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by Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal is the author of twenty-two novels, five plays, many screenplays and short stories, more than two hundred essays, and a memoir. His most recent novel is The Golden Age, and his new essay collection, The Last Empire: Essays 1993?2000, has just been published.
Belles Lettres Books & Ephemera
This is Henry, Henry Miller from Brooklyn _ Conversations with the Author from The Henry Miller Odyssey
by Snyder, Robert
Los Angeles: Nash Publishing, 1974. Hardcover. Good/good. purple cloth, gilt lettering, dust jacket clipped, 125 pp, first edition, signed and numbered (No. 96) by Henry Miller on the title page and inscribed by the author to Michael Neal on the facing page, dj worn at the edges, lightly torn at the top edges, top edge stained, fore and bottom edges foxed Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
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NZ$639.59
L'univers de giraudoux
by Durry, Marie-jeanne
Mercure de france, 1961. Soft cover. Good. Un pli sur le dos, couverture salie, intérieur propre. Broché. in12. Edition originale 1961. 56 pages
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NZ$12.79
Underdogs
by Mariano Azuela
Signet Classic, 1963. Mass Market Paperback. Good. J.C. Orozco. Yellowed, rubbed edges, nicked and creased spine. Vintage cover art of fifth printing.
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NZ$18.27
Introducing Anthropology
by James R. Hayes and James M. Henslin, editors
Holbrook Press, 1975. Soft cover. Good. Wraps partially sunned, one stain, average edge wear, one bumped corner, tear at head of spine. Interior is fine, clean and tight binding. 22 contributions by Benedict, Mead, Malinowski, Simpson. 434 pages. Scarce.
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NZ$47.51
Borges en la Escuela Freudiana de Buenos Aires. ([ACME Agalma Editorial) (Spanish Edition)
by Borges, Jorge Luis
Agalma, 1993. Soft cover. Fair. Argentina: Agalma, 19.5. Buenos Aires, Agalma, 1993. 160 p. Contiene tres conferencias: "Los sueños y la Poesía" (del 1980), "Baruch Spinoza" (1981) y "El poeta y la escritura" (1982). Desgaste de cubierta. Sello de librería en 1era pag en blanco. Interior impecable.. 1993. Agalma 9509982113 AR Published in Argentina in Spanish. Fine interior but the edges of the covers are rubbed and the binding is weak from two splits...
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NZ$73.10
Free Air
by Sinclair Lewis
Jonathan Cape, 1933. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 5th printing. Mildly soiled boards, no jacket, POS ex-libris Roger Perrineau.
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NZ$27.41
Randall Jarrell's Letters: An Autobiographical and Literary Selection
by JARRELL, Randall and Mary Jarrell (editor)
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. 473 pages. A comprehensive collection of letters from Jarrell. Edited by his second wife Mary Jarrell. A very near fine copy in blue printed wrappers. Uncommon in this format.
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NZ$77.04
Down to a Sunless Sea
by Freese, Mathias B
Wheatmark Inc, 2007. Soft cover. Fine. Down to a Sunless Sea plunges the reader into uncomfortable situations and into the minds of troubled characters. Each selection is a different reading experience -- poetic, journalistic, nostalgic, wryly humorous, and even macabre. An award-winning essayist and historical novelist, Mathias B. Freese brings the weight of his twenty-five years as a clinical social worker and psychotherapist into play as he demonstrates a vivid understanding of -- and compassion...
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NZ$36.55
Journals 1939-1983 (Signed Limited Edition)
by SPENDER, Stephen
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. A special edition from the Signed First Edition Society. Contains a special message from Spender not present in the trade edition. A very near fine copy in decorated full leather binding with all pages edges gilt and a bound in silk book marker with a tiny scuff to the foredge. Signed by Spender.
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NZ$42.80
The Happiness of Getting It Down Right Letters of Frank O'Connor and William Maxwell 1945 - 1966
by MAXWELL, William and Frank O'Connor
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Edited by Michael Steinman. A collection of letters between these two writers. A fine copy in blue printed wrappers with the dust jacket art stapled to the verso of the front cover.
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NZ$42.80
L'Erotisme dans les reves
by Roland Gagey
Soft cover. Fair. One split in binding with corresponding stress line in spine, otherwise tight binding. Text is yellowed. First half of text block well cut, second half uncut, between the two there are 20 pages poorly cut resulting in chips in the page margins (no loss of text). Not an attractive gift copy, but a good reference or reading copy. Undated edition.
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NZ$27.41
Afternoon in the Jungle : The Selected Short Stories of Albert Maltz
by Albert Maltz
Liveright, 1970. Hardcover. Acceptable/Fair. Soiled and worn, contains usual library stickers/stamps/pouch, library discard still a good solid reading copy. Hollywood Ten. Scarce hardcover edition.
