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London:: Toc H Incorporated, , 1956.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in light tan cloth - some rubbing to the label on the spine, bumping to the corners. Uncommon. . First edition. A selection of both prose and poetry, just a fraction of Clayton's writings. Frontispiece portrait. The history of Toc H is a very interesting one: Talbot House was a rest house in Belgium for the British Troops during World War I - but after the end of the war when Clayton returned to London, the spirit of that house remained with him, and he wanted to create something similar in London. This was named Toc H after the soldier's term for the original house. Over the years this idea grew and the houses became known not only for delivering many services but for providing a place to debate the issues of the day. Tubby was very involved in LEPRA and many Toc H men went to work in the leprosy colonies in Africa. The writings in this book reflect the aims of Toc H - friendship, service, fairmindness, and to… Read More

Washington, D.C.:: New Republic Books, , (1979). First edition -. Near fine in glossy black wrappers. . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Essays on the art of writing biography by seven award-winning biographers - Leon Edel, Justin Kaplin, Alfred Kazin, Doris Kearns [Goodwin], Theodore Rosengarten, Barbara Tuchman, and Geoffrey Wolff. Notes on contributors. 157 pp.

New York:: Macmillan,, 1932.. Hardcover -. Good condition overall in green boards with black and yellow illustration and lettering (a few stamps with a library's name, but overall clean and tight, minor shelfwear) . Later printing. The emphasis in this book is on the need to restore our forests, where we have "cut lavishly the timber heritage we found here" but not replanted enough. Illustrated with black and white drawings, Includes summary tests. 356 pp.

Boston:: Godine,, 1984.. Hardcover first edition -. F/NF (very light edgewear). First printing. Poetry rooted in New England -

New York:: A. L. Burt,, (c 1919). Hardcover -. Good overall in light brown cloth with black lettering (corners somewhat bumped), no dust jacket. . Reprint. The second book in this popular mystery series by this Canadian author, set in a New York City of "evil-smelling tenements and back alleys as the haunts of dope fiends, thieves and murderers." Dale, who was known as the Grey Seal, was a wealthy New Yorker by day and an expert safecracker at night - Able to surreptitiously change from one identity to the other, he worked to expose the seedy and corrupt underbelly. 340 pp plus 12 pp publisher's ads.

New York:: Scribner,, (2015). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. Award winning author's third novel (fifth book), one "that explores the secrets and desires, the remnant wounds and saving graces of one California family, over the course of five decades. Bill Blair finds the land by accident, three wooded acres in a rustic community south of San Francisco. The year is 1954, long before anyone will call this area Silicon Valley. Struck by a vision of the family he has yet to create, Bill buys the property on a whim. In Penny Greenway he finds a suitable wife, a woman whose yearning attitude toward life seems compelling and answerable, and they marry and have four children. Yet Penny is a mercurial housewife, at a time when women chafed at the conventions imposed on them. She finds salvation in art, but the cost is high. Thirty years later, the three oldest Blair children, adults now and still living near the family home, are disrupted by the… Read More

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 2007.. SIGNED hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). 2nd printing (before publication.) The author's beautifully written second novel, a story which explores the power - and limits - of a lifelong friendship between two women. SIGNED by the author on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 322 pp.

San Francisco:: Chronicle Books,, (1994). First edition -. Good condition in illustrated wrappers (prev owner's name on half title page) . First printing, a trade paperback original. The first book, a collection of 10 short stories, by the author of "The Dive from Clausen's Pier.". 214 pp.

New York:: Scribner,, (2015). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Award winning author's third novel (fifth book), one "that explores the secrets and desires, the remnant wounds and saving graces of one California family, over the course of five decades. Bill Blair finds the land by accident, three wooded acres in a rustic community south of San Francisco. The year is 1954, long before anyone will call this area Silicon Valley. Struck by a vision of the family he has yet to create, Bill buys the property on a whim. In Penny Greenway he finds a suitable wife, a woman whose yearning attitude toward life seems compelling and answerable, and they marry and have four children. Yet Penny is a mercurial housewife, at a time when women chafed at the conventions imposed on them. She finds salvation in art, but the cost is high. Thirty years later, the three oldest Blair children, adults now and still living near the family… Read More

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 2002.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (lower corners slightly bumped.). First printing. The author's very highly praised first novel - Scott Turow called it 'one of those small miracles that reinforce our faith in fiction. . . It is witty, tragic and touching, and beguiling from the first page.' SIGNED on the title page and in the first issue dustjacket.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 2002.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The author's very highly praised first novel - Scott Turow called it 'one of those small miracles that reinforce our faith in fiction. . . It is witty, tragic and touching, and beguiling from the first page.' SIGNED on the title page. In the first issue dustjacket. 370 pp.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 2007.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The author's beautifully written second novel, a story which explores the power - and limits - of a lifelong friendship between two women. SIGNED by the author on the title page. 322 pp.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 2002.. SIGNED hardcover -. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.. Later printing (in the same year.) The author's very highly praised first novel, which went quickly into later printings. Scott Turow called it 'one of those small miracles that reinforce our faith in fiction. . . It is witty, tragic and touching, and beguiling from the first page.' INSCRIBED on title page "for .. . Merry Christmas." 356 pp.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 2002.. SIGNED hardcover -. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.. Later printing (in the same year.) The author's very highly praised first novel, which went quickly into later printings. Scott Turow called it 'one of those small miracles that reinforce our faith in fiction. . . It is witty, tragic and touching, and beguiling from the first page.' SIGNED on title page. 356 pp.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 2002.. SIGNED first edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers. . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The author's very highly praised first novel - Scott Turow called it 'one of those small miracles that reinforce our faith in fiction. . . It is witty, tragic and touching, and beguiling from the first page.' SIGNED on title page. 356 pp.

San Francisco:: Chronicle Books,, (1994). SIGNED first edition -. Good condition in illustrated wrappers (some light splashes to edge of textblock, crinkling to lower corner of the pages) . First printing, a trade paperback original. The rather uncommon first book, a collection of 10 short stories, by the author of "The Dive from Clausen's Pier." INSCRIBED on the title page "To -- with best wishes" and dated in the year of publication. 214 pp.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 2002.. SIGNED hardcover -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. Later printing (in the same year.) The author's very highly praised first novel, which went quickly into later printings. Scott Turow called it 'one of those small miracles that reinforce our faith in fiction. . . It is witty, tragic and touching, and beguiling from the first page.' SIGNED on title page. 356 pp.

San Francisco:: Chronicle Books,, (1994). First edition -. Near fine.. First printing, a trade paperback original. The first book, a collection of 10 short stories, by the author of "The Dive from Clausen's Pier.". 214 pp.

Santa Barbara:: John Daniel & Company, , 1997.. First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. The author's fourth collection of short stories, a "look at old family ties in the new South." 142 pp.

New York:: Riverhead Books,, (2003.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a near fine dust jacket (light crease near edge of dj). First printing. Very highly praised first collection of stories by this young African American writer, acerbic, funny, edgy and compassionate underneath - a New York Times Notable Book. John Updike stated 'her prose is vivid and often comic ... her vision sizzles and fizzles.' 238 pp. A Granta 2007 author.