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Paperback. near fine paperback, Kebin Jenkins cover 1st printing. Fiery streaks cut across the sky.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This is a Fine copy of the first edition in a near fine dust jacket, NO chips, tears or internal writing but the spine has a bit of fading due to light exposure.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This is a New and Unread copyof the first edition.

dark red full cloth hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. looks new. like new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. shadow from old bookshop sticker on front flyleaf, otherwise contents free of markings. dustwrapper in very fine cond., not worn or torn or price clipped. first edition. first printing (same date on title & copyright page, no additional printings indicated). xv+139+ colophon. short stories. english literature. african literature. modern literature. Readers of Beryl Markham's beautiful, lyric autobiography, WEST WITH THE NIGHT, have long called for more works from this gifted writer Finally, in the course of interviews with authorized biographer Mary S. Lovell, Ms. Markham revealed that she had indeed written or collaborated on several short stories, published only in magazines. These stories are now collected in THE SPLENDID OUTCAST.The stories reflect the interests that have become associated with Ms. Markham: horses and horseracing, aviation, Africa. Several of the stories spring from real events~bidding at a horse auction, flying a plane through a violent storm, a lion's attack; others are romances and adventures typical of the war years when they were written. All are set against the background of Beryl Markham's beloved Africa. This collection of Ms Markham's short fiction is an invaluable addition to WEST WITH THE NIGHT and a fascinating commentary on the writer and her abilities and methods. Annotated and introduced by Mary S. Lovell, it is a wonderful and unexpected offering from one of the most beguiling figures of our time.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This is a New and Unread copy of the first edition (1st printig) in a new dust jacket. Comes with a mylar jacket cover.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This is a New and Unread copy of the first edition (1st printing). There is a publisher's post card laid in.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Price clipped from dust jacket.

Condition: new. 1st edition Point SF 1995 paperback, new In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Minimal scuffing to extremes, remainder mark to bottom edge. Overall, a tight, clean copy of the first edition of this novel by Sorrentino.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. FINE in a FINE DUSTJACKET. FIRST EDITION. 225 pages, cloth. Set in 1941 this adult novel is the story of Helen Bynum who at 23 leaves her home in upstate New York and travels to New Orleans & the French Quarter in search of her gaudy Aunt Lulu.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. VG+ Light edgewear, light crease to lower front corner, otherwise a very attractive copy, very clean throughout. Cover art by Kevin Jenkins.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. BOMC / Reprint. This is a tight, clean copy of an early reprint of the book (part history, part biography) about Custer and the Little Bighorn. Highly acclaimed work by the author of Mr. (and Mrs.) Bridge. 435 pp.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: NF. First Edition; First Printing. Near fine in like DJ. Minor wear no marks or tears.

Condition: NF. in NF dustwrapper. The first edition of this novel by the author of "Blakely's Ark". Dustwrapper blurb by Vonnegut.

Condition: Fine. Reprint. Fine. The corners of the binding are slightly worn.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. D.J. over Stiff Wrappers, no H.C. edition, 1st Edition, Fine in D.J. with trace of Soiling (L).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed in 1990. Inscribed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Very good. Paperback. First prinitng of the simultaneous paperback issue. 185pp. Very good paperback in a jacket that is sunned on the spine. Inscribed and signed by Williams on the front free endpaper.

Condition: NF. in NF dustwrapper. Nice, tight, clean copy of the first edition of the author's first book. Dustwrapper blurbs by John Hawkes and Edmund White.

Condition: Fine. in like d.w. A biography of four American ex-patriates living in France during the 1920's: George Antheil, Kay Boyle Harold Stearns and Margaret Anderson. 59 Photographs.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Reprint. Bound in brown cloth, stamped in silver in a dust jacket with a Kenna photograph on the front panel. This is the trade edition of the limited edition that was designed and printed by Arion Press and limited to a production of 400 copies. Illustrated endpapers. This book is scarce and desirable in its own right. 202 pp. Michael Kenna (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First edition. Signed on the title page. Uncommon signed. Nelson's classic, it explores his time on a remote Alaskan island "revealing how his adoption of [Inuit] Koyukon wisdom has positively affected his life," and was the winner of the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing. See our "Rambles" note on the book. Near fine with a touch of rubbing to corners and a faint streak on upper text block face; in a near fine jacket with rubbing. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 1st printing. Book appears unread, with a touch of faint speckling to top of text block; DJ shows a bit of wear to a couple of corners and a 1" open tear at base of spine. Heavily illustrated with reproductions of works by Cage and Brown. 143 pages.…