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New York: Columbia University Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. A very good copy with minor bending at the corners and a shallow bump to the bottom of the front board that has split the paper. A clean, tight and unread copy. Dustjacket is also very good with minor wear at the top edges of the panels, and the folds. 307 pp., indexed, some black and white photos. A literary history of female homosexuality. Part of the Columbia Gender & Culture series. Faye's Books

San Francisco: Macadam/Cage, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Black hardcover. Signed and inscribed by Pierce on the title page, "To P... & P... with love & admiriation. Todd Pierce" A very good copy with minor wear at the edges. Binding solid and text clean. Unclipped jacket with minor edgewear and a bit of scuffing to the panels. 223 pp., the author's first novel.

Texas: The Humanities Research Center - The Unversity of Texas, 1965. Limited ed. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Black cloth with gilt titles, limited first edition in dustjacket. Limitation page at rear indicating 500 copies. A very good volume with minor bending at the lower corners and a bit of shelfwear to the board edges. Previous owner's bookplate neatly to the top of the front pastedown, otherwise a clean and unmarked copy in a solid binding. Unclipped jacket with $5.00 price stamped in blue ink to the top of the front flap. Some ruffling and chipping along the top edge of the panels, clean and bright paper jacket. 180 pp., indexed, some black & white illustrations and photos. Machen has been recognized as a foundational author of fantasy and horror, influencing some of our best known modern novelists.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1989. First American edition. Hardcover. Good/good +. Signed without inscription on the title page in Fuentes' unique style. Blue board with dark blue cloth spine and silver titles. Hardcover 1st American Edition, in dustjacket. Foxing to the textblock edges and bumps and wear to the edges and corners. The interior is much better - clean and unmarked in a solid binding. Unclipped jacket is good+ with minor wear and ruffling along the panel edges - bright and attractive. 531 pp., originally released in Spanish in the 60s, it was finally translated to English and released in North America in the late 80s.

New York: Warner Books, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/good +. Tan and green hardcover. Signed and dated by the author on the title page without inscription. Some bumpint to upper corners and shelfwear to the bottom edge. Binding solid and text clean. Unclipped jacket with matching wear at the upper corners and rubbing at the folds. 574 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Blue hardcover in jacket. Signed without inscription by the author on the title page. Minor edgewear and a remainder mark at the bottom edge of the textblock. A very good copy in like dustjacket with "Local Author" sticker on the lower front panel. 429 pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Brown hardcover in dustjacket. Signed without inscription by Rick Bass on the title page, with an "Autographed Copy" sticker to the upper front panel of the dustjacket. General minor wear at the edges of book and jacket, otherwise a clean, tight unmarked copy of this novel. 208 pp., the story of the Mier Expedition and its tragic outcomes.

New York: Hurst and Company Publishers. Hardcover. Fair. Gray hardcover with black titles and illustration, no date or printings indicated, circa 1900. A fair copy with heavy wear to the spine ends and corners, darkening ot the light covers and two dime shaped spots to the lower front cover. Pages browning and brittle, but all intact. Hinges intact and unbroken, but some splitting at the gatherings deeper into the bind. Soil and discoloration to the edges of the text block. 131 pp., one of the scarcer Dumas titles.

Maryland: Barnes & Noble, 1994. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Black hardcover, 1st US edition, in dustjacket. A very good copy with moderate wear at the edges and corners of the boards. Interior is clean and unmarked in a solid binding. Dustjacket is in good condition with a blurring or staining to the purple textblock on the front panel, and general matching wear to the panel edges and folds. 172 pp., indexed, notes and bibliography.

New York: Riverhead Books, 1999. First edition. Hardback. Very Good/very good. Brown hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Tony with best wishes always, Chang-rae Lee." A very good copy with bruising at the spine ends and light wear at the corners. Text clean and unmarked, binding solid. Unclipped dustjacket clean and attractive with ruffling at the head of the spine and minor shelf-wear at the folds. 356 pp.

