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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 323 Pp.Green Cloth Lettered In Black. First Printing. Wear, Mostly To Spine Which Is Frayed Along Top Edge, Two Small Damp Spots Near Center Of Spine, Spine Lettering Weak But Readable. Large Golfing Bookplate Of Richard Edwards. No Dust Jacket,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 227, (Iv) Pp. Green Cloth Stamped In Red. First Edition Stated. Light Wear, Small Fray At Top And Bottom Of Spine. No Marks. Browning To Spine Panel. Max Forrester Eastman Was An American Writer On Literature, Philosophy And Society; A Poet, And A Prominent Political Activist. Moving To New York City For Graduate School, Eastman Became Involved With Liberal And Radical Circles In Greenwich Village. He Supported Socialism And Became A Leading Patron Of The Harlem Renaissance, And An Activist For A Number Of Liberal And Radical Causes. For Several Years, He Edited The Masses. With His Sister Crystal Eastman, In 1917 He Co-Founded The Liberator, A Radical Magazine Of Politics And The Arts. In Later Life, However, Eastman Changed His Views, Becoming Highly Critical Of Socialism And Communism After His Experiences During A Nearly Two-Year Stay In The Soviet Union In The 1920S, As Well As Later Studies. He Was Influenced By The Deadly Rivalry Between Leon Trotsky And Joseph Stalin, By Which Trotsky Was Assassinated, As Well As The Wholesale Abuses Committed During The Great Purge. Eastman Became An Advocate Of Free-Market Economics And Anti-Communism, While Remaining An Atheist And Independent Thinker. In 1955, He Published Reflections On The Failure Of Socialism. He Published More Frequently In National Review And Other Conservative Journals In Later Life, But Always Remained Independent In His Thinking; For Instance, He Publicly Opposed United States Involvement In The Vietnam War In The 1960S, Earlier Than Most.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. 335 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt. First American Edition Stated. Light Wear, Fading To Cloth, No Marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 310 pages. Published in 2006. The author's 22nd novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. Subsequent printings do not have the topstain that has become a trademark of Updike's handsomely produced books. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents John Updike's "Terrorist". Ostensibly, Updike's exploration of spirituality, religion, and fanaticism. Themes he previously explored in such novels as "The Coup" and "Toward The End of Time". Updike's genuine achievement is his protagonist, Ahmad Ashmawy Mulloy, the 18-year-old American suicide bomber/son of a present Irish mother and an absent Egyptian father. "He's my hero. I tried to understand him and to dramatize his world. Besides it's not just young Muslims who are killing themselves. We have all these American high school students, steeped in Protestantism and Judaism, who bring guns to school to shoot up the cafeteria knowing they're going to die at the end of this rush" (John Updike). "Tells his story with the thrilling, gorgeous prose we have come to expect of him. A terrible beauty" (Alden Mudge). Written in Updike's characteristic lapidary style: Chiseled, polished, impeccable. There is such a thing as a John Updike line or sentence in the sense that there isn't in any other living American writer today. Susan Sontag regarded him as the finest stylist in the English language of our time. An absolute "must-have" title for John Updike collectors. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. A writer all his adult life, John Updike was probably the most-honored American writer of our time: Winner of numerous awards, among them the Guggenheim Fellowship (1959), Rosenthal Award, National Institute of Arts and Letters (1959), National Book Award for Fiction (1964), O. Henry Prize (1967-68), American Book Award (1982), National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (1982, 1990), Union League Club Abraham Lincoln Award (1982), National Arts Club Medal of Honor (1984), and the National Medal of the Arts (1989), the highest award the U. S. Government bestows on its artists and writers. In 1976, he became a member of American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2003, Updike received the National Medal for Humanities, joining a very small group of great living Americans who have been honored with both the National Medal of the Arts and the National Medal for the Humanities. Updike's greatest novels, "Rabbit Is Rich" and "Rabbit At Rest", won Pulitzer Prizes. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOHN UPDIKE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0307264653. no.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 363 pages. Published in 2008. Posthumous collection of novels. Now considered late-modern classics. The first appearance of the titles in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition Thus is now scarce. Presents Irene Nemirovsky's "Novels: David Golder, The Ball, Snow In Autumn, The Courilof Affair". All four novels, in new English translations by Sandra Smith, the ground-breaking translator of Irene Nemirovsky's "Suite Francaise". Although the novels appear in Alfred A. Knopf's "Everyman's Library" Imprint, which usually reissues previously published titles only, this marks their very first appearance in English translation, the only exception being "David Golder". The latter was first translated by Sylvia Stuart in 1930 and published by Horace Liveright. According to critics like the Nobel Laureate J. M. Coetzee, Sandra Smith's new translation of "David Golder" is superior in every respect to the previous one while her translations