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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374120803 . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Very Fine condition in Very Fine dust-jacket. Signed by author Alice McDermott directly on the title page; Alice McDermott's account of Billy Lynch, with the matrix of a tightly knit Irish American community, about the unbreakable bonds of memore and desire (from the dust-jacket) ; 8vo; [viii], 280 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Houghton Mifflin. As New in As New dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth Spine. 061873516X . An impeccable first edition, first printing in As New condition in alike dust jacket. Signed by author Philip Roth on the title page. A most collectible copy, rather scarce in signed condition; Roth's PEN/Faulkner Award winning novel, containing its share of autobiographical elements, is the story of the unnamed Jewish man who eventually dies of cardiac arrest. The "Everyman" grew up in New Jersey, studied art, worked in advertising, was married and divorced three times. He spent his last few years in a retirement village, painting and teaching art to his fellow residents; Small 8vo; [viii], 182, [2] pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0679446621 . A bright first edition/first printing in just about Fine condition in alike, lightly rubbed dust-jacket; Finding A Form is a collection of essays by Gass, which examine the role of form in art and literature. The essays cover a wide range of topics, including the importance of structure in literature, the use of form in poetry, and the relationship between form and emotion. Gass's essays are thought-provoking and well-written, and would be a great addition to any literature collection.; 8vo; FSA .

Toronto: Harpercollins Publishers. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; Second Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0002005883 . An impeccable first edition/later printing in Very Fine condition in alike dustjacket. The Canadian edition was issued three weeks prior to the US edition; Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award winning Gilead is Marilynne Robinson's second novel after "Housekeeping" and is the immensely moving account of Reverend John Ames of Gilead, Iowa, a grandson and son of preachers. Ames, now in his seventies, hasn't much time left to tell his young son about his heritage and begins to write it all down; 8vo; [8], 247, [1] pages .

Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0002005883 . First edition/first printing in very Near Fine condition in dustjacket with small area of abrasion, else Fine. The Canadian edition was issued three weeks prior to the US edition; Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award winning Gilead is Marilynne Robinson's second novel after "Housekeeping" and is the immensely moving account of Reverend John Ames of Gilead, Iowa, a grandson and son of preachers. Ames, now in his seventies, hasn't much time left to tell his young son about his heritage and begins to write it all down; 8vo; [8], 247, [1] pages .

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374153892 . A handsome first US edition/first printing in Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket; Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award winning Gilead is Marilynne Robinson's second novel after "Housekeeping" and is the immensely moving account of Reverend John Ames of Gilead, Iowa, a grandson and son of preachers. Ames, now in his seventies, hasn't much time left to tell his young son about his heritage and begins to write it all down; 8vo .

London: Jonathan Cape. As New in As New dust jacket. 2012. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0224097377 . A handsome first edition/first Impression in unread As New condition in alike dustwrapper, SIGNED by author Ian McEwan directly on the title page; Set in the year 1972 and the Cold War far from being over, Ian McEwan has England’s legendary MI5 agency recruit Cambridge student Serena Frome to infiltrate the literary circle of a promising young writer, Tom Haley, as part of operation “Sweet Tooth”; 8vo ; [viii], 323, [5] pages; Signed by Author .