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Palimpsest: A Memoir.
by Gore Vidal .
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- First Edition (1995), so stated. First Printing indicated by a c
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- 1995.
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- Hardcover
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- 9780679440383
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New York, NY Random House, 1995. Hardcover First Edition (1995), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence, beginning with the numeral '2' in accordance with Random House's customary practice at the time of publication. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: The Book shows a hint of rubbing to the front corner tips; a touch… Read more about this item Item Price
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Saviors of God: Spiritual Exercises.
by Nikos Kazantzakis .
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- Used
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- First Edition Thus (1960), Third Printing.
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- 1960.
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- Paperback
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NZ$123.76
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New York, NY Simon & Schuster, 1960. Paperback First Edition Thus (1960), Third Printing. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows very light wear to the extremities; a couple of very faint creases to the covers; rubbing to the panels; two tiny soil spots to the top edge of the text block and a hint of foxing to the upper… Read more about this item Item Price
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Saving the Appearances: A Study in Idolatry.
by Owen Barfield .
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- 1965.
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- Paperback
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- 9780156794909
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NZ$26.40
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New York, NY Harcourt Brace & World: Harbinger Books, 1965. Paperback Very Good+ in Wraps: shows mild rubbing to wrapper covers and very light wear to the extremities; a thin faint line of dampstaining along the front hinge and at the heel of the backstrip; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Volume Five 1947-1955.
by Anais Nin .
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- First Edition Thus (1975), so stated. First Printing indicated b
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- 1975.
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- Paperback
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- 9780156260305
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- 1
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New York, NY Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: Harvest Books, 1975. Paperback First Edition Thus (1975), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete alphabetical sequence. First Edition Thus (1975), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete alphabetical sequence. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of wear to the extremities;… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Edward Hoagland Reader.
by Edward Hoagland .
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- First Edition (1979), so stated. First Printing indicated by a c
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- 1979.
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- Hardcover
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- 9780394507422
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NZ$33.00
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New York, NY Random House: Pantheon Books, 1979. Hardcover First Edition (1979), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence, beginning with the numeral '2' in accordance with Random House's customary practice at the time of publication. First Edition (1979), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence, beginning with the numeral '2' in… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Memoirs of Elias Canetti (The Tongue Set Free, The Torch in My Ear, and The Play of the Eyes).
by Elias Canetti.
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- First Edition (1999); so stated.
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- 1999.
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- Hardcover
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- 9780374199500
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Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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NZ$239.27
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New York, NY Farrar Staus Giroux:, 1999. Hardcover First Edition (1999); so stated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: The book shows a hint of wear to the heel of the backstrip; a small coffee-like stain to the lower fore-edge and a small faint smudge nearby it; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Torch in My Ear.
by Elias Canetti.
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- Used
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- First Edition Thus (1983); Second Printing (1983).
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- 1983.
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- Paperback
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- 9780374518042
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- 1
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New York, NY Farrar Staus Giroux: Noonday Press , 1983. Paperback First Edition Thus (1983); Second Printing (1983). Near Fine in Wraps: shows a hint of wear to the outer edges of the front panel and a touch of toning to the outside edges of the inside of the rear cover; else flawless; the binding is square and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Notes to Literature (Volume One).
by Theodor W. Adorno.
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- First Edition Thus (1991); Second Printing (1994).
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- 1991.
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- Paperback
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- 9780231063333
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NZ$33.00
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New York, NY Columbia University Press, 1991. Paperback First Edition Thus (1991); Second Printing (1994). Very Good+ in Wraps: shows very light wear to the extremities; mild rubbing to the self-wrapper covers; several faint smudges to the fore-edge; REMAINDER, showing a tiny dot at bottom edge of the text block. the binding is square and secure; the text… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$33.00
An Apology for Poetry.
by Sir Philip Sidney.
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- First Edition Thus [1970]; First Printing, so stated.
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- 1970.
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- Paperback
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Indianapolis, IN Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1970. Paperback First Edition Thus [1970]; First Printing, so stated. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE EDITOR. First Edition Thus [1970]; First Printing, so stated. Very Good in Wraps: shows foxing to the outside edges of the text block and mild rubbing to the self-wrapper covers; a price has been neatly blocked out… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$41.25
Literary Criticism in the Renaissance.
by Joel E. Spingarn.
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- First Edition Thus (1963), so stated; First published in 1899, t
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- 1963.
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- Paperback
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Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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NZ$5.94
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New York, NY Harcourt Brace and World: Harbinger Books, 1963. Paperback First Edition Thus (1963), so stated; First published in 1899, this from the Second Edition of 1908. Twenty-five pages show UNDERLINING IN INK. Else, Very Good in Wraps: shows some very fine stress-creases to the panels; a tiny snag at the outside edge of the front panel;… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$5.94
Speech and Phenomena and Other Essays on Husserl's Theory of Signs.
by Jacques Derrida .
