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Author |
Title |
Publisher/Description |
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| 0386 |
Innes, Hammond |
The Last Voyage:
Captain Cook's Lost Diary |
Knopf 1979, 1st ed US, 254pp, in mylar cover, color maps on ep, dj slightly discolord from sun exposure, else fine |
8.50 |
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| 0640 |
Irving, Washington |
The Complete Tales
(Ed. by Charles Neider) |
Doubleday 1975, BC, 798pp, RM (sprayed btm pg edges), else fine |
3.50 |
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The complete collection of Washington Irving's 61 tales. |
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| Ref # |
Author |
Title |
Publisher/Description |
Price |
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| 0070 |
Jakes, John |
California Gold |
Random House 1989, 1st ed, 658pp, dj spine faded, else fine+ |
7.50 |
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| 0005 |
James, Henry |
Novels 1881-1886
(Washington Square, Portrait of a Lady, The Bostonians) |
Library of America 1985, 2nd pr dj ed, 1249pp, minor dj scrapes & scuffs, else fine+ |
13.50 |
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| 0087 |
Jolley, Elizabeth |
The Well |
Viking UK 1986, later printg, 176pp, vy fine |
7.50 |
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| 0080 |
Jones, Tristan |
Aka |
Macmillan 1981, 1st ed, 205pp, ex-lib, frnt endp damg frm remval of circ pockt, lib sys stamp top pg edges, else vy good |
4.50 |
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| 0644 |
Joyce, James |
Finnegans Wake |
Viking 1958, 8th pr, BC, 540pp, no dj, minor damp stain on frnt fep & first few pages, else good |
4.00 |
| 0645 |
Joyce, James |
Ulysses |
Random House 1986, 1st ed US thus, 650pp, fine+ |
14.50 |
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First U.S. printing of "The Corrected Text" edition of 1984, edited by Hans Walter Gabler, et.al. |
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Author |
Title |
Publisher/Description |
Price |
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| 0392 |
Kafka, Franz |
The Castle
(Tr by Willa & Edwin Muir) |
Knopf 1966, 8th pr of 1954 rev, in mylar cvr, 481pp, stylized "house" rubber stampd btm edge (RM?), dj price clipped w/2 10mm tears top spine, else fine |
9.50 |
| 0182 |
Kafka, Franz |
The Trial (Illus w/drawings)
(Tr by Willa & Edwin Muir,
rev w/addl matl tr by E.M. Butler) |
Knopf 1986, 21st pr, RM, 341pp, dj price clippd & spine sl faded, else fine |
7.50 |
| 0655 |
Kafka, Franz |
The Trial
(Tr by Willa & Edwin Muir) |
Schocken 1971, QP, 8th pr, 5¼ x8", 282pp, bksellrs stickr remnant front cvr, else nr fine |
3.50 |
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Biographical material on Kafka |
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| 0222 |
Kavan, Anna |
Ice |
Norton 1985, QP, 5x7½", 1st pr, reprint of 1967 Peter Owen (UK) ed, 158pp, vy fine |
3.75 |
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| 0245 |
Keillor, Garrison |
Happy to be Here
(author's 1st book) |
Atheneum 1982, 7th pr, 210pp, fine+ |
4.50 |
| 0246 |
Keillor, Garrison |
Lake Wobegon Days |
Viking 1985, BC, 337pp, dj spine sl discolord w/10mm tear middle spine, else vy fine |
3.50 |
| 0247 |
Keillor, Garrison |
Leaving Home |
Viking 1987, 1st ed, 244pp, fine+ |
5.00 |
| 0248 |
Keillor, Garrison |
We Are Still Married |
Viking 1989, BC, 330pp, dj spine sl faded, else vy fine |
3.50 |
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| 0224 |
Kemal, Yashar |
Seagull
(tr. by Thilda Kemal) |
Pantheon 1981, 1st ed US, 250pp, vy fine |
7.50 |
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| 0225 |
Kerouac, Jan |
Baby Driver
(author's 1st novel) |
St Martin's 1981, 1st ed, 208pp, dj sl wrinkled top spine w/10mm closed tear & sl discolord top edge, else vy fine |
12.50 |
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Author |
Title |
Publisher/Description |
Price |
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| 0226 |
Kesey, Ken |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
Penguin 1979, QP, 5x7¾", later printg, ex-lib w/usual markgs, 311pp, back covr wrinkled w/repaired tear, pgs sl yellowd at edges, else good |
1.75 |
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| 0173 |
King, Stephen &
Straub, Peter |
The Talisman |
Viking 1984, 4th pr, 646pp, top edge of bindg sl faded, dj sl wrinkld top front & top spine, else fine+ |
