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AE's Letters to Minanlabain
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The Macmillan Company, NY, 1937. 1st. ed. 8vo, hardbound, cloth over boards, spine faded, otherwise vg cond. No dj. 102 pp. more information
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The Letters of Matthew Arnold, Volume 6: 1885 - 1888 [Victorian Literature and Culture Series]
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University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, 2001. 8vo, hardcover. Vol. 6. Vg+ condition in fine dj. Single non-circulating ex-lib stamp & label on 2 early pgs (only markings), contents bright, crisp & clean, unopened, dj glossy. 552 pp. more information
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Bellow: A Biography
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Random House, New York, 2000. 1st ed. 8vo, hardcover. Vg condition in vg dj. 686 pgs. contents bright, crisp & clean. more information
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Erich Maria Remarque
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Oswald Wolff, London / Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1979. 8vo, hardcover. As new condition, including dj. 174 p. more information
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Constance Lindsay Skinner: Writing on the Frontier
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University of Toronto Press, Toronto / Buffalo, 2002. 8vo, hardcover. Near fine condition in fine dj. Single ex-lib stamp on 1 early pg (only marking), contents bright, crisp & clean, dj glossy. viii, 359 p., illus., 20 p. of plates, portraits. Contents: Writing on the frontier -- A British Columbian inheritance -- Border crossing -- Beyond journalism -- Storytelling -- Engaging the frontier -- Private woman -- Old and new directions -- Return to the British Columbia frontier -- No more private woman -- Almost famous -- Reflections -- Appendix: Chronology of the life of Constance Lindsay Skinner. more information
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All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography. The Red Leaves of a Human Heart
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D. Appleton & Company, NY, 1914. 8vo, hardcover, maroon cloth, t.e.g. (no dj). Prev. owner's name. Exterior mildly scuffed & spine very slightly faded, head/heel of spine lightly bumped, else vg condition for its age, contents clean, tight. 528 pp., untrimmed. 10 illus. more information
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Aulestad Breve til Bergliot Ibsen
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Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag, Oslo. , 1911. 8vo, hardcover w/ soft brown suede covers. Exterior moderately soiled. Light foxing to endpapers; upper corner of about a dozen pgs. mildly crinkled, upper corner foxing to 4 pgs. Otherwise vg condition for its age, edges minimally worn, covers only slightly scuffed, contents clean, binding tight. 230 pp. w/ frontis. portrait. more information
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Henry James Goes to Paris
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Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, 2007. 8vo, hardcover. Vg condition in fine dj. Remainder mark on bottom text-block edge, shallow bend to corner of closing pgs, contents otherwise bright & clean; dj pristine. 255 p., illus., 16 p. of plates. more information
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Anatole France Himself: A Boswellian Record by His Secretary
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Wm. H. Wise & Co., , 1925. 8vo, hardcover, paper-covered boards. Pea-sized scuff-mark to lower edge of cover (under dj), 1/4" nicks to paper around board edges; faint foxing to ep's, barely noticeable, none to interior; otherwise good condition, contents clean, binding tight. Dj moderately scuffed/soiled & edge-worn w/ 1/2" chip at lower edge of rear, else good, paste-down portrait of France on cover is intact. 356 pp. more information
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Camus at Combat: Writing 1944 - 1947
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Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, 2006. 8vo, hardcover. Vg+ condition in fine dj. Remainder mark on bottom text-block edge, interior bright, crisp & clean, unread; dj pristine. 334 p. more information
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Harry James Cargas in Conversation with Elie Wiesel
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Paulist Press, New York, 1976. 8vo, hardcover. Vg+ condition in good dj, contents bright & clean; dj lightly edge-worn/rubbed w/ pale streaks on cover. ix, 126 p., portrait. more information
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Edward Young: A Handlist of Critical Notices & Studies. [18th Century Bibliographical Pamphlets No. 11]
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Burt Franklin, NY, 1950. 8vo, paperback. Vg condition. staplebound. 9 pp. more information
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The Memoirs of Richard Cumberland. Two Volumes in One [AMS Studies in the Eighteenth Century No. 32]
