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Flaws in the Glass - A Self-Portrait


White, Patrick

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st US, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 56363


Price: $18.00 

 

Fool of the Family a Life of J.M. Synge


MCCORMACK, W.J.

Hardcover. US, WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON, 1st, 2000-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 499 pages. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 464815


Price: $13.00 

 

For the Time Being


Dillard, Annie

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor shelfwear. Slight yellowing to dust jacket inside flaps. Small folds to some page corners, used as bookmarks. Otherwise tight copy.

Record # 471131


Price: $19.00 

 

Four Worthies: John Chamberlain, Anne Clifford, John Taylor, Oliver Heywood (SIGNED)


Notestein, Wallace

Hardcover. New Haven CONNECTICUT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 248 pages, black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. INSCRIBED BY NOTESTEIN on front fly leaf. In a lightly worn, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 404702


Price: $18.00 

 

Franz Kafka: Representative Man


Karl, Frederick

Hardcover. US, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1991-11-12, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 810 pages, b&w photos. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 464191


Price: $15.00 

 

From Sea to Sea: Letters of Travel: Parts 1 & 2: The Works of Rudyard Kipling, (Volumes 15 & 16)


Kipling, Rudyard

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, Reprint, 1899, Book: Very Good, Vol 15 (Part 1): 494 pages. 3 b/w plates with tissue guards. Vol 16 (Part 2): 553 pages. 3 b/w plates with tissue guards. Hardcovers. Deckled untrimmed edges. Early editions in the Scribner's series, bound in publisher's brown cloth with gilt decoration and elephant and swastika sign (Kipling's trademark) on the front cover and title page, top edge gilt. Just a touch of age wear to spine and cover boards, fading, soil, chipping. Bindings tight. Lovely, clean copies from this collection.

Record # 31474


Price: $25.00 

 

Gandhi, Soldier of Nonviolence: an Introduction


Kytle, Calvin

Hardcover. Washington, DC, Seven Locks Press, reprint, 1982, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 203 pages. Inscribed by author on front fly leaf. Foxing to edges. Crease on front flap of dust jacket. "Autographed Copy" sticker on front of dust jacket. Otherwise, tight clean copy.

Record # 855717


Price: $25.00 

 

Genet - A Biography


White, Edmund

Hardcover. New York, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, First Edition, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 728 pages. Hardcover. Canvas cloth boards with silver titles. Bright dust jacket with illustration in black & white and only marginal wear to edges. Black & white illustrations, tight binding, clean, unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 751359


Price: $25.00 

 

Genius in Disguise:: Harold Ross of The New Yorker


Kunkel, Thomas

Hardcover. New York, 1st, March 7, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 497 pages, b&w illustrations. Light edge wear to dust jacket. Light foxing to top edge. Else very good.

Record # 452250


Price: $10.00 

 

George Eliot - Voice of a Century


Karl, Frederick R.

Hardcover. NY, Norton, 1st US, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Several pages with corner fold otherwise

Record # 54062


Price: $18.00 

 

George Eliot: The Emergent Self


Redinger, Ruby

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf , 1st, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 515 pages and index. Burgundy cloth cover, "RVR" embossed on cover, title and author gilt on spine. Corners bumped. Purple decorative stain on top edge. Dust jacket has significant edgewear, rubbing.

Record # 401615


Price: $12.00 

George, Being George: George Plimpton's Life as Told, Admired, Deplored, and Envied by 200 Friends, Relatives, Lovers, Acquaintances, Rivals - and a Few Unappreciative Observers.Aldrich, Jr., Nelson W.
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George, Being George: George Plimpton's Life as Told, Admired, Deplored, and Envied by 200 Friends, Relatives, Lovers, Acquaintances, Rivals - and a Few Unappreciative Observers.


Aldrich, Jr., Nelson W.

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 423 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket with only minor wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 750092


Price: $15.00 

 

Georgie and Elsa: Jorge Luis Borges and His Wife, The Untold Story


Di Giovanni, Norman Thomas

Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins, 1st edition, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 259 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Cover boards bound in dark green cloth, gilt title on spine. Binding tight. Spine straight. Pages clean and bright. Like new, looks barely read. Based on an extensive collection of original material in the form of diaries, notebooks, letters, manuscripts, and photographs, most of which have never before been seen, Georgie & Elsa provides a unique insight into one of the few true geniuses of literature.

Record # 32318


Price: $23.00 

 

Get Dutch! A Biography Of Elmore Leonard


Challen, Paul

Softcover. Toronto, CN, ECW, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illustrations. Paperback with 182 pages.

Record # 203232


Price: $15.00 

 

Gift Imprisoned, A - The Poetic Life of Matthew Arnold


Hamilton, Ian

Hardcover. NY, Basic Books, 1st US, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 101197


Price: $20.00 

 

Graham Greene - An Intimate Portrait by His Clost Friend & Confidant


Duran, Leopoldo

Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, 1st, 1995, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Black & white photos

Record # 52932


Price: $18.00 

 

Graham Greene - An Intimate Portrait by His Clost Friend & Confidant


Duran, Leopoldo

Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, 1st, 1995, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Black & white photos

Record # 52931


Price: $18.00 

Graham Greene: An Intimate Portrait by His Closest Friend and ConfidantDuran, Leopoldo
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Graham Greene: An Intimate Portrait by His Closest Friend and Confidant


Duran, Leopoldo

Hardcover. 1st, April 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 352 pages, b&w photographs. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 451627


Price: $12.00 

Graham Greene: An Intimate Portrait by His Closest Friend and ConfidantDuran, Leopoldo
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Graham Greene: An Intimate Portrait by His Closest Friend and Confidant


Duran, Leopoldo

Hardcover. 1st, April 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 352 pages, b&w photographs. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 451626


Price: $12.00 

 

Granite Monthly, A New Hampshire Magazine, Volume IX


n/a

Hardcover. Concord, New Hampshire, John N. McClintock , 1st, 1886, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 370 pages, with illustrations. A magazine devoted to Literature, Biography, History, and State Progress. Copyright page missing from this volume, light damage to front endpaper, minor corner bump and edge wear, otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Record # 853715


Price: $30.00 

 

Granite Monthly, A New Hampshire Magazine, Volume Six


n/a

Hardcover. Concord, New Hampshire, John N. McClintock , 1st, 1883, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 386 pages, with illustrations. A magazine devoted to Literature, Biography, History, and State Progress. Minor foxing throughout, light damage to front endpaper, minor corner bump and edge wear, otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Record # 853716


Price: $30.00 

 

Granite Monthly, The : A New Hampshire Magazine, Devoted to History, Biography, Literature and State Progress. Vol 38. New Series Vol 1


N/A

Hardcover. Concord, NH, Granite Monthly Co., 1st, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 592 pages. Black cloth covers, gilt titles to spine. B&W photographs and illustrations. Spine slightly faded. Otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Record # 809706


Price: $20.00 

 

Granite Monthly, The : A New Hampshire Magazine, Devoted to History, Biography, Literature and State Progress. Vol 6.


N/A

Hardcover. Concord, NH, Granite Monthly Co., 1st, 1883, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 386 pages. Black cloth covers with embossed design, gilt titles to spine. B&W illustrations. Ex-lib embossed stamp. Spine slightly faded with chunk missing from top. Several pages loose, and hinges cracked. Otherwise, clean copy.

Record # 809707


Price: $20.00 

 

H. L. Mencken and the Debunkers (SIGNED)


Martin, Edward A.

Hardcover. Athens, GA, University of Geoorgia Press , 2nd printing, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 251 pages. Neatly SIGNED BY MARTIN on title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 854845


Price: $20.00 


  
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