CUSSLER, CLIVE

Treasure

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1988. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0671626132. Illustrated by Paul Bacon. Cover Art; 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 light bumping to the spine ends and some very beginning fading to a tiny strip on the spine ends. The text pages are generally clean and bright, but there is generalized toning throughout. The dust jacket is clean, but has noticeable toning to the white portions and some light wrinkling to the bottom spine end. "Clive Eric Cussler (July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020) was an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have been listed on The New York Times fiction best-seller list more than 20 times. Cussler was the founder and chairman of the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA) , which has discovered more than 60 shipwreck sites and numerous other notable underwater wrecks. He was the sole author or main author of more than 80 books. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 48520

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Keywords: 0671626132 Modern Fiction First Edition Clive Cussler Great Library Of Alexandria Paul Bacon Dirk Pitt Ships & Sailing Salvage

DANIELEWSKI, MARK Z.

Only Revolutions a Novel

New York, NY: Pantheon, 2006. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0375421769. 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. "Mark Z. Danielewski (born March 5, 1966) is an American fiction author. He is most widely known for his debut novel House of Leaves (2000) , which won the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award. His second novel, Only Revolutions (2006) , was nominated for the National Book Award. Danielewski began work on a 27-volume series, The Familiar, although he completed only 5 volumes before halting the project in 2017. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 45591

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Keywords: 0375421769 Modern Fiction First Edition Mark Z. Danielewski Romeo And Juliet Historical Fiction Romance

DANOEN, EMILE (TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY MARY GLASGOW)

Tides of Time

New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1952. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Originally published in France as Une Maison Soufflee aux Vents (and in the UK as Dust in the Wind). This is the first American edition. This book is part of the Ballantine Books Hardback series; this book was published simultaneously with the paperback and is the First Hardback Edition. This is Book Number H6. The 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 text pages are clean, but noticeably toned due to the acid content of the paper. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and rubbed spots along with an inch long shallow chip to the front panel. "The Rue Dauphine was a narrow street in the very heart of Le Havre's dockland slums. A picturesque street - the tourists said. But pinched houses oozed poverty and dirt - their inhabitants knew every kind of brutality and passion." "Émile Danoën (10 January 1920 – 7 May 1999) was a French journalist and novelist. Émile Danoën (10 January 1920 – 7 May 1999) was a French journalist and novelist. Danoën was born Émile Orvoën, to Pierre Orvoën and Léonie Le Doze at Moëlan-sur-Mer in Finistère, Brittany, but he grew up in the seamen's hostel run by his parents in the district of Saint-François in Le Havre. During the Second World War, he moved to Marseilles with his first wife Georgette, with whom he had two sons, Michael and Peter. He worked at the magazine Les Cahiers du Sud while at the same time appearing in bars and restaurants in the old port working as a street violinist." (from Wikipedia). Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 46089

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Editions

Keywords: Modern Fiction First Editions Emile Danoen France Romance slums Social Issues Ballantine Books Hardbacks Mary Glasgow

DEAR, WILLIAM (BASED ON A SCREENPLAY BY) NOVELIZATION BY JOYCE THOMPSON

Harry and the Hendersons

New York, NY: Berkeley Books, 1987. Special Book Club Edition. Paperback. Mass Market PB. This is a special book club edition. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers, and some wear to the spine joints. The text pages are clean and bright. "Harry and the Hendersons is a 1987 American fantasy comedy film directed and produced by William Dear and starring John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Don Ameche, David Suchet, Margaret Langrick, Joshua Rudoy, Lainie Kazan, and Kevin Peter Hall. Steven Spielberg served as its uncredited executive producer, while Rick Baker provided the makeup and the creature designs for Harry. The film tells the story of a Seattle family's encounter with the cryptozoological creature Bigfoot, partially inspired by the numerous claims of sightings in the Pacific Northwest, California, and other parts of both the United States and Canada over three centuries. In conjunction with the film's setting, shooting took place at several locations in the Cascade Range of Washington state near Interstate 90 and the town of Index near US 2, as well as Seattle's Wallingford, Ballard and Beacon Hill neighborhoods and other locations in or around Seattle. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .

