Winslow Homer's Magazine Engravings
by Beam, Philip C
New York: Harper & Row, 1979. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 10x8x1. First edition. Jacket spine base bumped. Board edges faded. 1979 Large Hardcover. x, 274 pp. Arranged chronologically from 1857 to 1875, this collection of 220 wood engravings by the popular nineteenth-century illustrator includes many works which originally appeared in such magazines as Harper's Weekly... Read More
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The Rise of American Civilization, in Two Volumes: Volume I - The Agricultural Era; Volume II - The Industrial Era
by Beard, Charles A. & Mary R
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8x6x3. 2nd printing. Both volumes lack jackets. Boards a bit soiled, top edges a bit foxed. Bindings tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1927 Hard Cover. 828; 824 pp. Woodcut illustrations by Wilfred Jones. A history of the rise of the United States... Read More
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The Very Breath of Hell (Midnight Novel of Suspense)
by Beare, George
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 0x0x0. First edition. Minor general wear to jacket. 1971 Hard Cover. 183 pp. Once more, Victor Stallard, smuggler and sometimes salvage operator, is involved in international intrigue with some highly dubious characters. He is hired to salvage 100,000 ounces of gold sunk in the middle of... Read More
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Hardluck Ironclad: The Sinking and Salvage of the Cairo
by Bearss, Edwin C
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1980. Revised Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. 1993 5th printing of 1980 revised edition. Minor wear to corners. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. xiii, [1], 222 pp. Black-and-white photographs. On the morning of December 12, 1862, the Union gunboat Cairo, nosing her way up the Yazoo River... Read More
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Picturing Will: A Novel
by Beattie, Ann
New York: Random House, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x1. First edition. Board edges a bit faded, otherwise an excellent copy. 1989 Hard Cover. 230 pp. "Picturing Will, the widely acclaimed new novel by Ann Beattie, unravels the complexities of a postmodern family. There's Will, a curious five-year-old who listens to the heartbeat of a... Read More
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Walks with Men: Fiction
by Beattie, Ann
New York: Scribner, 2010. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4x0x7. 2nd printing. Embossed owner stamp on front endpaper, otherwise an excellent copy. 2010 Hard Cover. 102 pp. Ann Beattie arrived in New York young, observant and celebrated (as The New Yorker's young fiction star) in one of the most compelling and creative eras of recent times.... Read More
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Perfect Recall: New Stories
by Beattie, Ann
New York: Scribner, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 5x1x8. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Minimal wear to corners. 2001 Hard Cover. 347 pp. "Presents a new collection of short stories involving characters who are coming to terms with the legacies of long-believed family myths, describing how they confront... Read More
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Chilly Scenes of Winter: A Novel
by Beattie, Ann
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 7x5x1. First edition. Edges a bit faded, minor wear to jacket corners. 1976 Hard Cover. 280 pp. Author's first novel, inspiration for 1979 film starring John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Kenneth McMillan, and Gloria Grahame. "The hero of Ann Beattie's... Read More
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The Doctor's House
by Beattie, Ann
New York: Scribner, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 6x1x8. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. An exceptional copy. 2002 Hard Cover. 279 pp. "A powerful and unsettling novel follows three unforgettable characters--Nina, a reclusive copyeditor, who, since her husband's death, has been obsessed with her brother Andrew's sexual exploits... Read More
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Park City: New and Selected Stories
by Beattie, Ann
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 7x1x10. First edition. Embossed owner stamp on half-title page, otherwise an excellent copy. 1998 Hard Cover. 477 pp. "Thirty-six stories--eight appearing in a book for the first time and a generous selection from her earlier collections--give us Ann Beattie at stunning mid-career. Emotionally complex, edgy,... Read More
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My Life, Starring Dara Falcon: A Novel
by Beattie, Ann
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x10. First edition. Embossed owner stamp on front flyleaf, otherwise an excellent copy. 1997 Hard Cover. 307 pp. "Dara Falcon is brilliant, manipulative, a pathological liar. The novel's narrator, Jean Warner, is perfect prey for her. Suddenly Jean's life, her marriage--her idea of herself--are dramatically... Read More
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What Was Mine: Stories
by Beattie, Ann
New York: Random House, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 6x1x8. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. 1991 Hard Cover. 237 pp. "A collection of short fiction, twelve works in all, including two never-before-published novellas. Here are disconnected marriages and uneasy reunions, nostalgic reminiscences and sudden epiphanies--a remarkable and moving... Read More
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Another You: A Novel
