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NY, Summit [1984]. Hard Cover. 160 p., index; 22.5 cm. Burgess choses 99 of his literary contempories, arranges the books in chronological order from 1939-1983, provides a page of commenary on each. From Finnegan's Wake through Ian Fleming's Goldfinger and some quirky others. Stock # 33,630. dj; ex-library with stamps & paraphernalia, else VG in mylar dj protector.
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99 Novels, the Best in English Since 1939: A Personal Choice
by Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993
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The Accidental Tourist
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N.Y., Knopf, 1986. Soft Cover. 355 p. 21 cm. "Fifth Printing" Stock# 30,874. Vg/ wrappers.
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Ada : or, Ardor: A Family Chronicle
by Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977.
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New York : McGraw-Hill, [1969]. Hard Cover. [xiii], 589 p. 22 cm. Ada began to materialize in 1959, when Nabokov was flirting with two projects: "The Texture of Time" and "Letters from Terra." In 1965, he began to see a link between the two ideas, finally composing a unified novel from February of 1966 to October of 1968. From the library of Prof. Vincent Tomas of the Brown University Department of Philosophy. Stock# 44,294. Vg / no dj.
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Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies
by Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott, 1899-1966)
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Boston, Little, Brown [1986]. Soft Cover. 329 p.; 19.5 cm. 'This tenth tale [actually the eleventh] of naval adventure in C. S. Forester's Hornblower series finds Horatio Hornblower an admiral struggling to impose order in the chaotic aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. As commander-in-chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels in the West Indies, he must take on pirates, revolutionaries, and a blistering hurricane. The war is over, but peaceful it is not.' Stock # 29,725. Vg/ color pictorial paper wrappers (painting by Wendell Minor). English literature, fiction; British naval historical fiction.
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The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle From the text of the second edition. Illustrated by Alexander King.
by Smollett, Tobias George, 1721-1771
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N.Y., Tudor, 1935. Hard Cover. xx, 648 p., plates; 24.5 cm. First published in 1751, it was revised for a 1758 edition which is the text reproduced in this handsome edition. Stock #29,796. Good+,slight foxing/ no dj. English literature.
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Adventures in the Skin Trade and Other Stories
by Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953.
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New York, New Directions, c1955.. First Edition. Hard Cover. viii, 275 p. 21 cm. "Dylan Thomas's magical prose was not easily confined to literary categories and prescribed lengths. His talent was too prodigal: his quickened awareness, his extravagant humor, his conjuring skill with words brought people and places alive, revealed mystery, but they also overflowed bounds." Stock# 42,644. Vg/ dj good+.
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Adventures in the Skin Trade and Other Stories with an Afterword by Vernon Watkins.
by Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953. Watkins, Vernon.
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Signet/NAL [1960]. Soft Cover. 192 p. Twenty stories plus all of the unfinished novel of the title. "Thomas created a vital, lusty, antic world of truly memorable characters." Paper; pages darkened; VG. Stock#23003.
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Age of Iron / J.M. Coetzee
by Coetzee, J. M., 1940-
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New York, Random House, c1990. Hard Cover. 4 p.l., 198 p., 21.5 cm.The seventh novel of the Nobel Prize winner for 2003, John Maxwell Coetzee. This copy has analytical notes on the three blank leaves at the back. Stock# 36,772. Vg/ dj vg.
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All the King's Men
by Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
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New York, Bantam Books [1959, reprinted 1978]. Soft Cover. 3 p.l., 438 p. 18 cm.The classic political novel on the corruption of souls. PA. Stock# 37,118. Vg, seems unread/ paper.
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The Ambassadors. With Illustrations by Leslie Saalburg and A Preface by the Author.
by James, Henry, 1843-1916
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New York, Heritage Press, [1963]. Hard Cover. xix, 384 p., 16 color plates; red cloth covers stamped in gold; spine a bit faded; fine in scuffed gold slipcase with Sandglass. Stock# 26,754. American literature; fiction.
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An American Tragedy
by Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945.
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New York : Modern Library, 1956, é1953.. Hard Cover. [iv,15-] 874 pages ; 22 cm. Modern Library Giant, G80. "First Modern Library Giant Edition, 1956" verso of t.p. Novel based on a real murder and trial. "He is arrested and brought to trial in a climax of memorable tension and drama." Stock# 47800. Vg my nme on front fly / dj a wreck, but all there with # 377 confirming first.