of the three other novels are fresh, vital, and compelling. The Introduction by the brilliant young novelist Claire Messud is impeccable. Collectively, the four novels reveal nothing less than Irene Nemirovsky's incipient genius: An impressive range of subject matter, precise and masterly evocation of various settings, and most important, a unique insight into the profoundly flawed and compromised nature of humanity. "They demonstrate Nemirovsky's genius for exposing an individual's virtues and flaws, much like a jeweller examining a diamond under a loupe. Potentially one-dimensional characters such as a greedy businessman or a spiteful teenager emerge from these stories as multi-faceted figures whose questionable beliefs and actions compel us to re-examine our own. Please don't miss these potent tales" (Lauren Nemroff). An absolute "must-have" title for Irene Nemirovsky collectors. This title is a great collection. This is one of few copies of the First English-Language Omnibus Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. One of the greatest novelists of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER IRENE NEMIROVSKY TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0307267083. no.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 322 pages. Published in 2009. The author's third novel. One of the most important literary events of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. "Autographed Copy" metallic-silver round sticker pasted in front. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Lorrie Moore's "A Gate At The Stairs". Marks her triumphant return to the novel form, after a hiatus of almost fifteen years. Her last book, "Birds of America", a short story collection, was published eleven years ago, in 1998. Lorrie Moore's much-awaited novel took more than a decade to conceive and write. "Lorrie Moore's people are jokesters, wisenheimers. They hold the world, and the language used to describe it, a little off to the side, where they can turn it around and if not figure it out, at least find something funny to say about it. Vintage Moore: Brittle, witty, and dark, the portrait of a Midwest college town through the eyes of Tassie Keltjin, a student from the country whose mind has been lit up by learning, but who spends nearly all this story out of class, as a nanny for a couple who have adopted a toddler. Tassie's a bit of a toddler herself (and an ideal narrator because of it), testing the world as if through her teeth, and she finds the world stranger and more deeply wounded the more she learns of it. Sad, hilarious, and thrillingly necessary" (Tom Nissley). The fictitious Midwest college is based upon and inspired by the legendary University of Wisconsin at Madison, where Lorrie Moore is a Professor of English. An absolute "must-have" title for Lorrie Moore collectors. This Autographed Copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the publisher's tipped-in page by Lorrie Moore. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. ISBN 0375409289. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 433 pages. Published in 1984. Retrospective collection of essays. One of the most important essay collections on music, literature, and the performing arts of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Robert Craft's "Present Perspectives: Critical Writings". A magisterial collection. Previously published in various publications (mainly The New York Review of Books) in slightly or significantly different form. The essays appear in their final, definitive version in this book. Best-known as Igor Stravinsky's lifelong (and fanatically loyal) friend, colleague, interpreter/conductor, and amanuensis, Robert Craft is also a music and literary critic of the first rank. This collection demonstrates that fact, and covers the stunning breadth of interests of Robert Craft, Renaissance Man, that is to say, the vanishing embodiment of civilized learning and wisdom. An absolute "must-have" title for Robert Craft collectors. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. One of the most brilliant critics of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO ROBERT CRAFT AND IGOR STRAVINSKY TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 039453073X. no.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 417 pages. Published in 2003. The author's twelfth novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Jane Smiley's "Good Faith". One of her very best novels. "Opening a Jane Smiley novel is like slipping into a warm bath. Here are people we know, places where we grew up. But the comforting, unassuming tone of her work allows Smiley incredible latitude as a writer, and her books are full of surprises. Penetrating, readable fiction by one of our best writers and social critics" (Regina Marler). An absolute "must-have" title for Jane Smiley collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Jane Smiley. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2003 for "A Thousand Acres". One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JANE SMILEY TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0375412174. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 228 pages. Published in 1980. Retrospective collection of essays. Now considered a late-modern classic. