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Life of Samuel Johnson - A New Edition (4 Vols.)
by Boswell, James
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- Used - Very Good
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- None
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- reprint
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- 1820
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Middlebury, Vermont, USA
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A$306.58
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London: G. Walker; others, 1820. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good /None. A handsome set. 3/4 polished calf with marble pattern boards and end papers, spine with raised bands, gilt type and decoration. Volume 1 - Archival tape repair to final page (512), along foredge. Light foxing to preliminary pages. Fold-out intact. Volume 2 - Light foxing to preliminary pages.… Read more about this item Item Price
A$306.58
Plain Pleasures
by Bowles, Jane
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1966
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Middlebury, Vermont, USA
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A$61.32
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London: Peter Owen, 1966. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover, 184 pages, gray cloth covers in a lightly worn dust jacket with mild soil, rubbing to rear panel. Record # 408893 Item Price
A$61.32
Same River Twice, The (SIGNED COPY)
by Offutt, Chris
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1st
- Published
- 1993
- ISBN
- 9780671787349
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- 1
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Middlebury, Vermont, USA
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A$45.99
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NY: Simon & Schuster, 1993. 1st. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 188 pages. SIGNED BY OFFUTT on title-page. Record # 502476 Item Price
A$45.99
Slice, The - Information With An Attitude (SIGNED COPY)
by Dunn, Katherine
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- Used - Very Good
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- None
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- 1st wraps
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- 1990
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- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780962451300
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- 1
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Middlebury, Vermont, USA
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A$53.65
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Willamette: Willamette Week, 1990. 1st wraps. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover. Columns from her early column in the Willamette Week newspaper. SIGNED BY DUNN. Record # 301615 Item Price
A$53.65
Franz Kafka's Loneliness
by Marthe Robert
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1st UK
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780571119455
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- 1
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Middlebury, Vermont, USA
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A$22.99
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London: Faber & Faber, 1982. 1st UK. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 251 pages. Translated from the French by Ralph Manheim.(London): Faber and Faber, (1982). First edition in English, first printing. "First published in 1982" statement to the copyright page. In this in-depth study of his life and his works, Robert explores Kafka's… Read more about this item Item Price
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Revolution and the Historical Novel
by John McWilliams
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- Used - Very Good
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- None
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- 1st
- Published
- 2017
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781498503273
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- 1
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Middlebury, Vermont, USA
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A$45.99
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Lexington Books , 2017. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover in glazed boards, 299 pages. John McWilliams has written the first, much needed account of the ways the promise and threat of political revolution have informed masterpieces of the historical novel. McWilliams provides close readings of some twenty historical novels, from Scott and Cooper through Tolstoy, Zola and Hugo,… Read more about this item Item Price
A$45.99
Graham Greene's Catholic Imagination
by Bosco, Mark
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- Used - Very Good
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- None
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- 1st
- Published
- 2005
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- Hardcover
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- 9780195177152
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- 1
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Middlebury, Vermont, USA
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A$61.32
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NY: Oxford University Press, 2005. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, glazed boards, 205 pages. Much has been written about Graham Greene's relationship to his Catholic faith and its privileged place within his texts. His early books are usually described as "Catholic Novels" - understood as a genre that not only uses Catholic belief to frame the issues of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Gore Vidal and Antiquity: Sex Politics and Religion
by Broughall, Quentin
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- Used - Very Good
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- None
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- 1st
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- 2023
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- Hardcover
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- 9781032285337
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- 1
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Middlebury, Vermont, USA
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A$107.30
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NY/Oxford UK: Routledge, 2023. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover in pictorial boards, 190 pages. This book examines Gore Vidal’s lifelong engagement with the ancient world. Incorporating material from his novels, essays, screenplays and plays, it argues that his interaction with antiquity was central to the way in which he viewed himself, his writing, and his world. Divided between… Read more about this item Item Price
A$107.30
Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography
by Wilder, Laura Ingalls (Author) & Pamela Smith Hill (editor)
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1st
- Published
- 2114
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780984504176
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- 1
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Middlebury, Vermont, USA
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A$45.99
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Pierre SD: South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2114. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Hidden away since the 1930s, Laura Ingalls Wilder s never-before-published autobiography reveals the true stories of her pioneering life. Some of her experiences will be familiar; some will be a surprise. Pioneer Girl re-introduces readers to the woman… Read more about this item Item Price
A$45.99
Stories of My Life
by Katherine Paterson
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1st
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- Hardcover
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- 9780803740433
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- 1
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Middlebury, Vermont, USA
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A$22.99
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NY: Dial Books. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket, 300 pages, b&w illustrations. The children's book author has won the Newberry Medal and National Book Award. Now in these fascinating stories from her life, she reveal the origins of her book characters from events in her life; from China with missionary parents… Read more about this item Item Price
A$22.99
Lucky Bruce: A Literary Memoir
by Friedman, Bruce Jay
