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London, East Sussex, United Kingdom: Harvill Press, 2000. BX2 - A trade paperback withdrawn ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with heavy clear plastic lamination applied to the covers plus there are the usual library labels and stamps on the back cover, the top outside paper edges, the front endpaper, and the title page. Translated from the Italian by Emma Rose. A novel about a modestly ambitious man who establishes a prosperous ironmonger's shop, has a beautiful wife, and a household with two sons. But there are still well-guarded secrets tied to his wife's arrangement of her maid's marriage after his mother's natural death. This book is a winner of the Campiello prize. By the author of "Girl in a Turban" and "His Mother's House." 168p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.25"x8..25". Ex-Library.

New York, New York, USA: Algora Publishing, 2000. BX4 - A trade paperback withdrawn ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated white wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with the usual library stamps, label, and pocket on the top outside paper edges, the copyright page, and the back endpaper. A book that examines the zealous and omnivorous human personality type. The author places his own personality within this type and uses the book to describe both the pleasures and downsides of it. The author also uses the book to produce a tipe of self portrait. Footnotes, 258p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.5"x8.5". Ex-Library.

Seattle, Washington, USA: Black Heron Press, 2001. BX6 - A hard cover withdrawn ex-library book in very good- condition. No additional printings are indicated on the back of the title page. A tight, clean, sound copy in black paper covered boards with silver lettering on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear plus there are the usual library stamps and label on the top outside paper edges, front endpaper, and title page plus the book is very slighty shelf cocked. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus there is the usual library label on the spine plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. This is a title in the publisher's Black Heron Press Award for Social Fiction series. A novel about the confrontation between the oppressor and the oppressed set in Iran during the first years of the fundamentalist revolution. The story focuses on the suffering of Iranian women imprisoned by the authorities. The author is a winner of a Barthelme memoiral Fellowship and the… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2000. BZ2 - A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition with a dust jacket in very good+ condition. Stated first edition with a sequence of numbers with the "1" present and with no additional printings indicated. A tight, clean, sound copy in textured dark blue paper covered boards with silver lettering and a graphic on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear with the dust jacket mylar sleeve endflaps glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library stamps and marks on the top outside paper edges, the front and back free endpapers, and the title page. The dust jacket shows no visible signs of wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. This book is a winner of the A. W. P. Thomas Dunne Books Award. This is the author's first novel. A novel set in 1936 in a small town near Charlottesville, Virginia about the circumstances… Read More

Baton Rouge, Louisana, USA: Louisiana State University Press, 1988. CC5 - A tight, clean, sound copy in tan cloth covered boards with black lettering and a graphic on the spine with minor overall shelf wear with some light glue staining on the front and back fixed endpapers from where the dust jacket was glued to the boards plus there is a patch of glued staining on the front free endpaper from a library pocket plus there are the usual library marks, stamps, and labels on the top and bottom outside paper edges, the front fixed and free endpaper, and the copyright page. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with some very light glue staining on the front and back endflaps from where they were glued to the boards. . Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 5.75"x8.75". Ex-Library.

Notre Dame, Indiana, USA: University of Notre Dame Press, 2002. CC5 - A tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated light brown and yellow wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with the usual library stamps and label on the spine wrapping around on the front and back covers, the title page, and the back endpaper. A colleciton of ten darkly funny short stories. All of them are about characters who tell stories to sort out their lives by telling stories or else are listining to the stories of other people. This book is a winner of the Richard Sullivan Prize in Short Fiction. 163p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.5"x8.5". Ex-Library.

