COATES, TA-NEHISI

The Water Dancer a Novel

New York: One World, 2019. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0399590595. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates ( born September 30, 1975) is an American author and journalist. Coates gained a wide readership during his time as national correspondent at The Atlantic, where he wrote about cultural, social, and political issues, particularly regarding African Americans and white supremacy. Coates has worked for The Village Voice, Washington City Paper, and TIME. He has contributed to The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, The Washington Monthly, O, and other publications. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 41635

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Keywords: 0399590595 Modern Fiction First Edition Ta-nehisi Coates African American Authors Slavery

COLTON, JAMES (PSEUDONYM OF JOSEPH HANSEN)

Strange Marriage

Los Angeles, CA: Argyle Books, 1965. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Author's second book & possible 1st Hardcover book. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and edge wear. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, though the endpapers have some toning, especially to the edges. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and small rubbed spots, especially to the spine ends and corners. "Joseph Hansen (July 19, 1923 – November 24, 2004) was an American crime writer and poet, best known for a series of novels featuring private eye Dave Brandstetter.....At the beginning of his career as a novelist, Hansen wrote under the pseudonym James Colton or James Coulton, producing novels such as Strange Marriage and Known Homosexual. He also wrote two gothic novels under the pseudonym Rose Brock. Hansen was also noted for writing poems, teaching workshops, and hosting a 1960s radio-show called Homosexuality Today. In 1970, he helped to found the first Gay Pride Parade in Hollywood. Hansen disliked the term "gay" and always described himself as "homosexual"." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 45920

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First

Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition James Colton Joseph Hansen Homosexual Behavior Homosexuality

CONNELL, EVAN S.

Saint Augustine's Pigeon

San Francisco, CA: North Point Press, 1980. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Evan Shelby Connell Jr. (August 17, 1924 – January 10, 2013) was a U. S. Novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He also published under the name Evan S. Connell Jr. His writing covered a variety of genres, although he published most frequently in fiction. In 2009, Connell was nominated for the Man Booker International Prize, for lifetime achievement. On April 23, 2010, he was awarded a Los Angeles Times Book Prize: the Robert Kirsch Award, for "a living author with a substantial connection to the American West, whose contribution to American letters deserves special recognition." " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 39268

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First

Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Evan S. Connell Short Stories Modern Fiction Firsts

CONNERY, TOM

Honour Be Damned a Markham of the Marines Novel

Washington, D. C.: Regnery Publishing, 2001. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0895262525. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 45507

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Keywords: 0895262525 Modern Fiction First Edition Tom Connery Historical Fiction French Revolution Marines Military Fiction

O'CONNOR, EDWIN

All in the Family

Boston, MA / London, England: Atlantic / Little Brown, 1966. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316626422. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright. The front cover has several small spots of rubbing. The spine of the book has light toning and ground in dirt. There are a couple of small edge nicks to the dust jacket edges as well. "His last novel, All in the Family, appeared in 1966. (It has no relation at all to the later television series of the same name. ) It is a story of a Massachusetts family with a father who has political ambitions for his sons. As with The Last Hurrah, it is not a roman à clef but the clan is certainly reminiscent of the Kennedy family. "Edwin O'Connor, the author of The Last Hurrah, summed up the era in his final novel, All in the Family: 'Corruption here had a shoddy, penny-ante quality it did not have in other states....Here everything was up for grabs and nothing was too small to steal....In our politics there seemed to be a depthless cushion of street-corner cynicism, a special kind of tainted, small-time fellowship which sent out a complex of vines and shoots so interconnected that even the sleaziest poolroom bookie managed, in some way, however obscure, to be in touch with the mayor's office or the governor's chair.' "" (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 41882

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Keywords: 0316626422 Modern Fiction First Edition Edwin O'connor Ireland Politics Mafia Corruption Modern Fiction Firsts

O'CONNOR, ROBERT

Buffalo Soldiers

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0679415084. This is the author's first novel. " This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "He is the author of a novel, 1993's Buffalo Soldiers, which was adapted into the film of the same name. The literary magazine Granta called him one of the most promising young novelists, and novelist James Carroll, in a positive review in The New York Times, called him a "fine novelist." In the United Kingdom, Buffalo Soldiers was highly praised by the reviewer of The Independent, who called it "powerful" and said that the novel's denouement was "delicate, unflinching and deeply moving." Other reviewers praised his portrayal of American military life in Germany, including its "race hatred and race-related violence." " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 46454

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Editions

Keywords: 0679415084 Modern Fiction First Editions Robert O'Connor Soldiers the Military Satire Peacetime

CONRAD, JOSEPH (JóZEF TEODOR KONRAD KORZENIOWSKI)

Suspense - a Napoleonic Novel the Concord Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. Hardcover. Part of the Concord Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good- to Near Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light rubbing and bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, with a several small to smallish edge tears, wrinkles and a line of noticeable rubbing to the spine. Volumes of this set are difficult to find with the dust jacket. "Joseph Conrad, born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. He joined the British merchant marine in 1878, and was granted British nationality in 1886. Though he did not speak English fluently until he was in his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. He wrote stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of an impassive, inscrutable universe." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 45919

