 1986. Uncorrected Proofs. Near Fine in beige cardstock wraps, trade sized (pb). 309pps. There is a small and shallow crimp at the top corner of the first forty pages, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. A very nice, collector's-quality copy -- especially scarce signed. ".0ne of the most feisty, spellbinding and engaging heroines in modern fiction captures the essence of her own life in this contemporary American odyssey born of red-clay land and small-town people. We meet Kate at a crucial moment in middle age when she begins to yearn to see the son she abandoned when she was seventeen. But if she decides to seek him, will he understand her? Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, 'Kate Vaiden' is a penetrating psychological portrait of an ordinary woman in extraordinary circumstances, a story as joyous, tragic, comic and… Read More

London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2001. Uncorrected Bound Proof. Fine in glossy pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 309pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. SIGNED by the author on a bookplate acquired directly from him; the bookplate has been laid in. "...Europe is ablaze with war. The British prime minister is under pressure to intimidate the French and dispatches a Navy squadron to appear off the French coast. To man the ships, ordinary citizens must be press-ganged. Thomas Paine Kydd, a young wig-maker from Guildford, is seized and taken across the country to be part of the crew of the ninety-eight-gun line-of-battle ship Duke William. The ship sails immediately and Kydd has to learn the harsh realities of shipboard life fast. Despite all he goes through, amid dangers of tempest and battle, he comes to admire the skills and courage of his fellow seamen, taking up the challenge himself to become a true… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 2005. Uncorrected Proofs. Fine in pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 279pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "...As the North reels under a series of unexpected defeats during the dark first year of the American Civil War, one man leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause. His experiences will utterly change his marriage and challenge his most ardently held beliefs. Riveting and elegant, 'March' is an extraordinary novel woven out of the lore of American history. From Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic, 'Little Women,' Geraldine Brooks has taken the character of the absent father, March, who has gone off to war, leaving his wife and daughters to make do in hard times. To… Read More

Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.: Poisoned Pen Press, 2000. Uncorrected Proof. Fine, spiral-bound, in plain blue wraps. 258pps. An excellent copy of this advance-state issue: clean, tight, and bright. All tips are sharp. The pages are immaculate. The author's first novel. Buy with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Money back guarantee. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. First Edition. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Scribner's, 1994. Uncorrected Proof. Fine in glossy pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 290pps. A flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. <br><br><b><font color=#003366> "Watch out, world. Here comes Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude. In Stephanie's opinion, toxic waste, rabid drivers, armed schizophrenics, and August heat, humidity, and hydrocarbons are all part of the great adventure of living in Jersey. She's a product of the 'burg,' a blue-collar pocket of Trenton where houses are attached and narrow, cars are American, windows are clean, and (God forbid you should be late) dinner is served at six. Now Stephanie's all grown up and out on her own, living five miles from Mom and Dad's, doing her best to sever the world's longest umbilical cord. Her mother is a… Read More