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A collection of fiction and nonfiction pieces by this important French author, edited and with an introduction by Edmund White. Near fine in a like...

First printing of this look at Shakespeare's domestic life in London. NF with remainder mark to bottom edge. Jacket VG+, not price clipped, tiny te...

First printing of this examination of the literature of late-colonial/postcolonial Africa. Authors examined include Soyinka, Senghor, Ousmane, Davi...

Ex library copy of this look at various Catholic novelists, including G.K. Chesterton. Expected library markings, and bottom of boards edgeworn--bo...

A nice copy of this, apparently the first book-length work on Moore's prose. Draws on new material from the Moore archives, and focuses on her priv...

First printing of this biography of Dickey, the author of Deliverance. Book is fine in a near fine jacket (very light rubbing to jacket). A nice co...

Ex school-library, but not badly marked. Inside of front board somewhat split, pages clean. Boards have some rubbing/fading. Cloth, First Edition. ...

Very nice first edition of this illustrated memoir from iconoclastic author. Profusely illustrated throughout with color and B&W photos, book a...

A first printing of this collection of short pieces published by Ted Hughes. VG in a Good jacket. Book has some foxing to top edge, otherwise no no...

Very nice copy of the author's collection of essays on authors from Dante and Voltaire to Borges, Sebald, and Rushdie. First U.S. fine in a near fi...

From a well known series of short critical examinations of notable authors, most of them French. This is the first in the series (?crivains par eux...

An examination of the craft of notable black novelists, their approaches to their work and their goals. Includes essays by academics and the novlis...

A thorough look at the archival restoration of leather book bindings. Very good, with nearly no wear to corners and just a touch of soil to the fro...

Very nice unread copy of Ashbery's experiences reading writers that inspire him: John Clare, Thomas Lovell Beddoes, Raymond Roussel, John Wheelwri...

First edition, aside from previous limited edition. Book is fine, appears unread. Jacket graded Good: shows rubbing, has significant scuff mark on ...

A nice clean copy of this title, a first printing, NF in a VG jacket. A little shelfwear, a couple of very faint scrapes to rear jacket panel, easi...

A collection of Jones's letters to Maxwell Perkins and later editors, personal acquaintances, and others. Introduction, biographical sketch, and in...

New Yorker album with nice color reproductions of 40 covers from 1950-1955, along with hundreds of cartoons. Quite good condition, however plastic ...

Nice copy of still useful guide to where in London various historically significant persons lived. Laid out by geographic sections of London, but i...

First paperback of this. Bowles's record of his life in Tangiers from 87 to 89. As new, unread copy. Trade Paperbackback. ISBN 0880012692. Ecco Pre...

Near Fine copy of a fascinating biography of the French novelist Louise Colet. Colet may well have served as Flaubert's prototype for Madame Bovary...

A collection of reminiscences about Carver from friends, family and colleagues. Third printing, near fine (light scratches to cover). Trade Paperba...

A nice clean copy of Pritchett's in depth examination off Turgenev. First printing, fine in a VG jacket with a bit of shelfwear and a non-trivial c...

Very nice first printing of this biography of lesbian novelist Radclyffe Hall. Fine in like jacket, in protective mylar. Book has just a touch of s...