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Little, Brown & Company, 2020. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Matt Cosby jacket photo. CONDITION: NEW 2020 Little, Brown hardcover (all white boards - ack!) and dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. There is one beautiful piece of artwork on the Title and facing page but no credit given that I could find. Cover art by Matt Cosby. Deckle-edges. CONTENT: One of Time Magazine's Must-Read Books of 2020. Early one August morning, millennial congressman Alexander Paine Wilson (R) receives a strange package in the mail. Inside is an enormous taxidermied aardvark. What does it mean? Well, everything. Hurtling from the beginning of the universe to present-day Washington, DC, this astonishing, edge-of-your-seat novel is at once a piercing look into the sick heart of our democracy and a profoundly moving meditation on the nature of love, power, and evil. In the end you will not only know the meaning of the aardvark, you will see our current reality through new eyes.… Read More

San Francisco: Manic D Press, 2003. 1st Edition Assumed 1st. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Graham Roumieu color illustrations. CONDITION: Good to Good+ 2003 Manic D Press slim hardcover, NO DJ, first edition, assumed first printing - but not certain. There is a gift inscription on the half-title page (kind of snarky from Dad to Son). Decorated end pages. Color illustrations by the Author. CONTENT: THIS IS A HOOT. Falls in the "strange-but-fun" category. BigFoot as everyman. Follow him from his hatred of Chewbacca to losing his hair and guzzling Rogaine to answering fan mail ("remember, Steve, stalking is a crime"). America's favorite crypto-zoological hominid is hilariously recast as the modern-day everyman, struggling with eating disorders, casual cannibalism, pop culture, and philosophical quandaries ("Me once believe in good. Now, no. World go s**t, just like Bigfoot screenwriting career"). A book for your very best odd friend.

Grand Central Publishing/Hachette, 2020. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Tree Abraham Jacket Art. CONDITION: NEW 2020 Grand Central Publishing hardcover (pink & yellow boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. The title and Author's name are embossed on DJ front panel. No illustrations. CONTENT: A father searching for his missing daughter is suddenly given hope when a major clue is discovered, but learning the truth could shatter the seemingly perfect image Hollywood is desperate to uphold. Gates Foster lost his daughter, Lucy, seventeen years ago. He's never stopped searching. Suddenly, a shocking new development provides Foster with his first major lead in over a decade, and he may finally be on the verge of discovering the awful truth. Meanwhile, Mitzi Ives has carved out a space among the Foley artists creating the immersive sounds giving Hollywood films their authenticity. Using the same secret techniques as her father before her, she's become an… Read More

St. Martin's Press, 2010. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/As New. No illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD 2010 St Martin's hardcover (red boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover with the smallest edge wear at top corner fold), first edition, first printing. I can't say I'm a fan of the paper St. Martin's chose, but . . .. No illustrations. CONTENT: Andie Miller is ready to move on in life. She wants to marry her fiancé and leave behind everything in her past, especially her ex-husband, North Archer. But when Andie tries to gain closure with him, he asks one final favor of her before they go their separate ways forever. A very distant cousin of his has died and left North as the guardian of two orphans who have driven out three nannies already, and things are getting worse. He needs a very special person to take care of the situation and he knows Andie can handle anything. When Andie meets the two children she quickly realizes things are much worse than she feared. The place is a mess, the… Read More