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: Modern Fiction Joseph Conrad Nature Concord Edition Of The Works Of Joseph Conrad Historical Fiction Napoleon Bonaparte Realism Anti-hero

COOK, ROBIN

Genesis

New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2019. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0525542159. Illustrated by Eric Fuentecilla. Cover Art; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the bottom spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Cook's novels combine medical fact with fantasy. His medical thrillers are designed, in part, to keep the public aware of both the technological possibilities of modern medicine and the ensuing socio-ethical problems which come along with it. Cook says he chose to write thrillers because the forum gives him "an opportunity to get the public interested in things about medicine that they didn't seem to know about. I believe my books are actually teaching people." The author admits he never thought that he would have such compelling material to work with when he began writing fiction in 1970. "If I tried to be the writer I am today a number of years ago, I wouldn't have very much to write about. But today, with the pace of change in biomedical research, there are any number of different issues, and new ones to come," he says. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 45114

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Keywords: 0525542159 Modern Fiction First Edition Robin Cook Mystery Medical Mysteries Suspense Medicine

COOK, ROBIN

Toxin

New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1998. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0399143165. Illustrated by Thomas Tafuri. Cover Art; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly crisp and clean, but has some beginning bumping and rolling to the spine ends.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 46570

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First E

Keywords: 0399143165 Mystery Robin Cook Thomas Tafuri Medical Mysteries

COOPER, ELLISON

Buried

New York, NY: Minotaur Books, 2019. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Ellison Cooper has a Ph. D. In anthropology from UCLA, with a background in archaeology, cultural neuroscience, ancient religion, colonialism, and human rights. She has conducted fieldwork in Central America, West Africa, Micronesia, and Western Europe. She has worked as a murder investigator in Washington DC, and is a certified K9 Search and Rescue Federal Disaster Worker. Ellison now lives in the Bay Area with her husband and son." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 45817

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Ellison Cooper Female Detectives Serial Killers FBI Suspense Thriller

CORELLI, MARIE (PSEUDONYM OF MARY MACKAY)

God's Good Man a Simple Love Story

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1904. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's embossed name stamp on the title page. There is a crack to the rear inner hinge of the book cover. "Mackay began her career as a musician, giving piano recitals and adopting the name Marie Corelli for her billing. Eventually she turned to writing and published her first novel, A Romance of Two Worlds, in 1886. In her time, she was the most widely read author of fiction. Her works were collected by Winston Churchill, Randolph Churchill, and members of the British Royal Family, among others. She faced criticism from the literary elite for her allegedly melodramatic writing. In The Spectator, Grant Allen called her "a woman of deplorable talent who imagined that she was a genius, and was accepted as a genius by a public to whose commonplace sentimentalities and prejudices she gave a glamorous setting." James Agate represented her as combining "the imagination of a Poe with the style of an Ouida and the mentality of a nursemaid." " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 41731

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Marie Corelli Romance Religion Spring

CORLE, EDWIN

In Winter Light

New York, NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends and corners. There is also a a thin strip of black residue from a previous dust jacket cover on the top and bottom edges of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is an ink stamped name and address from a circulating library on the reverse of the front endpaper. Both front and rear pastedown pages have a thin strip of tape residue / tape from a previous owner taping the dust jacket to the book. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, but has several small edge nicks and tears to the edges and spine ends, along with a strip of tape to the very edge of the front and rear flaps. "His writing is noted for realistic portrayals of American Indian life in the early 20th century. After a brief stint at writing for radio, Corle began writing numerous short stories and non-fiction pieces for magazines. In 1934 his Mojave: A Book Of Stories was published. This was followed a year later by his first and most successful novel, Fig Tree John, based on a Cahuilla Indian from southern California. In addition to other novels, Corle also wrote non-fiction, including books on the Grand Canyon and the Gila River. His sophisticated interest in the arts is reflected in his works on Igor Stravinsky and the artist Merle Armitage. In the 1950s, Corle began what was to be his most important effort, a multi-volume novel called "The Californians"." (from Wikipedia). Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 48442

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Edwin Corle Native Americans Westward Expansion

CORNWELL, BERNARD

1356 a Novel

New York, NY: Harpercollins, 2013. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0061969672. Illustrated by Lee Gibbons. Cover Art; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some very light bumping to the bottom spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 45428

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Keywords: 0061969672 Modern Fiction First Edition Bernard Cornwell Lee Gibbons France Holy Relic

CORNWELL, BERNARD

Agincourt a Novel

New York, NY: Harpercollins, 2009. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0061578916. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is in mostly clean bright condition, but has a small edge nick / tear to the top front flap and some beginning edge wear to the spine ends.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 46571

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Keywords: 0061578916 Modern Fiction First Edition Bernard Cornwell Historical Fiction Agincourt Henry V Band Of Brothers

CORNWELL, BERNARD

Gallows Thief

New York, NY: Harpercollins, 2002. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0060082739. Illustrated by Chris Moore. Cover Art; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the bottom spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 45427

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Keywords: 0060082739 Modern Fiction First Edition Bernard Cornwell Chris Moore Napoleonic Wars Cricket