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Making of Charles Dickens, The: An absorbing Study of a Complex and Striking Character During the Years of His Major Creative Development by: Hibbert, Christopher, Illust. by: George Cruikshank

Hardcover. New York, Harper Row Publishers, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 321 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout, including those by George Cruikshank from several of Dickens' novels. Dust jacket price clipped. Covers bound in teal, gilt title on spine, covers slightly faded along top edge (shelf wear). Dust jacket in decent shape, clean inside. Record # 30791
Price: $12.00 

Mary Berenson: A Self-Portrait from Her Letters and Diaries by: Strachey, Barbara
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Mary Berenson: A Self-Portrait from Her Letters and Diaries by: Strachey, Barbara

Hardcover. US, WW Norton & Co, 1st, 1984-08-29, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 319 pages. Light edgewear and sun-fade to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462864
Price: $12.00 

Matthew Josephson Bourgeois Bohemian by: Shi, David E.
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Matthew Josephson Bourgeois Bohemian by: Shi, David E.

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 314 pages. Orange cloth, gilt, spine faded. Dust jacket price clipped. 24 pages of b&w photographs. Record # 512579
Price: $12.00 

Memories Grave and Gay by: Hall, Florence Howe
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Memories Grave and Gay by: Hall, Florence Howe

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Bros, 1st, 1918, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Previous owner's bookplate, related newspaper clippings from 1920-1930 pasted to rear endpapers. Very bright copy with only light wear. Collection of personal essays and anecdotes by a writer and philanthropist who lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Record # 177909
Price: $40.00 

Mind and Art of Henry Miller, The by: Gordon, William A.
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Mind and Art of Henry Miller, The by: Gordon, William A.

Hardcover. LA, Louisiana State University Press , 1st, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 232 pages. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 857093
Price: $12.00 

My Stephen Crane by: Linson, Corwin K.
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My Stephen Crane by: Linson, Corwin K.

Hardcover. Syracuse, Syracuse University Press , 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 115 pages, hardcover, b&w illustrations. Light wear to dust jacket edges, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 602640
Price: $12.00 

Nathaniel Hawthorne - The American Years by: Cantwell, Robert
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Nathaniel Hawthorne - The American Years by: Cantwell, Robert

Hardcover. NY, Rinehart & Co., 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, light browning, residue to front end paper, otherwise VG Record # 53140
Price: $12.00 

No Gifts from Chance: A Biography of Edith Wharton by: No Author
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No Gifts from Chance: A Biography of Edith Wharton by: No Author

Hardcover. New York, Scribner Book Company, 1st, 1994, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 546 pages. Light wear/rubbing to dust jacket else a nice, bright copy. Record # 454430
Price: $12.00 

No Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann O'Brien by: Cronin, Anthony

No Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann O'Brien by: Cronin, Anthony

Hardcover. London, U.K., Grafton Books, Reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 260 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, blue cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in halfway through with some B&W photography. This book is a biography which presents the life and career of the Irish novelist O'Nolan, including his childhood, his days as a newspaper columnist, his marriage, and his final days. It is rich in background, anecdote, and social history, informing the reader not only about O'Nolan, but also about the country of Ireland in which his lot was cast. Clean copy. Record # 34324
Price: $12.00 

Nobody Told Me by: Geringer, Ken
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Nobody Told Me by: Geringer, Ken

Hardcover. New York, Hipway Book, Reprint, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 260 pages. Very good pictorial dust jacket. Record # 804288
Price: $12.00 

North of Now by: Wetherell, W.D.
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North of Now by: Wetherell, W.D.

Hardcover. New York, The Lyons Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 264 pages. Half cloth boards. Clean, tight copy. Record # 511830
Price: $12.00 

Not I, But The Wind by: Lawrence, Frieda

Not I, But The Wind by: Lawrence, Frieda

Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 3rd print, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 297 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in rough condition, with multiple open tears particularly along the top and bottom. Cloth covers are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. Deckled edge. This book will put the great D.H. Lawrence in perspective; it is one of the most vivid portraits of the writer, as written by his wife. Clean copy. Record # 33747
Price: $18.00 

Orientalist, The : Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life by: Reiss, Tom
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Orientalist, The : Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life by: Reiss, Tom

Hardcover. US, Random House, 1st, 2005-02-15, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 433 pages, b&w photos. Previous owner's stamp on end papers. Clean, tight copy. Record # 464280
Price: $12.00 

Patrick White: A Life by: Marr, David
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Patrick White: A Life by: Marr, David

Hardcover. US, Knopf, 1st US, 1992-02-11, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 727 pagers, b&w photos. Faint foxing to top edge, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 463793
Price: $12.00 

Pauses : autobiographical reflections of 101 creators of children's books by: Hopkins, Lee Bennett
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Pauses : autobiographical reflections of 101 creators of children's books by: Hopkins, Lee Bennett

Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 233 pages. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 460632
Price: $12.00 

Presenting Robert Cormier: From I am the Cheese to Beyond the Chocolate War--Insights into the Life and Work of a Leading Novelist for Young Adults. by: Campbell, Patricia J.

Presenting Robert Cormier: From I am the Cheese to Beyond the Chocolate War--Insights into the Life and Work of a Leading Novelist for Young Adults. by: Campbell, Patricia J.

Hardcover. Boston, Twayne Publishers, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 152 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket price clipped, in good shape, slightly yellow with age and wrapped in protective brodart. Super clean and bright inside. In excellent condition. Record # 30803
Price: $12.00 

Pushkin by: Feinstein, Elaine
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Pushkin by: Feinstein, Elaine

Hardcover. US, Ecco Press, 1st, 1999-05-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 309 pages, b&w illustrations. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Record # 463085
Price: $12.00 

Recollections of Virginia Woolf by: Noble, Joan Russell
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Recollections of Virginia Woolf by: Noble, Joan Russell

Hardcover. US, W. Morrow, 1st, 1972-01-01, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 207 pages. Hardcover. Clean copy, with faded cloth covers on top edge, gilt lettering. Light wear and small tears on top spine to dust jacket. Record # 466771
Price: $12.00 

Richard Harding Davis Years, The - A Biography of as Mother and Son by: Langford, Gerald
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Richard Harding Davis Years, The - A Biography of as Mother and Son by: Langford, Gerald

Hardcover. NY, Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Dj with edgewear, chipping. black & white photos Record # 55465
Price: $12.00 

Ring Lardner by: Elder, Donald
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Ring Lardner by: Elder, Donald

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st , 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & whiote photos on end papers Record # 55233
Price: $12.00 

Robertson Davies Discoveries : Early Letters 1938-1975 by: Davies, Robertson
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Robertson Davies Discoveries : Early Letters 1938-1975 by: Davies, Robertson

Hardcover. US, McClelland & Stewart, 1st, 2002-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 413 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 463546
Price: $12.00 

Romancing: The Life and Work of Henry Green by: Treglown, Jeremy
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Romancing: The Life and Work of Henry Green by: Treglown, Jeremy

Hardcover. US, Random House, 1st US, 2001-03-20, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 331 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 463719
Price: $12.00 

Roommates: My Grandfather's Story by: Apple, Max
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Roommates: My Grandfather's Story by: Apple, Max

Hardcover. US, Warner Books, 1st, 1994-06-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 210 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462508
Price: $12.00 

Rudyard Kipling: A Life by: Ricketts, Harry
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Rudyard Kipling: A Life by: Ricketts, Harry

Hardcover. Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1st thus, March 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 434 pages, B&w illustrations. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 457285
Price: $12.00 


  
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