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New York:: Viking Press,, 1938.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine copy with the usual age darkening to the cloth binding in a Very Good plus unclipped dust jacket with gentle wear to the extremities, a tiny chip missing near the head of the spine and a glue bleed through running along the fold of the rear panel. Otherwise a respectable copy of this collection of classic Steinbeck short stories that includes The Chrysanthemums, The White Quail, Flight, The Snake, Breakfast, The Raid, The Harness, The Vigilante, Johnny Bear, The Murder, St. Katy The Virgin, the Complete Red Pony, The Leader of the People. There were only 8000 copies of this title published in the First Edition.
The Big Sea: An Autobiography. by [Harlem Renaissance] Hughes, Langston - 1940.
by [Harlem Renaissance] Hughes, Langston
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The Big Sea: An Autobiography.
by [Harlem Renaissance] Hughes, Langston
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New York:: Knopf,, 1940.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Very Good, tight copy with foxing to the board edges in a Very Good plus, bright, unclipped dust jacket with foxing to the folds of the jacket. There are two closed edge tears. This very uncommon autobiography chronicles the life of Langston Hughes with a special focus on his coming of age in Paris in the 1920s and his role in the Harlem Renaissance. As a black poet, novelist and playwrite, Hughes became of one of the pre-eminent writers of the modern movement, but not before working at a number odd jobs along the way including working as a seaman on tramp freighters to Europe, teaching English in Mexico and working in a night club in Paris.
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The Long Valley.
by Steinbeck, John.
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Barfly: the Continuing Saga of Henry Chinaski. Illustrated by the Author.
by Bukowski, Charles.
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Sutton West:: Paget Press,, 1984.. First Printing of the First Canadian Edition. A Fine copy in a lightly rubbed mylar dust jacket. This Canadian edition is the true First Printing, preceding the US edition by 3 years.
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The Road Through The Wall.
by Jackson, Shirley.
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New York:: Farrar Straus,, 1948.. First Printing of the First Edition. A Near Fine copy with a previous owner name and sticker on the front pastedown in a Very Good Plus unclipped dust jacket with light edgewear to the spine. This is Jackson's First Book. Jackson and her family lived in the community of Burlingame, California, an affluent middle-class suburb that would feature in this her first novel which like her later novels was characterised by her use of a realistic setting for a tale with elements of horror and the occult.
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June 30th, June 30th: Poems.
by [Beat Poetry] Brautigan, Richard.
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New York:: Delacorte Press,, 1978.. Uncorrected Proof. A Very Good copy in plain yellow paper wraps with the bottom half of half-title page missing else a complete copy of a very uncommon format for this last collection of Brautigan poems. Protected by a mylar jacket. Photo copy of publisher's review slip taped to the flyleaf.
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Bombs Away. The Story of a Bomber Team.
by Steinbeck, John.
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New York:: Viking,, 1942.. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine copy in a Very Good plus dust jacket with light edgewear to spine ends and two corners. This Steinbeck photographic essay was commissioned by the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II to show the country how the war effort in the air was executed. Illustrated with 60 photographs of the various aspects of the route from early airman training to combat assignment.
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The Road Through The Wall.
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New York:: Farrar Straus,, 1948.. First Printing of the First Edition. A Near Fine copy with a previous owner name and sticker on the front pastedown in a Very Good Plus unclipped dust jacket with light edgewear to the spine. This is Jackson's First Book. Jackson and her family lived in the community of Burlingame, California, an affluent middle-class suburb that would feature in this her first novel which like her later novels was characterised by her use of a realistic setting for a tale with elements of horror and the occult.
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June 30th, June 30th: Poems.
by [Beat Poetry] Brautigan, Richard.
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New York:: Delacorte Press,, 1978.. Uncorrected Proof. A Very Good copy in plain yellow paper wraps with the bottom half of half-title page missing else a complete copy of a very uncommon format for this last collection of Brautigan poems. Protected by a mylar jacket. Photo copy of publisher's review slip taped to the flyleaf.
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Bombs Away. The Story of a Bomber Team.
by Steinbeck, John.
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New York:: Viking,, 1942.. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine copy in a Very Good plus dust jacket with light edgewear to spine ends and two corners. This Steinbeck photographic essay was commissioned by the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II to show the country how the war effort in the air was executed. Illustrated with 60 photographs of the various aspects of the route from early airman training to combat assignment.
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Horses and Men. Tales, Long and Short, from Our American Life.
by Anderson, Sherwood.