6.50 |
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| 0228 |
Kingsolver, Barbara |
The Bean Trees
(author's 1st novel) |
Harper 1988, BC, 232pp, signatures inverted in boards, dj spine faded, else vy fine |
6.50 |
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| 0050 |
Koen, Karleen |
Through a Glass Darkly |
Random House 1986, 1st ed, 743pp, front dj flap creased, else vy fine |
6.50 |
| 0012 |
Konwicki, Tadeusz |
A Minor Apocalypse
(tr. by Richard Lourie) |
FSG 1983, 232pp, vy fine |
7.00 |
| 0013 |
Konwicki, Tadeusz |
Moonrise, Moonset
(tr. by Richard Lourie) |
FSG 1987, 1st ed US, 344pp, dj spine faded, else vy fine |
8.50 |
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| 0647 |
Kosinski, Jerzy |
The Painted Bird |
Modern Library 1983, 2nd ed, 5x7½", RM, in mylar cover, 234pp, dj price clipped, lwr cornrs sl bumpd, else fine |
7.50 |
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A graphically violent and deeply affecting novel of human brutality as seen through the eyes of a young orphan during the Holocaust. One of the canonical titles of 20th century literature and Jerzy Kosinski's finest. |
| 0648 |
Kosinski, Jerzy |
Steps |
Vintage 1988, QP, 1st pr, 5¼x8", 148pp, fine |
3.50 |
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The hero of Steps shares with his mistress memories of wars, revolutions, friends, lovers and enemies. Winner of the National Book award; originally published in 1968. |
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| 0014 |
Kotzwinkle, William |
Great World Circus |
Putnam 1983, ed not stated, 159pp, vy fine |
7.50 |
| 0015 |
Kotzwinkle, William |
Queen of Swords |
Putnam 1983, 175pp, 7mm dj tear top back, else vy fine |
7.00 |
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| 0229 |
Kromer, Tom |
Waiting for Nothing
and Other Writings |
Univ Georgia 1986, 1st ed thus, 297pp, dj spine sl discolord, else vy fine |
19.50 |
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One of the finest novels of the Great Depression, this autobiographical work of a young man thrown out of work, "a bum living in mission houses, riding in freight cars, shuffling out of dark doorways to beg a dime for a cup of coffee and a crust of bread" written in a straight-forward narrative. Reprint of original 1935 Knopf edition, with additional material. |
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| 0084 |
Kundera, Milan |
Unbearable Lightness of Being
(tr. by Michael Heim) |
Harper 1984, 8th pr, 314pp, vy fine |
10.00 |
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Publisher/Description |
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| 0393 |
La Fountaine, George |
The Long Walk |
Putnam 1986, 1st ed, 256pp, fine+ |
12.50 |
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George La Fountaine's fine novel about a Navy pilot POW held for nine years in a Viet Cong prison, and his difficulty adjusting after release. |
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| 0316 |
L'Amour, Louis |
The Haunted Mesa |
Bantam 1987, 1st ed, 357pp, ep maps, in mylar cvr, dj sl edge worn at spine w/couple vy minor tears, else fine |
7.50 |
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Louis L'Amour's story based on the mysterious disappearance of the cliff dwelling people known as the Anasazi. |
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| 0317 |
Landolfi, Tommaso |
Words in Commotion
and Other Stories
(tr. by Kathrine Jason) |
Viking 1986, 1st ed, RM, 275pp, fine+ |
6.50 |
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Weird tales by Italian writer Tommaso Landolfi, with a long introduction by fantasist Italo Calvino, who made the selection after Landolfi's death. Includes the vampire tale "The Kiss," his best known ghost story "Gogol's Wife," madly absurdist "Chicken Fate," horrific "The Labrenas" & "Werewolf," and others. |
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| 0394 |
Lawrence, D.H. |
Lady Chatterley's Lover (Illus) |
Greenwich House 1983, 8th pr, 365pp, Greenwich House Classics ed, dj spine sl sun faded w/minor wrikles top/btm spine edge, else fine+ |
4.50 |
| 0395 |
Lawrence, D.H. |
Lady Chatterley's Lover
(intro by Mark Schorer) |
Grove Press 1959, 3rd manuscript vers, 368pp, spine sl faded at top/btm edges, dj sun faded on spine w/ 5x20mm chip top spine + several 5-10mm tears along top/btm edges, else vy good |