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents V. S. Naipaul's "The Return of Eva Peron With The Killings In Trinidad". Some of the greatest journalism and literary criticism ever written in the 20th century, by a writer who is neither a professional journalist or literary critic. Here are gripping first-hand accounts on Trinidad, the author's birthplace, as well as now-seminal essays, "A New King For The Congo: Mobutu And The Nihilism of Africa" and "Conrad's Darkness". The eponymous piece remains unsurpassed as a searing indictment of Argentina (and by extension, Latin America) and its unbreakable cycle of eternal return: Back to authoritarianism, corruption, violence, and economic decline. The return of Peron is cyclical and symbolic as well as factual, an inevitability that disgraces Argentina. One may not know anything or care about these societies and cultures. Once one reads Naipaul's accounts, one is permanently riveted and enlightened. Writing about what is peripheral, he re-defines what is central. Naipaul makes the margins of modern life, his lifelong subject, become the center. "Plot is for those who already know the world; narrative is for those who want to discover it. This is what I would ask of the writer: How much of the modern world does his work contain?" (V. S. Naipaul). "The greatest writer of English prose" (London Observer). Bar none. Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul died on August 11, 2018 at the age of 85. An absolute "must-have" title for V. S. Naipaul collectors. This title is a classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws: Price-clipped, fading on spine, dampstaining, browned page edges, you name it, this book seems to have endured more than its fair share. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Winner of the Booker Prize in 1971 for "In A Free State". Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER V. S. NAIPAUL TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0394509684. no.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 120 pages. Published in 2008. The author's fourth novel to be translated into English. One of Imre Kertesz's finest achievements. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Imre Kertesz's "Detektivtortenet" in a felicitous English translation. A story told by a man living outside morality, or what a monster is. The one American novel that comes to mind by way of comparison is Jim Thompson's noir classic, "The Killer Inside Me" (1952). Like his previous works, Imre Kertesz unravels the narrative in the fewest possible pages, marked by the same compressed density that is identified with his oeuvre, and is central to his greatness. How else could one possibly write about his subject, namely Man's descent into barbarism, of which the Holocaust remains humanity's defining experience? "Hopefulness in the face of tragedy makes Kertesz a joy to read, even when he describes our darkest horrors" (McSweeney's). "I regard as kitsch any representation of the Holocaust that is incapable of understanding or unwilling to understand the organic connection between our own deformed mode of life and the very possibility of the Holocaust" (Imre Kertesz). An absolute "must-have" title for Imre Kertesz collectors. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2002. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER IMRE KERTESZ TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0307266443. no.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 180 pages. Published in 1995. The author's breakthrough fourth novel. Widely regarded as Susanna Moore's finest achievement. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Susanna Moore's "In The Cut". Her best novel. Ostensibly written in the mystery/thriller genre, Moore presents a novel of limpid beauty that transcends the genre's conventional parameters. With a brilliant - and erotic - ending that is tragic yet, as the title implies, inescapable, the nuances of the closing paragraphs are Susanna Moore writing at the top of her form: You have to read the ending at least twice to make sure you got it right, a feat, not a flaw, of iridescent, subtle prose. The basis of the very fine and underrated film adaptation, whose screenplay written by the author, and directed by Jane Campion, with Meg Ryan at her peak and the young, sexily handsome Mark Ruffalo. An absolute "must-have" title for Susanna Moore collectors. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. It is one of the most beautiful copies we have ever seen. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Winner of the Pen/Ernest Hemingway Citation and The Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. One of the finest American novelists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SUSANNA MOORE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0679422587. no.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 228 pages. Published in 1988. The second novel in the author's Gay Trilogy. One of Edmund White's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents "The Beautiful Room Is Empty". The second volume of the author's ground-breaking trilogy. The latter was inaugurated by "A Boy's Own Story" (1982) and concluded with "The Farewell Symphony" (1997). The title is the famous line by Franz Kafka. "To look only at what a single English sentence can, in White's hands, become is to stand entranced before sensuous grace" (Cynthia Ozick). "One of the three or four most virtuosic living writers of sentences in the English language" (Dave Eggers). An absolute "must-have" title for Edmund White collectors. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws or are subsequent printings. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1994 for "Genet: A Biography". Anointed by Vladimir Nabokov as his American successor. One of the finest writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER EDMUND WHITE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0394564448. no.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Eric Fischl (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 18 pages. Published in 1989. Artist Book. Now considered a contemporary classic. The first appearance of the title as a regular Hardcover Edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Eric Fischl: Oversize-volume format. A tall and slim book. Bright yellow hard boards with black cloth spine and gilt titles, as issued. Lithographic reproductions by Eric Fischl. Text by Jamaica Kincaid. Pictorial slipcase. