ARTIS, CHARLES

The Pickaninny

Vantage Press. 1973, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 1121831516). Hardcover. Stated first edition. Brown composite binding, gilt titles. Inscribed by author on ffep. An African-American born in Dallas, Artis has published a Southern tale of race, jealousy and inheritance. He is also the author of The Last Rope. Book near fine with little wear. DJ very good plus with edgewear, one tiny tear. 175 pp. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed By Aurhor.

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Book number: 16600

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: African American Literature Signed & Inscribed 1121831516

ASHLEY, MARY ANNE

Fragments I Saved from the Fire: Stories

Kingston, Rhode Island, U.S.A. Papier Mache Pr. 1989, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0918949068). Soft Cover. Book, First printing. Twenty-one short-shorts featuring portraits of characters and other people she has known. Unread, as new with a light bump to top corner at back. Back cover blurb by Meridel Le Sueur, among others. 110 pp. As New.

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Book number: 3756

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction California 0918949068

BARKER, CLIVE

Sacrament

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. HarperCollins. 1996, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 006017949X). Hardcover. Book, First printing. Red boards, blue binding. Book very good plus with remainder mark to bottom edge, minor soil to top edge. DJ also very good with minor shelfwear. 447 pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 10025

Catalogue: Speculative Fiction

Keywords: 006017949x

BENNETT, HAL

The Black Wine

Doubleday & Co. 1968, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Unstated printing with gutter code J43 (10/68). Black cloth, red titles. His second novel, after Wilderness of Vines. Book very good with minor edge soil, a couple of small stains. DJ also very good with edgewear, rubbing. Very scarce in hardcover. 312 pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 16634

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: African American Literature

BLUM, JENNA

Those Who Save Us

Harcourt, Inc. 2004, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0151010196). Hardcover. First printing. Flatsigned on title page. Novel of the Holocaust and WWII based on the author's experiences working at the Shoah Foundation interviewing Holocaust survivors. Book unread, as new. DJ likewise as new with a bit of edgewear. Uncommon signed. 482 pp. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed By Aurhor.

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Book number: 16632

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Keywords: Signed & Inscribed 0151010196

BROWN, J.P.S.

The Outfit: A Novel

Dial Press. 1971, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first printing. Faux-leather-patterned boards, gilt titles. Set on a cattle ranch in Nevada and by the author of Jim Kane. Brown was a working cowboy and lived in the White Mountains of Arizona. Book very good plus with top edge soil. DJ very good with edgewear, two small chips at spine-ends, 349 pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 16586

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Westerns

CAMPBELL, ROBERT

The Junkyard Dog

New American Library. 1986, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0451143965). Mass Market Paperback. Book, Signet AE 4396, first Signet printing with $2.95 cover price. Very good plus with sunning to inside back cover (?), aging to paper. 190 pp. Very Good.

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Book number: 3194

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Collectible Paperbacks 0451143965

CAPOTE, TRUMAN

Answered Prayers

Random House. 1987, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0394556453). Hardcover. First edition with RH customary edition statement. Beige cloth, gilt titles. His unfinished novel about a bisexual orphanage escapee on the run. Book unread, very good plus with light soil at top edge, remainder mark at bottom edge. DJ likewise very good with light rubbing. 180 pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 16610

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 0394556453

CHABON, MICHAEL

Wonder Boys

London, U.K. Fourth Estate. 1995, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 1857023153). Hardcover. First US edition. A tale of the lust for fame and print-- publish AND perish? Unread, as new in like DJ. 368 pp. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 16594

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Keywords: 1857023153

DURAS, MARGUERITE

The Sailor From Gibraltar

Grove Press. 1967, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first printing. Tan cloth, black titles. Classic French novel combining boredom, ennui, distracted lovers and world travel. Book near fine. DJ very good with coffee stain at top edge of back panel. 318 pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 16622

Catalogue: Fiction

ELLISON, HARLAN

Approaching Oblivion

Walker & Co. 1974, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Orange binding, black titles. Contains 11 stories and with a Foreword by Michael Crichton. Book very good with top edge spotting, a few spots also at foreedge. DJ also very good with price clipped, small wrinkle to lamination. 238 pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 16640

Catalogue: Speculative Fiction

ELLISON, RALPH

Juneteenth

Random House. 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0394464575). Hardcover. Stated first edition with RH customary edition statement. With an Introduction, Notes and Afterword by editor John fF. Callahan. Unread and as new in like DJ. 368 pp. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 16596

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: African American Literature 0394464575

GARDNER, JOHN; GARDNER, JOHN CHAMPLIN

October Light

New York, New York, U.S.A. Alfred A Knopf. 1979, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0394499123). Hardcover. Book, Third printing. Brown cloth binding, gilt titles, illustrated endsheets, red topstain. DJ dated 12/76. Unread, near new copy with a Random House remainder mark to bottom edge and some shelfwear, sunning & one tiny taped tear to DJ. 434 pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 3748

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Vermont Fiction Brothers Sisters 0394499123

GRAU, SHIRLEY ANN

Nine Women

Alfred A Knopf. 1985, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0394548450). Hardcover. Stated first trade edition. Beige cloth spine, beige boards, gilt titles. Contains nine stories about women at a turning point in their lives. Book unread, near fine with discreet remainder mark at bottom edge at spine. DJ likewise near fine with light rubbing. 204 pp. Near/Near Fine.

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Book number: 16592

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 0394548450

GROOM, WINSTON

Better Times Than These

Summit/Simon & Schuster. 1978, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 067140007X). Hardcover. First printing. Beige cloth, brown boards and titles, map endsheets. A novel of US Cavalry stationed in Vietnam. Book unread, near fine with S&S remainder mark at bottom edge. DJ very good plus with some edge chipping. 411 pp. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 16631

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 067140007x