9.50 |
| 0396 |
Lawrence, D.H. |
The Lost Girl
(ed by John Worthen) |
Viking 1982, definitive text from the Cambridge Ed, 421pp, minor scuffs on dj, else fine+ |
13.50 |
| 0397 |
Lawrence, D.H. |
Sons and Lovers |
Observer (UK) 1981, Observer Classic of the Month Lib ed, 403pp, fine+ |
6.50 |
| 0398 |
Lawrence, D.H. |
The Trespasser
(ed by Elizabeth Mansfield) |
Viking 1983, definitive text from the Cambridge Ed, 251pp, minor scuffs & scratches on dj back, else fine+ |
9.50 |
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Additional titles by this author |
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| 0318 |
Lawrence, R.D. |
The White Puma |
H Holt 1990, 1st ed, 329pp, fine+ |
6.50 |
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R. D. Lawrence's gripping tale about the exceptionally rare and prized white puma, or mountain lion, set in the wilderness of British Columbia's coastal range. |
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Publisher/Description |
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| 0320 |
LeGuin, Ursula K. |
The Left Hand of Darkness |
Ace 1972, PB, 3rd pr, 286pp, yellowg at pg edges, 15 x20mm chip frm 1 pg, prev ownr's name neatly inked btm frnt free ep, else good |
1.50 |
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"You can not cast a Gethenian in the role of Man or Woman, nor can you base your expections on "him" interacting as the same or opposite sex. It is an appalling experience for a Terran..." |
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| 0321 |
Leonard, George |
The Ice Cathedral |
S&S 1984, 1st ed, 221pp, fine+ |
6.50 |
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Neither hero nor anithero, Mark Kessler is a memorable man at bay, and a stunning fictional serial killer creation. |
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| 0322 |
Lernet-Holenia, Alexander |
The Resurrection of Maltravers
(Tr. by Joachim Neugroschel) |
Eridanos Press 1988, appears as 1st ed US, 223pp, vol 12 in Eridanos Library, fine+ |
7.50 |
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"Waking up from apparent death on the floor of the family crypt, just a few hours before his burial, Georg Maltravers decides to live a second life." |
| 0530 |
Lewis, C. S. |
Till We Have Faces:
A Myth Retold |
HBJ 1980, QP, 1st pr, 5¼ x8", 313pp, fine+ |
4.50 |
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Based on the classical myth of Psyche and Cupid. |
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| 0123 |
Lewis, Sinclair |
Elmer Gantry |
Harcourt, Brace 1990, BC, 432pp, BOMC facsimile ed, dj & binding appear exactly as 1927 orig, fine+ |
7.50 |
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| 0323 |
Lind, Jakov |
The Inventor |
Braziller 1988, 1st ed US, 144pp, dj spine faded, else fine+ |
6.50 |
| 0324 |
Lind, Jakov |
Soul of Wood
(Novella & short stories,
tr. by Ralph Manheim) |
Hill & Wang (FSG) 1986, QP, 1st pr, 5½ x8", 186pp, spine sl faded, else fine+ |
3.50 |
| 0325 |
Lind, Jakov |
Travels to the Enu:
Story of a Shipwreck |
St Martins 1982, appears as 1st ed US, 126pp, sl rubbg on extremities of dj, else fine+ |
6.50 |
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| 0531 |
Linn, Merritt |
A Book of Songs |
St Martins 1982, 2nd pr, 309pp, vy fine |
6.50 |
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Linn Merritt's novel about music and the musicians in a Nazi death camp. Author's first book. |
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| 0532 |
Lloyd, A. R. |
The Boy and the Otter (Illus.) |
Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1985, 1st ed US, 186pp, vy fine |
7.50 |
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"Once the river teemed with otters, but now Lut is the last of the splendid playful creatures have to survive pollution and poaching. A beautifully told tale of the independence of nature and humankind." Previously published as The Last Otter (UK). |
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| 0464 |
Lofts, Norah |
The Concubine |
Doubleday 1963, dj says BC ed, but book does not have the usual markgs, 310pp, dj spine faded, w/ yellowg at edges, else vy good |
3.50 |
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Historical fiction. The story of Anne Boleyn--commoner, sixteen-year-old lady in waiting at the court of King Henry VIII. |
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