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House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family and a Lost Middle East (collectible advance reading copy)

House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family and a Lost Middle East (collectible advance reading copy)

by Shadid, Anthony

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2012 advance reading copy. 311pp. paperback 8vo: Fine. A nice collectible ARC of the Pulitzer Prize winning American journalist Shadid's (1968-2012) well-received account of restoring an ancestral house in Lebanon.
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£12.21
The Best American Short Stories of the Century

The Best American Short Stories of the Century

by John; Katrina Kenison Updike

'UNCORRECTED PAGE PROOF' in two-color printed wraps. Two corners lightly bumped, otherwise fine. Label with publication date, publicist's name and phone number, and ISBN etc. pasted on rear cover.
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£13.01
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

by Junot Díaz

ADVANCE READING COPY/UNCORRECTED PROOF in decorated paperback wraps. FINE.
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£24.41
THE TALE OF THE BODY THIEF.

THE TALE OF THE BODY THIEF.

by RICE, Anne

UNCORRECTED PROOF of the first edition in off-white wraps. Fine, save for a light stain on the front cover.
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£11.39
BLIND JUSTICE

BLIND JUSTICE

by Stockley, Grif

N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1997. Advance Uncorrected Reader's Proof, fine, unread copy in wraps. Arkansas Attorney Gideon Page novel. 1st ed.. 1st Prtg. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. Book.
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£11.72
The Ashbourne Portrait of Shakespeare; Long Galley Proofs, for Connoisseur Magazine, with 2 Page ALS from H. M. Hake

The Ashbourne Portrait of Shakespeare; Long Galley Proofs, for Connoisseur Magazine, with 2 Page ALS from H. M. Hake

by Spielmann, M. H

Unbound. Long Galley Proofs, 7 pages, with numerous holograph corrections by Spielmann, for an article in Connoisseur Magazine, c. 1940 [together with] Autograph letter signed, from H. M. Hake to Spielmann, dated Feb. 16, 1940, 2 pages, informing Spielmann of an article appearing in the January 1940 issue of The Scientific American stating that x-ray technology reveals that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, may have written Shakespeares plays. [Together with] Scientific American, January 1940 issue.... Read more about this item
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£610.42
The Gate Keeper: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries)

The Gate Keeper: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries)

by Charles Todd

UNCORRECTED PROOF in decorated paperback wraps. FINE.
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£13.01
The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman 1955-1967 (Fear and Loathing Letters)

The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman 1955-1967 (Fear and Loathing Letters)

by Hunter S. Thompson

UNCORRECTED PROOF/ADVANCE READER'S EDITION in decorated paperback wraps. AS NEW.
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£81.39
Trip Sheets (collectible ARC)

Trip Sheets (collectible ARC)

by Hawley, Ellen

Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions. 1998 advance reading copy.227pp. paperback 8vo: Fine.
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£4.06
Arthur & George

Arthur & George

by Julian Barnes

Cape. Very good. Uncorrected book proof. Paperback. Clean, tight pages. Slight rubbing to back corners, light creasing mark across the top corner at the back/No dust jacket as issued..
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£7.99
Freud the Man

Freud the Man

by Flem, Lydia

Other Press. Very Good. 2003. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. 1590510372 . Advanced uncorrected proof. Very good paperback with tight binding and clean pages. Minimal shelf wear to edges and corners of covers and spine. ; 0.98 x 9.2 x 6.36 Inches; 213 pages .
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£4.88
When the Sons of Heaven Meet the Daughters of the Earth

When the Sons of Heaven Meet the Daughters of the Earth

by Fernanda Eberstadt

Harvill Press. Very good. Uncorrected book proof. Paperback. Clean, tight pages. Bit of creasing on back cover, very small area of sticker removal wear on spine, partially obliterating the Harvill cat motiff/No dust jacket as issued..
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£12.99
The Van

The Van

by Doyle, Roddy

Condition: Near fine advance uncorrected proof, for review purposes. Softcover.A novel by the author of The Commitments continues to trace the up and down life of the Rabbitte family in working class Dublin.
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£35.47
Matilda Unorrected Proof Copy

Matilda Unorrected Proof Copy

by Gallico, Paul

London: Heinemann, 1970. Proof Copy . Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Plain wrappers with red and black lettering; pp. 313; no marks. Shelf worn and torn, dog eared and generally a little dishevelled.
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£10.00
[DRAGON, DRAGON AND OTHER TALES]

[DRAGON, DRAGON AND OTHER TALES]

by [GARDNER, John]

