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Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway
Based on real events and acquaintances of Hemingway, Sun Also Rises is about American and English expats in Pamplona.
Leaves Of Grass
by Walt Whitman
Leaves of Grass (1855) is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman. Among the poems in the collection are "Song of Myself," "I Sing the Body Electric," "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking," and in later editions, Whitman's elegy to the assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd. " Whitman spent his entire life writing Leaves of Grass, revising it in several editions until his death. The first edition published in 1855 contained 12 poems on 95 pages....
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Of Human Bondage
by W Somerset Maugham
Of Human Bondage is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. It is generally agreed to be his masterpiece and to be strongly autobiographical in nature, although Maugham stated, "This is a novel, not an autobiography, though much in it is autobiographical, more is pure invention. " Maugham, who had originally planned to call his novel Beauty from Ashes, finally settled on a title taken from Spinoza's Ethics
Brave New World
by Huxley Aldous
Brave New World is a novel by Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932. Set in the London of AD 2540 (632 A.F. in the book), the novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology and sleep-learning that combine to change society. The future society is an embodiment of the ideals that form the basis of futurism. Huxley answered this book with a reassessment in an essay, Brave New World Revisited (1958), and with his final work, a novel titled Island (1962), both summarized below. In...
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Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
Little Women (or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy) is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Written and set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts, it was published in two parts in 1868 and 1869. The novel follows the lives of four sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March—on their way into adulthood while their father serves as a chaplain in the American Civil War. Although it is not based on a true story, it is loosely inspired by the author's childhood...
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Cheever
by Blake Bailey
From the acclaimed author of A Tragic Honesty: The Life and Work of Richard Yates comes the unforgettable life of John Cheever (1912--1982), a man who spent much of his career impersonating a perfect suburban gentleman, the better to become one of the foremost chroniclers of postwar America. "I was born into no true class," Cheever mused in his journal, "and it was my decision, early in life, to insinuate myself into the middle class, like a spy, so that I would have an advantageous position of attack,...
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The Rise Of Silas Lapham
by William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells was born in Martins Ferry, Ohio, on March 1, 1837. His father was a printer and newspaperman, and the family moved from town to town. Howells went to school where he could. As a boy he began learning the printer’s skill. By the time he was in his teens he was setting type for his own verse. Between 1856 and 1861 he worked as a reporter for the Ohio State Journal. About this time his poems began to appear in the Atlantic Monthly. His campaign biography of Abraham Lincoln,...
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Till We Have Faces
by C S Lewis
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold is a 1956 parallel novel by C. S. Lewis. It is a retelling of the Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche, which had haunted Lewis all his life, and which is itself based on a chapter of The Golden Ass of Apuleius. The first part of the book is written from the perspective of Psyche's older sister Orual, and is constructed as a long-withheld accusation against the gods.
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The Proud Highway; Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman 1955-1967
by Thompson, Hunter S
New York: Villard (1997), 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/very near Fine. Large 8vo. [10], xii-xxxii, [5], 4-683, [3] pp. Quarter black paper over grey paper boards with red lettering on the spine, red endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $29.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Illustrated with several black and white photographs. Foreword by William J. Kennedy, edited by Douglas Brinkley. The Fear and Loathing Letters, Volume 1. A beautiful example of this collection of Thompson's early...
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€62.38
Gairm : Spring 1956 - No 15
by MacThomais, Ruaraidh (editor)
Glasgow, Scotland: Gairm Publications, 1956. Name on front cover. Light creasing to front cover. Clean tight pages with slightly dusty boards and page edges and no bumping to corners. 96pp. Gaelic magazine from a series which have features on literature, history, fashion, nature, music, politics, transport and travel etc. Most of text in Scottish Gaelic.. Soft Cover. Good. 8.5 x 5.5 inches.
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€13.01
The Letters of John Cheever
by Benjamin Cheever
New York: Simon and Schuster 1988. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 0671687441 397 pages, photo-illustrated, index. Remainder mark and light reader crease to the spine. clph
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€9.45
Holmes' Works (Spine Title, 10 volumes, with a charming contemporary holograph letter and illustrated card laid in). Including The Autocrat, Professor, Poet at the Breakfast Table; Medical Essays; One Hundred Days in Europe; Moral Antipathy; Poems; Essays
by HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Good. 1889. Hardcover. 8vo; half brown polished calf and marbled paper over boards; spines lettered & decorated in gilt; Autocrat & Poetical Works with engraved portrait frontis; Poet at the Breakfast Table, with engraved frontis; Poet title and text has Professor on spine, thus Professor has Poet on spine - bound to confuse!? Mortal Antipathy dated 1887; Poetical Works, no date. So a mixed up grouping in uniform bindings, with rubbing at spine ends and edges; top...
