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New York: Carroll & Graf, 2000. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Gray paper over boards with a black, gilt-stamped backstrip. Octavo. 182pps. There is mild rubbing to the spine-ends and a remainder mark at the base of the textblock (unobtrusive, under the heel of the spine). Also, there is slight creasing at the bottom of the first 20 pages. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has touches of rubbing and a few slight scratchings; the original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title page. A nice copy of Benioff's highly regarded first novel. Made into a film by Spike Lee (2002), starring Edward Norton. ".An absorbing novel of crime, its terrifying consequences, and a bond that redefines the friendship of three restless young men. Wall Street speculators, the Manhattan downtown club scene, Russian gangsters, immigrant neighborhoods --…
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The 25th Hour
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New York: Carroll & Graf, 2000. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Gray paper over boards with a black, gilt-stamped backstrip. Octavo. 182pps. There is mild rubbing to the spine-ends and a remainder mark at the base of the textblock (unobtrusive, under the heel of the spine). Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has touches of rubbing; the original price is intact. A nice copy of Benioff's highly regarded first novel. Made into a film by Spike Lee (2002), starring Edward Norton. ".An absorbing novel of crime, its terrifying consequences, and a bond that redefines the friendship of three restless young men. Wall Street speculators, the Manhattan downtown club scene, Russian gangsters, immigrant neighborhoods -- all the elements in the urban turf of this finely crafted contemporary crime novel wed danger with excitement and possibility. They're the rewards that Monty Brogan, who…
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The Anatomy Lesson (and other stories)
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New York: Viking, 1957. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Brown boards with a pink cloth backstrip. The spine is stamped in red. Pink topstain. Octavo. 214pps. There is a bit of fading to the pink topstain, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a sunfaded spine and modest rubbing wear at the extremities; the original price (3.50) is intact. A nice copy of the author's first book of short stories. "...Unlike most first books of stories, this one exhibits the versatility and explosive force of a talent already mature. From the title story, which deals with the remarkable lecture an art class receives from its usually taciturn master, to 'The Yellow Raft,' an unforgettable sketch of a downed flyer, these are stories with a wide range of subject matter, each achieving a precise and stunning effect in its own distinctive manner..." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered…
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New York: Viking, 1957. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Brown boards with a pink cloth backstrip. The spine is stamped in red. Pink topstain. Octavo. 214pps. This volume has minor bumping to the tips and to the spine-ends. A previous owner's name is stamped on the ffep. Otherwise, clean, tight, and bright. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has rubbing and wear to the head and heel of the spine, with a couple of 1/16" chips and creasing. There are small chips, as well, at the base of the flap-folds and a bit of soiling to the white area of the rear panel. The jacket is price-clipped. A nice copy of the author's first book of short stories. ".Unlike most first books of stories, this one exhibits the versatility and explosive force of a talent already mature. From the title story, which deals with the remarkable lecture an art class receives from its usually taciturn master, to 'The Yellow Raft,' an unforgettable sketch of a downed flyer, these are stories with a…
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Antiquities : Seven Stories
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Seattle, WA, U.S.A.: Incunabula, 1993. As New in an As New dustjacket. Bound in full brown cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt; the front panel in blind. Octavo. 100pps., plus a colophon. A flawless, collector's-quality copy -- still in the publisher's shrinkwrap: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be opened and yet to be read. One of only 1,000 copies of the first edition. ".Here are rarities: seven stories by a writer known best for work in long forms, a writer who hasn't often turned his hand to stories. Here are stories from every period of his career, in an array of genres: here are a little legend from the middle ages, a parody of those beloved Edwardian travellers' tales, an imagined moment from the life of an English poet and a visit from an English novelist. Here are a ghost story about memory, and an SF story, also about memory. And a final fable about how only the brave deserve the fair. The seven stories here collected for the first time are…
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At Play in the Fields of the Lord
by Matthiessen, Peter
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New York: Random House, 1965. [1965]. Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Beige cloth with a black cloth backstrip. Both the spine and the decorative front panel are stamped in gilt. Octavo. Red topstain. 373pps. Stated First Printing. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is sun-darkened (as is common) -- particularly along the spine panel -- and has a couple of closed tears and shallow chipping along the top edge; the original price (5.95) is intact. Nominated for the National Book Award and the basis for the acclaimed 1991 film directed by Hector Babenco. "...The setting of this wild, beautiful and haunting novel is the Amazon jungle, at once majestic and malevolent; the principle characters are four fundamentalist missionaries and a soldier of fortune; and the plot concerns their fanatical conflict over the fate of a primitive and dangerous tribe of jungle Indians..." Purchase…
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The Bean Trees
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New York: Harper & Row, 1988. [1988]. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Light brown boards quarterbound in beige cloth. The spine is stamped in brown. Octavo. 232pps. A flawless, 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. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is also as new; the original price (16.95) is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. This is a Review Copy, and all review materials (placard, black-and-white photo, and review slip) are laid in. The author's first novel. ".Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. But when she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she meets the human condition head-on. By the time Taylor arrives in Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a completely unexpected child, a three-year-old…
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The Bean Trees
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New York: Harper & Row, 1988. [1988]. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dustjacket. Light brown boards quarterbound in beige cloth. The spine is stamped in brown. Octavo. 232pps. There is mild bumping to the tips and touches of dustspotting to the fore-edge (only). Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is lightly rubbed; the original price (16.95) is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. A nice, collector's-quality copy of the author's first novel.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "...Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. But when she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she meets the human condition head-on. By the time Taylor arrives in Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a completely unexpected child, a three-year-old American Indian girl named…
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The Beardless Warriors
by Matheson, Richard
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1960. (1960). Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full mustard-yellow cloth. The spine is stamped in red. Octavo. 337pps. Stated First Edition. A previous owner's name has been crossed out on the front pastedown (beneath the jacket flap), otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has modest edgewear and a faintly sunned spine; the original price (4.50) is intact. A very nice, collector's-quality copy of this earlier Matheson title. ".In 1944, long before he wrote such classic novels as 'I Am Legend' and 'What Dreams May Come,' author Richard Matheson served as an eighteen-year-old replacement in the 87th Division during the latter part of the war in Europe. His tour of duty there inspired this acclaimed novel about a group of equally young and inexperienced soldiers thrown into the fury of combat. 'The Beardless Warriors' are a squad of teenage U.S. infantrymen…
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Bloodbrothers
by Price, Richard
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full brown cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in metallic blue. Large octavo. 271pps. There is light rubbing to the edges of the cloth, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. The price-clipped dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has modest wear at the extremities and a couple of short, closed tears. A nice copy of the author's second novel. ".Eighteen-year-old Stony De Coco is trapped in a working-class world that offers him only one way of proving his loyalty, and no way out." 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 refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover.
