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New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1988. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Unread. The 1988 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that focuses on Maggie and Ira Moran, a couple who've been married for twnety-eight years. A trip to attend a funeral of Maggie's best friend's husband turns into a journey into the lives of old friend's and grown children. Green top-stain. Light wear to one corner and tail of spine, a tocuh of rubbing to rear flap.. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Scribner, 2003. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Author's debut novel that was short-listed for the Booker Prize. Brick Lane that tells the story of Nazneen, a woman who was born in a Bangladeshi village and moved to London when she was eighteen and entered an arranged marriage. There she's transformed by her experiences and begins to question her place in a strange new culture.. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1998. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Author's debut novel that formed the basis of the Martin Scorcese starring Nicholas Cage. Adrenaline-fueled novel that chronicles a harrowing forty-eight hour period in the life of Frank Pierce, an EMS medic working the graveyard shift in New York City's Hell's Kitchen. Light bumping to spine ends.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2000 This is Fay Weldon's controversial novel that was commissioned by the chic jewelry maker Bulgari . An undisclosed sum was paid in return for having its name and products mentioned throughout the novel. Two tiny holes from a staple in front cover, else fine and unread.. Uncorrected Proof. Plain yellow Wrappers.. As New.

New York: Random House, 2001. In a clear protective Brodart Cover. Third non-fiction by the author of The Orchid Thief. Over a dozen encounters with people who are just different, from the the first woman to become matador to the African King who drives a taxi. Head of spine bumped, light corner bump, inside flap price-clipped, previous owner's inscription to front flyleaf.. Boldly SIGNED By Author on Title Page. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine.

New York: Crown Pub, 1989. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Author's novel after the highly praised Slaves of New York. Complete with photos of the cast of characters(one portrayed by the late Andy Warhol), this is the satirical story of a cannibal snatched from an island in the South Seas bu a rich heiress where he meets the real cannibals of Manhattan. Light rubbing to flaps, slight spine slant, a touch of sunning to top edge of inside flaps.. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Book.

New York: Hyperion Books, 2001. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. In this complex and exhilarting debut novel that takes place in the 1920's, Carter the Great is a master illusionist who's planning the ultimate illusion that involves none other than President Warren G. Harding. Light wear to spine ends, small crease to inside front flap.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Harcourt, 1992. Imaginative novel by author who made Granta magazine;'s list of the 20 best young writers in the US. In the late 18th century France, a 12-year-old farm boy is taken under the wing of Count of Tournay, a defrocked priest. Spine slant, slight surl to top corners of front wrapper.. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC). Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Book.

Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Harcourt, 1992. Imaginative novel by author who made Granta magazine;'s list of the 20 best young writers in the US. In the late 18th century France, a 12-year-old farm boy is taken under the wing of Count of Tournay, a defrocked priest. Light bump to one corner.. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York: Knopf, 2013. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. A captivatiing npvel of Mae Holland's idealism and ambition after she's hired by The Circle, the world's leading internet company, and turns into a heart-racing story of suspense. Very little bump to two corners.Light wear to two corners of dj. Boldly SIGNED By Author on the Title Page. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Penguin, 2005. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Unread. Another great read from the author of 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.' John Berendt explores the city and inhabitants of Venice and the truth in the aftermath of a huge fire that destoyed the fames Fenice Opera House. A hint of bumpingto top corners, light rubbing to rear flap.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine.

New York: Penguin, 2005. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Unread. Signed and inscribed on the title pag, To __ Merry Christmas, NYC 2005'. Another great read from the author of 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.' John Berendt explores the city and inhabitants of Venice and the truth in the aftermath of a huge fire that destoyed the fames Fenice Opera House. A touch of handling wear to tail of spine.. SIGNED by Author on the Title Page. Second Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York: Random House, 1995. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Basis of the film of the same name. A non-fiction account of a huge lawsuit, corporate polutters, politics, law, greed and the envirionment.Light crease on rear wrapper.. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC). Pictorial Wrappers. Fine.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1994. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Another excellent novel from this PUlitzer Prize-winning author. In 1940, the Greek island of Cephallonia is peaceful, remote, and famed for its beauty, until the Germans and then the communists arrive on its shores, forever changing the fates and lives of its inhabitants. Made into athe movie Captain Corelli's Mandolin starring Nicholas Cage. Previous owner's name inked out on front-pastedown, black ink bleed-through to both pastedowns and endpapers ans inside of dj, light war toi flaps.. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC, 2001. In a clear protective Brodart Cover. Winner of the coveted National Book Award, inundated by the the publicity surrounding the selection by Oprah Winfrey's book club, and hailed as a breakthrough novel, this is the true first edition of this amazing novel with the erratum slip, which states "We have discovered that the text on pages 430 and 431 of THE CORRECTIONS was reversed in this printing, i.e., page 431 should be read before page 430 . We apologize for this error." Selected as one of the 20 best young American novelists by Granta magazine, Jonathan Franzen delivers a tour-de-force in this sharp and tragic novel that took him a decade to write. He explores the Lamberts, a dysfunctional Midwestern family on the verge of self-destruction as they gather together for a Christmas meal that may very well be their last as a family. This has since gone into multiple printings, though a corrected first printing without the… Read More

London, United Kingdom: Picador, 1998. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Unread. Bump to one corner. hristopher Lucasis a jaded journalist coverin the Middle East who gets involved in the Gaza strip conflict while investigating religous lunatics.. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Metropolitan Books, 2003. In this original and striking novel, the author re-imagines the life of Rudolf Nureyev, from his beginnings in Stalingrad to his sucess in New York. Light creasing to rear wrapper.. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine.

New York: Knopf, 1992. SIGNED by Author on the Title Page In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. An unread copy. Signed, dated and inscribed, on the title page. A memoir of the author's recollections from his brush with death during a Caribbean holiday to the smoky jazz clubs of Greenwih Village.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Viking Press, 1986. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Unread. Tales of foreign excursions from the author of Obn Fklew Over the Cuckoo;s Nest. Remainder mark to bottom text block , light bump to one corner.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Little, Brown, 2000 Pictorial Wraps. An Unread Copy, As New/Near Fine. ARC. Slight shelf wear on one corner of back of wrapper, otherwise fine. Alan Watt's finely-honed first novel explores the trinity of a father, a son and the love that binds them in this novel about a deadly crime, and the aftermath of its cover-up that threatens to tear their worlds apart. A stunning debut and a writer to watch.. Book.