by Beattie, Ann
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Edges slightly faded. 1995 Hard Cover. 323 pp. "To her latest novel, Beattie brings the same documentary accuracy and Chekhovian wit and tenderness that have made her one of the most... Read More
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Deceiving to Convey Truth
by Beattie, Ann
Toronto, Ontario: Harbourfront Reading Series, 1997. Limited Edition. Stapled Binding. Near Fine. 0x0x0. Signed by author. Signed by author without inscription. #48 of 150 signed, numbered copies, from a total edition of 550. Faint smudge to rear wrapper. 1997 Stapled Binding. 25 pp. Ann Beattie discusses what it is to be a writer, analyzing her own writings and... Read More
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Spectacles (Goblin Tales Series)
by Beattie, Ann
New York: Ariel Books / Workman Publishing, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x8x0. Pels, Winslow. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Jacket flaps toned, otherwise an excellent copy. 1985 Hard Cover. 37 pp. "When Alison puts on Great Grandmother's glasses, they become magical and enable her to understand... Read More
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Where You'll Find Me and Other Stories
by Beattie, Ann
New York: Linden Press, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x0. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Board edges slightly faded, otherwise an excellent copy. 1986 Hard Cover. 191 pp. "A collection of short fiction reflects on coping with life's inevitable sadness.
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The Doctor's House
by Beattie, Ann
New York: Scribner, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 6x1x8. First edition. An exceptional copy. 2002 Hard Cover. 279 pp. "A powerful and unsettling novel follows three unforgettable characters--Nina, a reclusive copyeditor, who, since her husband's death, has been obsessed with her brother Andrew's sexual exploits and indiscretions; Beattie, their mother, who spins her own tale of her... Read More
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The Burning House: Short Stories
by Beattie, Ann
New York: Random House, 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8x5x1. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Fading/transfer of jacket lettering to front board, jacket lightly toned. 1982 Hard Cover. 256 pp. "A collection of the author's most recent stories features their unnervingly sophisticated young people and older folks... Read More
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Follies: New Stories
by Beattie, Ann
New York: Scribner, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 6x1x9. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Minimal wear to corners. 2005 Hard Cover. 305 pp. "Ann Beattie's Follies is a superb novella and collection of stories about adult children, aging parents, and the chance encounters that irrevocably alter lives. Beattie,... Read More
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Follies: New Stories
by Beattie, Ann
New York: Scribner, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. An exceptional copy. 2005 Hard Cover. 305 pp. "Ann Beattie's Follies is a superb novella and collection of stories about adult children, aging parents, and the chance encounters that irrevocably alter lives. Beattie, winner of four O. Henry prizes, has been called "one of... Read More
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The Burning House: Short Stories
by Beattie, Ann
New York: Random House, 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x1. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on front endpaper. Front endpapers toned from previously laid in piece of newsprint (now absent), otherwise an excellent copy. 1982 Hard Cover. 256 pp. "A collection of the author's most recent stories features their unnervingly... Read More
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Another You: A Novel
by Beattie, Ann
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. Board edges a bit faded, otherwise an excellent copy. 1995 Hard Cover. 323 pp. "To her latest novel, Beattie brings the same documentary accuracy and Chekhovian wit and tenderness that have made her one of the most acclaimed portraitists of contemporary American... Read More
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Jacklighting
by Beattie, Ann
Worcester, Massachusetts: Metacom Press, 1981. Limited Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 0x0x0. Signed by author. Signed by author without inscription. #34 of 250. Prospectus laid in. Near fine. 1981 Soft Cover. 20 pp. "Nicholas has died sometime during the past year from injuries incurred while he was taking a midnight ride on his Harley and a drunk, driving... Read More
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The Burning House: Short Stories
by Beattie, Ann
New York: Random House, 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on front endpaper. Board edges faded, jacket lightly toned. 1982 Hard Cover. 256 pp. "A collection of the author's most recent stories features their unnervingly sophisticated young people and older folks striving for wisdom and... Read More
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Bronto
by Beatty, Hetty Burlingame
Garden City, New York: The Junior Literary Guild / Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1952. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. 0x0x0. Beatty, Hetty Burlingame. Slightly musty. Jacket base stained; chips, tears and creases to jacket edges. Pencil name on title page. 1952 Hard Cover. 136 pp. "Bronto wasn’t much of a horse. At least that’s what everybody thought till Bill... Read More
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