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€94.52
Thousand Years of Spiritual Poetry : The Landscapes of the Soul
by Pagett. Fiona (editor)
London: The Chaucer Press, 2003. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with a little light creasing to edges. A scarce book. 157pp. A beautifully illustrated volume with verse revealing a rich inner life which will find echoes in many readers. Many poems express the poet's closeness to nature, often seen as a manifestation of the divine. . First Edition. Hard Cover. As...
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€8.87
Favorite Poems
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co., 1909. Hardcover. Fair. Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co., 1909. Fair. Book Condition: Fair. No Jacket. A rare volume. Exterior moisture damage, scuffs, soils and edge wear; some markings. Inscription to Po owner dated 1909. 312 pages.
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€12.24
Crossing Open Ground
by Lopez, Barry
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons [1988], 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [14], 208, [2] pp. Quarter grey cloth over blue paper boards with copper lettering on the spine. Price of $17.95 on front flap of jacket. A Near Fine book with the rear board slightly bowed; jacket shows minor toning to the flaps.
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€26.47
The Private Press Ventures of Samuel Lloyd Osbourne and R. L. S. With facsimiles of their publications.
by Hart, James D
(San Francisco): The Book Club of California. Fine. 1966. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 500 copies printed by Alfred & Lawton Kennedy. 49pp.; 4to; tan cloth, spine lettered in gilt; 9 facsimiles in rear pocket. Publisher's printed announcement laid in. Typographic and literary history regarding Osbournes printing efforts and the influence of his father-in-law, Robert Louis Stevenson. .
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€33.08
Dissertations by Mr. Dooley
by [Dunne, Finley Peter]
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine. 8vo. [6], 3-312, [2] pp. Green cloth with gold lettering and decorations in blind on the front board and spine, three gold owls on the front board. With the publisher's device on the title page. Caxton Club, Chicago by the Book #20. Finley Peter Dunne was a famous Irish-American journalist and satirist. Mr. Dooley (an Irish-American citizen), was his persona that he used in his writings to criticize national and...
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€51.99
The Dog's Not Laughing: Poems 1966-98 (Redbeck Poetry) (Signed By Author)
by Jim Greenhalf
Bradford: Redbeck Press, 1999. Signed by Author on dedication page, also an inscription on same page. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. Slight creasing to covers, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, two small stains to page fore-edges and no bumping to corners. 212pp. These poems reveal the range and diversity of the author's work over the years 1966 to 1998.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8.5 x 5.25 inches.
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€8.87
Mark Twain-Howells Letters; The Correspondence of Samuel L. Clemens and William D. Howells 1872 - 1910
by Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens); Howells, William D
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 2 vol. 8vo. [8], ix-xxv, [3], 3-454; [8], 455-948, [2] pp. Black cloth with white and gold lettering on the spine. Light brown endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $20.00 on the front flaps of the dust jackets. Volume one illustrated with a frontispiece and with four plates and a full-page illustration; volume two illustrated with seven plates. The illustrations contain facsimiles...
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€155.96
The Gaskell Society Journal : 2016 Volume 30
by Styler, Dr Rebecca (editor)
London: The Gaskell Society, 2016. No marks or inscriptions. Slight creasing to upper edge of rear cover, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 109pp. Articles, reviews, notes and reports on all aspects of the 19th century writer Elizabeth Gaskell.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8.25 x 5.75 inches.
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€5.91
Book and Magazine Collector : No 182 May 1999
by Crispin Jackson (editor)
London: Diamond Publishing Group Ltd, 1999. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight traces of storage and minor bumping to upper corner. 163pp. This issue includes Edgar Wallace, King Arthur in fiction and poetry, Honore de Balzac, Thomas Mann, Helen Cresswell interview, British bird books, Comics auction prices and index, letters and classified... Soft Cover. Very Good. 8.25 x 6 inches.
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€5.85
THIRTY BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN SHORT STORIES
by Editors: Getto, G.; Enriques, A.; Clough, R. Trillo
Bologna, Italy: Nicola Zanichelli Editore. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1959. ........ Hardcover. In Italian, except for title and forward. See photos for more detail. . 8vo., 147, Spine faded, corners bumped, otherwise good. .
