Search Results: Fiction from Books of Aurora

Franklin Center, Pa.: Franklin Library, 1977. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Franklin Center, Pa.: Franklin Library, 1977. Limited First Edition. Fine. Maffia, Daniel. Limited first edition. Bound in deep sage green leather with gold decoration on all sides, raised bands. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers and ribbon marker. Folder with publishers notes laid in.

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. Advance Reading Copy. Softcover. Near Fine. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. Advance Reading Copy. Near Fine. ARC in wraps, unmarked.

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2003. Hardcover. Fine. Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2003. Fine/No Jacket Issued. Signed by Mark Harris on the limitation page, certificate of authenticity is included, which is also signed by Harris. Bound in red leather with gold decoration on front and back covers and gold lettering and decoration on the spine. All edges gilt, moire silk end papers, satin ribbon marker, four raised bands, acid free paper. Also includes Easton Press bookplate (unmarked) and a card printed with information about the book.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good-. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/very good-. 145 pages, unmarked, although there is a rectangle with dried glue inside the front cover, as if something was once attched. B&W illustrations. Bound in blue cloth, spine lightly sunned. Jacket has wear and chipping at extremities, not price-clipped ($1.75)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 2000. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 2000. First American Edition. Fine/fine. First printing of First American Edtion. Clean, tight, no markings. Jacket protected in mylar. Containing a novel within a novel, "The Blind Assassin" is a science fiction story told by two unnamed lovers who meet in dingy backstreet rooms. Told in a style that magnificently captures the colloquialisms of the 1930s and 1940s, it unfolds layer by astonishing layer and concludes in a brilliant and wonderfully satisfying twist.

New York: Pocket Books, 1978. Stated First Printing. Mass market paperback. Very good +. 158 pages. A clean copy that appears unread. Very sllight shelf and age wear.

New York: Farrar, Straus And Giroux, 2001. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. New York: Farrar, Straus And Giroux, 2001. First printing. Fine/fine. First Printing, second state with pages in correct numerical order. Signed by Franzen on the title page. A comic, tragic masterpiece of an American family breaking down in an age of easy fixes, Franzen's third novel brings an old-time America into wild collision with the era of home surveillance and New Economy speculation. Winner of the National Book Award. 

New York: The John Day Company, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. New York: The John Day Company, 1942. Very Good/very good. Personalized bookplate inside front cover, otherwise unmarked. Binding firm, pages clear. Bound in rust-colored cloth with gold lettering, top edge stained green. Jacket has wear at extremities, not price-clipped ($2.50).

New York: Vintage, 2021. Softcover. Near fine. A gently read copy, no marks no creases. "From the award-winning, bestselling author of The Circle comes an exciting new follow-up. When the world's largest search engine/social media company, The Circle, merges with the planet's dominant e-commerce site, it creates the richest and most dangerous-and, oddly enough, most beloved-monopoly ever known: The Every"--

New York: HarperVia, 2022. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. A gently read copy, as new. As emotionally resonant as Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss, as inspired as Anthony Doerr's Cloud Cuckoo Land, as inventive as Louisa Hall's Speak, and as visionary as David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, Everything the Light Touches is Janice Pariat's magnificent epic of travelers, of discovery, of time, of science, of human connection, and of the impermanent nature of the universe and life itself--a bold and brilliant saga that unfolds through the adventures and experiences of four intriguing characters.

Franklin Center, Pa.: Franklin Library, 1977. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Franklin Center, Pa.: Franklin Library, 1977. Limited First Edition. Fine. Rogers, Howard. Limited first edition. Bound in full blue leather with gold decoration on all sides, raised bands. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers and ribbon marker. Color illustrations. Folder with publishers notes laid in.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2003. First printing. Hardcover. Fine. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2003. First printing. Fine. Signed by Stephen Baxter on the limitation page, this copy is number 525 of 1000, certificate of authenticity is included, which is also signed by Baxters. Color frontis illustration by Bob Eggleton. Bound in deep green leather with gold decoration on front and back covers and gold lettering and decoration on the spine. All edges gilt, moire silk end papers, satin ribbon marker, four raised bands, acid free paper. There is an Easton Press bookplate (unmarked) in the front and a card printed with information about the author is laid in.

New York: Dell, 1980. Stated First Printing. Mass market paperback. Very good +. 255 pages, unmarked, no creases, B&w illustrations within.

New York: Europa Edtions, 2021. Softcover. Very good +. A gently read copy, clean, unmarked, no creases. Violette Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne. Her life is lived to the predictable rhythms of the often funny, always moving confidences that casual mourners, regular visitors, and sundry colleagues share with her. Violette's routine is disrupted one day by the arrival of Julien Sole--local police chief--who has come to scatter the ashes of his recently deceased mother on the gravesite of a complete stranger. It soon becomes clear that Julien's inexplicable gesture is intertwined with Violette's own complicated past.

New York: Ace books, 1966. Mass market paperback. Very good +. An unread copy with a remainder mark on bottom edge. Cover art by Boris Vallejo. Second book in the World of Tiers series.

New York: HarperCollins, 2007. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. New York: HarperCollins, 2007. First Printing. Fine/Fine. First printing, signed by the author on the title page, jacket protected in mylar.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1964. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good++/very good. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1964. First American Edition. Very Good++/very good. 256 pages, Former owner's name in small letters on ffep is the only marking. Firmly bound, tan boards with black lettering on the spine along with red decoration. Jacket has lmoderate wear at extremities, not price-clipped ($3.95).

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1983. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good++/good +. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1983. First American Edition. Very Good++/good +. Stated First American Edition. 224 pages with a gift inscription on the ffep, otherwise unmarked. .Bound in bright red cloth with white dots and a white border on the back board. The jacket has minimal wear along the edges but alas, there is a 5 1/2" tear along the back jacket fold. This is now enclosed in a mylar jacket but if you look at the inside of theback of the jacket, there is a pink stain where the red from the cloth has transfered to the paper. probably due to dampmess.

New York: Random House, 2008. Softcover. Near fine. A gently read copy, no marks, no creases. "Olive Kitteridge" offers profound insights into the human condition--its conflicts, tragedies, and joys. Strout constructs her stories with rich irony and moments of genuine surprise and intense emotion" ("USA Today").

Kingston, NY: McPherson & Co., 2010. First printing. Hardcover. New/new. Kingston, NY: McPherson & Co., 2010. First printing. New/new. 294 pages, winner of the 2010 National Book Award.