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

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

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

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

BRAUTIGAN, RICHARD

Dreaming of Babylon a Private Eye Novel 1942

New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 1977. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0440021464. Illustrated by Craig Nelson. Cover Art; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There are two semi-closed tears to the edges of the dust jacket along with some beginning rubbing and edge wear to the corners and spine ends. The reverse of the dust jacket has one thin strip of color bleeding which does not affect the dust jacket or the book. "It is early 1942. You are in San Francisco, and you need a private eye. Sam Space is rumored to be in Istambul. The Continental Op hasa been drafted and is a sergeant in the Aleutians." "Richard Gary Brautigan (January 30, 1935 – ca. September 16, 1984) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. His work often employs black comedy, parody, and satire. He is best known for his novels Trout Fishing in America (1967) and In Watermelon Sugar (1968). Brautigan began his career as a poet, with his first collection being published in 1957. He made his debut as a novelist with A Confederate General from Big Sur (1964) , about a delusional man who believes himself to be the descendant of a Confederate general. Brautigan would go on to publish numerous prose and poetry collections until 1982, after which he committed suicide in 1984." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 46944

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Mots-clés: 0440021464 Mystery Richard Brautigan San Francisco California Fiction Humor Satire parody parodies

BRAUTIGAN, RICHARD

Willard and His Bowling Trophies

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1975. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0671220659. 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 extremely light bumping to the spine end of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright. There is some very beginning rubbing to the top end of the front flap. "In San Francisco, Brautigan sought to establish himself as a writer. He was known for handing out his poetry on the streets and performing at poetry clubs. In early 1956, Brautigan typed a three-page manuscript and sent it to The Macmillan Company for publication. The manuscript consisted of two pages with 14 poems and a page with the dedication "for Linda". Of the poems, only "stars" and "hey" were titled. In a letter dated May 10, 1956, Macmillan rejected the manuscript, stating, "... There is no place where it will fit in". In 2005, the X-Ray Book Company published the manuscript as a chapbook titled Desire in a Bowl of Potatoes. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 42618

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Mots-clés: 0671220659 Modern Fiction First Edition Richard Brautigan Counterculture San Francisco, CA Fantasies Mystery

O'BRIAN, PATRICK

Blue at the Mizzen

New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0393048446. Illustrated by Geoff Hunt. 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.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 45452

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Mots-clés: 0393048446 Modern Fiction First Edition Patrick O'brian Naval Battles Sea Stories Historical Fiction

O'BRIAN, PATRICK

The Rendezvous and Other Stories

New York, NY: W. W. Norton, 1994. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0393036855. 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 crisp and clean but has noticeable fading / color change to the spine.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 47781

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Mots-clés: 0393036855 Modern Fiction First Edition Patrick O'brian Short Stories Ships & Sailing

O'BRIEN, JOHN

The Assault on Tony's

New York, NY: Grove Press, 1996. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0802115926. 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.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 46788

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Mots-clés: 0802115926 Modern Fiction First Edition John O'brien Alcoholism Unfinished Manuscripts

O'BRIEN, TIM

The Nuclear Age

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 039454286X. 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. "One attribute of O'Brien's work is the blur between fiction and reality; labeled "verisimilitude", his work contains details of the events he encountered. His conscious, explicit, and metafictional approach to blurring the distinction between fact and fiction is a unique aspect of his style. In the story "Good Form" in The Things They Carried, O'Brien discusses the distinction between "story-truth" (the truth of fiction) and "happening-truth" (the truth of fact or occurrence) , writing that "story-truth is sometimes truer than happening-truth." He suggests that story truth is emotional truth; thus the feeling created by a fictional story is sometimes truer than what results from reading the facts. Certain sets of stories in The Things They Carried seem to contradict each other, and certain stories are designed to "undo" the suspension of disbelief created in previous stories. For example, "Speaking of Courage" is followed by "Notes", which explains in what ways "Speaking of Courage" is fictional. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 43258

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Mots-clés: 039454286X Modern Fiction First Edition Tim O'brien Families Relationships

BRINK, ANDRE (ANDRé PHILIPPUS BRINK)

An Act of Terror

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0671748580. 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. "André Philippus Brink, OIS (29 May 1935 – 6 February 2015) was a South African novelist, essayist and poet. He wrote in both Afrikaans and English and taught English at the University of Cape Town. [1][2]In the 1960s Brink, Ingrid Jonker, Etienne Leroux and Breyten Breytenbach were key figures in the significant Afrikaans literary movement known as Die Sestigers ("The Sixty-ers"). These writers sought to use Afrikaans as a language to speak against the apartheid government, and also to bring into Afrikaans literature the influence of contemporary English and French trends. While Brink's early novels were especially concerned with apartheid, his later work engaged the new range of issues posed by life in a democratic South Africa. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 41621

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Mots-clés: 0671748580 Modern Fiction First Edition Andre Brink South Africa Anti-apartheid Radicalization