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New York:: Bantam,, 1982.. First edition -. Good overall in tall printed cream wrappers (tape on bottom of spine, some yellowing and curling to the corners of the covers, and a comment 'here it is!' on the top of the front cover.). Uncorrected proof (tall trade paperback format. ) The author's carefully researched novel that follows the 101st Airborne in an operation based on an actual campaign in the summer of1970 (although the actual battalion in this book is fictitious. This is a novel which combines both historical accuracy and sometimes poetic writing. Laid in is both a map of the area and a very personal letter from the editor to a San Francisco reviewer. In this letter he states that 'only once in a while does a really great book come through an editor's career and I really believe this is it.' Certainly this was a significant debut.

New York:: The Viking Press,, (1982). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (corners slightly bumped, some edgewear to dj, short tear at foot of spine). First printing. The first novel by this New York playwright and author, based on a point-shaving scandal from the 1950s, a compassionate story of five street-smart kids from the ghetto who play for a city college basketball team, driven by their coach to become champions. Even though they faced greatness they lacked the wisdom to resist the "easy money" that came from winning, but not by too much - A book which is an indictment of the greed behind sports, and sees the boys as victims as much as they are guilty themselves. 280 pp.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1978.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder marks). First printing. The author's first novel, set in New York City, the story of an unexpected affair between a married woman and a married man. 215 pp.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1978.. Hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 3rd printing, just one month after the first. The author's first novel, set in New York City, the story of an unexpected affair between a married woman and a married man. 215 pp.

San Francisco:: North Point Press,, 1986.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in very near fine dust jacket.. First printing. The author's first novel: Julia is a woman who has everything another woman might want - and nothing she wants herself. Dustjacket praise from Paula Fox, Evan Connell and Geoffrey Wolff (who called this 'delicate minimalist menace.') 147 pp.

New York:: Scribner,, (2015). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The author's first novel, second book (her first book, a collection of short stories won the Flannery O'Connor award, the Edmund White award and many more honors.) Ostlund describes her writing style as "digressive" and this book definitely meanders down many side paths as it tells the story of a man who has left his long time partner in Santa Fe to start a new life in San Francisco - successive chapters go back and forth between his childhood in Minnesota and his current life in San Francisco. 337 pp.

New York:: Scribner,, (2015). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First printing. The author's first novel, second book (her first book, a collection of short stories won the Flannery O'Connor award, the Edmund White award and many more honors.) Ostlund describes her writing style as "digressive" and this book definitely meanders down many side paths as it tells the story of a man who has left his long time partner in Santa Fe to start a new life in San Francisco - successive chapters go back and forth between his childhood in Minnesota and his current life in San Francisco. SIGNED on the title page. 337 pp.

New York:: D. Appleton-Century, , 1941.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (gift inscription dated 1944, chip to upper end of spine of dj, some discoloration to the edges of the dj.) . First printing. "The story of a Grecian faun who, after becoming the lover of Aphrodite, is endowed with immortality and the power to enter the human body, male or female, of his choice. From an idyllic marriage to a Cretan maid, the faun moves to Egypt, where he takes part in the cruel intrigues and orgiastic splendors of that magnificent court."The first novel by this author who was born in New Orleans and returned there after many years studying music and singing in Europe and Hollywood. The striking dustjacket design is by the Louisiana artist Caroline Wogan Durieux (1896-1989), a New Orleans native of Creole descent and who returned to New Orleans after years in Cuba and Mexico, assuming in1938 the directorship of the WPA Federal Art Project in New Orleans, where Arthur… Read More

New York:: Random House,, (2012). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Her first novel, a wonderful and uncommon coming-of-age story set in the near future where the rotation of the earth has begun to slow, and changes to everyone's lives inexorably follow. Cover praise from Amy Bloom, Aimee Bender, Karen Russell and more. Letter from publisher bound in. 272 pp.

