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New York: Counterpoint, 2007. CD1 - A first edition hardcover book SIGNED by author in as new condition in as new dust jacket that is mylar protected. A young Confederate soldier with a troubled past and tortured soul is at the rich, transporting center of this indelible debut. 9.5"x6", 336 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Counterpoint, 2007. BW4 - An advance reader's edition paperback book SIGNED by author in very good condition that has the top spine bumped and lightly on some edges and some light shelf wear. A young Confederate soldier with a troubled past and tortured soul is at the rich, transporting center of this indelible debut. 9.25"x6.25", 318 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

New York: Counterpoint, 2007. BW4 - An advance reader's edition paperback book SIGNED by author in very good condition that has some edges lightly bumped and some light shelf wear. A young Confederate soldier with a troubled past and tortured soul is at the rich, transporting center of this indelible debut. 9.25"x6.25", 318 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

Chicago, Illinois, USA: Another Chicago Press, 1988. BY5 - A trade paperback book in near fine condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in black and white photo illustrated red wraps with very minor overall shelf wear. A novel set in Vietnam War era America. The author is a winner of the Carl Sandburg Award. By the author of "Scatter" and "Long Ride Back." 198p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, East Sussex, United Kingdom: Mandarin, 1997. BX3 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in monochrome illustrated dark brown wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus some creasing of the front cover plus some light yellowing of the outside paper edges. A speculative fictional story in which John Milton, Cromwell's secretary, anticipating the King's return to London decides to flee England to join a Puritan settlement in New England. 277p. . Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

La Jolla, California, USA: Michael Frederick, 2000. BX1 - A first trade paperback edition withdrawn ex-library book signed by the author in good+ to very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in black and white photo illustrated blue wraps with the author's signature in black ink on the title page and with very minor overall shelf wear with clear plastic tape reinforcing the spine plus there are the usual library stamps and labels on the top outside paper edges, the title page, and the last page. A novel whose plot revolves around the May 18th, 1927 bombing of a Michigan school resulting in over 1,000 pounds of explosives killing forty-two people, mostly children, the worst school massacre in US history. 165p.. Signed by Author. First Trade Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York, New York, USA: Bard/Avon Books, 1999. BC5 - A trade paperback book signed by the auhtor in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with only very minor overall shelf wear plus there is a bookstore stamp on the inside surface of the front cover. A novel about how Southern women suffered and endured the deprivations of the home front during the Civil War. By the author of "Ellen Foster," "Sights Unseen," and "Charms for the Easy Life." 273p.. Signed by Author. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: HarperCollins, 1995. AP4 - DJ has wrinkling on the top edge and bottom spine and corners and light shelf wear otherwise very good. Book has black line mark on the bottom, wrinkling with couple of small tears on the front bottom right corner, wrinkling on the top spine edge, and light discoloration otherwise very good. It is the summer of 1812... ... and when the fur traders come ashore they bring terrible news: War has erupted between America and England. In its wake come.... 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder.

Washington, DC, USA: Shoemaker and Hoard, 2004. BC6 - A first edition advance reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof/uncorrectedbound galley book in very good+ condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated white wraps with only very, very minor overall shelf wear. A novel about strange protagonist and his picaresque adventures with his birth in 1865 in the Balkan hinterlands on through his emigration to the US in 1899 and his move on out to Wyoming. This is the author's first novel. 277p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

New York, New York, USA: Plume Books/Penguin Books, 1998. BE2 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in colro illustrated green wraps with very minor overall shelf wear. A novel set in the years following the Civil War. A New Englander travels to the remote West, guided by the sketchy maps of the few who have gone there before him. He is driven to find his place in the world. It becomes a journey of self-discovery as he avoids encounters encounters with strangers who cross his path while at the same time establishes a relationship with a young native woman whose tribe was destroyed by the whites. By the author of "Native." 278p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1999. BE3 - A first edition advance reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof book in very good+ condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in light blue wraps with very minor overall shelf wear. A life story set against both the rolling hills of north Texas and the rooftops of Paris. It is about Texas farm families swept up in World War I and the devastation of the young men who fought it. 329p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster Trade, 1989. BE5 - A tight, clean, sound copiy with minor overall shelf wearplus the endflaps of the dust jacket are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards plus the second owner's name in ink on the front endpaper plus the usual library stamps on the top and bottom outside paper edges, front and back endpapers and title page plus some surface damage on the back endpaper (about 0.75"x2.5") from removing a label. The dust jacket shows nor visible signs of wear and is in the original library mylar sleeve. A story told by an old man in a remote wilderness cabin and an event that happened to him more than 50 years earlier. In 1845 a runaway from a secret utopian community called 'Home' appears at his family's homestead. Soon a battle ensues when a ruthless group of the community's 'Guards' arrives to take the refugee back. They are driven off but the battle leaves the storyteller's wife mortally wounded. He makes… Leer más