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€33.08
The Best of Abbie Hoffman
by Hoffman, Abbie
New York: Four Walls Eight Windows (1989), 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [3], iv-xiii, [3], 3-421, [1] pp. Black paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $21.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with several in-text and full-page black and white photographs. Foreword by Norman Mailer. Edited by Daniel Simon and Abbie Hoffman. A collection of Hoffman's works, an important body of work from one of America's counterculture icons. A very...
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€36.86
Book and Magazine Collector : No 165 December 1997
by Crispin Jackson (editor)
London: Diamond Publishing Group Ltd, 1997. No marks or inscriptions . No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 163p. This issue includes GA Henty auction report, Colin Dexter - Inspector Morse books, Rumer Godden, Thomas Hood - Victorian poet, AL Rowse, Simon Raven, Dandy Diamond Jubilee, index and letters and classified... Soft Cover. Fine. 8.25 x 6 inches.
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€5.85
Gairm : Winter 1954 - No 10
by MacThomais, Ruaraidh (editor)
Glasgow, Scotland: Gairm Publications, 1954. Number '1' on front cover and translation notes on one pages of Gaelic language course. Small crease to lower corners of covers. Clean tight pages with clean boards and slight tanning to page edges. 96pp. Gaelic magazine from a series which have features on literature, history, fashion, nature, music, politics, transport and travel etc. Most of text in Scottish Gaelic.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8.5 x 5.5 inches.
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€15.37
Book and Magazine Collector : No 58 January 1989
by John Dean (editor)
London: Diamond Publishing Group Ltd, 1989. A very small number of classified section listings highlighted in very pale yellow. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with slighly tanned pages and no bumping to corners. 131pp. This issue includes the early novels of W Somerset Maugham, 'Chums' Boys Paper, Colin Wilson, Roald Dahl children's books, Victorian and Edwardian paperbacks, HV Morton travel books and Arthur Rackham.. Soft...
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€5.85
A Certain Climate; Essays in History, Arts, and Letters
by Horgan, Paul
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [14], 4-257, [3] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Tan endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $16.95 on front flap of dust jacket.
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€20.79
Mrs Gaskell's Observation and Invention : A Study of Her Non-Biographic Works
by Sharps, John Geoffrey
Fontwell, Sussex: Linden Press, 1970. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not torn or creased with name/date to front end flap and minor traces of storage. A very detailed study of all of Elizabeth Gaskell's writings apart from 'The Life of Charlotte Bronte', examining the close relation between her life and works and showing how heavily she drew on her observation of places and people.....
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€28.38
Staying on Alone; Letters of Alice B. Toklas
by Toklas, Alice B
New York: Liveright [1973], 1973. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo. (4), v-xxii, [2], 3-426 pp. Purple cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $11.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with several black and white photographs with some facsimiles of the letters of Toklas. Edited by Edward Burns. With an introduction by Gilbert A. Harrison. A collection of letters written by Toklas during the twenty years after Gertrude Stein's death. Toklas writes in detail...
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€51.99
Book and Magazine Collector : No 64 July 1989
by John Dean (editor)
London: Diamond Publishing Group Ltd, 1989. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with slighly tanned pages and no bumping to corners. 147pp. This issue includes CS Forester, Antonia White, the Plantagenet Kings, Ted Hughes, VS Naipaul, George Orwell, Mark Twain, LTC Rolt, London Book Fairs and early golf books.. Soft Cover. Very Good (+). 8.25 x 6 inches.
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€5.85
The Meaning of It All; Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist
by Feynman, Richard P
Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley (1998), 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [13], 4-133, [1] pp. Grey paper-covered boards quarter-bound in navy cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $22.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A tiny spot of discoloration to the jacket's reverse, else Fine.
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€41.59
Folio - The Quarterly Magazine For The Folio Society : Winter 1997/98
by The Editor
London: Folio Society, 1997. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight booklet with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 32pp. With articles by well-known writers on Making fiction of history, Towering Inferno, Collector's Piece and Ace Morality... Soft Cover. Fine. 8.25 x 5.75 inches.
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€4.73
Yvor Winters, Janet Lewis & their Friends, Serendipity Books Catalogue 41.
by [Yvor Winters, Janet Lewis] Peter B. Howard
(Berkeley): Serendipity Books no date. Near Fine. Softcover. 976 items representing 76 authors catalogued; 8vo; cream wrappers. Faint abrasion to spine, with a light tanning mark at the very foot. .
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€14.18