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New York:: B.W. Huebsch,, 1923.. First Printing of the First Edition. A Near Fine copy with bright orange cloth in a Near Fine dust jacket. Anderson, especially through his short stories, is one of the most influential American writers whose style and subject matter had a huge impact on such writers as Hemingway, Steinbeck, Henry Miller, and William Saroyan. The nine stories in this third collection of short works feature some of Anderson's best work. Uncommon in dust jacket.
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At Terror Street and Agony Way: Poems.
by Bukowski, Charles.
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Los Angeles:: Black Sparrow Press,, 1968.. First Printing of the First Paperback Edition. A Very Good plus copy of this 2nd state of the paperback issue where the misspelling on the front cover has been corrected with a white label. According to Krumhansl there were only 18 copies of the 1st state with the misprint and 747 copies of the 2nd state. There were also 75 hardcover copies. There is a touch of wear to spine. There are no names or markings to text. 89 pages. In this early collection of poems, Bukowski revisits some of his earlier subjects, but instead of his previous surrealistic mode his work explodes with verbal pyrotechnics shedding a fresh light on his own version of the "lower depths."
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The Big Sea: An Autobiography (American Century Series)
by Hughes, Langston
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UsedAcceptable. Shows wear such as frayed or folded edges, rips and tears, and/or worn binding. May have stickers and/or contain inscription on title page. No observed missing pages. Some foxing and/or discoloration around edges.
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The Big Sea
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Thunder's Mouth Press, 1999-01-31. Paperback. Good.
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The Big Sea: An Autobiography (American Century Series) by Hughes, Langston (1993) Paperback
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The Big Sea (American Century Series)
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The Big Sea (American Century Series)
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Saint Monkey (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
by Townsend, Jacinda
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2014 - 1st ed stated ("1" in number line) - INSCRIBED - authors debut book - "Fourteen-year-old Audrey martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she'll never get out of Kentucky - but when her fingers touch the pion keys, the whole church trembles." - book: very good (like new) - dj: very good (like new) - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Bloody Sunrise
by Spillane, Mickey
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1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Gold
by Eugene O'Neill
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First edition. Spine ends lightly rubbed, spine has small nick, small reddish stain to front cover and rear cover, otherwise very good or better. Lacks dust jacket.
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
by Cohen, Leonard
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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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Quelques Optimistes.
by Sempe
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Paris Editions Denoel, 1992, First Edition. paperback. First edition, Paris 1992, one of 3443 printed. -- Text (the cartoon captions) in FRENCH. -- Softcover, 8.3x10.8 inches, stiff cover with flaps. Condition: near fine (small surface scratch rear cover). -- Nice collectible example of Sempe's classic cartoon work, familiar to New Yorker readers. ISBN 220723861X
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Manhattan Beach
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First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author on a tipped-in page. A pristine copy of this novel from the Pulitzer winning author of "A Visit From the Good Squad". Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.
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Two Novels by Anthony Powell. Venusberg. Agents & Patients
by POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000)
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New York: Periscope-Holliday, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine-. First American Edition of two early novels. 8vo: [4],328pp. Publisher's quarter-bound black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slate grey paper-covered boards; dust jacket, priced $4.75, replicating (separately, on front and back panels) Osbert Lancaster's illustrations for the original wrappers. Near Fine (top edge soiled and stained, gilt a bit faded, gift inscription on fly-leaf); about Fine jacket. Lilley A.10. First collected in 1952 by Rinehart for the Periscope Book Shop and Holliday Bookshop in New York; the unsold stock was reissued in 1965 by Little, Brown, Powell's then American publisher (our copy), with publisher's label pasted to jacket's spine panel. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions…
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Palmares
by Jones, Gayl
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Beacon Press, 2021. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected Galleys. Fine in illustrated wraps. By the author of Corregidora.
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Christopher Blake
by Hart, Moss
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Random House, 1947. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Book has some toning to the edges; one word previous owner's name to the front free endpaper. The unclipped jacket ($2.50) has light wear to the spine ends /corners and toning to the rear panel. A very good or better copy.
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Men Die
by Humes, H.L. (Harold Louis)
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New York: Random House, 1959. Book. Illus. by Sam March (dust jacket design). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Small octavo. Humes's second novel, following 'The Underground City,' both of which led to his being considered by Esquire magazine as having the same promise as two obscure guys named Updike and Styron (whoever they are). Anyway, he met a guy named Leary who introduced him to a little substance known as LSD, and after seriously indulging his fondness for the hallucinogen he became a trifle paranoid and a bit delusional, which pretty much ended his writing career. Humes was co-founder (with Peter Matthiessen and George Plimpton) of The Paris Review. He died of prostate cancer in 1992. Black cloth w/gilt lettering, 184 pages. Mildly cocked, light general wear, in price-clipped dust jacket w/light rubbing, light edgewear, creases to fore-edges of both flaps..
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