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The Shadow Box
by Cristofer, Michael
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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$12.00
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Drama Book Specialists, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The 1977 winner of the Tony for best play and the Pulitzer for drama. This is a hardcover book club edition, with the Fireside Theater's monthly leaflet included. VG with a couple of spots of ink to the lower edge of text block, mostly not affecting pages. Previous owner's name (a… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.00
Vernon God Little
by Pierre, D. B. C.
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First U.S.
- Published
- 2003
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781841954608
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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$17.50
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New York: Canongate Pub Ltd, 2003. First U.S. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. First U.S. printing of this Booker Prize-winning debut novel. Fine in a nearly fine jacket --a bit of shelfwear. A very nice copy.
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$17.50
The God of Small Things
by Roy, Arundhati
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1997
- Binding
- Cloth
- ISBN
- 9780679457312
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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$12.00
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Random House, 1997. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. First printing of this wildly successful novel, the winner of the Booker Prize. Book is fine, jacket has horizontal crease around center of book, some light wear to edges. Very solid reading copy.
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$12.00
Slow Man
by Coetzee, J. M.
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2005
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670034598
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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$11.00
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New York: Viking, 2005. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A lovely first printing of this novel from Nobel winner Coetzee. Fine in a fine, unclipped jacket. A man loses a leg in a bicycle accident, and struggles to recover. Doesn't sound like much, but in Coetzee's hands, it's more than the sum… Read more about this item Item Price
$11.00
Monster
by Myers, Walter Dean
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780060280772
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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$15.00
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New York: HarperCollins, 1999. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A very nice second printing, fine in a fine jacket, of this powerful novel about a teenager accused as an accomplice in a murder. Winner of the National Book Award and Coretta Scott King medal.
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$15.00
A Day of Pleasure
by Singer, Isaac Bashevis
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1969
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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$12.00
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New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1969. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A near fine first edition of this 1970 National Book award winner by beloved storyteller Singer. Jacket only fair, with large tear at bottom of spine, at lower front flap, other small tears to extremities. National Book award sticker… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.00
Great Fire
by Hazzard, Shirley
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 2003
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780374166441
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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$6.00
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New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2003. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Lovely copy of this winner of the 2003 National Book Award. Book is fine in a NF jacket, just a bit of wear at top corners. 2nd printing, w/National Book Award sticker.
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$6.00
The Line of Beauty
by Hollinghurst, Alan
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 2004
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781582345086
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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$9.00
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New York: Bloomsbury, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Lovely copy of this winner of the Man Booker Prize. Third U.S. printing, Fine in a VG+ jacket with a tiny bit of edge wear. Overall, a quite nice copy.
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$9.00
Vernon God Little
by Pierre, D. B. C.
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 2003
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781841954608
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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$10.00
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New York: Canongate, 2003. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. 2003's Booker prize winning novel, an acclaimed black comedy about the press frenzy after a school shooting. Fine in a NF jacket, with a little shelfwear and bump at head of spine. Second printing
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$10.00
Just in Case
by Rosoff, Meg
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2006
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780385746786
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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$15.00
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New York: Random House, 2006. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Young adult novel from an up and coming author, winner of the Printz medal. First printing, Fine in a VG+ jacket. A little creasing at top front edge, a little shelfwear.
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$15.00
The Egg Tree
by Milhous, Katherine
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1950
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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$11.00
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New York: Scribner, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-school library copy of this Caldecott winner. Wear to boards and penned letters "E M" to bottom of spine, card pocket removed, library stamps to front and rear paste-downs, and to a couple of pages internally. This book has been read by many children,… Read more about this item Item Price
$11.00
The Court of the Stone Children
by Cameron, Eleanor
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780525283508
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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$9.00
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New York: Dutton, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Children's National Book Award wiinner for 1973. VG in like jacket. Book has foxing to top edge, bit of a lean, faint stain to foredge. Jacket price clipped, small tear to top rear at flap. NOT ex-library, this is a fourth printing.
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$9.00
Where Shall I Wander
by Ashbery, John
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2005
- Binding
- Cloth
- ISBN
- 9780060765293
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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$21.00
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New York: Ecco, 2005. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. First printing of this volume of poetry from multiple award-winning poet Ashbery. Fine in a fine jacket--a beautiful copy.
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$21.00
Amsterdam
by McEwan, Ian
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Cloth
- ISBN
- 9780385494236
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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$13.00
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New York: Doubleday, 1999. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First printing of this little novel from McEwan. Near fine in NF jacket. Clean copy, appears unread.
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$13.00
Amsterdam
by McEwan, Ian
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Cloth
- ISBN
- 9780385494236
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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$11.00
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New York: Doubleday, 1999. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First printing of this little novel from McEwan. Near fine (one page corner bent) in NF jacket. Clean copy, appears unread.
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$11.00
Lois & Clark
by Cherryh, C.J.
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 1996
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780761504825
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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$12.00
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Prima Pub, 1996. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. An oddity--a work for hire in the Lois & Clark universe from a respected, Hugo winning novelist. Think of it like an actor cashing a check in a terrible movie, perhaps? Apparent first, near fine in a nf jacket.
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$12.00
Heir to the Glimmering World
by Ozick, Cynthia
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2004
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780618470495
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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$7.00
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Ozick's spellbinding novel of a young woman in '30s New York who finds herself working in a weird and wonderful household. First printing, book is VG in a like jacket (some creasing to jacket at top edges, small scratch or gouge… Read more about this item Item Price
$7.00
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm: A Novel
by Farmer, Nancy
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1994
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780531068298
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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$38.00
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Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Orchard Books, 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. First printing of this notable Newberry Honor Book, a tale set in the future of increasingly troubled Zimbabwe. Fine in a near fine jacket (price clipped, a tiny bump to lower rear corner, perhaps a bit sunned to extremeties of… Read more about this item Item Price
$38.00
Beasts of No Nation : A Novel
by Iweala, Uzodinma
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Published
- 2005
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780060798673
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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$8.00
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HarperCollins Publishers, 2005. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Very clean, prob. unread copy of this novel, winner of the Barnes and Noble Discover award. An incredible tale of a boy's recruitment as a child soldier. Fine in a fine jacket. 6th printing. Not remainder marked or price clipped.
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$8.00
Only Begotten Daughter
by Morrow, James
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 1990
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780688052843
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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$15.00
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Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: William Morrow & Co, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Novel from iconoclastic sci-fi author Morrow (Towing Jehovah) centering on the daughter of God as a confused New Jersey resident. Attempts to contact her divine mother, but is largle left to cope on her own. Fine in a near fine jacket (slight wear at corners). Probably a… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00