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Jamaica Kincaid's and Eric Fischl's "Annie, Gwen, Lilly, Pam, And Tulip". Unique collaboration that exemplifies the resonance that can be achieved between writing and art. Fischl's lush, expressionistic female figures enhance Kincaid's lyrical "polyphonic" conversation-narrative involving five girls coming into adulthood. "Kincaid's text is so appealing, showing a reverence for Virginia Woolf's 'The Waves', that it yearns to be read aloud repeatedly by both children and adults. Fischl's lithographs illustrate the mysteries, fears, and revelations of the five young women as they share time musing about love, life, and their futures" (Jean Keleher). A mesmerizing collaboration between two Masters of their chosen art, a writer incapable of writing a bad sentence and a painter known for celebrating the seductive and enigmatic beauty of Woman. An absolute "must-have" title for Eric Fischl and Jamaica Kincaid collectors. This title is a contemporary literary and art classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: The fragile slipcase is in immaculate condition, not remainder-marked, as many copies available online are. There is a Limited Edition for $5000. This trade edition is an exact facsimile at a fraction of the price. A scarce copy thus. 9 color plates. Two of the finest American artists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JAMAICA KINCAID TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0394580354. no.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 206 pages. Published in 2003. Retrospective collection of essays. One of V. S. Naipaul's finest achievements. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with the Softcover Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents V. S. Naipaul's "Literary Occasions: Essays". The companion volume to the massive "The Writer And The World". It is also scrupulously edited with a brilliant Introduction by Pankaj Mishra. "His sharp reminiscences reveal the source of his unflinching, often controversial analyses of cultural assumptions, the politics of prejudice, and the unreliability of history as he considers the confounding disconnection between his early desire to be a writer and his inability to lose himself in books because what he read had so little to do with his life. In writing about his painful struggle to find his writing voice, Naipaul considers the legacy of imperialism and relates the incredibly moving story of his father, a self-taught writer. Naipaul's vigorous interpretations of Conrad, Dickens, and R. K. Narayan, and candid self-disclosure cogently explicate the mysterious call to write and celebrate the radiance literature brings to lives otherwise relegated to the shadows" (Booklist). The collection ends, aptly and beautifully, with "Two Worlds", Naipaul's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, a summing-up of his magnificent career. "Plot is for those who already know the world; narrative is for those who want to discover it. This is what I would ask of the writer: How much of the modern world does his work contain?" (V. S. Naipaul). "The greatest writer of English prose" (London Observer). Bar none. Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul died on August 11, 2018 at the age of 85. An absolute "must-have" title for V. S. Naipaul collectors. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Winner of the Booker Prize in 1971 for "In A Free State". Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER V. S. NAIPAUL TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0375415173. no.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 319 pages. Published in 2000. The author's second novel. One of April Smith's finest achievements. Uncorrected Proof/Advance Reader's Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only for the exclusive use of the publisher and author. Glossy pictorial softcovers with titles on cover and spine, as issued. Text by April Smith. Without DJ, as issued. Presents April Smith's "Be The One". Fulfills the great promise April Smith showed with her debut novel. "Smith's characters are sharply drawn, and she is firmly in command of her milieu: The day-to-day life of a baseball scout is brilliantly explicated, the pacing is expert, and the back-stories are well told in flashback. Cassidy is a fascinating woman: Hard-working, hard-drinking, and wholly human and vulnerable. Even if you're not a baseball fan, you'll root for her to win" (Jane Adams). An absolute "must-have" title for April Smith collectors. This copy of the Uncorrected Proof/Advance Reader's Edition is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by April Smith. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the Uncorrected Proof still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant American novelists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER APRIL SMITH TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 319 pages. Published in 2000. The author's second novel. One of April Smith's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents April Smith's "Be The One". Fulfills the great promise April Smith showed with her debut novel. "Smith's characters are sharply drawn, and she is firmly in command of her milieu: The day-to-day life of a baseball scout is brilliantly explicated, the pacing is expert, and the back-stories are well told in flashback. Cassidy is a fascinating woman: Hard-working, hard-drinking, and wholly human and vulnerable. Even if you're not a baseball fan, you'll root for her to win" (Jane Adams). An absolute "must-have" title for April Smith collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by April Smith. