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The Sporting Club

by McGuane, Thomas

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Published
1969
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Hardcover
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London: Andre Deutsch. Clean and unmarked. . Fine. Hardcover. 1969.
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Chocolates for Breakfast

by Moore, Pamela

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Used
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Very Good+
Edition
First Edition
Published
1956
Binding
Hardcover
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New York / Toronto: Rinehart & Company. Usual darkening of page edges and endpapers. A nice copy-clean and unmarked. DJ is NOT price-clipped. Large Rinehart "R" on copyright page. . Hardcover. First Edition. 1956.
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Over By the River and Other Stories (Signed)

by Maxwell, William

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1977
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780394413846
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New York: Random House Inc. Signed: "William Maxwell" on dedication page. Small Random House logo remainder mark on bottom page edge and small mark to top edge. Interior is clean and unmarked. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1977.
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A Garden of Earthly Delights (Signed)

by Oates, Joyce Carol

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Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1967
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Hardcover
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New York: Vanguard Press. Signed on half-title page: "Joyce Carol Oates". Fading to edges of boards. Page edges darkened with age. DJ spine evenly faded from green to blue. Clean and unmarked. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1967.
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Nothing But Blue Skies. Signed, Limited

by McGuane, Thomas

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Used - Fine
Edition
First Edition, Limited
Published
1992
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780395545409
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New York: Houghton Mifflin. No. 160 of a limited edition of 300 copies. Housed in a near fine slipcase. Limited Edition. . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, Limited. 1992.
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Rock Springs: Stories

by Ford, Richard

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Edition
First Edition
Published
1987
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780871131591
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atlantic Monthly Press. Publisher's press releases laid in. 8vo-over 7?"-9?" tall. Signed by Author . Hardcover. First Edition. 1987.
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Letters. A Novel

by Barth, John

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Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
No Jacket (as issued)
Edition
First Edition, Limited
Published
1981
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780399124259
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1981. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, Limited. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. One of 500 first edition copies signed by the author-this copy not numbered. very light wear to spine. Housed in a black cloth slipcase with moderate rubbing to edges. Limited Edition. Signed by Author.… Read more about this item
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A Brand New Life. Signed

by Farrell, James T.

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Used - Very Good
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Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1968
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Hardcover
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed and Inscribed by Author. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed to Chicago reporter, Herman Kogan: "To Marylew and Herman / Kogan / With love / James Farrell". Page edges darkened. .
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Mantissa. Signed

by Fowles, John

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Used - Very Good to Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1982
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780224029384
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London: Jonathon Cape. Signed on title page: "John Fowles / 8/Oct/1982. Foxing to page edges. . Very Good to Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1982.
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Welcome to Hard Times. Signed

by Doctorow, E.L.

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Used - Good to Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1960
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Hardcover
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New York: Simon & Schuster. Signed by author on a bookplate affixed to front free endpaper. Previous owner's small signature on front free endpaper. Usual darkening of page edges. Foxing / spots to white cloth spine and cloth portions of front and rear covers. Interior is unmarked. . Good to Very Good . Hardcover. First Edition. 1960.
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The Dean's December. Signed

by Bellow, Saul

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1981
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780060148492
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New York: HarperCollins. Signed on title page: "For Jane Harvey / Saul Bellow". . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1981.
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The Anatomy Lesson and Other Stories. Signed

by Connell, Evan S.

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Used - Near Fine
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Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1957
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Hardcover
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New York: The Viking Press, 1957. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed and Inscribed by Author. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed on flyleaf: "To Josie Kasle / whose grandfather Frank / knew me when I was / a little boy / Evan S Connell, Jr.". Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper (to whom book is… Read more about this item
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Problems and Other Stories

by Updike, John

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Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
Limited Edition
Published
1979
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780394507057
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. No. 321 of a limited edition of 350 copies. Signed on the limitation page. Housed in a very good slipcase with rubbing to extremities. Limited Edition. . Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 1979.
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Flash and Filagree. a Novel

by Southern, Terry

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Used
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Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1958
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Hardcover
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New York: Coward-McCann. A few chips to dj extremities. . Hardcover. First Edition. 1958.
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Moise and the World of Reason. A Novel. Signed

by Williams, Tennessee

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Used - Near Fine
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Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1975
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780671219826
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Neatly signed on second preliminary page: "Tennessee Williams". Clen and unmarked. .
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The Recognitions. a Novel

by Gaddis, William

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Used
Edition
Advance Reading Copy
Published
1955
Binding
Soft cover
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New York: Harcourt Brace & Company. Page edges darkened with age and creases to spine. Clean and unmarked except for very small numerical notation on rear endpaper. . Soft cover. Advance Reading Copy. 1955.
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Not a Word About Nightingales. Signed

by Howard, Maureen

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Very Good to Near Fine
Edition
First American Edition
Published
1962
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Atheneum. Inscribed on half-title page to novelist Doris Grumbach: "To Doris Grumbach-/ with great / admiration-/ Maureen Howard". Doris Grumbach was an American novelist, memoirist, biographer, literary critic, and essayist. DJ spine darkened with age. . Very Good+. Hardcover. First American Edition. 1962.
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The Age of Innocence

by Wharton, Edith

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Used - Fine
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Fine
Edition
Facsimile Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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Shelton. CN: First Edition Library Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An exact facsimile of the 1920 first edition. Housed in a matching, illustrated, very good slipcase which has some light soiling to front panel..
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Cost Price. The Chandos Arms

by Yates, Donford

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1949
Binding
Hardcover
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London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited. Clean and unmarked. Label on spine reads "Offered at 5'-Ex-Libris" There are no library markings in book. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1949.
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The Bus of Dreams. Stories. Stories

by Morris, Mary

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Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1985
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780395362365
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Warmly inscribed on flyleaf to fellow author, Charles Dickinson. . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1985.
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