General Fiction from Grimalkin Books

New York: New American Library, 1988. This Stated First Printing from August 1988 (and unless it's stated, it's not) also has the required "number line" starting with a "1". Baker's second published novel is a satire on Hollywood and the life of a manic mogul. The book is in Fine condition, with a Fine unclipped dust jacket but with… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. This is a handsome First Edition, Second State (Manhattan Press), of Edith Wharton's first novel, published February, 1902. It's also her only historical novel, set during the Italian Renaissance, yet contains some of the themes she would explore in her later Society novels. This two-volume set is in very good condition, with… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992. This particular copy was given as a complimentary gift by the San Francisco-based publisher. It is in As New, unread condition and comes with the original price-unclipped front and rear flaps. The book includes 28 authors, some with as many as three contributing stories on life in San Francisco, from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1991. This Stated First Edition includes a complete "number line" starting with a "1" to indicate First Printing. The author of The War of the Roses outdoes himself in this new novel of love and betrayal, sexual passion, and emotional obsession within relationships. The book is in As New, unread condition with an… Read more about this item

New York: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1996. This oversized paperback edition, with wraps that include front and rare panels with flaps, is in fine As New, unread condition. With the exception of a modern Introduction by Mark Helprin, the book is a facsimile of the original 1909 hardcover and features the Kate Douglas Wiggin text as well as the 12… Read more about this item

New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1905. This handsome set of American short stories contains work by prominent 19th Century authors, many of whom, like Booth Tarkington, still had many years of productivity before them in the new century. These books include both title and author indexes in the fifth volume. The pages are consecutively numbered for a total… Read more about this item

New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 2007. This Stated First edition from October 2007 has a thin remainder mark on the bottom edge. The book also includes a "number line" ending in a "1" to indicate First Printing. The book is in Fine, New, unread condition, with a New dust jacket. The author of The Lovely Bones and Lucky takes… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2007. The First Edition with a "number line" ending in a "1" to indicate First Printing is another wonderful interpretation of the teen years by the celebrated author of About a Boy and High Fidelity. Nick Horny has everything going for him, including the real-life girl of his dreams. And then disaster strikes.... The… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. This First Edition, with a "number line" starting with a "1" to indicate First Printing is in New, unread condition, with a New, price-unclipped dust jacket. The book has a remainder mark on the bottom edge. This was author James Robert Baker's fourth novel to be published (the third, using his own name). It… Read more about this item

Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 2005. This rare First Edition, with a "number line" starting with a "1" to indicate First Printing, is in Fine condition with a Fine price-unclipped dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. The book includes an Introduction by Andrew Goodfellow concerning the late author and his life and work.… Read more about this item

New York: Gramercy Books, 1994. The vast swampland of Indiana known as Limberlost was the setting of Gene Stratton Porter's best-known work, Girl of the Limberlost, which was actually a sequel to her earlier novel, Freckles, first published in 1904, which deals with a homeless and friendless young man who finds acceptance, belonging, and even love in this isolated area… Read more about this item

New York: Warner Books, 2006. This stated First Edition from October, 2006, also includes a "number line" ending with a "1" to indicate First Printing. This volume is in New, unread condition, and includes a New, price-unclipped dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. Once again, the author of The Notebook Nicholas Sparks… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011. In this allegorical novel of Texas sheriff Hackberry Holland, the author deals with such current issues as immigration, energy, relgious freedom, and the return of a deranged serial killer known as Preacher Jack. The book is a Stated First Edition and includes a "number line" starting with a "1" to indicate First Printing. The… Read more about this item

New York: New American Library, 1988. This Stated First Printing from August 1988 (and unless it's stated, it's not) also has the required "number line" starting with a "1". Baker's second published novel is a satire on Hollywood and the life of a manic mogul. The book is in Fine condition, with a Fine unclipped dust jacket but with… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. This Seventh Printing from August, 2001 is in New, unread condition, with a New dust jacket. In Anne Tyler's 15th published novel, a middle-aged woman, feeling dislocated from her current life as the matriarch of a large extended family, struggles to retrieve her identity. This new, unread book is bound in deep blue boards… Read more about this item

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963. This fictionalized biography, based on the colorful life of John Bunyan, author of "The Pilgrim's Progress," is in Fine condition, with a Near-Fine dust jacket. The price-unclipped dust jacket has some light edge rubbing and creasing on the front panel. The author recreates Bunyan's childhood, his service in the army under Oliver Cromwell,… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1991. This Stated First Edition includes a complete "number line" starting with a "1" to indicate First Printing. The book is in Fine condition with a Fine, price-unclipped dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. Set in September 1939, days after Britain has declared war against Germany,… Read more about this item

New York: Viking, 2008. In his first book of short stories, the author of The Commitments and Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha infuses both wit and humanity into these duck-out-of-water tales of immigrants trying to blend in with the eccentric Irish. The book is a Stated First American Edition, with a complete "number line" starting with a "1" to indicate… Read more about this item

New York: The Penguin Press, 2008. This First Edition has the required "number line" starting with a "1" to indicate First Printing. The grandson of a Nazi converts to Judaism and befriends a rabbi's son, with amazing results, not the least of which is their joint translation of Mein Kampf into Yiddish. The book and dust jacket are in New… Read more about this item

New York: John Day Company, 1970. In this rich novel, Pearl Buck brings to life all the mystery and exoticism of India in this tale of a maharana and his family. The book is a book club edition in Fine condition with a Fine dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. The book has… Read more about this item