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All Fiction books listed are hardcover first editions, first printings unless stated otherwise.

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WEB OF THE CITY (SIGNED)

By: Ellison, Harlan

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Pyramid Books: 1975

Seller ID: 003271

ISBN: 0515040614

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Fine

Paperback, reprint and First Thus Edition. Very fine (unread) mass market paperback. Unread, pristine copy with publisher's blue stain on page block edges. Presentation copy signed by Ellison on the title page and inscribed "Worldcon '06" at the World Science Fiction Convention in Anaheim, California. This New Pyramid edition re-published from the original out-of-print 1958 edition by Ace as Memos From Purgatory, but this edition restored the original title and is Volume 10 in the Pyramid uniform series which was re-publishing Ellison's out-of-print fiction. Web of the City is E...
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LICENSE RENEWED

By: Gardner, John

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Richard Marek Publishers: 1981

Seller ID: 003139

ISBN: 0399901183

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Hardcover first edition and first US edition. (Previously published in the UK by Glidrose Publications.) Not a book club, remainder nor ex-library copy. James Bond novel. Edgewear and foxing at side and edges of textblock. The jacket has the price intact, but a jagged 4" closed tear (previously "repaired" with tape) on the back panel from top edge and rubbing at top and bottom corners of rear jacket panel with associated creasing. Aside from these defects the copy itself is straight and square, again only showing age and handling related wear. A good reading copy or a first edition...
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ART OF FIELDING: A NOVEL [THE]

By: Harbach, Chad

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company: 2011

Seller ID: 005231

ISBN: 0316126691

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Edition on copyright page with "1" present in complete number line. Not book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Minor scuffing on top edge of page block, else square and bright without dents. Jacket nicked and chipped at tips and corners, else a straight, square copy in very good jacket with $25.99 price intact.
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WORKIN ON THE CHAIN GANG: SHAKING OFF THE DEAD HAND OF HISTORY (SIGNED)

By: Mosley, Walter

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Ballantine Books: 2000

Seller ID: 005527

ISBN: 0345430697

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Edition with "1" present in complete number line. Signed and inscribed "For Regina" by Mosley on the title page. Not a book club, reminder or ex-library copy. A fine (unread) copy in fine jacket. Mosley is the author of both Science Fiction, Mystery and Fiction. A prescient book published back in 2000 subtitled: Library of Contemporary Thought with Mosley's statement on the rear cover arrows to the subject of history for Black Americans - "Black American history is American history. There is an echo of Jim Crow in the HMO: people shunted as...
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PAPER CHASE [THE] (SIGNED)

By: Osborn, Jr., John Jay

Price: $500.00

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company: 1971

Seller ID: 004820

ISBN: 0395126703

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Printing on copyright page. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. The book is the basis for the 1973 film starring John Houseman. There is an inscription by Osborn that is partially legible. (The last name is illegible, possibly a presentation copy to a friend or associate of the author.) Signed by Osborn and inscribed "To Simon R_______ / With / Affectionate Regards" on the front free endpaper. Red endpapers, salmon colored top stain with code "0871" present on front jacket flap indicating an August, 1971 p...
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LAST PENDRAGON: A NOVEL [THE]

By: Rice, Robert

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Walker & Company: 1991

Seller ID: 003211

ISBN: 0802711804

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor

Hardcover first edition, first printing. Ex-library copy. Not a book club edition. This copy has the usual ex-library markings, stamps, paste-ons and heavy handling. Spine slightly cocked. However, the dustjacket itself has been cleaned and all library tape residue and stickers have been removed from the jacket and spine panels. The jacket is clean, complete with price intact. The jacket is in fine condition and is an excellent candidate to marry to a copy in superior condition. An excellent re-telling of the Arthurian saga.
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RABBIT AT REST

By: Updike, John

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf: 1990

Seller ID: 004805

ISBN: 0394588150

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Hardcover first edition, first printing and First Trade Edition. (A limited edition was published previously by The Franklin Library.) First Trade Edition stated on copyright page. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Updike's fourth and final novel about ex-basketball player Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, preceded by Rabbit, Run (1960), Rabbit Redux (1971) and Rabbit is Rich (1981). First printing points present: purple topstain on top edge of page block and the date "10/90" printed on lower edge of rear jacket panel indicating an October, 1990 printing. Copy shows some ag...
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BRIDGE OF CLAY (SIGNED)

By: Zusak, Markus

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf: 2018

Seller ID: 005195

ISBN: 0375845593

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Fine

Hardcover first edition, first printing and first US edition. Stated First Edition with "1" present in complete number line. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Publisher's copy signed by Zusak on tipped-in sheet. By the same author of I Am The Messenger and The Book Thief. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy.
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