[Rarebooks] FS: Some Modern First Editions, prices greatly reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced:     Was $75,      Now $25

McCARTHY, Mary. WINTER VISITORS. New York: Harcourt Brace, (1970). First 
Edition. Advance limited edition excerpt from BIRDS OF AMERICA published 
as a New Year's greeting from the publisher. Fine in torn glassine. 
(#003005)        $25.00
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SETTLE, Mary Lee. O BEULAH LAND. New York: The Viking Press, 1956. First 
Edition. Attractive copy of her third book, a novel about the French & 
Indian War. Slight bumping to upper corners. Near Fine in a Near Fine 
dustwrapper. (#007582)        $45.00
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SIMPSON, Mona. ANYWHERE BUT HERE. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First 
Edition. First book by Steve Jobs's sister, with blurbs by Walker Percy, 
Louise Erdrich, John Ashbery, and others. Basis for the film starring 
Susan Sarandon. Near Fine in a Near Fine, price-clipped dustwrapper. 
(#002093)        $25.00
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Price reduced:     Was $125,      Now $35

SMITH, Charlie. CANAAN. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1984). First 
Edition. Acclaimed Southern author's first book. Without the usual 
remainder mark. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. (#002778)        $35.00
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UPDIKE, John. THE MUSIC SCHOOL. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. First 
Edition. Second issue with pages 45-46 a cancel, the first issue rather 
uncommon. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with a repaired chip at 
the head of the spine. (#000986)        $45.00
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WILLIAMS, John A. THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM. Boston: Little, Brown & 
Company, (1967). First Edition. Through the main character, Max, "we are 
witnesses to nearly thirty years of recent American history as the Negro 
sees it -- bottom side up." Very Good in a Very Good, edgeworn 
dustwrapper with a dime-sized loss of color to the spine from the 
removal of a sticker. (#004179)        $25.00
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WOLFF, Tobias. THE BARRACKS THIEF. New York: Ecco Press, (1984). First 
Edition. Wolff's second novel, a story about men waiting to be shipped 
to Vietnam, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award. Review Copy with 
publisher's slip laid in with a "5/4/84" ink date written on it. Very 
faint foxing to the fore-edge of the bulked text and pastedowns and 
endpapers with more pronounced foxing to the inside of the dustwrapper 
not affecting at all its appearance. About Fine in a close to Fine 
dustwrapper. (#010477)        $75.00

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