Novels from Charity Bookstall

Plume, 1996. 8vo size trade paperback; 259 pages From back cover: "Mitchell has an identical twin. The long-lost, separated-at-birth sibling isn't hard to find - but he may be hard to take. For while his driver's license reads Donald Sweet, he's better known in Chicago's demimonde as Kitten Kaboodle, the gloriously gowned, stupendously stiletto-heeled star of the Tam-Tam Club's 'all-girl'… Ler mais sobre este item

Grand Haven, MI: Brilliance Audio, 2002. Read by Susan Ericksen Four cassettes, 6 hours housing in cardstock sleeve with slide over cardstock cover. From back of package: "Loyal. Beautiful. Professional. Impeccably organized. Potentially lethal. Sarah Stevens is a woman with many distinct qualities. First and foremost, a butler par excellence, skilled at running large households smoothly and… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Viking Press, 1980. Rare Title! 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 271 pages From dust jacket: "Colonel Julian Cunningham wants the Falcon. This is Britain in the 1980s, rules by a tyranny masquerading as 'democratic socialism.' Cunningham is head of the secret police. The Falcon is an underground hero, a daring thief… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Forge, 1999. Signed and inscribed on title page First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 384 pages From dust jacket: "A routine drug bust goes awry in Boston's Chinatown, killing a police officer as he batters down the door to execute a no-knock search warrant. The cops arrest and… Ler mais sobre este item

Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1985. The Army of the Lost Rivers by Carlo Sgorlon 8vo size hardcover with illustrated dust jacket; 310 pages. Text is in Italian. From dust jacket: "La casualita della Storia o il misterioso progetto che la governa fecero affluire in Friuli, nell'estate del 1944, un'armata di cosacchi. A questo pittoresco esercito… Ler mais sobre este item

Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House Translated from the Russian by Margaret Whettlin Originally published in Russian in 1910, this English language translation has no publication date. Red leatherette hardcover had gilt titles and decorations on spine and a gilt facsimile signature of the author on front cover. The book has lovely beveled corners. The page… Ler mais sobre este item

Naperville, IL: Poisoned Pen Press, 2020. 8vo size trade paperback; 298 pages From back cover: "Daniel is desperate for a fresh start. So when a mysterious figure slides a note under his door offering the position of groundskeeper at an ancient estate, he leaps at the chance... Against his better judgement, he moves into the ground… Ler mais sobre este item

Seattle: Chin Music Press Inc, 2006. 8vo size pictorial hardcover with illustrated front and back cover and dust jacket which folds out into a poster of the late Governor Rex LaSalle by Leslie Staub! 302 pages with color endpapers and title page. There is an attached black ribbon bookmark. Front dust jacket: "The Governor is found… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Random House, 1985. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 485 pages Stated First Edition, 2nd printing From dust jacket: "The master storyteller, Ira Levin, explores the dimensions of evil in the three famous novels that comprise this omnibus... Rosemary's Baby is set in New York and follows the fortunes of Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse,… Ler mais sobre este item

Grove Press, 2016. 8vo size trade paperback; 402 pages Covers are unique to proof. Both front and back cover state Uncorrected Proof. Back cover also contains an overview of the book, praise for the author, a brief biography of the author and the briefest of details on the finished book. From back cover: "Reina Castillo… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Pantheon Books, 2013. Advance Reader's Edition 8vo size trade paperback; 287 pages Covers are unique to proof: front cover states Advance Reader's Edition. Back cover states Uncorrected Bound Proof and provides an overview of the book, a very brief biography of the author, details on the finished book and marketing campaign. From back cover:… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. Stated First American Edition Translated from the French by Frank Wynne 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 259 deckle edged pages From dust jacket: "Michel Renault is a human void. Following the death of the father he barely knew, he endures his civil service job while eking out an existence… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Anchor Books, 2015. Man Booker Prize Finalist 8vo size trade paperback; 816 pages From back cover: "(This book) follows four college classmates - broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition - as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addition,… Ler mais sobre este item

Los Angeles, CA: Semiotext(e), 2002. 12mo size trade paperback; 247 pages From back cover: "(This book) is strong, compulsive, gripping reading, as morally complex as transgressive fiction gets. It goes places few - if any - books land, not only in terms of its arousing, sexually explicit candor, but also in its uncomfortable psychological honesty.. Wise,… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Doubleday, 2003. Stated First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 226 pages From dust jacket: "Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. Routine, order and predictably shelter him from the messy wider world. Then, at 15, Christopher's carefully constructed world falls apart when he… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Anchor Books, 2023. This is the author's debut novel First Edition with full numberline A Good Morning America (GMA) Book Club Pick 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 291 pages From dust jacket: "Life in Whitby is nothing like Josie's letters. Kathleen's new neighbor, Rosemary, is cantankerous, and the town's supervisor won't… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Zibby Books, 2023. First Edition with full numberline 8vo size trade paperback; 274 pages From back cover: "Wren and Thessaly collide when they land covered jobs at a glamorous New York City boutique wine importer. Hardworking, by-the-book Wren comes from a modest background and has everything to prove, while Thessaly hails from a family… Ler mais sobre este item

New Pulp Press, 2013. Flat Signed by the Author on Title Page 8vo size trade paperback; 181 pages From back cover: "In the late 1930s, Rico DiGiacomo ruled all of East Boston until he was brutally murdered by his own lieutenant, Bricks Mancini. That night, Rico’s son Giorgio overheard the details as they were reported to the… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Doubleday, 1999. Stated First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with shiny silver colored dust jacket; 407 pages From dust jacket: "Gregory Picaro is the finest safecracker and break-in artist in the world. There is no safe, no lock, no security system that can keep him out. By combining touch with technology, insight with… Ler mais sobre este item

Ipswich, Massachusetts: Oceanview Publishing, 2007. First Edition with full numberline 8vo size trade paperback; 258 pages From back cover: "This debut novel by law professor Dobbyn marks the first long-form appears of legal eagles Michael Knight and Lex Devlin. -- Booklist Amid the flash and din of Boston's raucous Chinese New Year celebration, an elderly man… Ler mais sobre este item