1977. Good. Lengthy personal inscription. Dust jacket edge show light wear with creases and few small tears. A black comedy slash parody of hard-boiled detective fiction, Dreaming of Babylon is Brautigan s only private eye novel. Set in San Francisco in 1942, no less.
1976. Good. No markings. Dust jacket shows light wear with few small tears. Sensational, moody and macabre, Daphne du Maurier was a female novelist in uncharted waters. From her famous Rebecca to her short stories, her writing made waves.
2011. Very Good. No markings. Author of The Omnivore s Dilemma, Michael Pollan is a respected and well-loved expert on eating wisely. In fact, spanning diets and cultures, this is his handbook.
1971. Good. No markings. Dust jacket edge has light chipping. The vice president of the Advisory Council for Minority Enterprise during the 37th administration, co-author Berkeley Burrell made advising Black businesses his life s work.
1978. Good. No markings. Dust jacket shows light wear with few dings. Readers of this famed Colombian novelist might recognize innocent Erendira and her heartless grandmother, characters who first appeared in One Hundred Years of Solitude.
1980. Good. No markings. Dust jacket shows light wear. A famous columnist at (you guessed it!) the Los Angeles Times, Jack Smith s name appeared in the paper daily for 37 years, right next to his fond and witty observations about Southern California.