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NZ$32.89
Yale French Studies (1960) Number 25 : Albert Camus
Yale University, 1960. Soft cover. Fair. Sunned, chipped, creased spine. Some yellowing of scuffed wraps but the interior is clean and tight. 144 pages. All articles in English.
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NZ$27.41
White Boy Shuffle
by Beatty, Paul
Houghton Mifflin, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Some wear to spine tips and corners otherwise almost new. ISBN 0395742803
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NZ$45.68
A Letter From Una Jeffers
by JEFFERS, Una
np: Roxburghe Zamorano Club, 1980. First edition. Softcover. Printed in an edition of 250 copies. Single sheet folded once to create 4 pages. Includes the letter by Jeffers along with a black and white photograph by Horace Lyons and a linoleum cut by Peggy Conahan. A near fine copy with slight wear.
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NZ$21.40
Forty Stay In
by John W. Vandercook
Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1931. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No DJ. Stated "First Edition G-F". Novel set in Liberia, dedicated to Frances Perry Vandercook, so draw your own inferences. Soiled lightly yellowed page edges with clean interior. Boards considerably worn and rubbed through on corners which are also bumped. Spine is foxed, cocked, and showing separation at the head, opens readily to pastedowns.
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NZ$91.37
Contemporary Portraits _ Fourth Series
by Harris, Frank
London: Grant Richards Ltd, 1924. Cloth/mylar wraped dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. Fair/good. gray cloth, mylar wrapped dust jacket, 307 pp, dj lightly soiled and worn at the edges, edges and pages foxed Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
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NZ$36.55
Sakhaline
by Edouard Verkine
Actes Sud, 2020. Soft cover. Near Fine. Roman traduit du russe par Yves Gauthier.
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NZ$36.55
Winter in Moscow
by Muggeridge, Malcolm
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1934. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. Good. red cloth, no dust jacket, 252 pp, first edition, owner's name in black ink on front end paper, spine darkened and boards soiled at edges Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
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NZ$137.06
Oeuvres completes illustrees de anatole france tome XIV crainquebille suivi crainquebille (comedie) le mannequin d' osier (comedie) suivi au petit bonheur (comedie)
by Anatole France
Calmann-Lévy, 1928. Soft cover. Fair. Gabriel Belot. Volume 14 only. Tire sur velin u marais. illustrations des bois graves de gabriel belot interieur impeccable avec jaquette -578pp-in4-broché. Interior is in fine condition, crisp clean and bright. Covers and DJ mildly worn except for spine panel which is in a precarious state, binding still intact but there are multiple creases and stress marks causing rippling, tears and chips at both ends of spine.
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NZ$54.82
Lettre aux Gens Malheureux et Qui Ont Bien Raison de l'Etre
by Sternberg, Jacques
Paris: Le Terrain Vague, 1972. Paperback Octavo. Paperback. Good. wraps, 139 pp, text in French, cover lightly stained Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
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NZ$36.55
Oraisons choisies de Cicéron, traduction revue par M. de Wailly, avec le Latin à côté, sur l'édition de M. l'Abbé Lallemant, & avec des notes. Nouvelle édition retouchée avec soin. TOME PREMIER
by Ciceron. Marcus Tullius Cicero. Lallemant. Mailly
Paris: J. Barbou, 1786. Half-Leather. Fair. TOME PREMIER TOUT SEULE. Texte français en regard du texte latin. Relié plein cuir marron. Titre sur le dos à 5 nerfs. Tranches poivrées rouges. [12] + 539 + [1] pages. 10.5 x 17,5 x 3,5 cm. Leather boards are heavily worn and rubbed through on corners, gutters are cracked inside and out and the boards are still attached thanks only to the binding threads running through 5 raised bands. Name plate and engraved encircled volume...
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NZ$40.20
Feuilles Tombees
by Boylesve, Rene; Du Bos, Charles
Paris: Pleiade, 1927. Paperback Octavo. Paperback. Good. wraps with flaps, 164 pp, text in French, copy #1527/2500, spine creased Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
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NZ$45.68
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (Penguin Popular Classics)
by George Eliot
Penguin Classics, 2007. Soft cover. Good. Light general wear, yellowed page edges.
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NZ$12.79
Histoire d'un Crime - Deposition d'un Temoin - Edition Illustree
by Victor Hugo
Eugene Hugues, editeur, 1879. Half-Leather. Good. Frontispice en noir et blanc - plats et contre-plats jaspés - dos à 5 nerfs - auteur, filet et titre dorés au dos.- Relié demi-cuir- EDITION ILLUSTREE avec nombreuses gravures en noir et blanc dans et hors texte par J.-P. LAURENS - G. BRION - E. BAYARD - CHIFFLART - D. VIERGE - ADRIEN MARIE - LIX SCOTT - GILBERT - CHAPUIS. Imprimerie A. Quantin a Paris. Des rousseurs et papier jauni dans la plupart des cas dans les marges de...
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NZ$63.96
