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Americana. Signed Books: Paretsky (Sara), Killing Orders, ffep signed by the author, first UK edition, London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1986, original publisher's dustjacket, light creases, spine slightly faded, some stable tears to verso, red cloth boards, 8vo; crime fiction: Ellroy (James), American Tabloid, ffep signed by the author, first UK edition, London: Century, 1995, pictorial dustjacket, black cloth, 8vo; idem, The Black Dahlia, signed and dedicated, Arrow, 1993, pb, 8vo; Mason (Bobbie Ann), In Country, signed and dedicated title-page, first edition thus, New York: Harper & Row, 1986, paperback, 8vo; Updike (John), Recent Poems 1986-1990, signed, first edition thus, limited edition copy no. 246/350, Helsinki: Eurographica, June 1990, original wrappers, uncut, 8vo; Ford (Richard), Independence Day, signed and dedicated by the author, first UK edition, Harvill, 1995, dj, hb, 8vo; another signed Richard Ford novel; Larry Brown's Dirty Work, dj, hb, 8vo; Sheila Bosworth's Slow Poison, dj, hb, 8vo; other authors, all signed, including Don DeLillo John Irving, Hilton Obenzinger, Barry Hannah, Andre Dubus, Kevin McDermott, Robert Kroetsch, Walter Mosley, Sara Paretsky, etc., (29)
Provenance: Peter Messent, Emeritus Professor of Modern American Literature and former Head of the School of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Nottingham.
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