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American Fiction 1876-1900. A Contribution Toward a Bibliography.
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"Strains of a familiar America echo in the 6,175 titles of this bibliography encompassing a brilliant quarter century of fiction writing. The diversity... affords a panorama of the United States rising out of the shadows of the Civil War as a modern industrial power." xix, 683 pages, title index; Very Good in VG dust jacket. Stock#ofc0348.
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American Fiction 1774-1850. A Contribution Toward a Bibliography.
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"In this complete revision and resetting of the 1948 'Wright I'-- as it is widely known-- 143 new titles have been added. Several hundred new editions of titles previously recorded have been located, eight of them earlier than before recorded. Authorship has been established for other entries, and a few unknown authors and their work have stepped forth from complete obscurity." xviii, 411 pages, chronological index, title index; Very Good in Very Good dust jacket (price clipped). Stock#ofc0346.
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American Fiction 1851-1875. A Contribution Toward a Bibliography.: Additions and Corrections Appended.
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"This comprehensive guide to a significant quarter century of American fiction is here reissued with a 24-page section of additions and corrections appended." "American thought and feeling are reflected graphically in the fiction of this period. Authors deal with momentous issues... the formative years of realism in American fiction..." xviii, 438 pages, title indexes; Very Good in VG dust jacket. Stock#ofc0347.
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Aphrodisiac. Fiction from Christopher Street.
by Bram, Chr. Holleran, Andrew. Koertge, Noretta. Rule, Jane. White, Edmund. Whitmore, George. Williams, Tennessee.
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Perigee [c1980]. Soft Cover. 310 p.; 21.5 cm. Contents: Edmund White, First Love; Tennessee Williams, The Killer Chicken and the Closet Queen; Andrew Holleran, Nipples; Jane Rule, In the Attic of the House; George Whitmore, The Black Widow; Noretta Koertge, Love Lifted Me; Christopher Bram, Aphrodisiac; Felice Picano, Slashed to Ribbons in Defense of Love; Ann Wadsworth, Those Who Are Dreaming; Ron Harvie, The Savoy Taverne; Fran Ross, How She Lost It; Robert S. Ryan, Two Weekends; James D. Wagoner, The White Knight Is Dead; Kate Millett, Sita; Robert Emmet Long, Champion; Peggi McCarthy, Mothering; Daniel Curzon, Two Bartenders, a Butcher, and Me; Noel Ryan, Wild Figs. Pictorial paper covers; minor wear; good. stock#44175/drk.
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Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
by Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951
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NY, Grosset & Dunlap, é1925. Hard Cover. [v], 448 p., [4] leaves of plates, illus.; 19.5 cm. Arrowsmith is arguably the earliest major novel to deal with the culture of science. It won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for Lewis, which he refused to accept. Lewis was greatly assisted in its preparation by science writer Dr. Paul de Kruif. Stock#47080. Vg / no dj.
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Badger on the Barge and Other Stories.
by Howker, Janni.
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'First American Edition'. Five short stories: Badger on the Barge, Reicker, The Egg-Man, Jakey, The Topiary Garden. "Janni Howker shows a rare understanding of the delicate, complex relationship between the young and the old." Hardcover. 201 pages; 21.5 cm. Color pictorial dj slightly scuffed along bottom edge; VG. stock#102253/h.
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Barchester Towers.: With Drawings by Donald McKay.
by Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882. McKay, Donald, illustrator.
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Hardcover; 508 pages, halftone text illustrations, color plates, double color title-page; 22 cm. Bound in maroon cloth stamped in gold; some rubbing; pages 30-31 roughly separated where they had been stuck together in the gutter, with some obscuring of text; Good+. Another copy, International Collectors Library, 453 pages, a few black&white text illustrations, a few color plates; 21.5 cm., bound in blue faux leather decorated in gold, top edge gilt, marker ribbon; Very Good+. {Buyer please specify which copy} Stock#34399x/h.
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The Beetle Leg
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NY, New Directions, c.1951.[1967] . Soft Cover. Third Printing. 157 p. "Hawkes's second full-length novel, was first published in 1951. Now, after more than fifteen years of underground existence, this brilliant novel is emerging as a classic of visionary writing." Stock #27314. Vg/ paper. American literature
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Beloved
by Morrison, Toni
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London, Picador/ Chatto & Windus [1988]. Soft Cover. 275 p.; 17.5 cm. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, 1988. Stock#30194 (sag). Good+/ paper.
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