BOSWELL, Robert

Dancing in the Movies

Iowa City, University of Iowa Press, (1986). First Edition. Hardcover. First book by this acclaimed author, a collection of stories, reportedly done in a print run of only 1500 copies. Tiny closed tear at bottom of dustwrapper rear panel and two vertical creases to front flap. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 008443

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BOSWELL, Robert

Dancing in the Movies

Iowa City, University of Iowa Press, (1986). First Edition. Hardcover. First book by this acclaimed author, a collection of stories, reportedly done in a print run of only 1500 copies. Owner name dated 1993 on front endpaper. Near Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 015894

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Keywords: Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Short Stories, First Book, First Books Modern First Editions Short Stories First Book Literature: American

BOSWELL, Robert

The Geography of Desire

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. The sensual paradise and the erotic paradise are two separate places. They are not on the same map... Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 017098

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Keywords: Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts Literature: American Modern First Editions Modern Firsts

BOSWELL, Robert

Living to Be 100

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Edition. Wraps. Uncorrected Proof of this collection of short stories by this critically acclaimed author. Fine without any staples or writing .

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Book number: 017099

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Keywords: Modern Firsts Short Stories Literature: American Uncorrected Proof

BOSWELL, Robert

Mystery Ride

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. A penetrating portrait of a modern American family. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 017102

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Keywords: Modern Firsts Literature: American Fiction Modern First Editions

BOWEN, John

After the Rain

London, Faber and Faber, (1958). First Edition. Hardcover. Author's second book, a novel that begins in the basement of Foyle's bookshop. Dustwrapper art by Kenneth Rowell. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a wraparound band sporting a quote from Angus Wilson .

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Book number: 016875

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Keywords: Modern First Editions Modern Firsts Dustwrapper Art Literature: English Bookstores

BOWLES, Paul [translator] FRISON-ROCHE, R

The Lost Trail of the Sahara

Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, 1980. First American Edition. Hardcover. From the dustwrapper: "This is the story of young, inexperienced Lieutenant Beaufort, who is put in command of an expedition into the wild interior of the Sahara. In exhausting battle against the ancient and eternal enemies of heat, thirst, sand and the thousand and one plagues of nature in the raw, as well as the faithlessness of native guides and soldiers and treacherous attacks by hostile tribesmen, he finds the strength to complete his mission and give his life new meaning. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a sunned spine .

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Book number: 019940

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Keywords: Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts, Adventure, Africa, Paul Bowles Modern First Editions Africa Paul Bowles Adventure

BOWLES, Paul

Up Above the World

New York, Simon & Schuster, (1966). First Edition. Hardcover. Slightly cocked. Dustwrapper spine evenly sunned, lettering still bold. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 011451

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Keywords: Modern Firsts Paul Bowles Literature: American Modern First Editions

BOYLE, T. Coraghessan

Descent of Man

Boston, Little, Brown, (1979). First Edition. hardcover. Possible review copy with promotional leaflet, lightly tanned at edges, laid in. Superb copy in dustwrapper of author's first book .

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Book number: 004563

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Keywords: T Coraghessen Boyle, T. C. Boyle, Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts, Short Stories Modern First Editions First Book Literature: American Short Stories

BOYLE, T. Coraghessan

Descent of Man

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, (1979). First Edition. Wraps. Beige printed wraps. The uncorrected proof of Boyle's first book, rarely seen in this scarce advance format. Light foxing to covers, bulked text edges, and first few pages; some light soiling to wraps and small chips from the middle and bottom of the spine. Still Near Fine .

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Book number: 005696

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Uncorrected Proof, T Coraghessen Boyle, T. C. Boyle, Modern Firsts, Short Stories, Modern First Editions Uncorrected Proof First Book Modern Firsts Literature: American

BOYLE, T. C

East Is East

New York, Viking, (1990). First Edition. wraps. Advance Reading Copy in pictorial wraps. Fine .

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Book number: 004250

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Keywords: Modern Firsts, T. C. Boyle Advance Reading Copy Literature: American T Coraghessen Boyle Fiction

BOYLE, T. Coraghessan

Greasy Lake & Other Stories

New York, The Viking Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards. Boyle's second collection of stories. Dustspotting to top bulked edge and slight foxing to endpapers. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with trivial wear to the head of the spine .

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Book number: 005692

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Keywords: T Coraghessen Boyle, Modern Firsts Short Stories Fiction Literature: American T. C. Boyle

BOYLE, T. Coraghessan

The Road to Wellville

New York, Viking, (1993). First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Advance Uncorrected Proof in pictorial wraps of this novel of Kellogg's beginnings in Battle Creek. Made into a film. Near Fine .

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Book number: 005830

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Keywords: Uncorrected Proof, T. C. Boyle, T Coraghessen Boyle, Movie Fiction, Advance Copy Modern Firsts Literature: American Movie Fiction Uncorrected Proof

BOYLE, T. Coraghessan

She Wasn't Soft

London, A Bloomsbury Quid, (1996). First Edition. Softcover. A paperback original (there was not hardcover issue) published only in England of this short story that originally appeared in the NEW YORKER in 1995. As New .

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Book number: 017086

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Keywords: T Coraghessen Boyle, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Short Stories Modern First Editions Short Stories Literature: American T. C. Boyle

BOYLE, T. Coraghessan

Water Music

Boston, Little, Brown & Company, (1981). First Edition. hardcover. Boyle's second book and first novel, recounting the travels of eighteenth century Scottish explorer, Mungo Park, in West Africa. Just about Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 004564

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Keywords: Africa, Mungo Park, T Coraghessen Boyle, T. C. Boyle Modern Firsts Fiction: Africa Literature: American T. C. Boyle