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Book #30337] WORDS THAT MUST SOMEHOW BE SAID. Kay Boyle, Elizabeth S. Bell

WORDS THAT MUST SOMEHOW BE SAID Selected Essays

Boyle, Kay; Bell, Elizabeth S. (editor).

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1985. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Edited with an Introduction by Elizabeth S. Bell. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by Boyle to a local theater critic..... #30337

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HOMILIES AND RECREATIONS.

Buchan, John.

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1926]. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Copy #6 of 200 numbered copies signed by Buchan. Essays and addresses by the great English writer also known as..... #27695

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Book #50821] THE ADDING MACHINE. William S. Burroughs

THE ADDING MACHINE Selected Essays

Burroughs, William S.

New York: Seaver Books, 1986. First American Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Selected Essays. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by Burroughs on the title page. 8vo cloth & boards. #50821

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Book #30459] CALL IF YOU NEED ME. The Uncollected Fiction & Prose. Ray Carver

CALL IF YOU NEED ME. The Uncollected Fiction & Prose (With Bookplate Signed by Tess Gallagher)

Carver, Ray.

London: Harvill Press, 2000. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Edited by William L. Stull. Loosely laid in is a bookplate SIGNED by poet Tess Gallagher, who wrote the foreword..... #30459

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POPS.

Chabon, Michael.

New York: Harper, 2018. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Collection of essays about fatherhood. SIGNED by Chabon on specially bound-in page by the publisher. 8vo cloth. #28734

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Book #50771] JOSEPH CONRAD. Joseph Conrad, Wilson Follett

JOSEPH CONRAD A short study of his intellectual and emotional attitude toward his work and of the chief characteristics of his novels

(Conrad, Joseph) Follett, Wilson.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co. (Privately Printed By), 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo paper covered boards with label on front cover and spine. #50771

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AT SEA WITH JOSEPH CONRAD.

(Conrad, Joseph) Sutherland, Captain J. G., R.N.R.

London: Grant Richards, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated Limited first edition, one of 1250 unsigned copies. Illustrations, including a nice photo of Conrad as frontispiece. 8vo cloth. Fine uncut copy..... #27837

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PERSPECTIVES IN PERSONALITY THEORY.

David, Henry P. & von Bracken, Helmut (eds.).

London: Tavistock Publications Limited, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Important survey of current trends by then-leading psychologists including Gordon W. Allport (more or less the founder of modern personality theory); Harold..... #26585

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SELECTED ESSAYS 1917-1932.

Eliot, T.S.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1932. Signed Limited First Edition. Hardcover. One of 115 copies numbered and signed by Eliot, of which this is copy #53. 8vo, full blue vellum..... #50807

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Book #10361] ONE KIND OF ANARCHY/TWO PEDAGOGICAL POEMS. George Garrett

ONE KIND OF ANARCHY/TWO PEDAGOGICAL POEMS. An Essay (Signed)

Garrett, George.

College English, 1963. First Edition. Softcover. Offprint from College English, December, 1963. Signed by Garrett front cover. A scarce early separate item. Wright A13. Original stapled wrappers. #10361

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WOLFERT'S ROOST AND OTHER PAPERS, NOW FIRST COLLECTED.

Irving, Washington.

New York: G. P. Putnam, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, green cloth, gilt, First Printing, with publisher's Address "12 Park Place" on title page. BAL 10188. #28521

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Book #20400] 'Language in Operation'. Roman Jakobson

'Language in Operation'. An Essay. Lingua 21

Jakobson, Roman.

Paris: Hermann, [1964]. First Separate Edition. Softcover. Offprint ('Extrait de") of an article which appeared in this important collection of miscellany (pp 269-281). An essay which draws heavily on Edgar..... #20400

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SALMAGUNDI: FALL 1971 NO. 17.

Jarrell, Randall; Nemerov, Howard; Boyers, Robert (editor);.

Saratoga Springs, NY: Skidmore College, 1971. First Edition. Softcover. A Quarterly of the Humanities & Social Sciences. Interesting quarterly featuring interviews, cultural criticism, fiction, and poetry by prominent writers and..... #28555

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Book #50897] A HOMEMADE WORLD. Hugh Kenner

A HOMEMADE WORLD The American Modernist Writers

Kenner, Hugh.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Laid in is slip from the publisher identifying it as a complimentary copy. The slip is SIGNED by..... #50897

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MALLE ON MALLE Edited by Philip French [SIGNED BY BOTH].

Malle, Louis.

London: Faber & Faber, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Louis Malle and editor Philip French on the front flyleaf. First edition, with "First published in 1993 by Faber and..... #27254

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Book #28152] BETWEEN FATHER AND SON. V. S. Naipaul

BETWEEN FATHER AND SON Family Letters

Naipaul, V.S.

New York: Knopf, 2000. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Edited by Gillon Aiken. Signed by Naipaul on the title page. 8vo cloth & boards. #28152

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FUGITIVES AND REFUGEES.

Palahniuk, Chuck.

New York: Doubleday, 2003. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Palahniuk on the half-title page. Series of personal, semiautobiographical sketches, set significantly in Palahniuk's native Portland Oregon. A...... #30477

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Book #30478] STRANGER THAN FICTION. Chuck Palahniuk

STRANGER THAN FICTION {True Stories}

Palahniuk, Chuck.

New York: Doubleday, 2004. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Palahniuk on the title page. Collection of essays and journalistic pieces. 8vo boards. #30478

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Book #29461] CONJUNCTIONS AND DISJUNCTIONS. Octavio Paz

CONJUNCTIONS AND DISJUNCTIONS. Essays

Paz, Octavio.

New York: Viking, 1974. First U.S. Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Paz on the second flyleaf. Translated from the Spanish by Helen R. Lane. Paz (1914-1998) was a...... #29461

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Book #7067] THE POETRY WRECK. Karl Shapiro

THE POETRY WRECK. Selected Essays 1950-1970

Shapiro, Karl.

NY: Random House, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Has some timely things to say that weren't welcome at the time, but which now may be more so (i.e. comments on Auden..... #7067

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A LIFE IN CATALOGUES AND OTHER ESSAYS.

Sims, George.

Philadelphia: Holmes Publishing Co., 1994. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo cloth. #30025

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Book #27223] AMERICAN SMOKE. Journeys To the End of the Light. Iain Sinclair

AMERICAN SMOKE. Journeys To the End of the Light. A Fiction of Memory

Sinclair, Iain.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Sinclair on the title-page. First edition, first printing, with "001" on copyright page. The author of DOWNRIVER, GHOSTMILK, and RODINSKY'S ROOM..... #27223

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SUMMER.

Smith, Ali.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 2020. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED by Smith on the title page. The fourth novel in the SEASONAL QUARTET by Man Booker Prize Finalist. The..... #50867

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SUMMER.

Smith, Ali.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 2020. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED by Smith on the title page. The fourth novel in the SEASONAL QUARTET by Man Booker Prize Finalist. The..... #50868

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DUE CONSIDERATIONS. Essays and Criticisms.

Updike, John.

New York: Knopf, 2007. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Updike on the title page. New and noteworthy collection of excellent essays and reviews. 703 pp. with index..... #30451

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Book #50875] EUDORA WELTY. Eudora Welty, Pearl Amelia McHaney

EUDORA WELTY Writer's Reflections upon First Reading Welty

(Welty, Eudora) McHaney, Pearl Amelia (editor).

Athens, GA: Hill Street Press, 1999. Signed Limited First Edition. Hardcover. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by the editor and all 22 contributors, this being copy #79. Collection of..... #50875

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