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Doubleday and Company. Garden City, NY. 1949. Tan cloth boards with red and green lettering to spine. Bumped edges with ghost of prior bookplate on flyleaf. First Edition (stated). Used, reading copy. Basis of the celebrated 1955 film starring Frank Sinatra, Darren McGavin and Kim Novak. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards (Best Score, Art Direction and Lead Actor for Sinatra). 5.75x8.5 in. 343 pg.

Simon & Schuster. New York. 1955. Near fine fourth edition with same date on title page and copyright page. Binding is tight with a slight lean to the spine. Quarter-bound in red with dark grey, almost black, boards with an embossed stencil of the man in the gray flannel suit and hat on front. Scarce unclipped ($3.50) dust jacket with chip along top and bottom edges of spine and normal shelf ware consistent with age. Jacket protected with removable mylar cover. Story details a father and husband haunted by his memories of WW II, including a wartime romance that resulted in an illegitimate son he's never seen. National Best Seller made into the award winning film in 1956 starring Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Fredric March, Lee J. Cobb, Keenan Wynn and Marisa Pavan. 5.75x8.5 in. 304 pg.

Viking Adult, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First Edition with full number line beginning with "1" and $24.95 price on the dust jacket. Hardcover book has cream boards, brown cloth binding and gilt letters on spine.Small scuff mark on back of DJ. 280pp. Mr. Marsh leaves his wife and family to go off to war. As an idealistic chaplain in the Union army, he will encounter events that will test his faith. At war's end, Marsh must reassemble his shattered mind and body and find a way to reconnect with his wife and daughters

Random House. New York.1994. Quarter-bound in black with black boards and green lettering to spine. Signed by author on tipped in page. Autographed Copy sticker on front of a fine later printing in near fine unclipped ($25.00) jacket now protected with removable mylar cover. Jacket has the wrap-around movie promo and has three crease lines on inside front flap, else fine. You know the story about the murder in Mercer House but did you know it is a work of non-fiction despite fiction-like events such as Minerva's voodoo spells in Bonaventure Cemetery, Luther Driggers's powerful poison in a bottle and editorial assistance from the Lady Chablis. "Midnight" is the hoodoo notion for the time between good magic (11:30pm) and the time for evil magic (12:30pm). The author's first book, it was a NY Times best seller for 216 weeks and the basis for the movie starring Kevin Spacey and John Cusack. 9.5x6.75. 388pg.

William Morrow & Co. New York. 1984. Quarter-bound in brown with light yellow paper boards. Near fine First Edition has a small crease on the back rear flyleaf. First printing (stated) with requisite number line ending in "1". Unclipped ($15.95) jacket shows shelf wear with small chips to upper spine and edge of back jacket flap. Signed by author on front flyleaf. Author is a founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility and former faculty at Harvard Medical School. She is also the founder of Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament. The imminent dangers of the arms race are as true today as in 1983 when the book was written. 6.5x9.5. 365pg.

Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston. 1966. Blue cloth boards with imprint of young girl & flowers on front and lettering on spine in black. Small 0.25 in spot on front board and reminder mark on bottom text block. PO signature on front pastedown, assumed PO poem about Babies on flyleaf and bookplate signed by author on half title page. In general, a very good First Edition (stated). Unclipped ($3.25) jacket shows general shelf wear with age-related fading of colors, chipping to edges, 2 areas on spine showing small loss of paper and a 2 in. crease without paper loss on front of jacket now protected with removable mylar cover. Jane Flory (1917-2005) wrote over 30 childrens books with "Mist" being the second in the Amanda Scoville series. "It had been a year now since Pa had died of the fever and, as the eight Scoville girls, their mother, and Mr. Aaron the peddler sat before the Christmas fire, they could look back on that year with a satisfaction-and joyfulness-that they would not have thougth possible… Leer más

Viking, New York. 2009. Black boards with embossed "AW" initials on front board with gold lettering to spine. This is the autobiography of Andy Williams which tells the story of his time in show business. Included is the invitation to the Andy Williams Moon River Theatre in Branson, MO in 2009 (year of publication). Fine First Edition with number line ending in "1" in fine unclipped ($25.95) jacket now protected with removable mylar cover. Signed on title page by author. 308 pg.

HarperCollins. New York. 1995. Quarter-bound in green with lighter green boards; author's signature on front and lettering on spine in gilt. Near fine First Edition (stated) with number line ending in the requisite "1" has a faint dent in last page. Fine unclipped ($23.00) jacket is protected with a removable Brodart cover. Inscribed by author on title page. The 1990 Pulitzer Prize winning author tells the tragic tale of Mr. Ives who had an enviable life until his seventeen-year-old son is murdered at Christmas. 5.75x9.5 tall. 248pg.

Alfred A. Knopf. New York 2017. Later printing of Justice Sotomayer's autobiography. Following the retirement of Justice David Souter, Sotomayer was nominated by President Obama to became an associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She has served since being confirmed on August 8, 2009. She was born in New York (The Bronx) to Puerto Rican-born parents and is a graduate of Princeton Univ. (1976) and Yale Law School (1979). She is the third woman, first woman of color, the first Hispanic, and first Latina to serve on the Supreme Court. The near fine book has red boards with gold lettering on the spine. There is mild shelf ware to the unclipped ($29.95) jacket, else fine. Signed on title page by Justice Sotomayer.

Random House.2005. Fine quarter bound in black with black boards; author's initials on front and lettering to spine in gilt. First Edition, first printing with correct Random House number line ending in 2. Inscribed on title page by author. Fine unclipped ($26.95) jacket shows nominal shelf wear. Jacket protected with removable mylar cover. She was an ardent activist during the Viet Nam War("Hanoi Jane", 1972) , an Academy Award winning actor (Klute, 1971 and Coming Home, 1978) as well as many other well known movies, the daughter of a famous movie star (Henry Fonda) who was once married to billionare Ted Turner and later went on to make a successful work- out video (Jane Fonda's Workout) in 1982 that ultimaletly sold over 17 million copies. So Far, it seems like quite a lot. 9.5x6.25. 599 pg.

New York. Random House. 1999. White paper boards with bright white transition strip to cloth-wrapped spine. Gilt lettering to this First Edition (stated) First Printing having requisite number line ending in 2 as required for Random House First Editions. Signed by author on second front free endpaper. Unclipped ($19.95) jacket is protected with a removable mylar cover. Name the book, watch the movie or not; not all of the author's books were made into a movie (e.g. Setting Free the Bears). But many where turned into a movie (The Cider House Rules, The World According to Garp, The Hotel New Hampshire). Not just just a memoir for Mr. Irving, the book provides an insight into the difference between writing a novel and writing a screenplay. Twenty-eight pages of BW photos. 5.75x9.5 in. 170 pg.