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PROPERTY OF BLOOD
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London: Heinemann, (2004.) . First UK printing. . Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.) . The 11th mystery featuring Marshal Guarnaccia of the Florence police force - Nabb has lived in Florence, Italy since 1975. 248 pp. Map endpapers. ... more information
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$16.00
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THE MARSHAL'S OWN CASE
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1990.) . First US printing. . Very near fine in a like dustjacket. . The 7th mystery in the highly praised series featuring Marshal Guarnaccia of the Florence police force - Nabb has lived in Florence, Italy since 1975, and knows the area well. 175 pp. ... more information
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$30.00
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SOME BITTER TASTE
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New York: SOHO Press, (2002.) . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) . Fine (a new copy.) . Mystery featuring Marshal Guarnaccia of the Florence police force. 247 pp. ... more information
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$18.00
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DEATH OF A DUTCHMAN
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1982.) . First US printing. . Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (crease to dj flap.) . The uncommon second mystery in the highly praised series featuring Marshal Guarnaccia of the Florence police force - Nabb had lived in Florence, Italy since 1975, and knew the area well. Review copy with "not for resale" stamped on title page. 216 pp. ... more information
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$50.00
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THE LIFE OF JOAQUIM NABUCO
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Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1950. . First US printing. . Near fine in a somewhat worn, very good- overall, dust jacket (general light edgewear to dj, closed tear to back cover.) . A biography of the Brazilian statesman, a leader in the campaign for the abolition of slavery in Brazil, and the first Brazilian ambassador to the US, by his daughter. This copy is INSCRIBED by Hilton, who translated it, and also provided a historical introduction. Issued in conjunction with the centenary of Na... more information
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$45.00
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THE LIFE OF JOAQUIM NABUCO
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Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1950. . First US printing. . Near fine in a somewhat worn, but still good, dust jacket (general edgewear to dj, some small chips, and several closed tears.) . A biography of the Brazilian statesman, a leader in the campaign for the abolition of slavery in Brazil, and the first Brazilian ambassador to the US, by his daughter. Ronald Hilton, the translator, also provided a historical introduction. Issued in conjunction with the centenary of Nabuco's birth. ... more information
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$25.00
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FRESH KILLS
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New York: Walker, (2007.) . First printing. . Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.) . The seventh novel in her highly praised Artie Cohen series, set in New York City, Dust jacket praise from Paul Theroux and Salman Rushdie, among others. 343 pp. ... more information
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$18.00
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READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN: A Memoir in Books
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New York: Random House, (2007.) . Later printing. . Very near fine in a like dustjacket (some pencilled notations on rear endpaper, erasable.) . For two years, before she left Iran in 1997, Nafisi gathered together 7 young women, former students of hers at the university, and together they read and discussed forbidden works of Western literature. 347 pp. ... more information
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$12.00
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IRON WILL, THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF JANE STANFORD
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Stanford, CA: Stanford Alumni Association, 1985. . Revised edition. . NF/VG (some rubbing, edgewear to dj.) . Stanford's life and work in founding the University named after her only son, as revealed through her letters. This revised edition contains many more photographs, interspersed throughout the text, than the original edition - oblong format, 224 pgs. ... more information
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$25.00
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IRON WILL, THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF JANE STANFORD
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Stanford, CA: Stanford Alumni Association, 1985. . Revised edition. . Near fine in near fine dust jacket. . Stanford's life and work in founding the University named after her only son, as revealed through her letters. This revised edition contains many more photographs, interspersed throughout the text, than the original edition - oblong format, 224 pgs. ... more information
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$25.00
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DESCENT FROM GLORY: Four Generations of the Adams Family
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New York: Oxford University Press, 1983. . Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition). . Very near fine in a like dustjacket. . A study of the private world of John Adams - patriot and second President of the United States - and his descendants, based in large part on letters and diaries. Photographs, sources, index. 400 pp. ... more information
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$12.00
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MOONLIGHT ON THE AVENUE OF FAITH
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New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999. . First printing. . Fine in near fine dust jacket (a new, unread copy but with crinkling and a short tear to the bottom of the spine of the dj.) . Iranian-born author's second novel, an epic tale which follows Roxanna, born as a bad-luck child in the Jewish ghetto in Tehran, through the worlds of Iran's aristocracy to the whorehouses of Turkey and then to modern day Los Angeles. INSCRIBED on the title page ("To --- with best wishes") and ... more information
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$30.00
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CASPIAN RAIN
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San Francisco: McAdam/Cage, (2007.) . First printing. . Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.) . The author's fourth novel, a moving and lyrical account of the struggles of a young Jewish girl coming of age in an upper class family in Tehran, Iran in the decade before the Revolution. SIGNED on the title page. 208 pp. ... more information
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$35.00
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MOONLIGHT ON THE AVENUE OF FAITH
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New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999. . First printing. . Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.) . Iranian-born author's second novel, an epic tale which follows Roxanna, born as a bad-luck child in the Jewish ghetto in Tehran, through the worlds of Iran's aristocracy to the whorehouses of Turkey and then to modern day Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page and dated April 1999, in the year of publication. ... more information
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$35.00
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SUNDAY'S SILENCE
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New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2001.) . First printing. . Very good in very good dust jacket. (foxing to the top of the text block.) . Iranian-born author's third novel, the story of a conflict between two cultures, set in Appalachia. 309 pp. ... more information
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$15.00
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THE CRY OF THE PEACOCK
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New York: Crown, (1991.) . First printing. . Very near fine in a like dustjacket. . The author's first novel, covering 200 years of the history of Jews in Iran. SIGNED on the title page. 341 pp. ... more information
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$40.00
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SUNDAY'S SILENCE
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New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2001.) . Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. ) . Fine in printed red wrappers (a new copy.) . Iranian-born author's third novel, the story of a conflict between two cultures, set in Appalachia. SIGNED on the title page. 309 pp. ... more information
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$25.00
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SUNDAY'S SILENCE
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New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2001.) . First printing. . Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.) . Iranian-born author's third novel, the story of a conflict between two cultures, set in Appalachia. SIGNED on the title page. 309 pp. ... more information
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$30.00
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JOURNEY TO JO'BURG, a South African Story
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New York: HarperCollins, 1988. . Trade paperback - 1st thus. . VG (rem line.) . Recipient of the Children's Book Award from Bank Street. ... more information
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$5.50
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JOURNEY TO NOWHERE
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981. . First US printing. . Very good in very good dust jacket. . Thought provoking book inspired by the tragedy of Jonestown and the People's Temple, by the brother of Nobel prize winning author V.S. Naipaul. Index. 336 pp. ... more information
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$15.00
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