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1. Llewellyn, Sam. MAELSTROM. NY. Pocket Books. (1994). Trade paperback. Small 8vo. Very good. Advance uncorrected proofs. 408pp.
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2. (Wyss, J.D.). THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON.. Garden City Publishing. No date. Illustrated color plates by T.H. Robinson. Cloth. 8vo. Good reading copy. No dj. Decorated endpapers. (Size: 9' high x 6?' wide). Illustrated front cover. Light shelfwear to spine ends and cover corners. 436pp. A child aspiring to art was set loose and lettered and drew on four plates and the margins of a few other pages before he or she was diverted. The author Wyss's name does not appear on this book.
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3. Abbey, Edward. HAYDUKE LIVES!.. Little Brown. (1990). 1st edition. Hardback. Large 8vo. No dust jacket. Few soil markes on cover and spine, else a very good copy. 308pp.
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4. Ackroyd, Peter. FIRST LIGHT.. Grove Weidenfeld. (1989). 1st Amer. ed. Hardback. 8vo. Very good dj. Very good. 328pp. Small label shadow on endpaper.
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5. Adams, Douglas. THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY.. Pocket Books. (1981). Paperback. 12mo. Good. small chip in bottom edge of front cover. A few rub marks outside. 215pp. Faded bookdealer's stamp on page following cover. Slightly aging paper. Comic adventures after the end of the world as we have know it. 15th printing.
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6. Aickman, Robert. PAINTED DEVILS. Strange Stories.. Charles Scribner's. (1979). Book Club. Hardback. 8vo. Nicked dj. Fine. '.worlds of nightmare and madness, death and the supernatural.' 'Chilling stories.' Name on fly: 'Lynnellen Y. Burke.' 243pp
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7. Aird, Catherine. HARM'S WAY.. Doubleday. 1984. 1st Amer. ed. Hardback. Small 8vo. Very good dj. Very good. Published for the Crime Club. Inspector C.D. Sloan story. 180pp. Catherine Aird is the pseudonym of Kinn Hamilton McIntosh (born 1930) British mystery author.
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8. Akst, Daniel. THE WEBSTER CHRONICLE.. Bluehen Books/Penguin Putnam. (2001). 1st printing. Hardback. 8vo. Fine dj. Fine. Acid-free paper. 311pp
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9. Albery, Nobuko. THE HOUSE OF KANZE.. Simon & Schuster. (1985). Frontis design. Map. Hardback. 8vo. Fine dj. Fine. 302pp. A saga of 14th century Japan. Story of the creators of the noh theater. Recommended by Graham Greene, Iris Murdoch.
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10. Aldanov, Mark. THE FIFTH SEAL.. Scribner's. 1943. Cloth. Small 8vo. Very good. No dj. Translated by Nicholas Wreden. vi & 482pp. In short Author's Note Aldanov states his hope for Russian victory in World War II despite the fact that it is controlled by the communists. Edge nick and mark on one page. Text not affected.
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11. Allen, Charlotte Vale. DREAM TRAIN.. Atheneum. 1988. 1st printing. Hardback. 8vo. Fine dj. Fine. Review copy with publisher's slip laid-in. First novel 'set on the new Venice Simplon-Orient-Express.' 326pp.
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12. Allen, Edward. STRAIGHT THROUGH THE NIGHT.. Soho Press. (1989). 1st edition. Hardback. 8vo. Fine with near fine dj. 270pp.
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13. Allingham, Margery. CRIME AND MR CAMPION.. Doubleday. nd. Hardback. 8vo. very good. 575pp. Omnibus of three novels: 'Death of A Ghost', 'Flowers for the Judge', and 'Dancers in Mourning'. minor rubbing to cover.
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14. Allison, Dorothy. BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA.. Plume. Trade paperback. Small 8vo. Very good. 1st Plume printing March 1993. 7th printing. 309pp.
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15. Alvarez, A. HUNT.. Simon & Schuster. (1978). 1st printing. Hardback. Small 8vo. Very good dj. Very good. 288pp. Small name stamp on flyleaf: 'Candida Donadio & Associates' NYC. Gambling man in trouble. Alvarez, famoyus British novelist and critic, provides a good mystery adventure. Recommended by Len Deighton.
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16. Amado, Jorge. GABRIELA, CLOVE AND CINNAMON.. Avon Books. (1st Avon Books trade printing. June 1988). Trade paperback. Small 8vo. Good, tight and clean reading copy. Translated by James L. Taylor and William Grossman. Pages opened crudely leaving frazzled foredge on some pages with a few marginal tears. Light creases in rear cover. Small curles and creases to corners of rear pages. 425+PP. Price label on rear cover. By Brazilian novelist.
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17. Amick, Steve. THE LAKE, THE RIVER, and THE OTHER LAKE.. Pantheon Books. (2005). Trade paperback. 8vo. Near fine. Advance Reader's Edition. Publishder's post card laid-in. 373pp. Minor small label shadow on cover. Events in a Michigan resort town in summer 0f 2001.
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18. Amis, Kingsley. JAKE'S THING.. Viking. (1978). Hardback. 8vo. Good with worn, torn and chipped dj. Ex Library Stamp of agency library on fly. Small pull mark on rear fly where pocket was removed. Marked 'withdrawn.' 276pp. Little bumps and rubs outside. From photo of author on dj's rear flap Martin Amis looks like his father.
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19. Amis, Martin. THE INFORMATION.. Harmony Books. (1995). Hardback. Large 8vo. Fine dj. Fine.
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20. Anaya, Rudolfo A. TORTUGA. Berkeley, CA. Editorial Justa Publications. (July 1979). 1st printing. Trade paperback. Large 12mo. Good. Autographed presentation note on title page signed by author. 'Dave & Nan. A real pleasure to spend an afternoon with you. My love 'carino'(?) Rudolfo Anaya, Aug. 18, 1980.' 197pp. Small closed tear in edge of cover has been repaired. Small label shadow on cover.
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21. Andahazi, Federico. THE ANATOMIST.. Doubleday. (1998). Trade paperback. 8vo. Very good. Advanced Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof. Translated by Alberto Manguel. First page is a publisher's letter to booksellers. 16th century Italian priest discovers the clitoris with unhappy consequences all around. Written by Argentine practicing psychologist. Decorated cover. Small tear in one page repaired. Small label shadow on cover. 215pp. Recommended by Laura Esquivel.
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22. Appelfeld, Aharon. BADENHEIM 1939. Boston. David R. Godine. (1990). 1st paperback ed. Illustration by Nancy Lawton. Trade paperback. Large 12mo. Fine. Translated by Dalya Bilu. 148pp. Recommended by Irving Howe, William Hogan, Thomas Flanagan, Peter Prescott.
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23. Archer, Jeffrey. FIRST AMONG EQUALS.. Linden Press/ Simon & Schuster. 1984. 1st printing. Hardback. 8vo. Fine dj. Near fine. 415pp. Very slight bump to lower outside corner.
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24. Archer, Jeffrey. THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER.. Coronet Books/ Hodder & Stouighton. (July 1986 reprint). Trade paperback. 12mo. Nick in top edge of front cover else very good copy. Slight darkening of paper. 464+pp. Ads.
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25. Arfelli, Dante. THE FIFTH GENERATION.. Scribner's. 1953. 1st edition. Cloth. 8vo. Very good. with torn dust jacket. Translated from the Italian by Adrienne Foulke. 333pp. Very light crease along top margin of last several pages, text not affected.
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