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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 2002. In a clear protective Brodart Cover. A well-received debut novel. 2182 khz in the international frequency for a distress signal. Henry Seine scans the marine distress signals., hoping for someone to save. His prayers are answered when he embarks on a search and rescue that becomes very deadly. Minor shelf wear at top of dj spine, light rubbing to rear flap.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2008. Pictorial wrappers asissued in slipcase. Unopned in original shrinkwrap. The late Chilean novelist and poet's apocalyptic masterwork is a sprawling novel in five parts and numbering over nine-hundred pages that focuses on the unsolved serial murders of Ciudad Juárez (named Santa Teresa in the novel). Picked as on of the ten best books of the year by the New York Times Book Review and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. . First Edition, First Printing. Large Softcover, Pictorial Wra.

New York: Knopf, 1996. In a clear protective mylar cover. Basis of the moviestarring Jack Nicholson and Kathy Bates. Albert Schimdt's wife is dead and the relationship with his only child, his daughter, had deteriorated. Schimdt opts for early retiremnet and perhaps a chance to re-invigorate his life. A touch of sunning to edge of top board, small nick to top edge of front flap.. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Book.

Scribner, 1996 In a Clear Protective Brodart Mylar Cover. First edition of an excellent novel by Pulitzer and National Book Award winning author of "The Shipping News." Proulx 's broad sweep of a novel starts in Sicily in 1890 and comes full circle to Florida in 1996. A little green accordion links the narrative threads into a coherent whole as we follow the accordion as it changes hands from generation to generation and continent to continent. Shortlisted for the Orange Prize. Light wear at had of dj spine.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1996. The author delves into the real-life sixteen year-old murderer, Grace Marks was convicted for killing her wealthy employer and his mistress in the mis nineteenth century, and imagines the efforts of Dr. Simon Jordan, an up and coming expert in the field of mental illness who tries desperately to unlock Grace's memories of that fateful day of which she remebers nothing. Light bumping to spine ends, light rippling to bottom edge offront flap, light wear to rear flap.. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC). Pictorial Wrappers. As New.

New York: Littrle Brown, 2007. The new novel from the author of The Lovely Bones. Alice Sebold delivers in this novel that centers on Helen Knightly, awoman who ghas given her life to others and whose life comes rushing at her over a harrowing twenty-four hour period.. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC). Pictorial Wrappers. As New.

New York: Harcourt, 1995. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Unread. The author'ssecond well-received novel isa post-apocalylptic road noir novel featuring a man named Chaos who sets out on a journey to find out the truth about the day the bombs fell. Light bumping to spine ends.. First Edition- Third Printing. Hard Cover. As New/As New.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. Very Good in Near Fine jacket null In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir of the author's Irish-Catholic childhood from his birth in 1930 Brooklyn and his return to LImerick, Ireland. where the prospects for his parenst wereworse than they were in America. bumping wear to spine ends, two corbers bumped, wear to spine ednds and top edge of dj. Small red ink mark on dedication page.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. 4/4.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir of the author's Irish-Catholic childhood from his birth in 1930 Brooklyn and his return to LImerick, Ireland.where the prospects for his parenst wereworse than they were in America. A touch of handling wear to spine ends, small ding to fore-edge and top text block.. Signed Bookplate Attched to Free Front Endpaper. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. A collection of short stories by one of the best living fantasists writing today, featuring the Edgar-winning story 'Soft Monkey" and the phenomenal 'Palladin of the Lost Hour' that won the 1986 Hugo Award. Rubbing to both flap, one nick and light soiling to top page edges... First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 2000. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. BOLDLY signed in a half-signature, half scribble by the author on the title page. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. An unread beautiful copy of this novel from thge author of The English Patient. Anil Tissera was Sri Lanka born but educated in the west as a forensic anthropologist. She returns to her homeland after a fifteen year absence as part of an international human-rights group who are determined to find the source of the organized campaigns of murder that plagued the island in the past decade.. True First Edition, First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New. Book.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Bloomsbury, 2000. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. An unread beautiful copy of this novel from thge author of The English Patient. Anil Tissera was Sri Lanka born but educated in the west as a forensic anthropologist. She returns to her homeland after a fifteen year absence as part of an international human-rights group who are determined to find the source of the organized campaigns of murder that plagued the island in the past decade. Light bumping to spine ends, light wear to top edge of front flap, a few short closed tears to top edge of rear flaplight shelf wear to front flap.. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York: Viking Press, 2002. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. In this follow-up to the acclaimed Trinity Fields, Ariel Rankin spans the globe in search of her wayward father. A touch of wear to front flap, remanider dot to bottom text block.. Boldly SIGNED By the Author on the Title Page.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine.

E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Putnam Pub Group, 1988. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. A family struggles, trying to cope with a disease that has struck their eleven-year-old daughter and shattered their once happy family. Top corners bumped, wear to corners and ends of dj spine, light soilking to top page edges, a tocuh of rubbing to rear flap.. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Book.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Harpercollins, 1988. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Author's highly praised debut novel that follows the adventures of Taylor Greene, a young woman who having grown up poor in rural Kentucky, buys an old car and heads west. A touch of wear to bottom corners, a hint of soiling to bottom text block, tiny nick to bottom edge of front board, light creasing, wear to head of dj spine. Despite minor flaws, a beautiful copy.. SIGNED Bookplate Laid-in. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Fine. Book.

New York: Henry Holt, 1986. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover.. The Beet Queen is a tale of abandonment, love, and jealousy sthat pans over forty years beginning in the 1930's. Light bump to spineends, mild sunning to head of spine, one light corner bump.. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Book.

New York: Alfred a Knopf, 2004. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. From th author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin and Middlesex is this novel of details life in a small coastal town in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire as seen through both Christians and Muslims.ew nobel A touch of shelf wear to spine ends and to head of dj spine.. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Putnam, 2001 'Blue Diary' explores through Alice Hoffman's unique brand of American magic realism, the meltdown of a marriage and the American Dream. This mesmerizing novel of secrets revealed, redemption, and pain, grows ever darker from its blissful opening of a husband and wife making love on a summer morning. In the small quiet town of Monroe, "where there are more apples than trees," Jorie Ford loves her husband, Ethan, their beautiful house, and their fine son. When a secret from the past is revealed, Jorie and Ethan's idyllic existence disintegrates into something much darker and more painful than neither could have imagined. A haunting and beautifully-written journey beneath a shattered American Dream. Light push to tail of spine.. First Edition- First Printing. Hard Cover. As New/As New.

E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Putnam Pub Group, 2001. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Set in contemperary San Francisco, Ruth is taking care of her ailing mother, and discovers in her mother's house pages of a diary that detail her mother's life.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Unread. Philip Roth's fantastical novella about a man who tunrs into a breast. Light rubbing to flaps, one spot of light soiling to bottom edge of rear board.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.