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Book number: 44765

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: Modern Fiction Joyce Thompson William Dear William E. Martin Movie Novelizations Movie Tie-in

DELL, FLOYD

Diana Stair

New York, NY: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated, 1932. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. Association copy - this copy has been signed by the author, with a short inscription, to the San Francisco author Gertrude Atherton. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a 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 rubbing. The spine has fading and spotting. The text pages are clean and bright. Both front and rear endpapers have spots of noticeable spotting / toning. This copy has been signed, with a short inscription by the author to San Francisco author Gertrude Atherton. "Floyd James Dell (June 28, 1887 – July 23, 1969) was an American newspaper and magazine editor, literary critic, novelist, playwright, and poet. Dell has been called "one of the most flamboyant, versatile and influential American Men of Letters of the first third of the 20th Century." In Chicago, he was editor of the nationally syndicated Friday Literary Review. As editor and critic, Dell's influence is seen in the work of many major American writers from the first half of the 20th century. A lifelong poet, he was also a best-selling author, as well as a playwright whose hit Broadway comedy, Little Accident (1928) , was made into a Hollywood movie. " (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author. Very Good .

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Book number: 46090

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First

Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Floyd Dell Signed Edition Sexuality Gertrude Atherton

DEMIJOHN, THOM (A JOINT PSEUDONYM USED BY AUTHORS THOMAS M. DISCH AND JOHN SLADEK )

Black Alice

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1968. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 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 mostly clean and bright, but has one small nick to the rear foredge and some beginning rubbing to the spine ends and corners. "During the 1960s, in Virginia, while the blacks fight for their civil rights, a young white girl is kidnapped in Baltimore. Little Alice Raleigh, eleven years and blonde like corn, and heiress of an immense fortune, is held for a ransom of a million dollars. Her kidnappers, trying to make her invisible to the police officers and the federal agents searching for her, manage to brown her skin and her hair. They sequester her under an assumed name in a house held by an old black woman, near Norfolk, which turns out to be a house of prostitution. Slowly, Alice adapts herself to this surprising life amidst the black culture of the time period, completely new for her; at no point in the book is the young Alice made to participate in prostitution, and in fact Alice only has a vague idea of what goes on in behind closed doors in the house. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 43673

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: Modern Fiction Thom Demijohn Thomas Disch John Sladek 1960's Civil Rights Era Crime Kidnapping

DICKENS, CHARLES

Little Dorrit

London, England: Bradbury & Evans (Bouverie Street), 1857. 1st Hardback Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by H. K. Browne. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. This copy is bound in green 3/4th morocco leather and brown figured cloth. This is a First Hardback edition, first state, with the character's name as Rigaud (instead of Blandois on pages 469, 470, 472 & 474; with NO ads in the book (either front or rear) and page 371 with signature B2 instead of BB2. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light rubbing and wear, The cloth book covers have spots of rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright, though there are spots of foxing throughout. "Little Dorrit is a novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in serial form between 1855 and 1857. The story features Amy Dorrit, youngest child of her family, born and raised in the Marshalsea prison for debtors in London. Arthur Clennam encounters her after returning home from a 20-year absence, ready to begin his life anew. The novel satirises the shortcomings of both government and society, including the institution of debtors' prisons, where debtors were imprisoned, unable to work, until they repaid their debts. The prison in this case is the Marshalsea, where Dickens’ own father had been imprisoned. Dickens is also critical of the lack of a social safety net, the treatment and safety of industrial workers, as well the bureaucracy of the British Treasury, in the form of his fictional "Circumlocution Office". In addition he satirises the stratification of society that results from the British class system." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 45759

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Editions

Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Charles Dickens England Social Issues Injustice Classic Fiction Literature

DIEHL, WILLIAM

Reign in Hell

New York: Ballantine Books, 1997. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0345411447. 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 one tiny nick to the bottom spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket (a wrap-around band, not a full dust jacket) is crisp and clean with the exception of one tiny nick to the spine. "Diehl was a successful photographer and journalist, when he began his novel-writing career at 50. His first novel, Sharky's Machine, was made into the 1981 film of the same name, directed and starred Burt Reynolds. Diehl saw it being shot on location in and around his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. Its cast included Vittorio Gassman, Brian Keith, Charles Durning, Earl Holliman, Rachel Ward, Bernie Casey, Henry Silva, and Richard Libertini. It was the most successful box-office release of a film directed by Reynolds. Diehl relocated to St. Simons Island, Georgia, in the early 1980s, and lived there for the next 15 years before returning to Atlanta. While living on St. Simons, he completed eight other novels, including Primal Fear, which was adapted into a 1996 film." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 39857

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Keywords: 0345411447 Modern Fiction First Edition William Diehl Adventure Thriller Terrorist Attacks Modern Fiction

DILLON, WALTER B.

