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Brooklyn:: Soft Skull Press:, 2003.. SIGNED first edition -. Fine (a new copy). First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover. The author's first novel, ' the story of Benjamin Seymour, a failed New York City pornographer obsessed with his lost love, and Finn, a ten-year-old runaway girl genius. Separately and then together they wander the city over the course of a single day. Searching for love and life through lust and loss. A work that combines the erotic energy of Philip Roth and the sweetness of Eloise, P is at once profane and sacred, scabrous and lyrical, raunchy and romantic.' SIGNED on the title page. Publisher's promotional postcard laid in.

Boston:: Little Brown,, (1975). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (price-clipped). First printing. The author's first novel, a "manic farce" set against the backdrop of the Cold War. When Soviet cosmonauts return from space mysteriously aged, scientist P. D. Kimerakov is sent to gather information at a gerontologists' convention in the US. Glossary of Russian names. 277 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon.

Boston:: Little Brown,, (1975). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a very good minus dustjacket (chip and tear at bottom edge of front cover, short tear at top of spine).. First printing. The author's first novel, a "manic farce" set against the backdrop of the Cold War. When Soviet cosmonauts return from space mysteriously aged, scientist P. D. Kimerakov is sent to gather information at a gerontologists' convention in the US. Glossary of Russian names. 277 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon.

New York & London:: James H Heineman / Curwen Press., 1989.. First edition -. Fine in stiff pale blue wrappers with black lettering. . Limited edition, in wrappers. For two months in 1982 there was, in the foyers of the National Theatre in London, an exhibition to celebrate P. G. Wodehouse's centenary. In conjunction with this exhibition, there were frequent talks in the Lyttelton Theatre on Wodehousian subjects. Three are printed here along with an after-dinner speech. Printed in letterpress and limited to 500 individually numbered copies, of which this is 76. Tall thin format. 52 pp. plus 2 pp of information on the series.

New York:: Putnam,, (2001_. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. SIGNED by Grafton on the title page and dated in the year of publication. A Kinsey Milhone mystery.

New York:: Blue Ribbon Books,, 1936.. Hardcover -. Very good+ in olive green cloth with gold lettering and illustration on front cover, lacking the dj (neat prev owner's name.). Hardcover. Novel set in California about a young girl and her father, a prospector who will not give up searching for gold. Rather uncommon title by this author who is best known for 'Poor Little Rich Girl.'

New York:: Henry Holt,, (2017). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First printing. A little white lamb discovers snow - as fun to play in, for making new friends, but also as something cold and scary and easy to get lost in. Illustrated in full color by Rosalinde Bonnet. SIGNED by Sloat on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Oversized square format, unpaginated.

Los Osos, CA:: Sea Challengers,, 1981.. . Very good+.. Revised edition. Somewhat oversized trade paperback. Illustrated with full color photographs and maps. Printed on heavy glossy stock. 96 pages.

New York:: Penguin,, 2004.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A collection of 16 short stories with settings ranging from World War II to the Yankees in 1958, Israel in 1972 to post Sept 11 New York. 366 pp.

New York:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,, (1992.). SIGNED hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 2nd printing. Young adult novel - two 'barrio brothers from San Francisco' go to Japan for the summer. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 1995 Glossaries of Spanish and Japanese words and phrases. 134 pp.

New York:: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates,, (1999). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (price-clipped).. First printing. The final book in the Orange County series, set in California in the middle of the 21st century, a world which is beginning to recover, the path to extinction has been avoided, but the battle to improve the earth will never end - especially in water-short California. Each book in this series presents a different view of the near future - this is the most optimistic and utopian. SIGNED on the title page. 326 pp.

New York:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,, (1992.). Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with relatively few markings, and overall tight and clean in a near fine and unmarked dust jacket (price-clipped). First printing. Young adult novel - two 'barrio brothers from San Francisco' go to Japan for the summer. Glossaries of Spanish and Japanese words and phrases. 134 pp.

Needham, MA: : Silver Burdett Ginn., (1992.). SIGNED -. Very good+ in illustrated wrappers. . Trade paperback. Young adult novel - two 'barrio brothers from San Francisco' go to Japan for the summer. SIGNED on title page. Glossaries of Spanish and Japanese words and phrases. 134 pp.

Seattle:: Superior Publishing Company., (1960.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.. First printing. The stories of the ships - both sail and steam - that plied the lumber trade in and out of Pacific ports like Seattle, Tacoma, Eureka, San Francisco, and Hawaii, bringing the lumber needed to build the new West. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of old photographs. Index of pictures. Large format, 192 pp.

Stockton, CA:: University of the Pacific,, 1975.. First edition -. Near fine in illustrated wrappers.. First printing. Includes articles on The Negro in California before 1890 by Thurman, and on Stockton's Black Pioneers by Virginia Struhsaker, the Crabbe Expedition into Sonora Mexico in 1857, the valley town of Ripon and more. References at end of each article. Illustrated with photographs. Complete index to Volume 19.

New York:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,, (1992.). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in pale blue printed wrappers. . Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. ) Young adult novel - two 'barrio brothers from San Francisco' go to Japan for the summer. SIGNED on the title page. Glossaries of Spanish and Japanese words and phrases. 126 pp.

New York:: New American Library, (2003.). First edition -. Very near fine in printed cream wrappers.. Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. ) From the back cover: "It began in the shadow of Pearl Harbor - mere hours after the first attack on the day that would "live in infamy." But few know the full story of Wake Island. Now a prominent military historian, breaking new ground on the assault, relates the compelling events of that day and the heroic struggle that followed.On that fateful December morning in 1941, Japanese planes flew over Wake Island, bombing the twelve U.S. Marine aircraft stationed there, wreaking havoc and massive destruction while nullifying Wake's aerial resistance." This account of the protracted defense of the island by the Marines and the civilian construction workers is the first full account of the events of that dark December. Based on extensive research and interviews with the survivors. Notes, bibliography. This uncommon advance issue does… Read More

New York:: St Martin's,, (1991). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. His third mystery, the pregnant wife of a policeman is found murdered in Newport Beach. SIGNED on the title page. 364 pp.

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (2016). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The author's third novel, a thriller featuring Jim Brodie, a San Francisco antique dealer, who inherited his father's detective agency in Tokyo. An old friend - a noted Japanese potter and artist - and his entire family have been targeted for death. Fast-paced, often brutal. SIGNED on the title page. 358 pp.

New York:: St Martin's,, (1991). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Good only in a near fine dustjacket (boards somewhat bowed, sunning to spine of dj).. First printing. His third mystery, the pregnant wife of a policeman is found murdered in Newport Beach. SIGNED on the title page. 364 pp.