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New York: Simon and Schuster Author's fourth book. The same author that gave us the highly praised "Kramer vs Kramer," which was made into the award winning film; followed by the best-seller " The Old Neighborhood". In this appealing novel, he tells the story of Doug Gardner, witty, sensitive, worldly-wise - and a man who's facing 50 and whose life is falling apart. Where does Doug fit in this world of yuppies, single bars, the fast track and the bottom line? Corman demonstrates once again his unique ability to capture a moment in time and to portray the life of one man with the humanity and insight that make it relevant to our own lives. Mustard-yellow boards with blue cloth spine - gilt title lettering to spine. Matching yellow endpapers - no ownership markings. Remainder mark to bottom edge. This book has the appearance and tight "feel" of a new book. Illustrated dust jacket by Paul Bacon.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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The Abandoned Woman
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New York: The Dial Press, 1977. A ribald historical novel about the only Queen of England ever tried for adultry. Caroline of Brunswick, whose hobby was sex, became Queen the hard way, by marrying - in 1794 - the epoch's most, impossible husband George, Prince of Wales, future King of England. Caroline's story is a Pandora,s box into which is packed history's worst marriage and its tumultuous results: Political and National Diaster. A foldout geneological chart of the descendents of George 1 (Son of Sophia, Electress of Hanover, Grandmother of James 1) included. No signs of previous ownership. A very bright book in an illustrated price-intact dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Arthur Barbosa.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.
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Across The Nightingale Floor. Tales of the Otori Book One
by Hearn, Lian
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New York: Riverhead Books, 2002. The first book in the Otori trilogy. 'Across The Nightingale Floor' is a transcendent work of storytelling, whose international appeal crosses genres, genders and generations. Set in an imaginary country in a feudal period, the mythical world of the Otori is unforgrttable. A clean bright book in a price-intact illustrated dust jacket. A very nice copy.. ISBN: 1-57322-225-9. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Japan Fiction + Tales of the Otori Trilogy + Fantasy
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The Adventurer
by Waltari, Mika. Translated by Naomi Walford
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1950. By the same author of "The Egyptain". The large public which delighted in that book will find an equal thrill on reading 'The Adventurer'. It is a novel on a tremendous scale, full of dramatic events against a rich historical background. The scene is all of Europe and the time the early sixteenth century. Michael, the hero, tells his own story - a life of high adventure, of romance and intrigue. Unbelievable scenes of battle and torture are contrasted with incidents of lusty humor and a story of love. Oil painting for jacket by Robert Stuart MacKellar. Price-clipped dust jacket remains bright.. First Edition, Second Impression. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Airframe
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New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1996. 1996 (c.1996) First Trade Edition Stated. Book Very Good Plus in a Very Good Plus Dust Jacket. 'Airframe' is nonstop reading being an extraordinary mixture of super suspense and authentic information.... written by the creator of 'ER', the author of Jurassic Park, The Great Train Robbery, etc. A bright square book in a price-intact bright dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Alex Haley's Queen. The Story of An American Family
by Haley, Alex and David Stevens
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New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1993. From Alex Haley (Pulitzer-Prize winner for 'Roots'), comes Alex Haley's Queen - the saga of his fathers family... a sequel to 'Roots'. Lovers of sweeping generational epics will find much to rejoice in here. This is history at its most compelling - from the Irish sod to the settlement of the South; from the Trail of Tears to the battlefield at Manasses; from the agony of slavery to the tribulations of freedom. In this, his final book, Haley has created a truly multicultural family saga. A story in all its vivid detail and human drama - the journey of an American family as only Alex Haley could tell it. Extreme bottom edge shows slight pressure crush damage to a few leaves. A bright, square book in a price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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All Over The Town: A Novel
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977. Author's first book. A novel about love, life and scandal in a small English town. R.F. Delderfield confronts the hypocrisy and corruption of the small English sea-side town of Sandcombe in the aftermath of the Second World War. An entertaining, light read. Scenic wrap-around price-intact dust jacket. A crease to front panel. Remainder stroke to bottom edge of book. This copy remains clean and respectable.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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The Almighty
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New York: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1982. A stunning novel about a man so obsessed with power that he is driven to a terrorizing, terrifying manipulation of people, news headlines and world events. A clean, square bright book in a price-clipped dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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American Appetites
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New York: E.P. Dutton&Co, 1989. " American Appetites" takes us into an affluent, upper class suburbia in the late American 1980's, where a close-knit group of friends draw closer, and apart, when scandal and tragedy erupt among them...Book carries no former owner markings. A remainder mark is visible. Illustrated wrap-around jacket has price intact. Jacket by Vincent Y. Kirsch.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Amrita
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New York: Grove Press, 1997. "Amrita" opens with the death of a celebrated young actress in mysterious and shocking circumstances....In a few short years, this author has established herself as one of the best and most influential writers in modern Japanese fiction. Red and gold boards with gold cloth spine...matching gold endpapers. No ownership markings. Dust jacket artwork by Michael Tedesco. A bright, tight, crisp copy. (Price intact).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
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The Anatolian
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New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1982. In his powerful new novel, Elia Kazan takes up the life of the young Greek from Anatolia whose early years he chronicled in his first and highly acclaimed novel 'America, America' giving us the story of a man caught between two worlds and fighting to make a place for himself within them. Stavros Topouzoglou has worked for a decade to bring his family to America. He greets his brothers and sisters and aged mother at the dock and suddenly is caught between two powerful and opposing influences. On one side is his family drawing him back to the ways of the old country, in the other the golden possibilities of the new world. Black boards, wine cloth spine with gilt print. No ownership markings. Tape residue to front and rear fep's. Price-intact illustrated dust jacket. A very nice solid copy.. First Edition Stated. Half-Leather. Near Fine/Very Good.