[New York]: [Alfred A. Knopf], [1975]. First Edition. Wraps. Some tanning to the text. Near Fine. Long (7" x 22") Galley Proofs folded in half without publication information of Gardner's first collection of tales for younger readers. Included is a dustwrapper for the finished book also folded in half.
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£152.61
A Distant Grave: A Mystery (Maggie d'Arcy Mysteries 2)

A Distant Grave: A Mystery (Maggie d'Arcy Mysteries 2)

by Sarah Stewart Taylor

Minotaur Books/St. Martin's Press, New York, 2021. First edition, advance reader's copy. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and spine wear.In the follow up to the critically acclaimed The Mountains Wild, Detective Maggie D''arcy tackles another intricate case that bridges Long Island and Ireland in A Distant Grave.Long Island homicide detective Maggie D''arcy and her teenage daughter, Lilly, are still recovering from the events of last fall when a strange new case demands Maggie''s attention. The body... Read more about this item
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£29.56
The Magic Journey: A Novel (Signed)

The Magic Journey: A Novel (Signed)

by Nichols, John

SIGNED, UNCORRECTED PROOF. New York, Hold Rinehart Winston, 1978. Signed with a Doodle and Dated ("August 16, 2014") by Nichols on the Title Page, no inscription. Near Fine in Near Fine Wrappers. The spine is lightly faded with a 1-inch tear on the bottom front of the spine and mild creasing on the front and back wrappers. Text is Clean and Unmarked. The first few pages are beginning to separate slightly from the binding at the bottom. Overall, a very nice signed copy of the fragile uncorrected proof of... Read more about this item
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£488.34£390.67
Portrait in Sepia

Portrait in Sepia

by ISABEL ALLENDE

ADVANCE READER S EDITION in decorated wraps. FINE.
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£19.53
STALKING THE ANGEL

STALKING THE ANGEL

by Crais, Robert

N.Y.: Bantam, 1989. 1st edition of Uncorrected Proofs, Hardcover publication October 1989. The 2nd Elvis Cole title. Author’s first book to be published in hardcover (The Monkey’s Raincoat was a PBO). A fine copy with a couple of small stains at the bottom of page edges.. First Edition. Printed Wrapper. Fine. Advance Uncorrected Proof.
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£31.25
DEATH MONEY: A Detectiver Jack Yu Investigation

DEATH MONEY: A Detectiver Jack Yu Investigation

by Chang, Henry

N.Y.: Soho Crime, 2014. 1st ed. A fine copy of the Advance Uncopyedited Edition, due out April, 2014. 224 pages. When the body of an unidentified Asian man is found in the Harlem River, NYPD Detective Jack Yu is pulled in to investigate. The murder takes Jack from the benevolent associations of Chinatown to the take-out restaurants, strip clubs, and underground gambling establishments of the Bronx, to a wealthy, exclusive New Jersey borough. It's a world of secrets and unclear allegiances, of... Read more about this item
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£7.81
A GOOD DAY TO DIE

A GOOD DAY TO DIE

by Solomita, Stephen

NY: Penzler Books, 1993. UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOF, spine lightly faded, else near fine, wraps. Publishers sheet laid in. "Solomita ( A Piece of the Action , Putnam, 1992) offers another excellent thriller written with insight and gripping suspense. In New York City, Lorraine Cho, a recently blinded Asian American, is kidnapped and held captive in a remote forest by a psychotic couple. At the same time, two New York City cops, African American Vanessa Bouton and Native American Roland Means, are assigned... Read more about this item
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£9.38
Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel

Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel

by Steve Erickson

UNCORRECTED PROOF in white wraps with black lettering. AS NEW.
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£16.27
Talk Radio

Talk Radio

by Eric Bogosian

Condition: Advance uncorrected proof, very good in paperwraps, slight wear at top and bottom where labels have been removed (presumably by the critic who received this advance uncorrected proof before selling it on), light soiling on back as well crease line, slight edge nicks. Uncommon copy that is signed.Created by Eric Bogosian and Ted Savinat.Original New York production of Talk Radio by New York Shakespeare Festival produced by Joseph Papp. The original version of Talk Radio was produced in 1985 at... Read more about this item
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£88.68
Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain

by Charles Frazier

UNCORRECTED MANUSCRIPT in decorated paperback wraps. FINE.
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£30.92
Run, Bullet, Run

Run, Bullet, Run

by Hayes, Bob & Pack, Bob

This book has all the earmarks of being a pre-publication proof copy, but it doesn't say anything about that. There is no copyright page, no table of contents, no date, no internal information. Page 1 is 'Brief Description', page 2 is the title page, page 3 is the half title page and page 4 the book begins 'Tokyo Gold'. The back cover is blank. Plus, it looks like it was written on a typewriter. I bought this book from the estate of Alisha Landry, the widow of Tom Landry. The book is bent back a little,... Read more about this item
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£32.56