[Rarebooks] FS: Modern Firsts, some Signed, all with prices reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced to $150 NET

CRUMLEY, James. ONE TO COUNT CADENCE. New York: Random House, (1969). 
First Edition. Attractive copy of Crumley's first book about GIs in the 
Philippines waiting to be shipped to Vietnam. Fine in a Near Fine 
dustwrapper with minor wear to the spine tips and a short closed tear to 
the rear panel. (#001354)        $350.00
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Price reduced to $90 NET

McCOURT, Frank. ANGELA'S ASHES. A MEMOIR. (New York): Scribners, (1996). 
First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. A moving Pulitzer Prize-winning 
autobiography by this Irish-born New York City teacher. Made into a fine 
film. Three pages toward the center with a tiny tear at the base near 
the gutter, hardly noticeable. About Fine in a Fine First Issue 
dustwrapper. (#012516)      $150.00

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Price reduced to $90 NET

STONE, Robert. DOG SOLDIERS. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974. 
First Edition. His second book, winner of the National Book Award and 
basis for the film WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN, starring Nick Nolte and Tuesday 
Weld. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Near Fine in a near Fine 
dustwrapper with minor wear. (#005828)        $150.00

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Price reduced to $35 NET

UPDIKE, John. TOWARD THE END OF TIME. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. 
First Edition. Uncorected Proof in printed blue wraps. Slightly cocked. 
Fine. (#008198)        $100.00

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Price reduced to $70 NET

UPDIKE, John. TOWARD THE END OF TIME. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin 
Library, 1997. First Edition. True First Edition limited to 1400 copies 
with a three-page introduction by Updike not in the trade edition and 
SIGNED by the author. As new, still in shrinkwrap. (#009263)        $125.00

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