New York, New York, USA: Picador/Henry Holt and Company, 2003. BF6 - A trade paperback book in very good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with only very minor overall shelf wear. A novel set in the American Southwest in 1930. A son and his mother flee a brutal father and husband, passing through a small border town in New Mexico on the way to Colorado. They become caught up in the small New Mexican town's violence when a cruel sheriff and his possee arrest and sentance to death a young woman who the young man has saved. 289p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: The Toby Press LLC, 2006. BS4 - Book has label on the back and very light shelf wear otherwise fine. . Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Triumph Books, 2006. BG3 - A first edition advance reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected galley book in very good+ condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in black and white photo illustrated white wraps with only very, very slight overall shelf wear. A novel about a sout for the New York Yankees who discovers a left-handed pitcher in a Japanese-American internment camp in the Arizona desert during World War II. The novel grew out of the author's historical research into baseball in the internment camps. By the author of the article "Baseball Behind Barbed Wire" and "When the Mississippi Ran Backwards." 229p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

New York, New York, USA: Warner Books Inc., 2002. BG4 - A first edition advance reading copy/uncorrected proof book in very good condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus there is some light creasing on the front cover at the bottom right corner. A historical romance set during the period of the Salem witch trials. The main character is a man who finds himself in love with both an accuser and one of the accused during the hysteria of the Salem witch trials. 402p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

Chicago, Illinois, USA: Academy Chicago Publishers, Limited, 1997. BG6 - A trade paperback book in good+ to very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in illustrated black wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus there is some very, very light edge wear around the cover edges plus there is some light creasing on the spine plus there is some very, very light foxing on the right outside paper edges. A novel that recounts the life of the surgeon William Palmer who was also a racehorse owner, a confessed forger who got girls into trouble, doped horses, and robbed a few people. The novel is based on an actual trial that took place in 1856 and it tells of the life of that time, examines the question of whether or not Palmer was guilty of the poisioning he was accused of. By the author of "Wife To Mr. Milton." 312p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1988. BG6 - A trade paperback book in good+ to very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in monochrome illustrated gray wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with some soiling along the bottom paper edges of pages 140 and 141 plus there is a very light crease on the front cover at the extreme bottom right corner plus there is some very light rubbing of the covers overall. This is a reprint of a novel originally written in 1947 but not previously published. It is about the American waterfront just after World War II and the labor struggle that took place then among longshormen, bosses, communist labor organizers, gangsters, and thugs over the role of Labor in postwar America. This book is notable for its portrayal of the political mechanics of the period as well as its accurate portrayal of the social history of the struggle. 244p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Random House, 1994. BG6 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minro overall shelf wear plus some light rubbing along the spine edge on the back plus some light soiling of the outside paper edges. Three stories set in Virginia's Tidewater country. They take place during the Great Depression and World War II. The all have the same main character who is remembering these episodes from his youth and they emphasize ideas of death, loss, war, race, and the power of memory. By the author of "The Confessions of Nat Turner," "Dog Eat Dog," "Lie Down in Darkness," "The Long March," "Set This House on Fire," "Sophie's Choice," and "The Wheat and the Chaff." 142p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Villard Books/Random House, 1996. BH3 - A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in good+ condition with a dust jacket in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in tan paper covered boards with gold lettering and graphics on the spine and a gold graphic on the front with monochrome pictoral map endpapers with minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of some very light edge wear on the bottom board edges plus there is some light fading along the top and bottom board edges plus there is some very light tape staining on the outside back board surface from where the dust jacket was taped to the boards plus there are the usual library stamps and label on the top outside paper edges, and the front and back endpapers. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus there is a library label on the spine plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. An imaginative novel about a wild child found living on an island off the coast of Manhattan.… Leer más