New York:: Random House,, (2012). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in illustrated yellow boards in a near fine die-cut dust jacket (small abraded spot from sticker removal on dj).. First printing. Her first novel, a wonderful and uncommon coming-of-age story set in the near future where the rotation of the earth has begun to slow, and changes to everyone's lives inexorably follow. Dust jacket praise from Amy Bloom, Yiyun Li, Aimee Bender, Karen Russell and more. 272 pp.

New York:: St Martin's,, (1979). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. Southern author's first novel (and the only book she published using Hudlow as her name) A sensitive and gripping portrait of a young woman with the frightening disease of anorexia nervosa and her relationships with her parents, her new husband and her psychiatrist. 240 pp. 

Salt Lake City:: Torrey House Press,, (2016). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The author's first novel, published as a trade paperback original, set on a small family ranch in New Mexico. "Following a two-year prison stint, charming and wily Walker returns to his family's New Mexico ranch, where his pious older sister Lee Ann is busy caring for their mother, raising two sons, and grappling with unethical workplace demands." 274 pp.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1984.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (some toning to the edgesof the dj flaps.). First printing. Author's highly praised first collection of short stories - dj blurbs from John Hawkes, John Barth and Richard Rhodes.

New York:: Riverhead Books,, (2008.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. The author's truly unique first novel - not quite a horror story, nor just a mystery story or an offbeat police procedural. Set in Colma, California - the only incorporated city in America where the dead outnumber the living. The longtime cemetery for San Francisco, it is the resting place of the likes of Joe DiMaggio, Wyatt Earp, and aviation pioneer Lincoln Beachey." Winner of the 2009 Emperor Norton award and shortlisted for the Pen-Faulkner. Selected by San Francisco Reads for the "One City, One Book" program. SIGNED on the title page. 437 pp

New York:: Riverhead Books,, (2009.). SIGNED -. Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy.). 1st trade paperback printing. The author's truly unique first novel - not quite a horror story, nor just a mystery story or an offbeat police procedural. Set in Colma, California - is the only incorporated city in America where the dead outnumber the living. The longtime cemetery for San Francisco, it is the resting place of the likes of Joe DiMaggio, Wyatt Earp, and aviation pioneer Lincoln Beachey." Winner of the 2009 Emperor Norton award and shortlisted for the Pen-Faulkner. Selected by San Francisco Reads for the "One City, One Book" program. SIGNED on the title page.437 pp

New York:: Riverhead Books,, (2009.). SIGNED -. Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy.) Includes the 16 page illustrated brochure for the "One City, One Book" (fine in stiff wrappers.). 1st trade paperback printing. The author's truly unique first novel - not quite a horror story, nor just a mystery story or an offbeat police procedural. Set in Colma, California - is the only incorporated city in America where the dead outnumber the living. The longtime cemetery for San Francisco, it is the resting place of the likes of Joe DiMaggio, Wyatt Earp, and aviation pioneer Lincoln Beachey." Winner of the 2009 Emperor Norton award and shortlisted for the Pen-Faulkner. Selected by San Francisco Reads for the "One City, One Book" program. SIGNED on the title page.437 pp

Boston:: Godine,, 1985.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (price-clipped.). First printing. Southern writer's first book,a collection of seven short stories. 211 pp. .

Boston:: Godine,, 1985.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in a very good dustjacket (hint of spine slant, prev owner's name, some edgewear to dj.). First printing. Southern writer's first book,a collection of seven short stories. 211 pp. .

London:: Arthur Barker, Ltd.,, (1964). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First UK printing. The author's first (and only) novel, a comic novel "bright, sardonic and sometimes ribald" the story of a young woman who travels to New York City where she joins the crowd of beautiful people whose lives are focused on having a good time. Dust jacket praise from Richard Condon and Emily Hahn. Published just 2 years before Dowling's death at age 37. 269 pp.

New York:: Spiegel & Grau, , 2008.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fine dust jacket (an unread copy, but a few spots to the outer edge of the text block.). First printing. The author's first novel, described as a "withering Silicon Valley satire." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 401 pp.