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A Collection of Tales of Two Countries Written in the 19th Century. . Chicago: Cuneo Press 1955. Hard Cover. Reprint. No dust jacket as issued. Annual Christmas Book of Cuneo Press consists of Christmas stories by Trollope, Irving, Goldsmith, Mary Murfree, etc. Original illustrations. Also includes text of Pope Pius XII's Christmas radio broadcast. Attractive red cloth binding with gilt top edges & spine decoration. Many of the pages are unopened at foredges. Fine
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Abbott, George. Bob Merrill: music & lyrics. . New Girl in Town . NY: Random House 1958. Hard Cover. First edition. Musical based on the play "Anna Christie" by Eugene O'Neill. Has two photos from the play which was first performed on Broadway in 1957. 146 pages. Bound in tan cloth boards with photo inlay on front board. Small bump at foot of spine. Dust jacket has some creases at bottom corner. . Very Good in Very Good DJ
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Abella, Alex. . Dead of Night. . NY: Simon & Schuster 1998. Hard Cover. First edition, First printing. Thriller brings back Cuban-American lawyer Charlie Morrell. . Fine in Fine DJ
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Abrahams, William (Editor). . Prize Stories: O. Henry Awards 1984. . NY: Doubleday 1984. Hard Cover. First edition. Collection contains stories by Cynthia Ozick, Bernard Malamud, Alice Adams, James Salter, Grace Paley, etc. Light remainder speckle on bottom edges. Dust jacket has a 2" and two 1" cl osed tears, light edgewear. . Very Good in Very Good DJ
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Acker, Kathy. . Pussy, King of the Pirates. . NY: Grove Press 1996. Hard Cover. Postmodern author tells strange, female Treasure Island mythical story. . Fine in Fine DJ
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Adam, Christian. . Love and Country. . Review copy. Boston: Little, Brown 2003. Hard Cover. First edition. Author's first novel is set in Idaho ranching community. Review PR sheets laid in. As New in As New DJ
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Adams, Alice. . After You've Gone. . NY: Knopf 1989. Hard Cover. First edition. Fourteen short stories. . Fine in Fine DJ
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Adams, Alice. . Almost Perfect. . NY: Knopf 1993. Hard Cover. First edition. Novel set in San Francisco. Fine in Fine DJ
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Adams, J. Donald. . The Shape of Books to Come. . NY: Viking 1944. Hard Cover. First edition. Dust jacket has tiny tear at top edge. Function of literature by long-time editor of New York Times Book Review. Discussions of women writers, Sinclair Lewis, Steinbeck, and regional writers. 202 pp, index. . Fine in Near Fine DJ
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Addiego, John. . The Islands of Divine Music. . Denver: Unbridled Books 2008. Hard Cover. First edition, First printing. Novel of a family from Italy, to US, to the Yucatan. Fine in Fine DJ
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Adrian, Chris. . Gob's Grief. . NY: Broadway/Random House 2000. Hard Cover. First edition thus. Author's first novel features fictional sons of 19th century feminist, Victorial Woodhull. . Fine in Fine DJ
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Agarwal, Shilpa. . Haunting Bombay. . NY: Soho 2009. Hard Cover. First edition, First printing. Upper class family in Bombay has a secret ghost unleashed upon it. Author's first novel. Corner bump on front board. Near Fine in Fine DJ
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Agee, James (Fitzgerald, Robert, Ed.). . The Collected Short Prose of James Agee. . Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1968. Hard Cover. First edition. Previously uncollected prose from college to his last years: short stories, notes for movies, scenarios & plans for projected works; with Robert Fitzgerald' s introductory memoir. Stated first printing. Publisher's complimentary slip laid in. Dust jacket spine slightly darkened. Fine in VG+ DJ
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Agee, James. . The Morning Watch. . Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1951. Hard Cover. First edition. Novel of 12-yr-old boy in Tennessee mountains. Light fade at board edges. Dust jacket has chipping at top & bottom edges (largest 1" x 1/4"), rubs, few tears. Price is intact on dj. Very Good in Good DJ
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Agee, Jonis. . Sweet Eyes. . NY: Crown 1991. Hard Cover. First edition. Author's first novel. White woman in small Iowa town has affair with black man. . Fine in Fine DJ
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Aggeler, Geoff. . Confessions of Johnny Ringo. . NY: Dutton 1987. Hard Cover. First edition. Western fiction in form of memoir of the real outlaw Johnny Ringo who was killed by Wyatt Earp. . Fine in Fine DJ
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Aikath-Gyaltsen, Indrani. . Daughters of the House. . First American edition. NY: Ballantine 1993. Hard Cover. First edition. Originally published in India in 1991, this is author's first novel. Four Indian women and the threat of a husband in the house. Review slip & promo sheet laid in. . Fine in Fine DJ
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Aiken, Conrad. . Thee. . NY: George Braziller 1967. Hard Cover. First edition, First printing. A poem with drawings by Leonard Baskin. 1/4" stain lower board corner, in dj with rubs at folds, 2 tiny chips. . Very Good in Very Good DJ
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Aitken, Will. . A Visit Home. . Review copy. NY: Simon & Schuster 1993. Hard Cover. First edition. Man confronts his past as a sexually abused child. Review slip & promo sheet. . Fine in Fine DJ
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Akins, Ellen. . Little Woman. . NY: Harper & Row 1990. Hard Cover. First edition. Author's 2nd novel. Large ungainly woman sets up retreat for tough crew of women. Review copy with promo sheet. . Fine in Fine DJ
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Akins, Ellen. . Public Life. . Review copy. NY: Harper Collins 1993. Hard Cover. First edition. Image maker turns from advertising to political field. Review copy with PR sheet laid in. . Fine in Fine DJ
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Akst, Daniel. . St. Burl's Obituary. . Denver: MacMurray & Beck 1996. Hard Cover. First edition, First printing. Author's first novel features a newspaper obituary writer and food. . As New in As New DJ
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Akst, Daniel. . The Webster Chronicle. . NY: BlueHen/Penguin Putnam 2001. Hard Cover. First edition. Editor of small town weekly newspaper fans the flames around accusation of child abuse at local preschool, Few pages have a light crease, otherwise the book is fine. Near Fine in Fine DJ
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Albert, Mimi. . Skirts. . Dallas: Baskerville 1994. Hard Cover. First edition. Novel of young women and the Beat Generation in 1961 NY. Tiny wear at dust jacket corners. Fine in Near Fine DJ
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Alcala, Kathleen. . The Flower in the Skull. . San Francisco: Chronicle Books 1998. Hard Cover. First edition, First printing. Novel of three women in Arizona, an Opata Indian from Mexico, her daughter, and a modern Latina from Los Angeles. Fine in Fine DJ
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