BERGER, THOMAS

Being Invisible

Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co, 1987. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316091588. 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. "Eventually, Berger was able to devote himself to writing full-time, particularly after the notoriety gained by his third book, Little Big Man, in 1964. Although he would occasionally put his hand to a short story, play, or non-fiction article (including a stint as film critic for Esquire) , Berger preferred the long narrative form of the novel, and produced a steady run of critically acclaimed books throughout his career. In 1984 his book The Feud was nominated by the Pulitzer committee for fiction for the Pulitzer Prize, but the Pulitzer board overrode their recommendation and instead chose William Kennedy's Ironweed. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 43632

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Mots-clés: 0316091588 Modern Fiction First Edition Thomas Berger Wishes Invisibility

BERGER, THOMAS

Neighbors a Novel

New York, NY: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1980. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0440065569. 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. "Eventually, Berger was able to devote himself to writing full-time, particularly after the notoriety gained by his third book, Little Big Man, in 1964. Although he would occasionally put his hand to a short story, play, or non-fiction article (including a stint as film critic for Esquire) , Berger preferred the long narrative form of the novel, and produced a steady run of critically acclaimed books throughout his career. In 1984 his book The Feud was nominated by the Pulitzer committee for fiction for the Pulitzer Prize, but the Pulitzer board overrode their recommendation and instead chose William Kennedy's Ironweed.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 44405

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Mots-clés: 0440065569 Modern Fiction Thomas Berger Relationships Rural America

BERGER, THOMAS

Nowhere

New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1985. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385294018. 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. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The top edge of the text block has some spots of foxing. "Thomas Louis Berger (July 20, 1924 – July 13, 2014) was an American novelist. Probably best known for his picaresque novel Little Big Man and the subsequent film by Arthur Penn, Berger explored and manipulated many genres of fiction throughout his career, including the crime novel, the hard-boiled detective story, science fiction, the utopian novel, plus re-workings of classical mythology, Arthurian legend, and the survival adventure. Berger's biting wit led many reviewers to refer to him as a satirist or "comic" novelist, descriptions he preferred to reject. His admirers often bemoaned that his talent and achievement were under-appreciated, in view of his versatility across many forms of fiction, his precise use of language, and his probing intelligence." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 39254

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First

Mots-clés: 0385294018 Modern Fiction First Edition Thomas Berger Humor Espionage Spy Novels Modern Fiction Firsts

BERGER, THOMAS

Orrie's Story a Novel

Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co, 1990. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316092207. 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. "Thomas Louis Berger (July 20, 1924 – July 13, 2014) was an American novelist. Probably best known for his picaresque novel Little Big Man and the subsequent film by Arthur Penn, Berger explored and manipulated many genres of fiction throughout his career, including the crime novel, the hard-boiled detective story, science fiction, the utopian novel, plus re-workings of classical mythology, Arthurian legend, and the survival adventure. Berger's biting wit led many reviewers to refer to him as a satirist or "comic" novelist, descriptions he preferred to reject. His admirers often bemoaned that his talent and achievement were underappreciated, in view of his versatility across many forms of fiction, his precise use of language, and his probing intelligence. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 42435

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Mots-clés: 0316092207 Modern Fiction First Edition Thomas Berger Murder Camelot

BERGER, THOMAS

Regiment of Women

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1973. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0671214926. 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. There is a thin bit of rubbing / ground-in dirt to the bottom rear spine joint of the dust jacket. "Thomas Louis Berger (July 20, 1924 – July 13, 2014) was an American novelist. Probably best known for his picaresque novel Little Big Man and the subsequent film by Arthur Penn, Berger explored and manipulated many genres of fiction throughout his career, including the crime novel, the hard-boiled detective story, science fiction, the utopian novel, plus re-workings of classical mythology, Arthurian legend, and the survival adventure. Berger's biting wit led many reviewers to refer to him as a satirist or "comic" novelist, descriptions he preferred to reject. His admirers often bemoaned that his talent and achievement were underappreciated, in view of his versatility across many forms of fiction, his precise use of language, and his probing intelligence. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 42330

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Mots-clés: 0671214926 Modern Fiction First Edition Thomas Berger Science Fiction Alternate History Pollution