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- First Edition thus (1979). First published in hardcover in 1973.
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- 1979.
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- Paperback
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- 9780810105904
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Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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NZ$107.26
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Evanston, IL Northwestern University Press, 1979. Paperback First Edition thus (1979). First published in hardcover in 1973. Very Good in Wraps: shows light wear to extremities; rubbing to the black background field of the wrapper covers; serveral tiny spots to the lower front panel; the binding leans ever so slightly but remains secure; the text is clean. … Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$107.26
The Ivory Tower.
by Henry James.
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- Used
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- First Edition (1917), unstated, but implied: no subsequent print
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- 1917.
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- Hardcover
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NZ$247.52
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New York, NY Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. Hardcover First Edition (1917), unstated, but implied: no subsequent printings noted and same date at the title and copyright pages, in accordance with Charles Scribner's Sons' customary practice. First Edition (1917), unstated, but implied: no subsequent printings noted and same date at the title and copyright pages, in accordance with Charles… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons (Opinions).
by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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- First Edition Thus [1976], so stated.
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- 1976.
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- Paperback
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New York, NY Dell Publishing Company, 1976. Paperback First Edition Thus [1976], so stated. First Edition Thus [1976], so stated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows ust a hint of wear to extremities; moderate overall rubbing to the wrapper covers; the pages have tanned very slightly, due to aging; a crease along the front "hinge"; the binding… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$33.00
The Essays of Francis Bacon.
by Francis Bacon.
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- Used
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- 1900.
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- Hardcover
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Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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NZ$20.63
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New York, NY The Century Company, 1900. Hardcover Very Good-: shows very light wear to the extremities and the faintest toning to the backstrip (the titles thereon remains clearly legible); the former owner's bookplate is at the front pastedown endpaper; the half-title page has cracked and detached about a half-inch from the binding crease; the olive ribbon marker… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll: The Search for Dare Wright .
by Jean Nathan.
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- First Edition (2004), so stated. First Printing indicated by a c
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- 2004.
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- Hardcover
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- 9780805076127
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New York, NY Henry Holt & Company, 2004. Hardcover First Edition (2004), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition (2004), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Good in Very Good+ to Near Fine DJ: The Book shows mild shelving wear to the lower extremities with a bit of… Read more about this item Item Price
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American Poetry: The Rhetoric of Its Forms.
by Mutlu Konuk Blasing.
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- First Edition Thus [1987]; Second Printing.
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- 1987.
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- Paperback
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- 9780300046076
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NZ$36.64
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New Haven, CT Yale University Press , 1987. Paperback First Edition Thus [1987]; Second Printing. Near Fine in Wraps: shows just a hint of rubbing to the extremities; very faint smudges to the outside edges; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creases to the panels. Free of… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$36.64
Sketches.
by Charles Dickens.
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- Used
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- "Copyright Edition" (1843). An Advertisement giving a
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- 1843.
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- Hardcover
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NZ$140.26
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Leipzig, Germany Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1843. Hardcover "Copyright Edition" (1843). An Advertisement giving a brief publication history is dated 1839. Very Good+: shows only the most minute indications of use. Mild rubbing to the black panelled boards; light wear to the extremities; some faint scuffing along the outside edges of the panels; foxing to the outside edges and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Travels and Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson: Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers and Memories and Portraits (XIII of the standard set published by CharlesScribner's Sons) .
by Robert Louis Stevenson .
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- Standard Edition (1907). Both texts published in the 1880s/
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- 1907.
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- Hardcover
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New York, NY Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. Hardcover Standard Edition (1907). Both texts published in the 1880s/ Very Good: shows a hint of sunning to the crimson background field of the backstrip (the gilt titles and designs thereon remain unaffected: bold and clearly legible); there is also a faint mottling to the front side of the backstrip and… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$24.75
Questions of Heaven: The Chinese Journeys of an American Buddhist.
by Gretel Ehrlich .
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- Used
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- First Edition (1997), not directly stated, but First Printing in
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- 1997.
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- Hardcover
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- 9780807073100
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- 1
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NZ$16.84
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Boston, MA Beacon Press, 1997. Hardcover First Edition (1997), not directly stated, but First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence, in accordance with Beacon Press's customary practice at the time of publication. First Edition (1996), not directly stated, but First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence, according to 's customary practice at the time of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Letters and Miscellanies of Robert Louis Stevenson: Vailima (Samoa) Letters (Correspondence Addressed to Sidney Colvin, November 1890 to October 1894) .
by Robert Louis Stevenson .
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- Copyright 1899.
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- 1907.
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- Hardcover
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New York, NY Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. Hardcover Copyright 1899. Very Good+: shows a hint of sunning to the crimson background field of the backstrip (the gilt titles and designs thereon remain unaffected: bold and clearly legible); the binding leans slightly, but remains secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free… Read more about this item Item Price
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