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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1959. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, but does have several small spots of ground-in dirt . The edges of the text block have some foxing and ground-in dirt. "Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, film-maker, actor, and liberal political activist. His novel The Naked and the Dead was published in 1948 and brought him renown. His 1968 nonfiction novel Armies of the Night won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction as well as the National Book Award. His best-known work is widely considered to be The Executioner's Song, the 1979 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. In over six decades of work, Mailer… Read More

Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine conddition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a laid-in handwritten note, apparently from an editor, at Angel Island Publications, Inc. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and small spots of ground-in dirt. "The present book is a record of Mr. Ciardi's performance as agent provocateur, catalyst, and preceptor. It collects the articles that Saturday Review readers have answered with blasts and bravos." .

Boston, MA: A. W. Lovering. Very Good-. 1878. Reprint. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book covers have some ground-in dirt, several spots of discoloration and rubbing. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and light fraying. The text pages are clean and bright. "Essays of Elia is a collection of essays written by Charles Lamb; it was first published in book form in 1823, with a second volume, Last Essays of Elia, issued in 1833 by the publisher Edward Moxon. The essays in the collection first began appearing in The London Magazine in 1820 and continued to 1825. Lamb's essays were very popular and were printed in many subsequent editions throughout the nineteenth century. The personal and conversational tone of the essays has charmed many readers; the essays "established Lamb in the title he now holds, that of the most delightful of English essayists." Lamb himself is the Elia of the… Read More

St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1555973140 . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "D’Agata is also the author of Halls of Fame, a collection of experimental nonfiction about which David Foster Wallace wrote, "In nothing else recent is the compresence of shit and light that is America so vividly felt and evoked". He called D'Agata "one of the most significant U. S. Writers to emerge in the past few years." About a Mountain is a book-length rumination on the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. The New York Times Book Review called the book "a breathtaking piece of writing" and listed it among the 100 best nonfiction books ever written. " (from Wikipedia) .

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Carl Hiaasen (born March 12, 1953) is an American writer. A long-time columnist for the Miami Herald and Tribune Content Agency, Hiaasen has also written more than 20 novels which can generally be classified as humorous crime fiction and often feature themes of environmentalism and political corruption in his native Florida. He began his career as a journalist and started working on novels in his spare time. He expanded into writing novels for young adults in 2002 and has had two of his novels converted to films." (from Wikipedia) .

Chicago, IL: Argus Book Shop, Inc.. Very Good-. 1939. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers and a chip to the bottom spine end of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The endpapers have some beginning toning. "This is not a writing, but conversation. It is condensed from a stenographic transcript taken down as uttered, and was the concluding talk of a series given in March and April, 1939, at Adelphi College, Garden City, Long Island. The term Passivity is employed with some mischief as "Activity Programs" have become a fetich among progressive educators." (from the book) .

Oakland, CA: Diana Press. Very Good+. 1976. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. 0884470113 . B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book is lacking the mailing wrapper that the book was shipped in. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The spine and spine joints have some light toning and sunning. The text pages are clean and bright. "In the spring of 1964, during her (Brown) study at the University of Florida at Gainesville, she became active in the American Civil Rights Movement. Later in the 1960s, she participated in the anti-war movement, the feminist movement and the Gay Liberation movement. She was involved with the Student Homophile League at Columbia University in 1967 but left it because the men in the league were not interested in women's rights. She was involved… Read More

New York: Hurst and Company. Very Good. 1870. Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and address and Chinese "Chop" on the front endpaper, along with an ink stamped name and address on the front pastedown page. "George William Curtis (February 24, 1824 – August 31, 1892) was an American writer and public speaker, born in Providence, Rhode Island, of New Englander ancestry. A Republican, he spoke in favor of African-American equality and civil rights." (from Wikipedia) .

New York, NY: Herder and Herder / Azimuth Book. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1970. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has Very Good+ condition. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some light rubbing and beginning nicking to the spine ends and corners. "Kenneth Charles Marion Rexroth (December 22, 1905 – June 6, 1982) was an American poet, translator and critical essayist. He is regarded as a central figure in the San Francisco Renaissance, and paved the groundwork for the movement. Although he did not consider himself to be a Beat poet, and disliked the association, he was dubbed the "Father of the Beats" by Time Magazine. He was also a prolific reader of Chinese literature." (from Wikipedia) .