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1st
- Published
- 2011
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781926845319
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- 1
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Middlebury, Vermont, USA
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A$27.59
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NY: Biblioasis, 2011. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 290 pages. Bruce Jay Friedman has done it all, charming the glitziest industries of American golden-age culture for more than half a century. Lucky Bruce is his long-awaited memoir, and it's everything we'd expect and more: here is Friedman at his best, waltzing from… Read more about this item Item Price
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Scholarship and Controversy: Centenary Essays on the Life and Work of Sir Kenneth Dover
by Halliwell, Stephen (Editor), and Stray, Christopher (Editor)
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- Used - Very Good
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- None
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- 1st
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- 2023
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781350333451
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- 1
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Middlebury, Vermont, USA
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A$76.64
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NY: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, glazed pictorial boards, 362 pages. The essays collected in this volume were written to mark the centenary of the birth of Sir Kenneth Dover, one of the twentieth centurys most influential classical scholars. Between them, they explore the two major sides of his career: his groundbreaking scholarship on Greek… Read more about this item Item Price
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Beginnings: Intentions and Method
by Edward W. Said
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- Used - Very Good
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- None
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- reprint
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- 1978
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- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780801820854
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- 1
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Middlebury, Vermont, USA
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A$18.39
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Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978. reprint. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 414 pages. A work of literary criticism in which Said differentiates between the concept of "origin" and "beginning", also reflecting reflexively on the role of criticism and of the intellectual within a larger culture. Clean copy. Record # 385432 Item Price
A$18.39
WALDEN THEN & NOW : AN ALPHABETICAL TOUR OF HENRY THOREAU'S POND
by McCurdy, Michael
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- Used - Very Good
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- None
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- reprint
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- 2010
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781580892537
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- 1
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Middlebury, Vermont, USA
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A$30.66
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Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2010. reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/None. Michael McCurdy. Hardcover, non-paginated. Extensive b&w woodcut illustrations throughout. Gilt titles on spine and cover. Color illustration on front cover. Clean, unmarked copy. Record # 350999 Item Price
A$30.66
WALDEN THEN & NOW : AN ALPHABETICAL TOUR OF HENRY THOREAU'S POND
by McCurdy, Michael
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- Used - Very Good
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- None
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- 1st
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- 2010
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- Hardcover
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- 9781580892537
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- 1
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Middlebury, Vermont, USA
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A$30.66
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Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2010. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, non-paginated. Extensive b&w woodcut illustrations throughout. Gilt titles on spine and cover. Color illustration on front cover. Clean, unmarked copy. Record # 351019 Item Price
A$30.66
Sufi Essays
by Nasr, Seyyed Hossein
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- Used - Very Good
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- None
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- 2nd pr.
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- 1973
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780873952330
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- 1
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Middlebury, Vermont, USA
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A$22.99
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Albany: State University of New York Press, 1973. 2nd pr.. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover in glazed boards, 184 pages with index. The renowned Islamic scholar combines his research into Sufi doctrine and history with a rich account of the spiritual and metaphysical significance of sufism as a living tradition. Clean copy. Record # 385340 Item Price
A$22.99
Enjoyment of Literature
by John Cowper Powys
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- Used
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- 1st
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- 1938
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Middlebury, Vermont, USA
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A$38.32
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NY: Simon & Schuster, 1938. 1st. Hardcover. 522 pages. Hardcover. Green tweed cloth covers with black & gilt printed design to cover & spine. Dust jacket with moderate toning, now protected with a plastic cover. Light toning & several illustrations in bw throughout. A clean copy. Record # 385272 Item Price
A$38.32
Snapshots in History's Glare (SIGNED COPY)
by Vidal, Gore
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
- Edition
- reprint
- Published
- 2009
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780810950498
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- 1
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Middlebury, Vermont, USA
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A$306.58
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New York: Abrams, 2009. reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 255 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Extensive b&w and color photographs throughout. INSCRIBED BY VIDAL on title page. Otherwise clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 350929 Item Price
A$306.58
Conrad: The Moral World of the Novelist
by Gekoski, R. A.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1978
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780064923484
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- 1
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Middlebury, Vermont, USA
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A$22.99
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NY: Barnes & Noble Books, 1978. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover, 208 pages. Light edge wear, fading to dust jacket. Foxing to edges and end papers. Else a clean, tight copy. Record # 385267 Item Price
A$22.99
Nothing hardly ever happens in Colbyville, Vermont : and other stories and essays (SIGNED COPY)
by Miller, Peter
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2008
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780974989051
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- 1
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Middlebury, Vermont, USA
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A$38.32
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Colbyville, Vt.: Silver Print Press, 2008. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 162 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. B&w photography throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 350931 Item Price
A$38.32