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New York:: Ballantine / Del Rey,, (1989). First edition -. Very good.. Paperback original - first printing. Del Rey Books #35167 "In late 1990s Caifornia, Justin Pope had all the virtues needed for success - all he lacked was talent, and that was never a problem - he just stole the compositions of the long dead 'near greats' of music. Then he acquired a time machine and the vaults of all the ages were open to him." 260 pp. Cover art by Barclay Shaw.

New York:: Del Rey,, 1987.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in near fine dust jacket (spine faded on dj, red dot on upper edge.). First edition. The Soviet Union attacks the young republic of Texas, set in the near future.

New York:: Oxford University Press,, 1994.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A riveting study of a pivotal moment in the history of slavery - reconstructs the experience of slavery through the eyes of the Demerara slaves themselves. Based on complaints brought by the slaves to the office of the Protector of Slaves, eyewitness accounts, official records and private journals. Index, extensive notes.

Grand Rapids, MI: : Black Letter Press, , (1971). Ex-library with the usual markings, tape reinforcement on spine, remains of a pocket, but still sturdy and readable.. Facsimile edition, a trade paperback. Facsimile reprint of a guide originally published in 1869 by Geo. A. Crofutt & Co, Publishers, Chicago. "Containing a full and authentic description of over 500 cities, towns, villages, stations, government forts and camps, mountains, lakes, rivers, sulphur, soda and hot springs, scenery, watering place, summer resorts" for those interested in hunting or seeing where the buffalo, elk and deer roam, in trout fishing and more Includes "the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads of California, their branches and connections by stage and water from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean." Sounds pretty irrestible, 244 pp. Small format.

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, 1994.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dustjacket.. First printing. First book by this writer of Haitian and French descent - both a political thriller and a vivid picture of post-Duvalier Haiti.

New York:: Norton,, (2010). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. A brief but provocative collection of essays, triggered by a move to Las Vegas one summer: D'Agata "begins to follow a story about the federal governmentÕs plan to store high-level nuclear waste at a place called Yucca Mountain, a desert range near the city of Las Vegas" and winds up with a re-examination of the future of human life. Notes. 236 pp.

St. Paul, MN:: Graywolf Press,, (2001). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A brief but provocative collection of essays,on topics as diverse as the dancer Martha Graham, the Flat Earth society, the artist Henry Darger, the idea of a Hall of Fame and more. Notes. 246 pp.

New York:: Ecco Press,, 1997.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fine dust jacket (remainder line).. First printing. Novel set aboard a slave ship in 1781, inspired by a true story. 230 pp.

New York:: Ecco Press,, 1997.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First printing. Novel set aboard a slave ship in 1781, inspired by a true story.

San Francisco:: Chronicle Books,, (2000.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated boards in a near fine dust jacket.. First US printing. The young pig Squiggle goes to visit his cousins in Paris and promises his parents he will be good! The words are from the letter he writes back home, in which he tells his parents how good they are, but the lovely soft soft paintings by author/illustrator Dahan tell another story. Originally published in France under the title 'Au Jardin du Luxembourg.' Large format, unpaginated.

New York:: Morrow,, (2004.). Hardcover first edition -. Binding cracked after pg 18, so a fair reading copy only in a fine dust jacket.. First printing. Set in Seattle. 316 pp.

New York:: Avon,, 1996.. Very good (some creasing to spine.). Paperback. Fruitcake recipe inside front cover.

New York:: Morrow,, 2001.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A bed-and-breakfast mystery, set in Seattle. The author's first book to be published in hardcover.

New York:: Morrow,, 2001.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line.). First printing. A bed-and-breakfast mystery, set in Seattle. The author's first book to be published in hardcover.

New York:: Morrow,, 2001.. Hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.). 2nd printing. A bed-and-breakfast mystery, set in Seattle. The author's first book to be published in hardcover.

New York:: Ballantine,, (2014). Hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 2nd printing. Mystery featuring Emma Lord, editor of the only newspaper in a small logging town in the Cascade Mountains, and Sheriff Milo Dodge. 336 pp.

New York:: St Martin's Minotaur, , (2014). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The author's first book, introduces journalist Rebekah Roberts, a story of murder among the Hasidic community in Brooklyn. In addition to her search for the truth behind the discovery of the body of a murdered woman, Rebekah is also learning more about her own heritage as the daughter of a Jewish woman who abandoned her as a child to return to the Hasidic community. Nominated for an Edgar Award for Best First Novel and named one of the best books of the year by the Boston Globe. 295 pp.

New York:: St Martin's Minotaur, , (2008). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a near fine dust jacke (price-clipped).. First US printing. Author's first book to be published in the US, "a tangled web of art theft, blackmail, torrid sex and double crosses." Winner of Norway's Riverton Prize for Best Crime Novel. Translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett. 276 pp.

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 1969.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Uncommon in this condition.. First printing. A fictionalized account for young adults of the "Amistad" case. The illustrations are taken from contemporary documents.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, (1972.). Hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Later printing. The further adventures of Charlie Bucket and Willie Wonka chocolate-maker extraordinary by the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Illustrated by Joseph Schindelman. 163 pp.