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New York: William Morrow, 1994. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. A little-known work by the great explainer, in which he charts America's history through her ever-evolving language and explores the meanings of countless obscure words and phrases that have come to be adopted.
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Made in America
by Bryson, Bill
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The Magus - A Revised Version
by Fowles, John
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A fully revised version of Fowles's 1965 novel, his third, which he returned to with stylistic and tonal variations.A young English schoolteacher, Nicolas Urfe, accepts a teaching assignment in Greece to escape his relationship with his girlfriend and to add a novel element to his life.
Through a fantastic series of games, hallucinations, parables, theatrical masques, riddles, and mock trials, Nicholas is drawn into a saturnalian labyrinth by a holy man, Maurice Conchis.
A great novel.
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The Man in the Ceiling
by Feiffer, Jules
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New York: Harper Collins, 1993. First American edition. Hardcover. As New/as new. Feiffer's first book for children features Jimmy, who survives the hostility of this family by drawing cartoons
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Marilyn - A Biography
by Mailer, Norman
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This sumptuous, large-format volume of overblown musings by Mailer is accompanied by a fabulous portfolio of images, which will still challenge your notions of who Marilyn really was. Illustrated with over 100 color and black and white photographs by some of the best, including Avedon, Arnold, Beaton, Lockwood, Schiller and Woodfield.
Every time you think you know her, another photo supplies a completely different fantasy image; no wonder she turned to a few little pills to calm things down.
Jacket has slight wear, otherwise a fabulous book.
270 pages. Hardcover.
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Marion's Wall
by Finney, Jack
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1973. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. This is a perfect copy of Finney's first novel after the bestselling Time and Again had established his reputation as a novelist of historic time-travelling. In this case, a California couple are possessed by the spirit of a silent-film star, who lives on in their new house. Turned into a film in 1985, as "Maxie" with Glen Close.
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The Mark of the Warrior
by Scott, Paul
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William Morrow, 1958. . First American edition. . Hardcover.. Near Fine in fine, now in a DEMCO covered dust-jacket. . Some ageing and fading to edges and one small tear to DJ front, with worn corners, otherwise fine. A very good copy of Scott's third book.
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The Memory of War
by Fenton, James
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One of 3,000 copies, this collection brings together Fenton's scattered contributions to journals and pamphlets during the 70s and 80s.Drawing comparisons to Auden's techniques and Eliot's beauty of language, James Fenton is oftenfunnier than both.
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Menagerie Manor
by Durrell, Gerald
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Durrell finally gets his zoo, in this charming account of the early days of the Jersey foundation, illustrated with 41 excellent drawings by Ralph Thompson. A good, clean copy of the first printing with a slightly worn jacket.
Hardcover.
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Mere Anarchy
by Allen, Woody
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The first new collection of humorous pieces from the very busy Mr. Allen in 25 years. Eighteen extended gags from the master, most of which first appeared in The New Yorker.
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Mervyn Peake
by Watney, John
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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1976. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Born in China in 1911, the son of a Missionary Doctor, Peake struggled for years as an illustrator, before achieving recognition with Titus Groan, published with help from Graham Greene in 1946. He remains one of the most intriguing English draughtsmen and writers of his generation, although tortured by the times he lived through. Previous owner's name to first end page.
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The Ministry of Special Cases, SIGNED
by Englander, Nathan
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Englander writes of the time of terror in Argentina's dirty war, when even children were not immune to sudden disappearance. After the huge success of his first book, a collection of short fiction, this is Englander's eagerly-awaited, first proper novel, boldly SIGNED on the title page.
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The Minpins
by Dahl, Roald
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Another classic tale for children, in which a boy runs away looking for adventure and is befriended by magical tree-dwellers, who teach him to fly on the back of a swan. Hardcover, without jacket.
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A Mixture of Frailties
by Davies, Robertson
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The re-issue of an early novel, the third in Davies' Salterton trilogy, following Tempest-Tost and Leaven of Malice.Hardcover
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The Mockery Bird
by Durrell, Gerald
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Owing something to Evelyn Waugh's Scoop and a bit to P. G. Wodehouse' style, this is an unusual attempt by Durrell to write a satirical novel.Set on the outer fringes of Empire, a sleepy tropical island becomes the center of a controversy involving a very rare bird and a military airstrip.
All's well that ends well, as you might hope.
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Mondo Boxo
by Chast, Roz
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New York: Harper and Row, 1987. First printing. Hardcover. As New/as new. Chast's fifth collection of cartoon humor, where she has successfully created her own cliché-riddled version of America, her characters fuelled by good-natured boredom.
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Monsignor Quixote
by Greene, Graham
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1982. First printing. Hardcover. As New/as new. One of Greene's last masterpieces, in which he updates Don Quixote as a saintly, modern-day priest with Sancho as the Communist ex-mayor of the village, who accompanies him on a tour across Spain.
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Mostly Harmless: The Fifth Book in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhiker's Trilogy
by Adams, Douglas
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New York: Harmony Books, 1992. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/fine. Book has slight spine lean and one crese to first end page, otherwise book and jacket are in perfect condition. Arthur Dent discovers he has sandwich-making skills and a daughter he never even knew about, while various versions of planet Earth are systematically destroyed by those kill-joys, the Vogons.
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Mr Pye
by Peake, Mervyn
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London: Methuen & Co., 1985. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good/near fine. This is actually the third issue of this fabulous fantasy, written and illustrated by Mervyn Peake in 1953, shortly after the completion of his celebrated Gormenghast trilogy. Despite the unreal mode of speech between the characters, his descriptive powers are gorgeous and the drawings in a class of their own. Book has very slight spine lean and age tone to paper, otherwise excellent.
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Mrs. Dukes' Million
by Lewis, Wyndham
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London: George Prior, 1980. . First UK edition. . As New in fine, now in a DEMCO covered dust-jacket. . 367pp. As new. Immaculate copy of a seemingly uncommon work, untouched by time.
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A Multitude of Sins
by Ford, Richard
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Signed with a dedication, on the title page.Ten short stories, dealing with life, love and disappointment.
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