BERGER, THOMAS

Sneaky People

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1975. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0671218972. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book covers are clean and bright. The text pages are clean and bright. All three edges of the text block has spots of foxing and ground-in dirt. The dust jacket is generally clean , though the white has mottled a bit with yellowish streaks. There is one small semi-closed tear to the bottom front panel of the dust jacket. "Eventually, Berger was able to devote himself to writing full-time, particularly after the notoriety gained by his third book, Little Big Man, in 1964. Although he would occasionally put his hand to a short story, play, or non-fiction article (including a stint as film critic for Esquire) , Berger preferred the long narrative form of the novel, and produced a steady run of critically acclaimed books throughout his career. In 1984 his book The Feud was nominated by the Pulitzer committee for fiction for the Pulitzer Prize, but the Pulitzer board overrode their recommendation and instead chose William Kennedy's Ironweed. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 43248

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Mots-clés: 0671218972 Modern Fiction First Edition Thomas Berger Murder Humor Crime Fiction Mystery

BERGER, THOMAS

Who Is Teddy Villanova?

New York, NY: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1977. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0440095468. Illustrated by John Sposato. 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. "In 1974, Berger was a writer in residence at the University of Kansas, and a distinguished visiting professor at Southampton College in 1975–1976. He lectured at Yale University in 1981 and 1982, and was a Regents' Lecturer at the University of California, Davis, in 1982. A collection of his papers is available at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University. Berger resided in New York City from 1948 to 1953, and lived the next twelve years in a town on the Hudson River. In subsequent years, he lived in London, Malibu, California, New York City again, Long Island, and then Mount Desert Island in Maine, before once more returning to the banks of the Hudson. He died on July 13, 2014, seven days before his 90th birthday." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 44417

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Mots-clés: 0440095468 Modern Fiction First Edition Thomas Berger Dashiell Hammett Thriller John Sposato

BETTS, DORIS

The Astronomer and Other Stories

New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1965. 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. There is some very beginning fading to the black cloth on the edges of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. This book contains a series of short works, Including: The Spies in the Herb House, The Mandarin, Clarissa and the Depths, The Dead Mule, The Proud and Virtuous, All that Glisters Isn't Gold, Careful, Sharp Eggs Underfoot, and, The Astronomer. "After working as a newspaper reporter for a number of years, Betts joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1966. She received the UNC Putnam Book Prize in 1954 for her first book, The Gentle Insurrection, three Sir Walter Raleigh Awards (1958, 1965, and 1973) for the best fiction books by a North Carolinian, a Guggenheim Fellowship in Creative Writing (1958–1959) , the North Carolina Award and Medal (1975) , the Distinguished Service Award for Women (Chi Omega) , and the John Dos Passos Award from Longwood College. She has also written articles for professional journals, lectured at writers' conferences, and delivered speeches on major college campuses. In 1980 she was named a UNC Alumni Distinguished Professor of English. She received the Tanner Award for distinguished undergraduate teaching in 1973 and the Katherine Carmichael Teaching Award in 1980." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 46192

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Editions

Mots-clés: Modern Fiction First Editions Doris Betts Short Fiction Short Stories North Carolina collections Short Story collections

BIGGERS, EARL DERR

Love Insurance

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1914. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Frank Snapp. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page. Illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations by Frank Snapp. "Allan, Lord Harrowby, son and heir of James Nelson Harrowby, came to Lloyds of London with a most unusual request for insurance. He knew that Lloyds took out policies on unusual risks. And what he wanted was insurance of a most unusual kind...love insurance. What follows is a comic novel of improbable dimensions, by the world-famous creator of Chinese detective Charlie Chan." "Earl Derr Biggers (August 26, 1884 – April 5, 1933) was an American novelist and playwright. He is remembered primarily for his novels, especially those featuring the fictional Chinese American detective Charlie Chan, from which popular films were made in the United States and China." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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N° du livre: 46211

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Editions

Mots-clés: Modern Fiction First Edition Earl Derr Biggers Humor Comedy Insurance Love Romance

BLACK, JONATHAN (PSEUDONYM OF BELA VON BLOCK ALSO: BELA CHARLES WILLIAM BLOCK)

The House on the Hill

Annapolis, MD: Berkley Medallion, 1977. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0425036480. This is a mass market paperback book. (PBO) The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. This book has a step-back cover in clean, bright condition. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light rubbing and wear to the spine joints of the book covers. The rear cover of the book has noticeable rubbing and wear. The text pages are clean and bright.. Very Good .