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant American novelists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER APRIL SMITH TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0679450963. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 356 pages. Published in 2003. The author's third novel. One of April Smith's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents April Smith's "Good Morning, Killer: An Ana Grey Mystery". In many ways, her best book. "While many authors who feature the same protagonist in all their mysteries simply serve up the same character in different scenarios in each new outing, April Smith expertly illuminates aspects of her heroine's psychological life and devotion to justice that deepen our understanding about who she is: A complicated, brave, multi-dimensional woman it is a pleasure to meet in this engrossing and powerful novel" (Jane Adams). An absolute "must-have" title for April Smith collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by April Smith. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant American novelists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER APRIL SMITH TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0375412409. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 322 pages. Published in 2007. The author's second novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. "Autographed Copy" bright red sticker pasted in front. Presents Ann Packer's "Songs Without Words". A novel about transcendence. A richly nuanced meditation on the place of friendship in life. "Liz and Sarabeth's childhood friendship deepened following Sarabeth's mother's suicide when the girls were 16. Now the two women are in their 40's and living in the Bay Area. Responsible mother Liz has come to see eccentric, bohemian Sarabeth, with her tendency to enter into inappropriate relationships with men, as more like another child than as a sister or friend. Packer adroitly navigates Sarabeth's lonely longings and Liz's feelings of guilt and inadequacy" (Publishers Weekly). The first paragraph is magical, one of those moments in literature when a writer limns in a few, spare, and simple image-sentences the entire universe of her novel: "Each evening, the streetlights came on at dusk, and the view out the window changed, from barely glowing kitchens and TV rooms to the houses that contained them, and to the trees that sheltered the houses. It seemed to Sarabeth that for a little while there was a kind of balance out there, an equilibrium. But then, quickly, darkness came down from the sky, and soon the lit rooms returned to prominence, and finally everything else was black, and the world seemed limited to a few bright windows on a street in Palo Alto" (Ann Packer). "Songs Without Words" is Felix Mendelsohn's piano masterpiece, wordless music inspired by song and transcending it at the same time. An absolute "must-have" title for Ann Packer collectors. This Autographed Copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Ann Packer. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page, even though it comes from the publisher. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such Advance Signed Copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Ann Packer did NOT sign most copies of the book. Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Ann Packer's "The Dive From Clausen's Nest" is one of the most spectacular literary debuts of our time and won both the Kate Chopin and Great Lakes Book Awards. One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine copy. ISBN 0375412816. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 277 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In Silver And Bronze. First Edition Stated, Actually First American Edition. Near Fine In Lightly Used Dust Jacket Priced $3.95.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First American Edition. 130 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First American Edition Stated. Light Wear And Aging, No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $2.00, Chipping Including Large Chip At Top Of Rear Panel.

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book is in near new condition and very clean with no writing or markings anywhere. Well bound with no loose or missing pages. Stated **First Edition**. With dust jacket also in near new condition. A Book of the Month Club MAin Selection edition.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Plates (illustrator). 1st Edition. 146 Pp + 2 Pp Ads At Rear. Blue Cloth Lettered In Yellow. Wear, Some Fading To Spine, Small Frays At Corners. Inscribed "To William Gropper Who Is Deserving Of All Good Things- From His True Friend Walter A. Blumoff July 9, 1918". Gropper Became A Good Friend Of Eastman And Worked As An Illustrator For Him. Max Forrester Eastman Was An American Writer On Literature, Philosophy And Society; A Poet, And A Prominent Political Activist. Moving To New York City For Graduate School, Eastman Became Involved With Liberal And Radical Circles In Greenwich Village. He Supported Socialism And Became A Leading Patron Of The Harlem Renaissance, And An Activist For A Number Of Liberal And Radical Causes. For Several Years, He Edited The Masses. With His Sister Crystal Eastman, In 1917 He Co-Founded The Liberator, A Radical Magazine Of Politics And The Arts. In Later Life, However, Eastman Changed His Views, Becoming Highly Critical Of Socialism And Communism After His Experiences During A Nearly Two-Year Stay In The Soviet Union In The 1920S, As Well As Later Studies. He Was Influenced By The Deadly Rivalry Between Leon Trotsky And Joseph Stalin, By Which Trotsky Was Assassinated, As Well As The Wholesale Abuses Committed During The Great Purge. Eastman Became An Advocate Of Free-Market Economics And Anti-Communism, While Remaining An Atheist And Independent Thinker. In 1955, He Published Reflections On The Failure Of Socialism. He Published More Frequently In National Review And Other Conservative Journals In Later Life, But Always Remained Independent In His Thinking; For Instance, He Publicly Opposed United States Involvement In The Vietnam War In The 1960S, Earlier Than Most.

