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Solaris. by Stanislaw Lem - 1961
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Solaris.
by Stanislaw Lem
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Important First edition of Lem's science fiction novel about the fundamental failure of communication between human and alien species. Stanislaw Lem (1921-2006) was a Polish satirical and philosophical science fiction writer, the most celebrated SF author in the Communist world. His novel "Solaris" has been adapted to screen twice, by Andrei Tarkovsky in 1972 and by Steven Soderbergh in 2002. - Pages slightly browned due to paper. - Very rare.
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- Date Published 1961
- Pages 196
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- Keywords tarkowsky, science fiction, alien, Soderbergh
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Junkie / Narcotic Agent
by Lee, William (William S, Burroughs) / Hellbrandt, Maurice
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D.H. Lawrence; an Unprofessional Study with Two Facsimile Pages Out of Lady Chatterley's Lover
by Nin, Anais
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Paris: Edward W. Titus, 1932. Limited Edition. Octavo. 146 pages. Number 231 of 500 copies with the rare #231 slip laid in at the limitation page. The major critics continue to quote the insights of Anais Nin whose understanding of Lawrence was not only a remarkable example of modernism but also courageous feminism which even today shows insights that continue to be discussed in the D.H. Lawrence Journal. John Erskine, who was an anti-feminist writer was quoted: "I am amazed at the scholarly and critical reaches--which theoretically no woman should possess." A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
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Men without women
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1927 1ed Hemingway Men without Women Ernest World War I Europe Bull Fighting"There is no friend as loyal as a book."
― Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway was one of the most prolific American novelists of the 20th-century publishing prize novels such as 'A Farewell to Arms', 'For Whom the Bell Tolls', and 'The Old Man and the Sea'. One of his lesser known, but still highly desirable works was 'Men without Women.' 'Men Without Women' is Hemingway's collection of short stories of 10 previously published and 4 unpublished pieces. Specifically, it includes:
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The Undefeated
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In Another Country
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Hills like White Elephants
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The Killers
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Che ti dice la Patria?
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Fifty Grand
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A Simple Enquiry
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Ten Indians
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A Canary for One
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An Alpine Idyll
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A Pursuit Race
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To-Day is Friday
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Banal Story
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Now I Lay Me
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Espagne païenne [Pagan Spain, in French]
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Paris: Editions Buchet/Chastel-Corrêa, 1958. First Edition. Trade paperback. Fine. A travelog and critique of Franco's Spain by the author of Native Son. Translated into French by R. Giroux. Wright (1902-1960), one of the most important writers of the 20th century, chronicled African American life in novels and essays, but grew disillusioned with racism in the United States and moved to France in 1946. First French edition. A lovely copy in the original wrappers (paperback covers) and the publisher's glassine. Pages tanned, as usual. This copy is inscribed by Wright, "A M. Fernand Fahre, Hommage de l'auteur Richard Wright." Books signed by Wright are not common.
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1911 1ed Spalding Baseball Guide Ty Cobb Christy Mathewson Honus Wagner A'sSpalding 'Official Baseball Guides' are some of the most popular early 20th-century baseball memorabilia on the market. Spalding published a yearly baseball guide that included team photos, portraits and action shots of individual ball players, player statistics, a history of the game, and extensive sections on rules and gameplay.
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New York: American Sports Publishing Co., 1911. First edition.
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· Provenance: Handwritten – A. E. Welch
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Paris: Edward W. Titus, 1932. Limited Edition. Octavo. 146 pages. Number 231 of 500 copies with the rare #231 slip laid in at the limitation page. The major critics continue to quote the insights of Anais Nin whose understanding of Lawrence was not only a remarkable example of modernism but also courageous feminism which even today shows insights that continue to be discussed in the D.H. Lawrence Journal. John Erskine, who was an anti-feminist writer was quoted: "I am amazed at the scholarly and critical reaches--which theoretically no woman should possess." A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
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Men without women
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1927 1ed Hemingway Men without Women Ernest World War I Europe Bull Fighting"There is no friend as loyal as a book."
― Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway was one of the most prolific American novelists of the 20th-century publishing prize novels such as 'A Farewell to Arms', 'For Whom the Bell Tolls', and 'The Old Man and the Sea'. One of his lesser known, but still highly desirable works was 'Men without Women.' 'Men Without Women' is Hemingway's collection of short stories of 10 previously published and 4 unpublished pieces. Specifically, it includes:
·
The Undefeated
·
In Another Country
·
Hills like White Elephants
·
The Killers
·
Che ti dice la Patria?
·
Fifty Grand
·
A Simple Enquiry
·
Ten Indians
·
A Canary for One
·
An Alpine Idyll
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A Pursuit Race
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To-Day is Friday
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Banal Story
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Now I Lay Me
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Paris: Editions Buchet/Chastel-Corrêa, 1958. First Edition. Trade paperback. Fine. A travelog and critique of Franco's Spain by the author of Native Son. Translated into French by R. Giroux. Wright (1902-1960), one of the most important writers of the 20th century, chronicled African American life in novels and essays, but grew disillusioned with racism in the United States and moved to France in 1946. First French edition. A lovely copy in the original wrappers (paperback covers) and the publisher's glassine. Pages tanned, as usual. This copy is inscribed by Wright, "A M. Fernand Fahre, Hommage de l'auteur Richard Wright." Books signed by Wright are not common.
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Spalding’s official baseball guide.
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1911 1ed Spalding Baseball Guide Ty Cobb Christy Mathewson Honus Wagner A'sSpalding 'Official Baseball Guides' are some of the most popular early 20th-century baseball memorabilia on the market. Spalding published a yearly baseball guide that included team photos, portraits and action shots of individual ball players, player statistics, a history of the game, and extensive sections on rules and gameplay.
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Spalding's official baseball guide.
New York: American Sports Publishing Co., 1911. First edition.
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· Provenance: Handwritten – A. E. Welch
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Solaris
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Solaris
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Micky Maus 1994: 12
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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
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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
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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.
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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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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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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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The Polynesian Triangle
by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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