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N° du livre: 43649

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Mots-clés: 0425036480 Modern Ficition First Edition Jonathan Black Bela Von Block Bela Charles William Block Washington D. C. Politics Power

BLAKE, JAMES CARLOS

The Friends of Pancho Villa

New York, NY: Berkley Trade, 1996. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0425153045. Trade PB. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. This trade paperback book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The paperback book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a square of rubbing to the front endpaper where a sticker was removed. "Although Blake wrote sporadically from his teens until his thirties, it was not until the early 1980s, while again living in Miami, that he began to write with purpose, and over the next few years he published a number of short stories in a variety of literary journals. In 1995 he published his first novel, The Pistoleer, an account of the life and times of the infamous Texas outlaw, John Wesley Hardin. Structured as a sequence of first-person narratives—each of the dozens of chapters told by a different character—the novel was hailed as “an achievement by any standards, but as a first novel is simply astounding. ” It was a finalist for the 1995 Best Novel of the West award from the Western Writers of America. Despite its “western” setting, it was recognized as a significant literary work presenting not only the story of the title character, but also, through its vast array of narrators, a cultural mosaic of the South in the era of Reconstruction" (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author. Very Good .

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N° du livre: 45951

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Mots-clés: 0425153045 Modern Fiction First Edition James Carlos Blake Signed Edition Mexico Historical Fiction

BORDAGES, ASA

The Glass Lady

New York: Lion Books, Inc, 1951. Ephemera. Mass Market PB. This is a mass market paperback book. Lion Book #56. The book is in Good only condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The books covers have some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and the corners. There is rubbing and chipping to the spine of the book. The covers have some fading and spots of discoloration and foxing. The text pages are noticeably toned and have foxing / tidemarking to the edges. "Asa Bordages, a feature writer for the New York World-Telegram and playwright known for the 1941 play Brooklyn USA." (from Video Detective). Good .

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N° du livre: 40537

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Mots-clés: Modern Fiction Asa Bordages Lion Books, Inc. New York Greenwich Village, NY Erotica Homosexual Behavior Modern Fiction

BOWER, B. M.

Fool's Goal

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. Reprint. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spne ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. The text pages are clean and bright, though there is some light generalized toning. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and a couple of scratches to the spine. The spine also has noticeable toning and darkening. "Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940) , best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots) , the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting." " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 43104

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Mots-clés: Modern Fiction B.M. Bower Western Fiction Cattlemen Old West Ranch Life Modern Fiction

BOYD, WILLIAM

The Destiny of Nathalie 'X' and Other Stories

London, England: Sinclair Stevenson, 1997. 1st British Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1856195708. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, however the text pages have generalized toning. The dust jacket is crisp and clean, with the exception of some small spots of ground-in dirt. "Boyd was selected in 1983 as one of the 20 "Best of Young British Novelists" in a promotion run by Granta magazine and the Book Marketing Council. Boyd's novels include: A Good Man in Africa, a study of a disaster-prone British diplomat operating in West Africa, for which he won the Whitbread Book award and Somerset Maugham Award in 1981; An Ice-Cream War, set against the background of the World War I campaigns in colonial East Africa, which won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1982; Brazzaville Beach, published in 1991, which follows a scientist researching chimpanzee behaviour in Africa; and Any Human Heart, written in the form of the journals of a fictitious male 20th-century British writer, which won the Prix Jean Monnet de Littérature Européenne and was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2002. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 44014

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Mots-clés: 1856195708 Modern Fiction First Edition William Boyd Short Stories

BOYLE, T. CORAGHESSAN

The Tortilla Curtain

New York: Viking, 1995. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670856045. 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. "Thomas Coraghessan Boyle, also known as T. C. Boyle and T. Coraghessan Boyle (born December 2, 1948) , is an American novelist and short story writer. Since the mid-1970s, he has published sixteen novels and more than 100 short stories. He won the PEN/Faulkner award in 1988, for his third novel, World's End, which recounts 300 years in upstate New York. He was previously a Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 40687

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Editions

Mots-clés: 0670856045 Modern Fiction First Edition T. Coraghessan Boyle Los Angeles, CA Latino Americans Modern Fiction Firsts