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Murder at the Mike
by Saxby, Charles
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1938
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, USA
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SGD 89.29
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New York: Dutton, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Mystery & murder set in a radio studio. Green boards. Light spotting on top page edges and offselling on endpapers. Bright black and green dust jacket has a few rubs and edgewear.
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SGD 89.29
Anais Nin: a Biography
by Deirdre Bair
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780399139888
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, USA
- Item Price
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SGD 21.98
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New York: Putnam, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Biography of the author (1903-1977). 654 pages, index, photos. Small bump on top board corner.
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SGD 21.98
Isolation and Other Stories
by Greer, Robert
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Edition
- Proof
- Published
- 2001
- Binding
- Soft Cover
- ISBN
- 9781888570489
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, USA
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SGD 20.61
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Aurora, Colo.: The Davies Group, 2001. Proof. Soft Cover. Fine/very good +. Advance reading copy -- Uncorrected page proofs. Signed by author on title page. Collection of short stories by Greer, pathologist, rancher, and author of several mystery novels. Softcover advance reader in rust paper wraps with a white dust jacket. A crease on… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 20.61
The Glass Menagerie
by Williams, Tennessee
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1945
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, USA
- Item Price
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SGD 618.16
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New York: Random House, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. First printing stated on copyright page. Classic play. Small book in blue boards with gold title on black spine panel. Bright dust jacket, with $2.00 price intact, has shallow chipping top and bottom of spine, two one-inch tears and light corner wear. … Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 618.16
The Old Wives' Tale
by Bennett, Arnold
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- (1931)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, USA
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SGD 20.61
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New York: Modern Library, (1931). Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. ML 184.1. Reprint ca. 1949-1950. Price on dust jacket $1.25. Green boards. Dust jacket has a one-inch tear, edgewear, and some rubbing on gray and white spine.
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SGD 20.61
Two O'Clock, Eastern Wartime (Bound manuscript)
by Dunning, John
- Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Published
- 2001
- Binding
- Soft Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, USA
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SGD 103.03
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New York: Scribner, 2001. Soft Cover. Near fine. Copy of the typewritten manuscript with his correction marks. 8-1/2 x 11. Bound together with clear plastic front and back. Signed by author on front page. Light wear on bottom edges.
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SGD 103.03
Shelve Under C: A Tale of Used Books and Cats
by Kalahar, Jenny
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Published
- 2013
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781492348429
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, USA
- Item Price
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SGD 6.87
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Charleston, SC, 2013. Paperback. Fine. Charming novel by bookseller Kalahar.
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SGD 6.87
Deadline
by Dunning, John
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, USA
- Item Price
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SGD 41.21
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Huntington Beach: James Cahill Publ., 1995. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American hardback of Deadline, a mystery that was originally published in paperback in 1981 and in hardback in England in 1982. Signed and dated by author 6-3-96.
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SGD 41.21
Denver
by Dunning, John
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Proof
- Published
- 1980First edition
- Binding
- Soft Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, USA
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SGD 41.21
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New York: Times Books, 1980First edition. Proof. Soft Cover. Very Good. Unrevised proofs" in gold wraps. Signed by author on title page. Novel of Denver, newspapers, and the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s in Denver. Bump and a few creases at bottom of spine and a few small stains on wraps. Inside is… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 41.21
Denver
by Dunning, John
- Condition
- Used - Good +
- Published
- 1982
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780445047112
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, USA
- Item Price
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SGD 6.87
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New York: Popular Library, 1982. Paperback. Good +. First paperback edition. Novel of Denver newspapers and the Ku Klux Clan in Colorado in the 1920s. Creases on spine and front wrap.
