current/upcoming SIGNED BOOKS

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Dear Booksmith customers and book collectors,

Here are some signed first editions for which we are soliciting
orders. Each is an autographed first American edition book in new
condition. Please let us know if you are interested in ordering. Email
us at re...@booksmith.com or telephone us to place an order. Our phone
number is 415-863-8688.

"The Dark Passage" by Kevin Johnson (signed hardback 1st edition,
$90.00) AVAILABLE NOW
--- this is something very special, a lavishly produced, oversized,
full color guide to the books that inspired American Film Noir
(1940-1949) - each corresponding book is illustrated with a full color
reproduction of the book in dust jacket: this sumptuous title, of
which only a limited number were printed, is the perfect reference
work / coffee table book for any devotee of film noir or film
literature

"Brass Diva: The Life and Legends of Ethel Merman" by Caryl Flinn
(signed hardback 1st edition, $34.95) AVAILABLE MARCH
--- new, comprehensive biography of the Broadway legend

"Riding Toward Everywhere" by William T. Vollmann (signed hardback 1st
edition, $26.95) AVAILABLE FEBRUARY
--- a great new Vollmann book about being a hobo and freedom by the
National Book Award winning author of "Europe Central"

"Wallace Stegner and the American West" by Philip Fradkin (signed
hardback 1st edition, $27.50) AVAILABLE FEBRUARY
--- big new biography of the great Western writer by a Pulitzer Prize
winning journalist and author

FICTION TITLES

"Beautiful Children" by Charles Bock (signed hardback 1st edition,
$25.00) AVAILABLE FEBRUARY
--- did you see the big profile in last Sunday's New York Times
magazine - or the big review in this Sunday's New York Times? this
will be one of the hot fiction titles of the season

"The Soul Thief " by Charles Baxter (signed hardback 1st edition,
$20.00) AVAILABLE FEBRUARY
--- the new novel from the acclaimed author of "The Feast of Love"

"The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears" by Dinaw Mengestu (signed
hardback 1st edition, $26.95) AVAILABLE FEBRUARY
--- "This first novel, by an Ethiopian-American, sings of the
immigrant experience, an old American story that people renew every
generation, but it sings in an existential key...His straightforward
language and his low-key voice combine to make a compelling narrative,
one that loops back in time yet seems to move forward with an even
pace. " - Alan Cheuse