New York: Scribner Paperback Fiction, 1996. CE5 - A trade paperback book signed by author in very good condition that has remainder mark on the bottom page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. A collecton of seven short stories and a novella that display the sharp-eyed perceptions and wit of the author. The book title is taken form the story which is a humorous portrait of a family gathering to celebrate the remarriage of a couple six years after their divorce. this collection include the author's O. Henry Prize winning story "Dirty Words." The author is a winner of a Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction and the Nelson Algren Award. By the author of "The Expendables" and "In the Land of Men." 8"x5.25", 269 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Columbia, Missouri, USA: University of Missouri Press, 1979. CF4 - A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in good condition with no dust jacket. A tight, clean, sound copy in brown cloth covered boards with gold lettering on the spine with moderate overall shelf wear plus there is heavy fading/sunning on the spine and along the spine and top edges of the front and back boards plus there are the usual library labels, stamps, marks, and pocket on the front board, top, bottom, and right outside paper edges, preface page, back endpaper, and inside surface of the back board. This is a title in the publisher's Associated Writing Program Award Winner series. A prize winning collection of short stories. 147p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Kailua, Hawaii, USA: Plover Press, 1997. CF4 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear plus there are the usual library labels and stamps on the top outside paper edges and front endpaper plus there is some tape residue on the inside surfaces of the boards from where the endflaps were taped down to the boards. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus there are the usual library labels on the spine and on the front plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. Translated from the Spanish by John Copeland. A novel about a gambusino or scavenger of mines. He roams the hills, eking out a living by hauling promising samples into town and making deals with current land owners. The author is a winner of the Premio Xavier Villaurrutia and El Nacional's 50th Anniversary Novel Contest. By the author of "Llaves de Urgell" and "Guerra en el Paraíso." 113p.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Athens, Georgia, USA: University of Georgia Press, 1991. CG2 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear with the usual library stamps and label on the top, right, and bottom outside paper edges and the front free endpaper plus there is a large patch of glue staining on the front free endpaper from a pocket. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A collection of twelve short stories by a noted writer of the form. They are about individuals backed against a wall as they try to free themselves from their own limitations, habits, and destructive desires. This collection is a winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA: Graywolf Press, 2002. CG4 - A ifrst edition ex-library hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Book has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), dust jacket and book have some light discoloration and shelf wear. A novel about one day in Dublin, Ohio, an ordinary day in the lives of ordinary people centered on a couple on their anniversary day and sharing the los of their four-year-old son eight years earlier. This novel is a winner of the S. Mariella Gable Prize. The author is a winner of a fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts, a Pushcart Prize, an Anhinga Prize, and has been nominated for a National Magazine Award. By the author of "Only the Dance" and "Distance and Direction." 8.5"x5.5", 221 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York, New York, USA: Delta/Dell Publishing, 1995. CH3 - A trade paperback book in very good- condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with minor overall shelf wear and some yellowing of the outside paper edges. This is the story of two young girls in the 1960s. Their backyard is both a playgound and a prison. It acts as refuge from the rages of their war-haunted father and as a secret garden for their imaginations. A child's-eye view of a family drama played out to a chilling climax. The author's first novel. Winner of the Whiting Writers' Award. 155p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. BY3 - A hard cover first edition book in near fine condition with a dust jacket in very good condition. Stated first edition with no additional printings indicated. A tight, clean, sound copy in light gray paper covered boards with gold lettering and a graphic on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear with the letter "R" in black ink at the top right of the front free endpaper. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with some light creasing and water wrinkling on the back. A collection of nine short stories that tell about people and events in two generations of a family in a small town in Tennessee. The author is a winner of the Frederick Exley Fiction Competition. 161p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Penguin Books, 1992. BZ5 - A trade paperback book in near fine condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with some very light creasing on the front and back covers plus there is some very light scattered rubbing on the front cover. This is a title in the publisher's Contemporary American Fiction series. A novel about the mysterious events that take place in less than forty hours in the life of a bureaucratically comfortable city commissioner of streets. This book is a National Book Award Finalist plus the author is a winner of the National Book Critics Award. By the author of "the Living End," "The Dick Gibson Show," "The Franchiser," and "Van Gogh's Room at Arles." 283p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ticknor & Fields/Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. BU3 - A trade paperback book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with minor shelf wear overall plus some light creasing on the front cover plus some very, very light bumping of the bottom right corner plus "NOT FOR RESALE" stamped in black ink on the top outside paper edges. These stories cover the whole gamut of the male experience. The moods range from humor to rage and regret. The author has an ear for conversation and a wonderfully mixed appreciation of both the humor and horror of the human condition. This is a look into the hearts and minds of boys and men at moments of crisis. Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction. By the author of "The Englishman's Boy," "Homesick," "My Present Age," and "Things As They Are." 230p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Arcade Publishing, 1994. BC5 - A trade paperback book in near fine condition. An as new, unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very, very minor overall shelf wear. Translated from the French by Barbara Wright. A story about a son's ache for the loss of his father, a traveling salesman who died at 49 and left a family in shock behind him. He had been a hero, warrior, and legend of the Resistance during World War II. As a mature man himself his son has come to realize that his father's illustriousness was not just in wartime glory but in moments of domestic tranquillity. This is the author's first novel. Winner of the Prix Goncourt. By the author of "Fields of Glory." Translator's notes, 152p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Doubleday, 1995. BD6 - A tight, clean, sound copy in red paper covered boards quarter bound in dark red cloth with gold lettering and a graphic on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear plus the usual library stamp and label on the top outside paper edges and front endpaper plus a section (about 2"x4.5") cut out of the front endpaper as part of the library's withdrawal process plus the dust jacket endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. The dust jacket shows only very minor overall shelf wear plus it is still in the the original library mylar sleeve plus there is the usual library label on the spine plus the endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. With an introduction by William Abrahams. The 1996 edition of one of America's most respected annual collections of short stories. This collection is of 21 short stories. Author biographies, magazines consulted, 382p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8vo -… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1984. BD6 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with minor overall shelf wear. A collection of outstanding short stories by American authors. The stories chosen for this volume were published in the period from the summer of 1982 to the summer of 1983. 296p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Iowa City, Iowa, USA: University of Iowa Press, 1978. BI5 - A trade paperback book in good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in monochrome illustrated red and white wraps with minor overall shelf wear with some light fading on the spine plus there is some scattered light rubbing plus there is some very, very light edge wear along the covers free edgesplus there is the original owner's name in blue ink on the dedication page. This is a title in the publisher's Iowa Scholl of Letters Award for Short Ficiton. A collection of short stories by a noted writer of the form. The author is a winner of the Iowa School of Letters Award for Short Fiction. 141p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.