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AMS Press, New York, 2002. Reprint, with minor changes. 8vo, hardcover. No dj. Vg condition. 2 ex-lib stamps & label on 2 early pgs (only markings), front board slightly bowed, contents bright & clean, binding tight. 247 + 243 pp. Orig. publ.: 2nd ed., London: Lackington, Allen & Co., 1807. more information
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His Fine Wit: A Study of Thomas Love Peacock
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Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1970. Presentation copy, signed by Dawson. 8vo, hardcover. Near fine condition in vg dj, contents bright & clean, binding tight; dj lightly edge-rubbed, chiefly at spine. 329 pp. more information
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Serenity in Crisis: A Preface to Paul de Man, 1939 - 1960. [Texts and Contexts, Vol. 4]
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University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln / London, 1993. Hardcover. 2 copies available. Vg+ condition, incl. dj. 240 pp. more information
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A Tour Thro' London about the year 1725: Being Letter V and parts of Letter VI of 'A Tour Thro' The Whole Island of Great Britain' Containing a Description of the City of London, as taking in the City of Westminster, Borough of Southwark and Parts of Midd
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Benjamin Blom, Inc., New York, 1970. Reprinted from the Text of the Original Edition [1724-1726]. Large 4to, hardcover. Maroon cloth, no dj. About fine condition. Slightest fading to spine gilt, tiny nick at upper spine; contents bright & clean, binding tight. 115 pp. + plates in rear. Illus. with maps, specially drawn to delineate the London of Defoe's time and his circuit thereof, and reproductions of drawings, maps, and prints mostly contemporary with the period of his life [1659-1731]. 60 plates. more information
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V.S. Naipaul, Man and Writer
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University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, 2006. 8vo, hardcover. As new condition, including dj. 164 p. more information
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Dostoevsky Portrayed By His Wife
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George Routledge and Sons, London, 1926. 8vo, hardcover, black cloth. Vg condition in good dj. Dj tattered, previous owner's name on front endpaper. covers slightly edgeworn. 272 pp. sev. illustrations. more information
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Tagebuch eines Schriftstellers, Dritter Band, Oktober 1876 bis Juni 1877
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Musarionverlag, Munchen, 1922. Exterior edge-worn, spine soiled. Corners and spine bumped top and bottom. Otherwise vg: contents clean and tight. 463 pp. more information
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Tagebuch eines Schriftstellers, Vierter Band, Juli 1877 bis Januar 1881
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Musarionverlag, Munchen, 1923. Exterior edge-worn, spine soiled. Corners and spine bumped top and bottom. Otherwise vg: contents clean and tight. 489 pp. more information
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Recollections of a Varied Life
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NY: Henry Holt & Co, 1910. 8vo, hardcover, maroon cloth, t.e.g. (no dj). Head/heel of spine & board corners lightly rubbed, mild foxing to opening & closing pgs., otherwise contents clean, binding tight, good+ condition overall. 354 pp. more information
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Mark Twain: A Literary Life
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University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 2000. 8vo, hardcover. As new condition, including dj. xiii, 386 p., illus. more information
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The World of Dylan Thomas. [University of Miami Publications in English and American Literature No. 6]
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University of Miami Press, Coral Gables, Fla.,, 1981. 5th ptg. 8vo, paperback. Vg condition, exterior lightly rubbed, mostly at spine edges, else contents bright, crisp & clean, virtually unopened. 318 p. more information
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Pablo Neruda: A Passion for Life
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Bloomsbury, New York, 2004. 8vo, hardcover. Vg+ condition in vg+ dj. Remainder mark on text-block edge, contents bright, crisp & clean, unread; dj mildly smudged at rear. xii, 497 p., illus. more information
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Joyce Cary Remembered: In Letters and Interviews by His Family and Others [Ulster Editions and Monographs 1]
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Colin Smythe, Gerrards Cross, Bucks / Barnes & Noble, Totowa, N.J, 1988. 8vo, hardcover. Vg+ condition in vg dj, contents bright & clean, binding tight; dj faintly rubbed. xxv, 273 p. more information
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The Notorious Dr. Bahrdt