Cruise of the Flying Swan Or the Flying Swan a Modern Tale of Hidden Treasure

Los Angeles, CA: Thor's Book Service, 1947. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. This is a smaller than trade sized booklet. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book has figured cardstock covers and a stapled spine. There is some very light bumping to the spine ends and book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is an ink stamped author's name and address on the reverse of the title page. All we know about Walter B. Dillon is from his introduction - he tried to have this story (and others) by magazines and pulps, with no success, so he self-published. Other than that, Walter B. Dillon was a member of the U. S. Forest Service and his home was in El Paso, Tx. The story is a tale of ships and sailing on a schooner he and a mate have renovated around the time of World War II.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 43987

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Walter B. Dillon Ships & Sailing Adventure Cape Cod

DOBIE, CHARLES CALDWELL

Less Than Kin

New York, NY: John Day Company, 1926. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good- to Near Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean condition. The spine ends and corners of the book cover have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are generally clean and bright. The endpapers have light, generalized toning and there is some tidemarking to the hinges. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. There is a previous owner's penciled name on the front pastedown page. "American novelist and historian Charles Caldwell Dobie was born in San Francisco, CA, in 1881. He had to drop out of grammar school at age 14 because of his father's death. He took a job as an office boy in an insurance company, and stayed with that company until 1915, when he began to make enough money from his writing to devote his full time to it. The majority of his work is about or set in his home town of San Francisco, where he spent his entire life (he never married). Both his fiction and non-fiction about his beloved city has been praised as "smooth" and "deftly written" by such literary figures as Carey McWilliams." (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author. Very Good- .

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Book number: 46056

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First

Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Charles Caldwell Dobie San Francisco, CA Signed Editions California Authors California Fiction

DOCTOROW, E. L.

World's Fair

New York: Random House, 1985. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394525280. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author on the front endpaper. 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. ; Signed by Author. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 42478

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Keywords: 0394525280 Modern Fiction First Edition E. L. Doctorow World's Fairs New York City Signed Edition

DORFMAN, ARIEL

The Nanny and the Iceberg

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1999. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0374218986. 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. "Dorfman's work often deals with the horrors of tyranny and, in later works, the trials of exile. In an interview in BOMB Magazine, Dorfman said, "I'm constantly trying to figure out how you can be true to an experience which in fact very few people in the world would understand, such as having most of your friends disappear or be tortured, and at the same time finding a way of telling that story so other people in other places can read their own lives into that." His most famous play, Death and the Maiden, describes the encounter of a former torture victim with the man she believed torture her: " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 43317

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Keywords: 0374218986 Modern Fiction First Edition Ariel Dorfman Social Issues Chile Absurdism

DOUGLAS, LLOYD C.

Green Light

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1935. Reprint. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good= condition and has a Very Good-dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several wrinkles, small edge tears, and several small chips missing. "After receiving the A. M. Degree from Wittenberg College (now Wittenberg University) in Springfield, Ohio, in 1903, Douglas was ordained in the Lutheran ministry. He served in pastorates in North Manchester, Indiana, Lancaster, Ohio, and Washington, D. C. From 1911 to 1915, he was director of religious work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The next six years, he was minister of The First Congregational Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from there moving to Akron, Ohio, and serving as the Sr. Minister of the First Congregational Church of Akron from 1920 to 1926, then to Los Angeles, California, and finally to St. James United Church in Montreal, Quebec, from which pulpit he retired to write. His biographer, Louis Sheaffer, comments, "he never stated publicly why he changed denominations." " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 45913

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: Modern Fiction Lloyd C. Douglas Happy Endings Medical Fiction Surgeons

DRIGO, PAOLA (TRANSLATED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BLOSSOM STEINBERG KIRSCHENBAUM)

Maria Zef

Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1989. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0803216769. 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. "Paola (née Bianchetti) Drigo (4 January 1876 – 4 January 1938) was an Italian writer of short stories, novellas, and novels. Her first collection of short stories, La fortuna, was published in 1913 and caught the attention of literary critics and the public. Her last major works were two novels, Fine d'anno and Maria Zef, both published in 1936. With a style rooted in 19th century Italian realism, she was admired for the detailed psychological analysis of her characters and her descriptions of provincial life in her native Veneto region. The protagonists of her stories (usually women) were people of humble origin or those who had been "humiliated by fate". " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 42993

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Keywords: 0803216769 Modern Fiction First Edition Paola Drigo European Women Writers Series

DRURY, TOM

The End of Vandalism

New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence, 1994. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0395621518. Illustrated by Marty Blake. 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 crisp and clean. "Drury's first novel, The End of Vandalism, was published in 1994 by Houghton Mifflin, and was chosen as an ALA Notable Book in 1995.In 1996, an excerpt of Hunts in Dreams appeared in GRANTA 54, Summer 1996: The Best of Young American Novelists, published by Granta magazine. In 2000-2001 he was a recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 45383

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Keywords: 0395621518 Modern Fiction First Edition Tom Drury Marriage Author's First Book