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The Italian journalist's fifth book, a biographical look at the original seven astronauts, and the scientist's, at the dawn of America's space program. Edges of red cloth boards slightly toned, else about fine in a similar dw with three short tears closed on the verso with archival tape. Uncommonly INSCRIBED in Italian by Fallaci on the half-title page.

Pseudonym of Harry Patterson, a/k/a Hugh Marlowe, a/k/a Jack Higgins. The uncommon second Paul Chavasse thriller, nearly fine in very good+ dw with moderate chipping along the top edge of the rear panel, and the UK price clipped at the foot of the front flap; the US $2.95 price is intact atop the flap.

1st US edition of the author's fourth novel, as new in similar dw, and SIGNED by Faulks on the title page.

Correct 1st edition of the author's breakthrough 4th novel. Slight tap to upper front corner else the book is about fine in green boards in a very nearly fine dw with a tiny nick atop the spine and a very short closed tear at the bottom of the front gutter. Middle volume of a loosely knit trilogy that began with The Girl at the Lion d'Or and concludes with Charlotte Gray; Birdsong is the most difficult volume of the three to find in collectible condition.

. First Trade edition of this anthology of 22 contributing writers, edited by Jonathan Safren Foer. Fine in fine dw, inscribed by Foer on the title page, and signed by Joyce Carol Oates at her contribution.

Ford's 2nd novel, set in Oaxaca, Mexico amidst a cast of drug traffickers and urban guerrillas. Lower hinge of inside rear board is just a bit loose, a problem that plagues most copies of this title, yet the book is very nearly fine in fine dw, and is SIGNED by the author on the title page.

Second novel by the author of The Day of the Jackal, and the source for the movie of the same name starring Jon Voight and Maximillan Schell. Beautiful copy, fine in red boards with the slightest tap to the front upper corner, in an equally fine black dw. Briefly INSCRIBED by Forsyth on the half-title page, uncommon thus; most available signed copies are on bookplates or affixed labels. A superior copy of this title.

Correct 1st edition, about fine in similar dw with the slightest bit of rubbing to the extremities. SIGNED by Francis on the half-title page.

The beloved author's first collection of short fiction. Page edges typically toned else fine in fine dw, SIGNED by Francis on the title page.

1st US edition of Francis' 6th mystery. About fine in nearly fine dw with light wear to the edges of the faded green spine (an endemic problem) and a short closed tear on lower front panel near the spine.

A stunning color catalog of thirty-two ink drawings by Jan Frank encircling a sculpture by John Chamberlain titled Gangster of Love, with an introduction by B.H. Friedman. New in french wraps with stiff brown paper dw, #39 of 1000 copies, numbered and SIGNED by Frank on the lower front cover. The critic Lilly Wei contributes an appraisal of the exhibition at the rear of the book.

A stunning color catalog of thirty-two ink drawings by Jan Frank encircling a sculpture by John Chamberlain titled Gangster of Love, with an introduction by B.H. Friedman. New in french wraps with stiff brown paper dw, #39 of 1000 copies, numbered and SIGNED by Frank on the lower front cover. The critic Lilly Wei contributes an appraisal of the exhibition at the rear of the book.

A 79-page color catalog of the artist's suite of paintings rendered on plywood, several of which appeared in exhibition at Nahmad Contemporary Gallery in New York City. Two of Frank's plywood painting's are displayed in an Architectural Digest feature story of Liev Schreiber's recently-completed NoHo triplex in New York City. New in tan cloth boards absent dw as issued, with an introduction by Glenn O'Brien and an essay by Raphael Rubinstein, with 34 color, and 8 black-and-white photos by Bill Orcutt.

The author's first novel, published when he was 22 years old. Frank was a senior editor at the New Yorker, and a deputy editor for The Washington Post. About fine in nearly fine dw with a short closed tear atop the front panel and a scuff mark also on the front panel. Warmly INSCRIBED to colleague Edith Oliver, New Yorker theater and film critic.

1st edition of the ninth entry in the series finds Flashy in the heart of India defending the British Empire from the army of Sikh Khalsa, circa 1845-46. Slight, faint damp-stain to bottom edge thus very nearly fine in fine dw.

1st edition of the 1st novel by the husband and wife writing team of Nicci Gerard and Sean French. As new in similar dw and SIGNED by both authors on the title page.

This issue of the annual journal has a special supplement on One Hundred Years of Solitude by Marquez, with a three-page essay by Carlos Fuentes titled Macondo, Seat of Time. Very nearly fine in original green softcover wraps, SIGNED by Fuentes on the title page of his essay.

Another of Furst's WWII thrillers, set in the opening days of the war, September 1939. Fine in fine dw with 1 tiny closed tear atop the rear panel just at the spine edge.

The author's third novel, fine in about fine dw with just a hint of wear to the spine edge.

1st edition of Furst's 4th WWII novel, this one set in German-occupied Paris in 1940. Fine in fine dw. Furst has been hailed as "the American le Carre', not without reason.