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Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, 1963. Op. Vg+ in vg dj. Dj has several small tears around edges. 428 pp. more information
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Nathaniel Hawthorne: A Documentary Volume [Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 269]
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Thomson Gale Group, Detroit, 2003. 4to, hardcover. No dj, blue cloth. Vg+ condition. 2 ex-lib stamps & label on endpaper (only markings), contents bright, crisp & clean. xxiii, 465 p., illus. more information
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Dorothy Richardson: A Biography
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University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 1977. 8vo, hardcover. Vg+ condition in vg+ dj. Slightest foxing to text-block edge, not affecting interior, contents bright, crisp & clean, unread; dj slightly smudged at rear. 451 pp. more information
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Living to Tell the Tale
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Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2003. 8vo, hardcover. Near fine condition in vg+ dj. Tiny bend to a few pg corners, contents bright & clean, binding tight; dj has 2-inch edge-tear at rear. 483 p. more information
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So Be It; or, The Chips Are Down (Ainsi soit-il; ou, Les jeux sont faits)
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Chatto & Windus, London, 1960. 8vo, hardcover. Vg condition in good dj. Contents bright & clean, binding tight; 1-inch-long repaired chip at edge of rear endpaper; dj lightly rubbed. 165 p. more information
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American Novelists Since World War II. Seventh Series. [Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 278]
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Thomson/Gale, Detroit, 2003. 4to, hardcover. No dj, blue cloth. Vg+ condition. Single ex-lib stamp & label on 2 early pgs (only markings), contents bright, crisp & clean, virtually unopened. xxii, 412 p., illus. more information
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Jonathan Swift, Giant in Chains
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Liveright Publishing Corporation, New York, 1940. 8vo, hardcover. Vg condition in good dj. Pale browning to corner of 1 plate & its facing pg, else contents clean & tight; dj lightly rubbed & edge-worn. 450 p., frontis., plates, portraits. more information
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The Three Jameses: A Family of Minds: Henry James, Sr., William James, Henry James
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New York University Press,, 1962. 8vo, hardcover. Near fine condition in good dj. Contents bright, crisp & clean; dj lightly rubbed & edge-worn w/ 1/2" tear at spine. xii, 380 p. more information
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Heinrich von Kleist. [Series: Blaetter fuer die Kunst.]
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Georg Bondi, Berlin, 1922. . 8vo, hardcover, paper-covered boards (no dj). Ex-lib markings to endpapers & intaglio stamp on title pg., fade spots to cover from removed code-labels. Gilt cover lettering partially rubbed away, spine lightly soiled w/ board corners bumped/rubbed; interior hinge paper splitting at front & rear endpapers, though boards still well-attached; front flyleaf & half-title pg. loose (laid in) & edge-tattered. All sounding worse than it is; contents are clean & tight, somewhat age-browned as expected, overall good-/fair+ condition. 172 pp. more information
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The Conjured Spirit: Swift. A Study in the Relationship of Swift, Stella, and Vanessa
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Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, 1973. Reprint. Orig. 1949. Op. In fine condition. Publ. w/o dj. 269 pp. more information
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Index to Literary Biography
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Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1975. 8vo, hardcover, green cloth. 2 volumes bound as 4, no dj's: Index in 2 parts + Index, First Supplement in 2 parts. Ex-lib markings on endpapers & text-block edges, outer labels removed. 1 vol has light streak down cover, else set overall vg, contents bright & clean, bindings tight. 1300 & 1193 pp. more information
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My Shadow Below Me
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Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa, 1981. 1st ed. 8vo, hardcover. Fine condition in vg+ dj, contents bright, crisp & clean; dj lightly rubbed. ix, 235 p. more information
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Journal of Washington Irving (1823 - 1824)
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Archon Books, 1968. Also includes a manuscript on William the Conquerer discovered in the 1960's. Vg+ in vg dj. 278 pp. more information
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Douglas Jerrold: Dramatist and Wit
