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London: Fourth Estate Ltd. As New in As New dust jacket. 2001. 1st UK Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1841156728 . A beautiful highly awarded novel, first UK edition, first printing in Fine/Fine condition, SIGNED by author Jonathan Franzen on the title page; After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374120803 . A first edition/first printing in Fine condition. In Very Good+ dust-jacket with two closed tears to front cut-out, tape-repaired on verso. Signed by author Alice McDermott directly on the title page; Alice McDermott's account of Billy Lynch,… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374120803 . A Fine first printing of the first edition in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. Signed by author Alice McDermott directly on the title page; Alice McDermott's account of Billy Lynch, with the matrix of a tightly knit… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374120803 . A Fine first printing of the first edition in just about Fine condition in Near Fine dust-jacket with some minor pen marks to the back, price sticker of $35 over original price. Signed by author Alice McDermott… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374120803 . A first edition/first printing in Fine condition. In Very Good+ dust-jacket with two 1" closed tears to front. Signed by author Alice McDermott directly on the title page; Alice McDermott's account of Billy Lynch, with the matrix… Read more about this item

New York: Houghton Mifflin. As New in As New dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth Spine. 061873516X . An impeccable first edition, first printing in As New condition in alike dust jacket. Signed by author Philip Roth on the title page. A most collectible copy, rather scarce in signed condition; Roth's PEN/Faulkner Award winning novel,… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2007. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. 0374279128 . A first edition/later printing in about Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. Winner of the 2007 National Book Award; A heartbreaking novel set in the days following World War II, when the survivors of the war are trying to… Read more about this item

New York: Random House. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1972. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394481399 . First edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in Very Good+ dust-jacket with limited rubbing and creasing. A handsome copy; "Like the Chimera of myth, which had a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail, they are all… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. As New. 1979. Limited Signed Edition. Full-Leather. A special Limited edition, SIGNED by AUTHOR Joyce Carol Oates in impeccable As New condition, a stunning collectible; Winner of the National Book Award, Them ranks as one of the most masterly portraits of postwar America ever written by a novelist. A novel about class,… Read more about this item

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press. As New. 2008. Signed Edition. Full-Leather. A special Limited edition, SIGNED by author Jonathan Franzen. A wonderful scarce book in As New condition, never taken out of its original shrink-wrap; After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun. Unfortunately, her husband, Alfred, is … Read more about this item

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1978. Limited Signed Edition. Full-Leather. A special Limited edition, SIGNED by AUTHOR John Cheever in unread Fine condition; The Wapshot Chronicle, which won the 1958 National Book Award, established John Cheever as a major novelist. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded, sewn in pages and… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1978. Signed Edition. Full-Leather. A special Limited edition, SIGNED by AUTHOR Philip Roth. This book is in Fine condition; Roth's award-winning first book instantly established its author's reputation as a writer of explosive wit, merciless insight, and a fierce compassion for even the most self-deluding of his characters. This outstanding… Read more about this item

New York: Grove/Atlantic. Very Good in Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 034068058X . An attractive first edition, first printing copy with spine cloth faded in one area and limited color bleeding on the last few pages, otherwise unread condition in Fine dustjacket. Round sticker on jacket with blurb from John Berendt. First… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. Fine+. 1978. Limited Signed Edition. Full-Leather. A special Limited edition, SIGNED by AUTHOR John Cheever in Very Fine condition; The Wapshot Chronicle, which won the 1958 National Book Award, established John Cheever as a major novelist. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded, sewn in pages and… Read more about this item

New York: Random House. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394536495 . A beautiful stated first edition/first printing in unread Very Fine condition in alike dust-jacket, SIGNED by award-winning author Norman Mailer directly on the half title page; Norman Mailer, winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Armies… Read more about this item

New York: The Library of America. As New in As New dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1931082790 . A most attractive first edition/first printing in unread As New condition in alike dustjacket with cloth bookmark, SIGNED by Philip Roth directly on the title page; The Library of America's first volume of the definitive Philip… Read more about this item