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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 245 pages. Published in 2013. The author's third novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. "Autographed Copy" green sticker pasted in front. Presents Norman Rush's "Subtle Bodies". His much-awaited and long-overdue third novel. "One of the few novels written for grown-up people. Rush's characters (the women more than the men) want to fall in love, to laugh, and to enjoy themselves. Their quirks, opinions, compulsions, and the cruel or considerate ways in which they treat their rivals and allies are all aspects of the personalities that keep us engrossed, along with the clarity and precision of Rush's sentences, the freshness of his observations, and our awareness that we are reading something quite rare: A remarkably non-judgmental novel about people who are perpetually and often harshly judging themselves and one another" (Francine Prose). "He has given us a portrait of that notoriously elusive thing, a genuinely happy couple. The book glows with their intimate joy: Their private jokes, their sexual teasing, their deep loyalty and mutual concern. Beautifully portrayed" (Adam Kirsch). An absolute "must-have" title for Norman Rush collectors. This Autographed Copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Norman Rush. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It comes with a rare and pristine copy of the lovely Souvenir Material of the event during which his signature was obtained. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Winner of the National Book Award in 1991 for "Mating". One of the greatest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER NORMAN RUSH TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 140004250X. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 230 pages. Published in 2013. The author's breakthrough second novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. Presents Alexander Maksik's "A Marker To Measure Drift". His mesmerizing second novel. "A hypnotic, spellbinding novel set in Greece and Africa, where a young Liberian woman reckons with a haunted past. Visceral and gripping, extraordinary in its depiction of physical and spiritual hungers. A novel about ruin and faith, barbarism and love, and the devastating memories that contain the power both to destroy us and to redeem us" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Alexander Maksik collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed, dated (shortly after publication), and placed in black ink-pen on the title page by the author: "9/22/13 Alexander Maksik NYC". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed, placed, and post-publication dated copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant new voices in American literature. A fine copy. ISBN 0307962571. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 310 pages. Published in 2014. The author's fifth novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly copies that are signed on a tipped-in page. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Susan Minot's "Thirty Girls". Her best novel thus far. The title refers to the girls who were held hostage and kept as sex-slaves by the globally notorious yet elusive Joseph Kony and his army of child warriors. "Rebels in the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda burst into a convent dormitory, seize 139 schoolgirls, and march them off into the night. Sister Giulia follows and bravely argues for their release. She returns with 109. The outlaws keep 30, including smart, courageous Esther. Jane, an American writer and youngish widow, visits a friend in Kenya, and takes up with Harry, who is passionate about para-gliding, a poetic and apt embodiment of the illusion of freedom: Though you feel exhilarated in flight, you are at the mercy of forces beyond your control. Jane is on her way to Uganda to speak with young women at a camp for traumatized children who escaped their enslavement to the psychotic rebels. Contrasts Esther's and Jane's radically different yet profoundly transforming journeys in a perfectly choreographed, devastatingly revealing collision of realities. So sure is Minot's touch in this masterwork, so piercing yet respectful her insights into suffering and strength that she dramatizes horrific truths, obdurate mysteries, and painful recognition with both bone-deep understanding and breathtaking beauty" (Booklist). "Her best work yet" (Joan Didion). An absolute "must-have" title for Susan Minot collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed, placed, and dated (on the day of publication) in black pen by the author: "Susan Minot 21 Feb 2014 NYC". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page, as copies available online are. Minot launched the book in New York City. Laid-in is a pristine copy of the Souvenir Program of the event during which her signature was obtained. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, placed, and publication-day dated copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SUSAN MINOT TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0307266389. Signed by Author.