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The Moon and I
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New York: Julian Messner, 1991. Maroon cloth boards, lightly bumped. Jacket show slight wear at head of spine and some color bleed to inside of jacket at head of spine. The Newbery Award winning author finally gets her childhood wish of having a pet snake, which she finds on her front porch. This is the story of the summer she got to know Moon the blacksnake, with reminiscences through her childhood. 96 pages with a bibliography of published works to date and photos of the author and her family from childhood to present.. ISBN: 0671741667. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. AUTHORSHIP JUVENILE LITERATURE SNAKES AUTHORS AMERICAN NONFICTION ANIMALS REPTILES AMPHIBIANS BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY LITERARY LANGUAGE ARTS COMPOSITION CREATIVE WRITING CRITICISM GENERAL MEMOIR. more information
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D.H. Lawrence : The Croydon Years
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Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1965. Light shelf wear to boards, light chipping to price-clipped jacket. Croydon, England was the setting for the three-way friendship between Lawrence, Jessie Chambers, and the author of this book--Helen Corke. All three made literary records of their association, but the scarcity and continuing usefulness of Corke's records prompted the publication of this volume. 143 pages, illustrated.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. D.H. LAWRENCE CROYDON ENGLAND LITERATURE. more information
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Paul Gauguin : Letters to His Wife and Friends
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Cleveland: World Publishing, 1949. Orange and green cloth, gilt titles. Moderate shelf wear and bumping. Jacket shows a lot of edge wear and chipping, with small pieces missing at spine ends and lower corner of rear panel. 225 pages with black & white plates of photographs and art. Translated by Henry J. Stenning. "A great painter's intimate and revealing letters, many hitherto unpublished.". First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. PAUL GAUGUIN PAINTER LETTERS CORRESPONDENCE WIFE FRIENDS. more information
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Reflections
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New York: Reinhardt, 1990. Fine in a price-clipped jacket with mylar cover.. ISBN: 1871061199. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. GREENE GRAHAM 1904 1991 LITERARY CRITICISM EUROPEAN ENGLISH IRISH SCOTTISH WELSH. more information
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Robert Burns : The Man and His Work
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Darvel, United Kingdom: Alloway Publishing, Limited, 1988. ISBN: 0907526047. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. BURNS ROBERT 1759 1796 LITERARY. more information
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Raymond Chandler: A Biography
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997. Rubbed and bumped, spine lightly creased from reading, upper corner of rear cover has a few small creases.. ISBN: 0871136902. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good -. UNCORRECTED PROOF. CHANDLER RAYMOND 1888 1959 LITERARY CRITICISM MYSTERY DETECTIVE. more information
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A Dynamo Going to Waste : Letters to Allen Edee 1919-1921
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Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.: Peachtree Publishers, LTD., 1985. Light shelf wear. Jacket has some edge wear and small creases at top of rear panel. No chips or tears. Price intact on flap. A clean, unmarked copy. The book deals with two years of correspondence from Margaret Mitchell, which show a young woman coming of age in Atlanta, grappling with who she is and the direction she wants to take in life. These letters to her friend Allen Edee reveal an inrospective and difficult time during the formative years o fa brillant young writer, who would go on to write Gone With the Wind.. ISBN: 0931948703. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. MITCHELL MARGARET GONE WITH THE WIND ALLEN EDEE LETTERS MEMOIR BIOGRAPHY ATLANTA. more information
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Clear Pictures : First Loves, First Guides
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New York: Atheneum, 1989. Autobiography focusing on the author's youth from 1933 to 1954 growing up in North Carolina.. ISBN: 0689120753. First Edition. Fine/Fine. NORTH CAROLINA SOCIAL LIFE CUSTOMS AUTHORS AMERICAN SCIENCE TRADITIONS LITERARY CRITICISM GENERAL. more information
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A Very Private Eye : An Autobiography in Diaries and Letters
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New York: E.P. Dutton, 1984. Light wear, bumping. 358 pages plus photos. . ISBN: 0525242341. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. PYM BARBARA AUTOBIOGRAPHY LETTERS DIARIES. more information
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Costly Performances - Tennessee Williams : The Last Stage
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New York: Paragon House, 1990. ISBN: 1557781753. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. WILLIAMS TENNESSEE 1914 1983 LITERARY. more information
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