Athens: University Of Georgia Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Green cloth hardcover 1st in dustjacket. Signed without inscription on the title page by the author, and an "Autographed Copy" sticker to the front panel of the dustjacket. A very good copy clean and tight with light bumping to the spine tips. Unclipped dustjacket with light soil to the white panels and matching wear to the spine ends. 211 pp., indexed. A literary piece on the intersection of gender attitudes and history and their impact on attitudes toward land and nature in American fiction.

Prague: Czech-Moravian Printing and Publishing Company / Ceskomoravske Podniky Tiskarske a Vydavatelske, 1930. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Good. Blue cloth hardcover in Czech (no English) with gilt titles and thick stitched flowers along the bottom front third of the cover - beautiful in multiple colors, though now worn and darkened with age. The gilt titles are worn in spots and faded as well. I am uncertain if this is a hand re-binding, although it seems to be of the period so may have been a special edition. A good copy, but aged and showing some soiling and wear to the cover edges and corners. Interior is clean and unmarked, but with endpapers fading at the edges, and pages age-toned. The stitched binding is solid, but lacking tightness and the rear hinge is beginning to strain at the stitches. A handful of dog-eared pages. 407 pp. Baar's hard to find semi-autobiographical novel in it's fourth edition, beautifully ornamented on the cover.

New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Red and black hardcover 1st in jacket. Signed without inscription by the author on the half-title page in blue ink. A good copy with moderate wear to the board edges and corners, and a knick to the cloth at the top of the front joint. Interior is very good indeed - clean, tight and unmarked. Unclipped dustjacket with matching tear at the top of the front joint region and light edgewear to the panels including minor dampstaining at the foot of the spine panel. 349 pp., a thriller from native American novelist James Welch.

California: Published by the author, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Pictoral hardcover - lacking dustjacket. Wear to the spine ends and several scuffs to the front cover and spine covering. Interior clean and unmarked. Foxing to the rear endpapers and the text block edges, text unaffected. 478 pp., the author's first, self-published novel of a woman falsely accused in Victorian England - based on a real case.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Green and black hardcover in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Amy, Enjoy! Lorraine Johnson." Stated First Edition Revised. Book is like new with little to no wear and a tight, unread binding. Unclipped jacket with a sticker removal scar to the rear panel barcode area - clean and bright. 241 pp., a collection of stories on black history in the U.S.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good/near fine. Hardcover in jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author - personalized on the half title to a fellow author and signed and dated on the title page in the year of publication. Minor wear at the spine ends and a bit of dusting at the top text block edges. Jacket with light shelf-wear at the edges. Bright and attractive. 316 pp., the author's first novel.

New York: Dutton, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Good/very good. Black hardcover in dustjacket. Signed and dated by the author on the title page without inscription. Bumping to the spine column and general wear at the edges. Front endpaper creased. Text clean and unmarked, binding and hinges solid. Unclipped jacket with minor crinkling and wear at the head of the spine. 433 pp., the author's second novel.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. White hardcover, first edition in dustjacket. Signed without inscription by the author on the title page. "Autographed Copy" sticker to the bottom of the front panel of the dustjacket. A good copy with bumping and wear and the spine ends and corners. Penciled X's to the top and bottom edge of the text block and a small spot to the bottom edge. Inside a clean solid copy. Unclipped jacket with chips and short tears at the top corners and folds, clean and attractive jacket. The author's debut novel, well received and nicely signed. 322 pp.

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Red cloth and cream boards, hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed, "For Betty - May Sarton" on the half-title page. A good only copy in matching jacket. Wear at the edges and rounding at the spine ends. Previous owner's bookplate to the front fly. Text block is cocked forward. Binding is solid and pages are clean and unmarked. Unclipped jacket is also good only with an open tear (about 1.5 inches) at the bottom of the rear panel. General wear to the edges of the jacket panels and some soiling to the rear panel. 384 pp., Sarton's novel of the lifelong friendship between two women.

New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Red hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Also on the title page is a lengthy personal inscription from to Karin from a friend. Otherwise this is a clean, tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf-wear at the edges and corners, and just a dot of soil to the top textblock edges. Unclipped dustjacket is bright and attractive with minor shelfwear along the bottom edges. 318 pp., the author's first novel.