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SGD 6.87
Ten Tales
by Barrett, Neal, Andre Dubus, John Dunning, Harlan Ellison, Wendy Hornsby, Joe Lansdale, Richard Laymon, Lucius Shepard, Andrew Vachss, & Roger Zelazny
- Condition
- Used - near fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1994
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780964045491
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, USA
- Item Price
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SGD 274.74
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Huntinton Beach: James Cahill Publishing, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. near fine. Short stories by ten authors. Foreword by Lawrence Block, intro by Poppy Brite. Signed in red ink by all. Number 15 of 250 copies. Green cloth spine. Green marbled paper with silk threads or feathers over boards. A few rubs & scrapes… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 274.74
The Torch Passes
by Dunning, John
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Soft Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, USA
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SGD 8.24
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Huntington Beach: James Cahill Publ., 1995. First edition. Soft Cover. Fine. A stapled chapbook of story in limericks in which the character Walker, from the book Deadline, discusses the book business with an old bookman. 8 pages. Unnumbered copy, slightly smaller than the signed version.
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SGD 8.24
The Armchair Detective, Spring 1995, Volume 28, Number 2
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Magazine
- ISBN
- 9781562870744
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, USA
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SGD 20.61
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New York: Armchair Detective, 1995. Magazine. Fine. Magazine features an interview with John Dunning by Charles Silet, as well as articles on Nero Wolfe, John Dickson Carr, Ngaio Marsh, book reviews and the list of the1995 Edgar awards nominees.
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SGD 20.61
Colorado Monthly Magazine. July 1984
by Dunning, John
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1984
- Binding
- Staplebound
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, USA
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SGD 27.47
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Denver: Queen City Publishing, 1984. Staplebound. Very Good. This magazine was formerly called This Week In Denver. This is marked Complimentary Copy. Includes a short story by John Dunning called A Fable of the Press, book reviews by Denver authors Jerry Earl Brown, Alan Dumas, Dan Danbom, John Dunning, and several articles.
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SGD 27.47
This Week in Denver, A Magazine for the Literate. April 1984
by Dunning, John, and Jerry Earl Brown
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1984
- Binding
- Staplebound
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, USA
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SGD 27.47
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Denver: Queen City Publishing, 1984. Staplebound. Very Good. Magazine includes the first printing of the short story "Dreamer" by John Dunning and book reviews by him, plus a review of Barbara Steiner books by Jerry Earl Brown. Curved corners on the magazine.
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SGD 27.47
Mother Night
by Vonnegut, Kurt Jr.
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1966
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, USA
- Item Price
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SGD 961.59
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New York: Harper & Row, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. First hardcover edition. Fine book in black and red binding with silver and black stamped lettering on spine. Dust jacket with $4.95 price, and code 0466 at bottom of front flap is fine except for two tiny tears at top of spine.
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SGD 961.59
Stoner
by Williams, John
- Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1965
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, USA
- Item Price
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SGD 2,335.29
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New York: Viking Press, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Story of man who spends his life in teaching literature; his integrity, commitment to justice, and his own failings. Gold dust jacket has some rubbing, a few small scrapes, and is somewhat faded at spine. Original $4.95 price is on dust jacket flap.
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SGD 2,335.29
The Ides of March
by Wilder, Thornton
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1948
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, USA
- Item Price
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SGD 206.05
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Number 362 of 750 copies of the first edition signed by Wilder on limitation page. A little rubbing on board edges. Dust jacket has original price $2.75 at bottom of front flap and the top flap corner clipped. A half inch closed… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 206.05
Battle Cry
by Uris, Leon
- Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1953
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, USA
- Item Price
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SGD 274.74
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New York: Putnam, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very good. First printing with original price of $3.75 on jacket. Classic novel of marines in World War II. Book has rubs on bottom board edges and slightly at top of spine. Dust jacket has edgewear, a 1-inch and a 1/2-inch tear, and rubs at… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 274.74
The Barracks Thief
by Wolff, Tobias
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1984
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780880010351
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, USA
- Item Price
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SGD 34.34
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The Ecco Press, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Small 101 page novel about three paratroopers in Vietnam.
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SGD 34.34