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Anna Hastings. The Story of a Washington Newspaperwoman
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New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1977. Anna Hastings, the able dominant journalist, is a Scarlett O'Hara of the Washington news business. She will be admired by some, and she will be hated for the manner in which she uses and abuses the power as publisher of a Washington newspaper, but you will never find her boring in this fast paced story of her professional triumphs and her personal tragedies. Gold coloured boards with black cloth spine. Gilt to spine. DJ clean and bright.. First Trade Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Another Guggenheim
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London: Hutchinson , 1980. . Author's First novel. The setting of this intriguing tale is the corrupt Central American republic of Tremolada. " Superbly written, richly atmospheric and deftly humorous..." Red boards with silver title print. Jacket illustration by Salim Patell.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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Anyone's Daughter. The Times And Trials Of Patty Hearst
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New York: The Viking Press, 1979. The abduction, trial, imprisonment, and eventual freeing of William Randolph Hearst's grandaughter, took place in public and were shaped by daily exposure in the press. Grey boards with black cloth spine. Silver lettering to spine. Price intact dust jacket. No owner markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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As Time Goes By A Novel of Casablanca
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New York: Warner Books, 1998. Authors second novel. The most romantic and beloved film of all time ends on the tarmac of Casablanca - where this story begins. This sequel is the story that every Casablanca fan has been waiting for since 1943. A continuation of the same characters. Map endpapers. Name to prelim. Price-intact photo dust jacket.. ISBN: 0-446-51900-6. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Casablanca Motion Picture + Sequel To Casablanca + Wartime London + Prague + Movie Tie in. Catalogs: Modern Firsts.
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Athabasca
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London: Collins, 1980. A fictional novel of two of the biggest oilfields in the world, one in Alaska, the other in Canada,( the Athabasca tar sands) are simultaaneously threatened with sabotage. One of the pump stations on the pipeline is wrecked by an explosion and two engineers are found shot dead. In the Athabasca field a dragline is disabled and two people are kidnapped. Who are the saboteurs? What are they after? Illustrated with a two-page map spread of Alaska and Western Canada. A neat name sticker to ffep. A bright, clean copy in an illustrated dust jacket. Rear panel of dust jacket carries a photograph of Alistar MacLean at the tar sands by Peter Snell.. ISBN: 0-00-222005-9. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Mystery Fiction + Oil Industry Fiction + Alaska Fiction + Tar Sands + Sabotage Fiction + Oil Fields Fiction + Pipelines Fiction + Athabasca Tar Sands. Catalogs: Modern Firsts.
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Bailey's Cafe
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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. From the author of award winning "The Women of Brewster Place" Gloria Naylor now gives us 'Bailey's Cafe' - the most mythically real eating place you've ever walked into. Presided over by Bail;ey himself and his helpmaate Nadine, it is a magnet that draws a wide variety of society's detritus, each with her own story to tell. One would call these women misfits all, but in the magical aura of Bailey's Cafe, as the New Year approaches, each becomes a universal creature of biblical stature. Magic, too, touches every line of each one's story. For this we have only the consummate skill of Gloria Naylor to thank. Stamping to ffep and top edge. Pictorial price-intact dust jacket. A clean bright copy.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Balls!
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New York/Toronto: Beaufort Books Inc., 1980. In his most power - packed - impossible - to -put - down book yet this best-selling author predicts the crunch results of an undreamt of natural gas shortage. Red boards with gilt print to spine. Black endpapers. No owner markings. Upper front corners lightly bumped. Price intact full wrap-around dust jacket illustrated by David Craig.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
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Batman. The Ultimate Evil
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New York: Time Warner Company, 1995. in unusual wrap-around title band. Author Jack Olsen had this to say about "Batman". " The brilliant Andrew Vachss continues his one-man war against child molesters through the persona of Batman. This is Batman with motivation, depth, feeling sensitivity...a terffic read!" The author is a lawyer in private practice representing children and youth exclusively. Dust jacket photograph by Geoff Spear.This book carries a remainder mark to bottom edge.. First Edition. Hard Cover. NEW/NEW.
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Belinda
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New York: Arbor House, 1986. A comtemporary 'Lolita', Belinda is the sensual story of a postmodern nymphet and her provocative relationship with her considerably older lover. Here is an uncommon romance as only Anne Rampling could write it, a tale that races from the stylish world of San Francisco to the luxurious mansion of Beverly Hills to the sun-drenched beaches of a Greek Isle paradise. An erotic, tension-ridden novel. Book shows minimal wear to spine ends. No ownership markings. A bright, price-intact illustrated dust jacket. A photo of Anne Rice on back panel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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