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Hodder and Stoughton, London, , 1914. 2 vols. 8vo, hardcover, red cloth, no dj's. Exteriors moderately soiled, upper & lower spine cloth bumped, tiny tear to top spine cloth on 1 vol., small number code stamped on front ep's. Vol. 1, closed tear to front endpaper, rear hinge glue-repaired; Vol. 2, browning to front ep's, mild foxing to opening few pgs. Otherwise good overall, contents unmarked, bindings tight. 672 total p., frontis. portraits, illus. w/ b&w plates. more information
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To Reach Eternity: The Letters of James Jones
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Random House, New York, 1989. 1st ed. 8vo, hardcover. Fine condition in near fine dj. Contents bright, crisp & clean, unread; dj glossy w/ slightest crease along top cover edge. xxxi, 380 p., illus. more information
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High on the Mainmast: The Life of Herman Melville [Masterworks of Literature Series]
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College & University Press, New Haven, 1966. 8vo, hardcover. No dj, blue cloth. As new condition. 158 pp. more information
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Antonin Artaud: Man of Vision
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David Lewis, Inc., NY, 1969. First ptg. Dj edgeworn, lightly soiled. Ffep upper corner cut. Otherwise vg. 233 pp. more information
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Edward Young: Versuch Einer Gedanklichen Interpretation auf Grund der Fruhwerke. [Schweizer Anglistische Arbeiten / Swiss Studies in English, 37. Band]
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Franke Verlag, Bern, 1954. 8vo, paperback. Vg condition. Covers slightly edge-worn, covers agetoned, contents clean and unmarked, binding tight. 130 pp. Text in German. more information
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Young Henry James: 1843 - 1870
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Bookman Associates, NY, 1955. 8vo, hardcover. 2 minor soil-spots on lower spine (under dj), head/heel of spine and board corners lightly bumped, otherwise vg condition in slightly scuffed & edge-worn, else good dj. 469 pp. more information
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Algernon Charles Swinburne: Personal Recollections by his Cousin. With Extracts from Some of his Private Letters
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NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917. 8vo, hardcover, red cloth (no dj). Op. Prev. owner's inscr. Spine faded, though lettering legible; upper & lower spine and corners lightly rubbed. Light foxing to opening pgs., none to rest of contents, overall good+ for its age, binding tight. 262 pp. more information
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The Obsession
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Simon & Schuster, NY, 1973. Signed advance reading copy ("Special Preview Edition"). The author's account of his 20-year battle over the rejection and suppression of his dramatization of The Diary of Anne Frank. 8vo, wraps w/ dj. Exterior very clean, one minor brown smudge (about the size of 2 rice grains) on fore-edge; overall vg+. Dj lightly scuffed, two 1/4" tears at bottom spine, else vg. 316 pp. more information
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A Bibliography of the Writings of Charles and Mary Lamb: The First Editions in Book Form by Luther S. Livingston, with Appendices, the Books of the Two John Lambs; Contributions to Periodicals by J. C. Thomson
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Nicholas T. Smith, Bronxville, N.Y, 1979. Reprint. 8vo, hardcover. No dj, maroon cloth. Near fine condition. Prev. owner's small blacked-out name on endpaper, else contents bright, crisp & clean, virtually unopened. xv, 292 p., illus., 7 leaves of plates. Reprint of the 1903 ed. of a bibliography published prior to Charles Lamb's death in 1834, by L. S. Livingston, printed for J. A. Spoor at the De Vinne Press, New York, and of extracts from the 1908 ed. of a bibliography by J. C. Thomson, published by J. R. Tutin, Hull, Eng. more information
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James Bridie: Clown and Philosopher
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University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1965. 8vo, Hardbound, Cloth over boards, spine ends lightly rubbed, else vg+ in lightly soiled dj. 180 pp. more information
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Letters to Paul Amann: 1915-1952
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Wesleyan University Press, Middletown,CT, 1960. 1st. ed. 8vo, hardcover. Prev. owner's name. Lower spine & upper board corners very slightly bumped, else vg+ condition; dj lightly soiled w/ 1/4" tear at upper spine, otherwise good. 190 pp. more information
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Charles Kingsley's American Notes: Letters From a Lecture Tour, 1874
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Princeton University Library, Princeton, NJ, 1958. 8vo, hardcover. Vg+ condition; several 1" to 3" scrape-lines along bottom of dj cover, else dj good. 62 pp. more information
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