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Bold Sons of Erin
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New York: William Morrow & Company, 2003. [2003]. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Brown boards. The spine is stamped in black. Octavo. 335pps. There is mild bumping to the lower tips, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a light touch of crinkling at the head of the spine; the original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. "...A Union general is murdered while recruiting Irish immigrants. His confessed assassin dies 'of cholera' before he can be questioned. In defiance of the local priest, a stubborn investigator opens the killer's grave -- and finds the corpse of a young woman many weeks dead, whose identity lies shrouded in the struggle for Ireland's freedom. From a windswept graveyard to the killing fields of Fredericksburg, Major Abel Jones battles the multiple layers of deceit surrounding the death of a general who lied about his own name. President…
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The Book of the American Indian
by Garland, Hamlin
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1923. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Brown boards quarterbound in black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt; the decorative front panel, black-printed, has a paste-on label of an Indian brave. Quarto. Yellow topstain. 274pps., with numerous illustrations by the artist with three of the plates being in full-color. Early printing: 1923 (the same year of the first edition ) on the title-page, L-X on the copyright page). There is superficial insect damage near the top of the front joint and bumping to the upper tips which has caused the top corner of the textblock to be slightly crimped. Also, a previous owner's name has been neatly penned on the ffep. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The price-clipped dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has modest chipping at the extremities and light wear along the top-edge; the Remington paste-on illustration is in fine, colorful condition. A very nice copy -- uncommon in jacket and in so nice a jacket --…
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Brother To Dragons (A New Version)
by Warren, Robert Penn
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New York: Random House, 1979. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Black boards quarterbound in black cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in copper. 141pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has the original price (8.95) on the front flap. This edition is reported to be more scarce than the 1953 version (with which Mr. Warren was greatly dissatisfied). 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 refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover.
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Cannibals and Christians
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New York: The Dial Press, 1966. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Bound in full blue cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt and white. Octavo. [xvi] + 400pps., with a full-color frontispiece. There is mild bumping to the spine-ends and one page has a neatly-penned comment in the margin, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has modest general edgewear; the original price (5.95) is intact. "...Collected here are Mailer's now famous interpretation of the Goldwater Convention in San Francisco; his devastating analysis of the United States' policy ni Vietnam; his views on sexual attitudes in America; the classic interview he gave to 'The Paris Review'; a sheaf of new poems; a new and startling philosophical dialogue; and two brilliant short stories, including 'The Last Night,' the first work he has ever written in the mode of science fiction..." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine…
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The Caprices
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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..."…
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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…
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Clearing in the Sky & Other Stories
by Stuart, Jesse
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New York: McGraw-Hill, 1950. [1950]. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full brown cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 262pps. There is light rubbing to the spine-ends, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has a slightly sunned spine and shallow chipping at the extremities; the original price is intact. An excellent, collector's-quality copy. ".In 'Clearing in the Sky,' Jesse Stuart -- poet, short-story writer, and novelist of the Kentucky hills -- presents twenty-one colorful, entertaining sagas of the backwoods country. Greenup County, the locale of the stories, is a sort of place where a good hound dog is worth more than an automobile and barn dances draw bigger crowds than movies. The mud roads of the section are impassable in spring, and an occasional wildcat still roams the woods. If a man is a shrewd horse…
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Close Range : Wyoming Stories
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Scribner, 1999. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Sage-colored boards with a black, silver-stamped backstrip. Quarto. 283pps., with 6 full-page watercolors by William Matthews. There is rounding to the spine-ends and a faint pencil-erasure of price in the upper corner of the ffep., otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light rubbing wear along the edges; the original price (25.00) is intact. A collection of 11 of the author's short stories, including 'Brokeback Mountain.'<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "Annie Proulx's masterful language and fierce love of Wyoming are evident in this collection of stories about lonliness, quick violence, and wrong kinds of love. These are stories of desperation, hard times, and unlikely elation, set in a landscape both brutal and magnificent. In a unique collaboration that revives…
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Cold Mountain
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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…
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The Cosmological Eye
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Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1939. In Near Fine condition. Bound in full beige buckram. The spine is stamped in brown; the front panel of this first-state binding has the inset label of 'the cosmological eye.' Octavo. [ix] + 363pps. No dustjacket. There is a faint touch of sunning to the spine and browning to either pastedown (as is common, due to the binder's glue). Otherwise clean, bright, square, and soundly bound. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. A very nice copy of the author's first U. S. publication. ".This collection contains a number of Henry Miller's most important shorter prose writings. They are taken from the Paris books 'Black Spring' (1936) and 'Max and the White Phagocytes' (1938) and were for the most part, written at about the same time as 'Tropic of Capricorn' -- the period of Miller's and Durrell's life in the famous Villa Seurat in Paris." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and…
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